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which girls who liad l^een strugi,'liiig bravely for 

 rte«ks against the necessity of seeking a liveliliooii 

 on the trottoir had suonimhed. in some CiiVs, only 

 ;i wet-k, and in otliers only a day, before we heard 

 of the case. During the operations of the Commis- 

 sion, we constantly felt ourseUes to be in the posi- 

 tion of spectators, who watch a shipwreck with 

 straining eyes, making such endeavours as they can 

 to snatch here and there one stray swimmer from a 

 waterv grave. A rojie is thrown into the abyss; it 

 falls a vard .short, and the last chance is gone. The 

 waters dos<- o\er the .strong swimmer in his agony, 

 and no seiond opi>ortunity is afforded. 



THE FOREIGN EXPORT TRADE. 



There is not much need to say mucji alx>ut the 

 foreign traffic in English girls. It is the sujireme 

 development, the superlative and clima.x, of the 



|)ossil)ilities of blank and irremediable temporal 

 damnation, which a girl inherits who allows herself 

 to be seduced. Pr<istitutioii in England is Purga- 

 torv ; uiKler the State-regulated system whicli pre- 

 vails abroad, it is Hell. The foreign trallic is the 

 indefniite prolongation of the labyrinth of modern 

 Babylon, with absolute and utter hopelessness of 

 anv redemption. When a girl steps over the fatal 

 brink she is at once regarded as fair game for the 

 slave trader, who collects his human "parcels" in 

 the great <-entral mart of London for transmission to 

 the uttermost ends of the earth. They move from 

 stage to stage, from town to town — bought, ex- 

 ch.mged, sold — driven on and ever on, like the rest- 

 less ghosts of the damned, until at last they, too. 

 sleep, " where the wicked ce.ise from troubling, and 

 the wearv are at rest." 



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Mr. Stead's appeal to His Readers, 



July, 1906. 



I appeal to all those who, like myself, are young of heart and strong In faith and full of 

 love for their fellow-men to become associates in attempting to realise any of the following 

 ideals to which, from its foundation, The Review of Reviews" has been the exponent and 

 champion : 



1, International brotherhood on the basis of justice and national freedom,' manifesting 

 itself in universal entente cordiale, Anglo-American reunion, intercolonial Intimacy 

 and helpful sympathy with subject races; and international arbitration. 



The Reunion of all Religions on the twofold basis of the union of all who love In the 

 service of all who suffer, and the scientific investigation of the law of Cod as re- 

 vealed in the material and spiritual world. 



The Recognition of the Humanity and Citizenship of Woman, embodied In the saying. 

 Whatsoever ye would that woman would do unto you, do ye even so unto her. 



The improvement of the Condition of the People, having as our guiding principle, 

 ' Put yourself in their place ard think how you would like It." 



The quickening and Inspiration of Life, by the promotion of reading, physical training, 

 open-air games, etc. 



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