Don Horacio 



innocent sufferers, in whose behalf he 

 promptly took the first initiative steps 

 to engage public attention and sym- 

 pathy in this country,* which, through 



with according to law. In the present case, 

 as Yakoob Beg's sons . . . are 

 rebels from Turkistan, it is requested that 

 they may, instead, be sent to the Amoor 

 region, to be given as slaves to the soldiery 

 there. 



" ' As Maiti Kuli is fourteen, it is requested 

 that he may be delivered over to the imperial 

 household as soon as the reply of the Board 

 is received. Yima Kuli is just ten; K'ati 

 Kuli and Aisan Ahung are under ten; they 

 have therefore, to be confined in prison until 

 they attain the age of eleven, when they will 

 be delivered over to the imperial household 

 to be dealt with according to law.' " (Apple- 

 ton's Annual Cyclopcedia, New Series, Vol. 

 iv., 1879, page 145.) 



* One of Mr. Cutter's first efforts was an 

 appeal to the New York Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Children, whose presi- 

 dent, Mr. Elbridge T. Gerry, addressed and 

 published an urgent letter on the subject to 

 the President of the United States. 

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