§ 9. Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which are the States where the national or local laws fail to comply with existing international conventions as to the white slave traffic, as stated in the League of Nations Committee's Report?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINNo, Sir. In the Report the authors state categorically that they wish to make it clear that they do not intend to single out any particular country, or to suggest any criticism whatever of its authorities.
§ Viscount SANDONIs it not important that these particulars should be known, so that those involved can be pilloried by the public?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINI think my Noble Friend has not read the Report. If he does so, he will find that the Report uses this language:
We wish to make it clear that when countries are referred to by name it is not intended to single out any particular country or to Suggest any criticism whatever of its authorities. All nations alike are equally desirous of stamping out this evil, but the circumstances of some countries undoubtedly make the task more difficult than it is for others. The possibility of further action must depend on finding the weak points in existing international machinery, and in trying to strengthen it by effective co-operation.