prostitution, whether male or female, as a means of earning a livelihood is to sink beneath the vilest, to a depth of degradation from which there is no return to virtue. Therefore the statute provides that the buying of free girls for prostitution, or of free boys for use as catamites, shall be punished with the cangue and the full period of banishment. But while this law has been in existence for a long time, officials have looked upon it as a dead letter. The prosecution of persons who buy free girls for prostitution may perhaps be heard of now and then, but from years end to years end the records show no accusation of the buying of a free boy for use as a catamite, nor does one ever hear of an official who has taken up such a case. Unless severe orders are issued prohibiting these offenses and energetic action taken in carrying out the orders, we may find that while it is easy to get rid of the name of slave the evils of prostitution are difficult to uproot, and that instead of male and female slaves, we have simply substituted the prostitute and catamite. We pray therefore that all the local magistrates may be charged with the responsibility of making a secret and thorough investigation, and that, should any case arise of the purchase of a free person for prostitution, such magistrate shall be required to apply the extreme penalty of the law without any show of leniency. CUMULATIVE INDEX TO SUPPLEMENT VOLUMES 1-4 (Figures in italics refer to volume.) ABYSSINIA. Agreement between Great Britain, France and Italy. Decem- ber 13, 1906.... 1:226 Agreement respecting importation of arms and ammunition. 1:230 ACRE CONTROVERSY. Documents respecting.. 1:416 ADAPTION of the Geneva Convention to Maritime War, Convention for 1:159 The Hague, October 18, 1907... 2:153 ADDITIONAL ARTICLES to Geneva Convention of 1864. October 20, 1868... 1: 92 1:398 AFRICA. Agreement between France-Great Britain-Italy respecting im- 1:230 Agreement between France-Great Britain-Spain for maintenance 1:425 Convention between France and Great Britain respecting fisheries 1: 9 Revision of June 8, 1899. General Act of Brussels for repression of slave trade and restric- General Act of Berlin relative to the Congo and Niger and new See LIBERIA. Documents relating to. AGRICULTURE, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE of. Convention of June 7, 1905. 2:358 ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE, General Act of. April 7, 1906... 1: 47 Documents concerning recognition of Mulai Hafid.. AMELIORATION of the sick and wounded. Geneva convention 1864. 1: 90 Additional articles of 1868. 1: 92 Hague convention of 1899. 1:159 Recommendation for revision. The Hague, July 29, 1899. 1:105 |