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16 brothel where the children go. In rooms over a saddler's shop I found two children, certainly not over fifteen, with an elderly gentleman. They laughed and joked me. There were six girls in the house and three men, and the gentlemen were men of mature age" (718).

Let it be noted that the police had no instructions to arrest such moral murderers—men of mature age. There was no one to make a charge against them!

One important fact in this dangerous condition of London must be noted, because it has a direct connection with the system of State-regulated vice, which will next be considered. This fact is the large and increasing number of foreign prostitutes, trained under the foreign regulation system, who resort to London as a free hunting-ground, where men and women can carry on this vile trade unmolested.

Thus it is said: "There are certain districts in London where there are colonies of French prostitutes perfectly well known to the police. The girls brought from foreign countries into this country are generally girls who understand their business perfectly well. They come over here to be professional prostitutes, and they pay the placers to find a house for them" (152-3).

Mr. Dunlap states: "There are large numbers of French and Belgian prostitutes, who use the brothels in the neighborhood" (732).