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MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1927.
LATE DR. SUN.
THE DRUG TRAFFIC.
SATURDAY'S OBSERVANCES. ACTIVITIES OF A HONGKONG.
Shanghai, March 12.' On the occasion of the second an- niversary of the death of Dr, Bun Yat-sen many members of the light Wing of the Kuomintang Party went on a pilgrimage to his old residence in the French Concession to pay thoir respects to the memory their late lender.
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The party afterwards, visited the headquartere of the Left Wing to another part of the Conecasion, whore a clash ensued. Shots were exchanged, one man being seriously. wounded and sont to hospital. Severn! roceived wounds of a minor character. A number of arrests ware made. Reuter,
Observances in London.
· London, March 12.
British, Japanese. Chinese and other admirers of Sun Yat-sen sembled at the Chinese Legation, London, to-day and paid tributes to
his memory.
The Chinese Chargo d'Affaires de livered the preliminary address, standing before a sort of altar de- corated with flowers, above which hung a portrait of Sun Yat-sen' sur- mounted by a laurol wreath.
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London, March 13. The real position of the drug' traffic is now being discovered ac cording to a report of the League of nations Opium Committee adopted by the Council at Genova on the 11th last, stating that some governments are steadily improv ing their system of control while the import and export certificate system Is being more generally applied..
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SIR HUBERT BRAND TO COMMAND,
London, March 12.
on March 16 Sir Henry Oliver as Sir Hubert Brand is succeeding Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet-Reuter
of
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Vice Admiral. Hon. Sir Hubert George Brand, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.D., C.B., CO., M.V.O., has been Second Sea Lord since 1925. He is the 2nd son of Viscount Hamp- den, and was born. on May 20, In specific cases this is being 1870. He entered the Navy in followed up, not only by the 1883; Lieutenant, 1892; Comman- punishment of offenders but in the der. 1902; Captain, 1907; Naval remedy of defects in the system. Attache at Tokyo, 1912-14; Naval Nevertheless the present position Assistant to 2nd Sça-Lord Ad- is disappointing and very unsatis-miralty, 1915-16; Chief of Staff to factory.
Sir David Beatty, commanding Battle Cruiser Fleet, 1916; Can- tain of the Fleet and Commodore 1st Class; 1916-19; Rear-Admiral 1919; Commanded His Majesty's Yachts, 1019-1022; Comdg. First Light Cruiser Squadron, 1922-24: Extra Equorry to the King, 1922: of Vice-Admiral, 1924; Naval Secre- tary to First Seu Lord of the
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The report declares that in India the illicit traffic in cocaine logitimate imports. may amount to forty times the
Large seizures of oplum and drugs have been made in the Far East, the Middle East and the United States. The butЯow opium from China very seriously embarrasses the adjoining coun- Admiralty, 1925.
tries,
The committee cites the case of syndicate in Hongkong engaged Sun's declaration of policy made in smuggling Chinose opium to the on his death-bed was then read, extent of £40,000 monthly, The and subsequently Mr. George Lan-chief of Cairo police reported that bury maile AL speech attacking the Egyptians are rapidly bo, capitalism,
coming a race of drug addicts. Sixty arrests are made weekly in Cairo.-Reuter,
After the audience had saluted the portrait, a band played the Chinese National Anthem, and the) "Internationale."-Reuter.
Paris Observance.
Paris, March 19. The anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun Vader why celebrated by a Communist meeting at which, according to L'Humanite, speakers included Kuomintangites who dressed the gathering in English speeches aml hailed the awakening of the slaves of Imperial iam -Reuter.
Singapore Riot,.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
the
Singapore, March 13. In connection with the colebra- tion of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthday the police were compelled to fire on a Chinese crowd in Singapore yesterday afternoon, resulting in six being killed and eleven injured. After the meeting in the well- known fair ground called Happy Valley, where some disturbance oc- curred many Hallams-formed procession, and contrary to regulation marched to the town.
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Sir H. F. Oliver. Admiral Sir Henry Francis Oliver, R.N., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., has been Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, since 1924. He was born on January 22, 1865. He entered the Navy in 1878. Lieutenant, 1888; Com- mander, 1890; Captain, 1903; Itear-Admiral, 1913, late Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Chief Vice- Geneva, Mar. 12.
Admiral, commanding the Home. In the course of the discussion, 1920-24 Admiral, 1913.
Fleet, 1919-20; Second Sea Lord, He is o Mr. McCormack said that Perain Commander Legion of Honour and had agreed that after three years other Orders include the Sacred they would reduce the production Treasure of Japan, St. Anne of of opium by ten per cent. annual-Russla, and the Swords of Sweden. decide their policy in accordance with the general situation.
Peculiar Decisions.
ly for three years, and thereafter
The Persian Government in order to facilitate reduction would exempt from taxation lands where the poppy had been cultivated and I would grant special loans to us. sist the proprietors in abandon- ing. cultivation.
The Council decided to place the question of the cultivation of the poppy in Persia on the agenda of the next Assembly of the League and to convent a conference at Geneva in November draw up International. . Convention an abolishing import and export pre- Reuter.
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hibitions
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Rugby, Mar. 12.
A complete traffic block occured The Council of the League of, Ayer station. Nations yesterday considered the An Inspector attempting to re-report of the Advisory Committee gulate this was attacked and knock-on the question of opium and ed down. Malay police then fired other noxious drugs. on the crowd and dispersed it.
The town has since been com- pletely quiet.-O. 0. 0.
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The Rusgo-Turkish commercial agreement has been signed. The Russia are Turkish exports limited to forty-five articles of annual value of £7,000,000, while the Russian exports are unlimited.- Reuter
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M. Zaleski said the illicit traffic had not appreciably abated and ho was sure the Council would ap preciate the proposal made by the British representative on the Ad- visory Committee that it was im- portant to discover the sources of supply open to illicit traffickers. of noxious drugs are being ex-
Apparently enormous quantities ed blood..
Dyspepsia which does not yield ported to Chind by post and the to ordinary treatment may be Council considered it advisable quickly corrected when the blood that European Governments
is enriched. Many people have
A terrific explosion, believed to should examine this fact." The be the result of a bomb, almost only possible remedy is for eour- secured relief from chronic forms completely destroyed the three tries which have undertaken to of indigestion by the use of Dr. storey printing and publishing exercise control to do so effec-Williams' Pink Pills which make offices of the Opposition news-tually.
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The Council empowered the carrying an increased amount of Chairman of the Advisory Com- oxygen, the great supporter of mittee to summon a special meet- human life. ing of that body to deal with this aspect of the problem..
There were no casualties as the workmen were abacnt.-Reuter.
MINE DISASTERS.
LORD MAYOR'S FUND.
London, March 12. The Lord Mayor has closed the fund for victims of the Cwm and.
The Opium Convention of February, 1925, cannot come late force until seven States repre- sented on the Council have ratified Great Britain was the first member of the Council to ratify fie Convention and now Germany has done so
it.
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Signor Scialoia told the Council The last two bodies out of fifty that Italy will Hikewino bo post free, two killed at Cwm" were located | ready to do 80 shortly, six bottles $8.00, from The Dr. yesterday. Reuter.
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