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the Chinese wovernment from ante-dating the time by which the
production of opiwa in China is to cease. of this the chinese
Government is well aware. But the period was deliberately
proposed by the Chinese Government itself as being the short-
est length of time within which so gigantic a reform mi at be
expected to be effectively accomplished. lo may prove to be
unnecessarily long, but of this there is no satisfactory
evidence at present nor apparently can there be for some time
to come.
The Committee urge Lant Chins should be given by uke
Treaty Towers a similar right in respect of opium te trat
lately given her by those Powers in respect of sorghiu. The
cases are not analogous. China produces no moris, has
never legalized its use, and has on those grounde obtained und
aasent of the Powers to the prohibition of import from
abroad. but in the case of opium the question was one of the
gradual modification of a national habit, and of the reduction
simultaneously and by degrees of an immenee internal produc-
tion and a comparatively small import. The principle of
pari paksu reduction being accepted, the choice of procedure,
as
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