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Sir,
IT is provided by Article 295 of the Treaty of Peace with Germany that "those of the High Contracting Parties who have not yet signed, or who have signed but not yet ratified, the Opium Convention signed at The Hague on the 23rd January, 1912, agree to bring the said Convention into force, and for this purpose to enact the necessary legislation without delay, and in any case within a period of twelve months from the coming into force of the present Treaty. Further- more, that ratification of the present Treaty should, in the case of
Powers that have not yet ratified the Opium Convention, be deemed
in all respects equivalent to the ratification of that Convention and to
the signature of the Special Protocol
for bringing the said
Convention into force."
There is reason to believe that, in spite of the efforts of His
Majesty's Government and of the other Governments concerned, morphia
produced in the United Kingdom is at present reaching the Far East
in quantities largely in excess of the amount required for legitimate
purposes, and His Majesty's Government are therefore of opinion that
it is desirable that steps should be taken forthwith to regulate the
export to all countries, whether their Governments are parties to the
Opium Convention or not, of the drugs specified in Chapter III of
the Convention and mentioned below.
An arrangement has already been made by His Majesty's Govern-
ment with the United States, French and Japanese Governments
whereby no consignment of morphia or kindred drugs is allowed to be
exported from the United Kingdom to any of the countries in question except on production of a certificate from the Government concerned
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