CO129-472 - Others - 1921 — Page 255

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part of those Colonies,

18.

There is good reason to anticipate, however, that the Council of the League of Nations, through its Advisory Committee on Opium, may be urged to support the adoption of a policy with regard to Opium which goes far beyond the positive requirement of the 1912 Convention.

It is submitted that sufficient evidence has been adduced in this and the preceding Memorandum to justify determined opposition on the part of the British Representative to any attempt to introduce a more drastic policy than that contemplated in the Convention; and in particular, towards a dangerously rapid and ill-advised rate of progress in achieving the 'gradual suppression' of the trade which is referred to in Article 6.

19.

A problem of such complexity and such far-reaching consequences requires intimate knowledge of local conditions for its judicious treatment; and it is submitted that the greatest weight should be attached to the carefully considered views of the Colonial Governors, who have expressed the emphatic opinion that the rate of progress which has been, and is at present being, maintained towards the ultimate suppression of the drug is one which cannot with safety be accelerated under existing circumstances.

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252part of those Colonies,18.There is good reason to anticipate, however, that the Council of the League of Nations, through its Advisory Committee on Opium, may be urged to support the adoption of a policy with regard to Opium which goes far beyond the positive requirement of the 1912 Convention.It is submitted that sufficient evidence has been adduced in this and the preceding Memorandum to justify determined opposition on the part of the British Representative to any attempt to introduce a more drastic policy than that contemplated in the Convention; and in particular, towards a dangerously rapid and ill-advised rate of progress in achieving the 'gradual suppression' of the trade which is referred to in Article 6.19.A problem of such complexity and such far-reaching consequences requires intimate knowledge of local conditions for its judicious treatment; and it is submitted that the greatest weight should be attached to the carefully considered views of the Colonial Governors, who have expressed the emphatic opinion that the rate of progress which has been, and is at present being, maintained towards the ultimate suppression of the drug is one which cannot with safety be accelerated under existing circumstances.

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252part of those Colonies,18.There is good reason to anticipate, however, that the Council of the League of Nations, through its Advisory Committee on Opium, may be urged to support the adoption of a policy with regard to Opium which goes far beyond the positive requiremen ta of the 1912 Convention.It is submitted that sufficient evidence has been adduced in this and the preceding Momerandum to justify determined opposition on the part of the British Representative to any attempt to introduce a more drastic policy than that contemplated in the Convention; and in particular, towards a dangerously rapid and ill-advised rate of progress in achieving the'gradual suppression' of the trade which is referred to in Article 6,19.A problem of such complexity and such far-reaching consequences requires intimate knowledge of local conditions for its judicious treatment; and it is submitted that the greatest weight should be attached to the carefully considered views of the Colonial Governors, who have expressed the emphatic opinion that the rate of progress which has been, and la at present being, maintained towards the ultimate suppression of the drug is one which cannot with safety be accelerated under existing circumstances.

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part of those Colonies,

18.

There is good reason to anticipate,

however, that the Council of the League of Nations,

through its Advisory Committee on Opium, may be urged

to support the adoption of a policy with regard to

Opium which goes far beyond the positive requiremen ta

of the 1912 Convention.

It is submitted that

sufficient evidence has been adduced in this and the

preceding Momerandum to justify determined opposition

on the part of the British Representative to any

attempt to introduce a more drastic policy than that

contemplated in the Convention; and in particular,

towards a dangerously rapid and ill-advised rate of

progress in achieving the'gradual suppression' of

the trade which is referred to in Article 6,

19.

A problem of such complexity and such

far-reaching consequences requires intimate knowledge

of local conditions for its judicious treatment; and

it is submitted that the greatest weight should be

attached to the carefully considered views of the

Colonial Governors, who have expressed the emphatic

opinion that the rate of progress which has been, and

la at present being, maintained towards the ultimate

suppression of the drug is one which cannot with

safety be accelerated under existing circumstances.

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