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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.