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China's Position

China, not surprisingly, openly accused Japan at Geneva of seek- ing, as part of a deliberate policy of demoralisation, to encourage drug-taking in China and of smuggling heroin into North China in huge quantities through East Hopei. Whether this is true or not, there is little doubt that China's campaign against. drugs is meeting with difficulties much greater than were expect- ed, particularly in view of the Japan's comments upon shock-steps known to have been taken ing Geneva revelations of Japan-for the curtailment of poppy cultivation within China's pre-

ese

THE MENACE OF THE POPPY

commercialisation of

the

illicit traffic in drugs contain this sent boundaries,

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much of cause for satisfaction: Direct measures taken against they indicate partial realisation addicts are having some good i of the gravity of the situation effect. They are being compelled and the intention of taking steps

to submit themselves to treat- to improve it. An attempt is ment and thousands have been made to assert that there has are punished, by death in some cured as a direct result. Lapses beenTMTMTM exaggeration, but it is instances. Imposition of capital Omewhat hesitatingly ventured, punishment has, of course, hor- the facts have been so plain rified many observers otherwise for so long that Geneva's experts

in sympathy with the campaign, were only required to obtain ac

and particularly as there is no consistency in effort in the dif- curate.

evidence of ferent parts of the ́`· country

breakdollsense of respon- where the problem is a serious

of all

,

sibility regarding the drug traffic one. There can, however, be in Manchukuo and East Hopei little question but that the execu- had long ago caused general dis- tions are a consequence, largely, mây. It is well-known for of international pressure. instance, that Tientsin has been The Chinese National Opium the primary centre of the deadly Commission at Nanking reports heroin traffic which has caused that the number of executions such deep concern to the Hong throughout the country is not Korg authorities and led to the definitely known, that only es-

Serge timates filling of our prisons with long- the military authorities respon- are available, because

term convicts in a campaign to sible, for the executions are not check the demoralising-growth accustomed to keeping records, of heroin addicts in the Colony. thereby forcing the commission Most of the seizures and arrests to use unauthenticated statistics made on the waterfront in Hong home and abroad.” This certain- for propaganda purposes at Kong have involved consign-ly suggests that the executions ments and carriers from Tien-lare, to say the least, rather arbi- tsin, and in Tientsin, from the trary, in which event, there is Japanese concession, where, it wide opportunity for the worst seemed at one time that every abuses which easily, can be quite

kinds of abuse, suppression da other building contained either a as bad as the drug traffic abuses. heroin divan or a pill manufac-alleged against Japanese ronins · tory. This state of affairs has and Koreans. undergone some improvement and orders issued in the last

Whether they like to admit it fortnight, since, it suggests it or not, those responsible for the

world pressure, even self,

hint of the Geneva strictures their purposes may be the most though was forthcoming contemplate a worthy, share in the responsi- more drastic house cleaning in bility for this state of affairs the immediate future. So far so that finally offers no prospect of good. The doubt is how much real success on a national scale. importance may be attached to a There is only one ultimate solu minor effort of this kind at this tion and that is complete and stage. Once attracted into an effective control of supplies. easy and highly profitable enter | And in that China is entitled to

Prise, leaders of Japan's drug Japanese co-operation.