1937-11-22 — Page 17

Japanese Foster Drug Trafhe While Chinese Push Reforms

GENEVA

and Jehol, Master.co

THE CHA

INDIA

BANKS

NG KONG A

oukuo, Jehol, Fukien are now "almost beyond belief. parts of northern This is the one region in the China, where the Japanese are in world where the governing au control, there has grown up in thority not only makes no effort the drug traffic a danger not to prevent the abuse of narcotic Paid-up only to China but also to the drugs but actually profits by the Reserve Liability of Proprie

rapid increase of narcotie addic

whole world.”

Reserve Fund

tors

Manchester R 71, Mosley Street,

Alor Star

Calcutta

This allegation is made in an tion." authoritative report issued by a Drugs Exported in Letters League of Nations Committee To this devastating evidence The report is based largely up- Mr. Russell makes striking addi- on evidence given by Stuart Itions, "In the city of Harbin, Fuller, who has been collecting he said, "there are not less than Bombay information on behalf of the 300 heroin dens. These dens United States, and Pasha T. Ware visited daily by about 50,000 Russell, who has been doing the addicts of Chinese, Russian and Same for Egypt as director of Japanese nationality.

The that country's Central Narcotics supply of drugs is not manufac- Intelligence Bureau The com- tured in Harbin itself. It comes mittee fully confirms the story entirely from the Japanese con- these credible witnesses have cession in Mukden and from had to tell

Dairen. It is from Dairen that

Haiphong Hamburg Hankow Harbin

Kong

gencies and

BANKS

SHANCE

BANKING CORPORATION.

*** 50,000,000 £600,000

€,500,000

$10,000,000

£3,000,000 (000,000

000,000

ty of Pro

OFFICE

(Bhakat)

Han. Me

Sir Vandeleur M.

Chief Manager.

LONDON LYONS MALACCA

AMOYE

·BANGKOK

nde General Banking business

Transacted.

Current Account opened and Fixed Deposita received for one year or shorter perioda at rates. which will be quoted or application,

The Bank Head Office in Lotion underta

claims. Executor” and Trustee business, sod [recovery of -Beti Income Tax overpaid, terms which may be ascertained as ante ulliss Agencies and Branches.

W ROBERTS

Mr. Fuller finds that while in thousands of letters containing Chinese Government provinces drugs are posted to the United laudable efforts are being made States, Egypt and elsewhere." to put down the evil, in the wide. Mr. Russell estimates the total area where Japanese are in con- of heroin shipped from Tientsin trol a truly menacing state of at more than 500 kilos weekly, of Hong Kong, 1st January, 1935, things exists.

which 60 per cent. goes direct to the United States, 20 per cent. to

Manager.

Chinese Push Reforms Beferring to opium, Mr. Fuller the same destination via Europe THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. said that in the three Chinese- and the remaining 10 per cent. to

Profits

$5,598,600.00

HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. 10, Des Vaux Bosă. Central.

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ruled provinces of Yunnan, Sze- other countries including Egypt Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 chwan and Kweichow, which re- He adds: "We should not be Paid-up Capital present most of the production far short of the mark if we said Reserve and Undivided of this drug south of the Great that 90 per cent of all the illicit Wall, the restrictive measures white drugs of the world are of enforced by the Chinese Govern- Japanese origin, manufactured ment are now commencing to in the Japanese concession of have a noticeable effect: The Tientsin, around Tientsin, in or production for the crop year around Dairen or in other cities 1936-37 is estimated to have been of Manchuria, Jehol and China, reduced in Yunnan by about 50 and this always by Japanese or per cent. and in Szechwan by under Japanese supervision.” about the same proportion, till it now rests at about one half of the usual output.”

In the provinces under Jap anese control or influence, Mr. Fuller went on to say, a very dif ferent state of things prevails. Opium growing is increasing enormously. New morphine fac

THE WING ON BANK, LTD.

Head Office: Hong Kong. 26, Des Voeur Road Central Authorised Capital: $10,000,000

LONDON BANKERS: Westminster Banic, Ltd.... Foreign Exchange and every des-

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bon Sir Shou-son Chow, Chairman Chan P. L. Kwok..

Tong, Elg, Chan Ching Bhak. Sang, Bagong-Cha Ben, Esq., Kan Erg and Fung Ping Wah, Eng

Satarin

Bombay

Kan Tong: Pa, Esq., Chief Ma LI Tse Fong, Beq., Manager. BRANCHES AND AU

Haiphong Bankow Honolala

Kobe Kowloon London

securities.

tories have been started. One cription of banking business transacted.

Every description of Banking and Exchange bessiness Current Accounts and Savings Ac

Losus granted on approved of these factories alone, Mr. Ful-counts opened Fixed Deposits re- ler said, has "an output of 50 ceived at rates which will be quoted on kilograms of heroin daily, or application

15 times the world's legi- take Safe Deposit Boxes for hire.

Trusteeship & Executorship under- some timate needs.

The conditions in Manchoukno.

PHILIP GOCKCHIN,

Chief Manager

Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fized. Deposits received, for sons: year, AZ shorter perioda in Local and Fozaign Currencia on terms which will be quoted on application

Safe Deposit Boxes To Lat.

KAN TUNG“ PO,

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONG KONG, LIMITED

BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF SHIPS.

BUILDERS OF RECIPROCATING STEAM ENGINES.

BUILDERS OF MARINE AND LAND BOILERS.

BUILDERS OF TURBINE MACHINERY.

Under License From Messrs. Parsons.

BUILDERS OF DIESEL ENGINES.

Under Special License From Messrs. Sulzer Bros.

Licensed To Manufacture Lanz Perlit Iron, Specially Suitable For Internal Combustion Engine Working Parts.

DOCK & SLIPWAYS

FOR DOCKING VERY LARGE, AS WELL AS SMALLER VESSELS, ON ANY TIDE

ALL CLASSES OF SHIP ENGINE AND BOILER REPAIRS AND EXTENSIVE WELDING, BOTH ELECTRICAL AND OXY-ACETYLENE SKILFULLY AND

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Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000

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Tem 184:400,000

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