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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 5, 1988.

KING'S REFERENCE TO FAR EAST IN PARLIAMENT

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London, To-day.

A reference to the Far East was contained in the King's Speech, delivered on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament yesterday, and read by the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. Referring to the Sino-Japanese War, the speech says: “I regret that the hostilities between China and

9 GOLD ROBBERY Japan still continue with great loss

ARRESTS

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of life both of combatants and ċivi- lians, and with considerable damage of the rights and interests of third parties.

“I earnestly hope that this con- flict will be brought to an early termination."

NEW ERA?

Police raided the underworld |·· The manifest and significant desire of Marseilles three times recently of all peoples not to be drawn into and arrested four more men war with one another, finds expres- alleged to have been implicated sion in the speech. in the armed hold-up of a goods train in the suburbs the "I pray that with the passing, of Itown a fortnight ago, when gold this peril a new era may have open- bars valued at nearly £40,000|ed for Europe," says the King re- Nine men altoget-ferring to the recent crisis in which her have been arrested

he pays tribute successively to Mr. The police are now searching intervention and the dignity dis- Chamberlain's initiative, Mussolini's for a man named Auguste Mela, who, according to one of the played by Czecho-Slovakia in arrested men, was the mastercepting the settlement, as well as the timely action of President mind of the gang.

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In a cellar at the house of one The speech, which was notable of the first five men arrested for its consideration to the troubled were found seven of the missing international situation, touches gold bars. At another villa all aspects of Britain's relations were a pile of licences from overseas. stolen cars, forged voting cards and a plant for making false {money.

DEEP DISTRESS

The King speaks of his deep dis- tress at the continuance and re-

Two more men were arrested, cent intensification of violence and and one of them admitted that lawlessness in Palestine, and his

he had taken part in the hold-up, concern at the conditions prevailing Simultaneously other detectives in the West Indies-Reyter, raided a shack in the suburbs of the town which was believed to have been used by the gang as headquarters.

HIDING UNDER BED

NEW FORM OF DRUG SMUGGLING Sent By Letter Post

Two men were found hiding

The report of the British Gov- under a bed. One of them sub-ernment to the League of Nations mitted, but the second, named on traffic in dangerous during 1937, states that several at- Miccelis, after pretending to sur- render, drew, a revolver, knocked tempts to import small quantit- over the police officer guarding ies by letter post were discover- the door and made off into the ed... darkness.

“All the channels through which

A dozen detectives gave chase, dangerous drugs circulate legiti- firing as they ran. One of them mately," adds the report, "are. hit Miccelis, who is now in hos-open to frequent inspection, and the addict or would-be trafficker pital in a dangerous condition.

Other arrests are believed to has little chance of obtaining be imminent.

drugs from such sources without The police have established the fact of excessive supplies that the three baskets in which coming to light and proper in- the bandits carried off the gold vestigations being speedily un- were thrown into a dock.

dertaken." Two

of these had been emptied, but

The drugs principally import-

the third had to be abandoned ed during the year were: hastily, with its precious tents inside.

con=

Raw opium 211,969)b, Coca leaves 91,954lb, Indian hemp^8,057lb, Crude morphine 16,059oz, and Crude methymorphine 2,673oz. The number of known drug

CENTRAL addicts in the country was 620,

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the percentage of addiction to different drugs in relation to the total was: Morphine 72, diacetyl- morphine 17, cocaine 81%, medi- cinal opium one, dihydromorphi- nine one, codéine half-

During the year seven members of the medical profession, and neven pharm

convict- the Dan-

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