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of a delegate appointed by their superiors, and be directed to present a true statement of the facts of their case; and, without consideration as to whether their craving for opium is heavy or slight, they will be given six months within which to give up the habit altogether. At the expiry of this period they must apply for an officer to be appointed to examine them again, and enter into a bond, which will be filed. If they become seriously ill and fail to break off the habit within the stipulated time, they may represent the facts to their superiors, in which case any hereditary title they may possess will be transferred according to the proper rules of succession to another to hold, and, if they are officials, they will be retired with whatever rank they may be holding. If it be discovered that they are holding back the facts and infringing this rule by means of deception, they must be impeached and degraded, as a warning against any such trifling and deceit.
If the superior authorities are lax in examining, they shall be reported to the Throne for the determination of a penalty.
Further, all teachers and scholars in any schools or colleges, and officers and warrant officers of the army or navy, who are addicted to opium shall be dismissed within three months,
Article 10. To enter into negotiations for the prohibition of the import of foreign
opium in order to close the sources of supply.
The prohibition of the growth of opium and of its consumption is a measure of internal policy which we are justified in taking without further circumspection. But the question of foreign opium, which is imported from other countries, impinges on our foreign relations, and the Imperial commands should therefore be sought to direct the Board of Foreign Affairs to make a satisfactory arrangement with the British Minister with a view to effecting an annual decrease within the next few years of the import of foreign opium pari passu with the decrease of native opium, so that both
may be absolutely prohibited by the expiry of the time limit of ten years.
Besides Indian opium, the drug is also imported from Persia, Annam, and the Dutch Indies in no small quantities. In the case of Treaty Powers negotiations should similarly be entered into with their Representatives in Peking to effect the prohibition of such import; while with non-Treaty Powers we can exercise our own prerogative in strictly forbidding the import.
All Tartar Generals, Military Lieutenant-Governors, Governors-General, and Governors should also direct their subordinate authorities and Commissioners of Customs to take preventive measures along the trade routes and frontiers to stop smuggling.
As regards morphia and the instruments used for its injection into the skin, the effects of which are even more injurious than those of opium itself, proper effect should be given to the stipulations laid down in Article XI of the British Commercial Treaty, and Article XVI of the American Commercial Treaty, and instructions be issued to all custom-houses to disallow the import of any morphia and instruments into China which are not for medical use; while a strict prohibition must be enforced against any shops in China, whether native or foreign, manufacturing morphia or instruments for its injection.
Article 11. All Tartar Generals, Governors-General, and Governors of Provinces should direct the civil and military authorities in their jurisdiction to issue Proclamations promulgating these Rules for general observance,
This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
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Mr. H. Lowther to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received January 21, 1907.)
Tokió, December 24, 1906. THE question of the necessity of protecting trade-marks against piracy for use in China, by an Agreement with Japan on the subject, is occupying the attention of the German Embassy here.
Sir John Jordan, in his despatch No. 469 of the 13th ultimo addressed to the Foreign Office, pointed out the necessity of such an Agreement in the interests of British trade-marks.
The German Embassy has inquired of His Majesty's Embassy whether the British Government has any understanding with the Japanese Government on the subject. I understand that the desire for such information was with a view to an Agreement between Germany and Japan similar to any such Convention or understanding as might exist between Great Britain and this country.
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I have, &c. (Signed) HENRY CROFTON LOWTHER.
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