CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 372

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apparently very low and efforts have to be made to guard against

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the import of Turkish and Persian opium. irascible old gentlemen, with a certain amount of European experience, is thoroughly in earnest in his anti-opium campaign, and stoutly maintains that, having been instructed by Imperial

Prepared opium Decree to suprees opium, suppress it he will.

in Chinese hands is an article which he a right to tax, and

In the face of indirect Treaty obligations do not concern him. this attitude, it was in vain that I cited arguments previously brought forward here and in Peking or pointed out that this was a question for the twc Governments concerned and that we could

Eventually, one only treat it in our capacity of subordinates.

of the foreign secretaries, seeing the futility of further

could not be suggested, discussion asked if some modus vivendi

80, without committing myself officially, I said that an ex- tension of the time limit would to some extent remove from the levy the stigma of being in effect nothing but a direct impost on foreign raw opium. They then went away, prepared to consider an extension of the boiling down time to six months.

Argue, as one may, nothing will make the local author- ties recede from the position that they have an inherent right to tax prepared opium, and to take any steps they please to suppress smoking, so long as their reading of the Additional Article to the Chefoo Convention is not technically infringed.

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(sd) J. W. Jamieson.

Consul General.

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