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THE OPIUM EVIL.

THE OPIUM EVIL.

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PERSIA.

Mirza Mahmoud Khan, secretary of the Persian legation at The Hague, delegate plenipotentiary.

PORTUGAL.

His excellency Mr. Antonio Maria Bartholomeu Ferreira, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at The Hague, delegate plenipotentiary.

Mr. Oscar George Potier, consul general of the first class, delegate of the ministry for foreign affairs, delegate.

Mr. A. Sanches de Miranda, captain of artillery, former governor of the colonies, delegate of the ministry for the colonies, delegate.

RUSSIA.

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Savinsky, minister of ceremonies, present counselor of state, envoy extraordinary and minister pleni- potentiary at Stockholm, delegate plenipotentiary.

Mr. Chapiroff, honorary physician of the court of His Majesty the Emperor, medical inspector of the Corps of Frontier Guards, delegate.

SIAM.

His Excellency Phya Akharaj Varadhara, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at London, The Hague, and Brussels, dele- gate plenipotentiary.

Mr. William J. Archer, C. M. G., counselor of legation, delegate plenipotentiary.

In a series of meetings held from the 1st of December, 1911, to the 23d of January, 1912, the conference determined upon the text of convention hereto annexed:

The conference has further expressed the following wishes:

I. The conference is of the opinion that there is reason to draw the attention of the Universal Postal Union:

(1) To the urgency of regulating the transmission by post of raw opium.

(2) To the necessity of regulating, so far as possible, the transmis- sion by post of morphine and cocaine and their respective salts, and of the other substances contemplated by article 14 of the convention. (3) To the necessity of prohibiting the transmission of prepared opium by the post.

II. The conference is of the opinion that it is advisable to study the question of Indian hemp from the statistical and scientific stand- point, with a view to regulating its misuse, should the necessity therefor make itself felt, by domestic legislation or by an interna- tional agreement.

In testimony whereof the plenipotentiaries have affixed their sig- natures to the present protocol.

Done at The Hague the 23d day of January, 1912, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands, and copies of which, certified and conforming thereto,

shall be delivered through the diplomatic channel to all the powers represented at the conference.

For Germany:

F. DE MÜLLER. DELBRÜCK. GRUNENWALD.

For the United States of America:

For China:

For France:

For Great Britain:

For Italy:

For Japan:

CHARLES H. BRENT. HAMILTON WRIGHT. HENRY J. FINGER.

LIANG CHENG.

II. BRENIER.

W. S. MEYER.

W. G. MAX MÜLLER. WILLIAM JOB COLLINS.

G. DE LA TOUR CALVELLO.

AIMARO SATO.

TOMOE TAKAGI, KOTARO NISHIZAKI,

For the Netherlands:

For Persia:

For Portugal:

For Russia:

For Siam:

J. T. CREMER.

C. TH. VAN DEVENTER.

A. A. DE JONGH,

J. G. SCHEURER.

MIRZA MAHMOUD KHAN.

ANTONIO MARIA BARTHOLOMEU FERREIRA.

A. SAVINSKY,

WM. J. ARCHER.