I
Pour l'Équateur... Pour le Honduras Pour le Salvador... Pour l'Haïti
Pour le Vénézuéla
Pour le Brésil
Pour l'Argentine...
Pour l'Espagne
Pour la République dominicaine
Pour le Paraguay
Pour le Danemark (pour le Danemark, l'Islande
et les Antilles danoises)
Pour la Colombie (sous réserve de l'approbation
du Corps législatif de la Colombie)
Pour la République de Cuba,
Pour la Bolivie
Pour le Chili
Pour le Nicaragua
Pour le Pérou
Pour la Suède (sous réserve de la déclaration suivante: L'opium n'étant fabriqué
pas en Suède, le Gouvernement suédois se con- tentera pour le moment de prohiber l'im- portation de l'opium préparé, mais se déclare en même temps prêt à prendre les mesures visées dans l'article 8 de la conven- tion, si l'expérience en démontre l'oppor- tunité ")
Pour la Norvège...
le 2 juillet, 1912.
le 5 juillet, 1912.
le 21 août, 1912.
le 30 juillet, 1912.
le 10 septembre, 1912.
le 16 octobre, 1912.
le 17 octobre, 1912.
le 23 octobre, 1912.
le 12 novembre, 1912.
le 14 décembre, 1912.
le 17 décembre, 1912.
le 15 janvier, 1913.
le 8 mai, 1913.
le 4 juin, 1913.
le 2 juillet, 1913.
le 18 juillet, 1913.
le 24 juillet, 1913.
le 27 août, 1913.
le 2 septembre, 1913.
Les Puissances, dont la signature n'a pas été obtenue à la date du 1er novembre, 1913, sont les suivantes :
L'Autriche-Hongrie.
La Roumanie. L'Uruguay.
Le Monténégro.
La Serbie,
La Bulgarie.
La Grèce.
La Suisse.
La Turquie.
La convention a été ratifiée par le Danemark, le Siam, le Guatemala, le Honduras, le Vénézuela.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.?
C.O
1926
OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[53662]
Rece
Rre 17 JAN 14
No. 1.
[November 27.]
SECTION 1.
Mr. Alston to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received November 27.)
(No. 424.) Sir,
Peking, November 12, 1913. WITH reference to my despatch No. 298 of the 24th July, I have the honour to enclose copies of reports from His Majesty's consul at Kiukiang, together with copy of a note addressed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the subject of the request of the Chinese Government that Kiangsi might be placed on the list of provinces into which Indian opium shall not be conveyed.
The reports from His Majesty's consul do not present a severe indictment against Kiangsi, but contain nevertheless sufficient evidence to maintain that the province has not effectively suppressed the cultivation and importation of native opium, as required by article 3 of the 1911 agreement,
In ordinary circumstances, perhaps, the request to place Kiangsi on the prohibition list might have been treated with some indulgence. In view, however, of the illegal restrictions against Indian opium in the provinces, the shrinkage of the outlets for the Shanghai stocks, the hostile attitude of the provincial authorities towards the free circulation of Indian opium, as provided for by treaty, and the avowed determination of the National Anti-opium Society, led and abetted by Mr. Thwing, an American citizen, to employ every expedient within their power to prevent further sales of the stocks of Indian opium at Shanghai and Hong Kong, it seemed to me advisable that a strict adherence should be made to the letter of the agreement.
I have, therefore, declined to place Kiangsi forthwith on the list of provinces into which Indian opium shall not be conveyed, but have expressed my readiness, in accordance with article 4 of the 1911 agreement, to arrange for the investigation next spring on the lines of the joint inspections carried out in Shantung, Anhui, and Hunan this year.
I have, &c.
B. ALSTON.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Consul King to Mr. Alston.
(No. 31.) Sir,
Kiukiang, September 18, 1913. WITH reference to your despatch No. 13 of the 24th July, 1913, and your telegram No. 18 of yesterday's date, I have the honour to report that, on my arrival here recently, finding Mr. L. Giles had omitted to deal with the matter, I immediately took steps to endeavour to ascertain what was being done in Kiangsi province with regard to the effective suppression of the cultivation and import of native opium.
The information embodied in this despatch is, I am afraid, of a meagre description, but I hope to be able to furnish further information at an early date, when the missionaries have returned to their stations from Kuling and other summer resorts.
Cultivation. With regard to cultivation, it would seem that, on the whole, a favourable report can be made. In this connection, however, it must be borne in mind that Kiangsi bas never been one of the provinces in which opium has been cultivated to any great extent.
Mr. Lewis, of the Asiatic Petroleum Company (Limited), who travelled through the districts to the east and south of the Poyang Lake, namely Jaochow-fu, Kingtehchen, Lopinghsien, Lyanghsien, Kweikihsien, Kwangsin-fu, Kian-fu, Fuchow-fu, and the surrounding country, in March and April of last year and this year, informs me that he observed no signs of poppy cultivation, while I learn from other sources that Kienchanghsien and Changshu are free from opium growing.
On the other hand, the information I have received from Yuanchow-fu is not so satisfactory.
Mr. R. W. Porteous, of the China Inland Mission, writing from Yüanchow-fu,
says:-
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