CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 51

Fortuguese, in indo-Uhins by the French and in Tsingtau

and Dairen by the Japanese. The opium farm in Yao80 50

exists by virtue of an agreement signed in 1911 between

the two Governments concurned and expiring in 1981. Under

this Agreement the Britisă dovernment has undertaken to

supply the Kacao Opium Farm with a stipulated amount of

opium annually. It can hardl ̧ be exjsated that so old and

pemrious a friend of Great Britain as fortugal will take

the lead in denouncing this infamous arrangement.

Similarly Japan since 1914 in violation of the precedent

of freedom from opium set up by Germany, following the

casuple of Great Britain kas instituted an üpium Fara in

Tsingtau.

This Aquosistion has the strongest grounds for believing

that the immense figures paid annually by the opium fermers

in Singapore, longcong md Macao ean only be recovered by

using their rights as e alook for illioit treffio on a

vast senle into Chine.

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The ungontrolled production of morphile in Great

Britain throws annually upon the market a quantity of

morphia fer in exooss of the world's total legitimate

requirements. This morphis inevitably finds its way into

Uhins, leaving Groat aritein as a direct or indirect ex-

pert to Jepen, or as export from Great Britain to ner

colonies. A special convention provides Isollities for

transit of goods through the United States in bond.

Bush experts sy, ear as direct exports to imerion.

Korphia instead of being imported, transits in bond

through/