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AN ARISTOCRATIC VICE,

COCAINE VICTIMS."

(Daily Mail)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901.

consumed sound almost'incredible. Chemists will tell you of farmers who come in on market day and call for their wine-glass full of laudanum, and drink it unmoved. 'Of course, hardening to the drug, for a very small portion this can only be done after, many years of

of the United Provinces emerged victorious from their heroic struggle with Philip of Spain, the Hollanders had been subject for many cen. taries to the alternate dominion of Frankish or Recent tragic events have revealed something

teenth century that Holland justified her exis. German emperors. It was not until the soven- of the growth of the most deadly form of nar-

of such a dose 'would kill an ordinary man,ence as a separate nation" by that remarkable -cotism known-the cocaine habit.

Not long Among middle-class women all over the country display of commercial energy which gave her since this was quite unknown here. every busy West-end chemist can tell stories has sprung into popularity owing to the ease

Today chlorodyne-takers may be found. Chlorodyne for a brief period the supremacy of the sea."

The first alarm of the growth of the cocaine

with which it can he obtained. For most habit came from New York about fourteen

narcotics you must have a doctor's prescription, years ago. But as late as 1894 the then lead-but for chlorodyne you need none. This habit is very expensive, though not nearly so much as cocaine. As averago.expenditure of 161. 8 week is the most I have been abla to come "scross by a woman on chlorodyne.

of its victims who flock to him.'

ing authority on inebriety in this country was able to declare that only very few, cases were known here,

Now cocaine injection has firmly established itself in London, not among the common people, but among the cleverest men and women. It can be carried on so secretly that for a time even the nearest friends of the drunkard have no suspicion of it. It has none of the repulsive, ness of ordinary intoxication. Doctors are its chlef victims, writers and politicians come next, and the more artistic the temperament the greater the perit this new babit presents.

SUBTLE INEBRIETY,

Of morphia and chloral there is little need to speak. The list of morphia victims in this country, if it could be given, would be amazing Morphia, like cocaine, takes most hold of the eleverest people.

HIDDEN, DANCERS.

But so long as these drugs go under their own names their barm is to a certain extent limited. A greater danger is when they are disguised by greedy sellers as harmless pre- parations. Some delightful French tonics largely used by ladies who would scam whisky, and who look on brandy as an abomination are nothing but pure spirits of wine favoured, Many" bitters," soothing-syrups, and cough syrups, largely sold under fancy names, contain great proportions, of opium. Warst of all are many so called "cures for the drug babit." Some of these, it is true, are quite harmless and useless, powdered sugar being their most considerable ingredient. But others feed the habit they are supposed to cure, One largely advertised cure for the "whisky and opium habit" consisted of a mixture of whisky and opium. The State Health Hoard of Massachu- selts some time ago analysed twenty samples of these so-called "cures" In every case but one they contained morphia.

Cocaine injection is without question the most dangerous and subtle form of inebriety known. Compared with it, even morphing mania is comparatively larimless. It grows on one with amazing rapidity, and gives little or no warning of the harts it is doing until the evil is accomplished almost beyond recall. With most narcotics, you have quick presage of coming evil. I et the average man inject a dose of morphia and he will find the temporary ease followed by excruciating beadache, by raw nerves, and fearsome depression of spirits. Bir with the cocaine at first there is none of this. You feel young and vigorous again. Pain is deadened. The things that troubled you seem swép! out of your life. You have a sense of self-satisfaction, of buoyancy, of ease and pleasure. In the normal man or woman there

The cocaine habit inevitably means death if is often at first no great reaction, although in

persevered in. If the victim tries to conquer this, as in every nerve prision, the effects differit him or herself, failure is the most likely according to individual temperarent.

But the pleasure passes off very quickly, even more quickly than with opium, and the victim is almost inevitably driven to renew the injection. In many cases from twelve to twenty doses are before long taken in a single day. This costs money. Cocaine hydrochlorate, the form of the drug used for this purpose, is very expensive. Wholesale it costs twenty-five shill ings an ounce. and retail usually abut three times as such. In one known case a man spends as much as ten shillings a day on his

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The first harmful result seen is often enough not physical but moral. . Cocaine even more than morphia, destroys the moral sense. This is no figure of spasch, but a plain statement of an observed and undeniable fact. The cocaine fiend does not become violent or brutal. On the contrary, he seems more gentle and more refined than ever before. His artistic percep- tions are in every way quickened. But though he has hitherto been scrupleusly honest, he will now often steal without shame. He often' seems to forget the meaning of truth, - It is yet a moot point with pyschologists' how and why this destruction of the moral sense is accomplished. But that it is accom:lished. admits of no denial.

KLEPTOMANIACS.

Many of the cases of kleptomanin which excite so much surprise, and many of the unaccount- ́able crimes among well-to to people, are solely due to this. As one chemist put it somewhat bluntly to me: "When a person comes in here and asks for cocaine or morphia or chloral, I. of course, fill in the doctor's prescription. This is my business. But take care to keep a close eye on that customer's fingers all the time she is in the shop. The cocaine fiend will steal anything if she thinks she can do it unobserved. If you let her get into your debt she will never pay you. Among my regular customers, some come with a story that they have left their purves behind, or something like that, and wish me to trust them. I never do that with a cocaine or chloral taker now., I have been bitten too often. Every other chemist will tell you the same."

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This London-journal degláras that, if Ger- many should propose to incoporate Holland into her empire, England would stand aside," and closes with the following bitter ding:

"Nor it there anything in the present charac». tár of the Hollanders to make this destiny of reincorporation into the German empire appear unsuitable. The Hollander of to-day is a de- generate who resembles his ancestors of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in little else than the ingrained passion for commercial gain. His national and personal outlook upon life is narrow and devoid of dignity; and on such a people political association with their German kinsmen, if it did not provide them with nobler ideals, could at least exercise no deteriorating influence,"

The Chronicle (London) also believes mit absorption will come. It says:

"Helland, within the German empire, would give the latter that outlet to the sea in a north westly direction which is particularly desirable to a country with a rapidly growing trade. A union, political or commercial, is at present a dream of the future, but it is a dream.which every far-sighted German statesman, must.ac- casionally allow himself to dwell upon as a possible solution of the internal difficulties which must sooner or later be grappled with."

The Temps (Paris) poohs pools the idea of Germany absorbing Holland, and declares such reports are merely evidences of English resent ment over Dutch sympathy with the Boers. At the same time, it remarks, the silence of the German papers on the subject--no depials or comments appearing in the journals of the Fatherland-is significant. Translations made for The Litvary Digest,

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PARIS, August 15th.... The Matin publishes to-day text of the let ters of marque which, it declares, Mr. Kruger is being urged to sign, in order to send out corsairs to prey on the English mercantile marine.

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result. But by placing himself under the ab- solute control if a stronger will, cure can be bad. There is one extraordinary fact for which I can give no explanation whatever. It is a commaplace. that while men drunkards arà very often reformed, the reclamation of a con. fried inebriate woman is very very rare. But in drug-taking this is completely reversed. It is very much easier to reclaim a woman nar- cotis: than a man, only once the habit is really established a cure comes seldom, The greatest

Many sailors, says the Matin, have long. expert of his time on this subject, Dr. Norman been offering the Boers their aid, which the Kerr, once told me that he never knew a cop Boers have, nevertheless, consistently refused. firmed morphinomaniac of whom he could - Now, however, hatred calls forth hatred, really say that a perfect cure had been accom--|-violenco-próvokés violence,” and, as the direct plished. For this habit gets so terrible a 'hold consequence of Lord Kitchener's proclamation, of its victims that home and honour, wife and the fatis would not be surprised to see "black friends, can all go, and reputation can vanish fides of corsairs trailed across the seas" je momentary satisfaction can be obtained.

Undoubtedly one great cause of the growth of the drug habit has been the popularisation of "tabloid" and compressed pellet medicines. These have made swif drugging easy.

FRED. A.. MCKENZIE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DUTCH ELECTIONS.

The resignation of the Dutch cabinet as. a. result of the Parliamentary elections, which show a loss of thirteen spats, to the Liberal Party, appears to the Independance Belge (Brussels) to indicate that Holland is now passing through a político-social crisis such as came so near disrupting Belgium in 1884. Says the Brussels Journal:

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The document, which is too long to quote ia extenso, begins by reminding the captains of the corsairs that they equip their ships at beir own risk.

For remuneration the Government of the South African Republics will, if the Republics retain their independence, pay the captains. £80, per ton, displacement, of each English warship, and £40 per ton, gross tonnage, of each English merchant vessel sunk_or_cap» tured.

Neutrals must be carefully, warned before the corsair begins operations, and no English vessels out at sea at the date when this docu ment is signed must be touched.

Payment of the remuneration promised will be made out of the indemnity claimed from the British Government within 15 days of peace being signed.

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If the warning of the danger run by English vessels, contained in this document, resulted in an. Immediate peace, preserving the inder. endence of the republica, the expenses of the equipment of the corsairs will be paid and a sum of £40,000 given as a reward for each corsair's intervention,"

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"The moderate Liberals, in their fear of universal suffrage, which would give a pro- minent position to the socialists in the Dutch party régiine, have preferred to hand over victory to all the forces of reaction, Catholic and Protestant, and they have deliberately sacrificed all the great work of the Liberal cabinet. In place of eminently democratic governmental tendencies which have permitted the establishment of compulsory education, and reform in the army, we see strictly sectarian touched, the coriairs may employ what methods known make, in small and large tins, of ideas triumphant, ideas which would return the country to traditional wayslong since abolished, .. and create a chronic sore spot in this great little nation, one of the most energetic, intelligent, and progressive of Europe."

Provided neutrals are wained and English ships ignorat of these letters of marque are not,

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The signature of full peace will alone be the signal for the corsairs to cease operations. Morning L ́adir Cor.

This is only the beginning. The moral effects are after a time followed by very decided physical ones. First comes indes cribable depression of spirits, sleeplessness,

The result of the Dutch elections has an in- distaste for food. This is often enough ternational significance, declares the Journal followed by complete. mental breakdown, des Débats (Paris). The rest of the world will sometimes by suicide. So much has the habit

sooner or later be called upon to face the grown that a new industry has sprung up in problem of suffrage and the relation of church but the monotony is periodically broken by England during the past few years, the establishment of "homes" for wall-to-do nar

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to state, if it has not already solved this problem. some thrilling occurrence. When the pilfering This journal points out a difference between the Pathan or the appropriating Afridi is not lifting cotists. These homes are not usually registered crises in Belgium and Holland. In the former rifles from under the very nases, of the soldiers, under any Act. Many of them do not advertise, country the population is by birth almost the garrison is momentarily excited by a sentry bat are supplied with patients by their private exclusively Catholic, while In Holland the being found stabbed to death, or some fanatic, people are even more Protestant, yet in the end, in his eagerness to gain paradise surely, turns the Debats predicts, Liberalism will triumph in ghas, run amok, and slays a European or Holland as it has already done in Belgium. two One of the latter incidents, though in this The Osservatore Remano (Rome), brgan of the case unattended by fatal results, happened re- The cocaine habit has not reached the com- Vatican, rejoices in the Catholic victory and cently. While a battery of artillery was return- men people. I doubt if in all the long list of the Socialist setback.NA,

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not move when motioned aside, but as the that narcotiam appeals in the most subtle way. rage of the Dutch Queen to a German prince officer came near he drew a sword from his robe A few doses of cocaine enable the busy society is the frat step in the absorption process. The and cut at him viciously. Strangely enough- woman to get through her season all right, Queen's marriage, declares The Saturday Re for the frontiersman's blow is usually sure and and she can malotain this habit often enough view (London), is a step toward the manifest deadly be missed. The fanatic, who was a for months together without eventhose nearest destiny of Holland-its union with the Ger- Baluch, then swiped at Trumpeter HaggertyCK

who was immediately behind his officer Haggeny ducked, and the sword cost clean through his helmet, just missing, his skull. Thereupon the Buluch, thinking he had severod the head of the infidel (being Haggerty) net po a wild war dance in the road, founshing his sword, and shouting greatly. A blow ga his word-arm by a gunner sent the weapon spinning, and another stretched Mr. Baluch on the ground: "After that it was easy work kand: ing him over to the police

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