1936-03-24 — Page 11

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NEWS OF THE DAY

IN PICTURES

FROM FAR AND NEAR PHOTONEWS

DEATH

FOR

Hongkong

DOPE-SMUGGLERS

IN

TUESDAY, MARCII 24, 1936.

HAPPENINGS

AS SEEN BY

THE CAMERA'S EYE

THE

NORTH

In the old days it was opium. To-day horoin, almost unknown in China as recently as 1928, is one of the commonost drugs used by addicts.

Though the habit of heroin-taking has increased so rapidly, the most determined efforts are being made by the Chinese Government to put an end to the practice. These efforts consist of strong propaganda against drug-taking, the opening of

and addicts who relapse after being discharged from a treatment contro.

WAJPUTAN GRLENDER

more than 600 treatment centres for addicts up and down the country, and the most stringent laws against drug-smugglers, PO BRITISH INDIA-APCAR AND Death is often the penalty for smugglers and relapsed addicts-as it is also for farmers who grow the forbidden opium: EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES

poppy. This law is administered without respect of persons. A general who was found to be using one of his aeroplanes | for drug-smuggling was lod away immediately and shot.

The hospitals in Peiping alone admitted 5,500 patients in 10 months—of those only 60 were known later to have re- lapsed into drug-taking. Of the 60, 20 were finally set free, 30 wore given terms of imprisonment, and 10 were simply be- headed.

The authorities reckon that Peiping alone still contains 40,000 drug addicts--more than a quarter of whom are coolies and manual labourers who take to the drug for relief from physical exhaustion.

Other countries cannot claim to have clean hands in respect of China's drug-problem. 20,000 drug-dealers operating in Poiping are Japanese subjects-and the Chinese say that they get no satisfaction from handing them over to the Japanese authorities. Many British vossels, they also stato, are engaged in the drug-smuggling business.

BRANDING THE SMUGGLER PENALTY FOR A FIRST OFFENCE

The smuggler is taken to one of the 600 centren recently opened for the treatment of drug addicts. Here he is branded on the arm. If he is caught a second time he will be, shat. In 1934, 263 death sentences were carried out. ARREST OF A HEROIN SMUGGLER

CAUGHT-FOR THE SECOND TIME

A branded man hun been caught by the police. Though he knows he is going to death he hun atill enough curiosity to gaze at the photographer. Heroin, now becoming the commoncet of drugs, is usually taken in cigaretten, pinches of it being pushed in among the tobacco.

HE WILL SMUGGLE NO MORE'

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