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THE

HONGKONG

THE MUI-TSAI PROBLEM

PETITION TO BE SENT HOME

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, JULY

28,

1937.

!

MENACE OF OPIUM

ANTI-HEROIN SOCIETY

bers

THE MEETING

Sidelights on the drug traffic were given at a conversazione, by mem- of the Hongkong Anti-Heroin Sponsored by the Anti-Mul Tsal Society yesterday when the spenk- Society of Hongkong, a petition to ers included Prof. W. I. Gerrard, the Secretary State for the Colon-of the Hongkong University, who for les, nsking for legislation to require the past five years has been in nolification by any person who has, charge of anti-narcotic treatment at in his house, a young female not his the Government Civil Hospital, and grand-Prof. P. Y. Lainb, Chinese architect natural born daughter or

daughter, is being placed at various and civil engineer.

To The Ilight Itonourable Majesty's Principal Secretory State for the Colonies.

of

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Thing!

The feeling of an over-load on the chest or stomach is very unpleasant, cause. When" due to whatever its over-eating, flatulence, or congestion in the digestive tract, n little done of Pinkettes is usually all that is necessary to bring quick relief.

centres in the Colony for the The meeting was presided over by Too Much Of A Good signatures of ali supporting the Mr. Lau King-tsing (Chairman). suggestion. Appended to the petition Those present included Gen. Chan is an outline of a proposed Ordinance Kee-you (Incal representative for consideration by the Colonial Chiang Kai-shok), Mr. A. Morris, Once as a basis for a system of Dr. Trang Fook-cher, Mr. Tam general protection for transferred Wooa-tong, Miss Shin Tak-hing. Mr, children. The text of the petition is Cheng Ngun-chow, Rev. Lee Kau- Mr. Poon Yau-sing and Mr. Tal yan, Tak-fu.

Trucing the blatory of opium Prof. Gerrard said the oplum poppy was known as far back as 5,000 to 8,000 The humble petition of the mem-B.C., when a certain tribe migrated bers of the Anti-Mul Tsai Society from Central Asia to Mesopotamia, and those la sympathy with the de- the country from which the plani It was also well- mand for compulsory notification of came originally.

known to Egyptians and Persinus transferred children. Sheweth:

but its kitraction to Chinu did not 1. That your petitioners humbly take place until comparatively re- pray for legislation to require not-cently.

""If you look back into old medi- fication, to a duly appointed Protec- tor of Young Women and Children, by einn renuedles," he said, "you will any person who has, in his house, and eplum present in practically 700 young female not his natural born of than, The Chiisene at first used daughter or grand-doughler.

1 only medicinally for dysentery, and when I tell yint that only 100 years ago did the habit of opium smoking begin to appear serious 40 (Continued on Next Column.)

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need

2. That such not be accompanied by a specific

the tion of the status of the child

the though transferred household, Protector may ask the notifler ques- tions regarding the status or condi- tion of such a child.

3. That your

petitioners have joined in the humble prayer contains ed in paragraphs 1 and 2 nereof for the following reasons:

(a) By virtue of their close con- tact with the humes and actual con- ditions of the inhabitants of Hong- kong and/or their intimate know- ledge of the social life of the Colony, your petitioners are strongly of the aplaian that the Mut Tsai system is of chillcl but one of several forms exploitation.

(b) Exploitation of transferred and

different forms and names.

tural-born doughters or trand- daughters, will grently simulate the social conscience of the Colony and pave the way for a series of much needed social reforms in this city of nearly nillion pouls.

Objections

6. That your petitioners hambly submit that the various objections to compulsory notilention though real, are by no means insuperable, nor are they so finkable when compared with the need to protect trimsferred children:

Just dainty, non-griping. non- habit-forming tile laxative pills, Pinkettes dingel.constipation, bitious itncks, liverishness, sick headaches In a single night. They purify the breath, clear the skin of pimples and blotches, speedily relleve piles. Of all chemists.

many Chinese and was looked upon as an evil you may be surprised."

China Not to Blame

Prof. Gerrard auld China was eer-

velopment. It was well known that tainly not to be blamed for its de- oplum was Introduced Into China during the Sung Period (A.D. 960) from India and Perala. The trade wan drat in the hands of Dutch and Portuguese until 1703, when the East India Company took it over. From 1828 to 1933, 18,000 chests of opium were imported and this. gure was Increased to 30,000 from 1835 to 1839.

Neasure to opium and heroin.

In

The person

"Campaigns against opium and by no means heroin addiction are new, and a sympathetic understand-

of the subject is very necessary, said Prof. Gercord. "In other fields of medicine we aim not only treating the sick and afflicted, but also in finding out and destroying (a) For instance, it may be ab- the enuse of the sickness. The same The jected that the proposed

must be treated as a sick violates Chinese customs and is sub- children can be of so subtle (outwardly) innocent a nature that, versive of herty. Moreover, it may person, He certainly is so, both from it ja unless there exists a system of genbe feared that corruption would the physical and mental side.

foolish threaten him with death or of crease. These objections can be met erat protection for them, many

even shoot him, because from the old evils will reappear under by administrative safeguards, such as medical point of view he is no more Hmiting the right of Inspection to the Protector and her assistant Pro- than the dipsomaniac.

off, as our (c) For example, 21

poverty lecturs (women of university stand-who should be 'bumped stricken mother may be forced by ing). Further, exemption from in American cousins say, is the illicit The whole her poverty to give her child to

spection may be granted in approved producer or peddlar. stranger or a friend. Such stranger coses by the Protector with the right thing is behind these International or friend may not wish to adopt the

of appeal to the Governor-in-Council crooks, whose number is increasing to make child but may be prepared to give if the Protector decilnes to grant and who are always out her food and shelter in return for exemption.

money at the expense of their fel-

men." domestic service. Existing legisla- (b) Again, it may be argued that low

Prof. Gerrard declared he had tlon prohibits the giving of a monet hindrances are placed in the way found three types of addicts. tary consideration to secure suchuf free transfer of children, then domestic service, so the mother is,

children will be first was the ordinary working coolle more unwanted to that extent, poorer. while the found in the streets of Hongkong, who had to make his living in spite

of

Unable to physical allment. The answer lies in the knowledge afford a hospital he started to take that compulsory notification with inspection) will in no way deter small doses of opium in order to on his work. the genuinely charitable from taking enable him to carry children into their homes. It is the He took about 50 cents or less worth evils connected with child transfer a day, but heroin hever appealed to numbed his mental which legislation endeavours to re-him because

faculties. The oplum used was

stranger or friend is to the same ex- tent, better off. Existing legislation, however, does not prevent the stran- ger or friend from taking the child into the house who, in return, for food and shelter must do menial service (possibly without payment). Negative Cruelty

(d) Though the law in Hongkong effectively prevents flagrant forms of cruelty to a transferred child, yet there are many forms of negative cruelty which are known to exist e.o. neglect, malnutrition and under feeding, and though the proposed system of general protection would not and could not rule out such cruelty, still it would give the trans- ferred child some protection since, then, the whole relationship of "noti- fer" and "transferred child" would! come under the official cognizance of the Protector.

(e) Further, girls transferred Irom parental custody may, under certain conditions, be induced either by threat or persuasion, to be pro: fessional beggars or prostitutes, and be brought up with that end in view, without cruelty being proved. ternatively, these girls may be made to work in factories or as waitresses in restaurants, and surrender their wages to the household to which they ore transferred.

Al-

(1) For the reasons stated, it is vitally necessary to follow these evils to their ultimate source, that is, to the system of child transference and the accompanying temptation facility to exploit transferred chil-

dren.

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(c) Further, it would be possible, with a tactful Protecilon, to inter fere as little as possible with the privacy of homes.

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mostly either smoked or eaten as a smail black pill made up of dross scrapings of pipes from divans.

The second type was the better- class who also would not seek hos-,

They indulged in pilal treatment. moderate consumption, $3 to worth a day, for purposes such as Few of them took

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verity 6. That your peltieners believe compulsory notification to be practicable and in order to ensure its efficient working, humbly suggest that there should be appointed one stimulation. or more European women Protectors heroin, but not many, of university standing with Chinese

The Psychopath assistant Protectors also of university standing, to assist the Secretary of The third class was the psycho- Chinese Affairs to carry out such a path. These people were young and system of notification. These Pro-wealthy, and it seemed they could tectors should be, as far as possible, not help taking heroin. They did of the same quality in educational not touch opium and their CHECS standing as Colonial Civil Servants were sad indeed, because heroin ad- In the Colony.

diction was practically impossible to believe that women with the neces-croin addiction

7. That your petitioners verily cure. Indeed, compared with opium. was practically a sury educational qualifications, abili- hopeless case, ty and knowledge of Chinese life and The first campaign, continued customs are available.

Prof. Gerrard, against oplum smok- .0. That

in order to crystallize the ing started in Ningpo in 1859 under nature of the legislation prayed for somewhat remarkable circumstances. In this petition, your petitioners rea- A Chinese official who had been in- pectfully append herewith an outline timately connected with the export of un Ordinance for sympathetic con- of opium from India to China was sideration. This outline is not put so upset at the result of opium forward as a properly drafted legal smoking that he resigned and saved refuge for document, nor are its provisions un-about £3,000 to start a

is humbly addicts. In order that the campaign outline alterable. The

who submitted us a possible basis for

should

effective, addicts, bc for wanted to be cured, were required system of general protection transferred children and as showing to deposit $3 and in many cases the The the kind of system envisaged by your money was never forfeited. petitioners.

movement gradually spread

and other paris Your petitioners therefore humbly Hongkong, Canton pray that the Right Honourable, His of China, but with little effect. Majesty's Principal Secretary of

Prof. Lamb gave a vivid descrip- State may be graciously pleased to tion of the terrible conditions exist- direct that early steps may be taken ing in various parts of China and to protect transferred children as appealed to Chinese and foreigners prayed for above and your petition-to do thoir part for the sake ers, as in duty bound, will ever pray humanity, in the anti-heroin move-

4. That your petitioners humbly submit that the benefits to accrus from a system of compulsory noti- fleation of transferred children are: (a) It will furnish the Govern- ment with a comprehensive register of transferred children, which other- wise will be wanting. By this means it will be possible to keep track of a large number of children of tender | etc., etc. years.

(b) The very existence of such a register will enable the authorities to study the problem of transferred children scientifically and intelli- Hently, and to extend to them elec- tive protection. At present, lack of rellable information greally hinders legislation and reform.

(e) Such a register will be of Incalcumble value in contributing to the eventual abolition of the Mui Tual system.

(d) In a Colony where It in dim- cult to keep track of an inordinately floating population, the existence of a register, however imperfect, is ♫ pornmount necessity for accuring contact with, and supervisory con- trol over, transferred children.

of

(c) The mere requirement notification will have a disciplinary effect on the notifler such na la llicaly to deter him or her from exploiting a transferred girl or bringing her up for unworthy or undesirable ob- Jects.

(1) The extension of the present social legislation in Hongkong to all↑ transferred children who are not no-

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