The French delegate tater made statement with regard to the diminution of opium-smoking Indo-China, where, he said, there Were strict regulations, "He dedo ed that restriction—of cultivation, was the only practical remedy of the opium trafic.
The Indian delegate declared that the problem of opium-smoking did hot exist. in India, Tt had be ipeohibited fu all parts of the count singe 1891, but the position of, Burma wok different.—Registered smokers had fallen from 34,000 to 2,500, A special memorandum on the subject had been communicated to the Secretariat of the League of Nations.
Mr. Clayton, representing the Government of Burma, described the regulations in Burma. entirely associated himself with the French delegate's opinion that the remedy was. restriction of pop; xrowing. Three and a half thousand kilos of opium had been seized annually on the Chinese frontier la the last three years.
Dr. Sze inquired as to the na tionality of the smugglers, the quantity smuggled and the country of origin.
The Chinese delegate congratulat- Pi ed Japan on the success of her efforts to reduce opium-smoking in Formosa and added that what Japan had done other Powers could do in their territories.
Replying to Dr. Sze, Sir J. Corny bell declared that no opium from native Indian State could find its way to Ching. As compared with China, Indian production of opium was only a drop in the ocean.
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