Miles of Poppy Between Wanhsien and Chungking From Our Own Correspondent, Chungking, Sze., Apr. 13.
The following piece of nuwvs should be advertised for the interest of tourists and the lifting of that certain of humbug sh rounding the opium question. It is that fields of poppy extending for miles may now be viewed in full bloom between Wanhsien and Chungking from any passing steamer, a truly magnificent sight and well worth tha attention of tourists and globe-trotting M.P's particularly. In this connexion it is also interesting to record the fact that because one of the Customs' examiners who seized a quantity of opium had his wife and child kidnapped by the indignant smugglers, the I.G. hag ordered the cessation of opium searching to all intents, and purposes and so the smugglers now flourish like the green bay tree.
There will be a tremendous export of opium this spring from Szechuan and the money will just yell into thy province accordingly, No wonder the I.G. openly suggests a proper State owned opium monopoly without any further humbug.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.