Anti-Opium Sunday to Be Observed Throughoug China on Sept. 28 connexion the Ni Anti-Opium Movement, the Christian Council of Chi issued a circular note to the 8,000 churches throughout China asking them to observe September 28 as Anti-Opium Sunday. Suggestions made as to ways for expressing public opinion against the opium traffic, include the following:
—State what attitude the Christians have toward opium,—Express the people's opinion through the pulpit. We believe that no matter how serious the opium situation is, if public opinion stands firmly against it, we can easily put a stop to the traffic.
'B.—The recrudescence of opium in China was duo/to the fact that great amount of narcotic drugs was used for anwsthetic purposes in treating wounded soldiers, That sulted in the increase of opium production. Since the European war: these great amounts of opium have become useless and so rascals of different nations smuggled thes drugs into China, Many mi officers and business men tracted to this business on ace' of the great profits to be made. The result has been that the planting of opium has become widespread, Opium has become an inter-'Millions of persons in Europe and Ai formed the habit of w Tt is our duty as Christians to cooperate with the people of the different 1s to do away with this international curse.
5.—The Geneva Conference of] this year is to study the problem of opium cultivation and the way to diminish the amount of production to the necessary quantity needled for medicinal and scien-tile purposes. We, the people of China must express our attitude in support of this great cause.
'6—What shall we Christians do? (1) Enlist the ce-operation of all local Christian and non.
Christian organizations to support the work of the Geneva Conference; (2) Enlist all Christian and non-Christian organizations to stop the planting of opium in any local places; (3) Report the real ym_ situation in different places to this office and stir up public jon to enforce the laws govern-_ ing the production and transportation of opium and in this way try to make every local centre a clean place, free of opium traffic and production; (4) Enlist the cooperation of Christian and non-Christian hospitals and charity organizations to start an opium sanitorium so that we can help the smokers free themselves of their habit.
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