Mr, H. Wilson-Harris in an cute spoken article in the "Daily News" deplores the events at the Opium Conference at Geneva, from which, he thinks, the Empire is coming out anything bu€ well, He says that while America is ce-operating with the League unreservedly, her efforts. have failed because opium is a vested interest in certain, regions of the British Empire. He, refers to the heavy revenue from opium of the Straits "Settlements ax a strong financial argument for the continuance of smoking.
Mr, Wilson-Harris expresses the opinion that the Hague Convention has been assiduously whittled away, instead of having been strengthened, while the new Convention is tant: amount to an agreement for' the perpetuation of opium smoking in the Far Bast.
Ho concludes by lamenting upon the apathy and ignorance on the!
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