To the Editor of the "Nowtu-Caiwa DAILY News."
Sin—The following paragraph forms part of a letter, headed "The Church and the Age," from "W. X.Y" in 's North-China bee tovday in, the teaching T can imagine the howl of lous ter which this example of Christian tin We have to admit that the amount of 15,000 tons cannot be positively firmed, hence the term "approximate" We know, however, by foreign jon that in 1905 China produced 876,000 piculs or about 24,000 tons of opium, and our yearly approximate estimate is made by comparing present provin-i with that year. Our commences in October when poppy is planted in the South, and gradually extends month month until the April of the following year. judge by the detailed reports of the number of mow under cultivation in the various provinces, the amount of taxes raised, and the reported income of the various monopolies. We- further. judge by such statements as: "The whole province is tone vast poppy field"; "I travelled. for three whole days and never lost sight of poppy"; "More id being i grown and used than in the presuppression days"; "Opium is used as barter instead of money"; "Soldiers are being paid in opium"; "8 out of 10 adults smoke opium"; "Thousands have died of starvation owing to corn lands being planted in at least fifteen provinces, from which muillions were raised in ta) we think it is the duty of those' who Tefute our statement to produce a more accurate one. ext paragraph that Tim. i, prayerfully May I not respectfully suggest that each one should open his Bible with humility and jckarity, and read it with such de-agree of intelligence as his Maker hho: given him?
Tam, ete, Shanghai Maw 22, 1925.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.