The Archive · 1928

All Eyes on China

The Special Municipality _of Greater Shanghai, in an urgent telegram to Mr. Chang Chi-kiang, chairman of the National Opium Suppression Committee, urges the latter immediately to take charge of the investigation and says, in part "At this time of strict prohibition im traffic and with Shanghai as the focus of public attention, if such a isnot thoroughly then not only will the deliberations of the recent' National Opium Suppression Conference become idle talk, but the future of the Party ang' the Government will also be unimaginable."

An immediate investigation the charges and counter-charges ariaing out of the seizure is to be made by the -central authorities, says a Kuo Min message from Nanking. The matter will be. brought up at the next meeting the Central Political Couneit according to information from official sources.

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