No development took place November 29 in connection with the opium scandal beyond the announcement that a meeting of the National Anti-Opium Association will be held to discuss the matter. It is expected that resolutions will, be passed, much the same as already have appeared in these column We were asked by Mr. 0. 'K. Yui, secretary to the Mayor of Greater Shanghai, to state that our statement "The dispute between the Gendarmerie Commissioner, Gen.
Hsiung Hsi-hui, and the Mayor of Greater Shanghai, Gen. Chang Ting-fan, for possession of the seized opium" was not correct. There is not and never has been, he said, a dispute for possession. The real dispute is based on the question of responsibility for armed interference] in the matter of opium suppression. "We say," Mr. Yui informed. us, "that the military interfered with us in the performance of our duties and this they deny. There is no ques-ion whatever of a struggle for pos session. We are now awaiting the decision of the Central Government, and have repeatedly telegraphed urging the appointment of investigators because we cannot allow such' happenings to go on. We contend that it is wrong for the military to interfere with the civil authorities in performing their dutes."
The chairman of the National] Opium Suppression Commission, Gen. Chang Chih-kiang, again has petitioned the Central Government for a strong inquiry into this case and also into the case of Gen. Chen Tiso-yuan, chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government, who is alleged to have been concerned in previous opium smuggling affairs, but who, thus far, has, on account of his official and military positions, escaped punishment.
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