London, Aug. 15.
In the House of Commons to-day Col. Sir Charles Yate (Unionist, Melton) asked what action was proposed by the Government of India regarding the export of opium from India owing to the failure of the Chinese Government to carry out its undertaking to put down the cultivation of opium.
Mr. Montagu, Secretary for India, replied that as the Chinese Government prohibited the import of opium to China in 1919, the Government of India was bound under the Hague Convention to prevent its export to China.—Reuter.
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