Raid by French Police: Chinese Opinion Roused: Denunciation of Kiangsi Tupan As u result of the two reports which have appeared in these columns this week, regarding the huge seizures of opium by the French Police, the Chinese com munity are again taking up the matter with ind calling for thorough investigation.
The headquarters of a big combine have been discovered by the French authorities at 29 Paushing Li and 121 Tien Shi Consutat, hi under the ignboard of Kuo Pao-feng.
This place has been doing business for some time past on a very large scale in a secret way, but their efforts to evade the police have beer useless. The places have been raided and a great quantity of the drug was seized, Several arrests were made. Five other places at Wei Hsiang Li, 105 Ming Teh Li, 2 Teh Ming Li, 14 Chi An Li and 146 Hwa Ching Li have also been raided and one arrest was made, the first place 300 odd Ib. of opium were discovered and smaller quantities in the other places.
'The following are parts lengthy telegram addressed to the Peking Government by the Shanggsi Residents' Association ug their Tupan, Gen. Fang Ping-jen:—"There is not a single crime that has not been committed by Fang Ping-jen who, not satisfied with foreing the people to accept bonds and notes to the extent of more than $10 millions, had increased his army and squeezed the people for money to keep these idle, good-for-nothing miscreants alive. He has sold rice to Jo nation, when there stocks' to meet the requirements of the Chinese people. He has imported drugs and established drug agen ews, He has guaranteed safety and" protection to opium traffic-_ ers and granted monopolies certain unscrupulous " traitors to carry on this nefarious trade to poison and to harm the people, He has received huge sums of money and appointed so-called _investig. tors to search for the drug when in reality these men are protecting the opium people, This is perfect ly disgraceful and the people of Kiangesi can stand it no longer, s9 we hereby demand that Fang Ping-Jen should be relieved of his hon= ours andi titles and dismissed from office at once in order to appeas" the angered people. We demand also that he should be severely punished and that all of his property and money should be con fiscated and his wives and children sold in order thut the proceeds might be used for the relief of the suffering people of the province."
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