Mr. A. E. Blanco in Charge of Opium Section: Record of his Fight Against Drugs Mr. A. E. Blanco, who. was for over, 25 years a member of the indoor staff of the Chinese Maritime Customs, has accepted an invitation to join the staff of the Secretariat of the League of Nations at Geneva, where he is to have charge of the Opium Section. It will be remembered that Mr. Blanco was one of the first who, as far back as 1903, drew attention to the opium and morphia scandals of Hongkong. It may not be generally known that letters over the signature ut "'Antigraft?' were from his pen and many leading articles in the press dealing with abuses of the opium farm in Hongkong were written by him. His interest in the campaign against opium and drugs made him take an active part in the work of the International Anti-Opium Association in Peking, of which he was a director as well as a member of the executive committee. The suggested means of controlling the trade in narcotics which are reproduced in "The War against Opium" is but one of his many contributions towards the solving of the drug problem. Fearless in hig criticisms and a forceful speaker, he never hesitated to assign the responsibility of the traffic to the actual producers of opium and manufacturers of drugs rather than to the petty peddler or smuggler. As a permanent member of the Staff of the Secretariat in Geneva, Mr. Blanco should prove invaluable to the antiopium cause.
Whilst in the Customs, Mr. Blanco brought out the "Piece Goods Manual" and the "Piece Goods Duty Index." Ho was appointed by Royal Decree, an Honorary Commercial Attache to the Spanish Legation in Peking, a position which he only resigned after his transfer from Peking to Harbin at that time. Mr. Blanco lost no opportunity to recommend an_extension of the sailings of the Com-paula Transatlantica to a Chinese port and strongly advocated the opening of a Spanish Bank in China. For his services to the antiopium cause, President Hsu conferred upon him the Order of the Chia-ho of the Third Class.
At a meeting of the members of the Shanghai Scottish, §.V.C., Football Club, held last Friday evening with Lieut. J. R. Harder in the dhair, the following officers were appointed:—Mr. A. H. Leslie (Hon. Secretary and Treasurer), Mr. T. W. R. Wilson (Captain), and Mr. A. A. Owing (Vice-Captain). It was agreed that the selection committee should consist of the Captain, Vice-Captain and Hon. Secretary, and that the club's "soccer" colours should be a white jersey, with red lion on the left breast, with dark blue or black shorts and red stockings.
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