Geneva, Jan. 22, The Council of the League of jons has accepted Siam's invites tion to hold the Conference om Opium Smoking at Bangkok im November.
The Council has adopted the re+ port of the Commission of Exquiry. into Opium Smoking covering Fac Eastern countries, except China, which was not visited because Commission was not invited by the Chinese Government.
The report stated that the illicit traffic in opium prevented a com plete suppression of opium smoke og, although in some territories ib was better controlled and had been Partially reduced, The report urged the League te do its utmost to assist the gov' ments to control illicit traffic the limitation of poppy cultivation and by taking preventive measures against smuggling and the illicit use of drugs, Ah Khan (Persia) said that poppy cultivation in Persia would be suppressed if the League would financially assist, if necessary.
Mr. Marshall (India) said that ithe Government of India had not yet received the report, but that he personally supported it. mittee to-day adopted its report to the Council of the Teague of Nations, The Committee also adopted draft convention limiting the manu= facture of narcotics to the world's legitimate requirements for scientific purposes and regulating its dise tribution.
Jan, 24.
At a meeting of the Opium Advisory Committee to-day it was decided that the suggestion of Ah Khan (Persia) in favour of quotas for the production of raw opiunt [should be communicated to the vari ous governmerts.—Reuter,
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