Drastic Demands Made-at Chinese Conference in Shanghai A resolution that the Nationalist Government should immediately rgmnize-an opium suppression com tnittee'to take the place bf the Ministry vf Finance in charge of matters concerning opium suppress sion' throughout the country was pasted advan anti-opium conference hela at. the Chinese General Cham-/€r 6t Commerce inst Sunday. The meeting consisted of representatives Htrom about thirty local organizations, and a chosen group of experts fon the opium question, and. was called at the request of the Nationalist Government at Nanking. The chair was occupied by Dr. T. H. ce, chairman of the Association, Mr. Garfield Huang gave a brief report of the recent efforts of the Association in urging the Government to make a change in its opium policy, and Mr, Bingham Dai then Presented an outline of the most important questions concerning opium suppression and recommen ed ten principles for discussion.
As a result of the discussion, the following resolutions wore unani linously passed and will be submitted to the Nationalist Govern ment as the least demands from local bodies concerning opium sup-
1—The Nationalist Government, should immediately organize an opium suppression committee to take the place of the Ministry of Finance to take the full. responsibility for matters concerning opiam suppression throughout the whole country; and at least half of the members of which committee shall consist of people's reprosenta-
2—Abolish the existing opium suppression regulations; and the new opium" suppression' committee shall make new regulations that. have prohibition for their sole pur-
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