Plan for Suppression With Daily Inquiries as to Addicts Active steps are being taken the military and. police authorities of Greater' Shanghai to superes trafickinge it opium and to. cheek the opium smoking' habit.
Tt ix proposed to xo about the work slowly and to work in ove; district after another. The. plans call for the registration of all opium amokers "in the second. ditriet before November 30; names and addresses should be given, a: well details ax to have long the addict has been smoking the dtu and the quantity smoked da mities will be minds a8 ce the state of health of these people and, Should they be found tobe la a Serious condition, they will be sent to an anti-opium hospital for trea tment.
Tnvestigations will be conducted to see whether any opium smokers are evading the order and. if ary. such people are found they will be arrested and punished, in addi to which they hospital.
strict inquiry will be made to find out whether or not there is any. opium smoking in places bordering the Settlement and if there are any the assistance of the Municipal Police and the French Concession Police will be sought with a. view to suppressing them.
Detectives "have been sent ty various places in the. vicinity. Shanghai to "report" on the smazgling of opium.
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