ang, Nov. 30.
The State Council announces the! appointment of Mr. Chang Chie Kiang, Chairman of, the: Naticn:
jim-Suppression Committee, Mr. Minister of the' Minfirtry of Judicial Administration, Jand Mr. Wang Wei-sen, Director of the Criminal Cases Department of the Ministry of Judicial Administ tion, as special delegates to investigate the recent opium scandal] jin Shanghai.
Mr. Chang is in receipt of a telegram from Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kaleshek approving the}
Wloption of severe measures in con rection with the ease.
Ina statement made public to-Jaay, the Chairman of the Nati nal Opiume-Suppression Committee announces that while the Comittee is merely a supervisory organ and! [dues not posses executive authority, [the nature and gravity of the case! demands a thorough investigation Jand appropriate punishment for the guilty.
"Ig we fail in our aim, it will ye incumbent upon me to resign as ational Opium The case not only concerns ths future of opium, [Suppression in the country but is Kelso a test of the trustworthiness FoF China as a 7 tek following the investigation, a spec or COMMISSIONER OF PUNIC
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