Methods of smuggling. the report states, are most common through parcel post, railway employees, officers and crew on steamers, native junks and secret ways of concealment on persons. Smuggling generally, follows three routes: (1) from the territories north of the Great Wall Into the province of North China by way of Peiping and Tientsin; eastward along the Yangtze River' into the densely populated cities and towns in the central part of China Opium and narcotic drugs smuggled from abroad generally come through Dairen for North China, through Amoy for South China and through Shanghai for Central China—Central News, addition to those who were giv sentences of "imprisonments, there were 994 persons, including recidivists reported to have been executed, 'The report points out that while formerly cases of illicit manufacture, transport, Import and export, and Possession of contrabands were dealt with by the elvit Judiciary, these were Placed, beginning: from' the year, within' the scope of the military law Ju order to Increase the admistrative emelency and eliminate "possible evasion of the law, and. trials and appeals were all conducted according to the military procedure, Instead of the policy of "absolute" suppression as was. previously enforced, a progressive method of gradual elimination was adopted, Again, xeallzing that the polley Suppression. must. be " supplemented Primarily, with that. of curing opium Addiction,' the Chinese Government, the; report emims,' established. many ug 1096," Whllesfn' 1934 there, were more oplury clini and Nogpltas dur. S97; antl-opium hospitals' in existence, of. 1098! there were, 064 hospitals and' 200, other anti-opium trea ae
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