Wailst the students and hourers continue their strike and the merchants resume their) business in a half-hearted manner, the space which was a month ago allotted to the opium evil in the Chinese newspapers is being devoted, for the most part, to the present trouble. Like too many other things Chinese the efforts in connexion with the opium scandal have proved to be another "five minjtloment began, it is of interest] to note, the combines have brought in no fewer than 15 shipments of the drug, or some 7.500 chests in all. As is now well-known, this drug is brought, to Woosung or places a little lway out and placed on board Chinese gunboats. From these vessels it is removed either to Woosung or Liuho, where the chests are landed, some being, taken direct to tue Kiangnan Arsenal by Chinese naval launches, whilst others are removed to the same place by' specially hired launches in the! dark of night. From here, large stocks have been removed to the old military headquarters Lunghua, which is now being used as an opium godown Eventually they are distributed amongst the different merchant members of the combine who are still openly selling the drug wholesale, without opposition or interference, and incidentally' making huge profits to the harm of the people.
These facts can be easily corroborated by any person who ill only take the trouble to visit the native city. Surely the students must know what going on and since they are [80 powerful it is strange indeed that they do not use their pow er in suppressing the evil. Why should they not storm the hongs, just as they did storm the house of Mr. Chang Shih-chao, acting Minister of Education, and tried to storm Louza Police Station on May 30? Will ty grudge, would throw the whole world into bloodshed and Chaos, would revive the dreadful years of 1914 to 1919, The wemiories of those who sacrificed nothing and lost not! during those yours are short indeed, but the nations which gave all their strength' that selfish imperialism might not succeed, will stand together united even' as one man to end the revivification of selfish impenalism, If our quarrel at the present time were with China, we Britons might say to our colleagues, "Do the best you can and the old British Empire will muddle through it as it has muddled through since the ood old day: of Queen Elizabeth." But our quarrel is not with China. Our' quarrel is with the destructive force of the 20th Century, the germ that is polluting our ti great cities, the beast that has. come out of the dark forests of Russia to disrupt and corrupt the civilization of the universe, Bolshevism. Against this dresdful plague the civilized world must stand united. ute warm hearted" affair, and there is little doubt. that the!t@eY Rever use their influence China? for what would really ber strike and the proposed boy: ott will ultimately meet a simi-jar fate.
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prodigious clamour aout} their patriotism and their hopes} ud labours for the reconstruc: tion of China, but, instead of putting in real work to this end, they waste time ina propaganda and str For) instance, if they really wish to
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