A Geizure of Morphine and Heroin at Hongkong and Delegates' Admissions at Geneva Geneva, Apr. 19.
Examination of statistics of imsorts and exports of morphine and alts of morphine has revealed eon-iderable discrepancies to the Opium Committee of the League of Na-Hions owing. to the uncertainty of the figures supplied, but it is felt that. more rigid control willie possible when the Opium Conven-Hon comes into operate "M, "Bourgeois (France) affirmed emphatically that French manufactures of these drugs only covered the country's legitimate requirements, The formidable list of opium izures reported to the League of tions since November, 1926, was discussed by the Opium Committee to-day and testified to the vigilance of the authorities in many countries to cope with iMicit trafic, The statistics showed that there is no legitimate trade in prepared opium in China and that the amount of illicit consumption between 1921 and 1926 is not known, The Hongkong Seixure of raw and prepared opium in Indo-China and declared that the Gorernor-General prohibited its export 0 Macao. This was apparently not considered very convincing by the other delegates, kr Malcolm Delevingne (Britain) observed that the matter was important as opium was smuggled from Kuangehowwan to Macao and Hongkong. "He later referred to {illicit traffic in China and mentioned that British protection was withdrawn from river-steamers in China traffic.
they were found engaged ju such An interesting sequel to M. van Wettum's statement is that the representative of the Bale factory supplying drugs to Holland has telegraphed to his firm to discontinue the supply.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.