Opium Week: The League of Nations Commission on the Far}
East: Why Russian Guards are Increased The National Anti-opium Association publishes a half page advertisement' in the Chinese papers announcing a week's meetings Beginning on October 1 to stir up public feeling against trade narcotics. This is a good move ant heartily to be commended. ig exactly 21 years since the Indian and Chirese governments earn to an agreement whereby the Indian export of opium to China and hina's own production of the deg he reduced pari pass by 10 per cent. 3517, China declared to be free it: opium cultivation and Canton and Shanghai, the last two ports open to import from India, were closed tu the traffic. Since that date no Indian opium has found its way into this country but China's cultivation was soon resumed and it has been repeatedly stated at Geneva that China is now the largest producer of opium in the world. The total production was even asserted to be 16,000 tons in a year. This can be only a guess and, perhaps, a wild guess but the fact remains that China is now growing a very large quantity of opium and the habit of smoking is once more be-son and was told that during their ast carousal his friend was startled to see that there was the picture of a snake in the cup which he had been drinking. Sure enough:, nion returning home he was taken sick and". critically il. puzzled to account for phenomenon but happening to glance up at the wall, he saw that there was a disused bow hanging from a projection there. He set down: a wine cup on the table, where his friend had been sitting, ¢|and proved that the light of the lamp threw the shadow of the bow on his friend's cup. He'explained this and the matter being told to the sick man he immediately recovered.
Many of the grievances our Chi nose frienils have against us are of the nature of the snake in the cup.
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