The Nationalist Government has appointed Mr. K, T. Chung secret ary of this association. Mr. Chung was, for a considerable time, one of the secretaries of the National Christian Council of China. That he has resigned his post on that body and taken up this new work indicates that he believes he can "he exewse for thin lnrense ts sad to be that more fore l needed ts cope the rebbern and prey clitement: but the fay of the mat rom this it'inay ascent Municipal' Council ie raising me ary of white Rus Imparsiile forthe rear render more efficient service to his country in this capacity than an that.
The Opium Committee of the Lengue of Niitions has appointed a commission to investigate the pro duction of opium in China and to report what steps can be taken to get vid of the trade which, though Iilicit, has been tacitly: permitted and, even stimulated, by militarists who financed their armies from pr fits made on the sale of the drug. The Ariti-opiam Association has moved to ask the Nationalist Go-
Monica Council we acre preparing an"nrmed pourd. ta "abtaiePoeing rule in perpetuity, ete."
The writer of this note has seen the shadow of " snake in the cup but perhaps when the fuddled con dition of his mind has cleared he will realise that it is only a bogey. created by his imagination. vernment to make a protest to the League on the ground that all the opium producing and narcotic man: facturing countries must likewise be investigated. This ix a Iegitimate thing to do though, possibly, the League will reply that this has already been done and there is a standing committee whose duty it to keep watch over developments the production and distribution of narcotics and make reports on that subject,
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