The Archive · 1937

Menace to the World

There are limits, however, "The Times" points out, to the absorptive capacity of these Chinese, as the drug habit impoverishes its victims, and large-scale production of narcotics requires an expanding market, Here lies the danger to other countries.

"Here, too," the journal declares, "lies a new danger to the prestige of Japan, which is already gravely impaired by the ruthless violence of its militarists.

"No government, however powerful" "The Times" concludes, "can afford to incur the suspicion that it encourages the development of di reputable industries on an unpre-candented scale."—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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