Peking, Sept. 3.
Acting on the theory' that opium can combat cholera, the Shangtsai district "government has "relaxed the prohibition Jaws, according to a message from Kaifeng, the capital of Honan, "As a result more than 300 opium shops have been established in Shangtsai alone.—Reuter.
The first cholera ease was reported from Shanghai on April 26. Tt appeared in Nanking on May 23, and quickly spread to other cities long the Yangtze River, In June the epidemic was nation-wide having spread to North and South China, The situation was so severe
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