'The campaign has the general and enthusiastic support of foreigners and Chinese alike, and the hope is expressed that it' will serve sas. example to some of our prominent Northern militarists, who still derive considerable revenue from the opium business. Some idea may be gathered as to the scale on which this business is transacted, when it is recollected that on December 23 last. year, no less than eight tons opium passed through Peking on it way to Tientsin from Kalgan.
The shipment was detained in Peking, but subsequently released when the militarist. responsible for the shipment entered a sharp protest ayainst it's detention. He explained that it was only by making this shipment that he would be able to meet the arrears of pay due his restless troops. The shipment was released and it was disposed of in Tientsin. "Every cake of opium in this huge shipment bore an official tax revenue stamp.
The extent of the cultivation of opium in the Western Provinces is at this present moment appalling. Cultivation of the poppy is just as widespread In the Northwest, just as_extensive as it ts in Jehol and Manchoukuo under the Japanese, or as it was in Jehol under Tang Vu Lin, surely the greatest of opium farmers,
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