Geneva, Nov. 14, 'A. speech severely condemning Japan's alleged support of the illegal plum traMe in north China nade to-day by the Chinese delegate before the League of Nations Opium Commission. The delegate declared "hat enormous quantities of opium were being brought from Jehol and were sold in the vicinity of Tien-"sin. He gave the names of various hotels in the Japanese concession, in which Chinese and Korean opium traffickers had established their headquarters and where, he said, they carried on. their nefarious' trade with the tacit support of the Japa-
This, the delegate insisted, was assuming gigantic proportions, pecially in the province of Chibit conclusion, the Chinese delegate demanded that strict measures of con trol should be taken by the Japanese Government "to. restrict. this illegal trafic, which caused immeasurable harm to China—Trans-Ocean Kuo corroborative of the above, ceived from our own correspon dent in Hongkong, appears Page 268 of this issue, said, however, that he was most impressed with the energy and Imagini tion of the British Minister of Transport.
Gen, Vu emphasized China's special Interest in communications of all kinds. After talking with many erts and reading many reports, throught it would better to come gather ideas for himself "by se how others managed. He declared that he, in particular, was interested railways, shipping, posts and. teleraph ceTh® Chew Governments plana the Nine Provinces, he. declared, Included submarine cables, telegraphic equipment and mat for Tongedstance telephones," which probably would be purchased England China, he stated, must have more stipe andthe four lately. built tu England "were only the commence: ment of the 'Government' plane In
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