The question of the drug trate /may be divided under three heads, importation, local transportation, and local manufacture. For many years these drugs were imported from abroad and all the tricks and wiles of the smugglers were used. They game in many ways and forms, and those concerned did not hesitate even to take advantage whenever. they could of diplomatic and other pro tection, The question of local stransportation, that is, from the ports to the interior was generally solved through the help of military or other authori. ties, "and those who were caught were almost invariably the ones who {ried to smuggle through the goods without paynirut to the' authorities corey obicined would Purciase drives and tuke them be swith them, However the transportes ion has passed more wné more into the hands of the w!isy and the r associates, Local Factories Active the importation of drugs became more difMeult, consequently mor Payment had'to be made' to get fern into the country, 60 local fae-tories were started and heroin wa made in a number of different place: Although this local product is not so white or effective "as that abroad, it still finds a ready sale and largely superseded the Imporied article. "These factories sprang up in the "most unexpected places and at tone time there was at least one of them within the confines of the Lega tion Quarter in Peking, while another tone was in operation at Jehol and the third one was operated by some of Sung Tien-ying's forces in the moun. famous district between Shans\ and Honan, The most effective way is to stop these factories and unless this Is, complished very soon, irreparable damage will be done to the country, problem is to stop the Importation from neighbouring countries, and by those who have extraterritorial rights. It is dimeult. for the Chinese Government to take steps against such people and the only method is for the governments eon-cerned to help the Chinese in every way possible,
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