Hankow, Oct. 26.
The opium evil must be rompletely eradicated from—the country by the end of 1937, states elreular order issued by Gen. Chiang Kal-shek to the various provincial governments.
Registration of opium addicts, the order adds, must be complet: ed before January, 1990, and, during 1936, opium may be sold only to registered addicts holding special licence. Beginning from next year, opium shops a1 dens must be strictly suppressed. Kuo Min, Geneva, Oct. 26, Energetically supported by the Chinese representative, 'Br. Puo Hus-kuo, the Governing "Body the' International Labour Ome this morning adopted a resolution urging the necessity of putting an end to opium-smoking habits among the labour classes in Asia—Havas, Haiho Improvement Commission; Mr. Liu Meng-yang, Chief of the District Department of the government; Mr. Liu Tzckof the Ta Chung Bank: editor of the negotiations to settle the matter are now proceeding By "Right of Conquest"
The Japanese maintain that their tion comes under the caption of ight of conquest," as during the Boxer trouble it was in this vicinity. that their troops landed. But the British owners of these two pieces of properly possess clean title deeds in perfect order, so the "right of con-'Quest as put forward by the Japa Rose does not sound feasible, For 4 period of 38 years the property in The outcome of this interference: with British property and British interests is being eagerly awaited not, only by the British owners, but also by the foreign population of the port.
the Hamburg-Amerika Line, which Messrs. Carlowitz and Ca. the local agents, also own property Tangku" on the river frentaga. close to the Japanese military wharf. This property was acquired many yonts ago by the H. A. L. when it was hoped that the scheme suggested by Mr. 'T, Pincione, then Engineer-in Chief of the Haiho Conservancy Commission, to deepen the Taku Bar 80 a to permit large ocean-going vessels to berth at Tungku would shove been put into operation. This project fell" through owing to its enormous cost, and in its place a temporary or palliative scheme for the improvement of the Haiho was started several years ago, although not yet fully complete few years ago when the Haiho was so chock full of silt and mud that vessels could not reach the port of Tientsin even with a comparative. sly small draft, The Tung Shing Ca, Ltd, owned by the Oxazaki Kisen Kaisha in Kobe. rented this property from Messrs. Carlowitz and Ca, and! effected Improvements on the. property by reinforcing the bunding so that steamers could moor alongside.
'When the Hatho became navigable again, the leased property was re~ turned to the legitimate owners the, H.A.L. Before the Japanese shipping company rented the property, however, they tried to purchase it outright' from the H.A. L, but hegetiations fell through owing the question of price. "As an alternative, the property was leased,
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