Although the profits accruing from such businesses amount to many thousands of dollars monthly, not all of tuis goes to the owners who, if they wish to keep in business, must hand over to the local rulers a sum amounting to $500 a month. Another fact, too, which has brought protests from many directions is the fact that the opium is supplied by the Special Service Section of the Japanese Army and large quantities are known to have been transported from Hongkew.
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