The coolies quietly disappeared into the nearest opium den assuring us that, they were on the hunt for jearriers. No one wro. knows anything about conditions in West China cannot but sympathize with the Gen fernlissmo in his desire to put down this awful opium habit. One of the ium belts in {long trail. between ichienlu, Along this stretch there Lolo, Yunnan, Szechuen and Muping opium and the opium dens, and in spite of the urgent proclamations issued by Gen. Chiang, opium is bought and sold and smoked every-were. Where leaders face moral and physical "reform they are against problems compared with which educational and political "and Social reforms are mere child's play. Deny a chair coolie his pipe of opium and you are practically denying him
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