Mr, L, A. Lyall, British assessor on the Committee, who was formerly a Commissioner of Customs at 'Shanghai, stated that the Changli district in the' demilitarized zone had 131 opium shops, The Governor attempted to deal with the situation, he said, but, as the majority of the shops were run by Japanese, his efforts were of no avail, Most of the 323 opium dens in Amoy and the 319 in Foochow, Mr. Lyall, were run by Japanese! subjects, mostly Formosans.
"It the Chinese people," he declared, "become convinced that Japan. is chiefly blameworthy for lives wrecked by heroin, the hatred engendered may Inst for generations."
Mr, Lyall recalled that the Opium War of 1839 embittered relations between Britain and China for nearly century, and appealed to Japan not} to make the same mistake as the British had made, The Japanese delegate, Mr. Ohta, stated that the Japanese authorities were not well informed on the sub-Jeet, The Japanese Government, he deciared, would make every effort to clear up the matter—Reuter, Hongkong Cited as Venue Geneva, May, 29.
Mr, Stuart J. Fuller, U. 8, delegate to the League Advisory Committee on Opium and Drug Tragic and former American Consul-General at Tientsin, renewed his outspoken in-dietment of Japanese drug dealers and Japan's failure to thwart their activities at yesterday afternoon's meeting of the committee, This time, he spoke in particular of conditions in. Shanghai. He revealed that some thirty or forty Japanese-owned opium shops existed in the Hongkew District of the Shan hat International " Settlement, Japanese authorities, he said, were fully aware of the existence of these [dens but never attempted closing them down, It is understood that the Committee may forward a new appeal to Tokyo requesting the adoption of efficient measures against Japanese nationals gullly of egal drug trame in China, Japan's attention has already been. drawn to this point by the London and Washington Governments.
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