Geneva, May 20. HINA'S determination to pursue efforts against drug traffic was asserted today by Dr. Victor Hoo who spoke at the League of Nations' Opium Committee.
"In spite of the war, the Chinese Government is more than ever determined to wage a merciless campaign against this plague especially since military service make the struggle against drug abuse an absolute necessity. Drug consumption is the most terrible enemy of national resistance, he asserted, Emphasizing China's determination to fight the invader for many years if necessary, Dr, Hoo made a thorough outline of the Chinese Gov~ ernment's anti-opium campaign. He particularly insisted upon the efforts made to reduce the number of opium smokers among persons Tess than 43 years old. He added that the Chi-hose Government hoped to definitely ban opium smoking by 1941.
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