Announced Chungking, July 5, Regulations to prevent the—possibility of private hoardings of opium were announced here today by the Chinese National Government, This is being done, it is stated, "In a determined effort 16 exterminate the opium evil im China by 1940." A special bureau will be established to make investigations.
People. possessing opium will be asked {0 give up their supplies, which will be paid for by the Government. On the other hang, should they fait to comply with this request, they will be punished according to military law, According to General Chiang Kalshek's six-year Opium Suppression Programme, there should nat be one poppy growing in China by' this
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