THE OPIUM MONOPOLY

BY ELLEN N. LA MOTTE

AUTHOR OF " BACKWASH OF WAR...... PEKING DUST, CIVILIZATION," ETC.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY - 1920

" If this was our battle, if these were our ends,

Which were our enemies, which were our friends?"

Witter Bynner, in The Nation.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. GREAT BRITAIN'S OPIUM MONOPOLY

II. THE INDIAN OPIUM MONOPOLY

III. JAPAN AS AN Opium DISTRIBUTOR

IV. SINGAPORE

V. THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS OPIUM COMMISSION

VI. OPIUM IN SIAM

VII. HONG KONG

VIII. SARAWAK

IX. SHANGHAI

X. INDIA

XI. TURKEY AND PERSIA

XII MAURETIUS

XIII. BRITISH NORTH BORNEO

XIV. BRITISH GUIANA

XV. HISTORY OF THE Opium TRADE IN CHINA..

XVI --CONCLUSION