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The New York Times January 26, 1913 Section III Page 4 ____________________ OPIUM CRISIS IN FAR EAST ____________________ Indian Drug Dumped on Chinese Market by British Government ____________________
The Chinese point of view is best represented by the following extract that recently appeared in a local paper: "To speak perfectly frankly, the British Government's attitude upon the opium question amounts to bluff, pure and simple, Sir Edward Grey and his satellites know full well that if China repudiated every existing opium agreement tomorrow she would receive the overwhelming moral support, not only of the Government of every civilized nation, but of the British House of Commons as well. "In view of the fact that the House of Commons affirmed the view that the opium trade is "morally indefensible," and that it was only cajoled into accepting the 1911 agreement in the belief that it would assist China in suppressing the evil, no one can doubt that if China denounces this agreement on the ground that it hampers, instead of assisting her, in the anti-opium campaign, the British public would not tolerate any further coercive measures. "At the moment the British Legation is pressing China for an indemnity for breaches of the opium agreements, and for the issue of instructions to the provinces that the forcible suppression of the retail trade can only be undertaken after each province has produced clear evidence that the cultivation of the poppy has been effectually eradicated. As the effect of such instructions would be to confer a virtual monopoly upon Indian opium during each provincial campaign against the cultivation of the poppy, it is to be hoped that China will adopt a firm attitude and resolutely refuse to take any measures calculated to benefit the Indian opium. merchants. It is absurd to suppose that the provincial authorities can finally suppress poppy cultivation while Indian opium continues to be imported into the be imported into the provinces." |