Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-15

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e4A<nu-d BY The f-2rfsl ni-~ry s.4 d.
r.a-rloe shich nsminsliy Csrissian srs1-
ers have brosghs Upon the people IT that
dHrk land while Christlss se.ch<ss
have soagh, 10 introduce the blessing Il
the gospel, these merch tnf.. backed By
the land and naval forces Of Christisa
England, have succeeded in forcing ia
their baneful drug. in spite of every
barrier raised against it. The Chinese
authorities have done their best; but they
are no match for the cunning and power
Of their formidable adverssries.
Recently, according to the London
Friend Of Chin0, the Government has
been making renewed attempt to stem
the tide of intemperxnce in the use Of
opium. An imperial edict has been pro-
mulgated, which points out that although
stringent regulations have heretofore
been made which forbids magistrates,
scholars, soldiers and Others to smoke
opium, the smokers are daily increasing
in numbers. All civil and military Of
ficers are therefore epjoined to consider
the circumstances, and take such meas.
ures as may be necessary to check the
growing evil. One of the provincial
governors, it is noted, has already en-
tered upon the work of suppression, BY
shutting up all shops except on the main
thoroughfares, restricting these to doors,
three feet high, forbidding the use of
beds, and compelling smokers to lie ON
the floor. He fears an uprising, it is
said, were he to shut up all the shops at
once. But by thus making opium .smok-
ing disreputable from the surroundings,
he hopes to deter all who have any re-
gard for respectability from frequenting
the shops.
These are laudable efforts on the part
Of the Chinese rulers, and they deserve in
making them the heartiest sympathy Of
every Christian nation. Especially ought
they to receive the sympathy Of that
nation which is mainly responsible,
through its encouragement and support
of the Indian opium trade, for the enor-
nous growth Of the traffic with China.
Some of the righteous indignation 90
freely poured out upon Cossack and
Bashi Bazouk might we'll he visited upon
those who are engaged in perpetratiog 20
foul wrong upon q defenceless nation.
-New York Examiner and Chronicle.