New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-27
WAR ON CURSE OF OPIUM |
Chinese Students Thankful for
American Cooperation.
P. w. KUO is PRIZE ORATOR
Defeats Ten Eyck Prize Men
Good Showing Made in
Athletic Contests.
fRv Telegraph 70 The 1-rfrura |

BY Telegram The Tribune
Hartford. Conn, Aug 2s-HoT hest TO
cope with the opium evil Of China was the
leading TOPIC under discussion ar the bust
ness meeting to-day IF the sixth annual
conference Of the Chinese Students Ali
ance of the Eastern States which will con-
tinue Trinity College the remainder of
the month.
The combat against the curse Of opium,
beginning with the work Of the Empress
p"vaEer in 1906 vas outlined by F., K
prey. of Cambridge. who has lived many
years in China. Far more native opium Is
used in China than Is imported from India.
according to Mr.. Drew. and of the four
hundred million population there are elsht
million lla btual and five million occasional
opium smokers.
Moral and economic obstacles confront
the statesmen because there are farmers
who cultivate the poppy. sailors who trans
port il. porters. dealers and many others
who mako money from the opium habtt'
and the important question is to get some
thing to take the place of opium for the
ha hitral smokers.
The Chinese present said the government
is very much In earnest and that nigh orl-
ciaIs are being removed when they fail to
break off the habit.
The cooperation of America VIII De APP
nrecisted II was said ina smuch the
United States has invited the leading
powers to the conference at The Hague this
fall to consider Il Worldwide movement
against the opium evil,
Miss Sien Tsung Lok. Miss Helen Could
friend and protegee who is TO sing at
concert here next Tuesday. arrived at the
conference to-day from Randolph Macon
at Nv
In the English oratorical contest ?. W.
Euo of Wooster University. Ohio, defeated
Y. s Tsao. of Yale and l.. n Chang also
of Yale.
s Tsao is this years winner OF the
Ten F,vck prize at Yale. and was in the
class debating team. His failure to win was
z surprise to many persons in attendance.
Mr.. Kuo was also the winner of last year
contest The winner will hold cup for
one year
In to-night's debate on the subject Re
solved. That the Chinese national assembly
should be called before 1917" the negative,
supported by the Yale team, C T. Wang
Y C Ma and Y. S. Tsao, won, and thereby
was awarded the Harvard cup for the
winning team
BY 10 l vote, the same as prevailed
in voting for the winning team, Z l.
Wang. of Yale was awarded the Pennsyl-
vania cup for the best debater
E B. Drew, of Cambridge, presided, and
the Judges were Senator Flavel s Luther
president of Trinity College; Water Com
missioner Shiras Morris of Hartford, and
Professor ]. C. Gill. of Trinity
The Chinese national assembly is TO be
called in 1917 according to the present plans
OF the government.
In the track meet. held this afternoon,
Andover came out first, receiving 30 points;
Amherst received IS points, being second
F. Sun. Of Andover. received the cham-
pionship cup, coming out first In lU, ~ ana
440 yards
NJ Y Chung of Yale broke the shot put
and the broad Jump records of last years
Alliance meet His shot put record is 81
feet 10 inches, last years being 81 feet
He jumped 10 feet 314 inches, and / n
Young. OF Lehigh, holder of last years
record. Jumped only Is feet inches last
year. Chung and Young come from Homo
lulu
The meet took place al the Trinity Col
Iese athletic field and attended by
both delegates and townspeople-
The summary follows:
1oo-ysrd dash-won by F. sun. Andover; :. s
vania, third. Time, 010Ss-
23D-ya-d dash-Won by r. sun Andover; n
:. Thang Pennsylvania second L. c. sun.
Andover. third Time, 0:e5.
4oO-yard run-Won by r. Sun. Andover: L. c.
Sun Andover. second. h. c. Ii, Harvard, third.
Time 0:612s
ssO-vard run-Won by D. Y Lin. Amherst: s.
S Kwang. Andover. second; {. L. Ii. Harvard.
third. Time 2:13zs
220-vard hurdles by s X. Chow, Am
herst: /. c Kwang Yale second D. Y. Lin.
Amherst third. Time. O:31as
High jump-von by L. c. Kwang. Yale;
Clearance Tsai. Amherst. second. Height. feet
IOtA inches.
Broad iurnp-Won by NJ Z Chung. Yale, F.
I. Chung Yale, second; l. q kWang. Yale,
third. Distance. "a feet 5l2 inches.
Shot put-won by NJ Y Chung. Yale; l..