The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-07-13
YUAN
ON USE Of OPIUM
VA II W
Proclamation Tells In Picturesque
Way Story Of Reform In
Chinese Republic

PEKtNG, June 6.-(Correspondenc c
Of the Associated Press)-A proclama-
tion bearing the seal Of the prpsids ant
tells in a picturesque wav the peculiar
story of the opium reform in China
From the proclamation the following
paragraphs are taken:
1.-THE evil Of Of. am is known to all
men, and no less than $4,000, 600, 900
and tens Of thousands of lives hive
been. sacrificed during the past few
decades as result Of this evil. Onse n
person acquires the habit of opium
smoking he degenerates into a para site
and Is reduced to n skeleton, thus q
rich man becomes pauper and a
healthy man n weakling. This, conse-
quently, gives ris" to the prevalence OF
undesirable characters and people who
do not care to work, causing the de-
terioratiOn Of the race and the dec line
of morality; and both the family and
the nation are affected and harmed.
Porpy Plants Being Destroyed
90 Fortunately, however, as result
Of "the unnro mdiced spirit Of the
friendly nations and the evil -inten.
toned publicity given by Chinese and
foreigners, an agreement was made
with Groat Britain in the third wear Of
Hsuan Tung for the prohibition of tho
Importation of foreign onhrm and the
cessation OF the cultivation Of native
opium within n certain time limit, A
persistent policy has hcen pursued with
regard to the p-ohi' itinn Of cultivation,
smoking, and trading in onium, and rs
a result Of it MANY provinces haze sue
ceeded in completely DESTROYING all
poppy plants; consequently transporta.
ton of OCi"m into these provinces has
been prohibited. IF this opportunity
were seized rorrnlGtnlv tn hpn'oh tho
onium evil. the country would be PVT
on strong FOOTING. This ia whv the
order was rrpeated at the beginnipn
| Of the inauguration of the rp"uhIi"
But owing to the lack of discipline an
the fact that both desne-adops and un
ruly recruits were mostly nnmm smoT.
ers, the evil sDrang into being The
ignorant people, seeing rrnft in the
onium business defied the law. which
up till then was in force. This was
most r"erettable =.
Like Dangerous Ucler
ISou,a ronpIo uruo tbot c;-oo ~.
AMIN, troao So. 81 ruo,;Loo, -,
vany norsons - IL nni,.+ ~ ny ~,
} t-or,, ,ootboIo o. ~ mroh;h;.o -,
I nonn, ,1on.iro 1ta,. .,at -,
n~er tbot tbo o,.;r - oroir,n T. ,;gn
10 Gerons r,cor not s;nks aoon - a..
Lono nnd TO- ~ IA Lh.aL IL /,
bott.r 70 cn+ Quo -, - H. ~,
tbon 10 notcb - in u,;tn r;ono -,
rIcsb toLcn fror, onotLar ,o.t - ~,
body bo,bor tho nroe. - a,,oh troa,
~ Mo ~ am nj no trodors sbou,d h,
mode n understand IN nrm;stoEobI,
Ionf,noao not No ono oao E,.o ~, 1.i,L
40 no;son - oronnh H. +b; m,
| 'ooaI oldo,s slorld ho ontr,s+oi ,,,;+l
tho +osly ~ rnroot;na a. ,o,,,,n ,,,ont,
and Tho rlontars snnrI;od With cot+on
Grain or otbor socdo Coz sowv;n, ;rotaoa
of4ct,,s h-e FrioIned
E~Tbe wboIe tb;rc 5.nor5s nro,, ~,
officials who ebonId oa,nostly ord ,'or
| s;stortI,, r,oo +Lo,, ii oo,,,,,I A. -,
70 r,ont sone other msof,,I 100 Nv,
shall NOT ne-m;t one ,.nrror 30 tbo oour
trv to snoil the oenera1 movement a,
no whole potiop ar1 tho r,i,;str,, ~
interior Ia hereby instructed to com
mnnieote the order AZ nrohihitior m,
NOT to allow the cnnninG TO rt;Iize i
os means IN enrich tbemseIves Va
men runners OocaI government ON
rlovos> must he strictly cortroIIal a
that they NAV not use This IA n 'nre
tovt "a onpresS tbo neonIe nv ertortion
otherwise the old evil win s,mniv h
rcnraced ,bv a new ore The cbief ain
is that the people and officials Of III
whole nation should look upon this a
II Ureat disgrace and shame Let No nm
" WAKE K. Up ss; e SsSSs This IS The ''i'