The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-07
CHINA PROTESTS
! JAPS' SMUGGLING
Charge Illicit Opium and
Morphia Is Flowing
Into Cities
PAPER PRINTS EXPOSE
Accuses Japan Of Being Only
Nation Not Helping Wipe
Out Old Menace

SHANGHAI Declaring that ~,
japanese are pcrpctupfIug tho opI
nm curse iu very wide nrou oI
thlN1. The Chinese press la dcuUw
cling japanese dealers iu the llipi
sale ~ -murgicd opium and NOR.
phi1
THE journal % Commerce. p load
ing Chinese publication, prints the
following expose OF the methods
which the Japanese smugrl.r. nrc
using TO increase the sale ~ the
drugs in China.
Opium being a poisonous drug
iis suppression has been deemed -
moral Obligation by Rii civilized pco.
pies All our foreign friends have
taken an active interest I'm tho cause
OF opium suppression ln this coun-
Try Tho worst that foreign ma
ton can do toward this campaign
is tn WITHHOLD it- support
but unfortunately In the cnan of
our eastern neighbor, japan. We
find that sales In opium for the
consumption Of Chinese are IN
dulgod in on n scale so oxtonsiv" ~
- p'tpctuatc the opium curse I'm "a
very Wide area ~ Chinese soil.
Not Of Recent origin.
Tho history Of the Illicit traffic I'm
smugglod opium nud morphia on
Tho part of interruptions japanese
Is not ono OF recent origin. hut n
la Tor tho first time that u confcs-
sion OF thls crime has come from
the ligs Of japanese. We have be.
Tore us thorough statement mHdo
hy the secretary OF the department
or civil administration Of Bnlrcn.
IRON this statement II IL possible
not only to learn the nature OF tho
hbominable traffic. but or the ain
lister methods employed by tho
smugglers TO FIJI their pockets with
filthy ucre. II the charges had
come from Chinese source the
japanese would at once proceed to
whitewash their offcuscs. In the
present case whltGwashing would
not be 40 easy. with the japanese
trade In opium and morphla I'm
view, we fail to understand the
meaning OF the claim OF Japanese
diplomats to tho effect that Japan
has Mt heart the moral welfare OF
the nations.
Perhaps II will be wondered how
che Japanese come TO have all tho
needed facilities for indulginE In .
the Illicit traffic OF smugglcd opium /.
ana morphla on so big "a scale. |
There are three factors at work /
which are responsible for this de- |
plorablo state of things I'm the first |
place tho Japanese smugglors take |
fun advantage Of the right Of Inn |
munity from Chinese law under the |
shield or a-territorinllty. In the |
second place. these heartless SNUG
glerH are able to outwit the watch
fulnoss OF customs inspectors by
having the obnoxious drugs sent TO
them as paroles. under tho lnspec-
tion-proot mantle OF tho Japanese
mailbag. In the third place. Dairen
being Japanese leased territory
serves as good and safe market
place for dlsposing of the Illicit
opium which finds I'm Tsingtau of
today 0 second market. with equal
facilities.
Commission TO Investigate.
AT the Washington conference
definite date had been appointed
for tho withdrawal of the foreign
postofflces In China. The question
or the abolition OF extra -territoriai-
ity viii largely hinge on the report
or the international commission that
VIII visit China for the purpose of
investigating the judicial conditions
OF this country. Since any one ma.
ton may assert It's right I'm agreeing
wholly or partially with reservations
TO the findings of this commission.
japan will he sure TO como forward
with the argument that the time IL
Yet premature for the abolition OF
eNtra-tcrritorlality In China. In the
case OF japanese leased territories
we find that japan has been cling
Ing like bulldog IN Dairen and
Port Arthur, although the eatora-
tion OF Tslngtau under certain stIp-
ulated conditions had been agreed
upon. This survey OF Japnn's attl-
tude regarding the important issues
with which the Illicit traffic In op-
ium and kindred drugs are Intimate
ly associated, leads to tho one OBJ
Nlous conclusion, namely that ~
long as the japanese smugglera can
avail themselves Of the present priv
iloges which give them a free hand
TO carry on the condemnable ira fife
In poisonous drugs for pecuniary
gain the campaign for the suppress
sion OF opium IN China will he con,
fronted with singular difficulties
which initiate against lts complete
success"