The Washington times., 1922-04-09
.JAPsFLOODING
SHANTUNG WITH
! ILLICIT DRUGS
Whole Peninsula Being De-
graded, Anti-Narcotio
Society Declares
ARE CLEVER sMUooLERs.
China Relieved OF Boats and
Wharves, So Cannot
" Resist Trade.
BY EDNA BOOKER.
international News Service.


SHANGHAI. April 8.-Shan.
tung is facing complete demoral-
txation and hideous slavery as
result Of the tons and tons Of opi-
UNI. morphine and cocaine which
are being smuggled into the pro-
vince via Tsingtao and the Shan
tung Railway by the Japanese.
Since the Japanese acquired
Tsingtao and the Shantung Rail-
way zone in 1914 immense guam
titles of drugs of all kinds have
been shipped into China. So clever
are the Japanese at the smuggling
game that the Anti Narcotic So
ciety, with headquarters in Tien-
tsin, and the international Anti
Opium Society, with headquarters
In Pekin. have launched nation
wide campaigns against the evil
but have been powerless to combat
It's influence.
Making Big Fortunes.
The Japanese are making great
fortunes by, the Illicit drug traffic,
and the Chinese in Shantung and
other provinces are sinking deeper
and deeper into degradation caused
by the ever-growing use of the drugs.
The smuggling of opium and NOR
phine into Shantung is comparative
ly simple. Boats coming down from
Dafren arriving at Tsingtao with
great quantities of drugs packed
away in the bowels of the ship. Per-
haps the opium. II in the round, dry
ball stage, is hidden in the great
Chinese wine Jars which are sealed
and labeled wine. Perhaps it is in oil
tins marked with the stamp and seal
of well-l<nown oil companies. II in
the paste form the opium is very
likely to be shipped in canned-goods
cans. According to an officer of the
International Anti-Opium Associa-
ton, a can-say, OF milk-is opened.
The milk is poured out and the OPT.
um poured in, and the top is solder
ed so carefully that the inspector
passes the cases and cases OF milk"
without a second glance.
Many Places Sell It.
Arriving in Tsingtao 1t is placed
In japanese pgodown" and then
shipped on the Japanese Shantung
Railway to stations all along the
line, where the Japanese are said TO
carry on tremendous business In
opium.
The Japanese in the tea houses,
hotels, drug stores and barber shops
sell the opium to the Chimes snug
glers who flock to these stations. and
they, in turn, sell the opium at a
.xr.1IIu Y1V-nfif fhrnu phOItt Cha a0fIInO
and nearby provinces.
The morphine and cocaine are
handled through the mail, according
to the Anti. Narcotic Society officers,
missionaries and business men of
Shantung. The drugs are mailed to
the various stations along the Shan
tung Railway by parcel post and,
through the Japanese post offices,
are distributed to the drug dealers.
Because of the Japanese control of
the shipping, the wharves, the rail-
way, the Chinese officials are pow
erless to combat the drug evil in
Shantung.
Killing Souls Of People.
According TO a member of the In
ternational Anti-opium Association,
the Chinese and foreigners who are
investigating the drug plague which
is sweeping over the Shantung Pro
vince and killing the souls Of her
people fear that, IL Tsingtao remains
in the hands of the japanese, she
will share the fate OF Changchun,
Manchuria.
Situated at the terminus of the
South Manchurian Railway, control.
led by Japan, Changchun, once a
busy trading center, has became IA
nous throughout the East as a city
of opium dens and iniquity. Great
quantities of opium are brought here,
and Chinese from all the country
round go to Changchun for their
Smoke" as do Americans go to
Cuba, Canada and Tia Juana for
their drink"
Branch offices of the International
Anti-Opium Association and the Anti.
Narcotic Society in Shantung are
fighting to prevent this great ca