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get the whole taffaifl+. hooked into
tfpTRKghly"s ,x- e +aaS1g IL -.
Since. them Lord Chelmsford has
endorsed the: British Indian govern
mAmt,ss present. sopium 15alicy. He
.knew well. as, the late. Govern or;
General OF India that the abolition
of the 'cultivatfon Of poppy more
4 l1ani was; necessary for medicinal
and lgsSientifc purposes would touch
the pocket. Of the British Indian
government ~A4ld so he endorsed the,
position of Mr. Campbell who is
stGs;. 0t6Fious to uphold
the attitude of. British Indian gov
eminent IN this diabolicaI trades
Indeed. pape .Crowley's apprehen-
sion Expressed above that it would
be impossible s. To restrict cultiva'
tion of poppy for legitimate rpurr
poses has been proved weIl-founded.
Question 'of cultivation.
:. Howeyers,y the PRESIDENT of the
United STATES has named a strong
committee !, headed by Mr.. Porter
who refused. to, see Lord Robert
Cecil who spread erroneous fnfor-
nfatioh regarding the opiumh' dues7
ton. to consult the League, Advis-
sOF Committee on 4 Opium .rs.e The
Hon. SAcret aliy OF State In his mes
sage to the Anti Narcotic Confer.
seenee held in Washington May "a
has clearly ex pressed his position
in. the. following !, words: IS
his the ,positfolS of this Gov
eminent that the itlegitimate, .trafs
fic can not be stopped iiuless the
production of the raw rnaterials for
other than smedfcinal and scientific
purposes is !. stopped 1T is the
intention of the Government at the
coming meeting I,f the opilfm advis-
eEE, committee of the League Of
Nations at Geneva TO take the pos
ssition that the use .Aof narcotic
neutrality-suspicious. Isl iHegitimate. m
drugs for j. other than medicinal
and scientific purposes is lille
climate, ~. ~
Let us hope that the commission
that is being sent to consult with
the opium advisory committee of the
League of Nations has been clothed
with such limited power only that
they would not lead the United
States into the League OF Nations
by the back door, but the commit.
tee would consult with the repre-
sentatives of the nations, represented
in the league opium advisory CONF
'mittee only TO find but whether. they
are willing to accept the interpreta-
ton OF the United States Regarding
The Hague opium conference. as elo-
quentFy described above by the Sec
letary of State We hope that the
President Of the. United States will
lind his way clear. after the repre-
sentatives Of the nations, attending
the opium advisory committee Of
the League of Nations, accept the
Interpretation Of, the United States
ia a formal protocol. signed free
from all competitions, with the
League Of Nations. to call these ma
tionsy to Washington to sign a SOL
emn agreement, a separate treaty by
which a date will be fixed when the
signatory powers viii bind them
selves to cultivate poppy and cocoa
leaves and otherlraw materials and
synthetic manufacture of narcotics
onlysto extent of not more than what
is necessary for scientific and me-
diclnal purposes.
Solution Up TO e. s.
Opium problem. was tackled bv
America in Philippines, even abolish.
ed lin China where there was no
League of Nations. There would
have been no solution of Pacific
propiems through a Washington con-
ference # America had to- depend
upon the League of Nations. Let
us nope and urge that the final set
tiement about. the abolition. of damn.
able opium traffic. be carried out
in the American soil, by American.
lnlt1atlVe( as it is an American initia
I've which brought about the Hague
Opium Conference by an absolutely
separate treaty free from all con-
nectlons FROM the League of Ma
toms Opium Section. League of MAJ
tons is the unholy alliance of the
mpefraIist powers of the world and
America should be very careful that.
she be. not dragged into it through
the pretext of serving humanity as
Lord Robert Cecil was trying to
convince the American people on
that point. America must not be
INDUCED 70 -sfter,thn league bv back
door as Messrs Harding. Hughes.
Hoover combina tion wants today.
There must be Separate treaty on
opium at Washington and not at
Geneva where the dark ways of
secret. diplomacy prevails. and there
VIII be no American public opinion
to. back the American position OF
making the worldeafree from dome
which is devastating fine world be-
cause of the greed of SOnoe nations