Show AREA GOVERNED BY OPIUM SALE I II I 1 Revenue Derived I From Traffic TOKIO Oct Oit 28 That That opium sales helped the government of to carry carryon on the administration of ot the leased area Is the confession on of ot a former former for tor- for for- mer official l of ot I mer the government government govern govern- rry ment mant during the public trial of those connected with tho the opium scandal Inthe in inthe inthe the high court at Port Arthur According to this confession the government would have been thrown Into a helpless financial condition If ie it had not gone Into the opium trade Whenever the government was short of funds we made It a point to sell opium said the official We Ve succeeded succeeded succeeded suc suc- In sending opium Into the In Interior interior interior in- in of ot China Chinn In spite of the protests of the Pekin authorities because we eluded Chinese vigilance by confining the sale to the residents of the Kwan Kwan- tu tung g leased area However through agents appointed by the I government we made sales on a large scale Various undertakings gs In which I we engaged with success without much I reliance on the national treasury or I Increase of ot taxes is due entirely to I our efforts in extending the sales of ot I opium ti |