Show AGAIN RAISING THE P POPPY OY chinese backslide on their agreement not to boom business in opium london the report of sir J N yordan british minister to china on the opium question indicates that there has been some backsliding back sliding in the effort to sup suppress prees tho the cultivation ot of tho the poppy since the introduction of the republican regime the report declares that since the fall ot of the danchus the policy of suppression agreed upon between chiva china and great britain has been weakened and that there has been an immense in the cultivation of the drug in the provinces of angui hunan and shantung the campaign for the suppression of the cultivation of the plant his been successful and in consequence the importation of indian opium into these provinces will cease but investigation in other parts of the republic tells a different tale in many of the provinces the authorities are powerless to prevent cultivation in others there is collusion between the powers and the growers and in still others the are not inclined to deprive themselves of a rich source of revenue the reports however are not oil all from official sources many being supplied by missionaries and travelers so 80 exact figures are impossible the minister concludes with the sta statement that a great deal must be done before the work of suppression can be considered as complete |