| Show WAR ON OPIUM One of r the signs ot at the time Is the renewed effort h by the j I I tl to IIII the tho opIum In the tho country On pre J t 1 Ious occasions t opp ud tY by the govern t It I to tl ha Interred that the Chinese hope to be I 0 In n the tho new the nation nationS i 1 S 11 vIce iy by since tilt the would hardly lave have ht 11 mado again i 4 without some assurance that It would not bo be attempted In vain alII p L The hand or of Japan I Is also seen tn In Inthe the thc proposed 1 In the Imperial i 1 They are virtually Identical with those that have been trIed In j with graL success since the thet t O sO occupation ot of that island 1 v it t Is estimated that about n a hundred k 1111 on people PIlo ILL hina use opium rhey Vh Y are aro to register their q aarnes with the tho pOlice and obtain per t nIts s will allow them to L I GI given n quantity of the tho lit at I tt nin periods nM nn nil all dealers dooler are for tor bidden to give or ell eli the drug to any t Ins In greater quantity or nt at more fro fre I periods than aro allowed In th the All persons ol over r GI 6 years or of 10 ma continue Its use as nt at pres ires iresS iresa S I J a hut but all persons under that age will be required to reduce their con ty by 20 per cent yearly and cease to Use It entirely at the end or of years At the end of the five years persons under 65 years of ago who con to use opium 11 bo be compelled to wear a distinctive badge which will advertise theno publicly II as opIum fiends All government even ven princes dukes vIceroys and generals IuLa IeS than 60 00 years of age give up UI the tho habit withIn Mx months or tender teMer their resignations All MI te ant students must mut abandon the tho habit with withIn In one year All MI of the army and navy must mUll abandon the tho habIt at once rind Ind several have haIl alreadY been beolk tor or to obey oby this edict provisions are for tiLe tho dealers dealer In opium pipes lamps and oth othIr other Ir er paraphernalIa ot of the tho opium joint All placeR of public resort for or smoking are arl to 10 bol closed thole who Iro tm to the habit must practIce It lit at their own homes bome him Is III in III earliest In this matter matterand and It Il Is III believed she ehe will ili suc In terminating the tho If no ILO foreign power will interfere The re cc reform form forni will cost Great Britain many millions ot of annually It Is ull teti that ne nearly acres ot of British soil Boll are plant planted d to poppies and of subjects depend tnt ent upon their cultivation rho annual average B yahoo ot of the tho crop is III about and In ioos China Imported tarts worth woith of at the crop hut Britain l Is Isso so 50 heavIly Interested In the tho tion ot of tie the nefarIous It Is lie be the tho government ot of country countr will viii no Ito longer oppose e the reform thit Is demanded hy by the tho Chinese |
