| Show take yanks in opium scandal brought to light by raid of neiping police rel helping ping A raid on the hotel middle kingdom staged by chinese police troops and japanese troops in which a score or more chinese and koreans were arrested for drug dealing served to draw foreign attention to the use of opium in Pei neiping ping the normal american resident while aware that the drug can be had easily generally lets it go at that Ilo however wever in the discussion it appeared that young americans girls as well as boys who came to china tor for a few weeks have begun to take a whirl with the opium pipe these youths bear names very often of well known and highly respected american families es an and their heir actions decidedly shock the community of neiping Pei ping in some cases they request chinese servants to provide the drug and pipes the former in disgust have been known to quit rather than oblige one american resident was dragged into the opium scandal unwittingly unwillingly when the police discovered that the servants qu quarters arters housed an opium salesroom opium figures very largely in the news from almost every section of china officials are either honestly endeavoring to suppress the drug or else they are conniving in its distribution at changchow Hang chow four high officials were executed for dealing in the nefarious trade Kal feng capital of nonan honan province celebrated eleb rated opium prohibition day when the city was festooned festoon ed with flags flag 8 and a mass meeting held presided over by the governor the opium prohibition inspector publicly reported that poppies were still being grown in atty alne counties but a systematic campaign was being waged to end such production lie ile asked for six years in which to completely stamp out opium growing sales and smoking within the pro province lace ue ile Is already enforcing his plan by sending out soldiers who abo lop oft off the poppy lowers flowers with their big swords as their rifles swing from the other shoulder |
