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Show FORCE CHINESE PEOPLE TO RAISE OPIUM CROP SHANGHAI. July . opium Is be-ling be-ling grown extensively in parts of Fuklen province despite the law ;ig.ilnst It. according to a mission worker stationed at venping lie writes to the Anti-i ipnim society: At the city of Yungan. the headquarters head-quarters Of the southern forces, 1 found the) were growing opium ex- tcnsivel) even in the grounds of the yamen Itself the ground was while with poppv I was told there wen-over wen-over 10 opium shops In the city 11-ceuscd 11-ceuscd for otic dollar per night marked mark-ed 'places for the breaking of ihe opium opi-um habit.' ' "The military are forcing the people peo-ple to plant the drug and no matter what the value of the crop may be, they are to be taxed a d finite 0 mount " |