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Show OPIUM RUNNERS DURMOFFIGERS Jagged Coast of Islands Near Manila Makes Smuggling Smug-gling Easy MANILA. P. I.. Oct. 20. ( Corrc spondencel Opium nmugullng Into, the Philippine Islanda from China. Jlan. ami Britiah North Korncu, han irrown to such proportions that m torn officials of thr Philippine s;ov- ernmnt hae iecome sjarmesl. Dnrlnr tho last six month secret aer agent have setterl opium valued at approximate! $200,000. and they s.y this Is only a small portion of the drug which has been brought Into th ls-f Innds illegally at the port or Manila. Hollo. Cehu. Zainboanga and Jolo. i PI I i: PI V R h Secret service operatives declare they are unable to stop the Illegal ir.. f fie In opium, morphine .mil .:h i drugs with present facilities at their disposal. A submarine chaser buill for the fnlted Si ite k i i inn l :r -ing the war wa recently brought 1. i on bosrd a transport and turned over to the Phllrpplne JOSSJI umBl 1 al the Intention of the customs service to use the speedy craft In patrolling th" coaat of th Island f I.umn northward north-ward from .Manila Ilay as soon a the i teglalature provide money for Ita operation op-eration Nsjarlv eer vessel arrivinc from! Chin and Japan t rloe!v matched' I by custom official. A tug I krpt I In service, cunstrtntly to meet thes--ships off Corregldor Island at tho entrance en-trance to Manila Hay, in order to ir -"it the smuggler from throwing 0Vrboard their contraband goods! which ean be easily picked up by small croft and transported to lhi mainland. WhUe Manila Is the most advantageous advan-tageous port at which to enrry on th' ii't-gal tr'ifflc. the vigilance uf the offl-i lis here has driven many of the' nmuggler .to the southern Inlands: where comparatively little difficult) bl experienced in l:tnilng the druK- nl) i -inKie coast gu.irl cutter, The tjla ilfro." patrols tl)f cntlr'- jrroup of island is-land from Surikn to British North Borneo, from which island the traffic largely orljrlnatcs . N M l I B HI . - . nit II N'umerou lntuj. -ru;: nllng craft.' t.ik ahi-ltar in th bay and rivers along the North Borneo coast, out of rt ih af the coast aoard cutter which can not operate within the three mile limit When a favorable wind I omes ' "l tl . Mil. lorn' is ..u' if sight. th. ,vlnta with their opium on board. st sal) for Jolo or the island of Tawltawj where they land the dreg without dc-i. dc-i. tlon- Nearly every Moro on th I1and "T Tnwttawl has become rich through muKding optuni di ring the last few years." ald an official of th secret service branch of the custom ser- M. , Two fast . utter are nider conatruo lion for eervice In the "iilhcn lfa da and the Hhlllpplne g-ov. mment has asked Great Britiin. thri -i he state department at Uaef- ri . . t0 ahow ih- I latotna service to etaOlUh a baee on llaruKn Island, only a few miles off th. coaat of British North Borneo. , i fr..n, shied to w.rk .tjralnat the amug-gler. amug-gler. Baguan Island Is one of the Philii.plne group and was reded to the i I nltcd S!ie i.v Spain In the treau oli Pari, but Is ha continued under V British control i it Via.l been for many Bfl iti . Amortcan occupation H of the Philippines. H |