China Orders Abolition of Opium

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 10, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 39.

China Orders Abolition of Opium

A Chinese commission recently made a tour of the United States and Europe, looking into such matters as might be of advantage in their home affairs. As a result of their recommendation, together with that of Tang Shao Ki, vice-president of the board of foreign affairs, an edict has been issued ordering the abolition of the use of opium, both foreign and native, within ten years. The edict strongly condemns the vice, and commands the council of state to devise regulations for the enforcement of the law against opium-smoking and the cultivation of the poppy.