THE OPIUM CURSE.
AMERICA’S AIM. PROHIBITING THE DRUG. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSORT ATTON —COPYRIGHT GENEVA, Jan. 20. Mr Stephen Porter, American representative, in an outspoken speech at the Opium Conference, said: “I have been in Geneva two months, and still find myself pleading for a hearing on the most important item among my Government’s suggestions.” He proceeded to accuse The Hague signatories of wishing to postpone reforms because the.y found the drug trade lucrative. Mr Porter denounced as a “vile slander” a statement by Lord Cecil that the consumption of opium in America was greater per head than in India. Lord Cecil acknowledged that the statement was based on inaccurate data.
Mr Porter expressed surprise that the inaccuracy should , not have been known to Lord Cecil’s advisers, and continued: “America has come to the conclusion that the time has arrived to fix a definite time limit after which the use of prepared opium shall be illegal throughout the world. She is willing, as a concession, to extend the limit from ten to fourteen "years. ”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 January 1925, Page 5
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