TRAFFIC IN DRUGS
EXPORTS TO CHINA JAPAN’S “CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS” STRONGLY CENSURED BY LEAGUE COMMITTEE (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 22nd May, 10.30 a.m.) GENEVA, 21st May. Japan’s “criminal carelessness” in permitting the export of drugs, particularly to China, was strongly censured by the League Opium Committee. The United States representative stated that sufficient acid anhydride, which is the base of heroin, was sent to China last year to provide between thirty and sixty times the world’s legitimate needs, mostly from Japan. The United States and Canadian representatives said that they lmd evidence of an organised traffic in narcotics in their countries from Japan. The committee again appeals to Japan to impose more severe sentences on the. traffickers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 22 May 1936, Page 5
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