Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1923, Page 21

TAXIS & AUTOS Rates I Lower Rat Main 431 NEW YORK, £pril 73.—The Tann’ says: Lord Robert Cecil turned the criti- cisms of Representative Stephen G. Porter as to the league of nations at- titude toward the drug traffic into a justification for his visit to America to give information as to the leagu~ in a letter he wrote yesterday In answer to Mr. Porter's. Such “misap- prehension” as Mr. Porter displayed as to what the league had done, Lord Robert said, “goes far to justify my efforts” to make known the league's accomplishments. Lord Robert overlooked entirely the fact that Mr. Porter had refused to meet him to discuss the oplum traf- fic, and confined his letter to an ex- planation of what the league had done in this direction, saying that the international convention regarding the traffic in oplum adopted by the Jeague was the only convention in force. As to the word “legitimate,” in ref- erence to the use of the drug, being subgtituted for “medicinal and scien- tific* in a league resolution, Lord Robert said it would be an insult to the forty or fifty states which took {part in the discussion to imply that they wished to encourage the evil. As a matter of fact, he said, he un- derstood they had returned to the use of the words “medical and scientific a8 being the most expressive of the general desire of the signatory states. Text of Cecll's Letter. Lord Robert's letter follows: *107 Bast T0th st, New York. 23, 1923, Endthepainof CORNS quickly, safely! “Aprit 1My dear Mr. Porter: “I write to thank you for your letter " : . of April 21 in which you are good Thisx "'57'°“!“"°r’“‘5"7"“.“ enough to explain to me your views con- corns In one minute Dr. Scholl’s cerning the work of the league of na- tions in connection with the traffic in ] oplum and dangerous drugs. “I entirely agree with you as to the levils of tho traffic In opium and other | similar drugs, and though I have no Zino-pads will do 1t—safely! They remove the cause—friction-pres- sure, and heal the irritation. Thus you avoid infection from cutting your corns or usmgcm—msivef zgids. right to spealk for my ;;rnplrm nt 1 can | ; antiseptic; waterproof. Sizes assure you that they take the same view Jatn; antiscpte . on the subject most thoroughly. Indeed, for corns, callouses, bunions. Get a box today at your druggist's or shoe dealer’s. 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Davenport, arm- chair and fireside wing chairs. Reduced s297 50 THE EVENING Porter’s Criticism Justifies Tour | In League’s Behalf, Says Cecil of each signatory of the abuse of pre- pared oplum and its derivatives. That is the only International convention in force. The league has not recommended any weakening of its terms. On the con- trary, it has successfully urged consid- erable extension of the number of states who have signed it, including fifty-one out of its fifty-two members. Persia, the remaining member, is now consider- Ing its adoption. “The main difficulty in dealing with the suppression of the abuse of opium in countries which have accepted the convention, is the smuggling traffic, 'nd the league has recommended that in order to deal with this no Import or export of the drug to or from any country shall be allowed for any pur- pose Whatever except under govern- mental license of the export and fm- port countries. This system has al- ready been adopted by nearly forty members of the leaguc. Suppression of Smugxlers. “It has further put in operation a system for the exchange of informa- tion concerning the activities of smugglers between the various coun- tries, which in the few months it hay boen in operation has led to the sup- pression of some large-scale agents of the fllicit trade; and in this con- nection the members of the league have undertaken to supply full an- nual report as to production, import, export and consumption of drugs within their territories and concern- in‘L‘ thelr oppressive measures. ‘Investigation on the subje ever, convinced the expert of the league that it would sible adequately to cope smuggling of an_article concealed as a drug, . how- dvisers with the so easily unless there was established u world-control over | reverted to the production of opium. This wasy, AWE 714-11ST. Buying cies at prices you will own are 1 mpos- | oo o ' Ve by STAR, WASHINGTO tack, but one which I belleve all sin- cere'enemies of the trafMc have since agreed to regard as the only really effective way of dealing with the matter. stroy the supply for the abusive use of the drug, it is necessary to inquire what is the world consumption of the drug that is not abusive, and it was in drafting the Instruotions for this inquiry that the word ‘legiti- mate,’ to which you refer, was used. I was present at the debate of the assembly when the amendment was made, and 1 am quite sure that none of those there Intended to give any countenance, direct or indlrect, to the use of the drug for any improper purposes; indeed, it would be an in- sult to the forty or fifty states who took part In the discussion to make such a suggestion or In any way to imply that they ‘legitimatized, and thereby encouraged, the evil. The word ‘legitimate’ was simply used as giving to the committee charged with the investigation the power of framing_ a_definition of the exact scope of the inquiry into the non- abusive use of the drug. It was felt that while ‘medicinal and sclentific did Indicate tho only purpose which the members of the assembly could countenance, it might be possible to find some definition which would more accurately express the mean- ing which we all desired. I venture to think that M. Sastri, who is, as no doubt you know, the representative of progressive thought in Indla and is as little likely as any man in the world to desire main- tenance of the abuse of opium in that | country, exprersed the view, as I understood him, that of the drug which was not authorized by a regular physician, an authoriza- | tion which was not always possible to obtaln In certaln of the wilder parts of India. 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These seem to me important steps, and would by themselves justify the expression that the ‘league has struck ous trade.’ |”_“But in effect the league has gone D. ©, THURSDAY, of course, an entirely new line of at- to find any others which better ex- - APRIL 26, 1923. 2 e e e e further. It has, through its advisory committee, on which a very distin- guished American citizen sits, taken the entirely new step of trying to Iimit world production of opfum, which 1s no doubt the only funda- mental way of dealing with the evil. I do not in any way complain of the difficulty which even so sincere an inquirer as yourselt has found In fol- t | lowing from outslde exactly what the league has done, but I venture respectfully to suggest to you tha‘ the misapprehension into which you have fallen goes far to justify iy efforts, not to propose any change ir the policy of the United States gov- ernment in this or any other matter t‘the universal desire on the sum up. 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