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C260<br />
4240. What do you call modEration, one stengah ?-Two stengahs after<br />
dinner and one after tiffin, say.<br />
4241. Did you ever see a Chinese cooly taking a Itengah 1-1 have<br />
very often seen a Chinese 'rikisha cooly leave his 'rikisha and go in for a<br />
drink of sams".<br />
4242. Which would you prefer ?-As I said before, if they both smoke<br />
and drink in moderation it would not make any difference. If they were<br />
both excessive I would prefer the smoker.<br />
4243. And as between the non-smoker and the smoker 1-1 would<br />
prefer the non-smoker.<br />
4244. Do you know why the League of Nations is going to suppress<br />
opium ?-I am certainly in favour of st:.eing it eradicated from the Chinese<br />
race, but I think the present restrictions are quite adequate to deal with<br />
the situation, that the opium habit is dropping out gradually and that with<br />
the passing of this generation the habit will drop out altogether.<br />
4245. How?-Statistics show that the consumption is getting less and<br />
less.<br />
4246. Owing to the increasing of the price?-The increasing of the<br />
price, the stopping of opium smoking in Chinese brothelR, the stopping of<br />
opium smoking in Chinese clubs.<br />
4247. If you increase the price the coolie will take to dross?-When<br />
they smoke in moderation they can easily give it up, as proved by the<br />
prisoners in the gaol.<br />
4248. If there was no opium to buy do you think the Chinese would<br />
stop ?-Yes, by proper education.<br />
4249. How many years would it take ?-It might take ten, it might<br />
take half a generation. .<br />
4250. Sir David Galloway.-You are aware that opium is being produced<br />
in very large quantities in China?- So 1 was told. .<br />
4251. Do you think that that fact makes matters any more difficult for<br />
us .?-I think so. It would make smuggling a very profitable business.<br />
4252. But in spite of all that we are told that we should take the lead<br />
in suppression; not wait upon China but take the lead in suppressing opium<br />
within our territories, with China lying alongside and offeriAg unlimited<br />
quantities of chandu. Do you think there is much chance of success in any<br />
measure we may take ?-I think not.<br />
4253. You think in fact that the reasonable way would be to enter<br />
into a compact with China to take certain measures simllitaneously, which<br />
should be agreed upon, and that we should go as it were hand in hand in the<br />
question of suppressing the use of opium?-Yes, I think there ought to be<br />
some combination.<br />
4254. Have you any idea how many of the Chinese popUlation here are<br />
Chinese subjects, not British ?-I have no idea.<br />
4255· Chairman.-Have you anything in addition to what has been<br />
asked that you would like to tell this Committee ?-I think it is unfair to<br />
bring any stress upon the present smokers. I consider that there are other<br />
offenCES which are worse than opium smoking that are being countenanced<br />
by Government.<br />
4256. For example ?-For example, alcohol drinking, prostitution .<br />
. 4257· Sir David Galloway.-What do you mean by prostitution being<br />
countenanced by the Government ?-The man who wishes to visit a brothel<br />
need not get a licence.<br />
4258. Then because the Government do not do anything as regards<br />
prostitution you say it countenances it?-The opium smoker would have to<br />
get a licence.<br />
This concluded Dr. KHONG'S evidence.
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