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The Morning Astorian
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
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US Secretary of State Root invites Turkey, Persia, and Russia to an international conference in Shanghai, China, starting New Year, to discuss controlling the opium traffic. France, Germany, US, China, Japan, Portugal, and Great Britain have named delegates. The conference aims to address the issue economically, morally, and scientifically.
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THE OPIUM TRAFFIC
UNITED STATES INVITES OTHER COUNTRIES TO A
CONFERENCE.
TRYING TO CONTROL THE EVIL
Various Countries Have Already
Named Delegates to the Convention,
and Hopes Are Felt That
Much May be Accomplished.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Turkey, Persia and Russia have been invited by Secretary of State Root to participate in the international opium conference to be held in Shanghai, China beginning with the New Year. France, Germany, the United States, China, Japan, Portugal and Great Britain already have named delegates to the conference. Originally the idea was to have represented at the conference those nations which have territorial possessions in the Far East, but as opium is produced both in Turkey and Persia, it was regarded as desirable that those countries be asked to join in the work of the international commission. The whole subject of the opium traffic is to be discussed from an economical, moral, and scientific point of view, with the object of reaching, if possible, some agreement for the control of the traffic in the Far East. Good results already are apparent from the agitation for the suppression of the vice of the opium smoking habit.
The conference is an outcome of the suggestions of Secretary Root and the cordial manner in which the governments have responded to the invitations to take part in its deliberations is very gratifying.
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Shanghai, China
Event Date
Beginning With The New Year
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hopes are felt that much may be accomplished. good results already are apparent from the agitation for the suppression of the vice of the opium smoking habit.
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Turkey, Persia and Russia have been invited by Secretary of State Root to participate in the international opium conference to be held in Shanghai, China beginning with the New Year. France, Germany, the United States, China, Japan, Portugal and Great Britain already have named delegates to the conference. Originally the idea was to have represented at the conference those nations which have territorial possessions in the Far East, but as opium is produced both in Turkey and Persia, it was regarded as desirable that those countries be asked to join in the work of the international commission. The whole subject of the opium traffic is to be discussed from an economical, moral, and scientific point of view, with the object of reaching, if possible, some agreement for the control of the traffic in the Far East. The conference is an outcome of the suggestions of Secretary Root and the cordial manner in which the governments have responded to the invitations to take part in its deliberations is very gratifying.