Drugging a Nation, the Story of China, and the Opium Curse, a Personal Investigation, During an Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions (Classic Reprint)

NOTE T HESE chapters were originally published during 1907 and 1908 in Success Maga· z£ne. Though frankly journalistic in tone, the book presents something more than the hasty conclusions of a journalist. During its preparation the author travelled around the world, inquiring into the problem at first hand in China and in England, reading all available printed mat· ter which seemed to bear in any way on the subject. and interviewing several hundred gentlemen who have had special opportunities to study the problem from various standpoints. The writing was not begun until this preliminary work was completed and the natural conclusions had become convictions in the author's mind. **Table of Contents** CONTENTS; I CHINA'S PREDICAMENT ? 9; II THE GOLDEN OPIUM DAYS 20; III A GLIMPSE INTO AN OPIUM PROVIV; V; INCE ?; CHINA'S SINCERITY; SOWING THE WIND; SHANGHAI; ?; ?; IN CHINAVI; SOWING THE WIND IN CHINA-; 53; 70; 101; TIENTSIN AND HONGKONG ? 129; VII Hov BRITISH CHICKENS CAME; HOME TO ROOST 154; VIII THE POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN 178; ApPENDIX ? ? 204 ILL USTRA TIONS; H E TONG 5HAO-1 ?; Filling page; Til"; KNEADINC CRl1D£ OPIUM WITH OIL TO MAl'; ROUND OR FLAT CA~S8 ? :7; MA1UNG ROUND CAI:ES OP OPIUM 1,1; THE OPJUM HULK! 01' SfiANGHAI SO; AN OPIUM RECEIVING SHIP OR u GODOWN" AT; SHANGHAI ? ? so; THE VIlLAC£S W£ll£ LITTLE MORS T'HAN H£AI'S; OP RUINS 54; AT LAST HE CRAWLS OUT ON THE H[CHWAV,; W HI~IMG, CHATTERING AND PRAYINC THAT A; FEW COPPER CASH BE THROWN HIM 54; WRECK AND RUIN IN CHINA 68; ENFORCING THE EDICT AT SHANCHAI ? 88; IN AN OPIUM Du; SHANGHAI 11+; OPIUM-SMOKING 114-; W£(CHINC OPIUM 1~ A GOVERNMENT FACTORY IN; INDIA 154-; WHliRE THE CHINAMAN TRAVELS, OPIUM TIlAVELS; TOO About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Ph