This document is communicated to Governments for confid ential information in view of the fact that it has not yet b an considered by the Advisory Committee on Traffic jjOv um and Other Dangerous Drugs. [Communicated to the Council and Official No. : C. 504. M. 316. 1 9 3 6 . XI, the Members of the League.] [O.C.S.300 (b).]

Geneva, October 1st, 1936.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS

SUMMARY

OF ILLICIT TRANSACTIONS AND SEIZURES

REPORTED TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE

BETWEEN JULY 1s t AND SEPTEMBER 30t h , 1936 P A R T I.

CASES REPORTED IN PREVIOUS SUMMARIES IN REGARD TO WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

No. 1705.—Seizure of 2 kg. 100 grs. of Anti-opium Pills at Pakhoi, July 13th, 1934.

See O.C.294(x), The representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee page 44. reports (July 21st, 1936) that the authorities at Singapore have made 2030/387(3). enquiries in regard to the Liang Yu Dispensary at Singapore, cited in the previous report as the manufacturer of the pills seized in this case, but have not been able to trace any such dispensary there. Nor is this dispensary known to the local Pharmaceutical Society.

No. 1906.—Despatch of Drugs by Post from Czechoslovakia to Istanbul, September- . See O.C.294 (z), The Government of Czechoslovakia reports (September 7th, 1936) 0C 6S 300(a) that the Czechoslovak authorities have ascertained by a chemical page 7. analysis that the product seized in this affair, which was marked " Mathé ”, 20449/387 does not contain any substances dangerous to health.

No. 1943.—Seizure at Istanbul, November 14th, 1935, of 8 kg. 840 grs. of Hashish found in the Possession of Members of the Crew of the s.s. “ Théophile G autier ”. See O.C.294(z>, The Turkish Minister for Health and Social Welfare reports (August Pa"e 38- 4th, 1936) that the three accused sailors concerned in this case have been 21355/387. sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment and a fine of £T5,260 each. 0.C.S./Conf.69. In addition, they will be deported at the end of their sentence. A certain Jean Xénophon, of Greek nationality and a well-known trafficker, has been sentenced to fourteen months’ detention for having furnished the hashish to the three accused sailors.

No. 65.—Seizure of 1 kg. 515 grs. of Prepared Opium at Honolulu, January 14th, 1936. See O.C.S.300, The Government of the United States of America forwards (July 24th, page 23• 1936) the results of an investigation in Japan by the Yokohama autho- O.C.S.303. rities concerning the origin of the prepared opium in question. The I2si/388(215). persons implicated in Yokohama were Yasu Fujiwara and Teruo Yoshi- Report No. 499(a). oka, stokers on the Tatsuta Maru, and Ryota Nishi, Keisaku Maejima and Shigeru Yamamoto, oilers on the Tatsuta Maru. These individuals were arrested on February 27th, 1936, on the arrival of the Tatsuta Maru at Yokohama, and it was ascertained that Fujiwara, a suspect, planned with Masanori Nagai, mentioned in the previous report, to ship opium on the request of one Kusumoto, living in Hong-Kong. The plan was to send it to the proprietor of the Café Minato, a Japanese residing in Honolulu. Fujiwara, Yoshioka, Nishi, Maejima and Yamamoto were handed over to a guarantor on February 29th, 1936, and the case was finally transmitted to the Procurator’s Bureau of the Kobe District Court.

No. 75.—Seizure of 568 grammes of Morphine Hydrochloride at Portland, Oregon, December 4th, 1935. See O.C.S.300, The Government of the United States of America forwards (August 13th, page 26. 1936) a translation of information received from the Director of the O.c.S /Conf.53, No. 9. Bureau of Treaties at Tokio in regard to the arrest in Japan of a number 1281/388(197).’ of persons believed to have been associated with those implicated in Report No. 481 (a). this affair. The Japanese report states that, as a result of investigations into the illicit drug traffic in the Hyogo Prefecture, the following persons were arrested : Shizuo Tatara, operative in the Kawasaki Car Factory, living at Kobe ; Shokei Kagura, no occupation, living at Kobe ; Saichi Hiraishi, no occupation, living at Yokohama ; Yakichi Nakamura, foreign trade merchant, living at Kobe ; Ichizo Doicho, farmer, living at Aki-Gun, Niroshimo Prefecture ; Suekichi Kuwabara, café-proprietor, living at Kobe ; Masao Tabata, confectioner, living at Kobe ; Heigoro Mase,1 employee of the Togo Department Store at Osaka ; Kiyoshi Sasada, no occupation, living at Kobe. All these persons are ex-seamen. Nenzo Tanaka, watch and clock repairer at Kobe ; Sunji Mizute, fishing-tackle dealer at Kobe ; Tokuichi Hiraishi, fireman on the Chichibu Maru, living at Yokohama ; Sadao Fujimoto,

1 See document C.465.M.200.1934.XI.O.C.294(u), page 31, No. 1313.

S. d.N.825(F.) 690 (A.) 12/36. — Imp. Réunies, Chambéry. 4 —

oiler on the Tatsuta Maru, living at Kobe ; Masato Minamikoji, oiler on the Minasa Maru, living at Kobe ; Isaburo Oya, foreign trade merchant at Shanghai ; Sakujiro Yamanouchi, no occupation, living at Kobe ; Yasue Uchiyama, wife of Katsumi Uchiyama, no occupation, present address unknown ; Tomokichi Tego, fireman on the Lisbon Maru, of Kagoshima Prefecture ; Yoshi Matsui, clerk in a business firm, living at Nisbinomiya ; Jutari Hasunari, fireman on the Borneo Maru ; Yuao Maehare, waiter on the Osaka Shosen Kaisha steamship lines ; Senji Nakagawa, ship’s carpenter on the Surapaya Maru, living at Amagasaki ; Natao Ii, fireman on the Sumatra Maru ; Shigeyoshi Yoshinaga, storekeeper on the Atsuta Maru\ Hiroyasu or Kyoyu Matsui, druggist at Taihoku, Taiwan ; Sentaro Mitsuse, no occupation, present address unknown. It was ascertained that these persons were keeping constantly in touch with the lower-grade members of the crews of other vessels for the purpose of endea­ vouring to export narcotic drugs illicitly to America and British India. Suspicion was aroused by the actions of Tatara, Kuwabara and Mase, who had previously been convicted on charges of smuggling, and by the unusually frequent visits of the seamen to their homes. Mase was convicted and sentenced in San Francisco last June1 and it was definitely ascertained that Tatara and Kuwabara were his accomplices. It is believed that the frequently occurring cases of illicit drug traffic between Japan and the United States are due to the activities of this gang. The arrested men have been sent to the Procurator’s Bureau of the Kobe District Court for examination. The results of the examination will be forwarded in due course.

No. 77.—Seizure at Sofia, December 18th, 1935, of 1 kg. 440 grs. of Heroin. See O.C.S.300, The Government of Czechoslovakia reports (August 5th, 1936) that page 27. Hussein el Neanay2 was in Prague from November 4th to December 17th, 22723/387. 1935, and that Cherber was there from November 16th to December O.C.S./Conf.64. 14th, 1935. While there, Hussein el Neanay often received Nathan Altmann,2 proprietor of the Isili Egypt Co., Kobe, Vienna branch, who has been in Prague since . Although a strict supervision was kept over el Neanay while in Prague, it was impossible to convict him of trafficking in drugs. As for S. Micheff, to whom the heroin seized in this case had been addressed, no trace of anyone bearing that name could be found in Prague.

No. 85.—Seizure of 1 kg. of Heroin at Bucharest, July 16th, 1935. See O.C.S.300, The Permanent Delegation of Bulgaria at Geneva reports (July 8th, page 30. 1936) that the competent authorities in Bulgaria instituted an enquiry 3833/388. into this case, but unfortunately this enquiry did not result in any conclusive evidence as regards the activities of Petco Parpoff and Nicolas Dimitroff. A certain Dimitre G. Tchaleukofï, living at Stara Zagora, a grain merchant, was inter­ viewed, but no drugs were found at his premises and no indication whatever which could give rise to suspicions that he was engaging in illicit drug traffic. In the course of the interview, Tchaleukoff denied ever having known Parpoff, but said that he knew Dimitroff, although he had never delivered heroin or any other illicit drug to him. The authorities at Roussé have instituted enquiries concerning Parpoff and Dimitroff, but again this enquiry did not divulge any facts which would justify the suspicion that they were occupied in the illicit drug traffic in Bulgaria.

No. 179.—Seizure of 90 kg. 880 grs. of Prepared Opium at San Francisco, April 14th. 1936.

See O.C.S.SOOfa), The Government of the United States of America recalls (August 28th, page 29. 1936) that in the original seizure report it was stated that all of the 5-tael 1281/388(251). tins bore the “ Lam Kee Macao ” label. It is now learned that, of the Report No. 534(a). 480 tins seized, 479 were of the " Rooster and Elephant Brand (Lam O.C.S./Conf.88. Kee) ”, while one tin bore the “ Chicken and Eagle (Lo Fuk Kee) ” label. Photographs of these labels are in the archives of the Secretariat, together with a photostatic copy of a letter, showing the distinction between the " Elephant ” and “ Eagle ” markings.

No. 186.-—Seizures in Siam on June 15th, September 26th, and during the Last Quarter of 1935. See O.C.S.SOOfaj, The United Kingdom representative on the Advisory Committee page 34. forwards the following information in connection with the seizure at 13229/388(2). Bangkok of 111 bottles of chlorodyne manufactured by Evans Sons, Lescher & Webb : The chlorodyne was shipped to the Yogi Dispensary at Bangkok ; neither the firm nor their customers in Siam were aware, when the goods were sent, that they would be prohibited. Messrs. Evans Sons, Lescher & Webb have had considerable correspondence with the Depart­ ment of Public Health, Ministry of the Interior, Bangkok, regarding this consignment and have received a letter from that department, dated August 19th, 1936, stating that the chlorodyne

1 See document C.465.M.200.1934.XI.O.C.294fu,l, page 31, No. 1313. * See documents C.621.M.243.1930.XI[O.C.294W], page 12 ; C.279.M.130.1931.XI[O.C.294<'ffJl, pages 20-22, Nos. 58 and 59 ; c.511 .M.251.1932.XI[O.C.294(k)], page 14, No. 448 ; C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], page 27, No. 77. — 5 —

in question has now been exempted without restriction in accordance with Section 3a of the Ministerial Regulations for Harmful Habit-forming Drugs B.E. 2465, under which an import certificate for the said preparation is not necessary. Messrs. Evans Sons, Lescher & Webb understand that this consignment has been released and delivered to the Y ogi Dispensary.

No. 189.—Seizure of 28 grammes of Morphine Sulphate at New York, April 20th, 1936. See O.C.S.SOOfa^, The Government of the United States of America forwards (August Pa§e 2o- 7th, 1936} information received from the German Central Office stating 0.C.S./Conf.52, No. 9. that the 28-gramme bottle of morphine sulphate seized in this case formed 1281/388(253).’ part of a regular and legal shipment by Merck & Co., Darmstadt, to Report No. 536(aJ. José Guillen Velez, Puerto Cortes, Honduras, in Septèmber 1932. (Note.—For previous mention of seizures of narcotic drugs smuggled into the United States from Honduras, see the following documents : C.124.M.52.1933.XI [O.C.294fn;], page 13, No. 663 ; C.598.M.278.1933.XI[O.C.294^], page 21, No. 974 ; C.81.M.29.1936.XI[O.C.294fz;], page 29, No. 1921 ; C.167.M.103.1936.XI[O.C.S.300], page 4, No. 1781.)

No. 200.—Illicit Traffic at Galveston and , , to January 1936. See O.C.S.SOOfa,), The Government of the United Stales of America forwards (August pages 38-39. 17th, 1936) the following information received from the Spanish repre- O.C.S./Conf.79. sentative on the Advisory Committee : 128i/388(235). The original transaction was perfectly legitimate, as stated by the Report No. 519(c). German authorities. The bottles were sent to the Pharmaceutical Centre at Valencia, whose books were examined, and it was discovered that a pharmacy in a neighbouring village had placed abnormally large orders for morphine. Further investigation showed that the orders came from a pharmacist named don Emilio Tudelo. This man is known to the Spanish police, having been fined in 1932 for a narcotic offence. In 1933, his licence to deal in narcotic drugs was withdrawn. In 1934 and 1935, it was ascertained that he was still successful in procuring drugs and he was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, plus a large fine. He had already served five months of this sentence when this last leakage was discovered. The check-up of the numbers of the seized and missing bottles showed that they were all sold to Tudelo, who claimed that he could not remember to whom he had delivered them. However, upon being shown the crew list of the Mar Negro, he recognised the name of the man to whom he had given the drugs as Jose Antonio Murua, the chief steward.

No. 201.—Seizure of 6 kg. 286 grs. of Heroin at New York, March 6 th, 1936 : Eidelman- Shviriansky Case.

See O.C.S.SOOfaJ, The Government of the UnitedStates of America forwards (August 3rd, PaSe 39- 1936) the following supplementary information in regard to this case : O.C.S.278(a>. In the previous report, it was stated that Philip Eidelman admitted 1281/388(243). that he had been commissioned by “ Little Natie ” to manufacture and °(b) °S a false-bottomed trunk for the latter, take it with him to Paris, there make contact with Michel and Alexander Shviriansky and through them procure the heroin, which was seized at New York on March 6th, 1936. It was further stated that “ Little Natie ” had been tentatively identified as Nathan Rothman. It was subsequently ascertained that one Nathan Rothman was residing in New York City, and on June 9th, 1936, police searched his apartment and found two decks of heroin, each weighing about 3 grammes, in a bureau drawer. Rothman and his wife, Florence Cooper Rothman, were then arrested, Rothman pleading guilty and being sentenced on June 25th, 1936, to four months in the workhouse. Photographs of Rothman were shown to Eidelman, who was positive and emphatic in his statement that Rothman was not the person who had paid him for making the trunk and had furnished him with transportation to and from Paris. How­ ever, it is believed that Eidelman’s refusal to name Rothman is prompted by fear of gang reprisals, and further investigation is being made in an endeavour to connect him with the crime. On September 14th, the Government of the United States of America reported that Eidelman had been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and that he had appealed. On August 10th, 1936, Rothman was released from the workhouse and was immediately taken into custody by Federal officers in connection with the Eidelman case. Bond was set at $2,000, which he could not meet ; so he was held in jail awaiting trial. Arnold Shviriansky, not being wanted any longer as a Government witness, has expressed his intention of returning to France on August 19th, 1936.

No. 232.—Arrest of Hashish Traffickers at Constanza, December 10th, 1935.

See O.C.S.SOOfa;, The Roumanian Government sent the following supplementary page 48. information in regard to this case on July 18th, 1936 : 22849/387 On December 9th, 1935, the Constanza police were informed that a large quantity of hashish was hidden in Toma Tomasian’s house and — 6 — that Onic Melconian 1 would go there to buy 4 kg. The informer posed as a buyer of hashish and got into contact with Melconian, who declared that he would be able to furnish it and fixed December 9th as the day for the transaction. Melconian and the informer met on that date at Tomasian’s house and Tomasian gave the informer 100 grammes of hashish as a sample • a larger quantity was to be handed to him an hour later. Thinking that Melconian would leave the house with the 4 kg. above mentioned, the police waited for his departure and allowed him to go some way before searching him. The result of the search was, however, negative. Meanwhile, Tomasian, being doubtful of the identity of the informer, also left the house and was not found until half an hour later. Being questioned, Tomasian admitted having been in the possession of a large quantity of hashish, but he stated that he had got rid of it as he was afraid. He did not state, however, where he had put it. Melconian declared that he had several times obtained hashish from Tomasian, which he had sold to others through Vasile Constantinesco, Panait Fotiu and Gherasie Carainis. All the accused were imprisoned and await judgment.

RESULTS OF JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN CONNECTION WITH SEVERAL CASES OF ILLICIT TRAFFIC PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

1 R esult Reference j Name Imprisonment Fine

E g y p t. O.C.S.SOOfaJ, page 17, No. 139 Mohd. Amin Zein Eddine ...... Three years each. SE600 each. Khalil Ali El Gohari .. .

Mahmoud Mohd. El Shami...... £E200 each. Hussein Ibrahim Ba- One year each. youm i......

O.C.S.300 (a), page 37, No. 197 Efstratiou (Eustache) Pediotakis...... Two and a half years. 200 gold drachmae.

T u r k e y . O.C.S.SOOfa/, page 35, No. 188 H u sn u ...... One year, £T27,890. (The other accused ii this case were acquitted owing to insufficient evi- dence.)

U n it e d S ta te s of A m e ­ r ic a . O.C.S-SOOfa;, pages 38-39, No. 200 Oreste Celli ...... Eight and a half years. $2,500. Joe L u c c a ...... Four years. $2,000. Michael Arch angel o .. . Four months, with an ad­ ditional sentence of six­ teen months, the latter to be suspended for five years. Frank Pinacchio ...... Six years. $1,000. Andrew La go ...... Failed to appear when case called for trial. Bond forfeited and Lago declared a fugitive from justice.

1 See document O.C.294(p), page 24, No. 900. P A R T IL

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR CASES.

B. NEW CASES OF SEIZURES DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS :

1. R a w O p i u m . 5. C o c a in e . 2. P r e p a r e d O p iu m a n d D r o s s . 6. I n d ia n H e m p . 3. M o r p h i n e . 7. M iscellaneous . 4. H e r o i n .

A. REPORTS ON THE DISCOVERY OF CLANDESTINE MANUFACTURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS AND OTHER SIMILAR GASES.

No. 249.—Discovery of a Clandestine Pill Factory at 813, North Szechuen Road Exten­ sion, in Chinese Territory, Shanghai, April 28th, 1936. Report com­ municated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference. : O.C.S.205faJ. 13103/388(2). 1(a). Red pills : 36 kg. 608 grs. (1,289 oz.). Heroin : 1 kg. 136 grs. (40 oz.). Equipment and ingredients used for the manufacture of the pills. Sixty-six bags seized, containing red pills, bore red and green wax seals showing a circle with an “ A ” in the centre. There were no labels on the packet of heroin. 2. Persons implicated : Y. Fuchigami, Japanese, and two Chinese. 3. The municipal police raided a secret distributing-base of opium substitutes at House 83, Lane 643, Yangtszepoo Road, and the raid resulted in the arrest of one trafficker and the seizure of one packet of red pills, weighing 9 oz. (256 grammes). Acting on information of the latter, another trafficker was apprehended the same day at House 30, Lane 315, Yunnan Road. Subsequent investigation made led to the raid­ ing of No. 813, North Szechuen Road—a two-storied building—where the clandestine drug factory was discovered and the persons referred to above were arrested. The raid was carried out with the assistance of the Japanese Consular Police and the Public Safety Bureau of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai. The former assisted because the premises were occupied by a Japanese subject, and the latter attended because the house is located outside the Settlement limits, abutting North Szechuen Road, a municipal road. The factory was operated in a large room on the second floor. Its equipment, which was procured locally, consisted of two pill-making machines ; one large pill-drying cabinet with eight drawers, four of which were full of pills in the process of drying ; one large table, five sieves, one pill-counting board, four pairs of scales and miscellaneous other articles. The ingredients included, in large quantities, red dye, gum tragacanth, starch, strychnine and cane sugar. The factory was in operation for about six months and produced about 100 kg. of red pills per month. Photographs of the factory are in the archives of the Secretariat. 4. Two traffickers were each sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment. Y. Fuchigami was detained by the Japanese Consular Court and is on remand. The two Chinese who were arrested in the factory, together with the opium substitutes, equipment and ingredients, were detained by the Public Safety Bureau and subsequently handed over to the Shanghai Woosung Military Garrison Headquarters for trial by military court.

No. 250.—Discovery of a Clandestine Pill Factory at House 28, Lane 76, Amoy Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, May 4th, 1936. Report commu­ nicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.205(7ij. 13103/388(2). 1(a). Red pills : 170 grammes (6 oz.). An analysis of the pills found them to consist of a mixture of caffeine, cinchona alkaloids and morphine mixed with inert pill mass and colouring matter. Ten of these pills contain one minimum medicinal dose of morphine hydrochloride. The pills were wrapped in brown paper which bore no identification marks. Ingredients and utensils used for the manufacture of the pills. 2. Persons implicated : Two Chinese. 3. Acting on information obtained from a Chinese pill trafficker (who was apprehended the same day on Burkill Road near the corner of Thibet Road for being in the possession of one parcel of red pills, weighing 6 oz.), the municipal police visited the above address and found evidence there indicating that it was used as a base for the manufacture of red pills. The utensils and ingredients included two pair of scales, two sieves, one heating stove, one tin of dye, one packet of caffeine and heroin mixture, weighing 3.2 grammes, and a few other articles. No pill-making machine was used, but the pills were rolled into shape with the palms of the hands. The utensils and ingredients were procured locally. It is estimated that between 10 and 15 kg. of red pills were produced per month. The manufacture was carried on for about three months, 4. One of the Chinese was sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment ; the other to six years’ imprisonment.

No. 251.—Discovery of a Clandestine Pill Factory at House 15, Lane 1310, Avenue Edward VII, International Settlement, Shanghai, June 12th, 1936, Report communicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.205^- 13103/388(2). 1 (a). Red pills : 5 kg. 396 grs. (190 oz.). Five packets of pills weighing 568 grammes bore chops indicating that they were brought into circulation under the name of “ Happy brand Equipment used for the manufacture of the pills. 2. Persons implicated : Three Chinese, one only of whom is in custody. 3. The factory was discovered during a raid on the premises, which were visited on the authority of a search warrant. It was located in the downstairs back room. Its equipment consisted of a pill-making machine, two pill-drying trays, one charcoal heating stove and two pairs of scales. The factory was operated at the above address for about one month and produced a total of approximately 10 kg. of pills. 4. One Chinese was sentenced to six year’s imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for six years for assisting in the manufacture of narcotics.

No. 252.—Discovery of a Clandestine Pill Factory at No. 6 6 8 , Chekiang Road, Inter­ national Settlement, Shanghai, June 21st, 1936. Report communicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.205(h). 13103/388(2). 1(a). Red pills : 2 kg. 613 gr. (92 oz.). Pill mass : 4 kg. 203 grs. (148 oz.). There were no identification marks on the packets of pills. Equipment used for the manufacture of the pills. 2. Persons implicated : Five Chinese. 3. The information leading to the discovery of the pill factory was obtained from a Chinese female, who was arrested the same day on Park Road near the corner of Avenue Road for being in possession of three paper bags of red pills, weighing 16 oz. (455 grammes). The factory was located in an upstairs back room. Its equipment, which was procured locally, consisted of a pill-making machine, one pill-drying cabinet and several sieves. It had been in operation for about ten days prior to the raid and produced approxi­ mately 5 kg. of red pills per day. 4. Two persons were each sentenced to seven years’ and six months’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for eight years ; one was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for five years. Two others are wanted on a circular order of arrest which is on file.

No. 253.—Discovery of an Attempt to manufacture Heroin illicitly at No. 42, Wuting Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, June 27th, 1936. Report communicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.205(%). 13103/388(2), 1(a). Equipment used for the manufacture of drugs. 2. Persons implicated : Six Chinese. 3. Acting on information, the municipal police raided the above dwelling-house and discovered there evidence indicating that it was about to be used for the manufacture of morphine or heroin. No drugs were seized, but three persons who were arrested during the raid admitted that they intended, together with three others not in custody, to manufacture heroin at the above address. The equipment, most of which was new and still packed in cases when seized, was that used in a manufacturing laboratory. The equipment was moved into the above address two days prior to the raid. Subsequent enquiries ascertained that, prior to moving into the above address, the gang had operated at — 9 —

384, Medhurst Road and at 677, Ghangping Road, International Settlement. The equipment included apparatus for vacuum filtration, glass vacuum filtration flasks, Buchner funnels, scales and miscellaneous articles. The chemicals consisted of alcohol, hydrochloric acid, ether and soda ash. When in operation, the approximate productive capacity of the above factory is estimated at 25 kg. per month. Three persons were still on remand at the end of . Circular order of arrest is on file against the three others concerned in the case.

Q u a n t i t y o f P il l s a n d P il l M a s s s e i z e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t :

Pills : Pill Mass : 44 kg. 777 grs. 4 kg. 203 grs.

B. NEW GASES OF SEIZURES.

1. RAW OPIUM.

No. 254.—Seizures in Hong-Kong during . Report communicated by the Representatix e of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, August 6th, 1936. (The report includes only seizures of over 50 taels (1 kg. 889 grs.).)

Reference : O.C.S.304. 10051/388. 1(a). Raw opium : 75 kg. 642 grs. (2,002 taels). Of this amount, 54 kg. 672 grs. was of Iranian origin and 20 kg. 970 grs. c f Chinese origin. 13kg. 224 grs. of Chinese opium bore the Kwong Tung Pagoda label and 2 kg. 267 grs. the Kwong Si label. 3 kg. 174 grs. of Iranian opium bore the " A & B ” label. The rest bore no label. 2. There were five arrests—four Chinese and one Japanese. In four cases there were no arrests. 3. There were nine cases. (1) The opium was found in a wooden trunk on the premises of a house in Kowloon. (2) The opium was found tied round the waist of a Chinese female in the street. (3) The opium was found concealed in a special cavity in the side of a small boat carried by a steam-launch in the harbour. (4) The opium was found on board a sampan at Lyemoon Pass, Victoria Harbour. It was not concealed, but packed in sealed tins which had been recovered from the sea. (5) The opium was found in a basket in the rear cubicle of the floor of a house in Victoria. (6) The opium was found packed in tins concealed under the floor of a fishing-hut. The tins had previously been recovered from the sea-bed. (7) The opium was found packed among two parcels of biscuits which a Japanese was carrying. He had just arrived by a steamer from Macao. (8) The opium was found tightly done up in two cloth parcels. These were discovered lying on the railway track and appeared to have been dumped from a train. (9) A Chinese coming ashore from a sampan was seen by a revenue officer carrying a parcel, which he dropped when he saw the officer and absconded. It was found to contain raw opium. 4. One Chinese was sentenced to a fine of 500 Hong-Kong dollars or five months’ imprison­ ment ; another to a fine of 1,000 dollars or nine months’ imprisonment ; another to 2,000 dollars or nine months’ imprisonment ; and another to 4,000 dollars or nine months’ imprisonment. The Japanese was sentenced to a fine of 2,000 dollars or eight months imprisonment.

No. 255.—Seizures in Hong-Kong during June 1936. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 14th, 1936. (The report only includes seizures of over 50 taels (1 kg. 889 grs.).)

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.60. 10051/388. 1(a). Raw opium : 586 kg. 694 grs. (15,528 taels). 481 kg. 771 grs. were of Iranian origin ; 104 kg. 923 grs. were of Chinese origin. 434 kg. 807 grs. of Iranian opium were marked "Mohamed Sadegh Ahab Meshed, Persia ”. 15 kg. 869 grs. of Chinese opium were marked " Chicken ” and 82 kg. 480 grs. “ Kwong Tung Pagoda ”. 2. There were eleven arrests, the accused all being Chinese. 3. There were thirteen cases. The various places in which the opium was found were as follows : (1) Concealed under the Tung On wharf ; (2) in a street in Kowloon, picked up by the railway track and believed to have been thrown from a passing train ; (3) on the water-front at Victoria, wrapped up in a Macao newspaper ; (4) and (5) in the sea-bed at Victoria Harbour, packed in tins tied up with gunny-bag covers_ — 10 —

which, in one case, had been weighted with about 80 lb. of old iron ; (6) concealed in a passenger’s baggage on the Kowloon-Canton Railway ; (7) packed in forty-eight tins done up in twenty-four packages and concealed under the deck of a junk in Victoria Harbour, sales-passes purporting to cover this opium and issued in Macao being found on the boat ; (8) packed in a tin, sealed up with putty and hung over the side of a sampan under the surface of the water ; (9) concealed in a large basket of tai chi fruit carried from a river-steamer by a Chinese ; (10) in a cubicle on the floor of a house in Victoria ; (11) packed in six tins, wrapped up in two flour-bags, which were seen being dumped from a sampan into the water in Victoria Harbour ; (12) in the possession of a Chinese arrested while carrying the opium in a ricksha, having just come ashore from a river-steamer ; (13) packed in eight double tins with gunny-bag covers in a dry tank in the stokehold on the port side of an ocean steamer in Victoria Harbour. 4. Five of the accused were each sentenced to a fine of 2,000 Straits dollars or six months’ imprisonment. One was sentenced to a fine of 2,000 dollars or eight months’ imprison­ ment and one to a fine of 100 dollars or three months’ imprisonment. One was bound over for 2,000 dollars. One was sentenced to a fine of 3,000 dollars or three months’ imprisonment ; one to a fine of 1,000 dollars or six months’ imprisonment ; one to a fine of 800 dollars or four months’ imprisonment.

No. 256.—Seizure at Montreal, ex the G.P.R. s.s. “ Montrose on July 15th, 1936. Report communicated by the Canadian Advisory Committee, Geneva, August 24th, 1936.

Reference : 0,C.S./Conf.50. 1873/388. 1 (a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 761 grs. (14 lb. 14 oz.). 2. Person implicated : Arthur Lustig, Hungarian, living in Brussels ; steward on the vessel. 3. As a result of information locally acquired, Lustig was searched as he left the ship the evening before she sailed, and 362 grammes of opium were found on him, concealed in an improvised opium jacket which he was wearing. Lustig stated that the opium found on him was all he had and that he had obtained it from an unknown party in Antwerp through an introduction by an unknown American sailor and that he had paid $30 in Canadian currency for it. He refused to give any information as to his Montreal connection. His statement as to the amount of opium in his possession was known to be untrue and the ship was searched. A thorough inspection of his personal baggage and sleeping-quarters revealed nothing, but in the third-class smoking-1 ounge, of which he was in charge, a suitcase was found behind a piano which contained ten bricks of opium of a total weight of 6 kg. 399 grs. No identifying marks were found. The case is still before the courts.

No. 257.—Seizure at Prague in January 1936. Report communicated by the Czechoslovak Government, August 1st, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.298. 22396/387. 1(a). Raw opium : 3 kg. 2. Persons implicated : Dimitri Todorov and Michel Donefï, Bulgarian students. 3. The opium was found in the possession of the accused. 4. Todorov was sentenced by the Finance Department of Prague to twenty-one days’ imprisonment ; by the Mayor of the capital to a fine of 3,000 kC., this penalty being commuted to fourteen days’ imprisonment, and by the Criminal Court of Prague to eight days’ imprisonment. He was expelled from Czechoslovakia and conducted to the Hungarian frontier. Donefï was sentenced by the Finance Department at Prague to a fine of 1,500 kc. He was acquitted and set at liberty by the Criminal Court at Prague.

No. 258.—Seizure at Alexandria on March 22nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Regele Carol ”, coming from Beirut via Haifa. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 19th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.294. 24968/387. 1(a). Raw opium : 6 kg. 550 grs. 2. Persons implicated : Elie Neguib Gahchan ; Ahmed Mohammed El Hawala, alias Ahmed El Wal, a ship’s chandler living in Alexandria ; Rizk Hassan El Hawass. 3. Gahchan was arrested on his arrival at Alexandria in possession of a trunk which, on examination, was found to contain the opium in question. The drug was in thin layers placed on the wooden sides of the box. It was covered with thin black plates nailed down in the usual way with fancy nails. Gahchan stated that certain persons had asked him to take the trunk to Alexandria and go to the Café Commercial, where — 11 —

he would meet a native, of whom he was given a description but no name, and who would be awaiting his arrival. He had been paid £S15 and he was to receive a further sum from the man who took the trunk. He did not know that the box contained any contraband. The man whose description had been given to Gahchan was arrested in the café and turned out to be El Hawala. His house was duly perquisitioned and many incriminating documents were found. El Hawala stated that he was employed as a secret agent of the Coastguards Administration and denied knowing anything at all about the consignment of opium which Gahchan said was intended for him. Later Gahchan made a confession from which it was learnt that he had during 1934- 1936 brought over no less than eight consignments of the drug for various persons. Further investigations resulted in the arrest of El Hawass. 4. The three accused were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E800 each.

No. 259.—Seizure at Alexandria, May 25th, 1936. — Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 30th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.305. 25155/387. 1 (a). Raw opium : 9 kg. 780 grs. Hashish : 260 grammes. 2. Persons implicated : Abdel Ghani Mohammed Fathalla, alias El Shami ; Ahmed Mohammed Sayed, alias El Helwa ; Joseph Levy, Greek. 3. Information was received by the Alexandria Branch of the Bureau that Levy, in association with natives, was dealing in opium. Arrangements were made to introduce an agent of the branch as a buyer. On May 24th, the agent met Fathalla and was introduced by him to Sayed, who produced a small quantity of opium. The agent was then introduced to Levy, who went out and returned with a large piece of opium, of which the agent took a small sample and agreed to buy 2 okes (2 kg. 500 grs.) for £E86. It was agreed that the stuff would be handed over in a milk shop at Kayed Gohar Street the next day. Arrangements were made to have the place watched. The traffickers met, and shortly after Levy went out and returned with a large parcel. The place was then rushed and the three accused were found with the parcel in front of them. A search was made at the house of Levy and in a bedroom a large quantity of opium and a turba of hashish were found and in another room two large biscuit- tins, also full of opium. Levy declared that he was only a storekeeper. 4. Levy was tried by the Greek Consular Court and sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment. Sayed and Fathalla were tried by the Narcotics Summary Court and each sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E600.

No. 260.—Seizure at Alexandria on September 9th, 1936. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, September 15th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.68. 25705/387. 1(a). Raw opium : 180 grammes. 2. Person implicated : Badawi Omar Abdella. 3. The Alexandria Branch of the Bureau received information to the effect that Badawi Omar Abdella had smuggled ashore (per anus) 180 grammes of opium. He was unfortunately unable to retrieve it and had been in this condition for three days. Officers of the Bureau proceeded to his house and he was removed to the Government Hospital. An operation was necessary and was eventually successful. The accused refused to say for whom the opium was intended or from where it came, but stated that he paid for it £E6. 4. The case is pending.

No. 261.—Seizure at Bombay on July 5th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Vita ”, coming from Busrah, via Khoramshahr, Bushire and Karachi. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, August 31st, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.56. 25411/387. 1(a). Raw opium : 466 grammes (39| tolas). The opium was of Iranian origin. There were twenty-four sticks with labels in strips bearing Persian characters meaning “ 4 Bushire —Inhisar Daulate Miskal Tiryak—4 Rials—4—Bushire ” and wrapped in plain paper. 2. Person implicated : Abud Rahman Manoomia, Indian Mohamedan, fireman on board the vessel. 3. Manoomia stated that the drug was given to him at Bushire by an Irani who asked him to sell it and see if he could start a trade. The Vila sailed from Bushire on June 28th, 1936. 4. Manoomia was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.30 or, in default, a further one month’s rigorous imprisonment. — 12 —

No. 262.—Seizures at Calcutta on June 1st and 2nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Incomati ” (Messrs. Grahams Trading Co., Ltd.), coming from South African Ports, Colombo, Madras, Coconada, Vizagapatam, Calcutta and Rangoon. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, August 12th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.48. 25168/387. 1(a). Raw opium : 4 kg. 639 grs. (4 seers 15£ chittaks). 2. Persons implicated : Abdul Karim and Abdul Majid. 3. On information received, a watch was kept on the vessel lying at Prinsep Ghat Moorings. The accused were arrested and 1 kg. 834 grs. of opium was found tied round the waist of Abdul Karim. On the strength of information supplied by Abdul Majid, the engine- room of the vessel was searched and 2 kg. 805 grs. of opium were found concealed in one of the ventilators. 4. Abdul Karim was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and Abdul Majid was acquitted.

No. 263.—Seizure at Rotterdam, June 15th, 1936. Report communicated by the Nether­ lands Government, July 8th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.296. 661/388(2). Report No. 631. 1(a). Raw opium : 250 grammes. Half a packet wrapped up in red paper. The only part of the mark that was visible was : • 2. Person implicated : Yai Ah Tee, Chinese ship’s master, living at Rotterdam. 3. The opium was found in a sailor’s trunk hidden in a house in Rotterdam. The accused stated that he was looking after it for another Chinese, Ah Lok, who had died in the hospital at Utrecht fourteen days before. 4. Yai Ah Tee was sentenced to a fine of 25 florins.

No. 264.—Seizure at Rotterdam on July 2nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Glenogle ” (British). Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, August 10th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.302. 661/388(2). Report No. 632.. 1(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 800 grs. The opium was in four pieces in the shape of loaves of bread wrapped in red paper with a Chinese mark and Chinese characters, the pieces being tied with red thread and wrapped in parchment paper and Japanese newspapers. (Photographs are in the archives of the Secretariat.) 2. Person implicated : Wong Yao, stoker on board the Dutch vessel Builenzorg. 3. The opium was discovered in the possession of the accused when he left the steamer Glenogle. He stated that he had obtained it from an unknown negro at Rotterdam for £12 at the request of a friend on board the Glenogle. Despite this statement, it is suspected that the opium was imported on board the Glenogle. The accused was sentenced to pay a fine of 25 florins. 4 No. 265.—Seizure at Belawan, May 9th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ van Heutsz ” (Dutch), coming from Amoy, Swatow, Hong-Kong, Penang and Singapore. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Report No. 639. 1(a). Raw opium : 1 kg. 884 grs. In four packets. Iranian origin. Prepared opium : 4 kg. 767 grs. In 131 oblong copper boxes marked “ Lion Globe & Serpent ” with Chinese characters. Dross : 432 grammes. In two packets. 3. Found under the sails under a grapnel-rope behind a scuttle on board the vessel.

No. 266.—Seizure at Panaroekan (East Java) on June 6 th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Tjisa- dane ” (Dutch), coming from Shanghai, Amoy, Hong-Kong, Manila and Netherlands Indies Ports. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Report No. 642. 1(a). Raw opium : 55 kg. 457 grs. In eleven tins. Origin Iranian. 3. Found in a case containing a piano in the hold of the vessel. The smugglers had taken away several boards of the case in order to insert the opium and had screwed it up again.

No. 267.—Seizures at Tandjoenperak, Soerabaja, Netherlands Indies, on May 12th and 13th, 1936, ex the “ Madras Maru ” (Japanese), coming from Japan. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Reports Nos. 640 (a) and (b). 1(a). Raw opium : 10 kg. 380 grs. In fifty-six packets and of Iranian origin. Morphine hydrochloride : 1 kg. 366 grs. In six small flat grey-coloured bags. 2. Persons implicated : Hashimoto Bunkichi, Hirosue Hidematsu and Hamaguchi Isao, members of the crew of the vessel. — 13 —

3. The opium was found on the persons of the three accused, who were searched following information given by a spy. The morphine was found in Bunkichi’s luggage the day after his arrest. The accused stated that they had obtained the opium at Hong-Kong and were to deliver it to an unknown Chinese in a café at Soerabaja. Bunkichi said that he had obtained the morphine from a Korean at Singapore who had asked him to sell it in the Netherlands Indies. 4. The case is pending.

No. 268.—Seizure at Tandjoenpriok, Batavia, Netherlands Indies, on February 21st, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Barentz ” (Dutch), coming from Shanghai, Manila, Saigon, Bangkok and Singapore. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Report No. 636. 1(a). Raw opium : 15 kg. 739 grs. In thirty-six packets without mark. Iranian origin. 3. Thirty-four packets were hidden in a cargo of wood and were found by an officer of the vessel during the transport of the wood from one hold to another. The Customs were informed and found the other two packets.

No. 269.—Seizure at Tandjoenpriok, Batavia, Netherlands Indies, May 9th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Tjinegara ” (Dutch), coming from Amoy, Hong-Kong, Manila and Netherlands Indies Ports. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th, 1936. Reference : O.G.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Report No. 641. 1(a). Raw opium : 13 kg. 242 grs. Twenty-five packets were in a tin and were marked “ A & B Monopoly I.B.M.” Five packets bore no mark. Iranian origin. 2. Person implicated : Chan Chiong, Chinese sailor on board. 3. The opium was found in a cupboard in the steering engine-room as a result of information given by a spy. 4. The affair is pending.

Note.—Seizures of raw opium were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised umLr corresponding headings : Cases Nos. 272-274, 280-283, tinder “ Prepared opium ” . Case No. 318 under " Indian hemp ".

Q u a n t i t i e s o f R a w O p iu m s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : 940 kg. 914 grs.

2. PREPARED OPIUM AND DROSS.

No. 270.—Seizures in Hong-Kong during May 1936. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, August 6th, 1936. (The report includes only seizures of over 20 taels (736 grammes).) Reference : O.C.S.304. 10051/388. I (a). Prepared opium : 41 kg. 750 grs. (1,105 taels). The opium bore the “ Red Lion (Lion & Globe) ” mark. 2. One Chinese was arrested. In two cases there were no arrests. 3. There were three cases. (1) The opium was found on board a sampan at Lyemoon Pass, Victoria Harbour. It was not concealed, but packed in sealed tins which had been recovered from the sea. (2) The opium was packed in tins which were concealed under the floor of a fishing-hut. The tins had been previously recovered from the sea. (3) The opium was packed in three parcels which had been dumped from a steamer on arrival from Macao. 4. The arrested Chinese was fined 2,000 Straits dollars or nine months’ imprisonment.

No. 271.—Seizures in Hong-Kong during June 1936. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 14th, 1936. (The report only includes seizures of over 20 taels (756 grammes).) Reference : O.C.S./Conf.ôO. 10051/388. 1(a). Prepared opium : 127 kg. 140 grs. (3,365 taels). 114 kg. 860 grs. bore the " Red Lion, Lion & Globe ” mark, while 12 kg. 279 grs. bore the “ Lo Fook Kee ”, " Chicken ” and “ Lam Kee, Eagle ” marks and came from Kwong Chow Wan. 2. There were ten arrests, the accused all being Chinese. In one case the accused was the assistant comprador on board an ocean steamer. — 14 —

3. There were eleven cases. In six, the opium was concealed on the persons of the accused who were arrested on the waterfront at Victoria. In one case, it was found in à basket carried by defendant ; in another, it was found in the comprador’s room on board a steamer. In one case, it was discovered in a cubicle on the floor of a house in Victoria ; in another, it was concealed in a basket of lai chi fruit carried off a river steamer by the Chinese arrested ; in another, it was packed in eight double tins in in gunny-bag covers found in a dry tank in the stokehold on the port side of an ocean steamer. 4. Three accused were each fined 750 Straits dollars. The fines were paid. One was sen­ tenced to a fine of 1,000 dollars or to six months’ imprisonment ; one to a fine of 750 dollars or six months’ imprisonment ; one to a fine of 200 dollars or one month’s imprisonment ; one was bound over for one year’s good behaviour with a bond of 50 dollars ; one was sentenced to a fine of 3,000 dollars or three months’ imprisonment ; one was discharged owing to lack of evidence, and in one case 1,000 dollars bail was estreated.

No. 272.—Seizures in the Straits Settlements during . Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee. July 11th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.293. 15391/388. Malacca Penang Singapore 1(a). Prepared opium : 10 grammes 3 kg. 860 grs. 49 kg. 171 grs. (0.28 tahil) (102.16 tahils) (1,301.41 tahils) Raw opium : 15 grammes 38 grammes 6 kg. 895 grs. (0.40 tahils) (1 tahil) (182.50 tahils) Dross : — 94 grammes (2.50 tahils) 40 kg. 919 grs. of prepared opium bore the “ Red Lion ” mark and the place of origin was believed to be Macao. 7 kg. 643 grs. were believed to have come from China. 4 kg. 534 grs. of raw opium were believed to have come from and 2 kg. 2 grs. from China. There were twelve cases of seizures of 10 tahils and over in Singapore and two in Penang. In seven cases at Singapore and in both cases at Penang there were no accused. Six persons were convicted at Singapore. The opium was found, for the most part, on board vessels in the harbour. 4. One person was sentenced to fifteen months’ rigorous imprisonment ; two to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of 800 Straits dollars or eleven months’ rigorous imprisonment ; two, on the first change to one month’s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 dollars or eight months’ rigorous imprisonment, and, on the second charge, to six months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 20,000 dollars or eighteen months’ rigorous imprisonment.

No. 273.—Seizures in the Straits Settlements during May 1936. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, July 28th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S.297. 15391/388.

Malacca Penang Singapore 1 (a). Prepared opium : 2 grammes 140 grammes 30 kg. 681 grs. (0.05 tahil) (3.71 tahils) (812.04 tahils) Raw opium : - — 10 kg. 957 grs. (290 tahils) Dross : 11 grammes 1 kg. 425 grs. 530 grammes (0.28 tahil) (37.72 tahils) (14.01 tahils) 28 kg. 451 grs. of prepared opium bore the " Red Lion ” mark and were believed to have come from Macao ; 831 grammes of prepared opium were believed to have come from China and 488 grammes from Sarawak. 10 kg. 882 grs. of raw opium were believed to have come from Iran. 2. Nine persons were arrested at Singapore in connection with seizures of 10 tahils (378 grammes) and over. 3. There were fourteen cases in connection with the seizure of 10 tahils and over in Singapore. In six of these cases there were no arrests. The opium was found, for the most part, on board vessels in the harbour. 4. Penalties ranged from one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of 1,500 Straits dollars or a further six months’ rigorous imprisonment to three months’ rigorous imprison­ ment and a fine of 12,000 dollars or a further fifteen months’ imprisonment. — 15

No. 274.—Seizures in the Straits Settlements in June 1936. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 3rd, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.54. 15391/387. Malacca Penang Singapore 1(a). Prepared opium : 41 grammes 1 kg. 26 grs. 46 kg. 718 grs. (1.08 tahils) (27.16 tahils) ( 1,236.48 tahils) Raw opium: — — 43 kg. 337 grs. (1,147 tahils) Dross : 7 grammes 56 grammes 506 grammes (0.18 tahil) (1.47 tahils) (13.40 tahils) 45 kg. 153 grs. of prepared opium bore the " Red Lion ” mark and the place of origin was believed to be Macao. 42 kg. 166 grs. of raw opium were believed to have come from Iran and 680 grammes from China. 2. There were three persons convicted at Singapore and one in Penang in connection with seizures of 10 tahils (378 grammes) and over. 3. There were twelve cases of seizures of 10 tahils and over in Singapore and one in Penang. In nine of these cases in Singapore there were no accused. The opium was found, for the most part, on board vessels in the harbour. 4. At Singapore, one person was sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 3,500 Straits dollars or a further ten months’ rigorous imprisonment. Another person was sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment and a fine of 450 dollars or a further four months’ rigorous imprisonment. A third person was convicted on two charges and was sentenced, on the first charge, to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and, on the second charge, to twenty-seven months’ rigorous imprison­ ment. The person convicted at Penang was sentenced to one day’s rigorous imprison­ ment and to a fine of 300 dollars or a further two months’ rigorous imprisonment.

No. 275.—Seizures at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, June-, of Opium concealed in Newspapers coming from Canton, China. Report commu­ nicated by the Canadian Advisory Officer, Geneva, August 24th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.50. 1873/388. 1(a). Prepared opium : 227 grammes (8 oz.). 2. Person implicated : Jong Wah Joe, alias Lee Wah, a Chinese living at Swift Current. 3. During June 1936, it became known that packages containing newspapers with opium concealed therein were arriving from China addressed to Lee Wah, P.O. Box 1181, Swift Current. Each package contained two thin packets of opium (gross weight, 57 grammes) wrapped in butter-paper and placed in the centre of the roll of news­ papers. On June 10th, in order to overcome the difficulty arising from the fact that the Post Office Box had been rented under a false name, a registered package was mailed to Lee Wah and the Post Office card announcing the arrival of a registered package was placed in the box. On June 13th, Lee Wah called at the post office and took delivery of the registered package and the package of newspapers. He was immediately arrested, and it was ascertained that his correct name was Jong Wah Joe and in his possession was found the receipt for the rental of P.O. Box No. 1181. Two weeks after this arrest, another precisely similar package of newspapers arrived, also containing 57 grammes of opium, and on July 6th, still another package arrived. By the same mail, there also arrived a similar package also containing 57 grammes of opium and addressed to Lee On, Box 81, Swift Current. No Chinese of this name is known in Swift Current, and it is believed that this is another alias for Jong Wah Joe. All the packages were exactly alike and the handwriting of the address was the same. A photograph of the address on one package is in the archives of the Secretariat. The case is still before the Court.

No. 276.—Seizure at Vancouver, April 22nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Empress of Canada ”, coming from the Orient. Report communicated by the Canadian Advisory Officer, Geneva, August 24th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.50. 1873/388. 1(a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 818 grs. (4 lb.). 2. Person implicated : Dar Fook Loy, a passenger on the vessel. 3. During a Customs examination, the opium was found strapped around the legs of the accused. It was contained in four flat linen bags tied to his legs by linen tapes, and had apparently been removed from cans to facilitate smuggling. Dar Fook Loy had previously lived at Kamloops, British Columbia. Photographs of the opium and containers are in the archives of the Secretariat. 4. Dar Fook Loy was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 200 dollars or a further two months. He will be deported at the end of his sentence. — 16

No. 277.—Seizure at Westminster, B.C., ex the Motor-ship “ B in tan g ” (Danish), coming from the Orient. Report communicated by the Canadian Advisory Officer, Geneva, August 24th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.50. 1873/388. 1(a). Prepared opium : 682 grammes (1| lb.). Four opium-pipes, utensils and containers with traces of opium. 3. On the arrival of the vessel at New Westminster, Customs officers proceeded on board and found the raw opium and the opium-pipes listed on the ship’s manifest and not concealed in any way. They were locked up with some cigarettes, tobacco and liquor awaiting Customs seal. The opium and pipes were confiscated, and the vessel was then searched by Federal Narcotic officers, with the result that the rest of the opium-smoking paraphernalia was discovered and confiscated.

No. 278.—Seizure at Rotterdam, May 12th, 1936. Report communicated by the Nether­ lands Government, June 30th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.296. 661/388(2). Report No. 628. 1(a). Prepared opium : 80 grammes. Contained in sixty-three packets wrapped up in parch­ ment paper and tightly packed in two tin boxes bearing neither marks nor labels. 2. Person implicated : Yip On, Chinese sailor, living at Rotterdam. 3. The opium was found in a house in Rotterdam hidden in the fireplace. The accused obtained it through a friend employed on a boat. 4. Yip On was sentenced to a fine of 25 florins or ten days’ imprisonment.

No. 279.—Seizure at Sea near the Island of Dajangdajangan (Celebes) on May 6th, 1936. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 18th. 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.93. 20070/388. Report No. 638. Ira;. Prepared opium : 17 kg. 820 grs. In one packet containing 500 oblong copper boxes bearing the “ Lion, Globe and Serpent ” mark with Chinese characters. Origin unknown. 3. The opium was found by fisherman who saw a lifebelt floating in the sea and, on taking it up, found the opium attached to it.

No. 280.—Seizures in Macao during . Report communicated by the Portu­ guese Government, July 28th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.45. 529/388(3). 1(a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 353 grs. (35.82 taels). Chinese origin. Raw opium : 548 grammes (14.5 taels). Chinese origin. 2. Persons implicated : Chiu Kong, Chiu Cam, long Sei, Sam Pum, Chan Hou, Sié Tong, Lu I San, Vong Veng, Leong San, Ché Sau, Sie Cheng, LuVai Chau, Chan Chui, Lau Hong, Mac Pac, Sing Peng Kam, long Lit, Chan Mui, Cheong Chiu, Fong Cheong, Lai Pang, Mac Hong, Koc Heng, Ho Chi Veng, Mac San—all Chinese. 3. There were twenty-five cases. The accused were all arrested for having non-Régie opium in their possession. 4. Fines totalling 1,037 Macao dollars were inflicted and ranged from a fine of 3 dollars to one of 360 dollars. In seven cases, the accused persons were sent to the Tribunal, the fine not having been paid. In eighteen cases, the fines were paid, including that of 360 dollars.

No. 281.—Seizures in Macao during April 1936. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of Portugal, August 31st, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.59. 529/388(3). lf

No. 282.—Seizures in Macao during May 1936. Report communicated by the Portuguese Government, August 31st, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.59. 529/388(3). 1(a). Prepared opium : 479 grammes (12.7 taels). Chinese "origin. Raw opium : 76 grammes (2 taels). Chinese origin. 2. Persons implicated : Kung Kong, Lau On, Cheong Hoi, Vong Pou, Lau Kwan, Ai Sam, Ip Fan, Lei Vâ, Vong Lan Kin, Chan Pan, Tam Hon, Ieng Ip, Lam Sou, Hung Vong —all Chinese. 3. There were fourteen cases. The accused were all arrested for having non-Régie opium in their possession. 4. Fines totalling 271 Macao dollars were inflicted and ranged from a fine of 3 dollars to one of 180 dollars. The fines were paid in twelve cases, but two fines of 28 and 180 dollars, respectively, were not paid and the accused in these cases were sent to the Tribnual.

No. 283. Seizures in Siam during the First Quarter of 1936. Report communicated by the Siamese Government, July 25th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.46. 951/388(3). Port Seizures : Internal Seizures : 1(a). Prepared opium : 1 kg. 508 grs. (40 491 kg. 953 grs. (13,145 tamlungs 40 tamlungs 2 boons). boons). Raw opium : 825 grammes (22 tam ­ 85 kg. 683 grs. (2,284 tamlungs 89 lungs). boons). Dross : 4 kg. 6 grs. (106 tamlungs 15 kg. 50 grs. (401 tamlungs 32 boons). 83 boons). 1 kg. 508 grs. of prepared opium, 825 There were two cases of smuggling of grammes of raw opium and 1 kg. prepared opium from the Shan 456 grs. of dross came from Swatow. States ; 16 kg. 228 grs. were invol­ ved. There were also two cases of smuggling from Indo-China, one involving 43 kg. 69 grs. of prepared opium and the other involving 4 kg. 97 grs. of raw opium. 2. The accused in all these cases were Forty-four Siamese and nine Chinese Chinese. Nai Too Tee, a Chinese, were arrested in connection with the was implicated in a seizure of 2 kg. more important cases. In twenty- 550 grs. of dross. three cases there were no arrests. 3. The above-mentioned seizure of 2 kg. There were 2,241 cases in all, 2,179 550 grs. of dross took place in of these being seizures of small . The dross was amounts. found in a wooden case of tea, bearing no marks. The dross was mixed with the tea inside the case. In addition to this case, there were five others which took place on steamers in the River Menam and at the B.I. Wharf. 4. The maximum sentence specified was a In nine of the important cases, sentences fine of 25 ticals. of both imprisonment and a fine were inflicted and, in seven cases, a fine only was inflicted. The sentences of imprisonment ranged from two to eight months and the fines ranged from 600 to 20,220 ticals. Two persons were released for lack of evidence. In the less important seizures, the maximum term of imprisonment was four months and the maximum fine 1,459 ticals 50 stangs.

No. 284.—Seizure at Calexico, California, on July 8 th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 3. 1281/388(280). Report No. 564. 1(a). Prepared opium : 10 grammes (148 grains). No label. 2. Person implicated : Harry Tobin, American. 3. Tobin was searched after he crossed the International Boundary Line into Calexico from Mexicali, Mexico, and the prepared opium found concealed on his person. He did not disclose the origin of the opium. A copy of this report has been sent to the Mexican Government by the United States authorities. 4. Tobin was held in default of bond awaiting trial. — 18 —

No. 285.—Seizure at Constable Hook, , June 20th, 1936, ex the Oil Tanker “ Cardita ” (British), coming from Montreal and Tampico. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 8. 1281/388(285). Report No. 569. 1(a). Prepared opium containing 22% anhydrous morphine : 1£ grammes (~ oz.). No label. 2. No arrest. 3. When the Cardita arrived at Constable Hook from Tampico, Customs officers searching the vessel discovered the prepared opium on a ledge in the seamen’s quarters.

No. 286.—Seizure at New York City, May 26th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ M agdala ” (Dutch), coming direct from Tampico. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 3. 1281/388(271). Report No. 554. 1(a). Opium-bowl scrapings : 22 grammes. No marks or labels. Opium solution : one bottle part full, containing a solution of a strength of 0.169% anhydrous morphine, net weight undetermined. One opium-pipe bowl and one opium-lamp. 2. Persons implicated : Chinese crew of vessel. 3. When the vessel arrived at New York, Customs officers searching her discovered the above-mentioned drugs and equipment concealed in various parts of the ship. The drugs and equipment were obviously used by the Chinese members of the crew. The owner or owners could not be ascertained and consequently no arrests were made.

No. 287.—Seizure at New York on the s.s. “ Trocas ”, coming from Curaçao, on June 12th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 6th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.291. 1281/388(264). No. 547. 1(a). Prepared opium : 5 grammes (goz.). No marks or labels. Dross : 18 grammes (| oz.). No marks or labels. One opium-pipe and one opium-bowl. 2. The owner or owners of this contraband could not be ascertained. 3. The Customs Searching Squad at New York discovered the drugs, together with the pipe and bowl, when the Trocas arrived in port.

No. 288.—Seizure at San Pedro, California, June 19th, 1936, ex the “ Taiyo Maru ” (Japanese), coming from Hong-Kong, via Shanghai, Shimizu, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 5. 1281/388(273). Report No. 556. 1 (a). Prepared opium : 74 kg. 881 grs. (2,636 f oz.). " Yick Kee ” label, “ Lion & Globe ” brand. 2. Persons implicated : Han Shee and Ng Chom, Chinese steerage stewards on the vessel. 3. The two accused were observed by officers of the vessel, after arrival at San Pedro, in the act of tying up the tins of opium. The officers immediately reported the matter to local Customs officers, holding the men and opium in the steerage cabin until their arrival. The defendants stated that they had hauled the opium aboard ship while in Hong-Kong through a steerage cabin porthole from a fishing-boat which had made the trip to Hong-Kong from Macao. They secreted the opium in a hidden compart­ ment in the wall of the steerage cabin. Han Shee further stated that he was to put the opium overboard upon the arrival of the Taiyo Maru at San Pedro and that he was to receive 400 Mexican dollars from a Chinese in Hong-Kong for smuggling the opium into San Pedro. He was to pay Ng Chom 100 Mexican dollars for his services. This was admitted by Ng Chom. 4. Both defendants were held for prosecution.

No. 289.—Seizure at Honolulu, June 26th, 1936. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 8. 1281/388(275). Report No. 558. 1 (a). Prepared opium : 703 grammes. 283 grammes bore the “ Rooster and Elephant (Lam Kee Macao) ” label. Dross : 2 grammes (26 grains). Opium-smoking paraphernalia. 2. Person implicated : Lum Chen, alias Lum Kee Yee, alias Lum Chuck, alias Lum Yuk, Chinese. — 19 —

3. Acting on information received that Lum Chen, who had just been released from prison after serving a term of nearly two years, was again dealing in prepared opium, narcotic agents arrested him and searched him, finding 5 grammes of prepared opium in his pockets. The agents then searched his dwelling, discovering 704 grammes of prepared opium, 2 grammes of dross and the paraphernalia for smoking. 4. Lum Chen was released on bond awaiting trial.

No. 290.—Seizure at Honolulu in June 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 7. 1281/388(274). Report No. 557. 1 (a). Prepared opium : 229 grammes (3,528 grains) No marks or labels. 2. Persons implicated : Chung Han Chil, Korean ; Mrs. Alice Kang, American citizen of Japanese parentage, both residents of Honolulu. 3. Acting on information, narcotic agents kept the premises of Mrs. Kang, the widow of a former narcotic peddler, under observation. On June 12th, they followed Chung Han Chil, who was seen leaving her residence, and, upon searching him, found 13 grammes of prepared opium on his person. He volunteered to assist the agents in making a case against Mrs. Kang and was, consequently, released. On June 18th, he made two purchases totalling 20 grammes of prepared opium from Mrs. Kang and turned the evidence over to the agents. On June 19th, the agents raided Mrs. Kang’s residence and seized 197 grammes of prepared opium. 4. Chung Han Chil was released on his own recognisance. Mrs. Kang was able to furnish bond and was released pending trial.

Note.—A seizure of prepared opium and one of dross were also made in connection with a seizure of raw opium. It has been summarised under that heading. See Case No. 265.

Q u a n t i t ie s o f P r e p a r e d O p iu m a n d D r o s s s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t :

Prepared Opium : Dross : 771 kg. 309 grs. 22 kg. 137 grs.

3. MORPHINE.

No. 291.—Seizure at 218, Burkill Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, June 24th, 1936. Report communicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936.

Reference : 0,C.S.205(7iJ. 13103/388(2). 1(a). Crude morphine base : 7 kg. 72 grs. (249 oz.). The morphine was of Chinese origin and was sent to Shanghai from Loochow, Szechuen, through the post. 2. Persons implicated : Two Chinese. 3. After purchasing the morphine at Szechuen, one of the accused had it concealed in fifty- three rolls of grass cloth, which he sent through the post in his own name to Tseu Kao Jiao, Shanghai, (care of the Wong Hoong Chi Transportation Agency, House 5, Lane 107, Honan Road. On arrival, he took delivery of the rolls of grass cloth containing morphine and transported them to the above address, where they were seized. The name of the manufacturer of the morphine base is not known. Each roll of grass cloth had a cavity hollowed in the centre, which contained a packet of mor­ phine base, weighing approximately 9 oz. Labels attached to each roll of grass cloth indicated that the cloth was manufactyred by Loong Tsang Tsaung Yoong Cloth Factory, Szechuen. The rolls of grass cloth containing the morphine base were seized on a warrant during a raid on the premises. A sample label, sent with this report, is in the archives of the Secretariat. 4. The two accused were each sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for ten years.

No. 292.—Seizure at Rangoon, June 8th, 1936, on the s.s. “ Hong Peng ”, coming from Amoy, Swatow, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang. Report communi­ cated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, July 14th, 1936.

Reference : 0.C.S.289. 24839/387. 1 Morphine hydrochloride : 227 grammes (8 oz.). Wrapped in ordinary paper without labels or any other marks of identification. 3. The morphine Was found under a tarpaulin on the after poop deck of the vessel. — 20 —

No. 293.—Illicit Traffic in Morphine at Katowice by Paul Kirsch, March 1936. Report communicated by the Polish Delegation at Geneva, September 16th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.67. 25658/387. 1 (b). Morphine : 100 grammes. 2. Person implicated : Paul Kirsch, German. 3. Kirsch brought the morphine from Germany and smuggled it into Poland. The drug was destroyed by him before it could be seized. 4. Kirsch was sentenced to three weeks’ imprisonment and a fine of 200 zloty.

No. 294.—Seizures in Siam during the First Four Months of 1936. Report communi­ cated by the Siamese Government, August 18th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.55. 13229/388. \(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 717 grammes. Cough pills containing morphine, percentage not known : 3,150 pills. These pills bore Chinese characters. 2. Persons implicated : There were ninety-five persons arrested, of whom eighty-two were Chinese and eleven Siamese labourers in Bangkok. The nationality of two of the accused was not given. In one case there was no arrest. 3. There were ninety-four cases concerning the seizure of morphine and one case concerning the seizure of cough pills. 461 grammes of morphine were kept for purification and the rest, together with the cough pills, was destroyed. In the case in which there was no arrest, the morphine (2 grammes) was found on board the s.s. Jullandia (East Asiatic Co., Danish), coming from Saigon. 4. Fines varying from 0.27 tical to 100 ticals were inflicted.

No. 295.—Seizure at Boston, Massachusetts, June 25th, 1936, on the s.s. “ Dalgas ”, coming direct from the Netherlands. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 1. 1281/388(272). 1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 6 grammes (0.0206 oz.) contained in one box of 40 hypodermic sterules, each sterule being marked “ Chloret Morphic. .015G ” . 2. There were no arrests. 3. When the vessel was first boarded in the stream, the Customs officer noticed that no narcotics were listed. He asked the captain if he had any narcotics and the captain said there was one bottle of opium in the medicine chest, so the manifest was accord­ ingly amended. When the vessel came to the dock at Boston, another Customs officer found the box with the 40 sterules of morphine which the captain claimed had been on the vessel ever since it was built six years ago. When this vessel was at Boston in January 1936, the manifest indicated that the captain stated there were no narcotics on board at that time. The morphine was seized as being unmanifested. The captain of the vessel has made an appeal to the Commissioner of Customs, which is pending.

No. 296.—Illicit Traffic in Drugs discovered at Jacksonville, Daytona Beach and Holly Hill, Florida, April 18th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States, July 11th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.290. 1281/388(267). Report No. 550. 1 (a). Morphine sulphate : 9 grammes (141.66 grains). Morphine and atropine sulphate : 23 grammes (360 grains). Codeine sulphate : 0.566 gramme (8f grains). The bottles containing the morphine sulphate and morphine and atropine sulphate bore the labels of the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan. The codeine sulphate was unlabelled. 2. Persons implicated : Mrs. Morris Miner j1 Miss Edna G. McFarland, employed as a nurse by Dr. Cheney at the Meahl Memorial Hospital, Holly Hill ; Fred B. Williams ; Dr. Raymond O. Cheney—all Americans. 3. On April 17th, 1936, the Clerk of the Duval County Jail, Jacksonville, brought a letter to the local narcotic agents addressed to Mrs. Morris Miner in Daytona Beach. This letter was written by her husband, who was confined in the jail awaiting transfer to the penitentiary to undergo a sentence of two years’ imprisonment for violation of the narcotic laws.1 This letter requested Mrs. Miner to call on Miss McFarland and stated : “ You see Miss McFarland and get all you can of her and bring it up here with one needle ”. The letter was delivered to Mrs. Miner and agents were sent to the jail to await her arrival there. On April 18th, Mrs. Miner came to the county jail and a search of her purse disclosed a rubber finger-stall containing eighteen

1 See document C.307.M. 190.1936.XI.O. C.S.300 (a) , page 38. No. 199. — 21 —

morphine sulphate tablets and sixteen broken morphine sulphate tablets. Mrs. Miner admitted that she had obtained these drugs from Miss McFarland at the Meahl Memorial Hospital and that she was driven to Jacksonville by Williams, who is a well-known bootlegger. Mrs. Miner and Williams were then arrested and agents went to the Meahl Memorial Hospital and arrested Miss McFarland. Miss McFarland admitted that she had been instructed by Dr. Cheney to let Mr. and Mrs. Miner have morphine any time they wanted it. The narcotic agents then obtained a warrant for the arrest of Dr. Cheney, but learned that he was confined in the Volusia County Jail on a State narcotic charge, unable to make bond. Miss McFarland, when arrested, surrendered to the agents a bottle labelled “ 500 hypodermic tablets of morphine sulphate, grains 1/8—manufactured by the Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan This bottle contained 220 morphine sulphate tablets, and Miss McFar­ land stated that the tablets given to Mrs. Miner were taken from it. In addition to the drugs specified under No. 1(a), one bottle was also seized labelled “ Cocaine hydrochloride—1/8-ounce, poison, 2209. U.S.P. Flakes manufactured by Merck u. Company, N.Y. Serial No. F. 136109 ”. This bottle actually contained sodium chloride. Dr. Cheney had been arrested in , and charged with obtaining drugs for his own use on prescriptions in the names of his patients. He was not prosecuted, but warned. He failed to heed the warning, with the result that he was arrested. 4. Morris Miner was given a sentence of one year and one day in the penitentiary, to run consecutively with the two-year sentence previously imposed. Mrs. Miner was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment. Miss McFarland was merely placed on probation for five years as she had testified for the Government. Dr. Cheney was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. F. G. Williams was dismissed, as it could not be proved that he had participated in the transportation of the morphine.

No. 297.—Seizure at Laredo, Texas, February 21st, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 2. 1281/388(279). Report No. 563. 1(a). Morphine hydrochloride : 1 gramme (18.9 grains). There were no marks or labels. 2. Person implicated : Dolores Cisneros de Juarez, Mexican, resident of Corpus Christi, Texas. 3. Dolores de Juarez was searched after she crossed the international footbridge at Laredo, Texas, from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and the morphine was found in her possession. She did not disclose the source of the narcotics. A copy of this report has been sent to the Mexican Government by the United States authorities.

No. 298.—Seizure at Portland, Maine, January 17th and June 23rd, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 4. 1281/388(270). Report No. 553. 1(a). Morphine sulphate : 0.780 gramme (12 grains). Codeine phosphate : 27 grammes (410 grains). The codeine was in a 1-oz. bottle with a black screw-cap stopper on which was stamped crosswise the name “ Merck 2. Persons implicated : Clarence Tucker, living at Quebec ; Robert A. Price, of Montreal ; Sheldon Weyland—all Canadians. 3. In , narcotic agents at Boston, Massachusetts, were informed that Tucker had offered to furnish the informant with from 80 to 100 oz., of morphine a week. The informant was requested to communicate with Tucker, introducing one of the agents, under the name of “ Jack Martin ”, as a prospective drug-buyer. Tucker put this agent in touch with Price and Weyland, and he purchased one 1-oz. bottle of purported morphine from Weyland. The contents of this bottle proved to be codeine phosphate. Later the agent purchased twenty-three J-grain tablets (0.373 gramme), together with a white powder which proved to be sugar, from Weyland at Portland. Weyland was arrested and in his automobile were found twenty-five i grain morphine sulphate tablets (0.407 gramme). Weyland claims to have smuggled all these drugs into the United States from Canada. Further investigation is being made to determine whether the codeine originated in the United States or in Canada. A copy of this report has been sent to the Canadian Government by the United States authorities. 4. Weyland was released on bond awaiting trial.

Note.—Seizures of morphine were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Case No. 267, under “ Raw Opium ”, Case No. 317, under “ Cocaine ”. Case No. 318, under " Indian Hemp ”. — 22 —

Q u a n t it ie s o f M o r p h i n e s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : 2 kg. 427 grs. and 23 grammes mixed with atropine. Crude morphine base : 7 kg. 72 grs.

4. HEROIN.

No. 299.—Illicit Traffic in Heroin discovered at Varna, Bulgaria, February 27th, 1936. Report communicated by the Bulgarian Government, July 20th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.299. 25081/387. 1 (a). Heroin hydrochloride : 210 grammes. ) Probably from the former factory of P. Dat- (b). Heroin hydrochloride : 40 grammes I cheff & Co., Kniajevo, Sofia. 2. Person implicated : Nadejda Popova, living in Varna, and others. 3. Nadejda Popova was arrested in the act of delivering a sample of the drug to a police agent sent for that purpose. In the course of a search carried out at her house, a small trunk was discovered in which was a parcel containing a powdery substance and six small packets of the same powder. This substance was proved by analysis to consist of 210 grammes of diacetylmorphine hydrochloricum. Enquiries enabled the authorities to establish the following facts : In , Nadejda Popova obtained about 250 grammes of heroin at Sofia, for which she paid 7,000 levas. According to instructions she had received, she was to re-sell these for 21,000 leva. Unfortunately, it was impossible to discover the person who sold her the heroin. In her search for possible purchasers, Nadejda Popova made the acquaintance of other persons desirous of participating in the traffic and promised to tell them where they could obtain the drug by going to Sofia. However, on her arrival there in 1936. she was unable to furnish them with the promised information. According to their statements, she declared that those who had supplied her with the drug had told her that the factory from which they had obtained it had been closed by the authorities. From this, in so far as it can be regarded as true, it has been assumed that the confisca­ ted heroin came from the Datcheff factory. 4. Nadejda Popova was fined 5,000 leva, while the heroin was confiscated and placed in the pharmaceutical depot of the Ministry of Public Health.

No. 300.—Seizure at No. 21, Race Course Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, April 24th, 1936. Report communicated by the Shanghai Municipal Council, July 15th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.205(7z;. 13103/388(2). 1(a). Heroin : 36 grammes (11 oz.). No labels. 2. Persons implicated : Kin Sei Koku, Kan Kei Su, Kan Zee Kei, Koreans ; and one Chinese. 3. The defendants were engaged in the retail sale of heroin and were arrested following the sale of drugs to a Chinese policeman on plain-clothes duty. 4. Two of the Koreans were each sentenced to fifteen days’ detention ; the third was acquitted. The Chinese was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights, for six years for aiding and abetting in the sale of narcotics.

No. 301.—Seizure at House 11, Lane 24, Tamsui Road, International Settlement, Shanghai, June 3rd, 1936. Report communicated by the Shanghai Muni­ cipal Council, July 15th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.205(7i,l. 13103/388(2). \(a). Heroin : 710 grammes (25 oz.). Wrapped in white paper bound with a white string and a lead seal, indicating that the heroin was manufactured by a certain “ B ” Co., which letters were imprinted on the lead. The place of manufacture is not known. 2. Persons implicated : Four Chinese. 3. The defendants were arrested following negotiations carried on with them by a Chinese detective for the purchase of the heroin seized. 4. Three were each sentenced to twelve years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for twelve years ; the fourth was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and deprived of civil rights for six years.

No. 302.—Seizure at Alexandria, June 2nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Mariette Pasha Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, August 3rd, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.305. 25154/387. 1 (a). Heroin : 806.31 grammes. 2. Persons implicated : Christophe Pinelli, Toussaint Piereschi and Louis Maurel, members of the crew of the Mariette Pasha, French subjects. — 23 —

3. The accused were arrested on suspicion while descending the gangway of the vessel, and 806 grammes of heroin were found hidden in their hats and in Louis Maurel’s shoes. A further quantity of 31 centigrammes was found in the cabin of Louis Maurel. They stated that they had brought the drugs for a native whose name they did not know. 4. The accused were tried by the French Consular Court, and Toussaint and Maurel were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment each and Pinelli to one year’s imprisonment.

No. 303.—Seizure at Alexandria on September 12th, 1936: Case oî Mme. Moretti, Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Rureau, Cairo. September 20th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.71. 25789/387. 1(a). Heroin : 1 kg. 68 grs. No label. 2. Persons implicated : Mme. Moretti, Greek subject and wife of Maliakis Hadjioannou ; Maliakis Hadjioannou ; Giordano Stafuzza, Italian, second cook on board the s.s. Calitea, weekly steam-packet plying between Alexandria and the Piraeus. 3. On April 6th, 1936, Maliakis Hadjioannou was sentenced to thirteen months’ imprisonment, a fine of 100 drachmae and expulsion to Greece for trafficking in drugs. He left his wife, known as Mme. Moretti, behind at Port Said. Mme. Moretti’s movements were watched by the Bureau, but nothing suspicious was noticed until recently, when her frequent visits to Alexandria roused the suspicions of the authorities. Supervision of her movements connected these visits to Alexandria with the arrival of the weekly steam-packet from Piræus, the s.s. Calitea, and it was decided to watch her more closely the next time the Calitea arrived in Alexandria. The boat arrived on Septem­ ber 10th and Mme. Moretti arrived the same evening by train from Port Said. She was watched and supervision was also kept over the two railway stations and the aerodrome. Nothing happened however, until the morning of September 12th, when Mme. Moretti arrived at the town station at Alexandria, carrying two leather bags and wearing a small fox fur. While buying her ticket, she was arrested and was then driven to the Kom El Dik Prison, where she was searched. The leather bags were each found to contain a packet of heroin, another packet was found in the lining of the fur and a further two packets were found on her person. As the Calitea was scheduled to leave for the Piræus at noon, officers immediately went to the quay and boarded her. From information received, they were able to arrest Stafuzza, who first denied all knowledge of Mme. Moretti, but is eventually believed to have confessed that he brought the heroin from the Piræus at the request of Hadjioannou and handed it over to Mme. Moretti against the payment of £95 sterling. It is interesting to note that, whilst the officers and consular delegates were conducting their search on the Calitea, a member of the crew of that vessel was arrested by the Customs Preventive Service for having endeavoured to smuggle narcotics out of the Customs zone. 4. Mme. Moretti was taken back to Port Said under the orders of the Greek Consul and Sta­ fuzza was handed over to the Italian Consul at Alexandria.

No. 304.—Seizure at on Various Dates between May 29th and June 9th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 11th, 1936 Reference : O.C.S.290. 1281/388(265). Report No. 548. 1(a). Heroin : 990 grammes (34 oz. 373 grains). Contained in plain paper envelopes with no identifying marks or labels. 2. Person implicated : Mike Garro, alias Rafaele Hotorangelo, Italian subject. 3. Acting on information received that Garro was selling narcotics, narcotic agents secured an introduction to this person, posing as purchasers of drugs. Various purchases of small quantities of heroin were made from Garro, and he was arrested on June 9th with 257 grammes of heroin in his possession. He refused to disclose the name of his associates or the source of the heroin. 4. Bond was set for Garro at $20,000, in default of which he was committed to jail to await trial.

No. 305.—Seizure at Galveston, Texas, June 5th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 11th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.290. 1281/388(266). Report No. 549. 1(a). Heroin : 144 grammes (5 oz. 25$ grains). There were no identifying marks or labels. 2. Person implicated : S. Frank Celli. 3. After negotiations with Celli through an informer, narcotic agents arrested Celli as he was about to deliver the drugs. He is said to be a relation of Oreste Celli1 and a member of the same gang of narcotic smugglers. 4. Celli is now being held in jail in default of bond awaiting trial.

1 See document C.307.M.190.1936.XI.O.C.S.300 (a), pages 38-39, No. 200. — 24 —

No. 306.—Seizure at New York on July 13th, 1936. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53. No. 4. 1281/388(281). Report No. 565. 1(a). Heroin : 199 grammes (7 oz. 8 | grains). A set of narcotic scales with weights and other paraphernalia. The heroin was in eleven glassine bags and four paper boxes. The glassine bags each contained fractional ounces of heroin and were folded and placed in another glassine bag bearing “ Poison ” labels. The paper boxes bore labels reading “ Diacetyl- morphinum, Hydrochloricum, 1 Ounce ” and a gummed label bearing the picture of a lion. This label is frequently seen in the illicit traffic in the Eastern portion of the United States. Like the “ White Horse ” and other labels, it is purely local in origin. 2. Persons implicated : Aaron Goldberg, alias Harry Burkowitz ; Joseph Warbet, alias Saul, alias Warabtsky ; James Mollely, alias John Dello, alias James Delano—all Americans. 3. Warbet and Mollely were arrested by narcotic agents following them when Warbet was seen to hand over a packet containing 66 grammes of heroin to Mollely. The agents then went to the premises occupied by Warbet, seized the balance of the heroin and the paraphernalia and arrested Goldberg. 4. The three defendants were held in default of bond, awaiting trial.

No. 307.—Seizure at New York, July 30th, 1936. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of the United States of America, September 14th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.65. 1281/388(286). Report No. 561. 1(a). Heroin : 57 grammes (2 oz.). No labels. 2. Person implicated : Pete Maragalis, Greek. 3. Acting on information that a fireman on the s.s. Western World was bringing narcotic drugs from New York to take aboard the vessel, narcotic agents arrested Maragalis at the Pennsylvania Railway Station at New York and seized the heroin. Maragalis admitted that he had obtained the heroin in New York and that he had been previously arrested in Baltimore for violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act and sentenced to two year’s imprisonment. He was deported to Greece after having served his sentence, but, on the way to Greece, fled from the ship at Lisbon, Portugal, and took another vessel to South America. Later he gained entry to the United States illegally. 4. Maragalis was held in default of bond, awaiting trial. Note.—Seizures of heroin were also made in connection with the following cases, which included seizures of other drugs and which have been summarised under corresponding headings : Case No. 249, under " Part IIA ”. Case No. 318, under “ Indian Hemp ”.

Q u a n t i t ie s of H e r o in s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : 5 kg. 356 grs.

5. COCAINE.

No. 308.—Seizure at Sea in the Straits of Malacca on July 2nd, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Yuen Sang ” (Jardine Line), coming from Kobe, Hong-Kong, Calcutta and Penang. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 14th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.51. 25583/387. 1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 2 kg. 840 grs. (100 oz.). In eight flat tins each bearing the " Fujit- suru Brand ” label. 2. There was no arrest. 3. The cocaine was found in the orlop deck coal-bunker, starboard side after end, during the voyage between Singapore and Penang. It probably originated in Japan and its probable destination was Calcutta.

No. 309.—Seizure at Singapore on July 3rd, 1936, ex the M/V “ Hai Hing ” (Agents —Chop Tan Guan Lee, Singapore), coming from Amoy, Swatow, Hoihow, Hong-Kong, Rangoon and Penang. Report communicated by the Repre­ sentative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 14th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.57. 25584/387. 1(a). Cocaine hydrochloride : 710 grammes (25 oz.). In two brown-paper bags, one bearing a small square chop mark which has been identified as that commonly found on the wrappers of the " Fujitsuru Brand ” of cocaine. The other bag bore no mark. — 25 —

2. There was no arrest. 3. The cocaine was found on board the vessel in a fire-extinguisher which was hanging over the starboard companionway at the forward end of the ship.

No. 310.—Seizure at Calcutta on July 5th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Kum Sang ”, coming from Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 25th, 1936. Reference : 0,C.S./Conf.70, No. 1. 25785/387. 1(a). Cocaine : 109 grammes (3 oz. 362 grains). Origin not known ; no label. 2. Person implicated : Up Soi, Chinese fireman on the vessel. 3. The cocaine was in two paper packets concealed in the pith of a sun-hat. 4. Up Soi was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment. No. 311.—Seizure at Calcutta on July 12th, 1936, in the Lower Reaches of the River Hooghly. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, September 25th, 1936. Reference : 0,C.S./Conf.70, No. 2. 25785/387. Ua). Cocaine : 17 kg. 790 grs. (626 oz. 172 grains). Marked “ Fugitsura Brand ”, Presum­ ably of Japanese origin. 2. There were no accused. 3. Part of t he drug was found in tins strewn on the river bank at Saugor Iland, by the com­ mander of the M/V Guide during the course of survey operations in thelower reaches of the river. The remainder was found by the semaphore attendant in a waterproof cloth attached to a wooden float in a small tidal creek between Saugor and Gunga Saugor. There is reasonable evidence to show that the drug was imported on the s.s. Kum Sang, coming from Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang.

No. 312.—Seizure at Rangoon on May 25th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Hong Siang ”, coming from Amoy, Swatow, Hong-Kong, Singapore and Penang. Report communicated by the Representative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, July 14th and 25th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.289. 24839/387. 1(a). Cocaine : 60 grammes (2.11 oz.). The cocaine was probably of Japanese manufacture. A sample bottle is in the archives of the Secretariat. It bears a white label with red lettering in Japanese characters and the words “ Cocainum Hydrochloricum 25 g. M. Y.” in Latin characters. It also bears a black and white label with the date “ 11.2.25 ” (corresponding to February 25th, 1936), the number 42 and Japanese characters, the English equivalent of which is " Importer : Tatsu Miwa, 104 Shikaranecho III, Tainan, Taiwan 2. Person implicated : Loa Gong, Chinese member of the crew, on board the vessel. 3. While the vessel was being rummaged, the accused was noticed entering a room in the crews’ quarters midship, which had just been searched. As he had something bulging at his waist, he was searched and the cocaine, in four bottles, was found concealed round his waist. 4. The accused was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment. No. 313.—Seizure at Rangoon, June 24th, 1936. Report communicated by the Repre­ sentative of the United Kingdom on the Advisory Committee, August 12th and September 24th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.49 and 49(a). 25169/387. ha). Cocaine : 7 kg. 100 grs. (250 oz.). In ten biscuit-tins each containing two 355-gramme tins bearing the “ Fujitsuru (Stork) ” mark. 2. Consignor : Chip Cheung, of Hong-Kong ; consignee : Tai Hin, Rangoon (fictitious); other persons implicated : Htwan Tsong, Chinese shipping clerk ; Yoo Kyi, Chinese, who stated he was employed by Htwan Tsong. 3. Information was received that cocaine was being smuggled in consignments of biscuits, and examination of such cargo was accordingly carried out. On June 24th, Htwan Tsong presented a bill of entry for nine cases of biscuits marked “ T.S. ” from Hong- Kong. On examination, the cases were found to contain biscuits of Chinese manu­ facture, among which were ten tins containing twenty 355-gramme tins of cocaine. Htwan Tsong was arrested and, on searching two addresses given by him as the shop and godown of Tai Hin, seven loose biscuit-tins were found at one address and three cases of biscuits loaded on to a hand-cart were found in front of the second. These biscuits were discovered to be identical with the biscuits seized. No cocaine, however, was found in this lot. Yoo Kyi, found at one of the premises searched, was also arrested. 4. Htwan Tsong was sentenced to two years’ rigorous imprisonment ; Yoo Kyi was discharged for want of evidence. — 26 —

No. 314.—Seizure at Maastricht, April 10th, 1936. Report communicated by the Nether­ lands Government, July 8th, 1936. Reference : 661/388(2). O.C.S.296. Report No. 630. 1 (a). Cocaine : 25 grammes. Contained in a brown glass bottle bearing a forged label. This label is similar to those used by the firm of Merck fifteen years ago. The lower part of the old type of label is missing, however, and the " c ” is omitted from the name “ Merck ” at the bottom on the left, under the number 25. The forged label is iden­ tical with those printed at Rotterdam a few years ago, some hundreds of which were seized. 2. Person implicated : Johann Gerardus Slauderof, paperhanger, living at Rotterdam. 3. Slauderof was accompanied by Antonius Hendrikus van Someren, Leopold de Lang and Jacobus Jan Bolt, all living at Rotterdam. They had left Rotterdam in van Someren’s car, No. HZ 22760, to sell cocaine at a café at Maastricht. On leaving the café, Slauderof was arrested in possession of the cocaine. Sixty other bottles were found wrapped up in white paper in a stable behind the café. They did not contain cocaine, however, but effervescent powder. 4. The case is still pending.

No. 315.—Seizure at Roermond, Netherlands, July 16th, 1936. Report communicated by the Netherlands Government, September 1st, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.62. 661/388(2). 1(a). Novocaine and cocaine : 80 grammes. Percentage of cocaine : 4. No mark. 2. Persons implicated : Wilhelmus Hubertus Schuren, mechanic, living at Linne, Netherlands ; Jacobus Benedictus van Lieshout, baker, living at Lutterade, Netherlands ; Jan Servaas Zuylen, peasant, living at Doenrade, Netherlands ; Hubert Goossens, living in Ger­ many. 3. Schuren and van Lieshout were arrested on the main road at Roermond in an automobile No. P. 7235. The drug was found in the pocket of a waistcoat worn by van Lieshout, who stated that he had meant to sell it at Roermond under the orders of Zuylen and Goossens. 4. The case is pending.

No. 316.—Seizure at New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 1st, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Atlan- tida ” (American), coming from La Geiba, Honduras, Havana and Cris­ tobal, Canal Zone. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 1. 1281/388(278). Report No. 559. 1(a). Cocaine and novocaine : 99 grammes (3| oz.). No marks or labels. 2. Persons implicated : Antonio Nunez and Leonard Massias, quartermasters on board the vessel and of Spanish nationality. 3. When the Atlantida arrived at New Orleans, Customs and coastguard officers seized the drugs from the stateroom occupied by Nunez and Massias, finding the drugs concealed in a pillow in the room. 4. Massias was released, but Nunez was remanded to jail in default of bond, awaiting trial.

No. 317.—Illicit Traffic in Montevideo in March 1936. Report communicated by the Government of Uruguay, September 2nd, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.76. 4324/388. 1(a). Cocaine hudrochloride : \ a ,, .... .i . , . , . Morphine hydrochloride : Small quantities, the exact amount not being given. Pantopon • j I he pantopon was m ampoules. 2. Persons implicated : Manuel Ageites Belo ; José Vidal Belo ; Juana Gilliotti ; Chiarelli Gilliotti—all of Uruguayan nationality. Serafin Otero Araujo, Spaniard. 3. The above persons were accused of attempting to sell drugs, the origin of which was unknown. The cases are all pending.

Note.—Seizures of cocaine were also made in connection with seizures of other drugs in and have been summarised under the heading of “ Indian Hemp ”. See Case No. 318.

Q u a n t i t ie s o f C o c a in e s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : 28 kg. 634 grs. and 179 grammes mixed with novocaine. — 27 —

6. INDIAN HEMP.

No. 318.—Seizures in Cuba in 1935. Report communicated by the Government of Cuba, June 9th, 1936. Reference : 22889/22153. \(a). Marihuana cigarettes : 899. Opium : 10 boxes ; 1 pastille. Morphine : 156 packets. Heroin : 3 packets. Cocaine : 36 packets ; 6 ampoules ; 1 box. 4. Sentences of imprisonment of from six months to one year and fines from 50 to 100 pesos were inflicted. The drugs were destroyed.

No. 319.—Seizure at Alexandria, June 8th, 1936. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, September 2nd, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.58. 25500/387. h a). Hashish : 525 grammes. Marked with the head of Kemal Attaturk and with the words " Fino Fino ” printed underneath. 2. Persons implicated : Ismail Mohammed Saad, alias Hussein, and Ali Sayed El Barbari. 3. The two accused were arrested in possession of the hashish. The quantity originally denounced by an informer was 2 kg. 500 grs., which was understood to be part of a larger quantity. It appeared, however, that this was kept in a separate depot which could not be traced. 4. The accused were both sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of £E600.

No. 320.—Seizure at Port Said on June 15th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ M aim yo ” (B ritish Flag), coming from Calcutta. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, August 8th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.44. 25185/387. h a ). Hashish : 75 grammes. Indian origin. 2. Person implicated : Ali Abdulla, coal coolie. 3. As a result of a special watch on the vessel, Ali Abdulla was arrested in possession of the hashish, which was hidden round his thighs. 4. Ali Abdulla was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of £E200.

No. 321.—Seizure at Port Said, July 18th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ City of Hong-Kong ” (British), coming from Karachi and Bombay and en route for Marseilles, Barcelona and Plymouth. Report communicated by the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau, Cairo, July 30th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.305. 25156/387. ha). Hashish : 85 grammes. Indian origin. 2. Persons implicated : Sheikh Munir Aks Amir and Abdel Rahman Mohammed, members of the crew of the vessel. 3. A disguised detective was sent on board the vessel on her arrival at Port Said, and Amir mistook him for a possible client and offered him for sale eight pieces of hashish against payment of 40 rupees. This fact was reported to the Bureau authorities and a search of the vessel was made, with the result that 36 grammes were found in Amir’s cabin near the bunk occupied by Rahman Mohammed. Both confessed that the hashish had been purchased at Bombay. 4. The captain fined the men on the spot one month's pay and stated that they would be dis­ charged from the ship when she arrived in Bombay.

No. 322. —Seizure at Corfu on May 7th, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Frinton ” (Greek Flag). Report communicated by the Permanent Greek delegate attached to the League of Nations, July 28th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.301. 25005/387. 1 (a). Hashish : 17 kg. 400 grs. In fifty-five packages. 2. Persons implicated : Panagiotis Mavromatis, Greek ; Vasileios Pappas, agent of the Inglesis Shipping Co., Albanian ; Agamemnon Belesis, boatswain of the vessel. 3. Customs officers searching the vessel on arrival at Corfu discovered two sacks in the third- class quarters containing what at first sight seemed to be coal. As the Customs officers were unable to ascertain to whom the sacks belonged, their suspicions were aroused, and they opened one of them. Through the opening it was noticed that coal had been put on the top, but underneath the top layer and mixed with the coal was hashish in carefully prepared packets wrapped up in material. It was learned — 28 —

that the two sacks had been loaded at Santi Quaranta, where Mavromatis had arrived at the beginning of May and asked the director of the International Hotel there to buv two sacks of coal which he said were intended for the boatswain of the s.s. Frinlon On the day following the purchase, Mavromatis asked the director of the hotel to take steps to load the two sacks on the Fririton, which would be passing on May 7th as he himself had decided to go to the Piræus on May 5th. The two sacks were sent by carrier to the vessel, and the boatman, Leonidas Kosta, was told to deliver them to Memos, the boatswain on the Fririton. In the boat which took the sacks to the vessel, the agent Pappas also embarked, and it is reported that he regularly took to the Frinlon, even before he was agent, wood for fuel, coal, meat, cheese and butter. It was later learned that he grew Cannabis indica in on a large scale in the proximity of Korvtsa, Elbsan, Berat and Phiori. 4. The hashish was confiscated.

No. 323.—Seizure at Cutter-broon Island, Livingstone Parish, Louisiana, June 24th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 24th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.295. 1281/388(269). Report No. 552. 1(a). Growing cannabis : 4,090 kg. 500 grs. (9,000 lb.). 3. Upon receipt of information to the effect that cannabis was being grown on Cutter-broon Island, State narcotic officers proceeded to the island and there found three acres of land under cultivation, from which the above amount of cannabis was cut, allowed to dry and then- burned by the officers. Fearing violence, the informer would not testify to the ownership of the property and sufficient evidence could not be obtained to make any arrests. However, this investigation is being continued and any addi­ tional information will be reported.

No. 324.—Seizure at Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 12th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 6. 1281/388(283). Report No. 567. 1(a). Cannabis : 1 kg. 818 grs. (4 lb.). No label. 2. Persons implicated : George Robinson and Louis Dupee, American negroes. 3. Robinson and Dupee were arrested when the cannabis was found in their possession. 4. Robinson was sentenced to thirty days in jail and a fine of $50. Dupee was at first given the same sentence, but on appeal he was sentenced to a fine of $10 and costs and a suspended sentence of 180 days was imposed, while he was placed on probation for one year. He was, however, murdered by another negro during an argument, when Dupee accused two acquaintances of cutting into his " dope racket ”.

No. 325.—Seizure at Fremont, , on October 2nd, 1935. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 6th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.291. 1281/388(263). No. 546. 1 (a). Cannabis plants : 70. Cannabis in bulk : 13 kg. 635 grs. (30 lb.). 2. Person implicated : Ralph Dolendo. 3. City Police officers discovered the plants growing in a space measuring one-quarter of an acre on the premises of the accused. 4. The defendant was sentenced to a fine of $100 and costs, in default of which he will serve a designated term in prison.

No. 326.—Seizure at Fremont, Ohio, on April 31st, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 17th, 1936. Reference : O.G.S./Conf.74, page 6. 1281/388(249). 1 (a). Cannabis : 4 kg. 545 grs. (10 lb.). 2. Person implicated : Arelio Reiy. 3. Reiy was arrested for being in possession of the cannabis. 4. The prosecution is pending.

No. 327.—Seizure at Galveston, Texas, on June 29th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, September 14th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.65. 1281/388(287). Report No. 570. 1(a). Cannabis: 97 kg. 490 grs. (21441b.). Growing plants. 2. Persons implicated : Andrew Garetta, Daniel Telles, Gehovia Medina, Antonio La R o sa- all Mexicans. — 29 —

3. Customs agents at Galveston received information from a local negro that he had been requested by Garetta to take care of a patch of cannabis growing in Garetta’s yard while the latter was undergoing an operation in hospital. The negro took the agents to Garetta’s residence, where they discovered about a hundred cannabis stalks growing in a small garden. The plants ranged from 2 to 8 feet in height and were being cultivated. There was only one plant in bloom, the others not having reached that stage. From this garden, the agents perceived other cannabis plants growing in the gardens of the other accused. The plants in the gardens of La Rosa and Medina showed positive signs of cultivation, while those in Telles’ garden were receiving little or no care. All the defendants denied cultivating the cannabis and claimed that it was growing wild and that they did not know what it was. This was evidently untrue, as the children at the different homes readily told the agents what the plants were and for what purpose the leaves and flowers were used. 4. Medina, Telles and La Rosa are being held for prosecution. Garetta was not immediately arrested, as he was in hospital when the seizures were made.

No. 328.—Seizure at New Orleans, Louisiana, June 1st, 1936, ex the s.s. “ Waban ” (American), coming from London. Report communicated by the Govern­ ment of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936.

Rederence : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 2. 1281/388(277). Report No. 562. 1(a). Cannabis : 142 grammes (5 oz.). 2. Persons implicated : Ross A. Piper, American, seaman on the vessel ; “ Blacky ”, probably Mexican ; J. E. or J. A. Declure, not identified. 3. Piper was searched when leaving the ship and 114 grammes of cannabisin a paper bag were found concealed in his coat pocket. He was arrested and taken to the police- station, where a further search disclosed a small tin containing 28 grammes of cannabis concealed in his trouser pocket. Piper stated that the cannabis was given to him in Galveston by a person known to him only as “ Blacky ”, to be delivered to Declure at the Union Hall, New Orleans. Declure has not been identified and is probably a fictitious person. Piper further stated that he did not know the contents of the packages he was carrying. The cannabis is believed to be of domestic origin, having been grown in Texas. 4. Piper was held in default of bond awaiting trial.

No. 329.—Seizure at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 7. 1281/388(284). Report No. 568. UaK Cannabis : 1 kg. 818 grs. (4 lb.). No labels. Cannabis cigarettes : 4. 2. Persons implicated : William Weselyk, proprietor of a cigar store in Philadelphia ; John Weselyk ; Louis Green ; Alexander Shampara ; George Shampara ; Steve Zayszluk ; Alex Jukuted ; John Pilkowitz ; Michael Burker ; George Jones ; Peter Zauch ; Leo Johansen—all believed to be American citizens. 3. As a result of anonymous information, the local police raided the cigar store belonging to William Weselyk and arrested him, John Weselyk, Louis Green and Alexander Shampara. The cannabis and the cigarettes were seized. This store was the source of the supply of cannabis spread throughout the district. The four men arrested were the “ pushers ” of a ring and the police claim that this ring has now been broken with the arrest of its leaders. 4. The four arrested men were held for action of the Grand Jury. The others, who were frequenters of the cigar store, were each fined $10 and released.

No. 330.—Seizure at Sacramento, California, July 11th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 13th, 1936.

Reference : O.C.S./Conf.53, No. 5. 1281/388(282). Report No. 566. Va). Cannabis : 2 kg. 386 grs. (84 oz.). No labels. Cannabis cigarette : 1. 2. Person implicated : E. Enduego, probably Mexican. 3. While a local police officer and a narcotic agent trailed an informer who was attempting to make a purchase of morphine from a suspected peddler, the informer purchased one cannabis cigarette from E. Enduegô. The defendant’s premises were searched, with the result that the officers found the cannabis concealed under the floor of the room rented by him. 4. Enduego was held in default of bound awaiting trial. — 30 -

No. 331.—Seizure at Washington, D.G., July 7th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, August 7th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.52, No. 6. 1281/388(276). Report No. 560. 1(a). Cannabis : 18 grammes (272 grains). No marks or labels. Cannabis cigarettes .11. 2. Person implicated : Leroy E. Smith, American, in the 17th Signal Service Company, United States Army, stationed at Washington. 3. Leroy was arrested and placed under military guard after he had attempted to sell the cannabis to a superior officer. He did not disclose the origin of the cannabis. 4. Leroy will be tried by court-martial.

No. 332.—Seizures of Cannabis in the United States during May 1936. Report com­ municated by the Government of the United States of America, August 17th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.74. 1281/388(249). 1(a). Cannabis : Bulk : 26 kg. 903 grs. (59 lb. 3 oz. 43 grains). Growing plants : 15 kg. 908 grs. (35 lb.), 5,080 plants and \ acre. Cigarettes : 638. 2. Thirty-three persons were arrested. 3. There were thirty-one cases. Twenty-eight of these concerned the possession of cannabis and two the "sale of cannabis. In one case, the cannabis was found growing on a vacant lot, no arrest being made. The crop was cut and turned over to the Property Clerk for destruction. 4. Two persons were sentenced, one to a fine of $100 and costs or three months’ imprisonment and the other to sixty days’ imprisonment. Two persons were dismissed for lack of evidence and the rest of the cases were pending at the time of making the report. One person was, at the time of his arrest, under a suspended sentence of one year for a previous case of possession of marihuana.

No. 333.—Seizures of Cannabis in the United States during June 1936. Report com­ municated by the Government of the United States of America, August 17th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S./Conf.74. 1281/388(249). 1(a). Cannabis : Bulk : 1 kg. 392 grs. (3 lb. 1 oz.). Growing plants : 117. Cigarettes : 240. 2. There were twenty-one persons arrested. 3. There were nineteen cases. Sixteen of these concerned the possession of cannabis, two the possession and sale and one the sale only. 4. Three accused were sentenced to six months’ imprisonment. Two were sentenced to a fine of $200 and six months’ imprisonment. One was sentenced to a fine of $50 and costs, and one to thirty days’ imprisonment. Note.—A seizure of hashish was also made in connection with a seizure of raw opium. It has been summarised under that heading. See Case No. 259.

Q u a n t i t i e s o f I n d i a n H e m p D r u g s s e iz e d a s r e p o r t e d to t h e S e c r e t a r ia t : Hashish : Cannabis : Marihuana Cigarettes : 18 kg. 345 grs. 4,256 kg. 555 grs. 1,155 (number) and 5,267 plants

7. MISCELLANEOUS.

No. 334.—Illicit Traffic in Drugs by Joseph Plotz and Others, Czechoslovakia, February 1936. Report communicated by the Government of Czechoslovakia. September 1st, 1936. Reference : O.C.S. Conf.63. 22613/387. 1(a). Drug not yet analysed : 117 grammes. 2. Persons implicated : Joseph Plotz,1 living at Krâsnâ Lipa ; Josef Pietschmann and Eduard Hauptvogel, of Georgswalde ; Eduard Reinelt, of Krâsnâ Lipa ; Karel Fischer, of Rumburk. 3. Plotz was arrested by the police on suspicion, and enquiries into his activities as well as those of the other accused were set on foot. 117 grammes of a substance not yet analysed were seized at the house occupied by Pietschmann.

* See document C.167.M.103.1936.XI.O.C.S.300, page 33, No. 95. — 31 —

No. 335.—Seizure at , March 17th, 1936, ex the British s.s. “ Glenberg ” (Elder-Dempster Line.) Report communicated by the German Government, September 17th, 1936. Reference : O.G.S./Conf.61. 25653/387. 1(a). Novocaine : 620 grammes. Origin unknown. Contained in four white linen bags bearing no label or inscription. 2. Persons implicated : Chong Ah Yee and Hung Van Kwan, members of the crew of the vessel. 3. The two accused were arrested in the act of offering the novocaine as cocaine for sale at RM.2 the gramme. 4. The accused were both sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of RM.600 or a further 120 days’ imprisonment, with deportation when the term of imprisonment expires.

No. 336.—Alleged Illicit Traffic in Cocaine at Maestricht, Netherlands, January 1936. Report communicated by the Belgian Government. Reference : O.C.S.292. 22494/387. 1(a). Novocaine : 100 grammes. 2. Persons implicated : Pierre Hennus, Belgian, domiciled at Canne ; Matenz Mielczareck, Polish, also domiciled at Canne ; Petrus Willems, Dutch, domiciled at Maestricht ; Anna Bonka, wife of Mielczareck. 3. Hennus was arrested by the Netherlands police at Maestricht and found to be in the possession of 100 grammes of cocaine. He alleged that it had been supplied to him by Mielczareck, who had procured it in Germany at an unknown address, through Willems. These statements were confirmed by Willems. Mielczareck was arrested on January 26th and his wife, suspected of aiding and abetting, was arrested on January 30th. Hennus, who had been discharged by the Netherlands courts, was arrested on February 1st, 1936. At the enquiry, it was found that the white powder, thought to be cocaine and supplied to Hennus by Mielczareck as such, was actually only novocaine. This being so, the three accused were discharged on February 7th, 1936. The charge was dismissed on May 2nd, 1936. It was not established at the enquiry that Mielczareck was in touch with other narcotic-drug traffickers.

No. 337.—Seizure at , Michigan, June 15th, 1936. Report communicated by the Government of the United States of America, July 11th and August 24th, 1936. Reference : O.C.S.290 and O.C.S./Conf.82. 1281/388(268). Report No. 551. 1(a). Poppy seed-pods having a .042% anhydrous morphine content. In a 5-kg. burlap bag containing medicinal herbs. 2. Persons implicated : J. B. Krocin, Detroit ; E. Wolski, Warsaw, Poland. 3. Customs officers at Detroit seized the bag containing medicinal tea, which was labelled as " Laryngosa ”. It was consigned to J. B. Krocin by E. Wolski. This tea was shipped with other herbs, which were permitted to be delivered to Mr. Krocin, as they were known products, the tea consisting of a number of herbs, among which were poppy seed-pods containing .042% anhydrous morphine. The medicinal tea was seized, but no action was taken against Mr. Krocin, inasmuch as he acted in good faith and did not know the ingredients of the tea. He was merely cited for misbranding. A copy of this report has been forwarded to the Polish Government by the United States authorities, and a letter has been received from the Director of the Department of Public Health at Warsaw, stating that the preparation " Laryngosa ”, manufactured by E. Wolski, is not a “ medicinal tea ”, but is a mixture of herbs which can be made into a lotion for gargling, being confined to external use. The letter further states that " Laryngosa ” contains small quantities of poppy-heads, which, according to Polish legislation, are not considered as narcotics the export of which is regulated by special export certificates. QUESTIONNAIRE REFERRING TO PART II.

Kind and quantity of drugs ( a ) seized or ( b ) involved in the illicit trans­ action. Origin of drugs. Name of manufacturer of drugs : labels, marks, packing, etc.

Name of consignor, consignee and addressee, or other persons implicated. Forwarding agents and other persons or firms whose names appear in connection with the case.

Additional details.

Legal proceedings and penalties. — 33 —

INDEX TO LOCALITIES

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British Colonies: Netherlands Colonies (continued) : Straits Settlements April 1936...... 14 Netherlands Indies (continued) : May 1936 ...... 14 Tandjoenperak June 1936 ...... 15 (Soerabaya) May 12th and 13th, Straits of MalaccaJuly 2nd, 1936 ...... 24 1930 12—13 Singapore July 3rd, 1936 ...... 24 Tandjoenpriok February 21st, 1936 .. 13 Hong-Kong May 1936 ...... 9, 13 (Batavia) May 9th, 1936 ...... 13 June 1936 ...... 9, 13 Bulgaria : P olan d : Sofia December 18th, 1935. . 4 Katowice March 1936 ...... 20 Varna February 27th, 1936 . . 22 Portuguese Colonies : Canada : Macao March 1936 ...... 16 Montreal July 15 th, 1936 ...... 10 April 1936 ...... 16 Swift Current, Sas­ May 1936 ...... 17 katchewan June-July 1936 ...... 15 Rournania : Vancouver April 22nd, 1936 ...... 15 Bucharest July 16 th, 1935 ...... 4 Westminster No date given ...... 16 Constanza December 10th, 1935.. 5

China : S ia m : June 15th, 1935 ...... 4 Pakhoi July 13th, 1934 ...... 3 September 26th, 1935 . 4 Shanghai, Interna­ Last quarter, 1935 .... 4 tional Settlement April 24th, 1936 ...... 22 First quarter, 1936 . . . 17 April 28th, 1936 ...... 7 First four months of May 4th, 1936 ...... 7-8 1936...... 20 June 3rd, 1936 ...... 22 T urkey : June 12th, 1936 ...... 8 Istanbul November 14th, 1935 . 3 June 21st, 1936 ...... 8 June 24th, 1936 ...... 19 June 27th, 1936 ...... 8-9 United States of A m erica : May 1936 ...... 30 June 1936 ...... 30 Cuba : 1935...... 27 Boston, Massachu­ setts June 25th, 1936 ...... 20 Czechoslovakia : February 1936 ...... 30 Calexico, California July 8th, 1936 ...... 17 Prague January 1936 ...... 10 Chicago, May 29th—June 9th, Czechoslovakia to 1936 23 Istanbul September-October Constable Hook, 1935...... 3 New Jersey June 20th, 1936 ...... 18 Egypt: Cutter-broon Island, Louisiana June 24th, 1936 ...... 28 Alexandria March 22nd, 1936 .... 10 Detroit, Michigan June 15th, 1936 ...... 31 May 25 th, 1936 ...... 11 Fort Wayne, In­ June 2nd, 1936 ...... 22 diana March 12th, 1936 ...... 28 June 8th, 1936 ...... 27 Fremont, Ohio October 2nd, 1935 .... 28 September 9th, 1936 .. 11 April 31st, 1936 ...... 28 September 12th, 1936 . 22 Galveston & Hous­ Port Said June 15th, 1936 ...... 27 ton, Texas September 1935— July 18th, 1936 ...... 27 January 1936 ...... 5 Germany : Galveston, Texas June 5th, 1936 ...... 23 Hamburg March 17th, 1936 ...... 31 June 29th, 1936 ...... 28 Jacksonville, Dayto­ Greece : na Beach & Holly Hill, Florida April 18th, 1936 ....20-21 Corfu May 7th, 1936 ...... 27 Laredo, Texas February 21st, 1936 .. 21 New Orleans, Loui­ India : siana June 1st, 1936 ...... 26,29 New York March 6th, 1936 ...... 5 Bombay July 5th, 1936 ...... 11 April 20th, 1936 ...... 5 Calcutta June 1st and 2nd, 1936 12 May 26th, 1936 ...... 18 July 5th, 1936 ...... 25 June 12th, 1936 ...... 18 July 12th, 1936 ...... 25 July 13th, 1936 ...... 24 Rangoon May 25th, 1936 ...... 25 July 30th, 1936 ...... 24 June 8 th, 1936 ...... 19 Philadelphia, Penn­ June 24th, 1936 ...... 25 sylvania July 13th, 1936 ...... 29 Netherlands : Portland, Maine January 17th, 1936 ... 21 Maastricht January 1936 ...... 31 June 23rd, 1936 ...... 21 April 10th, 1936 ...... 26 Portland, Oregon December 4th, 1935. . . 3 Roermond July 16th, 1936 ...... 26 Sacramento, Cali­ Rotterdam May 12th, 1936 ...... 16 fornia July 11th, 1936 ...... 29 June 15 th, 1936 ...... 12 San Francisco, Cali­ July 2nd, 1936 ...... 12 fornia April 14th, 1936 ...... 4 San Pedro, Califor­ Netherlands Colonies : nia June 19th, 1936 ...... 18 Washington, D.C. July 7th, 1936 ...... 30 Netherlands Indies : Honolulu January 14th, 1936 . . . 3 Belawan May 9th, 1936 ...... 12 June 26th, 1936 ...... 18 Dajangdajangan June 1936 ...... 19 (Celebes) May 6th, 1936 ...... 16 U ru guay : Panaroekan (East Java) June 6th, 1936 ...... 12 Montevideo March 1936 ...... -26 — 34 —

INDEX TO PERSONS, FIRMS, ETC.

Name Page Name Page Name Page

“ A & B ’’ label ...... 9 Gilliotti, Juana...... 26 Lu I S a n ...... jg “ A & B Monopoly ” label. 13 Goldberg, Aaron ...... 24 Lum C hen...... ’ 17 Abdella, Badawi Omar . . . 11 Goossens, Hubert...... 26 Lum Chuck ...... Abdulla Ali ...... 27 Green, L o u is ...... 29 Lum Kee Yee ...... Ah L o k ...... 12 Lum Yuk ...... Ai S a m ...... 17 Hadjiannou, Maliakis 23 Lustig, A rthur...... iq Altmann, Nathan ...... 4 Han S h e e ...... 18 Amir, Sheikh Munir Aks . . 27 Hasunari, J u ta r i...... 4 Mac H o n g ...... iq Araujo, Serafin O tero 26 Hauptvogel, Eduard 30 Mac P a c ...... ig Hawala, Ahmed Moham- Mac S a n ...... ig Barbari, Ali Sayed e l 27 m 'edel...... 10 Machara, Yuzo ...... 4 Belesis, Agamemnon ...... 27 Hawass, Rizk Hassan el . . . 10 Maejima, K eisak u ...... 3 Belo, José V id a l...... 26 Helwa, el ...... 11 Majid, A b d u l...... 12 Belo, Manuel A g eite s 26 Hennus, Pierre...... 31 Manoomia, Abud Rahman. 11 Bolt, Jacobus J a n ...... 26 Hidemâtsu, Hirosue 12 Maragalis, P e t e ...... 24 Bonka, A n n a ...... 31 Hiraishi, S a ich i...... 3 Mase, Heigoro ...... 3 Bunkichi, Hashimoto 12 Hiraishi, Tokuichi...... 3 Massias, Leonard ...... 26 Barker, M ichael...... 29 H6 Chi ...... 16 Matsui, Hiroyasu (Kyoyu) 4 Burkowitz, Harry ...... 24 HÔ Chi V e n g ...... 16 Matsui, Y o sh i...... 4 Hotorangelo, Rafaele 23 Maurel, L o u is...... 22 Carainis, G herasie...... 6 Htwan T son g ...... 25 Mavromatis, Panagiotis ... 27 Celli, S. F ra n k ...... 23 Hung V o n g ...... 17 McFarland, Edna...... 20 Celli, O reste...... 23 Hung Van Kwan ...... 31 Medina, G en o v ia ...... 28 Chan C h a t...... ,. . 16 H ussein...... 27 Melconian, Onic ...... 6 Chan C h ion g...... 13 Hussein El N e a n a y ...... 4 Merck & Co., D arm stadt.. .5, 21 Chan Chui ...... 16 Micheff, S...... 4 Chan H o u ...... 16 I eng I p ...... 17 Mielczareck, M atenz...... 31 Chan M u i...... 16 Ii,N a ta o...... 4 Minamikoji, Masato...... 4 Chan P a n ...... 17 long L it...... 16 Miner, M orris...... 21 Chan S a i ...... 16 long Sei ...... 16 Miner, Mrs. Morris...... 20 Chan Sai S o u ...... 16 Ip Fan ...... 17 Mitsuse, Sentaro...... 4 Chau C h a p ...... 16 Isao, H am aguchi...... 12 Mizute, Sunji ...... 3 Ché Foc T o n g ...... 16 Isili Egypt Co., Kobe 4 Mohamed Sadegh Ahab Ché S a u ...... 16 Meshed, Persia ...... 9 Cheney, Dr. Raymond .... 20 Johansen, L eo ...... 29 Mohammed, Abdel Rahman 27 Cheong Chiu ...... 16 John Wah J o e ...... 15 Mollely, J a m e s ...... 24 Cheong Hoi ...... 16,17 Jones, George...... 29 Moretti, Y o l e ...... 23 Cheong Peng...... 16 Jong Wah J o e ...... 15 Murua, José A n to n io 5 Cheong V â ...... 16 Juarez, Dolores C. de 21 Cherber...... 4 Jukuted, A lex ...... 29 Nagai, Masanori...... 3 “ Chicken ” brand 9, 13 Nai Too T ee ...... 17 “ Chicken & Eagle (Lo Fuk Kagura, Shokei...... 3 Nakagawa, Senji...... 4 Kee) ” b ra n d ...... 4 Kan Kei S u ...... 22 Nakamura, Yakichi...... 3 Chip Cheung...... 25 Kan Sei Kolcu...... 22 Neanay, Hussein e l ...... 4 Chiu C a m ...... 16 Kan Zee K e i ...... 22 N gC hom ...... 18 Chiu K o n g ...... 16 Kang, Alice...... 19 Nishi, R yota...... 3 Chiu S a m ...... 16 Karim, Abdel ...... 12 Nunez, A n ton io...... 26 Chong Ah K e e ...... 31 Kirsch, P a u l...... 20 Chung Han Chil...... 19 Koc H e n g ...... 16 Oya, Isabura...... 4 “ Cock & Elephant ” brand 4,18 Kosta, Leonidas...... 28 Constantinesco, Vasile .... 6 Krocin, J. B ...... 31 Pappas, Vasileios...... 27 Kung K ong...... 17 Parpoff, P etco ...... 4 Kusumoto...... 3 Piereschi, Toussaint 22 Dar Fook Loy...... 15 Pietschmann, Josef...... 30 Datcheff Factory, Kniaje- Kuwabara, Suekichi ...... 3 “ Kwong Si ” label...... 9 Pilokwitz, J o h n ...... 29 vo, S o fia ...... 22 Pinelli, Christophe ...... 22 Declure, J. E. (J. A .) ...... 29 “ Kwong Tung Pagoda ” la­ bel ...... 9 (2) Piper, Ross A...... 29 Delano, Jam es...... 24 Plotz, Joseph ...... 30 Dello, J o h n ...... 24 Popova, Nadedja ...... 22 Dimitroff, N icolas...... 4 La Rosa, Antonio...... 28 Lai P a n g ...... 16 Price, Robert A ...... 21 Doicho, Ich izo...... 3 Pun V ai...... 16 Dolendo, Ralph ...... 28 “ Lam Kee Eagle ” label . . 13 “ Lam Kee Macao ” label 4, 18 Doneff, Michel...... 10 “ Red Lion (Lion& Globe)” Dupee, Louis...... 28 Lam S in g ...... 16 Lam S o u ...... 17 m a rk ...... 13 Lam Tim ...... 16 “ Red Lion ” mark. . . 14 (2), 15 Eidelman, Philip ...... 5 Lang, Leopold d e ...... 26 Reinelt, Eduard...... 30 Enduego, E...... 29 Lau H o n g ...... 16 Reiy, A relio ...... "28 Evans Sons, Lescher & Webb 4 Lau K wan...... 17 Robinson, George...... 28 Lau O n ...... 17 Rothman, Florence Cooper 5 Fathalla, Abdel Ghani Mo­ Lau Tang Con...... 16 Rothman, Nathan ...... 5 hammed ...... 11 Lee O n...... 15 Rosa, Antonio La...... 28 Fischer, K a r e l...... 30 Lee W a h ...... 15 Fong C heong...... 16 L e iV â ...... 17 Saad, Ismail Mohammed .. 27 Fotiu, Panait...... 6 LeongSan ...... 16 Sam P u m ...... 16 Fuchigami, Y ...... 7 Levy, Joseph ...... 11 Sasada, Kiyoshi...... 3 “ Fugitsura ” brand 25 Liang Yu Dispensary, Sin­ Saul ...... 24 Fujimoto, S a d a o ...... 3 gapore ...... 3 Sayed, Ahmed Mohammed. H “ Fujitsuru ” brand 24, 25 Lieshout, Jacobus B. van . . 26 Schuren, Wilhelmus Huber- Fujiwara, Y asu ...... 3 “ Lion, Globe & Serpent ” t u s ...... 26 Fung Keng Cho ...... 16 m a rk ...... 12, 16 Shami, e l ...... ^ “ Lion & Globe ” mark .... 18 Shampara, Alexander...... Gahchan, Elie Neguib 10 “ Lo Fook Kee ” label . . . 4, 13 Shampara, George ...... 29 Garetta, A ndrew ...... 28 Loa G o n g ...... 25 Shviriansky, Alexander ... j? Garro, M ik e...... 23 Loong Tsang Tsaung Yoong Shviriansky, Arnold ? Gilliotti, Chiarelli...... 26 Cloth Factory, Szechuen 19 Shviriansky, Michel ...... 0 — 35 — jVame Page Name Page Name Page

Sié T o n g ...... 16 Tomasian, T o m a ...... 5 Williams, Fred B...... 20 Sing Peng C a m ...... 16 Tseu Kao Jiao, Shanghai .. 19 Wolski, E ...... 31 Sio C heng...... 16 Tucker, Clarence...... 21 Wong Yao...... 12 Slauderof, Johann Gerardus 26 Tudelo, Don Emilio 5 Woong Hoong Chi Trans­ Smith, Leroy E ...... 30 portation Agency, Shang­ Someren, Antonius Hendri- Uchiyama, Katsumi 4 hai ...... 19 kus v a n ...... 26 Uchiyama, Y asue ...... 4 Stafuzza, G iardino...... 23 Up S o i ...... 25 Xénophon, Jean...... 3 Tabata, M asao...... 3 Velez, José Guillen...... 5 Tai H in ...... 25 Vong Lan K in ...... 17 Y ai Ah T e e ...... 12 Tam Hon ...... 17 Vong O n ...... 16 Yamamoto, Shigeru 3 Tam H o n g ...... 16 Vong P o u ...... 17 Yamanouchi, Sakujiro .... 4 Tam Tao ...... 16 Vong T o u ...... 16 “ Yick Kee ” label...... 18 Tamamoto, Shigeru...... 3 Vong V e n g ...... 16 Yip O n ...... 16 Tanaka, Nenzo ...... 3 Yogi Dispensary, Bangkok. 4 Tatara, S h izu o...... 3 Wal, Ahmed e l ...... 10 Yoo K y i ...... 25 Tatsu, M iw a...... 25 W arabtsky...... 24 Yoshinaga, Shigeyoshi 4 Tchaleukoff, Dimitre G. . . . 4 Warber, Joseph ...... 24 Yoshioka, T eru o ...... 3 Tego, T om okichi...... 4 Weselyk, John ...... 29 Telles, D a n iel...... 28 Weselyk, W illiam ...... 29 Zauch, P eter...... 29 Tobin, H arry...... 17 Weyland, Sheldon...... 21 Zayszluk, S te v e ...... 29 Todorov, D im itr i...... 10 Willems, Petrus...... 31 Zuylen, Jan Servaas 26