ANTI-OPIUM "REVIVAL."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 7 February 1907, Page 3

ANTI-OPIUM "REVIVAL."

GKI.'AT IIOVKMKXT KOU-OW'S DISCOVICHV Ob' A t'UI!K The anti-opium movement in Malaya can only be d'-.-cribcd as colossal. So rapally has it ,-prcad ami w popular has i| become, writes Renter's t'c " ;lu " cDrvespond'eiit. that it iniU '•'lie iiioic di ;l Wi'isj, icviva 1 1 h;tn ;i iiiovcin-nt undcri aki'ii by a st-did (liiin.'sc. A few weeks ii-,, ;i w,.]l-to do Ohina,,ii:ln '' l KitiiLi Lumpur. the lmj»ital of received from Ciiina speci»"*»s of ;i pla nl wiik-li was said to be •i <niv fur i|„- opium habit. A shorl -eaivli I'e v< :I i: I t lie fact- Hull (lie plant ~ iu Sciaujixiv in a \\M ■slate, ja'n'd in a Very short ((hire ;i quantity was obtained, and active operation, commenced. J lie leaves of tlu' plant, which appear- to In- a. shrill) somewhat akin to arc exposed to tire, sun for a day. then chopped lino and roasted, after which an .infusion is made, and liie specilie i- ready for us.'. The iirst man experimented upon, altlumgii la: was a confirmed opium smoker, was pronounced cured in a week. N'uw au Auti Opium N'chty \v,\? been formed in Kuala Luntpur, and tla specilie is distribut'd free. The dipensaries established for its di>tril>ii lon are hard pushed to keep up witl the demand, the applicants in Kami; Lumpur alone nund.-.- j-w n\.-r i2O(H dailv.

Tiie anti opiumi- ' > aave 1 cured ill the few .-iiuri u ,'ei<s ; .inci! Hit; plant was discovered, over 11.000 people in the Kuala Lumpur district alone. The receipts 'of the opium sliops iu and around Kuala Lumpur ha \ c fallen oil' by two-thirds while several simps have had to eh>s:' fur iaek ul' trade. I'eope coining from Kuala Lumpur, add> the cuiTc-pondenl. tell me that as the distributing hour appruache-; coolies can be H<'en litxrliiiiLi to the dipenavies from all directions, each carrying a coup'e of empty beer < r whisky bottles. iu obtain' (he da.ys supply of the specilie. Tile average 1 In". • required fur a ciii'e is lr<mi a to three we-ks.