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400 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.The Chinese delegate, Tong Kai-son, a graduateof- Yale, made the best speech of the conference.The resolutions adopted are as follows :Be it resolved,1. That the International Opium Commission recognisesthe unswerving sincerity of the government of China in theirefforts to eradicate the production and consumption of opiumthroughout the Empire the; increasing body of public opinionamong their own subjects by which these efforts are beingsupported and the; real, though unequal, progress already madein a task which is one of the greatest magnitude.2. That in view of the action taken by the governmentof China in suppressing the practice of opium smoking, andby other governments to the same end, the International OpiumCommission recommends that each delegation concerned moveits own government to take measures for the gradual suppressionof the practice of opium smoking in its own territories andpossessions, with due regard to the varying circumstances of eachcountry concerned.3. That the International Opium Commission finds thatthe use of opium in any form otherwise than for medicalpurposes is held by almost every participating country to bea matter for prohibition or for careful regulation, and thateach country in the administration of its system of regulationpurports to be aiming, as opportunity offers, at progressivelyincreasing stringency. in recording these conclusions theInternational Opium Commission recognises the wide variationsbetween the conditions prevailing in the different countries, butit would urge on the attention of the governments concerned thedesirability of a re-examination of their systems of regulationin the light of the experience of other countries dealing with thesame problem.4. That the International Opium Commission finds thateach Government represented has strict laws which are aimeddirectly or indirectly to prevent the smuggling of opiun, itsalkaloids, derivatives and preparations, into their respectiveterritories ;in the judgment of the International Opium Commission it is also the duty of all countries to adopt reasonablemeasures to prevent at ports of departure the shipment of opium,its alkaloids, derivatives and preparations, to any country whichprohibits the entry of any opium, its alkaloids, derivatives andpreparations.5. That the International Opium Commission finds thatthe unrestricted manufacture, sale and distribution of morphinealready constitute a grave danger, and that the morphine habitshows signs of spreading. The International Opium Commission,