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<p class="center">H. E. TONG SHAO-I<br/>
One of the Leaders of the Opium Reform Movement in China</p>
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<h1>Drugging a Nation</h1>
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<h2>The Story of China<br/>and the Opium Curse</h2>
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<h4>A Personal Investigation, during an<br/>Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions<br/>
of the Opium Trade in China<br/>and Its Effects upon the Nation</h4>
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<h4>By</h4>
<h3>SAMUEL MERWIN</h3>
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<p class="center"><span class="smcap">New York</span><span class="spacer"> </span><span class="smcap">Chicago</span><span class="spacer"> </span><span class="smcap">Toronto</span><br/><big>Fleming H. Revell Company</big><br/><span class="smcap">London and Edinburgh</span></p>
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<p class="center">Copyright, 1908, by<br/>FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY</p>
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<p class="center">Copyright, 1907-1908, by<br/>SUCCESS COMPANY</p>
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<p class="center">New York: 158 Fifth Avenue<br/>Chicago: 80 Wabash Avenue<br/>
Toronto: 25 Richmond Street, W.<br/>London: 21 Paternoster Square<br/>Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street</p>
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<h2>NOTE</h2>
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<p class="dropcap"><span class="caps">These</span> chapters were originally published during 1907 and 1908 in <i>Success
Magazine</i>. Though frankly journalistic in tone, the book presents
something more than the hasty conclusions of a journalist. During its
preparation the author travelled around the world, inquiring into the
problem at first hand in China and in England, reading all available
printed matter which seemed to bear in any way on the subject, and
interviewing several hundred gentlemen who have had special opportunities
to study the problem from various standpoints. The writing was not begun
until this preliminary work was completed and the natural conclusions had
become convictions in the author’s mind.</p>
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<h2>CONTENTS</h2>
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<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#I">I.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">China’s Predicament</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_9">9</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#II">II.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">The Golden Opium Days</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_20">20</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#III">III.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">A Glimpse Into an Opium Province</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_53">53</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#IV">IV.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">China’s Sincerity</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_70">70</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#V">V.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">Sowing the Wind in China—Shanghai</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_101">101</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#VI">VI.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">Sowing the Wind in China—Tientsin and Hongkong</span> </td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_129">129</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#VII">VII.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">How British Chickens Came Home to Roost</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_154">154</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right"><SPAN href="#VIII">VIII.</SPAN></td><td><span class="smcap">The Position of Great Britain</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_178">178</SPAN></td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td><span class="smcap">Appendix</span></td><td align="right"><SPAN href="#Page_204">204</SPAN></td></tr></table>
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<h1>Drugging a Nation</h1>
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