§ Sir W. COLLINSasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any communications have taken place with the Japanese Government in reference to the imports of morphia of British manufacture entering Japan and passing thence into China; and whether, seeing that Japan, China, and Great Britain are signatories to the International Opium Convention of 1912, which includes morphia, steps will be taken with a view to restrict the traffic in that drug to legitimate and medical purposes only as provided in the Convention?
Mr. BALFOURHis Majesty's Ambassador at Tokio has been consulted in this matter, but the Japanese Government have not yet been actually approached The other Departments concerned are at present considering what steps can properly be taken to restrict the traffic in morphia.