In one opium province, Shansi, we have seen that the enforcement was at the start effective.
The plans of the Shansi farmers for the coming year should throw some light on the sincerity of the opium reforms.
At the present time, in Fan-cheu of Shansi, there is a cave in the mountains; in it are many cast bones and horns of dragons.
Long and weary days, in which one takes many hours to accomplish thirty miles, turning in at night to a Shansi inn.
This, remember, was in April: planting time was near; it was a practical proposition to those Shansi peasants.
