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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

"DURING A TEMPESTUOUS SESSION OF OPIUM COMMISSION"

CHINESE MINISTER ASSAILS FOREIGN INTERFERENCE

Geneva, Switzerland (JFK+50) On June 2, 1926, Associated Press reports Mr. Chu, Chinese minister to Italy, declared yesterday that China "is sick to death over foreign interference in her domestic affairs."

Mr. Chu's declaration came during a "tempestuous session" of the permanent opium commission here in Geneva.  AP describes "a violent altercation" between Mr. Chu and Sir Malcolm Delvigne who was critical of morphine importation into China.

Mr. Chu is quoted as saying...

"If you...find a Chinese who is not anti-foreign, I'll say he is not a good Chinese."

SOURCE

"Chinese Delegate Assails Foreigners," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 2, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 


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