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1 International Investigation of Opium Evil: Message from the President of the United States 1 (1908)

handle is hein.prescomm/inlivnoome0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 60TH CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I DOCUMENT 1st Session. f No. 926. INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF OPIUM EVIL. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING . A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY Ot STATE RECOMMENDING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE COMING INVESTIGATION OF THE OPIUM QUES- TION IN THE FAR EAST BY A JOINT INTERNATIONAL COM- MISSION. MAY 11, 1908.-Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. To the SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: In laying before the Congress the accompanying letter from the Secretary of State, I heartily recommend that appropriation be made as therein requested for the participation of the United States in the coming investigation of the opium question in the Far East by a joint international commission. The cordial reception of this proposal by the Governments concerned is a cause of gratification to the American Government and people. The high aim of this international project, placing, as it does, consid- erations of human welfare above all others, is a fine example of what is best in modern civilization and international good will and coopera- tion. Such an undertaking can not but appeal most strongly to the American people, and I am happy to lay before the Congress this opportunity to enable the United States to do its full share in the work. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. THE W ITE HOUSE, fay 11, 1908. The PRESIDENT: In September, 1906, in view of indications that the Imperial Chinese Government was ready to make serious efforts to eradicate the opium evil, the Department of State, by your direction, entered

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