From: "Catherine Austin Fitts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian: Since Bill and George are having a food fight, we can feed information out into the market that will accelerate their foodfight and we can also provide people a vision of what they can do to build alternatives and live safely outside the system. That is, accelerate the implosion of the Titanic by causing George and Bill's fight to get worse (Mike and I refer to this is the Midianite strategy based on how Gideon's army of 300 defeated 100,000 Midianites --see the story in Judges 6-9) and use ideas like community databanks and alternative media and voting with our money and getting off of central utility and banking systems to start to build organized crime resistant alternatives. For example, on exacerbating the fight between Bill and George, it seems to Mike---and I agree---that the real fight is over New York, Texas and Florida being locked by the Bushes, and California being unlockable. The BONY story and the HUD story are part of the New York food fight. Cuomo and Hillary are central players on the Bill team. Who is the other side and how does NY money feed into this? Anyway, a focused effort on exacerbating the fight by leaking Cuomo dirt and role of HUD tax shelters and real estate in NY and HUD single family fraud and money laundering and Rubin/Goldman Sachs dirt and Hillary dirt (How about alleged M&L Business Machines secret settlement with DOJ Public Integrity Unit to cover up Rose law firm money laundering for Iran Contra money laundering out of Mena) and more on other side....these are just some ideas. Bottom line, one thing we can do is focus our efforts on concerted actions where our research and dissemination of stories to alternate media and our networks is designed to create maximum Midianite squabbling. Catherine > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Downing Quig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 1:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CIA-DRUGS] Tales of old Shanghai - Opium > (http://www.shanghai-ed.com/tales/t-opium.htm) > > > From: Brian Downing Quig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I learned about the ORDER OF THE SKULL AND BONES or before that > it was called the BROTHERHOOD OF DEATH before the rest of > the world because Anthony Sutton was a good friend of my > publisher Johnny Johnson and they would confer on his books in > progress whenever Sutton was in town for a conference or to > speak. I had seen the preparation of TRILATERIALS OVER > WASHINGTON with Pat Wood which was the first book that brought > heavy repression down on Anthony. That was years before he > discovered the SKULL AND BONES. > > In may ways Anthony Sutton is the grandfather of what we are > doing on this list. Fletcher Prouty, Dr. Alfred McCoy and Dr. > Peter Dale Scott of course must be mentioned. > > MONETARY AND ECONOMIC REVIEW was read by 100% Republican > multi-millionaires. It cost more than $400 for 12 monthly issues. > My report on the intelligence community was the most popular > column. I had an enthusiastic following from all around the > world. It was not until I published THOSE WHO DISMANTLED OUR > CONSTITUTION http://www.dcia.com/dismantl.html that I was > confronted with a tidal wave of unbelief. HOW COULD GEORGE > BUSH'S ANCESTORS POSSIBLY BE THE TOP OPIUM TRADERS OF THEIR TIME > AND WE DO NOT KNOW IT? > > I knew at the time that there were so many historic records by > the harbor masters of the world's great harbors that > documented what Linda and Mike are presenting below that it had > to be true. I think the bright students at YALE knew it > also and that is wy they called George Bush Poppy Bush. > > If there is one thing that is a matter of consensus on this list > it is the belief that the two highest and most visible of > the public politicians in this nation, George Bush and Bill > Clinton, are treasonably involved in the importation of narcotic > drugs into their own nation. What can be done about that? > > Brian > > > > > > Linda Minor wrote: > > > http://www.shanghai-ed.com/tales/t-opium.htm > > > > In Shanghai, the trade prospered and huge fortunes were made, financing > > profligate lifestyles and magnificent castles back home in Scotland.... > > > > In 1870, opium accounted for 43 percent of China's total imports, with > > cotton goods a distant second at 28 percent. Huge hulks were > moored off the > > Bund to store the opium which was used in the city's opium dens > or sent on > > along the Yangtze River. Inevitably but gradually, the days of > quick opium > > profits were coming to an end. The trading house of Jardines, the Noble > > House, had basically pulled out of the trade by 1870 due to the fierce > > competition, and was instead pouring its drug-based fortunes into new > > ventures such as banking, mining and railways. The anti-opium lobby, > > meanwhile, was gaining ground and the Shanghai Municipal Council stopped > > issuing licences for opium dens in 1907. The last legal opium > shop in the > > city closed in 1917. > > > > This in no way stopped the opium trade: it just pushed it into > the hands of > > the underworld.... > > > > The end of the international opium trade, speeded by an international > > conference on the problem held in Shanghai in 1909, was more than > > compensated for by the growth of domestic Chinese production. > In 1904, opium > > accounted for about 13 percent of total crop acreage in China; > by 1930, it > > was occupying 20 percent of the country's arable land. > > > > Opium was finally driven from Shanghai in 1949 when the > Communists marched > > in, closed down the opium dens, and forced all the addicts into > > rehabilitation. Huang Jinrong died in the city in the early > 1950s, but 'Big > > Ears' Du escaped to Hong Kong and died there in 1952. > > > > In the early 1990s, opium returned to Shanghai, this time in the form of > > heroin, and this time as an all-Chinese business. The British and Indian > > drug traders were long gone. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > Viscount Palmerston's instructions to Sir Henry Pottinger with regard to > > opium, on his departure for China on 31st May 1841: > > "It is of great importance, with a view to the maintenance of a > permanent > > good understanding between the two countries, that the Chinese > government > > should place the opium trade upon some regular and legalised footing. > > Experience has shown that it is entirely beyond the power of the Chinese > > Government to prevent the introduction of opium into China; and > many reasons > > render it impossible that the British Government can give the Chinese > > Government any effectual aid towards the accomplishment of that > purpose. But > > while the opium trade is forbidden by law it must inevitably be > carried on > > by fraud and violence; and hence must arise frequent conflicts and > > collisions between the Chinese preventive service and the > parties who are > > engaged in carrying on the opium trade. These parties are > generally British > > subjects; and it is impossible to suppose that this private war can be > > carried on between British opium smugglers and the Chinese authorities, > > without events happening which must tend to put in jeopardy the good > > understanding between the Chinese and British Governments. > > > > H.M. Government makes no demand in this matter; for they have > no right to do > > so. The Chinese Government is fully entitled to prohibit the > importation of > > opium, if it pleases; and British subjects who engage in a > contraband trade > > must take the consequences of doing so. But it is desirable > that you should > > avail yourself of every favourable opportunity to strongly > impress upon the > > Chinese Plenipotentiary, and through him the Chinese > Government, how much it > > would be for the interest of the Chinese Government itself to > alter the law > > of China on this matter, and to legalise, by a regular duty, a > trade which > > they cannot prevent." > > > > Jardine, Matheson Co, in a statement on the opium question, made the > > following comment: > > "The use of opium is not a curse but a comfort to the > hard-working Chinese; > > to many scores of thousands it as been productive of healthful > sustention > > and enjoyment." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > Another statement from Jardine, Matheson Co on the economic > implications of > > the opium trade for England, presented to parliament in 1857: > > "Instead of tending to restrict what is called the legitimate trade, the > > traffic in Opium has enormously extended the export of tea and silk from > > China to the British market, and enabled these articles to be > supplied to > > consumers at a lower price than could otherwise have been the > case. Indeed, > > but for it, they could not have been shipped but for a limited > extent during > > the past two years, owing to the absolute want of the means to > pay for them. > > Being ourselves large importers of British manufactures into > China, nothing > > would afford us greater satisfaction than to see this branch of trade > > extended, but the demand for such goods is dependent upon other > > considerations and it is in no way affected by the Opium Trade." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > The British consul at Kiung Chow in 1879: > > "No one can maintain that a mild indulgence results in physical > or mental > > disability. A pipe of opium is to the Chinese workman what a > glass of beer > > is to the English labourer, a climatic necessity." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > The directors of the East India Company, who started the opium > to trade to > > China in the first place, said in a report to the Governor in consul in > > Bengal in 1831: > > "We wish it to be clearly understood that our sanction is given to this > > measures (for supplying a quantity of opium for the internal > consumption of > > the country ) not with a view to the revenue which they may > yield, but in > > the hope that they will tend to restrain the use of this > pernicious drug ... > > the prevent its introduction into districts where it is not used, and to > > limit its consumption in other places as nearly as possible to > what may be > > absolutely necessary. were it possible to prevent the use of the drug > > altogether we would gladly do so in compassion to mankind." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > In a Memorial to the Chinese emperor in 1836, a senior Mandarin > commented: > > "In introducing opium into this country, the purpose of the > English has been > > to weaken and enfeeble the Central Empire. If not early aroused > to a sense > > of our danger, we shall find ourselves, ere long, on the last > step to ruin > > ..." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > Edward LeFevour in Western Enterprise in Late Ch'ing China on > the impact of > > the opium trade on western companies, particularly Jardine's, > operating on > > the China coast: > > "Opium had provided the capital reserve essential to survival > and growth in > > a precarious economic environment., lubricated the export > trade, stimulated > > the improvement of communications., and probably provided > China firms with > > a surplus to invest in world markets. Decades of concentration upon the > > trade had conditioned the whole nature of Western enterprise in China. > > > > Although the whole of the firm's early investment in the > service of trade > > had turned upon the pivot of opium and commercial growth within > the treaty > > ports was undoubtedly stimulated by this constant investment in > structure, > > trade in drug also had the effect of channeling a major part of the > > commercial enterprise of several large Western and Indian firms in China > > into the sale and servicing of one commodity for several > decades. There was > > no practical alternative before the 1870's. It was not until > the firm had > > been forced from the trade as a major participant that it began > proposing > > the use of capital and techniques for many alternative > investments in the > > treaty ports and in the domestic Chinese economy. Opium had been the > > indispensable commodity. When it became a trade of declining > importance and > > diminishing profits, the firm withdrew easily, focusing its > enterprise upon > > new opportunities in the changing China trade of the 1870's." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > > > An excerpt from A History of Shanghai, by F. Potts, published in 1924: > > "Opium receiving ships were moored at Woosung, 12 miles from > Shanghai at the > > mouth of the river. Up to 1854 there were ten; four for opium > consigned to > > British firms, four to Jewish or Parsee firms, and two to > American firms. In > > 1854 the two American ships were withdrawn from service. The following > > figures show the rapid increase in this illegal traffic in Shanghai. In > > 1847, 16,500 chests were disposed of and in 1857, 31,907 chests. > > > > For Shanghai, the legalization of the trade meant the appearance of the > > opium hulks moored along The Bund. Old sailing ships were converted into > > receiving stations for opium, which was stored on them until it > could obtain > > a market. The last of these ships did not disappear until after the > > cessation of the importation of opium from India in 1917. > > > > To its credit the Municipality, contrary to its financial interests, > > co-operated with the Chinese Government in the suppression of > the sale of > > opium. In 1904, a distinction was drawn between an opium shop > and an opium > > house. In the former the sale was permitted but not its > consumption on the > > premises, in the latter both were allowed. After 1907 no > further licences > > were granted to opium houses and those in existence at that > time were closed > > in 1909. The year 1917 saw the last of the opium shops in Shanghai. A > > resolution passed at the Ratepayers' meeting in 1915 required > the withdrawal > > of one quarter of the licences of these shops every six months > by a process > > of ballot. The first drawing took place in June, 1915, the second in > > December, 1915, and the third in June, 1916, leaving the > remaining quarter > > to be withdrawn on March 31st, 1917. The opium shops did a > roaring trade to > > the last, as habitues were anxious to lay in a good stock of the drug." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > > > An excerpt from Sin City, by Ralph Shaw, a British journalist > in Shanghai > > from 1937 to 1949: > > "There were few old-established British firms which at one time > or another > > had not had a stake in bringing Indian opium into China. The > Indian drug was > > considered to be superior to the native-grown product. > > > > The day had to come, of course, when the export of Indian opium > to China had > > to be banned by international agreement, but this was of little > importance > > to the British firms which had built vast trading empires on > the drug. They > > had made their money. Opium had enabled them to diversify their trading > > activities into shipping, textiles, mining, railways, finance and so on. > > Opium-smoking was made illegal in foreign-controlled Shanghai > but it could > > never be stamped out. Fortunes were still made smuggling the > drug into China > > and. the gangsters took over the nefarious trade - the gangsters and the > > Japanese." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------- > > ---- > > A comment by British military officer and adventurer Harry > Flashman, in his > > book Flashman and the Dragon, as edited by George MacDonald Fraser: > > "I don't know who ran the first chest of opium into China, but he was a > > great man in his way. It was as though some imaginary trader > had put into > > the Forth with a cargo of Glenlivet to discover that the Scots had never > > heard of whisky. There was a natural appetite, as you may say. > And while the > > Chinks had been puffing themselves half-witted long before the > first foreign > > trader put his nose into the Pearl River, there no doubt that > our own John > > Company had developed their taste for the drug, back in the earlies, and > > before long they couldn't get enough of it." > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Name: Tales of old > Shanghai - Opium.url > > Tales of old Shanghai - Opium.url Type: Internet > Shortcut (application/x-unknown-content-type-InternetShortcut) > > Encoding: 7bit > > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! 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