of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan; Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands; His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Persia; the President of the Portuguese Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the King of Siam,
being desirous to take one step further in the way marked out by the International Commission at Shanghai in 1909;[1]
resolved to pursue progressive suppression of the abuse of opium, morphine, cocaine as well as drugs prepared or derived from these substances giving rise or which may give rise to analogous abuses;
taking into consideration the necessity and the mutual profit of an international understanding on this point;
being convinced that they will meet in this humanitarian effort the unanimous adhesion of all the nations interested,
have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:
His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia:
His Excellency Mr. Felix von Müller, His present Privy Counsellor, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at The Hague;
Mr. Delbrück, His Superior Privy Counsellor;
Dr. Grünenwald, His Counsellor of Legation;
Dr. Kerp, His Privy Counsellor, Director at The Imperial Health Office;
Dr. Rössler, Imperial Consul at Canton.
President of the United States of America:
Bishop Charles H. Brent;
Dr. Hamilton Wright;
Mr. H. J. Finger.
His Majesty the Emperor of China:
His Excellency Mr. Liang Cheng, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Berlin;
The President of the French Republic:
Mr. Henri Brenier, Inspector of the Agricultural and Commercial Services of Indo-China;
Mr. Pierre Guesde, Administrator of the Civil Services of Indo-China.
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India:
- ↑ For a report of the American delegates to the International Opium Commission, Shanghai, Feb. 1-26, 1909, including text of final resolutions of the Commission, see Opium Problem, S. Doc. 377, 61st Cong., 2d sess.; the resolutions are also printed in John V. A. MacMurray, Treaties and Agreements With and Concerning China, 1894–1919, vol. II, p. 944.
