Hey everyone in the world, Lausl Montgomery here, admit it way sooner than you thought I'd be.

Part 3 of the Tong Wars of New York Chinatown. My primary source for this topic has been what I'm sure

will be considered the definitive source of these times. Tongue Wars, the

untold story of Vice, Money and Murder in New York Chinatown. Scott Seligman is the author.

The book came out last month from Viking Press.

Last episode sort of petered out right after the end of the second of four Tong Wars that went down in New York's

Chinatown. That one in particular fought between the On Leong Tong and the Four Brothers Society.

Peace had been made between the Four brothers and the Onyong's at last.

As the year 1910 came to a close, William Howard Taft is El Presidente, H.H.S.

Over in the UK, We have a special relationship with them.

Over in the beautiful country, the first salvo on the war on drugs that still

drags on to this very day, began with the Opium Exclusion Act of February 9,

1999. No opium allowed for importation. Only opium smokers were effective. That's it was targeted. The rich and famous who took their opium

and tinctures of Loudnum could still get high legally. Only opium smokers were affected by this new law.

Well, guess who the opium smokers were?

Yeah, once again, the Chinese were targeted.

Two-gooders in American society, mostly missionaries and crusaders who fought against booze and tobacco,

also lent their support against opium.

Everyone knew it was mostly the Chinese who smokedium. That was the reputation at least. So Chinese got

caught in their crosshairs. But as far as the US government saw it, it was a wise foreign

policy decision to show the Chinese government they were also against the

proliferation of opium.

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