The Archive · 1925

NORTH AMERICA

Important Treaty Signed By Canada and Orta, Mar, ween Canada and fed States, the first dealing, swith smuggling." operations and Mega! drake traffic along the ternational border, and the second enlarging the list of extraditable crimes, were approved to-day by the Canadian House of Conimons The treaty designed to suppress ing operations also provide for international ce-operatic in the suppression of the illegal drag tref The second pact placed tthe narcotics law in the extraditable list, The Minister of Customs, Jacques Bureau, intimated that he would ack the House for authority to employ' a special squad of officers to enforce the anti-smuggling treaty.

The treaties will make the Lue: fof both the United States ant effective in dealing [with "those powerful drug. tratfic= [Fers, who have been mocking {Governments of the we countries," said Mr. LIS. Belund, Minister Soldiers* Civil Re-establishment.

The Canadian government wilt see that sufficient border guards ary Kept on duty all night to preven smuggling on the Pacific highway and other roads crossing the bound:

n British Columbia, said Mr He pointed ow offices close at 1am, favourite time for smuggling."

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