Reference was made some time ago in this column to the war on drugs in British Columbia. The matter has now reached the House of Commons where. anfendments to the Acts dealing with narcotics are being debated with a view - to strengthening the hands of the authorities in dealing with the illicit traffic. Eastern despatches also indicate the interest the campaign has awakened there. Montreal Chinese bitterly. resent the common idea that their Chinatown.is the centre of Canada's greatest drug ring. Placards have been posted freely warning narcotic agents that the Chinese intend to_clean up the district and will denounce peddlers to the authorities. Chinese merchants have organized a body to lead the drive against the Chinese drug ring, upon whose activities light was focussed following the deaths of three white men in the vicinity of Chinatown within a week.
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