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their territories of chemical works for the manufacture of
the drugs,
though in the case of the Union of South Africa
this is clearly a possibility, there is the other 303
argument, which we have so often employed, to be considered,
namely, that countries not bound by the convention would be
open to the unrestricted importation of the drugs and that
their ports could be freely made use of for the illicit
transhipment of the drugs to destinations in countries
which have signed the convention, thus defeating one of its
principal objects.
This applies especially to the Union of South Africa
with its large and busy ports on the route to the Far East,
but it also applies in a lesser degree to the Islands of
the west Indies and to our possessions in Central and
Southern America in regard to the possibility of using
their ports for the transmission of the drugs to the
countries of the western hemisphere. We have, however,
been given to understand that these latter colonies intend
to adhere, and are merely waiting to do so until they shall
have passed the necessary legislation. we need only refer
to what has been repeatedly said at the conference and in
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