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quite unknown how far outside Powers will adhere.

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Apart from the possible objections arising from Commer-

cial Treaties, it would be impossible, they contend,

for such a limited number of Powers to set up as regula-

tors of traffic to the rest of the world, or for

country A, within the Convention, to set itself up as

a judge of the character of the internal regulations of

country B. outside it, while ex hypothesi country B.

would not have supplied any information as to persons

authorised to import the drugs such as is required for

instance by Article 16 of the draft Convention as it

now stands.

The German method of meeting the difficulty point-

ed out by the Board of Trade is to obtain the adhesion

of as many outside Powers as possible before the Con-

vention comes into operation, and then, if only a limit-

ed mumber of countries remain outside, to consider

what special measures might be taken by what would

then be the great majority of States in regard to

these.

This question of adhesion is still under consider-

ation, but we are bound to say that as matters at

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