Show I Ratification of Opium Pact May Take Years YeaT I GENEVA Nov 17 By A A. P. P P- P I Fifty nations are awaiting the ratification ratification rati raU- of ot the tho opium convention by Switzerland and the they will have to wait walt many months perhaps I years before a decision Is taken The question Is not a federal bu but a cantonal one and at present tw n- n ty-two ty Swiss cantons not Including ing lug three cantons halt are conSidering considering con widenIng the matter Basel Is described by those en endeavoring endeavoring en- en to suppress the opium traffic i-traffic as having become the largest lang larg est poison den In the world Basel Base BaselI has great chemical factories emplOying employing employing em em- I many thousands of ot workmen workmen work work- men and the Swiss government which is already responsible for tor tormore more than unemployed is s apprehensive of ot approving t the te e tr treaty aty which would increase thir number |