n preventing opium smuggling, has almost
removed the reason for retaining even that vessel. But it is still
equipped as a training ship for the Royal Canadian Navy which, after
the close of the war, was strengthened by the addition of three
cruisers, the _Aurora_, _Patriot_ and _Patricia_.

Fortunately the naval treaty between the British Empire, the United
States and Japan, signed in February, 1922, will at least remove any
doubt about Canada's pacific intentions in her developments of the
west. By that agreement the above nations will respect the _status
quo_ in regard to fortifications and naval bases on their coast
territories. No new ones are to be established. Moreover, no measures
shall be taken to increase the existing naval facilities for the repair
or maintenance of naval forces.

Thus with prosperity at home, and peace with those abroad, people of
the land of the Maple Leaf and the Beaver will look upon the twentieth
century {481} as peculiarly their own. But in doing so it will not be
without a wrench to see old institutions alter and in some cases pass
away. One of these is the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, which in
November, 1919, became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provision
being made for the absorption of the Dominion Police which during the
Great War acted as a secret service to counteract enemy plots against
the country. Recently the force has been bitterly opposed by Labour,
on the ground that its real purpose is to break strikes, an objection
originating in the force's very efficient action during the Winnipeg
riots. Otherwise there would be no grounds for its disbandonment
except economy, before which even history and tradition must bow.

The growth of labour organisations in Canada, however, ranks _pari
passu_ with that of the large cities. To gauge the extent one has only
to mention that in 1911 there were 133,132 members in the labour
unions, but in 1920 there were 373,842, or almost three times as many.
Of the definite groups the railway employees stand first, representing
23.45 per cent. This explains why the railway situation in Canada is
always a matter of no small interest to the people. As most of the
organised workers are members of international unions, which cover the
whole of the United States and Canada, their electoral power may be
readily estimated. In justice to them, it must be said that labour, as
compared with that in other countries, is remarkably safe and