Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
A CHEEKY CANADIAN.
One Member Introduces a Resolution
in Parliament for the
ANNEXATION OF NEW ENGLAND.
He Thinks That Section il Now Anxious to
Once More Give
ALLEGIANCE TO THE BRITISH CROWN.
No other Portion Of the United States Would be 10
eepted at ANY Price.

A Canadian member has introduced .
most remarkable resolution in the Do
minion Parliament. 1t provides for the an
nexation of the New England States to the
British provinces. The move is evidently
intended as a retaliatory bluff for similar
expressions in the United States.
OTTAWA, ONT, March Al. B. Mills,
NJ. P, of Annapolis, N. s., has given no
tice that he will introduce the following
resolution in Parliament:
That it appears that the advisability Of .
union between Canada and the United States
is now being generally discussed throughout
said Republic and that commercial advantages
of such union are considered by some Of
the leading business men in the Re-
public to be of Importance. That it also
seems as if the experiment Of Republican
Government has even proved = practical fall
ure. and that there are strong indications that
the dissolution of the federation known as the
United States is imminent
And the spread Of anarchy or the
building of other foreign powers
in the adjacent States known
as the New England States might
the facts go to show that said New England
States since the severing of their connection
with the British Crown have not made nearly
so
GREAT PROGRESS
relatively as the Provinces of Canada, and
while their return to their old allegiance would
not only materially advance the made and pro-
mote the prosperity of the people living in
these States, but would be probably a
benefit to the neighboring Provinces. That is
is a recognized fact that the population Of the
United States includes many thousands Of
Br1tish-born people who still hold allegiance to
our sovereign lady, the Queen, though they
may have crossed the ocean and taken up their
residence in these States. That it is also we'll
known that one of the leading and influential
papers of Massachusetts, representing the most
important interests of the Commonwealth, is
urging a federation with Canada upon the citi-
zens of the United States.
BEATS THE RECORD.
That the Parliament of Canada, now as-
sembled, views this agitation with sympathy
and will do all in its power to aid in the an
nexation of such New England States, and that
His Excelleney the Governor General and
Council are hereby empowered to cooperate
with her Majesty's Government in securing
such amendment to act of British North Am
erica as may be necessary to extend the bound.
aries of the Dominion of Canada, such
boundaries, however, not to be extended in a,
westerly direction beyond Connecticut,
the Green Mountains and Lake Cham
plain, and that while the people of Canada
represented by their Parliament are willing to
welcome such of these New England States as
wish to return to their allegiance they regard
such union as being more in the interests OF
said New England States than in that Of
Canada, and are unwilling that any force or
undue influence should be used to bring about
such federation, nor would the people Of
Canada be willing to assume any burdens OF
debt of said New England States other than
such as may be represented by public works
and buildings in such States. as would be
vested in the crown in case said States were adj
mitted into the Dominion.