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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
cannot pretend to know anything Of the senti.
ment in Australia and New Zealand in relation
TO the imperial federation fad. but as Cana
dian Journalist who has visited every province
OF the Dominion and gauRed the public feeling
In each, may say that the Canadians as q
people laugh to scorn any idea OF closer politi-
cal relations with England. The whole trend
OF the national opinion here is in the opposite
direction. This l endeavored to show in an
article contributed to the Forum OF June last.
The Conservative Government at Ottawa only
retains power by fostering a curious compound
OF loyalty and nationalism which, reduced to
English, means Canada for the Canadians"
and in due time Canadian independence.
III Sir Julius VoRel would take the trouble to
traverse this northern half OF the American
continent as have recently done. he would
discover that the sentiment OF the Canadians ia
becoming every day more American. There
is nothing in common between Canadians and
Saxon speech and the fundamentals Of our
SSnstitptIon; The imperial interference In
SsSsres 9ssoS is StSTy end the
longer In consequence OF British interests taxi
Ing precedence over Canadian In all attempts
republic 1t is only nomnally under mo-
narchical government to-day. Independence is
inevitable annexation will be q corollary move
Immediate future. It Is the manifest destiny OF
the country Any attempt to force O scheme
OF Imperial federation on Canada would be re-
sisted at the point Of the bavonet The people
of Noya Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and
British Columbia are suffering from the pro-
tective system OF the present Government, and
they are ripe for any change which would open
TO them the American market whether annex
there Is absolutely no difference between the
average Canadian and the average American.
The newly arrived Britsher is regarded In
canada as foreigner,a and experiences, the
over which floats tho union Jack
too late In the day for England to attempt
70 strengthen her position in Europe by draw
ing Canada and the other colonies into con-
9uish their hard-won autonomy and content
themselyes, with a voice in q transatlantic
Imperial House.. And they would never con-
sent to pay for, the luxury Of having a little
~. The sentiment OF Canadians Is essentially
democratic. The English, Scotch, and Irish
emiRrants who have built up this country came
mere to escape English aristocratio, and mo-
iy ask the assistance OF the American people II
the British Government endeavored to make
them contribute to the throne, the perpetual
ns wsE e EnrsS n sS psoee S6eF
tolerate AS The Sun said In its
editorial OF the 9th inst, the Canadians would
fight as hard for their liberties as the Ameri-
cans cans did IN the days of George III; And in any
TABLE, and 1t Is only postponed by the policy Of
eXpediency practised by Sir John Macdonald
When the grand old man OF the Dominion shall
have h gone the way Of al flesh. great and sudden
changes may be looked for in Canada.
W. BLACKBURN HARTE. Toronto Mail.
TORONTO Dec, so.