The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-09
CANADA
Her Renewed Interest In Politics and IN tho
Propagation Of New ideas.

HNEr Renewed NnfgrpGNn In Pn1ltir0 and IN NhN
frop"E"'on OF Ne" '"e"
=, s,ch, a, tns, -, ,o,i,'n. a,n IN consrnrnnco
rin,",, t", '"SI Iii y" ,ma nnIi,t..i ,onss .nnna and
old, principally old, have been called In to help
in preparing the dish that is to come out Of tho
oven on June %, and heaven only can tell what
kind of n dish IL will be. Times are hard II is
safe TO say they never were harder I'm Canada.
on. n,r. ~ Wv, - ~. .nta L,,, :" ,no
sir oliver Mnwnt has given n sue kick To the
party Of Independence by limiting at the exist
enconf r,v,ir,Iont.,a a, Canada II ia a,ynincant
s,r"a..a,s.a, ,,.a.ist. ,n.a,sh ,.hIon Csn'
ada il passing that the men holding the new IDEAS
as ,o IN, futnrc ~ tho country mr.. nil standing
as,S, ~ tn,,,ss y" ,"nn 80, m,,ors,nnS
that this Ia a nav country and not an old World
state misdIrcct and mIsm,nnp, things. Roth
In state and Church Canada Is governed nc
cordlng TO Old World and oid-tiine and not
according I, modern ,d,os II viii bc strange
".t"'u'"N w '"o"e'" n'o"S' ~ WIN w e''""so
H. In me more progressive atmosphere OF Amer
which ia cy.rv dnv bscomIn, ,nnr, ocr,o there
to nn, on o,,r,., 900 ,.n' II 49,. 49,.
will take n good many by surprise.
No one going through tho country with eyes
and ears open can fail to discern that not only
Is a change of some kind coming in Canada. but
that IL is necessary, IA vet tho feeling ia only
one OF sullcn Dissatisfaction with the way in
which the affairs OF the country have been man
aged, hut It will only require n few more turns
- NV bthNN Va hlNtINlAO " tllhIlg ut passive
dissatisfaction into action, and then there will
be n bad time for the old professional poiiti-
clans. In 1887 the people OF Canada rose
in armed wrath against the family com
pact imported from England that had seized
domain. sixty years, less ono, have passed
since then. and apparently things have
only in form from the old family compact of
the DAYS before 81 have seized on the
provincial and Dominion Governments. with the
patronage and salaries attached. and though
they may not now he composed OF men OF Eng
fish birth. they at all events look to England
for support, inspiration, and reward. AS In the
times before ~, 1t Is Canada that pays the
piper,
since confederation, the political intelligence OF
the Canadian people seems to have undergone
sso,cG ns%Tg,oGIm rjsh ,n Ih Ers9 are EnsiIsnm men and md
rev Canadians except on Dominion day and at
especially the English and SEQ All. hav. never !
ceased to arrognts to themselves the title and
was.a Scotch officer Of the English army. Sir
!. l." Macdougall, who, when Adjutant-Gen,
report to the English War Once. described tho
French ms an inferior race The French
more trust the, nno phrases and pleasant words
OF Sir Oliver Mowat and. other OF the English
speaking politicians than President, kruger
berlnin.
,ti Apart fro from Pr a mere sn hand Fl FIJI Of interested pol
lations Of Canada are as far apart today as they
ever were; and the root cause OF that is the
English connection and the Anglomania Of the
wealthy and titled Canadians who spend their
time and wealth in the oongcnial atmosphere Of
England rather than in Canada.
. Will 10 the political tumble is in progress over
here. however, the English Government con-
t II ,nos, the policy OF making Canada a military
people, OF course. The fast steamer Job is to be
carried out with vessels capable of carrying
an hour. They are further to have a troop-car-
rylng capacity oe $500 men each. and there are