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Some Interesting FHetS AAd Goa ra q ons
From the CrFGonian.
The Sun, which has bean engaged for many
years In advocating the formation OF an lnde-
pendent republic out Of the Dominion Of Can
ada, has an article from O Montreal corre-
spondent, setting forth st some length the
movement for Independence, and reaching the
conclusion that at tho present moment indie
pendsnce Is 0 practical issue In Canada; annex.
Alton, for many reasons, Is not at least through
political action" This conclusion is scarcely
borne out by the facts at the corresponds ent's
command though interesting evidence is Afford
cd OF the growth OF what may hs termed the
anti-EnglAnd sentiment which turns sometimes
to Independence and sometimes to annexation
as the way Of giving Itself vent, Neither mani.
festation seems TO be "a practical issus just
now, though each 10 cherished by fond pro.
moters AZ tho snlutiop Of Capada's perplex.
ing and. on tho whole. rather gloomy problem.
Every border community, like Oregon and
Washington, knows that every year. as IL passes
over the heads OF Canadians, hnds less and less
vitality In the love for "the mother countryu
felt in the DomiRlon. As the population be-
comes more largely native born. and a. thu
older people. with whom loyalty to the Crown
has been like religion. die of, the bond 10 the
Old World grows weaker. Large numbers of
the Canadian Young people cross the line To
bacome citizsns of the United 6tatss. and
othsrs remain at home TO talk Of annexation or
Independence. Probably 100000 Cansdians
have moved acTosa the International boundary
since 1870. and the desirability OF check
ing this migration was an important
considerable In the recent overthrow of tho
Conservative Ministry. Perhaps the ascent
Of q FEeuchman to the Premiership may also
be Justly interpreted as q testimony to this
r.. l.4.
ment 10 particularly strong among the French.
and especially the French Of Quebec. though
this correspondent Informs us that among the
English. speaking Canadians tho idea of inds-
Pendencs = asinins grou9d steadily. The nrst
charge OF tho work OF the independ enes party.
March in both English aud French. couCLsd IN
How does nhis ind O pc ndence movement affsot
che United statesf Asa matter Of sentiment.
the TiId ~ be sd to
Oh World dominion from New World soil. and
hecause England's strategic resources against
impaired. The matter OF annexation would be
sinplifed. and it IL now too complex q thing 70
debt and gene al aspect Of disaster makes her
acquisition with them high price to pay for the
removal of the menace .;s 20 our northern border.
10 US from Tie present trend Of The moyemsnn
It's promoters desire TO cooperats with the
large element IN Canadian politics that
Canada. under tho Cham bel ain Inspired Tup.
per Cabinet. Of open and undisRuIsed hostility
iatlonship." Unfortunately. however, no one
has As yet offered an explanation aa 70 how this
ada and the United States 10 to BE- made 10
lnure toOuT mutual benefit. Farmers south and
north of The boundary line are engaged In rails
digging irOn and coal IN direct eompstition
with heir camps and minss. and our fictoTiss
and theirs are At work on the same gO0dS How
to help them and ourselves Ut the same time by
tariff acts IL apparently impossible.