Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-09-13

A.. sn0 600 French Canadians III - s,ci,ne,
, ,, 800 &c no intense popular 49,"
-, ,hs question, and yet II - s'@,oN tba
u, in Canadian Liberal cIS'05 states.
...,na,ya of war" come from ,to ond
7. fact even names are neh1i2" mat
49, are those who openly 60, c+ates
Canadian annexation 10 thv -. vowed
has one of its iirmest ana nv Cornerie.
haS - The nerson of Andrew CaIHe9', 49,
, ,tl,'. he has contributed to the cause an
ANYTHING. is not known ~ ''O
mic side OF the st. Lawrence ,,.orested
me g. he the only American nv 80
- movement. For the past Two -
s.,,,ssaries of the Continental Ohl ,,,. the
efiiissai ~. .,o,,.d travelling throughout .n0
-. Stofes interviewing the nlo9 ,s,,,,
e,,nntial men OF all parties anu Ute,
secret annexation orEaHl.4,,' the
hitch Is to work in conjunction WIZ
Canadian society ...od rracticai-
This entire work has atuuOseu 49,. 80 nor
" no attention in the Unl'Su S 'sa,,roien
.,,, 4, during any stage OF TINS O"li'i. t,,,.
for the domestic ISSUES "ie
nortant 10 permit OF IT, a., o,,exa-
f p~t the work OF the CANADIAN al,'l -
zionist Is what I particularly 80 M
,,.,,,e about In this brief sAelch, at
stetch would be complete W''"ou Soc,,
go a mention Of the man VINO - -
=, all the propaganda. VINO u nv -
s,,o,,er an the project and VINO ihteue 80,
-, Glands head and shoulders aDV1S 80,
=, hta compeers i'm the movement ',se-
- baldwin Smith, who, from M -
cer,lv antique Grange In to'ol.o
rounded by thousands Vi A. ma
.os,,,,,ee directs the work that III
49,, 81 he Dominion Radicals Is 70
snd in the annexation OF Cahaua "
United States. o,.,, o,co n rnem-
- o~ford's faculty. later lecturer
a, Cornell. takes life easily pow a.,
sncone from his literary WORK Is saia "
~ nearly $4,000 a year. Auu 10 ~ -
,no ,ncorne OF Mrs. Smith, who was 'no
widow OF a wealthy lumbeilnan "io ~,
che married .he Professor ana they -
along very comfortably on something o'e'
5000 a year. r-,o,,sh Isberal
- Ga Canada, hence professor
ss.a,,h has rather hard time or IL. LOT
80 matter what paper he picks up ne y
almost certain TO find paraeraph %oo"'
.shat arch traitor" Goodwin smith,
pmt professor Smith IL an ennexation-
"a, froro principle. He believes that an
nexation Is the inevitable outcome Vi
natural laws. and Is as sure as taxes
and death. =, ,ro.o,,o pro-
Co n this COnNEUNipD III
go, smith will be much In evidence, al
shoueh personally, he would probably
,,rsfer not 10 be in the public eve on TINS
neca .Ion Cor he loves 20 work quietly,
,tu6ving necessarily, and his ieaae.ship
"a manifested most In the use that is
nade az the mass Of annexation nlera-
ture he has written.
WORK Or THE CONVENTION.
The National Association at the To-
,onto meeting Will probable settle upon
a distinct name for the movement AZ
present the annexationists can thein-
selves The Continental Union Assocla-
tion" In the Province Of Ontario. and
yhe fine clubhouse and printing estab-
ii.hment attest 10 the strength or the
yoovement there. outside OF ontario
every town and hamlet in the Dominion
has ia Engiish-speaking Independence
Clubs" and its French-Canadian st
Jean Baptiste" societies. The latter are
the bone and sinew OF the annexation
movement. as they are the source Of
the Liberal strength I'm Canada.
They made possible the overthrow o.
aha Topper ministry. and the choice OF
their silver-tongued idol, Laurier. as Pre-
misr. They are to-day fully bOOoN
French Canadians In New England. anS
IN the papers published by them annexa
\ ton is always the burning question o.
the hour. And yet. whilo they arouse
but little enthusiasm in the movement
on this side OF the border. they manage
70 keep alive the fame on Canadian soil
for they have a very large circulation
throughout the Dominion.
These French-Canadians are peculiar I,
many respects. They have never merged
and will never merge. with the English
speaking population. Their language an'
Their customs remain unchanged unde
British domination. and they have forces
the English TO make concessions TO then
On avery hand. The languages OF ia