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MONTREAL. Feb. 2o.-The war party over
hero appear to have complete control Of the
Government Just now. They have succeeded In
obtaining a redistribution Of the military forces
In Canada, imperial troops coming to the inland
and frontier garrisons, and Canadian troops I'LL
ing their places at Halifax. In this way the
policy adopted in 1867 10 TO Be completely re-
versed. and Canada, instead Of being treated as
an independent unit, becomes once moro an
English military dependency. In the spring q
battery Of Canadian artillery 10 TO go TO Halifax,
whence q battery of the Royal ARTILLERY will
DO sent TO take Its place, and this arrangement
10 TO be continued until the whole Of the inland
and frontier forts are occupied by imperial
troops. So anxious indeed are the Colonial of1co
people In London in concert with the war party
over here to bring Canada under complete
English military control that they want TO
GO q step further and take the whole of tho
Canadian regular forces over to England and
Minister OF Militia .favors the extensive prepa.
rations the general adoption of the war policy
REQUIRES, and tslks Of the necessity, Of placing
In the hands. OF the Canadian militia the best
The Geld artillery that was brought up last year
ther augmented this year By four additional
batteries. It 10 not very clear what danger the
Sisasdi tSo i@ SSHsfam sSout + wgR EFSsPfi Il p4ots ss:a1 e
% rather anxious. nor does any one believe
there is really Ss any apprehension: except that
In tune with the war party over hore, the Ca
madam correspondents Of English pspers are
The speech Of Sir Michael Hicks.Beach on the
dsspiy stirred I'll pa artoaS1 fe Is SHseI II the D. pom nhnIns
acknowledged that Canada cannot long shIrk
on these statements, the Toronto Stn, the most
inaspondent paper in Canada, says:
leading newspapers. and neither Of them has
seid a word about tho matter. Tho World,
which is Imperial. and would respond to lingo
appeals, IL any paper in the Dominion would, re-
Festion tia, IL the !" Br idsbs t forsoa s US to CON-
duties on his goods. and thus make him pay the
money cut OF his own pocket. That patriotic
is a mere Pigment Of the correspondents imagina-
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French Canadians arc SPoiiinS to shed their
The only sSmmentf viii make on tho above
but b th e h sne the ber 9esIt S af f = nSs 2 di sHsns,n SrE tSs
truth on this as on other subjects, while SO
many other papers have long since exhausted
IN inc th ber ms expressive OF nunkeSism to be found
+ 4 sajd 81 ottawa that Sir Richard Cart.
about the questions at issue in connoction with
the proposed route to tho Youkon gold fields,
and 1t is hoped that he may succeed In securing
q satisfactory arrangement of this very i'm.
portant matter. Sir Richard Cartwright 10 80
entirely free from the Yankeephobia that af-
time so competent to deal with matters reQuir-
ing frank and conciliatory consideration. that It
Is hoped, his mission may be crowned with sue
cess. and a cause of friction between tho Ottawa
and washington Governments removed. The
fll-brcd and violent denunciations of the United
StAtnH that hnva hnan fndplnad In raNanf1v he
SIR Charles Topper are generally disapproved Of
both In Parliament and outside.