Arizona republican., 1898-12-31
UNNEIGHBoRLY CANADA.

It will be surprising news to those
 who are interested in the movement tC
 rear a monument to General Montgom
 cry, on the spot where he was killed
 during the assault on Quebec, that the
 people of Canada are vigorously oppos-
 ing this, and the movement will there
 fore fall. The Chicago Chronicle makes the following observation regarding
 this unneighborly act: Four or five
 years ago there was a patriotic move
 ment on the part of many Americans
 to erect monument at Que0ec in
 honor Of General Richard Montgomery,
 the hero of the invasion of Canada in
 the first year of the revolutionary war. | General Montgomery had been a cap tain in the British army and he dis tinguished himself in the seven years
 war between England and France, serv-
 ing in America and the West Indies.
 Resigning his commission, he emi-
 grated to America in 1772 and settled
 in New York, where he married.
 When the revolutionary war opened Montgomery was made a brigadier gen. eral and was appointed to lead one of the divisions of the army to invade Canada. His forces captured Montreal and other places and attacked Quebec, where he was joined by another di- vision of the army under command of | General Benedict Arnold, and the siege | was carried on with vigor. He attempt ed to take the city by assault and De- | cember 31, 1775, leading a charge Of his | men, he was killed by a volley from the enemy's battery. His troops were panic stricken by his fall and retreated | in disorder. If they had pressed for ward no doubt Quebec would have been and the result might have been that Canada would have joined the thirteen colonies in achieving in- dependence
 In 1918 the state of New York caused the remains of Montgomery to be re- moved to New York city and reiDterred under monument which congress had erected to his memory in front of St.. Paul's church. Some years ago an ad- mirer of the American hero placed tablet in the face of a rocky cliff at Quebec where Montgomery's fatal charge was made. It bears the inscrip- ton, Here Montgomery fell, December 31, 1775." Though erected without off cial permission, it has been respected by the Canadians and has never been nor defaced Ts
 When the American admirers Of Gen eral Montgomery first proposed to build a monument to his memory on the spot where he was killed there was 1 ] general sentiment in Canaua in favor 0f the plan. Four years ago the city council of Quebec gave permission for .he monument to be erected. . Many Americans claim relation { ship to the hero through his I by his American marriage md Americans of the name generally ! ,ook a deep interest in the enterprise. . \ part of the money required was ( 'aised or pledged and there was pros ( oect that it might receive government C lid. g
 Fer some reason a furor has recent I I y been raised at Quebec and through l 'ut Canada against the erection of the t monument. Literary and historical SO ' ,ieties in the dominion have entered I earnest protests on the subject They : lave become more British than the r British in England, for permission has Y ,een recently granted to erect a mon f lment in London to George Washing ( on. It is evident that the labors of ! he high joint American-British-C = Iian commission have not affected the = ,olonfal sentiment of our neighbors 'ver the border. They want reciproc- ty in business and the exchange of but are averse to yielding a | it9 for a monument to an American Iero and patriot who fell on their soil.