The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-07-05
GREAT is vAsA--4
Some Great Things Said by Her
Representatives
AT A BANQUET IN LONDON
Minister Choate Expressed His Rel
grets at Being Unable to Attend,
But Sent Sentiment of Friend
ship.

London, July 2.-Lord Strathcona
and Mount Royal presided last night
at the Dominion day dinner given at
the Hotel Cecil, London, and attended,
by 800, the company including Mr..
Chamberlain, Lord Aberdeen and 9TH
er former Canadian governors general,
Sir Louis Davies, David Mills and sgd
ney Fisher and the other Canadian
ministers now in London Gen. Ian
Hamilton, Rear Admiral Douglas, Gil
men.
Mr.. Parker paid a tribute to the
French Canadians in the South Afri-
can war Admiral Douglas and Gen.
army, the latter characterizing the
fighting Of the Canadians as 1.-The tri-
umph of individual intelligence" The
work Of Lord Strathcona and Mount
Royal was highly eulogized.
Mr.. Choate, in the course of a letter
expressing his regret at being unable
to be present, uttered sentiments OF
hearty good will, adding I'VE are
neighbors and we must always be good
friends
Mr.. Chamberlain, speaking of Can
ada's material progress, said:
Thirty years ago your thoughts
might have turned TO the question Of
absorption with your powerful but
friendly neighbor to the south"
This was received with cries of
mo" mo" from Mr.. Dobell and the
other Canadian ministers.
Mr.. Chamberlain: Yes, you may
say no. no. but you would not have
said il 80 years ago. OF one thing |
am convinced. If our colonies desire
closer connection and will assist us
with their counsel and advices, in adj
dition to their arms, there is nothing
this country would more readily wei.
come"
Referring to Great .sritains isola-
ton, the colonial secretary said
Il do not think the opinion of civil.
lied Europe today is likely 70 be the
verdict Of posterity. OF much more
value is the opinion of our colon les
than the uninstructed opil ion OF Eu.
rope which is based upon lies foisted
upon Europe by our enemies abroad
and traitors among us at home. We
may be isolated among the nations OF
the world. but so long as our children
rally around us we are not alone"
Sir Louis Davies spoke of the work
the Dominion government had done IN
maintaining order in the Klondike and
the Kooteney country, where others
are anxious to displace our flag Reel
procity of action is such that there is
no distrust, fear or danger between
the colonies and the empire today. Our
tie may only be silken but it is strong
er than an iron chain. The empires
king is our king; the empires flag is
our flag, and we are as proud of both
as you are The Canada of today is
not the Canada Of Is years ago. Emf
grafton is now flowing from the United
States into Canada instead of from
Canada to the United States. We have
so improved trade relations that. we
find we have a better market in Great
Britain than in the United States.
There was time when certain people
thought Canada could be forced into
relations with the United States; that
time, thank God, has gone by and the
time TO talk annexation has gone by.
Today our faith is pinned in the flag
and our material prosperity lies that
way also. We recognized that the
cause in South Africa was righteous
cause"
After the speech of Mr. Chamberlain
that of Sir Louis Davies was quite the
speech of the evening. Sir Louis was
loudly applauded
The earls Of Derby and Aberdeen
also spoke.