The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-10-27
Are Now Located at Toronto, London
and Winnipeg.
PLENTY FOOD FOR REFLECTION
After a Speech by Sir William HoI-
land Who Declared that England
Looked Forward to the Day When
Canada Would be Involved With
the United States in Tariff War.


departure of the government in in
creasing the number of powder maya
zines and other violations of the mill
tary traditions of the possessions of
the British king in the dominion of
Canada. For half a century the
great ammunition depot of the domin-
ion has been located at Ottawa. In
spite of the well defined sentiment
that there should be number of
magazines for practical purposes in
the event Of invasion from the states
or any other foreign foe the govern
ment has steadily refused to consider
the proposition. Now the dominion
has decided that it will locate aux
iliary powder depots at Toronto, Lon
don and Winnipeg The first to sup
ply the peninsula with arms and am
muntion and Winnipeg is expected
TO handle the great northwest in the
event it is ever necessary for the do
minion to fight for its existence.
Already bids are being submitted for
the purpose of carrying out this new
policy.
Students of military history have
observed this spirit Of unrest through
out Canada of late in other respects.
The great Grand Trunk Pacific trans
continental railroad scheme has been
fOstered upon the country with an
enormous subsidy by appealing to the
patriotic sentiment Of the people. 1t
is to be a military road and operat-
ing 500 miles north of the Canadian
Pacific, will not be open to the dan
ger of raiding forces in the event the
country is driven to give battle. At
the same time when Lord Dundonald
took charge of the military depart
ment of Canada two years ago he at
once sought to organize the militia
into mobile force by mounting the
entire effective military arm OF the
dominion He also established camps
and insisted upon much higher de-
gree of efficiency in the volunteer
corps than previously.
Next came the secret mission OF
the eminent veteran GeneraHS Baden
Powell last year for hasty survey
of the military strength OF the kings
possessions north of the American re-
public. Under the incOg of Colonel
Stevenson, Baden Powell spent sew
eral weeks in Canada investigating
from veterans standpoint the pos
sbilities of the British army on THIS
side of the water Along this same
line. during the congress of the cham
bers of commerce of the empire at
Montreal two months ago, Lieutenant
Colonel Dennison. of Toronto, vet
eran of the battle of Ridgeway. where
the Canadians routed General O'Nelll
and his Fenian Knights, made
speech that was enthusiastically
cheered and commented upon by the
press later, pointing out the neces-
sity of continued alertness. In the
course of his remarks he asserted
with much show of sincerity that the
states today supply the United King
dom with considerable volume OF
her bread stuffs. thus having the
mothcr-country at her mercy in the
event of war. At the same time he
pointed to the fact that Canada S
huge railroad systems were at the
mercy of the states in the event of a
warlike demonstration. The Grand
Trunk ' gins at Chicago and ends at
PORTE /. Nc. while the Canadian
Pacif is highway 1900 miles long
adjacent to tho border of an alert
and resourccful nation that might at
any time become hostile to British
institutions.
During this same congress commit
tees were appointed by bodies repre-
senting every section of the empire
for tho purpose of deViSing scheme
calculated to unite in closer bonds
the entire nation for trade purposes
"a commercial empire with barrier
against the world. Thus while the
United States is entering upon tar
iff campaign and the British empire
is busy solving problems of SINH
lar character. Canadian students OF
the times pretend to see in the sltu
alton many elements that are hos
tile. It was Sir William Holland, the
eminent member Of the imperial par
lament. during the discussion at the
Montreal congress- who gave the
members much food for reelection
when he declared that England look
ed forward with fear and apprehen
sion to the day when she might be
involved in a tariff war with the
United States.
The prowess of the American mill
tary army is SO huge that statesmen
and writer's of the republic are &C
customed to ignore Canada as a mill
y
that would bar the way to Canadian
soil from an invading army from the
south would surprise some of the
members of the new American gen
eral staff. Not in numbers. but il
mobility and accuracy of the fire o
her soldiers, would Canada oppos,
an invading army. is the general yer
dict of Canadians. Naturally Their,
is the warmest feeling of friendship
here for the Americans. and yet. i
these precautions are not taken a
against the day when these compli
cations may arise with the states, 70
what purpose are they? 1t is settles
that the Monroe doctrine protect
Canada as AGAINST any foreign inva
sion from other sources. These ar
questions that are topics of discus
sion frequently on this side of tn
line. It is the confident opinion O