The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
Edgar Wallace in. London Mail

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| Toronto, Oct 12.-Canadaa is sensitive.
| She shares this weakhsss with every
young colony we possess. And while much
of what Canada complains OF In the pres
emf British attitude towards the people Of
the colonies is but the result Of supersen-
sitiyeness much is very justiiable and
! very lamentable.
! For 1t, no less than Australia and South
Africa, is gaining upWard to. maturity,
and it is in that transition stage where to
have its acts questioned is ALMOST an in
}sult, to hear it's conduct, however way
worst OF Sights, and when Its national
nerves are atense to SUCH an extent that
a great deal Of perfectly innocent COM,
ment is construed into disapprobation.
! Canada to-day is like boy of 16, neith-
er child nor man. Before her-forgive the
change Of gender----stret ches a future that
| is almost inconceivable. Hers Is a hertz
age the like Of which needs a present-day
Washington to gauge; to-day, with the
knowledge Of her possibilities. with her
resources indicated rather than Eevealed.
with the memory of her single handed
struggles, her many humiiations. and her
hard won triumphs behind her--what Won
der is 1t that the Criticism of Manchester
but irritates her by its impertinence, and
the fears of Croydon but move her to con-
| tempt?
The unIqueness Of Canada.
The time when she could be very great
| ly moved by the pompous opinions Of
statesmen whose excursions into the
realms OF colonial sentiment were Of the
her destines were in the hands of younger
sons, when her governors were the result
of time honored political patronage
days have passed.
Canada is no longer plaything for the
fool Of the family; the best England can
give is only good enough for figurehead
Canada Is nation, as no other colony. In
the world is a nation. Admit her love for
the motherland; admit the patriotism that
| sent 1000 men. the flower Of her manhood,
to serve the empires need; admit her de-
sire to be still tighter drawn to the side of
Great Britain and this fact remains as
! palpable and as convincing as the very
! existence of rGeat Britain herself. Can
ada is a separate, distinct, and I'm ue
nation. it is not "a, colony any more than
India is a colony. It is like nothing have
seen; its independence of external prod
ucts, it's vigor, its nationality amaze me-;
it's great strength and its possibilities
rather brighten me.
could take you who read this paper.
or the millions of your fellow subjects
who will never read it, and fl could take
4 you only from Quebec to. Toronto and get
/ you to realize that you have only seen
one corner of Canada! i would not argue
/ with you or give you statistics to pom
der over, but I would take you down to
1 New York and from thence across to San
4 Francisco, and I would say: This is the
1 United States which British folly lost to
\ the empire: behind us we have left Can
ada, which is ours STILL Then I would
let you go back to your homes in England,
and should rest content in the knowledge
| that I, without argument or statistics,
had secured a million or forty million
/ converts to the imperial idea; forty mill
| lion men determined that no matter what