The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-02
WILL CANADA Be ABSORBED
BY The UNITED STATES

win maintain Ties OF affection and
+ interest. not with England. but
with the United States.
This brief review Of the facts
shows three streams Of tendency
proceeding on separate lines which
point Co the detachment uf Canada
from the british crown.
First there ia the maguetiam of
/ the states an the dominion aud the
/ capacity of SO .O0o 600 people to give
/ commercial benefits tn $500 600.
and thus appeal 90 those material
considerations which. In uur axe
have 30 largely uperaeded the
T ideals and Inspirations OF a more
+ religious era.
Secondly. there b. the growing
+ indifference OF the rulers 81 Can
/ ada tn the british connection and
+ a. the British crown. shown by Sic
+ William Laurler's treatment uf
f ord Duudunald. by the neglect %
contribute 10 the British navy. and
f hY the assertion OF Canadian ma
+ tionaltty although no preparation
+ iH made Tor war The tpuehHione
/ by which the condition 0f a nation
may be Judged safely ia the stand
ard Of readiness for war accepted
F by rulers aud people The reason
+ Why efficient preparation fur war
+ b, sea aud land IL the true touch
stone 90 national wholrncaa and
+ sigof a. because neither a demuc=
+ rary nor a deaputlam can prepare
+ for aueccHafHl var unless lt knows
T the truth about itself and lee rivals.
aud adapta war preparations %
/ hard facts. not sacrificing them tn
political OF other considerations
+ Efficient preparation FOR war.
therefore. depends in the first IN
stance upon moral not physical.
F consideration namely. willingness
I O. know the truth about ourael vea
and eur rivals. however unpleasant
the truth may be
The third element that points q
che laaa OF Canada Ia the awaken
ING o. the British taxpayer -
{ common sense We've on the sub
icrt 81 empire We are paying ins
ferrut on national debt Of ifs.z
atBIso pounda. This debt ssa IN
CURED. malnly. Ia fighting five
great VAR with France. one - the
chief results az which eaa the aes
auisitlun 81 the territory ~ the
Canadian dominion aud the Aus
ITALIAN continent The failure q
contribute n our imperial burdens
iHaiaea the question na 60 how faf
It b. worth the uhlls 20 English.
men 70 protect colonies. which are
I really nations. Who refaae to make
adequate preparation faf var.
n England had been rushed Into
var 9Th the gnitsd States over
she Alaskan boundary uut q alnrie
IInhahIIant % these islands could
foasihlY obtain any bsnefit from a
uaf the main hrunt u which
. nuid have fallen on them.
Prom the English point - YieN
therefore. a decision wlll have 70
be made shortly ~ % whether Can
ada all enter the eirele % the em-
pire. bearing DC burdens aH veil as
enjoying ita privileges % whether
she shall ct up for bsfaelf and re-
lease the mother 6nnntFY from The
expensive privilege ~ fighting her
battles though excluded from the
determination % the policy cat Of
which those battles all ariae.
American statesmen as I said 81
the beginning. have behaved with
dignity and rstlcauce The acquis
aItiun % Canada la often the sub
irct Of conversation bY responsible
Americans The forests aud the
ehcat lands ~ the northwest. on
The ether side - ah Imaginary
boundary. are essential 10 the Eel-
fare 81 the states VIII Mr Hnoas=
telta presidency be marked - The
f. conversion af Canada iuto Ameft.
can territory
n such an event b. Inevitable no
man In our time q mere likely fa
bring IL about peacefully than NE
Roosevelt War between England
and the United states l. nov uu.
Ithlnkable our foreign policy la
{ necessarily Identical The Anglo
sarona and Anglo ceita must hang
together OF they will hang sspas
'fately.
The British empire f. not only
T lI-ofEanired 70 ia not Organized AZ
all. and the play - natural forces
h not hindsred #otherwiae than hY
monarchy from process ~ disco
luton
There Be- no question ~ rebellion
|tf Canada set no for herself tamor-
fow. no khaki coat would be ripped
up b. a single bullet The abaorps
ton 81 Canada BY the United States
is a matter that concerns those two
nations II they agree. English
opinion will not count II they dis.
fEree. England will side with Can
ala. though the friendship 81 the
United States 81 more essential -
the united Kingdom than the friend
ship u all the rest 81 the world OUT
side the empire.
I do not presume 20 offer any
opinion aa 10 whether We shall lose
Canada. but the stars Ia their
| courses are not working In the A.
rectlon that Mr Chamberlain anh
all loyal EnElishmrn would feiRu
desire