Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-16
BIG UNION OF NATIONS
Canadian Sees Canada and the
United States One Country.
SAYS EACH NEEDS THE OTHER

n. o. Richardson Pictures Vast In
huenees and Power Of Probable
North American Empire - Thinks
Joint Government Of Two Lands
Likely to Be Realized Some Day.
Considering the fact that l am an
English subject, 1t is rather hard to be
treated as a rank outsider" Harold
d. Richardson said this In a burst Of
temper at the Carlton hotel In London
the other afternoon.
While Mr.. Richardson is for Toronto
by birth and inclination. he is for the
United States by tendency, and Lon
don has not changed his feelings, al
though he lives there.
Il am treated In London just as
though l were a voter in the United
States and not subject Of his gra-
cious majesty King Edward" said Mr..
Richardson to London correspondent
Of the New York Herald. "Now, what
is the use of being an English sub
ject II you receive no consideration?
| am called an American, and ] think
! would be better or to be one.
If we Canadians all Joined you
Americans there would be something
doing In the North American continent,
and the English government would sit
up and take notice.
There will be one great country In
the world, and that will be the United
States Of North America. The United
States already Is dominant In the
worlds politics, but the United States
OF North America will be the boss Of
It all.
Canada is an empire that England
has overlooked. England lost Aus
tralia by peanut politics, and 1t has
almost lost Canada, which is much
better in my estimation. In that ire
mendous country In the northeast Of
Canada where the snow rarely flies
and hard times are unknown the Brit
ish empire has missed large trick,
and / am free to say that it should
belong to the United States and not to
England.
England does not appreciate what
gem II has there, but | think the Unit
ed States does, and when this magnifi-
cent country Of Canada, which can
house all the people Of the world, and
the United States get together and can
form nation Of their own It will make
Germany and Russia and France look
very sick.
"The territorial expansion which
Canada offers for the overflow popula-
ton OF England or Germany or Russia
Is much greater than the United States
can offer. and that is saying a whole
lot, because the United States has been
the dumping ground for the overflow
and refuse Of many nations for the
last hundred years.
with this combination Of territory
and people, no matter what politics is
In the United States. this tremendous
tract Of Canada and the tremendous
virility Of the United States, there
would be no stopping OF 1t by the puny |
monarchies Of Europe.
England, our mother country. Is al |
most having Nightmares because she |
let Australia get loose. and she may
probably regret Canada quite as much. |
l think she win regret It more. How
ever. all Canadians. as far as I know,
and all Americans agree with me that
the unihcation of the continent of
North America would be an empire
idea that none could object to.
not for the PRONUNCIATION of a Napo-
leon. but for the PRONUNCIATION OF the
best interests Of the people.
We from across the water are as
strangers TO our mother country.
We come from the land south
Of Hudson bay or. north from the strait
Of Magellan. 1t Is the same from the
two continents OF North and South
America, whose inhabitants are unwel-