The Irish standard., 1909-09-25
they are glad he soes into larger
field for the display Of his talents.
AGAME OF EMPIRE;
The Rssou ross Of Canada Greatest in
tbs British Empire.

In q recent article to the Catholic
Telegraph. Prof. ]. &C. Monaghan says:
IF anything comes Of Canada's earn
est efforts to aid the empire, by build
ing and maintaining navy, this couu-
try and Canada will be in a fair way
for the proverbial cat and dog life
that is sure to lead to war. 1 can see
Canade's finish, If she is ever foolish
enough to 20 in for building big ships
Of the kind contemplated. At present,
Canada is progressing SO rapidly that
tomorrow. Imperial in extent, rich to
repletion in resources. From being 4
place Of huts canada, or Kanata
means the place of huts), it has be-
come a place of palaces. Few cities
on this continent surpass, if they equal
In beauty and architectural charm, OF
tawa, Toronto and Montreal 1t IL
larger by nearly a half million square
miles than is the United States. It
HAs~' AS'NSA P0ObASl ~ 40 tiuC, NuI IL IN
rapidly running up It's population both
by births and immigration.
What we have, it has, at least, to
a large extent. 1t cannot grow cot
ton; but 1t can grow corn, wheat, rye.
oats and barley. 1t is land Of csr-
calls. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Assini-
boia and Manitoba, the golden wheat
lands along our northern and north
western border, will one day rival the
Wheat fields Of the Dakotas and Mime
sofa at their best. Estimates put tho
probable not the possible, wheat crops
of this remarkable section at a thou
sand million bushels per annum. Gull
tivate the country as Belgium, France
or England ia cultivated--in other
words, give us 80 or 10 bushels of wheat
an acre, in the place Of IL to Is har
vested now. and the two or three hun
dred million Of today become the six
hundred millions of tomorrow, and to-
morrow's six hundred million become
one, two, or it may be three billion.
But it is not to her golden grain
fields that Canada is turning. Site
has the worlds richest forests Thesa
TEEN with wild animals almost as rich
in their furs as are those Of Russia.
far-off Siberia. She has coal, iron,
gold, silver copper, nickel, asbestos--.
indeed. all kinds of minerals She has
orchard lands, and vineyards rivaling
those vi New England, New York,
Ohio, or Michigan. What we are doing
in the Yakima, Columbia and Hood
river valleys, she is doing east and
west. raising fruit for the foreign az
We'll as. for the home bInarkets.. OF the
S,470,0 900 square miles of Canada ter
ritory. 100000 are covered with water;
still these so TEEN with fish as to be
, az valuable, almost, at least, as are
many of the large tracts given owe,
TO forests or even to farms.
The people of Canada are largely a
iihANuIS vi FTe1lCll, hUSlSIl, lTlSu anN
Scotch. Only Very few Jews, Ger
mans, Italians. and other Europeans
are found. In recent years the sturdy
splendid German stock, some Swedes
Danes and other Scandinavians are
passing beyond our border in Canada
In this respect, the Dominion (made
up Of line provinces, corresponding I:
our stltes. Of Ontario, Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia Prince Ed
katchewsn, Alberta, Athabasca, British
Columbia and the Northwest Terri.
tories), is extremely fortunate, for she
ia getting some Of the very best typei
of immigrants. Wishing her we'll, W.
find no fault. We only regret the folly
that is finding favor, II INDUCED in al
all. This republic will not stand fol
fighting, snarlng and their inevitabl,
concomitants, big armies and navies.
III Canada wants to find way t.
help England or the Empire. let hel
lead England up to the worlds grea
hall OF Equity and get her or heir
to get her, England, to do justice t.
Ireland. Then, with its worst woune
In the world healed, we will start al
j. over again. Until this is done, W,
warn Canada to keep her hands OF
navy or big ship building. Yes, WI
are we'll aware Of what war Of tn,
kind contemplated in the above woult
cost. I would rather have all Europ,
come here to wage war with US tina,
to have to wage war for the sup
preston or determination Of Canada
but, II necessary, that war will b.
waged, and one way to make it newt
able is for Canada to commit politica
hari kari by building big ships Of wa
on the lakes and seas. VIII she? No
II she IL wise.
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