Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-03
CANADIANS PASS THROUGH
Ninety-TwO Epworth Leaguers Here
on Way to Seattle.
EXPRESS LOYALTY TO ENGLAND
Like United States, bat Mother
COuntry Even Better, Says S. t.
Bartlett of Toronto, who
Heads Party.

Ninety-two Canadian Epworth eague del
gates, travelling in three Pullmans, passed
through Omaha yesterday afternoon en-
route to the biennial international conven-
ton of Epworth LeaEuers to be held in
Seattle, July Z to II. The delegates arrived
from Chicago over the Milwaukee and went
west over the Union Pacific on train No.
Is.
A short stop was made in Chicago by the
party and another one will be made at
Denver today. Sunday will be spent in
Salt Lake City, After their visit in the
Mormon city the delegates will proceed
directly to Seattle. where in the days in
tervening before the convention oonvenes,
they will visit the ~Alaskan-Yukon Pacific
exposition.
s. I. Bartlett, general secretary of the
Sunday schools and Epworth leagues of
Canada, headed the party. Mr.. Bartlett's
home is In Toronto, where several of the
delegates travelling with him five, although
all the large cities and many of the smaller
ones are represented in the party.
There will be no matters of unusual
Importance to come before the convention
at Seattle this year. said MI. Bartlett.
He though the convention at this gathering
would decide upon what city shall be
honored with the mex biennial meeting.
In the past 1t has been customary to per-
NIT a committee OF the convention to Sc
lect the city. Toronto had the convention
a Few years ago and no effort will be
made by any of the Canadian cities to
secure the next gathering, all the delegates
being willing to allow the United States
to have the 1911 meeting.
Glad IN Va.ft MT r--
We Canadians" said Bartlett. ARE
pleased to visit the cities in the United
States, for we wish to learn more about our
great southern ~neighbors that we may
have closer relations with them.
present, 1 believe, Canada and the
United States are closer together In com-
msrcisl and other relations than at any
other time in the history Of the two ooun-
ules. This Is due, too, in great part to
the fact that the peoples Of the two coun-
tries are mingling more than ever.
The rich lands OF the Canadian north
west have attracted many immigrants from
the states, who have settled there. These
people are mixing we'll with our citizens
and we are all coming TO a better under
standing Of one another.
The boundary line is erased about a.
much as 1t ever can be, for Canadians will
always remain loyal to their mother coun-
try We will. Of course. gradually come
into still closer relations with the United
States, but We can never forsake Eng
land.
A England is, so shall Canada be. It
l sa good thermometer to gauge our tenn
perment by. When the mother country Is
closely united to the United States. then
will Canada be on very friendly footing
with this nation. But when England pulls
away from the United States, then the
country north OF this big nation will also
draw back in it's relations.
N matter h you hear to the con-
trary. Canada will always be loyal to Eng
land. We Canadians like the United States
but we like the mother country better"