The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-18
TWO GOLDWrN sMITR LETTERS.
written % Henri nournssa. They Deal win
Canadian Naval RNnanalnn.

1 NAAA-AAA-AA NNANNA -
To rHH RDtroR % TmE suN-Sir' A copy
Of Henri BOuFassa's newspaper. IL DevofT
of Juns u has Just como into my handa %
my return 10 Quebec from the wilderness.
Mr.. Bouraasa n the leader Of the sO-called
] Nationalsts In tho Quebec Parliament OE
Legislative Assembly, having resigned a. Z
member Of the Dominion Parliament about
two year, ago 10 take a seat In the PrOvin-
ciAl Parliament 10 lead the FTench-Cana-
dian Nationalist
Mr.. Bouraaaa h a notable figure In ihs
Quebec Parliament. a. he Waa In the DO
minlOn Parliament He h opposed 10 che
Canadian naval policy and 10 Sir Wilfrid
IaurieF. and 90 has q little party Of his own.
Of which he and Armand l.everRne and Jean
Provost are the representatives In the Que
bee Parliament In lie iJeVoiT Of June n lpub-
llehsd IN MONTREAL AR BouFassa devOtea
nearly two columns 10 Souvenirs Of Gold
win smith, IN the course OF which he makes
public for the first time parts Of two In
toreatlna letters written 10 him by Mr..
smith Strangely enough, neither the Enh-
llsh nor the French newspapers Of the Prov
ince make any allusiOn whatever 10 the pub
licaiiOn Of these letters, such h their vi
feeling toward Mr.. BOuraasa nov that he
has 20 rapidly made a place for himself
"a Quebec Affairs. Both letters were written
last year, and the last letter n dated NOvem-
Der 10. IsOa The irst was a. follOws:
I understand your position and how u differ
from my 0wn, but l think We may ALIKE dernui
10 burdsnlng The people Of TITS country viii
costly armaments and exposing them 70 h'
dangers Of var for thA purpose % feeding IN
iAnciss Of mlHtahats or hlllng the purses Of pro
lectionsa on TIE other side Of The Auanac
Peace. economy, free trade. political purity ar'
surely platform on which Al this junc,uro Eng
ush and French. Catholics and Protestsnis car
stand together.
tn pretensloa Of BnglaAd. a. least Of sOm'
EnGIiahmsa. 70 The empire Of the seas Is surely eH
tFavaganL TO tasume mat colonies arc bound
70 rlsk ruin for the purpose Of uphOldinE u 10 ab
surd.
neither England nor Germany Ia nov financially
IN a position 70 90 into = great var. This, IN ths
circumstances. 4 Almos, matter for rejoicing. u
Il al al events an aFgumeat which We may both
Of ~ use without raising tho question OF race Of
peagton between toe sections Of Canada.
Ths inhrmiues Of are are now fully upon
me. I am not ukely 10 leaVe TorOnbo again. 81
Whsnever you cone here. you win not miss me-
unless you cone ton late.
y lev uhuuhNN NNiNN hNANWAu nNANu ~
nounced HE retirement a. q writer for the
press:
ms death Of one whom fully eapecied 70 sur
vive ne warns me that have little time left tol
some things which wish 70 10. This Il my ony
reason for retiring from the press. had 70 mak,
known my rsurcment because things we're heinz
ascribed "a me whirh Were not mine.
hope 10 hear one brave and honest vuice a. leasl
raised on this navy question. The call docs mol
zone from this side Of the water. Il Canada d
have a volce IN Ihs declaration Of wari II she ID
b. taken Into confidence shout the cause Of ~
You remember the BOer Sar
Mr ROuraSsa includes In HE article Mr.
Smiths estimation Of several public meO
Of SIR wIfrid l.aurier Mr. Smith said. An
aiIable gentleman. pleasing orator. thor
0ugh opyortunist 90 sir william Vernon
Harcourt a Dusald nalRetty Ne vas q
Liberal because. being 4 serond son, he had
no interest IN beinG q Tory
In spite II the imperialist sentiment N
CanAda there h evidence everyv here among
the people. already heavily taxed by a high
tariff and otherwise. against rushing into
eNpenditures for any kind II a navy and
especially Tor naval equipment for use IN
wars concerning which tho Canadian nai ion
has no voice
The Quebec ? rsHisg Tsi'gra ~ In a recent
issue ssks What will Toronto do without
Goodwin smith 10 appeal 10 for an opinion
whenever world event takes place.
uUTBEC, June ~ hAuirANr