Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-28
Annexation Talk Ridiculed.

Annexation Talk Ridicu1ed.
to each country without the added re-
sponsibility Of government and political
control.
ut is amusing to note that all the bum
combe over reciprocity has not been
confined to this country and that rea-
son advanced against the treaty in the
Canadian parliament is that it Is step
toward our annexation of the Dominion
81 am not an anti-imperialist, but have
had experience in the countries over
which we have assumed temporary con-
troll. i do not know when the control Will
end, but I do know that We have taken
over heavy duties and obligations the
weight of which ought to destroy any
temptation to further acquisition of terri
tory. ....
comparison between the government OF
Canada and this country, but there is one
part of our jurisdiction and that OF can
ada that come together sufficiently close
to enable the Canadians and ourselves to
realize that the sample OF government
that we exhibit is not alluring. / refer to
the control of Alaska as compared with
the control by Canada Of her northwest
territory.
Talk of annexation is bosh. Every one
who knows anything about 1t realizes
that it is bosh. Canada is a great. strong
joicing in the race he is ready to run The
United States has all it can attend to
with the territory it is now governing.
ITO make the possibility Of the annex
alton Of Canada to the United states q
basis for objection to steps toward their
greater economic and commercial union
should be treated as one OF the jokes
of the platform. and should not enter into
the consideration of serious men engaged
in solving a serious problem
nv. closer
union with Canada? Think Of the absurd
ity of separating Manitoba and Minneap-
oils by as great a distance as Minneapolis
and Liverpool, when certainly providence
intended that their separation, socially
and commercially. should only be that of
their geographical distance.
Compliments the House.
1.-The Canadian contract has passed
the House substantially as drawn, and
if adopted in the same way by the
Senate it should go into effect as soon
as the bill now pending in the Cana
dian parliament shall be passed.
II desire to express my high appre-
citation of the manner in which the
present House of Representatives has
treated the reciprocity agreement. 1t
has not played politics. 1t has taken
the statesmanlike course in respect to
IL. am very HOpcIul ludt TIC oChdSS
will treat the agreement In the same
way and that no amendments Will
there be added to the bill.
II think they are dangerous. 1t is
not for me to question the good faith
of those who propose to introduce
them, but it is appropriate to say that
the use of amendments is a very COM
mon method of defeating legislation
when the movers of such amendments
do not desire openly to assume re-
for its defeat.
ut may be that the contract does
not go far enough. In making it we
were limited by the reluctance of Can
ada to go as far as we wished, but
the fact that it does not go far enough
is the poorest reason for not going as
far as we can. We were making q
we were balancing cOnsidera-
tons; we were not making a general
tariff law or a general tariff revision.
1t was no part of our duty In this
contract to reduce the tariff generally
with other countries.
Should Stand on Its Merits.
IF that is to be done. and IL there IL
a sincere desire to have it done. 1t
ought to be done by separate legisla-
ton. The passage of the present agree
ment. which regard as epoch making
in the commercial relations between