The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-27
Million Dollars on its Way
to Canada to Defeat
Reciprocity
PARLIAMENT SURE
TO BE DISSOLVED
Money Will Then be Used
in Election in Hope Of
Defeating Plans of
the Premier
RY William HOsfser.

OTTAWA, ONT. July GA big
international Doodle fund is being
raised TO beat the reciprocity bill.
Great Britain. Canada and the
United States will figure in the three
cornered last ditch effor, to eucom-
pass this end. From the United
States will come a big contribution
from the lumber and paper trusts. The
protected interests of Canada Will
contribute big slice. While the
tariff reformers OF England. tohse
who are behind the propaganda to
put the mother country on a pro-
tective tariff basis. VIII swing in with
their share of the golden motive
power.
Information received here to-day
by members OF the liberal party is
to the effect that from England alone
there Ia already half million dol
lars on the way. Accompanying 1t Is
a series of English posters, that have
been used in the campaign there
against the movement to make the
enormously wealthy peers bear q just
share OF the taxation. The rich
tories see in teh reciprocity move
ment not SO much blow at the
British preferential, as manifesto
ton OF general tendency against the
ruling classes.
Million In Sight.
The motives of the paper and lum-
Der trusts in the States are easy to
understand, while the luminosity OF
the manufacturers of Canada to any
movement for lower tariff is easily
! appreciated.
One million dollars is declared to
be already in sight OF the anti-reci-
procity fund. and as much more as
may be necessary will be forthcoming
at the proper time.
This money Ia not for the purpose
I of buying the votes OF members OF
said about lobbyists coming to
| parliament Something has been said
about lobbyists coming to Ottawa
Some of them are here-~more may h.
on the way But In the situation taht
exists in parliament the lobbyist can
do nothing, but look on. Wherefore
they may az we'll keep away. There
La no place for them here. The lines
have been drawn tight In the months
which have elapsed since the recipro-
city agreement was submitted. At the
oYstart through coercion no doubt
Premier Laurier lost three of his sup
porters, who went over the opposi-
/ ton side Of the pending issue. Since
/ then his party has stood frrl-and
! he has with him now compact ma
! jority Of 43 who will stay with him
] to the end. Any member who would
/ desert now would be a marked man.
Where It Figures.
7 So the Doodle fund which is being
raised is for a different purpose. In
the respect that there IL no limit to
debate In the House OF Commons. no
cloture Of opposition has the whip
/ hand over SIR Wifred, With fifty
I FIVE Conservatives who have not vet
/ spoken on reciprocity. the opposition
t can talk indefinitely or force the
premier to dissolve parliament and
take an appeal to the country, and
here Is where the big campaign fund
| will figure. As soon AZ a new cleo
I ton Ia ordered, the country viii be
I flooded with money in an effort to
overthrow the IAurier government
and return majority opposed TO re-
ciprocity No man who has looked
| over the situation doubts now that
Is the deliberate purpose OF the Con-
servatives to force this dissolution
and new election and then will come
the fesuge. s...~--ss .--#-.-
! Fully alive to the situation. and
possessing greater confidence in the
| electorate than the opposition lead
erv. Sir wIlfred Is preparing to meet
them more than half way.
| Dissolution OF parliament is prac-
tically certain. Tho new election Ia
expected to be set for early In Oc-
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