The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-20
OPPOSING LEADERS SPEAK AT MONTREAL Closing Days of Reciprocity
 Campaign Exciting IS THE SUPREME ISSUE Premier Lauricr Is Somewhat Worn by Five Weeks of Strenuous
 Speaking V Situation in
 Other Provinces

l Montreal, September 19.-The term
 reciprocity" campaign was annaren,
 tooay again and has -iade dominion
 poiltics as never before a matter of
 world interest. Campaigning stopped l tonight when enormous outdoor meet ing in the French districts of the cjtx
 were addressed by two leading fig
 ures in the contest. Sir Wilfrid Iau-
 rier and Henry Lourassa were the prin-
 cipal speakers
 Both the premier, who naturally has
 been reciprocity's exponent and the na . tional leader, whose unique opinion and
 propaganda probably have done more
 than anything else to increase the
 number of Interrogation characters set against names of constituencies by po- litical forecasters and Bourassa's op-
 position, were greeted with enthusiasm
 typical of the susceptible French cit izens
 That reciprocity is the supreme is
 sue and next Thursdays balloting will
 afford an unprecedented opportunity l for accelerating' the development of the
 domionion. was a reiteratfon of Sir Will l frid Lauricr.
 l 1nHl. me agreement IS HOt ueSlfdDie
 was insisted by MT. Bourassa. The
 folly of governmental legislation for q
 great navy and the necessity of per- l patuating various rights and advan- tages enjoyed by the French speaking
 population of the country were also ! important factors in the campaign, Mir I Bourassa said.
 l The premier spoke in West End to I an audience that packed several con- l ct hare hn " aS-
 corted by torchight procession to 1 St. James market in the east end. He
 addressed this meeting in French. Mr. Bourassas followers were re-
 cruitcd at skating ink a few bloks
 from the Laurier meeting place in | East End. 1,
 l Obviously worn out by his five weeks
 of travel and speech making the pre-
 mier made his summarizing appeal for ratification of reciprocity with notable
 vigor and was alternately severe and
 facetious in assailing nose who had assailed the intelligence of the voter
 in raising the. efflgy of bogie, he
 said.
 1 q admire the great American re-
 public said the premier "I was born | in Canada: it is my sand. and I do 1 not want 1t merged into the American ! republic. Under reciprocity we can
 fraternize and furnish in the Amer
 ican continent an, example of great l peoples living on either side of an in 1 visible line in amity and peace.'s T l Touching upon the opposition to
 reciprocity noted in industrial centers, | Sir Wilfrid Laurier declared the man l ufacturer was, to say tie least. short
 sighted If the manufacturer persisted 1 in refusing to aocede the request Of tne | farmer for the American market anl | should make their re..sal effective, It 1 would not be at all surprising If the | farmers would refuse to bear the bur-
 den of the protective tariff which was fostering Canadian industries The
 farmers might go farther and ask for more drastic changes, he said.
 1 The premier said he made no threats | The premier who concluded his speeches l left the city followed by storm of haSes | from the lhroats of thn followers of Hen ry Bourassa. nationalist leader. l While Bouiassa was taKins the premier
 and his followers arrived. The national :, isis esped the premier and mindful of the l Hecklins and Jeeis which their leader mad 1 encountered from the liberals on his re- 1, cent tour broke in q storm of retallating l jeers. No personal violence was offere1, I however, and the premier got away ac- cording to schedule. l Following the demonstration clashes oe- currod between the follows of Sir Wilfril | 14aurier and BSlr Bourassa. So menacng l was the aspect that the police were called | out. The disorder was soon auelled, anl the crowds gradually dspcrseo. Ths trouble staited when a parade of nationalists headed bv Mn Oliver Asseila. I a nservative-nationalist and canji- 1 ttsUNffyt,lAI &lN pAGE Sl