The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-04
ANT|-REC|PROC|TY FORCE AS.SCORED FIRST DROP BLOOD Elect Liberal Candidate in Welland County With
 out Opposition CONSERVATIVES USE ANNEXATION SCARE Borden Leaves Ontario and Laurier Returns to Montreal-Premier
 Gratified. Over His Tour
 of Quebec

| Toronto, September 3.-With the depart | ure from the Ontario district of the oppo- | sition leader, R. l.. Borden. the campaign has been left to the lieutenants of the two leaders and the candidates in the respec- tive provinces. Premier Laurier, how ever, will address a series of meetings in the western portion of the Ontario province Monday. Meanwhile, there has been no diminution in the bitterness of the campaign
 An impnr-alt development is theJagfee- ment of all parties to support w. Ger man, NJ. P, in Weland county. This is the home of the fruit growers of the Niagara belt. MT. German is a liberal, but unalterably opposed to reciprocity. He unquestionably is the most popular man in the district, and the conservatives have withdrawn their candidate to oppose him, and he will be elected by exclamation. Anti-reciprocity has thus scored first blood.
 To offset this many life long conserva- tives have announced their intention to support reciprocity, and to what extent the party cleavage will extend only cleo ton day Will snow.
 Meantime the conservative party does not intend to drop the annexation cry. Loyalty is the dominant note at the ma jority of the meetings. The famous declaration of Sir John Mcdonald "A British subject was born, British sub ject l will de,.' appears in every hall and practically all the speakers devote a z I, their hearers against annexation.
 Mr., Borden said, when asked what part of his argument against reciprocity he has found most effective with the audi ences he had addressed.
 The people seem greatly impressed with the grave significance of President Taft's utterances and especially with his declaration that Canada stands at the parting of. the ways and that the bond which unites this dominion to the mother country is light and almost impercepti- ble.' ,"
 Montreal, September 3.-Sir Wilfrid Laurier's return to Montreal after his tour of the maritime provinces and Ontario will be the occasion for an i'm posing demonstration in behalf of the premier, who is expected to do much to counteract the influence of the Bou- TaSSd Cd fllpdlSn. I HIS IOllOWS tne plan in the last election when similar per sonal demonstration for the premier had much, to do in turning the tide at the close of the campaign.
 Both the premier and his leading lleutenants express complete satisfac- tion, at the results of Sir Wilfrids tour, of Quebec. sbut this does not re- move the element of doubt with which the situation has been clouded since | ha iv,o nf ba co q i<ry,- NF Bourassa is now visiting the places covered in, the premiers tour and is meeting with marked success. At Ste. Juelienne his audience was twice as large as that attending ,.thei meeting of Sir Wilfrid
 That the liberals appreciate the dan ger confronting them, in Quebec is evil denced by the statement that Sir Will frid probably will be a candidate in Soulanges, as well as Quebec, east If elected from two constituencies a membe CT chooses which he will accept and a bi-election is held for the other constituency. The practice of running for two seats has not been uncommon In Canada. r.tt
 Halifax, September 3.--In Nova Scotia and in Prince Edward Island the slogan of the liberal party in the seething poiti- cal fight now going on is, "Laurier. Fielding and larger markets.''
 This catchy sentence adorns bill boards and dead walls. and is the text for reams of Literature dealing with fish, lumber and agricultural .exports..t
 The answering battle cry of the con servatives in this struggle is their con tention that reciprocity with the United States will lead to annexation and the conservative press and speakers are pressing the argument with every re- source at their command Government campaigners have been forced to give :he matter of annexation some attention, but the bulk of the liberal work is discussion of the economic aspects of the proposed agreement. <
 St. John N B., September 3.-With three more weeks of campaigning, the political contest in New Brunswick is now well under way though In the cities there has not until recently been much platform
 
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