Evening star., 1915-06-27
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future OF Canada


Tho future OF Canada says enls
journal. rs not tho less obscure and
the least aeonizine OF
A Delicate the numerous problem.
e.x. relative to the future OF
oA'ootion' the British empire On
all sides we have TO do with dificul-
ties that appear TO US inso'uhIe No
where is the imperial situation NOR.
delicate than in Canada. In the frs'
place. the Dominion IL NOT veritahle
| entity. There are three Canadas: One
| in the east. where the population which
predominates Is French and Catholic:
| one at Ottawa where tho Britannia
| sentiment prevails. and the one IN the
| west. where American immigration
| overf'ows since several wears Tho
question Is not simply to know ~ Can
ada VIII remain under the English faC
II Is necessary to ask tr Canada VII
J remain Canada
| The influences which control tho Do
| mtnion are not SO much unionist a-
/ separatist The Industrial east de-
| mands protection: the agricultural
west desires free trade The cast OF
poses a treaty Of reciprocity with IRE
| United States: the west favors II"
! And the London journal insist. on the
1 peril that these race antagonisns en-
| gender, and adds:
| The Canadian French ot the prov
ince OF Quebec. the English Of On
tario. the Americans of the west are
not hound together by sentiments Ian
| euage and common commercial inter
| ests. In default OF such bonds there
powerful attraction Of the United
States. American Journals inundate
| Canada. and their ideas become the
common property Of the Canadians
even the American accent The Cans
| dian Of the west going 20 England
must cross a continent and pass q
| week at sea. n he goes TO the United
States nothing reminds hin, that he
| has quilted his country. The com
| merce OF the two regions is in great
| have intimate relations with each
| other The economical market Is the
| same for the two countries. From the
| standpoint Of labor orPaniza tions there
is no frontier. The union OF the Cana
| dian laborer is copied after that of the
| American"
In an Aeess OF pessimism. the News
and Leader demands: What CONNECT
| tioH the little island fEnRland). SIT
! uated 1000 miles from Canada, abb
| sorbed by affairs of the old world.
could II offer to the United States SEP
arated In great part from Canada BY
| line
|
For fact. the pessin,sm Of the Lon
don Journal Is entirely misplaced There
fs no Canadian ques-
| NO Annexation tion in the United
| c..4:x States. and II is ex-
| tremely doubtful II the
American has ever thought seriously OF
| hr1y
ther than friendly reciprocity. The
Fenianism Of the past was never an
American idea, but a purely Irish idea
that died long ago and is scarcely re-
membered by the present generation
Manifestly the London journal does not
know Of the evolution Of Canada and the
possibilities OF its becoming a kingdom
| under the crown of Great Britain.
/ For the present two parties are repre-
sented in the federal pariament-the lib
erals, the chief of which is Sir Wilrrid
| Laurier, who was for long time first
minister. and the conservatives. who
follow Sir Frederick Borden. who is now
| the chief OF the conservative cabinet
! There is no doubt but that the con-
nict OF parties in Canada was cause
that In July. 1914, the agents OF inter
ested governments were wholly deceived
| as to the real relations of the Dominion
y.
| war all parties, they were told would
refuse to intervene, and so also Australia
But when war came Canadians and
Australians alike unanimously favored
the circular of the liberal Canadian
party, the Canadian people rush to the
| AID OF Great Britain, which has not de-
sired the war that was imposed upon her
Tor Canada It is a defensive war"
| In September. 1914 the archbishops
or Quebec. Montreal and Ottawa pub
lished a collective letter. in which il
| was said:
I'VE cannot dissembIe; this conflict Is
one of the most terrible the world has
ever seen. and cannot fail to have re-
percussion on our country England
| is engaged in it, and who does not see
that the fate Of al parties of the en-
| pre finds itself bound up in the fate Of
England's arms England counts with
reason upon our aid. and We are made
glad that men and money have been
most generously offered"
| The constitution of Canada did not
| impose intervention. but Canada In
| tervened In the larg-
voluntary est measure. Imme-
4 Y.l4: diately after the dec
A laration of war both
| Canada and Australia made official Of
! fers of their cooperation. The ca binet
Of Borden. supported by the liberal op-
position. caused provisions of every
character to be forwarded for the army
A first contingent of troops numbering
81. 900 was raised, the ma jority of which
were British born. The Canadian
f, French organized two regiments OF
eight companies each A second con
| tingent of 10000 was subsequently
| created In September. 914, 81, 800 men.
! 100 cannon and 5000 horses. with
| large quantity of war material. were
| embarked on thirty-one steamers. A.
| the front the Canadians quickly made
| themselves felt in the combats on the
| User. To cover the expense incurred.
| the parliament voted 5000, 900. and In
February following another s50,0o0,000
was added.
The Dominion took measures to pro
vide cereals and stores of every kind
for the army. To that end the ministry
of agriculture published in THE Agri-
culture War Book" pressing appeals to
Canadian farmers to augment their
productions. 1t was said:
Twenty million men have been mob
iliZed in Europe. II is difficult to fig
ure the effect on the production OF
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