New Britain herald., 1917-08-30
PREMIER BORDEN
Offers TO Oh
But Supporters Will Hear N
!. RI fr.5-s
ing Of Resignation !

Ottawa. Aug. 30.-Sir Robert "a
den, premier Of Canada, offereds4
resignation to caucus OF MIS-
porters in parliament yesterday
favor of Sir George Foster. minl1
of trade and commerce. The cav
declined to accept the resignation
reaflrmed its confidence in the I
mier's leadership. Sir Robert
authorized to continue his eforta
reorganize the government and Oh
into it representatives OF all the
ments in Canada favoring computd
military service.
The caucus and it's conhrmatloA
Premier Borden's authority are
result Of a series Of events that oe
on May IS, when the prime minia
who had just returned from con-
ences in England, ANNOUNCED to
Lament his intention to BRING 90,
bill applying conscrfption to- Ca1
to get 100000 reinforcements.
The premier invited Sir VIII
Laurier. the opposition leader, to
forming coalition government
give effect to conscription. Sir
frid declined, and the premier
opened negotiations with a nun
Of the leading English speaking
erals known. to flavor conscfipa
To a committee -ofs Liberal msa
the prime mfn1stersoffereds-t the -
ton of half the portfolios in*hts
eminent The.purposeswas$ tox
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
| adas so firmly together~thatfh 1a
cess of CONSUMPTION would snOt
jeopardfzed by the resistancS]
French Canadians in Quebec. 4
The Union government 'neGotfa4
| several times appeared certain t0
| suit in success, but repeatedly tn
| owing to personal and polittcalN
! ters unconnected with miutary
| ice.
The prolonged negotiations
publicity given the offers Of cak
places to Liberals, aroused rel
ment of strong Conservative q
men, who regarded the negott4
as reflection on their party
] number of conservative mimi
| who would lose their portfolios IL 4
erals were brought into the gov
ment also were opposed.
Westerners Offered, Seats.
Premier Borden showed .Aap
anxiety to obtain the, support o6
1ish speaking candidates west Of
Great Lakes. To achieve this hl
vited to the capital and there "a
cabinet places to Premier Arthur
ton, of Alberta. Hon. J. A. Calder
strong man of the provincial gov
ment Of Saskatchewan, and T. A..
rar, representing the organized 4
ers of Western Canada
They returned west last week
after consulting with their sAppor
sent back word on behalf of the
that they would enter a governr
with Sir Robert. Borden, but not u
him, and suggested that he should
sign the Premiership to enable
formation of a Union government
der either Sir George Foster, C.,
dian minister of trade and comne
Sir Adam Beck, chairman OF the
tar1o hydro-electric commissions; 81
preme Court Justice Duff or Sir Ro
Falconer, president of Toronto
versity.
Sir Robert today tstated the IL
proposed by the west to the eau
and offered to vacate the leadershi
favor of Sir George Foster.
Sir George replied that he would
undertake the responsibility of ass
ing the leadership, as he felt thu
Canada was to continue to prose
the war to the UTMOST, it was desir
that Sir Robert Borden should rem
| at the head of the government q
The caucus unanimously in6ol
:. this view, and promised to co-ope
with Sir Robert in recognizing
government so as to EN- brace all Ca
dian elements favorable to a vigor
Canadian war policy. The result
the caucus is expected to be strai
party election in Canada this autun