TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-07-23
QUEBEC HINTS At REVOLT!
RECESSION OF FRENCH PROV
INCE Is ADVOCATED BY
LEADERS. a SECOND MEXIC0
NORTH OF THE F0RTY-tIFTH
AND FoRTY-NINTH PARAL-
LELS" is THE THREAT OF The
NATIONALIST PARTY.

DEA"AR AAE 8A&0%AARAh go wv w So
its relation to Quebec and the Mar
thine Provinces, provides a theme for
a drama of deep-rooted IND ancient
prejudices, which is reflected in the
parliamentary discussions, In Quebec
alone there are 1,605,339 Canadians
to 819,103 English-speaking Caladi-
ans.
Henri Bourassa, editor of lie
Devoir and a leader of the French
element in Canada, recently prepared
for the New York Evening Post a
statement Of the reasons which the
Nationalist party Of those provinces
advances in its strenuous fight
against compulsory military service.
laws. His figures prove that Canada
already has made overwhelming
sacrifices in the war, and ne contends
that further demands viii cripple the
domination beyond repair.
HAS ALREADY DONE MUCH.
Canada has sent 100000 men to
France. This is equivalent, in pro-
portion, of an army Of z million men
from the United States. On the
basis Of money spent tile Canadians
have incurred a debt o. 500 for
every 81 incurred BY tie United
States. Canada's national debt, 800.
million dollars ut the beginning Of
the war, has grown to 8 billion dol
lars.
In his defense Of the Nationalist
position Mr.. Bourassa says
eve Canadian Nationalist hold
that Canada has not The right to
commit suicide for the sake Of any
European humanitarian cause, ex-
cellant as it may be, 1t must live.
and do honor to .ts own Obligations.
It must also keep the pax americana,
and not sow the seeds of future
strife with its only neighbor. British
politics brought it twice in wan with
he United States, IN 1916 and 1872,
and twice at least en- the verge Of
conflict, during the Secession War
and the Venezuela embodiment. We
do not want Canada To raise a quar-
rel Of its own; we do not want to
see it reduced % such a state Of
financial dependency that the money
lenders Of the United States viii
have to recoup themselves at the ex-
pense Of ow national independence.
A free Canada-frec politically, free
erononically-and a peaceful Amer
lea are more important to US than
the establishment Of democratic
government in Europe or the settle
ment of the Balkan problem
Turning to the main question Of
the effects Of the CONSUMPTION act
upon Canada Mr.. Bourassa says:
"~Conscription is s1re u bring seri-
Gus troubles in The labor circles. In
discriminate enlistment already has
disorganized labor conditions. Right
~ or wrongly, labor leaders appre-
bend that CONSUMPTION is sought for
not SO much for military purposes as
with the object Of controlling wages
and work. The enforcement of con-
scription certainly Will be resisted by
the organized labor Of Canada.
There is also in Canada q large
foreign element to which conscrp-
ton is distasteful to the extreme.
Most Of these foreigners were invited
to come. The government paid
premiums to obtain them. They we're
assured that Canada was free from
military service. they have there
fore against CONSUMPTION a case much
stronger than that Of he socalled
~hyphenated Americans. The situa-
ton and sentiments Of the French
Canadians, who form between one
third and one fourth Of the popula-
ton Of Canada, have also to be
reckoned with"
SCHOOL SYSTEM A FACTOR,
The statement, Of course. has been
repeatedly made that the French
Canadians in Canada are neither
loyal to England nor to France.
There is probably more than a little
truth in the general belief that the
French have never forgiven France
for abandoning French Canada to the
English nor that they have been
unwilling to entrance the educa
tional system Of the English-imply-
ing, as it does, the giving up Of the
French language and the acceptance