New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
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4, III. seemingly impossible things
ICED by the world war the con
80 Of men for military purposes
it, IT,. Britain. and now in Canada
the most extraordinary.
=. ,lr,ost faraucal devotion Of tho
.,nrs Erglishman 70 the idea OF per.
Nl' gser,y has been multiplied and
..s.,ed IL Canada during many
lie lifetime Of the public II
bv absolute immunity from the
or danger o. war, by irresponsi-
-. 20 the policy Of the power IN
~ which made peace or war for
..oire. There las been Ignorance
- issues which 10 the man on the
-. I, London. Paris, Berlin or st,
.....rrr were c5mmonplaces, and a
81 parrowness Of vision and sen
-, which was, and is, called Ma
.,,.m but was, and is. Thousands OF
II. A. thought away from the true
.,tsnsl spirit
Canada Owes Britain Debt
n, latter would have said with
- ia, it owed Britain the debt Of
-..--5,ed-year-old child TO its mother
.-.,-v deb. Of military protection,
:, .lsepless naval guardianship OF
s.,,eisl support totaliing S2,OoO.O0o,ooo
:, British money from British taxpay-
:, since the days Of Wolfe; the debt
!, i,3.pendence from great border
!, rs.iop whose pressure in times Of
.,..i,c hostility would otherwise have
-, fs.al and in days Of peaceful per-
,,,sion would have been equally pow
~ with a people Of similar language
,.sips.itutiors = r. rad not been for
9stsb power and connection.
r,i, real na.ionalism dominates
c,,,sa outside Of Quebec to-day and is
h.ird the conscript.on policy, as it was
s..ipd the recruiting Of 100000 men, or
,.,-v 10 per cent OF the English pop
,i,,ion OF Canada The spurious ma
s,usHsn is represented by French
Canadians such as 3oursssa and La
r.rgrs AID By some politicians and
s-e private citizens without a full
sr,s Of world responsibility, Of en-
ne unity, or Of Canada as British
nation Standing upon its own feet, do
NJ is duty Loyalty and frankly and
trapping the mantle Of Colonial child
sosd IN the face Of a vast emergency.
is this spirit which stands opposed
% conscriptiOn.
To any one who knows Canada the
s.ga.ion is most natural. Back Of the
fundamental matter o. obligation 70 the
s-D!re in Us world relations, policy
o.. warfare on the one side, or OF OBJ
atou and duty purely % Canada and
is soil On the other IS the ever pres
.i, party spirit.
Parties Not Badly Split
VIE, Sir John Macdonald took Office
as fst Prime Minister OF a dominion
row ;.ienily celebrating its tfceth an
r.ysrssry he l.l so with the hope OF
gs,llg these provinces away from thu
stsnse party feeling Of SINAI. commu1i-
ts'. he TEAPOT struggles Of -.ny states.
Ne formed a coalition as SIR Robert
5'risn has beer -ry.cg 20 DO to-day IN
re face Of Ear greater issues than
t:sa.ensd Canada in The trOublous
Gays Of 1861 bl- the Macdonald
Ministry became a fusion, and parties
vTs SIMPLY reconstructed under old
iizes WITH new policies To-day par
lia1saip Is as strong as % ever was
many minds; 80 may Jet prove not
Dc 30 amongst the mass OF the
f'p.e and ~ this expectation lies the
t.s;ion Of difficult problem. Upon
ts reciprocity issue in 1911 party
"a were greatly broken; In Parliament
.o-csy upon the cocscrip tion issue men
re Graham and Pardee and Michfl
..iFE and Hugh Guthrie and G. Z. Nc
gaasy have broken away from their
nier.
Events have been Leading up steadily
tbs situation. Volunteers in the
-'siIg months OF 1914 overpowercd
"ty available source OF training
s-pnent, preparation; during 1915
ny ran 800 a day. DO the first half
.sls 1000 day, and tapered down
~ and Their 800 a day at its close.
a list, ~ 1915, 3. looked as II the
Hs1iers call for 100000 men, or 80
- cent o. the eligible population,
"-a be r.e- Then r. was seen 20 be
N-arul, ard f-a.v impossible. Regi3-
1'lon OF the people COR all purposes
ta hen demanded and obtained By a
az system not very complete. while
IS ior eclscr p.i0u, lr country
,,sfe the word had been taboo from
earliest national inception, we're in
a''saly heard
Borden Declared for Draft
Vel known zen Ike Bishops Earth
q sne Williams. Of the Church OF
.gaHt; Sir q. j. Macdonald, Of Win-
2sy SIR 9. x. Upper. o. Vancouver;
> =: Philips Woo.ey % Victoria; j
oe.l, o. Hamilton, Sir William Pet
IN o. Montreal. and Colonel G. 7
-.sor' Of Toronto. demanded il. while
s.-lng orga1.zat .ors everywhere
gan syro-s, Methodist confer.
- re Montreal W0men's Club and
-'-s !ocal councils % women, Orange
ys' &c, urged %.
..s Nstlona. Service Board vas ap-
-ee % October % determine
nsFh oa.e.ai inquiry Of individual
=. -s.1.ars The manner in which mer
sonea could a. ~ j1ncture bes'
- ne nation. Replying 20 a labor
s,,.sa' o. Decem5eriZ7. Sir Robert
lsa said. You have asked fol
assurance hat under 10 cireum
!, ,st wi cortcript. ion be undertaken
e1fried cut A. ] stated 70 you
80 Interview. must decline 20 give
iaeh assurance. hope that con
.''sh nay not b. necessary, ou'
-. 49, mould prove the only effective
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