Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-09-26
7 OURING WESTERN CANA DIX
With American National Editorial Association Party.
Seeing Winnipeg From Top Sky raper Department Store
Building Notable Speech AT Fort Garry Hotel Banquet
By Returned Paris Peace Commissioners For Canadian
Government.

East Canada nine years ago aud from
a study of present conditions in our
own country, as well as Canada on
this trip at this time, we think
good deal of this toast-drinking to
the ruling heads and national hymn
singing is being overdone now that
the war is over The people no
doubt need some drilling along that
line during a war in which their ma
tion is engaged, for Young genera
tions grow up with scant knowledge
OF the value of such practices for
teaching the virtues of patriotism
and national solidarity in crises of
their country's history. but we be
lieve those who go daft on these lines
will never let up aud quit putting
the civilian popu alton through I'M
necessary PAGES in that line after a
return to peaceful conditions until
there is mild voice of protest raised
uuo idioCu az tiHC duO III way
that it con not be hedged off by the
wolf cry of non patriotic. pro- ger
man. etc. Personally the writer has
the best of wishes for the King of
England as an individual but we
would not care snap ii God we're to
let him lose the crown which the
Canadians claim exercise less power
than our president. In fact it was
one of our hopes expressed through
these columns and in personal con-
versation that the war would do
away with all the kings. but if the
British Empire desires to cling to
theirs right on, that's their business
aud when 10 their country we respect
their traditions and join in the cour-
tesy of the occasions even though
it gals some, but we do wish they
would have less of it about our party
If it travels into Canada next year.
1t was at the
) FORT GARRY HOTEL
mansion in itself, at banquet Civ
en- the next night by the Winnipeg
Board of Trade, that we heard one
7 of the high-water mark speeches of
| the trip. 1t was delivered by Mr..
+ j. W. DaFoe. editor of the Manitoba
) Free Press, if we have the persons
right in our recollections He was
just back from the Paris Peace Con-
t ference where he served as repre-
/ sentative from the Dominion of Can
} ada. There has been promised US a
synopsis of his speech which we hope
to secure and excerpt from later in
this series of Travel Trip Articles or
} in some other way present to our
, readers. His opening remarks dweit
upon the happy understanding ex-
listing between the United States
, and Canada for over hundred years
during which time no forts have
marked the boundary line. Then he
, spoke Of how much more the two
| countries have come to appreciate
one another since during the war
their sons have fought and died side
by side on the European battlefields.
How his immediate ancestors be-
) longed to Tory, families that we're
! part of that vast influx of peoples
from the 13 colonies who poured over
into Canada after the A merican Rev.
olution in order that they might be
allowed to live under English insti-
! tuition of government How now
their descendants aud the descend
ants of the Revolutionary soldiers
understood one another better than
D in any other period of their respec-
d tive histories each having gone on in
! his way working out their govern
g ment to democratic ends. How at
' Paris he was borne down with the
+ weight of the European tempera-
I ment for war. How that he was
! firmly convicted that we should after
+ having done our best to assist them
. to reach lasting settlement of their
difficulties. and then thank God that
r the Atlantic ocean rolls between
. them and the North American Con-
: tinent and retire to it and unitedly
e defy them to cross and interfere in
t our affairs and let them hereafter
2 fight out with their own blood their
interminable tronbles He was a
0 fearless speaker of ripe learning and