Evening star., 1927-07-20
AIR Of CORD|AL|Ty
ASSISTS PHILLIPS
Canada Is in Exceedingly
Receptive Mood for
IS, Closer Relations.

Special Dispatch to The Star and the Chicago
Daily News. Copyright. 1927.
OTTAWA, Ont, July 20.-William
Phillips, first American Minister TO
Canada, comes to the Dominion at a
most auspicious time. Problems natu.
rally face him, but the difficulty of
these is more than offset by wonderful
opportunities because Of the cordial
friendship between the two countries.
In an exclusive statement to the cor.
respondent, Mr.. Phillips says:
1.-THE mutual accrediting of diplo-
matte officers by Canada and the
United States marks a new phase in
their relations. Questions of common
concern will henceforth be the subject
of direct discussion. This is the way
in which neichbors deal in private
life, and is the way most conducive
to neighborly friendliness in interna-
tional matters.
DominiOn's Best Customer.
"As a good neighbor, the United
States aims to cooperate with Canada,
that great dominion within the Brit
ish Empire, in matters leading to
peace and progress, and in the
warmth of the welcome that has been
given me as first American Minister
TO Canada, / have been impressed
with the readiness for such CO.
operation that is manifested here"
Canada. too, is in an exceeding re-
csptive mood with respect to closer
rela tions with the United States,
without at the same time being in
clined to weaken trade relations with
the mother country.
Today the United States is the Do
minions best customer. while Canada,
next to the United Kingdom, is the
hest customer of the United States.
Last year the United States exported
S73S0 900 worth Of goods to the
Dominion and imported goods worth
S475 900, 900.
BY reason of the American higher
tariff rates against Canadian produce,
the Dominion has been forced to seek
markets in other directions. The
policy Of the Canadian government.
while not one Of reciprocity, is one Of
freer trade.
With Mr.. Phillips in Ottawa. and
Vincent Massey representing Canada
at Washington. the Dominion govern
ment is hopeful that better reciprocal
exist at present.
dustries is doing much to bring the
two countries closer together. The
enormous amount Of American money
invested in the Dominion has almost
entirely displaced English capital,
while most Of Canada'S loans are
floated in New York.
The one urgent problem which Mr..
Phillips will have to deal with. is i'm
migration. Canada always welcomes
the American immigrant, but there
has been a certain amount of resent
ment felt in the Dominion because
some concerns in the United States
insist on Canadians taking out citi-
zenship papers as a condition prece-
dent to their employment.
Made Excellent Impression.
The st. Lawrence power develop
ment and the Chicago sanitary dis
trict canal problem are two matters
Of major interest to both countries
which Mr.. Phillips will have to keep
O close eye on.
Mr.. Phillips has made an excellent
impression in the Dominion. He un-
derstands the Canadian temperament,
which is not demonstrative. One OF
his first acts was to appear when
Canada made one Of the finest ges-
lures ever made by one nation to
another-at the funeral of Flight Lieut..
J. Thad Johnson of the American
Army Air Corps, killed here July 2
when landing his plane after ac-
companying Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh from Detroit. At the funeral
Mr.. Phillips walked by the side of
Premier Mackenzie King, while the
people Of Canada mourned the flyer
whose death was literally a sacrifice
to the diamond jubilee OF confedera-
tion.