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"' ;.. wblcli 1 ,,m .lnr,.r,ly ,„„l 1.,' . ■> r*' „ Sf /ol"di1l,,^;.;^^^^^^^ prl„el„l™ the same lilmily ||,„l Hiev ..,ii„v lh'insXr.W.im..?J.V^....^'' ''''■■' """'" "'"I" we„n„„, „, hf liR.al'bIs „l. I Im". I r„\T„'' 'J^' ''"■,, ";:"l,";i'- "Kb's will, H„rh poller are 1101. suell a. lo be lK»,.ley ,l»:,i r wU ihm M ? 'k''""''!''' ' ""'""''''■'I'ln'" '.V..,','l>',"' ^"fl"l'!l"l'i»l l>eeail»e I l,.v ■ "Jen In rem ? fnUhrT^I'l" Vh "?""«'■«» • ;i'^:^«;; >'"■ "'y mi'""''' '" "''"''' ''"■> nccclit, any ili.cu.v..n i)f lli'ir llu'.rii--. -lan.l.riiu mtrailictory stalLtni'nl. ii a -.InmB ailmis-ion ..( «.akni',s Til. n'i.M bindicicnt social ruforms, ihi- nv.^t nccl.-l P"!ilical chaiiB.- .ann... lint ac,|uirc -•.n-nKlh anil valiw fnnn a l.riia.l ili-ai..i..ii it not ih. viry fai-l .hat ilu'y vv.r.- frcdy an.l tl,i.ro:,„l,ly .l.-cn-^..! an,l even ii|iiinM-il to Ihi' liitlcr end? . Sin.-.. .Idis.rinK llii, Uctnri-. I v.^ c...npilril a nia„ ol ilocntnent.. .■v tracts of which arc a„,,cn.lc,l to ll... pantphlc. Will, a view to prcscntntK thcc »,rac„ nnilcr a tnorc il.Kct.hlc , 1 have ilKiilcl ^l-; ;;;;■;'• ^ ., ters the hcailMiK- of which arc ,clf-cxpla.,alory, Thn-c ,l,,.nnnnlv the | '";icr i. invitcl carcfur.v to .tnily; anil fro:,, thcr „cr 1 he n, ,y gather I what l„,pcriali to n> „ , , , I British ln,pcrialiH,n~as opposed to Brittsh dcnocracy, to l!nl,-h la ,li,i„„s. to Bitisl, grandcar-i, a Ins, for land-Rrahh,n« and nnhtary do ,„!nlo„. Born of the ovcrKC. cth of British power hred y tha, s,,,p,d and blatant scn«e of pride kf wn as y,««m.,„, ,1 dchghts ,n h,Rh-si nt^ ,..,« for ,m.las:-"/fr,(a,M,f,.. rule Ihc wave,:"... ■■ HnUm, ,wvcr M,M he A„ ves! ■■ . " Trade folhu's lU flag - . . . " What i.Y hofe. uw hold. . : to this last axiinn. the Pritte-Minister of Ontario has added: - and what we d.,„l have, we (a*f " -- whie:, is now snpplcncnted by pithhe Rood sense by : " when we can. " Having undertake, more responsibilities than she is able to stand satr rnnnded as she is by hostile or indifferent nations, the new Br.ta.n of Mr, Chamberlain is in sore need of soMiers and sa.lors to prop the fabrtc ratsed b. her frantic ambition. Being actually denn.led of troops at ■""'^■'"e •urns in distress to he- e. ionics. Realising as they do tha wt.hou practising evasion they ca..not possibly achieve their purpose. Br,t,sh rnersof to-dav resort to decc. and briber- with colonial statestncn ; they In the credulity and inflame the j.ngo feelings of the people of the colonies I nder miscellaneons names and variegated unifcns- Royal R.fles. ^^ ^^ fantry. Strathcona Horse. Yeomanry- they extort from us whatever the may get in the shape of human material for their army even ,f they ha e to dangk before our eyes a few paltry advantages to be thrown as a sop to n, whenever we get tired of this deadly game. riNIP-s In short. MIUl'ARV CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE »-O'-0N ES TO GRE.\T BRITAIN, in men and treasure, but mainly in men. constttnt. British Imperialism. , , , ,, ,,, .,„.,.,.,, There is one feature of this movement to wl, cl, 1 call the spee.al attention of my English-speaking readers. I. >. the ,hu,l,c,ty ,n tactics „i,b which it is carried on. In England, the taxpayer hears only of the great benefits to be gained by the Mother country: she is going to be helpe with colonial conlributions to her army and navy -not only m tim, ol ■ tiitiiiKr.-ilii iu-vli,.ii. In ih,. cii'iiMi<->. wr ar<- li>l.l liial cur fnr .mil \n lunlary -iiir fins m tin- i-aii-f of ili,- Kinpirr in Sciiith Atrua an- liuuiid i.. lirinK "' mialiiilalili- ailvanlaKi" in Iradi' and iiidiistry. in frnin llu' ltnli>li Isk-s, etc. In Canada, llii- >am>- rlmiMi gi-n- ^^ carri.d nn Sy i.nlilioians 'io,.v /,., Ilnluli inniu; li.in: while -.o |.i|„.ial won!d dare repeat with Mr. Lanricr in l8i)l : '■ / prrfcr I'lf .Immcaii ,lallar in llu- llrilisli sliilling. " The only point in real dispute h.'tween lioth parties IS whirh of the two will eal llie li.UKe.l pieee of ihe jinKo pie, .\ll this, of course, does not preveni them from sellintr I'anada ttholesale lo American railway inaKiiatcs. In Ouehec, the same comedian, .how themselves under totally dilterenl wigs and co.tiime.. I.ike Mailre-Jac.|iie.. of M.diere, the llioiii, nt ih.y cross the provincial horder they truck the coachman's livery for ll ■■ cook's apron. It i. no lo,.uer a qiie.tion of winch party ha. done more for Creat Britain, hut, the le.s done, the greater credit claimed. "The government are sellmgnsioCieat Ilrilain." shout the Cn.ervatives: "put us hack in power and save the country! '_" There is no such thing as imperialism." retort the l.iherals; "it is 1. .11 empty dream. ke)>l up l,y a few eccentric.. Wc have only iiirmitte,. .1 few men to go to .\frica; had our op|ponents lieen in office, many more men would have gone and more money would have been spent. Keep our illusir:ous cimipatriot. I.aurier. 111 power and he .afe from Tory imperialism!" This driiible game cannot last — but the sooner .topped, the heller for Canada, for Great Hrilain and the limpire. Here, it must fatally bring ill- feeling and serious clash between the two races, led as they are. hy the same men. in two opposite directions. As regards Hritish connex.oii. it will he seriously endangered the moment the jieople of f.reat Dr. tain and the colonists find out that delusive and conlradiclory exjieclalion. li.ive been lired in them. These are the two danger, of Imperi.ili.iii. wliic'i. I. nadiaii. 1 wi.li my cinintry to avoid Were I the ilisloyal Anglopbol.i.i ibal I am iio« well repined lo he, I could well afford to rest in silen.-e and joy. .v few year, more of tins drifting, and racial feuls will d clop tlial will drag is liy the mo.t painful ..lit the surest ways toward, am,. \a:ion to tl'e I'liitrd State.. |iarl. HENRI BOLIKASSA, FAPIHEATJVILI.K. Jauil GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA. Bonds between Great Britain and Canada. I )iir (lcsliiiii'> lire l»ninil ii|> witli lli iU'>linu->. .if i".ri-:il I'.niaiii ami. to a larui' c.xti'iit. with those- of the riiilnl Stal>>. i H i.'>iirM'. 1 am licit rrlVrriiiK hiri' to tlu- piililii"il link whicli linuls iis to Uu' lirilish t'roHii: w.Tc it not for tin- many hjjanu'iiN Iroin whidi il (Icrivis its whole striii^jth. I'.ritish i-omurtion woiilil, mdiicl. Htnomit to very little. l.roni C.reat llritain, we hold the coiistitmion miiler which we live —an olTsprini; of liritish inatnrity. How eonhl we tho r.mirlilv iiniUrstan.l that conslitntion, how eouM we master the secret of its vitality, an.l f.iresee what fniil it may hear, withom knowing; the old iiarent-tree, a mire hranch of which it is^ More- over, upon that coii-titution we have grafted eerlaiii elements, hor rowed from the American constitution, and co|)ied tn.m such pnr tioiis of the work of the Adams, .Madisons and llamiUons as most niateriallv differ from I'.ritish iiistitiitions : that is. our lederative form of 'constitutional government. The iiiajoritv of the Canadian iie.ii.le are oi liritish extracli .n. Their ir.iplanlation into the American soil beiiij; ..I recent date, thev are less acclimatised than we arc o;i this contineiil. In the lUe .1 the .Mother country they iiarticipale more than we do. In short, they are more iMijilisli {haii we an- Krcncli ; and occasionally, even more English than the native of Lancashire, .ir S miersetshire. I )f r.ritisli and .Vnurican capital our iiuhistries. o-.ir trade, onr finaucial institutions, our means of communication were horn and upon the same capi'al thev still feed an.l ,i;row ami devel..p. 1 icre- l,re. in its • rijiiii, as well as in its op-.-r.-itious. our mdustnal Pu- is either l-'.nv;lish, or .American. . Materalism is the chief characteristic of our asje. On this con- tinent especially, financal inti rests arc overwliclmiii;,d.y predo- minant: IntelliKence lias to pick up the crumhs that W ealtli allows to fall from its tabic. Here, in Canada, we are still in the pr me of life and because of the eccenti icities of our territorial ovcrRrowth. we cry out for some foo11,■ , 'iiir rmiiri- wil III' tllf ^lllt^[lr^t■ lip Ipuili r.ui». Ik ami Imiii- up ilic lurr, .ii ..iir sjMiin ililiriiiiiu',1 liy r.iir iii.itiTial iiiivn^K. i iiilhu-i.iMii ami pairiniii- sfnlhm'nt« wl ailtr till' nilur. Tli.,ii«li iVw anil lar IkIw.vii, tin...,- til- ..I" pa-imi. »itli ih,. l.iiKli.h ■■Utiuni. -ri' niarknl I,., iiiurc .■.niviiMv Vilii'iiinn'.' ilian witli tin- lT,tn-li. ami an- iifr.- prrHiiaiii with lar-ri'arliiiiy .miv ipinuvs. It ,1 ,-a,i |„. |r„K ,.,j,| n,.,, ,,,,. ,„ ,j^,, „,.,^^.|, ,,. „,|i,„„ i> lia>trm-,l iliirin- tliiir iiMim-iii, ,,l ir.n/v , ih,-,.- anitr .Ti-i'- onU niakr li.r ili, iiiihifm-,- ,,| I'.iinlisli ....akiiij; laiiailiaii- win. Iiav aina.ly in t.icir fav.itir tlu' ■.|rrn;.'lli .if n:iiiilirr- ami ..t lapital UiTc tlu'j Iii-ni(irr..w. from a >..ih,- .,i iluir mat. rial iiit,n~t- t,, .ir.iw i-N.s.r I., til,' I'niif.l Mat, di,,-,. v, rv >ani, v.,ia-- w.m.IiI !,.■ h.ar.l MiiKiin; tlu- .;!,,rii-s .if tli,- • Star- ami Strip.s", wimli liiit .M*tiTilay uiT.' Iuirra\iii;,' ili.Mis.lv.- Ii..arv .ivn lifir 1.. th,. tlir.iiu- .if ivn;laml. I'lacfil as Wf ari' lictwiMi CiriM- I'riiaiii. win, I'niteil States, wli.i is waiiinj; t.. |,r.,|,|,I,, itrn.irant nf the his|..ry .if Imlli nalimis, of C':- : i-ainpaiKiis wi- kmiw in.in- than we il.i aiwiiii !w.i nali.ins with wh.ini mir ilcstinii's ar,- in .i. likely til lie ill thr fnliire still iii.ire inextriealih , ,11 imisi a tew le.iily nu.le .ipini.ins pintn-.l ii,,.;n ilie lnriiin),'-piiims m i.iir Inst.iry where ..nr iiiteresls ami th,. interests ..i tli.is m,, W'reai nali.iiis have elashed : th,, .-essinn .if .mr lerriinrv i., h'l .i.l the ,\iiieriean kev.ilutiiin, the War v,Tnnient, f.mfe.leratinn. ih.' Seeessi.m war with th,' W ashiiiL- t..ii Irealy, the Transvaal war. While reviewini;, ir..iii near ..r far, thes,. vari.ius ivents. we rather in,stinclivelv si.le either with ,,r ,ij;aiiisl l-.nu'laml. either with ,ir a.,'aiiist the I'liiieil Stat,- lint ihe p.ilitieal lemleneies ,if tlinse tw.i nations, ami their iiMviii- i-aiises ami e,iiise.||iieiices, and _ what is still more imi.orlant to lis — Ih,- forces ,if atlraetion ami repulsion hn us, we utterly neyleel to study ami watch. T.I the suliiirdinalion umkr which w,- hav,- until n.nv h,-,-n hvmj,' this stranuc inertia is n.i doiiht .hie. In vain .1.. our Canadian impenahsls proclaim that wc have attaiiuil llu- status of a iiati.m- the fact IS that we have never vet e\ercisi-il ..lie ..f Ihe essential iirer.i- i^atives III nali.inal sovereii;iil\ : I mean llu- i-..ii.luci of aii.l the ,-oii trol over our foreijrn relations. Trustini; to th,- wis.l.m, s,, c.ms- picitous down till Ihe present outhurst of jin.,'oisni, of Ilr'lish relied upon Creat llritain for the the V -it o th, liolils US an. 1 th< Us up. »>- ar r's and .\apol -.Ill's iiioveuii-nls o f III. present, am ar. lilemk-.l W,- hav. irlit tn lu':tr up.ii stateinansliip. wc hav mcnl iiianafjo- of our international relation.s. ami as a result, foreign politics even llntish politics are utterly unknown to us. W'e are tliiii as ill-prtparcd as is possible for tliL- task wliicli confronts us — that of dircctinp; our own course, ami stecrin}; clear of dangerous rocks, as well as keepini^ our rulers on the ri),,du track. I'lV this conviction 1 have hecn guideil in selecting the suhject of tliis'lecture. and I may say that for the last two yeai^s this preoccu- pation has heen the jjuidiufj ])rinciple of my puhlic life. l.eavin<; aside all considerations of .\nierican politics, 1 merely propose to approach the evolution of liritish Imperialism — a field elf research wi tli-vi'lopul ils liirt-ilitary instincts. Slimilil it try to oversti'|i such limits, a nation woiilii overtax its ])o\vcrs and tcnipcranicnt , thereby imposing ii])nn its nicml»crs additional sclf-sacriHccs. When carried away by a sense of pride, or l)y eiuluisiastn or des- pair, a nation may consent to sndi sacrilices ; bnt individual re action is bound to follow, and the violence of that reaction corres- pondinj; to the prev-'His over-tension, the association is liroU',rht back within its normal liniits. Sitch is the genesis f)f all empires from the very dawn of a^es ; and the various sta.tj^-s of their life may. like tln»se of man's life, be described in these few words: birth, (jrowtb. expansion, decay, death. What staj,je of her journey has En^^dand now reached, and how long are we to doj; the footsteps and follow in the wake i>f the .\lo ther -country ? Such is the problem on which, without presumini.' to solve it. 1 am fi'oinfj to offer a few remarks. Early growth of England. O.NOrisT OF l|T..\\l> ANI« Ikll.AMK Like all other nations. Enjjland possessed, from its very origin, instincts favourable and unfavourable alike to the ^'rowtb of Impe rialsni. With her. as with other nation-states, tlie imfavourable ins- tinct was the first to develoj) and was hm'i predominaiit. I'; lCn.s;land, the imperialistic tendencies we-,'e of much slower i;ro.>tb than elsewhere; tiny may prove harder to co|)e with and result more disastrously to the nation. The first natural limit of a nation is its .ideographical environ- ment, and resultiuf; tllerefrom, the unity of race. The j!;eo;;rai>hical outlines of I'reat I'.ritain were well defined; national unity was a necessity: she had either to con(|uer Scotland or to be comiuered by her, t'oncjtier Knj,dand did, and it was the i,'reat effort of the early staije of her siroutb. The assimilation of the Scottish race was extremely i)rofitabIe to the En;,'hsh people. Historians devote more attLUtion to En,;,Hand's contineiUal wars, because these wars did really set in mot 0)i fjreater forces, and were pregnant with far-reachinp: results to l''.urope and to the civilised world I'.ut from a .social point of view, these siruHjjles were not tlie desire of the En>,dish people. They were brou<;ht about by a train of political accidents, such as the .Norman succession, the alliance of the English Crown with the Houses of liritany. of Otiienne and of Anjou. ■'"'l.llir.uiKlmm .1 loHK |,,n..,l ol nm,lern histr.rv may l>, assif;,,c,l was allotted its due vas finallv cdinpfllcd aiul not until she had ehecked ae(|Uisiti(m and reealled the bciuiidaries of her lo similar eauses. Hut. with other nations, feu.l.ii allianees ancT the ics'vd ,>„.!,' ""'■ '■• "";"■■" '''■'==""'■ "'^' ^■«"«' «f co,nmuni- and evie i „■ ■'.""'^"■f' "» "f victories and defeats, of eon,|uests ami LviUions. each of the continental nations ■• ■ ■ snare .,f terrUory. of greatness and prosi^ritv. IJespite her many achievements. Kufjland 'wa lo return wuhm her own lionlers the hist of territorial at awn. Ihe tu le had not yet come for her Imperial s,n to develoi, llie ^'rowlh of its latent j,'ernis. "cvtiop .,„V1 *,'"; ''"'''* "^ ""■■* fi'-'*' fit "f militarv .lomination, the violent i; IN ;':.r, ''•';'''''■'' °' ''^''""'' ■" ='" "'=" '^ •■""• lefttoKn,dand potuit ni hrni>;m- about the downfall of C.reat Krilain Apart troni this blunder, an outcome of the stirred u]) by ibe Reformation, the Kn.dand (. romwell ran Iut iiormaJ courser at? intense Expansion of the En);:lish People. liiit the momenl eame when the verv cause which had eonipelle.l bnsland to return within her natural limits, that is her .'e S iiansni a new lite under a new lorin. 1,-i,"!'" '!"', '^i'"'-'""' '," '"'■■ '"''"^"-y and the increase of her ponula markets, lo this circuni.stance the growth and development of he colonisniK an, maritime instinct of The llritish people a e ij and eva, then accidental a...encies were nee.led to slimltlLte ;h;rmove There is nothitji; more unhi.storical than the leRen.l whicii attri- butes to the Eiiffhshman an inherent aptitude f.jr c=.lonisaton ami maritime p.irsuits. ( )win„ to his stay-at-home propensities an, uial.U. as lu' .s i,. un.|.T,iai.,l ilu-:n, \\:Vm" »n- -".fortal.l.. abroad, I,. ,„ak.s l,i,„s,.:l ,li,Iik.,l. I. ,1,.t u„ r ™va;r,p„u. s,n«lc. spcn „l,.r. a l,or„ En^l sh:,n„ has ™;^a^, or'Z s, jrf'" '" '""'" "f,'"-l-"^-"-. ".-■ charlcu-ris,!": 'I iu stuck l,i-„,j; a n,w result ol atavism. \\|,ei, vo.l iiu'cl h nl Its poMiuil. sncal and imhv.dtial. wliid, makc^ of him a mi.st t^tt^TuTf^ '"'"■ ■''" ?"■" ■"'■ ' '"'«'" ->■ "'^" «^'' '-^ "f Oilmen! ^■I'='™""«- a'"l as a nci«hl„mr, ,h. ,n,.st execrable Tliis lack „i adaptability prevented Ki„r|is|, traders and coI.h nt-sts irotn expandnt^ m lutrope. The>' wetn ,>t,t across far off seas t seek ne«. lands where the> cnnid live, everv ntan bv hintso f and be h s own master, ai.d establish tradin^.lposts fr.e fron ' con.pe nton ot lutropean indnstry, then snp'erior to their ow„ ■itrencies ' n.^'t'r,' "'T' I'"' "'■"""'"' "'^^ l--'^t'-'H'd bv accidental a^icnei s. )t these the dnet .,ne was the resnit of the reliL'ious to l.nKdand. More skd'c.l and i.Uelli-ent than the nal.ve labimr.rs vith M^ ,'■ '■'■■'''"'■ "'"""-'■■'' '■^■''^'""^ controversies, cntpjed «ith the dynast.c contests trnn, which spra,,.,^ En.dand^ mXr, And tints was born the j^reat llritish ICinpire. Growth of the British Empire. •dl I e etnp.res ot old, or of ,h„se which ,,aew alon.^side of it n,ii,tar ''"ill!.'r%l"" ■■" "'"''"'■■"'■ "■^'■^- 1"'™ "< »-"c' political or ' , • ■ , ■' "■"■'■; ""-■ °"'"""^" "f ^-'"'incsts or treaties con- n , rnl'r ;"V ?""'"•'"' '" "'^''"'"^ ''' ^-""'I'aTors, stat ' - lau that, as a rule, those pohttcal strnctnres collapsed with their authors or thetr successors, whether single or collect ve like luTr 1 •'"''"■'> "" "''' '■■"""■"'■>■• "■"■- '^»'" »P "'"' 'level„,H-,l mc' U-, ' I :' 7'"^ """""•. ;'""'i'l^ of any ^cural tLeorv or pn- U. hack t, tlu- history „1 ,1,,. thiricrn American cnl„nie' t,> that cotnu ";'; e :'t! h' '" ^"y:^';"T"'' "'"' >■"" -^" fin'itlot tho^ D itica nr J , "'',''■' '■•"-''"'' ^^■'"^■■"•^ ■""! «l'<.p-keeiMrs, bv pulitical or sectarian refugees an,l ,liscliar;r..,l c.mvic s of , „.se ' it m n ?T7 '"" "" 'r^'"''* ^""•'' ""■^"'^' ""• '">■" ■•""I ■ . ra f^ T in.lilTenn, t., all the rest. llut K «as emlounifT h,s omntrv with an empire. ters n'l,." >"l? ,'"" ''""' '^',''f^ """"^' ""'' ""• -'-l'™-''- the n.as- ,J se ,f I's-M, . f^ ^'''" V"! f "'■^'"••"•^' ■•">■! »i'l' >1»- -■"ter- ' n "''f'"'^"-' "• ^iwn. Kiclielien. ai^.i f,.lhert' But all luinian undertakinfis - ar.f of wicl c-,i^<.^n ff T «""■""'-' ''>■ =' ■".^sterious law i, virtue of o tv i'^K ,tir,r- '",'■'"" f'"' ^■"•'•"•"'' '^"''■'" "' b^'lance. Horn oi lottx uieals. their natural tendency is to sink hek.w their level n he very process o their growth Awhile those of a low oril „ tci (1 to rise above their level aii.I prosper ^ ciplV '-rha't ■/?;,;;""; ""'^■'' "''■■ ■■™^""' ^^ "''■ -'"tromi,^, priu. lanes it 'el , ' ff"verninent is the best which i;rows'aii,| ;.;; 3™;'■'SS■;;l;J'^:^;;;,;;:z^r;;s^•s;r Mock the set.lenient of the country. Suci, is the ca e a 'a ii X ,' cokinies are founded n the neii-hb lurhonrl of war! I nf v;Trtti:i;;rr'-"r r "^"-"'a™^^^' -;;;;;;ti:;; Mm. that sokiiery tlio.^e hirelnigs so to say. tvranisiim- over the iKt so niaii> wrecks of hunianitv. ,)ver the .Mother conutrv n, Teft t' ;'^="'>"""*^'- ••""1.1"" '"" -fteu l,,.nt on mischief ' lAtt o their own enterprise, colonists will look for a rich soil -, favourable chniate an,l congenial nei,i.libours. Fron, the urffe, u-v — 'J - .il M'il-|.n.i.rti.,n. ilu. ,„il> w.irlikc spirit will l,c- l,r>-,l ii, J.Hr i "nii,,!^"",,"'"? "';■"" '" ,""■ '""■■""^^ "' "^'- "'^' "^-c^-i ' , Is l.rut.hcl .in, i„v.,lv>.,l l,v inililansni. sc il is ™n„l,lnl l.v tllal i""at. s|„nl. Tra.kT.s alsn. s.lf-int.n-s, l^i,,,. tluMr k"."I "" pr ..,,k.. pn.vv t„ W- ^.,,.1 pi,mcrrs; ,lK-v rm, .1,^; ships tmvanK la - ^.r. a l,.,v,n;, a,„i s.lli,,^. ,ra,l. ,nay I,. ,K.v,-l„po,l that is. t,n a , rii-l 1. prospiTiius. piaa--Iiivinf; Colonial Policy of England. As 1 have, alrwulv stati',1. it was in .Ic-fiaTicc ni th.. 1«,(1lts of thr mtK,n. that ntost ,,, the c„:„„i>.„ „f f.r.at llritai,, w.r. [,., , 1 ' • ; . tckn, w r "',"" V"' '" '['■"'■''■ '" «"■""-' "■^- •^'"">^' -'''">■•' til aikiicwkiljfi- ami wclo.iiic tluir c-xistnici' bjnjj.hcl the East In.lia Cmpam.at th.ir own risk, exercise all the I rerogatives -..t sove^el.^,^lt^ — H.^litini;. rnlin ' administer m:, jnstu-e an,l ptthlic affairs. ..ractisin^ hrih.Tv anVl 1,1 Wore the lint.sh Kovern.nen, conl.l h/in.lnce.l 'to exien. i cons- t.t.ttiona authonty over the acts a,„l the officials „f thai , ;wer ul corpora,,..,,, an.l raise the llritish Ha;, over the tcrrito i^ v"St ihe.\ hail coniptered. occnp,ed, or protected. I he trial of Warren llasti,i-s stands in historv as a witness to he ra,„, , f ,„i , .,f ,„^. „„..,„„,,rs of tho.se tin.es. Rea ^ v c in recor "T '''■ ^'T' '" ."I"''''' •^'^'^■^'"'>- '''•'»• »"'• ^ '"^f^rlv he Id X r ",' •''"!'■' "V"'""^'^'' "'=" '»«""rahle event, and ' ' "''•',""* ';=»"■ «!^ '1'"" a centnry later: listen to the ..h le and the swel s(ock-jol,l,ers of Lon.hM, cheerinj;, as a her, man was the \alK,h hnnse'f. ha.sttn^s was hni an official of a .on.niercal corporat,oi,: in no way was the honour of the Crown nnphcated hy Ins don,;rs. which fro,,, the cnrntption of the conntrv ; ,. i„1-''-, ''^ ;7;" ■■" '""■' ""■ "■''■' ■""' '''""-Iv anarchv into "h,cl, l„d,a had fallen, ntay ,n a l.v • n,easnre be accounted for vh,,des a pr„„e ,n„„s,er of a liritV.h colony, a privy cDuncillor of I-. Inland, honored as he was with the confidence of Her Majestv's a.lvisers ,n J,ondon. hreaks the plij;hte,l word of his sovcreiCm' eonnint.s an act condemne.l hy the I.aw of \ati,)ns True he is inrned out of power hy the electorate of his colot.v, hut lie still I'eh.'lTI.'^f '^■""fi'leiice of th, gueen whose majesty 'he has sullied, vhtlc at the colonial secretary's own hand he receives a certificate of M) " I Hm ixrrfijcllv conviiictd that while the fnutt of u.- o*.^^ . r Commons. (See London — 14 — In tha>f tw„ I'vcnls iIk- .U'vc'lopiimii „| llritisl, i„„„,iiliMn ■ |.r.s.„, slan.lar.l. I„ tlu- rra.r.l. , f |„ f I ,v i ■ , U 7 "'\' sun,eioss^ para„e„ .„ tn. ,.n,., .iLf^ii^ .fl:'^;;;,^ ii;„^>";;;;' iravit.. I.ut thcsniscf ^'..virnmnit was suumi. Improving icr ..Ujnl> l.y stu-h „u.a„s as ,ni«|„ l.av. i„v„i.c.,l risks „^wa; f,!" X: Pitt and Wellington. Th. yciniK.r Tilt was the- cnilK«limc,u ..f tliat i,l«,. I.ikc Ual- r>. r^amsatioii. W I,™ war was t„riTd up,„> l,i,„, I,, ,mlv vu'l.lcl a reluctant consent 1„ that ,lirc necessity after allnwin, I.'ra ce , S:L r -'"?-,-'"- a,„l fon-K-nt reLelli,.,, 'i,,' Tr . „^ ke us,„s; t„ om„n,t Ins cnniry i„ a p„licv ni ,„ili,,,r, a.lvent ,"" an,l cnn.pR-sts, 1,.. preferre,! t,. s„ v |,is allies with ,]u- si„ev , war, that tluy ,n,«ht l,i,y soMiers an,i arnts. lie reali ' \\, e,m. ,1„1 that Knj;lan.l was a naii„„ „f sh.,p-kce,>,T, ami -hat .■ had better he sa,l.lle,l with taxation than indcniat , w- h ar> Klury take h„l,! of his c.mntry and pave the wav lor Wellin- icn and Ins arn„es. The ^reat ^nneral 1 admire, less on acco in ol h s easdy won v.ctones over an exhausted cnenn- than tW 1 enaaty of p„rp„se h,s patience, his ^.enero,,itv. h s' nta.^anhni y . s huntaneness. lS„t En.,,da,.d cnnl.l well hale sparcf ,1k .'rem Duke: an,l she woi.kl fare better t,.-dav had her jiovernme nleram/^iJ tr '-^ "' r^"'"^ "r"™^'^ =" '""-• - theS" n-:i M, . . f^-'; ";'"''' S""^^"' ■•"n>J tl'e continental nation., initd they Rot tired with slau.crhterinif each other .\,.twithstandins the huffe and clunisj- inoinnnents which, in all the cities of the kiiifr,lom, proc „im the ^lory of the victor of Uat^r , 1 per.sis m seeing, in Willam Pitt the great man of modern hnirland (i). While he reluctantly bore the weigh, of ISona^rte" inboun.led ambition, he reorganised England's ^avv : when forced to crea e an enormous nati.mal debt, he regulated its management and redemption ; he reconstructed the government o India- he (I) Bven GlRdittone. to my mint], dors not miik ahnv^ pit> i« .»•■ M,te»in.„olad«oi,ci,,t„,i;,„tioi,,blVn "re";, ,™rtl,»^ I'tl i: "74"'- *" " "■''"''■ m. re «l«llc. tiiort hum«n. Hrom w" Mic« iv.rv ,.L.i!,- "".P^^y " more Weal. England alo.ie, liul ll.ey ,„it hjr to pinecllon ^ Hn0i.h hi, m^ihod. .re iniiuljle 1„ — 15 — M,ca..s.s„rs l,„.l, wh.^. :,„,1 ,„rv ,„ f„ll„„ al,,,,;, tl,. ,nai„' i 's f hi: The American Colonies. Ia-1 1..S «,• i>ack t„ tlu- AuKrican colimu-s. litre- at;ai„ crops up ra.l rs „l tlu- Mctlu-r cunirv, In.ally a;,np,-lk-,| ,lu- attn.li,,,, „f 1 H .„„. ^;„vornnu-m, an,l. as was tin- cas,- will, In.lia. l>n,„,.|„ ..l,.mt ofhaal rm,o,„(i„„. Tl„s resnltc-,1 l„ ,|k- crc-ati,.,, of tlu- .i-v;-ral colnnial constmitio.is wlu-rcin Ills llritaniiic Maic-stv w'liU- ;rCk.,i V if "''■ '"' ■ ^' '"'''^'^"'^ ""■^-"■"^- ''■'■' "''">■"'■ '■'■••■r IIH tn'rikn of sc'lf-fiovi-rniiu-iit, taxation aiul (k-fi-na- from a stran.^^t- olilitcratkm of historical sense, which often ka.ls to a conlnsion of the i.leas .,f cause ami etTect. w.- have come to th - eonclusum that these constitutions were tlu- work of tlu- far-seein.~. ^-entus of En,,.|and As a matter of fact, a provision which in,: pose- rii-M v-irnis ..i lin|,iTi;ili>iii wen- s,„,n i,, .luvdoi. an.1 i.oss,:,lv. .l„s was 1,„„„,1 ,„ hap|K-n. I, is with nations wh'i o ,,nisc lK-f,,u. niakmjf o.n,|iu.sts as with th.iso wh„ make- o.,„|ui-sls tKlovi.- cnl,,n,s,„j,: ,l„. ,„„„K.nt coiui's whn. tlio au- o.nfmnl'd h; ail i.UMUical sniialion. with a tolunial i-nii.irc- j,,r ih.- .1,-fnKv ..'' Hhicli llii-y liavc t(i proviili'. I'i..ni till' I'xpansiim of lirilish power in liulia rcsiihi-d a stand- iiiK' ar iiv ami a civil siTviw. hoth of wiiich provc-.l niiniitiLratoO social evils l.v atlractniK lirilish v.,;.,!, f.wanls iniliiarisni an.l hi, rcaiicrac.v. In onkr to market off ,1„- pro.hi.-ts of that coniitrv l.rcat l.ritam, later on, wa^cil lu-r (.'hincsc wars, and devi-lomd her odious opium trade. I n.-ed not refer lo that philocracv dAoid of ail scnipiiles ami tradit ons, to those corrupt nahohs. w'ho dehased public Ideals and put a price on national representali.in ( )f this curse England .succeeded in ridd nj; herself In .America, the New-England c.lonists iiad at last forced iip,,ii the Mother country the C(m.|uest of Xew-Krance; and with a view to protecting; the rotite to India, C.reat liritain felt bound to anne.v to her dominions the Dutch coloin of the Cape To tie Irish (|iiestion were thus added two fresh racial problems than which there are none more irritating:, none more frauirht' with lanfjers and more difficult to solve. The American Revolution. The liritish government attempteil to force the .American colo- nies to share in the costs of their own defence and of the >^even- \ears war. From this first move towards political imperialism resulted the momentous event which jruve birth to one of the .greatest of modern world-powers. Such a sudden reaction benefited both Oeat liritain and C.inada. Realising the wish Lord Chatham, the American Revolution checked the progress o imperialism in Great Britain (i). It ushered in the era of^our .„, Iitical emancipation and constitutional liberty. EnKland's nluciaiui t an aiitdti.Min which th- \ ^'''""' ""' '-''"""Hai. nn.vin.v, apparent c.ntra.licti,.,, j, eas Vl^r i 'c' ■■"■"""-''""■n,. •-,,•,•, larffc mcasiin. „f libcrtv iiiiim 1. im '■ '" '"■-'■■» hi^ such a cm.,bcrs,,„,c responsii^iS" ': ir^hTi ""r 'V '"■ ^'^'•-'' <^ '!« An«:l<.-.\,.Krican sellers ,1 i ' ■' ''■''.'"'■ ""■ r^-hMn,, of ments ,1 ,he ^..vcrnmen .^r.l'^, ?.'" l''^' ';;"" •!■'■ .•■.cn.nch- No won.lcr tlicn that hc wcr. , ™ . f , :'■ ■"'"'""' ^''l' t.'"v.rn,„c,„. c«lc.l to the other col„,We\vit ,,','" ■'*•''■' "'•■" '""' ''"" '•""- ■mcTesJs of the .\Io,her-co„ntrv ' '"" '" -■•'f'f-'"anhnjr ihe lo be riRhtly unve,l her sta.esnu-,,. whene er 'lev ba I "' ""","- ''V">' "'"'•' Matns. ""> nad i,, ,n,„|,iy the ool.iniaj Emancipation of Canada. Kovennnent and provincial ailtonoim-' "' '"""'"^ responsible ^'^ir&z'^^C'r'-'-'r "-"- -'■' '" Ihe exact notion of the c,uarrels > "he Da^"""'', '""'' ^""' ^"sl't>-T. get obscured. God forbid that bn^ff ' '""■" "'"' """"•^'l '" healed over! Hut to n,v .nind o a 1 w 1 ist'""'^'" ,^"'"""'^ "-^t '""^ egcnd, mainly when hlstor^ tends to en ■"? • " 7 ■^'■'"r^'^'I'^d '-v form, would be a dangerous th-ng '^ '"''" ""''^■'" ^ ""'' .he d:^f::?^;:;;^r^,:,i^:;™^^;;;.-r pubhc men to dwell upon Ihe generosity, the disinterest" he 1 ""'' ' "■ .'"'"herland for the granting of *r libenies ' T ' '^^ "='^"='"'""'.v 'h^played in future; the struggles of the first l4lf „f I 1 " '^""■•'"'«- "' -'e to return," thev sav ; " never 'la 11^1'^/ "'"VO- are no more IS, ours lilKTtV " ICtern.'d vii;ilance is the price of Cobden and his School. The cainpann of L'ohdeii. with the trium|>n of free-trade, was another linuly circumstance which siren),'lliened our iiew-lHirn li- lierties. An immense impetus was (.'iveu to liritisli trade, and the lormer artisan of .Manchester hecame the pniplul of C.reai llritain. i'o Cobden. Imperialism, both military ant thev were to be ?clf-reliant and self-supporting, and that whensoever they thought fit to sever their connection with the motherland, no obstacle would be put in the way. Revival of imperialism. While we were enjoying an absolute security, and getting used to this large measure of independence, the remembrance of the heavy price paid for our liberty began to vanish. Out of colonial expansion were soon to grow new germs of that political and mili- tary Imperialism, which had been checked by th- Xmerican Revo- lution, and retarted bv the influence of Cobde- South Africa. V „l I ' V^'^'' '"'I'"'' "^'f ><""»■" to Enrol,, since ikar-s,Klit.-,l «„ „f;l, ,„ un.uTsla,,,! Ihal a p.ilicv which sursmi,' rLn; ; f "-""ni^. out "f humanitarian c .nsi.lcrations , r -, mock ■ ,it pr„fi.,ss„r (.la.lstone. made such a forecast. ' comnrvM ^'".""^•'"'" " '■''■'^'"' "f '1'^' '"■"'•"■ "f that unhappy ca sLiio.ils arc wonderfully pictured It is a characteristic feature of the hirtli of Cape C.lony t!,at it is the o„l real offspring, of Imperialism The conquest of India aud of Canada, the acquisition of the other colonies, resulte.f,^ events more or less foreiRn ,o the will of the English na on I he Cape was acquired and held by liritain for political purpo e «".1le V' Hd^^"'.'"""' r'^'^r"'' '" '"'"='• «'^-"' hack for a while to Holand, ,t was claimed affain bv .-nsland \„ attempt 7f^uJ,r'^T,r^' '"= "^"'""y f--'"" '■""'■'on t-v the sword. Thence resulted the rebellion of the Dutch Colonists, p,,-' down by the sword and halter, the cmiRration of the Dutch people o the north ancT?be .irth of t.,e two small republics which, trSe t'o the word of old " s;^S"um^^"'^ '^^' ^""'^"" °^ "'^- ^'-- -• -^. - to-day v.c..,r.v of , u. l'„l„U.„ .dKK,l a„,l ,1... a, v ^ , f hi ',; : 'T,' I'' 'r,a,v^t.i:j'.:;i'''!'™r''M "'''■,"''''■' ■"" ^-"' "■ !''» ..mv;.rra„>al,l. anncxati..,, „f ,|„ Trans.'ul , ,X7,^"ca ,| ^ «.neros„y an,l lofty spirit displavnl In 1 Orari.l LT ,„' ■;■ cleahn,. wth that c|ueMion are now sncerc-.l a. 1,^11^ e,ni„eI,T st" (1) »«* ylfififHdien, ch IX. [mge txxxii. rush tlic lioers. A war expenditure- of half a billi,,,, pound ster- Inisr, another prospective expen.hture of five hundred millfons seventy thousand n,en disabled, 200,000 soldiers held in cl™" the n po5S,>d,ty to find any more recruits, the stupiditv o the ISr'it h staflf exhibited to the world, the military prestige of Great v iflin destroyed (,), with a ulm,uitous foe at fhe t^ doors of'" Cape Town -and all this, mark well, two years after the declaration of C>ow '(i""i'^''",'/-"^""' "•" '■="' '«™ proclaimed In the Crown Ministers of Iui.!,dand to be over, three months after \ r H ml "nd'o wV'"'"'"' I'" ' "'•''"■ '""" '"■•'' ""■ -""Panions of -al tl is n "■"■'1"" ^""-", '" ''^' "--""Si''""! as bclliserents : all this. I say, may be very Rlorious for Creat liritain all thi, may make for Empire and for the interests of Canada ut til Mr c';l!"-' r- "■"'"' '■lad^tu.e's policy compnre fa^^.u al h w ..Ir. Cuamberlain s masterstrokes backed as hev are bv the e quence of alMiis Colonial sycophants. re in tnc clo The Gladstone Cabinet, 188O-1885. IMF, H.MPlkK AT 1T> /K.MTH. said'that rr.,°[.r'-!'"-""'"''.,°'"''''V- ■"'■"""straton it may truly he peace d ^,.11" "',' 'l^'" ^' "'' '"""' "^ ''" P™'^"-- '"dia was peaaful the pos,session of t.Sfypt, secure; Austral a and New-Zea- hn 1 were enterms «P"n a„ era of nnprecedented prosperity- Ca- nemal railway ; and the ^rreat statesman, whom popular favour Wm/lctor'of\ nrt''' Tv" """''"- '?r'"""'^- ^""' '''^- '""^' ^istur- ns factor of I.ritish p;,Iitics. a problem bristliuf,- with difficulties - the emancipation of Ireland. This obstacle, which me had only rendere.1 more difficult to cop.- with, Gla.ls one's 1™?^, .' e,I o overcome; his political prestige vanished in the anempt - he ha fom of h,s views. Me was the last survivor of the great str"4c^ pe foTrolt?''l'"''"P"''''-'^' ^^'""l (^'- "" "-favourite disci- ^vJ^ thet::;!:^^;,,''" "■^^*^^»'- ■" "■<^ chronological order, de- (■) 8=,: l,or,l K,„. be,y-, ,,,„ch at cliatn,,, : ,lf/„„d,,„. pa^e si.i. 111ra.°Mh'e vcrv'onm^lu' elliH.Z?' f- 1'!'- Cu'iou.ly ,.,o„„l,. ,.„r,l Ro.ebery I, „„„i„. Hit vcV of r,"ncaH™ "°""""' """^'' ''"•■el" 01ad»lo„e from (he .l.-.,.M torylsm I? — 23 — A peculiar cross between a statesman and a sceptical dilettante. Lord Roscbcry soon iniderstood that he lacked the necessary vigour to keep within party lines the incoherent elements of his parliamentary majority. Straiif^e to sav, he is now evolvinj; into a full-HedRcd Imperialist, although, at 'the time, in a valedictory address to his politii-al friends, he did sum up. in tli.at clear, elegant and plausible style of his, the daiisfers which imperialism conjures up. Disruption of the Liberal Party. The advocacy of Irish Home rule it wa.^- which occasioned the split ill the Liberal party. But deep-seated and numerous — to quote Mr. Chamberlain himself — were the underlyinj; causes of friction. J'arty cleavage led up to die formation of the Tory- Unionist party, the most conspicuous and the most active member of which .Mr. Chamberlain soon became. This new group seemed the least (|ualified to favour the germinat on of imperialistic ideas. The Tory clement was recruited from the ranks of the Established Church and the lauded aristocracy — both conservative ill the narrowest sense of the word, both 'opposed to internal reforms and to adventures abroad, though instinctively favorable to the autocratic and military government of the Em])ire. The Liberal faction which followed ^tr. Chamberlain had sprung from the radical element ; until then, its members had championed the most advan- ced reforms; the extension of franchise and of public education, the iiniTovement of the labourng classes, state-control over public .ser- vices. Fire and water are no more antagonistic to each other than this .socialistic policy was to militarism and warlike expeditions; 't logically excluded Imperialism and the interference of the Piritish Parliament in Colonial afifairs. Hut circumstances were soon to show how weak an obstacle principles and consistency oppose to the personal ambition of a man with an iron will, possessing the lust of power. Mr. Chamberlain's Position. The position of Mr. Chamberlain within the ranks of his allies was a thoroughly false one. He would fain have transferred from that Birmingham fortress of hs the whole socialistic equipment through which he had come to he the prophet and the hope of the labour associations. The dogged opposition of his Torv colleagues was the nx-k on which his efforts foun I-Piefor,.. ■ ■ »^ ..,,». Mixioiis as he was V,, „, . ," "'™"rai)ic held for the fadua- of. Ids social re nr , "'^^•''''' Knslisl. people form "at.o.,al „ri,le. \\^th n hod ' al- , "tlrth'"'^ '•'";''=?™-'-- '-°r.l Salil' t>c schemes of Mr. Cecil Rho,h si, 'f' ,'?*■• =""' "' '1"; ffisan- J.msu.s.s the prospect o a Ca, e^t^ji"'^''^ '■''•■'''^^ '''^- ^^es rf tn..e of the I-ashoda incident hi ^"^ '^'"^^ ^'"l"'-'--- At the -d ri^luly so, his collea^^"':,, ■\,;;-^'^-,"«-ances fri^dtten^d? oi the r.or,-,s,„ ,w.cv uere clos - h s f, t',""'^"' "«^ ''<»■■» n^f't:^5:i!:j^-^™:;;^'--^^i:>^^^^i^ <-e roya, -^ toM^ -"h^ tH^iJ^ ^^;;;^.:^'- "^ h^'^^^I Doctrinaire Imperialists and their impotency. ^^is^andir-rfis^tKfT^rii^ri^ ^ ^^r^^"" 'J---'- t.ons, cannot remain at a stand st f •?"? '■'^' ''!<« all hutnan institu- by the development of its hered tarv f,?""' '''''f "''-' P'"'' '^aced >e I..l,eral school, the lofficaroSne o 'fT'"' ^'\""'' ""'"'"" "^ the natural and hannonions dl^^cL^ 3 F""'"' "' ^'"P'^'^ '» According to the new school tlWc .■ ' "' <^omponent parts ";us. be ohviated at aTn p^ ' f dJ f/'*""? f'^^mion cj and P.re, an■ '=^^'"'™lly prove the best safefjuard of licLnf • '^ ™terprising jin^oists or weak-spirited poh- The groni) of the systematical Imperialists whose object w,.uM IK- to re-orpnise the Empire from a threefold standpoint-poHt a orilrir'? p"'"''""-^';r'-'P"'^^'"' '•"' ="' nsisnificant fa'c ion h. es. entln •f^'^^'■4'''^'"■'''■i"^'"■^' "' -''i'^-l-eat the ferv<,.ir o these enthus asts. Mr. Chamberlain, practical as he ever is left hem n the lurch. In Parliament, then- made several atte 'nis to urther their views on the Rround of commercial Imperialism ' \o later than ast session, they .seized the House of Commons with a "v° iiVtlirsr,I^ .n.er-,mp.ral preferential trade. On the verv .vuinifi: that i. ir Howard \ mcent nin- ..i M^ resolufon, Mr CLam'- da aft'er "'' '"■''"' >?^, """'•'■^I""!-' ' ''ay before, a^ well a the """•^i'.''- ' :' ""■^y "' 1"'^ «>lleaKue. the Chancellor of the Kxche- quer Sir Miehae llicks-lieach. the task ,.f s,ran.,din., in the ra 1 e ihe hrst-born of tho.se theories of bis (2). But it is with Imperialism as with many other rofit anil even beneath the cost of product on. t>:i«XZJtXl'^ ,lf.:t\']l??!l"f V^'A "'"'"S:,. """»"" "> Ihi" remark. M,. ASueiTM. ^The i»o>.t^fornii.l.il,le i.iK-mic« of fr« trnde are •■ Sir hZ„,i w?, '• .''' ',",'■.""<■« "' '!■" "■"'!' "<• • .1 10 1* foniid in p«>plc like my iriei,,! — 37 — A further result is proving; fatal to the English manufacturers, which is the (nitcome ">>• foreign suppLed, He looks about in cues, of 1 '-"""'*"l"P'i«" are amply question whether he had no sXrh^ilt "-''"^'^^'- "<= begins to molest abode than the worllnaTacei,^!- 7, '","■ ^'""''^^ a more a supreme ruler. I„ order to'^ecur ' ' e '"i' ''"■" '" ^^' ^welt as properly c- M l,:s own, he would JLlv '"'•■''"' ^"'"'-■'' ''e might of pnnepl. and even of treasure to h^ ?""T '" ''' ^^"■- sacrifices fellow-citi«ns. To achiev at' r "std? "* !" ""'""°" "'"' '"* where he couhl exercise so e no ' \"m ^^ ^ut''^r^::/^,^?'^-'-«-tb:'fr:r'^- "-'^ - '^-^ .'■'^lations, and of this^he'Wit'sirl'nnf Pl'"''P''' °' Sf''^"' business 'S the ast n,an to believe Ct.tiZ^jT""7 '' "•<^" ^^^'a^^- He ave of permanent results He rl?,"""'",''-''-^ '"a> l>e produ- outhved the period of fierce love th? r1 ''^'"' ""'" ""-■' ''ave ■■eturn for their self-sacrific ° n,ore f™'"-"' ,"'"' '''•™^"'l '" HrS^5^i?^::^trtn:'t::!-r' '>■ f-i — «'-^ plutocrats nmy ac,|uire theestateso fr^.i^ ,'""' ''"^''- "'at English bestow tavours up'on his col " a k LtSr"!?"''""",'^^' "°^ "^^^ '" less moment to him than the l)rohlem o i,, '"' "'i'""'-" ''^ "< 'ar ■t .s the necessaries of Ife that tbp r. , ""■'">' ''a."' meal. For which he may offer them a profi ^T'^^i^"'"' f" -", ■""'• and o,[ France, on toys and fancv article, fro , r *- ''' ='"'' "''"^^ f""™" froni Italy, he would readilv havlf d„°" V f""';'' "" '■""' P'-«l""s the English manufacturer nbr tt ft , er f7'"' ', '"'^"'"''<=^ """■<> thereby. From everv colon" „™, Id com,. IIT ""' 't"^"'"''' ''^'^A' ratepayer to impo. a duty:" i^^'^S^ ^r^fZt. "^ — 2y — supar, already t-,«,^l f,.;,t, ' ""' '""^ ''''^' ^^ '•■'" Indies, on his -s; ,.!sa; nothing Jf'"fae/S j!"'' ^"=";"-^l--'"''^ -"repri- pricc for his tea and h ale „ "r. ^r '^ ^'■"\ !'">'"''' ''""''I'- and monarchy (,, ' " °"'"^ '° nianitmn his army, „avv Stan e article of consiimnf.,,, u ""r— ■> «ith taxes almost evcrv ^s so dear otu'rcarof Sir Onrl t:*' "''' ^"I'^'H''"" ''^^ *'"^'> Vincent, is thereby de4r7y fhmn, ''^ ^'"""'■^ '""' "' «'■• ""«'»^'l Distress of England. MIMTAKV IMI't.KIAf.ISM. [^'rpiS:fTf^^^r°;^:L,F -'"^^"^ and the I.Vee State had started ft ''"-T' '^1 ""■" Transvaal ter.d>le .lows ^^]i:T^, ^l':^,- ^ l^ttl^ l:Z ^"^" Great Britain has always placed more reliance on her naw than on her ar,ny for the general defence of the Emp re. I am qinte (I) See Sir Michael Hicks-Bcach's •pecch, l„ the Hoiiw of Common,, paj, ,.xxx.x of Iht — io - willing,' ti> coincide witli the t;nicral opinion in voKiic till lately — an I pinion whcli, by the way, is less general nowadays — and say that the supremacy of the British navy remains uninipair..'d. liut is the llritsli n;ivy still alile to cope with the combined lleets of any two other nations? I'or such is the principle laid down by tho liritish author'ties as the primary guarantee of the safety of the Enipire; and such is the (piestion,' which being asked by many a well-infoi- med Englishman, tliey all iiesitate answering in the affirmative (i). That this same problem ii being solved abr.iad in a nuicli more pissim Stic spirit as to Circat I'.ritain goes without saying. 1 am not at all (|iialified to revise these calculations; but what may be asser- ted without rashness and without technical knowledge, is this, ibat it has grown out of fashion for the world at large to stand in awe of Urit sh power. Hence risks of C.reat Britain being involved in war have largely increased. Moreover, the provoking policy which, in spite of the resistance oflfered bv Lord Salisbury', Sir Michael flicks-Beach and other dis- ciples of' the old conservative school, the jingo clement have forced upon the British Government, renders very problematical the certainty and even the p issibility of any foreign alliaticc. Long shall l^ngla'nd have to remain in her present isolation which to her does not seem so splendid now as it did heretofore. But, even though there were no cause ov alarm other than the present war — which is bv no means within the realm of imagination — Great Britain is in sore need of recruits to fill the ranks of her army (2). Did she persist in discarding the ideas championed by Cobden, Bright and all those whom Mr. Chamberlain, in one of his frolic- some moods, nicknamed " little Englanders ", — did she refuse to reverse her policy of militarism, — where is she going to find the necessarv material to meet her deficiencies ? Two resources only she has at her disposal : conscription, or an appeal to the Colonies, a resort to either of which would prove equally dangerous. Conscription or Appeal of tlie Colonies. Conscription spells danger from within : conscription conjures up revolt from five m'llions of angry British toilers, a fresh curse to be grafted on Irish hatred ; possibly, conscription means the disrup- tion of the United Kingdom, the overthrow of Monarchy and the advent of social revolution. (1) See .tpfi^mncfs. ch. Iv (I' Navy), page l.^xi. (1) See in the .4p/>rnffrrfs. Mr, BTOtlrick's nneech in the House of Commons. 8th March i^fti (pnRe Lxv) and Lord Wolseley's, in the Hoase of Lords. jRth Jnne (page Lxx). — 3> — Neither is an appi-al to the Colonies attcmled with less forniiilalili' (lifticulties. Korccd cuntribut ons ot men and money are out iif the qiiestiun. Hut tlie Imperialists are ilintfinf; nn to tiu- liope l)riil in them liv the naivety, the erillinsia--ni. tliu jridliliility, so man | r.>ols ol wliich have heen tfiven In tlic colomsls, witliin tlie last two years. InipiTalists entertain the ultimati- liopi anil of all their theo- ries tliis is perhaps tlie most plansihle ami the most dantji rolls to ns — thai at tile critical iTioinent the prohlini is to he solved hy an ainalfjaniation of military and economical imperialism. The liri- tish ratepayers would be induced to consent to increased taxation in favour of colonial products, hy h.'inj; leil intu the helief that the only alternative to the hut^hear of conscrijition lies in this assis- tance of colonial le,t;ions. Tin- Ccplonies. on the other hand, would he invited to till the ranks of the army and navy hy bcinp otTend trade advama^'es. To sum up the theory, the colonies are to pur- chase, hy payini; the ta.x of hlo xl. the advanta'4:e of a preferential treatment in the liritish market for their farm produce. Whether the contract be carried out or not. we may even now consider as a foregone conclusion that the balance of profit will not he in our favour. It seems almost superfluous to add that so lom; as the Colonists are simple enou);)i to offer their blood without any compensation, the Mother country will jilace no obstacle in their wav. ( i ) Jingoism, Sports, Materialism. The third basis on wh ch ISritish Imperialism rests is that blatant Jingfoism referred to a moment affo. On this point. Cohden's anticipations have been realised. Colo- nial expansion, even where peacefully carried out and without any regard to Iniper alism, has promoted the Rrowth of militarism in rtritish institutions. lnti atliiiviuuiil. Mr. Chamberlain's /Means of Action. I.i't lis fxamini' fur a mnnu'iil llu- nietliuils liy wliii-ii Mr (.'liaiii- lifflalii is slrivinK tn liriiip the C'nlonii's nvi-r in his vii-us. Ill- lirjian l)y ilan^'linj; liilori.' tluir cyrs t\w \ah of an liii|KTial /ollviTiMn, llni. as I saiil Infori'. lu- liar'l to kicl< out of his i)osiiion in face of the hostile attitude of tlie l''nj,dis|i raie-pa>er-. In sjiile of Ids dot;t;ed tenaeity. the Colonial Secretary il.ns not Icjui; elini: to ideas which have no chance of success, 'I'hi-. pel scheiue of his, however, he did not ),'ive up before he had wrested from the colo- nial ,1,'ovemtnents the promise of -i contrlhiition to the I'.rilish army and navy. That the whole system re-ts on the idea of colonial military conirihntions, it cannot he c|iiestioneil : all the rest - c. •nmiercial reci procity, political represcntalun, judiciary app.al — are mcie acce— sories tendin',r to secure llu' aclopiion of the principle and ts per- manent development. Soldiers and siaiiien, is what l',iij,'!and needs, and to e-itorl such help from the Colonists, she resorls to everv availahle force of aitraction. \\ ith that audacity of his, which is at times akin to ),;enius. .\Ir Clianibirlain blunlly put the (|nestion to the I'remiers of all the self-^'oveniin,ir Colonies, ^'athered in London for the ;,'real jiiliilee of i8y7. The nioment was well chosen. In a piece of orat.iry thai will remain classical, ami recalls one of Macaiilav's most beautiful pafjes, where the f;reat historian describes the solemn iireparations of Hastings tr'al before the Hotisc of I.onls. Sir Wilfrid l.anrier lias described this ostentatious display of Imperial pageant, chieflv meant to ilazzle the Colonial subjects of Her .Majesty fi). Imperialist Comedy. jrilll.Kl:. . »\V1. 'IKll'. IHK klNfi )KON,\TIov. .Mr. Chamberlain may lie credited with a clear insi,y;lit into human nature ; he knows that a love for parade is ainonj:^ the common failings of popular masses, and that nothinfj will secure a warmer welcome to a poor play than clap-trap and a showy sta^e-settinp. . in the ■t^f'ritili,!'', th(f speet-li of the Dukt- of iJevjnsliirc, pants viii— ix. — .M — iTio /i"!!;'')',//.?/'" '■'"^■■''"fr.,'"'"'; "f '!"■ liniKTialistic o,n,c,ly, Tl.c llm " «ras,, all, l.„. -.ll " i, „„ apl.orls,,, which applies Ikt... I,. p.- u Ihc iK.sannas „( •, ihm-scTvin;; press. .h>- r„v.| ,r,p 1," >. Iicrtat,o„s ,,|- it> promoi.rs As at Hit- Urn. ,• w..n „„T an,! fashi,,,,..,! i„„, c!„nl>. t.^K „i ,h>. pmv.r -,1 a, hi- a t .1. tu ,,m.. a „u,lal .„ a,u„lur. a„ „p.„i„. i„ ,„ ■ I In, s. | Tnls l:m whni n.yal favunrs arc pcl.ll,,! ir,„„ ,|.,„r to r lik.^ Wlcs a,„l ,l,.t,«l„n,.s. tlK-y lose „,„d, „f tlu-ir htstrc a,„l prc;t ue o„u',!" ,"'"".'■ ^' '""""'"' '"' ""■•^'l'l>"'»s' a '■>-•»■ select p,Iitcal |cr must hml a„ imicli .Icliyht as pn.lcssi.mal sp„rts.,.cn st p Jitical evolu- tions to transpire, you would he aniazcl ,at the decisive pa ,!la 1 therein by the most childish vanities an.l the most v.il«ar amh'itll;,;: Results of the Jubilee. Il |iui.si Iv a.hnitted on the other hand tliat, in i«<)7, .Mr Chani- iHTlain did not achieve any imme.liate result. Sir Cordon SuriL'tr the ! reniier of Cape Lolony. was the only one who promised a con- trihution that was readily ratified hv the Parliament of his O, lony (I). ^ I Sec .I^/*,'»,/,,^,, |>agi? XXIV , .t5 ll> aiTiu-l ir.iiiy ..r (acts, (.'aiK O.l.nu is n.,w >li:ifiiiK iiimI.t tlu- )'>kr ,11 inililary .|^■^l..llnrll: II, i-,,n>iitiilii.ti ha, Iriii mi,|,.ii.|,.1 am tli,. v,.n„i vr, nili-l..!. .,," I'lu.l an.l pai.l \,^ il,.,,,- v. ri same InhMiKs whuli ha.l r>iii..,l ili.ir n,„iril,nti.,ii i,'> iK,,-. .,rr n..H U'lpintr I.. ran,ack Ihr lariii- ai.-l i„ han^ ih.. inhal.ilanl, ,,t tu' jinlv l.jloiu which ji.l,|n| a iva.h omvni i,, ih,> rni.i.si ,,t ihi_ iiip,rial K'.v.rniiunt. Ihil In nif noi anticipal.' .v.nl, lhi'lnl,,niai Mvrclary wasiliiIaM man t.. h.- ,h,h.ari,n, .Hn th. nliisal .,r ihr .-..lunial .IcVuaHs. Miamvhil.'. Iir Miav> ,l,.| in prrvai linj;iip.,nMvtTal..l Ihirn t.i c.niniit th.'inMlv, in H,,r,| .,1 mmnh lh>n ,1 u.i, ihai Mr. l.anri.T, w n ihr wav ha,| n..u iKvoni. >ir WiKnil. and a rni'nihi-r nl ihc I'rivv fmim-il .'.f Cnal llrlain^- pnhhaiy plidt;.-,! ihr aid cf the f.iI.Miif, in dilVmv of ilu. \|,,di>T opinilry, 'I',. m\ mind il ihwt .icvnrrcd 1.1 ih,- I'riini' \liiii,i,T ..T Umada ihal ni ,,, .Ininj; \u- wa. y-inj,' l"v I a h.arlv ackn..„lcd- Knnint iif Kn^land'- ^;in. nm, h..spiiahlv( 1 1.— which uas.vidcnccd from hi> altcmpicd ,,pp„Mih,n to ihr send n,' ,ml of I'anadian iro.p, lo Soinh Africa, (hit our rcpr.scmalivc,, when arhlrciin. Ihi- l.nlish puMc. should l)car in mind Ihal Kni,dishmcn arc hy no means so fond of hinh-souiuMuv; formulas as wc arc I sed as Ihey are lo near llieir stalcsmen ihink alond and speak ih.'ir ,,wn iiunds. Ihey look more to the suhslance than to the form of p il tiea! declarations, and take words for what they mean Mr. Chamherlain made the m isi of hi< 'opiiortnnities l,y f..llow- ui); up (piickly the ua'ns secured from ilie Col,.nial r;,:,;c .\Iinistcr5 and he started sowint; throuKlioui the Kmpiri^ ilie seeds of Impe- rialism which were lo fjcrminate so hixnrianllv. Jingoism in tlie Colonies. soi;rn-,.\i.kj. ,\\ wak. ^^ I have referred lo the development of Jiuf^oisin in En,i;!anil. This heanlfid flower Mr. C^iambcrlain hastened to transplant into the Colonies where it eonld not fail to find a favourahle soil for its growth and efflorescence II was from their littles, to ;,row this mnstard-seed that the Governors-General and the I'onimanders of colon'al mililia.s dispatched from En^dand sinci the Jubilee, were Hnt I miiM (II I hive left thitHinlemem of mv own view^f■»i^ctlv a-U wa- hr-i iitte nay that from tile research ninl compihition of the niitner.in- .liioiniriit« foiin I in ihe .1fifl.-n,i„ , ,, I li.ive l.tcii !t.: lu-vv in tiirii pioiier HkIii ni-nv laits ol whirh theretofore I had hut a f«liil nation, I refer the reader t-. tm record of the luhilee rh i nf the AfiPfHtiufi, ^ii.ioi M ^d.>.■l.,l. ( )f this class l,or, stir up the Inipe- rulstic movement, n. disregard of the traditions of dim,itv and omsIn a( lured to hy all Ins successors lor the last tiftv vears \v to (.en Mutton, he made a boast of having smashed a C.ihmet in A nstrah, , and ,n the uudst ot his petty conn of Ki.leau CU.h, m llttaw.l. he declared that he was rea.K to repeat the same exi,l...t in (. anada ' i The Transvaal ,|uesti,,ii was then enterim; up.,11 it~ acute neri.r.l As 1 h.-ive stated on the lloor of the I louse of t'omnions. it was in oruer to snatch Ironi the (.■.)lonies, at a mouiem when the voce of reason IS stided by pride and passions, the tribute of hloo.I which iniiil then he had been denied, th.u .\h. (.■bamherlain forced the >outli /Vtncaii w.ir. However, the movenient was adml-ablv oryanived and doe> eredii to the enterprising ,i;euius of the dictator ' of our de-iinies I nder th ,amc of the South .African Lea-ue. .Mr. Cecil Rhodes -larled a liu.i,'e trust composed of all the speculators of the Kami I. y means ,,| this powerful bidy. he bou-lit out iiearlv everv Kn- .a:lish newspaper 11 the Transv.aal, in the Kree State, in' Cape'CoIo- ii.v. Ill . Natal, and he had a re},'ular svsteni of correspondence ori^a- iiised between the editors of that rentile press and the Tore and ■ V'-T""',.!"^"'''''''''"'" "^ I-o">1o". foremost of which was the'Oui7v Mini. Ihen. n their turn, these well-informed orijans would send over the good word to the newspapers liavini; the widest circulation m the various Colonies. Here, the pa|ier which was de.meil wortln ot beiiiK the standard-hearer 01 the Transvaal st.ick-iobher, was the Montreal Shir. Then it was that, throu.ijout the r.ritish world, was started and kept up that campaign of falsehoods in the course of which the knicious inhabitants of the Transvaal and their interestiii}; victin^ (-ecil Rhodes iV (.0., were descrdied under such colours as were bcsi calcnlatol to inflame the in(liu;nation .if llritisli subjects thnnudiout the world. People have at times w .lulered at the war! kc "spirh which was then displayed hy our ICnslish-speakini,' fell.nv-ci- tizeus. \\ hat to me .seems still more stran','e s this, that after havuis iH'cn .saturated during; three months with so corrosive a iKpud. their blood was v. :t still more overheated. With this preliminary work Mr. Rhodes did not rest satisfied Towards the end of the sess on of if()(). a certain Mr. Allen, an official of the "Chartered Company", arrived in Ottawa. le or.ifanised amou}^ members of Parliament a Committee of his .57- I.L'ayiie. wIitToiii lie introduced bcjf your pardon!^,! few -iir,^ :',: C.rits, Tories. Uiiusivs. Illc:i. Seimi C'onunons, ])ast. present a' 1 ''uur- Pie tlien niaile a s,do\vin),' d • iiHii-i lions to wliicli tile I'itlandu ..,, ,. was this very same individual wlv inent, one Nionday morn n^j:, a re:ointion of sym|)alliy with the miners and api)roval of Mr. Chamlierlain's p:ilicy. (If conrs-. this resolution was moved liy the iVini;- .Miiiislir and seconded liv the leader of the ( Ippostion. ( j ; few lieads from each herd — i TMiuivf's of every political yrouji : rs. '.Ill mhers of the llonsi- of \I li .-ters of the Crown III. 1 of 1 le sufferiiiLjs and huinilia- !■ in lisher,..; were suhjected. It hastily snatched from I'arlia- Intrigues of Lord Hinto and General Hutton. .Meanwhile, the ("lovernor-l '■elleral and the (.'ominandir of the .Militia did not remain with their arms folded. In Inly. iX'y). wh Ic Mr. Chamh.rlain was tender np; to Mr. Krns.;er an oft'er of arhitra tion which he withdrew later on. Cienrral llutton was writill',; to several officers of the Canadian Mil tia. uryin^* them to !;et re:td\- to take active service in South .\frica. That the frantic cami)ai,!.,ni conducted hy the Star -ii Septemher was ins|)ired hy Lord .Minto nid ]naiia>;ed hy General llntton. 1 aftirni without hesitation. In ell infonncd circles. Mr. (iraham's tri]>s to ( litawa were an open -eerct. While tne I'rinie M'nister was statini; that the C'ahinet would not scikI out Iroops. (leneral llutton asserted that the Cahiuet would senil out troops. It was the C.eneral who carried ihc ■lay. Ho you understand now why the fjoverument wheeled around all of a sudden, and yielded to a demand f{)r the enlistmcut of troops after meetiiii,'- it w'tli a refusal? Ho you imdcrslaud win", at tlie ,L;eneral election of l(>tK). hotli i^overnnu'in aitil (Ippi)sition candi- dates vied witl each other in ilistortin-.^^ the meanin,Lj of that event? l>o you understand wh\' party-ori^ans and camp-followers \vish to ilraw the curtain over this episode, and consi.tjn to ohlivinn and contempt the few voices that were raised ii protest a'.;ainst these iiitrii^ues and wire-pnllinys in hi;.,di and low places? No Precedent. .\n attempt has hjvn made at d'sarinin,^' our sus])ieions and allaying; our inissivinj^s hy promisin'4- us that this action of the (i) See .-ififii-iii]nr^. page exxxie (j) ace App,-ndi,^s. p.iKe xxxi -''"' "itl- H'^' excepton of ten votes, reft sed to ratity tlir reservation made bv the C;abinet i i ) On the s,re,,!,.tli uf this tacit acquiescence, Mr. Chamberlain boasie,! on the Hoor of tlie ll.mse of Com.nons and on ah tlie plat- lonns m I'.n^rland an,l Sctland, that he had at h.st secured tlie part.cipat.oT, „, the Colonies in the wars of the Empire and iliat resul't'''T2 "' ' "'■'"' "'■''''' """''"' ''"''"' '^"'"l'"'«"'''l ''>• ll"" 1>-1PP> In this scheme su niarvelously contrived and carr ed out there was but one I law . ,he liners did not play the part assi>fne -^ - vvitlilidld tlieir sane Hon IS IK. doubt true. 15ut sucli decisions beiui,' crvstalised Hovernuuiit nieas\ires, a notable olianne would bave ti l.',;inada and onr political etiiics, for such etlecti\e. into come over uarantee to prove i.esKles, do not let it be supposed that such a council is i,'oinf; to be suddeidy called inti> beiufj bv an Act of the Imperial Parliament. Aotbni.u; could be more foreiffn to llritish traditions. Vou may depend upon n, in tlie old countrv, tliev are ffi) id hands at shapinL' constifut:onal evolutions. ^ They will, as an initial step, invite the opinion of the colonial I'ritne .Ministers who are jjoi'i^ "e.xt summer to the Kiny-'s corona- tion to lay at the feet of His Majesty a tribute of the unswervins; loyalty oMiis colonial subjects and a pled^'e of their robust naVet'e as well. Thi , is },'oin)r to be but a second edition of the Tubilee. Then, later on, if need be, another op|)ortunitv niav be seized for as,'ani callin^r to the Metropolis representatives from the colonies. Those visits ,ul limina. .so to speak, will in the end recur penoil.cally, and our cc.lonial a,nents, beinjr meanwhile on the spot, will feel but to. happy to act the part of tlio.se duennas in comic plays \s ho carry the ■■ billcls iloiix " e.xchaufjed between lovers. Finally, accomplished facts will be .1,'iven a lej;al sanction. These are the methods which have 5;o;ie to the makin}; of all r.ritish institutions (i). Colonial Agents. .Vlready .Mr. C'liauiberlain has succee.led in reinodeliu};- the n.le of colonial aR-ents in London and convertinjf their offices into ^o many branches of the Colonial Office. Downiiift-street is near \ ictoria street, but the office of the folonial Secretarv is still nearer Lord Stratlicona"s office. That the noble Lord has j,'iven his enckmsation to the creation of an Imperial Council, a scheir- which has also been approved of by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and by ihe Hon, .Mr, Ross, the Ontario Pre- mier, you ma> perhaps be unaware (2). Xo ivorder, indeed, that Lord Strathcona should be so surchart;cd with devotion to imperial interests. In the eyes of the former president of the Canadian r,rci.rr, r,£, ,v lie C.,k-..i,.l PitinurV a.i.lrirsscs duriln ll.t Jubilee re»luilie.. iiage, if Vk. r'h.«.£.'. %*■ °" '^"''""•' "'PrwcnUlioii. page cm ; Ihe report, of Itie C..ngrM«e. of tnecnambers of Commerce. pBRes cv^/i^y, o,'u ^filW'"",;'; l'"?f"'V".« C"'"- Mr. Ross seem, t,. l.nve modifiec) hi. opinions on thUmatter- he pTelcrs the pilRriraaRe system (page cxxii). I'acfic Railway Conipan\, iIk- ^nwrnnicm that opened tu liiiii the 'l(Kirs of the H(nise of I.onls is undoubtedly tiie most desirable and the best jjciverument in the world, iiut what 1 am still more sur- prised at is that the pohtical dest'nies of Canada should be larjjely left in Lord Strathcniia's hamls. It nu^dil to be provided in our ;mder to a craving amt>ng its subjects which is absoUitely harmless, and one inherent, so to speak, in liumati nature, being found among the Red-skins and encouraged also bv the Congo ]>oteiUater, among their faithful servants. With the latter it is customary to wear medals in the ears or in the nose, while with us it is the fashion to pin them upon the breast or tlu' abdomen, in all which cases the lirinciple is the same. \ow. under imper'alistic rule, such iritles assume a novel sii^ni- Tication. ^'r. Chamberlain expects that the men who are to receivv those rewards should ol'tic!il arena nor intend to enter the same. Mv ideal in . /ernor Jones, of Nova-Scotia, declining twice ilie offer of a title. Bui ihcre is n' disputinK about taste", l-'arbeit from nic to ••ay or to insinuate .1 worH of d to show, at the sacrifice of onr natiuual independence, their ).>ratitude to Mr. Chanil>eTlain. — 42 — ^^^<)ur ,.,aran,„.s. I „„,« confess, are ,,rc„cr abroa.l ,l,a„ at ihv nactuni, jicucver. may W- sl.nv t„ oo.m.. TIk. Ibcral nartx- M mrc i'Jf:;'''^■^ .n,H.r,alisn,, a„,l „,' look .he ,|"s , b^iaran o n,,^Jl ' '-So";,: H^^'llurt:' lli^ "'yT'" =? " E^; al; ^r ;'^\^;-",s;;™,-f ,;:Lr''^-h::l;^- ;;^ ;i;: nfahihle arbiter: aii.l own;; to tlie absence irn.n tlie House V, wT"r ■ . " '''■""""'••.^' "'>^' "•eak a-.,l fallacions ],asi. of h s i„me ".il pohey. that pobey is ^'raAially «ainin,- K'roun.l. " ^ ""I'^ Australia and New-Zealand. The Australans will prove more stre.iiioiis opponents of l.nne- rahsm than we are To Mr. Chamberlain 's attnnpts ' a e, e er,,o„n .•/","'"■ ""■ ^'''''"'' "f 'l'^' Colonial Office ere llottn^r oi,t of the statute book of British Columbia t ,V ant,-Monp:ohan Immigration Act. Australia was passin- i it ?a^ i similar an, st.ll mnre drastic measure, ami to th^ .lemn. d o be flat dti'al "'""' ^"' ""• ^^■""■" "'■ ""■" '^■"'■^''^"■"" they opposed a 1 think I have somewhat contributcl to dispelling the leeend about the enthusiam displaye,! by the Australian colonic^s up 'f the occasion of sendiiifr out their troops to Smtth-Africa. I.ast s im iier loyahsm ot that coiony is lar less pronounced than, from her — 43 — hc neces- sary information on all tho^e topics? Surely not in the party orjians. which, wliik- thev vie with e.-icll other, n thr (Juehec pro- vince, in denouncing the 'iniperialstic tendencies of th.ir opponents, take ini.i;htv piod care to draw a red herrin.i; across the track, as to the tendencies of their own patrons. In the lvii},disli-.speakius pro- vinces, il is a re,i,'nlar steeple-chase in which each jiany strive> to out-run the oilier in the race of devotion to the l'"in])ire. There are to he fouml in Kn(,daiid a larjje class of hi.ijhiy edu- cated men who closely watch the current of piihlic affairs, making their views known in newspapers and maitazines. hefore the various cinhs .-ukI in social circles. These men. free as they are fnini all party ties, do indeed exert a considerahle inflnence upon puhlic opi- nion'. The want of such a class of men is precisely what is felt here St II. a feelini; of independence is hein^ awakened, which, let us hope, will he franijht >yith good results. In a party s])irit carried to a point of intensity unknown in Kn- !,dand. and in the racial cleavatje which is so ram])ant here, is to he found a two-fold element of xyeakness xvhich leaves us poorly ecinipped indeeil fiT warring against imperialistic schemes. That in a country where the representative system ohtains. th ■ government is to he carried on hy the sec-.sa\y policy of two parties, one in power and the other in opposition. I for one. readily admit. Further, that Ihe action of politicians should, in a large measure, he shaiK'd in- their desire either of climhing into office or getting a new lease of power. I ecpially understand. lUit that, for the .sake of remaining in office, or of' turning a goyernmcnt out of power, men should sacrifice the very principles which are the guarantee of our security and of our national destinies, is indeed past my nnder- (i) Set: Afifi'iKlicfs. pazecxvii. (3) See APP^niticf^. pnge cm. — 45 — standir '. What ! stiil less undtrslaml is llvs, that ati imp irtam scctioti of iliosr to wiioir. thf iH't)plf has iiitnisH-il thu protection ot its iiHtTi.'sts should, from a sense of devotion to the r ieader> or to their party, vote in favour of what they inwardly i-ondenni as a crime. Our tw^ Races, I'rom tile presence of the two race>« m l.*anada, there i> no rea >on, 1 believe, to dread an\ dan^^-^er or evin an\ additional trmi hies, if only our politicians ))e willin^^^ in>tead "f pandering; to sec- tional prejud ces. to appeal t<' t!ie best sentiments i.f both elements. A mutual re.i;ard lor racial sunpalhie-. on imlh sides, and a proper dischar;;e of our e\clu-i\e dut> tn this land of onrs. sncli is the only J4ntunr us to meet. s.. as t,. work out our national pp'bleius. Ttier,- are here luith.r niasifi , nor valcls : there ari neither c-iiiiinerors u-^r compi-.r^d ones: ibire are two partners whose partnership 'vas entered into ii]>on fair and well defined lines. We do not ask that our I'.n^-lish-speakin.L; fel- iow-couiUrymen should help u> to draw closer to l**raiuv ; h;U. "h the other hand, they have no rii^du to take advanta-^e of tlu-ir over whelminj.,^ majority to infrinj^^- on the treaty of alliance, and induce US to assume, liowever freely aud spoiUanetnisly, additional burdens in defence of (ireat Uritain. The Canadian soil, witli its blood and h> wealth, with it-- past, its present and its future, in s!i„„n,. nation has nothi^^ Of tlie many arffiiments that can be- adduced to jnsffv the n- cess.ty for ns of unceasmgly warring, against the imperiah n"o' venicnt, even tliough we were snre that final ■■ctovv w' be ours" f \ mrd 47 • s li:iM.-il I pnivi' 111' I tlu i ri-acti'tTis ;iri' til'' pri'viini^, I'rain^iii Willi v^.irli-.l 111 l)v i.pi ■ vr vMli ill;' Muihrr .liiiiln ..•i\ . ■■ \\i -li.-i'l loiiiiiiin- mile- r liMTrru.l «(>r,U Ami uliru iiinur in >vniniit mav h.i-U'n , I 1,1 ollU cil lllf |i|i,,t ic>,'fTlt :ittinikil with, wliii-h iv. ItlMVl'ltK'lltS, 'I'lic lal-i- |iii-ilM>ti ur lire a-Miniiii- IiiltiT il s,i|i|iiMiitMiiiit, Ir.iin the lallacii iln' |jr..iiuilnr> ■.!' that inr>vviiic'iit. Ill Cinat r.riiaiii, what i^ niaiiil\ im|)ri'>^t-il up mi tlit- rati- -pavir-. i< tlu- pnilit t,, Ik- lUrivnl fn.iii tappiiij,' ilu- c ilm, f< anil speculating u|«ni tlu-ir iiiiinciiH-L- . ttiih a viiw ii, ohiainini; p-criiii~ fir ilu- arniy ami tin- navy. In (.'ana-la. iln'\ iiiaki- it ,-i p.iiin tn .lu.-ll np-.n ilii- .Lcuaranti-i-^ ,,i pi-aa- ami p,,w.-r, ami trail.- lU-vcli.pimiit ivhicli an 1.1 111- liinml in a du-i-r i.- ilu- (lay wlii-n. as tin- Hn-.; M ran.uiiiiLr wi'I laki- tin- pl.-i .ipprilu-nil i-. this, thai ~ik-| pmiiri-ss 111 .\nm-.\aiiiin. I'mk-r sm-h circnnistam-, .. ii is inuariK liiil.-pi-niU-m-i- that' wi- shiinlil naturally ilrift ; ami li.-y,.ml il.i-.ilit, t,, ilu- l''r,-iK-h-Canailiaii i-k-nicnt. this snlnlion woulil pr-i\, niost aci.-i-ptalili-. I!ni siicli an imk-- pt-mli-nci- as is >,'liiri(iiis|> pr.K-laum-il in Ilu- fiiln.-s, iii its sin-iiLrth ami maturity liy a nniu-i'l pc- ipU- s uiK- tliini,', ami such an i-niam-|- patiiin as nii^jlit be stiuuilati-il iutii a kimj of Imt-hiiusi- j;r"»tli liy ihe intriK,u-s of warrin,' faotions ami liv iloiiu-stic (|uarrfls is ipiit.- auolhcr nialti-r. 'i'liat tin- iiup.rialislic ilisi-asi- has i-inhiiic-n-d rc-- lations ln-twi-cn Imth races in Tauaila .i,'iic~ Hilhiiul sayin-;-. The majority of auti-iuip.-rialists ln-in^; chicljv rccriiiicil fniui tlu- ranks of l-rcncli-C'anadians. it .stands to ruasim that were Imk-pcndcncc to Ik- proclaiim-d. it could only take jilace after protracted and acrimo- nious strucffles which would re-echo Imi); afti-r the pe'-ind of eman- cipation. Under the ahsnlute conlr.il of tlu- Caiiailian I 'arl anient our constitution would he expn.sed to terrihle assaults, mainly di- rected ajjainst the French-Canad an minority, w-hose only re"fu','e under such circumstances, wuuld be l'au-.\ni'ericaiiisni. On the other hand, .should such a reaction nriifinate with the En- glish-speak ns ir.ivinces, it woald pro-ceed fnim mere c-msidera- tions of profit and loss. Ft w..nil(l be l)riiu,i;ht abnit bv disapiiointeil financiers, manufacturers and tradesmen, from not liavini; derived from Imperialism all the ben-.-fit they ant cipateil. As li conse- (ineiice. a disposition to draw closer to the I'liited States would sbow- ilsclf. which would be largely encouraged bv .\merican capitalists who are already in a fair way of mnnopolisin.,1^ our trade avenues and several of our most important industries as well i I). With our II) See tpfi^Mdii - 4H — ; ^,«\r;;':;;i; ;;'ir"\"''' ^'■''"■''"•■r '^ '•" ''^ '--u^hcaiKLiKr: 111 .ii)M,r|)ii,.ti In ih,. Aimru-iii ripiihlic What I ,l„ml,l like i- this. ,hai Ikhviv,, xUv uI.I liritsl. fnir.t. w mh thr.a,n,s ,.,,,,,,,,, k-r,,,, „„. u,cl „f l,n|Kr,aliM , ,, ,M ' 11, r" ^"..^"•'"'y ^li"'iM w.- M,c.r „ur hark thai wr ^hall llu llllktl till' viiki- n.-cl awav „, tlu- irack .,1 .!,>■ latUT. I,.i „s ,„.( l.rcak ihc diain in ■' '"'">■ "" !'■' "^••'l- '""arc .„■ f ishl^ riv.n,,,. ,1„ ii„k ' , . 1.. Mch a siuiai,,,,, a> «..i,l,l l„. ,„,„,.c.,i „„ ,„ |„ ,1,,, ,Huiniili .,i • ■ !•• 'rwar'i' ,"',"■'^"' ^''\ ""' "I'l"'^-'''-""! -■H. 'I"". I >h.n,l,| ■N. IKnpl.. i,„, ./},,r,l ,,, „„„r any ,n,„m»arv risks: l,„i m.v.T slumM a naiMii hrsiiaic i,, l.rav, ,|aiiL;vrs atid laa s.iumT than rurac iif; iis M,p, a„.l fallniL; Lack mukr all-»,s.- I p.vHkiKv. whatcv.T llu- .Irif, ni cumin.,- events there i' . t n,je uay „f ,adn^ tdat fntnre,- an.l i, is .his, ,ha, we'!hall , hi, e-l' , ■ ■, "V"^-^'^'"'," >"^l"-i.-.s,n nur snllVr „nr moral Kkals ,, he ehase,!. |,et ns deepen and hroad. n llu- lines „f ,,.,r parn,usm. ,hr«:i,„^ all its e,,er;;ies less towards the :v;;sh p 1 ' '"'"'' "'■'", '""■•'•:''- ""• l""->'<"t '■'■ prineiples a,„l loliv ■ lea s, I.e, „s make readv f,,r the eominy ■ d scharj,'ni|,', ihoni;h in no spirit .)| and hke true-hearted men, the dulie. and tlu' tasks of onr every- stril: Klorv rK'li'^. hy fearlessly withont Hinchin''' APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS. I— DIAMOND JUBILEE. I** Official documents i 2'' Speeches and opinions of British and Colonial statesmen . viii II_CONTRIBUTION OF THE COLONIES TO THE SOl'TH AFRICAN WAR. i" Interpretation in Canada . . xxxi 2° Interpretation in England xxzix III-PERSISTENCY AND NATURE OF THE IMPERIALISTIC MOVEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN. r" General Elections, [900 xliil 2*^ Opinions of several statesmen xlv 3" A few dissentient voices Iv IV-MILITARY IMPERIALISM : ITS PROGRESS. 1" Army Iviii 2** Navy. - Ixxi V— COMMERCIAL IMPERIALISM : ITS STAGNATION .... Ixxxvi VI— FURTHER EVIDENCES OF THE INDIFFERENCE OF GREAT BRITAIN. I** Pacific Cable xcii 2" Embargo on Canadian cattle xcvii 3" .Maska iKJUiidary and Nicaragua Canal xcviii 4" British emigration to the Colonies ci 5" Colonial representation ciii VII— DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERIALISM IN CANADA. i** Congresses of the Chaml>ers of Commerce of the Empire, cv 2" The " British F,mpire League " in Canada cxiii 3" A few witnesses .... cxviii VIII— RESISTANCE JOF THE \USTR.ALIANS cxxvii IX— MISCELLANEOUS. ** The future of the Angh>«Saxon race " cxxviii Depression of British industry cxxviii The American.s in Canada cxxxii Good feeling l>etween Briton and Boer in Cape Colony . . cxxxii Cecil Rhodes' Representatives in Canada cxxxiv INOBX OK iNAMliS. ABEKUI-;i-:.\, Lady.— : cxxxii. Al.L,Ai\. iciialur — ; cwxiv ■'"•^'u.'KxViP''''-"' """■ '^-^-^'-'i-'. S-'^tary to .he Admiralty-: cix '-""'-^ '"'-' '■^-'J^"<- Cliaii.b,-r of Commerce, London- : liv, "'^'•'i^^^.k^'^f-,!,'''?! ^^"l"7iJ"'"--M- I'.j FirM Lord of .he Treasury, "BA!:/l^OK'Sri-^{v'"^'cxvih"'''"'""' ^'^"'""■•"'' \-.c.oria,-: cxi,. BELCOLKT. N,-A.-.\l. l>. iCanada;-: xciv exxxiv m ACKwl'n- '^r' ^'■"^-TTl^-r-AJm.n.l-; ^^: fxxi, Ixxn,. e.xvii,. BLALKUI-.Ll.. Ih,Jmas-^.-l■resldent. Conncil of the London Chamber of tuiiiiiierco — ; cxii. bSkOFv' w"T ^{^-^^^T-r "'?'""'^ (Canada)-: xxxv.i. exxxiv ' "' ""■■ 'Jw^^i'i"" (Canada)-: exvii, RnSThf'k-'''.'r''^''""';'', ^',':"''^'. ''"*""''i ■" Washington-: (|ix). BtJSTOCK. Hewitt— M. P. (Canada)—: exxxiv Sni'-RivoT' i'™['7-"-,-^'- (^•••-*"-^ xxxvl.- xxxviii, Ixxxiv. howd\;x/s\uti{':':;7Vmith """""•"" '^■■••-''"^-^ ----■ BK\V)»n\-*si;^'^M '"'''r P™'''°%,":'''"'''^ J^''"'-'*'" (Canada )- : exv. XXIV t-J^-^'-d- Prnne Minister (Tasmania)-vi. x> xx. xxiii, BUASSEY. I.ord-Kx-Secre.ary to the Admiralty: Covcrnor .,1 Victoria iS'M-lgoo-: (xxvi), Hi. Ixiv, Ixxiv, Ixxix Mctoria. BK.ASSEV, Hon. T.-.\ — ■ xiv •■BRITISH EMPIRE LE.U'.LIC ■-: viil xlx lii !l§?>l!!;n-i- 'o ''■,T^'- *'• (Canada). S,,e'aker,' c'lmmon,-: exxxiv BRODRKK. Rt. Hon. \Vm. St. Johi,-.M, P.: Lnder-SecretarvoT State for \\ar, iSqj-oS: for ForeiRn Affairs. iSyS-igoo; Secretarv' of State for War. itxKj— : Iviii. Iix. Ixv, Ixvi, Ixviii RRvr','>''iJf'iV- ''",' -^-^l-^'- P- l«reat Britain)-: Ixvii, I^Ve d., "r •'"TTt'- F- y"'l"-Secretary for Foreign AITairs .886; 1 re-ident Board of Trade 181)4:—: v. v xc u}-^}i\^^^J-^T?'- '' "■rea, Britain.-: Ixxvli. HI X HJ\, Syd„ey-M. P.. Inder-Secrcnry of State for the Colonies .892- CAMBEI.L-RAXXEk.\lA.\ Rt Iloi, Sir Henry-M. P.: Secretary for War .892-94: Liberal Leader. House of Conimotis-: Iv. exxxii INDEX OF NAMES c.f— Fidil Mar-liall C. L-x-Mitli^li-r i.i Nov Si.n 1'. : I'*iTi;nu U'.i miiKindiiiy-ii Aj;riculturf ~. iSX;-iSi)c- ■i-lary to the l(<5fi- -Hiiif, (Canada)—: -; l\XM. Troa^in- till' lix, ;-.%; flian- CAMBRIDCi:. ilR. Duke 1^(>,S— : xxiv. CAKMXC. Sir John— Snial.. CARKINT.Tl )N-, Harl-C.n.Tii CHA.MHIiKI.AIX. Aiislcn— M. xc\i, xcvii. CHAMliKKI.AIN-. Rl. Hi.n. J..H'pl,— M, I', S.LT.'lary ..1 State fn lonie^— : i. ii, iii. iv. vii. xiii. xxi. xxxv. xxxvi' x], xliii, xlv Ixi, Ixiii. Ixxxvi. civ, cv. (ex), cxxiii, cxxix. CHARI.TOX. J„hn-M, P. (Canada!-: (xciM CHURCIIll.l,, Lord Ratidolph— M. I'.: Incnan Sccularv cvlhir (if the Exchequer. |HW)-K7—: cxxxii. Cithcn. T!k' (Ottawa)— ; xcix. c. CLARKE. Sir C.-S. — Governor of Victoria-: Ixxxiii. COEI.EX. Major General Sir Edwin— I.ate niilit:irv memlier of the Cmincii of the Governor General of India—: Ixxi, (cij. COI.OMB, Sir John— M. P. (Great Britain)—: (xvii). ixxiv, Ixxvi. Ixxxi. "COLOXIAl. I'ARTV-: xviii. Daily Chroiiiitr (London) — : xiii, DAVIES. Sir l.onis- M. P.. Minister of NLarine & Ei~heries (Canada)—: Ixxix, Ixxxiv. Ixxxv, xcviii. exv. cxx\. (cxxvii). DEXISOX, Col. George-T— Pre-ident Briti-h Eniiiire Leauiie (Canada) — : XX. (cxiii ). cxiv. cxvi. DERBY. Earl of— Late Governor of Canada i888-!8Qi— ■ cxxv RJ'i^i",.^'-''""*''- ""'"■' "'— I-""I President of the Coilncii- : vii.. xix. xxi, li. DILKR. Sir Charles— M. P.: Cnder-Secretarv of State for ForeiRn AITairs 1880-82: President Local Government Board i88.'-i88i— : xxii. Ixiv. Ixvi. Ixxv. Ixxvii. Ixxviii. Ixxix. nOREI.L. Hon. R.-R.— M. P.. Minister wilhont jiorlfolio (Ctinada)- : cxiv. DRAGE. G— M. P. (Great Britain) — : Ixiii. Ixiv. DRUMMOXD. Hon. G.-A.— Senator. (Can.ida ) — ( Board of Trade. Mont- real) — : cviii, cxxxiv. nUXX. G.-II— Chamber of Commerce. Caiie Town—: cviii, EDWARDS. W.-C— M. P.. (Canada)-: cxxxiv. Electrical Rcriczi.' (Ixindon) — : cxxxi. Hxf'ansiomst (New York)—: cxxxii FABER. G.-D— M. P. (Great Britain)—: xxxvi. FISHER. Hon. Sydney— M. P.. Minister of Agricnltnre (C.inada)— : (xcvii). FLEMIXG. Sir Sandford— : xcii. FLOWER. Ernest— M. P. (Great Britain)-: Uxxix. FI.YXX._J.-C— M. P. (Great Britain)— : xcvi. FORRl-tST. Sir John— Prime Minister (Western .\nstralia )— : xxiii xxvi FOSTER. Hon Gco.-E— Ex-Minister of Finance (Canada)-: cxxii FOWLER. Rt. Hon. Sir Henry— M. P.: President Local Government Board l8q2-04: Secretary of State for India l8()4-Os— : xlvii. Ivxxviii FRAXKFORT de MOXTMOREXCY. Visconnt-: Ixxix. FREXCH. Major General— Commander of Militia (Xew South Wales)-: Ixxix. Ixxx. GEOFFRIOX. L.-E— (niaiii/irr rf< Cmiimcrcc. Montreal)-- cxi rr/n/>,-. The (Toronto)—: xii. .^iii. xxxii. cii. GOSCHEX. Rr. Hon. G.-J. (now Lord)— M. P.. First Lord of rally — : v. xvi. xxiv, xl. Iv. Ixxv. Ixxvi. Ixxxiii. Ixxix, GOVERNOR-GEXERAL: sec MIXTO, GRAXT. Principal—: (cxv). HADRILL. George— (Board of Trade. Montreal)—- ex the Adn INDEX OF NAMIiS HAiMILTON, Major General Sir Ian—: cxxiii. HAMPUEN, Viscount— Governor New South Wales, 1895-99 — : '-'i'-'^- HAXliURY, Rt. Hon. Wni.— M. P., President Board of Agriculture—: xcvii. HARCOURT, Sir W. Vernon— M. P.: Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1886- iSyj— : xc. HEATON. Hcnniker— M. P., (Great Britain I—: xc. xcvi. HEDDERWICK, Thomas— M. P. (Great Britain)—: ciii. HICKS-BEACH, K,. Hon. Sir Michael— M. P., Chancellor of the E.\che- quer — : xv. xxxix, xlviii, Ixv, Ixxxvii' ixxix, xc, (cxiii), HOGAN. J.-F.— M. P. (Great Britain)—: lix. IxxMvi. HOPKINS, Sir J.-O.— .\dmiral— : Ixxxiv. HUTTON, Major (ieneral — Conuiiander 01 Militia (Canada) — ; xxxvii, (Ix), (Ixxxv). ■■IMPHRIAl, FEDKR.\TIOX •■ { Defence 1-: xxii, xlv. KEMP. A.-E.— (Board of Tr.ide, Tor.)uto)_nnw M. P, (Canada)—: cix, cxu. KKAREEV. H.-E.— M. P. (Great Britain)—: Ixxvii. KIMR1*::LE\'. ICarl of— l.ate Secretary of State for the Colonies. Foreign .-■; :rs, etc.; Liber ;i Leader, House of Lords — : xvii, xli. xlvi. KIN'GS '>N. Hon. C.-C— Prime Minister (South .Vustralia)- : x, (xxvi). L.AM.N'v. rO.V. Lord — Governor of Queensland. 1895-1900 — : Ixii. L.-^NSDOWXE. Marquess of — Secretary of State for War. 1895-1900: for Foreign Affairs. 1900: — late Governor of Canada. 188,^88 — : xi, xxxix, Ixii, Ixix, Ixxx. L.'\URIE. General— M. t>. (Great Britain): late M. P.. (Can.ada)— : Ixiv. LAURIER. Sii; Wilfrid— M. P., Prime Minister (Canada!- : (ii) (iii), (vi), ix, xi, xiii, .xvii. xviii, xxi, xxviii. xxix. xx\. xxxiv. xx-xvi, xxxvii. (xlix), (li-x). Ixiii. Ixxxiv. (xc). (ciii). (cxi), (c.xxiv). LEE, Lt. -Col. Arthur-ll.— M. P. (Great Britain 1 : late Military cltachc British Amliassy. Washington — ; Ixvi. I.EGGE. Col. H.— M. P. (Great Britain)—: Ixvii. LIPTON". Sir Thomas—: cx.xxi. LOCH. Lor<. — Governor of Cape Colonv. 1889-95 — : xxv. cxxxiii. LOCKHART. R.-A.— (Chamber of Commerce. Edinburg)— : cvi. London Letter, The — : lxx.xv. LORNE, the Marquess of — late Governor of Canad;i, 1878-8^ — : xxv. LOWTIIF.R. James— M. P.. (Great Uritaiu)— : Ixxxix. McFARLAXE. Thomas— (Board of Trade. Ottawa) — : eviii. cxi. McKF.XZIE. Fred.-.\. (The .Inienetui In7\ttlets) — : cxxviii, cxxxii. McLUOl). C.-K. (Board of Trade. Frederieton. X. B.)-: cix. MacXICIL. A— M. P. (Canada) — : cxxxiv. MILLS. Hon. l)aviUT of Mililia (tanaila)— ; xxxiii. riRiE. Capt. D.-V.— M. 1". (Croat Hritain)— : Iviii. hx. Ui. PREFONTAINK, Raymond— M. 1'. (I'anada)— : cxxxiv. PRIVV COCNCIU (Canada)- : lii. : xxv. REDMO.M), Wni.— M .P. K'.rcat Bnlam)— : Ixxxn. RICH) Hon. G.-H.— Prime .\lini>UT I Xi-iv S)nth W ak'> 1 : n(.w JA'adiT nl llie Oppusition, Anstralia— : ii. xi. xx. xxiii. xxmi. xxix.lxxiv. txxvn. RHODES. Cecil— Prime Mini-ter oi Cape Coluny- : (exxxu). (cxxxiv). RITCHIE. Rt. Hnn. C-T.-M. P.. Pre^dent Beard ,.f Trade-: xxxix. ROBERTSON'. Edmnnd— M. P.; Civil Lord of the Admiralty. lS<)J-y.;— : Ixvii. Ixxxi. ROBERTSON, R.i-s— M. P. (Canada)—: cxxxiv. ROBINSON. Commandant C.-N.— : Ixxix. RODDICK. Dr. J.-C,.— M. P. (Canada)- ; cxxxiv. , , ., , , ROM. IT. Sir \..ert-K.— M. P.; President A^,ociation ol the Chamher- o( Commerce (dreat Britain) — : xxiii. „ . - , ROSICBERV. The Earl of— late Prime Mini-ter ot (.reat Britain—: xii. xli. xlvii. Ixii. exxix, cxxx. ROSS. Hon. ("ieo.-\V.— Prime Minister (Ontario)—: ci. vxii. exx. cxxi. RUSSlvI.l.. Benjamin— M. P. (Canada)—: exvii. cxxxiv. RUTHI-.RFORI). J.-C..— M. P. (Canada) — : cxxxiv. SM.ISBl'RV. the .\lar.iiie-s of— Prime Mini-ter ot (,reat Bntan— : xii, xlvi. 1. (ex). SAMCi;i,. II.-S.— M. P. (C.reat Britain*- : Ixxvi. . ,, > SEDDON. Hon. R.-J.— Pri iie Mini-' r I New /eahmiD— : vi. six. (Ixiv). SEl.BORNE. the FZarl of— I'nder-Secrelary of State tor the Colnnie-. 1K9.V tcxxi; now Fir-t I.ord of tin- .\diiiiralty— : cvii. SMITH. Sir N. Bowden— .\ilmiral— : xxvii. SOl-TT.\R. Rohin-.m— M. P. iC.reat Uritaiii)— : Ixxvo, SPENCER, liarl— I.ord Pre-idvnl ot the (."imcil. iCWi: i'lr-t I.ord .it the Adniiraltv. iSi)2-f Commerce. Mandie-teD— : cix. TirihS The (London)—: (xii). x\ii. xxvi. xxix. xxx. Ixxill. Cl, cxxvi. TOXKS. J W. (Chamlier of Coiirnerce. Birm nghanil — : cvt. cvii. cix. TR1'.VE1.Y.\N". C.-P.— M. P (Creat Britain) — : (xviii). Ixxvii, civ. TRVON. Sir Cc .rRC- : ixwl. , , ■ Tl'PPER. Sir Charle-— late I'riiiie Miiii-ter ((.anada)- : xxxv. Ixxxiii. TCPPER Sir C.-l'lihliert— M. P., ex-Miiii-ler of Jii-ticc lCanad:il— ; cxvii. TURNER Sir Ceoiire— Prime Mini-ter ( \icloria ) — : viii. xii. xiv. TWl'DMOrTH. Lord— Lord Privy Seal. lS()-'-i).;— : Ixx, Vl.V' i'NT. Sir Howard— M. P. (('real Britain)—: Ixxxvii. xc. W.VI.I'.'S. ■The Prince of— (now the Kins)—: xi. WHITEW.W. Sir William— Prime Mmi-ter (Newfoundland)-: xx. WmTE J.-C. (Bank of Ottawa)— : cxviii. WILLIAMS. Kt. ll.n. P..well Financi:ll Secretary. W ar Office- : Iv WOl.SELEY. Lord— Field Mar-hall Commander-111-chieL tiii),--li)00— : liii. Ixx. IXDKX (IF NAMES VOrvC i^; K '"■ "^l.!•'■l^",Vl-■ ^"'^- li^- 1^- Ixi. iNiii. Ixiv. ■>()L.\(,. .s.r l'n-,lrriok-\,co-Pr,-„,l.-„i C..l,,„i;;I ln-iii„n— : cxvi. IREVIATIOIM! P. n.: "l'nrliiiiii(.iitai'v Di-lmics." „f tlio Brilisli Parlinmeiit. K. P. II.: ■'ExIrn-raHiniiifiifiiry-Iliiiisiird." n solcption nf spooclip* marto hv pi.hlio m,..n i.iitsid,. „r pni-liniiMMit. Idlers to tin. pros- rosolnti.MiH .111.1 manir,.sto,.s. m,.. P„l,|isl„.,l bv f!. W M,.' i'OLh. T.nntloii. .A'6r.|. — ..|// Ihr il„i:,,. in ll„. r,„„/„/,„„.,. „,., , -H. B. Diamond Jubilee^ J897. lo. Official Bocuments. ( )ii ihf isl of I'\-lruary iH*^/. Mr. CI lA.MllKKl.AI X was askcil. in the House uf Coimiiniis. wlu'ther he was ^^oitiii to take advanlaj^e of the jul)ilet' festivities to liolil a conference with a view to iliscussiiijj; matters of Imperial int.Test with the Colonial i'remjers who wonUl ])!• present in London. Tlu' Colinial Secretary rei)!ie(l that the sii'.;- ij:estion "will be lnL'cii in consi-Jcrati,ni." ( !'. i).. \ol. +5. pajj^e i;-24)- On the 2jnl of the same month. .Mr. Chainherlain was asked l)y iwo members if a decision !iad heen arrived on the matter and what questions of Imperial concern would he discussed. Mr. J. CH.\MBERU.\IX; I will say in aiiNuer tn hmli ht on which it is proposed to invite their opinions and cooperation?" Mr. J. CHAMBERL.AIX: The answers from the Premiers nf the self- soverning Colonies are still incomplete. I have already stated that no formal conference is intended, although Her Majesty's Government will l)e glad to ha\e tlie opinions and cooperation of the Premiers on any matters of common interest. (P. D,. Vol.47, page 1552.) On the 13th of May, the Secretary of State for the Colonies laid down the correspondence exchanged with the (iovernors uf the M'lf-p)vt'riiinj^' Colonics un this matter {I\irlitnnvntary l\if>i'rs, i8iv7, \ ol. MX. pa^t* f>-2i ; — No C : 8485). The jiapLTs showlliat three (lays bofttre he dectared in Parliament tliat the matter wuultl he "taken ill coiisidcnition", Mr. CliamUrlaiii had taken official action. This is essentially characteristic of Mr. Chamberlain's metliot to the Empire, such as Commercial Cnion. Colonial Defence. Representation of the Colonies, hogislalion with regard to emife.ant>- from Asia and elsewhere, and other similar subjects. ()- It is not anticipated that the ider him as their guest during this period. .\ similar (Kspatch was sent to the Governors of all the self- f,Mivernin,t!; colonics. The Prime Minister of Xcw South Wales. Mr. KI-'II). hesitateil in acceptinjjr ( Xo 5. i:a,L,^e did). Put the Premiers of all the other Australasian colonies having decided to accept the invitati()n. .Mr. Keid s^ave way and went to I.onclon. It will he noted, in S(tme of the foHowiu'^- documents, tint Mr. Ki-ii) was the only one, of all the C<)loniaI representatives, to sound a somewhat discordant tune in the imperialistic concert of which Mr. Chamhtrlain constitucd himself the director. He was also the only one who refused a title and a decoration. fn innie of the replies sent hy the various colonial pfovernments oi Australasia, allusion or references were made to the proposed con- ft rence. The Canadian ('idvirnnnnl was i-viilc-nlly IkUit prcpanil m accept Mr. Chambtrlain's ilircctiim. On llic -'otli of Aiiril \X>j7. Uoril AlKTdecii transmitted to the Colonial Secretary a Kejiort of the Committee of the I'RINY CdlNCll. of Canada, dated April 15th, acknowleclKinK -^If- Chamberlain's invitation, and advisni^ Kra IMIIIUS interi-'t to tht; ■.nil ..f rrmt-nt ;;.v and "that the I'relllit'r and Matlaint- I.aitrivr sh'nitd accept Mcr Majesty cious invitation to be present at the celebration, and that a suit.ible Inrce selected from the .Militia and other corps in the service of the l)..mi!iion oi Canada should also be despatched to England in accordance with llie siig gestions ci)*/i Sdciiilly mttl I'olilifolly." Ihil this throws an ins- tructive lijtht upon the various speeches made in b'lurland by Wilfrid Laurier, and upon some of bis declaration so nmcb amazement at the time. (hi the 13th of .Vifinst iSi;;. Mr. CI l.\M l'd':Kl..\l N" iransimtted to the Governors of the self-^'overiiiii-,' colonies a Kepnrt of the " Proccalini^s of a Coiifcn-ni-i- fti7,\ccn the .S'.'iT.'/iiry of Slotc for the Colonics ami the I'l-eiiiiers of the self-,:^o'\-nii}iii colonies, at the Colonial Office. I.omlon. June ami July 181)-. " This_ Keii iri bad been presented to the liritish Parliament on the ,^ist of July { I'ar- lianientarv I'apeiy. 181)-; \ol. i.ix. pai^e (131 :— \o C. Sj^/i). ^ In bis letter to the C.ovcrnors, Mr. CI l.\.M l'.l-'.Kl..\l \ said, reter- riuR to his despatch of the >Mi of January already ipioted : .1 inlimatcd Ici v.iu the hope of Her Maie-ly', C.overii n.-nl th.n llicir — [the Colonial Premier-' I — pre-euce here miRhl alTord a valuable op- portunitv for llie informal discussion ol many subjects of ureal inlere-l to the Empire. I have now the honour l.> enclose for your mlormalinn a memorandum sbowns how that hope wa, fully reali-ed and Riviiis an ac- coiint of llic bu-incss irausacled. . . Everv Canadian an.xious to know what tb.' present ruler- of F.n- ,i;land are aimin,' at in their colonial p d cy, shcnild re-id att.nvv.ly Sir wbicli caused ► r tlu- C<>lnlli;il ri-- lh;it UriMirt wliii-h has ikvit liivii piil lii-fiprf tin- ]>iililk- i.f ilii> ciiunirv. I will >iiii|)ly K'ivf tlu' Inllmviii^; .iinii)i;ir\ and L>itracls. 'I'Ik' first iiu-iiiii|,' was luM <-. wlikli hind ns together. In Ihi- country, al all that the idea of federation is in the air... ft is enu-iitution .and your con-titulion- have all heen Rrowlh and that they are all the --tninRer hee.iu^e eon-otidated. ,ind so pcrhaiis with liuiK-ri.d Kcdera- aeooni|)lisluil it will he onh' after the lapse of a Kradnal stcjis. . , ty for some h.tter ni.aehinery of con- rnniK colonies and the .Mother country, and events, I may trulv nnile Irne that onr our the snhjecl of verv slow they have heen Rraduallj tiou : if it is ever to he corisiderahle time and hy „. I feel that there is n real m sultation hetween llie -elf-govi It has sometimes sirnck me— I cjfTer it now merelv as a |personal sugKes tinn -that It miKlil he feasihle to create a great Coimcil of the Kiip;rc ': which the Coionie- would senil representative plenipotentiaries. — not niel dckBtiles wlio were uuahle lo speak ill their name, wilhoid ftirllirr r,-fcr,-ir t« llu-tr rci^i-cliv,- i:>>:;-ntnh-iits. hut Jiersons who hv their position in 'i cnunis, |,y their representative character, and hv their dose touch %i .1 colonial feeling, wonlil he alile, upon all subjects submitted In them, to give really effective and valuable advice... // i;/ij;/i/ .t/.iiefv i;row !•> Unit lu-ri,-ml Ciiitnril to which we must always look forward as our ultimate ideal. ...But. of course, with the privilege of management and of control will also come the obligation and the rcspousihilitv. There will come .none form itf i-onlnhiilioii towards the ex|ieuse for ohiccts which we shall have in rom- tnon. That. T say. is self-evident, but it is to he borne in mind, even in these early stages of the consideration of the subiect. lie insis'cd Imotltilv on t|- (jtiestioii of Imperial defence: ...We arc looking to the colonies as still children, hut rapidly aiiiiroach- ing manhood. and lo establish in the early days this principle of mutual support and of a truly Imperial patriotism, is a great thing of which our colonial statesmen may well he prond. I shall he very glad to hear the views of the Premiers in regard to this question of any contribution which they think the colonies would be willing to make m order to establish this principle in regard to the naval defence 01 tne Impirc. .\s regards the iiiiiitary defence of the Empire. 1 am hound to say that we are still behindhand, although a great deal has been done in recent years . I would remind the Premiers assembled that if war breaks out, war will be sudden, and there will be no time for preparation then 'I'lt. rilMrr. it i- 'il llir tJr^l iiii|..irt;iiut lli;il ui'. all liawiiK ;t loiiniMii mUr, -t. -liiMid huM.- Iniiiriliand a -cht'tiif ui iDiiniuri i!i-ft'iK-c ;(K;mi't any |Mi--il)lt • •r ;it all r\riit^ any prnliahk- itu-iiiv, and \\v onKlit to lia\i> llu-'i- 'VIutiu • -A iUitinv luli.n- n-. . . 'I'lu' intiTi'li mKtaliilJtj in thi- ■^rvirat Kfuii- i- a matur ui yrfiit iiii|iort- anif. Ijiit hin\ inni'h Kn-ali-r it wmiIiI hv if llu-n- wvrc itiUTelianitialnlity lictwitn til.' win. If I'lirii--. ul ttu- Kni|iirr. hctwirn tlif torfr^ wliuli >.iii li:i\f in till' v4\(riil inlriiit^ aiul llif fnrit-. ..I \vlni.li yuu haw -tin >i.inc iv-miplit at liniii. >inn' vmi ."iiiii l-. tlu-f -Iiur>:.,, ll Vi.u Iiaw. a- fana.la lia- :n K nK>tnn. an iit;|iintaiil niititary I'cl'iKf- it nv.iw hv int>-iMc I'nr u^ t-- i>tfi-r uccasiimally ti» thf cadets ul thai ailli'Kc i-..iiiiiii'-m(.ii> in tli. Ilnii'li Aiinv , This wili i-iialiU' llu- cK-UuKd (.'aiuuUait tn inuliT^iaiul what the nhjivl was i'l' hriiit,Mtij^' to the Jiihili-c iIhim- " ^.'iianU ut IrnHntr" ciMiipoM-il ni (.-(diniial militiaiiu'ii. .\> tar as i."n:iiniissioiiiii'^' \hv (."aiiailiaii Mt"tiaT> in tlu- rtriti>h Army, the scliiin.' i-» imw ai'i-nni- ldi>hv.|; ami I was harill\ nlmkr.l in thi- ilnimr, la-i M-.>iMii, uhiii I >air| that tlu' Canadian iR-upK' haw not ,L;ntK' to tlic rxpuiM' <<( huildiii}^' and kivpinj; thi- Kin-^'ston Military C'olU'>;f for thi- purpoM- • >\ Irainin,Li military nu-ii for tlu' liritisli Army and di-privin^ our own tnihtia of thtir hcst offii\Ts. Tlu- lollowiiiir sintincc will >liow- what Mr. C'hanihcrhiin's ifUa was poii.-iuj^ at; It -n-ni- tn inv |n>"ihk' that altlnmuli in tlu- lir-.t iti-laiu\- tin- idcii ;- that Mii-li a KiKiinvnt finning to thi> coniiti> wonld cnnir -.jUOy fur iliat pnr- pn-f— idrill and in~'rtictionJ — and would mU lit; i-nRaKt'd in'niilitary iipira- tion-., yi-t if It w.v tlioir wi?.h to ^liari- in thi- dangL-r> and tin- KJoru- of tliL- Ilritisli Army and take tlu-ir part in t-xpt-dition, in wlmh tin- Hritidi Army may he rnHajii-d. I ml- no reason why these i-olnnial ironp^. x|i..ii)d nut. from time to tinie. tiRlit s:di- hy -ide with tlu-ir Itritidi colKaKiu-s. . ( Pages a and r>.; -Mr. Clianihcrlain n-lVrrcd to tlu- i|m>tion of cunnturcial ndations. lint tlicTo In- fomid j^jrcat difticnltii's in the way. on accotnu of the widf dilTiTt'iici.- )H'lwfcn Itritish and colonial tisca! policies. Tht' ([in'stion of linpcrial naval iK-tVnLV was priscntcd hy Mr. <■.( ).^(.'ill''.\. I"irst Lord of tlu- .\dniiralty. 1 U- spoke of tlic contri- bution of tlu- .\ustraktsian (."olonics. which, iu- said, would he ntnrc I'ticctiw wire it not hainpereil hy the restrictions imposed upon il (11. and if the liritisli authorities were ^iveii a free hand iti die nianaj^'etnent of the Australasian ships. He ailded : I \ahie tlie prnu-iple which is in\olvr(i in tlu* conlrihiitii.n of tlu- culunies lo the Xavy wliich was settled :-onir years ago: ani.nt Us a very ^rac > proposal from the Cape, which shows the development of that system (_»). We should he \eryRla(l to (ii)en np negoLiatiun-. with l.\inada. if not iirecisdy on the -anie ilic f;ict thai trie iticn-nf-wnt ate not atlDwtrd to >i'"''"i"n i U'whiit iliHiTi-nt. yn on diIut Hi ( I'.1K>' W Till' nsiill i.f ihi- e'liiiftnncc was ikiI oil'. ;iKii(ms at tin- liinc. On lliL- iiialttr of o iimiuTi-ial rHatiims. tin filliiivini; ri'solutimis V.KTV ailopti'il: 1. Thai tho I'nniiiT. ii( ihi- M'lfKiivvrning I'ulimic. vinanimHusly and carni-.lly rfcimnncnil the ilcnnnciation, at Ihi- i-arlif^l conn-iii-nl limi- cif any Irialios whiih nmv hamiKT the coiniiuTcial relatinn- '..■lMrei-nred l.y a pretereriee K/tvii /,.,■ tlic C„l„ni.i t.. the i.ro.hut, llle I nited KiiiKiloin, t I'aRe 14.) .Mr. t'hanibirlaiii liad ividititlv siii-anli-il in idaciif,' this (|tiistii,ii on Ihi' basis a.lc.pii'.i l,v fanaila. — tliat nl i-„Icniial l.ivi' withmit rivipnical favimrs li.iin tin- inotliiTlaml. I >n pDlitical rid:.tii)ns, tin- rosolutiuns ailopti-il wcri' as fiilluws: I. -'Ji'" T le Mini>lers here a«.enihled an of o|>inion that the present poiiii-al r.|.i"ons between the Uniteil Kingdom and the self governinB col,,n:e> ^.■. gimTally ,sati-faitory under the existiriK condition of things. Mr, ,sl-.l;l)ON (New /eahand) and Sir IC-N'-l-. I)R.\I)I)0\ (Tasma- nia) dissented... hecaiise they were of opinion thai ihe time liad already come when an effort should he made to render more formal the political tics iK-tween the I nited Kingdom and the Colonies. The majority of the Pi.niiers were not yet prepared lo adopt this position, but there was a Miong feeling amongst some of them that with the rajiid growth of popula- lion in the colonics, the present relations could not continue indefinitcly and that some means woul.l have to be devised for guing the colonies a voice 111 llie control anil dirielion of ih.ise iiuestions of Imperial interest in which they arc concerned eiiiially with the .Mother coun-ry. It is inttT.-stitiK to compare this la.st paragraph with a sjK-ech ilch- vcn-il by Sir Wilfriil Laiirit-r at Liverpool on the ijth of liine 1897(1)- ' / ^I^•^°'■'' "'"' "' "•''■" "'•■" " '" •''■siral'lc- whenever and wherever practicable, to group together under a federal union those colonies which arc gcigrapbically unlcd. — ComVrf uiiaiiiiii.iusly. ,„-'i^i '"""i"'''! •'"■ P^-miers are of opinion that it »-ould be desirable 10 hold peri,-,dical conferences of representatives of the colonies ami Great Britain for the discussion of matters of common interest. - Carried xn- ani)iiiM«;.v. (I'age 15.) On the (itiestion of Iniperial defence, the oiilv resolution adopted was one m favour ot tlie renewal of the arrangement hetvveen Clreat nntain and Australasia. (PafreiS) (I) Seetwge lit. Il is i)ru()ir, I tliiiik. Ui IxMiu um jiisi now that the oitiitiiiri:ial <|iifstii.ii ami thf |)riiu-i|iU- (jf colonial ri|iriMiitaliiiii, cvi-ti iiihUt iln iiio.t pniuiiivf fiinii. have rmiaiiitil at a .•.tamUiill. while tin- i|iicMiiiii i.l oiliMiial iiartieipaiiuii to the made eiior- iiioiis |irii);re». The lirilish aiilhorities have Mieeeeiieil in netliiiK kni(;si.iii (.'adeis for the Imperial Ar-n ; thev have esiablidieil a recrmlin>{ station lor the llritish Xav., .ii .\evvfoimcllar,(l : they have entered into lUKoeiations with the Canadian ( '.overn iieni for tlie organisation of a Tiaval reserve in Canada ; — hut, ali ive all thev have realised their most eherisheil hope In inducing the colonists lii " tiKlit side In side with their llritisli colleaK'iies. " The contrast hetween the projiress of Military Imperialism in favour of (".real Itriiain and the sta-nation of Commercial Imp.rialism In favour of tile Colonies. shaJI be found in the documents ),™ii.red in I'hapters l\ and \ . Some questions of minor interest were also discussed, and anioni; those was the I'acilic Cal)le. Details on this matter are to he found in Chapter \l. At the last nieeliiij,'. the I'renhers followinj; resolution : mianiiiloiisly adopted the Tiiv Premiers, bel.) , , - "■■e llie> separate, beg In |iiil im reci.rd ilu-ir aiiprecia- - ". llie many courlesie. winch tliey liave received al tla- h.in.ls .,( .Mr UiamlKTlaiM |Kr>..nally. anil ..I liie kinil troalnient wliuli ha, been ex- unilol lu them by the (;..nninieiit .-.nU people of the Unit I I'aKC lc>.) Kingdom. I 111 the 8th of Inly iH.)-. tlie Secretarv of Slate fi>r the Colonies wrote a letter to Lord .Mienleeii. Covernor C.eneral of Canada. cipin;ratnlatin,ij the Canadian troo])s on their jrood appearance and disciiiliiie at the Juhilee. This letter was pnhlislied in iwh-iisu in tlit loronto aiohc. July .'4th. i«'other country. , e largely contribi ,nd to ited. 2". Speeches and Opinions of British and Colonial Statesmen. MLlTlNi; OK THl " Mkl I ls|( I MPIKK I I-:.A<;i K, "' As sodii as tht'y touclK'tl llu- ISrilisIi soil, tlu' Cnliinial n'i>rvMiit;i- lives were stormed hv the Mrilisii statesmen. As it it wen- to viii- pliasise tlie real inspiration of t^e JuIiiKe iVst'vities ill.- tirst recC[ - tiou ij^ranted tn them was that of the " lirltisli Ivnpire I.ea'^^aie, " at Liverpool, on tile iJtli of June. The Duke of I)1C\( >\S! I IKK. l.ortl I'rosident of the Council and President of the LeaLTUf. said: ...W'f :ire fnrttiiialf Io-d;iy in hfiiis abk- l<> l)f llif tir>t to rcct.ivi' mi nnr -n.l tlic PrtMiiiiT of Canada, rcpre.-fmiiig, as lie dm-:, not diu- uI mir >c]\- Hi'VtTiiitig ciilimic'-. Iiiii the fi'dvratiun if eight ^flf-K"vcriiiiiK (.'nluiiif- — a ^Ialt■Ml1aIl wliii-e accept an cc by the whole of the Canadian people. luij>li-I] a^ well as French. I'mteslant a> welt as Cailni!ic. is a -.yiiilMil of ib-' \ital- ity and reahty I'f the Federatidii. We receive biin with -tdl greater ^.Tatiti- caiinii. inasmuch a> the first measure wbicli be has jiroposed to bis Parlia- ment has been a ^tep. and we believe a Innn step, in th- way ot closer ci.ni- niercial connection witb this country, a prtKif of the i. sire of the Canadian statesmen, backed by llic Canadian people, to add ibe strenRtb whicli iluy have Rained from a wise measure of federation to onr strength, and in weld tile bonds winch unite us together more closely and. as we Impe. nii_ire permanently. . . Sir (it'or^a' Tl'KXER. rreniier of \'ictoria. said: . . AVe arc not unmindful of the many benefits, privileges, and ad\:intage- which have been granted to our Colonies, an! we are determined on thi>. that sbotild the time ever unfortunately arrive when the British people here -ho-.dd ref|uirt any definite and distinct proof that the sons of thi^. nation in far distant lands still possess the feelings of loyalty to tlie motherland, we shall do what is right and proper in assisting that motherland (loi-tl cheers). ...I can honestly say this — if ever the Colonics do leave llie Iv.niiire it will not be the fault of tlie Colonies. (Times, Jime utb. iiresent an optM^rt unity wbieb niav not williin nnj' wrv diort time recur of bearing that v. hich we ought t.'i know respecting the feelings and the want^^ and the wislies and the ^■iews of onr fellow country- Krcst npinioii that till' nay In- a time of I tliat l';mi)irc tliuiis (It mat- dt'-iri- will not lie III nun in the Colonies and that we ,hall better ntilise that onportunily hy en- deavouring lo team from llu-m miticr llmi to ii.ifms u/.,'„ llu-m 'm, own vmi's llowever close the conneclioii between onr Colonies and ourselves may lie at the iiresmt tnue, however much closer it may come to he at -(mie future iMie. it iiiust lie that our Colonies should know a great ileal more about us than It is possible for us to know about them... ...I will only, before I sit down, once more express niv present t.nie and the weeks which are lo succeed to it 'm momeiilous imporlance lo the British Empire. The fuliire depends almost, I ilimk, in equal pro|iorlions uiioii eou-iil. crial and of senliiuental character. The unitv wliicli hroimht about, such unity as we pos-ess will'iiol be ma ntained parties feel that it is to their mutual interest and ailvanlaRe and 1 do believe that even the lies of mutual ailvautaue would be stroue enouLdi to cement the miion of the l-.:iipire as we liojie to see it. unless tho-c onsidera lions vyere .su|)iilemented by others of a nioie imasiuative eliar.icler The proceedings of the next few weeks will, I lliink, alTord material of both Ihese char.-icters and I think we and our guests wi .lb hear and ,av much w-hich will .stron.^then the coniiclion that the cominiied and increased unity of the hmpirc is to thr material .idvantaKe of both llu- Lnited King doni and the Co onies. ** ...I ilo not think thai it i, possible that llie masses of our iieopic should remain indiirereiit lo the presence anions hem of leading slalcsnieii of great communities the magnitude of wliieb Ihey have scarcelv iiii to the present time realised, surrounded as they will be by the repre-enlitives of armed torees of Ihe Croieii. Hie e.yisleiue of which Ihey have hitherto searee- ly Icmr.eii And I do not think thai :t can be without cUccl ui^oii the oiwe- itialwn of our niiesls themselves when Ihey will witness next Tne-d.iv week the acclamation with which our Qntcii will he received in the crowded'-tr-ets ol London... Again, I do not think tli,at auv of our Colonial guests who will see, as they will see on the following Saturday, the displav of the naval power of Great Br tain will remain indiirerenl spectator-" of that demonstration. And I think that every one of them will feel more strongly than perhaps he has ever yet done that it is no mean thing to be a citizen upon eciual terms of a Slate which possesses a naval power so unique and so unrivaled as that which they will see at Spithcad... ^ The Hon. WILFRID L.\rRIER, after a general review of Canadian political history, said : As thoughts of separation disappear, thoughts of union, of a closer union, take Iher place. To-day the sentiment exists in Canada in favour ot a closer nnum with the motherland... What will be the future of these Colonies - what will be the future of the British Umpire? The time may come — the time is coming probably when the present citizenship of the col- onies, satisfied as Ihey are w.th it at present, satisfactory as it is in thcni now, may become inadequate. The time may come when from the mere ag- gregation of nuuibcr.s, and an increase of population, the sentiments and .aspirations in favour of a closer union will have to be met and acknow- edged and satisfied. What then will take place again? Gentlemen. I hard- ly venture lo give my own opin on, but perhaps I may be pardoned for saying that in my own estimation, in my own vii.ws, and views largely held m the Colony from which I come, the solution mav be foimd withntit coming inlo violent contact with the constiliuion of these realms, without disturbing the existing state of things, on the old British principle of repre- sentation... This may be in the more or less distant future; but there is something which comniands our immediate attention. Political union may be more or less distinct, but there is a duty depending upon all parts of the British Empire, and that is :n favour of more extended commercial relations. I elaini fur the present Ci»vernment of Canada itiat they have passed a re- solution by which the products ot Great Britain are admitted on the rate ot their tariff at i2\y., and next year at 25% reduction. This «r hove lioiw not askini; any coint*ciisalion. There is a c'ass of our felow-citizens who ask that all such concessions should be made for a qitUi pro quo. The Can- adian Government has ignored all such sentinivnts. We have dmie it he- cause we owe a debt of gratitude to Great Britain... Sir II. M. XELSOK responded for Qticensland: ...He agreed with the sentiments which the noble Duke delivered ihat afternoon with regard to the trade of ihc Empire. He was one of ihjse who bel evcd that free trade was best for the whole world; but it was to be cou- pled with a very important cond lion, and that was that the whole world should accept it... With regard to protection, he must say that his sent- iments and the sentiments of the people he represented amounted to this, that protection also was a policy that must be entertained with the greatest caution. When they found themselves surrounded by other nations who would not deal fairly with them, they must do something to protect them- selves to a degree that was necessary to obtain fair and equitable trading conditions. . . Mr. KINGSTON (Premier of South Australia) also responded: ...If some -scheme could be happily arrived it between the Mother country and her Colonies by which those objects could be achieved, they in South Australia would be only too glad. They had been told that it was their duty to feed the himgry: they would be only too glad to discharge that duty with Australian meat. They had been told it was their duty to give drink to the thirsty; m ght tney also entertain the pious aspiration that the day might soon come when the thirst of Great Britain might be more large- ly assuaged by the aid of Australian wines.* {Tunes, June 14th, 1897.) The contrast is .strikinsj between the sentimental love of Canada, and the practical amity of AuslraKa. CAXQLTT AT THE TMPFRI.XL INSTITUTE I.ONI«..S, ,11 NKlStll. ISHT. The Prince of Wales and the members of the governing body of the Im- perial Institute entertained the Premiers of Colonies at a banquet in the Institute last evening, at which a very large company was present. The Prince of Wak^ was in the chair, and the distinguished persons present in- cluded Lord Salisbury, Lord Rosebery, Mr. Chambeilain, M. P., etc.. etc. TIk- idea of niilitarv help from the colonies bes:an to take the lead. Tlie .Marquis of I.AN'nSDOVVXK said: nI,r;J'',?nl!'"''^i" V "■''■'''' "" '""' "" P™'"* """'"l ■"-• Ix't a more empty licrita: would hilt in a c:iu riim „„„li-i } "'"^ possessed No stalesnianship, domestic or co.inial would dc.re to ..ivolve the Empire in war for any selfish or ignoble ca"se' l,o irne t„ h'.'r r"l "'■" "'V'.^",?",'"'!' '""■ 'S""''''-' ""> M°"'" country wo;,l,i betrnetoher Colonies aiid the Colonies would he true to the Mother ,, ,, I -i 'l*^ hy side it was reasonable that the scheme of defence should be considered and that the Coon es should have the advanlase when they were spending money generously for the purnose of IniperTai defence of the wider experience in military affairs of thi Mother coi ntrj He could not help hoping that in the interval of hospitalities a short time might be found for conference on these important questions ilc felt suris that as tune went on there would be a closer drawing together of ihe bond which milted the forces of Ihe Colonies to those of the Mo'lher country an. an cver-incrcasing sense of comradship between the officers an.l men of the different parts of the Empire. The I'KIXCE OF WALES: Gentlemen, this is not the time, nor is it necessary, for me to allude to the loyalty of our great Colonies. VVc have heard what has been spoken to-n:ght, and we shall hear stilj more. We know that our Colonies look towards the Mother country with afifecticn. and in the hour of need and danger I feel convinced that Ihcy xuill always come forward to our assist- tame . . . The Hon. WILFRID LAURIER : ...Lord Lansdowne has spoken of a day when iierhaps our Empire might he in danger. England has proved at all times that she can fight her own battles, but if a day were ever to come when England was in danger let the bugles sound, let the fires be lit on the hills, .and in all parts of' the Colonies, though we might not be ab'e to do much, whatever we can do shall he done by the Colonics to help her. . . The Hon. G. H. REID (Pretnicr of New South Wales) : ...I thnk I may safely say in this company that there is no one who would desire to revert to the methods of Colonial administration which prevailed before the present reign. For the past forty or fifty years your wise and generous statesmanship has, I submit, produced splendid results You have surrendered in many ways during that time Imperial control bul with that very surrender of Imperial control there has been a corresn'ond :ng growth of Imperial power.. TIk' I'larl of KOSEIiliKY: ..,1 wiil venture to suggest to this great assembly —I speak now not as a memlicr of the opposition but as a private person — I v\ou d venture to hope that this unparalleled gathering of Prime Ministers ^rom every part of the Co:nmonwealth of nations which is bound under the Crown slituild iiot separate without si>nie effort being made to draw the bonds t»f I'.mpire closer. . , Loril ^.AL1SBL■RY: ...There is talk of fiscal union, there is talk of military uni m. Both of them, to a certain extent, may be good things. Perh.ips we may not be able to carry them as far as some of us think, but in a:...' case they wdl not be the basis on which our Umpire will rest. Our Pmpire will rest on the great growth of sympathy, connnon tlinight. and feeling between those who are in the main the children of a coi ■ ion race, and who Inve a common history to look back upon and a common future to look forward to.,. Sir (U'or^'f Tl'K.\l''.K ( I'rcinier of \icloria) : ...Perhaps, in the not far distant years that were to C(mie — be hoped it might he in the lifetime of all who were present — they might see in ex- istence in the Ilritish Dominions a Parlanunt which would he so represent- rtants of all the Colonies un7. ) MK. t H XMtlF.Rl.MN .WD rHT. Ci>I.(tNl \1, PREMIKKS The IVeui ers of Canada. New South Wales. Victoria, New Zealand. Queensland. South Australia, Tasmania, and Cape Colony, who have come to England for the purpose of attending the Jubilee celebrations, paid a visit tu Birminpham yesterday, ani were entertained at luncheon by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, TliL- Hon. WliJ'KII) LAlMOKk said: ,,,Ile wrmid say tliat it was generally beHeved throughout the Colonies tliat It was best for tlieni and the motherland that there should be a more int mate connection brtween the two. Many schemes of union had ln-en sug- gested, but they all had the fatal objection of interfering with the freedom of the trade of the Colonies. The Colonies had already granted certain con- cessions to the Mother country, and thev asked for no [/hk/ f^ro quo, for no pound of flesh. . . Mr. CH.XMilERLAIX said: ...I observed that Mr, Lauritr. when he set foot upon these shores and m \\\i first speech at Livtipuo!. uhiic he .spoke of ihe satisfactory eharaeter of the relations between the Colonics and this Country, nevertheles.s uttered a warning which it would be well to bear in mind, for he said that the situation as it is to-day could hardly be expected to last for ever, and that XIV either the Colonies would draw closer to us and would take a larger share in the Govcrnmi-nt and administration of the Empire, or else they might inscnsihly. and I hope unwillingly, drift apart. That is. in my opmion. the greatest prohlem with which the statesmen of the l-.mpire have to-day to deal with. 1 hope that the feeling in the Colonies is the same as the Icel- ing at home, 1 am certain that in the United Kingdom we all slionld teel tllat a separation hetwecn ourseKes and any one of our Colonies would be not only a disaster, but it would be the greatest discredit that could tall upon us, and, if that feeling is sliaied by our kinsmen across the sea, then I do not doubt that our statesmen are capable of hiiding some eltective means of giving a practical form to the asiiirations which we have in com mon If our self-governing colonies desire now or at any ftlture time to take their share in the glories and in the responsibilities of Empire, they w:ll find that we are ready to meet them more than half-way... (Tillies. June 2,!iid. 1807. 1 SIR HKOKi;l, TIRMR .\T MIH.M.AMII RST The Iron. T.-A. DRASSEY and Lady Idina HRASSEY yesterday enter- tained several of the Colonial rremiers and their friends at Normanhurst, the seat of Lord Brassey. „. ,, . j ,. ■ ,. 1 Mr nrassey subuitted the toast— "The United Empire. — welcommg the guests in his father's name, as well as on behalf of Lady Id na Brassey and himself. The feeling in favour of Imperial unity was certainly much stronger than it was when he was in the Colonies a few years ago. Now that the desire for unity was strongly evoked, full advanlage should he taken of the monieut to strengthen that desire, or else it might wain We could not expect monetary assistance from the Colonies for naval defence, but the Colonies could help 'rry imtcrMly «''"' ""■"■ Sir Gcori;c Tl'KXKR, in rcspomliiiK. said; Ultimately all the difficulties, all the troubles, all the lions in the path of that great movemmt of bringing the motlierlaud and her Colonies more closely together would disappear. He did hope that before many years ihey would siC a celebration in lumour of the great unity of the I'.mpire. (Tiiiu-s. June -Mill, l8()7.) 'Jir (iEORGU TURNER, Prime Minister of Victoria, has expressed the fofiowing views on colonial affairs to a representative of Renter's Agency. On the subject of trade relations with the Mother country he said : " 'Victoria is a heavily protected colony, and I do not supjiose our people are iirepared to give up protection... We cannot afford to relnuiuish our duties because we derive two millions annually, principally from ad rahmn duties Canada's recent action with regard to tar.ff is an experiment which we shall watch with great interest. All I can ask our people to do is to in- crease duties as against foreign countries. I think the majority of Victor- ians would ijc satisfied with such an arrangement so long a.s the Colony got some benefit in return," (.Times, July sth, 1897.) nprNiriNs or sm i.I'Wakh uRviinox A representative of Renter's Agency has had an interview with Sir ICd- ward BRADUON, Prime Minister of t'a>niania. Asked first tor his view'-on the (jnestioii of Imperial defence. Sir Edward >aid : " My opinion is very much the same a= it was at the t me of the Sydney Conference of Premiers, last yeai. when it was itgrced that until the Col- onies were federated it would be very difficult to perfect a defence system To make a force effective it is essential lliiit il should l)e under the control of one officer acting as Commander-in-chief. At prc-ent each colonj has its own small army — comptjsed chielly of vnlimteers— under its own local connnandant. It seems to me for many reasons that federation nuist pre- cede an etYective Imperial defence scheme..." Turning to the larger (|ucs*If;n of Imperial federation, Sir I'.dward Brad- don, in reply to (juestions, expressed the following view: " \o douht this (jue^lion has heeii largely advanced and the feeling in fa- vour of Iniperial federation strcn{;tlicncd by the splendid rrci'pli"n lucorded to the Colimial I'reii'.^ers on Juliilee day. The interchange of views and con- ferences with Mr. Chainlierlain must all help it forward to some extent. In the Colonies there are a number of people against I:iiperiat federation; there are many in fa\our of it. So far as the Premiers are cnncerned. all that is now proceeding in London favours the idea that the niunljer of those desirous of bringing th s sclu-me t<> pass will b? greatly incrca-ed. Hut Imperial federation m;tst be a growth; it cannot be ctTecled by a eouf'-dc- main... Imperial federation, to be complete, must include the crcatinn of a Federal Parliament at Westminster, in which the Colonies shall be fully represented. It is obvious that th s cannut be done at once. But -tep by step — by an Imperial Cotmcil or other means — this end may be attained when the United Kingdom and the Colonies come to feel tin- necessity for it. Speaking for Tasnania, 1 believe, if put to the test, it woii'd he found that the majority are in favour of Imperial federation. — ^'^'imrs. June j6th. 1897.) A cooi.i\(; hoLsi. I'uoM siu ^rrcllA^.l. links ni,\i 11 EviTV one of the niuncrous functions wIkr- iIk- llritish and Colo- nial statesmen met together was marked witli clViisi.nis of the most tender love. A cooHn.y; douse was most timely thrown un that display of juvenile cnlluisiasm by Sir Michael Hicks lleach. Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. Sevtral extracts from the Chancellor's speeches will be found in the fo'lowin;^^ chapters; their cliaracteris- tics ar.- the clearness and the precision witli which this eminent statesman has never failed to exj;ress his views with ret^^artl to what Imperialism shouUl be: a system by winch the Colonies would con- tribute to Imperial defence by supplying Circat liritain with men and monev, without expecting anv favour in return. On the'30tb of June 1897, Sir Michael HICKS P.EACH was banqueted at the Hotel Cecil, in London. Having described the Jubilee celebration as a strong demonstration of the feeling existing in Croat Britain and in the Colonies in favimr of a closer union, he said : \VI AtuitluT ixiiiit ari-iiiK out iif llie rocoiil icli'bratiim iv.T. llu'ir navy, the >trtiiKlli "f wliicli. a> tliiy saw it la-.t Saturday, was a source nt pride to llieiu and pn-Mlily a little Miuree of envy to the foreinner. Their navy cost llie la\ pavers of this country £.'.'.(xio,ooi) a year. Their navy not only detViiiled llie eoa^I^ of tile United Kingdom; it defended their tr.ldc and eoiniiuTce iliroiiyhoiu the world, especially their trade witli the Colonics, and it would a»si-l llie I'.donies in rcpelliuR any foreign invasion. The Col- onic- were all Kleal and (jrowinn nationalities. Canada had recently heen de-eriheil a« a nal on. and this was true, hut did Canada contribute to the cost of the Imperial navy- When they came to husincss this was a ques- tion wliieh would have to lie very carefully discussed lietween Her Maj- esty's C.overnment anil the I'remiers of Iheir great self-governing Colonies and he trusted that it might he satisfaetority solved. Let Ihein consider a^ain the (lucslioli of trade. He thought there was no more fasc nating idea than that of an Imperial Zollvercin ; but hitherto the proposals on this suhjecl that hail come from the Colonics had been in contlict with linglaiurs established policy of free trade. Lately, howevi-r, Canada h^id iiroiiosed an arrangement of quite anollier kind which would iiol violate that estahlished policy, but would recognise the great advan- tages which the Doiiinion bad received n common with their other Ciilonies from this country's system of open ports, and would, at any rate, to some evtent. return it by opening in some measure her ports to this country. Thai -eeiued to him a more possible agreement for their mutual bcneht than anything which hail hitherto been proposed, although there were dif- licultiesin the way. lie believed that the celebration of this year bad done something towards making an advance in the direction of Imperial federa- tion. He believed it had taught them, not merely their great common in- terest, but tile principles on which that common interest was based -—the principle of Empire and the prinei|>le of freedom. — (Timci. July ist, l?97.) nvMlt'K.T OF THE 1 OI.OM.M. lNSTITt:TK ,\ l!aiii|uet was given last night at the Hotel Cecil by the Royal Colonial In- stitute to commemorate the (both year of Her .Majesty's reign... Sir J. CORDON SPRIC.G (Premier of Cape Colony), in proposing "The Naval and Military Forces of the l-jnpire" said that... ...He could assure them that they in the outposts of the Kiupire. felt still more than those at home the necessity of having i|ic power of the British iiavv to iiroteet their coasts, and it appeared to hiiu only reasonable that Ihev sliould. according to their measure, in those distant outposts, con- tribute 'siiiiiething so as to relieve the British tax-payer from the heavy charge imposed on him by the maintenance of the fleet, in whose main- tenance those at the outposts of the Empire had an eiiiial interest. .M. OOSCHEN' (First Lor! of the Ailniiralty) said: ...The question of the unity of the Empire had been one of the darling parts of his political creed. There were days when it was thought that the Colonies might be a h'l-den to the Empire. Those were the days when it was thought that the Colonies possibly might prefer to be independent be- cause they would not be exposed to the risks of a British war. Those cra- ven ideas had vanished in these latter days, I'or the past thirty-lhrec year.s he had seen year by year the growth of that idea which he beheved would XVll larRfly affi'ct the future nf tin- l-nii.irc. IK- invitiil thtni. It was mikk'"^!"-''' »" him hy a gn-M (ruml ofthe folonirs(i )— who was pri-int that fVtiiniK— whi-n Ihv oi'iHiial troop-, visilfd the Heet at Spithca'l. that there should he presented to thein x.tne rows ui httures wh eh WiiuM show hovv htth- the oJouie- eontrdjiie'l to rni()er al defence. He. liowever, was unwiMin;,' to admit ihc ide;i, h ciuse it seemed lo him that on a festive occasion one ilid not like to S'e ieatleis distnhuted statiiiK that contrdjulious vvouUl be thankfully received. And so, on that occasion, he would only appeal to the loyally and liberality of ineir fellow-subjects, . , (Times, July. 3rd, iSoj, t THi: tOluMAI I'KI.-MIIKS \N|i I lu N\||ri\,\l. l.li:i.M\l i 1,11; A luncheon was given on Saturday by the National I. hcral Club hi hon- our of the Colonial Premiers, and it was attended by Sir Wilfrifl l.aurier. Sir GeorRo Turner, Mr. R.-J, Seddon. Sir HuRh Nelson. Mr. C.-C. Kinii- sion. Sir E. Braddon, and Mr. II. ICscmnbe. Lord KIMIU-'RLKY. in proposjnff "Our Guests, the IVeitiiers " :. . , ...There might be and there would he very many difficult questions tt) solve in the future, before they could achieve, possibly in scMnc future day, a still closer union, but with the tt.iiper that now prevailed and with the conviction of the people ot this country that it was from the Colouu-s es- pecially that the movement must come for a clo.scr union — a movement wh ch would be readily met by this nation — with that conviction he sirtrng- ly believed that those who were to succeed them would be wise and pru- dent enough, and would have patriotic fecings enough, to brin-/ about a Closer union than now existed. He coupled with the toast the name of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Sir Wilfrid KAURIKR. who was warmly received, thanked Lord Kimber- ley and those present for the kind manner in which the Colonies had been spoken of.,, .\t the present time the race he represented was Inyal to the Crown of ICiiKland. He said so not willi any sycophancy. b;Ll because they were free. an,, Innjj as they were free they would he lovat. \f he had an- other ihouRlit to add it was that while he did not believein the Parliament of man he belie\ed in the Par ia iicnt of Greater Britain, and it would bj the proudest day of his life — he could nut hope to live iouji enoush to see It, but >onie of tho?-e who were in Canada that day mijht live to see it — to see a Canadian of French descent promotiun llic principle oi freedom in thai Parliament of Greater Britain. C()miiifmiii.tr editorially c»n tlit-si- ,sin'echi.'s. tlu- Times said: ,. These enmmunities are now ready to draw closer the ties ihat bind then into on^' Umpire, as soon as the wisdom of statesmen. iIr- niaiurinK of public opmion. and the growth of material links ^hal! enable etTect to be given to the wishes shared by all // is not yet dear how that Par ianu-nt of Greater Britain is to be constituted, to which Sir Wilfrid Laurier looks forward witli prophetic visions,,, (Times, July 5th. 1H97,) (I) Sir John CoLoHK(see paK^ i.xxv). MK W.I. Hill' I.MKIKK AMI I UK ill.ilNlAl rVRTV Tliat .inliiiiiry I'arliaiii-ntary pnicicilinK^ an- (or llit iiu.mnit cclipscil ly Iht .|m-slC(iii> ..( uiiit-r linlHr.al ini|i"riamc br.iuglil into imiiiniiciici: liy lllc visit of till- (.'olonial I'miuirs was shown yi-tirilay wlun (ar mori- mltrf. was ivMK'i-mhlahlr • 1st 1 he riiiri-f i, aliiiMilaiil iil llu- di--ir>- ..f a innr. i-lli-d ivc Jiational ntinv which i-xi^- lurt- in this i-olintry, \\i- know ctjii-illy wi-ll Ihal it i-xists l„ llu- -anu- i-xunt in tlioM- |.,,ili..ii, i,f ilu- I-', npir,- wlii,h I i- across tlu- M-a. Ni,t only havi- wv tlu- -Pl-i-cIr, .li-IiK-rcd liv .,iir r..:oiiial visitors— nu-n wlumi wi- an- i-nlilK-il In n-Bir.l as s|.i-akiiiK "mill authority not their own 0|iinions only, |,ni also iho.i- of ih,- p-.i-n ation, and tlu- c mn tri's whom Ih.-y govvrn. anil wlioii iluy i,-|iri-.i-iil lu-n- - not only han- \it- Ihi-si- iiili-raiu-L-s all m llu- -aiiu- liiiu-. Inn. ,l" conliriiialioii wt-n- m-i-ih-d. in Ihi- I- ports wc daily rc-i-ci\o in llu- n-lmrailis aho;il 111.- n-I. I, ration ol llu- toth yiar of ll.-r Maji-sty's rtiKii in i-\c-ry pari of llu- hmi:,|, „i- k-arn llial they ha\i- iil no dt-wn-t- niisri-plt-si riu-d or t-\agKi raud lli l-i-IitiK m favour of Iniiu-nal unity wliii-h c-\i-i, n llu- lirili-li Doininn-ii. iii i-i i-rv part of Ihi- world... It is salisfai-lory, I think, to know ihal llu- rui-int' wt-i-ks - till- pri-si-nl linu- is not i-nlin-ly sivni up i-itlur liy oiir-ilvi-s or liy our visitors to urt-at Iiisiorual paKvanIs or I-. fi--ti\il t-s 'and niiiliial coir^ratii a- euins. Tlu- o|.porlnnily has hi-t-n lakin of ilu- pr.--i-iu-i- of tho di-linKiii-hi-d colornal stal.-nu-n aiiioni; n,, sonu- of whom w.- an- alik- to wck-.niu- lure to-day — ihi- opia.rtiiiiiiy has lii-iii lakiii liy ilu- Mnii-u-r who is rv--ponMlik- for (Hir colonial rclal <.ns not only to haw inti-rvu-ws wilh each of tlu-ni individnally— interviews neces-arily of a conlidenlial char.u-ter npoii mat- ters relating to their own e-pecial coiinlry — luil also to holil meet ngs of them col cctively, mcetiiiKs wiiuli also np to llu- [ire-i-nt time liavi- hem of a confideiilial nature, hut at wliuli (pie-tioiis of a more Reiu-ral character. atTicliiii; Ihc whole ruiinc ./ iiiir i\-t.uiiiiis. have h -i-n c iisdjrjd aid dis- cussed. .\s I have said, up to the pre-elll lime those incetinKs have lu-eli entirely contidential. The time may conu- wlii-n it m.-iy !u- foiiiul iios-ihle to make some |inhlic stalenienl ri-pe. ihik llu- lenonr and character of those discussions or tlie concliis mis which have heen arrived al. Whelher this be so or not I do not think I am viulaliii); any conruknce when I say that tlu- iil.ii-cls which ihe-e l\ 'i.nial .Siale-nu-n lu'ive h.-eii in- vited to di-cnss with Mr. (.■Iianiherl.-iin -Heloaverv «rc.iL ev.unt si pilar to, if not alisolntely identical w 111. llio-e contained in the I'on-litnlion of the Urilish l-".nipire I.caKiu- — the eslen^on of oiir ii.ide with llu- t'olonies. the elTect of existin:; laws and lre:tiu-s upon onr c-.nrn-.rcial relation, with each other, the snhject of commiiiiicaliotis hetween llir Mother co.iiitry and the Colonies, or hetween the Colon e, lllelllselve,. liv means of sleanisliips or of telegraphs, the suhjecls of iiostal commnmcalic'in,,-- .//m;v ci//. ih- sub- ject of Imperial naval .ind niililiry defence... Mr. SiiDDON, after thanking them warmly lor their hearty receiuion to himself and the other I'remiers ]>resent. said that the good work done by the British Umpire League had heen appreciated by every well-wisher of the Empire. He night go liirtlier and -ay that the presence of the Cot- nnial I'ttniiiT'' iliiii in ihi- Mntlu-r cimiitry wii* in a grtat ilcgrci- owinn r-) tin- i\i-rtniii-« and wnrk idt cvtr .niint f.»r iniirh ; ;iiid Ihc t'i)liinit> — lhi..c rn tlic distant parts nf ihi- lCrn|iirc mtiM not havr lluir Inyally Kanprd hy the ainount lluy win- ahlf u* o>iitrdiulr tf> rilhcr i he drvilnpi-tl and whii'Ji wnnld ivtiiinally lakv platr... Sir William WHITI'AVAV altiTwanl- >j)..ki-;... It \MmhI b^- very nd\aiita((i(iii> if nmn- urn- known of the Oldoni•t^. sorially and politic- ally. A few ycar> ano. fur in^-taiiCL'. vvluri hi- ami somr coloni^.ts wen* in thJH fonnlry. a friend of liis was a-^kid whellu-r he ate with ilu-in ami linw they were dressed (Laughter); and a teleRram had jn-t hein rece'vetl from Ireland containiiiK an iiniiation to them lu visit that country, hut with the recpiest that they should appear in their native costumes... They eould hardly appreciate the work whtcli they had to per form in the t'o'imies; and when they were askwd to ^i^r lar^r amounts for the dcfitiii- ••! the limtirc, they desired that all the circum-tani-e^ of the ]m\\- tion should he considered. If. however. F.nRland shrttdd ever ht- in any serious diffieidty. the Colonics wmdd not he hackwartl m -heddiiiK their hlood for her.. Mr. (V 11. HKIl) (premier I'f N'ew South Wales), who arrived at this point. vva> called upon to sjieak:... It sicnied to him that the history of the relations helween the Mother-country and tile Colonies showed that the less tifihtly llu- ties between tlie:ii had been drawn, the fewer the official ties were, ihe larifer and broader and more powerful were tho-e other tie-, wh ch lay deep in the nature of Ihe British race. Sir Kdwaril i!K.\l )1 JON. in addressing the meet ng, remarked ihnt, as the President had ohsvrveit tlu- Cutonial I'remiers were not in a position to -sji(,ak freely... Ik- was Mire that Tasmania would he foreinost of all ihe Colonies — a lonn way liefore the Culiiny representerl by Mr. Keid — in joining closer tnnellur the bonds which united them with llu- Mother count- ry. It wa> all very well to talk about loose bonds — they served very well now, when the Colon es were especially loyal; but the lime nuist come. i( would not be in his K.iii' a laihi's l,aii.|!i.'l -.a il„. ||,,t,.| i',,.,! .M.ii t). 11. :li, iiil-il.'liiu; I .r.'iif 111.' 1". - l.,','.MM>' |. 'iil.'lll -ir),! I 111" 1" ili> -n.lir "f il'-- lili.Mni, IK 1.1 Th. I)M|„ „l l)|.;V(l.\.SII||<|.;, |,r,,|„„,| •Tlu' ^1 , ■ if III.- I'.'iii.ir.' ■■ II,' ..,1,1: ' ' I ill. " I " I . AVria.iilv ii„ projr.',, - „,, ,„!,',|„,,i,' |,r,,„,, 1 1" P...|.l.' ,.l l!,i, I'lnpir.' „|„',|,.',' ,:,,..' I,., ihr p,,,|,| l.ri .',11 „r 111,. ii;„r,. ,l,.,a,„ p,„,:,„„ „f u,', |.;,„p,r. , „', HIT.' :....' 11, m huh.Tl,, loili, ,'-,',„„| ,.„„,|„',„„, ,,, ,i„ .1.. IM.I lli.llk lli.-il ', i„„i,' pr.-,.|i,'a| ,„.,, ,,,„,,r,|, |,n„„„,„ | ,. ™.ry,,i.'„ f.,n, „,.. cLmi.,".,,,,,.. „( ,„o ni',; .''^ii^itiii;;;,,;;;: .Tiz Mr. CHAMBKRI.AIX pr„p„s...l ,1„. „,„ ,.».,: ■■ Tli,. I(ri,i-I, ,.;„„„„. ■• AlM■|^L^l';'lS,:'^t•.'l;"f!.;;r;;;:;r,C';::,,;/r '-'"^"r ■•< '■"■ «- infliinice ,,, ,ha. p„r,i„„ of '^rEii in- ha, iUrU' "lll^H^h'il'r;"''! oiir Colon,,.,. an.i wo,il,| s..,-iirc' III,' r fii i" • r,,V, , ' I ,1 i '•"'"' "' ovc-rtiir.'s will bo cor.lially wclconK.I I.5 "lie 'm,llicrl!,n,l *^ "'■ "'"' inon,™, more ,!,,„ an, o,h.. .va.. engaging '.. a,lcmio;"'ir;ir™l!.MlS X\II composed the British Empire. At no distant date it was mnnjfesi to all that the parting of the ways would be reached by England and her Colon- ies, and when tliL- parting of tin- ways should have been reiiclifd tlit: pro- blem would be whether the Colonies should be more closely united with the Motherland ur uhellur ihtir relal nns -lionid cea^e altogillKr. 'Jin- tlolon- ies had a national pride, nnd no tie and no hnnd would be pt-imanrnt in the Co onies until it gave lu its national pride the greatest posj^ible csnres- sion. In Canada they had unbounded laitli in itieir rtwn country. Wtien ^lu- had reached tlie full development of her inanliood nothiti}' ziHUtld sat:sfy iwr but Impcrhjl ri'j rcsiuttition. , (Tiiiirs. July gih. l8>7. ) OiK- cannol lit-Ij) a(l'iiirin.j tlie adDitiicss with wliiclt Mr. Cii:ini- Krlain always puts lorwanl tin- wi'^Ii nf tin* Cnlonics for cluser union. Wlicn the question cani'o before Parliament, however, as will bi- shown in chapters I\' ant! V. it h.'canie quite clear tliat in the minds of Uritish statesmen, closer union meant drawin'.^ lielp from the Colonies without any favour in ref.irn for the Colonies. I\IPt:UIAI. DFFJNlIv At the Hotel Cecil, yt-^t^rdav morpinji. a deputation, appointed bv tlu' IMPERIAL FEOERATIOX (DEFEiVCE) Committee, waind up..n Sir J ui iti that matter lie sa7>.- arcat difficulty. — y'rinies, Ju'y loth. iS'j?. > COI.ONfVl rkl'.MlKRS A\!» i O.MMKRlF:. The London Chaiidier of Ct>nunerce entertained the Colonial Premiers last evening to a dinner at i!ie Hotel Metropole. Sir Albert-K. ROM, IT. M. P., President of the Chamber, occupied the chair. . . .,., ,„ MM.i- ,;l praci.-. I,- ,li.),f whi livi-il i:i a i.ir mi" imrl of llu- «,,rkl ».uil« to hi.vf any voice whalevtr in the ciiiiro! of the destinies of this great I'.nipire. to whicl. they were so proud t,i hclonR. they must throw in iheir lot alloRether w.tli .t, and bear their share of the responslhiliiics. . . Tl"-' t:'I-MKM.\X then proposed the to.kst of tile evening — "The D.lon- ics and CoMimerce and our colonial guests" ...They had learned the lieauly ..I helpins .m the development of their colonies by tlieir capita' and the Colonies had reciprocated by repaving thai capital and paying the interest upon u in ihe shipment of eoods winch was the hrst great step towards commercial union. He might add'lliat if I,ngland hahip of what was called Imperial federation. The term was a beautiful one -like Meso- potamia—but he never yet heard from any statesman or body of statesmen or even a le.agne, a definition of what it really meant. The people of .\us-' ralia. Uke the people of ths conutr.v, had become accustomed to m.mage llR r own affairs. They glori.'d m their eipiality with the tieople of Knglaiid and any .attempt to brmg the Co'onies back to a relative position which would make them insignificant -which would make them some indefinte minor quantity at Westminster _ would never succeed in ..\nstralia Tl ■ hng ish people ncctl not get anxious about drawing closer the ties betwen he Colonics and the Mother country. Sometimes the greater the number of les tue more irksome such connection became. When thev thought of the glories ol this great country and of the recent maguificeiil "s|icctacle of con- cord and lo.vall.v. which had excited the admiration of their bitterest cue nues, he .asked ihein lo think twice before thev manufactured fresh tics' It was not the official connection -not the Covernor— n New South W.a'les- 11 was not the Sovereign on the Throne which bound the Bri'tish together' heeause behind al these bcnificent institutions there lay that which did biiiii 'futu'r~ *°'"'^' "'"' ''"' *""" '''*""■*■• ""■' '"""■ traditions, and the same Sir F.. nRAUnON also re^pondcl lo the loa-t:,,. There was no doubl whatever about the inunse loyaltv ,nid devotion of the neoule of lb- t'.,l,,„ les ,„ the Mother country, but in the fulnre mie of iwo' ,hi igs ,n ist' |,a "u --either the tie- between them would be drawn cK„er or the Colonic V llicy grew and expanded, would drift asumler from ili,. Mother countrv There w.as tiotlung that he shouUI deplore more llian that. Hi- noliev would alway,s be m favour of Imperial Federation, bul. al the same tune when the Colonies and especially when the Mother country was ripe for it. there should be that representation of the Colonics and all parts of the British Empire in an Imperial Parliament, which meant Imperial Federatinn, He did not agree in the minor view of Mr. Reid. He behcvcd that ihe Colonies would take a higher \iew, and a view which he hoped would t»e taktn was that the closest nnion possible should be effected between Australasia and the Mother country. {Times, July TOth, iHtj;. ) iH,nMf> AM' int. \ \VV. Five of the Colonial Premier^ were, un Saturday night, the guests of the members of the St. George's Club, at a dinner held at the Club tioitse, Han- over Square. W. Lord LOCII.lhe PrcMdent, occupied the chair, and the Pre- mitrs prc^tnl were Sir H.-M. Nel^.n. Sir J. Cordon Sprigg. Sir F,.-N.-C l!racombe. The tnasi of "The Army. Navy, and Reserve Forces" was proposed by Sir I-:.-.\.-C. JlRADnON. who said that... He was not without hope that the Army. Xavy. and ke-erve Forces woubl secure that clo^er imion. ln:u greater con-olidatiun of the Umpire which they all de-ired to see. He was an Iniperial Uderatif^n ^i — he believed in a complete unity of this great Empire. The petiple of tiie -Australasian colonists were at the present time loyal to the core, and he did not want to see them coot in their loyalty by reason of pu iticians and statesmen nut seizing opijortunilies which pre- sented themselves to weld ihein logellier more cllisely \\ .\\\ iheir fellows of the Mother country... The Duke of CAMBRHXiK... responded for the Army. He said:. . .\UIn)Ugli we might not have a very large Armv at home, we knew that we bad the great assistance, should it be caled for, of the various colonies... lingland was now in the glorious position of knowing that she was able to ward off danger, from whatever ijuartcr it might threaten, and that posi- tion should be strengthened by drawing as close as possible the bond of union between the Colonies and the Mother country, and showing to the world that we were a combined Empire, and not a nation merely depen dent on isolated efforts. \lr, C.OSCHICN, responding for the Navy. aid r ...To-day I have had an interesting scene, a simple scene, but one which will come home to all of you. I received the present of an ironclad at the hands of a British Colony. There was no ceremonial, there was no great reception, there was no blare of trumpct> ; but Sir Gord<»n Sprigg s mply came to the First Lord of the Admiralty and told him that the Cape Colony was prepared to place an ironclad of the first class at the flispnsal of the Empire. I thank- him on behalf of the English nation, I thank him on be- half of the Government, and I thank him also on behalf of the Empire at large, of which the Cape Colony is so dist nguishcd a part... That offer of a first class battle-ship is accompanied by no conditions, but it is proposed that that ship shall take its place side by side with those sister ships, paid for by the British tax-payer, which nany of you have seen a; Spithead. No condit Ons attach to it ; it is a free gift intended to add to the power of •;. uin, .he >.„,i,„,,a-M, „f ,1," „1Z', ?;!::,,"■■;">, '''■ '' ■■'■ /".. f „/.,MV-„„t :,Hr,.|.v „, r,-li,.v.. ilu- Hr i , I.""..,... ,■.,-,,■/., /,„• ly a-ul,.-.a„ ack„„„l..,lg,,„,m nf ,|, ' , . . r,";'!*'''; ■' '"" "'^" •"'''■- »ll"ll .-lii-l.T- n.iUHi ,lH-,r ,.;a,i>l, Iml , ^^ '""' '" ""' >-""",m-- "I'l-l l«- Ijackcl ,„, |,v ,|u. l,„|HT,a -„ ,',':':"" '"■'"> '■'■ •!"■ ^ ^..i.'n,,., „,.r ,iH. M„„K.r ,.,.„„„., IV,;:;;/ ,\ ,.;"|„",:;;';;';;;:| ;'|";i'. 'j-i' claiiS.T >,„Kl„ tl,r,a.u, (irval Hr i!,i„, ' '" '■''"' ''"■ f'"'''! "Iri, any Tin- t'llAIK.M W iliRT-, ,,|- l|,.r .\|au,n n.iu- prf-i'iit in ilus V part III' 11 i1h iTiinii; r"l,,iii. ,,■■ III. ll!,- rv ■•Tl„. I', ,""iry „„„i,i i,av, .-.ah.,.,! ■;;,,;■:;;, ^l;!",;,'!';,.,''';';;;";;;; "' '■'- .-I- p.i-.ir,i,- Til,. i„,ii,i ,'f --"-■'-^-l';"-^::i^^ A-.ral,a f„r ,1,. -s.ahli-li^Kii;',;, .i,':;''';:';;^';,""- """'' "'■- -ni,.,l „ii, „, ."'tl.M. .\..«,,-alia„ „a,.r,. l,ii, ,li,i, ,- ",;,''■ [ -y-"- ."f .1.. O.uL: I'api' I'niiiiiy an pma! li,..,.,,..,. nf ,||, ,.:„||,ir,, '""" ''"■" '"ii.ni i„i,.|| , Sir Cunlim SI'KIC.C, Tliy pn,p.,«ai «l,„-li hv. a~ Kir-, M ■li'Knl l.i make- p, til,, l-ir-i |.,,n| ,,,■ ,1,, rrspuniK-.i i,„. tin. ra|K. ,,,■(■„ II „| u,,,,^., IMi \ii - 1.1" ill. iiralu , rniiiu-nl, I il'u-Mali tlicy wi-ri- wt'hiins HiKfllier iliu ditt\rL-iU niiti<»na!iti<.'s in Cape Colony. It was a mattir uliich ua^ il.>cii»f(I in tin- Cape I.egislalitrc. where there were a large iiimiher ui Dutch members, ami the proposal was hroughl forward llure liv an iiulepeiuleni ineiiiber. It uii-« supported \.y himself, and oilier meinlier-- uf the Cioveriimenl to the iUniii--i nf their power, and it was ear- ned ilinmuli without any division.., The carrying out ot the proposal was conlinyem upun the ratification of the l.eKisli'turt-" "^ C'ape Colony, but he I'ell tlie ntnin-i a>snrance that when the Legislature met next year the gift wiiuld I'e rat. tied. ;ind that they wimld have the great satisfaction of kmnv- ing that lliey had cuntrihuted t.> the navy, which was the great instrument in creating t'lie l\,n;pire. and that by wlneli ihe l'*niiiire wa-. being to be main- tained. Sir Jnlin FlJkKl-lST replied for Western Australia... The Clony wliich be lepri'-enltil was prepared to continue il-> contr, bullous to tlie Imperial navv. liriluns luu-t defend their enm .lereial relatinn* and a-.-.ist one an- otlur In the utmost of their junver. IVrsonally. be had never ceased to try 'o nicnlcate amongst the people of U'estt ni Australia a spirit of love and admiration lor the M.'lher counirv. and be bad always felt llie same gnoil will towards the |)eople of luiglasid that lie felt at the present time, lie hoped tbal as linie went on lliere wnubl be found a means of knilt ng more elnsclv to^-etber the \arious parts of tile l-'.tnpire into one barnionious whole Cl'iiiifs. July rjtb. iNor. I Tlu' .\iistraliaii I'r.'iniiTs diil u>l fviiUiuly acoi-pi lliu Mi;j:i,a-sii(Hi rKiik- to tliini !)>■ Mr. Cosclicii atnl I.nnl l.inii to aiiaiidini tn tlu' i'.rilisli .\i!iuira!ty tlu- full vmnrol nf ilu- Australian sciliailroii. The Tiiin's ijavL' expression to the (iisa])]>«>iiitmeiU fell l).v the I*riti>Ii authorities in an article piihlislied tlie same . from which the lorowinjj,- extract is taken: li ^ to lie Ii-nred from the ninarks of Mr, Kl X'tiSTOX. the Treniier oi S'luib .\;i-[ralia, and from eerjaiu ob-er\ations droppe . when the lime come-, ti> renew. h liiav ho II 'ti'.i heiv il.ai l.or.i I'.b'.KJ-'.SI'"' iRDdid tint approve ■>f tlie priiu-ipU' la'd down hy the ( ■ ivenmie il of Cipe C"olony. when iliev .dTered a hatlle-'hip t'l tlie I'.ritisli .\aval amlioritits. '\'\w Toronto iZ/.j/',' of !iiiv .7lh. \X-\J. iinl>!i^hed a Iv-iler from iN London corres- l.-mdiiii. ill wiiich I read the n .11. 'w in,:^- : I; v.,;i, -lid in a loriiur letter i:i:ii tin Ci'pe Cn<,iiv's ..IUt y.x ;i first i-l,is-. )-a'i!'-!i;i to tbk ilnii-li \a\y, llio';j.li bijib'y appreci.iled. wa-- not re.carded ])' \ ,,\ al I'Nperi- a - tbr Ii.'-t plan of ;Tirnotinj I he oliicel m ■. iew . Th:- talrmeiit i- conlirmr.l Ik ;. left.-r fm i, l.onl Uiarles lU'R l',S--< > K 1 1 v bo ■ntf. if iK.t fatal. nii>lak* in ■,■,,,, '^-''^ns a would i,c a lar reach- "f the (.■„l„nkvs in'ai, „( „p ■ a" d^fc, c:'":""' M "" "','■■ 'T« '-""Tib.ui™ Plymg mono- for i-ilhcr ljuildi„^,,r „,,"''' '',•■■'" ""' ''"■'■ction of m,,,. Heel from colonial «aUTs. If iur n^ i I T , J"' ';"'"■'-"'•>• to ren.ove ,1,. «l the colonial coa~l l,.wns it waTI.I . , i"'''i' "''"-"'i- "m-tr lionihard- «onI ,-'"■!' ■■' cas'v tlur, coloni,t> wl.,. Iia.l paid towmK , ,.v, ""^"""■r~'-'V'l'"K ■""""« Hio,. stronsly of op.nion' that colonid'' ^t', ^^ ""■', 'l^' "a. ,„o-, consist entirely of local naval l,,-,s^ , |"r ,,.ir P"'"' ''V""' ^'""'1'' equipped n, every detail, that « ii d ei ■ I ■ • l'., ','"" P'"""' """■""«l'l.v ages ipiickly. Crand. gener ehi dr •, , I "'^■' '"V' "■l'''"' ■'•"" irii-t he regarded he e,,i,l,l ., i . " ' ''^ "" siigge-iion from the (.'-ine -pnideil for l.'np'enal defnce i "^ m'Z , l"' r" '"'"' ^^-'"f^'My naval hasc. " "' '"'"^e the Cape a more efficient "I'lMON ,,K |,,,N-. ,:. K. iJKin, lionie. iKhr-SivMiirv for tl'„ <■ i '-"' "'.. "b . tln' I'.arlui Sol --■ '- ,„ -i,;";^- ti^,,;"^^;:'^;:- '--,::" - ^' --..i-t.,,- 111'-- hr. , contrih.ite tovear.K the i,,,- , .„ ,e V ''■' i""' -^"l ^'■'l^'"! "''-i- men «a. r,. an example that Ii,-„| n "l .: Vol "Y,'"'P"'''' "■'>•> " "'cir tllal »he„ llie present aKreemel ii , \ ,/.'," '■'""',""■ ^ ''l'^' H'' ''"Ped "I 111 a liheral spirit „„ l,„,l, ,i,|" t^ ''Npired it uoiild he reii ■„ - "■em of a war >,i,h a great ,,;,.; ,,,,'' ''^ ,"'«';' '" ™m'n.l"-r that, in ;| e P.-,I,|, he served hy The Ihv | J \;:. ''','; •'^'■-', "' ''"' ^^ He- i,„„i„ hem iig -oi„e haltle a coiisider-d,: -,.-'"";'■'' '" ■^"'"■•iliaii water, themselves... "Ii r.il.h distance Irom the -hnres of ,h,. Coloni,,,' MK. UEIU -ni.liliat: ^.;v;'ii;:h.ii!:^;,™;^i,j't-l;:r^;r:r^^^^^^ ;f;r;ir::r^?'h-'------:;,™-£i;;;^.}t^i!t--^ "'•■ '■'■'■■•"'■'■ '" ""■ "1- iiie ihe Mill', ," wild';,:, r'^'f""' '■;"",'■ "• ""■""•'■ ' " ■"''' ''.V -idi' u Ih XXVIll the distingui>hcii Lorcij. he saw on cithtT sitii' of him. Ht- ctmfvssfd. seeing how I'arlianicnts worked at pn-scnt, the specIacU' of anotluT union of Far- lianienl^ was too appalling... It had always seemed to him tliat eoniplete as were our Parliamentary institutions and those of the Colonies, tlie lilend- ing of these two perfections might he attended with mischievous conse- st iMii|)lialically im tlie iiiiitital pU-ilj,'e: "just as the sUllc.smeii ami fi-of'U- oj Hilill'nul [•h-il^fi-d tlu'ill.u-l;cs /.« Ihc lust mail an to the last shillin^^. " I'.efore pleilKinK C:\n:i<\n u, I'.n- tisli wars, \vc iiiitrlit have ascertained limv many men ami liinv nianv sliUHnss lui^iland wottld be ready to risk in detenilinp; C'anaiia asaiiist the rnited-Stales, i>iir only pussihle eniiemy .' nuK I \N.\n\ .\ dinner was given hi-l night al the .Mbinn Tavern hv the Ciniida Club. Sii Robert C.illesp-e pre-ided. and the company included Sir Wilfrid I.ait- i-UT. Si, Donald Smith. Sir l,i.uis-ll. Davies. etc. ■s'r Wilfrid l..\l'Kll\R said that... Very kind relVrnice had I.e.ii iiiiide in ■lie -oldier- of Canada during iheir -hurt stay in Kiigland. Michl llieirhope i.e gratilieil Ihat ihe -courge of war might disappe.ii irmn ihe i.irlli. but if , -liotild be ilie nn-furtune nf ihe I^ritisli l-,iiipire in be engaged in war. no matter nilll what country, he wa- Mire llial llie Ciiii;,dian -nldicr- would give a good accollllt of themselves. (V.iii,', Jii'y I.;,: i.S'p- I THE CiMJIMM. PKK\[IKR^ IV l:iK\>. Pnri.. July igtli. lea (if invitinjf tl lirilish Oili.hy here. idea ,.f invrh„Klhen,-ht. r'!iIol>''n'''''"'' "( '-'"""•"•'•"■ ''-'■i ihe l,a|,|,v "•'""' '"" '-"'""wl Premiers)- to a banquet to meet ila- Sir Wilfrid I.AL'RIKR... .iol^''"s,uS2tr'r'fei,o:: ;:;";,?"''"'•"?'>• ""?^'"-" - "^'-" -^'i'- those relation, could m.lr™,,f ,r '^ r"' ,"'"' '""''■■"i "-ule. But when, l,v ,l,e force of e enlT , d h 7 """'"'^^■'l- Tl"- 'lay wo,dd couu- now so\|,Ki„ I,,,,,;:,' Cmnd, Id V ",«"""'"' "' ""• '"'"">■ 'I"' 'i'- Cana.la „,"l,l a. re o a hiKu-r !, H*,',";' Tl""'" '>","'' ^"^ """''«"'■ ••'"'' to l.e solwd In the \ol e o,,, Tl ^!". I'^"'''''"' «ouId Ihcn have to he severe.l or t he lrau„ X eV u'.h "'""?, '"" """''' "<^" '"'■'■ which was not iinnrohal I, 1 . I, „ , i '^^ I'"' 'I"" -ll"ul•■ H was per- ser union with the ^Io.l.er 'I", „t-, '?^'ll' =0^; ^l,:'''''', 'i'' " '^'"l representation, it would he a iilori;, ,s ,v . I . r i "''"'"' "' '"'P^ial Federal Parli,m,en, hy a .^•^.^Sul'lVi:::,^'^' represented in the Mr. C.-H, RRID said: .. hJonr^of";;;;;: inuS„s'Q^,rh"''' ''^7" "r^"' '=™'" b--' - for closer pohtica an romn eS, rel^r'''*'T'' " ■'''V'''' '" -"""■■ 'I"-'""- worthy of I.riou, considera"" n^ 1 '^'unfolded '^"v 'Y' "" l"''^''";"'- ""'"^ truth ui.iy resemhle a paradox I ,,t w^ .it '■''■, •■^' /'"■ P"litical ties, the official lii has heconie the l™s' l„s l^^ u 'fr' "'"' ""' "'""■■ -'''"'^" ""• tual independence of the se f-ro , r„ n , 'V '""l" "■ "" "'»' ""■ vir- Kree of Imperial sol daritywifhrnn?'' '^" '""." '.'^s brought about a de- ties, fe trLle of G eater Br lais'^mai„r ".'t,'"?'"'?; ■■''* '"' "'"■""■■rcial the slight Changes poss^Se "^^llSrcalrS ^llJli^^} ^H^^/i^iC':'"'"- -"' Sir .1. |-,ord.)u SI'RlCd said: .. One on C.re.iter Brita ourselves and " nhU;rM,;;he;';o„u,rr wm v!^' '''*:, '''-^ ""'/'T "' '""•'"< at a Kiven moment we shall feel rit „ f i ' ' '"-'T ■""' ^'"^"- >"tl>at and glorious Knipire, m e I iV| Iw v'T" "1' "'"■ .f"""l> i" >!"- great paralleled success ^ "" ^ '""r'a lia- rngiu-d will, -ucli un- said eo„„„e„,i„^ ,ui „,., a:,„ve speedtes. ,l,e 77,„.-,, ,.f ,|„ ,,„„ , late |H^f;\h;„";he"!a^ ,;!;t!t f;:j:^ tTH;- -r ''-", "?--" "^^ Uuiada at all events, will he n m m I e,| TV ''"""• ""' L"lonie-, or •■|"-er relations with the Alotlu'r "',,,,itn-, " '""■ ""' ^-'■'Wishment of In another article (levotctl especially to " Canada and the Empire " the Times s.iid : No figure has bet-n more prominent or more honoured among the Colonial representatives than that of Sir Wilfrid Uaurier, the Canadian Premier... Sir Wilfrid l,aurier has responded to the sympathetic movement of this country l)y taking the lead in a movement towards some closer form of Im- perial imion. He alone of all the Colonial Premiers at present in this coun- try has ventured to suggest in public speech the desirability of representa- tion of the Colonies in the Iinperial Parliament of the fiUure. That he .should do so is particularly iniiTcsting :i' indiiaiiiR the direction in which Colonial evolution under present i-- Tl■'itiMn^ ni:iy itnd... In a letter dated July 20tl 'A)7 and published on the J.^rd. the special correspondent of tin ,'\.\il'S in Paris y^ave the rejKtft of a lon;^ interview which he hai with Sir Wilfrid Laurie: just before the ban()net of tlie Chamber of Cotnnieree. The following is an extnct from Sir Wilfrid's declarations: I s'lall perhaps be led into sayin'< somethinR to-night on ihe federal idea now )ccupying English minds. .\-. for us, we are (|uitc satisfied with our present situation. We are gaining in prosperity and strength. We feel our- selves independent, and wc cling all the more to the Mother country be- cause we seem to be acting quite freely. Perhaps one day. in five or ten or twenty years, when we are twelve or fifteen millions, we may be hampered by our present situation. Then the federal idea will pre^e^t itself quite naturally. And tlien, I am convinced, the best way of rt-alising this idea will be foimd. A Parliament will perhaps be created, in which both ihv Col- onies and the Motlur country will be proportionately and equitably represent- ed, and in which common interest will be discussed with full respect for the interest of each. But. for the moment, we have brought to the Mother country an incontestable demonstration of our loyalty, and the whole world must have been the witness of it. Contribution of the Colonies to the South African War. lo. Interpretation in Canada. The srtTc't itiiriKik-s wliicli liavi- prccnlnl ihe s.-mlmj; ,,f r^nndian troops tu South Africa, havi- Ikvii imariahK .Knird in otlicial circles. .\s one may well hclievc. those operations were not per- formeil in open liKht. on Parliament scpiare. and Ihev coul.I not he easily detected iii newspaper reports or piihlic s)ieeches | fmd however, in penisnif; the newspapers of |ii!v iSi,.,. a few pariyraphs which raise a corner of the curtain iK-liind which .\1. e'ecil khodes' a;;ent was exertin.;; his efforts t i secure the adlu-si.in of l.'anada to his master s polic\-. On the nth of July, the M,)iiireal SL.r aiiiiounccd .Mkn's arrival til Canada: .Mr Allm's i.hiect in c.iniiiR l.i (.•.inad.i at llle pre-ein nimliiri- i, i<, I'n- 1-1 llle -.mipalliy .itkI suppon uf i\k (.■.•inacli:in |.e,,ple in ilu- w.,rli uhicl Ins conntrymen in .\frica are carryinR ,01. Alreailv. he -av.. ihe \,iMra!ian o .,nu- have ninyec! In the inatkr. and have. Ijv a -eric, „f r,-..|Mli.,n< a-knl llH- Imperial (.nverninvnl in pr.ilecl ilie righl, ..f l!riii-ji -Ml.i.rl- :n la-.il kruKer, rcpiihlic, .Mr. .Mkn is (loMron- .if ..l.taininK a Minilar pr.,- nniitic. irnm Canadians. ' The following,' day. the same origan hnd aiioilur iiuirview witii -Vllen : .Mr. .\l!en 11 iii.ay he remarked, omic- t 1 ilii- cnnlrv fnr ih. p.irii..-e ni mUTesliiifi Ihe Can.idian people 11 the .■^cimli .\fricair qne-li.ip and .h..vv Iheni thai as iiicnihers ,.f the Kni|.ir.> they haw a direel interest in .•< .iitli .Africa, 111 any country where people are n n thoronyhlv pre|)areil lo h ■ luimhnf,',ued without enquiring a little in the matter, this would not have Iiei n an easy task. \ \ \ 1 1 Till' r tlamlirs' .....' ,..,K _ lluri. I,.inl Wmd-i.r i^ |^rl■^j^U■tlI. arc t<> n|ili.i|(| brii sli MijirL-niiK-y utulto pnnuiitr thf iiiuri-%t-« iif hnii»li ^ultjtvt- in Sinith Africa, with full rccu 1 nil uf coluiTiitl -elf KOM-rnilKlU. (I) Till' inastiTs' tlmir^Iit \va< entiling out thnm^ii the a^cnt : it was alrcaily (U'cidnl tli;ii tin Sfuiili Atrican Ri'imblic was id Ik- a hritisli colony. Am! tlu-11. oil till- _»jn.l. tiu- Star luul tlk- f illowiiij: lUvpatcIi iVom ( ittawn : Mr J |)a\i. Allcii. .k-IiKJUf "' 'lir lini.i-rial Soiitli AtiJcati A^Miclatioii. lUliviTi-d an a(l(lri-.s in .tif i»t llic Stuah citiniiiittcv roum-. lust iiigtit to -cnat'.rs am] imnilicr- i, Sv M;ic- Kvn/ic 111. well ..iiupii-d ilic tJiair, Mr. Daw- Alkn i^ a (ItltKatc of the Imperial SoiilM African A>si>cia!inn, Tin- nu-ctin^: wa- an cnilni-iastic one. the Mined heiiiL' tij uel I'arliaiiKni in iia-- re-i 'Ititrons n favour ■>! the Imperial .SoniM African A>si>cia!inn, The meeting: wa- an cntlni-iastic « the olnecl heiiiK to Kel I'arliaiiKni tn |>as> re-i 'ItTttoiis n favour ■>! the ritlanilers. Ill tlif _'4l]i. a -.hurt |iarai,'ra|)li on this The Tnrniiio i,'l(,lh- ha a resolu- tion of -yinp.illiy wiili tin- al en . r, -idiiiK: in the Tran-vaa!. /' is not prob- iihlt- iliat tile I'.iivernnient will consider it advi-aMe to ask Parliament lo gne niis()lK-iied advice to the Imperial ("mvcrnmeiil or to pass what would lie .an opinion on .1 matter of grave inlernatiunal nnportanee. who eiili-ttil 'ti this nsMiointioti, ^ffe [ .i^e J„:.-r.,„i. fr„„, 111- r>'fn,;,l ,„ ,„,„r, .„ I r «■ ," i ''"■'"^' " '"X 7"'"- -> -'• ^ ,-..-n'::,/!:,^';i:;;?,-„;;:l^r-' '^ .,., si.in. ,u,.l I, r,ZZ\ L ;„ M. I "'■"''' '" '""■'"■'■'I'l^- "PIT.- aiul lihvrlio. • ' '""" '" "" '"'I P""i— I'.n "f .i|ual right. tn.-in„,.>. }i,„„.. „f c,„„„„„„, ,^„ \.,, ,1, 1^,^^^, ^^^^^ ^ Til. ;,|,p,.,m„ |,„r|,„M. „f this r.solmi,,,, w;>s t„ m. v ilu- li,la„- ur";?;^ ;;^:,:'i;;l/ 'i™'^"/"'- "''t-- --> -'.i.i hv! :;;I'l: ,^ lA-t MS s«. l,„w ,|„. nr-jMiisnIim u..rkc-,l hIr.,, war hmko out. _\- s,,o„ as tin. ..StI, „f Sn.l.iulKT. th. Tuhmu-, (,7„/,, jjav. .n,t •IS .ar as ^.vm^ all llK- ,!.,ails nf tl,.. r.crmtinjr a,„l .,,ni „'. , Hum r-m,l 1 I ?;^ "'" '"''"V ""■■'■ '" '"'--'■ '!•-<;-'- I ^l:;;i::^;;Jr.^!r;Lrs-d/'''''-- '-'■-' '-^^^^ I" ri-|ilv 1,, _v,,„r i„,|„jr;, I liav,- il„- l,„n,,r i,, .|.,i,- tl,-,, ,1, t . ami;;;nr™r.t,.^Jtt,!':rf;,rV^ ■■ ^- "■/■'■^ •*-!'.;!;' JC 'i;;;; -, y"..r a|,pli.al,„tt t„ VittRlaml ^''"""''- " «""l'l '"• trt.t.le., t„ fnr>varcl ((./,;/>,•. Sl-pti-tlll>.T J,)!!!, iK.X). ) MICtOCOfV RESOIUTION TEST CHAIT (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No 2) I.I '1^ 1^ l£ 1 2.2 1 3.6 MaH 1^1^^ ^ APPLIED IfVHGE Inc '653 Fnsi Mo,n Sir eel ■Jochesler, •.H/ -OJOO- i^ei 2se - 59B9 - fT Canada's proposal to tender a regiment for service in South Africa has awakened the keenest interest, which is accentuated tti-day 1)y the reports of Sir Charles Tupper's Halifax speech cordially support.ng the idea. 1 cannot learn, however, that any definite official offer has been received at the War Office, though a private letter has been received liy Mr. Cham- berlain from Sir Wilfrid Laurier, making tentative suggestions. _ The projeit will undoubtedly do so nnich to again convince Englishmen of Canada's strong and practical Imperialism. Hopes are expressed that Canada will not lessen the intrinsic value oi the offer by calling upon the War Office, at this moment of extreme jires- stire, to arrange for transportation. The object lesson of a united Empire would be greatly increased if each Colony would itself p'ace its troops at the British disposal at the British base, C'ape Town. It is hard to liritig into cotictirrcticc this atiiiimiiccmeiit of tlic ^te(,'an as follows: Secretary of State for War and Commander-in-Chief desire to evnress ^l^inT'V"", "' ''«''^' "hil'i'i"" '■' patriotic spirit of ,,eople of C- nada shown by c,ir,-rs lo sen;; ,„ .Sottth Africa, and to furnish following informa- fe"|uiJement': ."'■'''""''""" "' '"'" ""''"''' '"'" ""''^ '"''••''''^' '"' """'ary On the 13th of ( Ictober. the Covernnient Rave wav and decided to fvu-x-'^'!"""*''™'- Tli^T tli^'" ad.ipted the fanioiis ORDICK I\ COL .NCIL which contahied the folb'wins para^'raph : The Prime Minister, in view of the well-known desire of a great many Canadians who are ready to take service under such condition", is of op- inion that the- moderate expenditure which would thus be involved for the hv",Cr iransportation of such volunteers may readily be undertaken by the Goxcrnment of Canada without summoning Parliament especiallv as such an expenditure under such circumstances ca- not be regarded as ii departure from the well-known principles of constitutional government and colonial practice, nor construed as a precedent for future action. This is what was termed tlie '• -Vo-precedent Clause ". .\ Copy of this Order-in-Conncil was sent to Mr. C imherlain on ilie 20th of ( )cto!;er, 1899. I" this reiilv. dated N'ovenilier i stii ifif;<) the Colonial Secretary said: The desire thus exhibited to -hare in the r,-ks and burdens of Kmpire has been welcomed, not only as a proof of the staunch loyaltv of the Dominion, and of its sympathy with the policy pursued hv Iler ".Vfaiestv's Government m South Afric„. but also as an expression of that griming feeling of the unity and solidarity of the Empire which has marked the rela- tions of the -Mother country with the Colonies during recent years... In other words, the sending of tiie contingent was welcomed for tile very oi)])iisitiv(.- tnutive to tiiat expressjcl by the Canadian tio venimem, naim-Iy. because it did mean a preeedein. The aliiive diieunients are cimtained in ihe eurrespcmdence laid down in the ltriti>li I'arlianient m Xovenihtr. iSi;(; \ rarliaincntary Faf'crs. iX^jij. C'cl. i8|, and in the Canadian Parliament, in March, KJOC). I may ^nve just liere another strikin^^ illustration of the most exlrai'rdinary methods used l)y Mr. Chamberlain and of the weak- ness sliown by our 4f\vn rulers in their relations with the Colonial Secretary. ( )n the 41I1 of June lyoo. 1 put the follo\vinj>^ question to the Government : Has the Governnicnl, rtr any of its nieinbers. been consiihed a^ to the con- ditions upon which the Sonth African war should l)e settk-d? Is it the in- tentioi of the ('.overninent to offer any suggestion or opinion on the matter? To which the I'rime Minister, Sir Wilfrid LATKIKR, replied: Neither the (lM\eriinient nor any of its members ba\ e been consulted as to conditions upon which the South African war shiiuld be settled. They are not considerinj; the advisability of offering any suggest on or opinion upon llie matter. (/'I'l'atcs, Hoii>e of Connnons, 1900. V^ol. H, page 6625.) ( )n the 7th of Aujjust following. NTr. FAIlER ( M. P. for York) in tne House of Ctmmions of Knjjland. asked — the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies whether, considering the part taken by Canada and Australia in the South African war. it is proposed to ascertain the views of the Governments of those countries in regard to the bcttlenient and r;nvernment ut" the Transval and Orange Slate wiien the war i> o\er ? Mr. CHAMBERUAIX: I have already made myself ;K(|uainted with the views of the Colonies of Canada and Australasia in regard to the main points of the future settlement, and Her Majesty's Ciovernmeni are in com- plete accordance with them as to the necessity for annexation, the establish- ment f)f a (lovernnient supported by military force, with the ultimate ex- pectation of an extension U\ both colonies of rejiresentative self-govern- ment, (Cheers.) (P. 1)., Vol. 87. page gog.) At the next session, I a^ain Imni^ht the matter forward. On the 18th of February 1901, I put the foUowinp^ question: 1. Was the Canadian Government or any of its members consulted by the British Govenmient on the South African question, since the first of June last? 2. Uid the Canadian Government or any of its members offer any opinion rr make any suggestion to the British Government on the matter? Wilfrid I.ALklKK): Tliv ta.M.lian ■my 1,1 II. nuiiiliiT.. in ilw llnii.h N't' iiKiiiljcr lag^- uti.l The I'riniL' MiniMtr (Kt. II, ,n ^ Oinxnumnt wa» nut coiiMrlu-il nur Onycrnmcm „„ ,l,e South Afra-an ,,uim. iiuc- J,,,,. ,., |a-i of llK Lana.han (.oy.ninunt ..iTtTL-d any oimiioi, on lln iiatt, Uh-lmlcs, llonsf of L'onmion>, lyoi. \',,|, J. It is lianll> pos>il,U. ,„ ciicdv.- a i„.,n. .lirccl .-nnl |,n.iiiv,- o.nira- 'l.ction KitluT Mr. C hamlKrlain cnsullcl Ca:ia.la .,r lu- ,li,l n..i It hu cKl, how cnuM ilu' I'rinu- Mniisi.r .,1 e'aiia.ia -lalr ,n..,t .-innlia- [ically. ,m lw.,,litlcm.t occasions, that his Cov.rtinicnt iia.l not been consrhccl.- 1, he ,li,l nut, » l,v ,li,| the Canadian Covcrnmaii leave Willi, nit |.r,.iest mis ainise ,.1 ilu ir name hv the (.■..lonial Secre- tary, ni tav.inr ot his policy? I need no yve l-.ere, as I have ,lone in the freiieli e.liti.ni ,.l this panipl.let. all the (leclarati.nis aii.l expressions ol ..pinion fr.nn I'ana- .han statesmen, pn.viii^r ,:,at ilu-v m-ver atiache.l anv real impor- tance to the reservati.in which Ihev ha.l themselves 'intr.nluce.l in their ( Ir.ler-iii-O.nncil. .\s a matter ..1 fact, frien.ls an.l snpp..rters of the (.overnment, an.l even nieml.ers of the e'ahinet, when a.l.lres- snij,' Jviif;hsh-sp.akinj; p..rtions ..f the (.anailiaii pe.iple alwavs emleav.jnre.l t., minimise the meaning .if tlie '• .\.. precedent I'lause '■ l.nt 111 the I'rovince of Ouehec. it was p..inte.l .nit t.. the pople an.l most streii.nislv iiisiste.l upon, that the (•...vernmem ha.l lalcen pr.i- per care not i.. coinniit Canada 1., anv future participaii.in in Kriiish wars. - . J I will jtist t;ive here a few exlracis fi speeches nia.l. time ot the .lejiartnre of the tlrst contin.i,'u. ir..ni ( )ueliec On the .'8tli of ( )ct.)her iH.j.,. at a bani|ua at ilte (larris.n the lion. I'". W. liOKDiCX, Minister .if .Militia. sai.I: This iiiarked an epoch, and a ni.ist ini|i.,rtant .me n,it ,inlv .if the but ot Canaila, and of the Empire, Tin- pe.iplt of lana.la Ir.ve it l-i reahsed the delit they owe the hmpire,,. The ICmpire is „„ l.mKer' with dependencies, but a power made up „l several nati,,ns The ' ot Empire building in this sense may have gone s|,„vlv, hut now it ha In the past, the mam dilhculty uas to find a means',,! hnneini; ih, step hut now it is developed, just a:, the great o,u-t,liiti,m innler the Empire is p.v.Tned has been .level.,ped, just a- (.'ana.l-i is ,i„u part m the wars ot the Eniiure williont auv one being able t,, tell all came about, . . ' >,,.,,, Major General 1 IL'TTt ).\ said: This is in its way a matter of satisfaction, lint, genllemen. what after all IS the contributKjn ot a tliousau.l men to flhel re.|uircm,-nts of a great l-.mpire,' This is numerically nothing: and what Canaila has to look hi if she IS to lulfi] her role a,s a portion, and .mc of the greatest p<.rt,,.ns ' .-,f 'i, -K™' eo.ntederation of the M.ilher country and her C.il.mies callc.l'the iintish Empire, is that the time may come when not l,ooo men, but 50000 or it illo 1 Chll). Militia, -t iullv in this uhich taking loo.txn ni.iy lie rc<|ilircd to maintain thi- unity, the integri'y. nay, Ihe very existence of our Empire.,. (Montreal Star. Octolier .ioth, 1899., Tln' iie.xt (lav, at a dintiiT at tlie CitacM, the C.UNEk.VOR GE- \ER.\I. said that; Tile inntiiiKent wa> the first present which Canada had given in the great Imperial canse. This was a new departure, and tlie future was filled with possiliilities. The present expression of Imperial union was more expres.s;ve than a written constitntion could he. The sending of ihese troops might raise Ihe i|uestion of Imperial Federation, hut he was not there to discuss that duestion. He had always been opposed to written constitutions; he would prefer to trust the feelings of the heart. . . (Montreal Shir. Oitolier ,tl-t. l8f» > At tile ^'emral review (if the trimiis, l.(iril M1NT( ) had ^aid ; Canada has freely made her olTerings of this military contingent 10 the f)ld t'onntry, and in so doing has accepted the difficulties which -he know- must follow. The people of Canada have no desire to con-ider ihe (|uilitiles of colonial responsiliility. What they have d(jne is to insist that ihcir loyal olTers should he made known, and they heartily rejoiced when they were graciously accepted. ,^ , , o \ (Montreal Slur, Octoher jotli, l*<99.) W lien came the sessiim (if n/Ju, the (■.iivernnuiU asked the 1 louse of Oiiiiiiions to ratify their iiiicotistitmioiial e.xpendittire of money used witlKiut previi'nts authorisation from I'arliament, for the eiiuippin;; and .sendiuf; of the two eoiiMn),'ents. It then appeared to me that, if tliev were sincere when they stated in their Order-in- Couiicil of Octoher 13th that they entered into such an unpre- cedented action h-cause it was not u> he con. dered as a precedent, the Covernnient could have no objection to a I'arliamentarv ratifi- cation of their declaration, 1 therefore made the followinj; miction : Tha» this House insists on the principle of the sovereignty and the in- dependence of Parliament as the hasis of British institutions .and the safe- guard of the civil .and political liherties of British citizens, and refuses con- seiiuentlv to consider the action of the C.overnmcnt in relation to the South ,\frican'war as a precedent which should commit this country to any action in the future. . , ,.^. That this House further declares that it opposes any change in the politi- cal and military relations which exist at present hetween Canada and dreat Hritain unless 'such change is initiated hy the sovereign will of Parliament and sauctiiiiu'd liv Ihe people of Canada. iPrlMiU'x. House of Coiniiuius. n/X), \'oi. I. page iS.l7.) I'loth llie Leader of the Ciovernment and the Leader of the < )ppo- sitiiin united their eft'orts to smash uj) that motion, and forced the almost unaninioHs vote of I'arliament to nullify the safeguards which had been offered to ns in the ( )r(ler-in-Council. 2o. Interpretation in England. 1 will now fjivi- liiit a iVw ui iln' (Kvl:ir:ui.iri> iii:i.U> in ICii^jUmil In tlic leading statrsnini of both pariic^^. Tiusr will pniVL-. I tliinl.'. tliat tlic sir 'inj,' 111' our iroops wa> not fonsidircd s.. muicIi as an' acinal anil ciivtivi- lu'lp in tlu' prcsint war, Imi as tlu lici;innin'4 or" a ni-w inilitarv organisation lor tlif ICnipiri'. IMK. \t.\I<(,'IK-s OK I.W^I'OWNl. v|, laiAkV Ol ■ l..u,..| ,,iir-c-lvt- .ilijigrd t.i iiiip"-r limiis upnn llii- miiiilKT. wliidi i1h-v WfU- williiiK t(. furiii-li. lint tn my iniiiil Ilu- laliiu m' this I'lluiiial fori-i- Is tint to bf tiicasiiri-d imTflv Iiv tliriV iniiiurkal strtiiHiIi III llu' tiKliliinj hm-. It- prc-i'iii-i- will iiiipn---. iip.lii tin- civil:-f-r colonivs. ami it hail -hown thai 111 nines of ilanKiT and ihlliciilly. when the interests of this coiintrv were iinperiiled. onr fellow snhieets in everv eolonv would -land heliind il^ ilv r. 11.. Vol, I. page So.) ' .K MVXIMIA.M. IM K-Sl i.Kl.l.vkV .,..\ sonree of imperial sirength has heeii re\ealed in it- full iiroi.irtion- l)\- tlii- war. llie -treiiKlli and llie iiiagnilllde of whiell none of n. liail -n-- pected. Thai soiiree of Imperial -trellgth is ilie sple.. lid -pirit. the discipline, and the loyalty of our eoloiiies... We have seen that proved to ilie full in Soiiih .\fnca. We lia\e -eeii an earne-l and a giiaraiiiee of it in the ea-e of Canada and -Xu-lralia . . . ( I'. P.II.. Vol.1, pafe III. I I UK I wnl QIl- R, . llii! in eoiineelion with tlii- eampaigp there would hi' reiiiemhered the in uhi.-ii the gr^■at self-governing cnionie- at the ether end of liie gloiie XL li;i(I cmiif fMrwunl In a^^i•^t Uic Mollicr cminlry. -\^ (.'uptain Clialinur had will ^aid. it \v<.:i|fi !«■ tlu- rit 'i .)(' a tnn\ iiiifiil wliuii. iOn,hi,t,il hy wi:.,- and palhiit H'liiiSils. -lnniUI kai, to tin- mimii "i tlu- Empirr — a utiinn whii'li wmiUI K'Vi' lluiii lohoinn and 'trciiKtli iii any nmtlirt in uliu'h thty iiiiylil lit- t-ngagi-d »sith any ollu-r i>ij\\tT. Tliat \\a> ihf nn-at Ir^-on t" \i:- li-arnt-d from tlk- war... ( H. 1'. H., Vol. I, iiasi- \qK. ) M wii^i.Ki, \iN, Ml un ,\i<\ IHI. 1 .U.uMKS. •'TAIh H)K ...'riu-ii aKatn. we 1^^^t rcjoiiH- — all ni lis — in i\w patrr>ti-iii wlncli ha- lutn ixhilntid hy nnr grfal m-I(-^i)\ irniMK culcniit- in fanad.i ;iiint: in fact the cvoning's ti'li'Kranis >ho\v that xtmc *>i thi-ni art- already ingawtd. ^Nliui a spl^n'lid nllittion. lliat Hk- l-jnpiri.- >tands a~ uiw man against all its tiH-niii.sI W't- \ahn' their a-sjst;nu'f, iwt so iiimli for ils iiHit,-ruil iiiif''>rttiu,-,\ ;i\\\\ivn eiti/en*. knnu ilmi ni» part el the I'jniiire can be wmnslnny used, that every utlier part will tingle in synipaltiy with it. every iHhei part will lirtnif ts tmtdicnni nt a^ -istance. And is it nni something nmre than iliatr— not '^iily a testimony to llie nnity of the iCmpirc, Imt a tcstMnnny tn the instice (,f niir canse, it is said that greed of gold Is tnuv.ng n* in this matter, hnt lii>v\ tines it etfect imr liberty loving cdnnies in .\iistralia and Canada? When we are fnrced to listen to the slanders uf a foreign I'ress, we call tn witi'Css the vniee- and the affectinn nf mir Colonies in the self-governing cnnntrie^... ( Iv I' 11.. Vol. I, page .'150 Kl. lliiN. J. G. ni.\, Kii-i^r \I)UlkAl.tV- Spcfcli at llic lk'a(l([nartcrs of tlic I'irst Mipointiin.'nts and its causes, lu- saiil : Another cunipen>at;on wliicli we have had ha> lieen in tlie attitude <>\ nnr colonies, who have been .seized witli the Itnperial idea, and w hn kimw tliat there is more at stake than simply the rtnnes of the Mother cnantry. and ihat every pr rt ni the Empire is deeply invoKed in the issne nf t!n- war. and .mm everv part tliere comes the encnnrav;ement nf ot'fers nf assi^tanci.- and etTectnai help... (K. P. II.. \'ol. i. page Jol^. ' kl. HitN. \. ,1. HK IKi.Ast RV. ,..! Iia\e liein obliged to adnnt that tb.e war has been i.i many respects up to tlie present time fraught w.tli disappnintments — sappointinent ut expectations formed by those most (pialilied by expert knnivledge tn decide. Mut do not let it be supposed tliat 1. tor nne moment, suppose thai the war. even a.s h is at the present mumcni, iia.- not been friiittni in Rrcai dct.d- inil iircal l.U,.inK. l" tin. I'.iiipir.' Think. '•<«'• Kn,„KI.I.K>. ,KM.,K ,,K M„. ,,,;,,KA. I M< I , ,v ,11, HOCK ..h ,.,,K,,s. ^ Ulial.i.r „>,kIii !„■ i|„. ri-M,lt ,,f „|| |l,i,. ,1,,.^,, „.,, , ; ■ ;l ""' !■•■ ■l.r.rn.,1 „f. u, ,1,, ,a„ „„„ 'J, ^ ; „ ,', «; ^ I -W,.. ,„,n,ly,..rl„f ,,,. |.;„,|„r,. .„„| >vm. „,ll„i „, , ,,,,,,„„ Hhl.ll U, i.K.ir.i.'.l liK Ki).||,tKV. Alli-r h;ivinK .-ippwilc.l fur i,„i,,„ ,,f all mcli..,.. ,„, tlu- S. A. wa 111- said >n I'ir. i.a. call ■tar> aK<> "i" I'^'l an ICrnpirt; m naiiif. It was tin- faslmm In cttnMtli-r it a-, •iomctliintf loosely cumpactfd Uigvlht-r. wli cli at any imnm-nt tiitglit l>ri'ak up. and as In which it was .inly a cakulaliur of linrt wh.n lh<- pnnnpal imMlilnTs ..f it niiKlit ilipan and si-t np f'lr th.iii-clvvs. I rrmiinhir those days wi'll. I ilare -av sonn- i-f yi'ii may nnivmlKT tln-in too. What, at any rail.- tin- war has clean-, if it has do'it nothinn fl-c. is to prove that Ihr Kmpin- Is a fact, that it is I -cii on a rock, thai t is as compact a- that, and is not iiHTcly a small congeries of criuntnes in the «orld. .\iislraiia. Canada aye. ami Rreat parts of India have -hown a s|iMit not inferior to that of the M illier connlry hersti: . I say. then, that if with all onr reverses we had purchased only ilie fad that onr l-:in|iire is a iin ted JMii- iiire and therefore henceforth a snprcine factor in the halance of tin world. :ec diolihl llil-<- iini./c II /irfi/ililhlr IranMitinii 1111/ .'I Ihf war sn fur 1 .! II /MJ KUiic... Great as is the task before ns in the field at this moment, he task that remains for Ms after this war is completed is the grean -I task tl, t ever lay hefore a nation. Von will have, wl."" this war is o\.r. to piu ..r Empire on a hnsiness footing.. I believi , hat is a task which "i| oc- cupy this I'.ovcminent. and perhan- many Oovernmcnts, before you will Me yuur Empire as it should he. (E, 1'. II.. Vol. I. pages .jWi-?-!*-') I Ill Persistency and nature of the Impcrialtstic Movement in Great i3ritain. lo. General Electioiu, 1900. ttimicl b. iiMli.s.s to r,u„ic the niimcTims spcir hcs of n.irlv r,l .he I'^hc. nm/Jhl^i";^!'!,^^^ .;:;:;.,;;::>, ■>--'>• '- J'«^-i »» as n his electoral address to his constituents of liirminirhan, VVei date.l .Septen.hcr 2ist i<^. Mr. Chamberlain said: ' ... T'"' is''""' which, in cnmmon with Ihi- rest of ili,. ,.l,.,-i,., f .1 1. . K.ng,lon,, you will he called t.pon to dccle ,' the „,,, , ,^^ ,' ""■' '""'"■•' KuiKiloni, .ind h.T^ al.so cnlistrd. for the fi ^ lim, i-, .1 1 '•"""' K.,,.....e^..h,.jas...,,..^of,..^„^ .n:!i;;^xitr^n:^-.i^:-,^^';r'o?z;rh:'^^^^ the best title to pttblic favour for el..' I'nioni t Gmern, n m the brotiKht to supply armed help to Great Britain. I Rive here- a parapaph from his speec: it Coventry. „„ tlu- ist of October. It IS one <,f his most eloquent a .rlllM,lll l-or n>, v.i.r.. .Iiiriiiu iiliuli "<■ Im" Iktii in mIIki. «.■ Iiiivv lu.l "III- uiii.liiiK ininopl., Kr.iil .;l.i..l |" allain. ,,ii.l I lal :- ... «.■ M „.„,.,li,, all part^ "i til.' I'.liipir.'. l" nal-. "I llu i a llllll.-.l . I ..I. . '" -"" iIkh all..li"ii l-ill-lT.- lll.-lr o.liH.i.ll.'. Il «a- lllal i.lva «lii. Ii ,|M\ I,.- -ai.l l,,l,ai. p,r,i,.at..l III.' Br.at .■.■r.iiiniiial ..nil. Jill.il. .; ..Mil.- (>. .n H v>a- iliali.l.av.lii.lilia- l.vii prv-.i.l P. 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I. y..n arc in.li, .r.-nl t.. .he wi.lic I.f V..111 c..l..ni.t. vila. ha.c -„pp..rl.-.l y..ii ni tin- w.ar, fh:;;";.ntic;,ic,i. y.,n w^i M-c y-^^"^;-';:,-; >"" -" ■"-^'^"■" "■- |1„, ,1„. ,- an Imperial i-nc. an.l cry c..l..ni-t an.l kin-nan >"i •' ,,,..,- tlic -ca ha- alni,.-t all cpial inter, t with y.ii.r-,;lvc- in thi- elec.,..il .1, lev ha.l v.„e-; There w..nl.l n .. lie a I i.tle KnB an.ler ..r even. , cr 1 I ipcriali.l in Parliaincn.. . 1 have .p.ikcn m tin. elect,.,,, ui.l ,y.l^, , .■.rne.tne-. Iiecaii.e I helievc. in the l..,t..i;li ..f lliy heart lliat f.elinB. " '1.1 .'■";;';,;';;; 7,;„"|,V;,„„. „( ,1,1. c..nn.ry al.,ne, lint in the hi-t.ir> .if'thc' I'-iiin' r.> Thi.^ ' Keiillcllien.' i- a cr.ati.e titne. ,t ,- the liliie lelieii we cai, make ,rinar the Kmpire .1-. P. II , V.,1. 11. paRe .1,, . Ami ilk -iipriiiu' ;i|i|Kal iin.l.r ilir runii ..i .1 l/,:,,,i,,' '" llir A.i (■"/(, ^Mii 10 111,. 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I,, ciilur pnvi.nis i',, Ml aiur Ilu ,l,,i,,ral ,-aini,aiy.i, an.l ill , vasiM.w ,^ll,■r.• iii.r,- was MM m.,.,1 ,,i a|.|p,,|,| „,.„ ,, .,r^. |„ ,i|,,jr p,,,jii,,„ ,,r Miiiipah.iii, ir,., fn.iii popiiLir iiillmiu-,. 'I'liis riiaphr opiiiaiiis liui ,1,, larali,.ns inarl,. , nisi, I,. ,,i I'-irlia iiuiii. I'arliaiiK-Mian IVLai,., ar,' ,|m..!,.,I in il„. i„., f,,r,,ui„.. ilLipUrs I n anil \ 1. ,''.",,!!';; 1,^''' '"■ ■^'■"■'■li. i')->''. 'Ill' I.MIM-.KIAI, |-|-.l ^\TI()\ i ni-\-h\( Im liiiiiiiiiti,.,.. aihlu-sscil a iiuniiirial m |.i,r,| Salislmrv Ml' ilu- Milijivt i.f 111,- iiiiliian ilftViK-,- and i,r,'anisatiiin i.f ili ■ Em ]> re. 111,. iMllmvinjr parayrapli is coniaiiHil llun-in: l'-,ii,i 111,. l,,r,.K,,,„„ ,1 „,|| ,|,|„.;,r ,|,,.„ „|„|,. ,,„ ,,„. .„„. |,^„„| „,„ ^.^ , _ 11.11 »>ll ,.^irm.,llli,.ir riKlil |,, r,.,MKn;lii,n iis full citu,.,i. ,,f ili, |.-,ii|,ir,. '■''"',■'■ "- il.-ir.il.l,. ,„ „r,l,.r i„ |,r,i,„|,. ,„r i,, ,-,„„r,. „.,.„rit, I M. T ll,. .■ir,„ii,-l;,„c,;s. ,.,n,| „i v,,„ „l ll„. -,„„,„ ,|,..ir, „,,„ |.,.,i,,. ,.mi, -.'l "." I.u I, t„„l,.r..,u-.. „l r,.|,r,-,.„M„v,.- „f ,|i,, -,.|,-,-„v,.n,m,.- ,■ ,ii,./ , \ „i . n, "l,"","'""""''' •■" •'" ''"''■ ''■■'I'- "• '■""-"'^■^ " "' 11''^ M''"~>v' .wll'nA "rKani-uiK ll,,- r,-,,nr,.,., ,,l ,1„. |.;,n|,ir,. ,„r „, AimuiK III,. -iiKKi-sli'ais m;i,l,. I,y ilu- r,.miiiiu,-,. :,„. tli,. l,,ll,,« iiii, ; bt-ri ih,- (al Tlial an l,„|,,.rial f„„ncil 1,.. ,-lahlis|i,.,|. :„ |,r,.|.„sc which all moneys voted liy the Parliament> of the .--elf-goveniinK countries fnr the general defence of the Kinjiire, for such term of years as may he agreed tiimn. >honld he paid- (c) That the administration of this fund should hr ve^-ted in 'he Imperial Council. On the 17th March, Lord SAMSBURY replied through his secretary "That the observations of the Committee will receive the serious considera- tion t»f Her Majesty's (lovernment." On the 30th March. Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN', acknowledging receipt of a copy of the Memorial, stated " tliat the whole suhjeci oi uie ueienci- <', the l%:npire is. and for some time past has been, receiving the most serious consideratinn of Her Majesty's Oovernment." CK. I', H., Vol. I, pages ^pfi-/. ) i.()KT> KiMUi:i-:i I V. iii'.iitM. ikmm:i< i\ ink h.unk ok i.i)ki». ill I.onthtn, »m Spt'ccli at a (liiiinr "f ttiu Xatinnal LilnTal CKib. ihc Jist February, 1900: ...I am an Imperialist. In what way? you will ask. Well, in this way — in the way I believe every true Englishman is an Imperialist — namely, that, having this great Empire, we desire that it should he knit as ciniely together as possible under the free institutions tlial prcwui. we ue.siie i>.i uphold and preserve that ICmpire — every one of us — Inn the ImperialisTn which means that we desire to lay hands upon more and more terr.tory in all parts of the world — that is not the Imperialism with which 1 sympa- thise. The true Imperialist feeling is the feeling that is promoted by the splendid example which the colonists have shown us during the i)resent war... (K. P. H.. Vol. I. page 450.) S])tTi:li at a dinntT of tho l%i,y:Iity CUih. in London, on tho .^rd of April irjoo: ...The sympathies and support of the colonies give a power to this Knipire. which I hope will he exercised for peace, wliich it could never possess if it were restricted to these Islands, great and powerful as they may l)e. This is the feeling tllal has forced itself, not very fast, upon tlie English people. and_ though we -ee it now in an exaggerated form, yet it is founded upon true and .^ound f rinciples. . . We must look at facts as they are, and though we do not seek to extend our lerri^ories. we shall remain Im|)erialisiic in our desire to Lnit together still nearer our colonies,.. (E. V. IL, Vol. I. page 571.) Spft'cli at a dinner at the Xatioiial Liberal Chib in London, in honour of tlie Australian deiejT^ates. on the Jtid of May cpo. ...I look forward to the time when we shall be brought still closer to- gether, and brought closer together, not merely by sentiment, but also by a feeling that it is for the advantage and safety of the whole Empire, including our colonies in every part, that we should have a union which w:!. not be forced upon them, but will join us the closer when those extraordinary change^ which await 11s t.ike pJare. and when the very end-; of the earth will be brought closer together... The time will come, in my belief, when they will not cnly come forward to help u^ as they have d„.u- „> n.ag hi "',■,"",«"'"'>'} ■" «o"ll' Africa, hnl when ,, will he f„„„,l Iha? shall he ahlc to frame son,,- syslciii „/ ,„mmon J,l,-in,- that great acyanlaBC t11 the lijth ill .We have witnessed a oneness of feelmg thr.jughoul the llrilisli ICm- pire which indicates a new epoch in our Colonial relations. There was a lime when sortie statesmen were in favour of the ahandonmeiit of the col- onies and India The mexorable logic of facts has proved loo strong, and nd ,0 !i'n"i h" ''",'' '" .^"^-.^^ '!'-■'""""="«" i^ to maintain our coh.ules and to link them to each and to us by even closer ties. (E P H Vol I, page («;.) (i) '^- " ■ *"'■ ioui' M'l..si:i.k. Speech at Edinburgh, 24th April, 1900. „:.lr'""^,u°'^' 7^" '''''/T """' '""^ '■'^Kard to the colonies? We wanted () draw them clorer aiid closer to ourselves. We wanted to give them full liberty of action to legislate for themselves as Ihev desired hut, ,n the wl,,"), h" ^^■•^^. [^•■^"^•'^'l '" otirselvesMhe right to ,na;ntain >..Ttain . rineiples which he considered essential for the Mollier counlrv. -•■ h as free trade which hail Ir.d such a wiile elTect or spreading the eoinmene of Ei,>.la,i,l and her ind i.nce m every part of the globe. We desired to get the ,011- of the colonists to join the people of tl::, countrv and help l.> nflieer and man our ships and regiments... I K. P. H.. VV.I. I", page 0...S. 1 1 OKii NO^KlttHV. Speech as I're.sitlenl nl the Fifth .\tinual .Meeliiii; nf tiie Kdin- hurgh ■■ I iiity iif tlic liiiipire .\.ssiiciaticiii. " .\pril 4ih'. Kjtio. ...I know that at this moment our Empire is regarde.l w;tli great ieal- ousy. and even with great dislike, throughout Europe. It 1- vain to shu, youi; eyes to these things, and those who are cognisant of the spirit which '"i^P'"'- ""' ""■ governments, but the nations of large p.ui, ,,i |.;ur,,|le_ 1 Cf Sir Henry Fowler »„.Mi.oeiilsoii col.uiial ira.le preference (p.ge l.xsxvm,. '>! till- ^ri-at majority i»f tlu' cintiurici r [n--si!in?.iii IiL-iug brouglil agaiii>t tliciii, tliat nur cnunlry i-aniliii Ik- ini, |)ri.'i)arc(l fur t-vcry L-mcTKciKy wlu'ii it has so larnf an army lii'il np rii South Africa.-. WV had In he n-ady ami hv prtparfd. W alr<.-;id_\ hi.nu- j^rt-at -aiTillct-' for tht- ICinpiri.', hm uu arc uillitiK ti gnatcr slill. W'v arc riady to do all that in n^ jit-s to proiiitttc the unity of that l-',iiipirc. and to -trcnKthcii that lunpirc. and uc. in t >hall watch, and foster, and encourage every -yniiitoiii \u - '"' ninir. from any i|uarter. wliicli may justify n niav set' llie l-jnpire united, nut rnerciv ii and in laci . . ( Iv 1'. II.. \'ol. I. page 57«- > It hear Association >ymptom hopefnl ani' iHi. K\riiE(jrKk, Speech at the rriiiiro^e (liiitier of tlu- St. Mieliael's Wan) Vnu- scrvative Association at Itristol April U;th. ii/j(i: .There ha\e tjcen previous occasimis. in tlie lime of the Crimean war. and in the lime of the Sotulan expedition, when Canada and Aiisiralia have offered assi>tance to the Mother country; t)Ut those occasions were as iio- ihing compared to the nprising all over our Indian and colonial Empire of the deepest and strongest •sentiment of Imperial rather than local patriotisni. and of a deternnpatioii that, come what may. they would stan(X). Sir M. I licks i'.each was ctUertaineil at a ljaiii[tiot hy the Liverpool Chaniher of CoTuinerce. Rcs])oiultn}.^ to the toast " The Cliaiicellor of the Kxclietitur ■'. Sir Michael mrule one t)f the clearest and most interestin<^ promnnicenients on Impe- riali^m which iiiav have fallen from nnv P.r'tish statesman, lie saiil : ...We have all recognised with admiration the sacrifices whicli our col- onies have made in sending to fight .side by .side with our men, men from Australia and Canada, in the cause of the Empire in South Africa. We all appreciate the way in which the blood of those who have suffered has weld- ;!.!',"■ 'T''"'' "Wi'llHT. IliM I ,1 , k„„„ ,!,„ ,v,.„ ,l,a, ,„,v>,,Ktil , f ,1 '■ '""" '■""""■"■- "til ivrv .liir.r.iu .uniiiti,,,,. tn..ii Ik- hr-, >va~ a .U-Mr. I„r a ,-,,„„„crnai i,„n„. a ol,,-.r >■ ,,'„'rV,.,l „ , ■s„l^ f ',,1 il v.,'";'','*-'- ""■'■•■ "'■','■ ••":'■^' :''>'■'■«'•"'■■-•- "f "Pinion. Tl„- apprr,a,iiicl 1,1 -,i,i,i. ir„i„ tl,.. ]in.tc...ti.iii,-t p,,ini ,,iiii.,v aii.l l,v ,,tl„.r- h;;;"i' ;;,':;:nr''vri;";' ;■' '■"'■ '■rr"^"''"- ' "-" '"-"!'!;; J:.u. clm.^.^ :n lav„„r .,1 „„r cul.mR- a, ...mfar,;/ w,II, /„■,',!, o L, i . i ■ niKlll. I lliiiil, it 1 had t,, would ill. daii^'irods t,, tli ■ -.^ pti-'tioii to ■ rsit.. ,t 1 oatld -how y..it that ativ ,„cl, ,l„t,r- • 'li'Km. to our lor.igii trailr. wh,i-li and M.,la,r to ottr cdotti.t. thvttt-d, .-. a,„i i, mi-h' da „ • , - 7 ! po-s,hd,,y o, pnl.hc ,,.li„K ,, ,!,„ „,„„„,. To .„pp„,, Uta, ;;". Vo , r. w ,nat,.r,al a,„l t.,0-1 tt,..atl- to „.. w,ll .k.lilK.ratclv re-ort 1,, th. avatio,, "hi .: t'""','""! ,"""' "■'"" Y"^" '"""tr,..,. i,-to ,„y „„„d an in .' >.h,ltt}. I ,1,, ,„,t wi.h t.. arRui- the ,|i,i.~tion fiirtlic.r. I wi^li a- I hav,. si,d -tmpy to -tatc my <,ivtl opinton that any ikt-oii in onr rohniii.- or in ilii^ country who found- his view- a- to tl,,- future- on the po-,h,litv f nil solution .,f tin- ,|ue-t,on except ..i, the ha-i- of free trade, i, fo.ni.li, .. I, I view- on a l„un,Iat,o„ o, -and. and 1 wouhl „„t for the worhl have ,!„. r.-p,,ti-,l,il,ly ,,t -ay,nK n, our tellow-suhiect- that we can ,leal will, it ,,n ■ ther l,a-i- than that of free trade, llul. Kentl,i,ie„ -ecoiul ,|uest,.a,. It i- the .|ue-t,on of ln,|,er al defetiee II, paRC ,i8,i. I ow turn t 1-: 1'. II . r he I,mp,re has ,ncrca-ed under -uece-,ve Ca.vertnnents. some of them hi m. means lavourahle to any increa-e at all. \.,n cannot help expan ,o with an h.mp.re such as onr ,,wn. an.l that exp.,n-i„n ,„, doul.l nece- -He jrcator expenditure. How,,- that to he home' Well, I -,p e everv ic w.II say l,v the mperial Kxchetpier. Centlemen, I ani hotmd „, -av ■-„mc- th.ng on that s„b,,e,. There is no Imp.ra! Kxehcqucr. " isl ,fe,e ™- But I know very well that ntilhing whatever will persuade (and rightly so) our great sclf-govertijng colonies to give up their power of ^elf-taxatiuti U> any Assembly in which their votes might he dominated by the votes of the United Kingdom, and therefore the great bulk of this expenditure falN on the ICxche()uer of the United Kingdom. While an expanding Empire wi- ought to have a nuich more widely si)read system of contribution to Imper- ial defence than that which we at present enjoy. I do not believe you will tiiid a single colony that will object to that. The whole history of the South African campaign shows that they have come forward voluntarily to a man m a matter which at first, apparently, did not affect them, to place their men and means at the disjKWiI of Her Majesty*-, (iovernnient for the safety of the J'Jiipire. anil I am convimed tiiat our colimist> in America, in Can- ada, and in Australia are much too proud to desire U> i:npo>e on the Mother country anything more than she ought to fairly bear for Imperial defence. We have at tlie present moment a great feeling of enthu-.iasni ou the part of Her Majesty's subjects throughout the world. For the present and futnri' of the ICmpire. I desire to sec that feeling utilised, f desire every politician in this I'ountry or in the colonies, and every man of l)U>ines>, to do his Ih-m to utilise and to systematise while they can that feeling nf enthu^i;i-ni. Tiiere are great difficulties in the way, of course. t)ecause with the bearing of jtuch contributions there must come some sliare of r>' sAl.lsni l<\. SpL'CL'li at a liantiiK't of the- llritisit Knipirc lA-a^nu-. in l,iuuloii. April 30, 1900. Tlu service which the colonial contingents liuve rendered upon the tield is splendid and unexampled, and yet to my miiul it is exceeded by another ser\;ce which they have rendered to us all — that ibey have drawn tlu whole Empire together... It is a great event which this war and the devotion of the colonial troops has caused... We know that after what the ctdonies have done we are ;t iiuieh more important nation in the world than we were. Our rliaracter i- in reality more respected, our wishes .^re more regarded... Well, !>'' course, the result of this >trange growtli of an Empire, which, I may say, has taken place before our eyes, has set people think ng whether they cannot help natur*' and Providence a hit. and push it furtlu-r on by artificial cnmrivances. / am sl^cahliifi. of course, of military nialtcrs alone. I do not wish to express an o|)inion upon aiiy projjosals that 1 have n<»t yeen. But speaking generally. I shonld he inciinetl to disenuntenance any assistance to anticipate the natural working of the circumstances in which we and the colonies find ourselves. They have worked with great efficiency. They have produced Imperial cooperation beyond all onr hopes and beyond all our expectations. If any of yoii ask to push forward in colonial legislation. I should im- plore you to wait. The concurrence of the world's causes — to use a more modern phrase-- v. hat I should prefer to cull the causes of Providence, have brouglu together the parts of this Empire in a wonderful concurrence -havi- given llu-m ;, force which all the world . pulse of its ,,wn vitality, will nndoulite.Ily Lharacler anil the progress and Ihi ' ' heen exerc.sed i,y any Ktniiire betdi can recognise, and which. and according to the ini- L-\ercise an indnenee over the aliits of the world such as has never (Iv 1", II.. \'ol, I. jiage- li,u.s(}.) IHt hlKt ,., Iini.\-1IN;1., mm, I'Klsll.iM ,,1 , IH ...IS. 11. ^^Spccch al a uK-.lmn at IVrin ,,„ Hk- S. A. War. .\,,ve,„lKr 141!.. espec^i;";;n"M,'":nlt^'i^:|:r'a"''r nr" 'T " ""^ ~---- -d ly was htlle known to the world in general... (K. i' II . Vol I pi(;\ ,^4 , t..t,!:^irl',n 1"" ■^■'■■'iVV"""' •^'"■""*'' '"" "■^' "riti^l. Iviipir. Lca- Ktif. Ill l.iiniUiii. j^rd Jiilv. iij,x> jr-::;;e^;r;;-^,^:,-:r.,r,;^.;-;S?£]r^^^^^^ V'r^irr:i;,--rr;:i;7t;;rp-,:- Jj-c:™:^;.^; 'nsirorg-eXas rtvk^'d di%^^£'^^^^^^ hojne . the world, and. not t»,ly ,L:r'sn,;^i ;;ia S . dtarw^'^are^ ;;: pared to „n ,„ l,y .^l:y, 1)11 the 2Jml Si'pk'iiiliLT, ii^oo, a im-eliiiK' ..t" tlu- linniTial l.ilHTal (..miu-il H-as Iid.l at tlu- WcstLTii I'alaa- ll,,tol. wluii l,,,nl i;ras«c, ~pc-r., I,„i ciTlain I,. I,l- U.„ |,„p„lar if iradc- w.-r.- dull and i-ni . ..yuicn, difhcult ,„ „„.,in. W.. can ,aiVI • ^iianl whal wc- have- «"" Tli . prudent slalc-s.nan will licsitaU' In add t„ rc-,p<.n-:i,ililic., already-,, vaM 1 -peak M„l K.>> slninKly "n lliis p.,i„t bi-cauH- I liavi- Burn a larKv part of my au.nlion to ,|iu.,stion.s of naval difi-ncc.. In ilii, n,nn,rli"n llu- tVillra ■v','m I,.','' ,d" ■,"'l"r " ;'" "l'-i'-«,"'' 'll'^' I""--' "iiporianco. an,l rcant ciuil- li.u,. .iiKanci'il it l,y a Ioiir sinil... The M..llKr oonnlrv an, I li,r daiiK lu.r .st.n.s. ,„ one of which I have lau-ly ..pvtil live- happv Vear ha ,■ stood logrtlur as they never sloo.l hefore. the lime -eet,'- now u,' Lave come wlieti .a perm.ment machinery might he -et up on the nio,lel of tit,. Louinii lee ot the .Amoricaii Senate on Foreign .Affairs, hi the Privy Coim ul or the House of i.ords, representation might he given to all part; of the Hriti-li Iviipire, and in the one or the other a fonsultalive Conun;llee oi Advice might he constituted, to which treaties coiiM l,e Mil.mitte.l. .ui.l which should have a v,.,cc on the issues of peace or war. While Lioking lo the eohiiies to take the m tial steps in Imperial Kederatiou. the suhicci may worthily engage the attention of the liesi m,n m, l„,th -i,|e. i K 1' If \ol. II, page jOi.) in. H,,.\. (OSKI'II CIIAMlllKI \l\. On tliu 24th of Octiilur, iijoo, .Mr. [. ClianilK-rlaiti was tin- principal .1,'tU'st at a l)aii(|ti,'t „f ih,. lMsiiiii„ti^aTs- C-.niipanv. in l.ciidnti wlu'ii In- was proscnf -I with the hoimrarv frceiloiii ,,f the Cnipanv Kesp„iKliri;r ti, tlu- toast ,if his heahh. pr.iposeilliv Mr K 1! Mar till. M. I'.. Mr. C"Iiaiii))erlain said: liis.oVv''i'!l')o\''l'"'" '!''■ 8™';-' ,!■-■■'<"!■<■ oi ail in this eventful uio.lcrn history. I,„k, It the action ot ,he Col.mies. the self-governing colonies, in sv mm vtl,vh"'i'"'' 'f'"'u "'"'-''' '-•='."■';, "P<>" '■»-■ niotherlanil. What s iipathy thc> have shown! How practically they have shown it! How mners.il has heen the sentiment! I speak of ilie self-governing colonies .ecaiise umler the circumstances it was //„■/,■ ,„•,/ „„/v llM :..,■ rauld „.■,'/., l-:<>- pohlual reasons nr tiviv umhlc t„ aacfl tin- oifm ll,al ,-rmi;h;l upon us from .•!v,-,v dcpcudnuy of tin- Queen, and above all from the feudatory prmccs who own her henificent suzerainty in our great dep, ndenrv of India But conhniiig niy-ell lo the self-governing colon!l-s, what Imr licy done "I- "~> At Ihr (ir-t thrial „f - tlii-ir our MiKBv^(i..ii _i •ir liiiv h.i-iini-""'■■'< M n~ lii,' , .vImiIi Kf an nn|iartial "V lir^mi c,t 111, re .llKaKi-. Kran-fnl u. lli,- ,„ |,. ,,f ,|; I <|.r M"l tliinii iliai "1 111.' -tninKl,. villi iiiIuT iial "i ('.real llnlain. lia-1 tliaii 111.' -iflil or.' ii^.'fnl in ■ I..-.1 iiuh. 111.' |.;, iilli.li lll.'v ll "f all Hi:-; is .'niiiK fri'i'ly I,, jjju- tl: .''iiisnlcr.'.] H'lr -ii|.|i..rt 1.1 111, , |. ■ ; ■'■• ■"■■1 '"'III,- an, ,, - ""' llH' l'.iii,iin. ,„ l'.ii„|a,i,l. 1,11, ,|„. ,;„ V'''' '••"-'■ ■ "1 '111 "iir .l.'|i.'n.l.'„.'i,'-. f tnr.. Ilial w.- U'CRiii,,. i„ ,|„.,„ .,,„„|„„. Tiu' I-: ijMr,- niiu i- iin,l(,iilii,-[|l, 111,1 Ic-i it !„■ 1„ a ..in,,..n>a,i,,n .;\ii;-;- : ,;;"r- 1 ^;;^^;a„,;^';, 'l!-!;;; 4 I.Oku wni SKI.FV. <)„ thf 1st (.f X„vcnilKT, r-^xi. Innl Wuls.k., aii.l \lr I Irnrv .';;:i:^u!Si^;-^^«!r'- ''■'■•-■- ^ s... :^H^ril^^^^;:r^,,'':.:^;l;!i.-^'£• j^:£^\f;>'5- '^ t.'n i,„inth. ago that tlic f.-rco' in Si.l, Africa wfn, ,,'£''. ?,', "T'' '" no.0 ,ii,i ,.H.r ..rvi„ „ian ,^!e *c;^.i;!;e!;;^-„;;^-;; i::'^zi:"t-:^i- uv New Zcalantl, and even by our smaller colonies. We have hearri a Kre:il (leal fcir the last ten, flfleen. or iwenly years. reRardiiiK ihe leei>|ile who liave taken |>art in il. but it ba» its K I -I'U- as well as lis bail, ;inil one of llu- ureal results, k 1 result, wbieli bas been broiiKht about by ibis war luis b,-tn ilireclK the feilerale.n of our Colonies. 1 ilnnk we niiRlil liave |.as-ecl .\cls of I'ariiament, and tbe various Colon es ibroUBhont tlie world inixlil also bave passed acts of par lianient, to briuK about this bVderalion, wliieb we bave looked forward t,, (or so many years, bul I believe lliey would bave fallen very llat, and would have done little in comparison to w li;il has been done bv "the Rreat feeliuK of comradeship which has been cemenled bv men liKluini! shoulder to shoulder, men comin« from all p.irl- of ,,ur ilominioiis. (['„ p. ||., Vol II. page ,197.) KlliHI Mn\. (\Mts limit. On the J<)tli .Vdvi'tnliiT. njoii, .\lr. I'.iyce s|>oke :ii a (liiiiier cif tlir .Viiivty-Niin' Clitl), at I^'Ctls. ...I »'. not aware that any body in the l.i'ieral party ever proposed that we should abandon any part of our iininen .e dominions, or that we should slacken in any way the tics that bind us either to our colonies or to our own possessions. On tbe contrary, I believe that if any one can sugRest a scheme by which our self-governinK colonies c.in be brotlRht -nto closer relationship, a belter delincd-rclationship. with 'he Mother country, in which they can bear their share of the Imperial defences, and have al.so a share of consultation in Imperial matters — I believe tbe Liberal party would heartily welcome the proposal... (E. P. H., Vol. !I, page 457.) LORD AVKKUKY. Spcecli at the annual dinner of the Uoval (.'olimial In.stittite. Loti- ilon. April 24, 1901 : ...There never was a time when Mother country and colonics were mou thorcuighly m sympathy, more loyal to the Crown and the Empire. I liope the time may come, though it cannot be biuiied. when these warm feelings may find cNpression in some more definite Constitution for the ICmpire W often hear of the Imperial Exchequer. liii|ierial funds, and the Imperial forces. As a matter of fact there an no such th ngs. There is an Kxche liner for Creat Britain and Ireland, an Indian Excliei|ner. a Canadian I"x- che(|ucr. and so on. but there is not an Imperial Exchecpier. 1 South .Africa we have supported our fellow-countrymen who were optnessed and defrauded, to defend two of our colonies which were attacked. This has cost us thousands of valuable lives, added many millions to our taxes, and over 1.10 mi lions to our debt. We may make such sacrifices cheerfully, be- cause we felt it was our duty, but obviously we could not do sn over and over aga n. No one can say what part of the Empire will next he attacked — where the next danger may arise. It is clear that the weight of respons- ibility for the Empire must eventually be borne by the Empire as a whole and not by any part. The Colonics have loyally and cheerfully recognised the force of these considerations, and we on our side cordially recoe^'o=» the material assistance, and pcrhap.s even more the moral support, they liave '-' III s. I ik-l U'\jllv \l |\. S|H-irh at 111,' saiiu' cliniur. April ."4, i.^ii : ^ A hiiK,- hill |,a, l,„.n iiKurmi in tlit- uiaiii'cn.in,, ,,1 ,|k- imitv ..1 i]„- ~lmil 1 1„ s,., I, „ „..|| ,!,,„ iiic nan..,, ,|,.„,1.| r,,-,li-,' «l,:i, |.-„„,ir,- ■ ,, Ai: ila>.M-^ an- n..w M,nim..ni.,I li. rial,,,- ,t - 1.. n' . .. ., -'"l"^' <"^''; Uk- .lin,an.l> thai have litcn nia.k- - niaik- f„r tlu- mL,. .,f , , i ,1 1",, , , ' ...Our Ml„».snl,i«.,s in .h. 0,l.,ni.Vwil U, ; ,, ' S ,1,. i.i\ liajLT^ have shown n this resncct Tli,.v ^ill J,.l ,1, 1 »lncn the whleh these increased bnr.len, a'r' k? ,,e ,„pe „ C h"„ H /"ir" ""k" jeets will take to hear, the suKKest,„n tnade by I,o Vv'Xry t, n ^h^'x regard to an Imperial Excheq.ier. I did no, -ee. h- we er th- U.ere ? ■ n p" ,r'^':;k.nrr'Th"'<''Y '?-"»■„"''•••' "•»• •^"'- ^i-ii'ii'' '!;;; :;c i)ir,ai i-.xcllei|uer. Ihe Colonies «,II sec. a, a even,, ,ha, «e in ihn .. Islands have not shrunk from lavishing onr ,reas, r, , ' I h. If ,f „|,'a^' ! 11. 1 i.inpirt... ,1!.. r. H., vol. 11, pages 503-594.) 3°. A Few Dissentient Voices. The- c..xpre,ssi,>„s ,jf (ipiniot, aj,rai„si tlic lni|KTiaIistic iti.ivcincnt in Itself or in tts ainnei-tion witli tlic- South .\fricai, war arc much scarcer an, less ,lefin„e. I will, however. ,|«ote the few followin." extracts, which show ,|uite dearlv the sentiments .)f the most cons"" picuotis opponents of the war amon-st those that are calle.l in the Mouse of Cmmons " fronl-lienchers ". ..AMi'UKM.-IiWNMiM w, i.K..\|ij "F INK l.MlKk.vl. I'.VRIV. Speakiiif; at Manchester on the 1 Menrv Cailipbell-lianncrman. referri,,,, „„ „„,„„„,., Sir .-Mtrnl .\lihier in which the C.overnor of Cape (.'.il.mv was ■ ported as savins: - I am ,letermine,l to break the ,lo,„inion ol" \fri isiuulerdom . sai-pt th;it tin- ili'sijfii lias ii.it Ik-i-ii " |iri.ol:iiim'il." that is i-xactlv til,' wurk uliii'li i.Dnl .Mititn is fii.lrav. ntriiii.; '..i iHTlunii jiisl n.iH : .111(1 in this 111' is well lii-lpi'il In tlir wiakiu'ss ur the oniiplii-ilv .if liutli p.ilitii-al parties. SpeakiiiLj 111' KiK-li.lale ini llir j.VtIi S.ptiiiilnr. li)iio, tin l,ilnral l..a.lir said : l.il II- IV n.'inli.T ihat il ,.iir l-aiiiiir. i- i i.| ii « ill not l... |,y niililal\ -iriMKlli. al an; raU' it Uill nm lie l>v inilitary -trnimli almi.'. .ir In mi'i liiil.l lUliaiu-.- iif ill.' wi.rlil. It will 1..- Ii\ ili,- iir.i-piTilv anil tli,' l..yait\ ni .1 liapiiy, luallliy, fric and .■..nltnil.-.l i..-..ii|i, . . Tli.r.' ar.' a iinniliiT of pnipl.- wliii art- lallcil JiiiKm-. a .irlaiii ninnli.r "I iillRT- ar.' .all.-.l l.iltic lintrlanikr-. Inn llic gr.al Ijulk iii ihi- pr.ipk- ,,l till- .niinlry au- iiiilliiT .nn- in.r tli.- hiIut, Al all .■viiii-, .-iKlUv ..r nin.l.i |HT Cfin. I uiinlil ,-ay, i.f tlu- l.ilu-ral party, wliirli wc kiinw li.-t. :.r.' r.-a-ni, al.li- anil .-iiniiiiiin -fn-t- iii.-n wlin want In inaintain iii:r ICiiipir.'. wliii wain til a--.Tt 111.' iiil" i-l- an. I 111.' riuht- uf mn Ivmpir.-. wlin iln nut want ti. -..■ any liariii .-(iinf t.i n fnini any ipiartcr uf tlu- rIhIh-. Inn who. on the "lliir haiiil. fnlly riali ■ the ir.-imnilim- rv-iion-iliililic- \vc alr.aily lian, Willi ilii iii.t ..i-h Mntu-.\ -arily ti. ailil ti. thflii. an. I alii.vi- -11 win. wish P. .1" nutliinK i;iat i- nffm-in- ur asRU-s-in- l.iwaril- any of mir n.-iRhliunr- iTi the wiirl.l. If we adhere t*. that piiliey I lieliev.^ we can maintain thi- Kreal ICinpire fur many year- and Keneratinn,-. Sneli an .vent .is we have -eel] this year aeciimpllshe.l — the Federati.m uf inir piisses-i.m- in Ih.' .•snnlherM llenisphere — is a les-ar.> thiw i,-w tli m.rl, -.f, r- sound pnncipU. ,viih 111 ■ minun, f^'fri-slun),' c^xpri-ssi,,,,,. „f school,-,,,, ,„.„,, , „„ , ,7 47 V . ;^: '7^, o tlK. ,l„MU,H.c.ri„:,; look- aftor ,lK. ^naran,«^ „f > . "Avlrn" l?' " " ' "- '"' "^ '" Military Imperialism : Its progress. TIh' (jnciinu'tit* cotitaiiU'(| in this t'liaptrr v.iH hIi.iw clearly. I lliiiik. llu- pri'tlinniiiJint. 1 may >;■ , tlu- r\i.lit>ivi- idia wliiih jur- Mii-aio llnti'-h lmin.rialisin. Tluy prnvi- thi' iTitical sitiiati'in in .Iiii'h l''.nj^lainl is placnl as r'ar a-* Iht tnililarv nr^^atiisaiiini is oiistaiuly tliin' 'ny; of " iiti'isiii)^' " ami " tappiii'^' " colonial h>yalty. 'I'hi^ nn. n \itw of thr popular sentiin-nt in favnnr of sticli a propi.-al i-xliiliilccl in t'aiiada, and in foninii-nioration of tin- fiotli aiiniver-arv r Miii->ty\ ri-ign ? HkODRR'K: A pnipo-al of the nanire reftrrt-d to in tlu- (|ut~tinn n niH-i\i-d from Canada and ha>, lici-n rt-fcrrcd to tlu- Canadian ("mv ijt lor an exprissiiiii of iluir opinion niton ^t. Hi-r ^Iajl-■^ly's Covt-rn- ;iri- fully aiivi- to ilie di-';;rat)ility of i-ncomaRintt ^uch tendonciL-* on ni of tlu Coloiiit--;. linl il is nhvions that any ^ii-p-; in thi- din-ctioi. ux imi.l ,,,,.,1 ,,,,, ,,,„,f I „„, I il' I) \,,i '■'■•"I"" >-..rr.-|„„„|n,t: '""""'".' '-' '■-.t:.'.!,,. ,| ,.,.,.1, ,V , „ h. III. I'i"|l."l:irv- .S.r,,.,rv n, ,|„ ■.-iv.rl, I, ,'.| I, £^':b;^::::^t=^^^ "' --l"\ .11 ,,S(,,,. .^n,lK..Kl,„nM,n,::n. M, „,„ax, M ,■ .,,,„,. l;"vini.i„iH ,,l .V,.„ s,,|„h \v-,l,. l;.^ '"■ '•^''■- '■ \\N-.V|)|( \M, . -I.. arc .i,,„ riTOvinjt r.iri-t;,! •'niMdiTatidii. Sum ar ( ;K-iit^ (if llic- cliii-f -ilf-L' :liange> are uikrt criiiiiK colon ic>. ( I* jUcussion with the Govern I)., Vol. 66, page 323. ) ( )n iIk- 2ist of tlic saiiu- month, a (iiK'stion was put, askitij^ whc- ■Jicr a decision as to tlu' raisinj; of a new l)attalion in Canada to take place of tlie loolli Kej^T'i-icnt (Royal Canadians), had heen delayed {)y I'ritish or Canadian authorities; also if recruitin.i^ for the llrilish Army in }j;"eneral could not he done in Canada. Mr. WIXDilAM : ...Tlu- (|ucslion of recruiting for the regular army in C:m;i(l:i i> now inider consideration... lia> lieen under consideration for M)nie time. genileniaii -ay whether t lu- ll] the due consideration of of the Atlantic or the other Mr, .\K\<)I,1) FORSTICR: Will ilie ilmi. iiti'iiick"- lias arisen here or in Canada? Mr. WA'XDHAM: I am n-H prepared 'o c the ijue-lioii aTi ol)-tacle either on ihe one >ide ( !'. I).. v"nl. (.7. jtape ^5-4''-* ( )n the jjih of .\j)ri!, Mr. AkX( )U) Ft )KS'ri-:K put the follow- i-io; (nu-stion : I lieg to a-k the Ivnancial Secretary to ihe War Office whether his atten- linti ha- heen called to tlie statement ctMitained in the report of Major <'.enLral KL'TTOX to the Canadian Government to the effect that a pi.'po>al ha- lieeii made hy the Imperial Government that recruiting for tlie looih Regi- nunl ( Royat Cai.a(han- ) -lia'I be opened to British subject-- in tlie l)om- iinon "i Canada, and that complete arr;'' . -nts for carrying this out have been prei)ared : whether this statement ....^ made by authority nf the War Olliee: whal steps, if anv, have aduallv heen taken in the direction in- -'ieated : and whether tlie earlv withdrawal fnmi Canada of the lOOth !-;egiment ( Rt.yal Canadians) is' taken with a view of recruiting the Rcgi- ;rent ? Mr. I'ouell WILLIAMS: The Secretary of State has not yet received Maior lluiton's report, and the War Office has not authorised any -such viaienient as that referred to in the question. We are in communication v,iih tlie Dominion Government as to ricruiting in Canada, but the arrange- ment-, which I am glad to -av are progressing satisfactorily, arc not suf- ticientty advanced for any statement to he made... ( P. D, Vol. 70, page 711. ) ( )n the jnd of May followini.r, Mr. AKX( )1.D K( )RSTER asked : I beg to ask liie Seereiarv of State for the Colonies whether his attention l„i- been called to the offic'ial report made to the Deparluient of Mililia and Defence of the Dominion of Canada by Major General HCTTON.coni niaudiiig the Canadian M litia. and specially to the pas.sace therein relating to recruit ng for the Impel ia I ser\ice. in which he states that it has been_ lunpo-ed liy tlie Imperial Government that recruiting for the Prince of ^\■ales' (l.v-in-ter Regiment. Royal Canadians) shall be opened to Hritish -nbiicts in the Dominion of Canada, and that complete arrangements for ."irrviiig till- out !-,ave been prepared, and will he published as soon a*; the I'n.il iustnielions and the requisite official form had been received: and I.XI jjnu;W,arv of State for, Iu.r„,„„K.s .M, , cilAMIIKR. b^u, ,hc subject „f ,£' "X^^"^'u:: t""''"^' '" "'»' ^•^'■•■"i- . 'niproving matttT-..','""''n]'tl "iiUii-cl. It IS typical of the \V-,r fi(c ■',"'''' "l"cii i« practicalK 1,1, procrastination after nrocra linVti „ ?" "''" """• '- '1'1'v afUT ,le ' regards recruiting in 'JL S: : '"k^;!''..;;;!' •-'«"*; - •■ran.cal V;.- ,'' i: ^■mada has heen as far advanced a. !, i^ tll'a .-"'Vl^'r, TV'"" ^'^ ^"^^ - u ar. sa,l: " » ^ 1 )l l.\.\l. ( ,i.kT ^eerelarv ,,f > Stati' ;l;f'— What does that „ a ;V'-^ lear'^L,;"!;' ~""-; -ran.nn^nr f;! "'>■ "'■«■ cn.hsation ,0 the old Vvi, 1 " '''" ^■"'""v l.a~ m adin- ;""""«' ;>l diHonnny ,, „,.,,,,'■ j^^ ' ' ""- ■'■Iway- he diffic.dl. „■ "-'-. .vvnch is thai if anv e ,nv' v,i '"" ""-' '•' '"" "" "- ,,r,, ■ """,'d the hnrden of Empire \ ,^ '' '■''■'■•" "'-'' I" lak" -on, ■ „ r ">"*ty .ts arranBcn.enN 'o ;„ . ^, ""^r crnn.ry .h.„dd. as far a- L . J^LSSION OF IfjCC. On tlu* I2tli nf February, tlic llousi- of Lords was discussin,' ;Iu' Tiiilitarv iiu-asurL-s tn be taken for ami on account of the So'.ub African war. The ^hlr-e nyy). He indicated at len-^th tlie means dnt were to In.- takai in order to increase the forces, and lie added : \\"f also iiilfiid 1(1 offer coniini^ions to tlu- Colonii-^, tro n whom wr have already rii\ivf(l many CNCclU-nt officer^, ami 1 am -.lire ani; oiu- who know-. as I know. anytliiiiR ahmit the Mi ilary CoIIcec at Kinj,'Mon. Canada, will not doiil)t [hat oITkht^ takrn from that -.mircf are woriliv tu take tlk-ir pkuH- Iiv till- 'idf of (lu- very t)fi)ular. nothini; so di-taste- fnl to the Rriti-l! luible, and yet nothing m> sihitarv. ii-< to remind them -i the niiininn of foreign eoimtrie-. Rut whether plea-ant and >ahitarv i.r not, m the cn-^i> in which we are placed il is ah-olulely nece-.-ary to take notice (»f it.., 1 confess I watch the situation in l''nrope and el-ewiicre nine dfisely than I watch the situation in South Africa,., The speaker then alluded to the coldness with which (Rnnany atid I'nited States liad receive I ■•;ty it Tiay he pixen li< any of u-. however light-hearted we nia\- he. to |\'iu-e and to ask tlie ('.o\ernnienl to take a lar^e ^-ra-p of the -ilnatinn and to make propo-als to the country which are adequate lo that -itualion," (P. D,. \'()|, yi). page ,10-.ii,) Lord LA.MiXC.ToX said: The Secretary of State for War,., referred to the intention of givuis; C(iinilii>sion- to colonial oflicers. I would a-k whether sonielhint? more could not he done. There was a proposal -ome time ago to have an inter- change of Regiments hitwcen this countrv and the colonic-.., [ think that after what we have seen of the work of the colonial forces, and what they are capahle of doing, the present is an opportune nionunt lo endeavour t't hnuyx int^' c'o-rr iviiv': w-ilh ■.,y,f ruioihe;- ihe componen: force- of ihc dif- ferent part- of the Kinpire,,, JlS': "'""'' '" "'^ "-^ '-'-"•■"" ">■ tlH. Australia,, c uu:. :i-k tin- r.iilir SicTi-iarv ,,f Slate- I In-. ■1.^ -"---'m,;im!i');lMi,^o:s "1„^;;;i^,i:''- -- ""-■''-■ - v.. o( ll'<; .ic„ral„H,y ,„- o,n~„-|„,g ,,,. c |,„. ! ";■ 1'^-'"" "a,- !„■ will o,„,i,|, «hc,hu-. ,n vi«v of tl,c a„„road,/,'f ";■;"'"■; "' 'In- l-;,„„ir. ; a,,.! y^:,r:r)L^^^z :L/iz :r„^!,;;: ?'' ^vvxr,„A^,, „o„.r,. inv,k'. an i-x,,ri.«Mo„ „f o„i, ;, , > Pr"li"-i- In awail and, if „n-,l ]„■ ,,, ■"jcc-t. I„,i ,|,i.ir r>rcsmci. inav L ' , ,' ,''"" -'•"' '"'■'' »'"' ■' -l>"i.il On tl Mili said 'P- I>. Vol, ;,;, pap. ;y- " '"'" ■'"'•T w,ll„„ orwiiho,,, Canada. . Sir Wilfri.l l,a,l .1,™ "aill "''' "'" ""'' "•""'- «" ^""'1' AW.a. i"i"n'Th,.;:"!™^;;^,,i;- ;;;:*■;:,■;;;;; --.^i "..!..■ ,i,f™..,. of „„. ,„„„. '" ' ' '" "■"■'' '" I'Kht for Canada-- dcffiic,-, ( , i On thf 3r.. Vol. 81, page 1057.) On tlic .Jfil of July, .Mr. DK.XCl'. askcil : I beg lo ask the First Lord "f the Treasury whether any attempt has been made to ascertain the view- of the Colonial and Indian Ciovernments on the reorganisation of the military forces of the Empire; .and whether llie C.overninent will consider the desirability of adding to the Committee of the Council of Defence representatives of the great self-governing col- onies and of India. Mr. .A. -J, B.\I,I'X)l'R: I understand that opporttinitv has been taken to consult the autliorities on the question referred to by my Hon. friend. The Coinniittce referred to in the question is a committee of the Cabinet, and the Government, therefore, cannot add to it in the manner suggested. (P. U.. Vol. 85, page 405.) On tlic 19th of July lyoo, lord I'.K.ASSEV ( Ex-Covernor of X'ictoria) brought before the House of l^ords the qiie.stion of the reserve forces of Australia. He said: ...I strongly urge that Her Majesty's Government should concert mea- sures with the Government of the Coninionwealth of .Xu-tralia wilb a view to raising an Imperial Yeomanry in .-Vustralia of at least 5.000 nun. under engagement to serve in any part of the Empire, the cost til be met by joint LOHtrit'tttiiiits from the Imperial Exchequer and from Colonial funds (P. U., Vol. 86. page4.i7.) SFSSION OK I900-19OJ. On tlie nth December, n/x). Sir Chas. 1)11, KK asked: I beg 10 ask .Mr. Chancellor of the E.xchccpie.- whether Mr. .Seddon- scheme for the erection in the self-governing colonies, by British financial assist.ancc. of an Imperial military reserve has had its consideration; and whether the scheme, as modified in its financial proposals by a joint com- nmtee of the two Houses of the New Zealand legisiaturc. has yet been sub- mitted to him ? Till- Clinncfllor of ilu- i.\..i,,., ""1. [■er,<„,any. l.ad ila- Sdu-l thai ,. K „„,|,r liu- c,„„i,|,r' , page SOI.) "-iiiir.it,. UT (Sir lirniijjlii II of till. lilCKS HICAfll, iioliri-, lint I ai iniimni i p. j) IIIV 11 a\^art: Vol. 88, < In the 8th oi .March i,p,.,\|r ISR, ,|)d „ ■., ,, '■ Man- for War. hr.„i,.ht l,ef„r' ,i ''^ ^ ''l'' '""■ ^'■^rclarv l.'."ailea„ ^'xhaiKstivc ro c o, ,h, ™'n ""' -^'"'^ '•-"'"■■"^•s'. Hritai.,. showinfj,h,.h4vvrain,--,, t f"' ■'"'"""" "' '■'■'■'" "■xl th.. intjxrativr lu-c ,V CMnl ,?.;,■' ''•' "'^'^"."'1' ^'nca.i war. ■n the forces of the K, , re f ' -i ''"" ■''"i'' ",' ''' '"'''' '"''•^-^'^'^ to nientii to tlie ,S'r'r!™':,."'^^'"'i-'."ff'fTMi. r ion livo p.iinl.. on «|, d 'i "<■ iliffir I "111 a-k tl,c llo lave got to prnvi.le. l.roa.1. I" ti'- tir-l pi :rn,n ;,ny olIuT ,|-,tio s'.ird i|ilite apart fn.i III tropical ..latio ii|"i|i. Il.i.ooo III war, in tinr liavc (tot to kocp "iin in India and llit- (.'ol 't iK'aci' 'onic-. mi \Vf ly l««ver attempt, relying ontn-civ ■tlprm vZIIZ'"']"^"'"- "''"^'' "" ""'" ■■■]- onr arnn ni future fof I, „ V' ""'■"^> 711*111x111... >' t" l.e recruited l,v eonipi, !,„""' ft'" '" '" " ^"'""•■".v ."UU. or is '" 'ii^- lloUMMo win cheap chT;i,v-,r "7, "ell how e,,,; „ !■■ the v„l,„„,„v .v-leni 1 iW, L Jl ' , '^ ""' ''"'"ration "'" ■■> thing to i,e pro o ' -"'"'"■ir.v -y,ten, for I, niv adhesion to the v u L r.""-'" ■■"' '^'^""" 'M^"': ",'"■•'" "tiller it a t^.rce i.h^vl "l"" "^ "'^"''' '""""' '"■ -verunient that thev ha e^.fficK,,"":, ■"'""•■ """""■'"- ''"" ^^l-^' th? "..1 ." their -atisfaeiion. 'n, he , „ t ii e tl/'r^' ""^'■"'" i'"'' "" ™i"- thal. while the country is wiilin„ l ,' i , "'"'"""■"I '"'Iv recognise ineninhen, „„ ,„c tiovcVnn,™;"^,^;^; ev'n''-,,,!::,;-^^:--.- ^ - for- u .-i.llu'Mon •litciiot; is 'I'luTL-fore tV(.Ty nitTlIlv I) the fl..)^ce':^fX"^,^i;;' -?.«-"•;".- we la. year <'»• the war was .i,,-, aild ne " arf""' ",] , ', ", ^7"" ,'"" ly rvv ipf itlv.- fircmn-l.-incf of 'KkT ilif in- ic fiuuii-tion ■^ great vpirit i;..>;thli\-i/:':'--:no" frsSii±-i"^^l?S4^;"/-=i-'""^j{i;li^ "111 he pl,.„,y ,„.,,. ;^.^^ I ihcv conl,' onlv ,„. p„. - attached to i.-sthe;;,;,;„;, -/;:^"Va;d";; would begad to hold on t '''rd. in siiaded th^ I n'vJ- ' or ,j"ch';;,cen;;" ;' r'",:' '"^-y - Ihc other end. ' ^ '"c l ham r ,,, ,|,^. |.,^che.|mT ■■■I "ill not entertain Ihe oue-iion ,,f ., r man ,„ ,l,o Hon,e will he ,o 111 ^ ■"■"n'Pean w.,r, 1,„, I ,],u,l>- we shall be able to keep oursclve fr^ f^ '■',."'•" ""'1" all circuiii-taner. cannot shin out the possilah \ f' L, g';„'■•''':"'^■••'^^■'''••'"«l""'■"•- \^ j;;.pp.iy entangvd "n ""e.:;;:;^;; ;;r:';.'™ ';„;:r '""' '•>'«-■- '- The .\niitia should be .;o,ooo .-rong l„„ i, , , 1. sonicllung worse than that:... ,Hs a imm'r of f.-lc, ''"'T ~""""K TI"-'-e no iriiiii al.ciul .w.otKi liuli yi:ir, anil wi- only prmliuT loo.cxM i>f a total forct on Ihr M>, viars iiiKaioMiinl. Tin ria>o' - viry ~im].lv. Tin- indiicMTOnK ui- ulfiT till. :ncii arc not ^uttickiit to '<( .iii-ni. ( PaK^' T071.) .\'o«, VM- inUTMl to jiiii onr nioni-y on ilii- Vnniiaiirv. anil wi- rxpcct Krcat ri'Mill..., Tin- pay mil l,t j s. a ilay. with ration aliowancc and foram-... 1 trust thv ilay ir. not far il stant whin -•mw .it our o.Ionial hn-llinn wlu. haw Kucn n> ni..unti'il a>»istan«' ilnrinn tln~ war will In- ifiliini. stihjc:! (i- //:,• ,onsciil ../ Ilwir „-cv. G.vcniiiunl. to kiT|. ii|i nioiinliil nrntintirnt , alMi nn.lir tin- til i- of lni|H-rial Vionianry who. whin oiia-ion ik-iiiaml-. Aill In- a>ailahli- to iom our own Vvonidurv .houhl tliiv niT \olniitui-r to Ko al.road. t I'aKi-^ Jo^^-.s-'i.) Kiithf I4tli : 1" .Nhircli, Sir Clias. 1)11. KI-: sjinlit- on tlii' !.anii.' i|iifstiiin ; ho saiil : It had Ill-Ill aliliiKt liniviT-ally acoipti-d aftir tin- t\|iiriinii- wi- have had ol lolon al mountid infantry in tlii- war that tliiri would ho -.oiiu- -ki-liM, howiiir faint, of tllf futnri- constitution of an Inlpirial luonntid in- fantry ihrouKhout tin ICnipiri-. I know it is said that Ihi-si- suKiji-stions -honid loiui- from lliv coloiiii-s. lull tlii-y liavi- id lie. Vou woald not hi- fur- cuiK any -nch siln-iin on tin- i-olonii-s. hut vou woulil onlv he acceptinR an invitation a'rt-ady iiiadi. SuBKcslions have lieiii already made l.v Canada and \iisirala. ami in \ew Zealand a definite seheiiie has heen |iro]iosed l,y the (.oierniuetit. and the countrv will he di-;ippointed that 110 reference !ia's liccn made to that scheme hy the Secretary of War. Mr. HRODRRK: I made a distinct reference to it. Sir (.'has. 1)11. KK: The point on which reformers in this Hou-e have akvavs insisted mil the necessity for which has heen terril.lv shown in tlie early stajtes 01 .iiis war. is that we should not wait for war to make these preparations, hut th.-.t an arranRemeiH with the colonies should he made in time ol profound |ieacc so that it iiUKht lie in working order when war liroke out. ami not have to he made niiich too late to reiMer all the assist- ance It would have reinlered in the earlier stages of a war. (P. 1).. \'ol. ip. page idfi.s. ) On lilt- 151I1 of .Marcli, dttriii^' the- same ilchatf. .\lr. .\rtlitir 1.1".F, ( Ilaiiipsire ) said : In regard to the raising of the I uperial Yeomanrv. I must express deeli regret that the ipicstion of the coopciatAc defence of the ICmpire has not heen hrouglit forward in some shape in this connection. It may he said that the lime is not riiie. I think the time is peculiarly ripe. I have lived for s.iine years m the Co'onies and am -till n touch w'ilh colonial opinion and my helicf is. whatever the governmeuls of the Colonics may he saying. ;h.;o the people are only loo ready to take part m anv scheme of cooper- ative detence of the Hiliiure. if you will give iheni the opiiortunity. 77ie U,o-;-rnmcHls arc waitinn '" Si'C lc'"V/l Teuy llh- oil will jumft. and j'he|-cve that any well considered pro|iosal would meet with a most cnlhnsiastic response, ^alllng such a proposal. I wish the Right Hon. gentleman had liccn ahle to suggest a sche.ue liy which each of the Colimies concerned woald have acceiited u /i.r,-rf shun-, however snial'. in the Imperial offensive army ( P, 1) . \ ol ,„. pa,,,. ,.,7.) Mr. K.iiiHiMii k( ii;i;irrsi i\ 111.' (■ .',,,11,., ar, nllur -,.|t „.„ I l--'l>' Civil l.,,r(l ,,| il,, .\,lii,ir.ili_v niilit! ,,r II iirt- Cruwii I.'. ,r„„,„ ■ I P'Tlinii ,,f iln- li.inini r,| ImiKri'' ,l,-l\.|u'i- If il,,. „.|f ..,,, ' ...th. ,4,1, „fM,v. „,, 11,,,,.. ,lisc„ss..,| a „>,n „, „r ,l„. Scr,- ^r\ VI I \'",'" "■■'",'■ '." ■■' ""'' "••-'""i^'i"" f.,r ,1,. .\,,„v. |,„r,[ > I .\S\.\:\ . lM„„„c,al .Vcr.iarv 1,, ih. War ( )lfic,-, .^ai,i i' „. ,1,^'!™!;!:™! 'v;,t;;,'r'","r'^;; ";■' ""■ '■"'"'"^■^ ''^?'- ■"■' '■•■'■" "'■■■-i-' -cl,.-,m- ,"\-,a,li.| ,,.■,■ I '„'" '■;.'"■■"■">■>" "»«„!,„ I,r,„„ ,„rw;,r,l a Mr. I'Vivma,, TI|().\I.\S , l|a>ti„.rs , : y,> ilK. |5,1, ,.f May. ,l„ri„^ ,;,. .an,. .IW, 0,l. |;K,„,K- I ll-l.l>. .M. I.. ul,.,s,, arun,;„n,i was thai Mr llnKlrick's „|a„ ,,f ,">r-.i„,sali,,n uas i,,iany i„a(lo|i,at,', >ai,I : " -'"HI,,. „,:J hv' ,:.:;,,:';■ .,?';?,;'a';;ir;t: ';:,,; :;i,.ir;;;:! ■";■';-", < )„ till' jdtli ,,f Max O.I. l.i:c,,-.E: idlT ,lli- a(Ki.,-,|; ^;',i,;;'i:j;!-i,;,,./;t;;;ji:;;,^,L^'i;;z,,-,--:^-t^ V " ..K- ln„„.,,,„ .\,„,v a, i,„„u. a,„l al,r,.a,l I.,,!, i,," peace an.i'war":- J.XVlll tiiin may )i iX.V> BRODRK'K: The prop.,>.il ha. ' fill found practic; lailt thruiigh the Imperial Veuinanry. been repeadedly c(insideretititi>,'eiil. iVoplc whose |)rcni(l fei-lin)j;s wiTt' ar.niscd liy the title of Veniiiaiir> tiiav now see why tills name was adopted. The I'.ritish atithorilies have sacrificed the iuii:u-; hut they have the fdcl: tliey have sitoceeiled in estalilisliiiif; in the colniiics a system for " raisini; rejfiilar corps for service in tile Impe.'ial Ariiiv. " It was a similar attempt that \yas denounced hy tiic Camidion Miliftir\ liti:i-llf in Jamiarv and Fchrnary of last vcar. The sendini; of this late continL;eiit is therefore more serious, wluii liioked at from the view-point if our future, than the two tir.t I xpeditions: it is the inaii(jnratioii of a new military police which the I'.ritish ( '.overnment had never eontemplaled in past vears, even when we were hut a Crown colony. That the c t;ikc unit on tiiin nil militiirv m' , i I. , i ,1^'' ''''■ l',':"l'"^^l> "' the g„v>rnn,.ni iKiiorc iniiuiM I —.,.,„ ,„ ,1,, „,,r. Il,,r.' an- no ;,tt.-in|,ts i„ cr.-atc a •rl,-,.,l ■ ,' i"' "" "■'^'"■'V'," l""" l""ly "i .IU.UUO nu-n «Ii„ ,,l,. ■ 1 •'■' """"■ "'111'"" recalling men friin. civilian life ■'" '' l"'>- ''-■■■vng w.il, till' c.luur,, thus disorganising cvcrv ,-,r, i , r "' ''"■'■'■ ''■'"'■ ■'" i"'li"tions of anj- detfrniina- il'i • ml ;i ;'"'■'■'"""" '•] i"""^ "''"^j '■■ ••-""■■* ^.re re.u:!:^:i;:'::fX"n,t.^";;;r™^';*ic;:^V" "" ' '■"- '■" "- < hi the jSth oi iniie, in HAMI'DI-.X (I.ate C.nver course of the same dehate. Lord „ „, . , , , - "' -^'eu Smtli Wales, i8ii;-i8<«ii sIK.k.n,^' ot the plans snggested l)v the War Secretary | Mr llr.,- • iricki lor the orj;anisation m' tlie ^■eo;ll;nlry. said: ' ,,[,V', '';;;" K'" ■•'""->•■'" Hu. acno,, „f Australia. I lot nie.-ui lo lie ^.R.-, !,:|f\, '■ , '1 '" '■''■"■■■, '°,■^>l'<■ possible co..|.eralion hetween I i ' ■' ee f*^^, f ""J ""■' ■"i"',""^ "''•'''' Governuient in mainlani- I le m.i "'"","•', '"!''","^."'"'^'' '"">■ I'' "npl'H-ed within the limit- "I nit i.mpiri'... (1. 1).. \ 1)1. (^ p.,jj,^. jijj The .Mar<|iiessotl.AXSD(l\\\l.;, late Secretarv for War and ii: ii;:^o?'^e;;^,;d::^i;e^^;":^;:;^;'>"'- - •- ---^^ -"^ '» S£ti?F}B'f'^'™'V'"'--^^^^^^ r. sr ,; , 1 . , ■^"'- •■""' '■>!T"rcs most careful and delicate (;,,'"■,/"'' " l">,i""!'' ""= ''!'■" °' attempiing to ru-h anv scheme a l\t mln h ™'^' .he Parhament, of this country and .he colome. vvhhin a lew nion.hs Is absolutely preiiosterous, . (Pagejii),) >"inin Ill- lluii pii.iiUil oil. ih,. ,|a a.lil. ik'ir cif im-n':i>iiii; llii- \\;ir I'^tii in pasMiii;. t|,;ii |.,,r,| |.an*linviu- nu jiropos.il, ,r,ik,l l,y lu- S,Tr,-l:,r.v l,.r \V:,r ,„ |,i, al.h- i.ii.l .i.iiM.nil.',- "' 'I >' ■ir.v an.i iinl ,,f :, |jr;K-lk',il wnti. I.nni TWKKDMOl Til: I A, w. i*!\iK';iti' niiy f ,, -■ -fry l.'ngf imTcivt- nt nav tu (nir ^ulili.-r. niil r :'>!;::lj\v:^'z.T"' """^- ''-■«" -• -»■'■"••« -r .i™.u «i..„:,;- A f™ '1''^^ l;'^^/'P'^ki"«;a. 111. koyal rni.nl S.rvia- ln-ti.„- lion. 1,1 Tcl \\()I,SKI.E^ said tliat : an .n„v. a,„l ,f w. cn„M „,„ „., i, f,„ , ,,„„„,„ „,„ J^'^,^;, Z'. -hi"- ''I'lllU-S. July Sill, l',U I 'rakini; ..'KinK: tnovtlKT 111., ar^iniinils „f l.„rd Wolsdcv aii.l lord l.n«-l.ni 1 jnst now, o„,. i„i,st cnu' tn tliis coiudiisio,, ; K„,rland nvn N s..,li..rs, slio can ,,., l.ii, diildrui at lionu- ,o li I^ ■ an in less slu. incroascs largdy ,1,. pay. aim even ,1:™ i. is no, lu " J ... slu. will ,n, the miuired nninlKT of p,„p.r rcvrni.s.' ( i, j taxation lias .iliu.vst rcaclud the |„„i, of possiMe endiiraiire. I. i, ' -"-■ ^!!v":nl;;;;:,,;;;!i;";;:«;r;;;'r;^,:;::: >-.m,„urcia: a.lva.m,;;.. 1„„ Vn„„ »|,ii ,1,,' „ ' , "V"^""'; ■ar w„ivr ac-„„ain,a,u-.- than ,l .1...^ " , r . . '„ | , ^^ "' ""''', '' 2". Navy. 'f IIIK |:illn~M \,vv\. 1.1 KcLrnnry 1897. l.,,nl CharK.s I'.KKKSFi )K|) p„|,lis|,..,| j,, 'c «ntnii lu/iui^ .wiikii (.rt-aU-il (iiiitL' a <>ensarir ninety rt'-frvc as " (ighting man tlirni It 1, al,„,lnnly riilicnl.iii. tu call tliv prvscnt js.obo H \ R m.n n rcM-rv . luy are I'xiillfnl nwliTial. Iinl ihi-y ari' i.f mi mi: Fir.l. In'ian- ■ 'I lli.iM U..UI.I 111- availal.lc in »ar tiiii.'. ami -icinllv l.i-iaUM- tli.-v ar limraiinil ami iinili-.ip.lim-.l. \\-r\ fen ,>r ilu-iii lia all.iat A larKe |.r..|..)rli..n .,f ilieiii laki- llu-ir al a tniu- ,,nr the war I'.ai h liiMi' ihoy have li i-mlil .lays" ]« in il-ilf a farci'... On l.i..kinK •It lliiil K.liirn it »ill 1„. f.,iin.| that m tin- llrili-li \avy linn- an- iiu- ii.l,-,l vi-s.K ipiit ,l,,»ii av liKlilinii -.liip.! vvlii.li ii w.nlil \n- .riminal .. Mini I.. ,ra I.. hKlil an arli..n Tli.rr ar.,- f.trlvH:,- >v.„l- i» llu- llnli.li li-l m Ihal r.-liirn «liuli an- -liH arnu-.l witli niii//li- I..a.li:iv( gim., \..l j.iu- uin-/,- i,...-,,! „, ,|u- Ki-iiirn nf any iitlu-r Kiir..|K-aii na I:a< a lliil?zli- I. .,1.1111(1 K"n "11 l...ar.i. . . Il 11111-1 ii.,i In- Mi|,]H,„.,l that ..nly the -hip- wilh nni//le liiailing Biin ■- w.,rllile-, 1 here are (illu-r- in the llr.li-h Navv that hr.-ieli l.,a,linK Kiin, an.l yet are «.,rthle- a- liKh'tiiiK -hii ela- ..f erni.er . f,,r in-tanee A li-t e.nilil lie made .ml ,.l 111 -lull -hips iillerlv nnlil t.i lie kejil -hip-,'\,. ...I have heen charged nith saying nnju-lly ihat the Admiralty i- n.. I '-'■'- principle-. What firm wimld keeji .ih-.ilete plant and premi-e-> What railway w.inld keep r,e..rge Slephen-.m- -"|i|ily the place ..f a ni.i.lern ex|ire-- ■ -j .li..n;.l -"- • i i.nak ddwn ?, , , ,,Wlien I ha.l a -eat in llie Il.in-e, I l.r.mghl f.irwani a m..li..n Mat .me (.1 llu- iinarni.inred endedlialtle-hip- sh.nild he th.ir.inghlv tried by perf.ir- ating 11- end-, and placing it in the same po-ilinn as it would priibablv ncciiriy in an actum. This mi.li.m I wa- a-ked liv a nieniher .if the Cabine't nut 1,1 pre- the argument he used being. ■' Slip|iose v.nir theory i- correct, .11 Ihink It would he to llu- advantage .if l-tngland to -how other na- tlial thirteen out of twcnty-lwo of her fir-t cla-s battleships arc in- ,- ''- .. '^'' "' France, and Ihat they can be made dangerous from small gun hre,- The Right Hon. gentleman quite forgot that it would be still wor-c lor oilier nations lo di-cover Ihi- when ihe thirteen ships in question went lo the hotlom in war time by turning turtle with their crews It vvimlil be p.issilile In c.mlinlle a li-1 of startling ami serums facts ab.iul our a.liiiiiii-tralion and ils want of method, -o a- lo fill up more than one '-.■ -It till- Review, but it would not he wise to reveal too many '-f our e- at cmce. Foreign Powers know tlu-m. The British tax-payer is person who does not. Of course Their Lordships at Whitehall fads, but under the " system " they are not supposed to do di: tioll- feri.. number of Ihi- R. weaklus- the only kn.iw all ihe-i anything. , , If ever war ribi c.mies and tinds unprepared, it will bring wilh it a ter- rible load of responsibility In those who have been trusted and paid bv the country to see it adequately defended, and while the •system" is la'rgelv responsible for the evils thai did and still cxi^t. yet. in the past, individuals liav be. ;i1m) bffii to i)lanie, and rnniimm otit' with thn?.! the sentiment. "It will last" my time" holdmg high po>itiims. > m the 2inil iif .\[a llK' Nav) l..;iKii... al ( ■' Hnviii -hi.rl ..f I illlinll Ml' ■''■■iriil llial IKMKJII Mini 1 iiinic k'niinin),' T'.-iii >l M M l.i' . lair, mill ina mil,-. Ptii tu an ,11 IK- ^'IMI 'I iM.y l|;|,|. tt tt I.Tk I »v.i> III a lIl'IlK IMTi' ,,,..11 "' f.iMv. ;u,- I,... »lln I'lr,', ■•"I'llll'.ll .,11,1 ,11 .1 II "■ir ,.,,„i- ,,1„„„ •li.r-. ll.i mmmmmmw iii-ii I I.I i„.'i;;;:l,'.^ 1;;;' """ '""' "'"'■■■! '■> i':.r ,:,,„;,„ !'"; 1 1,..;::?: .... ... <■/:„,,,,■, >t.,v .,,,1, ,s,,, , ^ir.K./.rM;:rrrt;]i;:^i;;r'''^'''''^ ^'■'''^' l-""l '- iia.i .„, ;{' .;:i; r;i":i "■l>al a,„l iii..r,..„,„i; nurmc i ...|V .V.,r "'"'"V" ',''■" ""■ '""""'"X ■■' i. III- R.fnrms .s„t:^,,„,,| ,„ , ,,^, J 'i^' -'";'■ •"■•■■iiipIi-lK.l ,-,ll -^i^'";x Jul; ^^ :"'''■--• -- "' -:^' ;: ;inv:;!: -'".."cc ,o naval an., n;iliu,^';;„,;l;,;:;^;S'- '" """'~'"'"' ■"■^'■'- - I'- I find ill ihf 7n;/,-.t ,,f ij,.. ...i, ,,f ,,,„ , vv^.^cr,„c„ie., R. N. r., „;, £--- ii^T;:":^^.^!"!,, ^r^;^^ ..r (Ik- 1,.,ut part .,f a ocnOiry had t:,Tw-"'^ "' "";'■' ""il'a". n«..l >) I.XXIV prams prop'oi-d l>y tliL- rL'simnsiltIv minister ;iiui saiu'trinu-d Ity Pariianu-nt :!■. ihc k-a>t nmipiit Ml- with -afcty hatf tlu- navy; 4th. OtIuT nation- had n-li-ntation-ly nm\ Micn-ssfully iniTi'a-vd their programs ni iKival loii-trnitinn, ihu-. -lili fnrtl'.i-r dimiiisliinf? imr rt-lativc strcnRlh ; 5tli. A iK-w and ri-solm- l.-iiniant for -la-powiT ha<)i, I.onl I'.RAS- Sl^^■ omtiriiis intirfly aIkU I.onl Ikrc-sfctr-l slated in 1897: . I-'itti \iar-. .i^'o \vr had _'(Ki,(xx) Hrili-^li sianu-n in onr nicrcaiitik' ma- rine: we !i;ne -earcely half ihal nnmhcr at the present time... The I'allins of ill ntinitirr-, is the more deploraiile. hecausc it is mainly amoHRst the vonnRer ni< n. The sKite of things is j^rave. and calls for the attention of MalesnKH. ( i'agc iS.iJ It naval and political aullionlics tlifftr as to the tncans u.) \w taken for strctiy:thc'nin^^ and iniprovinj^' tlu- orj,^anisalion of tlu- tk-ul and its nlannin,l,^ there is one i)oint on wliicli tiiey all a.i^rce : the neces- sitv of usinj; the zeal and the eiitluisiasin of the colonies to increase the f'crsouiic! of the Xavv as well as the tt.rrit(trial Army. Let us see now bow this problem has been d 't with in the liritish Parlia- ment for ' L- last few vears. SKbsn>N OF 189S. On the i ith of March. Sir John C(H,( )Mr.. M. P.. was arriij^niiio; the Covernment in ^-"eneral and the First l.ord of the Admiralty in ])articnl;ir for not uri^^inj^ more strongly the Cokmies to contribute to the Mritish Xavy. He then said: |1(. — jtlic i.*;rst I.onl! — tokt lis that Austraha was claniourinR for naval assistance. N'ow I tliink it is time tliat wc shoidd jiist remind them, in an- swer to tliis clamour, that we are hear ng almost the who'e hurden of the cost of tl)e Xavy, , . Now I hohi in mv hand a paper: it is the proceediuKs "f a conference held in the Colonial Office bflween the Secretary of Slate for the Colonies and the Premiers of the self-governinK colonies in June and July last O). It i> a \er} retiiarkalde paper, because it gives you what the Secretary of State tor llie Colonies says and it gives you what the First l,ord of the Admiralty says. Idit it doe's not give you what the Premiers said. The Sjx-aker then j^ives lecture of a statement which, he says, was made bv Mr. REII), Prime Minister of Xew South Wales, on his return from the lubilee. The text is as follows: [il Set- payesiLi to vn. Till- ci.nfcri-iici-s li,. "..,,1,1 „„t I, ,;, ';'';.■' ''-i'o- r.d,,,,,,,,, ,„ II 'I "'',;"", ■'""i'-'- r... ^,,__ |,,_, _ ' '""*= •'•'■ ">" -^1 >-r -"''.v; ;,/,;;,;,','',■;,,,;'--'• n--- ■ I" 11"! .-K-rc|)l ||,,T| <'■ I). V',,1 -, , """I"' ">•- -lisTn,,,,.. ■' '"^i >iK"n,„s plant,, (p |, y,,',- -y."' | '"'I'"- Hint '■-M,.„i „„.,,, ,,, „ , '1 "I"'" ""- -"Lic'Cl. a,„l ., I, "■" '•'■""■".1. to ut!li--i' the i^ffers wliich Iiavi- hei-ii nia in respect of ihe naval >er\e cannot he jint .nto the limits of a ministerial answer at (jiieslioi. d without e.\|dainintr the otViTs it is impossible to explain the dif- which surround their acceptance, and the dotdit as to tlicir prov- e re-ults desired. <'ienerally. I may say ilial I wrmld Rladly utilise faring poimlalinn of the colonit's f{ir incri'asjnfi our power at -ca. difitcidties in the way of adoptin.y any scheme which has up till ■II brought to my notice, have lluis far been insuperable. (I', D, page 0.39.) tinu ticul ties idin the but s ll I he- now Vol he Oo, si:^sioN (IF iSi)<). Diirinj; the dcl)atc on tlu- \";ivy Estimates in the House of Com- ir.oiir-. oil the 13th of March, Sir J. t'OLOMl', havitii,^ refirred to tlic .yreat incnase, in weaitii and population, of the llrilish Cidonics. said : ...With an I'.nipire with a revenue of J57 ntillions and with eo;nnion in- terest, siirely it cannot he expected that oidy a small nart of ibat revenue should bear "forever the whole charRe of its defence. Wlun you cotiie to face the problem of how you are ftoinK to combine these forces, you are nut with tliis fact, that you cannot force your self-K"\ernin:j; colonies to eon- trilmle to the common defence. Vou gave them self-govermeni without any reservation, and you must abide in honour by thai. Hut the question ']-: are we tpiile right n i.^inoring these growths, and not paying a little more attention to what lies before ns? It strikes me as very remarkable that thi- First I.ord — lof the Adinira'tyJ— . . did n 't see the opportunity anS. page 593-594-> ■\'i-. KKAKI.EV (l)c '' was stated las> nii-nt that lluTt Km viinport) : t year by a prom to llu- Ki-e. . 'IMi-^lioii l;i-i vfar, rt't'civc " " irauuil ■ as many as 76,rr!o cl uil,! iine?u mcmk-r of ilic Cana.l ami I'll from tlif o,|,, iepiilalion «a> rer very [iropcrlv ■ for llie K, -:an (Jo%crn- mi" in l.ana.ia «,ll Mnled ■■-1 l-orii on this I'll Ny tile i' '.rain inf. pnl in t: "i~i-li'ii liiai ii ,,,.,, TV,- iliat 11, '"■-. ami ll.at tl.ey vl.o,l,l ,m'i ,''',' ""' """ ~'""'''l I' in tl„. .r, ' ,i* '■'""''> nn.liTl.ike to co llir, 1, , le same dr II llial if tlie Canadian ( .nirl liay rlu tiironf,')! the ntoiiili-. Ife al^i exjien.e^ ,,I ira ■re to he ell ■™>>W--m„ry> „ay-,i;;.;;'™n,er. ,,V„e-,v, "■'«'■ ''I.S.I "' "iirtasmR the nnmher of il„ ul.,(,r",.!. a.^ Cadets: he ,si,,or,.,]„, " -'^ ■'■l""lliM,e ^tve,, „, enUer the .\;,vv '•."lunm'aliv'l^ne'of !:;'y- ''< — ,"• f-nr of ,„„„,„ „„, ., , more eloselv t.. „ ,, ''"> I"rl>en ar -clieni,. of , '■ I'deralion. '--' i^n e thm^.'';;;;;, ''"•- ."«;*'^- -d i ' U'^r .'C'tir^- "■ ■'"'^ ,, , I " I'.. Vol 0,, pap., ,.,,,.., -, On the ,Sih„f Xpril, Mr. (irCHWW M ,. I'a.qv 14,/,,. 11^, ■ I ihn I, ■ ^'^P^iilmire 1 I', i) vol r,o Mr. SorTT.ln ..,,„„„, I,, „ „,,_,„, .1 »."£;;;• iS>':" ■■■ ■ *■• -„„..,„„ .. ,„ „„ _,_^__ He then explained that (Ireat liritain should defend India and tile ( rown Colon es, l)iit that the increase of tlie Arniv and Navy was due to tlie nitcessitv of defending,' tlie self-noverninj; colonies'; he went on : I do not think that the work ngmen of this country should he any longer called upon lo bear the defence of the wcirkinjjn.en in Canada, in Australia in i\ew /Cealauil and the Ca|)e... Thev jirotect aKain^l us as severely as any foreign country — —not a word of the Canadian prefereinial tariff! — I have known men go to Canada and he told tlial Canada wa~ keiit for ilu- Canadians, and he forced to return to this country.,, i Pages l,sr4-l.> ) Sir Charles 1)11, KK moved an aniendnuin eNceptini,' the navy Iroin the ,suff,ir<'sled retruiciunent of expenditure ; he said : ,,,Our neet is not necessitated hy the Colonies, hut necessitated by our iiosiiion anil trade apart from the qiie.sl.ou of whether we possess these colonics or not, 1 eiilirely concur that it would he i:umcn^ely advantageous to Ihi, c. iiulry II these colonies should make some sacrifice for naval de- lence, «e all agree with that and if anything iirevents our ,-peaking out very strongly on tins matter it is from fear that this would do more harm than good. When some of the Co'onies arc already moving in that direc- non, to press the matter too rapidly ndght retard rather than advance the cause we all have at heart,,, (Page Ijry,) On the 27th of July, Sir Charles 1)11, KE, speaking on the .Vaval Works Hill, said : I am anxious tliat the Colonies should make a contrihution towards our naval expenditure; but while that suggestion should he constantly pressed upon the colonics, it is impossible for this country to suspend the expend iture unlil that is hriuight about,,, ( P, D,. \'ol, 75, p.ige 557,) SKS>MX OK 1900, _ ( )n the .>(ith of l-Vhniary. the lliiiise was diseussin,tr t'-e N'avy Estimates, The I'irst Lord of the .\dniiralty, .Mr, C.OSCHEX, spoke at kn,trth on the measures to he taken in order to increase the stren),'th of the ,\avy and especially the Xaval Reserve. He said; ,,We are not inquiring as to how we can organise naval reserves in our colonies, The imlilary in- nets of the colonies have been so developed in connection with the war 111 South .Kfrica as to nspire us with the hope that, if we can only find an adequate system of , rganisation, we shall be able to get valuable contingents for our navy from .Australia. Canada, and elsewhere. But there are some difficulties in the way, partly on account of the ditterences in wages in the colonies and partlv her.Tiisc wc have not col the .same appliances for lr.ain ng in the colonics 'th.at wc have at home t, if Ilk- inwi irf,'anisatii.n .if a trail the 1 ■ a naval rcsi- ■mnn. it would havi- hi asiiru had lurn In •jU Ik ritish MinistiT si ■rvu fur Canarla. Tin- al ■n unckr tin- iirctiiitv of Ux\ ricniitinfj for the Hritish \ Sir Charles DII.Kl.; 'lows us what was the real ohi aralion from eet 11] view : hllgRe,ti„ m p^tn(,u^ ,.,,„„i~ Atislrniia, ;iri(l with r in m.i.k- with rt-K.-iol i,, ihc d.l,, Mticipativl iliL- difficultii'. will. I- cliflioi ■|Ih- F ir-t l,.,ril 4 , , . , v'fjard to Canada ili \/in,,ralty ,s anulian 11,,, ,|,, ,.•',, ' \fwfiii,nclland. where iIr^ w !i"n» li-hinK lici|iulatin;i uli riKard tu vvai,'e> wages are very Id ""I menlit.n tl;, nil which ihf i.f Mr COSCIIKN: 'i Sir Charles UII.KE: I hat ha, liei ant very glad to hi ■ar that, liec; V \- , ■; 'I, Live pro ion iNcwtoimdiand... (I>. u,, Vol, proportionately to the |iop,ilaii, Mr, ('.o,';clit /ii of .\usiralia to the \a avy, and of the The true feel ing in the Colonie, tood in a recent cris s f. no objection w squad gauge,] ;ice to fai-e with the sn,i,l Iron to Chi ccpted: they offered tli. iirsed to_ the reni.ival of cert been I feel will at all til liagc 4J9,) ■epfed. What ll; hi of tl otTer in ie>~el, from llie .\ Wiieii China, Mstral- leir naval In certain that all the avail i|>pelieil lately 1 feel ■ailaMe f, le naval hirce- ,if the \ ir Imperial def igades, which have also ■ire wo.iM happen again 'P. », \-ol. \'iscount r'R.\.\KF()|'''"■'">' "■J"^'^^' '-^ -dv„„..„ a~ ,„„cl, „s w. c;,n pn.;;;„v':;i;';;„;''', "-'^i:^'^'!'^ Lord -I'^.MOV ni 1901. ^;;;'l';,^;:;;;;iK,*;:i'ii;-;;i;tS*.;,;;»*^ ' kwns. ,r „..t, that this „„,,h viw f "''' '""' ""^^ c.itintry al.o ""r ..•lf-„,,v..r„i-.. c-,,l„ni.s-l :;V , ,.;Z~;;m,V"\"'"^'' ""> '"vant .,f 't-a ,„ ,„y c„nsti„i.,Ky l,a. „ pa' "r i,". f , , '"'r,' J'"" «"■' "''" ''^"'^5 n.iiri- Miiiatt.Ts „f Ai.'irali-i -.ml ,h I "'■■*' J'-'ft""- "f the millj,,,,. -ay ivlK-il„.r „^. arc 20111^,? f , Atlm rally. Mr Arnnid Fo.sttrl- to Navy w.il,.,,,, maki:„'^;:;'>a^^„^7:^^^, -;'■«.;- ;l.-xpcndit,,n. fi Z '"l..:ii.- „„«|„ c.,nlriln,t,. fr„n, Il leir ,?,?a 1 1, ', v ' *•"■'';■" .-^If-R'ocrning ported l,y th|. farthillKv nf II n»r "'""",'" '">,' >-avy, which n,,w is sup ■n .lie Iniu.d Kiiigdnf,,. (l' i).": Vorgl'.'-j.'^J^jrr'fiiS'';' "'"""'^ "' ">- ^-'' .hi:''„;lell,^!!'^lf ;„. ^■'■j-'; appr,,acl,cd ', ',;,„c when .vc ,i„„t asK Empire whic!, cover" al par 0^,1 """'Ti '"*'"« '"^ ""' defence .f^n Wand in luit a corner f '^^'" T ""■''' "'"■•■ 'he rescrces „f an been that: but I hate the IniperialisT„'''Jh;vi '"'^'^"=1^*' - 1 have always and refuses t,, (,,,.,. , '''^""pirMlisni which pcrnrates a loul ihc Fmuii,- conimon seeuriiv a' ™ ..Ir" ,f''prae,'icarL'r''''"f l"'^' ••'"""^''-cnts for' (Page 78J.) ■ '" l'"""^al and united action of all its parts... Oil tin- .>2ii(l of March, (liiriiii; the saiia- ild):itc. tlu- Sixn-tarv i.i llic Admirallv, Mr. AKXOI.I) KOKSTtCK. rcplviiiL' M Mr '[<., iKftson, said : Thi-rr w.,- ,„H- [loinl ill lh<- ^,,l■l.oh ..f llu- li,.n. anil l.-arrifd ii„-,.,iiur will, vihidi I am >iK.cially ^Jnlpatll,■l,c. He- s|.„ko. a~ In- li,,~ ..fi..„ .,„,li,n Wu.Tf 11 Ills ll,„i.,-, al,,,,,! 111,. Hesiraliilily, alni.,-l 111,. ii,.,.,.-ity. „f ,liannK 111, li.inkii ,,f Nava ,k.f,.,ic.. w.lli ll,,,-,- .tlivr groat nR-,i,l„.r- of „„r ImiHTial ii.iiiimMmy «l,i,.l, K,.| t|„. |„.„,.||, ,,f iliai ,|,.f,.|i„. ,., I ,a,i ,,nlv -av llial lluri- will 1),. iin want of ,-..,,|i,.rati..n ,.n i.iir part wliicli mav prnilti,-,. Mich a Stat,. Ill I,.,. MiK-. Ill ,iiir ,nl,ini,« as l.i lirinK alimit ili,. miist ilt-sjralil.. rcMill wislinl fi.r liy tin. lli.n. ami lianu.l im.mlivr,.. I aiii 11..I ir.iil,. Miri- llial llu- sM..rl,..t anil liinst crtaiii iv.iy 1,, ,.l,tani tli,. ci...lJ,ratii.n iv,. ,li.sir|. 1, t.. hlam,. llu- ,;,ili.iiu.- fur iiut liav iig uiirn that wliii-li tlirv liav,. not lii.,n asknl 111 KIM-. W,. may lak,. a lisM.n fr.im lli,. ,,1,1 fal.l,.. an'.l l„.|i,.v,. thai lli,. -,i,i will imln,-,. a man In lakv ,ilT lii- ,-l,,ali snnnrr llian the- slnrin iP I) \-,,l 1(1. pac,. ,);i|. I On tin- .'Sth ,,f Marih. in tlu- sa:iu' ililiaU'. Mr. Willia.ii KKD .M( >XI) said : ...Hi.f.ir,. ,iK.r,.,,-,nK iIk- niMiilar nf nun ii, ll„. Xavv 1„. „.ml,l lik,. f. uar wlutlur tl„. I,„v,.rniii.nl I,a,l p„l llu.,n-,.Iv,.s mti. c.imminii-ali.m Willi H- Knat s,.Il-K„v>-rnnijf ooUiiiH.s „f tlu. l.;,„|,ir,.. anil a~k,.,l litem „li,.,l„.r llii'y WIT,. pr,.|,arf,l Ki liear any shari- ,,f ili,. emirnu.ns ciisl wliuh ili s Rri-at increase involved,, , (I', I).. Viil. iji. page llji.) Tlu- sSt-cri'tarv to tin- .\I).M IR.\I.'|•^■ roiilicil tliat : He was very niiicli in sympathy will, the vi./ws ,,1 the 11, ,11. im-mlier l,.i I'.asi (.tare, ami he ni„st fervently desiretl that we shnithl have rniitnbnlicin* ttr great e.ilnines tii ,,iir na\y as well ;is in ,.iir army (Page fn ilj-',) OiiKimMUiii,!; iiiioii ihis ileliali'. llu- .Iniiv niiil Wrrv Cic-tir said nil tlu. 3otli 111 Mare-li npi : The Canadians have n,>t yet risen to a proper sense of their obligations 1" the Navy: they eiinlrihtile notlmig to the maititenanee of the lltel .mil ihe preserval on of their sea-traile, (hi the other Ik sight of Ihe eonsidi in that the United Kingili it Is iitiwise to its Navy even if we lost ..tost of our f Is -el, hint dealt with liy the reformers. ttl eottid ill-afford to re.ln Thi aspect of the ipu.sli. 1 may add lu-rc what Mr. .\Sni:!Tll said on the. ififli of ( )ctol.;T last th. .\ft(.T liav on the itiipi.rativf necessity for lCn,i,dan,,,'•''"•''''' ^''^"''l--- '-'■ CcnnKT.,- pr™,k.„cv „f l,,r,l lira " , IV ,■ ,'T';''' '.""'-"''-'■ ""<1it tli, vcrnnr ni' \ ic. ri Th, ,i,; J "," "' "'' *- I'^'-'l'^T an.l lat. C,,,. C-i.biiial ,k.f,.„a •• ^'" "^ "''■^"'■^^'"" -•■s •■ TiK. .Vavy aii,l ^irC. CI..\KKK,(;.,v.r„„r.,f\H.,„na,.ai,l: ■ Tin. .icli..,, ,,f ,1^. Xavv «as ,■. iJK ,r Iial Ihat ilu. pr,H.nt war. « I ic, \i il., fi r , ,t"'"- ^'"'"'■'>- l"''a"-.- „f fonml ,„ „„„„v|,a, unpr.par.,1 ' '"' "'' "l^n-nc- .,„ a largo s,ak.. Thanks i„ ,|K. s,,k„,ii,i .p,rii uf ,1,, c,.l..,„ W.-.S r.,„f„r«.,l by ga'lan, „,,„ fr.n ,11 r '■;:/;';; ■l'-'"' '" ■";"""' ^'>" MslaiHo „f i,„r lcli,,w-Mibi.,t, „ ,., , Jii'l-.tti' cHiild c..iiiit ,,ii iIk- a, iinportancf— *• "' '"■'" '" '"o "lay ..f .„.,■. I v|„,„,,,| ,, . not .,f ex|>r..ssin,r Krati.ii.k-, as s..,,,. i„i,.l„ ,„i„k. ,,„, i-xpamling an.l developing the local forces „f ,1, i- , y ,ha. fhe c.>,o„:e. o„,„. ,„ ^uuJ-;;L^\j^z^r,J',:i::.:ii in See p«g« Lxxviii. — of times lluuiKhi ilw.l «:„ il„- duly i.f people at horn., r.itlur Ihnii nf i|,c ,<,lon.=v II of 11,,., -clones. l„ fill „p lh<- (lolaiK. If we ,l.-ir,-.l M n,:,i„,a n ll„- h.a.l shif of ihc I-.iiipiri' «f mii.t l,.a<| 1,1 all lliings. Vhniral Sir J.-O, IIOPKI.V.S sai.l that wl„.„ he ,va. ,n Auslral,.- y.-ar, an, iiiakriK lliniis, Ives a Rrcal n: n. Sine llu'n ll„- p,o|,le of Ausiralia l.jul jp.111 ■, corlaii, amoiinl of money o„ ,liip., l„i, ,|,o'.e !l,ips ,>■ e .,11 ol,~nlo.,. ,, nuiir,. il„. poiiey of colonial ,l,.f,.n,.e, ,0 far as llie Vavv .s .;.meriie,l. must !,e lo seiyl out g,.„\ ,l„p, manned l.v llritisli ,ea ' lint II in time of neeil the eulonies - ■ ■ slioiilil not l)e snnlilicl will, tin .linen, nnteirs lor the Xa,v iliey r.niark ■• Wlial do yon kmnv aliom the olfereil ; ,.■ nioi uie riiiiari,. - u jial , .1 yon kll.nv a loilt the n ■ of '?„.,r'i'' '""" '''■■'™ "" ■■!',"'" "'^- -■■ "'■ »^^ a«.-.r.. Ihal on 1 M-I ..1 Canada lliere were 40,000 lishernun miireil l.> the s.a in lis severest and iii..st .lanserons a.|,e,-ls. and ihat |.,-inorr..w. if onlv some one w.mlil ;';;l< III l.is haml, ,o,„, 0, tliese hardy ni,,. would ion ihe \avy. S.,mo of the nun had lie, n taken t. , , ,v,T,' ihe \ery hi.si of s<.anien vy. Simc I, Id reiinrts ahont th.-ni pr..ve,i that the (Times. Octohcr i4tli, igoi,) v,\vM kisi mi IS I iviin. As ,111,. may liave ooticcd. forresiMmrK'n. e.s ami nenin-iati. I.;mailiaii amlmrities ... the inalter of a naval rf^rve arc Ireiitteiiily mnitii.tu,; >: tin. ,-:'iiivt. i|iiiitati(ni.s Ultra Sir i.,iuis n.WlKS. C-.ii,;i,liaii Minister of .\laniie Lomloii tn lSij,, jr. |,a,] soiiu. coiiversatimis uitli tin. Iiup.ria rities 01, tliat matter. .\s usual, vvlioti Imperialistic iinestioit stake, ilie I. anailiaii pcopl,. have lueit kept in tlic dark ^ On the 7tli ,if .March i,)(xi, I put th,. followiiiir iiitestioii to the l.incnmient m the I louse of Cominoits: Its vvitii not ttr was in 1 aittiio- s .'ir.. ;tt I Has tlu h'irst I.oril of ihe .\,jnii the .-\ssocialcd Press: of Ih Iritis allv. Government been called 1.. niaile list ,v,.,.| i„ 1I, n.-T Y' '".' "',^" ""'t'" '" 'he ileclaralion niaiic l.isl «,.ek in the liritisli Commons l,y the KiRht Ho ,, , , , -, - - r' .Mr, (loschen. which declaralion was reported as follows hy IMAI. HKBKFVK,'. :i^;is;^;;i;;;^r:;.;.ii;;:i-i^^HS v;- ;■"-' "-^ e,n,y Mr'VioTcTo'" "' "'" 8--nments in relation ,„ ,l,e siihiect mlnlUn- The PRIMIC MI.\-ISTHR (Sir Wilfrid l...\rin.iu-f i.f i-ixtain dIis- ladi-s 111 tlu- way .if inilii.iry lni|Krialisi,i. Mriii^l, sialcMiirn m-v.x ofk-ml ilu- ^!ii;liu.si ,,p|, „iti,,n 1,. a.n |,nlu-v wlii.-|i omiil bnii- 111,. Inl.Miirs 1,, o.iiirilmir i., ilu >i,pp:,ri oi'ih,.ir Aniiv an.l Vivv. ( 111 ilu. oinirary. ilicy n, vir 1 .M iliv ,,|,|, r.iinin ..f assiiriiL' larliaiiuni an.l tlu- p.opic ,,f (Ir.at llritaiii .,1 tluir .arncsi iltcirts 111 lliat clirivticin. " I.vl III- prii.liiit. ■■ tlifv sav, " li-t lis pr..md with caiiticii ami ilip'oniacy. and tlu^ cikI will lu' 'reachej. •' .ct us sec- Ikiw th.- very frw prnp;is!ii,.iis mach- in tho liri- tish I arhaiiK'til m fav.uir of hfttiT Cdiiiiiurcial terms f.ir ilu- C,A, nics wiTf cons (Icrcd hy Hit Majesty's advisers. On llie J7th of .\piil iS()7. r^m,J-'r w!u^i;;V^- ^/' '", ' '"■•^ 'V "'\ ""■ ^-'"'-'"^ ■■' ^""•- 1"' II"- < r r I I , , , "' "' "''-"".I ihal Ilu- m.„ (.■.iiia.liaii l.iriir |,r„vi,ics yr |,rf.r,„„,il ini.l,. r.l.iumis will, ihe .\I„il„r c.iimry; ;,i„] j° „l,,i|.r Ikr .\Ia,cM,s (.uvernimni will .-inhran. ilu- earl >M op , .rlimitv of ec « y MMK ami. ,f piaelualile. reei„r,.ealii,« il,,- .-let,..,, „f ,1, .(•,,,",, m'm „f ilu- lliiminiciii in lllis inipurt.uil iii.-.iut? The Seeretary nf Stale for the Cnl,.iiie> l.\lr. J III \\| II." IV, . Ti,,. I L, |- ;■ ■■' ';'"""""'"• '■"'■'l^ill.v .ip.ireei.ne il„. frion.Ilv .pint wliieli i. d , M^, "' ,1,','", ", ""■,""""""■", '■""•rnnunl, I,m. I" i„,',ler,,„„l dial ilK pripo .ik I, „,„ ,l,p,„, „„ ;,„j. alerali,,,, ,,f ,h, .y.ieii, nf fr,,. ,r;„l, e-l.ilili.lie,l II, ihe li„|e,l K,nK,l,ii„, ( P 1), Vol. 4K. pag,. ,,,«., We wdl now see what l;a| pcned wiih ihree m Hi, ns of a similar nattire ol « leli Sir Howard \ I.\C1C.\'1' was eitlier the father or tlie chief supporter. I hesc motions were made in i8i»7 iHi;<) and i()Oi It woulcl he hard to detect tlir,mf,'li the delates which those proposals Have rise to, a conspicuous pro,irress of that reciiirocal love which the hIoo"M all miU inii...rl.-,l n ,1, I ■ ,■ T "'""' l'''"'> "'■'"iiia>iiir.,l .-.ni -I,-. III. rni.r.U „| ilinsr t.-ix.., ,,, l„. .-.ppli.,! ,,, ,-, r,„„., ,, ,„„„„,, •„„| ;-l^i>M.v S,r ll„„-,-,r,| „,.iM,.,l „„ ,!„. .;,n, ,:, ,u r .„,„•, rie, ■m -lu. ,...lK-v ii'-i;iinm-ll, ,lu.ra,K,lM„i;„v.n,, „ - Til,. „,„„ l;i l(7,,-,T iiiilrv, lull ■"" :':''• '"-I '■i'- lli>- .lii,rli,.„ l,v ll„. 1,.„„,„, ; "" ' '^V' '"■' ""■>■ "■'"■ '"■' '"■■■"■iiiiu „,,, - , ,.■'' " I" '"iiliil'ill,- llTy llUlcTKlll] "III"" III'' lMiil"r,> (I' I). \-,,l. jK ur.i iiy t.. '■in- II7J. I hi ,i,.>;.i,,|„ ,1 111 111 . .1 ir.„l,. in lUiiiM^. I.niish ,iK,ii.ilac.„r.>, l„ii ju- sai.l tliat 'lir sjrrat aiii.um wji classes w.Tc n,.t pr, p,-,r.-.l „, r,M>,. ,li,. cm ,„• ,|„ „ „, ,. ^ ' ' I Sir ll,>w.-,r,l \iiia-m saiil ili,,i alur thi^ tlii'< |inirn>.-, he wa- reicU t ■ -li '■\r. Mmii,,n. i,.;,,,j l)ur,n-ilK,sis.in„,,i i.'^'CJ. tlKtliaiucll,,r,„-ti„. |.-x,i„.,„,,,.i,„r. 1)11 tlu- mil ,if Mav. Sir il,,»,ir.l \l\ri-\T i,„>, 1 .I.K«1 in am- I riti.l, Col.im or p is.e..,,,,. ' , r I, , -, , v •I/O). "(■ sail thai Ins aiiiciKlnirm (li,| noi .prill.,-— ''I'^-" this counlry, but ralll.T fr,.n. . Ln-?-," ,1 ""• .'l-'nl ■iiT.lll,>,Mii,.nls „f ■ind km ll«„ ,„ f<,r,ign«s.^ ( Pago, ,70-37, 1 '^ '" "'^■"' """ '''•I' I.X.WVlll J, '""'^l'^ ""• Jiihilff ciUlirati.in. the' (.'olciiial Confcr.ncis ,,i i««7 anil 1897. ami tin- numunms eviik-ncus given bv ihe Bril sli l.ovvmiiK-nt and especially by the Colonial Secretary in favour of closer relations with the colonies. He enilecl with these w.)r.ls: This o.iirse w..nld encDUngc Ihe deveLipincnt of Iradc in all parts nl th, J 1 :■","""'■ ".',!'' '""'"'■'}' "■" ''"■■•■''"V '"'''"S >v>lich in recent vears had I xiMcil huuncn the molhi-rlaml and her danghu-r colonies. ( Pagi- ,578. 1 The Chancellor. Sir Michael HICKS liE.\CH, refused nosit'vely lo accipt the aniemlnieiit, sayiiifj: r of any great importance, l.nt my hon. friend .1 ..: 1 , , ;. ," ',■' : "' "■■■siLiiiiai uiiiies m regard "Ionics, vhidi was abolished forty years .ago... Is niv hon friend whiTwiiri'",.'^ :' ^"'T'"'\ "■■'■■'•T''' "° '■■"'°^^' " 'liffcren.rdi'y- »h th «ill have 10 he of a .snbslanlial amonnt 10 Ir of any use -on corn and limlier Iron, foreign conn.ries in favour of corn or timber from Caii- acla .\„w. whatever the force of sentiment in this matter, and I admit lie orce is very great mdeed. surely Hie sentnient might he leinpered " a little busmess-hke conMdcralion. . . (Pages 379, 381. 383 and .384.) He then spoke of the hi,s;h protective ditties imposed liy tl e Coo ■lies (in I'.ritish goods, without the slightest allusion to the prefe- rential tarifif adopted hy Canada two vears previous; and he ended as follows : I say that in such a case as this, to my mind, it would be utterly nil fiscal freedom in the way my hon. friend proposes... (Page .587.) views of the Chan Sir Henry FOWI.ER supported stronglv the cellor. He ended Irs remarks by saving: ...I hope every gentleman on this side of the House, will support the Government in its resistance to the retrograde policy which is involved in ihe proposal of the hon. Member. (Page 180.) It is the same gentleman wl; :hK,ue„, „.rds o i^'enVhn.as^lc che::;r to ■br^i^m riu^^ seS Thy-t.- iiulcpftidt'iit. sclf-govcrninK coninnmit by clof|iii'nt worclr " ' -. ■ ■ - forth ' niir iCnipire is one and indivisible, and that if t- from stress or storm it can simnnon to its dcfeni cM-ry c ass ;ind crtcd and clime. . . Our determination i-i lo maintain mir colon!, other and to us by even closer ties... (i) (Page 3^9-) 10 was to exclaim, a few months later have shown not merelv ;ce a vast a should be in peril rmy of men of and U) link them to each c page xLvii. 37 "J- ^"ti's ajfainst 'an.1. as ,ar as o.,r in.cTcs.s aVr^t-cnuT """"" "-' ■"^- '"""'-' '"^IRI' .\i(, IfyOr 'mpos.np import ,luti.s ,.„ s„irar v ■ i ■"'"' ?' ""' f'"'™">--^- lii" I arl,a,n.„,a.v r.p„„s „f „„ 1^,';; /"HZZr^'^''^ '-" .1.' ''11 sufjar iinpurti'd He sa,>l ,ha, _ ' ""^^ '"- l"«sess,ons !„■ .,,,;,, p,^' ,,,;; ExchenutT ,-|,„„l,i ".nak'ra"' .rl attempt tn con'^iri/.r ti,"" ' lure pr.-iiar,.,! on ci-rlain thctic sp.nt to the i,r,,n.,., . iT,"\ ¥ R^^clifqucr to - ',"'"'■ Tin -il* "t til,, folonf, ifqucr to ropond ■-yinpa- . ...., -.pv jor tin- t. tUctic sp.nt to the prop,, J^eeW.,,.r..,,,.K.e,,.p,.r,■s.^^c,,a,.,H,C■KS-,,KAC,r should be imposed on our oirn and flour im|>ortcd not jiroduccd in Canada, and similar claims niiglit be ailvanccd on behalf of Canadian limber, Au-.- Iralian wool, and meat from X'ew Zealand, and so on. through all articles preference would be claimed for colonial produce... If. on the other hand, ive refused to foreign nations the treatment extended to our Co'onies. what would happen .' We had an export trade with foreign countries double the amount i)f the trade with our colonics, and were we prepared to risk the loss of this trade by declining to giie foreign countries in return for the same concessions the treatment we gave to the Colonies?... Sir Howard VINCENT regretted the speech thev had just heard, and thought It unfortunate that the Secretary for the Colonies was absent. As to whether such treatment would be advantageous to the Colonies would his Right Hon. friend say that the preference granted to British goods by Canada was of no advantage to British trade?" The Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER thought the Hon. member could not find that any great improvement of the trade between C.reat Br tain and Canada was due to that preference, for the simple reason that the prefer- ence still left a protective duty as against the British manufacturer in fa- vour of the Canailian manufacturer, and the result was thai, although our trade m Canada had largely increased, the trade of the Cnitcd States with Canada bad also largely increased. S:r II, VIN'CEXT said that the f,icts published hv the Canadian govern- ment .and the stati-tics of the Board of Trade showed that since th s pre- fereiue was granted. British trade with Canada had increased. Thev owed an enormous debt to Sir Wilfrid Laurier for the holdness with whichhe had advocated these proposals and for his firm attitude during the general elec- tion last year. . . !sr W, HARCOURT said... They all recognised the zeal and valour with which the Empire across the seas had sent their forces to aid in this war; but the ta.\ation for the war would not fall upon them, hut upon the petty population of 40.000.G00 who occupied little England. And the propo- sal was that the workingmen. on whom this taxation would fall, were to have an additional burden put upon them in order to give rel ef to those who did not pay the taxes... Mr Henniker HE.ATO.V (Canterbury) said that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer could see his wa\ to agree to the amendnie"! the greatest enlliu-iasni would be felt... .•\ motion such as that which v.as now before the Committee would promote kindly feeling towards England, and its reiec- tion. after such a sacrifice as Canada had made, would can :e rrcat di'^an- pointment m that part of the Empire. It would be tlionghl that we did not care about the Colonies when dealing with questions of taxation... The Chancellor of the E-XCHEQCER said he felt strongly the kindliness and good will shown hy the action of Canada. But. gnatly ,ns he valred that kindness, be thought the action itself was of far more imi'ort.ince than the actual effect it would have upon a great industry, Mr, BRYCE (Aberdeen S,) said that,,. He held that the more this nropo- sal was examined the more its impracticability was demonstrated hut it would be of great benefit if the deba'e and the firm stand which had been taken prevented these proposals from being put forward in the future When ihc ti position sidi- iif ihf H iviMon \l;l^ callvd aniiisfiin.,,, „.|^ ironical duWmg an;„ Ui,,,„, , '"\,"W"'~'""" -"t Mr I„. Inni. nor ua, he mor7. , <' '""""• "a~ -hoii,, „ ir.nil. I>l«'^i(l 1.1 the anii-nihiHiiil - a- ic rcalcd ..11 il, Sir II, amid a II. .11.,- 1 ■1.™ ihe i. llK.l ,;: lion, nic 11.. ami •nl. Mr ward Kood in. I an t!.iiiK larUT 111I..T, Mr, 11.111 1 K.ai .r 111; lie op- \'ineent .leal of ill.le.l V In : . Ilel,i ^itlins; [•■|..u,r The '■''""""""■ 'l'>"l^.l .-.".1 the nil iilier, For the ,\mendiiKnl Asainst,, Majurit\ , , t till Vi/;i.-i, June ..i»t, iijoi). . reeei\ed ••"1.1 laii-liie fill iriii, Ills ilelit t4f.i;itii:i.- "p .11 It ilocs not app.ar that the - e, t.; o«erve that the ,n„ti.,n. ulicl Ihr ,?' , "■"'■'•" ''- '""^'■■^ " ' ;.. Ca„a,la to assert the p c le nt ?s' ''i""^' "'^' ' •"■''••t^".-,, 'ome att.l look after the:,.s elve 'uas m' , hv il '"' '''""''' ^'''> "^ tan.ls o. our i„llai„ef tlii-; qiiosti >n w.is d sciis~eil at the Jubilee Impe- rial ( ^ tfereiice. Till' llritish autlmrities hail evidently made up their .'iiid that the larj,'er share nf the emistntcti'Mi and the main- ten;.. t . of the C'ahle shuuld I).' assumed hy iIk' Cobnies, in spite of the ijreat henefit tii lie derived hy dreat iiritain from that new inter- Iniptrial means of enminunicatinn ; and su it fulluwed that tlie Colo- nial ilele.Ljates did not then come tn a tiiial ui'derstandinsr. Xejjo- tiat ims wi-nt on tor one year, after which the .\us.ralasian colonijs decided to pay eij,dit eighteenths of tlie total cost, and in 1899, Canada assumed the responsibility of live eij^hteenths ; — thus leav- iii;.^' tiv.' eij,diteentlis. i. e.. a share equal to that of Canada, to be iKirnc by C.reat I'.ritain. .\lter many liestations and delays, the British (Government offered to bear five ei,^lneentlis of the possible loss of revenue. "" provided ]>riority be given to Imperial C.overiiment messages and that they be transmitted at h.-ilf ordinar\ rates. " 'i'liis raised the indi','iiaton of Sir Sandford FLEMING, the long lime promoter of this great enterprise, and a ennvinccd Imperialist. The eminent engineer gave vent to his sentim.'iits in a letter which was iniblislied in the Toronto G'/o/j.-. on the Stli of May 1899; the following is an extract from that kticr: ...It i> inipii-silile to bciit'vt' that it i- tlie full or tiii;il judginciil of Her Maje>tv\ Home Governnient. for tlie following reasons, viz; 1° It \voiild aKv;i.vs be regarded as ,t recession on the |)art of tlie Mother eoiiiury irimi a eiminion uiuler.standiiig with Canada. .Australia, and New Xe;iliind. 2" It would always be ijarded as an attempt to retard the expan.sion ;ind cripple the mmnit .■,■ of tile K lipire, in the interest of a few rich ;niiniipolists. 3' It ^fiv Zealand a would always 1,,. rrRar,:, ■1° Its cffei an iinJMstiti.il.li' ■1 l.v il„ lui.pl,' fatal 1)1 ?ct uoiild be f.- ar rt-afhi 'sc.urli'ntN art t It" Caii.iila. Aii-lr.ilN cable 5' It wbicb tJaiigl: •ncircling tW- gl,,| "oiilil bi- .• 'linis ir, dra ■"';■ t'.r i-labh\lii, and it- inmivdiati- vd ,-t ■sttiii of Stat •-"wnv.l linii-h liter lands. , Sir San.ltcnl ihn "•twvell tlu- .\1„,1„. plainly , ha,-, ■h;::^™:;":f';;;;^l;i;;;;;'?!'"-> "f "H. sol,™,., -,a,„„ "■t^Tcst iti the n,a„.T. he saiV: ^'""P-""-^- As t„ Ca„a.la\ V't -o indispensable t„ tbe Dn; ,„",''""' ■"!'' "'''" "••■rn.i.led, „ i- l-ana.la ,s ntoved n.„ u- nec—u , , , " '""-' '"' '"eenK,,,,.,: ,, . ,„ "" ''*"-"r-;;s;'rl,;;:S;;s'-E more to brin "Ittal t„ that „f Cattalal, he /•""■"""'•'" " ^''•"'"^' •■' -^''-r.- to the nto., reliable ^uZt :'Z^;;;:^^'^'J "'-I'. --r,|i„. •■reat llntain rn,l to .Vuvralas:a ,|- ' i I , r" T '" "' "^ '"' "' It is worth ,vl„i " "■■'" '.' ''■ '" C-i".->rla. :£BBSS!f"'-^'''-'-'-' -■ ■"■" "111 "itii the ar„'iim;.„(s r,"h,:-;t^';;;v!:^,,;:-;tii;:.:y-M'^-n.,,,,r .„, <,.over„n,etlt to ass,,,,,,, the re' "nii ' '■'' ''"n«.«-.f e„al,li„j, ,|,,- hve eiKhtcen,hs of th, ,:.,'1']^'\''">- "'."P>'al ai„l .„>rest. „, ,!54l. Hi- tlu-11 .•i(l•• I'"' I'""' » strategic still Kr.alvr i.n,»,r,an«- , , " i', i, ' 'fT';'" '"UH.rlana- ,„ Ca„a,la. „„,! „V couldhi. „-,ly cm „(r, and a sr ",,;■] " %^"-""UM„cali.,„ „i,|, ,\u-iral,a a co„,p,„,,„| |,ari „f ,iu. K,„,,i„ . , "" 'I'^-'ly 'nkTi-,lnl. I,„l t'a„ad;, „ thmg thai ,..„d, ,„a closer comn .rch] n ''"'I'''- . ""crcstcl in o.-rv various |,arl, ,,i n,,. I.-,,,,,; " '^""'"'■^riia ntirciimiiinication l.elwmi il,!- do. slK- has -loie Lid wonM ';:''•'■'''',','« "'"', '■'■•'"^"1- could he "k ,1 sliould he .aken hy anv o e , ! ,f ™ '* ,"' '" ''r'"'^'^- •' ^'".v acli,,,, consent an.l approval o'f ihe -.thers . Tl'aKe""oT8''" ,"' ""' ■''''"'"'^■ South Wal,, n„ 1 h kX ^F :;''„'"'''7-'' "^ ^'^"'^'^' «"'! ^-v aftcrwanl. ,„ 1„ ac' rati |" „:'";" '-"'"'•.'■"v. This |,r„vf,l a.e. .h. a...c,„..„. .^^^ K^l^^'la^UirS.^'^;-- - ^-^ can!:,a'i;-;,;;;!;;,;::- l;::'a^;:;,!™;'" "- "^•-■' "^ "- ->-- - fidence. 1 agree wit, the Leader of Ln^ I'Overnment into its con- ;;cl,er„c. wouhl he a nationa ala,.i ty PerfuK'h™ """'.""■ ''""" "' 'W' ch.elly c.incerns Australia. When I tool „i 17' ^ ■''"''" '" ^'y'"* "'at it ■n.on and had difficuliv in d sc",, „'"' L. T-., '" V'"'''''"' ' "''* "' "-at op- I studied It. I came to'the o „c t i n , ,,1 >V "'™ '"'"'■-'■ '" '•■ B'"- a- schemc. and. without nicely we ghing ,e eh.,;"'' '."""""" P""""' '" the parts o, the l-mpire iu it. t is f Z-,,, ,|i ''' '"'"'"'■" "' ""^ <'» crent whether Caua.ia is more or le- c, nA' el i, i, 'T""' "'" ''■'"f''' 'h^'- ^^^ifi^d a^lSi^uic-"- ^-^-s- i" """i.u.vc ^s,-Uei,;f o,r ■- I. -"u,::!''— ^^!uhir;r.inri;;V':c,r'"'""7"'' i^^-- ■—■ :r'-t;rt^^;;v:-:£^^ /, ,rv, ^J^'^,'^^""! »'.>■■ the- con-tntcttiin „f thr cahle fnmi - - ..... LtvilMII Ml lUV .0(xi,ocK>. and iiicrca.sni; tl,creh>- Cana-l, la s re.s|;onsi- ii,7oo.ooo to /' that the Kastcrn ^^y^io^T^:.^'^:" '"'' '"=""."»■ ^ l'^' said ..xtcnsioii lili;,'rapl, tompany having acquired new ri^lits in Anstralasia. vvliidi tlu' ininistiT t-oulil not conceive to l>e true a year previous, the I'acitie Calile lloanl was liounil to indemnify tlieni iDclmles. House of Connnons. iijoi, Vol. I. |)aKcs 8(/)-Sij7i. In otlier words, we hail to heconie responsihle for five eighteenths of tlie amount rei|nired to reileem tile lirokeii pled;,'es of two of the most d rectly interested parties in tliis a'4:reement. I.et us now (,'0 across to Westminster. Austen CII.\M1!KKI,.\1\. Finan- reporl.il to the House a resolution I )n the 31st July last. .Mr. cial Secretary to the Tnasury adopted in Committee, ■„ ihorisim; the I'.ntisli Covernmein to raise funds to the extent of i^.ixio.ooo for the conslruclion of the Pacific Cahle — with the undcrstandinfr that Canada and .\ustralasia would he resnonsihle for the share which thev had alreadv assumed, as alinve stated. Mr. Chamherlin slid : The f.il(ini,il l.egislatnrcs liail pia-M-il lisi-lalion accepting their ^lla^e of ri«p(jii>^il)ility for the interi'st anil -nking mini anil (nr any e.\lra cn,t there miKht lie aliiive the receipts in the eariv years i.f the unrk'ng iif the cable... anil the (.Dvernment conld not and ivmild not lightly refn^e their ooupera- tion ma great Imperial undertaking when it was .isked for Iiy those self- governing colonies. It »as al.so of great advantage to this 'conntry that there should he an alternative line to those which already existed to Austral- asia, hy wh;ch messages could be .sent without touching foreign territory... Recau-se of the strategic importance of the cable in time of war. because of Its commercial importance in times nf peace, and because, too, of the deep interest felt ill it by the Governments of Canada. .Australia, and New Zea- land. His Majesty's Oovemment bad entered into an agreement with the Colonies to bear their part in this great Ini,.erial undertaking.. (P D \'ol. i)H. page 778.) ( )n the i.'th of .Vufjust. the second reading of the lli'l was moved. Mr. FI.V.W said: I here :s not an argument left in this intcrprise: il is nothing but an- other development of the shoddv Imperialism which has met Us at every turn m ihi- llou-e for the last two years... (P. 0.. Vol. 99. page 4S5. ) ' Mr. i i K .\ \ 1 K ER II K AT( ).\ .said : ...I will leave other speakers to deal with the terms of the contract. .All I know IS that the Canadian Government are doing the lion's -hare of the I know it is the intention of the Canadian Government, as I hope it hnghsh Government also, to construct a cable from England to t anaila. and I look forward to the day when we shall have six penny lelegranis to India, shilling telegrams to .Australia and penny telegrams to .\menca, I am sure that that day will come : and I regard the scheme now before the House as a great step forward towards the breaking u|i of one of the greatest monopolies the world has ever seen, anil towards the con- -ohiiation 01 the Ivnipire. (Pages ^S;-^)*!. ) ork. of the Mr Austen CHA.\IIll.;Ri.,\lx.,ai,l: morcal undertaking.' u" ho?,l h ; ,. '^^""''"">'l ••"■"■■n in a Kr.al v.m- Kriat as ,ha. of IIk ■ .h.nies a am. r '^ ^""""■•*' ''•■'~ ■•"' '"<"'^t- .f n , as trade- c„„,nu,n,cation and incr .a-LTl,;: " "''k?' ,'""7*-'' '" P^om/.trng en- cons,rncti,m of ,|„s cable w.M li f,f , A ,r?, " 'f''""'~ ^^'^ '"'!'' '" ■• •! e »ar, and «c ask tlu- Ho,„i. ," „,: ' ,'"'"'»' advanlaKe t„ „, in ,i,„i. „( ""t the undertaking which ha, ^ti .^,1, l ^«"'"'™ «e have nia.ie i„ car?y ernment concernedl-^riLknnki 1 'dhich" in '?"' ''•\?''^>- '-"'""'^'l "" ' successful monument to the c -on.Tari , . , '"""■.' ''"I"'- •' '^'<"^K and Mother country. ( Pages 4^-4^, f "™ ""' ''"'™»-^ ■""I 'h" Embargo on Canadian Cattle. America. This was ,l„„t. m„ T 7 "" "' .''« c.-ittk. from intrclttctior, a,„l ,l,o p"e-uCi^, K T'T"- "', '•■•-■v"»i"k' the l-nd.r tlu. „eu r.-.^lilat'^ ; s " ^ at. li^l"! V " "'--imeunt.nia, port of tnirv. Tl.s told he'u ilv , . i '' '''•■""Kl'"''-"! at the Canada, in' ,«,,- ,,r iH^ .^ 'r't 1 P ,"'''"- =""' '^■■""•'- '^^"J--- *" rules of the Hoard of \! e ,'l r '•'.'"' """>'"' ^•■"'«'''' !'>■ I^'«' »''« traders vainlv en< leivn ,r,.;i f 1 I' <- """'"I'a" stock-raisers and Cana,' Mnr cattle, heture tlie svhi>!e uorl.l. as a chseasid catl\' whilst. 111 laci. ii is praeiieallv fr.v fn.:n a pla-iie ivitli whicli the r ■ JH-n st.>iks are iiifecleil. This s especiallv inmieal. at a time wli.n one cannot open a Itritish or a Cana.lian newspaper without hciir. almost sainted with nlenninahle talks ..I mntnal I..ve ami r.cii.ro- cal lavoiirs. ' Comiii),' across the Atlantic this smmiKT, I met an h'.nj-lisli trader who told me. in presence of an En^jl'sh stock-raiser, that the cattle imharKo was a tine thiiit; lor this compatriot of his. and others of the same class.— hilt, when he wanted lo feel .safe that he would not he poisoned, he made a point of asking his hutcher lor a piece of Cana- dian heel. Ills frend assented to the proposal but manifested m special aiiK'ni-sli at the idea of his coinilrvnien heini; poisoned hv the meat of his over-fed cattle, nor at the ■harm done to his Im'oved Lanailian kinsmen. 3° Alaska Boundary and Nicaragua Canal. This is neither the time nor the place to discnss these two impor- tant iinestions. 1 will simply remind the retirl.r that afte: ' avintr given so many tokens of friendship to onr American ni . ihours diirini; their war witli Span; havint; sec.ireil tlu'ir conse . to sub- init ihe \eneznela imhro,dio to arhitrati m. their coopc.aton in China and their friendly neutrartv in Sonth .Xfrica, — Great lirinin has iioi mat I IK c. I.oiiis • r .'11 TIk- let C.r.' man stau-: in.t 1( " liriiaii 1. iii;isl havi' ,li.i|i«n.,| ji, ,|, i-i,'ili:iiat vriuiis iliiriciilt ■.I "I'll Ihc rumicliiin tl. lat 1 1 ii'ir ruiis.il t.i 11- iiiiiii^ ,,f ilii y "itli .Ik- llrili^l I Wllllld yl ■"'1 -ay that the f„iiii Da arc iii,t M Ul R'Sllll 1 ('•< 'ii>i nitaiijflc tl O'ltlply aiili iViTiiiinni. u'lii m spiClllllls » III that Ihjj I 1). 1 UVll IIMISt intlTl'St -"^. t'aiiacl; will l'a»i(l All I.I ii^lririi' and ih,. |,„,., i-anu' ciiii ii, Xuvc, I"'-; and rial),, rati' ian MinisiiT of J "Iht and DmnilKT laM consinmiiinal an.l inn- "■ciana- C'ajial." Mr. Miijs fs IMin the 11,1 Thr .\l,, fortl th< naliurial f|in'stii ainhi .i.H.a..K.i:;-:-;:::;r-«-'[.^H.ht 'IIS i-anniit In, di>.pni,-d. Jinli'd. si-ts III C.rcit Hritain and IK' -avs : '■I iiu' e':.i}t,,n-Miii„'iT T ''^'?'!:.i'i '111- "'(tanl. vaiil r ;i I re Can:i,la. ami il,,. (M.unimi'nV ,,f ".V."'-'' '"?'!: "i " i!r!;!"n.r?""'Ti,:rh;,^rrr' ""- ";'"■""='">■ ""-" •»■ •iK- a,n,„„na.nu'n, ca , t ", , ' ' ■^l"-^-»'l "^er th. |.:n,„ir.' „l,a, liritain was fnroi',1 t, , I , ' ' '™'^^y a-I'mtti-d that Crc-it iiv h.r iiiiiicnir , 's if"";^:;""';"* v' '■- -^'"^ '" x-.-:^.' especially In- Canada ^^^lli^lo^^h^rT """'' 'T ^•"^^"' - conntry ,n lu-r f„„lish war ,...licv a, ,, 1 t I, "'r;'"-T "'''' """"■■• out of it l,v connsdi,,.. p-aco n „r , . ' ' ',',' '''''l' '"•' '" l.'^'"">S Cana.lian 1,^."^ 'Z -ynr .'"" T\ '"' ^'-^' ^'^ '- one of th.' U-.a'"' "■'■ Canal „U's,i„„." ,;,^,"' , to sycophantly appla,„l a,.'l 1,, plVat,! -„\,;rr", '"m "''" "'■'" ■' 'I'-^if' 15 sai.l ami even tl.c „av Ik- sav, , Th^u ,,,"'"' "'"^ """K Hiai for_Cana,la ,„ ,1k' "ha.H'-.^f a <,,\l,',|,en, II i.'^ai'\=" 'T" "'"'' /"-" """ s a Hligh, return for .I'-'r V'. '"'"■"I'lry fpu'slmn the might have I Canal i .iiplnmalK- poMi-y and an,.nl. -pnkin I.Mt (n.ii.lly iTiI.nsm nn thi- part nf it- i.n—, Crrat Ftntain grovi-l. adtnircs and p ntatrs. k y . This ar.clf prompted a i-orrcspoiidi'tnv «',. h appeared the fol- lowing' day and to which the (//ic-h kmv i1i>' ixisition of a Icadini; artiflf, Hithont any comtncnts or i. ^^ rv..ti.it; on its part. 'I'he arlicio •s intitled: — •■(■,7)i(i,/,r., f,o.':ili,;. ',, lite liiiipirf ■' . It is from top to hott.mi, a Icctnre to the hehni-ci molhirlanil. conchi-d' in a lan- piatie \\w like of which, falling from nn relH-i lips, would have lironijht on my head the wrath and execration .>f all the standard l)earcrs of loyally — the aii:cii. no donhi. amoni; the first. I risk the '••iirortuction of a few paragraphs from that article; ...Many of „ur leading ni-u-paiiiTs have bi-i-n npri-tantial preferftu-e. \Vh U- Mritniii lia^ never ^ince the ...-t war with Ihe Lnited States, taken a firm ^tan.l tn protect ^^ fn.iii the rapac;ty <.f our m-iRhhour-^. Canadians have risked their live>. >hed their )I.",' '■';'.'"il""^ Mihnii. 'II take ill prcM'iici' iiiasltTs. "1 ili<- Mi|Krcl,„iis attitude ui thdr U,i„lon fiKiir.s >h,„vin« that Ih „|lc ', ,'i I "■'"■ '^'"''' """^' *'"^'"< y^rs, I1...I ,.,„^„ ,,'•„, <.,,'■":' .'='"'f"'"\f'>'- "H- last ten Hi' aildcd, as .in indue E iipirj (II. population. — if till- llr.iish '■nii'nt, that, witl, an nm-ased l-'anacia vmiilil furnish a Ijiim, f,,r il,.. f 1 ,■ , an a, niirahk. r..cn.,i„g ground f',, t Ar'n/rd Vav '"^i '■"'"'"'■ "'"' "" ' KTOt mi|,..naucc) »,ili an addiiinn ,^, ' .MofTOvvr (and Pir-„„, as u„ul,l naturally \:niiKraltfrn,ih.t-L,,'L-''''l;'''"''''" '"' "":^ "i>-nl ..1 (.'ana.lians l„ ilW fS,' w I 1 "''' \''"'"'"<"- I'lv .itlach- >lrragtla-nod. -"'f"' """''' ^ greatly and pi-rmancntly (Times. Scptcnih^r .;i:,. „^, , centralisitijf policv of ( reat 1 H aTn •- W '"^ """'■''■^ "»"' ""v '--.i'^aid,;^..^;;;;:::;ra.t;r^;s:;!;!^?!^;- -'- "-^^ I ') It j« nnieworthv (hii th-t ■ irs-hhis " CII of'^hrHm.'";r'''^n'-' "'l"' 'l"'\'^ f"r Ihc L-ni.eJ Slate, arc as-ur.uly „.„ all cin-,^,.-r f ,"' ''""J'"--^ '■>■ ^}'- K"^". probably an appreciable per ccntagc arc „f a type and class wli.cli neither the Ln.ted Sates n,>r the l)on„„,o„ nccl greatly desire as citizens... The average entiRrant is ," the »ell eilncated, well-to-do art.san. " educate.l in ,mr day school, at grea' e.M.ensc, and tramcd m mduslrial nielh,.ds in onr technical schools and fac- tories -livurds taken from .Mr. Ross' letterj-... |l;s going to the fnite,! Sonth Africa, or to .Xnstralia i- flag than it is of latitude and longitude. States rather than to the Dominion probably much less an affair of tl Sonth -Africa ?,v"\w,''''''''' '* i''i'*"', ■°'' ""' I""""'' """'8'' "'■ •'" ''"'•'■■ 'h" before long .■« openings and brighter prospects will be found ihcre. .Australian i, a Ion? ■■ " the .Amen-an Continent, is. by off. while comparis close ini; hand. h'f" f''"; ?f '"','-""?;'•. '^""> ■■ ^"r Lady of the Snows:- hut nothing can alter the fact that the Lnited States lie south of the Dominion n. - '• ■' on the streani of cmigrat.on. If Canada w " ■:"',"l''V\ "' ctnigrat.on. It Canada were a imrt of the l-nitod States or ,f the British flag waved undisputed from the .\rclic Occm to tlu- i^ult" of Mexico, the stream of european emigraton would probably still How mainly to the middle latitudes of the .\orlh .American ll-ouiiucnt Vo im- proveci leaching of the geography and resources of the Hriti-h Empire" urn alter the fundamental fact that temperate zones bc-t suit the people of It will lie noticed that ; O hues. September nth. t<>oi.) of 1 ' a"">".is' 'i'l; tl.rtr Kreat ,i,'roiii>s of self-i;over- 111115; Colonics. Canada is pointed out as tin- Irast snifd to liritsli imijjrants. .\s far as South .Africa is co- .crned, the onlv inconvc- liunces found ar.- those arisiiiir from the accidental conditions of war; and as for .-^ustralasa. distance seems to he the only obstacle; — bnt Canaila is described a', not havino- the advantage of Ivn" in' a " tempi rate zone "! ' ' Hut if there is indiffercnc- in ISritsh official spheres as far as emigration to Canada is concerneil. tlicre s more eariiestticss in lavoiir of einii;ration to Sonth .\frica— for the excellent reason that there are Ilrttish political interests to be serveil in that rcdon On the ;nd of July last, the Toronto Globe published the foflow- ttifi- special despatcli from ( )ttawa : .Advices received from England intimate that the consent of the Imperal (.overnmein has been given to a scheme for .-.tale-aided emigration to South .A ricT I his news will be received with much regret in iJanada and the oilier Lolomes which arc looking to the Rritish Isles for settlers to o, and til llicir vacant lands. .After the s.icrifices which the Colonic- made in blood an.l treasure to help the Mother countrv. it seems hut a poor return for the latter to throw its mighty influence into the scale iu favour of eniigrati.ii to South Africa. Canada has special reason to feel annoyance. This '• regret " of the GIoIh- dil no: prevent it from paviii.' its courtesies to the Mother conntrv verv soon after the iif this " poor rcturti " for • verv soon atler o'.ir sacrifices. iccupy mics have annt^tmcement In a letiding; article, coiniiK-iilin.; uiJon the speeches made at the Domini,,,, Day DiniuT n Lnn.l,. of July Kpi : (I), tlu- (,7,./v saiil, oil tile joth unity must !,.■ -,...nlan.uus on ,1 ' «r, "t^ i;er'l" "''' '""""""t "'"ards a definite cnrpural. „niu„ of a ,t "'„, , '''L^;''""''-r ■ Jl,. .r.atior, of some scheme of l,„p..rial defence ZivT[',nt. '""'■; '^ '''^' ''"'-""•' '"' away of ,n,r .liin.. .J.^^.^*:! tt^'Si'as,!;:;^:: r'^lif'" "^" 5°. Colonial Hepresentation. fcrence as well as ,n . m"^- < iscttsstotts „t the Jttl.iloc. Con- nial Premiers prt^tn S tl I. b,' ' 1 . V'''''-Y''''''''" "*' ">'' ^''^'o- fottr years before tl,: V:^.!:!;;!'!, We:;;;;ms,er' ^'""^ ' "'^^ ""''^ '" fonXlnsm^""' '"""■ ^'^- "KDOER\VIc-,s, M. P.. ,„„„, ,„ Emjir^: Saf:.e-s:s„^! ^H^i^r-idiiL:!^;^^';:-" ,!-" — » -^ '"^ in the Imperial Parliament. (P. I) , Vors,! page il"^ J '" '''^^P"'""''"''™ i.t;!^:iii't!:"^KM;::;;^e^:;;:mirlT "' ""■ ;'"-'^'""-« '■- "- it. ti-e South AfriVa?,' war atlllms:' ' "'" '^'^™ ''"^ "'^' ^'"'-"^-^ .rip.f ^ml-^citiz^^^iS^-^rh^-,;.;; n.. .„„„„„, „„. 01 Set |iaj£fcxxin He quoted in this respect the opinion and tlie speeches of Sir Wil- frid Laurier m the Canadian I'arhanicnt, sayinp: For what is it that Sir VV.ifrid Laurier claims? It is the right as the Premier of a colony, to s,t m judgment upon the Imperial Parliament and to approve or disapprove, to assist or not assist in o ,r decisions I cann" help hmkmg that on th.s occa ion of the Transvaal war it «a fortunate that the judgment of Sir Wilfrid I.aurier was in our favour. , (Page ,"j8j The motion was seconded by Mr. TKEVELYA.V. wlio said: tin;;.' w°''o'-'"'\ '">"'' V""-' f"'""'" ='"'' "-eir action at the present titne shows their intense affection for the Mother country, hut that loyaltv K as™ couw'b"'^i^™"''"'Tr"'*' ="''°''«!' " ''"' •'«" ^iven as gracS" own nr T^L ,A ^'\™ ' ' \ ^^"^ suggcstion I am going to make is not my It IS that the Agents General or some other people in thoroughly respon- Mwer fnrTTST P?"",°"' should be allowed, not to have vmrns ^1inlc-b t tha .L"or'""™* '?,*"«?"' '"''"« power -it would mean h!. Jll I 5. '^^ °' ?"™^ "''"=■■* '" ^ representative capacity shouhl be allowed to have a voxe m our discussions (■)... ( Pages I M^ and ■ uj I The Secretary of State for the Coluiiies. Mr. CH WIBERI -MX opposed the motion — though he declared himself in full sympathv with Its object which was • to induce a closer union between the Co'- lonies and the Mother country. " Hut he stated that the motion was not capable of actual application and led only to a useless " acade- mic discussion. He said very sens'blv that the Colonies would not accept such inadequate representation as sug-ffested by .Mr 1 rcvelyan. As to the participation of the Colonics in British wars, he said : I believe that if in any stress, or difficulty, or crisis of our fate we did Z^\L"'\^" '^^ '^^ "'!?• "'^'r '''""^ »°"1<' •"> inimensc y greatereve than those they have already made... (Page 1144.) He acknowledfred the right of representation which the Colonies would acquire by such contributions but he stated that this ri.dit had not yet Ijeen asserted by the Colonies. He therefore reiect'ed the proposition as premature. .Mr. HEDDERWICK withdrew his motion. iriltxyX''" " *'' "■"""''' '•'■"'" '"'■■" "" '^"'"•"" ■•'"■'>■ J"'-"-. 'S97. cl,.p.er 1 VII Development of Imperialism in Canada. r. CongressM of the Chambers of rnm-,. . , °'" Of Commerce of the Empire. .."bl.shcl in special i^^SZm'wt ^''^two oUkts ^'.re Commerce. ' '""" '» '"f I.onilon Cliainher .if SK>-".V1, .:,,.VGRKSS, ,8yj was defeated by a vot/T st i" f;".'',!';',:''^- . ' -P-p.^i^'o; mercial unmn of the E.npire ln",.l ^ ' f '' P^'^^'Ple of a c,„n- Notb.n..asd,,nei„.,,e:.a/„?^;'-.:-^^;^e,,_^^^ THIKD CO.NOKKSS, 1896. Rmp.re. He added: '' °^ " ™"i"iercial iinin,, of the made'";" '." "","■■'' °V "'^- --C i„„ 'o7 he""! ''"' ^''■•■'•'"' "„„i,l „■ '■ tlUTl- lil- Council iis I liaye 'magined to be possible, the details of such defence, the method uf carrying it out, the provision to be made for it, would naturally be remitted. Gradually, therefore, by that prudent anO experimental process by which all our greatest institutions have slowly been built up, we should in this way, 1 believe, approach to a result which would be little if at all distiIlgui^hl'd from a real Federation of the Empire. (Page 4.) The motion in favour of commtrcial union was made by Mr. "(00. g..^ ':;;mS:t;:'^^;;:-:.;\:-";^", ;:- .'.-:....of .,„ne. .,... ™„ CTral a,l.lr.ss was i great CimiK'il wi/tiUI im-ct logi-thcr on >t»iiH- frii-ndly basih. ami thouRh at first pnifly ijf :i i.c.ii-,iiitaiivi' charactiT. wcmlii im ilduht pave the way for the J-'cdiTiiiioii whiL-li is M) iiiitch ilusircd. To proceed step by step i-* probably the wi^er imir^e.., ( I 'ages H ;itiri y. ) This "wiser course" was too slow ft>r tin- colonists, anxious as tlify wcro to throw themselves in the great Knipire. Mr. (». H. Dl'XX. ileK'^ate of thv (.'liainher of Commerce of Cape Town. moved : That tlie tinii- lia-. arrived when a >-eri(iiis effort -.liould be made to lorm ulatc a scheme of Imperial Federation, whereby the sclf-go%eniing Col- onies >hall be represented in the Councils of the Empire; —That as a means to tliis end. all the self-governing Colonies should contntmte a percentage — to t)e decided l»y their representative's in Conference — — not even by tlieir Parliaments!- — — of their annual revenue to tlu- cost of Imperial Defence; — Thai repre- sentation in any Federal Council sliould be in proportion to the respective contributions of the several States ; — Tliat copies of this Resolution he for- warded to I.ord Salisbury and the I'remiers of the self-governing (.'olonies for their consideration. (I'age n) Of course, it was in order that this nu)tion should he sccondexl by a " It>ya! " Canadian. It fell to Mr. Thomas Mch'AKI.AXE. repre- sentative of the (*)uawa I'.oanl of Trade, and moreover, an official of the Canadian (lovermnent, to perform tliat duty. In his hotnily, this staunch lmi)erial:st quoted the speech delivered by Lord Salis- bury, at a bamiuct of the British iCmpire l^eaj^ie. on the ,pth of April lyoo. In this speech, an extract of which appears iti chapter III (i), thePrime Minister of luifjland had advised tlie !mperialist> not to ^o too fa.st in their work. .Mr. McFarlane denounced this po licy of procrastination, and urjjed the ilritish. authorit'cs to come back to Lord Heaconfield's colonial policy of centralisatiou atid Downin^-Street dotninat'on. Senator O. A. DRrMMt )N1). representative of the Montreal Hoard of Trade, came to the rescue. He declared that Mr. Tonks' tnotion did not ^o far enough ; that the colonists, the Canadians especially. ...who sent their sons to Africa were not intUicnced by any such milk-and- water sentiment as "increased cordiality and .sense of union"... I think that the time is coming when England will recognise that she must bind her Colonies to her as an integral part of the F.mpire. and that no descrip tion .such as this, of a sense of union, will be allowed to take root for one moment. (Page 12.) an It was hard .,1 ,- .. iiiiiir lit t ^1. t work tor tl LIIV,-*o vr)te Kt will ca '■'iiiiK ((ir M ■f In'licvf th.it rh pnrtinii •- as fa- .ts \M- arc iin-n.-in "H t.f lllf H i-."j""i.'i ny till- ] l-'ir tli>iaiit uli.n I liniiiiiulia '■'' '" y... M,- *- api- Tint II I 'iw.L.I IIT / I'n Lc ^hall '""'I v,naiiitK'r. { '■I'l- carrii' !.,T irminKham Clian ^'ly "f iiN in sill ■ lM-(i;n I «hal i, MISC.- At I'lsi. an niHlorstun 1 \rr '!'( IV r.- o ...1 which ^Fr. T( ) A l\ > SI l)stitllti'rl f.. llw „ ■-'tlLlltV II [II ric'nal nir.t tinidii arrc: kUt prattica nipt-nal and Onis-i anrl :inJ 1...^ ,-,.1. .. U-.l h\ >I1 : I land and and Iinpori.' IKr Majcst ■ xiii.v I 1,11 LT -■iy attained Ik- '>li' and advisali ■■•■ , K""iu 1 t-n tlu- MuduT c. - ■■■.«i .i.ni>,ii»ii' xm- tive Council ,,f ri„ format i - sm;i 1< nr lall lia,-.. ! ll).- la- rcnn-sL-nta i.oti, at an (■■*. in vvl '1 /" «/cvj/ ',i-i .'MK sunns, and iliat tl,,- matter 1,,. Nmnehr ,„,; t> ('uvi-rnnu-nt. ( 'ntr.. i. i i>nMiKni nndi -■- • I, I II iinrii. 11 till' ■ ■^ iiiiiiiiiii \v, I ..r 'I'... . r.oaril of Trailc of A ik'Ioj^a i"ri voniif.i i,v Mr. .\|, .■ilcrictoTi. v i; c., laiia U' iiiaiu- ihi- ii, " tl 'i'fi t fll.St refused at first t • -a™ h ■ t T '' ' , "'" ^ ■•'"•-'-"■•'" dc-k.^^at. ci-ecked his ^eau.;;;i^C:,-:';;™'« :;;•"- '-"f^" ''v'^'*^'- as anienik'd '■ '"'''"> ramed iinaniniouslv ^^";:^:^;^:!:lTr::r!x^^ -aik. h, ^^;. patriotic colonials vainlv Dointc on I, c "'' '''■''■f-'-'"''^- Hie Ionics in favour of (S iTr IV, ' f ^"'"'.''>--''s made hv the Co- .-..ssertcl that .1ut\ r, rod l",h";f ""' ^r!' ■^'"'''" "'^T. and The Canadian .Iclcsatc^ ntii, J K , ''o'"''''''^^'' '''"'I =" =">>■ time, sl.own in the prefeu^i ia red u iil •'' *■'"'"' "'" "f Canada as ports. Xone 'of tl e^^^ s^n men -,1 -, '' ^^""''"^ '" '''"'i^h '>"- Scotch and English rir^^Sv"' M?"^^,^^P^?;V'^? , ^'-n "f the Manchester Chainher. speaking, of thi Colonfef .sa\l ''"''''''"^ nioTc'''hi»hrv''^h,'„°!l5™.' "'?'"^,.'e "'■ *"" *■■= "'«■" ""'" 'ricndshi,, cv.n h^JLl , " '"'," "",'■ "■"■''■■ ""■ '^■'^"'» "I Ihc past year have brought urChn^rj' '•-"»''*'""='" 'he, immense moral and maler.al supiortwE Mr AXDKkSOX. .IWc-Kak^ ..f thv K.linl.nrKh Cl.anitor. summed colcns ."* " '" " "■■■>■ "'"■ "■'"■'I-' •'""I '"I'l I>l.-'inly ti. tlu- IS OXK TIIINd AM) HfSIMCS.S IS A\l)l iii;i< sic.\TiMi-;.\"i (Page 26.) I'iiially tlic Cana.li.m (IcIcjraUs had t,. withdraw their motion and to accept a compronnsed resolmi, n wlich read as follows: by'''tlu'„"''.:f^;"lf,':t':; T"' "P™ "" ■'^'»'"'>''» Covemmmt Ihe appoinfmnt Britain nn, I, r V •■""";'■'",'"■ ™"'P""^'l o' Rqiresentalivs of Crca inc linard „f I ra.lv and lay iIk- qncsl.nn fully before lliem. (Page 4.).) U iK^n the .leleKatloii tried to accomplish their mission, Lord Dla-fl'.MLr- .1 '" ''''"'" ""■";• ■■'"'' •'^''"- ^■I'at.il.erlain told them plainly that in the present stale of niinil of the lirifsh 1 perfectly useless to push the matter anv further. I public, it was The (luestion of Iin])erial defence was hrouL'ht hv .Mr 1 1 \DR!I L fete '""™' "°"'' "' ''™'^ 'li^ tuotion rc"d as nrh'-llriu.V'rol'n'i"'"'"","/,"''' f""^"--^' 'h^' li'">^ h;. arrived when llreat all ,l,lir.h •-' r" "/'' "'-P'-"'!''""'-. ~li'"dd take uiiilcil action for the the key-Mone of a nation's successful development ; of .V Kr'ir h'v ":-"'"'' T.T''"' '" "« "P'"'™ '•' il'i- CouRres, the bonds the varfo u PUN 'C'fVr°'M, '". '^""n"'''''^ ■ ^'^^'"'"'■"Hd. and 'he ™ion o wic various p.irts ol Her Ma csty s Dommions greatlv cimsolidnied hv .l,„ ''Br;r,uy;i::;^'ae^- "^ '"^ "'^•^' ^"^ -""'^^ d^f^^':;r^e'\:Xi;::'- That m order to make the foregoinR operative, the Chair shall iniin^ Governments of the Colonies and Dependencies ( Page 45" ' he Empire- or ll,e naval defener nfl,, .'„„'?'""' ''' ""li'ary defence ,,l 'ans have t„ do i, ,a prov:^c money , a^Z hJ '"f" ' ."'""^ '''"' »--' ^ivil- ever nincli llu colonies m-iv l,,^ i ■'"""'lanee for Ihe purpose. . ||ow- properly arranged... V... m.m inW!"";'- '' ""*"'''>' '" I'ave ihi, ,|,i„^ in an c,|i,iiahle way. and n™ch a ,v,!, %,"l ""'"^'^ '" "'e cdnnie" to the Moil.er c,,nn ry tself We be£v "' *"">"''<•' H"' Colonel nn.l the most e,|,„,aUe way n which that mon- .''" ""■" ."^' '"" "™""- of the hn.pire. i,s by placinii a .mill , / 1? ; * ""'.'"^' ''•"■"I '"' 'he defence ■n.u the I.:„,pire frJnt' L^efpT ^mirre's .'"''TpiJg^":;, J'" "" '"""■"' '"'""' r^^i,^!:!!™'"'' •'' "■'• ^•''"""'- ->' ^""'-r- of Nron,. al'V^.ar^,"U!;%^^";-^^;;™*->' Co„.:„eree. whilst appro.„« Mother country. 1 wot.ld l:k? to 'a''y ' C^naT't'ir'"' "^""'""^ "'"' '1'^ o the En.p.re she shonld he moved bv a raori i'"''? P"' I" "'= ''''''■nee cd hy crcimistances of urgency riah? in V^^ elevated sentiment, prompt- without any written law wSut wrm! l"' f ", "■'"'"""' K"''""h'. but Canathans, the French Canadians hav ■ »lw,v i ' """,'"" '" »'''<^h the cially recently by their con rd miL >. u "' ' *''°"" 'hi'ir oyalty. esne- of a force of o^er.'oc^"^^ "lifted 'to tl,T".f","'''^; '■^>'™- '^■"''i Empire in South Afrxa. with the gloo.°s bm !l ,!'■""" "' t''= '^"<'''^' bmce those acts of devotion ha e taken nhce>v, "l"'^' '''"''' '""'>^"- our Constitution, and Canada unders anvi,h"r;:rf. 'V'"'?' "'*• the reasons given, does not feel disposed to ndo, ■' "^h'Tnlwr. for all os.tions submitted. (Page 46.) P"'"" '" '"'"l" 'he principle of the prop. It will be noted tliat this arirtinient wis -ii,,, . ■ ■ t.on of tl,e ar«tt,net,t use.! In ^^i u'il" d ' .^^^ i"' M^'n ''■''"''■ Comniotis iif Canada — and ■r,..,ss,.rf 1 .1 '"" "^'"^ '" 'ln' House of Quebec by bis cte-e an,? ^^!^ ,'!!';;■« 7' "- l'-vi"ce of witb refi^ard ,„ Canaua's conirL ^ "^.^^ ^I^^;, ""' '"^ '^^■'"" that our country was not pled.red to ati f, ,' r '■'•• ■''"'' Hritish wars. " • '"""^^ participation in Mr. Geoffrion then offered the following amendment,- In tins fonRTi'ss, representing the trade, industry, and finances of the whole luiipire, ihire was f.iund no man inihue'd enough with the trne traditions of liritish self-government to support this expression of common sense. .\lr. C.eoflrionV inoton could not Ik- put hy the Chair, and Mr. Iladrill's motion and Mr. .McFarlanes platitudes were ratified unanimously, with the ilissentini; voice of Mr. Ccof- frion. I need iiol say that no protest came from the British deleRates : this time, it was n.it merely •''sentiment," hut (,'isxl " hu»iness " for Iheni. Ihe Colom-ts evideiuly liore no K'mdKe ajjainst their liritish col leagues for all the rehnkes they had received at their hands. At Ihe haurinel hv whiili the Oin^ress was closed on the .'ijth of Jun. ii),Mr. Thomas K. r.l,.\(.'l<\VKI,l., I'hairman of the Coun- ed oi" the London I'linmlHT of (.'ommerce, said: ^-.1 think that wc, as a nation, must fci-l proud ,if those ilTorts that our *■'" •"'r, ,^' "'?'''^' ""'' " '""*' ^"'^ "* "'<= assurance that in the ftrturp we sliall know where to look for our soldiers, not only in this L'niteil King- dom. l)Ul .n that Rriater Umpire of which we arc so proud I feel sure from the [lalrKitic spirit -hat has been shown, not only in the hour of vic- tory, lut in Ihe hour of misfortimc. . . that our Queen has only to call "'",'" '"J siilijecls throiishoiit the world, to have that same ready response atld to hnd thai we can Rather our soldiers from every quarter of the Rlohe. Captain .\rthur .\1. MYKKS, from .\uckland, .New Zealand said, speakmj; of Colonial help in the South .\frican war: . . .We certainly felt il was an opportune time to show to the world that the display at Her Majesty's Juhilee was not ,in idle display — that wr meant liiisinc-s. When the opportunity came, we IhoURht. therefore, it wa. a lirivilege to he able to -ay that we appreciated Ihe honour of lightinK side hy side with the Imperial Forces, and cndeavoiirinft to participate in their Rlorimis trailili.ins,.. (Page 85.) .Mr. KlvMl'. of Toronto, said: ,..(>ie „l tl with reference luestions which has heen discussed in the Congress was . ' an Itnperial Council:,., and I hope that this Imperial l-OuncM Mill l,e organised soon, and that year in and year out the voices of the differcin parts of the Empire may be heard in London. — heard in order that Great Britain may be in touch with all parts... A good deal has been said about contribuling to the Imperial defences, and I can assure you my Uird. — Ireferriug lo Lord Selborne, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonics I— that it is the desire of the Canadian people, as far as politics will admit of It, and as far as wc can educate the people to il, to do our fair share. . . (Page 91.) The Hon. James Fi.XUFOUR, from Melbourne, Victoria, said: I Mil \\'i' liavf to i isoiuh Africa \VV ■ that 1" "Ihrr tiaif li iiT assiatancr ( fag ■■I"i«l lllf M,,||llT 'II' 111.' Mnli,li il;,„ ,i|,.,| W) Sir Michar- IfrCKS-UKACII iiiiKn «a» still (|imc l"V''- 1" ilii- .S.Miili-.\fri«i ni..rc rrmarkal,!,. iha„ tl "intry a:ii| h,- alu '■ 1'^''" i" -•'>■■"« I I I Ihit ll is till' I ■iimriliciiii w irm-si ex ■■'•■"tiincnt. ui cl prcssi.iii nf whai | >nK-s:— sirii l<'Voti(ill. of ill ailliiTct oiiiriliiit iniHTiarstn mea iVll i"ii<, "tl tlif part plenty Th, ■iniirist oti ihi I" pan ,,f c of III,' tl'tttS ./'2:Mlt"c*: .n;!™:::""^- "'■•^'^'^■' "-"^" "- "e,il,era- ■ "'>• Prnuiple „f e„t,„„erdal „t,i„t, „,,s la„l .1,™,, ^ t„.,r. npcrial Jii I Ml,, ^...ers inCn.in, seve.f ^ei;i[:^^:,r;;rl^S ::^^„^, II) SpfMl, „, Uv,r|»ol, „ o«ot».r ,.„ ,p„,. ,, „ The annual report itrtM-ntcd by ilu- I'rcsiiU'ut endcil as foll(iw»: Th;*i witr and llic conitnunity of ft'clitin and actum which il has thus broiitiht forth inii-.t pavr the way fnr further »tii»^ in thf directum «if cim solJdatiiiK 'itul ».lriiiKthcninK the iCinpirr, not on\y for dcfftirv but in cv(ry other way in which, liy incrt-aiMMl trade and nuitiial advantage'*, every part may hv as>isted and ^IrenKthened tn be a helji and support to every n that ;n case ()f need we m.'iy I>e [irepared to do tiur full share in defendinR the iulercsii of that lunpire under who>e tlan we enjoy a safety and cnnhdence that wi- Could not have under other conditions... (Page KM) 111 pn-si-ntin;,' tliat ffp^irt and nuivin',; its adoption. I'ol. |)l\\'l S()\ said: ...In t>rder to occupy our proper position in the l-jnpire. in order that we may be .ible to do ovir share in defending its interests, our military forces should be put into the best possible conditions, and we should prov- ide ourselves with a sufticieney i>f anus and equipments of all kinds. (Page Km.) The great object that we, as a I,eat(Ue, should work for is to do all that we can to urge the impro\enH'nt of ovir dcftnces and the aiding nf tin- navy by a reserve of traincy tlu- Chairman Mr. Mu- lock touclu'd lui tlu' war and procfL'dt'd : ...Where is the Manchester .school to-day? Where arc the Little Eng- landers to-day? They are as extinct rs the dodo almost. To-day the qucs- tion has ceased to divide the peot>le of the Kmpire, and to-day the British people in all parts of tlie worlil liave, I submit, pre-eminently passetl upon it as the national creed of the country, the national unity of the limp re. That is the es>ential part of the creed of the pople of Canada, the creed, the dominant portion of the creed, of every part of this country, and if, therefore, we can as an As^ociatir>n give any help practically to give effect to that creed, to pronii>te step by step the unification of tlic people by uni- ting them m interest and in sentiment, whether it be as we move on in that Lne. attaining the ultimate goal of this association and of the British people llirouKhom the worhl, the complete union, the complete federation, of the British Kmpire... (Page 1(6.) The Hon. R -R. DOBELI. warnily endorsed all that had fallen from the previous speakers concerning the importance of the objects of the League, and particularly as to the value of the Pacific Cable. He looked forward to the further development of the principle of representation as the solution of till '<• ImiHT nl .jiif%li< iIk' .|..,I„, I, ■'"."la. d'ago iW). lit Ihrn l.illl.. |-:„g|, laml.r,, -ai.l Mr, i)„|«.|i. anuih.T liiril. ,,( ni. •iri- 1,11 |,.(| I'll i> w;iN an all '>"*'■■. Ilu- ila lIM.ill lo III,. >>ii iiKinlii prcviiiiiN. I,, lU.clarr il - «li,, ha.l v,.i,-,| in till was himsili ,,i„. ,.,• Ill,, h; 'i "^" 'l'.\'" •^'""li .\rrica. .\|r. I),,l„-|l Pn"n,.U.„n .h . ,li ,',';.;' ;;:'''^''V ,«'•:' --'r...,! ,1... >an,. Mnrd, „,«,, , , ,■' '""'"" '*" ■■""I lUnuii it .,n il,,. i.,ili „f |'-'Kiv.,^i:!?';;r„,;t^-^;r-l;tj!';,,. fi" l'"~"" «li" iLlnif,! t.. til,. 1, nM-ii,. II 'l..n,. Ill lir ■mitymy m ■I :. Ill Krimrr ilil'lrrss ■ of Can "lai-ly n|.„ii ,|i,. «ri.:,t ui,,.:i ',,,,, ,.',.:.,.'.''"' """ '•" ""j Pf'-™t liiii,.. ,,an,/ pin. t„ iili,|, „,. |„,|,„ ,, „";, ■,''.,; «"•""« ","'! .tlir..at,.„„iK tli . l-m- l'ri.K-ipal(;K.\xT.,,,„„|,,| „,..„„„.,,, L>-agnc. II,. ,-„,iiii„,,i,|,,,. ,1,, '^_',, ." ';,"/",' ""V-l Ml til,- iiiirk „/ ,|„. rprli^^^;— ,,,:-■•■ /-™::^ r.t''st?/:ar^i-ir^£ «lu.n,,. ivli,r,|,,. „„, ^„.^„ H^hlii^ :,,,.,,'';;-• ;' P-.l.l. „i iiiirkM,,' t'O.chon, an,l ,„a,t.r- had pn.Kri', '^^l/lfi^''^^^^ ;•', ;l;^;n.--.nR^ ,t '^li.fl'^r (DStcChapuril, |„j„ «ft Tlio followintj iifficers were elected : idcnt. — I,i Cul. G.-T. ncn — . v.. .. .)cnisnn. Vivi--I'R~iilints.— Ontarid. Sir Diiv.r M,)ivnf, Sir Ni.irKcnzic Bowoll Mr, Alex. McNfill, M. P. ; Qucbic : I.iird Strathc.na. II. .11 J.-I.rael Taru-, Mr. .'\, McCdiin; X.va Scolia : Sir M. Daly. .\rrlil)islui|i fVBripn: New nrMn,%vick: Si-nalor Wnnd. Dr. Welilim : Prince Edward Island; former l.ient. (.Dverniir lliiwland : Manitolia: Hun. }.-C. PattcrMin : .Vorth West ^IacKint^^ll ; Ilritisli Columbia: Hewitt Bnstnck. Territ »rir^ M. P. Hen. C. II ( ri, :ii,.-A luiifi'r,- k,-ri,-w, \'.il. 1. April i(X)o. ) MKKIiN(i OF 1901. 'I'lie Meeting; of i(^)i wis held at ( )lt;nva .111 Wednesday. ?>l)ru- ary 1.51I1. l.t. C'i>l. Ceorfje T. Deiii^on. 1 'res di'iit. 'icciipied the ehair. and amotij; llmse present were .several .Ministers of tlic Crown. Sctiators and .Memhers of the House, "he lion. Ceorire W. Rl )S.S. IViiiie Min-.ster of Ontario, not lieinjr able to attend, sent his rei!Tets in a letter which ended as follows: Hc>|>iii!{ the nKrlinR may l]e a success, and a nie.ins cil -irensllieninK .lur relatiiins with the Kmiiire. as well as strengthening the ,nfl:icnee of the l.e,v gue Itself, which has already do.ie siteh gara«:raphs : Vonr CoMimittee consider that all Imperial On. .iillali\e Coillicil should he estalilivlied. and that iiiiniedi;iie step^ should he laken to thoroughly or gani. e and conihine the military and naval defensive power of the Kmpirp. Preliaratory to this being ilone. yciir Committee w.illld urge lllioii the Can adiaii Ciovernnient and Parliaineni to at once re orga' ise the .Militia force of Canada upon broader lines, .and in accordance with the spirit of modern warfare, as sliinvn by the late experiences with improved weapons in the o|ierations in South Africa. We have seen the whole Empire coming to the assistance of one iiart. .\o one jiart can tell where ihe next blow may be struck, and ii is the interest of each iiart to be comiiletely ready to do its full share in die coiiimnn defence, in order that it niav fiiirly claim assist- ance in Ihe hour of need. This m.ieh. whether with an Imperial Conference or without one. is the manifest duty and interest of the Canadian jieople, _\'mir C'oiiiiiiitu-e have repeatedly urged the importance of forming a Koyal N'av.il Reserve in Canad.i. .\t the annual meeting of this League two years ago. Sir I.onis D.WIICS exjiressed the intention iTf the C.overnment to take sleits to form .iich a reserve, ^"ollr Comiiiitiee. therefore, fetl confident that this branch of the ilatiomil defence will >oon be organised on an ef ticient footing. fPage 179.) In niovin); the adojition of the report, the rRKSlDRXT said: The war in South .\frica. we may hope, will Mion be concluded, and we may look alMiut iis and estimati self-governing the effect of the moveinetit of tile great in aiding the Mother country to defend Imperial «T.se „f ,|H- ,u„j. ihi'y owe o th, \I ■^""'"■"'"K "' '!'•■ gr.-al col„„ii?s t:, a or laUT. l,v ,|,sc„ss,.,| and ag„.„,| ' ' I'''" "* "'>' '•"'P'ro niusl. .soonur , The niil.iarv forrcs in ovorv colonvsb: ,1 I "' ''"" '"'Ii"mI i.lfa... jns |,n,|,„rl,„„, uI.kI, ,.,„,|,1 I,, ."ii, , "7 , ,, '"","'' I" '■•'^'-' "' "''^''l "' in Canada »,• .l,„„l,| ,l,„n,„K ,ly • „ 1 Xr '''"" '" ''"■ "'"nlnnc, Ikt,- forces, an,l shn„I,l ii„,U.rl-,k, r „r^^, '"'■"'"■'>' nrRanise and ennip our &^;iMnv;"'T;r^-'Ti;!i:S'"S .//( Iiiif'rri,,/ i,inl\r,iu-.: St Charles llihbert TlI'l'I'.K „,„v«l: suS;;'[^:,,,;;^;r:;^;r«,;:;,;--,;Mh. formation of an I„por,al ,•„„_ gni- Ml finsland. ,ln, :,„ In, ,ri-,I ' , r '"","■" "7" an, „ Uu- l.,a. early dale ,„ cn^d.r . u "J , i I, , . '' :^:;;,^■ ';■"''' ,"' ' "" ■" ■ n also Ihe ,,„es,ion of In,|uTlar I f.'a , , ,. 1 ' )""""'■ ■""> '" cons der I. ice Inipi ' may lie agreed n?';l, ,':'■ !:":^''' ■"" -"''^"ii"- to an ,i„. I'r. Jtcnjamiii KL'SSKI.L M 1' sentiments uttered by the I'rc-idenl in ,„.., ,„. .1 ," """^""c 10 ali in, .m f,,rt„„a.ely tl,c rcM,:,,,,,,,, .,'\ V' i,^,^,;' ',,;;; '','''''■" "',""• ••"'''^'-■ tol. IWon., view in regar.i ,,, ,l,f,ie,|, ■ , |„, " '" •'", >n'^h bnt a sidered hmalics,.. (Page 182.) "a,i a-,l.,?,.n nii'n. wh.. were e,m- The mot inn uas a^'R-e-(l t, atnoiiRst our seafaring men. ■^^^^' R^s'tvc He said there wcr,' in the maritime Prov nee- ,s fi„ farmg „„.„ as conid be fo,ind in tl„. w,,rld ff I i^ ''°''>' "' ''■•i- hodj of naval militia co„ld be ."bt ne.P C',',!, T" h""'' '■" '"""''■' ' Unci forces. . (P,age iHj.) "''"nxt .,- Uin.,,1,, already possessed in its Mr. Aulay .\I( )KKISf )X, M. 1'.. seconded and stninKly endor- sed the motion wliicli was carried unanimouslj'. I'dxiliiui of Qiuihi: Mr. Frederic I). MONK, tlie Oppositon Leader from Quebec, said tliat tliis was the first meetinR of the Leaffuc lie had attended. lis report wcjuld be carefully scanned by bimsclf and by the people of Unebec. The Province of Quebec would nol -land aloof from Ibc great ijues- tion> which were now being e.\aniincd. They realised that lliere were a great many things to be improved on in the relation^ lietween Ihe Dominion and the Mollier country... He hoped the first resolulion would be carried out. because there was no place where the-e relation- could be e-\amined better than in the Metropoli-. He was .ilso in svmpalhv with the other resohilion-. Qucbe- had special rights lo preserve, and 'was anxious that they -hould he maintained but she was also anxiou>. and had given proof of her an.siely. to do her lie>t for the development of this counlrv and this great iuupire. ( Page iS.t. ) The tollowiiiH- otticers were elected for llie ensiiin<; rear: President. Lt. Col, G.-T. DeniMin. Toronlo. (re-ekcleil) ; Nice I're-idenls for Ontario. Sir Oliver Mowal, Sir MacKenzie Howell. ,\le\, Mc.Velh — for (Juebcc. Lord Strathcona ,ind .\lonnl-Koyal, lion, J, I, Tarle. ,\rch, McGoun: — for New Rrunswirk, Senator Wood and R,-C. \Ve!dou, K. C. ; — for Nova Scotia, Lt. Gov, Jone- and ,\rchhi-!io]) O'ltrieu :— for Prince Edward Island. Hon. W. Howland : — Manitoba. Hon. J,-C. r*atter-on; — .Vorlh West Territories, Hon. C,-H, Macintosh ; — British Columbia Lt Cov, Joly.., .Messrs liorden. .\[onk, Kemp, Brock. Harker and all other mem- bers of Parliament, not already on the E.^ecntive C'ommittee, were added to that body {The British ISmpirc Review, Vol. H, n*^ 9, A!arch l()Ol,) 3°. A Few Witnesses. .\t the meeting of the shareholders of the Hank of Ottawa. 011 die 13th of December l8,■, l"I.I) ^iK\|||, (|\.i. Ill IX'Cfinlur iijcK), I.,T(1 S'I'R \'l'IICi i\ v atl™;,-t],„f,l. , " iX' ■ '" '"' '"""-'."-at.J address, he- s,, .U- I'll 1" tlU' ICiiipin-. II,. I iKlil-VC llial |,IK- ,if iin. I llie consolidalidii and uniiy •Mill, ,,1 iIh- 1 >i di,- i-;i,n, T-c- I ' • 'I ;id, amoiijj olIuT thiiij^'s: r udl |„. , iif.irrr IIktc arc miiih- wlio in tin- rcpro. entail, in iiit'ni. I am n.it ,,nf , Inipt-rial I'ailianicnl ,- „ „, llial may be die nldmaie solnti,, ficc. .1 d,„,e w 1/ „r ,1, '" "' ""■ '■"''"'•■'I I'arlia- "-I wdi'Ce^l!;r;Sr!'c;;;fe"es;:u,'r"^ fee, o.nsis,i„g of repr'c-en.ati; . , Her Ma e^v':.";' """ """ '-■"'"'"•il "f •Ida and the Colonies, lias been t .entiTm ,? , ' '''';""'"'''''- -""I "^ ^-'an- •!■'■ Umncd -"e only cnns„l,a■ivJTZ^a,mn,™J;.me,",''"'" "'■"• "*■" '' 'I'H- respect ,0 the nZ Vo? 'l lottl I T'^''' 1" '■•""'"'"'• ^^^ "' '•>" represents bv a sinV. ■ ii'd, Id,,! ' -^ ■"'"'''' /."-■"'i'^ "^ l^^' thus to the p..opk.;it would ,"t,.' ;"",'"-,"' ''"■'^'■t rcsponsihilitv old lirkishtradi,^ so •■ V" /, nV^t" ')), T 'T'""^ °^ '"^ ""°^ .ary t.rganisa.ion of the ^n^^rl^ul lie addld "■""-• '" ""^ """- I do not mean I "f tile Ar.iiv and tl ~ay that die Col,, ■ Vivv" v' '■■■'.""" ""Kill not 1,, pav to •^■l^). No Mich iiropoMi lia- yet b.' "■ oie .-vr.ny an, tie Xavv V,, v,,.. -n". ..■.. 10 pay towari , i|,,, ,.,„ ;;;;•! 1"" -.ire ,hat, 1, p..' fo?;;;;','"T;:' ,';;;;„>"','"- -"'^ - iiieni n. As ,0 die Navy, nincli tnorc c ,- pera io, ' , ' '? " r,"""- ^""si lera "";• T."' any rate tinlM ,„iite recen'ilv ?, ',!"' '\'-> '" die pr,..enl HON. 41. tt. Kii^S, I'KIMK .MIM>lKi; OK OM.\RI(». I'Voni the (»ld Canadian Lilieral that he was. the leader of thi- * intario (lovcrnieiit has bccoim* otif of ihc most zealous apostles of Mr. t'hainhiTlaiirs j^'ospcl. Mr. ROSS was last suniiiKT i'l Enj^dand and did not fail to sinjjf the riy;^ht tune in the conciTt of wliich the rolonial Secretary is the chief director. .\l a ineetin^^ of the lirltisii hjnpire Leaj^ue, iu'id in London Mr Ross was reporleil as having cxi)ressed himself in tlicse terms: The Hon. (V-\V, ROSS >aid ihc Briti>h Kiiipire Lvague >ci\vil the grt-ai liurpu>f of ^liffu^ing through iht- KmpirL- ;i ^enti^lenl nf autummiy ain! unity that nKuk- thi: re.iiotc.sl extrc-imlies of the Empire fi-el that lliey wen- vitally cnnnceied with its center. Canada h;id fcU for many years that whiK .i> a Coluny >he wa?. admired she was not very much appreeiateil. ThanU- in the iire^^eiu Colonial Secretary and to other-, at home the clouds had ii.n*, heen disper-^ed. and Canaria felt herself to he nearer llic heart i»f the ICin pire than at any previous period. It was good that the next step shiniM he in the direction tit making the union mi ^uhstaiitial in >eniimenl -uli >lant al aUn in fact, and he looked fnrward to a federation of the Knipire eolonially as well as imperially.., [Tlir (.'iiiuulian (iacrtt,-. London. .AuRust Sih. iijoi, ) ( i) Sntne of Mr, Ross' adractical basis. ("NO! N'O! ")-.- U'agf 2/1. These X(,> ! XO ! are most expressive. When honest John I'ull IS generously offered sotne of our tlesh and treasure, he tenders a > See also L'tter to tH«- I'lmfi. 9 Sei)teinhcr igui 'Pa^f ti.l ■•lli I i;i III ni> I, ^,,1 ^, , ;mm,, •'■■>-"- ''^/^nnT^iir '^ •-"•-'"■ -I"- r. M. 1,1. I liiiic' l.icM iinilr.l h, aclilri-- v., '■■'- l«;n. r:,ll>.,l ■■|,„|„.r,,| J.-,, ,r.„- rilv nil. 1. 1 t.._ ... '. I 1 I in I .11111 '.,,f'''''" !'■"< li .|1K-Ii'..n, I Ik -llhuTl li,i. •iK'il inc 1., IhIIchl. ,!,.„ ,,' . ' ' l"--'l'> I'.v liiiu- until iluv Imi, ,,i,,,ir ■\"il n.iw. I will Riv,. y„„ i„ Vr", f , •■ , ■' !'™'"''|l r tic- ". '5 ccmpruol ,„ ihc .;kI II ,, ,L 'If"",'"" "• l"'l-n.,l |-,.,l,r,,i,„„ ■•1 >lH' l-m,,ir.- I,y ,|,f Kmi'ire'- " "'~ " ""■"'- I'l"' v-hm r„„„.,„ '"''''"•''''"■'''■■''■'■ <-'>"™-™' ''f -HMVoplMiv ,IH, IVopU. ■■-_ 'h, ,-,.. „lm-li would c..n,c fnn" I i,,f' " tT™'''!" ""''"■'"" "'( ""Ul,l I,, ,„„.,„„„s „f ,„.,,cc .■i.,,1 r ., ,,„,'i H f '°"' ' """'■' ■'""'I'' <0 ■••" Piirl- „f tlu. Kin^.'s r™l„,,., a,l,linK: 'lu pnpl, ,n Him till .^t valnaMv as i, „„,|„,.,'i„„,|,|v i" ,,,,;■,,,""'"'' I"---: '"•'I I".-;,!,,. i-xaiHiratc ami (lie out. . Tlu ll,m. (). VV. RCISS. .1 iltaiiks 111 Sir ; riim- Alinist.r i.f ( )nt: r I'ri-iU-rick Vciiii^r 11^, sajd .■II alii no. ni.iviil ; It is true, a-. Sir Frt'dcrick VuiitiK liii> >ai"l. ihiil lluTt- was .1 tinu- in ICiin iiiiul wlii-ii o>ii--iiliTal>k- apathy iJU'vailnt a-. In tlif o>Iunii--. I la-licvi- lliat tinu' ha- iiajipily pas-i-d away... Sir Fri-dtTick VimiiK has n-ffrn-d in thi- l.Ti.ai (|iR-tii>ii III" thi" Fi'dtratinii of tht- Kiiipiri-. That is of all nthi-r- tin- <[iii-slu.ii thai will iilti:iiatcly -i-ttU- whi-thvr the Hr lish ICmpirc is to he con- M.li(]altr of a permanent consultative conncil m't res pi.ii-ihU- lit the people of Canada,,. In the meant me 1 think we should i^i- upon ilu- methods as the people of the old country with onr trade ad vaillages, and to do this lu- suRKe-ted an active propaRanda m Bni:iiii The r attention -ecnred. the ureal market we wonid liave wr>iild he readily ;ipprcciated TlKTf \> a K'*'<1 'l*--'' "' ciHiiiii HI st'iist' talk in this — nuicli iimr,' s(i than in smiu' of the ntttranccs p^'vcn by Mr. Koss in London lii'l sinnnitT. Itnt if ho wants " tn iniprt-ss t!u' |k'()])1c of tho old o>untr\"' ihal \vc mean hiisint'ss. th.' < )nlarin I'roinicr. as widl as his ft-llnu - hnpirialists. had hi-ttiT slip assuring: tin- llritish ik"o])Ii- th:ii ilu'\ mav co'.mt at k'isnn.- ujntn Canada's dcvi t'o*i. Til.' vn-i-.ot thanks was si-L-ondtd hy ihi.- Hon. (Icuri^c- [•'.. I'( )S- TI-.R. c\ minister of I'inancc. IK' said that — II. ■ riKfeiUil that there wa-^ apalhy in C.reat liritain aniouR her -tale-nun ill nti-reiue In ihi' Kfe'at (piest-oii of Imperial imily. and hoped the\ wmild l.f -lirri'ii iij) fri'in that apathv .1- a re-iih of the royal tour and the unl'i>r- irnali- Iml li'nrinii- war in .\trica .. lie thiti spiikc (if the imp irianoe of miitiial cooperation hetweeii ("real liritain and lur eoloiiie'- to resist the keen competition oi' f >re'!.jti ;rade. sayinj;': I'.riMii- -peak nt their KeiUT<.-(i\ m hii-,- ny Ir. r.-it\. IiIm' .-hanlv. -li..nld lie>;m at liniiif , . arke(, hnl ym l)r I'\KK1\. CMC-., ua- called np..n and ^{lokv Very l.rietl> i.l llir ,(l.aih> iliai. iM hi- opminn. ■.■\j-ted m Canada , T..-day the pu-ii r,;i ,,1 ritt'air- ni SmuiIi ,\l'riea wa- a can-e or' iMuceni. vet Canadian- remameil ...1 ami *-uu-;l! . They talked of iIr- mohdiiy of the North West Mnnni .d l'nl>r \\\i\ wvTv ihire noi iimk) of thcr in Sontii Africa now L'an ; 'liaii- nj^iii al-o to elo-el} -Itid} iheir dntie-. and en(iui''e whetlur lhe\ •Imnhl rtiioy ih'- ad\antaKe- and ■■-cape tin- re-pon-iliililic- "f llriti-h i"n nection lie aRre; d uitii Sir Wilfrid I.amier. that Canad.an- ^iionhl ha\ i- :, place u- ilv.' cnmuil- of ihe I'.mpitv ", ","•■'"■ •■'- II "as .I,,,,.. pnri,,;,siv"7h ■;V'"""';.l"-"P"«''i in a '1"'-"1 t" |Kr,-,,n„ ,1,. „|KT.-'ti,„' ■ ' "'''"■' ''""-^■"' "■■■i> in- ■n,.ii,!v ,l,„ . . . '"^"'"''""; I '"■ ln,,.,T,,V i;„ra.s - mnarke.l ury ll iiiiKlil l.c pcniulTc-a I., -, I ""■■- ^■■" "MM I... ,;,.,.,, ,,„ ,i,„ .,„;', ''1 ";.!':;", '"■ -"' .•■■ ji..- 0,1' "" "'^"- f- .1..- .„.f,.,H.,. „f „„. ,,,„„-:■■. "" *i" .^ "1 lit;' It ,i|r ; Villi- rvlVrniii. I,, Pi. " iHii ll„- riMiniiiii, l,a,l r,..i ■^.''•,,^''i\-yi>i':iai(l : I 1 >'i ( 111- I )i. iiiiiio;i ., 'I'ili> VVIIs II, ,1 iln. i-lirniiK '" lit.' |"i l-lwl.n,-: ,11, '•■" - ■"■^' l;."l ..nw.lliiiK I,, fiiliil lli.-ii, 11,1 '•J'i'-V,; ■'■'"," ll'-" lll.^ .1. a I 'II-.-II.I .i„..r,..i „a, .n,iai,«o,-,.,r'-^;::Vh n.. '";i:'"i.::;!'!' -■ '--" t III.- I'-iitpii-,- iii I XMV ■ m any |';iri, ;itiil the \viii)ic [■jn|nrt' will ilinll." In ilii- .|ti.irrfl. wli.ih mi (irif ^i-ii-. 1^ tint l'an;iii:i'-. htiIv in tlit- m-iim- in wliiili ^lu- i> :i part ni Ilif l''.ni|nrr, -.lu- lia> m'tiI ns ul lur l«-vl. Slir lia- ■!-.. -.rnt n^ -tliliir-. a- wi- li;i\( !. '1 tiild to-nJKht, l1n^^l^|^a^^l■lI ni vaimir ami itYk'uiu-y. ii. -tatHl 'liitiildtr to •sliMiihlvr hf.idi-. llu- artiiv i>f (Irt-at Britain ami ln-.nU> lln- liattaliun^ ni Soiilli Afrii-a ami ol AnMrala-Ja Tlurr tlu- uniun ni ilic l-'.nipin- l)a-> lit-i-n M'ali-d in lilood. In the wnriN. tin- rliK|iu-nl rti.riK. "I Sir Willriil l.anriiT. no Imtnl I'f iinmii van t«- NlmnKiT than lIu' Imiiil » rcati-d t'v i-iTinnion danxiTs faifd in fnmiiinii." . . Sir Wilfrid l.aiirirr. nn atintluT iH-i-asi.tn, i^ rcpnrtiil \-> lia\r siid llial ;i \vf Idokcd fiirward In a ilii-.rr niiinn. in wliuli tlu' rnlniiu- vnnld riiuKii 1-1- with 11" thi-st' tninnioii a niatiiT ahinxi of U-Kal rt->|M>n>. liility thai if wv «;ii't.ii Uu-ir lu-lp. vvc nni-t vail tlu-m lu mir tnnn>i-lv, Wfll, Sir. iif (iiic lliii..' am inn vinci-d that in litis iiii.wnii'iit. \\ liivli I think ]- pniKfti'^inK. liiiiK vniild ]tv ni'Ti- f,ii;.l than tn he prrinalurc 'I'hf niii\rnu'?it i^ n" ■ Mvli nin-.l cuiiu' fnnn our t'nlnnii'-, and riin-t not he nndnly p^^-^^■d .■■'■•n thi'in hy ii^. Hiil if thvy dc-ir tlii- rln»vr v-'niirv linn, if tlu-y arv wiil.:.(; tn a-'^i-st n-.. nnt mrrcly v Mh their arm-. Imt aKn with tlivir i-inin«-td and llivir adxivi-, I hvli-w th;it iluTt- i- milhinn that tin- proplc of ihi-. I'tiiintry will inurv rvaiiily wi-icnnu- .. \Vf an- Kratffnl In ynu fnr ymir -np|)url and fnr ymr -ynipatli\. \\r arc ixilalfd — i-nlatrd anmiig tin- nrvat natiiin> nl ilir wurld Imt a- Inns a- wi- haw mir ri'Iatinn> — niir linii-.fhnld - nmimd ii- ur an* ni-i alniu- ,\> niif i>f yi»nr statoMiicii lia^ -aid. nnr isnlalinti i- " -plctidid " a- Inny a- vfin >liarf it. . . ( hu' cJUiiKit fail tn tiniiu' tlu- slrikiiiu^ diffiTnici' i»t UTiiis in whcli Mr. C'liaiiiln-rlain rxjiri'ssis !iis views mi tlu* military unity (if tlu- r.mpirf atid the political union which nii)ifht Ik- a cenple — is In m^'t tniJiiary help from the colonics; as lonj^ as he can j^et it witlumt any com- pensation, or even any prit|H)rtion of common control, beinfj jjiven to the cnlcm es, he will kcL'p the niovemen* in the e in the Onler-in-Coun- cil adopted hv the Canadian ('.over nneiU for the enlistment of iTiMips in ( )ctoher i8»>t>. Mr. (.'liamherlain has alwavs ijj:tiored that reservation, probably judjj^in^ that it was but a political dodf^re In smooth the apprehensions of thosi- Catiadians wlm had i.n! yei ■■ nndersto'xl the meaniiifj; of the world !'*mpire, " Anrl in tlii- h was pL'rfectlv just'tied by the Mib-'ecnu-nt attitudi.- of the (iovernmen; .'ind l*arliametil of Canada. IK- had anoiluT pmnf, in i!u iiresent occurrence, that liis opininti was well founded. Twn I'aiiadi mi Mi- nisters were iireseiU at this Dniniiion |)a\ Dinner. Itoth \ti them had in iSij.j consented tn tlu- insertinn nf tlu- nn-])re.edem clause: but t!u-y carefuHy avnide;;;!~;; -^, ™ .... n* ■„,„,„,,„ "H- iiriM.h mark.., ,'"""' '■'"■""'^"' "'" '■■'^""i^'l pn..l„a> '„„ ;irkci I I I 'I'-: •h.-,i ,1,,., ,„ ,„.. ,',..'" I"?,. „,„ :, „r>.,, ,!„! „f ,|,„,,„„ ' ,■..'. 'Ii.u i;„, ,„ ,|„. I',,!, '"»:" -Vlilli.illli In, I ,,, . *^ .-iii.ri mill ,,.,,,- ' '■■-''■-"t^;:;f,;,;i:7;;«;i!;,;-:,;,::, :-'-•' >-^i:-r^:;;;,;s;r,::;;;ri;,:';;:;.::;/''^.'-.i-i..ria,,.: , H.- u;,. „„■,-> 1 "rfo;;;;:;;;r:/'i,.-:::t:i;i;.;:;j:;-.'p:;il ll.ni, ,,„.,. ., ,7. ...'.. "".^- "" -1-11111111111 li;,, ,„„ I , ,,„■.. ., '•ii.niiin., 1- :iv i 11 ■'\']u:,r {,. I„ ii.nM.. ,„■,,„. ,,,|,v,:,' ''•■"! '"" I'"" 'l"ii'-^i> i..-7s,!i:,';'"Vu:":,:';':^:'^^;'' ^■--'^' -i'.- n- luii,.. „^ ' 'h\ Ii.'kI m-u |(,.,| I, ,, I "" • "■•■'"'«' '■' -al-l-Ki ,-„ ,1;,, , ,„ •■M.n-nl „i i,„l,l,. „,,r,i. mU .'iiicI tin- Mcillur iMiiTilrv hail Inrn ilraHn tiiRt'llu't. anil llu liii-li he iHDi^t-lt iK-IJt Krt'atiT anil rtn-cr iinu.ri V hail liiar.l. ■il ti> U- pniphflic. ant-t'ipaliiin* <>i a 'tilt tiiinnii'iiliiiu iiti liu-si' s|nwlif* ih,' •■ Tiin.-s " iriim wliiili I liav laki'ii ill,' alaivi' I'xtriK-t-. saiil I'lliturially : Th.' iMl,,ni,i, hinc -ii.iun llial lhi-\ kn..\\ nli;,i l',iM|„rf aii4 linpirial rili/i'n-hi|i 111, lii I'lin iiuan Krial puilvui -, Inn iU,\ al-i. ir.ian. a. Mr riiainliirlam niii iiili'il hi- luarir.. ri-|ii.n.iliiliiu-, .mil ,',lili«aliiin- Thi- oil "ni't> havr lint tlitu-hi-il fr an fiilur iliiriiu thr -iriijmli- 'I'lii-v hair lnvit lagir til ill. iliiii inll iluty. \Vi- arf ti.lil to ilay ill a iniKhlv arlicli- fn.in .1111 liir.intii i..rii-|ii.iiiiint li.iw main ailli.iiK't Ihcni arr iii.n :inMiiii>l\ rr- llirlimi nlu.thir iliii |iiTnKiMiinly hear tlinr .In, -harv ..l llu- l.iinliii ,1 Iniiit.riai 'U-fi-lu-. t 'I tinr.f July .'n.t. niril I VIII Resistance of the Australians. ''■■'" I'arlian,..,,, I.al m^;' ' r'^-;:i"r;"r,""- '"" ^""•^^' :r.i.rKTn,a. „f ,1,.. |!r„j.h C. ,v „„ „" . , '^ -' . l;<'-:"-ln„lv ,1,,. "^ •■-> '^"-1"-"" co^H;a,,;;'„v;™^:'t^;;rT•'' """■' "'■■ '"""■"■ ll.-.vv„ul,l M.r„.„s|,- co/ J. ;:', '';;''''■ ^"'"'''"""•■.•■llli l';ir- V>-»'y.i\„y rcrni,. fn„„ thdr f„r, r • m, , • K"^''''"-""'"! "ill """,,,;n,„. „. a,„l ,,ls,. ,,a„|H.r ,m , ."r ., ,, fr,' V r' ' '■■''"""• '■""' "i;i'::,;a:v':;;^-^;'rt::;;^^xr'"^^ "''''■"'■ ^'^■'^-' laM l.i„r vcar>, •,!! ,h, su., /,• i 'i "' ''■'^.'Ini.iiuT.t .,.^. |.-,,r ,|,., ;—, ,. „„„ nai Hl^ri,';^^ , ,' ;:,r;'::;':;"' '^■^■'■'■"'"'"; ■- 'ar;'a„,>, >■.■„„. ,„n laUr o„ i,w„r>. Parli-,' ,„ i ""i' '" ''"'-'' "■"'l'- "> "-■ m-1 rx,ra„nl„,;,A v™ : ^ ' ':; ''^ '' '" l'.'"^"'" •nv Mill „„k,v,.„. An,u.v,T^ ;„;:'^ ;:';,,;; \;,;-i' ■;'-■•■■ '■"vmniK'tii in tl,,-,t Star-lhamlK r-lik, p.ii'v. ^ M'l' .ru-,| i!i- MIOOCOTY HStHUTION TBI CHAUT (ANSI anil ISO TEST CHABT No 2| 1.0 !f"= IK u_ ^^ m ^ ^" ill 1.8 1 1:25 il 1.4 1^ 1^ I 1.6 ^ APPLIED IIVUGE lr,c IX Miscellaneous. " The Future of the Anglo-Saxon race. " I.. 1. 1 I llftlii- Uf,.: I luu' .■iri> n«-li- ;iIh..-„I. Ii,,w,.iit, wliicil iii;n- vet wrirk llu> Anj{l"-Aimr i.-.-iii l.iiniLU'. Witli iiiocli-ratcly fiiir ,ku- .-iii.! -iiiumli ^^■.•,^ llic Miprciii:u-v .11 llii- Kri-.ii nn'c liiis liiTii l.iiili lip. .-in.i vmh .lu■^■l■-^ li.-ivu nnm- .ill tin- cvil- uliK-h |irr -,, lii-i,,ru-.illy a-mi.iuil >iilh tin- l.ill of ihi- Kiiipin-, an. I .\:i li.m- ..I ih,. p;,-t. Ill ilio .Miiclu-rl.111,1. ihc c.irnii.li.,11 ,,l m,„u'v lias wmiiKli: IcMi-liil liiuoc 111 111,, r.-iiik- of Sncifiy. 1 I iho I'liin-cl Staler. 'llu-n- arc ..m- iiioii- MilMUDiiR- ol ihc .■oiiiiMK -liinii. Tin- riiiloi-ral i> KaininK pmvir facli .lay ..11 l.otli -i.li-, of tlR. Ailanlic. anil tin- Diiiiin-ral is iiki'lv to \:v rrn~ln'.l iin.l, r ill,, luvl of a ivor-c tyraiii llian a KiiiK who won' 111,- piir|i!,, .,i- ar.v l'.ivk;-ia-lu-al DiKiiitary who si.t up ,-la 111- 10 u-ni]ioral p.iwir. Ilrili-li ..ii-i,.iy ha- Ikvii ,-at™ into liy til,' i-ank,T of iiionvv, l-'roni tin- loi, ilounwar.l-. th,' tr,'i- i- roltni, Th,- 1110-1 iiiinioral iio-i- l,ff.,r,. tin- inihlic .1- Ih,' 111,-1 philaiilro|,i,-. an.l a- .I.i.r- of all ijo.,.l w..rk-. Mi-aiitv 1- tliv -lav,' ol «,.l,l. an.l lnt,-lk,l. Icil In lUaiilv. nnkn.rainKlv liaii,-,'-' t.. th.- -iriiiK- wliK-h arc luilU-.l hy l'liito,Tai-y. TIht,' wa- on,' ko.iiI point ahoiit th,' ol.l onk-r ..f l-inssiv -npia-niai'v an'l nil.iMihiliiy. It ua- 11- hirthriKlil t,, l,.,- tin- pn.Ii-ct.ir of ,-hivalrv. ' iiiaii- Inii— aii.l inirity- Siilli,-.l , - il wa- In iianv ,Tiiiic-. llii- .I,.al wa-' alwav- iluT,-. an.l uai-li K,'n,-falioii it lironuht forth fre-li -lio.it- Hut what -hall HI- -.iv 01 th,' iR.w or.l,T ..f \V,allh. ..f thu sr.'ni for (."ihl whi,'h !- it- inaiii- -pnii);. ot Ihc way in wliidi tho-,' who hv liirth an.l c.hu-ali.ii -h.ml.l !,.■ ih,' -icrni-t pr.ittrt.n-- ..f tin- ra,v. ahaii.l..n all ami II ii« tlivni-rv,- .11 th,. ■hriiiv of th,- Coklcii Ciiil? Thi- i- tin- ilanRiT whioh n-,iia,v- th.' .\ii(;lo.Sa\.ni rai-,'. Th,' -I'a uh:,-li Ihr.'.'.uii- lo ov,rwli,-liii it i- not tlu- aiijiry wati-r- iif tin- Latin ra,-i'-. .ir .n" ,iiM.iii- rual-, hm tlu- ,-aiik,-rin(! worm in it- own heart, tin- -loth, tin- in .loKii,-.-. lh,- In\nrioii- inini.iral ty. llu- lo- ..f nianlim--. chivalrv. mor.il I-.. lira..,- ami l,-arl.--ni--- wlii,!i tlia' w.iriii hr,-,-,l-. ( I^-|R,-^ Sofi-.'^d;. ) Deprission oi" British Industry. T.i ihii-i' wliii may think iluii I tun aniiiiak-il with pr-'iii.lici--. an.l paiiiiiiio tin. ler false oihuirs tlu- presint siuiairoii of I'.rili.sh iii.Iiistry. I c. ninunid ihi- k-ctttn- .if a l>.«ik rec-'iit'v imblshcil in 1.1.11.1.111 hy .\l_i-. Im-ciI. .\. .\k-Ki-:.\zii:. anil ontitU-il " Tli.- .\nKTican Invaikfs ■', _ Tliii. very iiUt-rt-sliinj bimk sli.uvs tlu- I'niinn.ni^ ilisiila- i-eniem of Kiifrlisli mannfactnri-il prixUicts in favmir of .\nicricaii f^nnils. It lK-!,;*iiis as folkiws : H^Jrs;r';;,,;™.r7;, ulrs^j-''^ ""'■ ""-""= '""'-" •"■''- :■•"" a,„l .,,,.: ,„,|,i„^ T ,,-,k^r^rt-,t "■"''-■ '"'.■"'-"•Tl--'l "- "1 i.*)i^"":i^J;;"f,^:Si,,;):'';:;;:^,:^f;,,;;;'\'-'»- ":•;;"""..;- -. .,„.,„„. >rnnunt r,p„rl» ,le,l,,r.. iluit P^iKi.-,i.,r ■ik," , >™,, '"""' '"'■'"- '■"> liroiluct- M-nl l„ |.:„n,,,, ;„„l , m t om 7" > '""■ P" "m "f lli.-ir it >n.is In ilu- fnll,,„i,,^ ,|i,„,,,| „,,r,|,. \\ c' ;irc l.cii.iiiirTi. ii„. |ic..,.i- , ,■ „ i i , ■Inn.iiy l.i;|„s,,l l,„|„.riaii>ni. N"MiKn, il„„.. i„,, "";':'■'•■;' \ '"■"• '"<>'■'«< I'^-imk f.,iK J^,r/hl^l-'i:'"'"''"'r''r:!" l'>''iM]. ih-.n IV,- lia«- riailH.I •r.-riii,"-,! ,:,, i V ^""""li.it fillcn "Vn «;i;il »,■ arc ,I,,iii,, ,„,,, ., ,,. I 'i"'!.'!!.-!! il (l.|>,-iHi. vi-rv iiiuli " - «-' •■"".no.v.ai'in,!',,:!;;;;^;:,;;;;; n^!;[::"'"^^- i->- "I ll., \\,il,-,.rlr,tn r 'I,.. I ■".'^'^^ ^l'"'^' •" lln- .■miiunl iliiim r IX X X Jlu''rlnraJrTf"''"^ ';"'■, ■""' ' '"" '""""' '" -'> ""' "''^ »'' '""I- ■" 1 , ir ,; , "',:■•"""■;'' '";<■ "••"'■■"-. ■m-l "lull «>■ hu.k al ih. intdl,(.,.,K,. n nr.„r' ?■'("""■,"'■". '';'''"'"'-~ "• ""t f f^.'r. l,„l ,„ Rinl up ..i,r l,„„- MO Hk ,;";'./';'■ t '^ '"■'""■ '"• ^''"^- ^"■'- •• ■■ "•"'"''- "i''^'- ^'^^ "i- ,■ ,,. ' V 1 ••in'l ""r i)|)ij„iu-„i< ,„ ,i„. c,.niiiuri'al warfare thai i- I., I T, ,,",""' '""'"l ''*■ ■'">■ ""■■■'"" '" 1"" ""'^■'■- ""1 "I tlK- cauK.Tv. I.llt 111 f„7;r, , " " "' -^""T""' ■"»! '" "'■iniianv llial lu- l,av.- I,. I,;.,k iii 1, 1 \ ,1 1 , ''," ■■"' ■ •■','"' ""■'■'■■'-'"K '"'"Pi'liti"!! Willi rcitanl t.. .,ur ira.lf. "I am I";"!!.! 1" Y> llial m l„„fc„,g al ih,-,, iw„ cmilrK'. ilu-r, i, -luidi 1 ..|,,,nl,-„,l. 11,, akri„„s nf ,h, Anu-rican-. il,e„ i„a,lcnlal,l, naliiral re-- mr,-l ,,.,,- a.i,u-nc,.. ilu-.r .•nUTpriM', il„.ir va-i p,,p„lali..ii. wliic-|, will m ,1 I pn.liahi My within Ihc next twinty y«ir~ narli Ino.ooo.ooo make thini I,;, "'■""''■■''''>■ '■"lllP^■tlt.,r^ with oiir^cki.,, \,i,I with the Gmilali-, iheir >lu 1,111 .,„■,. p,r-,st,ncy. th.ir ^cirntitlc „,Hhn,l-. an.l their e.„i,|neri„K spril. ilevoie.1 aMhe>e .pialitie, are at thi- m..iiieiil to preparali..,, l„r trail, warlare, make them al-.,, ,„ .„y i„,l„me„l, lillle le- re,l,,„l,tal,le thai, ttie Ameni-aiis, , I -ee a Kreal many articles ,i„w in the paper- a- In the ilecline „f .,:., jii ".,„,;■'" '"■ "'';r ''■•'•y "■ r^- "< "— >■ i^'per-. that, i iimik. „„t ,„■ rtpre-enteil J'.njil:-h firiiis... Ms ciiK-hision, like tliat nf .Mr. (.•haiiilierlain. wa- the iiea-ssitv ot a ^troiip ti'chiitcal ami ccminLU-ia! eihication. ( Tli ■ Tiim< .lanitary 17th. icjoi.) Oil tin- .'isl ,,f March last. I "1> (London Thiu\<. Oct,, her ili-.li. noi 1 "" ["- return from AnuTra t„ I.omlcn, Sir Tliuniis LII'TdV ,^llm-,>,„H.„f,|,,,,K..,;,.,„,|,a, „>T. ,m, „, „,, ,,.;„ i;r,.i,h Ai„i .1,, I'lniiiiialiK' I am stiri K'uriK tu lii'i- iinirt- "" lliiiik lii.-it llic Aim-rioaii- ar< ■ impiliior, will, „. in Ihr hitiirr 'M..iilr.al //,,„;,, x„vc,„l„.r Mth. fx,. ) 'it'hi-inicy, "'nMiinns. \\itl> -• \it\\ nf rfmcdyiii^ the ..>k,„^. ,„r ,nl„r,nat,„„ an.l .k.ai.s as ,„ ,l„ .he,, si at n ni ri ish tra,!.. ,„ tl,.. ,l,iu.r,„t parts .,f tin- F.ntpir.. The re ,M ' f t , ' :r :::-;^- tt^^ f-^i: n;^;:;;'!,- :ri-,;;^''j;:;;: Americans in Canada. "> Ank'i.sl list. l.|.u,UMlu.|,.ll,,win^.|,ara„n,|.h: •^'» ■""■'- «a. ^:„;;;:i ;^, it ';r;l;::;.;?;!;;;-^i'^,,,^'^:7t;^,:x,''";:''T;:,>^-!;'';;;;,,';( TIh' rnn,m..> ,„• .\l!KUI)KI-:.\ -vas „„„v ,l,an riyhi «lu-n ^hr -ai.l at I )nnclci-. ni ( IctoMi-r la.-t : > -t" „ : .."'i" ,'.;"' ■''■I'f "■'' "■'"" 'I'-- l'r"H-i|.U-. of l.il„.r.-,liM„ ,„„l '..,.1 in i-.,,;;,,:;;;""- '" '"''■ "" "'"■ ^■""""'■'■'■■•■n int,.n.-„ i„„i, „, ,:„, ..n„,„„ Cl'ill.-s. October iKtIi, 1901,) .lin.t,-.-. Muv call tliis ,„,i,K. „,„„.„, a - pro-li,.,r " a„.l a - 1 iitl>- Good Feeling between Briton and. Boer in Capo Colony. In a -iKTcli .Idivcmi at .\lanch.si,r on ih.- i,,il, \,,y,,uWv iS.,,, In l.onl Nanilolpl, cm kfllll.l. in if,,i : gf ,-,„■' t;-; ;?;p;"v^-- ,;-:;/Sr,^:t ^^-r , "S ; »■ .I.M"u-.n Kn„l wl,n, Mr. kl u„- ,„„. ,„ ,1,. 1,„| ,„„. ii'iuiir .It til,- |„iir i-li'iiu-m m C;i|ic ^^.I..M\. Sir II. r.ili)|.l«-II-l;aiiinriii:Mi a.l.K-.l: l„J,!"i',i)y"l7 "'"■" ' ' "'"■'''* "' ''"■ ■■■"l'"i"il ■>"" .MiijiilM. nil. I li.ainu 'ri.l.n;,:,,, ' ' ""'"""■" ' " ■'- ■' "'->■ ^""1 P""!''"' ■i'"i ...■c-.".r, llisln, I'.irliallinnary /l„„.-;,i;l. f,,r ,.v,„ „„, ,,,,„,. , ,^ , At a ilitnuT „| tlK. St. (UoryvV Cluh. in l.,„„l.„,, ,„, tin- i>,ih ..i Inyalty .,f tin- mliahiianis ..f thai onimrv . >a>iiiL;: ' .U>- ininlii ,li;|un.l u,i„n llu^ loyalty .., ,1,,. C'..ln„i.- fur il„- ,„ mmi,-m„„-, .i'-;™^j;::,";:;; ,[:;:';!; ^ :;;:;; ;:.; ::,;;-rv,„.:^:;^';r\!:';^ f- ' "■' ■■ Kf;^,;;a.-:t;;;;'n.X;;;^,.iV-\;;;;>r^^ ;i:;c^;;:„-'';;,;';-;r^Ta,;r^!i;;;'r'i;-\;';;i,^ Sir.!. (•■ORDON- SI'KIC.C, Ua.kr of the tttra-Knali.t party an,! I'nnti. M„„st.T ,.t the CaiK-, a.hk.l „„ this sul.jcct that- were vvhal wa, oalK,! l)„,cl, ail -■.' hv unri,., ,' ' ^■'""•"^"■•'1;"" n,.n. l,.twc-en .he English an,l the l)„,cl, in S.i .(-a X', ,'/'■,' n,m,s,ra.,on which they had hecn ,n,rs„inK there an,l tie's ,„re„,e 'h'h an v.,l";.,'", '1 "', ''^' ""■ P^""''' "' '■'•"""'< nationalitie, ha o, ,le-a I . Ia>ee «,iiiie nine agu. He had the nlmi..i cimli.lenee in -ivino il-.i n ., w.M,l,l hrnig niatler, „raight and that ihev w,,Jd ge^S-k 1 ';'.'.'■' V things ivhieh preyai ed there ^..lie feu v,-,r •.,, Vi . ' "' dreadful arhitniniein ..f ,var " ''" "'"""" "■•-"■""« 1„ Uie (r.ondun Times. Jnly 12th. lS<)7.) Until tlHse iestiinn„ie,.-tlu. latter especially - arc the more con- t s,ve that they co„,e tro„, statinch opponents of (ila.lsto, "" ,, 1 o and tha they were ifiyyn more than a year after the miiust fi-, J. asr^-ression ot .Mr. Rhodes' a^ent a.tjains, the South . r 'a Cecil Bhodei' Heprewitativei in Canid*. JuM as llli^ iiaiiiplil.'t was Kcinj; to ih,' pn-ss :i irk;u\ <>i tmiif si'iit 111,. ,-i pamphli-l wIutc arc i,, Ik. lound lin- „ai)u-s of tlu^ lanadiaiis nilisn-,! 1,, Davis Al.l.KN. as hkmiIkts of ilu- ■ Imp- - rial South M, am .\ss(K-iaticni.- I pvT tliuiii Iutc WAIHAN olMlril F.. I I I'.; I, p: (U: J C, RITIII-RFQRI), |.;„|.. 'n. j. ; U. KISS I I'Vn' it \ liRODF.l-R, F.M,.. M. p. ,l),„„tv «p,akiT uf I, H t o ,f O.m num.) jl ; R.,ym,„„] PRKFO.VTAIXK. tU,.KrMMO\l): H,,„ Svnatl.r Sir J„l„, fVRI IXC, V,M 'J ^ ■ ^;''■ J"'"' liOl'KI-N'OT, K C. M. C, Ckrk of Parlia nit III ( Hull, Sfcrt-tary). (II Now LtfLidei uflhi 1,1) Now Spt^aktr,