CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 7

CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

WATERWAYS-TROUBLE.. AN ANOLO-AMERICAN TREATY. ESQUIMAULT, (BY TEtKORArU—riiESS ASSOOIWrON—fIOfVtIIOttT.) (Rdo. January 12, 9.20 p.m.) * London, January 12. Rcutor's Washington correspondent reports that Mr. Elihu Root (Unitod States Secretary for State) and, Mr. Jas..Bryco (British Ambassador) haro signed a treaty settling the difficulties between the- United States and Canada'regarding waterways, ' Reiiter states that tho Imperial Government does not intend to regain tho Imperial control of Esquimault. AN ORDERi COUNTERMANDED. (Reo. January 12, 9,55 p.m.) London, January 12. Tho "Daily Mail" reports that orders have been receirod at Vancouver/ countermanding the dispatch of the naval surveying vessel Egoria to tho Australian station in March, CANADA AND NAVAL POWER. ' ■ There have boon several rumours—and ns many donials-that tho British Admiraltv intends to establish a now Pacifto And Sorth American Squadron, based on Esquimault. The recent' promineneo which has , been given to the question of international naval' power in tho Paoino tends to emphasise the great importatjoo of Esquimault us a fortified base. if* policy of tho Canadian Navy Loague is that Canada should have its own navv, and not. contribute to th* Empire's Elect. Ono of I the Canadian papers says:—"ln-timo of war that (Canadian) navy would be under tho control of the British Admirals,' just as our soldiers.in South Afrioa were under the command of tho British Generals. It all seems so perfectly sipplo to a 'colonial' mind, but the average Britisher does not seem to grasp it. Ho thinks that if we were half ns British as we »re said to bo, we wonld send monoy over to London to help relieve tho British taxpayer. ' This man has not yet learned the' lesson whioh was taupht between 1770 and 1783, nor has he loa'rncd the peculiar nttitude Wtlieh makes a colonial song 'God Save tlio King,'