CANADA AND THE STATES.
BREACH OF TREATY; AMERICAN WABSHTPS ON GREAT LAKES.: tllj Telegraph.—Press Association— Onpjrlsbt.l - (Rec. Daccmber 6, 1.15 a.m.) Ottawa, December 5. In the Canadian House of Commons Mr. Foster raised a debate upon the United States having' sevon warships on the Great Lakes in violation of the Treaty of 1817. Canada, said Mr. Foster, was; at the'mercy of this formidable force. The Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, deprecated discussion in view of the fact, that correspondence was now proceeding, but ad-' mitted that there was causo for! anxiety. The' situation 1 )ras . due ; to: individual,., American States bordering the lakes'clamouring for a share in military expenditure, and this kind of thing would have to be Wet.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 682, 6 December 1909, Page 7
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119CANADA AND THE STATES. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 682, 6 December 1909, Page 7
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