THE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1046, 8 February 1911, Page 5

THE RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT.

CAMPAIGN AGAINST RATIFICATION. PARTY-POO I'ICS. " ' V-" " DISHING INSURGENT REPUBt-: LICANS." By Telegraph—Frc§s Association—Copyright. . London, February 6. The "Morning'Poet"'(Unionist)' is* * in favour of tho XTnioftifets dropping- their scheme for reform of the House of Lords, and rallying to the Canadian Imperialists, with the: object o> preventing the ratification of the reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States. Tho "Post" adds:—"The United States hopes to supplant Britain as the centre of an Anglo-Saxon confederation. Unless Britain rouses lierscif sho will lose the fairest heritage evet to a nation." Mr. D. M'Mastcr, Unionist M.P. for Chertsey, Surrey; says there is a good deal of polities in the agreement betwen Canada and tho United States. . President Taft lias in viow the dishing of the. "insurgent" K'epublicjns, whiln Sir /Wilfrid Lauxier, Canadian Prime Minister, is not unmindful of his influence being .«oder.r; mined by tho Qufcb£c.. Xt i.o all important that the United States should' get new sources of food supplies. Necessity would li'ivo compelled the abolition of wheal duty.'' y PRESS OPINIONS, ~ . THE DUTY OP IMPERIALISTS. London, February- 6., The "Westminster CiazeUc" say3:—"Thc fallacies of preference as a. ccmentei of Empire have been;clearly-shown.' AVc bad to depend on the Canadian farmer doing something against his mier£sti while tho United Slates could have shat tcred the policy at any moment; ii-decd would have been forced to do so, not from unfriendliness, but to provide for th< necessities of a growing population." Tho "Pall Mall Gazette" discusses tlu agreement. "Canada," it says, "i lapsing into unprogressive provincialism is becoming the handmaid of Americai trusts, and a contributor of thbfifty-flrsl star of the flag which will rule the Con tinent. * The duty of Home Imperialist; is to strain every muscle to prevent thi threatened consummation."