AMERICAN RECIPROCITY.
MR, SIFTON AND HIS CONSTITtJ. E.NTS. ' , 8y Tcleerapli- -Press Association—Oooyrliihl. Ottawa, March 7. The constituents of Mr. Clifford Sifton, an ex-Minister, who 'recently seceded from the Government party, are rcsoluto in supporting tho Government on the question of reciprocity. They did. not ask > Mr.. Sifton to resign, and he made no statement of his intentions. • PRIME MINISTER IN DEFENCE. . annexation ridiculed. ; s (Roc. March 9, 0.35' a.m.) ' ' 1 ' -i 'i jJ Ottawa, March 8. The House of Commons was crowded to-day to hear tho Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Lauricr, defend tho reciprocity agreement. He asserted that Canada 8 trado was certain to benefit by it, and ridiculed tho possibility of annexation by tho United States, assorting that Canada was sufficiently satisfied with her placo within the Empire as to dosiro to maintain it. , Sir Wilfrid Lauricr added that ■ho hoped that pcaoo would ever exist between Great Britain and the United States. Canadian reciprocity would be an aid towards 6uch an end.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1071, 9 March 1911, Page 5
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164AMERICAN RECIPROCITY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1071, 9 March 1911, Page 5
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