ANOTHER GREAT OFFER
THREE DREADNOUGHTS j CANADA'S PROPOSED GIFT (Rec. August G, l.Sj) a.m.) 1 _ Ottawa, August 4. Cabinet is contemplating the purcliaso of three Dreadnoughts now being completed in England for foreign countries, and presenting them to Britain. Colonel Hughes has announced that'tho Vancouver mail steamer Niagara has been dotained, and will not sail for Ancfc land. (Reo. Augusts 6, 2.15 a.m.) Ottawa, August 4. Parliament has been summoned for an extraordinary session to vote war sup-' plies. It is practioally certain that- Canada wi|l purchase Dreadnoughts. A - wave of patriotic enthusiasm ' is sweepirig over Canada, such fls has hot been approached at any time in the country's history. A thousand' volunteers are offfiring their services daily; patriotic associations are uioeting aud passing resolutions promising the.Government every support Fn any notion it may take to assist the Mother Country. Crowds of French Canadians are parading Quebec and Montreal with Union Jacks and tricolours, cheering alternately the King and President Poincare.' The Canadian Clubs' Annual All-Canada Convention at Vancouver sent, a message to the King assuring him of Canada's loyalty to the last drop of her blood.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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187ANOTHER GREAT OFFER Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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