CANADIAN STUDENTS’ STRIKE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 37, 5 June 1914, Page 4

CANADIAN STUDENTS’ STRIKE.

The growing feeling of irritatiion between French and English Canadians was shown at Montreal recently when Ottawa University went on strike, refused to attend classes under the French perfect of studies, and paraded the streets, making a noisy demonstration. This trouble was due to the action of the French authorities of the university in removing Father Fallon, an Irish priest, because he took part in an election which hinged upon the teaching of French in the Ontario schools in districts where there are many French-speak-ing people. This, following the election of a French Mayor of Montreal for the term which is traditions!: v given to the English-speaking Mayor, is significant, since the campaign was conducted on national lines, with the argument that as the French in other provinces are not given rights they have demanded, there is no reason they should extend privileges to the English minority in Montreal province. While there is no likelihood of arsenous friction, it is undoubted that the feeling of the French-Canadians is more acute than it has h|en for many years past.