THE DOMINION OF CANADA.
SPEECH BY SIR W ILFRID LACRIER. CURRENT TOPICS REVIEWED. Received Sept 29, 4.12 p.m. Ottawa, September 23. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, speaking to the Canadian Manufacturers' Association at Toronto, said that personally he favored universal freetrade within the Kmpin'. Canada was ready to support reciprocity in trade with the Empire, but the Motherland was not ready. Canadian intere-ts bad lieen cn-t.mt-ly sacrificed in diplomatic negotiationwith the United States, and Can.ida now thought it better to conduct negotiations herself than to trust to those displaying perfunctory interests. It would, he said, be an act of panic to denounce the Japanese treaty when Canada was only just beginning to reap benefits. A commission might, however, investigate the subject. Owing to the prospect of the All Red route. Canada would be less disposed to sacrifice the treaty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 30 September 1907, Page 3
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137THE DOMINION OF CANADA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 30 September 1907, Page 3
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