CANADAS DESTINY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 60, 29 February 1908, Page 3

CANADAS DESTINY.

AJIEHICAN IM'U'EXCES. • • THE CANADIAN Sl'UU'l. (Uy Uaiulii lJegbie in the "Daily "C'hronicle.''j line.' books ruceut lv published I'ujI'lth tin- iu,pining reader with pci-iia -ire evidence concerning the iiumen--("Jienlialities of the great Domini,,,,. Canada* Century, ' by .Mr. 1(. .1. leu. is an aide statement of the commereial aspen. ■■Comrades Two " I'lemanile, i, a '"" l VIV "' I'lesenunclll of II," * his,:;;.. • r ! l 0»" « < -jH I ! wh,, ' t h . ""'vine , hl . 'inla, an 5,,. |1t11 . th(j |U(i]||j( , m Sir Wilfrid Laurier', ~|„-.,,e iI ana,la's centin v. 1 ' '

tliiM''""'" r 11 1 I j' 1 l„ civilisii! N UI cuiKiili i' ,ilr , i- lik.-ly 1., tin,] v " l lns Ixuimllo, r ,7 In- llliltlcr llllllltlv. is || lc . illiU'lllMlik'N , " Cunadi, U i,iiMiit'>i!oii;ii,l» VMi klll»r |,fc t .| v I(| , M> ;l «r ■-Wi'iwii

lam told l iy eiiihu-iastii. imperial tii.u it is loolishness to ijiv I'liiiilii. "U those trill,., and (1 ,, t . 1i1s "'amicr ill Canada which Jloilll aw, lio, ii tll( ' direction. Let ii |„. 'OllSldercil. | will pu „ s „ ver tlll . •luciit, which is almost ifeueral in tii Middle West, i| le American ia-hi.,ns i fuuil > ""J di'iJik, uliicl, ,„lc ii.ij tlw ; Ailanth to the I'iU'ilic. tii.lll>K£UltJ of 1i,,. spilyou I'Vl'll ill ||„tc'. ami Uie American ,-lang win : -l, ments Palladiau conversation alniu.-t in to tut* kiiglisl, fastness of Jjriii-h C'ui umbnt. Uiesu matters, foreign io i.n-a Jlritaiu. may uut imlicatc any si-rioa tendency towards the I'nited States. Canadian, i suppose, may speak thronhis nose, »pit ill the presence of Jadic: andsay "lep" when In- mean. •• Yw». without wishing to express i lie small,', ullectiou lor the American institutionlet these trilling: matters ,|o m tii.-i """ "•'> differentiate from our owi people. But there are graver mattei's whic: manliest, in uiy opinion, a direct, stead\ aud conscious leodt-ncv toward, th I American spirit. Ih e politician, oi Ca.i ada, like the politicians of Amenta, ai uol respected by the nation. They ar 1101 abovu suspicion. .Many of thei uave degraded high o/iice "and liar traiiicked witli corruption. Canad tolerates them. Like the American ci! Whose mayor announced as its motU "Corrupt aud Contested," Lauad. sutlers this shame, and makes no battl lor honour and purity. Tliei- i. no i„ donation, no uprising of the people, Canadian newspapers, with -onie hoi omable exceptions, are conducted absol 111eIv in the American spirit. Util regard is paid to truth, small effort i made io iniorm and exalt public opinio-. mmoH every consideration gives wa to the demand lor sensation.. Scandal' about the Uritish lioyal family, tel. graphed from the luited .States, ar published. Crime is magnified into th importance of historical events. Person at abuse is a weapon wielded withou mercy and without conscience. Canad, accepts its newspapers without prote, uini without Jis^ust. 11l the signilicant matter of games n find that baseball, played In- paid prolesioiials imported from the Tnued Sumis the half-holiday distraction of tie |<euple. Cricket, played by irm-br-. Britons in British Columbia, excites on!' a" archaic interest in Central t ana,].; baseball is played in Canada <-\artl\ j> it h played in the States; the .-pecta'tor. and players (ill the ground uvtli thcii .yells of derision, l-'ootball. I jn „ i„| | IS played in the same manner. ;\'othiii' '"iild be further from (| u . jn ;" Canada makes no protest. Tin- coinage of Canada is the. .oina<»f the Statt*.-. Tin- manm-r nf mg business is the same in both 'i»>. Kmigration from tin- I 'nit.-d Stat,, is not only emigration: nf d„. poor, but emigration of the p.:o-)i,-ro is and masterful. American niami.Yacl urers an- establishing factories „!i Canadian -Oil. I hey are developing mines and lumber eanip-. America appr*-iiiies" tin- | >" 'liie of Canada, anil Canadians are 111'. I h'IV-L ! \'»W (.'aiiihiii will lit'Vf,- M'ck .hlmr.--

-i.'ii int.. I In* States. That N,, i'llity nut less ittitliiiik;ilif<> than the mm

•IJ'e-t of Canada by American tromi-. '' :t ' 1 persuaded thai a far more subtle conflict is How takiiiL' in ' ar.ada. a cnllllict Willed without. 7)(>i: ■•I battle 111- lllllt.'l- of |lcm»m. a I-Oltll> I

| 'i' 1 u: rii inviin ibl;' l]o-t-. and a iiinllict. 1 Ml the future of III:' J,mat IJoniin. . tl '" s l Mlil - 'lie eontes'UDls are. '!»' >pint of America ami the spirit ~f |''cat l.ritaui. Canada will remain' ' •111-id.' While Kurope stairil-. bin '"'t -I"' ains Uritish Uinadu or k ' i|' ;l " Canada waits upon 1|». issue " f till- conllirt. To which side will Canada in, line. All we can -lav f„r i(„. "'""lent i- thai she manifest's „« un loyalty to those iinnieiuorial tridilious of fireat ISritaii, >vhich make Ihilmerence belwi'en Kn«laiid an I Anicrif'.T. nemember thai Canada i- separate inun the UritWi Isles bv 3tmn miles :>f ocean, ami from the t'nit'ed Males bv an imaginary liue. Againsi tl„.

and solirjcty of tlic distant ItritM, ,|m-ji ( * opposi'il ill this conllkt of mind lories the contiguous i,„iml-,. of e i«l,l\millions of people. 'l'!,,, two countries hy niirlit and |, v ,1m- uu-s mio each other's territory. The exchange of ideas is as dose' ih a nei"), • I'Our aiHMkiujj to a friend a. -oss a «-ar-' jlen wall. Far away j- the voii/ of I'lstoric Finland, (l uiet and rain, wit!, f UlMlOll .' of »)«■ penile and f„rhttaniij; " it!i the spirit of experience . " c frlor.y in tribulation* al.-o: kmi'v

iiy that tribulation worketh patience- j iim! jmtii-iicf. experience; and expcri--Iki|).-; iiiicl hope niiiki'tli n >ii-' ashamed." ci„ s ,, ilt tin- ear i, the Iml and li^htin ff voice, of Amiti'icn: " lie be pushful: « e i rich, accuinnlute dollars, become powerful: the ohj*'Cl ol lif(» jruiHUloH.'' \\\, , rr rptfanM ;..s t>M-faslriom..l iM i.i tiir.lv. Ann'ricn, hatc<| for nuuiv things. i<. n. ri\;il to In* fought I>\' iniiUition. Prnfnssor Culrfwin Smith lu- t.rv from Toronto tor n l; uiv thai Canada's destiny lie- enfolded v.itli the m the Stales. ||e believes in "lie united America cunt rolling the "hole ear'h. Not liin.i: tlmt I heard •■] -aw in ( anada inclined nic lo llii, view "" '""trary. I acquainted i. ••very province Willi ~ ;M]l | v | n| r "»•< antipathy t„ ill,. ••V.ihk",.," 1 'dniiibia and l-'reiich l,lii,,|iec v..;iiid -lie, ■! I

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/ ,li » l coll -iiier. In;. f i'. I,eiiier II were tml wi-ei- ~, ..i | ' 'i,- land law- of lai-lan.l „,. a p.'ant our eoum ry-i,|e with ham,, ami | ni'l'l.'-n.lent hii-lian.iiiieu than to" -,.,,.1 , !i "' I " r Kii«liind ami Scilaml AniCl ic;Hli-Cil ill |] 5 „, v : ii iT mi!v- in Hil-.vcK- ...w'j.t,, r Hi. me,,,or, of Chaita' I'ei -'•eraietl l.y tlie Mood of (he I'uriian. 1 holy nitl, the music of Shnkp-|iear,. ;t „,| ; Mill'.n. and will, the Midlist, v J and ill,",it ion of a patient and peace-i 'ovin.r democracy; il may I„. that onlv'' a I in- at,no.pl,ere. i,n (hi. -,,i|. and ! oiider the-e -kie- ill [he flonri-1, '! 'Viiich made the -on! of Sl,;i!;os|tcarp s.. i' "•'"n lr ui- i.roud of this 1,K.e,l phi' i; ''•i- e.-irth. (hi- realm,