LORD LORNE AND HIS MINISTERS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3165, 10 April 1879, Page 2

LORD LORNE AND HIS MINISTERS.

That Lord Lome's lines hare not fallen in places perfectly pleasant is shown by the speech he had to deliver at the opening of the Canadian Parliament. It will be his duty to pilot the State ship through the dangerous waters of Colonial poverty. The times in Canada are unusually hard. Eevenue does not balance expenditure, and the remedy proposed by the Premier is protection, neither more nor less, but under another name. The Canadian tariff cannot well be "readjusted with a view of encouraging and developing Canadian industries,' which means protection, and protection for a nation like Canada is a dangerous game to play. Sir John Macdonald is, in a measure, pledged to a policy of this kind, but he will probably be cautious how he embarks upon it. Whether or not Lord Lome will be strong enough to shape events judiciously remains to be seen. The lino between absolute abstention and needful interference is difficult for a Colonial governor to draw, and we have, as yet, no proof that Lord Dufferin's successor has any great gifts of statesmanship and conciliation. ;