SENSATIONAL SPEECHES.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10354, 1 May 1911, Page 4

SENSATIONAL SPEECHES.

DOES AMERICA! CONTEMPLATE!

AN-NEKATIO'NI?

BO'KDiElfl AND LiAIURIEIRi.

AN OFFER DECLINED.

KiEIOIiPiniOGITY FffiiST; CORONA

TION SEWOND

"A DELIBERATE! AFFRONT TO

MOTHER CJOUNTRiY

(Rieidarral 30th, 6.30 p.m.) 'WASHINGTON,- April 20. lii the Honso of Representatives Mr Prince, of Illinois, spealking: on tha Tariff Bill, . said the ■. oninr of Amieriicia'na into ■Canediau Northi^West, and the attitudie of tho Denno ijriitio party, followedl'by -efforts of trade, -fiad only one aim—-tho [t^tnexation f»f daiiada^ Cfanadians' ■oyglit to undooeave. theiuselves- what ?*Uiicle Sam w'-n-hted ha geweraliy i-cbtained History siliowed tJiis. L Other speakers made no refc-ren'oe ■io Mr Prince's speecli. I \ OTTAWA, April -.21). - Mr Bbi\fev, leader of the Conservative party in the Canadian Dominion, offered Sir \V-. Laurier to end tho existius! deadlodk, in oidev t.^

enalblo him to lbs present a>t tho Ooronaition piovided the Government postponed the reciprocity, Mr BodcJten urged 1 that thei-e .Vas no. need to hasten reciprocity ,and asked 1 if the trade iafcresta of the Elmpire were less important than thoiM© of the United States?

Sir W. Laurier replied that lie would no* gk) to London unles-s Ilie Reciprocity Bill was allowed to pas,s.

Mi' Borden retorted that the Conservatives would maintain tlieir opposition to> the! last. LONDON, Api'il 29 The Pull Mall Gazette says if. Sii W. Laurier'si intimation not to attend the- Imperial Clonferance u'.ue.-s> I his opponents abandon their re* ?rI ancle to reciprjeity pre^'ails'lusiatetion will come within meiasurabla uistanco of a deliberate affront to tl*c> Mother Oounb'y. Any douibtsi es.c-t----ing abbut the trend of reoiprjciv Wo removed by Presiifieni Taft's ill-advised confession that only the immediate' pasfiiigie of icciprocity could avert the donsummation of Impei'ial' p^eferende.