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ATTITUDE OF NATIONALISTS
BRITISH CONTEMPT FOR FRENCHMEN.
(Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.)
OTTAWA, July 20. Mr Bourassa, the Nationalist Lea-t der, speaking at. Montreal regarding! th© effects of the annexation of Canada liy the United States, endeavour-* led to lead the French Canadians to 1 helieve that they would be no wors© off under the Stars and Stripes than; under the Union Jiack. He declared that the English people in. Quebec would not learn the French language,; and treated French speakers contemptuously. There are signs of a complete breach! between the Nationalist party and! the Bordenites, although, during the elections of 1911, Mr Bourassa was accussed of having sold himself to Mr Borden's pro-British policy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 22 July 1912, Page 5
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128AFFAIRS IN CANADA Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10674, 22 July 1912, Page 5
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