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SIR JOHN SIMON'S RIO SACRWJCE
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STORY OF
ick=esioolti ego the proposals for a attend a meeting of the Cabinet. All
s
had just been ubrut- the other futictions he could have die-
ted to thew people of Eritielt Nertle charged and yet have Made no ad-
4.104triete, and in 1868 the stateemen vance beyond his predeceesors in
of the colonies **studded in Louden shaping the jrietitutionit of the Ewe
to settle with the Imperil govern- pire. Other ephiodee during hitt eteY"
aunt upon the terms of the agree- were certainly more drametle, the
satait which was to eistatblisli the Dee meeting with the rulers of the Allies,
minion of Calmed*. They aecomplisb- the visit to the Ctinadian battery in
ed their zonation: The iteattered and France, the great review of eour sol-
disiunited catenates were Withdrawn to. dim et Sherneliffe, Yet no incident
*ether and the new community was compared in importance with the
endowed with the largest powers of gathering of a few civilians, unhoraid.
selt-govermnent. By effecting this ed., unattended), surrounded by no
result the London meeting in. 1860 pomp or cereniony, to discuss around
completed one stage in the develop- a table in Whitehall the common.hasi-,
ment of the liritieh Empire. A. house- neos of all. the millions of their fel-
bold had been set up within the Em. low-citieene, No.colonial had ever be-
pire, managing its own affairs. When fore entered this Council Chamber.
Australia and South Africa were pre- The float authority which the Cabinet
pared in like manner to direct their exercised had not been shared ,with
own concerns they' followed the pre,. any citizen of the Esapiro from he-
eedent set in 1860, and seettreir from yowl the sees. There time remained,
the Imperial Government their 'free no ceuticil.of the Empireefrom which
tonetttutione. • a representative of . •the , • Dominions
The Growth of Empire. Should he kept aloof. One by one, the
ante,ehambers had been ripened, Now
Yet, the eStablishMent 'et • these ,a colonial „steed in the inmost room,
..Doretnionee, while .'certainly pile- All the oreana imperii were open he -
Stone in the progress of the Empire, fore him: The limits to his autpnOMY
' left a long road still to travel. The had been paesede Ile mild now f.eel
new cominunitieslook charge of their himself to be, in as complete 0 sense
' Neal affairs, but they hadease yet no• as anyone else, a ettiZol of. his woild.:
voice in conducting the business coin- wide state. .
0100 to the Whole Empir' .Sueh'eorn., '
An Juvenal Cabinet. ,
.mon con8erns, were left to the *Gov!.
onment at Westminster. It adminio- It is true that the Prime Minister
texed the great dependencies, it cone of Canada attended' the meeting El
dueled the foreign polity of the Em- the Cabinet by invitation, through the
hire, it decided finally upon peke or courtesy of the British Government;
,War, it retained a final authority over. He was enjoying a privilege, not ex-
alt parts of the- British Common- ' ercising a right. The distinction is
wealth. The authority of the Dentin- immaterial. What matters is that a
ions was thus restricted within Certain tepreientetiie Of the Dominiorts.
boundaries; : and a cit4ea cf Canada shared in the filial 'council of the NM;
-bnjoyedett. less Ample prerogative than pire. His right to be present will ne.••
, a citizen of the United Kingdom, since ver lm urged. There will be no need
the latter elope elected the represen- of urging it, since no one will call it
tatives who determined the ultimate in question. His ,presence on one
itatues for the Whole Empire. This great occasion' is a sufficient prece-
difference Could not "be • permanent: dent.' We proceed in our, British WAY
The Dominions once in control over from feet to fact, rather than from
, their own buemetss moved inevitably one claim to amither. The fleet is un -
towards a larger participation in the assailable. All the counsels of tlip
. .business common to, the Empire. Empire were disclosed to a represen-,--
Ilence the 50 years since Confedera- tative of a Dominion in person. pit
• tion have witnessed a series of meet- Robert Borden met, net attend an-
' ings in London no less significant than other Cabinet _meeting dining this
that of 18,60.„: Colonial statesmen have visit.,. It Would be difficult indeed to
viiited the Metropolis Of the Eitipire 'inaesuch, attendance a.,pRistice..
to take Part in Imperial Councils, and Visitor-,Lcoilld Only catch snatches of
• gradually- to -assume ,a •share in the business passing before the Cabi-
periel,respiinsibilities: The Fathers net. The one ease is enough. It has
• of Confederation have been followed accustomed., British • people -:every-
by the Prenliers of Canada, Sir Jan where to the, idea that the, delibera.-
Thempeon, Sir ' Laurier,' and' twos of the ,Imperal Gavernment.
• „
nOvi'Sir Robert Borden.. which affect all the Empire,. can and
must be shared with representatives
of the Emigre overseas. -The ;idea
will take shape much more quickly
,than we should have thought possible
a•few months -ago, in a Cabinet tinily
Imperial, not restricted to citizens of
the United Kingdom, but ieclodiftg-re:
presentativesefrom all the ,Dothielims,
, ' • .
, Common to the Empire. •
4, 'The Imperial Conferences.
Suitable occasions for .the meeting
of the Empire's, counsellors were pro-
vided by such great Imperial ceree
-nipples as the Jubilee of 1887, the
Diamond Jubilee. of 1879 and the Cor-,
°nation of 1902, attended by .repree•
sentatives c,.f every community
subject to the British Throne. These
1
in the outward': aspect :typified% for The invitation to Sir Robert Bor-
,
• .great Multitudes of Imperial, eititens dent. has prepared the way for the
..better than any other. agency the formation of such a- body_ yr.bioh.,!Will
*MAO and Variety of - the might3i ,deS1 with matters common to the
„State which they belong. They also :whole British Commonwealth; The
„seived_te.bring-togother- areuncle-se wOrl, of theFathere- of Confederation
eecouncil board Britiih, Ministers- and will then be complete:- - They gave
representatives of the. -Dominions. Canada control over her lace' affairs,
' The. Colonial Conference first, assent-. but these cOncerns which affected
bled in 1897- and developed ' into the Canada together with the rest of the
Imperial Conference of :4902, 1907 Empire were still -left in the care of
and, 1911, as it became' firinly eStab- the Iniperial Government. ; Canada
fished. . The sope . its meetings yin now ,have a 'Voice cleterinining
, widened. 'From discussing trade end. the. policies •whicli in any way affect
cOnireittnicatiens :the repieeentatiVenof here endWillat thiesametimePartiche
• pate in the Goverment' of the Em-
pire as a Whole. The meeting of 1868
led inevitably to the; meeting :of '1915.
The Imperial convention .such as
Miist follow the Wei? the
efforte'of all:the Canadian atatesitere
- the 'Dominions • went on to ckethicler
. imperial Citizenship and Imperial' De-
fence Schemes for common defence
were • submitted. to them, and, thotigh-
notalways adOPtedreoliveYed a lesso
in ininerial• patriotism: In 1911 the' •
Glevelip $75,000 Cabinet Position for
• One Worth Les te Mien
$25,000. •
: Few._ men be ever made a bigger
.secrifice- for political life than
-John SIMI*, the Home Secretary. He -
!was, as. he known, Atterney-Generale
and he Wrea offeratheLord•ChanceI,'
lorolup. .Front the. pecuniary point o
there are no offices, in even th
Wide British Empire or in .any .othe
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EASTERNER'S TRIP ACROSS THE
CONTINENT.
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Beauty Spot e and Fertile Wheat
Fichte, Nottionel Parke and Cities
of the Prairies.
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414hour journey' On. 'the Nation-
t.., al genies one, froni Toronto across
older Ontario to North Bey, over the
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e Provincial Railway to Cochrane, and
from Cochrane on the National Tram-
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