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The Clinton New Era, 1900-04-13, Page 94:404X4ninent 14 ea nA 4.4 Varna' le itiOe the regard 1.18 a good eause. blit they have pot IleIgitte aud german treaties Were Ito near- been able to linnress -an the Banat nev- er tlettituelateffie titan they had beeu at any crinnent, the British Partiament• 04, the Prievietie thee. • lerketett people the time-HWY ere known to Alitititer V.Eothod. • 1292 a new Government came to Power Not Dollars" fold Cerpti. .01 Canada, and there was a change. There I believe 'that it We are eVer tete ob- . tante .111 -to polVer in Canada a eloveraM0111; tale that pretereuce we -Shall ()tektite it bY Vidal affineted another method -of dealing - our way awl net by lite waY Oef Itec• gele' Vita the Mother VonntrY. There wile At vemen, opposite, (Ileme bore ettst tietilre on this Bele orate House, nei well S.S as you golf:telt tO the Old land and aentallit en elm °tear; to'have preferential trade bIlt -teat England must give yon tte the 0111)i alleati?ti W.40 ifeW you could 'beet thug as you /eke sentiment Mit Of the Oen- ithoitt it. tiou axed lain" *it elowa to a mere matter We thelight, elr, that the true polley Waif . of donna an& eeits, you atil net likely to -to tease eeraandlnee Imeossible conditions make any progreSe. ;MI Unglenti. (Hear, bear.) Wo tieffight It we eaten ever Obtain -that Prefereece, that teeeiuttelt 'as England Inte tor genera. we ,shall obtain at not by ttoy baegolniug or (thins elded .Catutda weeneeer It WaS iteees- traffieltIng, but as a reSnit or teat Waited • lettrY, that she bast g.fven, us the pretection lineereal MOVellient withal is today cora- , ot her Oita, that sUe had doue everything =inapt; the -attention of 'the ay -lazed eor us that We required and bad'adreitted - world—a movement NvItildit one of theee (thee 014r products free te meoltet; we may over-re:le the altl-tashloyitel 40eas of Po- . thought it right that We 811001(1. Meet her (Utica economet teach 11011411mo enter .111 the .sailatt generous Katt mid eay_.• Int tan, We May accomplieh it In that war asmueo as you nave done all these things we tare zot going to- accomplteh tt en eV Cor us, we will give you ritiS Preierence tree '°t14" 1V14Y* without aity conditions, and esro will take • ollr °lithos of getting a return. The 141lest Are Drawn. War—Eloquent Plea for Canadian Unity, It is a story of very pt•osperous tillkee, It Is the OterY of a strong anaemia potiittelli it is the story of a country that bae been able to pose tbrough record: tineneial difileultlee without tho need of borrowieg 4 dater; tt is the story of 4 country that lies not a dollar of Iloating dein to -day; it Is the stay of a eountry with en.. over- teowlee treasury under reduced efistom tariff; it Is the story ot liberal grants for every (maul publie 'service; it .is the sterY of greet public ,e(nterpriees for the pneseut end, tutees needs or Canada ft:Arrive' on with comparatively tnsIgnificant euldltielet to the pubitc debt; it et tee story et o pert.. His Answer to Mr, Bourassa's Arguments—A Defence of the Transvaal pie occupying vast 'eount17 stretching WM ocean to tieettat, nettelY all QC Wheel are taday -busy, prosperoue, emitteut haPPY: It Is the story of a peeple Who bear cheerfully every ObligatiOn that annes upon than for the xnaintonance of their neat public service,. and wit° liaVO fOtend, their devotlen tO the TIMM person.of their leovereeen So tplicialicel by the Inspiring eventroof recent years that they give freely of their blood. WM of their treasure for. the defence and the honor, of the Empire in lands that ere far away. May we all realize tee goedly bend in Which. we dWell; and Iney we all remember , Mr* 'kith grateful hearta the Weighty' Which Provides:10e has showered upon this OP Minlest of Canada. (Preloveted (sheers.) The coaeluelotit of Mr. Fielding e spettelt WAS Marital bY a Scene of uneqUelled ete noisiest:0. The ailio of the last worils had ltarilly died aivey befere the attire lecelee vise and eang the Nate:roe Anthem. There were cheers tor the Itlinleter who had euet made such a inagutfleinit speece, and the, Cabinet ntembers croweetl areatel hint tO ecogratulate him. 31r. leoeter atetee leave to peittpene reply until Tuesday, wIdeb, was Oriented fe and the House pose at el% o'eleele . WILFRIMAURIETO Tile Belgian and 'Gertaan treaties stood In the way. Cie coves() we Itnew that.. Tile Wo.baro dranw tno elites between hot. iea tgivitooate gentlemen oppoeite and oueselves em teat the Opposition has oceaSianallv ed te that as if these treaties weie question. TOey nave demanded tee pound of :Mesh. I do not state the ease Mo stroog- eelY (were(' xecent yenre. 'Beery %ewe „owe in etreet ewe that if they . -honorable gentle:Oil who discussed the ben been Iti power in April, 1130T, they question in this House aniewho gitee it tine' would- era have granted tale eeeference Le attention kneW that theseetreatles must be nugiazo, Toy have eu eftea eald-ehat If .swept out -of the way. The quesion was : they eome ;tame to Dower -they will not %IOW .could the tblug be done? " • grant. ary preemenee to Metaled unless Just so long as the lion, gentlemen oppo^ Bugland Moab give them an eqUal Prefer- . tate ptie• ted their policy, • no progress was. owe. There, Slr. We.aeoedzit the 1184110 - Made, Iffed we felt, sir,. that "we )(Inlet raise In itestlineMY Of •oar faith lu the system . the question before the British Govertintent . Nee haVe, atloptal, In the belief that (it Is nod before British pultlic opinion la a /mai beet for Canada aud best tor Englatut way. We felt that we had a fair grouod - the bend that, to use title Wards of Her . I° contend that these treaties did not, or Maieetac's. Colonic' Secretary, It Is the Poi- , etiligItt not to epply gastrula, inarenucli as icy etnat "WeldIng wore etoselY the tieg ,,.„,„,-Canittla had never been eonsulted-colmerning that unite Me 'colonies to the eooft'hee land. them, and Canadian letereets were net ad- We stand .'in" thee poiley. and Nye are pre - yawed by them. • pared to go fuethereeed who I vonolude 111Y remerks, 1 that .placte on the table -of ^ leTot a Preposterous Theory. the House a reeolutten which declarea-that "(oh" said my hon. friend (Sir .Charlel. Illteir the let of July Mext tbeee thall be ao Increase the preference to England: Teepee), "that was a preposterous theery.' teat from and- ertei: the lst July next the wee, it was not very preposteroua. after all. preference of 25 Aar cent now. the Authoritiee equally as pound es the hon. preferential tariff; shall be increased "to 33 gentleman (sir Charles Tupper) had avid 1-2' per cent.. in other words, that frolic,. that it wes a fair contention. • The London. and atter the't date, for every $3" of duty Times, the great organ of public). opinion, imposed upole the products of foreign coun- 'atter the report of the discussion in • this tries, there WWI be only $2" of duty.levied House had been cabled it, made the state-• on the goods coming trona cult raother Mud. Tont that it was by no means clear that ' (Prolongerl.,theering,) these treaties had any influence. upon the • ' rights of Canada at ail. .A. 'of Moderation. . But whether that was right or evrong; • The polley of flatlet Government la t,ariff whether our position was reasonable or•im- matters has been Irani the beginning a reasonabie, we were bound to take a stand policy of ruodoration, a policy of Ortul0nne as advooates of Canada, and to advance and of caution. • There ,ffre those who sada every point which wouid help us to put that we were under no ohligatione to make tbe question before the British Government 0.11;0000g' Outages, butetemse were not our and the Britsh people, and so we framed rrieeos.. ,The potley eeettee Liberal. party, our preferential clause lu such a way that dg laid. down lu the great. convention in elle we. thought we had escaped the.consequence was that we flhould City of Ottawa an 1893, ,W the treaties. At all events,' we thought Initiate a -policy of tariff reform ealetoa. would have due regturd,to all Malting eon - We had a fair. case to present. e.„ Well, sir, we did not secceed in. all re- ditions isItlunit doing Injustice. to, allY a &Meet. wleects. We were not very much surprise , at that. I admitted, in presenting the tariff We 'have adolited that peliley and 'carried to the House, that there wore -doubts and t°11t 'the lattet "(I s'Okti' Sito - difaeulties.in the way, and if these doubts .lbsrltori'dosirithile •eilvilargos have been rhade; and difficulties ceeld not be settled by the eveey step we tele eve are satisfied Irepartal . Government of Her •MalestY, we that we entail create no-diseuebing influ-. were prepared -to submit. Although:. Her oe injuxe (no industry tin Canada., Majesty's Government had to say to us that eat- snail Meat eh* -treasonable expectations .1 of the people ",of 'Canada for a further,Mea- nasmuch as they -were bou . te interpret nee cif iVa MC referee (cheers.) . .• liberal arel generons spirit, A ey nould not . and 0-eerie:feting trettaury, dile Peolde have I their. treaties with' foreign. entries In a I desire_ to point out that, with a large --...-acknowledge-euve. riglit..td—gt*ce.....theme thate,-theerIghtethee.vpoet a-eeduetion. of. taxation - preference: while to that extent •they differed ',We orrypose tto giVe them a. reduction; and from us, yet at the very moment they said give it tO Eltall.en aines.,voiriCh will oreate teat. they took the step that denommed. the eee beast aesterhance and eneeurage ta a ' Belgian and German treaties. larger exteht oar. trade wittih- the n'othetr- . Thus, sir, as the result of the action of laud. ' It we take ;the largeet,,clasees of the Parnament of Catiada, there was brought ,itoo.ds imported from England and the high - about the terminetion -of these treaties in a est mate o.f •clutY,, say 85 Per ..cent, and -ale. few months which the hen. geetlemen oppo- pie td-(thot the reductiOn / now propose of site bad vainly tried to secure for mane' 3:: 1,-3 per cont.,• or oneothird of elate total years. My hon. friend, the, leader of the .dutive, the 315 per- dent: Is lbrpilgtt. decant OPPosition (Sir Merles Tupper), .has more to. 23 lA per Cent. , I * - ' . than once referreti to the speech made by . e.. . Me at a gathering in tbe City of Sheffield, . 111'0',,Iefore Tariff .Clianges, • ' England, in the year 1807. "why," be said, . T subinet that-its.things.are today en 'Cent "the Minister oferinance adedittcd there that aclaelhat.is n leitewerenue tatillf. and I do. Canada had nothing to do with this matter..., not think. that the. advedittes of tariff ro- be admitted that it was the action et the &Leticia" would -ask Ins to ge ma that class emote premiers in England .that brought of ..sralcies, .below the crates eve neve nciw eln i_itud... uasmoch es motif stab/MY Is . In the House' of Commons; en Marcie 10, 1000, Ste Weitad Leerier epolte .tte folloWe ren Mr. Bouraseahl anleadraextre alarming the Indepencleace Patillament: Mr. Speaker, I "have tistened tot every word uttered by fV,, hon. tlend (Mr. Deur- nasal with very il'aeep and othee otteutton, an attention all the eloser, the d'eepetr, • and havieg enown ray thorietele7.nd for mane years, almost sloe ihieseintaecy, bang' an . admirer a opts exeltient talents, eutertain- Ing ear Wm -a watimpereonal folendeltip, I feel, ael (ate more keenly, :the regret of haveng to ellftee tram Nan. My hon. triend Ls young and euthustastle. lie es at Exit age, that happy age, (where Abe pride ot elteestatee liteorlee ewe ontwaghe, And In- deed usually makes idget et ell considerat ttons oe practical reality.. nut may"be pernettted obeerve to my 'Thon, friend at on'eeettot Otheehis, object wee to etendicate alma eansatutional pane/Pees waelchi In Me! 00111(lon, •thould have guided ,and, .thepired .the Government -Mien th.eo Immo to the eon, elusion the le was their. day to send a rallitaxy. eon -tangent to Atnlea, It weeile have been fee more dn tecordanee meth the fit- , nese. of things that he should bave moved his aineedment either. uponethe address, ween the nibble 'subject was debated at length; or upon ;the, motion presented to the Houseety the bon. Minister of biome (Mr. 'Pleidenge, an order to make good tee expenditure theitered'Per that abject. (Meet my hon. friend %Multi have' present•ed to thee House o'xeal end See iseue, a concrete mottoo which -could have been. diecossed nod debeted, affinmed or deeded,. er amended te male penetitca3 purpose; ' wittereas„, he' now offeeseuse mot Ate prevalent- motione- but- an • acadtanic,71thetrairt and Weld motion which oae be deberted, teach can be Manned or .etteed, bite *itch eimnat be amended and which, 15:7 the. milts of this House, has either (to be swallowed ewhole • or eejeetal whole:: Sly hon. telead, tbe ceurse ef his evortroable and eloquent %leech, has taken: the House ditto ills emetic:mese-as he the re-. %Wan :Which haVe existed betweep him and me upon this subject. He( has. titer:net the House, and truly intotithed the. 110did', Mai he was aute.oreteut eviken *Oared -the motion to. the elonee; I thltur, 'on the 31st comma tide eanittrY 'to any 40104 in the I fu.ture." • s ISle, when we determined ond (the nest Mfg:fere" eentlegmat AtrIca, we passed an order on counetl, wag* we stated that we did not inteitd *UT action M. be construed as o precedent. We were, in so doing, Othiadently mottoes, We were not bound to, make . any swell deola.ratioe, be- muse I contend, against tat tt,,,,rgintmmertt nay hon. friend, tiout In the ao wheeh we took, we ded not violate the endepend- enee paeltainent, nor did eve violate any proneipie of tee British coustitublon. whole -co:guinea upon evliteb. be has biped the motion, mad the Diem:dole which he bas there laid down, that by our act awl bY our conatvet we have violated the priaelpies of lam British eotustitution, tounded on the ihastis (blink we Incurred tees expenature befoly vre had Obtabied thee eanistiont parliament, Nove-eir„ 1.• am PrePerod here end now to take issue,' with ray bon. Mend upon tads vero (Pant r son gropared. to .eitete taow that this ema-seevItictit. we adopt- . ed, and oe teach Mee deattred we would I not enaitati a peecedent, -was a coarse well • within the uuderetood terms at the Bretlelle constitution. Let me eti.11 tee sittentein at the Ileuse and elf my hen. trlend te the stioderd autbonity upon these onattere. hm -proud to Say that ,that standited author- ity le a Canadian, the late Alpheus Todd, leis work ts acktiowledged os being fhe work par extellence wheal thitlY lays down the doctrine of paellarmentary gevernment to Bright:lid% Peal the attention of my hon. friend (Mr. Boutrasete to page 15 of Cie second volume ot (the Mot edition et Todd: - After leiteleg (laid deem the Welt known ele- mentary epritielple that 110 eitoenettore is Moureed, itulose ..weetheoteho. sanction or paeleantent, he goes on to say , that there ore several exceptiOne, and•this le 'the language to which 1 call the attention •at the hen. gentles:tutu: , , , eet Is -therefore ,ereoneotOtesm.ppoiser that tne Govemment ,erm be rubsolutely prevent- trorn any mtsa.pplIcation or ,expenclathee th exce,ss elb.e paellameneary -grante." • •Here is; itowevor, the main pane: "It es theraere erronedue to, Suppose that. the Goverarrientyen,be absolutely prevent.: :ed tfromlany mistbpplication or expenditure th-exeese of the paeliannentaey grants'. Eveit to et;*We laM before it everything that Ive iihd • done. 'Our actloa stood the„,ftre of a long dismission, and the principle et It wee approvee unantmouely (by this House. The ref:elution introduced by my hon. triend the rinance Minister, to Cover the exPen" althea Inelthred In sending the contingetits to Africa, has received the unantmous sane - tion of this House. l'eliat evens it, then, to say today that we had not 'behind us tile forceof public epinioes, that we werenot be guidedeolely by the voice of the press? Public opinion has more (thee one mons' of expressing Itself. Therels net only, the ,press, but there • is What la heard on tee street . and In prieate eoevereetion, and what one eah feel in the air. We. khete that petite Manion terte with us. It is true that my hon. eriend' has stated en anether occolon, I 'believe, thnt it is a weak thing to be guided by public opinion. Weil, sir; if public °platen. wore to ask aontethIng against 'one's honor or one's sense et right, or eoness sense of digety, It would be a weak thing leaded Id.tfollow pthlie opinion; Leit, ef the voice of the patple asks doe a, thing Viet Is rtght and. toaorable, bow would It then be a weak, thing to follow the voice of public opinthoe tinder. such air, cumstancese it ovule lie a wicked and a criminal thing pot to 'foliate the v.olee of public opinion. I 'put ails question to 'me hon. friend ; what would be the condition of this country toelay if we bad retused to • obey .the voice of publie opinlont • . - Some Hon. Matibers-ellem, heare 'The- Pi•Ime Deinteter—li is only too true, eir, that it we had referred ot that time to. do what was -in erte Sudgmeht out impera- tive duty, a raoet'dangerous agitation would have arisen --an -agitation will& according. ..to all heath peobability would .have -ended li-ZWeiiti-ie-lit'Cia-beelhellitlad"Ost ale country mien racial lines. A' greater -ce- lamIty ceuld. never 'take place:In Canada.' 'My bon, friend an.d 1 have long been pn terms of Intimacy. 'lle; has long been a poilticalefriendr and supporter of mine. He knoWs as well as any man le' this House khows that If thee° is auyelting ,to which r have givett my political life, It Is tatry th promote neity„ barnitony and amity between, the diverse elementt: of ties ementry. • My friends van' deseet me, they can remove their eonadente from me, they can with, of I t I sibl s le would not be draw the trust which thee• have Itiee4 • about the denunciation of the German and _P Psi y or e s of .Auguet Met ore syno . were t pos to vurY deeirable, ,and 1111181M11011 AS eenlidence beeenoss .the secret, to et large extent, of prosperity. wont to say to alt copern, ei ..that I tregerd that rate' of 33.1-a per ceett. es ei emir and rensonable ;torte' with voletelOI thlek the dountry Wild be satisfied, and. I do not ,antielpiate reduction ea, that class of artlieles for a reasonable time" in the future. (Hem, beer.) ,- • .*** • Belgian- treaties." • "Well, sir, the hon. gentleman . has un- eonseiously paid a .complitnent to my ma- desty. The occasicrn was a greet gathering of the Cutlers' Association at. and speaking at the moment for Canada and .the _Colonies, I did not. feel that it was theetiree tre vaunt Cana -da or to vaunt any little part 'which I had Aiken in the moyenient. - I must:plead guilty to the echarge of a awe modesty in that respect, and say, that referrdefele the fact that the Colonial Pre- miers had. joined in the demand on -the. eerie' Gov.eratilent for the dernuiciation of those treaties. But there le not a Man• or those, coloniel premiers who will not. ae- knowiedge that all they' were• called on to do. was to register and .htify the work al. ready done by the Government. and Parlia- ement--of -Canada. • Some of the ItsinitaT---7.- - We 'had thus the obstacle remo.v.iwhieh - the hon. gentlemen opposite hart nes., been sine to remove, and we entered tt,"1/0- licy of preferential trade. But hon. gentle - limn opposite say, what does Et amount tor How much is your increase In treder? Well, it is not so bad. The ilgitres were read before, but -let ma read them 'ngain; Canada has e-oe 'nonor and..fame (rem that preferential treaty,. hut she -has won 'dollars and cents as well.. in ourf trade relatioae with the Mother Country; let us ga beek to 1893. The hon. leader ot the Oemosition said the other• eay that the inereeee that has COMO since that time is a pare of' the gen- eral . -expansion •of trade. • Well, heti • ea expansion of trade in the: test yeers •of the late Government: but while the genesat-trade increased, the inverts front Great Britain fell off under the National Policy front $43,000,000 In 1893, to S29,0013;009 in met: In ---1898, however, they increased to $42,609;00; and in 1899 to 837.(09,000. - - I have given a statement shiawing. the Im- ports for consumption of geode front Greet. Britain during the eight mantas ended 28th February, 1899 and non, reapeetively. If we. allow a proportionate increase ter the re- mainder of the year we stall find that the. inereafie In the imports from Great Britain, whioic began in 1898-9, la going largely to continue during the present year. But suppose we admit, for the 'moreent, that •the amount is not great, how .mueh would it have been if. there had .been ne preference? that is the question for us tO ask. I point to the fact that under the late ,Government, that although trade was ex,. pending, the . inaports, from Great /trade. were failing off; but tho morneet -this pre- ferential tariff' was adopted tlib •Importe (role Great Britain began to 'increase and. are in. Vernon opposite hone -to ma an Impression creasing year by yelcr: itilailitft the hen. gen- oh the minds of the natIon:,by saying that the Increase Is reat very large, let tneeaek. them what wriuld. hav'e been the condithie a that trade if we had net the preference, at all? • te,* A STUDY 8E' 21:0011dEli • Let me turn to'w for a rneinceit to •the exports. Hon. gentler/lea oppoeite, insist on. _-demanding a. -Witt of prefereitto in the Brit. Ay -kb market,- which weeelialin 4hey will. not get. We say we aro getting to preterenee to -day by tho voluntary acte of tee flatten. people. We -say teat the preference 'which iongtand would not grant On a detnand et the colOnlea In •ci. htlekstering and bargaining Way, She has given of her own treeewill end aceord the moment we appreaehed her in the proper spirit, .and the.ro is the 'broet the exports of the products Of Canada to Great Britain, exclusive of cote mid hellion. The exports fell off a little le .180e, but they were away. ahead ot Theo' of any pre- date; yeer exeopt 1808, and during tee tene rents.gegy they have eaught agrah and will -go doe Increasing. The SuglIshinen wtho would hot etantl dititatien are Mien to retteon and ft:tautly 'Atigueetton, 'and there is to -flay in .the beetle- Of Mr Pelee& .peo- pie that invert:tousle tor Canadian poultices( which le putting Crinadirtn. teteese,_ boon. bittter, ogee. fruit end 'grain Into the hands of .the leant]; common: to an tetteet that neva" exieteil before. (Anniallse.) I regret .that bon. gentlemen 'oorysite have not been altle le -sleety with its in re- gard to the truest way to get- this Motets / would .inive been touch pleased if -they conld have Milted with lie. bet tile! %Met On deuffireditig . elle pound of fleele They Ineiet that Enelane tenet Bret glee the quirt Pre quo. Welt ear, r wni het One ef these Who will fro AO far fte to tray thee Ermined (ten UMW(' inmate: -tt pro. fele:eta flay foe the reteanteet: of ner OWN. T efitil before, rind I -lel -Jolt it that While that ls (ter a 'veep likely twee to Wore% it le within Out brentle of' prietehttlfy.. If net preintbilifte het T triet tint talon* .11)0 feet that no Menther of the Tkettiolt -(Intitet, with, the roppotpsaty (Mire, and itoti-of rolilnet emit In the rygt';rIA Znf'11,1'?1, sgr n "Cr lotvith rh,oth"..lait 'hoe twee need s pen a pssen. toff +Tiewn, ja Ito ft 11,14 tit ohow Chet err. Oletiebotertet nreenreet to tieeept the .nellee nropesed Ire lino... nettle. Men ItOpoPite. There ere no doubt eort-to -men over there_ who faVal, if,-qultrlotte Otter tattl. Mart mornbero ,ot! parillinoo: tat 'they gilt enthusiasts tit Whitt Seattettliar Made to the euzarainty Of -Great Britain, They algo acepred the convent of the Brit- ish GovernMent tO lite alteration of the title ot the. country, Instead ot the Trans, veal State It became ouce more the 'South African Uvulae: During this Visit there Oecurred au Indilent willeh provides the antiwer to Mr. Kruger'S eft -40o ett-..-repeat• ed rental% that 'the tlitianders were never asked to settle In the Transvaal, all are n.ot wanted there.' ?dessrs. Itruger and fllui Were staying' et the Albernaarlit Motel, 'where they tound themeelveg, after seine weeks 'delay, In the uncomfertable Peeit104 et being unable to Pey their betel WI, El sathtraearlar tienxItttxtehtnetult,asect:hetkiewyenexpat:I:lenigeutot noptinneeIBluleauernier,:t geloaxidenconGeresanstionwsasotlazyg4eleyoulurtger, 0417.14i: wtha: Salting -to armlet, but on terms,. And the quid pro quo which, lie Milked was seine public asearancee of gotelwill, protection ene encouragement to Batten settlers in the Transvaal. Mr. Kruger responded Oa beltelf of the republic by publishIng in the London press t,he media Invitation and Weleonee mad the promise -of eightti and Pre' teetton to all 'Who woad CoMe, So SreTient- ly quoted against him of late." . " X 111/110 -never seen this contradicted, and 1 ask, In, the face et this Invitation by Preeldent Kruger, could there be any jute - Lineation tor the policy atterwards adopted by -him of referring these -peePies who hod come to the Trensvaill invItatlott, the ha:lotto oott. etuutremrage Mel practically ' making I 'am not going into the parttoulars! of mi4eageirve0ar..stlitnag1Te4.:111X8erlitanneePellwbiltieleh6neet to be found In the last Statesznen's rear Book. The poliey ot the population of the Transvaal is 245,897 souls, and the (revenue exatted. trent that population Is 44,480,218 iterling, or 34,401,000-Lrery nearly S100 ef taxation per bead. Let me compare tble tath the taxatton of the very ,foremost tuictunitseatifstburetew;r1dT—hEe States .is about $7 azirtga$Iinpticie;rnr aroelantech,eeoa Int tinEL tnt land about 12 per head, and of Foamy gbout 40 per head. But hi the Trate:the the pcipulatIon 08 taeed to the tune of 2100 per head, the 'bulk ot which Is borne by the Uttlanders. That Population has to bear almost the wbole .ot that taxation, -and yet ts denied every. vestige-. of representation. That being •the case, we 'must admit that the quarrel et Ungland waa just 'weep she insisted that nee British. eubjeets In the .Trensvaal.eliould at lost have the eights ettizenship when .willihg to 'neva to the lawo I believe' that her -quarrel Was filet, and public .01AM:on in this Country be- ing anxious thrtt we -should. take part in the War, we theuelit it our duty to elitists! public opinion by sending our mtlitary eon- teigent, teletteg •cateldently moon Parlia- ment ratifying-our-courser-'---:—.--.1""T- pily hon. friend has 'submitted a eteriend .propositton. -It is ehlio •• That this House eurther :tleclares teat it (opposes' anY chonge tne political. and Military relations. which exiet at present betteeen Canada' and Great. 93ritathe , Stich ,ebanige 4s Initiated. by the soot maga will of, Parliament and senettelted . by :the peoele of Canada: ' hare nothing to. say evilest that .'Pre-; Potielen. the relations between. Great Britain and Catadteare to 'be auenged, they 'cab, only be .thanged by the will gad with' the 'consent of ,the. people. '-am not go; ing ici •sey thah.the will et the people should be riseertathed plebiscite, for I believe the well keeled methoes of the. British constitution are mere appreerhite. Aut. the argument of my lion...friend ise 'that 'by taking. the /fashion, we did, Nyo have changed the xelattens,.ctell .and mili- tary, which now exise betweeseGreat (Brit, aka and, Canada. altogether repuelate ore elite, and I cannot coneelve upon 'What atgamettt it ean be based.. . I : tetted earefultY me thou.. friend, and admired him in many ways, but tild not understand the .argument %Ion whioh he bosed hls docerthe that by -sending 'a mill- • _ . . taro contingent to ,Soute Aface, • we haeie. .patiliy 'walk the Talthanclers, and he. has said politic tO restrtein the Oovercninent from eX- hands; but neeer shall I deviate ttom ' that it he hid been. 'present. in the Heuse Pending .ramiey; uoder any taireurnstances, thet nne.Ot.polley. Whatever Mee be the. itt • thet ithme he: Avould have ,oPposed tee ,without the preelous autfamay let Pirellat Vonsoquencee, Whether lops cif ptestige, less tete-Ron/ He has enformed the .1-Ieuse' olso. mart. In the worda of Mi. iiiacmility-(see- of- populariti, or loss Of .pciWer, I feel that that aft that time end:later' On he repeae-. tartry to Oleo .Boaed -Audit), Yesek may run tio the. righ,t, and l'know that a thne c-dly • warned .me -that If we twat* to theer' eonstently atsiCe; eo cempiteatedsa eye. mime teheneeeerY Mae, 'my hon. trlend any. military empendleure be- Witted envied teen of .gtivernuient oers,, Where 'et be. hintseif included, will Onder Me tall justice all.. such elation at 'the Gosiernmene. 'My .eoinee (the diary Of tithe' exeentive andhorlbles, on iliat seorm But, sir; 1.. uuderstahd - lien, friend will, permit me to say thet the 'exercise at their diseretloartry pow. much better naw than 1 did reefer° what is 'have alwaytii reeeeeted his convietiOnS; that ers, boldly to seteesitle eb.e. requeremeets .or the reason which hai tmpellee. ray hon. . although 1 differ -from Ids views, have too the aegislatuee, trusting to (the good . sense friend to teke . the posltion which he -bee much. et. ,respeet, mid .e enaY ear oltheut of Parliament,. when oll (the facts of the taken. My 'hon. friend is opposed, .to. the ' et admiration tor Itim not to'alt case ousel holy -beet) explained, to• acquit I -wale eitinks it Is unjeet. • I do not Lew 'hum the f41111hartY. it he cialmed." them of all blame; slid It wetted be, riot a'. blame him .for teis .vieete We aye • lute 'hort, 'friend intern:led mo more. than pitbale adventege, but a Melillo ealemety,:lt a British country and te free 'eountry, and, . -44.-gaetitirt he :wanted to tileaYelan'Lentendee the tlovernmentewere be.deparect of tee everi man aft It has. the right. to express • .eitert ..to the Tient of the •Goreenment tn... nn°4-ns. oe- So Otereleteg &Isere:Rewires htseteeinletie My. hon. trieed etas the same • TH:6 Titli'STEn, There is a subject to Whin. 1.1viffit Jts, make. a ,brlo.f. eilusiten, land is one net 'w110113` untioneeeted 'with tthat. wheel I have been diseu.seeng. There are 'Mgt SUMS of meneY iengtatta ee hinds of tilts- tee:4 have .to Moot et in the best -ela..408 -of -security. Untottunately for:Can- ada. we have never been able to obtain the •nelialinion of our Securities Into (Mutt trite- teollet, and the consequence was that whenever •we placed a 401fill on. the market, alChOugh -trustees •were gette walling' to In- vest tate- Vidat oums ,in tilitekr (hoods in Caaa- Olen seettilitlei, they ,cotild not' do so because the lenetieh hot te 'Phe deeteribiety of •admiesioii to the. true- , tstion an saying that 1 agree wit* MY WA. friend that, ilharing Atite imsdert, alleitia elm share 4he eteepoluirkleitty. der Oat danlition ot rebiugs, deel hot emIst, Ivo should Jaye ihe Agin say to -Greet leritabt: .1f yot Wane eh to help you, oll us he Yeee eollnas; YOU Went Its to rtelitelffir,t 41i ware let Us fiber° tett only' the Inereees _but tine ret epenelbilitles and delve as well. . Diet Mere le no OCcesion eXaMille tldS thigency tide day. lify aunt, triead tor. seta one thing which is oteential ter 'MOO dioussion, thee we did not use our pow. ers res Geveumment to go lobe that Wert We neve a Amt. in thee Country, we have a form eaneposeea of the steod- Ing nrilitle arid of volunteme. Wo ' dot Mil upon the standing or '111)Ort vole:More: we ,eciropelled no man to go to South Attie*. We did not do tenet we die in 1885 When We lead to pet down - the rebellion "'in the Northwest. Illten, we used the pOWer vested in 115 by the IOW.. The Goveentnent called fox vault" there and the. vetimteers were tore'ed to Weirt evBIlltglil, Of comae, but It' they lied not gone willlegly they mega have been eempelled by their cloth eo ober .the eoro,Maed of the GoVetrument, But in this ease we did nothing of that kInd. • We :Amply proeided the noteltineter one est:tepees tor Ike two thott.salul Young Men: - who ,weoted tet go and gave their lives for the b.onor of thear Country and the flag they One. MY hole triend &and fault with u$ this etterueon, bee:tame Instead ore et/idiom huncleed we (sent (two thou - Sand. Again X aelt may hem dirieed what Would be ebe octedttioe of Canada. it we had deleted toetetose young eon who want- . al te serve 'their Queen 171 emelt Africa this privilege that they clamed Tuition usl. It we had sad: Only save hundred of yoo -.shall go, what would bete' beat the con, . • ditto of - this' eauneary today? And, OM 'we Oo anertheng. woong atter all, and can MY hon.- frlaid Complain oe Mir aetheri what we' eiseply put et ta (the Oower of,. -these young men 'who wanted to get and • , Moe thee. lives to order to ommote evliat was to them a oozed, :muse, to go .to the front. ' Mr. -Speaker, et seems be me teat le -ester (there was au' oecaslou When we ' imeoupl have no voice •of dissent in thie MOtisie, at is the present occasion. . greatly admIred the Speech *fatty hon. - friend, ,though I earl ear &role sharing. .But I call upon • ittne to xeMenatiet that he belongs to a .patolotte female, as . he said to as thelaef I Yell unon hien to eemembeat that ete4 liberties WhiCh We ell- • joy are largely' due to lee ,own But . If 'we hove itherties 'on one eide, would he not aceept scene deitiee on th,e .0t1U517 elde ? Weald. Oe not adeept • Softie obligations on the '•other eket? tee- ,saerifice ell -on the. oae side and. Ilene ithe tithe; the . obligation all' en one ' • eslelet end.- noneetetothettelbereo sivaiti.e. not compelledete do ethat -we lad; •but if we...chose to be generous,' to do a little more, then we Were. bound Lt,ii do, Where '15 tho .nian wile 'woad. find teult with ue fcitr 'that aetion?;•: • , , .Nly hon. friend dreads the consequences Or: our action Id sendleg out a' military cone.. tingent eto Seuth Afriea. 'Let me . WM' from the bottoin.of rey ifeert that my. bosona is full of theimpes I 'entertain. of the bane- • • • 'results, which. willeaeCrue from the.? . action, 'When our young volunteera ealIee - frerci ;our shores to Jain the British army 'in South .4frica, great Were Our expectations that they .wouidedieplay on Aimee dietetic. battlefields, !the sante' courage Nvideb. had • been displayed by their fathers -when ltght- :..ing,against• one another la the last century' • Perhaps in more than one breast, there wee . a' fugitive 'sense ot ;uneasiness at the thought that. the 'first taping of musketry by rave re- cruits alWays a Severe .telal. But when the telegraph brought 114 the itiforrnetion that such was the good •impression made by. ,Otir volunteers that, the ponimander-in7chief . had pieced there at the -post of honor; Ia.. theeirst rank, able lie side :with that fammis ceras, the Gordon .Iiighlenders; when we.' heard that they led justified fully the cort. -ffilinee placed In tberaithat they- had ebargt ed like veterans, that 'their conduct was heieele and had won for them the encontiume of the commandei-in-ebiet• and the unstinted ' Admiration .of their 'comrades of those fame • otts troops, .who faced death .upon a hoe .dred battlefields, in. all -parte of the. world,. le there.. a man -whose bosom did not swell with- pries, . the noblest of all prido, the pride of pure patriotlim, the pride. et the •• coliscionsnees ot our ,rieing' strong:et, the pride' ot the- consausness that that day had been 'revealed: to tee World that a new power 'had arisen in the. west., , " le that all. The work of union and harmony between tee different eletneeis of this cauntre ete not yet totaplete, We knovv by the ueteitunate occurrences that toolc place onlY lash week that there is meth yet to 'do In that way. Bute there Id no -bond ...unieti arong es the band ereated by dangers shared en common. TeedaY thete are men in, South Africa, repreeentIng the two branches. of the catiedianetemily, figet- Mg ado be side 'for the hotter of Canada. Already sane ot them have- fallen, giving to- the. glore of:their atuntry the lea full meestire of devotion. Their dead bodies bave -been laid In the same grave, 'there to rest 0 -to the end ef time in that last. fraternal em- breee. Can we not hope—I ask me hen. ' friend lemeelf—that In 'that grave shall be' buried the last vestiges of our fernier att. tegonleitiO If Melt shall be the _result, • it we- eau indulge that hope, if wo ean believe that in that grave seal be for ever buried al lour past divisions, the sending of the e.outingerito would be the greatest service over tenderer:I to Canada since anitederation. These aro' the receiver.; whielie guided. uai these. are the thoughts which inspired 'us: • Oleo.. oiteht .theeeltileeritt. littaitenedeenindee 'etfehy hon. friend, knowing elm as,,I know "him, and in ray judgment, they should hit duce Mot not, to press fuether ties motion. we have a right to believe 'that the War ls Unitla that - -C1jUliged the pelitIcal relatiOns existing be- • order te his convictions The bon authority ' To the estate effect, .., , . . gentleman will -agree eolith me ef I go a decleratioti Jay a ,00mmlittee ot the House of Mr. John Morley, Mr. Courtney and Mane ) tittle farther In the confldenee -(0 venal hp Common,s that In speclati °memo -le -me eo. other Liberals in England have to holdethe has invited the Honse. and it xi say that I peudieure. ellanthoolzed by Parliternent be-. . same .bellef. Ilut if my hon. (friend is of represented to my bon, *lend •that if he cairies atbeautelY - ennenadaL In all suet the opinion that the war is unjust, for my , felt henna iii the (Herber iir tb ut a the executive Mint talkie the remote part I am jest as fully con inced I re ge e (Ley/ c see Y y last erteret yeaxs theeinatae (has' 'been agi- eget] by the terteernMent Ciimeda. The bon.. leader ot .the -Opposition,. when .he Oil- ed. the iraperteert 'position of High' Commis - Vance, gave .a greet dee] of .artention to the subject; end know' (ham my entialre at the time, and team I.Mormatton I have etit.ogtalneol. mIhrn. reeeLtrig fribovd tion oe the hen. Minister- oe rtharice, lend; here le tbe principle down, toge- people tit the Transvetil. .have nat the (a-hitilt he owed to htnaself, to liellpg in on sibility of sthictioningtWhatever immediate heart and conscience, that there never was renenament, 21q should (more propeely do it nrgency requeres; and et has never been a juster War on the Part ot England than &thee upon the address tie upon the Toole- .found that Paella/neat exhibited any ratiet- tbat war. 1 am fully convineed that there tions at the bow Miniethe of lehlenice be- 'ince to =supply the tee= of .meeting such newer was a utore unjust war on the part cause, eif my lion. friend hed offered his expendlture:"' . 1 of any men than, the (war that is noor being motion upon the addeeso mien the ma Here Is the law aced recognized -1n •Eng- carrted at by Preeldent Kreger arid the 4(Vdddd, theegalAlen Of et 411Vel=es tre • Melon then mi'ght beee been.' eubjeet to titer: with a seriee .414 peecedents. to that .elightest hesitation . In saying this. . Ver. theetrueeee liet. But uty lhonefriend failed, .the amendment. 1 do not find itattlt With effect. Todd- quotes seVoral Preeedectee lea --.1'resident Xrtiger. : personally '1 have the :14 011 othera" ead. Bat many eldngs which were impossible 'for Canaan. a few years ago' the principles Involved in th, 0 Elea= of mY 1 4111 content myself with- two,. mho first most .unbounded admiration. ele le a stern patriot, and that he believes himself to be .11.1ve beeenie-poteible ander tho better .con- hon. -friend (Mr. 13ourasee. I ene not pee- one es: , . , • illtiens eleat nave mem. • • • pared, liowerer, to aecept the whole Imi- . guage of it. Neither am / prepnued to ac. , "At the cam- mencement of. :the French in -the right / doeriot queStidn; but If yOu - Amazgemente Complete. . examine 'Ins tonduct aud his policy -1n the A year ago, reallaug as fatly •as my hoe% 'Jacek the oPportunite- of it, mid If my lion. 1 revolutionary Ivar, Me, It'ictii.epd.virvardamed's ote3147;. '4gete of -What is aiready 'history, eou. .can - teat great difficulty, , I went (Into the sub- mous stunk -amounting friend- dist Aim ti.earabillty 'of overcoming friend (Mr. Bourassaybad -moved ails motion not but tome to the.eoneluslon that in thIS as I suggested to him, as an aniendment to z)0,000,- to cite . Emperor oaf iGheQrtit.:enny7, matter he has-been the worst enemy of Ole pert upon le urging, as nu douot my hon. the. address, or as eri amendment eo -the ... to aid in the -Mote What are the facts tvith Jett very carefully and prepared d full re- feleed did in his day. that Cenatla Ought roaution Providing for the South- Afelean . . • era intereets or • Europe, witbout the own country. t . e peril went Upon regard to Mate It is just ali ell that w expenditure, dt would ham been Pessibte ' ' d &A t t the 'attention of the llou,se ot Commons bet should bave It Gut as I have It on my to. have 'hor sertirlides recognized its -among the bese on the English market, Negotim thins \vete exerted en -for eeene ttme through rite intervention of -our High Conentsmouer, olio has labored herd and done great ser - i Can d. . • '• Meet, and I lave new ..the (satisfaction of announeing iliat .that hismenountahle ab- et -sole hes beim °Tercet* and that bY arrangement , betiween Her Majesty's' tioverainont and itlee -Canediae Gov'. e.rainent, • legislation wilt introe tinted ,111 tihe Imperial Poultatnent this ses-' sten, and I shall have the houor snlymit- ting bill tothis Itouse dealing with the' stibjeet, and fence( theee two hills purcily etemai in .theer oheracter, are ndopeted, the steetritim of °amide will be affipttted to the tete-gee list, tram which they have been ex- eesded Vir many ,year", (Loild aPPlanse, 14 whieh both .tvidee Icetted.). , • ely lion. 'friend the leader of the OP eel. tem and the et -Minister. of leinaece, oth of whom are thoroughly familiar with thie eneebton, _sole. • .errolize,- .1 latts-enta (the grei(f. importance , of this edit- ,. ' c nett. from' Great '13eltatn, ldlt id thaw who may not be so tetnitior web the' subiect, let me say tat the differenee between the selling price Of tile eceivrtty miloitted to t.rugtee• list , and one shut mit .froin that 1141 Is from two to three pate% I ot think thitt the hon. leader of the. .()pprealen eX• Mita -ter of Vilettive will differ front Me In that eetimette. I think that at a litter Wage we +shall derive even more titan thitt differ. under influence of thee ineuerraet ete e • iti . , . apprmtesh very nearly the vette Of Brit et-th consols, Exit it Ntrd calculated -ot the trilderate etdimate of 2 per .eent. on tee Ione wrath Panorle will Shave to platy In Peetlend the eatt ten years, the saving -would not he lens than two nod a bolt mil- itate of (loiters. to 'Me Canadian treamery. Drinala COntinerit'Dxpenseig. e pa. t In noollier Way. The gain Oat we meke ily tibia &aloe of the eteltleb. flovernment In: toming to tbe neeletance of Canada teal Ire eollate and tente oquel to every penny we Will lutve to cAVV.if:',%,)14'if11111, th:e "°'" 'reetint eitle he n matter of very grewt eonN.qtrenee to the fineneto Eltimatt. end thrive Ns'lld• Itt.1V 110011:11Ordll Oitr fld:131- 'riffrill'a Will agree. with hie In that ontmon. Thattka tiara Stratliebttot. Now the lee exalt (*stole is About to Ise eemeeed, deetre again (to any how Muth We art .indearted.to Lord Stra Ilona for the imsis,ttnee alas afforded me, it tbis matter. And I should do tees, thee Jusfiee le '• I did net, say alee to our excellent Doptty uttistor of Fltnnoo. Mr. rourtney, a • largo share of that credit due. • A STOIVir '0/0 OSPErtaTZ. , And how, Speoter, lay task Is dove, It Is, I trust, an agreeable ottttement which 1 have been able to prement to the Pardo, I merit and the ,peoplo of Canada thIrs da/. 9. inerions sillict on o . for me tto lave afore 411 8111011 Od. 0 1t19 amendment, embodying the &MeV° etg dire.eted to this affair, It was proposed own .mind,' It Is ease to uffilerstand the invoked by hen,. but embodying thein in me to peas rievote At •emsure-on the Minister, position takeu by Pees:Went Kruger. ,The but his friends interposed, ane inducea the Whole ground of the dispute has been that , Own language, or in -language' wheat would t have been ;pee stilted to the llorase; In House to agree to en amendMent, deelaring Presideht Kruger has refused to give the -- ' that the proceeding In questlen, though not Ultianclere the right of° suftragepollileal , to be drawa into preeedent, but. upon occio Sid eivil rights, He seems to. believe that language lessehersh, If mei hon. teletul (Mr. Bourassa) well' permit me to say so; lh shin Of- sPoelat noeessitY, was,- under • the le he gives the right of °suffrage to the Elt- labgttage N'''''hieh 7 ben"e Nmula 111`1" "1" peculiar circumstances of -the alto, a Justin- lenders, they will outland litho tut, air, bed aeound tbe amendment .41/10 unanimous opinion of this House. My lion: Wend eetr. able aue proper exercise of the .diseretion 0Portienstidryenttoreartiger le not In 'a positien to EneraSsfl) lir Idle otenotw Of Ws' el" Plug', taer vote of' credit" , vested iu Mis Maiesty's Ministers' by a for- ;maintain that faoir.gueiginnetto.plettoonp;enhetel fthilds . meat end la the exeeelse of ibis right, obese, . them lands ahd • took their 'money; more on the contivery, .te select les' Own Ian- •pnt; my lime f deed (Mr. leouettesa) pia/ than that lie invited them to his territor go ego mid to Import • into ehe /Lyme uts pey.that there had been a vote of credit to Sven If Ile had not Invited them, he etre: Peeolution In the manner (iii wheat he lias. carry en the war 'and that the.; vote lied ' tually agreed to admit the same policy that that, eye,,02.1,test 1 eosee..eettt lam 4t Ippoily the •sautin Let me Cell atthiltio0 47 int' '* . : -e only beeu exceeded. 'Well, the principle Is titur etti,ie milehe 6.66.tiiiee.d Ili „eel s lid, .. und • by the • thinaelan- nation as welts - At 'I 11 .. 1 t as an adopted lot the American nation -stiringii, i iiiiiitIeli him at mice ibit 1 can- • ''''',7." .-. ....tlio teeming- ef tee -venture, the AnierIcan not adopt his motion If I hero .eount -to wbhei Is quoted be' Todd I - - people' opened their yest -territory to all the (Met with the erinelples enunclittea'en title tlie litteliequer proposed a vote of i45,721 this -conclusion,. It Is not beeaase I ' find. On Pebruary 18, 1801", the Celtheellor ..of ship to all Who came, giving them perfect . nations- at tho earth, anti granted eitizeu- amendment, -•bttt I challeege altogelluer the to defray the test of 'buying the Blacus pat in Crinada for the last forty years have and absolute equality with themselves'. We opportunity or the -raison (Petro of files mot: Iection of coins and antiquities for tile 13rit- been doing the same thing. We have open - tient. . It is not eutlicient thet the pelnelples, ish 'Museum, Ministers had, in the .prti- Involved in a motion' submitted to the- vious autuntn, assumed the responsibility el our .eountry to the iminigraets of the Ileuse shOuld be theattrovertible for .tlite • ot this aturchase, ie :leder to secure this world, we have invited them to mine; and be the opportunity, aa t e* ret- so Howie to adopt thet motion. , There. iheuict , tralq.tie titlilduvaltittobl: • ceenillesctioncof,or the evono.o. laws they obtain full 'citizenship, and every es soon es they come, by conforralug to the fer lit If -raY hon fr 111 tetr. ilourassa), or was agreed terwIthqut oPPositlem .9 . right we ottrselees mijoy we cheerfully glee any member pebble I mile, were to Ortateee 1 mule Moo call attention to* another to thein. Well eir wile it not fair and at: an -antendment to tee motion ..to go 1did. very remarkable precedent. 1 could point right...00 Is It not the rule ot the eltrillzat . eemtnittee of supply, that itwo and. two to;the Government of Mr. 1)Israeli mintiest tion of , the nineteenth century, 00.1 if a mote four, or that there are twelve Menthe lag the whole stock et the iteedive In the poling luttlen opens ite doors- to fore: u In the year, of: ,thitt It is the dote of a• geed Ituez Canal', •and doing this without the au- imintgratton, an. Implied al:ligation . rests cloileblan to olfeervoe tbe fen ronninanli* tinnily Or the vote of Perliatnent. Mr. . upon that nation, to give to the Immigrants Toesirtteo,nynetootiitehreulvdrobveosidius.opnoztutot enoontoinvet . Dieraell's action Wits itpprolred try the Ildie the mune rigbts of eltlieteffilp tvitich its fah Parliament at the (following session, , OW11 people enjoy? TUere Is More. On Would eeel diseosed, on tbe other band,•to Now, sir,. there were Britian Liberals in ', this occasion 1 assert without hesittition place any of these propositions on the re. these 1478 In the Imperial rarliainent, and ' that President Kruger himself Invited the cords of the HorAe. The srettson Whe X there ore British Liberals to•day hi this : foreign °lenient into 'the Transit:MI, Lee feel bound to oppoee the amendment Is not Parliament also. There we're Liberals who I me quote from a book published some lime so match because of the tering of the ttaatrOrt had not the label on their breaSta and the ago by Mr, lietzpatrIck arid. entitled, "Teo Itseif as beeanse of the aratnnentS With badge en their /Melte, but the principle In Transvaal Prom Within." It Is a strongiy which he lima supported it. 117 hon. ttriend their Mart; Just as lunch as any Itilterale partisa» book, I udinit, hot here is a state. (11r. liottreSse) aSserted in his argument have them to -day, There was Vox in the , meet which I have never even centradiete4 that because et the action the ',geic(Q.41)11,91t MHO of Pitt, und Gladstone and Bright In ' lnywhe.e. At p ge 0 IL' Vii2pilikielt Nays: took we have practions, violated the terms the time of "'Israeli, whe held that rar. . ”itt 11384 Messrs. ICrager and Sntlt pro. which the eonstitution Jays down, Mt me tiainent could sanction the expenditure of . ceeded to Europe to endeavor to raise repeat to the Mouse Gm first proposition set money' by tlie Government in certain enter. tends,. Which were badly needea, and also forth beetle) tot. gentleman Lin his meth:int genefes, it is true that •In circumstances ot to obtain some Modifications Of 'the eon - "Vint ilia' /louse insists on the principle that kind the Government has po take a, ventlon. The Qattempt to raise, funds of the sovereignty and the independence Of Very great risk to Ite halide and 'upon its threugb atho parties in 'Tolland to whom ralifitment aa fles basis of Mite% bestitil- ehouldere; it bail fo toile the risk of the no.. the rallWay esneeselona bad just been grant., Gone and the safegnard a the (grit anti ',envoi Of Ita course by Parliament. In the ed failed, but the delegates were more for - political liberties of British . citizens.. and neuter in question, had we not neffile Pie" tunate Is their.othee negotiationo. They - refuses conSequently to 'consider the notion tideation for believing that our course negotiated the London convention, which of the GOvernment au relation ,to the Bouth wonid be retitled by Parliernent? Art Oen ' fixed certain hitherto undefined fboundarteal African War *5 4 Pokeeedent wall et01314 : AN liarlianlent Mat We Iffilffilitted tier eaten : And In Mt' deesuitteet dit, referent" WAS tween Greet Britate and Canada; Be went further. He asserted, and etittletnore balloted, than -asserted, that ine dang wbett we 'eld, eve had been dictated -Melly_ Deeming etreet, thin we had eieen. cone- pelle.d lo -met by the strong hand. of Mr, ; Chamberlain. : He rather insinuated aTso that hi passing the resolution we. poised last session,- expressing our sympathy with the Ilitlenders, NVO wet:a. rather 'coerced . by • the will .of lier. Chambefialn. Ile rather Mane -Med that the resolution whieh NVO then betroduced heti been, /tamed be Inelegant Of letr. -Chainberleth. Well, -ar, the fact is that mobody saw thatoosolettlan except the .hane leader of theOpposItion, who reeelved it from ins after It lute .beeet adopted by Couricil. I Mee non, friend also said that art far book as Jilly last wheat we Introduced that eesolutiou, Mr, •Cliemberlain was proper - Lug for war. Now, I ask my hare fattod how he tan litter such language in the face of events- well known. WItY, it will be to the eternal glory of England, tha war found her absolutely unprepared, Mr, Kruger' had been. preparing for years for war, bulging ammunition aind artillety, rm. . eumulattng provisions, importing leutopenn , officers aod drilling his people; and • when . the thee came when. be thottglit he wae ready he 'Issued his its -Gloat itimatum, - i . calling opon Englend to give u leer Des., SeSSIons in &Sixth ' Africa, Eill Mud was found absolutely unprepared. She bee wittily a few thousand men tu tile land,. end tonsequently had 40 submit to Inc htunillation of anceessive defenta,' 1 link how IS It pOSSIble, la fa.ce of .such a eon. (Litton of things, te say that Mr. - Chain- , beriberi. •had . been, preparing" for war?. . --Iloreesir; Weeettere. tot. Vetoed' lir eetver. land; 'we' were cot -Mood by 111r. Chem - harelip, or by Downinet Street, anti I ean- not 'concave what nor hole. *lend meant When he said that the future tit this coun- try was hot 'to 'be pledged by this Gov- erniormt. Wnen nod Where did we pledge the futureeof thle -cottotry? We` acted' in the full itulepeadence of our sovereign power. What we did, we tild ef our own free will, but t -am -nett° answer for the . consequeaces or for what will take Mao in the future. 'My hon. friend says the consequence Is that wo. will be Milled on to take part id other *rare, I have only this to iinewee to my lion. friend; thet 11 It $liould .be the will of the people Of Canada, at any future period to take part in any war of England, the people ot Con- ran. Will have to have thole way. Let me repeat to Iiiy hon. fleeted the maxim which 110 quoted this afternome Mt embodying his Views of freedOM atiel whieh Ile teak front flie despatee of Lord -Grey to Lord Illgint "It must be roMembered ant the Gov - eminent ef the Ittltleh Colo:gee ie. ',lath Atnetica eannot be cerrled on. in oppoel, eon to the will of the peopleeet That was the ClOO11:1110 id, 18-1T, It holds good tit 1000,1eind wet be the language:of free. (loin Used `‘'so log as we have tree parlia- mentary Institutions in Canada, . , ' ut ave ne es ta ou in saying to iny hon. friend that If as a consequence ot our Indian 0-40 the doctrine were 0' be admitted that Canada should erake,part 1 it a te wars o reat Britain and eon. trihnte.to the eatery, expenditure of the Empire, 1 agree with hint that we should revise the conditions of things , existing, between ns and Great Rattan. If wo were to be ecemelled to take part In all the wail og 41(rest Dmitaht 1 hs,re no text- • ()VT Cfli TAB UStTAtt. A N'ete leirk judge (Ilse:fleece a prisoner . charged with assault, on tile advice or ttn aesIstfelt distriet attorneor• who Ariel the material wItnees had died It a -afterwerds leerned tliat the material wit - nese Was 'the man on wheat the assault - had been eo mitted A i g Liven- ,orderedel 16' * ,Dr. Wright. of Detroit, atlys It Mani had worked .00 days each year front the deo: he wee treated to the proem: onto 0.1 asorilary of $30 a day he would het hale earned by thls time art much property sae is ()untied toelny by any one. of several multl-millicitaires in America. it or A A gossiper itt a New York paper Sant A litooklyft • elengyman recently married 4 well-to-do oeuvre uneerdittr, to provions raneenumte, and atter the rotations/ wee over lite groom placed in his Mottle ait cl((l, lope tonteinem colf. After tin) wan iniened and toned to contain. a silver Int.:!:;4:1.tretelive tio. orotar •eoni tho enVIIIODO "Tbig rend le • pealed down home many years ago.' Wheel 1111.1 11'e:e'er got Married lie took his girl Milli°0eVrgriltsC:y b(itfetneggrentel4en - tipped .over to the squire ,acul in the ver. , mirnTrir of the ernmtrysido asked: Whetee Hie ertinarees?' • eWell." earl the equlee, "the law al. lotto me fifty (rte..' caOrn "Itere's tea cents more. Now_ down an' WY_ yourself It tOulde $00d 'entitle nte."