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I T "IE WON THE WAR" BLOCKS CLOSER UNION Sentiment for Nearer Relation Between Canada And U. S. Hurt by Unfortunate Phrase. (By Herbert Corey) Montreal, Au^. 12.?Canada is ^ much like a self respecting cting hen. She is perfectly content her eggs and she does not want to be bothered. Interference would be no more welcome from John Bull than if it came from Uncle Sam. "There was a sentiment for a nearer relation to the United States, but youk illed it by one phrase," and one of Canada's foremost men* "What was the phrase?" I "We won the war." I am not permitted to quote the speaker by name, but he has much (to do with the shaping of Canadian thought. He said that when the war ended Canada was rather sick of Great Britain and the continent of Europe. Canadians are Americans. Those who live on the other side thing differently and more selfishly. They are expert at preaching and phrasing. "An American editor came in to see me," he chuckled. "He said that no nation ever fougj^ with loftier or more unselfish motives than Great Britain. But by an odd chance every loose thing in the world stuck to her fingers." He said the caste system of Eu~ rope and Great Britain repelled the Canadians, too. And there was the reflex action of the Canadians on the cast.' system to be considered. Born and bred aristocrats did not love bom and bred democrats. The Cana Hian troops who were first over thought undisciplined by the English officers. They themselves might acknowledge they were wild and wool y and hard to curry. "They became excellently disciplined soldiers," said the gentleman quoted, "largely through the efforts of Gt-aeral Curry. He made the Canadian see that they were not good soldieis unit s they obeyed orders to the letter. At the end of the war the Canadians were regarded as very cocky troops. They tell a story of a battle between the Australian and Canadian troops in an English village. It lasted for two days and during that time the officers dared not go near. The men used only their fists. * '"At the height of th? fight a newly arrived Australian officer, at the village, walked past a barracks in which a terrific battle was on. Sud |5Q - I Fifty Hoi TREE, S. C., FI Fresh cai cash, one-third from the purch [FRE1 Sale one sented. Sale v I Don't F< r*l -17 J TRUI ir denly a Canadian soldier was thrown through a window and catapulted, window frame and all, to the feet of the Australian officer. He rose to his feet, recognized an officer, clicked his heals, snapped a salute?and then dived through the nearest, uoo. into the fight again."' At the end*of the war the Canadians and the men from the United States had become good friends. They were alike willing to avoid participation in another European war. "Never again," wa% the vow of the common soldier. | Just as conditions had ripened for a much better understanding between Canada and the United States 1?if for nothing else?we Yankees killed the chance, said the Canadian quoted, the one phrase did it?"We I won the war." Canada had suffered i heavily in men and money. The Unitled States, he said, had actually been I a gainer by the war, as compared iwith the rest of the world. The Canadians were enraged by what they I believed to be Yankee swank. "We did as much as the Yanks ourselves," they used to say. "But we do not say that "We won the war." The speaker went on to say that most Canadians realize that Americans do not mean "We won the war" I just as it sounds. "We know that | you understand that a combination ! of many factors won the war. You are one factor and we are another and France another and so on. But the fact remains that the feeling aroused in Canada against Americans by that unfortunate phrase has put an end to any demand for a closer union?of any sort?at present." What Canada appears to want? I and to be in a fair way to get?is a greater degree of independence than she has ever had before. The gentleman quoted is by reason of his position acquainted with the various cur; rents in Canada. A more authoritative interpreter of Canadian thoughl could not be found, perhaps. He says that Canada would welcome any ta 1 riff change which might promise t< be beneficial Ce.nada as well as t< the United stu**.-. "We allow certain British good: a small preferential" he said. "But that is not because of any feeling for the British manufacturer, bc-u :se he sells goo cbeape- that v.e would get them othov.:?*. W< are protecting cir pockt/s." But he is very certain tha: Cana ?irt will not be fitted more tightly in to the British empire scheme thai 1 Hi rses and Mules will IIDAY NOON, SE1 -load shipped direct October 1, balance ase price. E PRIZE < day only, rain or si rill begin promptly orget the ] U UULA. 111. AJCK-K she is now. Canadians, hesaid, are _ , perfectly willing that Canada shall ' remain a part of the British empire i for the protection and other benefits she may gain thereby, but the authority of London over Canada will never be increased. There is a widespread Canadian doubt as to the motives of some British politicians and a decided disinclination to per-1 mit Canada to be exploited for the benefit of England. "That is why we find it difficult to understand your Mr. Taft," said the , speaker, "when he says that Great Britain will have five votes in ffte league of nations. England will have one, and Canada one, and so on." "In America we think that the Britishers would stick together," he was reminded. "Not a bit of it," said he. "It is more likely that Canadian interests would jump with those of the United States than with those of England.'* Canada has been independent? for all practical purposes?for a long time, he said. "We have a governor general, appointed from England, it is trye. But that system has its advantages. We could not get together on a Canadian for this appointment. Anyhow, the governor general has no authority. He does what I he is told to do. If he' tried to inter- I fere with parliament?well, the same I thing would happen to him that I would happen to King George if he | tried to interfere." There is still another reason why Canada does not desire a closer political union with the United States, he said. Canadians are well informed on matters south of the line through their newspapers, though few papers in the states make a specialty of Canadian news. That defect is to be corrected, he hoped, through the establishment of a news distributing sendee in the United States. "But we read our papers." said he, "and study your public men through I the medium of their speeches. And ! our conclusion is that we had best paddle our own canoe. For it seems to us that most of your statesmen could pass through a sand screen ,; with their wings outspread." I 66G has proven it will cure > Malaria, Chills and Fever. 1 li t ious Fever, Colds and Lagrippe. t It kills the parasite that catisc t thu fever It is a splendid laxathe and genera' Tonic.?adv ? 0 There is still "border" warfare. It is in the selection of new parlor - wall paper when there are three i grown girls in the family. jj \ SES ai be sold at Auction t MEMBER 5,1919. : from St. Louis to 1 i November 1, 1919 SIVEN AW line; come and get yo < rt ft A M _ 1_ at iz:uu o ciocK. Date: Frich >on; the pla LING 0 \ / . i'.{ * '" . ' V ' - * ) '.-1. * ' aisit-. - \ I Fall Di ATTENTION! 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