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my mind, no question is ever settled until it is settled in the 

 right way; therefore I hope that some movement may come 

 out of this meeting which will in time bring about an enact- 

 ment of laws under such a treaty which will effect harmonious 

 relations with regard to international waters. 



We should have closer cooperation, as Mr. Mercier sug- 

 gests, in regard to the preservation of game as well. I know 

 that it is entirely possible to bring this about. I know from 

 experience that it is possible to bring about these things 

 through international agreements, because it has been demon- 

 strated in certain instances of which I know. Possibly you 

 do not know very much about it, but we have lying between 

 the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario one of 

 the greatest wild life sanctuaries on the North American con- 

 tinent which came about through international agreement. 

 We had no treaty; we had nothing to work with except com- 

 mon interest, but by getting together on the subject we se- 

 cured government action in Ontario and also in the State of 

 Minnesota, which brought this about. Therefore we have, 

 lying side by side, a great game refuge in Minnesota and a 

 similar reserve in Ontario, an indication of the results of in- 

 ternational effort which points the way to what may be done 

 on a much larger scale. 



I realize that I should not make any extended remarks this 

 afternoon, but I want to express what I know is in the minds 

 of all the members of this Society from the United States, 

 and that is our appreciation of the hospitality that has been 

 extended to us during our stay in the capital of this Dominion. 

 We have heard of the wonderful hospitality of the South. 

 We have enjoyed and experienced that hospitality, but in no 

 instance in my experience has it been warmer or more gracious 

 than the hospitality that we have enjoyed here in Ottawa. 

 We are under a special obligation to the Department of Marine 

 and Fisheries of Canada, the Commission of Conservation, 

 the Board of Trade, and of many individual members of these 

 bodies whose names I need not mention, but whom we shall 



