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had been made for a Quebec delegation to inter- 

 view the Government on the same day as that 

 proposed for Ontario. 



When the Ontario delegation arrived, three 

 thousand strong, they were met by one of equal 

 strength from Quebec. French speaking 

 Catholics, Irish Catholics, and Orangemen for- 

 got ancient feuds and mingled as brothers. A 

 new community of interest was engendered, 

 and a feeling grew up that, after, all, they were 

 all Canadians. This huge crowd of representa- 

 tives was met on behalf of the Government by 

 Premier Borden, Hon. T. A. Crerar, and Hon. 

 N. W. Rowell, while Manning Doherty and 

 W. A. Amos spoke for Ontario and Hon. J. E. 

 Caron spoke for Quebec. 



The representation made to the ministers was 

 that if they considered men to be more necessary 

 than food, then they were right in taking them, 

 but it was idle to take the men and expect food 

 to be produced at the same time; that in any 

 event, the men should not be taken until harvest 

 was over, for if taken in the spring they could 

 not be trained for the trenches until winter when 

 little active warfare was carried on, but if taken 

 after harvest they would be ready for spring 

 activity. To these representations Premier 

 Borden did not give a very sympathetic reply. 



But the farmers were in earnest and were 



