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diiUt at wliicli they may come into operation, and fur- 

 ther until the exjiiration of two years after either of 

 the Parties sliall liave given to tlie other notice of its 

 desire to tenninate the same: -svliich either may give 

 at tlie end of tlie said ten years or at any time after- 

 ward [Art.XXXIII.]. 



Temporary as tliese ])rovisions are, or at least ter- 

 minable at the will of either Party, they are cfpiitable 

 in themselves, and advantageous Loth to the United 

 States and the Canadian Dominion ; and, like the 

 permanent provisions of the Treaty explained in this 

 chapter, they tend to draw the two countries closer 

 and closer together. 



The germ of the Treaty of Washington, it is to be 

 remembered, was the suggestion of the British Gov- 

 ernment throuiili Sir John Kose, ft former Canadian 

 i\linistcr, whose proposal related oidy to ])ending 

 ([Uestions all'ecting the I»ritisli jiossessions in North 

 America, not (ireat Britain herself. 



What these questions were we partly understand by 

 the stipulations of the Treaty, the ^vhole of which, ex- 

 ce])t those growing out of incidents of the late Civil 

 War, are of interest to Canada, including the maritime 

 Provinces ])rimarily if not ext'lusively, although re- 

 quiring to bo treated in the name of (ii'eat Hritain. 



To tlie arrangements actually made, Canada would 

 jiave preferred, of course, revival of the I^lgin-Marcy 

 Bcciprocity Treaty, involving the; admission into each 

 country, free of duty, of numerous articles, being the 

 growth and produce of the British Colonies or of the 

 United States. It was the desire of Canada to have 



