the Einpire. 



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_ . , To-day, the fortv-tirtli 



Canada s . ■' ' 



Faith in Herself anniversary of the ])o- 

 a"d minion of Canada, was 



made notable liy one of 

 the most eloquently loyal and imperially 

 patriotic of speeches which have ever been 

 littered by a Canadian statesman. At the 

 Dominion Day banc]uet Mr. Foster, Cana- 

 dian Minister for Trade and Industry, 

 speaking as the forerunner of the Borden 

 C^abinet, left no doubt possible that Canada 

 had once and for all decided to share the 

 burdens of Empire and take an adequate 

 |)art in F.m|)ire defence. Canada, he said, 

 had been liuilt up by Canailian faith and 

 thanks to the shelter of the British navy. 

 Now the time has come when Canada, 

 if onlv to save her national pride, must 

 reali-.e tlie duties as well as enjoy the 

 |)rivilep,es of Empire. This is as it should 

 be. We have heard much of Canadian 

 |)rosperity, wc have helped to create and 

 increase that |)rosperity, and we shall be 

 glad indeed if Canada will not only talk 

 of doing her part, but "wdl put the mone\ 

 on the taiile." The Borden Cabinet has not 

 only a great chance of soliiUy establishing 

 it. prestige in Canada, but also of paving 

 the way to a far nearer approai li td lm|)erial 

 direction oi I'hupire questions. Nor nuiit 

 i' l)e forgotten that the expulsion of the 



Congregations fiom France has much 

 improved the attitude of the French 

 Canadians towards England. It was a 

 noticeable and regrettable fact that there 

 was no member of the British Government 

 present on this historic occasion. How 

 Mr. Winston Churchill would . have 

 availed himself of such an opportunity I 



Mr. Foster's most . note- 

 " Go and do worthy Utterance was when 

 Likewise." he dealt with the future 



relations between Canada 

 and the Empire. He said : — 



Two courses lie liefore Canada : first, to turn her power and 

 her sentiment internally to the development within .her own 

 borders ; the oilier to let it run in the long accustomed lines of 

 loyal and Imperial channels. She can become great and 

 powerful to a large extent within her own borders, and remain 

 at first an ally and always a friend ; but peril lies in this direction 

 — possibly disinlegralion, and, to my mind, a denial of the great 

 mission which she is destined to fill. Common origin, common 

 mirlure, common ideals, and the consciousness of a common 

 destiny impel her to community of knowledge, community of 

 council, .and community of elVorl with the other parts of limpirc. 

 In this lino, to my mind, lies the larger and finer destiny, in 

 lullowing which she will not only make the best for herself, but 

 Hill help in the general uplift and advaiicciiient of the civilisa- 

 tion to which she owes so much, and which it is her duty to 

 aid towards continued power and permancme. 



Sir George Reid, High Comntissioner 

 tor Australia, supjjiied a notably practical 

 corollary to Mr. Foster's speech, asking 

 that Canada should |)ut her money on the 

 table, and concluding: 



So far as helping the defence of llic Kmpire was coneerncd, 

 ('an.id.t had had too much of the eye of failli ami loo little in 

 the way of giving I'rovidencc a well-deserved rest. l'"ar away as 

 tlicy were from the centre of lhi> mi^hlj Empire, twclvc-ycar- 



