CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
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The proximity Of Canada and the British Provinces to
these United States creates unfortunate political po-
son to both nations, which is likely TO be aggravated
every year. In former times we used TO hear very little
Of the people Of those aces, and were in o"lse In
enced either as government neghtoring indivdu
ais by their domestic relations.


They were then looked upon settlers upon the out
skirts of the New World with motives bnt those Of
subjects seeking the tranquil enjoyment of their own in
dustry, and only nominay protected by their distant
sovereign Now however, the scene has changed, and
from being merely geographical and conented neigh
bors they have become angry ntruders upon terrific
ry spreading the infection of their discontents among
our people, and bringing the vindictve powers Of their
SO near to those of own that all the pru
ence Of the administration and the temperate tone Of our
citizens can scarcely prevent those actods subjects Of
royalty from visiting upon the horrors Of war. That
we must eventually 10 that state unless we
gotiae SO as add this territory to conederacy,
il clear from the means that have been taken during the
last twenty years by the British Government to augment
the population Of Canada and to increase the military
strength and Notifications in all the assalable points OF
her dependencies in that quarter.


The Consuls in the different cities years ago
commanded to encourage British subjects who were in
the United States emigrae to Canada The object OF
this was that the experience of those people who had
lived among us citizens, knew our means OF defence
and our weak points, might be transferred to the service
of their legitimate monarch, and thus constitute an In.


cted corps ready to aggandse their territory by the
nossession of these United States, whenever the ume
should arrive that the joint efforts OF the foreigners resi-
onc us under the guse Of naturalization, and the
,roons Of Canada should make IT probable that such
scheme could be accomplished


In 1917 the British Consul for the port OF New York.
sent over from that place alone 1928 persons ana 'ne
appeal to their natural patriotism was made to prepon
derate over their allegiance by the douce Of cer
tain grants Of land and certain promises.


Such will doubt be the case with all the rest OF the