Empire Club Speeches, Volumen4William Briggs., 1907 |
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... foreign countries . In 1904-5 there were 4 British or Colonial speakers , apart from Canada , 23 Canadians , and one United States citizen . The subjects included 10 of an Imperial nature , 10 of a Canadian character , and 3 deal- ing ...
... foreign countries . In 1904-5 there were 4 British or Colonial speakers , apart from Canada , 23 Canadians , and one United States citizen . The subjects included 10 of an Imperial nature , 10 of a Canadian character , and 3 deal- ing ...
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... foreign flags here . The recent hoisting of the United States flag over the City Hall in Winnipeg and its use in Montreal on the same day , and the sub- stitution of the United States emblem for that of the Empire at our own Exhibition ...
... foreign flags here . The recent hoisting of the United States flag over the City Hall in Winnipeg and its use in Montreal on the same day , and the sub- stitution of the United States emblem for that of the Empire at our own Exhibition ...
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... foreign emblems , except upon special occasions , when they may be used in a friendly inter- national way , with the Union Jack in the place of honour ; and we further express the hope that individuals as well as organizations ...
... foreign emblems , except upon special occasions , when they may be used in a friendly inter- national way , with the Union Jack in the place of honour ; and we further express the hope that individuals as well as organizations ...
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... foreign flags , there is one thing I would like to say , because it is not generally understood , and that is , apart altogether from the illegality or impropriety of the use of foreign flags without proper authority and under proper ...
... foreign flags , there is one thing I would like to say , because it is not generally understood , and that is , apart altogether from the illegality or impropriety of the use of foreign flags without proper authority and under proper ...
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... foreign flag is used , as I said , under proper authority and on proper occasions , it should not be on the same staff with the British flag . Mr. J. R. Roaf : Mr. Chadwick has given us the legal aspect , which it is proper for us all ...
... foreign flag is used , as I said , under proper authority and on proper occasions , it should not be on the same staff with the British flag . Mr. J. R. Roaf : Mr. Chadwick has given us the legal aspect , which it is proper for us all ...
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Página 121 - YE Mariners of England ! That guard our native seas ; Whose flag has braved a thousand years The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Página 88 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Página 60 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Página 317 - ... the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Página 282 - I, that write these lines, am an Imperialist because I will not be a Colonial. This Colonial status is a worn-out, by-gone thing. The sense and feeling of it has become harmful to us. It limits the ideas, and circumscribes the patriotism of our people. It impairs the mental vigor and narrows the outlook of those that are reared and educated in our midst.
Página 290 - Nipigon! Yet this you say, you of the Provincial Rights, you Little Canada Man, is all we can afford! We that have raised our public charge from forty up to eighty millions odd within the ten years past, and scarce have felt the added strain of it. Nay, on the question of the cost, good gentlemen of the council, spare it not. Measure not the price. It is not a commercial benefit we buy. We are buying back our honour as Imperial Citizens. For, look you, this protection of our lives and coast, this...
Página 281 - Shall our ministers rehearse this worn-out fiction of our 'acres of snow,' and so sail home again, still untaxed, to the smug approval of the oblique politicians of Ottawa? Or, shall we say to the people of England, The time has come; we know and realize our country. We will be your colony no longer. Make us one with you in an Empire, Permanent and Indivisible.' This last alternative means what is commonly called Imperialism. It means a united system of defence, an imperial navy for whose support...
Página 284 - ... the century runs out. What say you to Fort Garry, a stockaded fort in your father's day, with its hundred thousand of to-day and its half a million souls of the to-morrow? What think you, little river Thames, of our great Ottawa that flings its foam eight hundred miles? What does it mean when science has moved us a little further yet, and the wheels of the world's work turn with electric force? What sort of asset do you think then our melting snow and the roaring river-flood of our Canadian spring...
Página 215 - ... Act for another year, as is, pending a study by a Presidential commission, as I understand General Eisenhower has recommended, of the whole foreign policy of America. So, I would strongly recommend that the Reciprocal Trade Act be renewed without change for another year. If these are any questions you would like to ask me, I would be glad to answer them.