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THE EMPIRE CLUB OF CANADA

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CONTENTS

OFFICERS

CONSTITUTION

AFFILIATION WITH THE ROYAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE

FOREWORD

Sir J. S. Willison, LL.D., F.R.S.C., Toronto.

INAUGURAL DEMONSTRATION

CANADA AND THE GREAT WAR.

Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden, K.C.M.G.,

Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada.

Honourable Arthur Meighen, K.C., B.A., M.P., Solicitor-

General of Canada.

SOME THINGS THE WAR MEANS

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Honourable Charles J. Doherty, K.C., LL.D., D.C.L.,

M.P., Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of

Canada.

Sir Douglas Mawson, K.B., D.Sc., B.E., the Antarctic

Explorer.

AMERICA'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT.

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J. A. Macdonald, Esq., LL.D., Editor of the Toronto

Globe.

CERTAIN PHASES OF THE WAR PROBLEM

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Professor H. M. Tory, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S.C.,

President of the University of Alberta, Edmonton.

SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD, EMPIRE BUILDER

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Rev. Byron H. Stauffer, Toronto.

THE PROSE And Poetry, REALITY AND SPIRIT OF CANADIAN

IMPERIAL SERVICE

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Lieutenant-Colonel Ponton, M.A., K.C., Belleville,

Ontario.

BELGIUM'S HEROIC RESISTANCE

S. N. Dancy, Esq., first accredited journalist from the

war zone.

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SOME WAR REVELATIONS.

Chancellor A. L. McCrimmon, M.A., LL.D., McMaster

University, Toronto.

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THE WAR AND THE CHURCH

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Right Reverend W. T. Herridge, D.D., Ottawa, Moderator
of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.

THE WAR AND COMMERCE

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Honourable Sir George Foster, LL.D., D.C.L., M.P.,
Minister of Trade and Commerce of Canada.

Rev. C. H. Shortt, M.A., resident fourteen years in
Western Japan.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR.

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Norman Somerville, Esq., M.A., Toronto.

BRITAIN AT WAR

J. M. Dent, Esq., publisher of "Everyman's Library,"

London, England.

BELGIUM AND THE BELGIANS

Thomas O'Hagan, Esq., Litt.D., Lecturer, former pupil of

Cardinal Mercier

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DEMOCRACY versus MILITARISM .

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Newton W. Rowell, Esq., K.C., M.P., Toronto.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE EMPIRE CLUB of Canada.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ROBERT J. STUART, Esq., PRESIDENT 1914-1915
THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT Laird BORDEN, K.C., M.P.,
PRIME MINISTER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA

THE HON. ARthur MeigheN, K.C., M.P., SOLICITOR-
GENERAL OF CANADA

THE HON. CHARLES J. DOHERTY, K.C., LL.D., D.C.L.,
M.P., MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND ATTORNEY-
GENERAL OF CANADA

SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON, K.B., D.Sc., B.E., THE
ANTARCTIC EXPLORER

CHANCELLOR A. L. MCCRIMMON, M.A., LL.D.,
MACMASTER UNIVERSITY, TORONTO

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THE HON. SIR GEORGE E. FOSTER, LL.D., D.C.L., M.P.,
MINISTER OF Trade and Commerce of CANADA
NEWTON W. ROWELL, Esq., K.C., M.P., LEADER OF
THE OPPOSITION, ONTARIO LEGISLATURE, TORONTO

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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

1914-15

Patron and Honorary President

FIELD-MARSHAL H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN, K.G., G.C.M.G., GOVERNOR-GENERAL

President

R. J. STUART

First Vice-President: ALBERT HAM, Mus. Doc.
Second Vice-President: E. K. RICHARDSON, M.D.
Third Vice-President: WM. BROOKS

Honorary Editor of Annual Volume: REV. Alfred HALL Secretary-Treasurer: EDWARD WODSON, 60 Westminster Avenue. 'Phone: Parkdale, 5006