Show j t TOO THIS It is rmygpr Iott amusing story which was teleg Hphcd from Canada and appears ap-pears in h155ssue of THE HXBALD as the story of 4xi American citizen at present n the Dominion This gentleman is quoted 4s saying that large sums of money arebelngsent fromNewEngland to help slung the secession movement in Noy Scotia that he knew of one firm sending 23000 from Boston the day be left and that the men who were contributing all this money rxpe ted that the success of secession by Nova Scotia woold be immediately followed by the annexation of the province by the United States when this country would lava control of the rich Canadian Cana-dian fisheries All this kind of talk and alt such speculations go for naught with intelligent peoplewho are at all familiar famil-iar with the popular sentiment in CanadA Can-ada As a matter of fact the people of the Dominion are as loyal to the imperial impe-rial Kovernment as proud of the em pire and as patriotic as arc the Cockneys Cock-neys themselves the rebel sentiment L no stronger in Canada than in London and the secresionuts are no more numerous nu-merous in proportion to the population popu-lation in the Dominion than in the British metropolis There are secessionists in Canada and there are men in London who would like to i seethe empire fall but there are not enough of these rebels in either place to endanger the monarchy or make the probability of a colonial secession a thing to be srrionsly apprehended = The agitators maku a loud noise and magnify their strength to wonderful projortiops but it is all sound and wind The English in whatever part of the globe they may be locatedaro as loyal and true to the empire as Americans Ameri-cans are to the republic and there is little more probability that a British colony will secede than there is that an American State will withdraw from the Union The past few years have given many evidences evi-dences of the patriotism Iud national love of tna colonies In all her late wars and prospective troubles Canada and Australia proffered their services to the crown and actually offered to supply sup-ply many times the number of soldiers that would Jtt accepted Besides whatever of the secession seces-sion sentiii nt that exists in Canada Can-ada is held by the uninfiuential clashes the reckless worthless agita talons while the men who give stability and strength to society never contemplate con-template anything of the kind The time may come when the Dominion will withdraw from the British Empire but if so we may rest assured that it will not be to ally herself with the United Uni-ted States and become a part of the great republic If Canada or any of the provinces shall ever be annexed to this country it will be done by force or arms as there is neither love for Americans nor respect and admiration admira-tion for American institutions in the Dominion The American gentlemans story about money being sent to further the secessioncause is probably pure invention inven-tion It will certainly be laughed at in Dominion and also in this country |