Show WHAT GAXADA COULD DO Everything has its humorous as well as its serious side So it is in the pres sent state of our somewhat strained relations with England It is Canada that furnishes the humor just now Word comes from Ottawa that the government gov-ernment officials there claim that in tho event of war between the United States and Great Britain Canada could in twentyfour hours put thirty thousand fully equipped men into the field and hold any force that this country is likely to bring against Canada in check for ut least a couple of months What she thinks she could do after that the telegram fails to state There is some humor in that for it shows that Canada does not look beyond the two months or that if she does it is with tile expectation ex-pectation that she may have ceased to be an English dependency New York having a million and a quarter more inhabitants than all Canada might be assigned the task of keeping Canada quiet while the rest of the country paid attention to John Bull sr But this Ottawa dispatch contains some words that might very wisely be heeded by this country They aro these The situation is generally viewed as one of the greatest gravity calling for prompt preparations for defense but not for any alarm There may be no serious difficulty but no one can say definitely theie will be none That being the case the supreme duty of the hour is the fullest and speediest preparation possible for dofense Our friends the enemy sro vey wise to foresee this necessity and to act upon it Let us profit by their example |