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Show Cauatlitcu tiovcrnor-euerul. Chicago, 17. Lord Dufleriu, during dur-ing his visit to the Board of Trade today, to-day, mado a speech, in which he said that, though it did not become him, as Governor-General of Canada and I legislator of the crown, to express his sentiments on any political question, he could not but acknowledge that I the government of Great Britain and ; Canada desired to pursuo that line of; policy that would tend to increase ! and develop the personal intercourse now existing with the United States, 1 and make the relations with her : closer and more tatislactory. He, did not think the citizens of the 1 United States wapted a one-sided re-! ciprocity treaty any more than the citizens of his own Dominion, The honorab'.o intention of both governments govern-ments was to securo a mutually advantageous ad-vantageous bargain, and for such he would give his voice and influence. . The Governor-General was heartily cheered during bis speech, and at its ' conclusion, by tho members of the . Board. I |