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Show imperialism lu CieuutEa. N'.w York lo. Referring to the resolutio s l.iid beiore the Ottawa p-irii'.im?i:t by tlis uiiuis'.er ul public works, attirming tue necessity of keeping g !oi faith wuh British Columbia Co-lumbia iiy building an iuter-colcnial railroad, and of obtaining further aid and ccoperatiou ol tbe imperial government gov-ernment by guarantee or otherwise, the Tunes, thii nioruing, says: The Dominion government, alter demising a tririfl that operates more injuriously upon British than upon American industry in-dustry and trade, actually confesses that unless British taxpayers come to its relief tbe construction of the Pacifio railway must be postponed indefinitely. Ae the lcso'.utiuus em body a proposition to set asiue 1UU,-000,000 1UU,-000,000 acres cf public dimsiu with the proviso that $2 shall be the minimum price, tbe reasonable inference in-ference is that the aid to be solicited from the British government will, in the first instance, net fall lar short ol J80.000.000 Tbe limes thinks John Bull in bis present mood, witb Cana da's new taritl in view, will esiy "no," Tbe introduction of imperial ideas and plans into the dominion created an ambition to whose demands its resources re-sources are unequal. A trans colonial railway is one ol the costly results ot imperial interference; tbe admiBsioD of British Columbia another' But for some baneful influence the Pacific railroad project would not have been dreamed of. It is at once a result of imperial influence and the efloit to consolidate imperial power on this couiiaeut. |