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Show SAYS CH WILL mm. last M5W YOBE Dec 22 --In an address i tonight at the one hundred and tenth dinner of the New England Society of New Tork Sir Robert Laird Borden premier of Canada said that while Can ada hopes that the events of the next year will lead to an abiding faith, he is fully determined to spare no effort to make triumphant the cause of the alius the freedom of tho world.' Recount ng what sacrifices. Canada bad already made Premier Borden said it stood ready to make still more 'firm in the conviction that humanity 3 struggle against the enthronement of force above right wiB mot be in Tain. Premier Borden was cheered en,tbnti aaticaily throughout his address, whieh was the first delivered by him in the United States since the outbreak of the war After a toast to President Wilson was drunk amid cheering President Francis Lynde Stetson introduced former Sen ftror Thendnre V. Rnrtm nt nkla wIia spoke on Our Fathers' Days and pun. 8enator Barton reviewed the history of New England from the days of toe Pilgrims. After reverting to hi own intimate associations with liew England life aura the part that Canadians Slaved on the side of the onion during CrVil war days. Premier Borden told how Canada had redeemed the pledge made to (he United Unit-ed Kingdom at the outbreak of the preseot war We take part in tha struggle be cause the destiny of the world wide commonwealth is our destiny, said the premier because as one of its greatest natioas we are determined to preterve its power and its influence and, because be-cause we conceive that as one of hose nations, there is for as the iHghest opportunity op-portunity to advance the cause of humanity hu-manity and civilization to do our part worthily in the world's work " C ana la s authorized force is new 2o0 000 men, the speaker said, and he added that more than 800,000 are al ready under arms He then referred to the generosity of the Canadians in con trjbutiona to Bed Crocs Belgian relief aad other foods and the success of the recent 450 000 000 loan aa conclusive evidence that the Canadian peoplo ware determined with the mother country to carry on the straggle to a successful conclusion. . |