Show THE CANADIAN PRESS Winnipeg Telegram If Imperial consolidation consolidation con con- became the occasion of rancor and partisan feeling here hero our public life would thereby be placed upon a lower plane than the father of confederation placed It and than 01 the tle leaders in Great Britain have apparently placed theirs Canada would have f fallen llen from her high position as the initiator of consolidation instead of embracing the opportunities af afforded afforded afforded af- af forded by her history her position and her resources Montreal 1 Witness The Tho expenditure on armament armament by by the British taxpayer has increased ased enormously until it Is now flow a burden It is such a burden that the different different dif dir ferent members of the empire were asked whether or not they were prepared to share it We Ve share the benefit of the armament armament ar ar- ar- ar we have long shared it shall we share the thc cost of it A manly answer had to be given one wa way or another As far faras faras faras as Canada was concerned both the government government government gov gov- and anel tho the opposition were agreed on the general principle that the tho time had tome dome ome for Canada to take up it its share of the tho burden Ottawa Journal If the United States State ever had an opportunity of political union with Canada Canada and and this Is very doubtful doubtful- at least one thing is certain that the United States lost that on one questionable chance by the revocation of or the reciprocity cit city agreement of 1854 Any agreement now made will Imply nothing more than hat which Is written on the tho face of the document If the United States hope for more then their diplomats and statesmen are chasing a political wUl o the will the |