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Show MORE WARTALK. Canada Can Fldit Ualted Stales lor iwj Konlbs, Sb) Thinks. nAHOM BOTIINI IIILII TI Alt PK4CK flo.il 1 hlakt tba I'o.ltlna af Ike I nlird Htslas tin, fir is With lb Inter-si Inter-si vf 1 ufvp. Ottawa, Out., Deo. 20. Olllclsli ol tha government otalin that lu case of war batwenu Ureal lirltaln and Ilia United Hlatce, t'an.'.auould In twenty, four hour put 8'J.outi fully iiti,pied men Into iba Held and bald any force tha United Htatea la likely lo bring agalnal Ihlt country In etiack a ceuple of moutha al least, Tba alluailon It generally viewed aa ona ol Iha greatest gravity, calling for prompt ptepara-tlonafur ptepara-tlonafur deleute, but aot ftr any aiarru. la Iha evrnl of boallllllea, Uanaial Montgomety Moora, 09niraaadrar of the Imperial foroea al Halifax, would lata charge of Iba detente a Hi senior Imt anal oflloer In tba country. Tha J.ornale.,.: "The D.iminlon governmenl huld take Urn by Ihe forelock and lake all reaaenatiie .lop lu lueure our making aa good a mowing aa we oau If tea iu. vaaten oomee. Immediate applloatlou should bo made to tha bnma guveru merit for oommtaelon ofllcera lo o ' uprrale with aome uf our owu lu utoidlng upon a plau of aollon." grriur un tub lomijon makkbt. Ixi.siHiN, Dae. it. Aa au efietil i.l Ilia publlcalloa here of a cablegram iuotlug the proaideal of a o.rloln cliamt-er ol oummerue In tha U Ited rttale a being oppoied In war Wllb Ureal lirltaln over Ilia Venetualau baundary iitratltn, there Waa a aliglil-ly aliglil-ly belter eelllug ou the atnck eieliaime lotlay, tuougb the marketa were alltl uoatlllad. Creole fell 1 1 0, but other Itral olaaa sacuretlas were generally Arm. Atnerluaus, however, cnullnue very flat, tbuugu iber were ona or two Iranltolial game. Hoa attar opening, however, there waa a market daprss.loa oa tbeatook exchange. Tba 1-eeaing Htandard referring lo Ihedeprasalnu tins altaraoou says: The dacllltaa ware In sympathy wllb a runner beavy tall In Americana which weuldownirom II lo H, win, m, Paul leading ibe way. Amerloau bnode wre aieo freely ofTer.d and un-laaa un-laaa thaae are taken up for New York, the outlook IBgJoemy." There waa extreme dtpreaslon ea tba Mancheatar aad Ulaaguay iiook exchanges. ex-changes. THAT aitlTI.Xll IT. Haroo Halbsoblld dlscuating tba alluailon aaid lo a representative uf Ihe Associated Preafl "From a bualnees point of view aplnlnas oanaot aider. AH I waal it peaoa." Taa. euelibeuua! eplnloa oontlnuea ta aappurt Ureal llrllalu aad una naturally Is made iha moat of by ibe bugitsu aewspapera. Uuly Ilia llua-slau llua-slau oplntuu, thus far reoelved, baa beau uua-eoramltial. nuaiuA'a pEAuarUL attitiiiix. Hr. PxTKiuiuuiKi, Deo. 2u Ruaalaa aewapaiers generally disouas tue Veu-ssualau Veu-ssualau quaatlou aud expieas a belief that ll will have a paulllo issue. The lSovutlt ooosldor the poeltloa assumed by tba Uulled Htatea la oun-diet oun-diet wllb Ilia Inletesl of the whole el t-uropa, aud suggest Ibal tba mediation media-tion uf certain ljuroutaB lowereand a uew aud peaoeful eeltieuieul. there-lore, there-lore, be opportane. |
