Show J POLITICS IN CANADA i IV REL IV-REL RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND By Frederic J. J Haskin I lIE dominion of ur Canada l IB is a colon colony T THE TUE of ot tho Iho United Kingdom of Great Britain an and anI 1 Ireland clam and antl therefore Is an on part of ot the Hie That Is to nay am Canada I is 11 isK a K British dependency without an any soy ov- r ll rights or powers but holding ev every ever r o function It po o s H nC as a h hy by grace praco nf of the crown In Int t h j Ii o the Br British J Io Is III so 10 v J scrupulous In Iii r rsS rs- rs S ting tho the strIct Inviolability of or such Ruch privileges o 0 once nee n C C 4 i the they hey ha have li en granted that thal they t. t It seen seem tl to become t S q tights and are arc so 90 sori ri r at hy tho t The Tho nimy Ohm nim- H My y fiction of tho r. r 0 of or Url tin f. f hahn rarely In I taken 1 lisle Into account In 1 0 workaday affairs In I. I t i 4 Canada anacIn Much more 4 binding and anil mu- L 4 stronger r than this thin political rein rela ion tion are arc tho the ties tics of or kinship acquaintance and commerce uniting the p people of 01 the mother country with 1 tho the people of or Can Can- ada The British empire IK is composed of or tho the United d Kingdom India and th the dominions b beyond yonel the seas These Thee dominions ar are arc In ho R. R a. a tt technical sense all colonies and their affaIrs affaire are arc administered from tho the colonial office In Ix London But tho the colonies are Arc of or three grades rades First l the crown cron colomE colonies col col- col- col onies omE where whore all functions of or government are arc exercised d by hy the tho colonial office In London second cond thoRn colonies ln h having representative c Institutions In which the theople people ople have ha n a In affairs although the ho crown still retains tho power to appoint appoint ap ap- ap- ap point all administrative officers and third those colonies having responsible government tO in which tho the people have havo nil all legislative and administrative c power poor ex except cx- cx x- x with respect to foreign a atTains ft ft Irs the crown retaining only th thA seldom exercised exer- exer rl right hl of or oreto veto eto In this latter class clas belon belong the he self governing nations of or Can Cnn I acts ada Australia Now Zealand and anti South SO I Africa The dominion of or Canada Is a self governing coy gov nation And how the Canadians do roll oil that word nation as aM a R delicious mon morsel el under the tongue Only the parliaments par par- of or Canada federal and nod provincial provin pro cial may levy hev- taxes es upon Canadians Only there these parliaments ma may expend mone money raised hy by Canadian taxation The power of or tho thin strings s Is absolutely absolute In the hands h of tho the of ot the dominIon domin domin- ion The They contribute not ono penny of ot taxes to th the lh Imperial state En England land cannot hw lovy upon Canada for or one ono cent Nothing Is li more surprising f to Canadians than tho the belief beller entertained b by man many apparently ap ap- ap- ap par n tI well Informed Americans Americana that Canada pays pars monc money tribute to the mother countr country Since It embarked embark d upon that thal Imperial career that has ima proved pro to bo be the moa most mol successful In history England has made but ono cnn great reat blunder In the matt matter r o or of colonial government c That was as the assertion of the right to tax Its colonists without their consent That error errol cost England Its fairest colonies and r resulted In Iii the foundation of or the United States of crt America The rho lesson was well learned the tho mistake never neer will be bo rep repeated That Thal ThatIs ThalIs Is wh why Canada Is so tIO absolutely Cr free e al although although although al- al though still under the British flag Even rn with respect to foreign affairs the fiction of or British supremacy Is becoming becoming be bo- coming more mora and more irksome to Can Can- ada l If It Great Britain goes to war there Is no power In London that would dare command Canada to corn com to tn tho the aid of oC the home country but It Is absolutely absolute certain that tho the Ottawa government end the people of or the tho dominion would be he c quick to volunteer the tho services of ot men and mone money Yet Canada protesting Its Imperial loyalty grows roos roo's weary of treatIng treating treat treat- In ing with foreign nations through the tho circumlocution cir clr- cir cir- offices of or the tho B secretary crear of or state for tho the colonies and the tIme secretary of or state for foreign affairs and antl tho the chan chan- of the tho embassies and locations legations of or the world Canada wants Its Us own consular consular con con- sular Bular corps and It wants to treat directly with foreign frehm countries Several year Rn n ago o Its parliament provided for n a department department department depart depart- ment of or foreign affairs but the British parliament wax was not quite ready read to abandon abandon aban aban- don Ion the exercise of or Its last power over o the dominion The fact act that the Canadian government o conducted direct negotiations with WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington Inston In respect to the pending tariff a agreement shows the tho trend of or affairs Canada has hRs grown rown so great Ireat that Its p peo- peo 40 o- o plo feel that they ought to bo be represented In lii commercial dealings 11 with forel foreign n countries bv h hone one of or their own men ant and not b by an Englishman however howe true and loyal Imal that En Englishman lIshman may be to the thed d dominion and Its people When tho the British Tories at al Westminster West Vest minster were disposed to criticise the pending reciprocity a agreement as too friendly to the United States and n. n as inimical to Great Britain the they Were cre re reminded rc- rc minded by b the secretary of or state for tho the colonies that Canada had hail evidenced c no disposition to submit UK Its opinions concerning concerning concerning con con- the control of or Its Internal affairs to English Judgment This was putting the fact pl plainly that his majesty's government gov gov- ov eminent holds that Canada within Its own limits is an absolute power Tho The majesty of or tho the king and the su supremacy su- su of dC tho the British crown are arc r represented pre pre- In Canada b by a a. governor o general appointed by the tho king Tho The essentially fictional character of oC this whole performance performance per per- form form-ance Is 19 shown b by the fact Cael that the tho king kun names as aa governor general tho tim man suggested b by his ministers In Great Britain and when the governor g general gets to Ottawa he ho Is governed o In all things b by tho the advice of or his hiI ministers In Canada Tho The people of or Great Britain through parliament absolutely control their king and tho people pc of or Canada through parliament absolutely control their governor general At tho the same ame time the tho personality of or tho the governor general counts for much Just as does tho personality of or tho the monarch Even In tree freo O England kings have not nol al altogether altogether altogether al- al together lost lout their divine powers power In Iii Canada Canada Canada Can Can- ada the governor o general Is In effect an from England whose hose advice is III listened to with great respect whose feelings feeling are arc deferred to to whose J prejudices I Ioro are arc respected and whose whoso actions aro con con- trolled I Tho The present governor general soon to 1 retire Is tho the Right Honorable Earl Grey Grer an able man who made mado his mark In poll poll- tI tics tic at home hom and In South Africa und and he probably ha hu has exercised a wide Influence at Ottawa But his principal function there Is to maintain ln a state stat fitted to r rep rep- l i rc nt the majesty of th the king who l is 18 actually absent but th theoretically present The governor general opens op parliament at t Yc Westminster ter er c every lorm belne carried car car- nod ried out faithfully on a miniature scale The governor I generals general's speech p ooh ch from Crom the throne IB is written by tho ho cabinet and Isa lISa la lIS laa a bald outline of oC the program m mor of or the majority part party And yet ct et before tho the house of or commons will listen lo to the speech tim tho prime minister who wrote It always Introduces a l bill of or Ills huts own In Ir order to make mako clear that the tho house of ot commons Is 18 superior to the tho crown In tn It legislative leg leg- Initiative In Westminster these ancient forms forma are aro a part parI of oC the spirit of or things and 5 seem em mo most t natural but on American soil the they often seem Cm to be only ridiculous The new governor general who will succeed suc suc- reed ced 1 Earl rl Grey Is I. the first member of ot tho ho Immediate royal rOal family ever sent o overseas over ovir- rIC r- r IC seas to rulo rule a British dominion rho Tho duke n of Connaught son soi of Queen Victoria Vic Vic- torR toria brother of or King Edward VII VII- and uncle of King George Georgo V. V soon scion will come como cometo cometo to tn Ottawa to take up his residence at hall The Tho wise WIM ones say nay a that thal this time tho the appointment was made by the th king In person and anel that the cabinet of En England lid did not nol daro dare to oppose It It This theory theon IB Is bused based on the tho fact that George Georgo V V. V la is laan an arm ardent lIst Imperialist while the present government Ko In England may not nol be so classified d. d Tho The Tories both In and Canada welcomed the announcement of or this appointment with great Joy They Tho said It would luring bring Canada closer to the mother count country ry and strengthen the tho loyalty loyalty loyal loyal- t ty of ot tho ho Canadians The They thought I It would go o far ar to counteract tho ho effects o othe of the thc proposed American reciprocity agree agree- reo- reo m ment nt which promises In Tory rory ls eyes eves to tomake tomake tomake make the United States and Canada much too chummy In Ottawa tho the feelings 15 of ot the tho people with respect to tho the coming of or tho the royal roya duko were mix mixed to say MY the least The social circles and tho the shopkeepers were verc overcome with JO Joy because of or the tho Increased brilliance of oC tho lie court cour that is hi sure to La follow rollow tho ho dukes duke's advent ent But many of oC the tho leading statesmen re regretted re- re r the coming of ot u a man so clo close c to the person parson of or the tho kin king for fear Cear It might disturb tho the democratic atmosphere of oC th the lie Canadian capital In iii London th the dominion Is It represents represented h b by a SL high commissioner who united in person the functions of or an dor don and a consul as ns well as ns of or a tire thc agent For many years this pos post has hl been held b by Lord lArd Strathcona au Mount Royal Roal tho the rand grand old man of ot Can Can- ada Now ow In his ninety first year till tillman this man who was plain Donald Smith before h ho he made his millions In iii Canadian Pacific represents tho the pioneer and tho the modern master of Industry Ho Ito was an agent o othe or of the Hudson's Hudsons Bay Bar company compan long Ions be before to 10 It surrendered the rights granted s to th the tho company compan of or gentlemen adventurers ad b by King Charles ho r remains as ns ono one o of th the foremost citizens of or Canada at the th time of its highest t development do An n empire builder ho he Is la an Imperialist but he hc I Is what Canada thinks an nn Imperialist ought ough to b tw be and not nol what England thinks h hought he ou ought hl to be In him the spirit of oC th the Canada o of tho the nineteenth century has an Ideal Idral representative at a London But say the tho Canadians the tho lie twentieth cen ceo tury Is Canadas Canada's inn und It Is 11 that tha Donald Smith soon will trill give ghe way to a aman aman aman man who will represent In London that tha new Canada which has been growing u tip up under tinder tho lie nurturing care of or Sir Wilfrid lUrid a Laurier-a a progressive Canada which I Imore Is ismore more democratic than Imperial more mor Canadian than British more national than colonial And yet et though Canada Is IH Jealous o of Its government gO l and nd would brook no In In- In from London It must not nol b he be forgotten n nat itt Its people arc loyal to 10 th the British crown Whatever betides th the nil Canadian Is In I sentIment a Briton Brilon Ho lie I Is proud of oC tho grandeur und and glory glor of th the empire an and It may bo be that he sometimes sometime sees In his hiI minds mind's eye eyo tho the capital of ot th the greatest power In the world removed from lie tho hanks hankie of or the tho Thames to th the thc banks of ot the Rideau Rome Borne was moved mo and London may be I Monday Politics Monday Politics In Canada V. 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