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Britain BrItarn demandmg demanding demandmghuge demandinghuge demandinghuge huge quant ties of foodstuffs foodstuT ! as rn in m1914 1914 Canadian Canad1an farmers who ex cx expected cxpected expeeled pected such a rush are left WIth WIthbulging withbulging withbulging bulging granarIesAs granariesAs granaries granariesAs As a source ot of war supplies and anda a training trammg ground tor for allied aviat aVlat on onCanada onCanada onCanada Canada is 1S rapidly becoming becommg so 1m im 1mportant important important portant that many bel eve it may maybe maybe maybe be the British empire s most impor Inipor important Iniportant Smportant tant industrial center when the war warIS waris waris IS over Some 15 000 pilots from fromEngland fromEngland fromEngland England Australia New Zealand Zealandand Zealandand Zealandand and other parts ports ot of the empire are arebeing arebeing arebeing being given their tbelr final tra ira ning nlng m in mCanada inCanada inCanada inCanadaThe Canada CanadaThe The domin domm denim on is also manufacturing manutacturmg manutactur manufactur mg ing planes shells and automobiles automobales automobilesBalUesh automobalesBattlesh automobilesBattlesh BalUesh Battlesh ps may also be bu It tl U ere crc ereeventually crceventually ereeventually eventually for tor Canada is now mak makmg making making mg ing smaller naval vesselsAs vesselsAs vessels vesselsAs As never before CanadaJ.t CanadaJt Canada : . at war warIS waris waris IS cmphas emphas z ng her financial mde mdc mdependence mdcpendence mdcpendencc pendence from rnglandactmg Englandacting : ; England rngland acting actmg al almost a almost ! most as a separate nat on Cana Canad d an securities held in m England are arebe arebe arebe be ng r repatriated patrlated patraated and $1 1 $ 500000000 500000000worth 500 000 000 000worth 000worth worth of Canad an held Amer C'ln Cln cmn C'lnsecurit cmnsecurit c-msecurit c msecurit ' - securit es are being bemg sold back to the theUn theUn theUn Un led ted StatesThe StatesThe States StatesThe The dom dam doan nion man is financing flnancmg all allmun allmun allmun mun tions tlon > m mdnutactur mdnufactur nufactur ng I lei elself elselfgrant ci self selfgrant selfgrant grant ng rig crcd crtd ts to Br ta a ad deal dealmark d cai caimark eaimark mark markng ng her gold tor for Br ta n When Whenpeace Whenpeace Whenpeace onlybe peace fnally comes come , sht slat . v . t v , 11 not only be mdopendeit mdepende independe 1t it of London but mayactually may mayactually mayactually actually be a cred tor na nat t on |