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Show Canada's Minister to United States THE appointment of a Canadian Cana-dian minister plenipotentiary at Washington, which has been under advisement by succeeding succeed-ing Canadian governments for four years, Is unlikely to be made until after the Imperial conference in London Lon-don In October. Such is the intimation intima-tion In official circles both at Ottawa and Washington. The proposition originated when Sir Hubert Borden was prime minister and was the subject of prolonged negotiations ne-gotiations with the British government. govern-ment. When London did not object to Canada having a representative at Washington, tiie British Idea in the first Instance was that such an officer should have only the status of a commissioner com-missioner or glorified commercial agent. Sir Itobert Borden and his government govern-ment maintained, on the other hand, that in view of Canada's part in the war and the increased constitutional status Indicated by their dominion being be-ing a separate signatory to the treaty of Versailles, Its representative at Washington should be vested with a standing in consonance with the newer new-er conception of Canadian dignity. Finally this view prevailed and an agreement was made whereby the Canadian minister should have plenipotentiary pleni-potentiary powers and also should be the deputy of a British ambassador in case of his absence. No appointment was made, however, the reason assigned as-signed being that a suitable man for tli e position could not be found. Since x the government changed In 1021 the matter has remained in statu quo. The reason put forth by the liberals lib-erals was also the difficulty of securing secur-ing a man properly equipped intellectually, intel-lectually, diplomatically, and materially material-ly particularly the last for the post. The government, however, has Indicated Indi-cated that the proposal of the Canadian Cana-dian minister being deputy of the ambassador am-bassador was not to their liking, it being feared that complications might readily result from such action. Another consideration is the attitude atti-tude of the other dominions and how they would regard Canada having a representative there with plenipotentiary plenipoten-tiary powers, although the adjacency of this dominion to the L'nited States places It In a position utterly ut-terly dissimilar from the rest of the British commonwealth. |