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Show "BRITISH, NOT CANUCK." The leading French Ultramontane organ or-gan of Quebec, La Verite, is out for the secession of Quebec province from the dominion. It declares the dispatch of a Canadian contingent for South Africa, Af-rica, on the demand of the governor general, under threat of dismissing the cabinet in case of non-compliance, marks the approach of a new struggle for constitutional liberty.' - It say'sc f We are no longer Cana-r dianS; we are Britishers," and insists that the .principal object is now to be severed -from the unsupportable ties with Tpry Orange Ontario. It continues: contin-ues: 7 : "The sending of the Canadian regiment regi-ment is the thin edge of the wedge. It Is the recognition of a dangerous principle. prin-ciple. The government is afraid of the imperialists. It has recognized the false principle that Canada is obliged to assist the empire in its war3, which do not interest us. This principle is full of menace for us; it may bring up to civil war." La Verite contends that the province could, for the present, remain a British colony,' as the days for complete independence inde-pendence have not yet arrived. . ' Another statement in the Quebec French paper is that Premier Laurier desired to resign in favor of one of the English cabinet officers at.the height of the cabinet' deadlock relating to the contingent, and was only dissuaded by .the assurance that if he did his excellency excel-lency would unquestionably send for Sir Charles Tupper to form a new cabinet. cab-inet. . |