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Show BORDEN ADDRESSES CANADIAN SOCIETY NEW YORK, Dec. S Robert L. Borden, the now prime minister ot Canada, James Bryco, the British ambassador am-bassador to the United States, Governor Gov-ernor John A. DIx of New York and Robert C Smith, Kings' counsel of Montreal, were the principal speakers at the annual dinner of tho Canadian society of Now York- tonight. Mr. Borden said Canadians wore not insensible to the dangers that great national resources might pass into the hands of an oligarchy of wealth and be used for the oppression of the people. "In this and other respects,'' he said, 'we hope to profit ,by your experience." ex-perience." The speaker ventured the guess j. that his hearers had heard something Tgjj of the recent reciprocity campaign. : j- "Pcrmlt me to assure you that tho jf result was not due In any sense to -i i a spirit of unfriendliness to this great country," he said - Jgj( He pointed to Canada's long-stand- . g Ing ofler to the United States of reel- ( procity in natural products and how J fjg in 186G a reciprocity proposal uas do- , nounced when Canada felt almost jS-, completely dependent on our markets. , fj?. "That feeling has long since passed r i away," he salt'., "and will never re- J S.' turn For thirty years we have pur- ' jj sued certain national Ideals and noli- i' cies which me flrmlj intend to pur- sue. We reached the conclusion that j; jtfft the recent proposals weie lnconslst- jS '. ent with those proposals and policies. i: jv Moreover, we entirely disbelieve in j tSJt' the framing of tariffs by diplomatic methods " S.V |