Show DOES IT diw ii atrin of iff marut io the dominion S F chronicle service 1 oct 10 1889 r ar deputy adjutant of the si fat military districts of canada on receipt ot this communication comuni cation you will immediately tale steps to ascertain in your beveral districts the fall tit information regarding all facilities bior the ot troops rona one part of the country to another giving details as to the means oi transport by rail and water aej alo bow many hoi sea are available in your districts at short notice or this purpose 0 military transportation such is the corrier that has enst been received by commanders of military districts in the dominion the british war office As the news of the order became public as have been expected it caused considerable excitement in civil as ell as military cir clea in the latter of which extraordinary activity prevails what is the cause of such a mandate from such a quarter Is great britain preparing to engage in immediate war with some other power and ia canada to be unknowingly draff n into the struggle such are the questions asked by citizens by many the order is considered as a hint that the alleged agreement between england and the united states on the behrje sea difficulty is not satisfactory and that to the united states she is ready for basi ness |