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Show CANADA AND UNITED STATES. Canada will be heard from In no uncertain un-certain terms when news of the proposal pro-posal made by a congressman of the United States Is carried across the border. On Friday. In the House of Representatives, Repre-sentatives, MacGregor of New York declared it would be a good bargain to have Canada transfer to tho United States that portion of Canada embrac ing the Great Lakes and connecting waters. In payment for Great Britain's Brit-ain's war debt of over four billion dol lar3. Such a method of settlement. Representative MacGregor declared, would be a good bargain for both countries and "a great blessing to that portion of Canada to be a part of our ETat country." He added "it would make possible Hie development devel-opment of both shores of the Grm' j Lakes, it would make both 6ides of the Is'iagara river the greatest Industrial center of the world by freeing tho de-1 velopment of power at Niagara Falls from boundary questions. Tho people Of that portion of Canada would be immensely enriched and the Unlied States would round out its territory at a point where it would be of benefit to the world and to humanity to be! under one jurisdiction." The New York congressman vigor- j ously assailed tho recent Balfour note; on the International debt situation, which prompted an official statement by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon 1 declaring that the British debt to this country cannot bo linked up with debts of other countries to Great Brit-! In. Canaaians are extremely proud of rthelr country and they would resent wren the suggestion of Great Britain "having the power to sell any part of the self governing free state. Champ ClaTk, a few years ago, defeated de-feated an attempt to establish reciprocity reci-procity between the United Slates and Canada, by simply Insinuating that this country eventually might absorb Canada. |