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Show four por cent of the foreign-born pop-ulatlon pop-ulatlon of the United States, or about 400,D0f people, are French Canadians. Most of these have settled in New- Eng. land, where they have filled the factories fac-tories and lumber camps and have I brought afbout radical changes in labor conditions, on account. of their numbers. num-bers. It will be the aim of Bishop Latulipe and his army of assistants not only to hold the men they have, but to beckon those who have wandered wander-ed back over tho border. They have been working at this scheme for sorao years, and now the building of the Crand Irunk Pacific gives them their opportunity. It opens a new empire In the north land, a country with a climate with which tho French Canadians Cana-dians are well acquainted and of which they are not afriad. Tho timber tim-ber wealth alone of this great territory territo-ry is exceedingly valuable, not to mention men-tion its agricultural possibilities. Thene and the undeveloped but known mineral min-eral resources are the. lure that leads them on. The territory under-the Jurisdiction of Bishop Latulipe la COO miles wide by 800 miles long, extending from tho limits of the diocese of Lake St. John In the east towards those of the dle-ceBe dle-ceBe of St. Boniface in tho west, reaching reach-ing up north to James Bay and south to Cobalt, from the Laurcntlan mountains moun-tains and streams of Quebec to the wheat lands of Manitoba this Is the region towards which this modern Mobcs will 'lead his people from the mill towns and rocky hillsides of New England. The development of Cobalt and other mining regions will create a home market for all the products of the now made fields along the line of the Transcontinental railway. Repetition of Early History. During the early days 0 tho settling of Canada, the Roman Catholic church was' foremost In the work of exploration, explora-tion, and the adventures and heroic achievements of Pere Marquette and Father Joliet are as much a part of American history as of Canadian. It Is the example of men like these which Bishop Latulipe and Cure Cornell in tend to follow, .although it la several hundred years since, the church ceased ceas-ed its active, work 'of opening up the wilderness and leading settlers to new homes 'as well as setting their feet in the paths of spiritual progress. Bishop. Latulipe is. a striking character, char-acter, possessed of much energy and patience, but. above all with a deep devotion to his country. He has determined de-termined to make this bis life work. It is hardly necessary to add that the bishop counts very much on the assistance assist-ance of his colleagues, who have shown great sympathy for him and his undertaking which If It is successful, success-ful, may develop Into a patriotic oru-sade oru-sade of historic importance. CATHOLIC CHURCH CALLS CANADIANS Montreal, Que., Feb. 28, After a lapse of centuries since the pioneer days, the Roman . Catholic church, which played such a great, part in the exploration and settlement of the. United Unit-ed States and Canada, has again taken tak-en up the work of colonization and is leading an exodus of French Canadians from New England, where they have settled to the nuirrber of several hundred hun-dred thousand in the last twenty years. Seventeenth century methods Is the timbered region, of Northern Quebec and Northern Ontario. - Bishop E. A. Latulipe, the apostolic vicar of Temlskaming, who has often been called the "bishop of colonization," coloniza-tion," Is at the head of this great enterprise, en-terprise, which means the expenditure expendi-ture of hundreds of thousands of dollars dol-lars lmediately and millions In time. Bishop Latulipe has ibeen In this city recently conferring with those above and below him In the church and with railway and transportation companies and making othor preliminary arrangements ar-rangements for the establishment of headquarters, which will be at number num-ber 58 Notre Dame street Ea6t, in tho City of Montreal. He has selected Rev. Eugene Cor be 11, Cure of La-Tuque, La-Tuque, as his colonization missionary. mission-ary. Cure Corbell is popular with his people, as well as an enthusiastic and energetic organizer. .The bishop has also invited Dt. Brlsson of the Colonization Colo-nization Society of Montreal, to assist in the settlement of land adjacent to the lines of the Grand Irunk, Pacific Pa-cific and Temlskaming and Northern Ontario. Back to Forests Primeval. At this point, near the height of laud- and running away west along the line of the Transcontinental, lies a rich day belt fifty miles wide and some three or four hundred miles long, and in this district, where splendid wheat has already been grown in a few cloared fields, It will be the aim of the colonizers to establish many settlements of farmers. Already Bishop Latulipe has planted a cross near Vllle, Marie, west of Quebec. This Is a sort of foundation stone or guide post, for here at LaTuque is the gateway to the new region to bo peopled peo-pled by these priests and their followers. fol-lowers. By LaTuque from the east and by the T. & N. O. and Cobalt from the south will the future settlors enter ' this promised land. The French tolong to the bush tribes, Just as the Crees differ from the plains Indians, They settle in tho forest and ' clear their own homes, while the English, Canadian and American Amer-ican settler prefers the open cleared fields where he can go to work grow-ing grow-ing wheat without having to clear the land. The "habitant," as he is called, inherits a contented mind. With a little home, some cattle and a few pigs, he will live happy ever after and bring up his family to be contented In that . little world within which Its lines have fallen. New England's 400,000. For years, In common' with other Canadians. French Canadians have been drifting over the border. According Accord-ing to the last census returns nearly |