Show A STORMY SESSION the commons inferring that canada may not be relied upon LONDOS LONDON march IO 10 the question of de fences of the harbor of Esqui mau vancouver island was raised in ili the fh c commons this afternoon and discussed with heat beat by lord george francis Ilari hamilton lill lon 1 first lord of the admiralty and several liberal her 1 aters hardly had the breeze died out when the bering sea controversy was brought before the house by questions addressed u d by edward dward E tern Tem perly perfy gourley advanced liberal liberst leader rr from om Sunder Sunderland larMand and answered for the government by jamea james wro win lowther under secretary of the foreign ei agn office Fer ferguson guon liberal member from L it a asked ked Il hamilton amilton does the the tile site the navy yard at esquemault Esqui 1 squi mault belong to canada or to the tile crown 7 are any advantages secured to her tier maje vessels at esquemault harbor that are not accorded them in the ports of the united states france or other civilized nations inthe if the garrison be put under orders of the canadian government will the home government have any means of assuring itself of the support of the same for her maje fleet in ili times dfwar of war if as a suggested canada decided to cast east her lot lot wit with 1 the united stales states and become incorporated with that country would sharry sho arry with her the puns guns and other portable equipment of fortifications the interrogatories were vere delivered amid a storm of exclamations and remonstrance the lattof thesues the questions were put in ili such a way as to suggest I 1 that in ili times of war 0 or r beaten w r the imperial government cu id not r reply my 11 upon the loyalty of or ca canada the impression was that th the e p speaker aker intended to say hat that canada had drifted gf n ted too far toward united states to be trusted to operate cooperate co with tho the mother country in fit case of trouble with the united states lord hamilton said the tile site of the at Esquir belongs to the crown and the canadian government has reserved for her Maje ships exclusively that portion of the harbor the canadian government will provide a site for fortifications and arid guns runs and will be responsible for the manning of them the honorable ion gent lemans other questions seemed to have been put with mith the object of causing the inference that in time of trouble or danger canada will not be ready to cooperate with the home government 0 verl imell t I 1 decline cl ne to answer those E hypothetical questions which are prompted by suppositions at once injudicious and dangerous dantle rous 11 11 ferguson 0 n jumped aued to his feet et e asking 1 I beg erfa the t i f first 1 r st jool lord of the adi admiralty to answer the tile query whether in tile lie event of canada separating herself from her tys empire e the guns stores and ammunition as geias well 1 as fortifications will belong to the imperial government the tile house was in in a hubbub when ferguson sat down and arid rang with cries of order dont answer lord hamilton madeno made no reply under secretary kowt lowther tier in response to the tile inquiries as to th the report ort of the bering f ca a commission said N all an commissioners had signed a joint report embodying the point on which they were a agreed g r m I 1 a aa 1 s regards protection and anti preservation ti 0 n of ti the ie seal of industry the points arrit upon 1 which no agreement had been arrived a at t and these were the main points he lie added concerned the length of the season round the tile pelagic islands these questions would be referred to the arbitration commission for settlement |