CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.
NOTABLE SPEECH BY EARL GREY
United Press Association— Copyright (Received October 6, 11.20 p.m) OTTAWA, October 6.
Earl Grey, Governor-General, has made a remarkable scries of speeches at Calgary, Edmonton, and Regina upon Canada’s duty to the Empire. .Speaking at Regma when laying the corner stone.of the Saskatchewan Parliament House, he declared: ‘lf British supremacy is interfered with, even for one season, or if a hostile cruiser .stopped the export of grain from St. Lawrence or Vancouver, every farmer would suffer. The people of the Motherland have gallantly undertaken the responsibility of ensuring, singlehanded, tho safety of your overseas trade, until you are strong enough to come to her assistance. Your self-re-spect and self-interest alike will not allow you to permit the. overburdened mother to perform that duty when you are able to do it for yourself. You should bo anxious to support the Federal Government in its endeavors to .create a Canadian navy,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2626, 7 October 1909, Page 5
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158CANADA AND THE EMPIRE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2626, 7 October 1909, Page 5
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