A MENACE TO CANADA.
AMERICAN FLEET ON THE GREAT
LAKES
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Received Dsceinbsr 6, 1.15 a.m
OTTAWA, December 5
Mr Foster, speaking tit Ottawa in the House of Commons, raised a debate upon tho United States having seven warships in tha Great Lakes. This, he said, was a violation of the Treaty of 1817, and Canada was at the mercy of this formidable force.
Sir Wilfred Lauri^r depreciated the discussion in view .of -the correspodence now proceeding,, but admitted tho cause (f tho anxiety. The situation was due to the individual American States bordering on the lakes clamouring for a share in the military expenditure, and this was how it was snent.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12386, 6 December 1909, Page 5
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114A MENACE TO CANADA. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12386, 6 December 1909, Page 5
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