RECIPROCITY
THE AMERICAN-CANADIAN TREATY. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. United Press Association—By Electric Tel«grj.pb—Copyrig-it. (Received March 7th, 10 p.m.'; LONDON, March 7. In tho Houso of Lords, Lord Ampthill initiated a debate on the proposed Canadian-American Reciprocity treaty. He Btrongly criticised the inaction of Mr Bryce, British Ambassador at Washington, and the Government in the matter. This inaction, he stated, had forced Canada to abandon her national policy. The commercial union of Canada and the United States must lead to the Political union. Lord Morley declared that most responsible men in Canada and the United States laughed at the idea of the so-called political annexation. If, at some remote day, political events happened they would not be the result of reciprocity, but of general causes. Viscount Middleton paid a tribute to Mr Bryce, who had gained Canada's confidence, but said that the agreement was an Imperial disaster. He dissented from Lord Ampthill's view of commercial union being the pioneer of political union.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13986, 8 March 1911, Page 9
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