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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 10

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\ 1 i CURRENT*'TOPICS.''

\ Jotted Down.—"Two resolutions'latelyipeniied'by !tho Tsar himself on i ■" ilio''Sub]ect 'or-Finno-Russihnv relations det-- ' - serveflly tako ■ high • rank impor- *■"-'••■ taut oTonts of Russia's domestic,, histoiy during l : <tho'-past'' mqhth:i"i. .writbs.-Dr/ • E.< ;J.-, r Dillon? in tho " Contemporary Rouew"" "For a lmo'of demarcation be-|-:v! tweefl-'Fnilfln'd!srights r »nd'thd?Tsai's pre-; : / rogitivos -about which -moio is certain to bo* r:.:.. -- heard -Tt--.Was- .when : perusing-.two • :/: reports''cfs'the-State'Si^rotary.;forvFhiland r-;! :" .on rccent^'A'cts''' J of v th6 ;, i'niliisli , 'Pict;'^b f iti the' f Empordr jottixl dowri'the'fateful wbrds'Y/hich . S' i^, 'alrcady''liuiitii^i i ";of ; ':tlioiiMiids;''of.;}iis ! ' sub-' jepiw'* put . into pliiiii? lafiguagSJ* '* m'pVo^^h&i^this Wi->\'lf >i feftdei' liififS; ' ; fe' : :^ : :'-Tsar!s^'iJAnd :i .tfabtfyhe^ . S'-VJa of-Viit>mo; ; '/fe - in v, suirie--'respects,-mUGh : largcr thaii-tlifit v'.<•■'. 'wlr.olil't-his'*lrish i 'pfeoplo ; cver.(Vciitur6d;to ! ~ . tariffs,"': ow)if , 11"■ • .and Swedish—their 'own'chUrcH'i" their•'bW'pdueßtibnal^ilaws,' 1 their. : TJiet-. 1 i,\.Tlieroj: . jB";;,'-istill -?sbmb-• R'ussiah^traiiM^^^ ;: |/j-f'],! totbe-utmost'to. gbb; rid'; of; them:- But; they; -," f p/r^-lidHooks over'' f Wnfrthd'/ilvingj?' ;of-? Swedcnv , •:bor'''Manifesto; Nicholas II:- lias-asserted this; , }/- / ■ ■ only/way. m<■ which' it- could' bo-.asserted, l . pfJ-;V■^'wingi.tw'jtlife'^lilT^Sr][d>'relAolii^Svtliat; - sub'siss\ ; f: ((*'i£' ; J.-itf-ttlio'- i ; ■ ..- 'I-'inlancl.'/.vAnd^what^t-he. Tsnr-' ; I:-;. <■' iho< Duma-'.will certainly.* endorse.- . It. i.v not. „ £?j-: , v : ver;jr.r&^^ to 1 ; attemptiiifev.'.: At/botfbm;. it (is/-- - ,41' -budgetary.-.quostionv-' Tho Russian Tsars . ssmeWo'H^fcr:'to-leVy»- taxes-; • t--. i ■■ v jjn.' , >,ri.fdr:/theV.n6eUs':of/th'e';pMple'-(asHhof-.Swedish- : , : . • /kings exorcised a*:centuryi. and' a ;half. a<jo.- < :\Th'o;iesteiitJ of' thc i se'irightssniiyi bevrealised ;• ; merely;-takcS«v'cogjiis-{; / V'' V.'iancc^of= thb^buijgot;/ ; b\it ; ioAisf Tiot j /; ; ■ ::■■ a cardinal! fact-or. in-the relations ,b6twecn-itbo , :)-chiefKo&th^Stat6 : s^iectsy..and ; : : : I . . Tlio' Cermans and : the i Poles.—A i most ~J'' :■ tragic' decision' has .been" como' to • by. tho ,■ v. " : Upper>Houso"of ! tho'PrussianvDiot 'Concern-' • Sri-r"; i;; -it'§'treatnient^b^'the'P^e^^.lti-hasitW - ;, j j5-/r;cid& !( t6 ;^ss^ei®!RwliicH^gi^esii^c^tci; i -, ! ffip) "ffhev majority; jo- j tho , :vbteß"of-'I > riii(?(S.ißulow himsfclf- and- other . Prus&atf'Minisfors/itogether.-with'.-a.Mimnbßr.: j '• • : .of ." professors';' successful financiers, • .and ' IjK'?i to j:he i favbur-,6fHbo ; Kihg>.of«fiuSSia.^and''tlie i - . •Vj Government;'',; says''' The-Tinles"!correbponi, : fleritS " ItVis'uni\fSsally;',a'dm^ted:'^'thatfi'tlie': i •A;'iiweight' of ai'gumentj 'bf'deb'ating.;jwwef'i'■ and [r : ,iV' :of:/per?oh&V ; }■■/■■■ : .:L ■ list';exhibits! a: ••. formidable' array, of opponents 'of\-tho.. Gov-' ■ - • ernnient^aTi'd»',containi-\somo most' ' <; t-v; wwi'Mifcnajn^pfi TJhV i r; ! -.-. : i ; ;Xin&t''''croqtbnir.si^^' ; • ?*' .waj '-delivered,";. says'the ".Alorningvxoit^ 1 - : -- .' cori'espoudont-,-. "■ by/.- d-he • l'olisli' GrandeO' 1 t "rl; r ' ,;i;Pokk'iwere-'ii'njust-land; not';fduifdMrq\v;lfaot f r > With wlnt" right, ho askoJ, arc tvO descub'ed ; -. as-presumptive traitors* to ■ our. country?.... Ho. • K' : ; v .:''. fi^at^;' ; thats note •• aA;7; :■ of 'ife 1 . had'.used every ondcavour to' prevent"sucli: - vMerdbpnifinf iftfo i -. ... wished to->treat a-..- quiet',- aßd':._agricttltitr.i,l: - i r ..■.• population-, in-; its - omi countrv,: worse'-.than - • r negr/ids" The "Geiminu," tho Beihn organ of the Centre Pirty, sijs that ''a V; Consti t'uti ori/ : ju'stie'cf, ■: XyV: yn3'^.h 4 utt'iimty:.''; 'PruSsi^n^'i- sajps- - v.« xliV'TimVsJ''..*f-"±Hifal^tlf6£i?;the'.^alifcj'/which' , i-... 1 Prinip; is' 1 pursuing'; toward sX tlieifi' iri'ay-1 :V,;; V: < them/, mof;ff^/danprous/th'ah v . :arc m f iri\/'-£iio/- ■ of :; .-aiicliV/ : , i. Conservatives v. as . Count ■ Voii' der:, Schulon^ 1 jj )U-r.' ;iat4>-: [>i; S6ciSC|V¥^oncoori£t»i--. ; .' , tKaiV- ; ,!p^yt3r-.=-"/a&" ' V/ pbasSyjk7',o^^'/vhi^^^..fervidi' i • ' natjbrfalis'iii'' niay/ lje?'"'. • ■•■• rievvtilisiWs^f.f-psrliamfint;—lf tire sudden' -'''. - brcakdmvri ( of'' t}ic lion: merhljc'r ' v.-bo iniTo-' : , dufced}"(iriV"oV.hiiiSeii;-sii'e'cclO' the Ediieoitibn? ;V rit" iill : /dUo'v.ib' librvous.- 1 ? |i'' /. iidss '. (says-the/'^Guai I diari ' , y,j.HQ'j.orily; felt' Vi v ;; ; goiiie''. of' the j most' sueceGsftil = : 'orators Vin tho' . iioiiss liayo owned..to; feeling., Tlie Earl of ';- .;Derbj'J. vrlio threo. tunes .held, the'."Premier-' ' •hjst.rbi>'utatiori: asV aVdebatdr-' gbt-;ridVof; th'd-,seii'so'- of feSr' 1 in-berc'iniiing. a r .' 'speech! ,:;Thore; :s.,dt(rtaiv(ly beftcr' lidiio/ 01/ i,;., ;■} a.;"mari'; ultimately tho i.e:-.r : 'df. I^:':.':: 1 the;Houso■ if-he,shows crent diffidence in.first' • addrgsningf it' • -thin- .:f--r.'!nch wns< the. fault ; of- Prcecfr-lie'; loolcs' jf; Httlbvtoo; siire'jbf'; Him--' , - self. /. Fo-the. House liuovr. I !''its power, and' •:• /likes 'to, bo' trbatediwith':re_srioptV ;; Its tradi- • tionßl-'/indulgenpo/ to novices whs cleverly -~ ;-: ■ played- upon-., 'more- than- two centuries-• ago' '/,/. .;;• by;;'lord/ Ashleiv : afterwards-; third..-Earl v of-. .' // / Shaftesbury, who thb;thread'. . ot h',s'r.i'ijuint.'iit :li .str'Trsrimc; ih.n Bill v.-hich treasohV - His ' lfe.rarc apparently /recovered; himself,; and/ho' went • . on to;>.sk what, -if- ho fivltored .in the i midst-; audience; inUSt'.'be a'-.prisoner's/ •//chance' bfilfeeijin'2' cool ;rtild: collected : When. :V-~-*/; ; defoitding: .his'. liid/ against', accusers eager to take advantage ' of; the •'slightest; slip- 011; his part? • ," ' ■ r . ■ ■ ■ "■■■ G'VD up tllfS CdysotUhg.—"Thero is ono kind I'dfH'oyddttiiig' that 1 .Tfislii'-speoiallyi' to'. M; prdtest' .agailist,/ antl:'.tliat' is f t-hd' boycotiting /.; //; I been/ iiltrdduc'ed intd''thd\hou'st».'of ■... -God. Thcro, can bo no excuse for : this: I' • ~ do not' wisli-. to, utt'ei - ii- thre'at, but' Irish' his-" recent times,' tells' us' that for •.'' .. sucli' a driiho irifcrdict was coiisidered to lie ;/itS 'proiftirv-puiiishmerii^/. I advise you- to/givo; aiidi above a]l> : :tho\boy-/ ;the Churcft/'; bS/su'rb if' ; y;m: continue: tins boycotting : tliat it '.'will! not ! :'. >' stop- ,\Vhcro it', is. -It wilt be. over widening' aiid. iSrbad&riing, and Gdcl knows wdiere' it will ' endr It will permeate'.through; all'the grades : ' of soflwty. ; '' This is 'the. ago; of: democracy. i .; reasonable. -.-, As your JJisbop, I lpoomn.cnd yon to give up ... bdycottiug; '/-rßi.shop of Armach. Tiio Bro tlj3?s Cecil. —"Tho late Lord Salis- : v iiurywas forturiato ill his sons ;• his; gifts aro .-' ' .very fairly distributed-among tliein. : All of tlicm possess, h: greater or.less measure, his po*vors of spw-'li; two, /at . least/ his .'capacity', for statesmanship," writes Mr. H. /^';' Mas-; smgham i,n. tho "Daily Chromclo." ;.."If a Tory Governriient W formed , with in tho next ton,-•or oven .fivo, year's,./neitbdr' Ldrd ;Hugh; nor-Lord Robert ,Cecil,- if they;af6'alivo,vcan. .-, well bo excluded' Worn th'd Cabinet.;.' they., will. lmvo earned such a- distinction, not: by. fa.v-, /. /out of birth aikl- tradition; but of intellectual', riglit/- -Lord Salisbury himsolf, tho; eldest :- / ■ ' brother,, bas much' developed his faculty ' ofexpression since ho first employed it, ; in'halt-' ing- and; often unlucky phrasing,. as Under-; •■".■' '• /: Secretary.for Eoreign Alfaii-5... If he has not liis father's brain, he has tho ancestral will • and stiffness of character. ' Just as Lord - Hugh was i>efhaps the most, distinguished fictiro 111 the party of 1900 to 1905. so Lord Robert is one of .the ttosfc vital

cdinbattfnt¥,'-iutthat l of .1506;;' lii .lar's,' .thd'Cresetiiblaiice'is 'remarkable'.. Both" ; ;dd6pest; , Vinterest''!/in;; life'.; :. Both '/subordiiialto,pdlitics""to,''it;:'; Bothl-'aro'. : pdrtinacious,' i untir- . b'oliefs.' ,'Both;"a i rb* old;' Tories,' ;; with /.a----toucn'o'ttlieir-'father'sjipprehdnsion-of: Social-. . ind<kkl','',;oxhibit.'4ittld' j or!':nothing ;'of -/tho 'late"' ']^i^^l^tii7 m;• ,^iols^';;^'•, AM•"lki!K'a«^^greaii , •workers'j'•• -itr'aihing ; 3liomserm , 'sfeallest' details .; of '"Parliamentary J- procednro," , and; to. political;, ends.' Lord --Hugh' brought tho acadcmic mind to bear r'oiv»thb/Parliamdn'tary ■, problem';.' Lord . .Rdbert''usM'-'£hS/ : ,lega^ flithl-no" hesitation,a' ■Parliamentary.ibarjin -thd interost-bf- hissnevr prbferaioter ;■.Singly/;'- a' r&l; ; uifluehco';;pni affairs.'/ ■ Together",/!they.' • Vi'build'; cdhstitutd' ! a ■ bbnbiderablo .power; in/;.tho . 'niofd./pveii';'of than'- an" iiispiratidiK-, But'iit'-lifts; liinvv; as/=it' lifted iSrrl'G.rad--of ./thdi'world-of calculation.' 1 iii':which : :tiip!avorag©;.p6liticianrmdves and.has: his'-being.." .;••• .-• The-'Scotch:—" The Scotch, are the terror.- . ofthd"■ world>: .y-'Katevcr. he v the ■ cause-' of 'thcii - -sutdess, pla'iii' livinn-,.' hardjthinkiiia;: thd' ; flo'ilg'.i/winter- niiihts',-;>thd;. fordsisht'i of':' John ; .:Eriox', -: .or-the"(=m'burit:':of.;pbbsnh'onisfiri;thoir : • oatmeal,';.;r., , ; v.':!!j'not:i,sny..;;;.,;'i'H6.''Scdtchmani' ■: Wlierbvef 'i he : cdm'esi'-" coroos'- to'- str.y.'A ndi -. : .Wlier6ver ! Wb ; •':must'''nbt ; 'forgot 1 .: that- ho v two"''con-i ■turidS'niore':ofvthb;;"very. i sch'odl i and;Jhp; very' ; .univfirsity •' ;land-Hhey.'db'/nd't^res'erit;..like »we':alii'.in -tHb"* thfif/ddl!gh'tful' ,: ,spoetacl6 ; r of' ,- a- : nation to;' live .oif 1 .-half ; its ■ the ' top/. jand': : .they , ought'td.'boAhere:''-r-Dr." Rendcl'Jlarris. , > Russian' 'Viow'.-ofv Germany.—The anti'.German tone/of'thd/ Russian; : Press;. irres'pec- : ' jti^e'pf'.partyj is ;bdi:omin'gt. daily marli- • ; 'pdyand''is:'thus' i steady. Lg'iwtli'; 'o!''.-' '^klbrhiliiitoy-/-Thot.- " Novoe;- .' Vreni'yd'." says :-/-" Austria' .has ; .trodden, the: : ;' , itVdeser,-eS';j j bbi allowed i • /^''playl.'-'the'-:h'Sw6^)^ioloßr^.'n«xlfa.- /A-'now,/ /political-: cohstellaticiii;;;,Ha'; :n;.itlib ; '' ;'hcavons^wh;eh ; ;q!:faifldvbb. ; ; /for'' t,hb>,,woljarei of "-.'thd": jSp.ikans:,.^. Certainly'.. td'/dor:Ve':.any,. . pvel''; di!Eculties ,: ~ ' whiehVriioi-hdrS'dlKcreaffed;in' : .the 1 hope,of 'eni-. / barrassingi.. The;.. " P.cclv" 'ap? anbtliar: i i •^fean«/hisi^^firs-t^wjth declined,' with' .K'ahcstj;... Tho'.." I'ecH;"; liro-. ■ , ;itt> tlrd' :l»^of^r^ttfrflig'sHjsr; liegpiiidny; pvei;; 'Europe;;' •w'Uioli'i'isvbliptiing'. away;; ."HerUati." - . tortpts'to dl'a.wl first-EiighWd'' and ..tlicn'Erance. /intb'f;ali:; i b-grcp^eht , ;/(m i :v '• ,Aland / to keep;; both', ' ;, ®-e ,isJ 'siijl.: tW; agr&stteWfe-.. : islU^.-niidsfvttia-t*'' Mean-. ;• ■.While',' ; Viistrtrjs,-'.b£- „ :ai®' i 'jsdpdrific^ ; .;w!jirfiva,rd >; 'likply' to- hettay;/thoso;' -.tliat-Hrust' L lluss*""»SKys '/thd; . /uijaliimity. , ' of'/ thdvPress'.-jOf';. has' : ..'for-- r---;.tlip;;/first. tini9;'-.\y,bn ; ' .recdgriitioh' . abroad-;'in/ ; /strengthening' ,tlic> liandsr. of'; tlic' Russian' V ! l^reigit'it'' to - securo' a. ; diplomatic ~yictpis l :'pve;t' : ;:n' ' jAlistro-Hungariait'/crUsadp' against' Iko : Bal- ; ;l«in Slavs.,//,/..?, Y'itlie/'-/. trfNSyjrt-' - Ebague':,.-hdvo) 1 gsfen^;/. ; a-;46tter4®§i?^lipf/\Navjv': : ari9i\:^e' fflati6n,'r/W%'{li^iffi!^'-.'' ! df-K'wluch>. /.tliey. ••; has;'lliitheHo %o"i 2 1end' rto ifeelf''. to au'y.' 1 :, agitation'. which- iwbjlld- terid'/t'd add: t'bitho -difficult : li ties"»df- I^id^rttffe'^ie'fliil^advis6r i s; of tlie' Boards •' matter, of urgent' '• dpsiro-'tp mainJ'' '.Tlie' l rainimttm: ; reqturpi«feHts r .b£ l f ■; tlftre'pre',fbp/ rieg'drded' a's'/tlid: ldw-. r.eS'd'-Ep- far': as ,' ( l)6eSil'r^(lcedj';u'nd9i••. from\the- £ittld' Nav'j*' : -sooiioii"'of : 'tho' ■of :Hlie' ; 'r(atiDif^Has J1 "■ and,:'tlioi lino of dofdn'co' lifts' .b'eeii,' sac'rificdd* 'tb:'thp'; clailionr':: of a ;sM.tll ! 1 '.rLunib'er;. of-mpm'bers:'of th'p '■ ffoiisd' pif' ; /nidbs;;; ''vTKe- to /urge; : Upon all'clftEses" .fb'''."isoinbin'e; and> to: assist; tlVejf', GffifrP/'to- obtain : a- plocha from a' Siipplerticntary,; 'ord'er^tliat^tho ! urgdnt ncedV : ;bf;.: 'tll6'/:lfayyi' fflay, adfequately; pravided' ifpr;"'",'/--/.''. 1 : ; , Certrtany's Naval t Position;: — The' Eon,don ;corrts^nde|ftV;pf.:/thd-";; '=' i .'Hdrald/'/, v/ritp's:--T3;'iv'gentleman' ill- pTose ■; .■tpucK/ rtith liav'al^allvi^s, c i the'V opin^', 'idii to/jne- ; tluat Gci'inan sehoineß. have, rdally' :n'o'tliing. to do with.. our naval.- development... say,., pursuing' a-,! 'Itvwas xortamly; truo-that pbr'.Drcadnouglits' ivera the ; cause of .Gormany's /.prospe'ctivo-'na'val' 'expansion. :But; 'we;ha'dVinrauy*'ease: to' build b'attloships: /and; cruisers..;.-We.: wpro, ; bound,/toV spend' a , certain, sum of, nionoy on new construction every year:;; JJespitd ;all' that' was .said we ■wpfp .not'. spending;./moroin. this -.my.;than? our. aveirage./df tho; years, immediately. before' thero > was*. 'anj'/.' Gei;ihan , .:'..nieiiacd./, . , Being ;-imder th'p 'obligation;.- .therefore,-, to spend 'a. • ceriam';'sum , .p'oi: : ani'i l um;.bn,nbw/ cbnstru'ction > . ' ■it; .was;.-.tactically'ipincleiiti to' .spend it. oh: jDreadnbviglits'j //.nnd;;,.jjiivincibles.,/': As- well , blame ;ifr./'-Watson/:"'and' • his' colleagues' for .spending. ..mbiWy ; o'u.'.'Lusitania'a instead" of I'lato and' Herr /Brillin/wp'uld';bo 'obligeduto 'follow; siiifc'.:' Tho ; building.;/.0f;./ preadilpUglits';. and ' Invincibles !would';not; put'-,a .sevdre' strain [on our.'firiai>' icial; -i'«NMir<^''°:t^ld6's&^'Qermal(y , 'chose that it .should: do Jo.//.That .was ..exactly wlidro, the' had not ; dnjy .tho Droadnoughts : ' and' .the. Iliviricibles td .build,'- but -'she~]md'; the Kiel' 'Canal to widen and deepen,, naval ports tp extend and' ,improve;: and'" krgS:;ary ■ docks to,; build. If slip, could .do .this , our, naval "cxpehditure would necessarily be; much higher- But could Germany dp this? /'v ' ; ' Frcncli in; Canada. — An interest•ipg; locturo , Was . /:;given at . Paris- on March -..(j, under,, -the;/ - auspices, of • the Colonial arid; Maritime: Sodiety. Tho ; lecturer, •M. Jean Lionnot, ,-s'aid that if tho English,' dr rather : tho: Scotch/ controlled' the finances : and busindss ;.of ;,tho" - country,; thd ' French' , possessed; in the highest ddgeo; tho qualities' of '.colonisers.. ..■,..-Tho .-.French loved the land, aitd/ they ,: t settled; in any' ' dis-. . trict j, thoy _succeedcd; in - ■ imposing- their : jnotKer ■ tong'uo- as r - thd local'language, its , origin//being easily recoguisablo : 'by thestrong, Norman accent of the people.' The French, had further obtained au incontest- 1 .able political, power. , , In JlontrPal tlicy had , founded a, flourishing, Association, 1 which ren-dered^-.'efficient aid in all cases to Erericb emigrants in'that.city. .It might bo'added, M.' ; Lionnet; .cohtihued, ;,,that . French . do.ibo'stic servants word much sought after in Canada, on', account of ..thei'r' useful qualitios. In the ; Canadian': JYdst;;th'd French, cultivator lived . happily and.in;,ease, ; ljut the isolated'position :df . tho. -farms' haidly. ;'permitted ,; the families , .working.;'tlieiri;'to:-;mdot' -on any. day . of. the■week'/cxcept .'Supday.,;, Tho stream of Proi- ; 'gratidn' tio Canada; is fed in ;tho first place by Bretons,-; arid tlien'' by, ; ,.the natives of Nor- ! ''and thb Jura region.'. : Shbiild'this pmignrtion- bo encburaged ?.. Yes. ' favour the" '.feirfch-ratto 'fit*Jliid ,'it/dari!/iot' harm ; .tho/:French:C/dloßidsj::b_eP!ius"e in' tho'so regions' ' tiio climato rdriders "it necessary ; that thb- ; roughby' S'drti .<if",lal)pui; should; bp' performed .by the" natives.- is' it coritrilry tb the. interests : of Algeria,' to .which, tho Southerners chiefly go. : Tho French in Canada havo remained so Fi-qnch that the national festival, of July /'14'is - celeb'ratsd ixi' tho; •'.villages Franco,