CANADIAN ELECTIONS. AUSTRALIAN FLAG CAUSES EXCITEMENT. THE NATIONALISTS' CREED. LOYALTY TO "CANADA FIRST.
tt Ttt«cmt>h.-»?retg AiMctati«n -CapjHih*. OTTAWA, 10th September. The decorations in honour of the visit of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Windsor, Ontario, included an Australian flag. This caused excitement among the people, who thought that the combination of the Union Jjtck with the Southern. Cross was. intended to forecast the Canadian ensign tiftder Reciprocity, And represented a miniature of the Union Jack with the Stars and Sti-ipes. An explanation proved satisfactory. Mr. Bouraasa, Leader of the Nationalists, assured & crowded demonstration that the creed of the Nationalist® was not anti-British, but loyalty to Canada came fir&t, and afterwards loyalty to the Mother Country. If Canada Was attacked, even by France, it was the duty of all loyal Canadians, French and English, to arm themselves, r The speech caused a. profound imprea« sion.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 62, 11 September 1911, Page 7
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