U.S. AND CANADA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 45, 4 February 1911, Page 1

U.S. AND CANADA.

i THE RECIPROCITY AGREE- | MENG I I PROSPECTS IN CONGRESS. I i ASSOCIA'i ItiX. - COPYRIGHT. I | I London, Feb. 3. ' The “Times’ ” Washington cor- { respondent states that the outlook [in Congress is obscure. The prosi pects of ratification have not got | worse. The Persident is anxious I for ratification and public opinion sis generally in favour, but strong : sectional interests oppose it, and its ' adoption depends on the adminis'l tration’s success in organising the ! force of the popular will against the j politicians. The consensus of opin- , ion of skilled observers is that possibly the House of Representatives, but not the Senate, will pass the measure this session, and that Mr. • Taft will cull an extra session for ; the Senate’s benefit. HIGH COST OF LIVING. ; Ottawa, Feb. 3. ! A motion demanding an investi- ’ gation of the high cost of living in J Canada was lost in the Dominion 'Parliament, Sir Wilfrid Laur’er ; sorting that existing legislation was ■ sufficient. LOYAL MANITOBA. The Premier of Manitoba, where the reciprocity sentiment is supposedly the strongest, denounces the agreement as tending to the de-'l ! struct ion of the connection of Canada with the Empire. ' AMERICAN RATIFIC ATION ASSURED.

(Received 4, 12.55 p.m.) New York, Feb. 3.

Democrats will support the reciprocity agreement, enabling it to be carried.