A SELF-RESPECTING PEOPLE.
Canada aud tiie League A WORD A.U.^uoa. (By Elect-lie ieie^rupli—Cupyrighb.) (,I'er iUMuuatiuji.j (Received .uus Xray, y.-±o a.n i.J Aow iHaien 1.1. .1 lie Xmies' Owwa cowospouuk-iii, reports tliat tlie rresiuuut ol tlie <-aiiadian Privy oouncil, Jir i\'. L.. n-ovvell, K..C., speajwug ill tlie Jaouse oi Commons, said tnut il tlie United «3taioj> Senate snu-aid adopt uie reservations now beioie it, and tue a'resident snoulu accept tneui, tiie question oi tne United states' entrance uiio League of is a bio us nngnt ueponu <Ju tiie action oi Canaua. "Luiuer tiiuse conditions, ne declared, "wo coulu not possioly give tho necessary consent, because uo are ntitlier prepared ro cut the tie binding us to 1,.0 .\lotner Couutiy nor to revert to tiie old Colonial relationship." Air Hon ell ailot d: "' VV c ail recognise tile' importance ot the United obates eoiniiig int-u the League. No country is inoio interested than canada that tlie onibed jSiates should join. A\ e should be tiie last people ill tiie world to put any obstacle in f,ke Xay iier entry, but it tne United btates siiiiuid liualiy say 'We will come in only on condition that you practically get out or have your status impaired,' we can only reply, 'He are a sell-respecting people, and cannot accede to your terms.' " ..panese Tyranny
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1920, Page 3
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