OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1931, Page 10

OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS

ATTACHMENT TO THE EMPIRE

AN UNBREAKABLE BOND

(Special to “Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day.

Canada’s loyalty to the British Empire was stressed by Mr J. M. Thompson, director of a large manufacturing firm in the sister Dominion, who addressed members of the Auckland Creditmen’s Club at their luncheon meeting. He said ho had found that a great many people in New Zealand had an idea that Canada was somewhat under the influence of the United States, but ho could assure them that Canada, as long us the Empire lasted, would never become a part of the States. Although the population of the States was 12 times that of Canada, her investments in the Dominion were only three times as great as Canadian investments in the United States. There were throe million French-Canadians who realised that they had greater freedom than they would have under American rule. The United Empire loyalists, the backbone of Ontario, were the descendants of those people, who defeated during the War of Independence, crossed the border into Canada rather than live under the Republic. There was no doubt whatever that the great body of Canadian born people realised they -were better off at present than they would be under the United States.