WHAT LAURIER LOST.
OTTAWA, October 4. On the authority of one of Sir Wilfrid Laia-itirs most intimate friends, the Montreal Herald, a Liberal organ, announces that the late Premier, had he not retired from office, would have been offered the presidency of the International Peace Tribunal at the Haeue. It is said that Sir Wilfrid was the unanimous choice of President Taft and the English Government and that Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner for Canada, had been commissioned to offer the post to the ex-Premier.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 6
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84WHAT LAURIER LOST. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1259, 13 October 1911, Page 6
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