THE AMERICAN RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT.

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THE AMERICAN RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

[Press Assooiatio'n —Copyright.] London, Fob 6 Mr J). McMaster, Unionist M.P for Chortsey, says that there is a good deal of politics in tho proposed reciprocal agreement between Canada and America. President Taft has in view the dishing of tha insurgent Republicans, while Sir Wilfrid Laurier is not unmindful of his influence being undermined by tho Nationalists of Quebec. It is all important for the United States to get new sources of food supply, and its necessity would have compelled the abolition of the wheat duty Tho "Westminster Gazette" says that tho fallacies, of preference as a cementer of Empire are clearly shown to depend on the Canadian farmer doing something against his own interests, while the United States could have shattered the policy- at any moment. Indeed, it would have been forced to do so, not from unfriendliness, but to provide for the necessities of a growing population. The "Pall Mall Gazette" discusses Canada as lapsing into unprogressive provincialism, and being handmaid oi American, trusts, and the contributor of the olst star of the flag which will rule the continent. It was the duty of Homo Imperialists to strain every museb to prevent thci threatened consummation of the agreement. The "Post" favours the Unionists dropping the scheme of reform of the House of Lords and rallying to the Canadian Imperialists, with the object of preventing tho ratification of the reciprocity agieement The,paper adds that the United States hopes to supplant Great .Britain as the centre of the Anglo-Saxon Confederation, and that unless Britain rouses herself she will lose tho fairest heritage ever entrusted to a nation.