AUNITED CANADA.
APPEAL BY LORD BYNQ. Addressing the guests at the Canadian Club luncheon at Halifax (Nova Scotia), Lord Byng of Viniy, the Go-vernor-General, evoked great enthusiasm by an eloquent appeal to Canadians for unity in ideals and purpose. His Excellency said: — I can tell you about the Canadian. I can tell you something you don't know, but I have known it. You have been celebrating your ancestors. I am her to celebrate three hundred thousand of the finest young- men who ever went forth from any country. They went forth from Canada nine years ago and they were my friends. They stood on Vimy Itidgc on April 9, i!il7, one in ideal, one in unity, and •">ne in determination. They created there in France a United Canada.
I ask you is it possible to make the Canadian nation like the Canadian Corps in France? I think it is possible. You arc making a nation—not a country. May I ask you to try to realise that if a nation is to be made in Canada it must bc'onc in purpose as the Canadian Corps was one in purpose. Gentlemen, I say your Canadian* Corps in France was one in ideal, in unity, and in purpi se. Shall I live to see Canada—people of Canada—also one. If it so happens in my time and with my help, I shall go home the proudest and happiest man that walks the earth.
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Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15361, 9 October 1923, Page 9
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