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ft I m SIX WILL CANADA (By Arnold White.) Shall wo loao Canada? "No! a thousnnd times, no. Is the roply that naturally leaps to tho lips of every loyal subject of King Edward throuh iho empire. And "yet Influences are at work which point In a different direction. Tho silent forces that shape national destiny aro majestically un mindful of tho desire and even the anguish of loyal minorities. Facts point to an early rearrangement of tbo several parts of the British em pire, which cannot for long be rele eated to the future; and no Integral part of tho emplro is so ripo for change of ono kind or tho other as the domln Jon of Canada. Has not Sir. Cham berlnln said as much? Many Americans, Canadians and Englishman tell us that they fore see the absorption of Canada by the United States of America to bo her manifest destiny, Peaceful penetra tion of American Ideas Into the do minion Is a process that may bo de plored by loyalists on both sides of tho Atlantic, but It cannot bo de nied. Tho Dundonald cplsodo points it Is true, rather to separate national existence than to absorption of the dominion within tho political system of tho Un'ted States, but nobody doubts that If separation comes to,ada contributes nothing, pass It will bo tho proludo to absorp tion. Canada cannot stand alone. I purpoBO In this nrtlclo to giro dispassionate and Impnrtial examina tion of tho loading facts on both sldos Tho American nowspopors, for tho most part, wlsoly avoid tbo subject, as Us discussion by Amorlcans would give offensfl In this country. Tho wise nnd stntcsmanliko viow of responsibly Amorlcan writers Is to tho effect that tho gradual attraction of a nation of 80,000,000 people Is Irroslstlblo whon exorcised over a nation numbering 6,500,000. Tho maguetlo Influence of tho United States is being doubly re inforced by political ovents In Canada and by tho swing of tho Imperial pen dulum which may nlready bo discern ed In tho united kingdom as a conse quence of tho Boor war. Tho most significant If not tho lead 'Jug, fnctor In tho problem Is tho dlst covory by Englishmen that tho epithet "foreigner,'' Inadvertently appllod by filr Wilfred Laurlr to Iord Dundonald on Juno 10, reveals an unsuspected point of view In tho spokejmun and leader of 1,640.371 Roman Catholic Canadians of French extraction. This revelation' of nloofnoss from mon of tho English race coming out of tho mouth of tho Cnnodlan premier Is nn event that may bo said to mark nn epoch. Tho Canadian prime minister awaro that tho dUeloBtiro of his true suntl menu ns to tho alienage of English men wonll bo an InJIscrotlon, Is only surprlied Into bucIi disclosure owing to his hapltuttl mentnl attitude to wards EuRland and Englishmen. It may bo said on tho other hand, that Sir Wilfrid 1-aurler was thinking in tho French language; and since tho word stranger" and tho word "foreigner" aro Identical, thero It noth. ing In his remark. Sir Wilfrid, however, is a bl-lln-jrual statesman of ripo experience. Sexagenarian palltlclans, with mas tery over two languages, do not blurt out Inconvenient truths unless they fool deeply, The explanation of tbo Canadian premier, however, supplies tho proof which Is not logically es tablished by his reference to Ixrd Dundonald as a "foreigner." In do f Altif Imi Vlniiklf a ,. V . aA..V. -- ........ uiiiwv-u nhm.m mo uuhck " ma mimical oppoueuis. ine Canadian premier pointedly proclaimed his aU icgiance. not to King Itdward VII. or matlc service nnd gratuitous onjoy to the British connection, but to "Brit.! mont of the British connection, Can Ish institutions." ada would cut the palntor and set up British institutions will remain lu an Independent power. Canada whatever her destiny may be; British Institutions exist In tho !.. 1 Ol-.k . ... .... I unnvu ciinien iwny. wont, is me cotv , nnuian stnietmon could only be Justl tltutiun, the system of Jurisprudence ( nM diplomatically on the assump and the common, law of the United! Man that their words wore supported Hiatea out too fundamental llrlttnh In- utuiloun. the principles of which is an auamaly here of which thinking havo been transplanted wherever the j HngUshuum begin to be aware. If we British race has taken root? British 'pay the piper, we should eall the tune, institutions will remain in Canada but If the Canadians desire to name when the paiutor Is qui, and Sir Wit 'the melody, they must contribute to frld Uurler'a loyalty to British Insll-, the cost of the band. They now pro tutlons Is an eloquent reminder to taeilKwe to conduct their own foreign ie llrltlsh empire and to the American j latlona without navy or army of their people of the extent of hi loyalty to own. tho British crown. I There are however, cogent reasons Bird Wilfrid Lauriefa fonenase Is feaaWoa Uee of finance why Canada supported oven mora forcibly by hU ' wilt not contribute to tho cost of the aott. The union of the British em- j British navy, of monarchy, or pay any. Vlro today U maintained only Uy the thing for the prtvltogu of th British monarchy In tho world Of Idat anJjwwneotloR. The Utto.Goa im.n fcy sea uawer lu the world of foree. Neither to the monarchy nor to Uq jualnleuauceJ tfr UrMnti fv power Hioca Canada contribute oo cent. BE ANNEXED? Without sea power the British empire would collapso like the Campanile at Rome. Germany would take South Africa; the Japanese and the Germans would fight for Australia; India would fall to RusBla, and Canada, with or without a fight would fall to the United States. It was sea power that enabled us to crush tho peasants of the Trans vaal, Just as It Is tho sea power, paid for by England, which enables tho Canadian to strip and search Japan ese gentlemen and tourists who desire to land at Victoria or Vancouver. Does Canada valuo British sea pow er? Not to tho extent of one dollar. Tho registered shipping of Canada amounts to C838 vessels of C52.C13 tons gross. For tho defense of this shipping the taxpayers of the united kingdom maintain 13 British men-of-war on the North American station and seven on tho Pacific station. To the maintenance of these 20 ships, Canada does not contrlbue a shilling. Canadian fisheries produco over $2G,00O,000 a year, but they are pro tected by gunboats paid for by tho badly housed nnd underfed population of tho united kingdom. Tho expend! turo of tho latter Is $5 per head per.uo with Great Britain Is slender tho nnnnm for nnvnl rlnfnnRfi nlnno. Can- mnVPtnont towards disruption Is On this sido of the Atlantic I begin 1 to obsorvo a movement of discontent with tho present conditions of ompiro Tho situation thnt now exists, through Indofonslble, has produced no un- frlondllness. On tho contrary, thero ihnB noveT el8ted klndlior feeling j tweon tho democracies of both coun- trios. Englishmen aro gratoful to ral but or urban extraction, me im Canada for tho splondld troops sho ' migrants from the United States, on sent to South Africa, but tho fact Is the contrary, who aro twice as nu undonlablo that tho largo majority of merous as tho British, posseses higher tho Canadians who fought In South , Intellectual equipment and a physical Africa wore not only men of British ability better adapted for success In birth, but Britishers who had only been In Canada a fow years. Tho French Canadian troops, though high In quality, wore few In number, and their doparturo was not vlowed with Canada are some way behind the en favor by tholr co-rollglonlBts. iterprlse and alert Yankee who Is ac- Tho roault of tho South African qualnted with tho latest methods of war has been a blttor disappointment (wringing wealth out of tho soil. Eng to tho average Englishman. Thero Is , Ush conservatism and our InBular an uneasy fooling prevalent that tho , habit of thinking ourselves better than loss of 250,000,000 and of 23,000 vol- J anyone elso Is sometimes an lmpedl liable lives hoB been Incurred mnlnly ment to tho master' of knowledge that for financial and cosmopolitan inte-. is essentia! to success In farming, roits, which nro rathor Gorman and I Tho northwest of Canada Is becom Jowlsh than British or colonial. Fur- Ing Amerlcnnlzed under tho Influence thormoro, thero Is the profoundest of smnrt Ynnkeo farmers and traders, disgust at tho Introduction of Chinese who Import tho hustling methods In Inbor Into South Africa, lu tho Interest voguo south of the 49 th parallel, of tho cnpltallstB, and a democratic! There nre 300.000,000 acres of wheat fooling Is abroad, tho llko of which I.londs In western Canada of which do not remember in my lifetime baroly ono-thlrd aro utilized. The va- This democratic feeling, while not cant lands can novor be occupied by Incompatible with true Imperialism, Is British Immigrants, because only 13 not unamored with tho Imperialism which has for Its object the enrich ment of Gorman Jews. Whllo Eng- llshmon. thoreforo are gratoful to, Canadians for tho help given In South Africa, thero Is a foellng that wo both , havo been misled and that the time is arriving rapidly when tho demo-, cracy of Canada and tho democracy of England should frankly exchange Ideas on Iho subject of tho empire. J Canada does not pay for tho marl- time policing of tho coast of Nor- folk or Kent Why should British1 Ing on separate linos which point to worklnginen pay for policing Cana-!tho detachment of Canada from tho Ulan fisheries? Thoro Is only one reason why wo should continue to do so, and that Is that unless wo con tinue to present Canada with a free navy, a system of monarchy that costs Canada nothing, all tho advantages to tin iluvln.t.l u... I It. lit . i " "' ru muia wun us avail- ui appointments, the universities.' the British foreign office, tho dlplo- In the Alaska boundary question, the tanguag employed by some Ca.'ald. by tho niiui t nt,ih.. .. . - - - uy the navy of Great Britain. There. 0thn)lii In Uua r.., ... ..... - -- - African InmUrathm to ike north. WMteru (Mvlnt. whleh I. proeoed- mnm a n n ijauaiui n n n na Ins at double the rate of the liumitra DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEM, tlon from England, aro rapidly out numbering the purely Anglo-Saxon ele ment. In all Canada there aro only 386,545 natives of the united kingdom. It Is therefore not surprising that Sir Wilfrid Laurlerln his heart of hearts regards Lord Dundonald and other Englishmen as "foreigners" and that the Canadian ministers do not In the Inner recesses of their Intelligence consider that tho British navy Is worth to them a copper coin. Canada today owes Its national ex istence to tho forbearance and to tho pacific policy of the United States. Canada neglects even such military preparation as would enable her to de fend herself successfully against the United States. Her indifference to tho British navy Btares Downing street In the face. Does not this prove that the ruling classes In Canada neither fear the United States nor valuo tho Brit ish connection? A minority of Canadians are un doubtedly loyal to an extent which moy be described as passionate. The church of Home In lower Canada, moreover, enjoys a freedom which might not bo accorded her under tho Stars and Stripes; if therefore tho feeble. But tbo process of separation nas begun. British immigration to Can- ada no longer consists of tho mate- rial requisite' for the manufacture of first rato colonists. 777 por cent of the Inhabitants of tho united kingdom be-.llvo in streets. Tho mnjorlty of our ( Immigrants to Canada are not of ru- tho struggle for life In the northwest ern provinces. It Is a fact that the English farmer and his sons who try their luck In por cent of our population, Including tho Irish nnd Scotch, live on tho soil, and tho majority of thoso are sub merged in poverty owing to Inndeou. nto wages, unsanitary housing and too limited education. The vacant lands In Canada, therefore, will bo tilled up by men and womon of other racos, many of whom will maintain ties of affection and intorest, not with Eng. land, but with the United States. This brief review of tho facts shows throo streams of tendency proceed- British crown First, thero Is tho magnetism of tho statos on the dominion and the capac ity of 80,000.000 people to give com mercial benefits to 5.500,000. nnd thus appeal to those material considers lions wnieh, in our ago, havo so large- il . . . ly superseded the Ideals and lusplra- tlons of n more religious era. Secondly, thero Is tho growing; In dlfforouce of tho rulers of Canada to the Drltltft connection and to the British crown, shown by Sir William Uurler'a treatment of Ixird Dttndon- - - ---- CT.-.. .. vwH,wutr to the British navy, and by tho assertion of Canadian nationality, although no preparation la made for war The I touchstone by which the condition of a nation may be Judged safely Is tie standard or readiness for war accept ed by rulers and people. The reason why ettlcient preparation for war by sea and land Is the true touchstone of national wholeness, and vigor Is because neither a democracy nor a de spotism can prepare for successful war unless It knows the truth abtut Itwlf and IU rivate, and adapts war preparations to hard facta, not sacri. Hclug them to political or other con "JoeraUons. Hfflolent preparation for war. therefor, depends in the first In. Mane upon moral, not physical, con wiwimns-nww wiiiinenue toJ hnunr the truth about ouraST audi our rivals, howover IZ $1 di,i&biAu. . ... truth may 'be OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, Woodmen of the World CARNIVAL ANJ- ju-m Salem, Oregon, Five Days Commencing 1 The Nat Reiss Soiifhern Carnival ' Co. . -r T"ro a frrnNR WILL Big Ft ee Acts The Most Sensational Act Before the Amusement World T1 A "VfiT A Looping the loop on a common bicycle, defying all laws of UX. Y KJL. gravitation, moving through space head downwards, mafc- ing a complete saumersault in midair. HARRY DU BELL ?gD1NEAc?cN AN ELEVA- Tan Funklnos slide for life; dazzling fireworks display; band, concerts; sports; contests; every day a big day; every night a feature night; something doing every minute. Two Pefomances Daily-2:30, 7:30 P. M. General Admission SOc Wednesday, August 10th Children's day at the Carnival. All children under the age of 16 yeans, calling at Joseph Meyers & Sons' Store will receive a ticket to the Carnival Free. EXCURSION RATES ON ALL RAILROADS Tho third element that points to the loss, of Canada Is the awakening of the British taxpayer to common sense views on tho subject of empire We aro paying Interest on a national debt of 798,349,190. Tills debt was in curred mainly In lighting Ave great wars with Prance, one of the chief results of which was too acquisition of the territory of the Canadian do minion, and the Australian continent. Tho failure to contribute to our im perial burdens raises the quostlon as to how far It Is worth the while of Englishmen to protect colonies, which aro really nations, who refuso to make adequate preparations for war. If England had been rushed into war with tho United States over the Alaskan boundary, not a single in habitant of these Islands could pos sibly, obtain any benefit from a war the mnlu brunt of which would have fallen on them. From tho English point of view, thoreforo, a decision will have to be made shortly as to whether Canada will onter the circle of the empire, bearing its burdens as well as enjoy ing its privileges or whether she shall set up for horself and rolease the mothor country from the expensive privilege of fighting her battles, though excluded from the determina tion of the policy out of which those battles will arlso. American statesmen, as I said at the beginning, have behaved with dig nity and reticence. The acquisition of Canada is often the subject of con versation by responsible Americans, Tho forests and the wheat lands of tho northwest, on the other side of an Imaginary boundary, are essential to tho welfaro of the statos. will Mr. Roosevelt's presidency be marked by the conversion of Canada Inte Amorlcan territory. If such an event be inevitable, no man In our time Is more Mkely to bring It about peacefully than Mr. Hoosovolt. War between Hngiand and the United States, Is sow un thinkable. Our foreign policy is nec essarily Identical Tho Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Celts must hang together or they will hang separately. Tho British empire Is not only ill 1904. tiesaay. .g ' FURNISH ail a x x vv, Diavalo Looping the Loop a organized; It is not organized at all, and the play of natural forces Is not hindered otherwise than by mon archy fiom a process of dissolution. There Is no question of rebellion. If Canada set up for herself tomor row, no khaki coat would be ripped up by a single bullet. The absorption of Canada by. the United States is a matter that concerns those two na tions. If they agree. Engltsh opinion will not count. If they disagree, Eng gland will side with Canada, though the friendship of the United States is more essential to the nnitmi iin, tnnn the friendship of all the rest of i the world outside the empire. I do not presume to nfrr ,. t Ion as to whether we shall lose Can ada, but the stars In their courses are not working in the direction that Mr Cramberlaln and all loyal Englishmen would feign dealre. One Woman Among the Thousands. We received a letter from Waycross, Ga., from a woman who had been troubled with fflmnio ,,. - - ... vviiujjuuiu tor a long time, until she was reduced to I ..mi a snaaow n effected her1 mind, she could not remember any.l thine, u-nni.t .. ... . ' I ... ..-. (, voumgea and so nervous ami irritable she could hard ly sleep She described her case as one similar to thousands of other wonon. and then ends the letter by WnK rt,e had .a1B4 IS pounds last month and never feK better In he We. having no trace of her forme troubles, slept well, her m wth a relish. Sh m 7 . . U nf n. n ." 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Train No. 1 arrives In Albany in time to connect with the S. P. south bound train, as well as giving two or three hours in Albany, before depart ure of s. P. north bound train. Train No. 2 connects with the S. P. trains at Corvallls and Albany giving direct service to Newport and adja cent beaches. Train No. 3 for Detroit, Breltenbusn and other mountain resorts leaves Al bany at 1:00 p. m., reaching Detroit about 6:00 p. m. For further Information apply to EDWIN STONE, Manager. T. COCKRELL, Agent, Albany. H. H. CRONISE, Agent, Corvallls. O. C. T. C0.'8 PA83ENQER &TEAMER8 POMONA and Altona leave for Portland daily except Sun day at 7 a. m. Deck: Foot ef TmmU trt M. P. l ALP WIN. At