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...adoption of the constitution of the Irish Free State marks the complete ratification of the Irish treaty. That no opposition will be met in the British Parliament has been virtually promised by Mr. Bonar Law. In essentials, the new constitution follows the British North American Act which gave dominion independence to Canada. If this form of government proves as successful in Ireland as it has worked out in Canada, the out-standing sore spot of the Empire will be healed...
...Acadia, St. Francis Xavier, New Brunswick and Mt. Allison,--are hard pressed to keep their means up to their standards. According to Dr. Sills of Bowdoin they are doing identically the same work and effectually "dissipating their energies, sacrificing the chief opportunity for contributing to the life of the Dominion...
...bill--but it is equally true that Canada now realizes her mistake and seems ready to change matters. A changes, however, depends as a matter of course on what the United States will do; it takes two to make a reciprocity treaty or anything approaching closer relations with the Dominion. Mr. Fielding, in the recent budget report of the minister of finance, admits that Canada lost "a golden opportunity" and he has expressed the opinion that his country was "predisposed toward a reciprocity agreement which would make for better trade relations and operate to the advantage of both". The Fordney...
...problem of the removal of this barrier has been the subject of investigation by the International Joint Commission, consisting of six members, and three appointed by the United States, and three appointed by the Dominion of Canada. In a recent report this Commission, after two years of investigation, has unanimously recommended the opening of the St. Lawrence River...
...editorial also attributed the success of Canada's most profitable railway--the Canadian Pacific--to the efficiency of private management. As a matter of fact this railway is profitable,--not alone because of efficient private management.--but also because of the huge land grants made to it by the Dominion Government. About one-half of the total dividends distributed each year is derived from the sale of some of these lands...