Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1913-03-08
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note: The Week With which is incorporated ee k End British Columbia Newspaper and Review. fol. XI, No. 4--Eleventh Year Victoria, B.C., Canada, March 8, 1913 5c. a copy, $2.00 a year NAY3L DEFENCE "No policy will be satisfactory to the 'people of British Columbia whieh does not include a substantial and prompt contribution and THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FLEET UNIT ON THE PACIFIC COAST." tho enforcement of law. It is more than doubtful whether this healthy attitude would bc maintained with the same sensitiveness and force if such an Act ns the Dominion Lord's Day Act were applied. The reason for this is not far to seek. The promoters of the legislation have departed far from their original standards of conduct. Setting out to procure a clay of rest for thc toiler, their chief object now seems to be to prevent that day of rest becoming a day of recreation. Having secured the day for him, they demand the right to tell him how he shall spend it. The very basis of their original demand, toleration for the rights and privileges of others, is now utterly disregarded by them in their attempt to abolish the privileges and curtail the rights of others. The hostility which they have aroused in Ontario and Quebec is poor encouragement to give them recognition in British Columbia. Never was the wisdom of the Attorney-General in refusing to place tho Province under the Act more clearly demonstrated than today, and the prescience and sound judgment which prompted that step may safely be trusted to protect the Province President Wilson N Tuesday last the eyes of the civilized world were focussed on the Capitol at Washington. 'It is just one hundred and twenty- seven years since the United States broke the fetters of British lontrol and made a Declaration of Independence. Since then twenty- |ix Presidents have occupied the highest office in the gift of the ntry. They have been men of varied talents and qualifications. Nearly all of them have been men of high character, who have loyally Ittcmp…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: publisher not identified (1904-1906) The Week Publishing Co., Ltd. Offices (1906-1907) "The Week" Publishing Company, Limited (1907-1918) publisher not identified (1918-1920)
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Victoria (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344280
language: English
lat: 48.428333
long: -123.364722
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Victoria : ""The Week"" Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text