Week
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contributor: Blakemore, William
issued: 2017-03-21
issued: 1917-08-25
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note: The Week A British Columbia Newspaper and Review Victoria, B.C., Canada, August 25th, 1917 5c. a copy $2.00 a year Sir Wilfrid Laurier THE newspapers of Canada are full of abuse of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He is being held up to scorn because be has conceived it bis duty to point out to the nation some very real dangers into which it is rushing headloiig. Despite the fact that Sir Wilfrid has devoted his life to popularising tlie British connection amongst his fellow French-Canadians, there are those who are today basely throwing doubts upon bis loyalty and sincerity. It is conceded, even by bis bitterest opponents, that in the past he has been almost invariably right. It is not denied, indeed it cannot be denied, that he above all other Canadians, has instinctively chosen the right path through any morass which has ever impeded the progress of the nation. He was the first Canadian tn strike the imagination of the British people in the home-land. His clear and perfect enunciation of the principles of democracy, his fearless advocacy nf the rights nf the overseas dominions on his visits to the seat of empire, and his magnificent efforts to bind the English speaking peoples of this continent by the cords of common brotherhood and enlightened self interest have combined to impress the minds and reach the hearts of all Britishers the world over. Had bis active leadership extended but a few years longer Canada would have had a first-class fighting navy and ber efforts to assist, in bringing this world war to a glorious end would not have been marked by the puerility, the indecision and tbe corruption which bave disfigured tbe regime of thc Bordon-Rogers-Bourassa combination. Although proud of his French-Canadian ancestry, Sir Wilfrid never allowed himself to be swayed by sectional sympathies and interests. No such claim could lie truthfully made ou behalf of Sir Robert Borden. The unholy alliance between Borden and the disloyalists of Quebec with Robert Rogers as intermediar…
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: 10.14288/1.0374040
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