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Cl, t g A l - G or '"is ex l i l l i "r---------- iAurelten Belanger, M.P.P. for I I . Russell, Delivers Earnest I Address m Legislature i T , n EAIDING "BONNE ENTENTE ', Plea tor sympathetic eonsidera- ition for the. teaching of French to the Fronr?h-Canadiatt children in some of the schools. at. least. in On. tario was made yesterday in the Legislature by Aurelien Belanger (Liberal. Russell). Mr. Belanger spoke for two hours. and at 6 o'elock moved the. adjournment of the de- bate. to continue on Monday. The member for Russell. who gspoke to a resolution in his name on -the order paper. cited the teaching ;of languages in schools in many (countries in Europe. quoted from Eminent authorities in England to Isupport his argument. and even went as fur as the Union of South Africa, .whvre. he t-laimcd. the Dutch lan- guage seemed to he, recognized more than the historically and tradition- ally beautiful Fre.nch language was lin Ontario. . Aiding "Bonne Entente." Mr. Belanger said he hoped his resolution would' be taken in the House as one more contribution to the Bonne Entente. "The Bonne Entente." he added. "is possible only on one condition. and that is a mu- tual appreciation of 'eaeh othor's i point of View. an appreciation of dit- . !ticulties and of differences which, l when they are. looked at. not through the prisms of prejudice. racial or 'otherwlse. will be found in most eases to be nothing more than na- ltional peculiarities, national idiosyn- .erasies. that can easily be reconciled {once they are understood." 3Tribute to Fteateh-Clttmuuans. i One of the first conditions of that gmutual understanding was the rec- iotrnitirm of what each race has con- itributed and is contributing to the ;huilding up of Ontario. he said. Tte- T 't-iting historic deeds of French pio- ineers in Canada. he said there was in" element of stability in the French- :Cnnadian. French-Canadian citizens lof Ontario were proud of Ontario 1and wanted to take their part in the lhuilding up of the Province. he said. lie had no desire to make politi- . eal capital. said the speaker. Tho French-Canadian in Ontario was anxious to have full and adequate item-hing of English to his children., Ho quoted testimony of Dr. James Lg, Hughes to prove this. and added:, "We believe in the Empire, in which! ' English is the language. We owe it), to Canada to learn the language of the majority." i Claims Fundamental Right. One of the fundamental rights and liberties. he held, was the right and liberty of ontt's language, especially 'in Canada. where French was an of-i, fieial language.' He quoted from'; Magna Charts and the Fourteenth; Amendment to the Constitution of. the United States to support his View: that fundamentally the rights of} one's language were thereby af- firmed. --- .-- l