Milverton Sun, 4 Jul 1918, p. 2

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nme ag That Fins Over One Quavss of the Human Race and Ss - 150. At the Westminster’ Conf n Deen the Proud pies of a “Domiaton” in ery of the hte ot the World. K @ > tase ae z "1866, the eo ie, ia rg Ronin, = aie <i the British Empire. : es 3 ; Ae : pe OLD-TIMERS TELL OF FIRST ; ee --British North pees capitulation of Montreal | inion The terms on which New| : a DOMINION DAY. : Beene nan aes are a Brevapick aud Nora oui tamales \ : 2 The Charlottetown See mat Canada about 40,000 French descend-|the com: aowed tthe; \ 3 : : ae % Later came another 40,000,| realized how important : SS Y i Fifty-one Years in Toronto Gi ‘Loyalists trom the revolted Colon- : i gry Gy one, Nears: Axo Ton we scattered in| sequent history, Vv ; : S . powder Banged and An Ox Was $ ped. a wy of ole ae "Senta he ae 3 : Z Roasted Whole. i 7 Wein < Gatco at ership, has fully justified the fore- 3 = x i er, 1866, comprised : oo Ta eet : : - Fifty-one years ago, on July 1,|‘# might be said that the | coatexeiee ee Canadas, New. _ through what was aEealy virgin | there were only miles of railway ‘ ; 1867, the aunt rode: ans new nation, | Was one of “bonne entente” more than | Nov forest. How they did it is a tale too| in the old Province yof Canada, But : : ot : The Dominion Day dawned fair| of detail. Mr. A. H. U. “Colquhoun | t nah Americ ‘act, aS vast and too ee to Me oe told = Grand Trunk was commenced, and} ~ oe a and atte In some places in the] remarks in his book, “The Fathers of the Bea ado ted at Quebe Ponte teratign: the there flee the Highly = Ras a province, in fact, the by | nc ion,”: “The Ct Get oi 64, a ish Guat aes le ree th s Z r pega e intense hot. But in To- ra now a comes sonar iS files: ineladin She fine Vici : J ge : ‘condinig bo the recollections the procentings BSNS ot the liccaiaee antoneah : se Gpetedera gn It was re-| bridge at Montteal, which for the first ME EES eee E: “ola eee ” it was a really beau~| Que ae The end ed been broken, {opie #0 tell the people at Montreal 3 Provinces | time linked up the. American systems ss > - S tiful day, clear, sunny, warm, The "Tender in tt ‘sits P Province my yall Hourished mm ‘a except politics. ‘Trade with Canadian tines. : ee ae a July. , ae 8 had begin grow with a rapidity] As in steam sailcondai. soon sea. “ e e & 6 “It is a great source—I will ais ay which-it sie rarely been surpassed ed|'The Cunard line of steamships was of pride—but a great source of en- even since, aes et be ee he Scotian, . é jia- a ae ja inthe’ Quebes couragement,” he said, “to the public muel Cunar 0 had been a suc- uA Q ig 4 amen who then took part in that great Coming of the ‘Sater cessfal builder /of wooden ships in the Sy an nad z cuenie that the working plan of! scheme, that it, was a gated by tig - e Union Jack, , Sumbolizing Three Centuries of History, ao the federation which to-day knits the con-| tte union was framed. The confer- English Parliament, fitout, T may Crosses of St. George, St. Andrew and St, Patrick ‘nent from ocean to ocean. ‘The ocea-| free Pezan wth thee Osieher: 0:| say, a word of alteral ¢ the im ts fs repre: = Se piece Desens asel,| The flag under which the British | ed.” In each arm we see the is son was on of te ee ven*® | tives present. Thes Fai ‘Provincial Rights” oe A the Britannia, started the first army is fighting is not the Red En-| crosses lying side by side and proper- i of Confederation, r siti To understand clearly what has be- itt karo lee pies Eiverpookon July fe ago of the mercantile marine, nor yet idths. i me known as gee “Provincial rights” ae ; a pha ean ee t, it is well to recall at one of Tn the same period the development bu s white. Thi femmes They wer ap ay. for fi bbe subiaited ta tivir respective Lew ig causes of the Confedera- A inkes ed” (to borrow a word fi meant’ by counter-changing./, When eves: Die latures. The first, which was tive movement was the fear ee | jangua the two crosses were thus placed side ° = ae i cece Sse ke ia. y Pe posed by J. A. Macdonald, seconded “State” right would run wild as it wa: ra to| °° ate a i staff of ‘the red| by side, the red cross of St. eae my gt Ba eae had ya Pia da ms oie “I by S, L. Tilley, rea believed it had in the United States, ve | ensign wi ot Wiliam | fe with Which we-are mostfamill-|2ell on tha ‘blue’ feld and’ it bees |i bowen Stns stove es aqihat the best interests and Sane aoe ates Marsten, the sent 0 the s! ie present and future Prosperity e eer gu ye ae Petch North Amehce oil te States the powers not specifically de- be fected by ae union, ai on September 1, 186. the invit-| extent simplified the ed Provinces sent pee but ithe | a tlendshiy and se nena and secured the m: ells kno oming a Ccateasietion As ‘6 fits perhaps the most vener- Owe vel the ci spnshronied with the going of the| ™ among the nations of the| the narrow white strip separating the| "17 had been through the Crimean| Promoted by a Federal union ae Se ihe cis oetcie old si war, a Russlan musket, they called it.| under the Crown of cans Brit- I tion of e: The contrary We spent al! morning shooting off the an provided such un in be | was ithe ‘effect of the Canalis cee stil ge coach and all it meant. wi a flag which has left its im.|red part of each arm from the blue Spread of Education ri field. ‘Then over Ru again was plac- rge, wil Stri Seana eure ae s a “ produced the | ation of Confeder tion. T ga : eingnsiation which free primary ed : ; on Minn TO ot ae the offal |Drstion of Confederatl g oe oo ry teh AR ulti sm ie tT Fak aeiec es the fs mie intme [ae Oot im: iti and set up new zure: The Saltires of St. Andrew a@ momentous gathering inj this has resul m this. It. that year that| ones during th ig. |and St, Patrick, quarterly per saltire, on fed elute ot tthe Ol Fort the, id ‘yuilding in Quebec, now de.| slow evolution of Provineial Parlia- Germany and . mn of the Royal Artil- ig ap auch jude in every detail is only em-| 6 ; ny and) tory, ion Jack, on the eon-|counterchang thi with cant Rett ily rl th) tary, ca trace i dencnt to thowe|the Inter Amina of the stood ji, fr fs dee Tet The Maritime Industry ae knights rode in the ae 4 ee ere held in secret. ‘oss of St. George George ts Se "aie, fumbristed ie fis Big Military Review. tim al of rumor ran around | Wr! of the low-| A ainst a white field, and| The main event of the first Domin-| as t : : Pees popes mn s a d at rete Other British Flags i x in Toronto was, , but;the facts have since become pret-| 18 @ long story of Bint gradual See i a incourt; when the fi: itain mie Union Jack has a top and a military ipon ty well known. ‘The gossipy, charm- ac) each \oth- and Lae the clad world Bn this parti = right St. ‘botea Seba of Be AbaRe 2 iz : ing records will remain one of the|© Pepe Ree tee ees q ere in| of Scotland in mortal combat, ei ieee days a great green field, _ un-| most interesting parts of Canadian ntario’s record under Eger-| i, Ganadians and to ie rest of the|Tick and takes precedence. Conse- broken a Py fences or buildings, extend-| literature. But they qunet even bi quently the eeeede white stripe, rep-| © ie mee ener 1 oe summarized here. solutions street wes' st Bathurst street, an: th vier national factor whlch cn- Sockt oe apen ey veg the Saeed or SS ey sete, ae = ces in the twent; f ine stands out. It is th with the Union Jack et ae about the act which has come | Stands out. It is “B67 waa as feriating in i ae ye Sandel Gicopch thia gemeLekipiy pinin, [tn ve: alug oat whl vetvally: inovaraa tae] Of ORE Canatinn cay i as |but there were no other streets or }Constituti da. Dr. Bernard | Judges id has 2 color-loving committee: df 2 roadways 40 is to break it. Here, on the to the Canadian artists, but that they Shave dette : ie f th ee Secs military reviews of | Hi nee Es | origins, and every detail has a mean. tile marine. The British flag, the flag a “constitution” hrase. tad in the mile of tha Nast cal sage ie "you can understand thu |S30d by the army, and down on ube | ale eee eee ie Close study oft the American| !92euage- Me Gullaings, Ie She, Union Jack np eer : ees a Roe Boh enna bE prod ae nanan a v SR ie tes more and no less. Sait ctr fre He ets, | tion rot. J. C. Munroe, pro- read we proud of the intelligence, te ry - ss 4 Bae Seca trike Dae a pg fessor ot iret Onn College, Mat an. the seeceees and the integrity of jo here is the story of the Union| white flag with the sad eee we ‘St str i chester, looking at the British Nortl . ’ Jack, containing in its carefully| George and ‘the Union Jack occupies i e da: America Act with Sta “impetality oe the strictly political arena there Gs u as modulated stripings the whole history |the w er canton next the staff. lege street was University property,| which distance gives, summed up the PP Provincial | propaganda later. th estab-| of a united Britain. It is a story of| Thus in Flanders to- say the British |and the gate at Yonge street main-| effort, not of the Quebec Conference ie were economic conditioris | I jhich heraldic terms and details, but if you! soldier, if he is from Old England,|tained the privacy of the right-of-| only, but of the subsequent - but which do not seem in meee ie. peiato famine of 1848, which) i o i 3 to hang’ sees floating above him the cross of way. Those who maintained horses | ences and consultati i ia] to be attaining ne ends sie benefited the Canadian Ailend) Sp inces. a) h my and what | St, and carriages drove out. There were | Office officials in London, as follo Lose sought, For instance, St] and it is possible that after the war , you will not pee it, nor! ces thee automobiles. In fact there were|“A. study of the Canadian| United States the SomEe of the Senate e| experience will still more be thet) yet hang it upside down as a signal | sces at venerable saint ae a the so-called modern conveni- eeepc offers a special : sixties the larger English influx be-| “trade Pollet the flag. of aires. ‘who: banished’ th k i telephones, | the uirer. It is a successful ef-| Reresentatives. gan, when artisans rather than farm.| All this may be “as thrice told EO patie oO a Oe EO mari aa wel tie a ee th contrary took place; the Senate 2 he first “Union Jack” was adopted | tive heath. a i ‘ort to solve the problem of uniting | ‘he ers came in to the growing eastern| tale,” but its recapitulati < aes Wahi atten Me Glen! Gt Bn : i disti i windled in influence and in public , o I e- h si and su istinct States or Provinces under a|4Windied cities. tend eel GS aud Beane Gide: % Outgrowths ‘of the Union Jack [it i camtshl *< geounenmnant.?, MMe th estimation as the House of Commons Perhaps it is not often ag re- what it was that (4 Jac: 1); and the ‘ack’ is aad The influence of the Union Jack), Aguetlesiy Neaea. Kad, reate not cognized how closely the date of Oon-| m f we to be a corruption of Jac., which was L beyond the British lgaerclyce ‘couteel: aovernanenee but ta * Conditions, however, a8 60 tactful. federation coincided with that of the| Canada, with which we are all o th les. 5 8 i government which, within the. limits, | 1” observed on the one side, and con- blossom-time of railways in the Dom-| cerned, ‘Union ined | Ft pot cer nee is, and once at the “Com-| laid down, should be supreme, the tra so mildly exereised on the other, ik ienothing bint tte Red Bnei, the [BONS on footpaths across thefields, | Canadian Provinces had to organize| that instead of causing friction, the ‘A Song To Canada. dependence to national self-govern-| cross of St. Ge it \ed-strined srith white, the croeses of People thought nothing of walking a al Wrtton by Helen Sevreg and rect ment was not only something new in| with the ancient flag of Scotland, the |the Union Jack removed from the|*™ oe) Jaton : world politics, a thing without a pre- white eross of St. Andrew on a blu is There was a oe oie out there. ed a : Majesty’ - aneae London, | ace or a parallel: in the world’s| field. ‘The two flags were combine a eee a 5 ae on the wee gives the apt link of love to Kipling’s va v achievements, but also it sae ce in by cae oe cross of St, a i and people : | the ceil ative power of the Imperial | nes They came s their splendid battalions ideas Ie s dati E lok very many perhaps, Parliament, and the judicial functions “Daughter am J in my seve 's house, a e motherland gave the| pared the way ‘ Loy F ing the| Ne™ ae atcha eld, but it was al of the Privy Council remained unaf-|’ But mistress in my 0 British commonwealth, and i i thei Th i eae rowd ped Toronto of that date. From ranch and orchard and farm-| mind of the Bugis spedking word 1d Scotch flag, ‘The fules {heir emblems. The fags of the thir. Fre cig population did not number Ries ce tetany Ones and| it gave the idea of World common-| of heraldry applicable to flags as well| (oarian will tell 2 all of them |more than 50,000 or so. eaten BD eee ey eslebraton Ee a 2 wealth ‘precedence of ae idea of|as to coats of arms 2 ae permit | eran spe Ae cts ea In the afternoon there were private| | This is a great ees lay in thunder of the war for freed ewrom the tand of’ the - warm-hued : 8 of em, - glad music of the Doxology 3 is shy = World ee color on color or metal on metal. The oe games and picnics. And at night there | the history of Canada, one of the most ppcle leat ee oe the flaming} Ganada w: e first-born in the| white reprelented € silver, aa es a for-| oy ie feck) tidon tack e|were grander doings still. ae the ieiilegt members of he British Em- oe eae “of for Ga ees otal golden rod, British family. The family has grown, Queen’s Park, a little north et the | Pir nada ark of free-| # anksgiving for Canada’s marvellous Where a man stakes all on the task| .1 ie! achievement i in hand, and gives his soul to powder and making a racket in cele- eted on principles ust te. the people for self-governm: cereal Provii is-still growing. Australia came] “argent.” mbri Cae school | ndstend on the present sf bast. Theat New Zestind. < ‘Then ; only paesorved 5 pe He acatner! ‘ed at the bat. | Parliament Buildings, eoventpty cute thi re 7 : Bt trokan Settalions, when | See OS! birth-pangs of wa, exme|the. ancient. white field for, the red tle of Bunker Hill had on i the cross rrels were set on fire after dark, ; : you've played your splendid | jong rejoiced to hold Ttsell 8 eelf gov- foetaie solecism of placing a red| (7 y their rich inherit- erning colony in the surge and fogs| cross ofa blue field. The first Union ; ; , : ance and-life itself for their loyalty You gst take back there to your hi of the North Atlantic. Jack was azure, a saltire argent, sur- is sny:ta the time ‘li and their faith in liberty. @ bit of Old England's ae iuobined by ac croeh cof St, George| ay, Seen rm amiss seo Pon liicega se age eee f a “ : R foubrined of the second (argent). | Pans fh the fala ot patel ae ood i a was a b s defer Gibis the Stores Haris! In the Tan of the warm-hued mi plies Set daseeiie uveh wacaeed he Cross of St. Patrick , if rks ing. | the first to make com eae Be Re f and the flaming ne none but sons can make, came India, n of Great Britain and Ire- in {ts histo: ‘or the ie of the boys girls di mon_cause ‘with the Old Oountry, and} cee et tie nlenacea ate mysterious and mighty, an Oriental) and (1801) introduced a third cross every Uni get home until late that night, eee eee eet end the imntos|and help on the farm: empire of the most ancient fame,| into the Union Jack—the red eross of has joi Sea) nee, aig ee ete ae eee Beh Em sep Paki {the towns’ cuployesh, Betting (ie ee ey Rob ine 3h cee Mae soil of Euk| st, Patrick, which was a saltire, like agai es es enemies reckon 3 re ie clerk, go out on the farm for the Canada, Britain's Bidest Daughter. pand toi dle e the cross of St. Andrew. These two o: ha Ce wins ae crosses were combined, an arrange-| against the Black Eagle, which Glad-| WS left to the Gan Home and e As alo a fey ee ss born of World empires whose insolent] ment which the heralds described as| stone might have justly called “the the House of Providence. oe Barty in all the world’s history to| alternative was “World-power or i a econo ee -P “quarterly per saltire, counterchang-| negation of Go Comment of a Newspaper. bs Sane revolution, without separa-| And all this marvel of the ages, this “The day was a pee one,” it torered by anit gas holding the tn tion,-and without sacrificing the back-| strange meeting of the Bast and the| est the idea of separation. But if CANADA is.recorded by a Toronto daily, “and/ at Ypres, the men who stormed an ground of the nation’s history, says) West, this flowing together over the) the n ingdo sii was ushered in by the ringing of Dells|hetd ‘the’ crest of Vimy Ridge, ss the Toronto Globe plains of Europe of the life-currents| Soaring a ition, the term “Dom- haere arp reports irearms. | were lost in victory. _ By thelr deeds | eke pe er ie of war, and not! of the St. Lawrence and the Ganges| ini eme 2 a catia la has won mor which at the cost of the alienations war al-|— all this is Freed t is.| fifty-one years Canada ade it sme: glonilice exit sanctiies tnc- equiagul ways brings, but by a new and living Te Reis ate supreme Se apc ore eacrthe danger | Wild trackloss land, where trod the and hundreds of persons turned out to, of peace. So the deepest note. in | Kemi nan Unon Mel cane way, by the way of normal evolution] ffty—o go. ‘Th States of Britain throughout the Em lusky rai dora uvatiir vo tne | | and al Hee pment, So democracy too when| Pire have been proud to adopt. ae Gaius ae short years ago, oy early hou: ae the people ae Canada to hold, on this continent, ee I self-governing communities of Greate: to-day. ger Td OR AT ede ad p(het| Canada rose from being lt ond E -itall are naw sit “Dominigha” nai (Giands fot ons fale Domsin: “and a the dex, The shipping in the har- A Vital i. Ss. sity — term of distinction differentiates them with a place ben Was ie ih te sees In P -W And name reyered and honored far resounded. wi reports of gun ervice in all the English-speaking ith sist z he name “Domin- way. a Age ede ase of people n eace or War world. this. fifty- if} i iti: ii came excursion trains, anc y he if : Sed snot bY Wabattiatee loedr MU Comey Gan i eS aezea Thou country of broad acres, whose! ten.o'clock the streets were thronged panlieccrera Sal nesaneag to alias anaes iy ep by any happy chance of geography i Dominions branch was established. ideal with people wending their wey to the frelfare of Canada, and ere es essential in tlmes of peace or of history, but by the deliberate King. Pisa Of Liberty and Justice days gone parade va vie uners the grand review] as in wan i and persistent choice of the Canadian ee WAS A MEMORABLE DAY by PoE LO Oke TACE, Ets oa, people, was it determined that Canada| ‘The “Dominion” of Canada. Fulfilled that promise. So the dream “he eslebration of the birthday of fe iiteo—e 4 eters Nani rable HEMLY Dorpanes should stand up in North America, a nly after much discussion| June 14th 77 Years Ago Parliament is real the Dominion will long ‘be remember- | ontrols water powers capable of pt 100,000 BLP. Gevelopment, free nation embodying the democratic que y, ing of Canada Met in Kingston To-day. And hearts are proud to do ed for the heartiness with which it ed Salis light and rer, to over 48 municipalities ee. (Through 8 If-cent on of| their minds mor, June 14th was a memorable day or die. S e she Bastera Shae vicinity, fl involving 01 ierce i i ry d g- = * LSP es fiat se 5 are tw our reasons for reo ii ston, for it was on this day, 1841, just| The way was lengthy, and the Sern “ . aoe aan Ds oF es ne earn EANABA PO 77 years ago, that the sitting of the untrod, low, pat id made the ey LI eke a bleh we are ¢ oftering with 8 ea ee a Kingdom, says| first Parliament of Canada was held| And "bloody ae oft mark’d that ‘1 - , of cor Pate ing Anvootorg tea mpire. | in the small frame boilding next tol, reer a peat = general and joyous. partilpad afis of the bill whieh St. Paul’s Chordh, Queen st, King: see ee ean ene Sete —9 eh ae scien tipciany Wek: many MeWing teccltory erial P 0 this building, which is still in Goi Ty was In London, Wngland, that be BE ts wii Frtack ih siesiods Wao eee Hie -may. rea cclegeias a sirniles Fathers of Confederation retin : oy q at the Cea be! the Parliament of Canada went Awe awone throu ‘the tea: Pa hie Se y proclamation) session to carry on the business of eebnlagee alac teh, is HASH: vs ¥ nation “shall Genede, ther fy its infancy. The| So stands to-day our monument ot oe fe 3 ae ne ete . RoMpE Ba SY Gaur eae , foruaion oe ch from the throne was ‘delivered . oe ae land that id many Canadians pf the O.E.F/ There ingdom of} by hi: : rd denham, road smiling lan at -swee) i‘ ie Le a ate eee was born the Detain ci one NeseirT, Thomson & Company Herm finally r this e zette du Whose sons: to-day ate standing side}. ere vraaee Investment Bankers lted altogether s n, by side ‘His Dowhaton shall be also from ercantile: ig. % vas less : On blodstained fields to do or die ae one se to ine sa aid bem the yo a : ‘ fo some} Gene: ~ for thee, flood unto the world’s ae *—Pealm, 222 St, James Stree! sug- Reginsiy Z ad —Robert Partridge, 8 Why not a We shall “face with you the task in han nd, and leave the rest to God.

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