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Perley, Sir George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 29 Aug 1916, 193-204     Perpetuating the British Empire; making it come closer together. The speaker's belief that the British Empire is the greatest secular force for good that the world has ever seen. Finding some practic

Guinness, Capt. Hon. Rupert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 5 Oct 1916, 205-209     The speaker's object today to get the audience interested in his mission to get men for the Royal Navy. Why Great Britain is recruiting for the Navy from the Dominion. Some personal background and hi

Hearst, Hon. W.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 19 Oct 1916, 210-224     Some of the things the speaker saw and the impressions he received in connection with the great struggle in which we are now engaged, on his recent visit to England and France. The speaker's increase

Harris, Very Rev. W.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 26 Oct 1916, 225-241     A review of theories advanced in efforts to explain the existence of primitive man on our continent. A description of these lands and their inhabitants before the daring Genoese sailed on his wondrou

Guthrie, Lieut.-Col. Percy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 2 Nov 1916, 242-252     How dear the word Empire is to every British heart. Telling of the sons of the Empire who are fighting in France and Flanders today. Going back to the beginning of the war when we all thought little

Foster, Right Honourable Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 7 Nov 1916, 253-264     The situation and conditions which will confront us, or may confront us, when war ceases and when peace again commences to bless the world. Ways in which production and distribution have been profoun

Hughes, Lieut.-General Sir Sam, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 9 Nov 1916, 265-274     The nature of Canadians with respect to war. The spirit of nervousness abroad in Canada, and what the speaker means by that. Peace societies and their activities in the United States and Canada befor

McLennan, Professor J.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 16 Nov 1916, 275-287     The need to put forth every possible effort to bring to the aid of the State every scientific man who is capable of contributing anything to the solution of the great problem before us, the winning o

Prince, Professor Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 23 Nov 1916, 288-298     Canada fisheries, ranking amongst the greatest in the world. This discussion is divided into sections with the following headings: Canadian and Australian Waters Compared; Value of Our Fisheries Unde

Good, W.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 30 Nov 1916, 299-310     A presentation of some facts relative to the condition of Canadian agriculture as it has existed in the last 15 or 20 years and as it exists today. Drawing our attention to some of the important thin

Cole, Arthur A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 7 Dec 1916, 311-319     Canada as a country of large railway developments, considered on a per capita basis. The relationship between railway development in Canada and the opening up of our vast agricultural areas. The impo

Macallum, Professor A.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 14 Dec 1916, 320-326     The change that we must make in order to get efficiency in national life. The lesson this war is teaching us. The need to employ all the scientific lore that is available today to human kind, to appl

Code, Ven. Archdeacon, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 21 Dec 1916, 327-339     The constant singing of our national anthem as one of the potent factors in developing and enriching our patriotism. Nourishing and stimulating our patriotism by the solemn singing together of this h

Denison, Colonel George T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 28 Dec 1916, 340-350     Propositions being made by our enemy which to the speaker's mind are exceedingly dangerous, and which make one exceedingly anxious for the future. The speaker's conviction, even at the beginning of t

Squair, Professor John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 4 Jan 1917, 351-359     Some personal reminiscences of Paris and the first time the speaker saw it. The Place de la Concorde then and now, and what it means to the French people and nation. Getting an impression of the arti

McArthur, Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 11 Jan 1917, 360-370     The foundations of Canada laid by wise, poor men, and their names are forgotten. The real work of making Canada a part of the Empire the work that was done by the plain people. The story of the settl

Rowell, N.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 18 Jan 1917, 371-388     Britain's effort; the part which the United Kingdom itself has played in this great war struggle. The question which British statesmen had to face in the early stages of the war: "how could the free,

Gordon, Rev. Major C.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 25 Jan 1917, 389-405     A consideration of whether the time has come when we might suggest a pause for a conference, or whether we must abandon all ideas of conference or suggestions of peace, and give ourselves heart and s

Willison, W.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 1 Feb 1917, 406-416     First, a word on censorship of official secrets during wartime. Learning something in a two-and-a-half year stay in London. The generous praise of the Canadians in England. The speaker's position as

Englehart, J.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 8 Feb 1917, 417-430     The 330,000 square miles which is the northern portion of the 400,000 square miles of Greater Ontario. "Within that zone there is not alone happiness, which is the cardinal principle, but there is an