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Mavor, Professor James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 5 Apr 1917, 529-537     The meagre news from Russia. Our inability to ascertain the reasons for some events, or the somewhat complicated causes which have produced them. The obvious fact that the causes of the revolution mu

Van Koughnet, Mrs. Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 26 Apr 1917, 552-558     His Honour Sir John Hendrie, Lady Hendrie, and Representatives of Women's Work being present as guests. Ways in which these years are women's years. The men and women of Canada answering the call of

Borden, Right Hon. Sir Robert L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 5 Dec 1914, 1-14     The spirit which pervades the people of Canada at the present time: the desire to help, sympathy, co-operation, self-sacrifice. The speaker's conviction that the statesmen of Great Britain strove mos

Meighen, Hon. Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 17 Dec 1914, 15-25     The need for all things to be done and all tasks performed with an eye to success in this struggle. The meaning of the struggle, of the stake that is going to pass one way or the other with the event

Utgoff, Lieut. V.V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 9 Dec 1915, 20-29     The speaker's leaving of Russia about three months ago, crossing the whole of European Russia in a train, wherein Russian military officers related to him the position of the war. Not understanding w

Forneret, Lieut. G.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 13 Jan 1916, 37-45     The British Empire to most native-born Canadians as a great institution, represented visually by large red spaces on the map of the world. The experience of going over to England for the war. A readi

Kingsley, Darwin P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 17 Oct 1918, 323-339     the unspeakable criminal record that long since made Germany a Pariah amongst the nations. Only just beginning to appreciate these dreadful facts. How such reptilian qualities were kept alive and dev

Rowell, Hon. N.W.; Whitman, The Honourable C.H.; Cox, The Honourable James M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 22 Nov 1918, 389-403     First, a welcome and introduction by Sir John Hendrie of the Governor of New York State and his wife, and the Governor of Ohio and his wife. Hon. N.W. Rowell: Making preparations to celebrate the one

Patton, Dr. Francis L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 12 Dec 1918, 417-427     Some autobiographical notes first. The problem of reconstruction after the war not in the realm of the speaker's field, but to be addressed by people like those in the audience. Some philosophical th

Horne, Right Hon. Sir Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 25 Jan 1923, 14-25     The heroism of the Canadian soldiers in France. Today, looking at the world with totally different eyes. Canada's rapid recovery from the effects of war. Here today an atmosphere of enterprise and of