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Clark, Rev. Professor William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1904), 3 Dec 1903, 11-14     Congratulations to the President of The Empire Club of Canada on the splendid turnout of members for the first luncheon of the Club. The formation of the Club. The issues of Independence or absorption by our neighbours in the United States. Remembering the two countries from which we came. Our ...

Grier, A. Monro, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1904), 28 Jan 1904, 51-60     The speaker, impressed with the changes which have taken place in Ontario since he first began to practise law in Toronto some 20 years ago. An increase in the feeling of friendship and oneness between Canada and the British Isles. Ontario's growing knowledge of Western Canada. An increase in Great ...

Brodeur, Honourable L.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1904), 3 Mar 1904, 95-103     The love of country as the basis of all true patriotism. Ways in which the French-Canadian finds in Canada all that is needed to awaken the love of country and to stimulate his patriotism. The French-Canadian naturally more attached to the section of the country which is most closely associated ...

Osborne, Henry C.; Ferguson, Dr. John; Cumberland, Barlow, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1904), 21 Apr 1904, 173-202     Imperial Ignorance—Mr. H.C. Osborne: Some words about The Empire Club of Canada and its interests. The ignorance which is said to exist in the Old Country with regard to Canadians and our affairs. The origins of this sensitivity by Canadians. Considering our own ignorance on Imperial matters. A consideration of ...

DuMoulin, Right Rev. J. Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1904), 5 May 1904, 217-227     The verdict of the people generally recorded in favour of constructive statesmanship. Evidence for that statement throughout history. The Two Pillars of the Empire, the first being that of Commerce. Napoleon's insolent taunt that England was a "nation of shop keepers." The truth in that statement. Ways in which this ...

Vincent, Colonel Sir C.E. Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 20 Sep 1904, 9-19     A discussion of the present condition of the Empire, the best means of furthering its interests in east and west and north and south, the advancement of trade, of commerce, and of peace. The interests of Canada and of a united Empire, and how those two interests go together. A ...

Duckworth, Rev. Professor H.T.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 10 Nov 1904, 20-29     First, a few details with regard to the size of the Island of Cyprus, its natural character, its population and resources. The curious and unique position of Cyprus in so far as the High Commissioner and all the chief officials of the Island are appointed by the Secretary of State ...

Campbell, W. Wilfred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 23 Nov 1904, 30-41     The true Imperialist as good a Canadian as any. The speaker's protest and retort against the local Independence man calling himself the only true Canadian. The speaker's claim that Imperialism is the only means by which there will ever be a real Canadian nation. Our own fault as a people ...

George, W.K., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 1 Dec 1904, 42-51     The importance of manufacturing industries to Canada. How largely our manufacturing industries bulk in the commerce of our country: some statistics. Almost every industry in Canada today here on account of the measure of protection which has been afforded to it: ways in which that is so. The greatest folly ...

Herridge, Rev. Dr. W.T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 22 Dec 1904, 68-77     Canadians as a people in the formative period of youth. Only just beginning to discover how great are our purely material resources. Canada's mineral, fishing, and timber resources. Our educational system. Enjoying the blessings of a constitutional rule which has been broadened from precedent to precedent. Having to guard against ...

Jebb, Richard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 27 Oct 1905, 22-33     The issue of Imperial consolidation. One feature of the movement which is associated in England with the name of Mr. Chamberlain. Chamberlain's proposal. A desirable form of Imperial unity, or at any rate a practical form of Imperial unity. The effect of Mr. Chamberlain's campaign: making the people arrange their ...

Beale, Octavius C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 9 Nov 1905, 44-53     The whole aim and scheme of the working of civilization to go from chaos to cohesion. Our British Empire established and grew in a kind of irregular unforeseen chaotic manner, with illustrative instances. The word "Empire" and what it does and does not convey clearly. The loyalty to the British ...

Sutherland, Hon. R.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1906), 11 Jan 1906, 121-130     The very best course to produce a united and progressive Empire for the people of the Motherland to recognize the progress in culture and self-governing capacity that Canada has made during recent years and the important factor which she and the other Colonies are commencing to be when the Mother-country ...

Smith, F.E.; Lygon, The Hon. Henry; Chamberlain, Norman; Murray, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1907), 4 Oct 1906, 14-24     Mr. F.E. Smith, M.P.: The results of the election which has recently taken place in England. The English people, pronouncing once for all, quite decisively, upon the issue of Tariff Reform. Attacking a long-standing dogma. Appreciating the significance of the letter which Mr. Balfour wrote recently to Mr. Chamberlain; an ...

Milligan, Rev. Dr. G.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1907), 22 Nov 1906, 85-92     Imperialism and the balance of power. What is meant by the balance of power. The history of the concept of the balance of power. The instinct of man at first left to himself of isolation. Complexity as a mark of excellence, whether in the realm of Nature or in the ...

Gow, J. Graham, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1907), 17 Jan 1907, 166-173     The speaker's duties, representing New Zealand all over the world, looking up overseas markets. His first move to visit South Africa, and the success of the trip. From there to England and his reception there. Subsidization of steamers from New Zealand to Africa, and to the west parts of England. ...

Mills, Right Rev. Dr. Wm. Lennox, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1907), 10 Apr 1907, 314-324     A review of the wealth and resources of our country. Some dollar figures in terms of industry and production. The beauty of our scenery from coast to coast. Indications of our prosperity. Our dangers: real, and arising from a lack of cohesiveness coming from the different elements of which our ...

Foster, Hon. George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 9 May 1907, 11-14     Bearing the name of the Empire; the need to stiffen up your shoulder and make your limbs good and strong to bear the weight of that portion of Empire work that falls upon you through the coming years. The Empire of Britain just about beginning its work, despite its age ...

Greenwood, Hamar, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 13 Sep 1907, 15-20     Speaking from the point of view of the home country, and of a man who views the British Empire from the royal palace of Westminster and from the Colonial Office, and not so much as one who so often in Canada views the Empire only from the local platform. The ...

Brodeur, Hon. Louis Philippe, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 14 Nov 1907, 91-106     The work of the colonial conference—the solidarity of the interests of Great Britain and the Dominions. A consideration of the important questions dealt with at the fifteen meetings of the Conference. A summary of the proceedings and resolutions discussed. Viewing each subject from a general standpoint. Keeping before us the ...