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Taft, Hon. William Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 29 Jan 1914, 135-144     The speaker's experience in the Philippines, journeying there as a representative of the United States. On reaching Manila Bay on hot June morning. The opposition of the military to the U.S. policy of conciliation. How that affected relations with the Filipinos. The wonderful work done by the army in the ...

Harvey, Sir John Martin, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 28 Apr 1921, 182-191     Making the all-red route starting from the east of Canada and going right across the continent, and then crossing down to Australia, India, Africa, and New Zealand. Now possible because there is a chain of theatres stretched from one end of Canada to the other. Encouraging actors in England to ...

Members of the British Educational Mission, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 4 Nov 1918, 340-350     Dr. Shipley, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge: The relations of the highly trained graduate to the business world. The establishment of an Appointments Board at Cambridge by the speaker and Sir Nicholas Shaw. Response to such a Board by the university, and by the magnates of London. Success in ...

Cody, Rev. Canon H.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 16 Feb 1922, 50-67     Membership in a large institution as the best corrective for narrowness of outlook, for provincialism. The world outlook of the educated Britisher in the motherland. Remembering that we are at once Canadians and Britons—better Britons because Canadians, better Canadians because Britons. Nothing incompatible between representative government or democratic institutions, and ...

Clark, Michael, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1921), 18 Mar 1920, 146-157     Recalling the great men that begat us; recalling the little Islands from which we sprung; taking mental note of how these little Islands are linking up with the enormous Countries beyond the sea which constitute the outlying portions of the British Empire. Those who came away from the Island which ...

Hoyle, Honourable W.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 12 Dec 1912, 112-117     A retrospective view of the development of Imperialism. British history divided into four parts: training, colonization through discovery, colonization by conquest, the growth of the Empire. A brief review of each. Asking the member of the Empire Club to go forward in the great work of forming public opinion, and ...

Casgrain, Lieut.-Col. The Hon. J.P.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1913), 22 Feb 1912, 146-155     The speaker's journey to London last year as a representative of Canada at the coronation of his august majesty, King George V. The good knowledge obtained during that visit, of the immense commercial resources of the British Isles, convincing him that England was still the mistress of the commerce of ...

Madden, Venerable T.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1912), 6 Oct 1910, 42-49     Reading about the self-depreciation of the Englishman. A little boasting in Canada. The growth of the British Empire; some history. Population 100 years ago and today. The number of people speaking the British language 100 years ago and today. The commercial growth of the Empire, with a few figures. Some ...

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 ...

Cave, Rt. Hon. Viscount, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1921), 27 Sep 1920, 312-323     The speaker at the end of an experience of a railroad journey of 8,000 miles through Canada, the memory of which will remain with him for the rest of his life. The speaker’s wish that all members of the Imperial Cabinet would pay a visit to Canada and that some ...

Powell, Ellis T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1921), 8 Sep 1920, 290-303     The term "Scientific Imperialism" and whether or not that is an inconsistent term. Having done with Imperialism in the old significance of the word. What the speaker means by Scientific Imperialism: the domination of the natural forces of this earth into subjection to the mind of man, and consequently into ...

Sweeny, Right Rev. J.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1910), 9 Dec 1909, 47-52     The Empire Club helping, as does the Canadian Club, in the creation, maintenance, and advancement of the Imperialistic idea in this Canada of ours. All that is contained in the single word, "Empire." The vast possessions of the Empire. Speaking of the unit, of the individual, of the isolated subject ...

Jellicoe, Earl, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 3 Sep 1931, 176-180     A brief luncheon address about the British Empire and Canada's participation in it. Conditions in Great Britain.

Smuts, General Right Honourable Jan Christiaan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 3 Jan 1930, 350-360     What binds the Empire together: the human feelings, the ideals and friendships. The speaker's belief that in our family group of Empire we have solved problems. The thorough testing of the Empire over the last decade or two. Signs of new life in Great Britain. Problems facing the British Empire ...

Ryrie, Sir Granville, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1932), 9 Aug 1932, 197-210     Details of the speaker's journey to Canada. Some impressions of Canada. Some comparisons between Australia and Canada, between Sydney and Melbourne and Toronto and Montreal. The Future of the Empire. The speaker's dislike for the term "Commonwealth of Nations" as opposed to the British Empire. Ample signs that the British ...

Drew, Lieutenant-Colonel George A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1943), 7 Jan 1943, 272-287     A brief review of the current war situation, particularly Allied successes. Increasing reason for confidence. Ensuring that the enemy is defeated to the extent that they cannot rebuild to fight again. The still long and hard road to victory. Deciding on the nature of the relationship which is to exist ...

MacKendrick, Lt.-Col. W.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 26 Oct 1922, 254-266     The speaker's study of the Bible. An amusing analogy of the Bible being a story of the British Empire.

Kirkpatrick, Colonel A.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927), 26 Oct 1926, 311-317     The founding of The Empire Club of Canada in 1903. Adopting the motto "Canada and a United Empire." The establishment of a branch of The Empire Club in Winnipeg this year. Winnipeg's future wrapt up in the development of our Western plains. Some words from eminent visitors about this area. ...

Guedella, Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1934), 18 May 1933, 184-195     No line that can be drawn between the past and the present because the past isn't just a thing that ends. The past and the present inextricably intertwined. Past relationships between countries in the Empire that never required anything in writing. What we think of each other. What the speaker ...

Neville, R.S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 2 Mar 1916, 100-118     The Dominions, during the present great war, shown a disposition to bear their respective shares. The time ripe for the formal consideration of a scheme of government for the Empire, which, in return, will provide for the just aspirations of the Dominions to share in the direction of foreign policy ...