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Riddell, The Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 15 Mar 1917, 491-505     The self-exhibition of the Prussian mind made in several books recommended to the author by a now deceased German to the speaker, regarding the causes of the war. Comments based upon the reading reco

Johnston, E.F.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 22 Mar 1917, 506-516     An explanation, in a simple, connected sort of way about the Kaiser, and why he acts as he does, and the manner of man he is and evidently shows himself to be. The Kaiser's building of a navy that wo

Lash, Z.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 29 Mar 1917, 517-528     A submission by the speaker, a legal argument for his proposition with regard to Canada's status within the Empire and the part she can play in determining her foreign affairs. Great Britain as the n

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

Cameron, Lieut.-Col. Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 12 Apr 1917, 538-544     The speaker's purpose "to make some reference to the country in which we live, its resources and potential wealth, so that we may feel called upon here and now to make the greatest sacrifices that Br

Allan, J.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 19 Apr 1917, 545-551     Forming a perspective of Russia only by a series of visit in order to do that country justice. A physical description of Russia. Russia as a land of contradictions. Population makeup and figures. Sci

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

Pidgeon, Rev. G.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 10 May 1917, 559-569     The difficulty of reproducing Eastern in Western Canada. The effect of the East on the West: there are entirely new elements entering into the life of that country. The influences of the land itself,

Rathom, John R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 15 Jun 1917, 570-587     The machinery of the United States, a little to get into motion, is in motion, and the statement made by the President true: that the United States is in this thing to her last dollar and her last dr

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

Doherty, Hon. Charles J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 14 Jan 1915, 26-34     All those meanings that the war has in common with other wars. The meaning of the war that is found in the revelation that we have had of the reality of something that is the most important of all th

Mawson, Sir Douglas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 22 Jan 1915, 35-43     Support form Adelaide University for scientific expeditions. The speaker's connection to the Empire, and his interest in Canada. Reference to Dr. Machell from Ontario on the Shackleton expedition, me

MacDonald, Dr. J.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 2 Feb 1915, 44-53     Today American looking back to Europe to the ancient homes of our peoples in Britain, in France, in Germany, in the Low Countries, in Italy, and in the Near East. Asking what America has to show and

Tory, Henry Marshall, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 3 Feb 1915, 54-65     [Address to the Empire Club of Canada at Exhibition Park, Toronto. A thousand men in training for the Canadian Contingent were also present.] The difficulty of realising the significance of what is h

Stauffer, Rev. Byron H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 18 Feb 1915, 66-77     Nothing but the absorbing thought of the war that has kept Canada from remembering that the fifteenth of last month was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir John Alexander Macdonald. To read the

Ponton, Lieut.-Col. W.N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 25 Feb 1915, 78-88     Some personal background and memories of the speaker. Ways in which the comradeship in arms and the "will to be one" has wiped out all politics, all sectarianism, all denominationalism. All exuberant

Dancy, S.N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 4 Mar 1915, 89-104     The speaker, addressing the audience as a Canadian, born in the City of Belleville, of good Canadian parents, who succeeded in going into Germany and looking around behind the German lines, and succe

McCrimmon, Chancellor A.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 18 Mar 1915, 105-115     The war, revealing certain great principles of action and certain great trends of history. Some of our preconceptions being verified; others not. The trend of German ambition. A review of the history

Herridge, Rev. Dr. W.T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1915), 23 Mar 1915, 116-122     Whatever our attitude towards creeds and churches, to whatever church we belong, or even if we belong to no church at all, all of us trying to get down to the roots of things, and the religious insti