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should be the British Government which has caused
to be attached to him an unjust stigma in the eyes
of the world.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

There is a feeling in Canada that this island should
become part of the Dominion. When we were in
Canada, the chief obstacle to this was the dispute
as to French rights, but this has since been happily
settled, to the apparent satisfaction of the Canadians
and of the inhabitants of Newfoundland. There
remain the two islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon,
which the Canadians think should, if possible, be puchased
 from France by the Imperial Government. It
is stated that they dominate the St. Lawrence, and
are used merely as a base for smuggling operations.
A rumour was being circulated last winter that negotiations
 had been opened for the sale of these islands
to the United States. This naturally alarmed the
Canadians, but apparently there was little cause for
apprehension in the report.

SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT'S SUGGESTION FOR
AN IMPERIAL PoLIcy.

Sir Richard Cartwright, one of the best known
figures in Canadian public life, is often quoted
as a supporter of Mr. Chamberlain’s policy.
This view of his utterances is of course erroneous.
The veteran statesman, who sees clearly enough
the dangers and evils of Protection, is entirely out
of sympathy with the Imperial policy developed