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hardly be said that the views of the Prime Minister were 
altogether favourably received in the Dominion. An election 
in the Arthabaska and Drummond division of Quebec which 
followed shortly saw the Government candidate defeated, 
a most unusual and surprising event, which showed that the 
anti-military spirit of the French Canadians was still strong, 
but a subsequent provincial election showed that the Govern- 
ment had not lost its hold on the province as completely as 
opponents prophesied. Moreover, both in Parliament and in 
the country the leaders of the Opposition in Quebec, Messrs. 
Monk,! Bourassa, and Lavergne, attacked the policy of 
the Dominion as involving the Dominion in needless wars.? 
On the other hand, the regular Opposition, under Mr. Borden, 
only criticized the Government on the ground that it was 
not prepared to co-operate in all British wars, and that it 
was decided on the policy of a Canadian fleet in place of 
co-operating by an immediate contribution towards the cost 
of the Imperial Navy pending the creation of an allied fleet 
which on constitutional grounds Mr. Borden advocated. 
By the Australian Act it is provided that the Governor- 
General may transfer to the King’s naval forces, or to the 
aaval forces of any part of the King’s dominions, any vessel 
of the Commonwealth naval forces and any officers or 
seamen of those forces for such period and subject to such 
conditions as he thinks desirable. Subject to these condi- 
tions officers and seamen transferred shall be subject to the 
laws and regulations governing the naval forces to which 
they may be transferred. The Governor-General is also 
empowered to accept transfers of vessels of the King’s naval 
forces or the naval forces of another Dominion, and of officers 
and seamen of such forces who will then fall under the rules 
affecting the naval forces of the Commonwealth. The Naval 
Discipline Act and the King’s regulations and Admiralty 
instructions for the time being in force shall apply to the 
Commonwealth naval forces subject to any modifications 
~ House of Commons Debates, 1909-10, pp. 1769 seq., 2991 seq. 
See e.g. Le Devoir, September 18, 1911. 
House of Commons Debates, 1909-10, pp. 1738 seq., 2979 seq.