Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1911 — CANADA REJECTS TREATY; LIBERALS FAIL AT POLLS. [ARTICLE]

CANADA REJECTS TREATY; LIBERALS FAIL AT POLLS.

Defeat to Laurier adM Death n "•c? w* 1 swamp . Awqim n| A __ Wts - A 4 « Blow to Proposed Reciprocity Treaty. Reciprocity is dead. Canada voters sat down hard on the pact passed at the special session of the United States congress, thereby, rejecting closer trade relations between the two countries. Not only was the reciprocity treaty given its death blow but the liberal party headed by Sir Wilfred Laurier, premier, defeated, and while Laurier will be returned to parliament, he will be shorn of his power, for the conservatives will have a majority of fifty in the next parliament Robert L. Borden, who led the fight for the conservatives against the reciprocal treaty,' will become the new premier.. The result of the election held in Canada Thursday was a veritable land slide against the tariff treaty and the vote was the largest ever polled in Canada. The vote shows clearly that Canada people do ndt favor annexation and that they are unwilling to enter into any trade relations that indicate a possibility of them ultimately being absorbed by the United States. The conservative party worked on the sentimental basis largely during the campaign, contending that the approval of the treaty meant the passing of Canada from Great Britain to the 'United States.