Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1916 — Thinks Germany Will Want Canada As Spoils. [ARTICLE]

Thinks Germany Will Want Canada As Spoils.

An Ottowa. dispatch states that if Germany is successful in the conflict raging in Europe that it will seek to secure Canada from England as a fruit of victory. Senator Lougheed, speaking in the upper house of parliament, said that German spies had compiled and filed in the archives of their government more complete information upon the natural and developed resources of Canada than is possessed by the dominion government. He expressed the opinion that Germans living in the United States would be willing to fight for the capture of Canada. He said that if the allies’ lines could be broken and Germany could get through with’its warshots it would land troops in Canada. He urged that to prevent such a contingency Canadians should exert themselves to aid Great Britain.