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 Taft, Ex-President William Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 20 Jan 1919, 50-62     Reference to the speaker's last address at the Empire Club, and the changed circumstances since that time. America's part in the Great War. The war and its effect upon Canada. Our returning boys and finding them employment. The great future that awaits Canada. The opportunity given to Canada through the …

 Currie, Sir Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 29 Aug 1919, 303-317     The story of the last hundred days of the war. First, reference to the first engagement in which the Canadians fought, the Second Battle of Ypres. Understanding that war is simply the curse of butchery, and men who have gone through it, who have seen war stripped of all its …

 Finlay, Lord Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 18 Sep 1919, 318-330     The Crown as a bond of Empire. The British connection that is a fervent feeling of attachment. The advantages to all parts of the Empire that is carried with the union of the Empire. An appeal to stick together. The magnificent part played by Canada in the war. The desire …

 Mercier, His Eminence Cardinal, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 14 Oct 1919, 331-345     The very sincere, spontaneous sympathy between the Canadians and the Belgians. Recalling what the Canadians did at Ypres and elsewhere during the war. Respectful worship of the graves of Canadian soldiers in France and Belgium. The new form of war that we have just been through, and how it was …

 Cahan, Chas. H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 27 Mar 1919, 191-215     The request by Sir Robert Borden that the speaker examine propaganda carried on through Canada by certain foreign elements for the suspected purpose of weakening the efforts of the Canadian people in carrying on the war. Some background history to this propaganda. The belief, as stated by a German official …

 Thwing, Chas. F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 3 Apr 1919, 216-222     Canada and the country south of Canada as new nations, measured either by the centurial existence of our old British Empire, or by the length of existence of an Empire Republic like China. The speaker's belief that the great Imperial Republic of Canada and the great Republic south of the …

 Marburg, Hon. Theodore, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 10 Apr 1919, 223-233     The hope that the new world will witness the end of the madness of preparing for another war as soon as one is ended. Preventing war, or at least rendering it impossible for any State to make preparation for war the principal business of the body politic. Organizing the world …

 Eaton, Rev. C.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 17 Apr 1919, 234-250     Our choice between Democracy and Bolshevism as the foundation upon which we are to construct a new age. Contemplating the results of the German assault upon human liberties. Democracy and its persistence against adverse conditions down the centuries, as described by De Tocqueville. Bolshevism as the new claimant which undertakes …

 Claxton, P.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 24 Apr 1919, 251-263     The dependency of material wealth of education, and how that is so. Pleading for more financial support for education. The speaker's search for evidence of a relationship between education and wealth. An imagined scenario of the world filled with people who had forgotten everything they had been educated to know. …

 Rathbone, Henry R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 1 May 1919, 264-275     Unity of the Anglo-Saxon race as the hope of the world today, and why that is so. Ways in which the British and American nations are by far the mightiest in the world. How Britain and America have demonstrated that they possess the genius for government. The British Empire and …

 MacNaughton, Professor John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 15 May 1919, 276-286     A glance over the last few years; remembering the war. Reference to Henry James becoming a British subject, and what such a gesture meant. The coming into the war by the Americans, and earlier, the glory of the Canadians. Scotland's contribution to the war effort. The predestined function of Canada. …

 Cody, Hon. Dr. H.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 22 May 1919, 287-290     President Stapells asked Dr. Cody to propose the toast to the Empire. Dr. Cody: The special fitness in proposing this toast this year. The name of Queen Victoria, inextricably linked up with great advance in the idea and practice of the Empire, and how that is so. The Empire's health, …

 Henders, R.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 22 May 1919, 291-302     The clash of arms past; the glorious days of peace with a complete and everlasting triumph of the forces of justice and liberty here. Turning to look at the aftermath of the war; the large expenditure that has to be made, and the population that is here to meet it. …

 Pearson, Sir Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 7 Jan 1919, 1-19     The gallant men who with courage, resolution and determination are learning or have learned to be blind under the speaker's care at St. Dunstan's, a generic term for a group of establishments. The original house of St. Dunstan's. Armistice Day at St. Dunstan's. The education at St. Dunstan's. Teaching men …

 Braddon, Hon. H.Y., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 24 Jan 1919, 63-76     Australia's regard for Canadians as blood brothers. Some distinctions between Canada and Australia. The labour question in Australia. Laws governing labour conditions and wages in Australia. Reference to the Whitley report in England. Strikes in Australia. The small Bolshevist element in the labour party. Hopes for mutual understanding between the …

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      Annual Report for 1919 of the Waterloo Public Library. Includes names of members of the Library Board.

 Wright, Councillor Peter, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 18 Oct 1919, 346-359     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and the Kiwanis Club, Under Auspices of the Navy League of Canada. The Toronto Male Chorus first "enlivened the proceedings with several songs." Mr. Wright: The meaning of the song "Britannia Rules the Waves." Realizing what the navy has done during …

 Van Dyke, Dr. Henry, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1920), 25 Oct 1919, 360-368     Ladies Day The proposed centenary of the hundred years of peace between the United States and the British Empire. A reading of some of the speaker's verse about war. The fighting that continues in Europe and Asia today. Doing our best to keep peace. Dealing with those who break the …