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 Currie, General Sir Arthur W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 12 Nov 1931, 258-274     Reference to yesterday's Remembrance Day. India and her problems. The difficulty of understanding India and her problems. Mark Twain's description of India. Some historical facts and background in order to understand the situation even in the most sketchy fashion. Recognizing India today as a vastly different thing to what it …

 Gibb, Sir Alexander, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 14 Sep 1931, 186-191     Transportation right now one of the most urgent questions in Canada. The extent and pace of development dependent on the proper administration of our transport. The Royal Commission set up to enquire principally into the question of Railway and Highway competition. The speaker engaged in investigating, for the Canadian Government, …

 Campbell, Gerald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 26 Mar 1931, 111-116     Working conditions and duties of those in the British Consular Service. The life of a consular agent an interesting and expanding existence. Some personal experiences and anecdotes of the speaker. A brief historical account of the position. The most important work that which is in connection with trade and commerce. …

 Ignatieff, Count Paul N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 12 Mar 1931, 96-105     Understanding the trend of the underlying forces which have created the Russian Nation. A review of Russia's past history to provide some idea of the difficulties confronting Russian school education. An historical review of Russia's education. The ruling class of Russia. The Russian as a family man or a religious …

 Ingram, Right Honourable Right Reverend A.F. Winnington, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 17 Sep 1931, 192-198     In what spirit England is meeting her present difficulties. Recalling how England met the difficulties of 1914. The current problem of England finding itself losing the credit of the world. What it means for the Bank of England to lose its credit. Men like MacDonald, Thomas, and Snowden, who have …

 Easman, Dr. S. Mack, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 4 Nov 1931, 246-257     Encouraging signs for the League, for the Empire, and for the state of the world, despite this last year being the worst in terms of the depression—economic, financial, and therefore psychological and political. Christendom rallying to the support of the League. The promising affiliation in American policy as regards the …

 Moore, Tom, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 5 Mar 1931, 83-95     Russia as a factor in unemployment in Canada and other countries. Relief made possible through the expenditure of money by the Federal, Provincial and Municipal authorities. Controversy over employment figures prior to and after this expenditure. Difficulties of obtaining such figures. Need for other government machinery whereby we can gauge …

 Stevens, Honourable H.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 8 Oct 1931, 199-211     An assembly of fats upon which intelligent men may profitably ponder, and form conclusions which might be helpful in these times of financial stress and strain. Reference to the McMillan Commission, appointed by the British Government a year and a half ago. Some words from the report of that Commission. …

 Jellicoe, Earl, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 3 Sep 1931, 176-180     A brief luncheon address about the British Empire and Canada's participation in it. Conditions in Great Britain.

 Fraser, Captain Ian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 1 May 1931, 143-151     Reference to Tag Day for the Blind. Disappointment with the Imperial Conference last year, and reasons for that disappointment. The unlikelihood that any measure of reciprocal preference with regard to trade will come under the present British government. Some comments on the side-shows within the Conservative Party in Britain. Misunderstanding …

 Don, Kaye, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 10 Sep 1931, 181-185     Some of the speaker's personal experiences with Canada and Canadians, especially during the war at Vimy Ridge. Some words on the boat race in which the speaker is involved. The speaker then answered questions from the audience.

 Ferguson, Hon. G. Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 6 Jan 1931, 1-13     Some phases of public activity and public problems that seem to the speaker to be uppermost in the mind of every Britisher at the present moment. The speaker's conviction that it is not only desirable but essential to the safeguarding of all liberty and the spirit of justice and freedom …

 Colbourne, Maurice, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 15 Jan 1931, 14-25     References to "The Apple Cart" and recent world events. A summary of the kind of future which the British Empire faces, according to Bernard Shaw and "The Apple Cart." Response to "The Apple Cart" in the United States as witnessed by the speaker. Learning to grin and bear Bernard Shaw's …

 Towers, Graham F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 26 Feb 1931, 73-82     The shock of the extent of the present world-wide depression to a business world encouraged by post-war recovery, and by a number of years of relative prosperity. A closer examination of the reasons for the existence of the depression. The part played by currency and credit in business prosperity or …

 O'Farrell, P.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 19 Mar 1931, 106-110     Stabilization of money today the greatest problem before the human race. The lack of stable money today. The need to stabilize silver as well as gold. Bank notes, treasury notes, silver and gold not really money, but credit money. More than half of this credit money circulating the world pure …

 Lindley, The Right Honourable Sir Francis O., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 8 Jun 1931, 169-175     Ways in which we are all diplomats. What is meant by secret diplomacy. Professional diplomacy. What that term means, and a brief history of the job. The work of a diplomatic representative up to quite recent times. Changes in the twentieth century, and reasons for the changes. Changes also in …

 Pilcher, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 19 Nov 1931, 275-286     The spirit underlying British statesmanship in London now; the spirit which entirely animates our judgment on problems such as India. The Indian question as put by the Indian leaders who demand a great change in the character and control of the administration of the country, and in a reversal by …

 Robertson, Hon. G.D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 29 Jan 1931, 26-35     Efforts being made to relieve unemployment in Canada. A recognition that the care of unemployed people or of people in distress primarily the responsibility of the community in which they live, and that if the municipality is unable to provide relief, then assistance is sought from the province, but never …

 Bessborough, His Excellency, The Right Honourable Earl of, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 24 Nov 1931, 287-296     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club in Honour of His Excellency, The Right Honourable Earl of Bessborough: The experience of the speaker and his family in Canada. Gaining an up-to-date understanding of the British Empire. The British Empire not as a rigid political …

 Paish, Sir George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1931), 16 Apr 1931, 117-131     Looking back to the events since the war; seeing that the bankers of the world have taken greater risks than ever in their history; why and how this is so. Difficulties with credit and loans. Some dollar figures to show where we are now. The speaker's judgment that they have …