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 Mahsi, Professor Yohan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 10 Apr 1924, 174-183     Reference to the political agitations which have been carried on in India in recent years. The great and ever-increasing unrest during the last 15 or 20 years in India, and reasons for it. India's national awakening to the great benefits which they have received under British rule, due to the …

 Kahn, Otto H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 17 Apr 1924, 184-209     The speaker's observations and impressions after a return from a recent trip to Europe, during which time he had the opportunity of speaking with most of the leading statesmen in the countries visited, and with many important men in financial and industrial life. His international survey begins with England. The …

 Seager, Rev. C.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 24 Apr 1924, 210-222     Canada's particular, specific relation to the League of Nations. Activities and success of the League of Nations. The significance of the International Court of Justice. What the League really stands for. Seeing in the League of Nations the beginning of a great new thing which the speaker ventures to call …

 Anderson, Right Reverend Charles P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 6 May 1924, 223-230     Internationalism and what it involves. Considering the question of Internationalism with respect to Canada and the United States. The international nature of the British Empire. The growing spirit of Internationalism. Things that are international, such as art and science. Reference to "Wells' Outlines of History" which starts a new idea …

 Willison, Sir John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 2 Oct 1924, 231-248     Australia. The story of Australia. The characteristics, the spirit of adventure of the Australian people. Travel on the sea by the Australians, with dollar figures. The press of Australia. Theatre in Sydney and Melbourne. Phases of life in Australia for which there are no counterparts in Canada. Climate as compared …

 O'Ryan, Major-General John F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 9 Oct 1924, 249-262     Personal reminiscences and anecdotes of the war. Lessons of war. Friendly rivalries between allied armies in the war. The Canadians and Americans, credited with livening up the war. The spirit of humor injected into situation that would otherwise be worse than they really were, characteristic of the Canadians and the …

 Tatlow, A.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 16 Oct 1924, 263-272     Ignorance about South Africa. Africa as the enigma of the continents: the first to be discovered, the last to be explored. The discovery of South Africa more the result of cause and effect; how that is so. Understanding South Africa by reflecting on two or three very elementary matters and …

 Buchan, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 23 Oct 1924, 273-284     First, a word about British socialism. Difference from the continental variety. British socialism more an economical idea than a political creed. The British talent for compromise, with example. Characterization of British labour. The British Labour Party: nominally socialistic, but in practice only a very small number of its members actual …

 Parsons, S.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 30 Oct 1924, 285-300     A report and view of the Exhibition as the speaker saw it. The British Empire Exhibition as a great co-operative effort, and how that is so. The lack of private gain in connection with the Exhibit. The site at Wembley. The impossibility of comparing this Exhibit with that of the …

 State, Captain J. Milton, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 13 Nov 1924, 311-314     The wonderful work being done by the Canadian National Railways and the Canadian Pacific Railway in making Canada known to the people outside. The speaker's presentation consisted of a slide show and travelogue across Canada, beginning near the mouth of the St. John River where Champlain landed and began his …

 Greaves, W.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 27 Nov 1924, 334-346     Essentials of public speaking, as express by some eminent orators. The attitude of the average person towards the art of public speaking. The speaker's consideration of the elemental, underlying principles of the art of public speaking. Making use of three languages, which may be expressed in three synonymous ways, and …

 McCrea, Hon. Charles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1924), 11 Dec 1924, 357-368     The development of the mining industry in the Province of Ontario, divided into two periods: the first period ending with the close of the last century, 1900; and the second period commencing the twentieth century, 1901, and onwards. A brief review of each period, specifically discussing the discoveries of gold …

 Bell, Professor Alexander, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 1 Nov 1917, 1-13     A reasonably definite date of the conception of the telephone somewhere in the summer of 1874 in Brantford, Ontario. The speaker's activities at the time. Recalling the circumstances under which the speaker first talked about his invention with his father. Drawings of the telephone's first conception by friends of the …

 Paulin, Captain J.B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 23 May 1918, 243-252     The disease of war-weariness; fighting that disease. Everything that we hold dear hanging on victory or defeat in this War. The criticisms of those at home who are immune from the awfulness of this war as the greatest casualty of all; too much of that criticism abroad in our land …

 Church, S.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 30 May 1918, 253-261     An expression of admiration of Canada's great work in contributing to win the war. This awful conflict that has brought us together in matters of religion. The world's debt to England. The nature of the British Empire. Lloyd George's response to the attack made upon him by General Maurice with …

 Miyaoka, Tsunejiro, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 9 Sep 1918, 267-282     The oath taken by the late Emperor, Meiji Tenno, in 1868 at the sanctuary dedicated to the worship of his Imperial ancestors, making various promises through five principles with regard to representative government in Japan, which may be said to embody the whole of the policy by means of which …

 Pankhurst, Mrs. Emmeline, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 17 Sep 1918, 283-290     The speaker sent by the Women's Party of Great Britain, an envoy of the women who have devoted their whole life and all their money and treasure to the winning of this great war. The argument against women fighting for their enfranchisement that they could not understand Imperial questions, and …

 Gardiner, George W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 27 Sep 1918, 291-298     A story told to illustrate the organization of Germany. The only way to win this war. A consideration of the German organization in the matter of dyes on which the whole world depended. The German mind. The might of Britain and the heroic devotion of those men who were willing …

 Falconer, Sir Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 7 Oct 1918, 299-310     The Khaki University, now placed on an official and permanent basis. The establishment of a Department for Educational Service in the Canadian Military Overseas Forces. Organization of the Department. Responsibilities of the Director of Overseas Education. Periodic meetings and advise upon matters of policy of the advisory Senate. Educational organization …

 Wakefield, Dr. Russell, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1919), 10 Oct 1918, 311-322     Losses suffered by Canadians in the war. The great righteous and moral strength of this war on the part of the Allies. Great Britain's share in the war. The great social reconstruction which must take place after the war. Learning great moral lessons from the war in order that there …