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 Schurman, Jacob G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 17 Feb 1921, 60-74     Recent events in South Africa. Ways in which these events are significant. Great Britain's view of colonial relations now and in the past. The principles of liberty and nationality and independence. Another principle prevalent in the world called "anti-democracy," embodied in Bismarck. Now living in a world practically wholly given …

 Stewart, John A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 24 Feb 1921, 75-87     A toast to Sinn Feinism. Anglo-American relations. Talks with the President-to-be and his thoughts and comments on the matter. The work of the Sulgrave Institute in the furtherance of good will and understanding among English-speaking peoples. The importance to the world of Angle-American friendship. The issue of the Irish question …

 Morison, Prof. J.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 3 Mar 1921, 88-99     The Indian question as the most important question before the British Empire today, and how that is so. India's contribution to the war. Seeing to it that we are not failing in generosity and gratitude to India. A review of the Indian problem and its history. Faults of the British …

 Black, Robson, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 10 Mar 1921, 100-113     The subject today for consideration one that covers about a million and a half square miles in area, and is about as deep as civilization itself. Two ways of looking at a tree: as poetry, or as pulp-wood. A third view of a tree as a member of a mass …

 MacNaughton, Prof. John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 17 Mar 1921, 114-128     The appropriateness of speaking of Scotland. Some personal reminiscences of Scotland, and the speaker's return to the Old Country. Words on the recent victory in the war. The sea power that saved the world. The story of Zeebrugge. Our tremendous debt to the British Navy. The speaker's journey to France; …

 Emery, James A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 24 Mar 1921, 129-151     The relationship between our wants or desires and our capacity to satisfy them as the first and most individual question confronting us. The history of our race one of continual struggle with the forces of nature which yield reluctantly to the labour, knowledge, talent and character of man. Surplus wealth …

 Doherty, Right Hon. C.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 31 Mar 1921, 152-163     Some phases in connection with the League of Nations which may have been overlooked in previous speeches. Objectives and aspirations of the League. Justice as the one thing that is more absolutely necessary than peace. No permanent peace without justice as its firm foundation. Ways in which a Court of …

 Gompers, Samuel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 19 Apr 1921, 164-181     Reference to the speech given just a few weeks ago, and also to words of Mr. Gary, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the United States Steel Corporation, published in this morning's papers. The problem of the relations between employers and workers as the problem of the time, the problem …

 Field, F.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 5 May 1921, 192-203     The position of the industrial conditions in England. Trade relations between Canada and the Old Land. A few words about the development between the foreign units of the Empire. The speaker's recent return to England, Scotland and Wales, visiting more than 40 plants, talking and meeting with industrial and commercial …

 Rustomjee, Rustom, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 13 Oct 1921, 237-251     Some amusing anecdotes of the speaker's reception in various parts of the world. Forces seeking not only to drive a wedge between the peoples of the United States and the British Empire, but between the Mother-country and His Majesty's overseas dominions. The speaker's conviction, after a prolonged stay and much …

 Fay, Prof. C.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Oct 1921, 252-260     The importance of sentiment in Imperial affairs. An invitation to consider the point that sentiment unaided by knowledge is not able to effect everything. The speaker's wish to show us that there is something more than sentiment in the field of activities, something very closely connected with sentiment, that being …

 Falconer, Sir Robert A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 27 Oct 1921, 261-277     The speaker's observations from his trip to Britain during the past summer. The "smokelessness" of England to be found last June. The sad aspect that this was partly due to the coal strike. The lack of complaining heard. Much of England like a very strong man—silent, bearing a burden, but …

 MacMillan, Prof. J.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 13 Jan 1921, 1-13     What minimum legislation means. The purpose and anticipations of the recently-formed Board in the Province of Ontario. The principle underneath minimum wage laws: the right to live. The purpose of minimum wage laws: not to fix wages, but to draw a certain line, below which wages may not fall. This …

 Percy, Major-General Sir Jocelyn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 27 Jan 1921, 14-30     The speaker, sent to Russia by the War Office in 1907, just after the Russia-Japanese war to view the battle fields and gauge the value of the Russians. The speaker's expectations and actual findings. Karensky's revolution in Russia, and the consequences for the people. How the revolution was started, who …

 Foster, Right Hon. Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 3 Feb 1921, 31-49     The latest development to the First Assembly of The League. Some comments on the League itself. How we can win in this work. The League of Nations launched with the adoption of the covenant or draft at the Peace Conference. The effects of the war remaining with us. A reading …

 Lord, Arthur; Taft, Henry; Kellen, William B., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 10 Feb 1921, 50-59     Arthur Lord: Monies appropriated towards the commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrims from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Federal Government and elsewhere. A description of the celebration which marked the 300th anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims. Characterization of the "Pilgrim quality," with historical instances. The form of …

 Harvey, Sir John Martin, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 28 Apr 1921, 182-191     Making the all-red route starting from the east of Canada and going right across the continent, and then crossing down to Australia, India, Africa, and New Zealand. Now possible because there is a chain of theatres stretched from one end of Canada to the other. Encouraging actors in England to …

 Lowther, Right Hon. J.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 14 Jun 1921, 204-214     Ways in which the House of Commons as a microcosm of the people of the United Kingdom. The House of Commons also mirroring some of the failings of the British People. The need for direction. Domestic legislation. An amusing comparison between Canada and Great Britain. The speaker's experience of 40 …

 Morgan, Ben H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 1 Sep 1921, 215-226     A few thoughts on the present political and economic organization of the British Empire. Two streams of thought and action: one in the direction of Imperial Federation; another school of thought in the direction of autonomous government. The speaker's belief that Empire unity cannot be promoted by legislation. The true …

 Gough, Rev. A.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 22 Sep 1921, 227-236     Post-war problems in Great Britain. Such problems not the result of the victory. The speaker's opinion as to the cause of the troubles. Finding the most enthusiastic expression coming from the lips of people whose hearts are set upon destruction. Examples of such orators in Hyde Park. The speaker's work …