Ottawa, Jan. 18.
In the House of Commons to-day Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Leader of the Opposition, affirmed the spontaneous desire of Canada to do her duty to bring the war to ful conclusion. He prot support to raise the Canadian forces to half a million. He emphasized, however, that this must not be a prelude to conser The Premier replied dwelling on the immediate prospects and paying a tribute to the people of Canada who have already sent 190,000 troops abroad and who have 290,000 under arms, He emphatically repeated that there was no intention of introducing conscription in Canada.
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