U. S. Prohibition of Liquor: Assets of the Grand Trunk Railway?
Halbut Fishery Agreement:
Traffic in Drugs: Daylight Saving: The Thanks of France to Canada From Our Own Correspondent.
Kingston, Out., Apr. 30.
Those that go down to the sea in ships see the wonders of the deep, but the sea cannot ever have seen such deep plans for supplying a "dry" country with good things to drink, and such efforts being made to frustrate these plans, as are being carried out on the coasts of the United States. Where Canada comes in in this connexion is over the question of the States forbidding ships carrying liquor from entering its ports. When this matter arose in a less prominent way than it has now, Canadians saw that-it should turn out to be an advantage to them. The Americans are awakening to this, and why it is likely to be so is well put by the '"'Chicago Tribune" as follows:—"Middle-western travellers can proceed by train to Montreal almost as cheaply and quickly and fully as comfortably as to New York. At Halifax they would be a day nearer Europe, and at Quebec almost a day nearer. It is an easy way_out. Thousands upon thousands of passengers will take it. It will mean thousands of dollars profit to the Canadian ports." The point is well made by Canadians that such information as this is really a splendid advertisement of Canadian ports; as leaving out the question of thirsty travellers being able to quench their thirst, it draws attention to the advantage of these ports to those who want to save time in reaching Europe.
Another matter connected with shipping, as between this country and the United States, is the demand of the latter that any American- ships sold shall be sold with the proviso that they shall be subject to the liquor laws of the States, and. that they shall not be admitted to the Canadian register without. Naturally Canadians object to this string being attached to the sale of the ships, and they have sought the aid of the Imperial Government in sustaining their objection. This will be given without doubt, as Great Britain also objects to this unprecedented proviso, which on the face of it, appears to be altogether contrary to established international law and ordinary custom.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.