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FIELD MARSHAL H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AND STRATHEARN, K.G.
Appointed Governor-General of Canada in 1911.
CONTENTS.
I.-RECIPROCITY WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Development and Environment of the Issue....
Reciprocity Negotiations at Ottawa and Washington....
Presentation of Agreement to Parliament and Congress.
Canadian Opinion of the Agreement; Independent Hostility to Reci-
procity
Progress of the Liberal Revolt and Manifesto of the 18 Toronto
Liberals
.....
Reciprocity Agreement before the United States Congress...
Annexation Utterances in the United States Congress and Press....
President Taft's Campaign for the Agreement...
The Reciprocity Agreement in the Canadian Parliament..
Mr. R. L. Borden's Tour of Western Canada.....
Provincial Policy and Action regarding Reciprocity.
The Manufacturers and the Reciprocity Agreement.
The Farmers' Interests and the Agreement..
British and Imperial Interests and Reciprocity..
II. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.
The Government, the Liberal Party and Reciprocity..
The Conservative Party and Opposition to Reciprocity.
Dissolution of Parliament and the Party Manifestoes.
-Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Speeches in the Campaign....
- Mr. R. L. Borden's Speeches and Policy in the Campaign.
Mr. Bourassa and the Quebec Nationalist Position.....
The Liberal Campaign and Point of View in Quebec.
Independent Opinion and Action in the Campaign.
The Manufacturers and the Election Campaign..
The Farmer and the Consumer in the Elections..
Appeal to the Consumer and the High Cost of Living.
British and United States Interests in the Elections.
The Position of the Eastern Provinces in the Contest.
The Position of the Western Provinces in the Contest.
Transportation Interests and Reciprocity......
Miscellaneous Incidents of the Reciprocity Campaign.
Results of the Election; Defeat of Reciprocity.....
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Public Opinion in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain.....
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III.-DOMINION PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
Last Months of the Laurier Administration and the 11th Parliament.
Retirement of the Laurier Government; Accession of Mr. Borden to
Power
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Policy and Principles of the new Borden Government.
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