Résultats

 Ware, Major-General Sir Fabian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 20 Oct 1925, 283-294     How, in building up the Imperial War-Graves Commission, we have really done something useful in regard to Imperial co-operation. Canada's devotion and dedication to the British Commonwealth of Nations, with examples. Reference to the speaker's address 18 years ago. The Imperial powerstation which was created when even before the war …

 Cronyn, Hume, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 28 Oct 1925, 295-309     A comparison of the Canadian Constitution with that of the United States: a fundamental difference. Three primary principles to be found in the Magna Charta: the right to personal security, the right of personal liberty, the right of private property. The issue of Canadian Parliamentary power over the executive. Canadian …

 Riddell, The Hon. Mr. Justice William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 5 Nov 1925, 310-322     A quotation from Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University with regard to the League of Nations and the misunderstanding of it by the American people. The changed attitude towards the idea of a League to enforce Peace following the war. The cause of the United States' abdication of …

 Nelson, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 12 Nov 1925, 323-339     Remarks largely based on observations and impressions received at the Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations at Honolulu last summer. Some details of the Conference as to who attended, and general aims. Canadian lack of knowledge of the region of the Pacific Ocean. Britain's long interest in the Pacific. …

 Cody, Rev. Canon, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Nov 1925, 340-350     Posing the question of how to secure a greater interest in public affairs, expressed by the casting of the vote. The principles of democracy, and the growth and expression of those principles in history. The term "Democracy" and underlying ideas. Comments on democracy as understand in terms outlined. A history …

 Garnett, Dr. James Maxwell, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 26 Nov 1925, 351-363     What Locarno has meant to those in England. The view that war between civilized states can be finally got rid of in our lifetime. The world now six times smaller, for practical purposes, than it was one hundred years ago. The result of that shrinkage in a crowded continent like …

 Imrie, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 30 Apr 1925, 234-250     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Board of Trade of the City of Toronto. The situation in Canada today. The lack of a definite forward-looking program that would appeal to the imagination and the common sense of Canadians; more attention being paid to the discouraging …

 Falconer, Sir Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 1 Oct 1925, 251-263     Canadians considering whether or not we as a people should not take a larger interest in the affairs of the world outside of us. When a Canadian goes to London. Being impressed by the magnitude of London and the Empire. The educated Englishman knowing more about Europe than Canada, and …

 Dutton, Sir Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 8 Oct 1925, 264-269     The Throne and United Empire. The throne as representative of that great estate of the realm, the Crown, always the most potent connecting link between all parts of the Empire. Two occasions on which the Dominion of Canada fought for the United Empire: when the Fathers of Confederation combined and …

 Spillman, Harry C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 15 Oct 1925, 270-282     The role of the businessman and commerce in building up a nation. Commerce as a seat of power but also as a seat of responsibility. The three ways in which this business responsibility manifests itself. The need for leadership, and the nature of leadership. On the eve of very wonderful …

 Kornfeld, Rabbi Joseph S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 6 Feb 1925, 59-63     The rather disappointing after-effects of the World War. The productive result of the contact into which the nations were brought through it. The speaker's hopefulness of the blessings that will result from the contact between Americans and Britishers. No escape from service. The greatest service to the world of keeping …

 MacNeill, Reverend John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 12 Feb 1925, 64-79     A biography of Abraham Lincoln. The beginning and the close of Lincoln's life, coincident with the two great political upheavals of the nineteenth century. Jefferson's framing of the Constitution of the United States; his worst fears justified over the issue of slavery. What Lincoln was, and where he got that …

 Reed, T.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Feb 1925, 80-96     A few points out of the many that in one way or another have an important bearing upon the story of the foundation and development of the community of Toronto. Getting a glimpse of the humble beginnings, the slow but steady progress, the persistence and industry of its citizens in …

 Grier, Wyly; Jackson, A.Y., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 26 Feb 1925, 97-113     Mr. Wyly Grier: The object of the day's addresses that of uniting, or re-uniting the forces of art in Canada, the strengthening of whatever unity exists, and the preventing of anything that looks like cleavage. The cleavage that took place a year ago in connection with the Wembley Exhibition. The …

 Zimmern, Professor Albert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 5 Mar 1925, 114-132     A reversal from the speaker's last address in Toronto three years ago with regard to the best hope for the permanent reconstruction of Europe after the war, and for establishing the results of that peace for which those in Canada and Great Britain made such great sacrifices. The need to …

 Currie, General Sir Arthur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 19 Mar 1925, 141-153     Some sure and tested tricks or methods of overcoming fear in the individual or in the group. Speaking not of war but of peace. Speaking not of Europe but of Canada. The irony that one should have to plead for the conquest of fear in days of quiet, when it …

 McLaurin, Rev. John Bates, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 8 Jan 1925, 1-14     Some of the great problems upon which the peace of the world rests, and which cannot be solved elsewhere than the British Empire. The relationship of the East and West. The speaker's personal recollection of the day that the British Empire declared war against Germany. Two or three factors that …

 Foster, Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 15 Jan 1925, 15-30     The ties of Empire. A discussion of the term "Empire" and substitutions for it. The danger of taking the Empire for granted; of not being awake to the changes that have taken place and are taking place, and to the responsibility which is thrown upon the men of every generation …

 McCrimmon, Dr. A.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 22 Jan 1925, 31-42     A discussion of the speaker's thesis that whatever may come out of the treaty and covenant of the League of nations, if we can avert misunderstanding between the two great branches of the English-speaking peoples the peace of the world is assured. How the English-speaking peoples have in their hands …

 Snowden, Mrs. Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1926), 31 Jan 1925, 43-58     Removing misunderstandings about the association of the British Labour Movement with the Bolshevik Party of Russia, as heard by the speaker in this country. The difference between cheese and chalk not greater than the difference between the first labour Government of Great Britain and the Bolshevik Government of Russia, with …