Résultats

 Claudel, Dr. Paul, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 8 Nov 1928, 242-244     Duties of an Ambassador. The speaker as poet. The story of a Japanese poet who was given by the Emperor a big bundle of white paper that inspired him every day to write what came to his mind, and which turned into a charming book of poetry. Canada as a …

 White, The Right Hon. Sir Thomas, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 18 Oct 1928, 213-224     The widespread interest of Canada's immigration problem. The speaker's intention to discuss only the broader national aspects of the problem: Canada's present situation as to population; the question of need for immigration; if needed, upon what scale and of what kind; sources from which to draw immigration; polices and measures …

 Munro, Dr. H.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 12 Apr 1928, 133-143     The importance of world politics for Canada. Canada as a nation and internationalized, and today bearing her share of international responsibility. The study of international affairs as a kind of science. Attempting to find the fundamental principles that underlie the life of nations. A discussion of some of these principles. …

 Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 25 Oct 1928, 225-234     First a summary of some of the points the speaker made in his address about 10 years ago. A look through history at man's journeys northwards. The Alaska purchase and reasons for it. Evidence that in every millenium of the past the centres of wealth and power have been fund …

 Hamilton, Clayton, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 19 Apr 1928, 144-156     The drama which is enacted in the theatre from the point of view of the playwrights, directors, actors or producers. The audience as partners in the theatre business and collaborators in the creation of dramatic art. The public the only partner which furnishes the capital on which alone the business …

 Martin, The Honourable John S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 12 Jan 1928, 256-269     Some of those factors of the British Empire which in ancient and modern times have served as links of Empire: Science, Settlement, Sentiment. Ways in which Science has made its most important contributions to Empire building. How advances in transportation and communication have made the world smaller. Now, the development …

 Draper, Brig. Gen. D.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 3 May 1928, 173-178     Some facts of the speaker's personal background and history. Loyalty to the British Empire as one requisite of good citizenship in Canada. Being good Canadians and what that means. The importance of Canadian citizens to be of a high character and endowed with true and loyal patriotism, educated to conserve …

 Nelson, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 22 Nov 1928, 256-269     *Preoccupation of late in Canada with regard to her status; the inability of leaders to agree upon a definition of it. Recalling some services rendered us by other races, services too often forgotten by us, and mentioning some debts due them which we should acknowledge, even if we cannot pay. …

 Edgar, Professor Pelham, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 9 Feb 1928, 38-46     Reasons why the names of Haig and Hardy will live on. An estimate of Hardy's reach of power and of his limitations. Hardy's death now leaving us without a recognized leader. Confronting some of the facts and problems of his career. A review of many of Hardy's works, such as …

 Amery, the Right Honourable L.C.S.M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 19 Jan 1928, 1-10     The impossibility of separating the growth of Canada's national life from the development of the British Empire. A brief historical review of Canada as part of the British Empire. The influence of the United Empire Loyalists and their descendants upon the whole conception of a united Empire in Great Britain, …

 Moore, William H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 15 Nov 1928, 245-255     The work of the Tariff Board. The tariff as a means of creating trade channels through the Empire and elsewhere. The Empire's trade channels many and long, extending to nearly every land on the earth, to 95 countries. A rough sketch of the more important changes that have taken place …

 Branscombe, Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 28 Mar 1928, 110-124     Mr. Branscombe was accompanied by his choir of men and boys, The Westminster Glee Singers. Our awareness of what music can do. The spiritual aspect of music. The enormous power that music has in religious observances and ceremonies. Music as the most potent former of character that the world knows. …

 White, Right Rev. W.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 26 Apr 1928, 157-172     Speculations and suggestions about China that have been made in the past. Remarks about intervention in China. Exploitation of China which has brought about the situation which has stirred China into new life and to a present situation of great promise. The nationalist movement in China. A review of major …

 MacMillan, Right Hon. Hugh P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 19 Sep 1928, 185-196     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club. A series of incidence in the speaker's life over the last 48 hours which together seem to him to be typical of the life of Canada. Sentiment and adventure, industry and enterprise, and admiration for the beautiful …

 Ferguson, Hon. G. Howard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 4 Oct 1928, 197-209     Impressions gathered by the speaker from his visit last summer to France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Sweden and Norway. The outstanding progress being made by the German people. Examples of industry, efficiency, full employment, and hard work by the Germans. Agriculture in Denmark. The Danish educational system. Patriotism to be …

 Hobbs, Frederick and The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 11 Oct 1928, 210-212     Performance by members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, who are presenting in Toronto this week the delightful operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Mr. Hobbs introduces the Company and talks about letting people in the Old Country know about Canada.

 Lovat, Major General Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 22 Aug 1928, 179-184     The progress or consolidation of the Empire that has been going on in the last year or two. The last three years fraught with significance for the future: a review. The 1926 Imperial Conference. Lord Balfour's definition of the status of the dominions. 1927 a year devoted by the dominions …

 Magill, Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 2 Feb 1928, 30-37     The importance of wheat in our financial structure. The marketing of grain. Details of the current Canadian crop of wheat, with figures. Difficulties encountered in selling Canadian wheat to the world. The status of Canada's wheat markets. Consequences of the aftermath of war in Europe, especially with regard to trade …

 Goforth, Professor W.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 22 Mar 1928, 95-109     An assurance of the support from Montreal engineers, lawyers, business men and even a few academics for the great scheme of improved communication and electrical development of the St. Lawrence. Some comments on the controversy surrounding the project. Considerations that have been made in studying and scrutinizing the potential advantages …

 Lynch-Staunton, The Hon. Senator George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1929), 29 Nov 1928, 270-281     Holding up to the light the arguments, pro and con, for the extension of our waterways, in order that the audience may see whether they are sterile or fit to put under the hen. An intention to draw the audience's attention to certain evidence, and ask that they make deductions …