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 Tarr, Dr. E.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 4 Nov 1937, 65-77     Why this particular subject was chosen by the speaker. Some recent facts about the background to the problems in Ireland, from 1914. The Home Rule Bill and its effects. The moral position of De Valera and the repudiation of the land annuities. The speaker's experiences in Dublin, arriving just a …

 Perry, Fred, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 22 Apr 1937, 346-361     Tennis in the Empire. Amateur tennis players as players who have a good time. Professional tennis players as business men who also have a good time. Working hours for a professional tennis player. Some impressions of the speaker's career as an amateur with many personal anecdotes and details of trips. …

 Rodomar, O.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 21 Oct 1937, 44-53     The intention of Japan to capture the six northern provinces, including Inner Mongolia. The nine-power Conference being convened in the City of Brussels October 30th. The United States arousing outraged public opinion throughout the world with regard to this intention of the Japanese. The intention of the powers at the …

 Lamb, Commissioner David C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 25 Nov 1937, 111-123     One or two general observations about the population problem. The black line moving north on the North American Continent and south in Africa and in the Far East the yellows moving where? World pressure increasing in terms of population. Four aspects of the question: Political, Economic, as it affects Canada, …

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 Street, Arthur G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 7 Jun 1937, 1-14     Some personal background of the speaker. Farming in Britain. The importance of the British farm in any Empire scheme, in any discussion in the great Commonwealth of Nations. The production side of farming. Comparisons with production in Canada, Australia, and South Africa. The question of capital. Total capital in farms …

 Wrench, Sir Evelyn, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 9 Nov 1937, 78-94     The speaker's experiences and familiarity with Canada. A united Canada and a united Commonwealth. Canada's unique role to play in the world. Canada's partnership with the British Commonwealth, and in the North American Continent. Reasons why the speaker thinks Canada has been destined by Providence to have a great future …

 Morgan, Arthur Eustace, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 29 Apr 1937, 362-373     The essence of democracy as the belief that men can do things together by a process of labouring with one another, kindly and intelligently, as against that other doctrine which holds that it is best for mankind to be told what to do. The degree of co-operation developed in society …

 Pease, The Honourable Percy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 18 Feb 1937, 223-237     Trade relationships between Queensland, Australia, and Canada. A description of Queensland. The need for markets for surplus food produced. The financial burden from participating in the Great War. Expanding production to increase money coming into Queensland. The public debt of Australia. An appeal to a sister Dominion, Canada, for help. …

 Kavanagh, James E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 9 Dec 1937, 141-159     Industrial relations. The shift from work at home to work outside the home, which then changed its name to industry. The unchanging characters of the people that do the work. The human factor now entering into the conduct of various business enterprises. A decrease in immigration since the war and …

 Dunning, The Honourable Charles A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 16 Dec 1937, 160-169     A fundamental difference between our Empire and a totalitarian state: no conscription of the mind. An illustration of what that means. Reminiscences of the Coronation, and what it means to the Empire. The Empire as represented in the character of the King. The word Empire, used in the name of …

 Currelly, Charles T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 11 Feb 1937, 209-222     Some introductory remarks about key moments in history. A reasoned plan of action in Italy and Germany. An example of how Germany, even before the War, was very much given to a general conceived plan. British exploration in the 19th century. Practically no new markets today. Developing what will be …

 Fishbien, Morris, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 14 Jan 1937, 150-165     The interest in the prolongation of life, and also the idea of adding to one's life more functioning years than have been the common lot of mankind. A look at the figures with regard to life expectancy from 1825 to the present. The history of seeking the fountain of youth. …

 Baker, Captain Edwin A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 4 Mar 1937, 246-259     Schools for the academic and technical education of the blind in Canada. History, development and purpose of The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, with a Dominion Charter secured in March, 1918. Details of services and programmes. The philosophy that blind people are normal human beings who have been handicapped …

 MacMillan, Harold, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 11 Mar 1937, 260-273     The history of modern Europe beginning with the Treaty of Versailles. Over-criticism of the Treaty. Comparing the Treaty favourably with that made in Paris after the war of 1870, and with the Treaty that might have been made in London by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. The two great mistakes of Versailles …

 Griffin, Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 25 Mar 1937, 289-307     The complex nature of the tragedy of Spain. Explaining the limits of what the speaker saw in Spain on the Government or Loyalist side. Conditions under which the speaker covered the story. The military situation. The miracle of Madrid. A review of recent events in Spain. An examination of Franco's …

 Hutton, Graham, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1938), 2 Dec 1937, 124-140     Problems of the British Empire—political, strategic and economic. How most problems of the world today touch the British Empire. A review of political problems. Changes over the last 35 years. A review of the political and constitutional situation today. The Crown now the only real and effective link left between …

 Fallis, Lieutenant-Colonel, The Rev. George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 8 Apr 1937, 318-332     Those who say that Canada was really born as a nation in its self-consciousness through the great battle of Vimy Ridge. Looking back over the years that are gone, and bringing close to our memories those men of the past. Honouring the memory of those men who fell at Vimy …

 Sanderson, Charles Rupert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1937), 15 Apr 1937, 333-345     The speaker's knowledge of Canada long before he knew her first-hand. England's failure to know as much about Canada as we think she ought to know, and reasons for that. Reference to immigration propaganda. Trivial family differences that we can smile at. Behind all this, a common inheritance, an inheritance …