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Tion, this great undertaking was carried to successful com pletion. The veil of the Great Lone Land was lifted. The sea of mountains crossed, and now this national highway is changing the current of trade and travel of Continents. The Canadian Pacific Railway now owns and operates miles of railway, together with a fleet of tons, yield ing annually a revenue sf over seventy million of dollars. In view of what has been achieved in the past and the status already attained, it becomes us to pause and seriously con sider the question, whither are we drifting? Well has it been said - We have reached th parting of the ways. The overshadowing question of the hour is - What is the destiny of the Empire P Its solution, it would seem, can only be solved in one of two ways: Either separation or Imperial partnership. Separation, with each unit striving as best it may to work out its destiny with the do st abso lute certainty of being finally absorbed by some m power ful neighbor. Or Imperialism based upon the principle of mutual support and joint responsibility. Firmly united we would stand four square to all the world. Federated, other nations recognizing our power would court our friendship, thus leaving us to develop our resources, preserve our com merce and advance our financial interests. Federated, we would constitute so great a power as materially to lessen the possibility of war, thereby subserving the best interests of humanity. Since 1887, the period of the first Jubilee Con ference, attention has been focussed upon this most import ant question. The Diamond Jubilee Conference, ten years after, as well as the Coronation Conference of 1902, served to accentuate its importance. A still greater impetus has been added by the Imperial Conference just closed. What, it may be pertinently asked, has been accomplished by the Imperial Conference of 1907? The following may be claimed as some of the results achieved: First, the Conference is made a permanent institution to be.

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