. Review of reviews and world's work . eneral public thoughthad no chance of coming into power fortwenty years. Purely as a harmonizer hewas chosen—a man to lead broken ranks andpurge the party and heal animosities. Menspoke doubtfully of his strength. He hadnever indulged in sky rockets nor banner head-lines. He never spread his attacking never wasted fire on insignificant never touched small personalities with aforty-rod pole. He conserved his forces, and,when the chance came, concentrated fire atone point till the enemy had to show itselfdefensively if not aggressively. Th
. Review of reviews and world's work . eneral public thoughthad no chance of coming into power fortwenty years. Purely as a harmonizer hewas chosen—a man to lead broken ranks andpurge the party and heal animosities. Menspoke doubtfully of his strength. He hadnever indulged in sky rockets nor banner head-lines. He never spread his attacking never wasted fire on insignificant never touched small personalities with aforty-rod pole. He conserved his forces, and,when the chance came, concentrated fire atone point till the enemy had to show itselfdefensively if not aggressively. This wasvery striking when the question came upwhether Canada should contribute troops tothe Boer War. Borden had hardly yet beenacknowledged as a leader. Knowing that theFrench Nationalists would opj^ose Canadasparticipation in any foreign war, Laurier waskeeping strangely quiet. R. L. Borden andhis colleagues saw the dilemma and i)resse(lthe go\ernment to a declaration. A cab- ROBERT LAfRI) BORDEX, THE XFJV PREMIER OF C AX A DA S,S7. MR. AND MRS. BORDEN RECEIVED BY THE MAYOR OF OTTAWA inet that had just given preference to Britishimports, could not dodge such an issue. Thecabinet accepted the challenge and senttroops. Bourassa went out of Lauriers gov-ernment; and that defection alone costLaurier half Quebec. Practically, the same quiet, careful tacticshave given the government to Bordens partyto-day. When Reciprocity was first sprungon the public I happened to be in quiet chuckle that went round inside. ircles was the most comic thing was prosperous, redundantly prosper-ous. Any change meant a fiscal upheavalwith certain loss to one section—the manu-facturers, almost certain loss to anothersection—the transportation lines and theircities, and with, as yet, an undemonstratedprofit to any section. Yet Laurier was anavowed free-trader. Borden forced the Lib-eral party to a repudiation or defense of theprinciple. The results we know. DIFFICULTIES
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