CANADA AND THE NAVY.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—In the article on " Canada and the Navy" in your issue of January 15th you say:—" Sir Wilfrid Laurier, on being asked to define an ' emergency,' and to say what was meant by ' war,' answered : ' An emergency means war anywhere in which Great Britain is engaged. If Great Britain is at war, Canada is at war, and is immediately liable to invasion.'" I am sending you by this mail a copy of the Toronto Globe, the Government organ in Ontario, and on the fourth page of it I have marked the report of exactly what Sir Wilfrid said, which was as follows : "Emergency means war, invasion, or insurrection, real or apprehended." This is the emergency under which the Canadian Government will place their naval force at the disposal of the Imperial Parliament. You will notice that, as Sir Wilfrid explained, the word "emergency" covered much broader ground than was indicated in your article, and I thought it might be well to call your attention
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