The final figures of the Canadian elections made no appre-
ciable change in the result we recorded last week. The Conservatives come into power with a majority of fifty, independent of the Nationalists. Mr. Borden, the new Premier, has actually a larger majority than Sir Wilfrid Laurier's. There is no doubt whatever therefore that reciprocity is " snowed under " for the time being. We believe that it will revive, and we trust that there will be no tendency in Great Britain to represent the supporters of reciprocity as disloyal to the British connexion in spite of the fact that the Conservatives won their great victory largely by the argument that allegiance to the Flag was involved. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who has consented provisionally to lead the Opposition, referred to the elections in his speech at the fare- well banquet to Lord Grey, and said that he had no fault to find with the Canadian people for changing their allegiance He was prepared to abide by the spirit of British institutions —the wisest that had been devised for the government of men —under which they lived. The Washington correspondent of the Times mentioned in Wednesday's paper the interesting possibility that the American anti-Canadian tariff may be lowered by the Democrats in any case.
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