WORLD JULY 3, 1915 Considering the many ties of business and of
association which bind Americans and Canadians together, the
American people are culpably obtuse to the present plight of
their northern neighbors. The Canadians are passing through a
great crisis in their national history. At an unfortunate moment
in their economic development, when the work of taking
possession of their rich natural heritage was suffering a costly
check, they were suddenly compelled to accept their losses and
divert their capital and energy to an essentially foreign
service. They were called upon to raise, equip, supply, and pay
a large army, and to reorganize their industry to meet
exclusively military needs. One consequence has been the
postponement or abandonment by the majority of Canaidans of the
ambitions which had occupied their own personal lives. The
process of building up and settling the country in which a young
and growing community is so vitally interested, has been
temporarily frustrated. The fountains of capital