British Columbia, and Asiatic immigration, 252-5. British Empire League, the, 145. British Empire: formation and development of, 126-30, 270-271; freedom the secret of, 130, 318; equal partnership in, 130-1, 270; the problem of defence, 143, 146-8, 200-4, 298-320; political relations. 198-200, 282-97; commercial relations, 204-7, 271-81; Canada's share in forming, 206, 328-9; the Crown the chief link of Empire, 288-9; the Great War, 316-20; the question as to decision of peace and war, 319. Brodeur, L. P., 247, 250. Brodrick, St John (Viscount Midleton), 195, 200-1, 202. Brown, George, 21, 62, 135, 329. Bryce, Lord, his diplomatic services to Canada, 212, 258. Campbell, Sir Alexander, 142, 143. Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H., his courageous policy, 293. Canada: political development between 1841 and 1867, 18-24; Church and State, 24, 27-8; 'Institut Canadien,' 29-31; Ultramontanes and Liberals, 41-50; the tariff question, 57-8, 109-14, 118-19, 124-5, 157-8, 173-5, 235-7, 274-6; provincial rights and the Dominion, 61-72; despondency and stagnation, 93-100; the population question, 99-100, 226-7; her relations with United States, 101-6, 187, 203-4, 208-15, 256, 257-60, 266, 268; the fisheries dispute, 104-6; annexation, 106-109; commercial union, 109-112; unrestricted reciprocity, 112-14, 118-25, 260-8; upholds the imperial connection, 129-130, 216-17, 304-6; from colony to free state, 131-9, 187-8, 197-8, 216-17, 283-8, 290; treaty-making powers, 134-6, 175, 179, 217, 250-2, 285-8; the High Commissioner, 138-139; inter-imperial defence, 143, 146-9, 184, 200, 201, 202-204, 299, 301; imperial federation, 144-5 and note; inter-imperial trade, 150-2, 206; the Boer War, 184-92; cheap postage, 206; the Joint High Commission, 209-10; the Alaskan boundary, 210-17; the settling of the West, 218-227; her land policy, 227-8; industrial and railway development, 228-32; state aids to production, 233-5; Conservation Commission, 234-5; the department of Labour, 237-8; Alberta and Saskatchewan, 238-45; trade relations with foreign powers, 250-2; the Asiatic immigration question, 252-5; International Joint Commission, 259; the department of External Affairs, 286; land defence development, 297-8; the naval problem, 298-9, 305-309, 310, 312-15; the Great War, 316-18, 319; progress since Confederation, 321-4. See Parliament. Canada First movement, the, 40. Canadian Pacific Railway, the, 38, 110; the building contract, 58-61, 95-8, 252. Cape Colony. See Colonial Conferences. Cartier, Sir George, 33, 55, 62. Cartwright, Sir Richard, a colleague of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 53, 54, 82, 91, 99-100, 111, 112, 170 n., 209. Casault, Judge, 48. Catholic Programme, the, 43-4. Cauchon, Joseph, 33, 36, 51. Chamberlain, Joseph, 106; colonial secretary, 179, 185, 189, 195; his policy of centralization, 179, 196-200, 204, 206-7; his ideal of 'free trade within the Empire,' 205, 207; and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 206-207; his tariff-reform campaign, 271-6, 281.