Cmadiana
U.$.lnvasíOi}Repttised: 1812-1814
(From matériái in preparation ior the People's History
of Canada) - ,
(Continued from last week)
The Mili+ary Operáfions
UP TO TmS TIME, two tactors ^ccounted for the relatíve Immu-nity of the Maritimes. a.) One waa the naval weakness ofthe V. Sm whlch ruled out.the possibility of dislodging the Brltísh from Halifax, to say nothing of NewfoundJand. b.) The other was the de facto neutrality o| the nélghborinir Net^ England states, whichwere peí-fectly hi4>py-to enrich themselves >y ineans of tradlng wlth'tbé ^ e my, a& they did, to the mntoad profit of merdmnts in Boston and Jlalifax, for tlie greater part of the war. In November, 1812, an American in Halifax wrote thai in the space of a fortnight twenty thou-aand bárrels o£ flour from Boston had been imloaded from vessels flying Spaníah and Swedish flags. This aupply was of vitai importance to.the British forces in the Canadás. Prevost reported that two-thirds of the army were ^ating beef obtained írom Vermont through Ú,S. oontractors., *
While Halifax was enjoying a boom, there were nonetheless pe-rlodlc alarms and excursions. Haliburton's chronicle records som'e of them:
"July 1, 1812; His Majesty^s ship Belvidera arrlved at Halifax, and re^orts that she was chased on the 23rd.ultimo by an American squadron, conslsting of three large frigates, a sloop of war," and a brig. and fired into by the leading ship. The captaín and eighteen seamen wounded, and two killed.^.
"July 31: An American privateer comes Into Broad Cove near Digby, and is driven off by the militia... -
"June 6, 1813: His Majest/s frigate Shannon arrives at Halifax, with'her prize, the American frigate Ghesapeake, wliich she had captured after a short but severe engageraent of eleven mi-nutes." -
Yankee prlvateers preyed on merchantmen and fishing siiíps, and two-thirds of all their captures were made in the Bay of Fundy and off the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland coasts. Here were the btjsy crossroads cf the sea routes from the West .Indiesto Canada and those from Canada and Nova Scotia to Britáin. In tum, privateers ,out of Halifax warred on the U. S. raiders, and by the-end of the war had captured somé two hundred of them.
XV. Burníng of Woshington, August, 1814.
As it tightenedv the stranglehöld of close b'.ockade brouglít U.S, foreign trade to its knees. From over $100 millión before the war, it was reduced, in 1814, to the neighborhood of ^ millión.
In August, 1814. the British attacked Washington aiid put it to the torch in retallatlon for the burníng of York, Newark and Sand-wich tho year before. In the same month an expedition fróm Halifax took Castine and Machias in Maine, thereby securing a hundred-mllé •trstch of coastUne and tl)« tract of land lying between New Bnms-wlrk and Lon-er Canada.
By now, negotiations for peace were taking place.
WORDSOFWBDOM
Collecfed by Steve kassay
Success is the ability to get atong wiíh somé people and
ahisd oi others.
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Doing a job is üke shaviag^
the- longer you put it ofíy the
harder it becomes.
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It is not what you would üke
to be, but what you are best
iitted to do that is going to get
you somewhere.
UTTLEFARMER
We Ve Packing Our Truhks • •.
By Beffy Loncso
. EXaTEMENT AND ANXIÉTY — that^s what you can detect in the eyes oi all theAdymembersóí Toronto.
Ourtrqupeof 27 eager performers willjjfe tourirtg iSouthr ern Ontario in the corxúng weeks.W'e sincereHy hop'e oárX^UL-TÜRAL TOUR will add anothér uniorgetable achievemeni tó the role oi momentous undert^kíngsby the Hüngarian-Cana' dian Kossuth Society, Our ioremost aim is to instigate the rcr Vival oi lively culiural liie in our Organization. We'^Iike to give a iraternal and helping band to aJl the Youth Groups through our periormances oi songs and dances irom many lands and by culturdl matériái-and suggestions ihat we will .bé taking along with us..
Periorming jointly with the local Youth Oroups, fWs Tour will open up a liew chapter in our prganizatíppal Hié^, ^just as the rebirth and ccfiisolidatioii oi the Torontó Ady Youth Group came alwut while preparing ior this^ greai en-deavour. ' -
Here's to ihe shining success oi the Cultjiral tour, — to new liie in all the centres, — to an even greater IÍMJBJt.,'— to all the iun ané-laughter We*ll tíave ón the way! _
Jan. 15 Brantiord
ií 16 Hámilton
« 22 Niagara Falls
n 23 Welland
Feb. S Windsor
« 5 Wallaceburg
THE OUTSTANDiNG CAHADIANJF1^
LAKODALOM ST, CATHARJNESBÉN
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MEGKjfcSBTT jelentés" (de jobb kíavc, mint soha) arról, hog^^lOM okt. 16-ika sokáig emlékezetes nap. lesz á ml magyiorságunk számára -- férjhez ment a >ml lányúnkc, KOLOSSAY i:VA. öt nemcsak a helybeliek Umcrték éa azeretlék; hanem a mi demokratikus rádió-programunlám" k«rtaztUl, amelynek bemoríddja Tolt, D«l-Ontári6 számos magyarsága is.
.Bajnáljuk, hogy Itt ha«3rott. de ax tflet tfinrénye máa kötelexett-•ég teráro vitte. Mindamellett tudjuk. hogy válasatottjával, KOCSMARIK Bmjlval. aki aaih-tán munkáaszUldknck m. gyermeke. iaváMr< la a mi bákeharcoaalnk maraChtalc
A vendégek mind jól érezték magukat a lakodalomban, mégis éjfélre meg kellett szakítani a hangulatot Egyréaze a vendégeknek folytatta a háznál a szórakozást, ahol a lapuokról, a. >Mun-káfl«-ról sem feledkeztünk meg. Az tirömazüjök.' Kocamarikék, 10 dollárral kezdték meg az adományt ■ mindnyájan egyetértve hozzájárultunk, aminek eredmény© »23,00 lett Aa Ifju pár ezt W.OO-ra kiegászitette: Kflatönet mindaxoknak, akik hoxziyárulUk az adományhoz é« a lakodalom sikeréhez. Ax uj párnak sok-aok axerencaét kívánunk <«y békés világban megvalóolUndó sqwbad Kanadában!
ML Jáit
(9M:. Catharincsi, Ont)
M. Bell Voted Top Ontario Athlete
Pert Marilyn Bell got anothér padkage for her iiulging bag of yeor-cnd awaids. The . On^rlo Sportswriters and Sportscasters Associatlon cfiose hér ás the j^rái-vinc«*s athlete 6l the ycar^^lor
1954.;. _
The 36 association membera who í)articipated in the polí made the 17-year-old swimmer such an emphatic choice In preüminary no-minatibns thát officials dispensed with a acheduled second vote among top nominees.
Onr a 3-1 point basis, Marilyn cbllected 96 of a possiblé 108 points. Her neárest rival was Bick Ferguson of Toj^nto, whose spec-tacular showing iii the miracle miié in the British Empire Games broúght him 32 points. -
The annual award, inaugurated in 1951, has been dominated by girl athletes. Golf ér Marlene Stew-art of Fonthill won thé first award and repeated again last year. Gorry Keaselring; Kitchéner golfer, won in 1952.
Presentation of a píaque com-mémorating the award will be made in Toronto Feb. 17, at tha asscíciation's annual |25-a-plato Sports Celcbrites' Dinner for crippled children. ' Moon Wootton, lacrosse göal-tending ace from Peterborough, golfér Moe Norman of Kitchéner, Misa'Stewart and Harry Jeiiuttett» Kingston yachting ace, wera others. mentioned in this year'sno-minatlons.
Tho awards have been eonilng thlck and fast for Marll^-n for lier ^mlle swlm across Laké Ontarie ipat September. She was. named Ouiada*a woman of tbe year and the coontTy'a outstanding womaa athlete In Cánadlan Preas polisz
She will joín a notable collec-tion of athletes simong headtable' gucsta' at the Sports Celebrltea' Eínner. The llst .of c'onfirmed' ce-lebrltes sp far Includes Fergnsoo, baseball pitchers Robin AeterU and Sál Maglle and blind golfIng Champion Charlle BoawelL
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