"Considering that His Majesty King George V. had not the right to declare the state of war for Canada without the assent of the Canadian Cabinet;
"Considering that Canada, as an autonomous colony, is a Sovereign State;
"Considering that British Sovereignty over Canada is only a fiction;
"Considering that Canada, interfering in the present war, should have done so as a Nation;
"Whereas Canada should only have fought on her own account, like Belgium, Servia, Italy or Bulgaria.
"Whereas the maintenance of a compact British Empire is the most permanent provocation against the peace of the world;
"Considering that the supremacy of England on the seas is unjust;
"Considering that Great Britain's aspiration, for a long time past, has been universal domination by means of her military naval power;
"Whereas England is unfair against France in using her as a shield against German invasion;
"Considering that England is exercising by all possible means a strong pressure upon the Colonies for her only benefit;