Canada and Conscription
The position of the Liberal Government. in Canada is none too strong, as recent provincial elections have indicated, and the resigna- tion of one of the most popular members of the Cabinet, Col. Ralston, over the question of conscription is a serious matter. But Mr. Mackenzie King's difficulties are real. Canada has secured her splendid overseas army by voluntary recruitment. There is con- scription for home service in Canada, but no one can be sent abroad in her sudden decision not to attend the Civil Aviation Con- ference or her refusal to resume diplomatic relations with Switzer- land. Much more serious is the divergence of view regarding Poland. Such differences are no doubt inevitable. They must be recognised, but in no circumstances exaggerated. Personal contacts go far to dissipate them, and Marshal Stalin himself testifies to the spirit of complete unanimity which animated the recent con- ferences in which the Prime Minister and Mr:Eden took part at Moscow. We stand formally in closer relations with Russia than with any other of our major Allies. The Aenglo-Soviet Treaty
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