CANADA AND MR. BEVERLEY NICHOLS
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
draw your attention to a statement, published in a letter, under the title " Dogs of War," in your edition of The Spectator for July 27th. With reference to his book, Cry Havoc, Mr. Beverley Nichols states that The Government of Canada alone has issued orders to make the study of the book compulsory in 8,000 schools throughout the Dominion." Although I am not in a position to dispute that statement, I can say definitely that the Government of Canada has no control over the schools of the country. There is, in fact, no Minister of Education in the Canadian Federal Cabinet, because, under the British North America Act, Education is entirely within the jurisdiction of the several Provincial governments, which exercise a very jealous control over it.— I am, Sir, &c.,
LYDIA M. STEWART HENRY, M.D.
5656 Queen Mary Road, Hampstead, Montreal.
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