3 FEBRUARY 1939, Page 21

CANADA AND SECESSION

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—In your issue of January 6th, Sir Alfred Zimmern, in writing about the future of the British Empire, says : " As regards South Africa and Canada, the uneasiness of public opinion is sufficiently manifested by the repeated discussions in those countries on the question of ' neutrality in war-time,' which is a polite way of saying ' secession.' I have lived in Canada all my life (78 years), and have several times travelled from Halifax to Victoria, and I have never yet heard a

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