CANADA’S ARMED STRENGTH
Increase Favoured in Commons OTTAWA, March IS. After hearing President Truman’s address many Canadian members of Parliament said that Canada’s reaction was likely to he an increase of the Canadian forces, which now total only 34,000. There was no suggestion, however, that Canada would adopt universal training. Addressing a Liberal Party caucus before Mr Truman’s speech, the Prime Minister (Mr W. L. Mackenzie King) said that the international situation had never been worse. Without mentioning the prospect of war, Mr Mackenzie King said that the crisis might well come to a head in a matter of weeks. The Italian elections in April were of the greatest importance.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 68, Issue 136, 20 March 1948, Page 5
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