AID TO BRITAIN
AGAINST AGGRESSOR CANADA UNANIMOUS (Received March 21, 3 p.m.) OTTAWA, March 20. Denouncing the seizure of Czechoslovakia as wanton and unjustifiable, the Prime Minister (Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King) in the House of Commons declared amidst cheers if any aggressor attacked Britain there *-as no doubt what the decision of the1 Canadian people and the Canadian Parliament would be. Canada was ready for the fullest consultation with Britain and the Empire. Dr. R. J. Manion, the Conservative Leader, in a statement earlier on, pledged the fullest co-operation and the full resources of his party to the Government in the event of a crisis. The Defence Department announces the completion of a nation-wide protective network against sabotage. In the event of war all industrial plants and public buildings will be guarded. The plan includes complete surveillance of all aliens. The Premier of Ontario, Mr. Mitchell Hepburn is sponsoring a resolution in the Legislature that the Dominion Government should take cognisance of the fact that the European crisis. called for immediate action on the part of the component parts of the Empire to support any action deemed necessary by the Imperial Council.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 67, 21 March 1939, Page 12
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193AID TO BRITAIN Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 67, 21 March 1939, Page 12
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