A verse-maker of sorts is Sir William Thomas White, Canada's famed Wartime Minister of Finance. In Toronto last week he made and solemnly handed to reporters a verse about something extremely close to the hearts of most Britons: cancellation of War debts.
"I have always felt that the only effectual appeal to the American people . . ." said Sir Thomas, "must be to their idealism. It was in this spirit that my verses were written." Verses:
Oh, war debts and reparations, You're a blight on all the nations, You embitter their relations, You're the...
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