CANADA: Nothing Personal

Never in his long reign has George V, King, Emperor and Defender of the Faith, been so insulted as was His Majesty last week by smiling Mitchell ("Mitch") Hepburn, bumptiously cheerful New Deal Premier of the Province of Ontario.

Mr. Hepburn has served strident warning that he cares not a fig for "the person of the King" as represented in Ontario by Vice-Regal Lieut. Governor Col. The Hon. Dr. Herbert A. Bruce (TIME, Jan. 28). Last week, to the scandal of the Empire, distinguished citizens of Ontario received this engraved notice from...

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