Last week 64-year-old Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who has often angered strong Imperialists by failing to come out wholeheartedly for war support for Britain, rose in the Ottawa House of Commons to read a speech on foreign policy. He droned along for 15 minutes.
Suddenly he stopped and hurriedly counted the typewritten pages in his hand. Shamefacedly he said that the most important page of his statement was missing. Two blushing secretaries bolted from the officials' gallery above the speaker, and in a few moments the Prime Minister himself followed. Parliament waited and waited, finally got to debating...
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