The great conscription crisis suddenly eased. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's political future remained as uncertain as the war's duration. But he still held grimly to his office because there was no one to take his place.
He had not been quite sure of that last week when he marched into the House of Commons to fight for the life of his Government. He took his battle station at his front-row desk, pushing his chair aside so that he could turn and plead with his followers as well as with the Opposition.
Indispensable Man. Mr. King told the House that...
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