Canada: THE PRIME MINISTRY: Man in Blue

To many a Briton, Prime Minister Mackenzie King seemed less a personality than a symbol of a generous Canada that had time & again stood beside the mother country. Said the London Times when he received the Order of Merit: "He has been loyal to Canada, loyal to the Commonwealth, and loyal also to a larger vision of the brotherhood of humanity."

"The man in blue," the British press dubbed him when he came to England last month dressed in a blue suit, shirt, tie and socks. With quiet dignity, the man in blue had paid official calls, passed in...

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