Canada: Anything That Can Be Done

Like any traveler back from a trip, Prime Minister Mackenzie King wanted to tell about some of the things he had seen. To the House of Commons he said:

“I was very deeply impressed … by . . . the very serious condition of the world . In England . . there has been some improvement. Outwardly at least the people look better; there is a note of hope, and a happier expression on their countenances. But they know that all the fortitude which was required during the war is still required to carry them through the situation facing them at the present time, and anything that can be done on this side I know will be appreciated over there more than words can express.

“Concitions in Central Europe are deteriorating rapidly. . . . Undoubtedly conditions are better in Holland, Denmark and Belgium, but they are still very difficult in France and are terrible in parts of Germany. Unless some means can be found whereby the New World, and countries that have supplies of food and clothing, can furnish those supplies to the people [who need them], there may be conditions of famine, of strife and of turmoil which will amount to … revolution throughout Europe. I think I am not wrong. …”