The Archive · 1939

To Stand by Britain

Canada Will Be Forced — Neutrality Enforcement Would Bring Civil War

Ottawa, Apr. 1.

Should Great Britain be threatened with war, public opinion in Canada will compel the Canadian Government to stand by England, the "Justice Minister, Mr. Lapointe, declared in the House of Commons today.

It would be absolutely impossible to enforce neutrality in Canadian ports with respect to British. ships, the Minister further declared. Such a measure would without any doubt provoke civil war in the country, Mr, Lapointe concluded—Havas,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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