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Finally, though, sheer virility won out. Two weeks ago, in a stunning tour de force, he drove the country into a state of martial law, stripping its people of all civil liberties and airlifting thousands of federal troops into the streets of Montreal. The object: to crush an underground separatist band known as Front de Liberation du Quebec...
...popularity continued to grow, Lemieux rejected the government's final offer: the release of five prisoners for the return of the two men. Trudeau then met with his Cabinet and announced the enactment of martial law. Laporte's death followed 36 hours later...
...briskest, and perhaps the most arduous, campaign that this outfit was ever engaged in, Millington makes an unsuccessful pass at Mrs. Marjorie Hasseltine (Elizabeth Shepherd), who has a sub rosa reputation for being a courtesan among young subalterns. She charges him with attacking her, and a regimental court-martial is convened...
Relentless Quest. Through the bulk of the trial scenes, a tension is built up that has probably not been felt in the Broadway theater since The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Drake, to his considerable dismay, is picked to defend Millington, but he goes about it with a cool, indefatigable, relentless quest for the truth. Mrs. Hasseltine, it turns out, has indeed been attacked, but not by Millington. As Drake zeroes in on the real culprit, he also unearths evidence that the much-vaunted "honor" of the regiment is something of a mockery...
Afterwards, a large contingent marched on the Canadian consulate to demand an end to martial law in Quebec...