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...Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and a majority of the Cabinet listened for ten days, remained unconvinced. They felt sure that if they decided to change policy now, they would be opening the door to serious internal ruptures, perhaps even to bloody riots such as occurred in conscription-hating Quebec during World War I. But Mr. Ralston was adamant. At last Mr. King accepted Ralston's resignation, which had been in his hands, undated, for two years...
...people the story behind Minister Ralston's resignation. Pressed by reporters for the facts, he grumped: "Everything speaks for itself." For another thing, he was now vulnerable to accusations that he was playing politics. By hewing to his no-compulsory-combat policy, he had thrown a hoop around Quebec, enhanced his chances of winning the important bloc of Quebec seats in the next election...
Another deferred a trip to England. The Ministers met for three successive days in a north room of the old East Block. From its windows they could look across the river to Quebec. Most of the Ministers' minds were on Quebec and its people...
...Compulsion. In isolationist Quebec, "conscription" is a fighting word. In deference to Quebec, Prime Minister King had always insisted that there should be no compulsion on any Canadian to serve outside of Canada. Now he had summoned his Cabinet to hear Defense Minister James Layton Ralston, just back from overseas. The Canadian casualty toll, 61,295 in September, was up more than 10,000 since Aug. 1. Since then, the Canadian infantry in France had suffered fur ther heavy losses. The question before the Cabinet: were there enough reinforcements to support the Canadian Army abroad adequately, or had the time...
...were Canada's pseudonymous Communists, the aggressive Labor Progressives, whose party line calls for all-out support of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Behind the Communists were the old-line Laborites (who believe that unions ought to stay out of politics), and the delegates from Catholic Quebec (who welcomed a chance to whittle down socialist strength...