SINCE September 10, the Government at Ottawa has strained every nerve to transform this country from a democracy at peace into a democracy at war. Drastic steps, without precedent in 1914-18, have been taken. Governmental machinery of peace was useless for purposes of war.By GRANT DEXTER9 min
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