# For the defence of Canada

Author: Canada. Military Service Council

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74336

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=For+the+defence+of+Canada+Canada.+Military+Service+Council&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

There is no serious suggestion among British people that Great Britain could have remained neutral in the Great War which broke across Europe three years ago and which still fills the earth with devastation and mourning. By British people one means not only those of English speech and British origin, but all of any race or tongue or creed who salute the flag, and enjoy the heritage of freedom which belongs to British citizenship. The mother country had an understanding with France which could not be ignored; an obligation to Belgium which could not be repudiated without dishonor. In the conventions and understandings to which the British Empire was committed there was no menace to any oth...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/for-the-defence-of-canada-74336/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/for-the-defence-of-canada-74336/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/for-the-defence-of-canada-74336/chapters/3/index.md)