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i e( 0 0 MAREH 25 . . 4 ' ¢ _ Willkie Speaks of Britai As 'OurMother Country' (By KEXNXETH CRAGG.) [democracy by rising above your-- (Staff Writer, The Globe and Mail.) | S¢lves in political Ioadnrship.." he Wendell L. Willkic, -- avowed told .lhr\ crowded House, friend of Britain and champion o!f,,ufi;;f_:'"hlzr:d;:_w "l:'(?""* of the Re-- the democratic way of life, .\'f'-\l('l'-!l\\'u countries was S)'::]';)gi'ize?'it f'l::S day in a history--making session of| ther by the precedent--shattering the Ontario Legislature pulled | act of flanking the Union Jack with tighter the bonds linking his nation|the Stars and Stripes over the and the Empire with a brief and |throne. That there be left no unaffected reference to the United | doubt as to the importance of the Kingdom as "our Mother Country." | OCcasion, the House, on the motion The impact of the reference, wilh'or Premier Hepburn, passed a its frank implication of unity of | formal resolution, to be r-nl'e.réd in purpose in the struggle against op--| the Journals of the Legislature, pression, stirred the House as it has Paying tribute to Mr. Willkie's con-- ;%eldom been stirred before, and in tribution to Britain's war cause ected into the ovation a stron - 'p .' § note of affection awakened by lhf\ c-u?l'ileer '['):gre(lbooxf?l:\l.:"l lh'j 'la'\" Cl l eae . l as broken when new sense of kinship. Senator Claude Pepper, persis Mr. Willkie warned the members backer of the lf'aw'-l('l']d' bri)ll i::"l)l'\l(t\ that thc.\". together \\'nll} all the United States Congress, addressed other legislators in the Empire and the House from the Cabi YR in the United States, were charged |In one point there \(:, o o orvg o with the task of meeting the totali--| in his address s '\m?"a'»"'\ tarian challen n his address and that of Mr. Will-- .. wods kie, in that both called up t-- I thank you for the wonderful oi 'Ca upon ('l('(t. reception and it may seem imperti-- ed roprcsvntgn\'c.\ to give a highe! nent, but I call on you men to save' *3P8 Of service. "Where is the man who will deny that political leaders have not fail-- ed during the past twenty years?" asked Mr. Willkie. He spoke with force and in his speaking his great mane of dark | hair jerked across his head at inter--| vals, as if in emphasis of his points.| In his sterner moods, his lower lip jutted out and his face assumed an air of near--ferocity, which in a mo-- ment would break in a smile that | warmed the furthest gallery. "As I said to the British Cabinet, | when I had the great privilege of | lunching with them, the leaders of | democracy carry two flags. You| men capry the flag which is to stop totalitarian -- oppression, but the other flag is to carry on the func-- tioning of the democratic system by the proper furctioning of its | legislative bodies," he said. t Applause Like Thunder. | Mr. and Mrs. Willkie entered the Parliament Buildings by the main door and. in advance of their party, proceeded to the Premier's office $ through lanes of applauding civil servants. Shortly before the House opened, Mrs. Willkie paid her re-- spects to Mrs. Albert Matthews in ; the Lieutenant--Goverpnor's suite, and by the time Mr. Willkie was brought into the House the corridor was jammed seven deep on both sides by civil servants and visitors. * Their approach to the Chamber was -- heralded . by deep--throated :a-}xeex'ixlg. The noted visitor was ! accompanied by the Premier, with the rest of the entourage following. As Mr. Willkie was led to his seat in Cabinet row at the left of the| | Premier, a seat vacated for the oc-- | casion by Attorney--General Conant,| there broke out the first of a series ; of ovations which never before has | been equalled in the House. Patient watchers outside in the driveway heard the roll of desk-- thumping as distant thunder, which was heard again as Mrs. Willkic took her place beneath the gallery. In the ceremony that followed » there was a deep hush and it was noted that Mr. Willkie watched in-- tently as Sergeant--at--Arms Robson placed the mace, symbol of author-- ity which links the Legislature to | the Mother Country, on the table.