Robert Borden was prime Minister during WWI.....
I remember my Dad, a young man at the time telling me how he, the Prime minister was smuggled out to the States,.... I forget now how they did it...
But he came back when the US entered the war
Addendum:Maybe Mackenzie King went with him
Prime minister Borden Borden smuggled out to United States to hide out during WW!??????????????????????
Apparently your Dad was a NOTED writer of German Propaganda??????????????????????
What the hell would they smuggle Borden ANYPLACE FOR??????????????????????
German U-boats certainly prowled the mouth of St Lawrence River in WW1 but they never could come up river to Ottawa as the water isnt deep enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And during WW2 Mackenzie King travelled to Britain at least once!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a PUBLISHED ACCOUNT of how King came to a Cdn army base and wanted to "review the troops"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cdn politicians found it exasperating that the Cdn army was basically out of their control - being over seas-
and thus out of their political influence!!!!!!!
It was especially GALLING for LIE-beral King........................................
since the Cdn military was NOTORIOUSLY ANTI LIE-beral!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some things NEVER CHANGE do they!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But KIng was hoping to pick up a few votes anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In spite of King having met with Hitler one on one in Munich and then coming back to Canada to tell our parliament "that Hitler is a dour but basically good man who is bringing some much needed hope and discipline to the German people"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
King went on to INSIST that there was no need for Canada to re-arm because Hitler was NOT A BAD GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So the Cdn military KNEW EXACTLY WHO TO BLAME for their lousy and antiquated equipment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Senior Cdn officers were so worried about letting King show himself to the troops that they arranged a "drive by review"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The short dumpy King up on a podium surrounded BY TALL OFFICERS..................................................
with orders to do their best to discreetly HIDE King from the view of he soldiers.............................
passing RAPIDLY Past the podium in hope they would not see King and cause trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Senior officers were quite worried that somebody might take a pot shot at King in the aftermath of the disastrous Dieppe raid!!!!!!!!!!!
Best thing to do with LIE-berals is keep them AWAY from any military or national security issues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!