asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with reference to the assurance given by President Roosevelt on 18th August that the people of the United States of America would not stand idly by if the domination of Canadian soil was threatened by any other Empire; and whether any further communications have passed on the subject?

His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom took note at the time of President Roosevelt's friendly reference on behalf of the United States of America to the Dominion which is their neighbour. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.

Do not the British Government heartily welcome this important statement by the great democracy of the West?

I have expressed our view in the answer that I have given.

The hon. Member said that the British Government had taken note. Do not they go further and heartily welcome it?

I said they had taken note of the President's friendly reference.