No Pushing

Canadians are ever conscious of the "colossus of the South." Last week at a Pilgrim Society dinner in Manhattan, Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester Bowles Pearson pronounced the current Canadian view of the colossus:

"Fortunately we in Canada, with a great neighbor across the border . . . are spared . . . the pushing and squeezing to which smaller countries in less fortunate parts of the world are subjected these days by their powerful neighbors. We appreciate our good fortune.

"Our position, our resources, our interest and our ideals are such that whatever the journey that lies ahead in world affairs, we must take it with you. We hope that you will realize that it is occasionally difficult for us to keep up the pace . . . maintained by a great, long-striding power. There may even be occasional moments when the course may seem to us to be a trifle zigzag, but we know in Canada that the general direction is right and the goal is good."

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