Canadian Satrap

Rain poured. Nineteen guns boomed. The Empress of Scotland docked at Quebec last week bearing Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Viscount Willingdon, the new Governor General of Canada (TIME, June 21 et seq.)

Lady Willingdon, brunette, in-clined to plumpness, presented the purser with a diamond stickpin, "on account of the trouble we have given on the way over." Viscount Willingdon, slender, a head taller than his wife, chatted before debarking with Premier King who had come on board as the ship entered the harbor.

Despite the pouring rain thousands cheered the new Governor General as he rode through the streets of Quebec, guarded by the Royal Canadian Dragoons.

Amid general pomp, masculine gold braid, feminine fine raiment, the new Governor General took the oath of office in the Legislative Council of Quebec. Later he lunched at the Chateau Frontenac, famed hotel. Still later, a special train sped the Governor General and his entourage to Ottawa.