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(Continued from Page D that his government's position on tine draft was not sincere and their demands for unlimited conscription for overseas duty.
 Demonstrations by youthful meEl- hers of the Home Guard, still tn- sisting that they not be sent into fighting zones, continued as the closed session ended.
 A Saskatchewan home defense unit, attempting to board 8 train in Terrace, B. C., to take up gar- rison duty in an un-named west coast defense zone, was threatened by armed pickets of another unit No shots were fired, but a military spokesman said the Saskatchewan united remained in Terrace. All liquor stores and beer parlors were closed and the situation was de- Scribed as 'tense".
 At Port Alberni, B. C., some 100 "zombies'' (active servicemer's name for home guards) marched in the streets carrying banners proclaiming we'll be Zombies fore- ever" and down with Ralston and his gang" Col. J. L. RalStor, for- rner defense minister, resigned in protest of the governments earlier refusal to impose conscription.
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 However. spokesmen for Canada's Pacific command headquarters at Vancouver declared they hold complete control" of all camps and characterized reports of the soldier revolt as 'exaggerated.'
 Resumption of open debate today was expected to afford the pro- gressive conservatives an opportun- ity to hammer for its amendment to the motion, that "the govern ment has failed to insure equality of sacrifice in the war ,effort.7
 Debate on Kings motion, the opposition's amendment and sec ond amendments by the coopera- tive Commonwealth Federation was expected to delay in actual con- f1dence vote. Some observers pre- dicted the vote may came this Friday.
 The political picture showed these highlights:
 l. King appeared to have short circuited rebellion within his own liberal party as a result of a party caucus which produced assurances that there would be no wholesale bolting by dissidents. French speaking members of the party threatened to desert shortly after Kings controversial order was an- nounced but were believed to be back in line.
 2. Informed sources believed that King would get his vote of confi- dence by a substantial majority.
 The opposition, it was believed, would put up a stiff battle before packed galleries in hope of increas- ing its strength in an election forth- coming before April unless Parlia- ment consents to prolong the life of the incumbent government.
 Secret Session Kings call for a secret session, which he defended as necessary for security reasons, was challenged as irregular and unnecessary" by op- position members J. Harris, Dan- forth, Toronto, and Clayton E. Des- mond, Kent, Ont. Both members boycotted the session.
 When the session ended, House Speaker J. A. Glen issued the fol- lowing statement:
 "The House of Commons held a secret sitting from o'clock p. m. today. General the Hon. A. c. I. McNaughton, Minister of National defense, was present and gave in- formation respecting the Canadian forces"
 Although the galleries were cleared and the press was barred front he secret sitting, parliament tary> law permits the speaker of Commons to issue a statement on proceedings at his discretion. Glen did not exercise the right.
 Meanwhile, in home defense camps throughout the dominion, army officers read the "riot act" to uniformed personnel. Some 25, 900 home guards have been re-instruct- ed in the kings regulations, which provide drastic penalties for incit- ing to mutiny or riot.
 They also were warned that they would be fired on if they participat- ed in demonstrations.
 Under Kings order-in- council, 16,000 of Canada's 53,0OO home defense troops would be embarked to European theaters of the war. Some 10000 would be alerted in De-