including previous alliances with the United States, Great Britain and Europe. On December 15, 1936, Duncan formally notified new AAU of C president Jack Hamilton in writing that the CAHA would terminate its articles of alliance effective January 15, 1937. Duncan noted the lack of support for CAHA proposals and that the AAU of C did not enforce CAHA suspensions. He asserted the intent of the CAHA to remain the governing body of ice hockey in Canada. He reiterated to teams and leagues that registration with the CAHA would prevent against rosters being raided and players being signed by other countries, since the CAHA had its own agreements in place. Hamilton replied that there should be no quarrels between the CAHA and AAU of C, and instead a friendly rivalry. Duncan later implied that had Hamilton been president of the AAU of C when the "four points" were proposed, the separation might have been avoided. The Quebec Amateur Hockey Association (QAHA) condemned severing relations with the AAU of C. Duncan interpreted the QAHA position as its intent to withdraw from the CAHA. He ruled all leagues within the QAHA ineligible for national playoffs, except for the Montreal Senior Group which pledged allegiance to the CAHA and the Allan Cup and then considered setting up a committee to govern hockey in Quebec. He also reiterated that the CAHA executive were the rightful trustees of the Allan Cup and had the right to oversee its playoffs, despite protests by CAHA finance chairman and former cup trustee Claude C. Robinson. In January 1937, Duncan announced plans for an international amateur series where the English National League champion would come to North America, to play against the winner of a series between the Allan Cup champion of Canada and the amateur champion of the United States. He later confirmed that either the Wembley Lions or Harringay Racers would come to Toronto in April 1937. Duncan attended the congress of the (LIHG) in February 1937 and was elected second vice-president to become the first Canadian to serve on the LIHG executive. The LIHG updated its constitution to give national hockey associations the right to sanction amateur and professional events within their own jurisdiction, including exhibition games between amateur teams and professional teams. The change allowed meant such exhibition games would no longer affect the amateur status of players for the Olympics. Duncan felt that these