The Drummondville Agreement was a four-party treaty signed at Drummondville in Quebec on November 16, 1926 that ended the eight-year Canadian Civil War and provided for the establishment of the "Blue Canadian" government in St. John's, which was then the capital of the Newfoundland Free State. As per the terms of the agreement, the Blue Canadian government could be recognized by other nations as the legitimate government of Canada (in this case, primarily Germany and the United States) while Red Canada would have effective control over mainland Canada. The agreement was important as the Blue Canadians were running out of men and supplies while the Communists wanted to end the war and American involvement in it to rebuild Canadian industry and agriculture. Implicitly, the agreement endorsed