CHEERS WELCOME MR. CHURCHILL

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 96, 19 January 1944, Page 5

CHEERS WELCOME MR. CHURCHILL

London Station And

Commons

PICTURE OF HEALTH (By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. LONDON, January 18.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, reached Loudon this morning, and a little more than an hour later he was being enthusiastically greeted in the House of Commons.

The Prime Minister’s special tram came into the station at 10 o'clock. With him were Mrs. Churchill and their daughter, Mrs. Oliver. A brief family reunion took place in the train, then. Mr. Churchill came out looking the picture of health. He was wearing the uniform of an Elder Brother of Trinity House, and his hat was at a jaunty angle. He shook hands with the members of the Cabinet who were at the railway station, including Messrs. Attlee, Eden, Morrison, Bevin, and Alexander, Sir Archibald Sinclair and Lord Wooltou. Moving from group to group, he spoke for some time with the First,Sea Lord, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and the Chief of the Air Staff. Crowd’s Ovation.

Outside the station a crowd gave the V sign as he emerged and burst into a storm of cheering. \On November 4 Mr. Churchill left England for Cairo and Teheran. The changes of climate and altitude told on his health, and a week before Christmas he went down with pneumonia for the second time in 10 months. At the end of December he had recovered from the illness, and he left for. an unknown destination to recuperate in the sunshine. A week ago he was in French Morocco, where he met General de Gaulle. Mr. Churchill has already answered a first question in the House of Commons. A member asked what steps he has taken to free himself from some of his official burdens with a view to conserving his health. . Amid loud laughter the Prime Minister replied: “I am appreciative of the solicitude shown, but I have no. changes to propose at present in my routine.” He also stated that he hoped to .make a statement shortly on the war, iucluding the fighting in Italy.