MR. CHURCHILL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1943, Page 5

MR. CHURCHILL

THE UNITED NATIONS' STRENGTH

LONDON, February 2. It was "announced today .that Mr. Churchill yjstted the island of Cyprus*oh hlvrtetttrh'frtfih turkey. He was accompanied Py the ;GW£» of the Imperial General Sjtaff, General : Sir ktap ftrbtike, several high officials.

The Prime, Minister told a representative' -gldtttefihg of the islanders that the United Nations represented incomparably ..the strongest, group of human beings that .'hid ever been marshalled in arms in the whole history of the world. They were strong, he said, attti 'they wbtild 'march forward vfrom strength to strength until unconditional surrender was'extbrted f r6m those who had laid the world in havoc and ruins. He said that, very ppwerful , forces "wef-e 'now in Cyp'riis to join iruthe defence.' of the island., , Mr. Churchill paid a tribute to Greece, which 4h "thiese 'modern 'days had revived the fame of ancient times. The sufferings of Greece were terrible, he said, but already one could see the light breaking in the sky which would herald the day when Greece would be delivered from the foul bondage and tyranny by which she was overpressed. After the war, said Mr. Churchill, Cyprus would be included in the list of those countries which would deserve well not only of the united people now in arms but of future generations of mankind. (Rec. 11.6.0 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 2. A communique said that Mr. Churchill was the guest of the Governor of Cyprus and Lady Woolley at Government House in Nicosia. Mr. Churchill was accompanied by Sir Alan Brooke, Lord Cadogan, Sir. Charles Wilson (president of the Royal College of Physicians), ' and Commander Thompson, R.N. (personal assistant to the Prime Minister).

While in Cyprus, Mr. Churchill addressed a representative gathering of leading personalities. Later he inspected troops of the garrison.— 8.0. W.