DE GAULLE IN CANADA
WELCOMED BY PRIME MINISTER
OTTAWA. July 12. The city glowed with the tricolour and was beflagged with the Cross of Lorraine in honour of General de Gaulle, Avho arrived by plane. Mr Mackenzie King, Mr J. L. Ralston (Minister of Defence), and other members of the Cabinet and high arany, naA'y, and air force officers met General de Gaulle at an airport. An army band played the National Anthem and the ' Marseillaise.' ' Mr Mackenzie King, in a speech, said General de Gaulle typified the spirit of France, Avhich would restore her to her past greatness. General de Gaulle said nothing seemed more natural to old France than to see Canadian soldiers struggling on her soil for the same cause as that of the first World War. Those who Avere Avell informed knew that France, even in the depths of misery, refused to give up. To-day France stood upright and united. He added: " I wish to" say for France that' Canada is a dearer friend than ever."
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Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 5
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170DE GAULLE IN CANADA Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 5
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