British Press Warmly Welcomes Canadian Troops

Northern Advocate, 21 December 1939, Page 5

British Press Warmly Welcomes Canadian Troops

(Received 1 p.m.) RUGBY, December. 20.

The arrival of the Canadian troops in Britain is the occasion of warm tributes by the Press to the enthusiasm which the Dominion brings to the Allied cause, and of the close companionship of the British Commonwealth in the war, which it demonstrates. “The Times” emphasises that the troops have been entirely recruited by voluntary enlistments, and that the French-speaking Canadians rallied as eagerly as the English-speaking. Undesigned Coincidence “They constitute,” adds “The Times,” “a citizen force from every province and from all classes and sections' of the community, coming to fight in defence of liberty- and the values they know to be at stake. “It was an undesigned coincidence that their arrival took place on the very day on which, in Ottawa, an agreement was signed to establish the Dominion a great Empire air-training organisation, planned to turn out some tens of thousands of trained airmen every year, and thus by co-operative effort to win for the Allies predominance in the air. similar to that which they already enjoy at sea.” ‘ Admirable Energy, Resolution

The “Manchester Guardian” says: “Admirable energy and resolution have been shown by Canada in dealing with the embarrassing rush of recruits for service overseas that has been so swiftly organised into an expeditionary force, supplied and embarked amid all the other demands that the war has made on the Dominion.

“The men who have now reached Europe herald a contribution on land and in the air by which the strength of the Allies will be nobly reinforced.”