VISIT TO CANADA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 December 1941, Page 6

VISIT TO CANADA

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WILL ADDRESS PARLIAMENT. GOOD RESULTS IN TRAIN AT WASHINGTON. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) • OTTAWA, December 29. The British Prime Minister (Mr Churchill) said practical and far-reach-ing decisions were imminent as a result of the Allied war conferences in Washington and these had progressed so favourably that he was able to take a few days off to accept the invitation of the Earl of Athlone (Governor-Gen-eral), Princess Alice, and Mr Mackenzie King to visit Canada. Mr Churchill will address the Canadian Parliament tomorrow afternoon.

ASSURANCE GIVEN TO OCCUPIED EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. FULL INDEPENDENCE TO BE RESTORED. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) NEW YORK, December 29. The “New York Times” Washington correspondent learns authoritatively that Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt jointly received representatives of the occupied European countries and promised that everything possible would be done to restore their full independence at the end -of the war. President Roosevelt said: “This time we will see that Germany is and stays disarmed.”

Following on the conversations between Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt, a solemn declaration to the occupied countries was drafted defining common aims against the Axis Powers.