The landing of the frst contingent of Canadian troops in Britain, for a period of intensive training, before they are sent to take their place at the front, is a demonstration of two important facts of which it is as well sight should not be lost. The first is that the Dominions' voluntary offers of assistance in this fight for right are real, and translatable in terms of man power, and the second is that with all their widespread preoccupations, the Allied Navies have been able to maintain full command of the seas, going about their normal of the destruction of enemy naval while at the same time ensuring the safe conveyance of large bodies of troops long distances across the seas. The enthusiasm with ich the Dominions, including New Zealand. rallied to the call of Empire was one of the most comforting pieces of news in the general gloom which prevailed on the outbreak of a war, which everyone, save Herr Hitler and his advisers, hoped would be averted. It was the completest possible answer to those optimists who fancied they saw the disintegration of the British Empire, and a vindication of those who have all along contended that potential enemies have to reckon with the Empire as a whole. The fact that large bodies of Canadian troops were conducted across the Atlantic in he greatest secrecy and safety, speak volumes not only for the manner of organization of such an important task, but also for the protection which the British Navy was able to afford them. The great distance they had to be transported and the consequent vulnergoility of the convoy presented tests which the Navy efficiently met, and, imposing as was the transportation of the first British troops across the English Channel. this latest feat is not far behind as second. It is a complete answer to bombastic German claims of having control of the North Sea, anc the Atlantic and an indication that the forces of the Reich have a very long way to go indeed before a state of affairs can be brought about in any woy approximating to their allegations.
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