The Archive · 1940

French Sailors Entertained

It has been good to see in the city a large number of French sailors and they have been royally entertained and left in no doubt about the genuine pleasure their visit has given the citizens. With the elements being at their best they cannot but go away from us feeling that Glasgow is not only big for in size and population but also overwhelmingly generous in its hospitality, and with weather that cannot be equalled even on the Continent.

There is no thought that anything which has happened can mean anything other than ultimate and final victory for the Allies. Setbacks are to be expected and will be borne with that dour patience which characterizes the Scot, but there is a spirit of dogged determination not to sheathe the sword until Hitlerism has been completely and finally over the Chinese government for its interference with the affairs of the thrown, Thus factories and shipyards are working at full pressure and Maximum War Effort in Festes vociferously characterized in judiciary. While Chinese jurists and

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