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as have made Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania virtual pro-

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Slates Ambassador, called at the Kremlin Later the State Department here gave this explanation of

his mission: “The Government of the

to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics its earnest hope that nothing would occur that would be calculated to affect injuriously the peaceful re- lations between Soviet Russia and Finland.

“This is a unilateral and entirely independent action of the United States Government.”

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ll’ 0 Ul d States move had no con-

negotiations l‘.lJ\\‘ in progress would spell no diligfl‘ to Finland's independence or neutrality.

The United States action today

m. the econtl. move involving h: la in he past few adays. The

was a statement of State S”t‘l'f‘l.1l1‘y Hull that the United

Siliics Government refused to re- crghize the disappearance of Po- land, despite its partition by Ger- many and Russia.

On Capitol Hill. where Finland has created much good will by paring her War debts on time, the avulrible comment on today's move appeared favorable.

CONFERENCE OPENS

By Witt Hancock Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, Oct. 122 —(APl—C0n- rev-aliens between Finland and FflllPt Russia began today around tho council table at the Kremlin trhcre three Baltic countries, Eston- ia. Latvia and Lithuania have con- caldrd hasty mutual assistance r'irrcnlcnts with Russia in ihe last two weeks.

Present at the hour's preliminary "PFPTOHCO were the Soviet Premier

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TORONTO, Oct. 12-A report of .-\. lVicCvrcgor, commissioner of combines investigation act. ll: the Imperial Tobacco Com- was ill unlawful combine with eunpa-nies in the distribution baccc products in Alberta and -re. was uphold today by the

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Russia Urged To Keep Peace With Baltic (Neighbor

Ambassador c551? At Kremlin To Place U. S. Views To Soviets.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12- AP -s ' ' ' ' - matic action in behalf of Fllillllldf thewlliiililgdlglttlitgslpld- day urged Russia, in effect, not to press any demands which would lead to strife with her Baltic neighbor.

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OTTAWA, Oct. l%(CP)—Nu- tlonal Defence and Transport Departments officials indicated tonight they were unaware any plan was afoot to establish an Air Ministry. despite rumors in unofficial political circles con- cerning the possibility of fonna- tinn of such a Government de- pnrtment.

With the Defence and Trans- port Dcnartments swamped with work connected with the war, it was rumored the new Ministry might he established to relieve the situation.

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BASEL, Switzerland. Oct. 1Z—(A- PJ-Frenoh WOODS closed ‘he R-mm river dam gates at Kembs. 10 T111195 north of here today, pushing flood waters high over the ‘shoals 0Pi>°5li° Germany's so-called Rhine Gibral- tcr" at Istein.

The French troops acted shortly after reports reached here that Gel‘- mali forces werre working in the shoals under cover of darkness leadin to the belief they might be

repar ng to cross the Rhine at the

ip of the Maginlct line.

Closing of the gate; also coincid- ed with reports of German attacks against the walled French town of , Lnlltcrbourg, 100 miles north alonE the river.

The series of dams on the Rhine below the great Istein Rock, which is now one of the strongest forts of the Siegfried chain, serve two the Alsace canal

pur ses~feed

on he French s de which takes traffic around the rapids, and as ower for supplying electricity to he region on both sides of the

French -Germa.n frontier.

The main power dam is operated by a Swiss concern from the French side of the river but before the war started French army engineers took over the plant and control of the gates.

German guns at istein could eas- ily smash open the dam. military sdvisors pointed out, but until they go intn action French engineers can regulate the water flow above the

fort.

The flood tide not only made a German attack extremely difficult. military advices said. but could aid the French troops in a surprise ad- vance.

War-ZS Years Ago Today

OCT, l3, TQM-Gennans captur- ed Lille and i-fazebrouck in North-

Brussele by of government withdrawn from Oetend to Le I-lavre, France. Lt.- Col. S. G. Marita led Boer revolt

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the one pictured above that 30,000 British troops moved to join French comrad last. night in the fight against Hitler-ism. In the above picture sent by l ‘iophoto, French troops are l seen "somewhere on the western front". German territory now occupied by the Allies,

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A. E. MacLcan Will Bc Flown To His Nome

lviiss Georgie MacLcan aond Mr. Roy E. MacLean and Dr. John F. MacNeill, left by special plane shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Boston, in response to a telephone message from Mrs. lvfalzLean, that the doctors consid- ered Mr. A. E. Maclean able to stand the journey home by plane. The party will charter another plane at St. John and fly direct to Boston. The return journey home will be mad-e direct without a changing. They expect to arrive home early this morning. There had been some talk of br nging Mr. MacLean home last week but the doctors considered he could not stand the trip. The last two days have seen some improvement, and according to Mrs. MacLeanb mes- sage he will be able to stand the Journey.

BOSTON. Oct. 12 —(OP)—-Hcs- pital authorities said today A E. MacLean. member of the Canadian House of Commands who is critic- ally ill here, might be flown home to Prince Eldward Island tomor- row. Sfart of the flight depended on Mr. Macbenifs condition and the weather.

the veteran Prince County Liberal member unchanged today.

First Canadian War Loan ls Announced

OTTAWA, Oct. IZ-Jlinance Min" istor Ralston tonight announced Canada's first war loan in the present war-e $200,000,900 m“ °i two-year two Pel‘ cent notes. al- ready sold to he Canadian char- tered banks ilt DB1‘-

Thls followed the POllAY Umbim- ced in the budget speech during the |pecial war session oi Parlia- ment ln September of avoiding o- lng hm; the lic loan mar et "until the inilal effects of Will‘ e. nditures and purchases by ot er governments in this country had begun to stimulate production mug‘ expand the volume of Public sa .'

The announcement said:-

"The notes will be dated and bear interest frown Oct. 10. 1939. wlll' mature on Oct, 16. 1941, and will be subject tc redemption in whole or in part at par at the option of the government on or lifter Oct. 16, 1940, on 30 days‘ no- tice. The interest and principal of the notes will be payable in law- fl-l money of Canada.

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French Troops Take Offensive On West Front Against Nazis

By Henry C. Cassldy Associated Press Staff Writer

PARIS, Oct. 12 —(A.P) —French forces oii the western front resum- their attdcirs on the German lines tonight nller live clays of defensive ZICLIOH in which the nigh command said German thrusts had been turn- ed back.

Military dispatches said that all along the 100-mile front between the Mmclle and the Rhine rivers,

PARIS. Oct. 13-—(Friday)— lAPl-Thirty thousand British troops were reported early to- day to have joined the French forces on the northeastern German front.

French troops were saults towaids the major of Saarbruecken key city Geiman Saar.

operations still fell short of a general offensive, but it was indic~ ated the French had taken the init- iative away from the Germans,

pressing as- objective of the

The general staff's communi- que tonight tersely referred to the renewed attack u "activity of our advance elements.” Mil- itary advicea however, said the French patrols, edging through the woods and over the hills of no-man's land between the Ma-

kinot and Siegfried lines, had engaged in several encounters with the German advance guard.

French reports said German Da- trols suffered "hundreds" of casual- ties when on the offensive, and the French very few.

Today's major engagements took place south ol Saarbruecken, on the east and west of which the French already have taken advanced posi- tioiis.

The southern approach to the city is guarded by the Winterberg fort, one of the prncipie works o! the Siegfried line.

The first party of nine accredit- ed English war correspondents to visit the western front returned with word that the line between the Motelle and the Soar rivers was holding firm despite German coun- ter-attacks, which started Sunday and continued until today.

Meanwhile. Premier Dalsdier summoned the cabinet to meet to- morrcw with President Lebrun for a. general review of the war.

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0ld Soldier Gets Medal

MERRYIT. B. C“ Oct. il-Oflflii- J. S. Silnpiain. 75, who served with the imperial forces for 3'1 years, and fought in India, Bouth Africa. and fiance, without being wound- ed. has just received a silver medal “for meritorious services" an the imperial army headquar-

Thls medal is awarded tc only one man in a rviifliehli. 5nd in the case of death oi the single recipient, another is awarded tc maintain continuity.

Capt, Bimlgkin say! he i! Pfe- Ered to ac u en‘instructor in a present Wlil‘ if celled to service

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LONDON, Oct lilr-(CP Cable); —The‘ Maginut Line appeared‘ "as impregnable a; the rock oil, Gibraltar” to a. Reuters News‘ 1mm ‘oqas quapuodsa-uoo Aauaiiv g, party of British newspaper- rnen, visited France's defence fortification system. "A fort I visited is built In- side a. small hill scooped out hollow for the purpose. At the ' is an observation pos guarded by a steel cupola weighing 36 tons set in a great block of concrete," he wrote. “At another point on a hill I saw one of several gun tur- rets. All that was visible was a camouflaged cupola of steel shaped like a British soldier's steel helmet. This cupola weighs 125 tons and rests on a wide, steel collar of the same weight“: the whole being set in a vast} block of concrete 56 feet in- iydiameter. 5 "I was shown the ‘gas masks‘: of the fortifications-vast sys-n, te-m of ventilation bv which air:- drawn In from the outside“: purified and circulated through--

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BERLIN, Oct. 13 —(F‘riday) — (AP)—Ad0lf H-itler is ready to ord- er a total war against Great Bri- tain and France. but one power- the United States-can yet inter- vene to prevent the “most grue- some bloodibath in hlstoy" foreign correspondents were told icdny.

Emerging from a conference of several hours with the Fuehrer. Dr. Otto Dietrich. Reich press chief. expressed his conviction to a smnll group of correspondents that Bri- tain risked her "insolent reply" to Hitler through Prime Minister Chamberlain only because she re- lied upon the United States to sup-

pant her. Hitler, after u three-hours study of Mr. Chamberlain's

speech, in which the Prime

Minister rejected the Fuehrer‘!

‘peace overtures, was reliably

reported to have determined

upon a war to the finish u-

gninst Britain and France in

the west.

The United States. Dr. Dietrich expounded. could put an end to the war if she uneaulvocally told Britain she would not support her unless efforts tc settle the pro- blame at issue were made at the Council table.

Germany. Hitler's Lieutenant said, felt that Mr. Chamberlain had not indicated a willingness to sit down to talk things over with the Reich.

Hitler Dr. Dietrich laid. would delay giving the coul-

out at a pressure slightly high-II,‘

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Duplessis Declares Willingness To Co- operate With Fed- eral Government.

lBy WILLIAM STEWART)

(Canadian Press Staff Writer)

ORMSTOWN, Que, Oct. 12 (CID-Quebec Province belcm-gs in Confederation and is “conscious" of its “obligations” under Canada's constitution, Premier Duplessis as- serted today at a political rally in this farming centre, 40 miles south- west of’ Montreal.

The leader of French-Canada's thnee-year-old Union Nationale Government seeking re-election Oct. 25 d-ecliared his Administration was “Willing to ell-operate and collabor- ate" with any Dominion Govern- iglbnt, mindful of. the rights of Que-

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He spoke rn Fzench and English to electors of Chateauguay-La- prairie constituency calling on “Irish and Scots, English and French, Catholics and Protestants" *lo "get together for the welfare of the Province."

Fair Play For Quebec

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(By J. F. Sanderson, Cana Slovakia. must give convincing proof of

for peace by definite acts and guarantees of their intention

Province of Quebec.” the Premier said. "Quebec is not asking for privileges but for justice." _

"We belong inConfedelratlon and we are conscious of our obliga- tions," he added. ‘We are willing to

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Finns Welcome Representations

(By Lynn lleinzerllug, Associated Press Staff Wfiifil’) HELSINGFORS. Oct. 12-Ma- land tonight welcomed reports of United States and Scandinavian representations in her behalf in Moscow where a Finnish delegation gathered around the same Kremlin conference table at which SOT/lei Russia has obtained important concessions from three other Bal-

tlc States.

Officials maintained silence, but well-informed observers said these reports confirmed their belief that powerful outside forces were wolf:- mg to save Finland from demands such as those which resulted in speedily-wncluded mutual assist- ance pacts between Estonia, Lat- via, Lithuania and Russia.

Finland, meanwhile, continued‘ prepaiations to resist attacks on her independence in the event she feels forced to reject Soviet de- mands .What these demands are has not yet been divulged.

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Allied; Troops On ‘German Soil

Chambgjl-ain Gives Choice, Peace Or War

War To The Ftzer End

Refusal Of

Germans To Give Effective Guarantees, British Prime

dian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON. Oct. lh-(CP Cable)—The British Govern- "lent i058)’ firmly reJected peace with Adolf Hitler based upon recognition of his conquest of Poland and Czecho-

It offered the German Chancellor his choice of war to the bitter end or a real lasting peace fortified by effec- tive guarantees against further aggression.

Without naming specific peace conditions, Prime Min- ister Chamberlain told the House of Commons:—

“The issue is plain. Either the German Government

the sincerity of their desire by the provision of effective to fulfil their undertakings,

or we must persevere in our duty to the end. “It is for Germany to make.her choice." Stern of voice, the 70-year-old Prime Minister declared

that Great Britain would never accept peace at the sacri- fice of her honor or abandonment of the principle that in- ternational disputes should be settled by discussion, not

by force.

Mr. Chamberlain spoke only 16 minutes, but agalin and again he was forced to stop in the reading of his manuscript by prolonged cheering from the crowded House. His voice lock on an unusual tone of uncompromising fir-mums. Not once did he lean his elbow on the big red despatch box as on other occasions. l-le stood stiffly upright, his face set and his voice almost resonant.

In blunt language Hitler was told that acts-not more words -—musf. come from him “before we, the British peoples, and Ffihce. our Kflliant and trusted ally, would be justified in ceas- ing to ivagc war to the utmost 0! our strength."

Just what will happen a5 the m- suit of the Prime Minister's speech is entirely up lo Hitler, observers Seid- He may reoiy With bombs or with fresh peace proposals, In any event, there was no doubt that the next move .

Mr. Chamberlain. who is to w. dress the nation in a broadcast liihirdiiy night. indicated he would make another statement to the House of Commons next Wednes-

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Reply Received

mand for taking up the west- ern campaign if there was any indication President Roosevelt was likclv to tell Mr. Chamber- lain that he must express his readiness to meet Germany in conference.

Mr. Cilnmbcrlainis said, indicated determination "annihilate" the German people.

"Let's see who will be annihilat- ed," the press chief said.

Germany. in the opinion of oth- er prominent NRYlS who joined in the conference. ‘thus far has not attempted to display her air pow- ers in the west. They said there were never more than two dozen planes massed for any attack.

But hcfor-e Modlin, in Poland. they claimed 800 ncwerdivtng bolnbrrs had been let loose.

A similar number attacking Bri- ilsh shins and strategic coastal lnolnts. they claimed. could do un- told damage.

Dietrich said that with Russia ready to support. Germany. and Ttnlv wfllinrz to remain neutral or ,bcrcmo l-ellicvereni-whatever might seem bet-fer to the general staffs- he considered Germany "urfbeat- able "

It would be easier. he asserted. for G-etmwnv in blockade England than for England to starve out Germany.

Dietrich said Mr. Chamberlain's

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ALF-SUND Oct. l2-. (1AP)_'nl° SUPDCF 0f a Norwegian i gslitilllng bloat came into Port today

a ale of having ridden our a naval engagement Monday be- tween British warships and gen glean bombing planes in ilic North

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For an hour a , _ or l...".f‘.i.."i£.l2s caught in the thundering ‘battle participated in by rm» British ~hlp5 l and about 150 German planes.

So fnr as he and lli.< crow could l see, neither ships nor panes 5001-- ed hits. The captain related, how- l CWT‘. that after the wnrshi a steamed away there was a terl-l h;

(The German Admiralty reported its planes scored 1o direct hits in , a North Son battle Monday; Th0 British Admimliy agreed there had been a battle but said the German

bombs fell hundred: of lords n- wny from the warship and that there was nn British rumour or

casualties but that some ("mflllflfi Dlanes did not reach lhr-ir bases.)

T11!‘ iiflliiiiil boat captain nid he was going quietly about his ncts off the Viking Bank when the wor- planes roared Fill of the wins‘ and

from the cast. As the warship: approached clcsc

-the lfanes bcann raining bombs and the slllrfs pom pom guns be- gs" their rcnly.

The Kavlnv. bobbing on the water like a cork from the heavy kicked up by the exploding pro- jectile". alicnlnicd tn steel‘ tn the wcst but tho warships did lll((‘\\‘=¢t".

Finally. thr- cantnin sold, the warships uvhich hnrl followml a zigzag course at full speed during the battle wihrlrew and the bomb- ers roared away.