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Leaders Give Peace Prospects‘

. Scant Attention

Odds Against Acceptance Of‘ Hitler's “Peace Plans” Said 100 - 1 —- Three Year Wan

Campaign Still_l_n Prospect.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Oct. 5—(CP Cable)—The British Govern- ment maintained a “the war goes‘ on” attitude tonight on the eve of Adolf Hitler’s Reichstag speech in which he may formulate peace proposals.

British leaders apparently were not paying much at- tention to the prospects of peace, spending their time on the diplomatic, economic and military aspects of what Prime Minister Chamberlain has said may be a three-year war campaign, if not longer.

Any pence plan Hitler may offer has only one chance in 100 of being accepted by Great Britain and France. No- body in authority in London is slackening the war work on these odds.

Parliamentary discussion of British reaction to any such overtures has subsided. Mr. Chamberlain, without expanding on his previous declaration against accepting “more assurances” from the present Nazi regime, announ- ced he would give his sixth weekly war review next Wed- nesday." i

High British devoted their

military officialsl tciitioii to a mili- (dry delegation from Turkey. whose Dardenelles forts cofli-Wl the maritime backdoor to eastern Eur- ope, The mission. headed by G9"- eral Kinzlm Ofbfly. W115 eliberiaill" ed at lunch with Lord Chatfield. Minister for Coordination of Di’.- fencc, presiding.

The 'I".ii'kisi1 officers tonight saw Richard Butler, under-secretary WI foreign affairs. a Emil? V! 108F115‘

Gardiner Urges Careful Survey. By Farmers

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The People's Paper

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, FRIDAY; OCTOBER s, 1939

GRIPPING TALE 0F ESCAPE IN S ll B M A R I N E

Eye - Witness Tells How Depth Charges H a l f - Wrecked British Craft In Enemy Waters.

(B7 PAT USSHER) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Oct, 6 —-(CP Cab‘»,~i_

A gripping story of how a.‘ British submarine in ‘hostile waters es ap- ecl the pulverizing blows of enemy depth charges while its crew gamely held sweepstakes on when the next explosion would come was told. to- night by a naval eye-witness.

The ship came safely home after depth charges smashed the peris- cope, put engines out of action ur-d plunged the submarine into dark- ness. It rested on the seabed while the charges exploded at an average of one every two minutes for an hour. As it came to the surface British warships and aircraft {taught off enemy planes to protect

Between each detonation the men grimly held their “oi-aw" on the time for the next explosion.

The navigator was a member of the Royal Naval Reserve and ser- ved with Canadian Pacific steam- shlps before the war.

The crew was said to have pre ared to blow up their rat er than sunlender to the enemy when finally forced to the surface.

The account said early one morn- ing in her “allotted patrol area in enemy ivaters" the submarine fixed her position and dived.

ENEMY DEPTH CHARGES

"Shortly before breakfast the de- tonation of a depth charge quite close to her suggested that she was in the vicinity of enemy forces," it continued.

“Her captain decided to have a look at them through his periscopc and put his ballast pump in action

been craft

"Wm meimms and ‘mm “use” orravirm Oct. m-Azrlcultlfle (t0 rise to the srface) Another

a(‘ll'llll‘l‘Cslll,\nel_lCiSlt'l)lll“lll-:€$ bdlcllililftirlgrllt M315“? Galdllrer lolllgéltmairf‘? depth charge promptly exploded ~ *‘ - . amok‘ - .

‘The dinner was held to enable the élllreolglllslillifvié? mills lull ol h“ {Mm mlflclmeclfigz’ my down to oonmrve

misslol‘ t‘) mo“ members o‘ born projects iii view of

illiloflfillllififilfif Mrds and the Hausa that war moi! mike 119C955“? P" Olhcr British officials worked any time

. - ‘i id i tatement to perfect financial and economic The nllnlsicruiglouélllgc; o! lllls

michincry for prosecution of tho

vwr.

Fwnrl ‘Minister W. s. liforrlson met. with a Danish trade flclega- lien in line with Britain's altemlli fr, keep the flow of dairy and merit

that "on the“ fall's prcparli ons a more vital ivay than ever before the quality. quantity and cost o! has final product o Year ileum?" Warning that the question of lu- crcuscd production requirements 1n

the demands

will depend in

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War Planes Deal ‘Subs Heavy Blow

products into the United Kim!‘ l .. l clan“. “sell wlm doin uninterrupted. glllvlllarlillllg “lfilldennes, at which ___. , l time a definite policy would bo- NEW YORK, Oct. 5—(CP)-— c°mm°ml "n “M Budge conic fzupossihle," he said farm Great Britain and France now op-

suri.'e_y5 vgcre important from a na-

Tlie House of Ccviiinciis thrcsh- “anal and scllqlrolccllvl,

point of

(".1 out clclails nf the (‘ll1i‘T"‘l’1C,\‘ View coasts, the skipper cf a 'l,000-ton

vr-ir budget ivlth S" "h" 5““°“- "Vile shall be too busy to do this freighter said here today. <..~-- -— _ W» ~ next sol-lug. may be too late “A heavy blow has been dealt to 1 Co‘ 4) nexl fall-v ' the German submarines,” said the

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(Continued on Dine ‘y The lhycg considerations de- calplfiainm 8m his m d _ serving urgent attention. ucocrd- I 9 SKIP?" S n 5 P lg“ e lug to ll“ Gal-dim“; are qmln one detour of 20 m cs to avo a submarine. Owing to the vigilance

crops and feed supplies, livestock, and seed requirements, _

lie recommended maintaining or improving the present hog produc- tion for "bacons, hams and fats are bound to be required in greater Vflllllllf‘ if lhc war continues."

It is also iriipfiitant that farin- .ers should not change from cheese lo butter production for both cheese and bacon production will

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"Dance at MeMlllans, Stan-

erute heavy bomber air patrols for a. distance of 600 miles off their

of the patrols, shipping is now l, formed of the osltion of most of the Nazi lJ-boa . They are spotted from the skies; some are sunk, and the whereabouts of the others in the lanes of travel are reported wl-lllli almost clocklike regularity, he sai .

Russia Extends Influence In

North Baltic

Soviets Gain Sweeping Con- cessions In 10-year Mutual Assistance Pact With Latvia.

lBritain Shipsi gArms To Turkey;

(By Pierre Malliaud, liavas S ff

ta Writer)

LONDON, Oct. 5—(C. l‘. llavas) —Great Britain has fbeen shipping planes, tanis, big guns and other wai- materials to Turkey during the t two weeks, a well-informs source disclosed tonight.

The Turkish military mission

B! Wltt Hancock Associated Press staff Writer

MOSCOW, Oct. 5 —-(AP) -Soviet Russia extended her influence over a second western neighbor today and moved a step nearer domina- tion of the northern Baltic through sweeping concessions gained 1n s lo-year mutual assistance agree- ment with Latvia.

The pact. rcSCmbllng closely an agreementzeached aweek ago with another Baltic state. Elstonia, gave Russia the right to establish several air fields, naval bases at the Lat- vian ports of Liepaia (Llbau) and Ventspl-ls (Wlnciau), and a base for shore aigiiierv to "protect Riga Bay".

Jcsep Stalin jo ned the soviet . premier and foreign commissar. 3:3”: ‘flillllllegedhelrle will“, all)‘: Vyacheslaff Molotoff. in driving ilwllll Brlllsh "lllclals, lml com_

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home the negotiations through ~ ~ pletion of its task is awaiting which Latvia granted Russia the resull ol the parallel dlplomallc

privilege lo place a “llmlmd numb‘ conversations between Ankara ifxgrggsslilllvlfélsllg: Palm‘ and ‘and lionilildon anddPaligls, and bQtwltigl Und r the R. i 425w i m‘ a” °’°'?‘.‘" °“ ' e BTSZNBZ’ '“§.r.i§'i“""e““~i=i '.’l:’l"1';'..:'.'..:.“'" '“""*“"'"- 531d air basrleg and -es nalgi Russia" l‘ w“ “m”! N‘ 25.000 Soldiers on Estonian IOlI. vol-ted here. ls demanding that Dllilllm-‘ltlo observers eonsld- Turkiycllffmlglt a!‘ herdbdgfi“ cred a siml t 1n B"? II m lln or e be (ml-gall, maflnfifafififnmfifinml Anglo - French - Turkish accord llelziatiliéililils twlith Liihunnill. lgfglilflf all“ t" Rlllllzenlllodend ll‘ '1 sa th . ce ey areaacc.

This woulflcclgglye 0,5,9 aallves for Certain advantages now are $118858, capltalllzlng on he;- new- sofa! {To behsclen by Nlhs British olin par nershp with Germany, B" IBM n i! oscow-An- to establish firm control of the llglm BdCCI-ladhbllihizhlllfl not yet een cc e w c cr granting

northern Baltic. Russian demands would be TURKEY ON TIGHT ROPE worth these advantages. g: t

Tilrkcv, meanwhile, with a dipio- l

malic mission in Moscow and a mil- ilarv_one ln London appeared to be ivalkinz the tight rope between Riwslan-German influence on the one hand and Anglo-French on the other.

Jl‘=l. what the ultimate outcome would be depended largely upon the exact nature of Soviet proposals which were understood to ask for assurance of Turkey's complete neutrclltv in the European war.

"vaterv surrounds-ml the neg- otiations bcfwccn Russia and

'|‘"I'l'r_\'. who. like the Soviet

Union. is a vital factor in Eur-

"'""s re-mado political struct-

ure.

Lleoaia. one of the Latvian ports in which Russia was given naval

Red Cross Work Committee In Action

Yarn and instructions for the knitting of socks and sweaters are being issued to the heads of the different ladies‘ organizations by the Red Cross Work Committee in l (Conllnued on page .7‘ Co] 4, the Canadian Legion Rooms. Chai-

__ lottetown, on Tuesdays and Fri- l - days from ten to twelve in the -War—-25 Years Ago Today

mornings and from two to four in- the afternoons. Samples and pat- terns of pneumonia jackets and hospital bedgowns are also avail- able with instructions. The Red Cross will supply yarn and other material to organizations whose funds do not permit of their buy- ing their own and will also have available materials for sale to or- ganizations wishing to purchase their own. All Women's Institutes and Catholic Womens Leagues lll the province have signified their intentions of forming Red Cross working units throughout the coun- try districts, and it is hoped new

(By The Canadian Press

OCT. 6, l9l4-Prlme Minister Sir Robert Borden announced second Canadian coniiiigcrt to be oganiz- ecl immediately. Fighting in the Battle of the Alsiie moving north-

llope, i~ riflay night. L-l077-i0-5-2l.

"Charlottetovln l-logpital High Tea

ll O l be 18-19. ‘l’ Holy Nuns H“ cLo-ltlgl-IO-S-M.

"Pliilathea Rummage Sale, Bap- tist school, Oct. 7, 6.30. L-ll04-10-6-2t

"Hazelbrook L-adies Aid Cake Sale at S. A. MacDonald's, Satur- day, October 7th. L-lOBB-lO-fi-Llr.

‘Sec Wlltshlre players present "Here Comes The Prince", in Cavendish Hall Friday, October 6. L-l076-l0-5-2i.

"North Wlltshire Women's Mit- sionary Society pantry sule at Moore if: Mcbeodls Saturday, Oct. '7. L-1ll5-10-6-2i.

"Fir pillows for sale at. E. W. Taylor's and Kayla Gift Shoppe for 25c. with hand painted Thanksgiv- ing Card free. L-10B1-10-6-li.

"Cattle-We require a quantity of cows and bulls for bologna Phone or write us for prices. ls- land Cold Storage Co.

b969-9-30-ti

"Livestock Marketing Board loadln hogs. lambs and calves fhi-oug local shipping clubs week of Oct. 9 as follows: Monday after- noon Montague, Cardigan. St. Teresa. Baltic, Souris, St. Peters U782. Mfllvlow. Mlscouche, Char- lottetown Tuesday. forenoon till train time, Kensliilrton, Charlotte- town. York, North Wiltshlre. Hun- ter River, Bradalbimo, Klnkora. afternoon 12 to 3, Albany

L-lXOlI-IO-fl-ii.

have an important bearing on Can- ada's focd effort.

“As the general lrltllktlfin be- comes clearer, provincial organiz-

ations wdll be mobilimd to guide in ac-

and stimulate production cordance with known needs, such organizations in turn enlisting the services of existing producers’ as- soclations.

New Salvation Army

Commander Named

TORONTO, Oct. b —(OP) —Com- mlssloner Benjamin Orames, for the last seven years in charge of Salva- tion Army operations in San Fran- cisco, today was named Territorial Commander oi the Army for Can- ada, Newfoundland, Alaska. and Bermuda.

He succeeds Commissioner George Carpenter. who has been elected General of the International Salva-

tion Army.

A native of Kyenlon. All-strolls. Commissioner Orames served in the first Great Wai- as a chflliloln with the Australian expeditionary forces

in France and EGYDAI-

T. C. A. AT MONCTON

MONCTON, N. Bo Oct. 5 —(OP) --Moncton‘s new airport. ell-stem terminus of the Trails Canada Alr- lines, received its first visit by a T.

C. A transport today. Pilot Ronald

George, formerly of Sackvlle, N. B. landed the big plane easily on the completed runway this afternoon after a fl lit

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from Montreal via two hOlIrs and eight

News Briefs

llONG KONG. Oct. 5—(AP)—-A definite Japanese setback with heavy losses appeared today to be the result of Japan's first major military offensive against Chins in nearly a year.

Chinese reported that a coordin- ated campaign aimed at Changsha. capital of’ llunan Province, had been repulsed and that the Japan- ese were falling back across flic- Mi River, 40 miles north of the

City.

WASHING-TON. Oct. 5 —(CP)— Some of the most forecful op- position orators have attacked the Roosevelt Administration's revised neutrality law but tonight support- ers of repeal of the United States anns embargo expressed confidence they had gain-ed ground in the first three clays of Senate debate.

Chairmen Pittman (Dem-Nevada) of the senate foreign relations committee, leader of the flghit. for the Administration Bill, said it sp- pesred that between 64 and 68 Senators would votc for it.

BERLIN. Oct. 6—(Frlday)-—'l'he western democracies must decide soon whether it is to be peace or war, and the choice ls ual o them, Foreign Minister Von bbentrop said odsy in an interview with s correspondent of the Tokyo news- paper Nichl Nlchl. Publication of the interview by the Geiimsn News Agency, l). N. 8., was regarded as s hint In some quarters of what

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Situation At A Glance i

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(By The Canadian Press)

WASHINGTON-White House, exprmsing lncredullty, makes pub- lic a warning from German navy that American steamship Iroquois would be sunk upon nearing American coast from Europe with 584 Am- erican passengers; Germans hint British would do shining; White l-louse, although taking precautions to protect ship. states “we can't imagine that any British, French or other ships would do such a thing."

LONDON-Crew of disabled British submarine rescued under enemy planes; military officials confer with Turkish military delegation.

BERLIN-Hitler addresses Reichstsg at noon (7 a. m.. A. S. T.) to- day.

WARSAW-Hitler tells Ioumsllstg fhlt Warsaw‘! wreckage demon- strated the "criminal folly" of resisthig German arms; proclaims Polish campaign ended.

MOSCOW-Russia signs IC-yesr mutual assistance pact with Latvia giving Russia more sir and naval buss on Baltic.

PARIS-French troops organise new lines In German border terri-

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

FRENCH TRO0PS URGANIZE NEW _l_l N ES

Strengthen Positions To Head Off Any

German Drive Through Neutral Luxembourg.

tlBy TAYLOR HENRY)

(Associated Press Staff Writer)

PARIS. Oct. 5—(AP)-—-Fre':ich troops capitalized on n lull 1n fighting on the western front to- day to organize new lines in Ger- man border territory.

The high command communique tonight said it. was "a generally calm day" with “activity of recon- naigance units of both sides 0:1 various parts of the front."

A_ morning communique gave no indication of action along the 60- mile northern flank. exoept for sporadic artillery fire, but the French were reported to have strengthened their position to pre- vent anv possible Genoa/a drive trough the neutral Duchy of Luxembourg.

Semi-official military advices said the French took full posses- sion of the strategic Borg Forest east of Luxembourg after a short skirmish with German tanks.

A series of. German local at- tacks of the past few days afloat- ently faded out last nialht, after at- tempts to filter into the French western positions in the forest-cov- ered Haardt Mountains near the German town of Plrimasens.

Whlli- the French awaited io-inorrowls session of the Rclchsta-z, their attention tum- i-d to naval 3. ' ‘ Yes- terday's capture of a German merchant vessel by s French submarine was disclosed to have

taken nlace 1,000 miles out in the Atlantic. The submarine was one of France's largest. built in 1931.

Although the warcraft. was not named, the description was seen as applying only to the Surcoui, world's largest undersea vesel.

(The authoritative naval manual,

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H I ilEllll N WARSAW TllllR

BERLIN. Oct. 5 —(AP)— Adolf Hitler celebrated the success of his lightning ivar against. Poland today with a triumphnl visit to Warsaw 8s a prelude to his important de- claration tomorrow before the Reichstaa.

Unusual secrecy surrounded his one-day trip to Warsaw and the secrecy was matched by the lack of speculation in the press concerning tomorrows speech.

In an orrlzr of the dav issued to the iirmv after lils review of his troops in Warsaw Hitler said his Polish campaign was finished and his soldier: "readv for anything."

Ho said the. (lav “brings to an end a blltllo carried on in the best tra- dition of German arms. With ms the German people, full of pride, thanks you."

No ilemanils 0n Bumania By Soviets

(By LLOYD LEIIRBAS) (Associated Press Staff Writer) BUCHAREST. Oct. 5—(AP)—iAti

authoritative Rumanian source u- serted tonight that. no demands had been made on Rumania by Soviet Russia in her moves to re-

in the Balkans.

This source reported Sukru Saracoglu, Turkish Foreign Min- lster now in Moscow, was keeping Rumania _F_orelgn Minister,

BERLIN (VIA BERNE), Oct. 6—(Frlda_v) -— (CP-llsvns) - Tho German News Agency, D. N. 8., reported today that Sov- let Russia has informed Tur- k it is ready to establish good ne ghbor relations with Ru- mania and to respect the pre-

tory; take strategic Borg Forest out of Luxembourg.

HONG KONG-Japanese appear to have suffered definite setback with heavy losses in first major military offensive against China in a 160R

_!£"‘ Belts" 25!!!!- Grlizore Gafcncu. fully informed of developments and has not yet. re-

ported any demands inlmlcal to

Rumanials interests.

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Every man who goes on prsyln and loving is puttvivnlfi something inlfi the current that yet change the stream of history.

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Nazi Manoeuvaifng Seen In Im- plication That U. S. West Bound “Iroquois” Will Be Sunk By Allies. American Passengers On Board.

“We Can’t Imagine That Any British Or French Ships Would D0 Such A Thing" — Early.

-—_- (By Douglas Cornell, Associated Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—United States war vessels raced tonight to protect the American steamship Iroquois after the Government received a tip from the head of the German navy that the vessel would be sunk as she neared United States shores laden with Americans coming home from Europe.

The tip, as made public by the White House, did not say how or by whom the vessel was to be sunk. But itjefl.

LONDON, Oct. B-(Friday)-(CP)—The Admiralty maintained official silence early today on the Whito House announcement that the head of the German Navy hmd warned that the United States Liner Iroquois would he sunk under circumstances similar to the loss of the British liner Athenis.

Unofficial sources at the Admiralty declared, however, any hi- timatlon that Great Britain would have anything to do with such a thing was “too absurd to deny.”

News of the announcement in Washington was relayed to the highest British Naval officials sltcr midnight. An hon- later name the statement that the Admiralty would have nothing to say st the moment.

the strong implication that Germany was laying the re- sponsibility in advance on the Allies.

While expressing incredibility that anyone would do such a deed, the White House despatched several naval ships and a coast guard cutter to the side of the 6,209-ton vessel, which left Cobh, Eire, on Tuesday with a crew of 275 and 584 passengers, virtually all of whom_ar_e_Ameri-

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HA statement; issued M. the Whit: Mr. A. E. Macieams Condition Unchanged

“Yesterday the head of flit German navy, Grand Aliminl Raedcr, officially informed the American Government, through the United States naval et- tache (Commander A. E. Schrader) in BBTllIl, that ac- cording to information on which he relied, an American ship, tho Iroquois, is to b8 Sunk when it nears our American east coast

BOSTON, 0ct_ 5—(CP)— Condition of A. E. lllacLean of Summelslde, P. E. Ir, Liberal member of Parliament for Prince. was reported unchang-

_ _ ed at Baker Memorial Hos- “The smlung of the Iroquois pltal today. He is seriously ill. Admiral Ra/eilcr said. would be iw- i“ ' complished through a. repetition 0f circumstances which marked the loss of the Athenia." , _ Stephen T. Early, a presidential i{$ Efi§\‘“ secretary, said the cabinet had dls- fi \_\QE Fug“ o“ A