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MERE MAN

m; is nothing if not adventure.

.- cllnrlottetfl

longing Guardian, Founded i887.

inn, Two Oentl.

Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

CiiARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, DECEMBEB 2s, 1940

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MERE MAN

Impatience may be our ruin.

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Annuol Uy Aluilt PJLL, $4.00;

WBZBITISH BtlMBEllS MAKE REGURD

I British

Range

. Far To West 0f Besieged Bardia

Foreign Secretary

Anthony Eden, who succeeds Viscount llalifax as British For- rotary.

rlgn Sec

iiancel plans, To entertain Soldiers here

Word was received Saturday by Premier Campbell from the miiltarv authorities at Debcrt that the proposed visit of 2B6 snlrllcrs to this province for the Christmas and New Ycarfls

holidays has been cancelled. The reason stated for this cilangc was that the men

were granted longer furloughs than was originally planned and this enables them to go to their homes in Western Can- ada. Plans had bccn completed for entertaining these soldiers It homes in Charlottetown anti Fammcrsirlo for the holiday season. A number wcre to spend (‘hrlsimas here and the rc- "illiilvr New Year's. Anv sol- diers from the “lest who do F" so home will be enter- aiitcd in Nova Scotlan ilonlcs.

Ship reports Attack

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 -—tAPi -— The British steamship Sarastone wlrelrssed today she was bciuv. M‘ incl‘ _ a submarine about 350 mi s off m» Portugal coast. 1c 2.4734011 vessel flashed flii “SSS"--si2uifying a submarine ni- i‘iC‘k~ at ilzll a. m. AST. Sire 23W her msltion as latitude 41.18 north. lonnulrie 15.14 west.

No c'hcr word of her fate was received immediately

‘I'm Snrnstoile. owned by the S Ind R. Steamship Company. W115 operated out of Llnneily. Wales.

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Coming Events

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"Armin Road Concert, December "id- L-3B4-l2-i4-28. "Talklel Christmas night at

"mflasue. 1.421 42-23-21.

“Talkies Christmas night at '°""=- L-72l-l2-23-2i.

"iiartsvillo school Christmas green in Hart-Willa Hall. Monday, Ocmbel‘ 2am. L-4Dl-l2-l823.

‘°"Manle Plains Concert postponed Mimdev. December 23rd. L-BBT-IZ-Zo-a.

"M" Creek S-chool Concert lancell on account of sickness. L-7lt-l2-23-ll. ‘I it George [Al mr C . Water ‘lisel- buvinz Srcréitl oollltrv. all 4 too prices,

Trv s. _ b-‘liil-P-flgto Dec. .1

nrzllve have advanced lccs on .s(‘d chicken and row. scll to

“i 7"!‘ sattisllti-tion. R L. Dicklcsun. L-SQU-lZ-lliiil.

‘mimic wish n: to contribute

lihc ‘drew! lihristmas at til‘; must"! Orphanage mav leave

“W: at 15o Prince Street.

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N0 move by Italians to relieve pressure on important Port.

GAIRO- Egypt. Dec. as—( - devi— (AP)—Britnln's hard-hit. [ting air force continued to pound 20.000 Italians ‘ sieged. at Bardia, Lilli“. and to range far west ag- ainst Marshal Graziani’: stronger defences at Bengasi and Berak, frontier reports reaching here said early today.

Since there was no apparent: nmve by the Italian leader to send aid to his beleaguered forces in the eastern Libyan port it was as. sunlecl by military sources that the Bardla garrison had been chosen to hold up British forces while Marshal Grazlani prepared a."‘1ast ditch" stand in western Libya.

The siege o_[ Bardla by steadily

reinforced British ground troops, the R.A.F. and British warships pouring shells in from the Medi- terranean, entered its seventh day today. British dispatches said the R. A., . shutdown only one Italian bonlbcr 111 Sunday's fighting, but since the offensive began a fort- night ago had accounted for o. to- tfll 0f 1'15 Italian planes at. a cost of only l4 British craft.

British batteries encircled a l7- mile permitre outside Bardia, toss-

. lug shells into the Italian positions.

Italian artillery roared back at the British.

A general headquarters munlquc sold mcrcly; "Reinforce- ‘mcnts are steadily reaching our lil‘0O])S in the Bnrdia area. A fur- thcr scvcn guns have been coi- lcctcd from the enemy frontier lposts which we recently occupied." l lln London, an all‘ ministry news service statement 0n North Afri. can all" operations told of attacks on the Libyan bases of Bengasl lllirlBerka. Al. Bengasi, it said, ex. )lOSl0i‘lS were touched off on the etty and two fires tverc seen near warships Lllcr at Bcrka, ground- cci Italian aircraft were machine- gunned from a height of 500 feet.»

British troops have cut all lines into Bnrdia which has been sur- rounded bv laud forces on the de. scrt 11nd British warships at sea for three days.

'I'l1c Ilallalls are said to have plentiful food and amnlunlllon and. it, ls believed. probably can hold out for some days if no Bri- tlsll attack is launched.

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{Proposal U. S. Seize foreign Ships opposed

“KASHINGTON. Dec. 22——fAP)— Cont; sslonal lcacilzzll to the idea lira Axle ships ln United SIHKBS p3l'l$ he turned aver to Great Bri- lain lnrllcaled today that any for- mal pl plsul 0i than nature WCi-ild clucunlcr deu-rlnlncd opposition.

iczllaid Cross, British Minister of Shipping, advanced the Suggestion P‘]‘_(‘l1\_\' in l. ll(l';ll, saying he saw 11o llllpe of immediate Npl8IllSuI~ merits to the British merchant mar- i119 except by action of this nature or addition of United Silk-i 5111115 to tllc British service.

United Stores officials are known [o b‘, studying the DOSSlbllty 0f acquiring s inc of the 140 foreiflii flag vessels tied up in American ports. although no definite an- 'll0llll(‘.6lliCilt has been made. Antoni! sucil vessels are two German 811d 3'7 Italian, Thirty-seven are Danish.

At the Cilplitll, many crlticiwd My, cross‘ proposal which was de- nounced in Berlin as “lncitln8 Q!"- crica to commit s. war like wt.

Senator A. B. Adams (Demcwb-i said: “We haven't any r381“ W W" foreign ships in time Ofdfime 101' our own 0r aIIYbOdY 9159-5 "-95 I don't think we 0118M i9 bwcme Pl‘ mics and confiscate ships cf friend-

lyfliczlfligsrzsntative Hamiitofl Fish (Rory-NY. said he thought 0on- grcss would be unwilling "to de- siroy the inst vcstises or intram- tiollai law bi’ 50-71-115! 91m" er" ma“ or [tglign vessels in the Un- ilcd State: and selling them to a bclllgrrcnt nation While W6 l" at..-l§3,cer~1orw'cgia:l. Danish, Butch and Belgian merchant ships. he added in n statement, "c.me under a different. cntcgory and we miilhi

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, b1 r. buy tires: shi and re- lilies: {hello to the Bfmsgs lwem‘ ment."

. 22-(AP)—The P08- 51ml‘? qgrcvnrplications“ with the Romc-Bcrlln-TOKYO Mir "i" United Sfntcs allows Britain to lake

nt merchant ,shtpa °“"1“‘l'l'“é. ‘L?

M b vrgno ay . ‘gifiiiglwfnfrnfywril. often reflects

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“rl-ircrwclilamrlot be lmrgitwd." 0W- tla wrote m tin- nrwriliflilrl‘ b“ VJ" lYIl-tlin "that tin-ac more or its! flflQ-ieggfrlle Nwih American inter- vcntlon; in the war would continue

ovcr bclligcro ticd up lll Amcri

with-cut. complica-

llllfllltluawilsllllgiiflgljfilltlfl to the throe- i . .- Fvwe, m“ or Berlin.

As Canada's navy ll increased, the

being instructed in naval gunnery. mounted on Canadian destroyers,

Canadian Tars in the making

damn‘! f" "Elma Dersonnal rises by leaps and bounds. To man

The gun is u

Halifax

By Harold Fair Canadian Press Staff Writer

LONDON, Dec. 22 —(CP Cabiei —Viscount Halifax tonight w? named fitllbklsfifldtitl‘ to the United States to continue the task of oe- menting Anglo-American fricnctshlp carried out so effectively by the laie Marquess of Lothian.

War Srcrotarv Anthony Eden '.v‘:= appclntsri to the foreign office to succeed Lord Halifax and was m turn succeeded at ihc war office by Capt. Marcesson, joint chief gov» eminent. whip.

The appointment of Lord Halifax

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and of M1‘. l-‘flcn i0 their respec- tive posts i111 been forevas‘. bu‘ Capt. l\'l1l“"f‘§30ll'S appointment

came as a s .p1

The fact that Lord Halifax has bfeu dctachrd from the foreign of- fice. the second most. important post in the govcrrrncclt, for the nosf. in the Unitcd Stalcs shows haw vital Britain regards tllc ViLasi-lingfon ftp- polntment.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 —l (AD-The appointment of Vis- count Halifax. British Foreign Minister. as the now Ambassa- dor to the United States was warmly received in adminis- tration circles tonight. I

Authorized spokesmen said Lord Halifax is cminen“y sat-‘ .' ‘ y as successor to the late Marquess of I.othlan. State Sec- retary Cordell Hull and other high officials were represented as having the highest regard for Lord Halifax.

Since Lord Inthianis sudden and untimely death it. has been stressed that only a. big man could replace him, one knowing British policy 1n- timately.

Mr. Eden's xe-appoint-ment to nhe foreign office which he left in i938 after differing with the late Neville Chamberlain over his appeasement policies will be highly popular. The appointment of this hands e and forthright figure who despie his comparatively flmrt. political career has taken the front rank among

LONDON. Dec. BI-(Monday) (CF) —The Daily Mull. which

rcdicted the appointment oi‘

iscount Halifax as Ambassador to Washington. sold todav that Britain will name n minister to Washington to work with Lord Halifax and predicted that Sir Gerald Cam bell. K.C.M.G., British Comm ssioner at Otta- wa. will be designated for the

world statesmen. comes after he has capped his work at the war of» lice by the brilliant offensive in Egypt. l-lc is 43.

Lord Halifax, 59. has been called often the most pious man in Eng- land and has been described as the most. ‘retiring mnn in prolltics.“ Tall and spare, the ln-H‘ has been long in the goverllnlent. service and llli most notable previous work vrns his record of five years of achleveulent

Named

To Washington

Anthony Eden-becomes Foreign Secretary.

hing George, ‘tihurchill to

Broadcast

LONDON. Dec. 22—iCP)—-'I‘l1€ King and his Prime Minister Will broadcast to Britain and the Em- pire this week, within 48 hours of each other. delivering what ob- s1 rvers believe will be significant

Christmas messages to the Bri- tlsh Conlmolr-‘rvcalth. His lvlzljcsty. 1t was announced

during the week-end. will be heard 011 Christmas Day. speaking to the British nation and the Empire at 3 pm. (l0 am. ASTJ

Some 48 hours earlier, on Mon- (lav evening, Prime Minister Churchill will spcak—presunlably from Downing Street-mil H tlsh BfilfldCilStlflg Corporation home and overseas program. His speech is scheduled for 9 pm. <4 p.m. asr».

The King's Christmas Day mess- age will come at. the 0nd of an hour's Christmas broadcast that will 11hr the Empire and which-

it is expected. will be heard by 300,000,000 persons.

t Scow with dead

Man drifts ashore

KENTVILLE. N.S.. Dec. 22.—(CP) -A scow vritll a dead man aboard. drifted ashore lube Saturday at Calif aria Creek. lll Nova Scotlas Kmiil Countv. after the rest of its crew had abandoned the waterlofllted craft.

Th9 bodv of Robert Anderson. i9. of Parrsboro, N.S.. was removed from the vcsscls cabin alter 1t. had grounded. l-le had (tied of lms D015- oning when the cxhaust pipe of one Of the vessel's two engines broke.

The scow. the "Rruph and Arth- ur." ran into a storm last week cn the wav from Parrsboro to Saint John. N.B.. with lumber. The other two men aboard. after drifting four clays without food or “rater. escaped to shore in a small boat.

VICHY. France. Dec. 22.—(AP)—— It was rumored todav that the new "GP Men." “Protection Groups"—a kind of vigilante legion formed by Intcrior Minister Marcel Pevroutin to be Chief of State Petaln's special

lv as it W83 formed.

guard-As being disbanded as quiet-l

the suns of this srewlhx fleet requires men of lush technical skill. Here a. group nf‘ young Sailm-s M. hiEh-flnzle anti-aircraft weapon‘ similar

to those

.155." Nazi reaction To British gains

llIOSCOit’. Dcc. 2%-tAl’l-—- The Soviet press forecast sharp Axis reaction to British war gains in war reviews published ioziltv. but characterized invas- ion oi‘ Britain as an “excep- tional difficulty."

The reviews appeared in the

army and navy publications. Red Star and Red Fleet. and in the (‘onlmunlst Party and

labor union and Trad.

"Tile successful British ad- vance in North Africa is oi’ great significance, not so much in the seizure of thc territory as in l-nllsidcrablc ltnlian losses which tanqibly change the re- lation of "'c forces." ltcll Star commented.

Said ’l‘rud:-

“The simultaneous Greek at- tack in Albania. and that. of the British in North Africa have complicated considerably Italy's position but the British . ccss cannot yet be called breaking-point of the war. ' "It should be expectcri that thesc successes will call forth firm reaction on the part oi’ her exit-mics."

organs, Pravda

B.

tvlthout iamilyli

In a. letter to Cardinal Magilon Papal Sccretnlgv of State, the Pon- tiff expressed special concern for the children and urged that "(‘\‘Cl'_\'- one do what he can, where he can. how he can."

He expressed once again the hope that the vrarring countries would "do honor to the good traditions of civilized life by not permit-ting the children of belligerent. countrhas or those in any way involved in the war to suffer unmcritccl pain. "

He had done all he could. he said. to flYfl" ‘be "i r‘ ' s ‘ ' he had met “difficulties at all times more serious still liluu . i. »» the past world war-mm:- oi tin-m inherent to the very nature of the scourge which is raging: others, we must also say, interposed by ‘he will of men."

Thus. re went on. "armed only v” ‘n "'- arms c‘ lr"‘h. imtice and Christian charity. that which we r "o ‘ ' s‘ '“"'r- is to invite all propitlating prayer and signifi- cant bencliclcnt action."

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liaided for Third night

LONDON, Dec. 22—rCPt—Gr-r- man night raiders attacked the great western port of Liverpool 1n- nlght for the third consecutive night and deplored wide; other sections oi Briiqir inc. London. -

The raiders apparcnill‘ were fol- lowing the same pattern as Sat- urday night. which rcsultcd in casualties in Liverpool, London and a northeastern town and sub- jected Lomlon to an 11-hour zilcrt period cnciirlg before (iauvn.

There was no raldinu" curring the daylight hours Sunday in Britain except for a few bombs dropped at dawn at one point in llcsrwrrl Scotland.

But Saturday night and t‘lli'l\' Sunday the Germans directed tlnfir itcavlcst attacks rm Liverpool 11ml the inlportarlt Mcrscynsitlc around that port. Sonic rlamagc was done to commercial and priv~ ate buildings and "a number of people were klllcd and OillPYS in»

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lured but. casualties wcrr- not thought f0 b" ilcuvv." tit" ilomc Sfcurliv ‘ilulsfrv s"1‘1‘rl

$7°vr"'1 rwlons r- "v- ltillrri and ir\v"1r"d in Inc norlllcllslcrn town attack. Hlell explosive ilolrlbs ric-

mollshed three houses in terraces occupied mainly b\' lvnrizcrs and ' damaged all tho olhcl" lmuscs in the group.

nrrnifnrsn. Leaves for Berlin

LONDON lJcc. ‘.13 —-<Cl>t wThc British Bwaicasllllg Corporl L011 said tonight llla; a Jllparca-c ll1;il..11‘y mission. ilcadcd thy J. 411's (lir- cctor-gellerul of mlillurl" anailull,

left Tok today for B ‘llii. The n _1c1l will rlzsvluv. "lhv military sltic of Japan's t time .' the

pact. with Gcrlnally and Ital BBC said.

‘The BBC adds-cl that the govern- scltlcnrcnis. Sir

or of the St '1 'ts

that lll"(‘llill'(‘ m in addition to 1 lymt- Siiigfiiiflli‘. "is being placed 1n state cf defence."

Arrange lfo—r Blood hank

OTTAWA, Dec. TL-(CP) - Ar- rangclucnts have bvcn mule for cs- tabllslunclll Qt a "blond hank" to l)l'0‘r'll.(‘ li'.‘ill>lLL$iOll5 ill!" i! lllililllllulll Of 20.000 C Clan iill(l British troops and civilians wounded bv mllllarv action. Pensions Minister Nlackcnzie axlnounccd tonight.

' scheme ed "d

151.1112 xvurk lnltlntawl bv i110 tionzl llcscarcil Count-ll‘.- Assoc-late Committee 1:11 Medical ilcsl-zlrch. TfCklllllPllL anrl storage oi blood will be carried out at Conualtgllt labsratori s of the Uill‘.‘1‘l‘rli\' of Toronto. his lumollucclnclll said.

c‘ w» . <1 or r -‘°"“‘- i ” Willie asks Prelim ..lsz.sairl.lss.lt.sl.".i.at.°.s-lt m: w» o?“ ‘P? QOTMR l be trcatcrl and storcrlhoo H lgiim it H“: i“ surliilcr; 5 RUi N - H 5 " " 'ci. i‘ ' 20. asu. in. . -‘ ' i k’ l- _ _,_ / Canzlodlluglllllirulllirr- 2.000 S(i’l.'rllOl§$i“'h“ii s "W?" i0 5911MB: \_5CA$ON <-—_ wccklv.“ M1". Mackenzie said. (it 1111.1" wt- rk. <11‘ oil.‘ j ___.._ i—-—__-:M '£_i » :- __~ z . i VATICAN CITY. Dcc. 22 -(AP) ‘ —P0pe Pills XII asked the worlds r z Catholics Saturday to praljr’ at Chrisimastinle for the sufferers _0f . war and to rrznenlbcr in charity" I 1 these “little broiilczs who are wlth- a; _ ‘ out. bread, without clothing and e s i’ i

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Necessary eulllpnlent :1_tl_rl cbcrtit-l“ lug cxucnscs vxlll be I)l'i)Vl(l(‘fl bv the 1, q Dominion lzovcrllmcnt. and tllc Red‘-

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Fly Franz-Britain To Bomb Venice; MczlzeDayAttachs

German Naval Bases under bonroardlncnt; Alarms in Switzerland indicate British Airlnen abroad again.

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a lt"‘- ‘ ‘ s.‘

2'2 wiCPt - grl with

l n~ - R. A F‘.

(‘t rlllan or llallail 5 bwh.) till

far-reaching ar- 1 . was miss-

": r50 ' Willy bases at in occuplerl tcr- l "y said.

s1 night other aircraft conlmand bombed in Nor-

la

gen rallwav llicll ls 1

" tun. \\'.1s lllt- at several

Viscount Halifax. named

other night assaults on the included a LGOD-mlie 1o Venice. near who n v szlirl, fires were shirt-

.. British - ‘"11 TPUNPYF’ 3i POYiO Ambassador to the Unlicil States.

and "extremely l1<-av\"’ ./-.l on (locks and factory

bombs also were dropped ' '31!‘ iliyzirt on German o" l 11w Rullr Valley, factor-

Wreckage of R. tLA. F. Plane ls located

n1 111113‘ stol at Colo: n, and harbor works taxed by Gi‘llll.lll_\' at Rotterdam, Flush- ing. Aintuerp, Osrcnd and Calais. -

Visfoie in rte clear weather over

. hr uplm- .A.fll'.fliltf. Ytfillft" helped

rruitlt‘ “it t0 their P0110 M l‘".l11~;‘:1 i:1""1' aftvl‘ E1 blind flight WATERTOWN. N. Y“ Dec. '32- . rt‘ l lit‘ A (AP) — The wrcckalgv: oi .1 Rmal ll. he i at attack by Brlt- Canadian Air Force plmc irom sh pin (m that corner of North- which the 1900B leaped with it imm-

cllute Saturday was found today on a farm in the ruggcd New Boston scctlon of Lewis County

The plane. "Sffffllfdl to kindling." landed l5 miles from tilc spot where Granville Tcmplc. 23. of Toronto, who was making his first solo flight, landed at Rutland Centre.

Temple sold he bailed out when

and represents the far- n‘ RAF. penetration m Piurope from bases

high command i-‘llunv was bombed. of Venice. across and the lstrian

|lnlrnil~w m1 clocks and factories. 5

l ' I l on Porto Marghera bg- his illane went into n tall M7121. l. . .. . nllrl lasted 11n- ~-—~————~—"s

' ‘ the nclvs ' '-

cr» first. aircraft start-I M R ‘m! f - Wfilllll tllt" nrca of the. o E‘ i])f‘ll'Olt'illil works Wllllt‘ following‘- iilliifll‘? tlzrumcrl “cxlrcmcly heavy" 1

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i ’i‘1n~ fra1r<-.-\loilv> ra"'lers had tol

run "w 'L.lill‘.‘ -‘ Hf lu-avv anti- - ' i‘ ‘hl- French cnasr _ "(‘\;ll‘('lll(‘l_\"' from HOLLY BERRiEg ARE

long. thin ranks 0i rcrrcaiing

point on tile from railed to $(‘l'(‘('ll the llallalls from tho Grcvk ltrtll-

lcry oilscl-"rcrs and they wcrc s1mi~ tcd when they began nnothcl

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withdrawal. Elation is writlcn nn the tlrcrl bearded faces of lhc Grcck gim-

ncrs. Tho flrlul: is fasl. Iialf-a-duzcu Inn-sis arc ulvr-la.

i-hcn thc raugc is extruded. Again lllusc rapid hill-sis illat so‘

the cars ringing and again .1 change of range.

. “W0 lI-iit‘ to fire fartllrl" :11 lilmcs lll (ll'tl('l' in how,» |||1 \\l‘:1 .tl1etr nmrvlllug toiumln‘ .1 tip I tam rxpinlitr-li

i Italian curls un- aluurl ~tlt~nt .Oilt"t‘ or twin lili 1111111 llli'\ lili-

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I I a ran l r00 s Dc ~ 111111111 and Iililflln Iflnghuru i‘ Dawson i » ‘w: o ‘VlCi. rla 4ft T10 Gunners Work furiously to keep 1353301150» l 1 , , _ , “'lilil.l)(‘i.{ v.11‘ fleeing Fascists wltllln range. gixgix." 3%; ~; . r. 1 ; 4;; M0111 rvnl ‘Jil i} . .. 1| (By Daniel Dc Luce, Associated n gllaLfJ h“ Pro. star: w lfer) 1F “U. ° r. wrrn GREEli FORCES_ {l:flq‘,lf‘u",u,m.,.n §§ ~‘ , c. '..--l > _ (‘rw _. .. . figoggr: DSCOUTZlFlERXILIPALBANIAN‘ . ‘ artlllelgvlllcll julnping l1l>ou1'_ ‘in ‘nun’ “Sr muddy fields poured shells lili0‘; ‘ f _ i Maritime Provlnl-cs: hllbdcraie to