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The Pap Covers Prince Edward?

cHARwrTETowN. CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2.4, 1939

Island Like the Dew

ITALIAN AMBER 0A5}? TﬁRANCE IS MEEN

KIWSUS-PEEBH IIPENS WAY T0 llEBllTlAllilNS

France Believed Will- ing To Grant Con-

cessions To Pave W a y For Rap- proachment.

noun, March 38-(599-31118 Victor Ermauuel declared Italy's desire ior peace in troubled lurope may wtltlr words whicl; diplomats mid lei wa! "lien or a nego- tiated eeltllzment oi her quarrel with Fnnca- '

lnaspeeehtothedenate and newly-hushed Chamber oi Fences

and Guilds, he recalled a note_

which Premier Musscilrrrs Gov- ernment sent to France last Dec.

That note, its complete contents never divulged, denounced a 1955 settlement oi long-standing claims anrrrst France in Airica and call- ed ier a new colonial deal.

Italian! considered speech, markln birthday, an in tation to France to make Italy an oiier. French circles said It leit the door open to diplomatic negotiations.

Difficulties Known

‘The French Govemment, knows how to eliminate existing diiiioul- ties," the newspaper Iavovo Pas- cieis declared.

" Govern-

France, ma‘ ment as made known e ques- tions which divide the two coun- tries at this mctnent." the Q-year- old King said, reierrlna to the

December poteﬂliemd _ , wanto-pedce"io-‘lest*"wz‘eﬁiiig ' possible‘! so, she can develop her “so are“ an“ speech

poms - oun the , obviously made with Mussolinrs approval, encouraging since it made no mention oi extensive torritor- ial claims against France which previously have raised a the Illasclst ress.

Auth-uritatlgc French sources said France was‘ willing to grant 1W3’ l iree port oi Djibouti. French Somallland outlet to Eth- ivillﬂ. and a voloe in operation oi ‘he 3"" 91118-1, two concessions shc wants to assist development oi her Blast Aiﬂcan possessions.

But these sources indicated hence was reluctant to grant un- restricted Italian-immigration to Innisia. French Norm Airican “militate. cr perpetual Italian nationality ior settlers there. n‘ to wish to avoid

‘W! oih 0010 What u. m.‘

' iaplnop’ “beamed” 8Y8 aspeech important

Sunday may uatlon. °

on sit-

Agctl‘ Resident Of Cape Breton Dies

evmmv, n. a, Mar h zs-sya. ﬂWs oldest resident, §ohn Angus mwmrmld, died today. He was

Wily-live years ago he was told ldfrullrwlifcnly a Yearhtoxliveizibuié 9'9"! 18° 9 N‘

"Why Blackettrs Lake. nemwes as.

have‘

Slovaks ’ “Independence Hall ”

Slovakia mous 5i n

n,

, in Bratisla ow Premier-President? Dr. Fbrdinand _ _, theeU-urthv"

' 31nd mu l r ovoid-as B???

"’§r'tvii’r’lla‘§t

ndcnce was proclaimed in In the session oi ictured here. Dr.

Joseph third irom left. Next

Hall c! Permanent than ﬁend-autono- Tiso ( en Premier to him I

SPEIEIIY VISIT T0 BALTIC PURT

Mystery Results In Change Of Text Of Address Before Memellanders.

(By ‘Bro Associated Prue) Germany, March Zl-— luichsiuebrcr, Hitler id a whirl- wind visit to this Bal_ port today welcome Memelland’: 150,000 lug realm

The Fuehrer pedo boat leopard ior an undis- closed destination just two hours alter he had stepped ashore with the ie-niare oi a conmeror to de- liver a speech to jub nt Memel- lander-s.

Behind him Hitler leit a mys-

tcry.

A vast audience, to his welcome to Memel into his ra- _ pidly expanding nation, heard him DY?- .

“We Germans have no intention oi doing harm to the rest oi the

world. - “The e which that other did to Germany, however, re again. “I believe mow, in the main. we have arrived at an cnd to this unique ,.. c! reparation."

Tera Changed

med even dlplmmts. _there might be implications gira-

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NI BI 0wn

trol Bonru

‘out. mday oi the 19E

“We

§f‘°é‘.’r~‘il Oil!

was about

Fredericton is now, bottles a day 0i wine. film, ky and brandy

‘mia WM one 0i

Board. told the 0° which held its initliil sittillﬂ oiiice with Fiegaiig. YounB Gllihluoisylédr? ago gills net proilt

Bottles Liquor

N ,- March 23- (CP)

FREIERICIO —The New Brunswick Liquor Con‘;

its own botth 5.00;) ngwhis- purchased in bulk.

“iificiihit”, as 895° ~

isietut-e appointed 1° 1n-

at

quire into the accounts and 0P8!‘- iilli“: “lirtthr n increased our net W051i

Board held its arsen-

operations," oi the Liq- mmitiee, in his (Lib.

our bottling , chairman

29 r cent, ha said, 185i

War it was 8 per cent.

Two Ontario

BRATISLAVA. March Ot-(Pri- dayI-utrl-"rhe siovalc inent announced early today that nungarian forces had been thrown oath auer penetrating 12 nuies in-

to eastern _ patno-usraine.

The crucial press there hau been skirmishes, but no casualcw... tin weft} lacking.

An urn“... commun sara me nuugariuus sent. three c01- mruis auras tile rrontieI: early yes- terday irOm Berczny \.B_er I, three miles across the ironuer in

Huns Push, Into vole Territory‘

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blwwn lwm 0N" seas they ‘find at” venture an ii s om‘ 8P0!“ l" bum“ 551d gglilwrz-the plrelirnlnsiryrunoiilcial

details oi the iign iquc last night

Uarpai-no- Ukraine.

veins on border u.) secure Railway which traverses the border amcil connects Hlmiiﬂ-IY WW1 PM‘ an

The Government was any eiiori. at a broau military invusron 0i'S10ViLkla which earner tested to sudapest against rian troop movements. Government issued a which

today pro the HUBER

(The aiovak Qommlﬂﬂqug m BIB-tISIBJ/B said the i-iunsaria three-way advance,

the

the U118

ns had made

BUDAPEST, March 23—-(AP)— Hungary announced tonight tne oc- cupation o; several points in Sio- Carpatho-Ulcrama Valley

denied there

penetrating 12

rnendous importance in bler's hint oi a halt to German territor- ial isiizlons, had sought an in tion-

Accordlng to the oﬂicini text, Hitler said: "rhe hurt which the rut oi tlib world had caused us ought to ﬁnd an end. And so I greet old Ger- man Vcilmgenossen ( ' oi our conumunity) as the youndeﬂ citizens oi our great Gannon

Govern- Reich

(Oiiiclalc in Berlin said ﬂit? did not know the reason ior the change and as Hitler was 0n the

text gwve the earlier version.) Hitler's declaration was made irom a balcony oi the MemelOivic Theatre during an uproerious wel- come that matched the greetings

8

LATE i News FLASHES

MEMIL, Much ﬂ—(OP-Haves) -'rha city oi Memel will be trans- formed into a iortress under com- mand oi German naval authorities, it was reported here ttmlﬁhll-

ROME Mitch M-—-(Fl1dl!)—

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wtthﬂloveklmleavllttho ‘ﬁnesse-mere

Guaranteed By Germany "' h:

m“ w- _ _ _ _ pc Di Roma first Emmi ‘R3§°ao“§§sr‘§°l§°%,i'1 MIHCTS Kllled léﬂljliigﬁtghﬁlﬁ, ,.§f,"r‘.i§é§l’ $111‘: m",,;“,,,',°“,‘,',§',,,,,‘,‘,“§':'g.,,'2,:‘l:>:f'3 Bimpecrlfnwgezwcd ifﬁfiiuﬁtmﬁlﬁf ' . -—"' ° ‘e - _ fence Council orrl a B ier Hepburn id ih id all time rimtﬂ" “a: ..m.sm n": ,.‘é.“z,‘iet‘l“tiiofi5iii‘éiie lid *'-...§-.:.':.i:"=.:....°:.=l.':.:..c I M» w‘? we hi?» Coven, - _ r ’ ' km.‘ never been iixed definitely 111d m“ — q _ s I-i-i‘ ' '=~= , w. mmwvﬂiasvdlatwfgfethdm m, lovikdge l-a-terolby c riungar- “mﬁirvrél Blavakia, “m: Britain Sets Naval " ' mun“ ' - Go mme COMING ‘EVENT! Wcnl$§h°'°'§n“?i§§m“§ "w" w" were” 3.5“? m *‘*’=“...““...l5"=,s§: R°“'““““°“* Pa“ -, m I I out down a rlegpc into a chute. Count sum“ “an. H%,r|:: v trcoapls) to eastern 510- _ Inﬂow t 3;; w- W, I ibmi I n , common , m lﬂﬂﬂ Q Mm]! y, " . , his resistant. Wv WM %,.r crowi- previously 1M "i PM‘ _ ‘i3 stated OHM, Britain is "'4' h: Ne‘? I "Ill . ﬁrs on um iollowed than dhonlssed the re r military: 3°‘? ‘K““"’ “d U‘“°"°“ w“ hurdle; nine battleships, a great- = ' égp-r" “m ‘b’ ' m W“ w“ ‘mm’ m’ m’ ult 0d "some local Ecuador March ss- "ﬂlmb" “"11 W W, l ma" "Y; a u my or well Wgqp “m: Elm the soldiers at the (al-Gtudcntshmatrgi, “as: font-he Whole "i the mt of the mdaillgtoragng m. o “ma” M“ ' lmnmn ‘ mwhatﬂcvesuruentslre Illalmeohloﬂie Constitution . g _ ' an an ve e e iii '- ,, w" an... ....- d‘: "M" hem: . (l d hroiwvmvm rose-tour wouicbeaco .:...~:*e..*r.* W‘ m Slovak . n ep en ence t... ss- h. a m. mder m“... r, _ I- lﬂl gal I II m; "m"! vslor- ' eaycneislh rtcrmeslairac- md°°wmmn°nn~3 mﬁﬁ... here 'worksra ‘:44 de- “mm "W" 4M PM”

lllTlER PAW

MEMEb-Hitler welcomna - llemellarrders into his ex- panding empire; declares Ger- many “ready and determined to master its own late?’ de- parts ior undisclosed destin- ation) alter two-hour visit.

peace: dlblemattc settlement o! Ital- ilarrel.

BBTQQI, but Poland demure on Brit- ain's "halt Iliitler" trout; Chamberlain, reminding Nazis ct iailure oi power-s in past to diltnlrtilsto asserts Brit-

world ctervnina further Nazi thrusts in Bur-

tion to block

we- BUDAPEST-Rungiary an- occupatiqn o! number Slovak points on Oar-patho- Uirreine border in move to ob- tain control o! reiiwsy con- necting Hun and Pdandi

denies on Slov- I-‘ormer Clerk Feared Worst In Fire_Event

HALIFAX, 23-—(0P)—A iormer- clerk ci the iireswqwt Queen Hotel tostiiied today at the investigation ct the March 2 tire that destroyed the hotel he had told the late Hesse Harris, man- ager until his dooth lest iall: "God help this hotel ii a tire ever

The witness, (Jharles Ward, toe- tziiied at the probe conducted by Mr. Justice M. B. Archibald 0d Nova. Scotla. Supreme count, no had suggested to John Desmond.

acting. answer. alter” ' "seem-That ' the building wus undermanned. -

Ward willed on one occasion he found a ' employee World in the basement with a liq-old e considered inﬂammable

He said he warned against smok- ing while this liquid was being used. He reported the incident to the muses-r but could not say ii l‘..°P‘,..."":.2't°“fi’. ‘it’ “"1"”; e e c e

the hoteid m?” o

“m. 011 Fa , e ionner - 17°F, 861d in his s year-g’ be“ men/t there he had no recollection oi seeing saiety ropes 1n m; rooms. .

Ontario House Unanimous For Defence Move

ronomio. Maren 2s -<o1=)- ‘Illa Ontario Icgislotmp today passed a. resolution calling on the federal parliament to "immediate-

s

ly legislation providing that in e event oi a war emergency the w and man-power oi

Canada be mobilised, by proclam- ation oi the govcrnor-in-council ior the duration oi the war."

‘Ihene were no nays when the speaker called ior a. vote but sev- eIIJ. members stood and thus a recorded division was required.

The division brought a unanim- ous vote ior the resolution. Welfare

minister Gross, highway minister McQuee

r5

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Events At A Glance

slda in response to protest from Bratislava. . BRATISLAVA —- Government announces Hungarian drive l2 miles into Slovak territory re- pulsed after brief skirmishes but no casualties. PARlS—Fro.noe launches ei- im-t to woo Iisly from Hitler's oasnp; um" n to about Italian-March reooncil ation reported. BERLIN-Geometry. Slovakia concludes 25-year treaty guar- anteeing Slovak "indepen- dence" with proviso that Ger- many take over her exclusive

mercisl enterprise extended to Black Sea through brood trade advantages gained in new Ru-

mania. trade agreement. SHANGHAI-Japanese report 1,000 Chinese killed, 8.501 cap- tured in Wuning sector oi Province

Kiangi offensive south oi I-lankow.

IGERMAN TRADE PABT SIGNED WITH lithium

Political Aspect Im- plied In Five-year Agreement.

By ALVIN STEINKOPF Associated Press Foreign Stat! - 38-13mm

hadaw ﬂennenydn R/umamia, in eﬂect extending Ger- man commercial enterprise to the Black Sea, were disclosed in-a synopsis oi a live-year Gannon- Rumanlan trade agreement pub- lished .

‘Phere were no political condi- the llshcd version. , a, po tical aspect was implied bvy the iact that one oi the Rumanlan signatories wcsFor- eign Minister re Gcierwu, who ordinarily woud not sign a trade; agreement.“ _

tlon with Rumanim money,

will be permitted to develop .

Eumarrlan oil ﬁelds and mines,

according to terms of the pact.

German will receive tree ports on he Danube River-and Black Sea to facilitate German commerce.

Ger-nanny will buy on s “bei- anced exchange" basis more Ru- mimian foﬂder, fruits, textiles, ma- terials and vegetable oils.

Rammnia will adjust her agri- culture to Gennsn needs and give Germany prei-erence in the dispo- sal oi her product».

R/umania will get war materials. airplanes. machinery and technical assistance in establishing ind/us- triee for processing agricultural products-such as sugar refineries and Illour mills.

Germany will overhaul the Romanian railway system. build roads and Improve their trans- portation.

Ooincidenbelly. the Gonnan Gov- ernment promised Rumania tonight that all war materials which Ru- mania previously had ordered from Czecho-Slovak factories would be delivered.

The German lcgatinn informed the foreign office that 30 carlnads oi munitions had been sent ﬁom the Czech Bkoda Works by Wily 0i Poland to Bucharest.

This agreement to deliver muni- tlons crime miter thesignstﬂre vel- terday of the Ger-man-Rhnnenian trade pact.

The pact provided for close c0- bebween Rumenian and German banks and indimtions were the value oi the Rumanian

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LONDON, March 23--Th

the House oi Commons that

ed march through Europe.

The Prime Minister's sia has yet made against German

i

Attlee and other Labor lead points:-

1. Brita-in has no desire “to stand in the Wtltgbﬂ any reasonable ei-i torts on part oi Germany to argand her export trade."

. Britain is not anxious to e5- ln Euro idcoligicnl blocs» ggo "w tho‘ dtiéiiirrenttidea? ‘ e orms e m erna

administration."

Would Not Impose Tnriii

The first point was hkenio mean the Government would not ioilow the United States action by unpas- ing s. tariff or other economic, im- Dosts t German goods. The second was believed to be meant as I reassur‘ statement toward Italy rather than Germany. .

Mr. Chamberlain's reierence roan ideological bloc of ‘nations was in- Wrnreted as a move to moderate Premier Mussolini‘; speech week end when he ma. announce his Mediterranean cla against

ce.

Iii I1 Duoe can be minded that Britain, France and ussia are not establishing a. triple alliance wait- ing! only to pounce on Germany and I y when the right time comes, he may be less iruculem, in his lan- El-IBOB and less sweeping in his de- mands against France,

r Sources close to the Governm i said Ni)‘. Chamberlain was ottoman; ting to tell Mussolini that Brit

is concerned only with resisting German aggression and is not seek- ing to set up an ideological bloc in competition with the Rome-Berlin

axis.

It wiles-red tonight that further diplomatic negotiations had iailed to persuade Poland she should a- bandOn her traditional policy of neutrality and deﬁnitely line up with Russia against German ex-

pension.

While Poland is highly important in Britain's anti-aggression achcm her refusal to sign the declaration will not mean its collapse.

0i Major Slxniiicancc

Russia‘; acceptance W85 consid- ered oi major significance because success for the scheme now is as- sured even it Poland remains out-

d . ﬁr. Chamberlain told the House:

“We are solely concerned here with the proposition that we can 110i. submit w n procedure under which independent states are sub- jected to such pressure under threat or force n: to be obliged to ylClii their independence, and we am re- solved bv all means in our owcr i0 oppose attempts, ii thcv s ould be made, to Dill, such a procedure mLo

operation." ' Mr, Chamberlain said (‘mrmnliys recent, diplomatic actions d

the question whether Germany “were perhaps planning to g0 oven further" than 1o try to dominate

Euro . "Vi/gem this interpretation oi the

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France Fixes Ba

Negotiations

21mm, March 35--(AP)—Tha Bend: C rnmenst has iixed its basil ior negotiations with Italy in an eiiort to draw Premier Musso- lini out oi Chancellor Hitler's

Iruormed sources said France would ask only two "minirnurrr tees to bring about conver-

' actions ior a reconciliation with

the Fiescist Government... ‘Ihesc

i. z% toward withdrawal or ttejim troops irom Nationalist

2. A m: an the anti-French e eornaeuse 1m-

Ismusnuel‘: address

in. For With Italy

"alien note oi last Dec. 17 outlined the questions dividing the two countries was unzsidered signlii- cant here. 'I‘he Dec. l7 note held as no longer valid the 1085 Laval- Museolini Accord and leit it to France to suggcet a. new settle- merit.

The King's revival ct this issue was believed in French qumors to reﬂect an Italian desire ior an accord with France since Ger- many has embarked on a cam- paign oi expansion through‘ Creche-Slovakia and Me .

Informed sources said Premier Edouard Dulediers Government would smelt Premier Mussoiinfs expected speech next Sunday be- tore deciding deﬁnitely to send an envoy to Home with the conditions ior negotiations. Daladier has

or ‘ to broadcast to France on Monday.

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intentions 0t the German Govern- .

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Block Imperialism a ByNaziEermany

Poland Remains Aloof From Pro- posed Four Power Combination —'Chamberlain Makes Statement

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

e Russian Government today

agreed to join Great Britain and France in an anti-aggres- sion pact, while Prime Minister Chamberlain was telling

Britain-ls determined “by all

means in our power" to block Reichsiuehrer Hitler's anu-

Russia’s acceptance of Britain's plan for the anti; aggression declaration left only Poland in doubt among the iour major powers sought ior the combinations

tement was the strongest he y’s new imperialism and coin-

cided with I-litlefs statement in Memel that he was near‘ mg the end of “repairing the wrongs done to us.”

Mr. Chamberlain's statement in the House, _to have been prepared with

reported the concurrence of Clelielll

ers, contained two major l‘ l‘ Wood Islands I Ferry Service I ls Discussed OTTAW March Gov": ﬁeilfih L’¥§'§dr,,‘°-E'"r;“es-¢“ (Qon._ Toronto-Brondwicw) or thd House of Commons . ‘lng fer-

“t?” "ﬁr... s... repy . ‘a use‘ tlouastncostolanevdhﬂgi ior service between Wood lsimds, P.E.I.,_nud Caribou, N.S., the trade isnd‘ commerm department

no new vessel would be bit H the government, but a had been entered Into with Northmnberland Ferries, o!

ax.

Under the contract, which '91“ 00st $28,000 a year- to the govern- ment in the for-m oi a subsidy, thl service would begin May l, 1M9.

The steamship Northmnberlgnl now in operation, the rnernba we! told, was built in I891 and pur- chased ior 555.000, and was in g5‘ between Charlottetown and Plato‘ N. 8.. before being transfer-rd g. hike Ontario service in 1920. 300i value ci the vessel as of hut neg. 31, was $105,722, due to increase In Passenger accommodation end Drovisicn oi new liieboets. The Nor-thumberlnnd is licensed by law to curry 1,213 passengers. '

‘Labor Minister

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Ill In Hospital ' onsws. March as-risbcr

Minister Rogers is in negate‘

here icr s rest, it was lesmcd to- day. He is suffering from istigu it was stated, and m5 ggndjﬂqn ‘ alder-ed serious.

ﬂtii/iiimtic. we YOQR WAfci-i i9. N0 ;.

WAY f0 MPROW I Ycuivfmu!

and maximum temperatures: Dawson

Saint John mums Olmrlotietown

innmereldc utee later than

‘run can rerun! ammo! Leave Borden M8 Ternsentine ll a. na_

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