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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADATFEIDAY,JJVANCXRY 2c, 1940

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Annual Subscription Delivered IBM!

Predict

U-Boat

in reliable maritime quarters,

“lest Indies.

and tourist, pleasure spots,

Panama Canal.

Britain Knows Plan

Predictllotcriifi Confidence For Premier Smuts

the first wcek of blie war

I,“ [Tilt

l tribute to Prime Minister Jnn

.:k the wrrrld in the face with- out slWimE." _

vplrs oii t“'e Hertzogi motion and C (“ll Smuts’ :1:iie“*'m"rit which

fills for vigorous prosecution 0t‘ lite

llxii" :ill‘f‘ expected l“.l"l‘ this \V.'(lf Etlit "oi observers believed G-eneral miitils governmfitt would receive ice.

Coming Events

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R-iic for Notices in this eolutnii 3 cents per word.

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"Salvation Army ruliunage sale

F1‘ “Y- 1130 D- m. h-rilc-i-zc-zi.

“Rnce Saturday at 2 o'clock. New

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"Annual Meeting Ladies Auxil- I-Billon Rooms r‘riday tile zcth,

Ty 7.30 P. M. Due night. L-boil-l-‘zo-ll.

"Bean supper Christian Church

fga°fl°°m Bfllllrdfly. January 27. '

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DITJALLISON ALUMNI and see Technicolor film of

L-BQG-l-itv-ll. “Strawberries — Fresh frozen

Strawberries 1 lb t d “very 3 I . . car on. Daily c- Ielsnti cola hater??? rldlffilili;

Fbx Meat at reduced prices.

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Psh frozen beef tr Sign d

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"Concert and Dance 1n Aftml

lfirldav. Jallul-fv 20th. Ladies

"Choc free. Aid of hall. L-BFl-l-Sb-El.

"Car of com‘ B“ cornmeal.

Cracked 16y Meal to arrive last

of giirjlkygvnaefm price off csr.

M00 nd Jéifilai-a

German submarine thrust again

vicinity of ’I‘rinidad in the Britrih

The plan, according to b11656 0b- “lwels- "m" 1°1' a 11811111111! blow 1811111 Adtmral Graf Spee wzth lgalllst British and French ships fend food, had been out 0t port icr carrying 51am and other foods and "several days Twe “Slrlwllon of the Graf Brice and’ PM;

cctist. and near other vital oil ports

Effective U-boat warlard in this arch would deal a harazsing brow to Britain and France-ll. ls also 11881‘ the sea lanes leading m the

T1tlsh and United Stems author- flies were reported as being fully aware o1 at least some detaiis of

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 25 —(CP- Reutersi- The third day of the South African House of Assembly's (lcbritc on General J. B. M. 39111933 mctlbn for a separate pracc with Germany was marked "My by denunciations of the fcr- iiizr Prime Minster and members cl his Cabinet which resigned in

Shocking before a Cliambcr \v"li flrrl‘ scat occupied and a public llflbery fiilsrl to capacity, A. Pc- ccrk, representative frt‘ Pretoria, r'\1ir*."rl_tli:\t. Oswald Piroiv, De- l‘ilf‘9 Minister lll tile Horizon Cab- lii lied ~ neglected to fiirn sii irr equipment to the nrmy. He

Sfiiiifis flil’l said that as a resiit loci liis ciici-is "South Africa can

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IMMEDIA TE ELECTION ANNOUNCED

Nazi Thrust

In Wes_t_ Indies

Maritime Quarters Forecast Attempted Lightning ' Blow Against Allied

Ships As NeL Move.

NEW YORK. Jan. zs-iaet-A, the Nazi project, 811G it was said “W11 1111i“ March 15- 1911i-

st- that British warships h“, been Improved election machmeiy is Brlllsh “li1el1nes" in the West iri- ‘making drastic efforts to locate the expmed l° “"“1‘“° m“ “m” "°‘° dies-yrithln the Pan-Amcricaii neu- lunclerlea. raiders. lrality zolie-—was predicted tonight

‘land to Germany for refitting-and‘ Members of the Home of Com- irenaming—-was believed‘ to have‘m0ns:

l prompted tile plan

louracao say som Germ d session, my ministers have given uii- it-here are aware e01’ the guide ‘ll-xiii: remitting attention to the organiza- have predicted privately that neut- "m" ‘m

war effort. The government has been in constant consultation with the government of the Un.ted King-

iral and Allied shipping would be Swsaered with attacks set Pr the IR"? iurure.

The area involved is on the route between United States ports on the

Under the described plan the u_

,boat-s would meet several German Those sources said that three merchantmen wh;

Nazi U-boats, tendered by h Ger- Ilrom South Ame 111811 P85581189!‘ 111181”. had run the lcret rendezvous Brlti=h blockade, crossed the At- lthe long-range fighting ships,

iantlc and were now prowling m the ' Authorities also said that three l

Text 0f Speech

to feed and iuel

ships of n latln-American nation, long suspected of hailng supplied the scuttled German pocket battle-

Soldicrs Will Cast Votes In Election

OTTAWA. Jan. 25 —-(CP) -can- lIdS/s soldiers at home and on over- sea; duty will cast their votes in the dominion elections, though the pro- cedure to be adopted has not been finally approved. '

Prime Minister Mackenzie King indicated in the House of Commons today that the soldier vote might be | made under authority of the war measures act.

During the first eat w Can- adian soldiers vote from tren- ches in the general elections of l9- 17. Polling was held Dec. 17 but took three months to count ‘the sol- dier vote, and the result was not

more rapidly in the coming election.

awn. Jail. 25 —(‘CP) - The read by Governor-General Lord

merit follows:

OTI‘

oil Shown here being congratulated by a police sergeant as he left the

m“ of the spaech [mm me throne ‘ Admiralty Office in London is Malcolm Morrison, 18-year-old dock- edsmuir at today's opening of- boy, whose conduct after the torpeduing of the British steamer ia l Arlington Court won him his country's praise. He took charge of a oi’ the raider Deutsch-. Hororable member-i 0f the Senate: waterlogged lifeboat carrying five other survivors anti for six days ncver left the tiller except to take a turn at the ours to warm iiim-

Durmg the months which have e]- self. He set his course with a small compass and was entering a busy T0l1rl5ts recently returned from apsed since the close oi the special shzpplng lane when sighted and picked up by a Norwegian tanker.

prosecution of Goliath-i

dom and the measures adorpted have

m? thosedwhich it is believed will I 9

1‘ 6 121.1110!) 031.156. Atlantic and Gilli coasts and south vlgstierdlis iictlgii has been taken .____ ... |Amerl.an port-i. s newly popular- through all branches o1 the armed

lzed tourist track taken by vacii. tlpners who have been turned from Europe by war,

Many British shins have contin- ued running between 119W Yuri; and Smith America and West 1nd'es ports.

The soeedy tender-ship accomp- Bllylilg the submarines was describ- ed its a twin-screw’ 5,5t4-t"n ves- "l Owned bv til" German govern- ment and opera-ted oy the Hnmtrwg- 11' ncrlcan Line in peace-time. She is bciieired m be armggi

Earliest Date 0f Election March 26

OTTAWA, Jan. 25 -tCPl —The earliest diiic a general election can

be held to comply with present pro- i

forces to _ provide for the security

the war, Canada's industrial,

and defence of Canada and for co- operation with the allied forces oni land, on bee, and in the all‘. i 0 r 0 w- 0 For the effective prosecution [of -__-

nancal and other resources are be- | lngv steadily mobilized and all

activities co-ordiiiatcd. The prodilzfi

tlcn and marketing of agricultural and other prurlary pflldllcls iiaie been given constructive direction; and safeguards have been PYUHULQ against undue enhancement, undel- war conoit.oiis, oi the prices ct loud, iuel and other 11eCE&i-1l‘l€.$ oi lite.

Since last you met the develop- moms 0i lvllf wurthlllive lna-ue ‘in- creaslii c ear. e nature cf lie suugglsuln WlhCll we are cilgaged. BY Edward Kenmdy 'l'ne very existence 0i nations that. ASSDC-lltlffl Press Staff Writer cherish independence alicl demo-

cratic ideal. is iiieliacea by enemy BUCHAREST. Jlm- 25——lAP)— lolces 0f ruthless aggression Wllltll Germany and the Allies appealed aim to dominate lllctlllfllltl by t-l'.1.r heading for a showdown today in and violence. Tile uaiiituuili people their baggie over Riimanibg; petmi- llaie SHOW“ their Qeteillllllatlbn lo gum resources’ with Ngzig rflpQfted l0 to have told the Rumanldn goiein- tile utmost. ol their strength in the men‘, ma; 1L mus; Supp“, mo“. on

snare wltn Britain ailti IHUILC

aelente of ireedoni.

, My ministers are of the opinion i that the eiiectivc prosecution ol the n41‘ mak-es it imperative that tiiose

t0 the Reith.

The German representatives

~i<ibnS b; the Gym-yon ab; would b9, wiio are cilargcu with the glave i'€— ""9 9am by l‘ high “uflwmY

Tuesday. March 26.

It \\‘f‘!= lerirnerl rll good authority tonight the government does not in- tend to clisnric the not in regard to mqulrliig approximately eight weeiu, between dissolution end election day

The hct sets out that general ei- ectniis be lielrl on Mbll/‘KWS extent lii tile cn c where a Mondav is a holiday. lll"l'Cll 25 is Easter Monday and 111 such case it would he lawful to make the election date the next dill’.

Weather Will iicduce Vote is Belief

lpoiitical campaign meetings and

L-Bcli-l-zo-zi. I ivLjabillty of a whiter election tor

started. The On rlo woman meni-

gfere prepared just before the elec- on.

War—-25 Years

OTTAWA, Jan. 25 —iCP) -Sriow piled roads of a. Canadian winter iiilglit lIIWHCFQ with attendance at

slow the parade to the polls on el-

ection day. political parties lear. M135 Agnes MacPhall 1U. F. 0.-

Labor-Grey -Bl‘llf.‘8l questioned ad-

tlllS reason while Prime Minister , Mackenzie King was ditcussing the ; coming election ili the House of Commons today.

The Prime Minister pointed 011i that if the campaign was completed before tlie end of Mai-ch the spring breakup of roa would not have

sporlslbillty 0i carrying oil ille ov- l” have dcclared "l" “n m‘ pirilmelll. oi Ullllfiu. should, ili grins "P? 5°11 "PM! 0f Rllmfllllflll 0i’! ;cr.t.ical perico, be iortified by a. cii- ls “a mailer of life and death, rcct and un uctuzicd mandate from and that Germany would be the people ‘My advisers. according- compelled "to seek other meth- iy, having regard to enstlng condl- ods" if Rumanla does not ship lions and the stage of Uie life of‘ ii b: its own acclllfl,

tlic present Parliament. have decid- ‘

Honorable members of the Senate: Members of the House of Ccm- n5.

may divine providence be your film" i" Smllheaswm Eumlm strength and guide.

Situation At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA-Canadian government The (iemmn danand m? flddmim‘ i-alls immediate election, dissolves “l o“ “"31" me Bucnamsl govern‘ farliament.

ers, added:

entire world."

Er: tween 'l‘wa Fires

against forcing British and French

shin-per Nazi attacks on Allied shlp- "9 pmduce o“ for shipment m ping; Admiralty planning to take Gemini?’-

over merchant shipbuilding to Imwmlnh “t5 8o per 09m M me m speed replacements; quart," mum," industry is foreign owned-chiefly you", mm to rum". h". mum"? 1 by Britain France and the United “who Feh 17_ iStates-Jlilmanlans say they could i meet the German demands only by Ilcvylng quotas for Germany on the

ber retcrted that the roads would be l piled liigh with snow. This will be the first federal zen-

erai election held under the aci- whlcli reverted to the practitxas in

use up to i830 when voters‘ llsla

Ago Today

DUCHAREST - G e r m a n-allled ——_.

v11 upon an lmlnedut-e atweel w 111s As this was disclosed, the influ- ~ounlry~ entiai Tiukisli newspaper Republic predicted that the nations o1 the mo Ualiune and Balkan areas would go

'1 t _ to war against Germany or RllWSlB chlailg‘;lofih§gu,i’f.§g§§lgsf§ljhe duflfis, at the least sign ol iiggrcsuon by

| Rcpu-blcs ctlltzrrl, 'W.‘YlCh opp: r- ieded as Gclicral Max m Wrvgnlirl. jCommauder of French forces in the Near East, alizvctl at Aikma -l'or conlercnccs with Turkish lead-

“We know that not only will the western democracies iFrance and Britain! be with us, but also the

merit between two fire; Two days ago France and Britain warned ner

LoND0N_Br"a|n "n" m, companies operating in the country

Over Nazi Demands For Increased Supplies Of Oil.

French

Vacancies In Senate May Be Filled

OTTAWA. Jan. 25 -tCPi —The

I1 senate vacancies iieed not nec- »=aril_v remain vacant. becllllsfi 01'

day's decision by the government 1 rlssolve Parliament.

ili the past senators have been iipollited bv the government after

‘arliameni: has been dissolved and an election is pending. I

showdown on R manlen oil be- lived imminent: Nazis reported do- i mandlng increased supply under tlirert of resorting to "other meas-

"m" Very Finest Quality

pulsed in redoubled assault to res- predlct new victory similar to de-

illinsiivorolis - RIISSIIIII w, cue trapped Soviet forces; Finns sti-uctlon of 44th and 103m Bled I BERLIN - Brutus-bland returns ———- safely, to be renamed: two SL000- - JAN. 26 loin-confiscation of ton battleships near cnmpletlon_ ' whim. com and flour in Germany announced by government. Belgian trcnns Bfl\'f‘llC"fl ln rciron oi

onmvfr front and Russians Btstes trade treaty expires tonight: n- osonthelowervls- Kris in roam, . l

Army divisions.

TOKYO — Japanese-United

foreign office says places relations “tinder stroll!"

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and British companies, which would be in defiance oi the ;All16d warning. .

Indications that neither side is‘ disposed to yield in the controversy caused increasing concern 1h Ru- mimlo that spring may turn country into i1 battlefield. Ruman- isjs position already has been ren- dered tllfiicult by Hungarian and Bulgarian demands for revision at Rumanlan expense, and by Russian claims to the province of Bestarabla.

Members Get i$25 For One- day Session

OTTAWA. Jan. 25 -(CP) -—Mem- ii-rs oi‘ Pnrllumcilt ivlll only T6691"? one day's pay for this session, which s $25. Tlicy will be entitled liowcvci" o traveling expriise from 311d to Jiclr home. it was slated by 11011561 olficials tonight.

the

territorial

Senate Chamber.

tion was reached.

merit for dinner.

ed it at 7:07 o'clock.

I Following the formal opening, shorn of all peace-time

pagcantry and display but rendered unique by the stagger- ing announcement in the Throne Speech, the Commons re- i turned to their chamber amid a buzz of speculation.

WELL KEPT SECRET

SHORT TENURE

Six new members were in- troduced to the House be-I fore any other business was» taken up but their tenure; was the shortest of any; members previously present- ed to the House of Com- mons.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King ihcii made a statementi to the House in which he? ‘Hilde it plain this was his‘ inswer to criticism of the rovernmeniis war effort. _i)ill'l'ClIli’ll‘l_V that from the Ont. "lo Government and its Conservative 0 p p0 s i t i o l'l which united a week ago to- day in adopting a vote of censure of the federal ad- ministration.

Conservative leader Manion said the governments action was "un- precedented," and wa. an effort b0 obtain a “snap decision" from the people.

He said the Prime Minister was adopting ‘Hitler methods.

“The Prime Minister does not 100K like a dictator iior talk like a dictator but lie is acting lzkc a dic-

tzitor tocltiyg" declared C. C. l“. lead- er Wooclsworlli. .

i i

An Insult i

In the Sciiatc Conservative lead- er Meighcn said “it is an insult to Parliament to call us here without having any proposed legislation."

Commons members left trio chamber at six o'clock expect ng to return at eight oclock tor cnntzii- uatlon of the discussion WillCh had

been precipitated rlv the lhrom ‘lgpeech announcement.

i At adjournment the Prime Mm- ister indicated that during tn;- re- cess for dinner the cabinet Woutl imeet t0 consider nrccctilil.‘ in lii ,light of what; had brcii said.

Agnes Maspiiliil illFU-lmtrt- ,Grey Bruce) was on her lcet iriicn the six o'clock Bfl]l‘il|l'lll11(‘lll~ iui called but had not snarled to speak.

The Prime Minister gave nmiiy reasons why a general election

*' ;‘I. l‘_'* 1:31.

(Cont-mum on nose 9. Col t).

l-Covernmenf Will Snap Verdict Without Facing Probe In Hairs?

Umprecedent-ed Action Taken By King Government On Plea Of Needing New Mandate-l Election Befoi_ End Of March.

(By C. R. Blackburn, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

OTTAWA, Jan. 25—(CPi—In a lightning move, shat- tering all precedents, Prime Minister Mackenzie King had Parliament dissolved tonight within four hours after its sixth session had been formally opened.

No date was announced immediately for the election but it was generally believed it would be late in March.

Decision of the Government to appeal to the country”, was announced in the Speech from the Throne read by Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, to members of both House assembled

“make zin immediate

DECIDED AT CABINET SESSION

But it was at a hastily-called Cabinet meeting after a storm of protest had been heard from Conservative leader Manion and Co-opcraiive Commonwealth Federation lear-' er Woodsworth, that the decision for immediate dissolu-

Speeches of Prime Minister Mackenzie King explain- ing his action, and the two opposition leaders bitterly op- posing it, occupied the House until the six o’ciock adjourn-

Then the Prime Minister announced that he and his colleagues would meet at once to consider procedure. It took them only 10 minutes to make up their minds.

The Prime Minister personally carried the dissolution

order to Government House where Lord Tweedsmuir sign-

Apparently the secret was so well kept that no one outside of the Cabinet knew what was coming. Contrary to usual custom no advance copies of the Throne Speech were given t0 the press or to opposite leaders.

Parliament Expected To Meet In April

OTTAWA, Jan. 25 cuillnliit-llttirv scasloii opening early iuiiig well into the r l/ccll in today's dis- l Wiution bl Parliament and the gov-

.ouid be an immediate appeal ll

{he eit-cicii is expected late int iircli aiitl PlllllélllltilL will probably .ei‘t as soon “.3 the returns are 0i-

lvlcuiiiudiiic pic government clltillllC t0 luilclioli with lull pow-

-is lllltll alter tile results oi voting _s klicirii- niitl with extraordinary l)0W61‘5 rtt tlils time because of the W111‘ nicusurcs act invoiced immedi- iilcly alter war was declared, giving the government unlimited authority to act without Parliament.

The speech from the throne re- mailiccl lllla/UODIOG, just 0118 oi many precedents set iii the opening and iis olutloii. lii tlic tlirce hours the JUUSC sat. lilcre was lio time for a-

itlptiuii liciorc Piirllillnclli, was d15- iolved. Necessary fluids for “storing the coiilitrv until a itiveriirliciit iiikcs oliice Will be pro-

First the 0f Sensation At llouse Opening

OTTAWA, Jail. 25 -1CP) —Hlnt sensational to be di- mgcd at tic opening of out totlav iii the .- irruie tlclivrrcd lll,‘ l .l'lll‘i‘fll iviis riirrii when neither the l‘(

il(‘ll' clisluiillirv (‘Ulllfls oi the speech

Both the DTPS; galicrv and the op- io-ltioii lender did not receive their

| cnilie- until Lorri ‘rwcedsmulr rose iii lllf‘ Ffllflllt“ in wad the which announced the government's at immediate election.

Seek

lt. Gel. Lowthcr is Assistant llist. Atliutant General

HALIFAX, Jan. Zk-(CP) — Llleiut-Col. Louis Truman Lowtiber, Charlottetown, officer commancluig the Prince Edward Island Light Horse, has been appointed District Assistant Adjutant General of the first Canadian division in Eng- land. it was announced here to- night at Military District No. 6 Headquarters. Col. Inwther who is Principal of Prince street School in Charlottetown is a veteran of the first Great War said served with the 85th Battalion. H’: was

born in Kensingtcn

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