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Allied Troop-s-l-ieported.» Enroute To Norway — Negotiation Talk Heard.

LONDON, April iu-twednesdayl-(Url-riic Daily Exprefl reported today that an Allied Expeditionary Force and flop Alllgd planes were on their way to Norway and said that five German warships had been sunk in naval warfare in northern waters,

One of the warships was the Nazi battleship Gneisenau, the ilaily Express said.

The Daily Mail in a front page story said "huge numbers of French and British planes" were reported on their way to Oslo.

"Soon after the Germans marched in, machines of the Royal Air Force roared overhead and bombed the military airdrome," the newspaper said. "The battle was fought out. One machine crashed hut its identity has not yet been established. At the some time Norwegian planes engaged the Gonna“; g9, I'm-net» Airport near 0slo."

. 1.(f)NDON, rXpril 10—(\Vcdncsdziy)—(CP)-—Rcuters News Agrlujv, in a dispatch front Stockholm early today, said the Nor- web-inn Parliament had tiliiued a committee of three members “uith the ililll of negotiating an agreement with German auth-

critics." Till: coltimittcc \\‘ll.S suggested by the Government of

Picltlitil" I\'_\'g;i:ll'svoltl, RCLIICTS siiid.

Routers said a Norwegian ncws agency dispatch disclosed N'\l'\\".ly is rcady to licgtltilite with (icrluany.

The agency szlid the ikirliauicut lnct zit the siltall town of Flrcrtllti cast 0i ilzlmur, to which the Norwegian Government was l'ClllOVC‘(.l ycstcrdlly whcn Oslo was occupied by the Germans.

LONDON, April 10—(Wednesiiay)-—(CP)—Reuters News Agency lii a. dispatch from Stockholm today quoted Swedish newspaper re- ports as saying that British warships may try to force a passage during the night to the Norwegian port of Trondheim.

Reuters sold tho reports were carried in the Stockholm news- paper Jaemtlands iidning. '

Important developments were expected at Trondheim, a port far up the west coast of Norway where Nazi forces were reported to have landed yesterday, the newspaper said. "

Earlier this morning four Nazi cruisers were reported anchored st the Trondheim quayside.

STCXHG-QOLM, April 0 —(AP) —

Thi- Norwegian government oi King

l-ltmkon and Premier Johun Nygaar-

Mold driven out of its capital to

tht- little village of Humor by a

German arm oi occupat on, strove

tonight to I‘ ly the country to re-

sistance and dented it; hull resigned

in favor of a Nazi-led cabinet. Sweden, caught between German-

occupied Norway, which many icnr-

ed nus rs. idly being trunsionned lntc a rltish- Frcilch- (icrmcn battlefield, and Finland. which re- cently made a disadvantageous _

Becca with soviet Russia, was calm ul. gravely concerned.

Claim New Gov’!- Reports received here from Gel‘-

LONDON. April D-(CP Cable) —Lord Woolton, minister of food. tonight assured Britons they "need have no fear that food supplies

lar<l's service Stfltlflfl,

nlilll sources at Oslo, the Norwcglan capitol. said a new overllnit-nt. had been iormrxl b the nzi purity lcuil- er, Major Vik un Quisllng.

But. the government. at i-ianlar. 00 lull-s tiortlt, ifiliilfi a flat. clcilial thtll it had resigned.

'i‘hc Norwegian army was "ported Shroud alon n defence lure north oi Oslo to ro ect the llCw capital and SCi'l‘(‘ll tie mobilization oi reserves in the interior.

Oslo was occupied by the Ger- m<ms at 4 n. in. (ll a, m. AST)

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will bc seriously interfered with" as a result oi the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway, _

The food minister in e state- mcnt said that bacon is in ample supply and the butter situation is sattsfuctlory.

Admitting that, the Nazi aggres- sion tilts-rs the food situation in the British Isles considerably, Lord Wooltcn said:-

"Since before the war the min- istl-y of food has laid its plans in order that we could meet emer- gencies. So you need have no fear that food supplies will be seriously interfered with,

"If it were not for Government control the present situation might be an emergency As it is. however. it is nothing more than an appointment with the future which we had already put in our engagement diaries."

Britain is taking all the bacon and ham that. Canada can pro- duce and make available for ex- port during the war under an agreement announced last Dee. t.

Similarly. she has bargained for eur lus of

the entire exportable re end

bacon and butter from butter from New Zealend. Heavy consignments of bacon and dairy produce from Denmark and Sweden were landed rvecently and placed in reserve because the authorities foresaw a possible in- terruption of supplies. ___€_._.__

War’s Spread To Affect Canadian Wheat Exports

WINNIPDG, April 0—(OP)-—Win- nlpeggratn circ! said toda exten- sion oi the war nto Scand navia 1e likely to have a far-renchln effect on Canada's wheat export

consumers in Denmark, which was occupsd by Germany, wok 3.- 167.000 bushel; or Canadian wheat during the last crop tyear. Norway. til. war with the ezls, received 14,382,888 bushel; in the same per- c .

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Denmark Offers No Resistance But Nor- way Prepares To Fight.

By Louis P. Lochner

Associated Press Staff Writer

B , April 9—tAP)—Ado.‘f I-fltlers army streamed into Dcn- mark and Norway today by land, sea and alimsoized the capitals oi Copenhagen and Oslo, created a Nazi-led ‘government’ in Norway and extended the wartime "pro- tection” of the Third Reich to the kingdoms of 3,750,000 Danes and nearly 3,000,000 Norwegians.

Attacking British. and French warships west oi Bergen, Norway, German warplanes were rcportco. by the German High Command to have dropped heavy bombs “sev- eral times" on Qvo battleships and two heavy cruisers. iflfllctlilg "heavy

Denmark met; the invasion pro-

testingiy but with disciplined non-

reslstance; Norway melt it with scattered fighting which the Ger- mans tanned "local." and "sushi." principally at Oslo.

After the Norwegian capital had capitulated in mid-ii-ite-rnoon, D. N. 33., the German News Agency, claimed that the regime of Prem- ier Johan Nlgaarsvold had ruined over its power to a cabinet headed by Major Vidkun Qulsiilie. Nor- wegian Nazi leader, as Premier and Foreign Minister. Qulsliny. in a radio proclamation at 8130 p.m. (3:80 p.m. AST) called upon the people to cease resistance to the German arimy and avoid ‘criminal destruction of property," and de- manded that the Nc-riveginn army obey his "national government."

Quisling said he had taken ovcr to "protect Mrway."

TBEIEE TSFIY

Sharp ll. S. Note Sent To Mexico

WASHINGTON. April 9_tAPi— The United States Siulc Depart- merit, in a not»; made public. to- night, told Mexico that. expropria- tion of American properties virlth- out compensation is "wholly un- justifiable under any principle of equity or lntemationnl law" and Ls “a. matter oi grave concern to this Government. "

The communication, which pro- posed arbitration of the dispute over expropriatcd oil propextics. was handed to the Mexican Am- besrador Castillo Nalera by Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull liist week. It warned the Mexican Gov- ernment that the loncstandlnq cili- ficultles between the two countries "must ii necessity be adjusted“ un- less their relati l s are to suffer.

The note. phriuozl with a sham- ness unusual in recent diplomatic exchanges. said that "during the last 25 years. one American micr- est in Mexico after another hits suffered at the hands of the Mexi- can Government."

Spread 0f War Seen Blow To ll. S. Traded’

WASHINGTON. April 9-- (Am- The spread of war to Denmark and Norway was bad news for most American business today, but econ- omic experts in the United States commerce department said Britain alight tum to the United States ior acute of the larse bacon orders tormerly placed in Denmark.

c. lesser salient, they said, the United States miEhi. furnish some of the butter and egg; for which the Danes were famous.

The chief blow in American busi- ness they added, was the potential cuttinl off of a special kind M “ices”; ‘was b“ rayon n us . a - dustry may be similarly affected.

American investors own about $000000 o Danish bonds and a-

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None’ o the three countries in impel-ten debtor of the Uni vemment.

8cm lnavlan purchases in the United states have increased rapidly since thewer beinn. In the first two

n s of i040. Denmark bot ht Shipment-l to Sweden and Fln- 4.704.000. complied with $3531.

Ian-ti may ilrlchitntorrupsmcmsucixxqi-urci- b? tile rim an» moniiilsdof léséfiaygaéi‘: men 5G . Bl‘ CH ' of | I r cd 1.52am miseries w “it... anew?‘ en, 510,044,000 and bio,- 1,032,389 bushels, , . .

Sinking 0f Liner Bremen ls Reported

LONDON. April 9 -(cr) - Reuters News A ency in s. re- port from Ams rdam which could not be confirmed,

said tonight that it was "rumored" in the Netherlands that the Gcnnan liner Bremen had been sunk with 1,300 men oboe .

The Daily Mail said that “ rsistent rumors" came ovu t e Dutch and wedish radio while the North Sea battle was raging that the Bremen wan sunk while acting as a troop- ship.

No immediate corroboration oould be obtained in Inndon.

A British informant, however, said that “in the present state of presumed activity in those waters“ the submarine would not report to anyone with e. chance of giving its position a- way to the Germans. It was possible the submarine might not send out news of such action "for days," this source

said.

The Renters dispatch from Amsterdam said the Bremen rumor was "going round in Rotterdam shipping circles."

Nazi Claims Denied

Tile Aihniraity tonight denied G c r m n n claims that Nazi pianos (lamina-ll two battleships by bombs and that two heavy cruisers were hit in a North See.

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The “truth is that no ‘bottle- ships have been damaged but two cruisers have received very slight damage from splinters," the Admiralty statement said.

Galtailian Seaman Plan Strike Vote

GODERIOH, Ont, April 9——(CP) __'1‘iio local branch of the Canad- ilin Solution‘; Union will meet to- ulorl-ow night‘. to take a strike vote. it. “as lctlrticd tonight.

This is one oi the 12 meetings to bu, iicill in Oiltarlo arid Quebec >lilillillftli€0llSly but it is the first

inthcxiiicn that a strike vote is conclnplatcd. In '1\)l‘Olli0 earlier, J. A. (Pot)

sulliwiti, Union President, _a.n- nounccci the series of meetings and said they lyould be held i0 doc“.- ii. course of action in a “tlc.~.r.llnrk" in negotiations with SiFJZIISlTil) companies. Navigatzon onson opens oiiicllllly Monday. Sullivan sliitl the union has ask-

‘ed shzpping ccmpnnins to grant e.

oloscil shop, three extra men on each ship rind an increase oi $15 a month in wages.

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Loss 0f Danish, Nor- wegian Supplies Can Be Made Up In Canada.

OTTAWA. April 9-—(CP)--Loss t0 the United Kingdom of bacon Bud ham supplies from Denmark can be made up largely by Canada, according to officials of the bacon board set up here when the Gov- ernment contracted with the Ill-l- tish food controller", early in the war, t0 supply 5,600,000 pounds of bcaon and ham weekly.

This weekly export can be stop- ped up immediately to 6,000,000 pmmds, an official said, because of a Bil-Vplus now in store in Canada. This would wear down reserves but; the weekly Export, could be main- tained indefinitely at 6.000.000 pounds a week.

Possible loss of Norway and Den- mark ea a source of supply for butter, wood pulp and paper, may mean that greater demands ivill be made upon Canada for these materials Uruted Slates is expect- ed to look to Canada. for a. greater volume of her paper requirements.

Th9 Dominion Government mov- ed swiftly to protect withdrawals of Norwegian and Danish deposits of credits in Canada mulling a clarification of the situation in those countries.

The-re are no big interests in- volved, and the accounts would cover only s. scattering of bank deposits and some colruncrclrll credits.

Total trade with Denmark and Sweden during the calendar year 1939 amounted to slightly over $14,000,000 of which about. $1,750,- QOilJYEiAQD__t-L°_.LQYITL_°LIEG

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Clear Ghild 0f Murder Blame

LOs ANGELFS, April 9—(AP)—— A coroner's Jury virtually cleared Chloe Davis, ll, today o! blame in connection with the deaths of her mother, her two sisters and her little brother. Tile jury found that the mother died by her own hand after slaying Chloe's two sisters and added that the jury doubted if “the blows inflicted at her mother's direction, had any real effect" in calming the denth of

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FranceAnnoances

Assistance Will Go To Norway

Necessary Militzi-ry And Naval Measures Being Taken, Paris_R_ep0rts.

From tile military point of view. s, spokesman said, Germany galli- ed new Scandinavian bases but also acquired a long exposed cons’. line.

As for Denmark, Germany lis- iiumed a liability there, according to the French spokesman. He said that in the First Great War Den- mark proved that she was not self-sufficient, end that she nceos to import such articles as food for farm animals and fuel for her fishing fleet.

These imports, it was said. will be stopped by the Allied blockade because It k now is under German domination.

President Lcbrun signed e. de- cree this morning providing the death penalty for persons spread- ing Nazi and Communist pro- , a do. The scheduled secret ses- sion of the Senate was cancelled because of the developments in scendinavia.

It was understood the session would take place tomorrow.

Welt Front Quiet

With the northlend freshly ablaze, the sittiatlorl (m the west- ern front remained quiet, by con-

Thg evening communique salil: was calm on the wholc one betlwecn the Most-lie , There wiis some "along the Rhine in

PARIS, April 9—(CP)-—France mid Britain moved swiftly today to brill; military and naval aid to invaded Norway.

A French foreign office spokes- man emphasized that the war aa- slstaticc from the Allies would be as complete as possible, although the (iUhlLiiS remained a notional defence secret.

A semi-official statement said:

"The necessary measures from a military and llflvfll golnt or view have been taken. _

hey explain themselves in the combats which are ooour- rlng off the Norwegian coasts.

They will explain themselves

b other measures of which

the magnitude will soon be

known to the world."

A spokesman acid that no for- mal request for aid from Norway had been received officially in Parts up to this evening.

Intense military and diplomatic activity beiran with first rib of the newest German invas on and reached the day's climax when Premier Paul Reyaaud and De- fence Minlster Edouard Daimler flew to eriondcn for s. meeting oi the Alli supreme War Council to consider the Bisendinavim crisis. _

Earlier Rcynaud conferred at length with his military chief- ialns, then attended 5 war oom- mittee meeting and est with the council of ministers. infantry fire U er Alsace.

finial soumes hero were in-

clined w believe on the bnsls of reports from Hamel- that thou ‘I Berzen had been seized the

A Gannon Blunder

According to the French view. Germany committed a blunder ilki

invading Norway and Denmer Germans. Trondheim and Narvik and "protection" over weme "merely visited" by Ger-luau them. units which made no landing.

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MAJOR SEA BATTLE RAGING

May Be Decisive Factor In War

Against Germany

Possible Canadian Active- Service Force May F orm Part Of Aid To Norwegians.

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

LONDON, April 9—(CP Czible)-A major tiziviil brittle W115 TBPQPi-ed Yiliiliii; tonight in the fugbound turbulent waiters of the North Sea-a battle that will have an ini- mcdiuie effect upon Allied assistance i0 Norway and may be a (lccisive factor in the vrur against Germany.

While the Supreme War Council was meeting in Lon- don with the high commands of Britain and France in attendance, reports trickled in from Scandinavian points of a big battle between units of combined Allied fleet. and Nazi ntlvy which had been conveying Germain landing parties t0 Norwegian coastal towns.

One report, unconfirmed here, said that the (ineisenau, one of Germany’s two 26,000-ton bilttleships, had been destroyed. Official circles warned the public, which all day hull been more excited than at any time since the first few dzlys of the war, that it may be early morning before a coherent story can be issued on the naval activity.

NAVY SPEEDS NORTH

_ Stung to action by the methodical German progress into Norway and Denmark, Britain spceded the Royal Navy north to combat Nazi naval units which yesterday steamed through the Skagerrak.

Prime Minister Chamberlain warned the House of Commons that it is “not ln the public interest” to divulge details of what a neutral naval attache called an "action more important than Jutland”-the battle of the First‘ Great War that confirmed Britaiifs supremacy of the sens.

_ Mr. phamberiain and Premier Reynaud conferred with lirltish and French ministers and naval, military and air chiefs in a sudden meeting of the Will‘ council iii. 1U DoivningnStrceL

The invasion of Norway and Denmark was reviewed l for two hours and full agreement reached on “various measures, military and diplomatic, to be taken to meet this latest act of German aggression.”

'1 he Allies have told the Nurwcgizllts they have (lccidcd to extcud their full aid and will "fight the war in full association with them."

In face of official silence it was considered prObnlliC that British and Frcttch troops would be sent to Norway without de- lay—-trtlllspoi'ts may be on the water now.

CANADIANS MAY GO

It is considered possible the 1st Division, Canadian Active Service Force, which now is high on the list of trained (iivisions in Britain ivould form part of any army s-cm 1Q Xrlrivgly 11m again there was no official announcement.

“Var fever in London tonight reached attire since September.

the highest temper-

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A“ AIM Opportunity International lit A

Glance

Iviilitary observers here seem- cd to agree that Hitler present- ed the Allies with a major strategic opportunity when he invaded Norway and Denmark. They argued that Hitler had opened his flank for the first time itnd had taken the initia- tivc in ftiflilillg a second from whore the Allied troops could rcilch his army ivithoiit losing a million men in storming the \\'estwall.

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Defence Goes Into High Gear

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON-Fierce naval palm; between British and German warships raging in North 50a, re~ ports sily; Prililc Minister" Cham- berlain tells (Iolnlnolts that pourr- tul units of British ilcct are a’. sen; pledges full support of Allies . i0 Norway; War Council ulcers.

STOCKHOIA“ - Norwl-gian cup- ital of Oslo surrenders to (icrntun army and alr force; government flees to liamar, dcnlcs it has re- signed; new Nazi-lent liovcrnmcnti announces itscll‘ at Oslo.

BERLlN-Gcrnlan army seizes capitals of Denmark ihlid Norway, reports capture oi‘ all important Norwegian military bases; high command claims two battleships and two heavy cruisers hit by Nazi bombe-

BELGRADB-d-‘car of w a r' s spread grips neutrll nations or Southeastern Europe; reports say Germans dflnfllitllll]: right to pol- iee Danube and that Allies are prc- parlng to strike in Black Son arczl.

THE HAGUE, April l0 —iWed- ncsilay) —-<AP) -Netherlanda de- lcnce measures were thrown into high our today to guard against a possibo surprise attads,