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Any Threat To French Interests Of Con- cern To Britain, Is Stand.

LONDON, Feb. 6 m-(Afi-Prime minister Chamberlain pledged. be- fore n. cheering House of‘ Com- mons today that any threat to "the vital interests" of France would find Great Britain solidly behind her Great War ally.

llis statement came on e day of swiftly moving developments in which Spanish Insurgent authorities were reported reliably lo have informed the British Gov- unment their peace terms were “unconditional surrender" oi the Spanish government.

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"Bingo and dance Iona Hall Wednesday, February 8th. L-l61.

"Hockey at Afton Rink tonight, lleartbbcdkers vs. Bulldogs. L-IBZ.

"Borden Line Club loa hogs lambs. calves every Tuesday. urn. l2 to S. L-848-12 4-H.

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"Social and dance Pleasant Grove Hall Thursday, February iih- L-ioe.

"Hampshire vs. Kingston, Wilt- lhire Rink tonight, game starting ii 3 (Yclculf. 14-105.

"ilodrey at Canoe Cove tonight, Oornsvall Juniors vs. Canoe Cove

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' CHARLOTTEIBWN. CANADA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1939

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UMAWA, I'd». 0 —(CP)— Immediate cancellation of the Brengun contract with the John In lis Compan Limited oi Tor- on o was soug t in the House oi Commons today by Conservative Leader Manlon.

The contract on a cost-plus basis given the Toronto firm with- out tenders for 7.000 Bren machine uns was described by Dr. Man- on as involving "political patron- age in its worst. form."

Cancellation of the contract would not delay production of Bren guns, he said, if the giant were expropriated and the glis group compensated.

Devastating Condemnation

Reading at. length from the re- port of Mr. Justice If. H. Davis of the Su reme Court of Canada, who inves igated the‘ contract use Royal Commission, the Conservat- ive Leader declared that docu-

ment constituted "a devastating

condemnation" of the admin- istration. Deence Minister MaoKenzie

hear Dr. Menlon say he should not be entruslfi with the spend- ing of $63,000 0 to be voted for defence this year.

Hu h Piaxton (Lib. Toronto- Trini ), who was also in his seat, was eclared by Dr. , Manion to we "intentionally or ollherwis

. street-Irina mnister- en- zle Kingwhen he wrote him in ugust. 1980 that e group oi’ his jriende had a plant. equipped to manufacture munitions.

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Yadvanced by Justice Minister Le- Pointe that the amendment was out of order. He said he would de- liver a. ruling later.

J. S. Woodsworth, 0.0.1“. Leader said he wanted to see the Mac- Nell motion carried because the committee inqui seemed neces- sary if members were to get in- formation. I-le described answers to questions given by Mr. Mac- Kenzle on the Bren contract as "misrepresentations" and "sup- pression of desirable information." in the light of elvidence before

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frequently there were sharp interchanges when he accused Prime Minister MacKenzie King, as ilecretary of State for external affairs, with having accredited Hahn as "a representative of the Canadian Government" In his discussions of the Bren gun with the British War Office.

Throughout the 52 page Davis report there were numerous ex- cerpts from evidence. Dr. Manion claimed these were placed there "for each of us to see and come to his own conclusion."

The report had "just a touch of subtlety so that one has to stu a bit to see what Mr. Jus e Davis means." The report condemned the methods b" which the report was negotiatEd "but alwaysby deference."

In negotiating the contract there had been "favoritism" to onemaii, "in ustice" to other manufacturers,

an "deception" lldinlstcr of the Inberdepartment r '“ (created ass on

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Major James F}. Hahn, head of the Inglis firm, who Dr. Manion said "could not have got into the British War Office if he had not been pushed in by the Minister of Defence," was an interested spectator in the gallery.

(Armed with letoera- of intro- duction from the Canadian Gov- ernment Hahn negotiated a sup- plementary order with the British Government for 5,000 Bren guns on the some cost-plus basis.)

Dr. Manion moved for can- cellation of the contract in an

I motionv of Grant MacNei im- couver North) which called for submission of the contract and the Davis report to the Public Accounts Committee. .

The amendment read: ‘In view -of the evidence produced before the Royal Commission the opinion of this House is- that the c8169" ment made between His Magi? the King. represented by the on. the Minister of National Defence. Inglis Company. llwlit- ed, for the manufacture of Bren machine guns,. should be can-

ce . Speaker Pierre Casgrain took under consideration an argument

I Succeeds Dwyer In N. S. Government

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lin D. Currie, m Br ton vinclal legislature oroglgpeu limb

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to munitions contracts). of t e Brit- ’ ish Government and of the Cari- adian people. Dr. Manion con- tended.

While he sympathlzed with the motives of Mr. MacNeil and paid tribute to his presentation of argurvnt, Dr. Manion declared a. ‘Public Accounts Committee in- quiry was not the best means of dealing with the matter.

ilhineso-Japanese War Develops into Guerrilla Struggle

SHANGHAI. Rb. 6 —(AP) —- The Chinese-Japanese war in Central China has developed into a far-flung struggle between Ja- pan and Chinese guerrilla forces. a Japanese Army spokesman said

Th); Chinese irregulars steadily are disintegrating before the relentless force" of the Japanese.

ward into the provinces along the southern shore of the Yanstse Riv- er and westward ‘almost to Bacch- wan"--Province in extreme weat- ern China —according to the spgilunlilldn. were reverted 0° e

have i engagements with a total of 00.000 gueriins during January in Shantung. Ho n. Hlonen and An-hrwei Provinces. l- ling 7.000 Chinese irregular-s and

SiEF-Z‘; micro said the

Ja - ‘m; anese suffered 2.000 casualties n

O l‘ £1‘! “path tmciveekgffiloiiilnan. uiwh “Mwxiansii Provinces.

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Fea rs Ease

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ld For As High As $125 At London Auction.

Colonel U. G. Dawson, Manger of the Charlottetown Fur B es, l.td., received particulars yester- day from C- M. Lampoon and Company, London, England, giving prices realized for the show pelts sold on Lam n’s sale ' r0- centiy- These Etc were exhibited at the Provlnc l Silver Fox Show, Charlottetown, December 27th .to 29th and were greatly admired as a collection oi ilne Prince Edward island skins. They were tagged with the lhmv pelt quality tag and also bore the imprint oi th

-Sclected Pelt. certificate: of quality were e. help in attaining the high prices which an many of the skins in the con- elgnment sold at. We quote those which brought over £15.

One skin at £25, owned by Roy Woodslde, Malpeqne. The figure realized was the top price oi 14mp- son’a entire consignment of 05,000

lts, and possibly the to ,_price

or the 173,000 pelts of ered in London in January. The pelt won first prize in the medium slivtr adult male class and was e. per- ticularly beautiful specimen, clear in color. of good size, well furred and with good brush and tip.

The next highest price was £24 10s obtained for izhe champion i-Iiguét gt. This skin wgsamatlso k

s _p_ e _x mo . ‘lt wasiowilgdwgywfred J. 11inc- Donald. Cove Head.

The third highest price was 221. _for the champion pun pelt oi the show. owned by De. . Montague- This peli; also won first in the 1e silver male pup class.

Foul-t highest price of £10 10s was secured by bert Humphrey. Kensington, for one of his prize pelts, and fifth prize was £19 for the champion adult female pelt 0f til-e show. and first prize extra pale silver adult female. owned by Mc- Lure and MacKlnncn Silver Fox Farms, Lid. Sixth best price of E18 10s went to Colonel l". I. And- rew, Charlottetown, for first prize extra pale rnaltzspup.

seventh high priced pelt was £18 obtained for first prize light mvlfum female WP. owned by Sterling Willis. Clyde River, Hil- lard Muttartts, Sununerside, first prize light meylium adult male pelt brought £17,

Others to receive £17 were Bertram Willis. Cwde River, for the first prize light medium male pup, Vincent ’l‘rainor, rancher with E. S. Coffin. City. the same figure for his prize pale zllver pelt, and Ray Woodside for another prize pelt owned by him. Another prize pelt owned by Bertram Wi 1's, sold for the excellent sum of £ .

Congraiulatirct are in order to Lowell Hancock. Summerside, for organizing the first Provincial Sil- ver Fox Pelt Show. to the ex- hibitors who obtained such splendid prices, and to the Charlottetown Fur Sales Ltd, and C. M. Lamp- son do 00.. the agencies through which the pelts were marketed.

Rich Indian Ruler Dies

BOMBAY. Feb. 8 —(CP) - A “village eowherd boy who became ruler of s. rich Indian Province and its 2.500.000 subjects. died t0- dov as the ‘Iaharajah of Baroda.

The legend-like career of ‘the Malharaiah, brought as a child from the improvertshed fann of his parents to become the third wealthiest of India's ruling Princes. ended after a long illness He was

75.

His annual income was fdblllfl. to be $10,000,000 folloying his eo- oession to the Throne in 1011B. A State Coach of pure gold marlin for his Diamond mrbiiee ll .

Assistant Chief Is Ninth Victim

SYRACUSE, H. (AB-Fire which downtown office build last Friday claimed its ninth vlothn today-Assistant Jrire Chief Cher- lel A. Boynton a4. Boyntan, who for three da s ed workers search-

ing for the ies of eight- fire- men killed in fighting the . diedofeheartet .A sislan sold death resulted treat-y from 91% _ w ‘hnerve stren end DIATII ACCIDENTAL N. 13.. . 0- ”’? . d. “d. - ' - rt" w Ipilndolilllfl h!

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Conservative Leader Analyzes gig," Quality Sign, Damning Evidence In Commission Report.

Flying ileoord Set By British Flier

CAPE WW2‘. Feb. 0 -(@- enshaw, British flier, to

shatter the London-Cape Town flying accord.

Bensavv, flying 1n the Per- cival Mew Gull in which he won the King's cup last year, made the flight in 30 hours, 30 min- utes, breaking the revluus ro- eord oi 45 hours, ve minutes which was established in N0-

Ornn, Algeria, Bochar, French Sahara out-

post.

A ahort while miter his ll‘- rival, he wae discussing plane for takeof tomorrow for Lon- don with the intention oi bet- tering the record or the two- day flight.

Says 0anada’s Food Supplies "Trump Gard”

MONTREAL, Fob 0——(0P>—Can- Mia's food supplies will constitute a "trump d" in the next war, Hon. Quebec Minister of culture today told del ates to ohe annual convention ‘of e Can- o

of failure of the organization lo keep Canadian market-s clear of “burden- some surpluses" of butter, efi and pmiltry meats bad esullod mil- lions of doJars loss to the industry.

Mr, Dusault, giro spoke at a luncheon given y the Association ‘and attended by representatives of i the women's Maritime Club of Mon- treal said that the Province of $1: bec can aid Canada end the - plre by developing the province's rich agricultural resources.

Upward Trend In

Railway Revenues MONCTON, N. B.. Feb. 6—-"With

the general pickup in business there

has been an upward trend in rail- way revenues, Januaravegigures this l

year showing a dec im rove- ment over the same mon last l-i. Read of Am-

ylear," stated c, ~ erst, N, 5., director of the Canad- ian National Railways system when passing through Moncton en route to Montreal to attend. a meeting of the directors of the system there. The outlook for business is optim- istic following the eneral pckup 1n the United States, e so. .

In addition to the thirty coaches which are to be rebuilt and air- conditloned in the Moncton shops of the railway on the recent e- quipment order, Mr. Read further stated that ten new cabooses are to be built in the railway shops here and ten are to be rebuilt with steel under frames.

Pope Observes 17th Anniversary

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 6 —(A.P) -Pope Pius observed the 17th an- niversary of his election to the Papal Throne today by kneeling long in prayer in his private chapel.

Telegrams poured in. The 81- year-oldyontiff, resting in his mpari/ment, received a few inti-

and members of the Foreign Di lo- matlc Corps at the Vatican ca led at the Palace and signed the regis- ter in the ante-chamber in token o! their good wishes.

The Pope is conserving his strength for a speech before all Italy's bishops next Saturday, on the 10th anniversax of the re- conciliation of the urch and the Italian atate in the Iowan Ae- eord, the Holy Father's proudmt achievement.

Kiiby Prison Riot Quelled

Y. an. Feb. 0- (Crl-meer gas and several blasts from lhdtlilil were repomd

imately 150 t7! NR7’: E6

Work Resumed On ' Montreal Terminal

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sllflnish Refugees Tax French R e l i e f Funds And Food Supplies.

Rance, rub.

(AP)_-—-'I‘he Spanish Government's Cataonian Army poured into FTB-llée tonight ot- the rate of near- ly 6.000 men an hour with General Ererllwa Insurgents almost at their

ee .

Franco's forces were ooc ying Catalonia, northeastern Spailnp, as fast as their motorized equipment could carry their advance uards. The Catalonlan conquest r0 ed to the French border at one point to- night soullheast of Pui rda, some oo miles inland from e Mediter- ranean.

h: Sight OI Boldq

_ One advance column, proudly fly- mg the red and gold banners of Insurgent Spain from tanks and ar- mored caxs. mounted a ridge of the Tosas Mountains at dusk. From their vantage point these insurgents could see Hench troops patrolling mountain trails on the French side of the border. The Insurgents paus- ed only a few minutes to cheer in victory before pressing on toward the Puigcerda gateway into France.

Throufii mountain < fro B00189 Puigcerda.

the Mediterranean, columns of sol- diers and refugees, 12 miles long in

plies. Ley- Down Anus

than $0,000 men

down their Pyrenees boundary. Civilians, ontinuing thesame rag

Barcelona, now were in a minority.

them, mothers car ing babies and herding older ch11 n along, oi men bending under their luggage, young girls pushing baby carriages oaded with suitcases.

At the end of the trail were con-

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Senator llye Sees Effort To lluiet Foreign Policy llow '

WAS Senator Nye (Hop. North Dakota) accused Roosevelt Administration leaders today lengthy recesses of the United Sta- tes Senate to keep the issue of for- eign policy from exploding on the Senate floor.

When the Senate met, today, Seri- elor Barkley, the nlajority floor leader, hushed it threugrails routine businessbnd then called for a re- oess until Thursday, There had been every indication lliat a debate on foreign affairs would pop us).

A few minutes later Nye to‘. re-

rlers that in his opinion on recesses" were “evidence of a d re to see if this thing won't drift itself out."

"But this situation will not be until there is a clarification of the President's for- e policy," he added. e accused the administration of iving "military advantages" to fore nations over the protest of the arm ‘a general staff, and as- serted at publication of the re- cord cf the Senate military affai

gating the sale of warplanes rance. would demonstrate this to

be true. The resent row wee precipitated b! thL _ _n¢=h_e81l0.'

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. Feb. 0 -(CP) -.A Bow Street Court hearing gloduc- edndescritiorltodeyow tap- peered to the bi plot. co orce British authorites out of Ireland since theanti-Brltlsh viol- ence of the 20's.

Twelve ns accused of com- plicity in a. wave of bombings and sabotage which has Britain since mid-Janu were held for further hearing . 14.

They hardly hsd left the court- room when a ous tetcphone voice warned eials the Bow street Police Court would be blown

half

to Cerbere, French border town on 10mm, and other odnrws q

‘Iheremnantsof armfi fmore m wh l? bad

fqilght Franco to a standstill in the Ebro River Valley last summer laid arms as they crossed the

ed processions th t swelled tow d th t milit- ancc when Franaoo laid slegeuto m spam after e “ween

But still there were thousands of ergency.)

rmvarou, Feb. 6-(AP)—- i‘

of resorting to ministers‘ New,“ was

1'8 committee, which has been lnvesii- Bimin-

i3l0t To.’ Force British RIIIe

swept Great calibre

instituted l roof-io-floor

i services named as targets for bombs in the alleged

General

ing one-fourth of Spain tonig Insurgents little more than The Spanish Government

gents yesterday, meeting, concerning which all

who later returned to Spain.

Attitude Changed

From diplomats ti: was learned that Prenuer Negrins stand. which only yesterda was that the Gov- ernment wo d fight to the bitter end in the Madrid-Valencia "ll- land" in central Spain, had chang- ed during the day.

The Government was represent- ed_ as willing to surrender upon re- ceivirfi only these guarantees:-

1. o teprisols agains

m Insurgent hands as a result of mass

surrenders at Madrid, Valencia, Ai- f Gov-

ernment resistance.

some places. retreated into France. Prim that :1“? Italian and German m, twins relief fund-a and 100d auo- influence would banlsied from

(Several V weeks ago General Franco announced no foreign lfirwer would have a voice in the affa Isnof

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a victorious Irwin-gent

their empire connect-

ary victor be menaccd in any em-

ions woul

Insurgent wnauest of Catalonia, Spams rich nor east, was complete but for the final, unresisted mop- gelrlg-up. The Government's armies,

aten and muted, were in flight toward France. Further resistance in central Spain, still Government- held, was prcblcmatical.

"Needless Bloodshed‘ Against. this background, E-itoin and France were described author- itatively as co-operattng to prevent ‘needless bloodshed."