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Enemy Spreads Path Of Fire Across Northern France.

(By Henry C. Cassidy, As- sociated Press Staff Writer)

PARIS. Alay 2l-(AP)— The Allies. their backs to the English Channel, tonight fought against a new Ger- man advance which spread a path of fire across northern France.

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L-li 6-5-22-11 million iim_

' . 8S every week Plifligpgf Albany. Emerald Fri- _ 6dr: Albany; lst with A. C. ha‘ Gizgirllihhmegald dtsltriit

urs ay.M tor m’ °°‘l°‘l~ Blamed (1. c. (inreeii. 'I‘ur.s-Wed-tf.

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'—-—~. meg!“ "Oils- The undersigned tkinc Serf" lifcimred to givi- e rife to farmers wishina ieoniiblo’, Pas hall ed to marker. I i ffs- J- S. Alli-n. West ' - , Millview. |

The French High Com- mzind‘s night communique admitted the Germans drove their advance guard to Amicns and i\rras 0n the edge of the coastal plain leading io the English Chan- nel.

A War Ministry spokes- man zidded that German m0- iorcycle troops had pushed on to penetrate the outskirts of the Aiibeville region. The

city of Abheville is 0n the Somme csiiiiii"_v, l2 miles from the channel's open

waters, and about 50 miles southwest of miles northwest. 0f Amicns.

(In taking Arriis the Nazi in- vadcrs reached tlic zone where,

along nearby Vimy lcidgc, Cuna- tho

dians ivou

undying fame in First Great '

and the can: iiaii National War Memorial the pcijreluatcs Can- ada's parlicip: tioii iii the struggle may the it: n 100,000 soldiers from tiic Dominion stornicil to vic- tory" April ll. 191T,

(A Canadian Press" cable from London said toiihrlit that the Vimy ltlemorizil nppiirciilly- has escaped the fury 0i the present ivai", telli- porarily at lchstl.

B.E.F. Hears Brunt

The British EXl)(‘(llll0lliii‘_\' Force was bearing the brunt. oi iiic battle. The troops of Viscount (tort, com- mander of llflilall forces in the iii-id, were lll\lflll(‘(‘l iii ill!‘ cfll-Slill sector lighting iiziiiiist pluiics and tanks in n lust sinitd to kctp the GPHlltlllg from taking control of the cliiiiiizel.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CAN

Calls 0n Prime Minister King To Resign

, OTTAWA May 21—(CI')—A lllfmtllld that Prime Minister Mrr-Kcnzie King "emulate the example of Neville Chamber- llnin" and resign his office to Uinme other member of his fol- lowing was made In the House of Commons tonight by Alan lCoi-keriim (Con. York-Southv.

FRESH FEARS ill ITALIAN BIllKIlN llRlVE

SKOLPJE, Yugoslavia. May 21- (AP)— Fresh fears that Italy might be girding to strike into the Balkans ivcrc stirred tonight. by the sud- Yugcslav - Albanian froniici" that. munitions were being rushed to Italian-occupied Albania.

‘Ylie fimiticr was (nosed by It»- aliaii order shortly after announce- niciit in Home that the Italian Foreign Afiiitsier, Count. Galeazzo Ciaiio, was leaving for Tiraiia, cap- ital of Alixiiiizi.

Yugoslav until-ill" staffs along the freii ill‘ hcnru llltik barracks, store- liouscs and arsenals were being built on 24-hour shifts in Albania,

" iis.’ h rcpo. led to have only lrooire, and that vast ship-

\\' 70.000

iiieiils of ivni" materials were being slliiuitll across the Atlriatic from It- aly.

It was said, too, were

that Italians ciii-ulnliiig proliiiziiiida maps ~ '- .~\';ba.n"an ambitions. The re (lCSCfilXYl as depicting a ,. it r AlJtiillil" which would em-

brace parts or southern Serbia Iii 50ilif‘ Yueoslav qunters it was suggesicil Italy miiht be preparing lo _‘llill'l'l lll‘l‘ "'b.ickui>oi"' in Albania against ilic Allied counicrbloiv" while ' with n iiilllll

attack upon France.

Iial_v‘.~ ]llll'|l0"'i‘ in Albania, above all, would be to prcvifnt the Allies from ilfiiirkii". trhcris at Snlonika, Greece, for a counter blow.

Costly Delay Uf

King Government

Senate "Conservative Leader Callst

For “Reorganization Or Change” At Ottawa.

OTTAWA, May 2l—iCP)-Ciill- int; for .t rwoigiiiiiziiiioii 0i" change oi Ciovcriiiiiciil. U;us<-r\"iilive lender Mcighcii (li‘.'l -d iii the Senate today ilial. w ‘ hc was reluctant to scrvc in entire "tlicrc is nothing I would not do under any Gov- ernment in Canada to unite our nation."

“Until this Govcrilnieiit is re- organized or changed. until it is placed on a basis best adapted to gain the l0ll~7\\’lill.f of eiviy war element 1n this country, it cannot have the confidence of Canada." he said during his speech on the Address debate.

"Until it is reorganized or changed and I do not want it changed on n party basis no mat- ter what the pziiiy is. it is not going to command confidence."

The former Prime hliiiistci- and veteran 0t ihc Caiuiiliim political scciie, about ivlioin li has been un- officially l‘illilOl't‘tl that he mi ht return to the Commons as lcn er of the official Conservative op- position, said the Government should try to bring about national unity and not go about "trying to destroy its political foes."

Dealing with the British Com- monwealth air training plan, sen- ator Mciglicn renewed his charges of lest year that the Canadian Government refused Britain pcr- mission two years ago to establish air training schools in thLs Do- minloii.

Two Years’ Delay

There had been two years‘ de- lay in pioiiilinl; for an air arm or tlii- fzrlitxrq trrri-s "that is g0- lnil to save the Allies."

“'I‘iic gates of Caiiniln WEN! lock- ed to our partner. Whit a record! ’i'ln= peril meant. nothing to this Government; our national sov-

L-Cbl-ii-fl-ll. ereignty everythingl

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“When British troops failed in Norwn-v because ll i were not sup- ported sufiiclcntl bv planes the

man who should have i-csigiiei. W21.‘ not. iii England but. right here.

"if we cannot‘ trust Britain iii matters of our common (lefencc. then let us dissolve the Empire. And I would rather that we dis- solved it ourselves than to see it dissolved by someone elsc."

Senator Mclglien said that Gov- eriimcnt lcuilcrs and others had used such language iii recent years which was not designed "to bring its to the paint wliciv if danger loomed iii front. of the Fmpire we

should be ready to help in the common defence." The result, was inevitably al-

together in the other direction. he added.

“rin-oiighout this country. prose- cution of such views has been en- eouraized for years. and nowhere given greater encouragement than undci" the aegis of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

0.8.0. Pulley Denounced

"A public man in Canada could not broadcast loyal words favoring defence for us and the Empire un- less someone else, a semi-pink pro- fes=or or somebody, was subsidized to trnduce Ctrcat Britain. t0 W" the rscople 0t Canada that Britain was a traitor ‘p democracy and the United Slates should and would won be taking over leadership of democracy throughout the world."

This has been going on uncheck- ed, certainly in no way resisted by Government. members or b leader- 5111p rroni persons in autiority iii Canada, Senator Meighen omi- tinned.

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‘General Speedup In Recruiting F o re c a s t

Defence Minister Rogers An- nounces Two Destroyers Will Be Added To Canadian Navy.

OTTAWA. May 21—(CP)—-Addiiions to the destroyer strength of the Canadian Navy, a general speedup in re- cruiting for the army and the arrival tingent 0f Canadian troops in England were announced in the House of Commons tonight by Defence Minister

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lluff Cooper Says No Cause For Alarm

IJONDON. May 21 —(CP)—Alfi_-ed Duff Cooper. minister it information told his countrymen tonight that while the present war news is grave there is "no cause for great alarm.

Acknowledging German successes, he declared nevertheless "the army of tireat Britain and the still great- er armv of France. are still there."

Iie said three facts should be def- initely stated and that one oi them is that "the armies of Great Britain and Icrancc are undefeated."

"As I told you last week the end 0f this battle. ivhatever it may be. cannot entail the defeat of Britain and France." he said.

"Meanwhile, it is up to each one of us to bear our part.”

I>Ie warned again n ainst rumors, denouncing one whici lie said was current to the effect that the Prem- ier of France had expressed fear of ‘defeat. Oii the contrary, said Mr. l l I

Duff Cooper, France is “superbly confident." '

Roosevelt

- Strikes Cut At

German Methods

WASHINGTON, Mav 21 --(AP\— Grimly describing events in Europe ns n world disaster, President- Rom:- velt todav laid down this two-fold policy to govern the United States vast rearmament program.

LNot a single war millionaire sshoéiid be crcntcd in the United

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2. Labor unions should not,- and the President expreswd confidence ‘lhev would not—tnke tactical vnntnczc of the emergency in strike for snccia‘ n cs or privileges withhold from tie rest of labor.

t the same time, the President struck out at Germany's war meth- ods. although he did not mentlc: that country bv name Enemy planes he said at a press conference, were sweeping down the roads of Rance with machine guns wide open, tak- inz a death toll of refill-lees the like of which has never been seen before.

GRATEFITL T0 ANTWERP

PARIS C? For economic reasons flower beds of wartime Paris were icft bare this slimmer but the "Society or 'I‘ulips" t Antwerp, Belgium remembered‘ and Paris- inns get up one morning to discover their flower-beds a riot of color- yellow. red. rose, tawny —ii. hundred varieties.

Under the shadow of grave news

tense interest by a hushed House.

Without minimizing the gravity of the latest news he expressed confidence that the French army would reform its line and check the onrushing German force.

The Minister's speech was packed with announcements relating to the Canadian war effort, past, present and fu-

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ADA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1940

of a further con-

from France, the

words were followed with

l. Two additional destroyers of the Tribal class will be added to the Royal Canadian navy and con- struction will start immediately in England.

2. Recruiting for the 3rd Division of the Canadian Active service Force will start almos immediately. It will not be possible announce all the militia units which will go into the division at once but some will be authorized to start n-cruit-

'iii the last war".

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HULILCASTI

Int-l bression Expedition-l ary Force Iletermin-l

cd i)“ Desperate! Stand.

By IneWwRHSIiEnit-inn Associated Press Staff Writer

IONDON. Mav 2i_<.\P> The’ Bri .\ l(lillll'_\' Ico: n; per of lJi‘.l ilriiiii to iiic girii

Cliziiiilell b}: a NAZI fcrce charging to the 565i. means lo d.e WIICTQ it stands ruiliei" tiiari let. the Utr- mans occupy the -i whire they could base an attack on the British Isl!»-

I have travelled in-ri'c than 1.000 mile. thrciij. l1 ilic British DLSIIFHS in Bcleiuni d-urinc the last i0 days. and lll<‘ll I kiicw well are dead or \X‘t‘/ill'l(l(‘d.

Brat as I lclt I-‘raiic: this m0"n— (‘l'i' follows cave but one im-

...<\ ('.t\‘ c1 i-uiiiiic where ‘ _ ivns born, ilv» some of, llVc hJviZr . ziicliiltiic Vimv Rltigigl ‘ s dead and bur- > [Pitt

lNl"——2lS rnc Brush oiiicci- mc. Amiciis, l-l‘O—_1illl!Illl‘(l with palli- NIIC rciiigci". lriiii l":'an'.'c. Bi-lciiini and Hollziiirl when I saw" i1 Frwiay l -lias felt i‘:i- awful weigh-i 0t‘ \\ar.i Its famous C. ‘ iirni oi Not-re, Danie has b.cii rd and binned

by ilic Liv nails. who nrc iii [xii-s- c‘ rvi a» ‘ wrrc for lorr years

prior to the completion of the ‘l

a: Recruiting o! additional 811- _

cillary troops needed for the com. pietion o! a Canadian corps iviil be pushed forward at once and recruiting of reinforcements for the 2nd division. soon to go over- seas. will start Jiine 7. _ _ ,

4. Word of the safe arriv l in Etngland of a contingent COllslfilillil l of ancillary troops and reinforce-I, merits for the 1st. Division has just . been received. _

5. Two battalions (it the ist Div- lsion, the Princess Patricials Cnn-; adinn Light Infantry, and the Ed- ‘ monton Regiment, ivere ready for service in Norway and would have fanned rt of the expedition to "rrondhefm had the plan for a dir- ect attack on that port not bccn abandflned.

British Welcome Decision l

The British government had wei-l oomed the decision of the Canadian| government to send the 2nd divi-, sion overseas at an early date and had agreed to facilitate its move-l merit. said Mr, Riol-ICYS- 71115 did "m" mean the division would move im- mediately. The transport problem alone presented some difficulty,

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tire count and to the case with which reifilorcemenis might be re-' cruited.

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Many Civilians Leaving Paris

PARIS, May 21 --(APi —Man_v civilians left the French cn. ital tonight by train and automobie as , the official announcement or the y German capture of Amicns sndi Arras. and Nazi penetration to Ab- beville, became generally known.

The Lyon. Austerlitz and Mont- parnasse Stations, feedinz the southern and western sections of France. were packed with refugees waiting for trains.

Each train was packed. with peo- ple standing in the nlsles and halt- grmvn children sitting on their mothers‘ laps

Automobie traffic lammed the highways to the south and west.

iliirint; the last ivar. g

“Fiicii I lcii the c-J-ntiziciit. the German all: ks. to my knowledge, hnd no: been cxiciidvil to llie coast

nor “TF9 tiic Bfllbll and lilltfll’ allies iii lhigiimi c letciv cut 01"‘ "om Frciirii for in fiance.

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Preparations S

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pel Possible Blitzkrieg Against Britain.

lBy J. F. Sanderson) ' Staff Writer)

(Canadian Pr LONDON. Itliiv

.'iricl Bcignm "~" to the viali s lll(L'll‘llllZOCl

the English C aziiiel and trans- lOrflllilil, iiic Sod :. buirgc into an opt-n road to the sea,

With Arras and Ainieiis iii Ger- ‘ he iaossibility of

anti columns beiilu iiith- ,lll siuht of the sea at Ahbevillc, the general situation became -n-

creasingly arnve because of the danzei" of the Nazis driving s Wedge bctivccn the British and Bel-

ziaii armies in Bclcium and their

French Allies to th" mirth.

As llzilor poiiifcd a rlniszer at ,ihc hcarr. of Bl"‘l.il —:i daeacr loirzct‘ and sliarpi-i tliaii those

that failed in t-lic hands of Philip ot Spain aird Napoleon "the cov-

crnnicnt mustered the defen- sive power of til:- nation. to r1 pi". a pcs<ililc i)l i l 7 k l ic i:

nun this coiinfiy. and swezi up 1hr , (‘.(l'll(‘ll0l1 of munitioni.

'I'iicse defensive mczisurcs taken:

1. Prime Alinistci‘ (‘liiirc‘*ill ask- ed the Iloiisc c- (‘ominous lo lii iliroiicli to pa. iii-r‘ a bill :~:'oi'i.'l- in: equipment f0 the local (‘l"l(‘ll(‘t= forcc". Sonic 2301100 men llilit‘ v ri-

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unlccrcd to (‘Oilllliii h‘. ers. and War Secretary Anthony (‘"11 i0'd the Hour“ the response will: "$31- isfactorjvx"

2. The A‘? !\fin1<trv' called for

mPll of 3O to 4'» to lTfli‘. the balloon

barriizl‘ ilrctrclitt! v Ifl areas f:0'm dive l)“fl‘.")1l"l

3.11m Gcvcriiiiicnt annoy-need the llflS"t"!lll"!, rt cnaclntciit of the death ]Vllfll“.' for" treachery tn (‘Gill-Mt "F ' activities.

of Ilonio Scur- fine tn 51in lh c in tbrii" adrircr .- ..rds and to be ready

panic: and ’ on identity

RAJ‘: Continue

Heavy Attacks 0n Nazi Areas

Stand On Guard Against; Enemy Raids On Britain.

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to siiow them if called on a‘. any acme.

S. The Mi-aitstcr oi Aircrait imi- duction, Lord Bcavcrbi" *' ' lilJOll elllpuOfiff‘ (ll till!‘ I "10s lo work at inlj iqicio ltlie next vivo weekends. " lurked to work by nigiii a: tiny. full overt- me, for the pit the anneal said.

Britain Keeps Chin ['9

Desroite the gravity of iiii- shim- lion BTllIBill vans keeping her c.i1:i llD- Om every szde you hcar is are VWSh but no tougher than were Several timsc in the last via