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Once again displaying his supreme command of the House, the m“ Minister brought rouuda of applause when he pledged that Bri: hhl would fight "with all our strength for the Nile valley and its sur- nodding country and to command the Mediterranean” and said there hwery reason to believe the troops would give a good account of them-

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Mr. Churchill's ringing peroration went:— “l feel sure we have no need to fear the tempest. Let it roar, let it

rue! We shall come through!"

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orriw/l, Mav '1--(CP)—- Fresh

from the battlefields of

Britain,

Africa and the Near East Prime

Minister brought

Australia. confidence

Menzies of a message oi

end determination to the Canad- ten Parliament and people today.

In the meeting

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the cabinet and n public luncheon

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debate, the highlight speech came from David Lloyd George, Prune Minister during the first Great War, who made one of his infrequent Commons appearances to express anxiety lest United States aid. be too small. and to criticize some as- pects of the government's war ef fort. Mr, Churchill early in his address turned to attack Mr. Lloyd George s speech. later swinging to Leslie I-lore Belisha, former War Secretary, who was the hardest-hitting crilc on opening day. _ During one dramatic scene witn Mr. Hore-Bellsha. the Prime Min- lster turned to the former war scc-. retary and said: “l am One Whose head should be cut. off If we did not win the war. and I am very. ready this should be so." Y l Describing Mr. 1110i!!! Gttoflltts‘ speech as not the sort one would expect from a. Great War leader who was accustomed to brush aside despondency, Mr. Churchill said that . n, wag "p, speech with which I think the illustrious Marshal Petain might,

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on page ll. Col 4)

NEW YORK. May ’l—(APi-One hundred and twenty-eight German . seamen-solved ill Ninnhattan and elsevltlere in a sudden pre-darvn raid-were concentrated on Ellis Island tonight as federal operatives continued a search for others in the government's effort to guard against fifth column activities.

The aliens are accused specifi- caly of ovcrstnylng their leaves In the United States and were omen! the 160 Nazi sailors Attorney Gon- cral Robert Jackson ordered round- ed up under the immigration law.

Following his order, Jackson. od- dresslng the American Judicature Soclcly of Washington, said:-

“Undcr modern method! of war- fare. the mcst critical period for a nation under attack is the period preceding the actual employment of . military force.

- “The secret weapon of the Nazis has been the failure cf notion of- ter nation to recognize and deal

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA THURSDAY. MAY s, 1941

Japs uneasy. Over relations With ll. S.

Hear Rumors Panama 1C a n a l M a y B e Closed Shortly.

(By Mu Hill) [Associated Press Staff Writer)

TOKYO, Mav 7—(A.‘P)—Japan gave evidence todri-yuof maxi-Leasing uneasiness over tea one h the United States.

Maxi-red declines 0n the Tokyo stock exchange were attributed to reaction to Secretary of War Henry L. Sttmsonfls call for protection or shipments to Britain by Unrted States naval forces. Shipping circles discussed with evident anxiety un- confirmed rumors that the United Stiles mill.‘ close the Panama. Can- glaytéo Japanese shipping within 10

Shares of shipping. iron. steel and mlmitiurls firms suffered most in the market decline, which did not extend to commodities such as rubber. cotton and wheat.

Shipping men said the Panama Canal rumors reached Tokyo from their agents 1n San Francisco.

(No confirmation was forthcom- ing from Washington, the Canal zone itself or even San Francisco shipping authorities, Stephen Early,

residential secretary. said "I never

eard of it")

(Continued on page 10, Col 6)

Wiilide n“... Blunt warning To Hitler

NEW YORK, May 7-lCP)- Wendell L. Willkie told a free- dom raliy in Madison Square Garden tonight that. the United States must. insure the safe de- livery of war materials to Brit- ain by "conveying-patrolling- airplane accom nirn ..t — or what not" and hen flung this declaration at Hitler:-

"You have never met any people like us. And you had best implore whatever pagan god you believe in. that you may ~be spared the day." '

Never before in the history of the world. Willkie declared, has there been a people as strong as “the people of the United States of America. There never was any people so able to de- cide concerning what is right and what is wrong. There never was any people so capable of success, once their decision is wide."-

'l'hcre are some w say the United States is wca and un-

rcpured. Willkie declared, but his is a doctrine of "confusion, tear uml despair" which he said he rejected and repudiated ut-

tcrly.

Britain will win, he continued, if the United States sees that its ever-increasing production reaches the British isles. lie added: "We want those chillies

rotccted and at. once and with ess talk and with more action."

Willkie declared:-

“Furnish to Britain today and tomorrow and the next day, for her desperate need. shi s-tlse ships in our docks, the s ips in our coastwise- trade-until it hurts, the impounded ships of other nations. the ships we are building. Give her destroyers, and see that those ships are loaded with the ever-increasing

roductlon of American factor- es and forms. deliver their ear- goes safely to the gorts of west- ern and northern ngyiand. Thus

with this non-military invasion."

Transport lost , Was former liner

NEW YORK. May ‘I-(APF- The New York sun says tndav i-hfl a tra which woe lost at sea

with 1 persons. including 11 Am- ericans. was the British mew-NB!‘ liner Nerine. otmws advices yestemey reported that the ship presumably was W‘- . Unofficial and incomplete ists showed as persons accounted for. H or them injured as a result of "Enemy action.’ 111s 81m nys it has learned that

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Iraq Resistance

Near An End

British Troops- And R.A.F. Deal Crushing Blows.

By Edward Kennedy Associated Pre Staff Writer

May ‘l-(Al-"l-Brltish the Royal Air Force have dealt crushin blows to the Ir forces of icr All Al Gal ant, it was announced tonight. and military quarters expressed belief that the conflict is near an end because Germany has sent freq no materiel std.

British airmen systematically de- stroyed most. of the Iraq sir force. ground troops regained control of a. pumping station near Rutbsfon the vital Mosul-Haifa oil pipeline. and the Iraq siege of the RAF. base at Lake l-Iabbanlyah was broken.

Howltzers and osnnoncers flown by plane from Basra, near the Per-

OATRO. troops and

victims of the disaster Included 34 puserlgers and 88 crew uierrbere.

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Evidence French Stirring against Nazi conquerors

(Robert Okin. war correspondent who has been stationed in Vichy smce the fall of France, brings back a gauge of’ French opinion and [FTGllCh action regarding the Ger- %man conquerors and Gen. Charles . de Gnulle. Free French leader.)

(By Robert Okin) (Associated Pres. Staff Writer) f NEW YORK. Mill’ 7 — (AP) - lstill in the slough of defeat, the ,r‘1'cncl1 are doilll ‘title about actual opposition to ucrnlan rule yet-buc already there is evidence that secret organizations are beginning to form.

Apparently modelled lifter tne Belgian organizations during the first Great War German occupation, French groups supporting Gen. Charles rle Gaullc. leader of the Free French. and British agents have organized demonstrations. smuggled information and British prisoners and don-e what they could to sabotage industry working on German orders.

One one can say how strpns. they are or even how successful hev are. Clmlked slogans on the wall. deface- meut of posted announcements and apparently spontaneous demonstra- tions too subtle for the police to put their fingers on, are an old French custom. They have little real

French opinion. that German orders

delayed. Nothing vou can put your hand on. but. stories that materials

ducts fail to reach the line in time. manufactured machines are ruined by rain, unaccountable defects show up and production just can't seem to be specded up.

A story that crops up again and again is the drowning of thousands of Gcrmans in accidents during 1n- vaslpn practice off the French coast.

Movie tax Effective May 19

OTTAWA. May '7 -(CP)_- The 20 per cent. tax on rCQPIDIS 0f motion plctu e theatres wllbbe ef- fective on and after Mill’ 19. IIISIQPW of on and after April 3i, Finance Minister Ilsley announced in the Commons today.

Mr. Ilsley’ said n11 amendment in the budget rcsolltion to effect the change would be introduced.

Representation had been tirade that. special tickets would bc re- rw‘ 0d for the collection of the tail q ' o» u‘ s needed to get the tickets printed.

iiomc Pig Clubs For more bacon

LONDON. Mav 7 -—(GP)— With more than 800 pig clubs f0 med in less than a year Britons are rfllfldlv becoming more pig-conscious than ever bolrbe. Alex Hobsbn. sefilei/d of Lie l! rail Pig Keepers‘ Oouncl. estllnnlrzl these clubs vrould pr0- vlde about 30,000 ptgs amually 0i‘ 1,500 tons of bacon.

Backya-rds. allotments, faotflrl‘ grounds. sports grounds. AFB. sta- tions and vlloge schools all halve their pigs. In llxlrndon there one clubs at the zoo and in Hyde Park.

"Pig club members feed their animals on household and garden waste." said Hobson. “but thev are allowed s. certain amount of Infill through arrangunents with the Ministry of

Club members may lolep four piss

elwh . They may eat two them- selves but. the other two must. be sold to the Ministry of Food.

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Vote Confidence 447 To 3 After War Deégte Held

Churchill announces half million British soldiers in Middle East; will turn blclr Axis forces.

(By Harold Fair, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LQNDON, May ‘l-(CP Cable)—1’riu1e Minister Churchill scored n. ry truimph today as he gained an impressive vote of con- flm“ after a searching two-day war debate. Members lined up to roar as he left the Commons chamber shortly after the House “M m to s their confidence that the Government would pursue the

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' Vichy Promises

Collaboration; What Irtlfeturn?

Nazis may be trying for French f

leet.

By Taylor Henry Associated Press Staff \'t'rIte-r

‘VICKY, llizy 7_lAP>_- Ar, me price of illcmzlsed collaboration with Germany. Flancs- arranged tollin- lively ivdrv for a 1n0.000.t100-‘J1'rlnc reduction in the 40ll-000,070-trnnc daily board bill she pays for the Nazi UCP-llpiltllll armv and relaxa- tion of 5n" rigid demarcation ltnc "Pupied and lli10CCil_)l'3(I

ts not quoted on _ anges. but lnlninallyr I. cunt to a ctr 1f a- $2,000.000 a clay from $8,000,-

It was announced that Vice Pre- mier Admiral Jean Darlan and 0t.- to Abetz, Hitler's representative in

WASHINGTON May 7—t.\f') —Germar1y‘s offer to lighten the ll rnlstice terms impose-ll on beaten France was regard- ed in informed quarters here tonight as 1m effort to “soften up" the French people and in- duce them to “collaborate-P with the Reich. possibly by turning over their navy. ‘ That collaboration, it was re- ported, has included turning the French fit-ct. and naval ‘bases over to Germany, grant- ing a right-of-woy for German troops in reach the lliediterran- ean and Spain (as a spring hoard for an attack on Gibral- tar), use of the French mer-

effect. but provide a gouge forl,

i Some of the stories you hear ore in occupied’ zone factories have a woy of bcms=

fail to arrive in time. finished pro- assemblyl

chant marine. and German mili- tary domination of French

rls, had reached an agrcclncnt "envisaglng" this production; and had definitely agreed on generally unhindered passage of freight and goods across the demarcation linc; travel across it. by individuals in cases of family illness or death, post card correspondence between the two zones, and crossing per- nllssion for land and air army for- ces such as already permitted for sailors. r

Precisely what the Germans would get in return was not indicated. but neutral sources in Vichy said it was unlikely the Germans would be making France a frcc gift of 100,000,000 francs a day, even though the German occupation costs have been figured at less than half the 400.000.000-franc bill.

There obviously was o, “some- thing for something," but what, 1t. may be is not expected to be nlarle known to the French people for some days at least.

Foul Play In Airman’s Injury?

MONTREAL. May 7 —(CP) — Leading Aircraftsman sir Keith Fraser of the Royal Canadian Air Force remained in a semi-conscious condition in hospital here tonight. 4B hours after he fell from a fourth- stnry window of an east end hotel.

Although hotel attendants ex- pressed belief Sir Keith was alone in his hotel room at the time of the fall, police said they were Investi- gating the possibility of foul play because the airman kept mutter- ing in hospital “get Von Izonhnrt.” Persons close to Sir Keith knew of Bpbody with a name sounding like

at.

Threatened Strike In Halifax Averted

HALIFAX, N. 8., May '1—(CP)— A threatened strike of 600 carpent- ers was averted tonight when the Halifax local of the United Brother- hood of Carpenters and Joiners ratified a we agreement negoti- ated by the ova Scotio Labor De- partment earlier today.

The agreement provides for a wage of '17 cents an hour until July l and 00 cents an hour from July 1 until the new contract exgieeres April 3i, 1942. The men had n paid '10 cents an hour and had de-

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Seizure bill

Votzng 206 to l20_ the House of Rtlbresentatlves passed President Rzosevelvs ship-seizure bill today and sent it on to an uncertain fu- ture 1n the Senate ,

The measure, requested by the: administration, would onl-power the. Preultlellt to seize foreign vessels; idle 1n United States ports and put. them to use as he sees fit. Thus he would be enabled to use Italian,

“Nliilll and Danish vessels recently taken into protective custody. and others nit yet requfsitioned, in the 1191;) to Qritam program

The bill was passed after the chamber had dcfeated 220 to 160, a mc-tion to send it back to com- mittee with instructions that a provision be added forbiddlrlg the President to turn Axis-owned ves- scis over to Grclt Britain

Those bchinc it czntende-rl that to sc 2e lllc sh ,5 of one bcllzgerent and ttansfer them to its enemy would be an act of war on the part ; of the United Slates.

It was this aspect of the contro-j verscy that hclcl promise of trouble for the measure in the Senate. A1- reariy a group within the Senate commerce committee, which is handling the bill, has adopted the some attitude and shown itself so sizeahle that Senate leaders were talking of a compromise on this

po.11t.

The bill provides that just com- pensation mllst be paid for ships rcquistioned, but the House at- tached an amendment to tihe bill shying that if any of the ships are owned by a govcrnlnent which is in (inlet tr) the United States. the com- pensation shall take the form of a credit on the debt.

gTwo Germans litre arrested

WASHINGTON. May '7—-LAP)- Attorllqv General Rolrt Jackson announced today 111a Manirc-cl Znpp and Gunther Tonll. Gcmlnn cnizens under indictment for fail- ure to register as foreign agents in connection with the operation of a Nazi news agency. had been ar- rested and are being held without bail on zlcporlation charges.

Jackson sad that Zapp and Torin were taken into custody late this afternoon and are being held at the Ellis Island. N.Y., immigration headquarters.

The action is based on the con- tention. Justice Department officials said. that the taro Gemmns had not maintained their status as treaty merchants under which they enter- ed the United States.

The status provides that an alien may enter the Ullltfli States “sole- ly to carry on trade under and in pursuance of lerovlsiurls of a. pre- sent existing treaty of commerce and navigation."

Such aliens may remain only so long as their status is maintained.

Zapp and Toun were indicted. along with ‘Irnnsocean, a. German news agcrlryv. on ltfarch 11. The in- dictment. described Zapp as man- ager nnd supervisor and Tonn his assistant. ,-

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MONTREAL, May '7—(CP)—'I'i1e‘ bombed men, women and. children. oi Britain will withstand any attack; so long as they receive from over-l seas tooo to sustain them and the. weapons to turn deieuoc into an at-f tack “WhlCll ultimately will breakl the brazen spirit of their foe,“ Rt. lion. Malcolm MacDonald said to- night.

1111s, he told a joint meeting of the Montreal Board of 'I‘rede and Chambre dc Commerce. was the an- swer to the often-asked question. "can tllev hold out?"

"I have watched these renowned civilians undergoing their ordeal by fire and high explosive." said the British High Commissioner to Can- ada. “At. dawn the sun rises on a scene of some desolation and on a. people more resolute than ever to wage the war until the enemy is cxilausted and beaten and sues for‘ mercy."

l-le told of a cobbler. bombed out of his shop during the night, who next moming was found sitting cross-legged on the street mending shoes he had rescued from tne debris. Into the pile of rubble at his back was stuck the Union Jack and

s notice saying. "To hell with Hitler.

Business as usual."

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