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ANgwx ; GERMAN, jYEGOTIA lull-Pollin- llcl soullll BY BRITAIN,

(A. l’. by Guardian's LONDON. March 8-

clll Wire) lie Min-

ister Chamberlain's ll0lloy oi seek-

iul’ exploratory tum

Neville Henderson.

Europement through negotiations too

ment a new today when Sir-

ID

Berlin. saw Chancellor Hitler and Joachim Von Itibbcntrop, German Foreign Minister.

Tel-lie o'.":~lnl

announcements in

no.1 Ionian and Iierlin said only

mil. in". “fulhcts 0i into ir'r'."

llut it was

conversation

considered

cancemed rest to both 00am-

certain

iilst Sir Neville and the Chancelfirr

revered. 8M0"!

other things, the

questions of German demands iqr mlonirs and (icrvnan alrna toward

Austria and C1:-

choelovlila.

Dlpiollllllle quarters believed:

l. Mr. Chamberlain was to revive the Locemo

his late half-bro

trying _Treaty which ther. Sir Austen,

built and Hitler deetro ed by re- occupying the Rhinelan March ‘l.

itart e

l . f. Von Rlbbentrop was likely to th official conversations

noon when he returns to say good bye to his former staff as retiring Ambassador to London.

ruddy’: move was the first of-

ihiel contact on

neaoiiatlorls since

lord Halifax. now Foreign secre-

urv. saw Hitler Since that lim

last November. c Anthony Eden

lu resigned as Foreign Secretgry ad Mr. Chamberlain, guiding For- In mlioy himself. has moved io-

Ilrd friendship Four Pow

all Britis

7 bflli" four-yo ritain an" lthlit thc four n Europe.

M the

llied the Jllil-Cicrlnon

oi Perth prepared to post in Ambassa-

lri lturdav to his r to Rome for

gtiops with Italy

talks with Italy.

er- Accord

h foreign policy unfold- ‘ diplomatic circles expressed he- ef Mr. CllamberY-‘u

was tryink

Ttflly n-rd Germany into rt" riczurd

wt": Great

~ nee-a part similar

Dflwers of west-

Bcrlin conversations sig- possible

opening of negot" ‘ions. the return

the parallel con-

ance has been kept informed

Britain's

iliess to follow til filly system

preliminary steps to- power pact and has

the British lead

nee oi western Eur Seek Sound Basis

Ireat round basis oi cc H 5 that

ht sincerely inten fl; to bring about and m with the

lDle as forever will eiiiion of the only

ll relations

tile}: announced Mav 21

auaranteeing the ope. ‘I

Britain has tried to find

agreement ever

German Govern ds to every- aintain a British prevent a war which

liever been between the two oils."

‘ilesc attempts

l bi’ France's alliance with Su- ussia. secondly by British on-

to the conquest of Eth- ilflaly; and lastly byjg-

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Mr. John_W. Hogan was elected waresident 0L the Benevolent Irish society at: the 113th annual meet- ing of the organization last night. vlr. Hogan is the youngest presi- dent of the society in its more than century of existence.

ther officers elected include: 1st vise president George E. Pow- er: 2nd vi ident P. B. Mc-

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F. P. Mflh treasurer. John A. Callaghan; chief mars al. R. D. McGliilvray: as- sistant marshals Maurice CostcLo and Joseph Costello; sergeant. at arms. Arthur iViicQuaid; standard bearers Leo Mailer. Augustus Mc- Carthy and James McGuigan; door

irects F. o.

Viscount Halifax has been named

keeper, Leo Me-har. new.‘ P, idem J s K M _ Foreign Secretary pro fem. ‘to re- Kenm “f5 e ab??? mp0,?“ place Capt. Eden. A member of

the House of Lords, his office will speak to the Commons through Premier Chamberlain,

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telling oi a. most successful ear were submitted by the Presi em, the secretary John W. Hogan. treasurer J. A. Cronin, lat vice president Joseph Niialone, 2nd vlce president Henry Dalton. Committee chairmen report-ed also. A feature of the evening was the initiation of sfvteral new members into the So- ce

y. There was a 1 e in membership duriozarfhe pa tiring secretary John told the meeting. Members were in good stencil-nil. he added. Treasurer J. A. Cronin announced that the Society was in better fin- anclal standing than it had been

for a great many years. The principal oblect of the or.

izanization was the dispensing of N B L e g i s l a t u r e

crease st year rc- . Hogan

large Maritime Centres Qualify F or Airway Grants

(By The Canadian Press)

CYITAWA. March Zi-Transport Minister Howe said tonight the Government intended to extend Trans-Canada Airlines to “all the large centres of the Maritimes."

During discussion of estimates in the House for transcontinental air service, A. J. Bro0ks( Cons. Royal) asked i Maritime cities like Saint Jo n. Halifax and Charlottetown would be eligible for grants for airports.

"Whether it. is done by private enterprise or public. it is still the Trans-Canada and therefore those macs qualify for grants," Howe

Negotiations were being carried on already with some Maritime cities for airport development, the minister added, but he did not name them.

Pass Amendment To Narcotic Act

(C.P. Byvfinardian’: Special Wire)

OTTA A, March 8—A bill am- endi the opium and narcotic act‘ dime at curbin the use of marl-l

called ntoxicatlng marijuana drug.

ettes the i Port Development

Cost 14 Millions ‘°5i-r%§."'§-"i'él1 iffiiarifét to date of developing Churchill, than. on, lawn av. 1811:5111 o.» us?” m:

f T, Y (Lib. %0hHtOl‘-H8Ill6) ll’! tilt? Hm!” M ‘Y;

Brigitta in Boosts iirzrgyistimgates

Steady Progress

Is Made Towards Mechalllzation

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON. March it-Great Brit- ain today announced an expendit- ure of £l06,500.0J0 during the fin- nncial year 1938-30 to make her army ready for any emergencyrglnd

w- ing steadily although there still is

announced that recruiting is g

adian traffic.

PEASANTS BACK

OPENED i

terminus oi trans-At antic air with shedlac. N. B. an al- ternate terminus when weather pre-

_________ ‘Mir. ._______._____

FERRY losll FiiRliIiiiil Piliii Plullll iiiii

Little Effect On Oper- ation Of Ship An. ticipated By Offic- ials.

Ice conditions were becoming heavy on the Borden-Tbrmentine route across Northumberland strait railway authorities announced yes- terday. And to add to the difficul- ties of the S. S Charlottetown the forward port propeller was resting somewhere on the ttom 01' the strait after the shaft snapped off ‘while the powerful icebreakcr was ‘making an extra crossing with ._frclgllt Wednesday niilht. Heavy lN‘, driven in ard grounded on the Nclv York shore by northeast wind held up the ferry for more than four hour: on the Borden-Tormen-

As Disrupted

public services and survey fu ing storm.

moraiized communication s munlties.

San Bernardino and Venture. All was silent in the delta the flood-the Santa Ana.

tine crossing yesterday. Not until the tide turned and cased pressure 0n ice flees could the boat reach Tnrlneniinc where she docked at 4.05 p. m. The ice breaker sailed again at 5.18 n. m. and docked at Borden at 6.42. only slightly more j (than half an hour over summ , me. l The loss of the propeller was not lnnticipated in make a great deal of ‘difference in the operation oi the ferry, officials said vmterday. Un- less somcthin! further developed the boat would continue in ser-

charity. James H. McKenna. chair- man of the charitable committee - mcelunm] “h,” “A” {fr flnnuflhgv” m“ ' '12:“. aisles: excrete Unllesln Pwlesllo .12. 222:..."..":.....::l"..i.= ties of his committee Increased Ottawa -— Shedla-c "1" M" Film F"“'""l Timid- quantlues of groceries “Ad ma] were constructing a second (la-k. above given out durum the past year m“ Ignored? the rcguiilr main deck vrhere muum°fli°°ill Wr- l“ were. all". _ u th _ n m“ . i‘. S900 N! per- (cm. nyépolnardiaue slcrteezlaallzigrrlgl [mire motoritfllraiéic stocrgiv? 8n. and Co“ _ r , ' "i-S ti e. . aroeown. ‘ " °°‘ °’ nummzrrc..ivlr. wits‘: work in o- <l~~l= will l- ‘lationtrgl weluld pg the guitar)", Cnn- aomnlptgfl m Mme m“ the Prince m? Edward Island to take over the

service when the newer boat goes into drydock. Because of the late arrival of

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For Free And Inde_- l..l".‘i°l§$§_‘v°§“§'§e'°“r°‘°“““ pendent Austria.

March 8 —(AP)—- entered the

most direct route is via. Shelli he said. "In view of this the pres ent proposal to aide-track Bhcdiac and the Maritimes is a virtual chal- iengc-a challenge which we can-

VIENNA. Austrian peasants

Imper- Pan-Amer can Air- ways are agreed that the safest andi

II. S. NAVY Bill WINS APPRUVAL

1. be made. Nazi-disturbed political arena to- prgqlrt-Eesilfllizg} hsharei fol-l this com- glxgllltcewillzl Igugspflutirgrérfullgpfiortlng not mom i__ ' i t coossa ve-ycar a r on c nngg g Q ' fggfglaalgiflili. lsfn showed an ln- in his efforts to keep Austria. in- NOT ma 0F“ “L Commlttee Takes Cog’ crease of £24. 26,000 when the army dependent. “On the proposal to shift to nizance World

estimates were issued today.

that the Royal Air Force will re- ceive £102.720,000 for a total

crease for the two services over

1937-38 0i £44.546.000.

Tomorrow the Admiralty will announce its requirements. A sim~ ilar heavy increase was forecast in view oi the large new building

rogrem forecast in esterdaysde- encc white paper w ich gave the general outline oi’ defence P111115 for oil three services.

The army estimates culled for expenditures at 285357.000 for the arrny with an additional sum of 231,143,000 for new buildings uni-l equipment.

Mcchanlle Forces

War Secretary Leslie Here-Bel- isha in a memorandum accomp- urlying the estimates described the steadily increasing mechanization of the army and the difficulties that had been met in buildlnl! "l! arm sire h.

Tile riglmr army strengtllfilfl‘ eluding ritish troolfi l" Illdlll "id Burma. is cpirrvxlmetely 130° ul- flcern and 2g000 other ranks be- low planned levels. ‘The memor- andum placed the Hill-l" film!’ strength at 170,000 compared with 168,000 in i037. It showed a total or 483,853 men in actual service or receiving some form of training.

‘Pills total included the armyre- serve-men who have spent- fl" years in the service and are sub- M r “l " lease. ‘lit-it'-

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LATE NEWS FLASH ES

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They followed yesterday's ann-unceme w

, The Federal Peasant Council under Josef Rciihcr, former min- ister of agriculture, met and re- solved "as free peasants in a free Austria" to follow the course of independence laid down by Chan-

Montreal we know nothing exce t what has appeared in the press. e have definite knowledge, however, that technical experts decided on the Shediac route. and it is up to the lvbarltimes and New Brunswick

cellar lEIliZialbi-Zft Dollfllvs whjo was :43 s-‘égliglalailltrglrxxllllgl; rlgua Psléiigéltilé i334 ate m n N” “prism m bv the ex rts, and to see that the

cred to."

Opposition Leader F. C. Squires declared that New Brunswick s. the Maritimes had had to fight ior their rights in the post and must do so in the future.

"I would like." he said. "to rise in my place to support the Premier entirely. I feel he has token his position well and strongly‘?

Premier Dysart read t e follow- ing telegram he had sent to Mr Howe today:

“Greatly disturbed to read in press your proposal that Montreal

“marina-airbags 5751.3‘? Little Hope For Anglo Eire Pact

Meanwhile the reorganization of people's political representatives progressed.

Under tile impetus given the Austrian Nazi movement by the conference Feb. 12 between Von Schuschnigg and Chancellor Hit- ler oi Germany. the reorgan- ization will increase Nazi influence 111i; almost every phase of national

e.

Included are the Fatherland Front, Austria's only legal political party. the provincial governments and guild organizations.

Austrian nationalists who said their movement's mguxgoosc is in make one step e my toward Nazi victory, advanced two‘ other steps today.

- Field - Marshal Alfrcd---Jonsa..an-. nouncecl he was about to retire as chief of the general staff oi’ the Austrian-Army and that Major General Franz Boehme would be

LoNDoN. March 3—(CP Cubic) —Pe.leimlsm over one outcome of

appoi ‘ his succ .'I'i1i.e move and deepen to ghi. as a wu believed to be in compliance full session 0! ‘ ‘esaie- udjoumed. with German wishes. given prospects of a trade Governor Karl stepan of Styria q ent, which seemed g Province-e foe of Nazism and l earlier the week, now appealed Catholic-also resigned. and Von g _ Bchuschnilzwz appointed in his place Th qlenm-y mqgung W111 non. a lawyer. Karl Trummer. who was elnue tomorrow Ind the talks believed more favorable to the eino "mdivldual delegates are ex- Nationalist movement. pecteng to be resumed Monday.

There was no communique issued tonight. The only thing certain was that no aflreoment been reached on any subject thus far.

Prime Minister Eamon rlc Valera and hi: Eire collea ues will remain in Ilondon thnmg the weekend though no talks are planned for Ba urda and _s_llnda.v.

R-EOPEN HEARING TODAY HALIFAX. March E in Nova Bootia highways depor

mom's application reduce by a half cent the retail price spread of four cents a gallon on asoline will reopen before the pub util- ities board here torpgrrow

Try Salado Orange Pekoe Blend

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l. s P. by Guardian's Special W]: WASH NGTON. March 3——The United States administration's big navy bill won the overwhelming approval of the House oi Represen- tatives Naval Committee today. Only thrce of 23 voting members opposed the legislation, which President Roosevelt requested "specifically and solely because of the piling up of additional land and sea armaments in other coun-

tries. As finally approved. the bill would authorize construction of

46 mell-of-war, 22 auxiliary vesels

' and 950 airplane; Chairman Vin-

son (Dem-Georgia) estimated the 350w weapons would cost $1,083,456,-

An additional expenditure of

. .000 was recommended for: experimentation with small. swift "mdvstery" ships, new bombs, tor- 0e oes and aircrlft. .

The committee earmarked $3.-

000000 of this fund for a new dirigibie of American dmllgn and construction to repi e de-

aoe

commissioned Los Anlzeles. It would be used for training and experi- mental purposes.

The new wershi recommended include three battleships, two air-

5 (AP)—Japaneso Army said today a Chinese army of 10).- 000 men had been caught in a "death trap" in southwest Bhansi Province while Chinese asserted Japan's Central Chine advance had been halted by guerilla mills.

Japanese accounts said the Chin- ese. pursued b columns attacking from the l-lorth and out. were ileeink toward the Yellow River. but that. detachments of the Chin- ese Central Army with guns were posted at. the main fords to halt the retreat of their compatriots.

‘The Japanese‘ have reported the army of 101.000 in retreat for four day‘. and bcivlrd Wednesday that 50.000 Chino-c had been slain in the rout to the Yellow River. (The Chinese lhnbarsy in Washington said the Japanese

lisitsssrzll. lil: ...i.:.l.":.:l.:.. " IOILOOO Chinese Caught In

"Death Trap”Jap_anese Claim

l-LANGHAI. MINI: b-(llrideyl- ridiculous.) tic-he!

reports wereroad

was a muddy lagoon. There w

the life loss there ml

Death Tall

In the Santa Arm-Anaheim- Fullerton region the first reportin two days showed 15 known dead. Thirty miles up the raging stream in West Riverside, another 15 were reported drowned.

The raging torrent surged through the heart oi the citrus empire of Riverside and Orange Counties. devastating some of the richest orchards and finest resi- dential areas.

There were 25 persons missing in the San Fernando Valley north of Hollywood, Just over the hillsirom the film studios.

Flood Waters lecede

Water which flooded streets in downtown and industrial Loe An- gcles gradually receded and rolled down u n the lowlands which caught e climax oi the high water during the day.

The weather cleared gradually. allowing the departure and arrival oi airliners and a ted restora- tion of communications after sev- eral hours of virtual isolation.

The metropolis of more than 2,- 000,000 population was all but cut of! from the outside world during moat of the day. Long distance telephone lines were out of com- mission, telephone service within the city was disorganizedJ/ele aph lines down. highways block and rail lines stymied.

Ten persons, the first to leave the stricken city. reached San Francisco on a United Airlines plane, which also brought pictures for Associated Pres wLl-e photo distribution in the rest of the Un- ited States.

Tell Vivi d Stories

Those arriving in San Francisco told vivid stories of flood rescues and oi houses tumbling down hills.

"The streets of the downtown section were flooded and dpeople couldn't get into office bull ngs." said Harry E. Drew, Los Angeles business man.

Movie stars were marooned in studios. Schools were closed. Rail- roadsl ‘oeased- operating. Mud flew ‘so thick at Santa Anita race track that spectators hardly could see the horses.

A heavy runoff from the cloud- burst-swolien Santa Ana River struck Riverside, and 1'7 persons were reported missing. it inun- dated Santa Ana. farther down- stream. with three feet of water, tearing away communication lines and leaving the extent of damage there only to guesswork.

An undetermined number of storm spectators were washed into the ocean near Long Beach when the bridge on’ which they " collapsed. The number lost was generally estimated at l0. but an appeal to ships at sea to watch for survivors or bodies said 45