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The big thing in life is not to be saved from physical danger but to meet it.

Annual Buhloriptlnn Delivered. 55.00 U! Ilia-ll: P E. L. “.001 Clnldu Ind U. l. “K

00SEllELT PUTS SIGNATURE T0 LEASE-LEN]! BlLl.

‘£00,000 Nazi iTroops Poised

‘Reports claim await only for AI-Iitlefs “go” signal; Line both Greek and Turkish frontiers.

' petciisoir. March llr-ilPi-JWOI! than 500,000 Nut troops were tonight on the Bulgarian frontiers with Turkey and Greece-and ibis reports from Sofia said only Hitler's "g0" signal was awaited. German headquarters are 1t Plovdiv, 40 miles from the Greek “up, B0 from the Turkish. Nut staff officers no longer dash about it‘: streets. All are at Plovdiwwaitlrtg, n; flow southward through Balkan mountain passes o! tanks, sup- ‘ wit; and troops has dwindled to a. trickle. mks-shift ambulances covered with red crosses, physicians and “mg, mostly make up the southward trek now. This fact was taken hfgliflitie on-thc-spot observers in mean that a show-down lslmmlnent. within ihe inst 48 hours an iron-clad German-Bulgarian military girol has closed down on all phases of life from the Danube River in ltnorih io the Greek frontier. New restrictions are being imposed holy, liizuiy essentials are disappearing from shops as rationing in I

"y being enforced. " Nazi planes with screamlnizslrens Mich as the Germans used in their

bveeisriigrileirtlegsiibrillif-iivsglggfxxwiii: _ . lire on Nazis

Bulgarian capital.

German military police now sup- ervise all traffic on the main north- south highways as civilians for months learning the language and uegézrophy. are being used on these

, _ Dozens of high ranking German -g\s1f‘itl\rfifilliliiil?ilii‘liighticll.343ml’: officers. these reliable reports say. l“ wnigm “m, “n,” Ge“ arrived this week at Sofia and im- Illi Warplailcs which flew over ‘fnedmwly ‘Egfimled a ‘etieaimt’ c?‘ Turkish fortifications on the eremes" ere was m’ n w y hmmm "mm," Mom,“ we" they were there. but reports from fired on liy Turkish anti-air- lbuc-hééigsg told of a. great ngmbeir cf nnhanermx moo - own German su marries i arriving in a, constant stream attire Black Sea port of Constanta. by rail I from Germany.

In Sofia the orderlies of the Ger- s ma" naval officers could be seen carrying scixtants and other naval

instruments.

itmllie Turks wfiffiflil..°.?ll§’;“fil§."§l$2“.i°“€i‘;

occupations was all of firt rate

duality. but recently has been scc- ond-ritie. Many trucks broke down ANKARA. Zilarch li.-(Al’)- in this latter stream. and were Reliable lint unofficial sources towed in“, 5011a {Q1- fQpflifs, "lll-uilii-ltllivt Premier Mvlu- lVIillt-arv exports identified much toll iii llus-"iii liadgiven asur- of the iflgmr gquipmgnf, as French “"5 i" “"3 Turkish 515M159‘ -seized in inst springs offensive d" i" ‘““5"‘W "ii"- ii Turk“? and now repainted. enters thc our she need Iwiv German military plans. of course. iciiran aiiiick from the U.S.“. are a c1054.“, gugfded sgcfgt, but, y-e- i“? “m” “W,” '- "Emmy liable informants who have witnes- vril informed-said the Gt"- 'ed the lightning occupation of Bul- llllli5 iii Bulgaria were erecting Harm the mmd demoymeng; 315mg lung-range guns ct the 5W9‘ the Turkish rind Greek frontiers, s" W" “PWTM i" ‘"59’ i° and the preparations for action. “mm "an" "l "ii" "=- ililnk it obvious that the Nazi armv Almost siniuiisiiicousy with now is about m receyve mar-clung ilicsc report. came a isclosure orders hi’ I iillTillii illpiomatlo source ' ihsi three (icriniin warplanes lovcrdfurgisih lfortifiica- i F . h t Hui: ll! u war on rou- llir were fired upon yesterday

iv Turkish anti-aircraft guns.

Gcmmcns urged To face facts 0f war crisis

Capt. White Clashes With Cabinet Minis- ters on Conscription Issue.

OINAWA. March 1i. — —(CP) — Confidence that Canadians willcome forward in whatever numbers are neccssaiytoloin the army, was ex- pressed in the House of Commons today bv Defence Minister Ralstcn. alter the House heard a, demand fcr universal conscription from Captain George White (Con. Hastings-Pet- erborouszh). I

Captain White. who appeared in uniform. created the stormiest scene the House has ivitnessed this .esslon when he attacked Justice hiinlster Lapolnte for his recent speech opposing notional govern- ment. spoke on discontent among soldiers serving in Canada. and - scribed the 30-day training plan as a. “farce? ,

In turn he drew rebuke rarely administered publicly to an army officer", from the Minister of Na- tional Defence. Col. Ralsion said Captain White's speech was “un- worthy of s member of this House." and “unworthy of a gentleman who wears the King's untfonn."

The discussion wok place on the War Appropriation Bill and before Capt. White took the floor the House heard an assurance from Prime Minister Mackenzie Kink that military awards for valor and dis- tinguished service, such as the Vic- toria Cross. the Distinguished Ser- vice Order and others. vvo be available to members of the Cana- dian forces in this war as in the last. George Cruikshank (Lib. Fraser Valley) returned to Monday nights debate on shipbuilding and claimed Munitions Minister Howe had been

(Continued on page 9. Col 2) ______._.___

Will wrest llir mastery From Germans

Bv EDWIN ST. JOHN Canadian Press Military Correspondent

OTTAWA. March 1l.—(CP)—Ncw British fighter planes. vastly super- lOl.‘ to the speedy. deadly craft that have borne the brunt of the stirrinil all" duels of the war to date, iv l ultimately wrest mastery 0! the skies from tlic .Gei"inuiis. WiIlK Commander Ernest McNab of Re- gins. predicted at a ores-ii conference here today.

Wing un dr. McNab. who won the Dlstingul lied Flying Cross for a series of ilurinl’. exploits While lead- ing No. ll) Canadian lighter squad- ron in action ovcr Engond, has lust returned to Canada to take over a

.uilifill‘l;.‘tl“i%.l'°lf.*‘i‘3.i? Train in crash

"If! oi Bulgaria. where German "Wm are pointed at the fron- lien of liolli Greece and Tur- hi’. respectively Britain's belli- mnt onil non-belligerent ul-

WINDSOR JUNCTION. N. 8.. ‘l March 1l—-(CP)~The engine 0f *1 Near ilii- Turkish frontier westbound Canadian National Rail- llflflr. the (lei-mans stood an ways passenger train sldeswlped a estimated 125.000 strong to- boxcnr of a freight train at a um‘ crossing here today. but no" one on either triiin was injured and railway officials sold damage was

slight. ‘

The locomotive, pulling llic fbxst srciloii of the Ocean Limited, was derailed. The Limited was held up two hours while another engine was brought here from Halifax, 15 miles awov.

The boxcar was attached i0 I westbound frcluht-

‘giflss revenues of the all in- Canadian National Railways

‘l8 for the corres- or 24.4 per cent.

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" , h 23 has been set L-Ml-S-li-Ii. fig“; fify of Prayer through- a, coinciding with the

n m Annual t c d MM YTIBCi-ilzfill)! Btsnhoifi‘ gilptimgiapay of Praygf m the

‘lluiipmflm’ "n?" “m” United Kingdom on behalf of the _ “um . ____I..-4as-3-1i-2i. Nana“ mdlwgrgfi @3111’- Ages "ma"! boss st Albany ever! “Wfmggfm: Mmgsm Mwgmaio

1130 “n, _ King's office announced ionisht-

‘£911 Albany, G. C. Green, tines. Th, announcement said an or-

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new post. " e Hurricanes and Spitfires we have been flying during the recent campaign have been greatly im- proveo. since the early days of llie war," wing ci-ndr McNob sald.“but I can assure you the new British fighter is much better than we or the enemv ever had.

"We must get superiority in the aihlthiid I think these machines will

o .

"Only a few month. ago nightin- terccptlon was a notable event.’ he said. “Now, despite the fact that the enemy is sending over single raiders. often at great height. ihe number being brought down is steadily incrcnslnir."

The Westcrner earned the desig- nation "Ace" for bringing down more than five enemy machines.

r Secretary Is Optimistic In

v m British Commons ,.

LONDON, March 11 -- (C?) - Air secretary Sir Archibald 51n- clalr in one of the most optimistic reports he has ever made to the House of Commons-despite his acknowledgement that the ws: is

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"about to enter s. zrimmer phase -

b. fewer than 1.800. Benin the use biv Hitler of "e more ef ective secret WGIPH than he has et m to - duos" the inter said. BrtMi glance will out-fight and outfly

Nsals. .

In the past 10 months. he iisid. British fliers have destroyed 4.250 German and 1,100 Italian planes.

"leaving out of account n- serves, we have destroyed half the Itslim first line." he sold. "We have certainly destro ed much men than half the first e with which

entered the war."

To match the growing German submarine threat, "airdromel have been developed from Mitch our aircraft may rims more easily the Western es."

(Oontinuedenvlli Q0811)

Island - born Glergyman is Buried in N. B.

EAST FI/ORENCEVTLIE. N.B.. March l1——(CP>—The funeral of Rev. George A. Seller, B0, was held from 121.3 home here today. Born at Highficld, P.E.I., he had held Methodist and later United Church pastoraies in varhus part5 of New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island before his retirement 1n 1930.

He was buried on his 06th wed.

ding anniversary. H is urvi ed b his widow, formerlye Ansnie VJohnY

‘ston, Hlghfield, and three sisters,

Mrs. George Howard, Mrs. William Clwwn. and Mrs. Robert rrizeii, aii of Charlottetown.

Greeks report Fresh gains

ATHENS, March 12—(Wednes- day)—-(AP) - The Greek army, struggling against fierce Italian counter-fire. has pegged out new gains on the bloody mountain slopes of Albania and taken 450 more prisoners including three sen- ior Fascist officers, it was an- nounced today. Aware of the Ger- man threat to the Bulgarian flank the Government sent Kostas Kot- zlas, Athens Governor. to Komo- tine (formerly Turkey's Gumpr- jina) in Thrace. only l0 miles from the massing Nazi troops. Kotzlas. who will be temporary governor to Thrace, flew to Komo- tine accompanied by three Greek cabinet ministers.

A Government spdsesman tell- ing of the heavy fighting tn Al- bania said:-

"We did not yield an inch in yes- tcrdnyls fighting. The mountains are covered with hundreds of dead and wounded. Some prisoners es- timate Italian losses since the Wat's outbreak at 130,000.

“statements token from these prisoners say that reiirline black- shirt units with macliipc-guns do not allow them to retreat."

llefcnce Minister Gives outline 0f training plan

OTTAWA. March il-(CPO-De- fence Minister Rrilstzn gave an cut- llne of the rieiv system cf training schools f r the Canadian Atmy in the mouse of Commons today.

It embraces 58 instructional schools and involves the consoli- daton 01' the reserve and active army training centres which f rm- crly operated separately. The re- serve army training centres, 30 1n number. were set up when compul- sory training was introduced last Slllilmfil‘.

The training centres include:

Aldershot, NS. infantry training

centre.

Ha listed the following as basic or elementary training centres; Yarmouth, Charlottetown, New Glasgow, Fredericton.

Will move staff

orrrAwA. March ii-(oei-me Canadian Stuff Schol establish- ed in the United Kingdom will be

thcsa now attending finish their training, Defence Minister Balaton lailfl in the Commons to- a .

Th; school would be moved in

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‘Former British _ Minister Escapes

Assassin’s bomb explodes In Istanbul hotel —— two- killed and 23 injured.

By WITT HANCOCK

Associated Press Staff Writer

ISTANBUL. March 12.—(AI') '-(w¢iifli=$i1B-Y)—-Geo. W. Ren- del, the former British Minister to German-occupied Bulgaria. e caped assassination last night in a bomb explosion in tho lobby of the Peru Palace Hotel here. but two other persons were kill- ed and 23 injured.

Mr. Rendel himself. apparent- intcnilcil victim. Onc 0i’ the dciid was identified early today as o. Turkish plain clotlicsmziu. Some among the injured were report- ed near death. but most were not seriously hurt.

confirmed fatality was discovered bv' A the police in the German ho pita]

ere. __.

M‘; Rama; hm arrived at the iiformimts continued (‘sermon Am- "ne, lanssndor Baron Eberhard von 0-‘; ‘stohrer called upon the Snanlgh He Foreign Minister. Ramon Serrano

hotel to take up residence leaving Sofia where he broke British relations with Bulgaria. had lust gone to his room, ansl that circumstance perhaps saved him from injury or death. I-Us daughter. (Continue don page s. Col s) Anne, also escaped —~O—-——- All Britons in M who were in condition to bc inter-

! I I viewed told the DOilg€§§iYsl:ii£1éi;tB\\'i1€h:‘

direct attempt to

Military authorities, who are cli-i YBCi-iflil the application of martial 11w in Etluropeigi iIurkeyl, joinld e nmen agen ii an nvest gation, I and .aicl the crime “may le t F I serious dipcmatic repercussions." a A British embassy attache wrs avg}. i; full report for transmission

it 0D. The hotel lobbv was wrecked and some damage was clone to the floor

(Continued on page 3, Col 1)

lndc - Ghina Hands ovcr Rich rice area

11, — (AP)-— southeast, today's war bulletin sold. handed one of Olhcr forces operating along the areas border between Ethiopia and the a AnulmEgvptian Sudan south of d settlement enci- Kurbuk. where the British forces

TOKYO, March French Indo-Chinu v her richest rice-producing over to Thailand Japane e-medlats inc: their border conflict.

Japan. short of rlc

(ls ivlili-li 6m- fight-

about ‘ wn of Bat- i

possibly. the fumed ruins of n civilization more

Yugoslav Leaders speed To Belgrade

BELGRADE, March ii-(AP) Political and m Yugoslavia sped toward tonight in response to ent Prince Paul to ‘s demand for a quick Yugo- slav signature to the Rome

be taken up at a mmting of the Crown Council tomorrow and

on prevailed tonight

moved back to Canada as soon as in

was understood the gisha Cvetltovic and Fo

order that young men might be trained in Canada for staff work which would b; necess y oversees.

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Hear Franco Turns down Nazi demand

Germans

Africa.

NEW YORK. March lL-(AP) --

that Geri. Francisco Franco had abruptly turned down a German dc- mrind for facilities to fli" millury planes across Spain to Africa. Those informants said that a well-planned “swift diplomatic manoeuvre" by Nazi Foreign Min- lster Rlbbccitrop thus collapsed, and as a result, General Esplriosa de Les Moiiteros. Spanish Ambassador to Berlin, lost his lob.

‘Tills is the storm-

Rlbbcntrop, it was said, sum- moned the Spanish Ambassador to the Berlin Foreign Office and read to him rnplclli: a document con-

Three members of Mr. Renders t . - (- . , ,. Barty were injured, but only sligzliilv ,‘,§f,',‘.‘;l‘,?,,.,,§’,j$l'°‘““ for

~First secremw Lambert “m1 mo‘ ltfcst important nf iilCSE‘ was a

i and for Spanish territorial

dom of me first omcmm‘ frcllltics lo flv military planes to a. About the some time, tonighbsl

urt. r, Rcridcfs party

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lers flilll0llllCULi. today.

and, captured a brigade command- i-r a nsidcni commi sioncr and

additional prisoncis.“ This column is pusiiiiig toward floral". The native captors of Dambacha.

heels of Italians retreating toward Dcbrziinarkos. 30 miles to the

entered Ethiopia. were reported to

as believed lirive occupied Afodu escarpment

to have cbtsiin- and are now advancing toward that she could pur- Asosa,

re output of the ceded

to Iiido-Chiiia in 1904 19 Thus she realized smre. but not all. of her demon

tepped in and effected an armistice January 31

In all, the French one-fourth of Cambodia

than

LONDON. March ll — (GP) — Tile Fleet liilCi the Royal Air Forc —tlic Empire's mightiest aims of war-ore rtzidy lo strike for vic

declined publicly and privately to-

day. "‘ Speaking for the Royal Air Ebrcc. M Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sin- BQIBTWQ clair assured the House of Com- bY moiis amid the cheers of the nicm- discuse Gcr- be,-S;__

“Herr Goebbels (the Nazi Pro-

'B"' pngandn Minister) tells his Ger-

man dupes that American help for

these sources declared.

become accustomed to it.

United Sinfcs equipment arrived.

and submarine attacks.

Failed in Maiioeuvre to Send Military Slaves to

Reliable informants said tonight

By RICHARD L. TURNER

ordered an UIKIISCiDF/Cil list

and Greece.

the subject.

now that B. majority of Houses lmd spoken.

CAIRO. March lL-(AP) - Na- tive patriots licadiiiiz one of seven British innit-rial columns boring in- to Elliiopiu, have captured Dumbo- "— cho. I50 miles iiorlliivcst of Adois Abubii, and tii'€ driving oii toward the capital. middle east headquar-

Couplcd with this advance British forces. which have moved into East- irrii Ethiopia from Italian Somali-

llicir stalls and “munv hundreds of

in Goljum province. are close on the

At 4.51 p.m., AST, a

become law.

A list of war supplies. the property of the army and navy. had already been ilruwn up, in consultation with high officers of the two services. At 4.55 Mr. Roosevelt ordered it on its way

to Britain and Greece.

f M111 Roosevelg madehlt cleardthatt, or tie time, eing. e wou no disclose either what the list lnclud-| CAL ed or the value of the supplies in- he said, was not large, and the total original cost would not necesarily be the billing

volved. The latter,

price.

This, he added. was for the reason that some of the equipment involved was out of date or was surplus. or did not have the same monetary value as of the time it was manu-

. tory in the developing bottle of . the Atlantic with tne vast supply i ’0f weapons iiow expected from me United suites. official informants

k tell this House that splendid sir- 'h° craft-the choicest fruit of Ameri- i-hfit can design and craftsmanship - litvia zggldwfisig "Qnglgeruga: will get here in time."

gs.

In the event the anticipated ap- hcoming quickly, it

t Premier Dra-

relgn Miri-

r-Markovic

As to the Navy, a high British informant said unofficially, in re- ply to the questions of newspaper correspondents. that Britain has enough trained personnel ice/sly to man the entire United States fleet if it were turned over to Britain 9° Gem“? "ext Week‘ for the crisis ahead. ceremonial signing of

U itcd t . ill " the threkpower ma‘ n S ates m tan, naval

and air experts for more than foiu" months have been working in co- operation with the British officers so that these arms may be quickly absorbed and quickly put to ilsc,

It was rrvciilcd thiit tank forma- ihc-av; tlons without. tanks, machine gun- ners ivithoiit guns and riflemmi without rlflo= nrc ready to be fit- ted into opi-rnliop mills as soon as l$liilk

A liiigc PPSKTVOil‘ of pl‘o',s is ri-ndy to fly patrol bombard need- _ ed for the "defence in dcptli of the Atlantic" against Nazi air, surface

f zictured years ago.

(Continued on page 3. Col i)

Fleet And R.A.F. Ready To Strike

U.S. help will get to Britain in time “d '““*‘““““ “mm” is assurance from m

Slusli, rain add ‘103033? liewYorkers' troubles or»

NEW YORK. March il-(AP) —- Slusli and rain added materially

Associated Press Stuff Writer ' '

.........-..-..... u... u. _ iMoralc building (AD-The British aid Bill -—; I. measure which might conceiv- ably shape the history of (he world to come-became law to- day uitn the signature of Pre- siuciii Roosevelt. Four minutes after thc signing the President

war materials sent to Britain

The President told a press conference hi: would ask Con- gress tomorrow for the country's biggest puree-time appropriation $2,000,000,000 to finance the help-Britain program, and that some time within a week he would make a broadcast talk on