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Plan To Gamble (Dhan- ces Of Victory In

I War On Major Of- fonslve.

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SHANGHAI. All!“ ll-i-(Mnn- hy)—(AP)-h aneee foreee to- day eet the a ge In southern Bheninniuhiovinoe for what for- elfn ynl! ry observer! believed light be on offensive eeiipeing Mathis‘, In Stein and compar- eb to I e major drives of the Gert War.

Bank ed by the recent defeat e! Ielerhehwong and no longer un- der-eetlmeting the Chinese cen- tral front resistance. I an. wee believedreadynovrtost elnen extensive effort In will In one big Illllble on the wheel cf war.

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Soviet Russia, across the Man- choukuoan-Siberlen border. and the possibility Britain milht Icon be-In I position to take a firmer hall In the Fer Beet having r ed Pvlediterreneen differences with Italy.

l siwmo (cal-an inquest

_ Maul Beet Troope ‘Hie new offensive. in the 00in-

These observers said it was con- ceivable that more than 1.000.000 Japanese end nese soldiers would be engaged in the southern

‘ . , ‘s mutter! be" the balance.

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nerds . each

slashed Sundey. heraldic: l8 major enoounterelon-gihe meand- ering Iltt‘e Yi River. Chinese for- ces deeper inland intensified et- teuks on ‘linden and Tsaochwang. spearheads still e dded in eouthem Bhaniunz after the de- fgut April d at Taierhchwang.

The Chinese hoped to unbal- ance the Japanese concentrations to the northeast of Ylhslen and Matching b 9W0!“ against bayonets. the Ch neae be- eiegers were to have cut their way Into the southern sub- urbs of Yi-sieri. Casualties mount- zidi into the hundreds for both

es.

Heaivy Japanese reinforcements for inc Uni actor were pouring down along e Shentunl coast. Between 3.0M and (.000 fresh soldier: end transport column of m0 trucks arrived at. Ohucheien. as miles nor-threat of Lini. While supporting fol-tee moved alone the coast.

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Dies From Injuries _ In Highway Accident

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Accord With Italy Carries Fervent HODeOIFGeneraI Settlement.

IOMJOIN, April l'I—-'!‘eneion of international unrest relieved. the lesser anxieties temporarily for- gotten, Britons today threw them- selves to the celebration of Blaster-tide with the deepest and molt 0819MB safety ill years.

Primed for "good news’ eve of the long holiday weekend. the nation received It in the shape of an accor; of friendship between Great Britain and Italy, cerryi fervent hopes of general wot-rig appeasement.

libr the first time in mouths cabinet ministers took leave of London free from worries of an urgent recall to ponder e now crisis. With millions of citizens, they sought a welcome relief from offlciah and private cares-dad

petdanc feared. lnlgliub h when w, Mo“,

“Aurthur. Fhnciere and the Cat Iunclers hdid shows In the some Washington build-inc. And It did! A mouse, “Willie Doe," Owned by a. 10-year-old airlweatovertotizeoecehovsndpeid thisveu-y socialioallene.

N. B. Hearing By Commission

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count of the illness of the Ghair- man Chief Justice N. W, Rolwell. The next. sitting will be In Toronto Apt-ll 26.

The Chief Justice is confined to his home in Toronto with a cold and his physician advised him to remain flier:- for a. few days.

The Tlomnto llfiflflll" will start with ienrwasmtstions from private clwnnimtions after which the brief of the (vital-is) Government. will be presented. ,

Thr- hmrlnq in Quebec will open on ltfar- l?! nnd ‘t is exported the New ljygvieivlnlr eittlnrr, likely lasi- imr fiv- rlavs. will follow. The Wam- her: n! H1.- rjnrumiralnn hid blan- ned in convehe at ytrwhriclirm Twas- Easter

the death o! Grace Wilson, 21, vic- tim of an alleged-Iiit-ancl-nm ao-

While on the sidewalk In front o! her home on Rockland Road the izi-rl. wee blatantly killed when hit by a motor car Baturady evening. The cer off a telephone pole, swerved to the sidewall: struck the victim and than broke another

e before stopping i0 fact away,

vestlgultors said.

The our held as material witnes- ses for an Inquest tomorrow oven- ing are Goigo GDZUBL, :;:. seamen of the Canadian C: vzrnment Steamship beurzntieii, A ..il'(} Mail- lei/lo 32, his brother 1-. Jib Mail- Iette, 8t and Pele: Allen, 48, all

0i Saint John, d-nrv fci-ancon following the Police said the fcur alleged cc- W" - - cimante left the scene edia-

tely wthcut leper-ting the accident. Goruen and Allen were taken ln-to custody while aboard the Lauren- tien. Andie Miaillette was found at home and Albert was located wivle poroeeding towards his house.

Mil! Wilson had just left her residence to get a newspaper. The accident occurred near the mler- seoticn of Milldzze Street. one of

e most dangerous spots for ac- cdents In the city The car wrs badly wrecked. Flying glass slight-

BMWELLING BIIRNEB AT wlmui VALLEY

l! en and Albert di: t fire occurred shortly Rummlla“ PM “sir 7§r¥§§§:'°l22t.-. ‘Z‘&-.§2“i‘.fii¥ Foi ed By Arrests i}; “in, wmnlc, l; wsnggh x... ——-—- . au i a .- ‘esaam- ' °"-i*"'";.'..:.’s!:' ‘m. r ‘ibu-ssis .‘.'°":.s".;":.:; . l . ‘" vc e 17-CornelIus Bela Codreenu, u- fem- o: the main house. The mama's most powerful aai flames spread so quickly that the leader. was arrested W100i ucDer wart nl‘ the house was In B00 persons ‘police took to eue- before It. was discovered. Mr. icdyl izlvhnl in 11d Mrs wuugli unu the letters ue . . uerd riot unmet the - - at the time merit. were at The action followed u; sale e

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Seized with the I Irit o! a’;- oicing, the editor c! e Sun ex lot/or al (Independent) blomin in bold type on his front page the headlinez- ,

"Ho bad news

He added: "It has happened new 17 e newspaper p ' no bed news oi people forgot went out to he he. Italy were e n; hands. Europe weloom It. The te

bolls sang, worshippers Easter services and specie y- ers of thanksgiving were o cred for improved relations among the nations of the world.

The Kin and Queen

Castle with Princess Alice and the Earl of Athlone.

The Archbishop of Canterbury preached at a service held in the private chapel of the castle. Later he Royal party motored to Frog- mora where they t. half an hour In the memorial gardens and at the mausoleum.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Cham- berlain found welcom retreat from the burdens of state in quiet Scotland's backwoods. He spent the holiday as guest of the Marquess of Iondonderry at Uppat House, near Broda.

There he received congratulatory messages on the successful con- clusion of the agreement with It-

aly. some sought to‘ place political

significance In his visit, among the guests, it was lnted out. was Niall Chaplain, v bondcnderryu

nephew. who will fight Oaithness and Sutherland a ainst sir Archi-

Sinclair. 01in tlon Liberal In the next general elec-

011.

Throughout the ion h and breadth of the United gdcln traffic records of years‘ standing were reported broken. Train. coach. private car and airplane took icwnsmcn Into the count side and

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countrymen into the cit es. Lon- don, which saw an exodus of hun- dreds ofthousands of its dwellers. was the mecca. of sightseere from the country and the continent. ___'I'_h;ongs were attracted to

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world's ogreatest line of defence or base

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Annual lubeerietion Delivered I7 IliF-P- I. L.

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IPYI c1" ' SIGNED Treaty SeenuBéc-zsis For New

European Appeasement; France Enters Negotiations

New Accord

LONDON, April i'l—-The poesihil ity of a. new European alignmen t: preserve peace was seen tonight

the wake of the Anglo Italian friendship accord.

France laid p.a.ns to extend the International friendship growing out of the agreement, signed last night. in Rome, by negotiating wuh Italy for settlement of Friuwo-Lt- alian differences.

The general hope was that an 1t-

returnod home after

llTillNlll LINE STANDS READY inn will WAR r

Grain Fields “Gféatesf

not attack. stands next. war. From 80.- of France's finest sol-

on of the 372,000.-

A porti 000,000 francs (about $12,000,000,- 000) that ltnance has spent 0n her national defence since the world war went into

its construction. alliances have

fiance "oreign been btiit. not. only on the League

but. on her own

strenilth eleinet attack -_- the the Magi

In reality the “1ine" is an area.- an area. in which of waving grain conceal the great- est defence system the world has

not Line. Dlouflied fields

Its length is about the Bel- to a point along the

Its width varies and

is known only to the French army

uut‘l° Minn“.-

dly invuinerable bar- Invasion is supple- "Little Maginot".

fortresses running

from the north end of the Magiuot Linc near Montmedy.

poslte the of Luxem urg, along the is is to help pre- Invasion

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ithin that area. are the most formidable weapons known tomod- gi warfare-moat of them housed ep underground around or in- side vut air-conditioned fortresses. oh is sufficient

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an estimated 100 miles of tun- nels t

which supplied and motor to the

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Pontiff Canonizes Three New Saints

camel-n Prelll VATICAN CITY. All?“ 1'l—P0I>Q WEDDING

three new saints w- Ifloent lhster. cere- Peter-‘e and bestowed

on one of the greatest

I es ever euemibled In the ore beeil . one thou Bomilnersous walked log In the t sunohl do: final event of the luster d mo Rut-II. Bitlnl ‘portable throne, the: vreeetlny m to $

h the vii-It be intolled hi! . I-oiein worrie load over the loud-

frclu the balcony wee oruemeuted with the

saints-

Minister Chamberlain's agreement with Premier Mussolini either would bring Germany Into a “new Isxzarno" pastor furnish a. strong barrier to possible further Nazifica- tion of ope.

(The pact of Incas-no of 1905, whereby Germany, France, Belgium, Great. Britain and Italy mutually guaranteed the peace of Wstern Europe was repudiated b Chau- cellor i-Iitler March 11, 1 o when he remilltarired the ela zone.) v

There were no indications Brit- ain and France were ready to deal with Reichsiuehrer Hitler now. Ills March on Vienna was too fresh in the minds of the statesmen.

Nevertheless, official circles in of

Easter Peace Message

Hope Expressed Anglo Eventually Extend To Include France, Germany And Possibly Poland.

aim-French accord. on top of Prime 1a

nd bor. called it MI O

Hailed As

- Italian Treaty May

elon told the House of Commons: -“What we are seeking to do is to vet zeneral appeasement throughout Europe WllCll will give us peace. The pe of Europe must do ml on the attitude o! four ma or DOWCIS-flbflllflliy, Italy, France and ourselves."

Powlbilities for the future includ- ed a suggestion the new line-up might include not four powers but five through the addition oi Pc-

nd.

The easement was hailed oLic- ially In ndon, Paris, Geneva and Berlin as an Easter peace mess-

There were some dissenting voic- es in British Labor circles. Clement Atteeel, leader of the La-

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bou- opposition the House f‘ one. declared 1n a speech in Perth. Scotland. that it was "an

agreement on imperialism lines." John McGovern, Independent Ia- “a thieves‘ bargain." . hamherlaln, who promised

to eathis hat l! he was wrong and his critics r ht on the talks with Italy. spent e day with the Mar- quees of Inndcndelry, former air secretary and an outspoken friend t 10rd London-

on declared the Magic-Italian

agreement for ending loug-etand- sh ‘ bet n

aridmnnewasnotdlviiewctllledegniust Germany

ther than waiting for positive es- surance Italy would live up to its non-intarven ion pledges.

__l\gr. Chamberlain on that occa-

Franco Rushes Reinforcements‘

To Coastal Area

toward eastem termined to defend his wadge In Governmen-tflpain ace-inst. all oounter-oilfensivee.

An Insurgent fleet under Admiral Jinan Canvera and led by the cruiser Canaries steamed away from Pala, Franco's Balearic base.

Saturday to start day and night pwtrol of the lib-mile srlip of newly won coastal territory north end

south of Vlnaroz_

The naval force was ordered to use its guns and supplement land and aerial bombardment to pro- tect. fringes of the salient which the Insurgents pushed to the sea. tiwo daye ago.

Was Native 0f This Province

(GP. By Guardian's Special Wire)

MOVNOTON. N. 3.. April 17- . Neil Macbau hlan, 79, retired Unit- ed Church ulster, died at his home here today after an illness of three weeks. He had held ton- ates in the three Maritime - cos before his retirement five years

Born at St. Gather-Ines. near (lharlottetown, P. E. L, he It at Rrlnoe of Wales Coll . Cher- lottewwn and ni

, ount - Backville. N. B. 1n 1913 he wee elected president of the New Brunswick and H-Inoe Edward Ia- Snirvlileing t 1,9: wlf not“

v are. o. wo eons Kenneth. of Woodstock, N. 5.. and e; one brother,

1nd W6 IIIIB! IL 1. Tues-

Wtsi ty

Dr. Don , m. Dorlaid. C M11. P. N. Pate. ti‘, P. ‘Ilhe fimerisl will be held on day afternoon.

Hertzcg Predicts Government Return

Germany. e deiirrys house In Brora, Sutherland- e

France's plans for with Italy will be disc Wod- nesday in a cabinet meeflnfi In

negotiations ussed

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Agreement S e t tl e a Three-Year-Old Problem

LONG PEACE STEP.

Ital y To Withdrawn Combatants» From Spanish War

(By The Canadian Preee) ROME, April 17—An An- glo-Iialian treaty of friend- ship designed to nettle Span- ish, Mediterranean and Af- rican questlons that have disturbed relations between the two powers for three years, signed here Saturday. was hailed tonight as e long step toward world peace. One of the most important points of the agreement was a promise by Italy to with- draw her combatants and war material from Spain, during or after the bitter! civil war. The pact will not become fully operative until this is done, but a one high Fascist spokesman put it, “the wait will neither be- long nor uneasy.” v Soon after the historie- document was signed in). Chig-i Palace by foreign min- "

and Premier Daladlar and his

It would join a four-power Germany onl if Chancel or Hitler would be re y to maintain the ter- ritorial and political status quo In

EAMNTIGDNISH FIRES noun

Wave 0f Incendiarism Alarms Town.

ANTTG-ONISH. N. 5., April 17- (Cifl-Three mysterious fires in a. four-hour period Saturday night kept Antigonish police and fire department busy as the number of incendiary outbreaks in the last 18 days shot up to 11.

Residents of the cathedral town were alarmed by the series cf fires that has l to the belief a dan- ug is responsible. Ex- fire at. W. S. Gooe- iand's residence extinguished before it had gained headway, revealed small faggots had been placed un- der the steps.

Half an hour later. the most. serious fire of the night broke cut in a. large barn owne Kirk, federal member f0 ish-Guyebom. The buildin was dexetroyed. Two other ou eeks occurred during the night. and Royal Canadian Mounted Police joined wiLh the Antigbniah force In an effort to track down the ori- gin of the fires.

Princess Plans Birthday Party

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Al’. B G rdinn‘ S ( Enid-and. April 11- Prlnoess Elizabeth, heir

ve to the throne.

presum ti will oelebmg; her 12th birthday ‘Thur-idly with

e. party at Windsor Castle. The Princes: herself

'Ih Princess of fribhdl. Most intimates of the

too of . that‘ “ddilftfil

CAPE ‘IUWN, April 1'l—-(@)—'

eblvmrta are of the favorable financle dthsllnionofflouth Af- leedlng to ‘ election grows

in

‘lhe Prime Nlrlilter. General J. B. M. Hertng hes predicted clover-imam will retain not: it Mid in the old House. formidable uiejorit-y. There were 20 Naticnaisto. x Labor members. f-Ivg of the Dominion Party enrl four Independents.

General Jan Smuis, minister cl hfllovul

justice. has led in campaign dLs-

cussions on the financial position and he w» found on the and the "whilst prosperity" which his bt-drorm.

allowed formation of the fusion

ministry (We years ago,

tbelldln BB

l shorily a'i“l

arrive from France.

Halifax Man Is Burned In Bed

HALIFAX, Apfll 1’l—(CP)-—Wll-

the liem Brown. B8. was fatally burned

Saturday when h‘s pyjamas bedclcthlng caught fire and he was unable lo extlngui=h tho flames

The aged man. sufferimz from ire trruPo for almost, n, week. was ‘o have been smolimg. avti-actrd attention floor of died

to

His so" -

‘iadlv burned. Hr- being admitted hospital. .

Ister Galeazzo Ciano and the

bassador, French plane to}: negotiate with Italy becamq known. The possibility Ger- many might be drawn into I four power alignment sled

Points in file Anglo-Ihllen P8011.

inchlded:— 1. A ledge to wiiilldrelw a.“ Dill- war mailer-laid

Ian fig ters and from Spain at. tihe and of the uinril weir, if evacuation is not completed! earlier under a plan to devised.‘ b. titre non-

2_ A British p to wort:

0f Ethiopia.

8. Italy reassured Great Britain ahe not only held no tenitxvriel or political aims in Spain but also sought; “no privileged economic position" in Spain or Spanish pos- semiotic.

4. Italy adhered to the i930 Inn-

drm naval trifi among Greed Britain, the ted Slates and

France. 5. Italy agreed to withdraw troop; African colony.

from UbIVB. North aitherateofotlelryllllwewofi

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