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Aimed At Nazis

French Patrols Penetrate Deeper

Into Germany. Of Lowering

Allies Confident Enemy Morale.

(By Henry C. Cassidy, Associated Press Staff Writer) PARIS, Qd- 3—(AP)-France replied to Nazi peace overtures with fresh military attacks on the western

front today.

Military dispatches reported French operations were expanding, with infantry patrols penetrating deeper into Germany. artillery bombardments increasing in violence and scouting planes lengthening their flights over the

Reich.

French army activity has been

increasing steadily

since Friday, the day Adolf Hitler put forth his plan for

peace on German terms.

German military reaction remained slight. The morn- lng French army general staff communique said “enemy patrols were repulsed" southwest of Saarbruecken during.

a “calm night.” “Enemy surprise attacks around Moselle.

"Reciprocal artillery action to the south and southiitest of Saar-

lo .

Military dispatches declared l-‘rencli patrols were at. work. par- ticularly in the Hot-aback; sa t- souzh of Zweibruecken, pus ng their raids deeper into German territory.

On the northern end of the German-French front big guns of both sides kept up a staccato fire in the Moselle Valley near Luxem- bourg.

The French air force was re-

rted to have carried out scout- ng flights over the important western German cities of Cologne and Bonn which are on the Rhine opposite the Belgian and Nether- lands frontier. Bot-h cities are be- hind Aachen where the French have reported detecting German troop concentrations.

One French scout plane failed to return to its base, it was an- nounced, "but rest or the tquadrons were saidste have made their flights safely.

The French High Command ap-

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Ylar——25 Years Ago Today

OCT, l0, l9l4-Two thousands I British marines. one of three naval brigades sent to Antwerp. interned in Holland. Austrians checked Rus- sian drive on Gaiicla. King Charles of Riimania died. his nephew Prince Ferdinand succeeding to the t-hrone.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1939

lluplessis ,Says Fight ‘For Autonomy

Quebec Election Cam- paign Wat-ms Up As Leaders Address Electorate.

(By William Stewart. Canadian Press Staff Writer) RJMOUSKX, Que, Oct_ ti-Que- bec/s coining general election was today by Premier Dup- by French-Can- adians in behalf of all Canadians" to preserve provincial autonomy. Speaking in s campaign speech the Premier tilted his listeners to forget party lines and unite in an effort to “make sure that Quebec will have a Government not dir- ected by Ottawa. but Quebec for Quebec." _Tl'le OHWOIM of the voting Oct. 2o. he’ said, would be “intimately linked’ with provincial rights in the future "and the life of Que- bec. its constitutional liberties and the futures of its people will be involved." Addressing a. crowd composed largely of farmers from the acri-

were repulsed in the region

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iBritish War iPlanes Shoot illown Nazis

LONDON, ‘Oct. 8 —(CP)—Tho Air Ministry repofled today that British planes shot down one of two German flying boats in a

:|battlc over the .\l_o_rth Sea. uidq. Ithen summoned a boat which rescued the Nazi fliers.

The Ministry said the Royal Air force fliers escaped without casualties. although one of the four patrol planes which took part in the fight was struck byi German bullets.

A communique which told of the battle said that it began when a British reconnaissance plane clashed with a German flying boat.

While the battle was in pro- greai. it added. a second Gennan flying boat appeared and seri- ous fighting begun.

"Shortly afterwards two more British reconnaissance aircraft oarne on the scene," the com- munique said. “The British nir- craft quickly gained the upper iand.

The first enemy flying boat slipped out of (he fight and fell into the sea. its companion made off.”

ll. S. Willing To Sacrifice Sea Freedom

(By C. R. Blackburn, Canadian Press Staff Wrl WASHINGTON. Oct. of the United States freedom of the seas a-PPfleIli-ly i! considered not too greet. a price to pay for peace. Senate debate on neutrality measures and public utterances by political leaders and others in hl8ll place during the past week have indicated unanimous readinea to sweep United States shipping from the North Atlantic and to a great the Pacific Ocean. It: has been estimated that some 22 United states shipping oom-

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Liner Iroquois Under Escort

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moms. Oct- B-Tht’ Uilliltgddsnsltates Navy fllllwumed w‘ day that the liner I uols now was under escort of nava vessel!- Officials would not disclose whet vessels formed the escort. nor the 995mm; o] the liner which $8 German xiairal command had - vised would be sunk through a repetition of circumstances which marked the loss of the steamship Ath i." Ties‘; ‘infill-ton Iroquois left Cvbh» Eire. Tuesday with a crew of 275

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Paper Covers Prince Edward

Things Done

By I. F. Sanderson Canadian Press Staff Writes-

LDNDON. Oct. 8 —(CP Cable)- Six months ago Winston Churchill gave the impression ofbelng up a. political blind alley with not the slightest chance of becoming the giext Prime Minister of Great Brlt- |

in.

Today he is first lord of the ad- miralty. a power in the land. and a. man the people regard as ops to set things dono- the David Uoyd G601?! o! this war.

Even his polltlcll opponents — and he has many of them _

shore of the St Lawrence River 180 miles below Quebec, Premier Duplessis outlined the points of Confederation, the Fathers of Whidi he said. had drawn up a pact to “Dfoiflrt the traditions and rights of the provinces." And he urged that voters remember this on elec- tion day.

Liberal leader Adelard Godbout. 591d Du" ‘. had “called fnr ‘lbih- eruls a bee and at Ottawa."

But. he declared. “I say let it. be patriots at Quebec and patriots st Ottawa. and patriotism without political color. I ask the people of Quebec to speak with a voice that

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Cut Cf_l'h_e Line By Christmas ls Nazi Slogan

___ By Melvin K. Wlilteleather Asociated Press Staff Writer

BERLIN, Oct. 8 —(AP) 4 Adolf Hitler represented as confi- deiitly‘ expecting his PCBCGAYTODOSMS to be acceptable to the lies the Nazi slogan tonight was "out of the Siegfried line by Christmas."

Nazi leaders said they saw no rea- son why the steel and concrete trenches could not be emptied by the year's end if wers desiring peace acted imme lately upon the peace proiects the Fuehrer outlined in his Re chstag speech.

Hitler. It was reported au- thoritatively. would accept an immediate in ’ tlco if such were proposed by President Roosevelt or the head of some other big neutral wer with a view to forming a n y basis for s conference to reach a general settlement of Europe's problems.

Germans evinced great interest, in reports of a wave of sen ent in the United States favouring media- tion by President Roosevelt in the war.

The German view was that Adolf Hitler’s hand remained outstretched to anyone who would grasp it in

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Italy Urges Acceptance 0f Hitler’s Proposal

. Oct. a 4am - The Fascist press urged Great Britain and France today Lo unwell?- m!" ier's peace proposa .

Virginia Ga do. authoritative Fascist Journalst. writing in In Voce Ddtalla. said Italy on" B" gain calls the people to faee reali- ties and dangers in the hope "W? may draw back in time from a fateful precl itation."

“Peace wh ch might be reached after a bloody war on the western front." Gaydu continued. not be much different, from that- whlch Germany proposes ay.

‘At the end of the war. with mil- lions dead and an incaicuable destru t-ion of riches. what would be reeove ed by the world would only that which Hitler's speech al-

ROME

dltlons of a true European peace." he wrote.

The newspaper Il Popolo Di Reina complained that Hitler's 9P0" posala had not been given the re- oeption they deserved in London

and Paris.

"could ‘l

ready put forward as natural ctm- . l ROME-Fascist press urged

admit he has a big chance of 56001111“; the next Prime Mfu- lllfl’. perhaps reasonably soon.

‘more are at least two reasons for this. In the first place m». Churchill, rightly or wro 1y, 1g Credited with smashing the lrst U- boat campaign against British ship-

ing. The second. perhaps a more mlXJrtant factor, is deep-rooted in ll-IIE fimlipflI-tiy 0| tine British people to see one of their leaders wrong- fully and-persistentlylgemecuted y someone they don‘t l e. To them it isn't quite "cricket."

Every fllsht in the week the Ger- man radio attacks Mr. Churchill and attacks him unmerclfully. He had been charged with everything from sinking the Athenla te 0- fiteerlns on the stock market. e German radio. with a complete lack of knowledge of British psychology, brands him as the “chief warmong- u].

The net result of these persistent attacks has been to force Mr. Churchill ri ht. tzo the centre of Britain's pol tlcal stage. i

Another consideration is that f Mr. Churchill is easily kit-aha’! No. 1 orator. He has the knack

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Mr- NlaoLean Remains 0n Danger List

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Condition of Mr. A. E. ‘Mac- | Lean, M. P., seriously ill in the | Baker Memorial Hospital, Boa-

ton was “unchanged" over the week end. it was announced at Sununerslde last night. Mr.

Churchill Seen As Next Premier Of Great Britain

Seen As Man-Able To “G..-

With Smashing First U-Boat Campaign.

Administration Win Expected

tlslaiid Like the Dew

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In First Vote

WABHINGHON. Oct. 8—C>pposi- tlon leaders conceded today that the administration would win the first United Sta-tes Senate vote on

pending neutrality legislation, ex-i Tuesday, but t

vote will be on motion by Senator ‘mbey (Rep-New Hamp- - to send the administration bill back to committee. Tobey seeks to spilt the measure into two bills a .-.-. to “Munit- quick attachment of restrictive claimed on shipping while leaving the was embargo issue to be settled later.

Senator Nye (Rep-North Dn- lrota). a. leader of the group oppos- ing the administration bill, sa d he expected the motion to be de- feated.

Canada Will Remember War Dead

(YITAWA. Oct. B —(CP) —lin the midst of war efforts. Canada will paiue again Nov. 11 to pay tribute to the memory of those who died in the last war.

Remembrance Day. for many years observed as Armistice Day after the end of the last war Nov. 11, i918, is included in the list of statutory holidays. through not ob- served by the general closing down of business and industry for the whole day as is the case with other statutory holidays.

Across Canada this year people will pause for a minute's silence at 11 A. M. A more solemn note } than ever will predominate aspeoplc will remember that at stake again = is the thing for which died those they honor.

Maclean is on the danger list.

Situation At

cries “no. not on his terms"; Fleet; Winston Churchill spoken of

MOS COW-Tans, offlchl Soviet

and Russian agreement te start changing materials and products;

PARIS-French lllgh Command Christmas": eye Fluhlngton, where

activity on western front.

PORTLAND. off Portland lightchip.

ministration

BUDAPEST-Reports sly ltcly

peace offer.

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(By Tho Canadian Prone)

LONDON-Britain dellberates rqply to llolland-Amerika freighter Blnnedijk sunk

off Weymouth after explosion. caulc undetermined; King visits Home

immediate economic

Sweden and Germany to forestall "excessive" Finland delegation expected soon for important talks.

“surprise attacks" on western fornt; French army active all along front.

BERLIN-Germans speak of being

to mediation by President Roosevelt: llilh Command r990!" lltlllflry Mex-Maine officials says unidentified lubmufn- IQGII

WAsIIINGTON-Navy escort now with refugee-laden Iroquois on hkh "as, Navy Department announced; opposition leaders concede ad- will whi first test on neutrality HIM aloud-y-

Yugoslavia and Hungary; southeastern tension relieved.

Britain and From-o to accept Rifle!

IIONG koNo-onun takes Shelli, from which hell men: Chinese

A Glance

Hitler peace mm a, mess '

as neat Prhnc Minister. new! agency, announces German cooperation, ex-

l-‘inlLnd reported seeking aid of demands from Russia‘.

roporta poilus repulse German

"out of the Siegfried Lino by some Senators reported favorable

offered mm friendship pacts to

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gBritish Planes l-Photograph iCerman Line

LONDON. Oct. 8—tCPl-- A story of three British planes flying over more than 20 miles of the Siegfried line and taking pictures “at n height rarely ex- ceeding 100 feet" was told to- night by the official "eyewit- ness" correspondent in France.

The plaua were fired at only once-with an ordinary machine-

gun-the "eyewitness" sol d, quoting the leader. n young flight Lieutenant.

He gave the following story in

the flier’: words:

“l was impressed by the ob- >vfously unfinished state of the In Siegfried line. It was absurdly {easy to plrk out. because the {grass has not had time to (row

again over the scarred earth.

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Senate Sees Roosevelt As

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On Berlin Dis- patches Telling Of

Peacemaker . i Official Circles Silent

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Hitler’s Suggestion i

Of Neiitral Peace

Moves.

(By William Ardery) (Associated Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON. gt, - A strong wave of sentiment. de- veloped in the United Stat/m Ben- ate today for President Roosevelt to step lnw the role of peace- niaker 1n Europe.

Senaltois on both sides of the neutsaity controversy expressed the opinion that the President should take advantage of any clear opportunity afforded by overtures from Berlin to aid in ending the urn: in Europe.

Administration quarters, however, remained silent. State Secretary Hull declined comment on the dis- patches from Berlin indicating Fuehrer Hitler would welcome a move by Mr Roosevelt to effect a Eilropean settlement.

At Hyde Pziik, N. Y., Mr. Rouse- velt sent word to reporters he hgfl nothing to say

Senate comment on the Berlin dispatches, almost without excep-

ivns no reason wliy Ml‘, Roosevelt should not endeavor to effect a pence and every reason why he should.

Senator Johnson (Dem-Coloradol. who has proposed previously that the President join other neutrals in seeking an Armistice, declared that it ivoiild be “a great honor for the President to mediate the European war." _,

Senator Whe-eler (Dem-Montanai told zeporters that the President "has the greatest opportunity of any American President in history to serve humanity and bring about n permanent pear-e in Europe while prrventlng the . lighter of mil- lions of human b ngs "

"I believe." ‘vvlte e" added. "that democracy will be driven from the face of the earth if England and France persist in ii'_\'l'll_2 to restore

Ahe former Government of Poland

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Canada's Cabinet Hits War Stride

OTTAWIA. Oct. B-(CH-Gov- ernmentl circle: here are gradually getting into they stride in the national war efioi .. After the ter- rific tension and almost constant cabinet. sessions of i-he first critical weeks. the cabinet is settling down to wartime routine.

Cabinet. held two meetin a last week, in contrast to the dsl y ses- sions of l-he previous weeks. so that the cabinet ministers were a ain able to give more direct utten ion to guiding their departments under the changed conditions of wartime. Meanwhile. the half-dozen s ecial wartime boards of vnrloiis lnds ars- moving along with increased mzlieiiliim ns staffs are rounded out. mid general plans are detailed.

Thanksgiving is proving no holl- day to a large pnrt of government officinidom and their stalls. espec- ially where departments are di- rectly concerned with the war pro- gram. Prime Minister MacK-‘nzie King is working at his cniintiflv nines at nearby‘ Kingsmere while the rest of the cabinet. also took no

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To Hitler’s Terms

iRoyal Air FO-Y-C-E- Brings Down i German Flying Boat Over North Sea-Negotiations Proceed To ‘Cut Down Nag/Var Supplies.

(By F. Sanderson. Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON. Oct. S-(CP Cable)—Great Britain spent the

“reek-end consulting France joint allied reply to Adolf H the press of the nation on his terms.”

On the seas the war came close to

and the Dominioiis on the itler’s peace proposals while

thundered an unanimous “no, not

British shores as‘ the

Holland-Amerika freighter. Binnendijk, bound from New York to Amsterdam, sank in flames off Weymouth lifter an

explosion. In the air,

A British warship rescued the crew of 41. Royal Air Force planes patrolling the North

Sea shot down a German flying bout, the ‘Ministry of In-

l formation announced.

As Britain pointed with growing pride to her exploits

on the sea and in the air progress

was reported in the

drafting of a trade agreement to exchange British tin and

rubber for Russian timber.

Anglo-Russian negotiations are being conducted here at the same time u Anglo-Belgian talks which have for their purpose reducing to c. minimum the war sup lies reach ’“ lgian ports. Every sign ‘int-ed to rejection I-fltlers ace terms as outlined in the Rel istag and there has been no indication so far that. he intends to amplify them through diplomatic approaches. although this WSJ gt, glSi. believed to be what he d

o.

The world may have to walt until Wednesday for an official reply. On that day Prime Min- ister Chamberlain is scheduled In give to the House of Comm- ons his weekly "progress report“

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Finns Asked To Moscow For “Conference”

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Moscow. Oct. 8 —~iAP\ '— A Finnish delegation will irrivc in hioscoiv Willllll two d.\_\'s, ll- Wes B1)- iioiliiecil today, lo opcii iiipioiiintic negotiuiions_ iii cvlllllilllllfit‘ WW1‘ Soviet Russirrs request. Jiiiiu Phil-Sl- itivl. former Prime Llniister of Fili- 13nd and now lllilil5l0l‘ to Stockholm will head ilic delegation. L

Reliable reports said Finland was sucking diplomatic aid 0i l Sweden and Germany to forc- stall what siic feared might be “excessive? demands from Rus- sis."

(iii Hc1siiigiiw;'.\ lyoucvtr, the Fili- iiish Pillllt‘ l\l.lll.\li‘l‘ said Fiiiiuiid was “cnlni“ and \\'iillOlil the slight- est nervousness‘ over iregotiinons I with the Soviet Union.)

The l-‘iniiish-Suvict COIIYEPSB- tiuiis, observers believed, ivoiiid be similar to those which have resulted in two Baltic nations. granting economic

Estonia and Latvia, broad military ziiiii concessions to Russia.

A German WK" <1 W.» is secklngraiv lll;\l(‘l'l of the SQ\'il‘.-(i<‘l'illOll llTltlL‘ ugrccq meiit. Foreign ob~urvvrs \\'1're diib- , ious of who: nzd Russia might able to give iiic Germans except in . wheat and timber. l

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Lithiuuiia u-erc in Moscow on important missions, .

l; was expected an agreement l would be reached quickly with the i Lithuanian foreign minister. Jiiozas l Urbsys. probably giving Russia mil- i itnry and niival concessions and rights of transit such XLS Estonia and Latvia yielded.