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Poles Prepare To Defend Capital

German Co1un_1-rs Expected At Gates Of War_s_ay_v Momentarily.

BULLETIN

WARSAW, Sept. 6—(AP)—A battle for Warsaw rag- lil 30 miles north of here today, couriers reported, with the “Poles fighting like lions" and holding back the iii- \‘lll.‘l€l‘S despite repeated tank-led German thrusts.

(By Lloyd Lehrbas. Associated Press Staff Writer)

WARSAW, Sept. 6—(APl-—The defenders of Warsaw were preparing tonight to resist the German columns which many thought might reach the gates of the capital within a few hours.

(Budapest reported the Polish radio interrupted a musical program, in an appeal to all Warsaw citizens to report to the nearest police station armed with spades to dig trenches around the capital.)

Defence lines were being drawn outside the city’s limits and the Poles were expected to put up their bitter- estfight for their capital.

The civilian government had moved away, (to Luhlin, 70 miles to the southeast, according to diplomatic reports lgiudapest and Stockholm). Gone also were the foreign

(By Melvin K. Whlteleather, Associated Press Staff Writer) BERLIN, Sept. 6—(AP)—Gennony's motorized troops were reported rolling over Polish roads tonight at such speed that German observers claimed Luhlin, present seat of the Polish Government, might be under German artillery {ire tomorrow. They said the advance. which today sped through the ancient city of Krakow without resistance, was ahead of a. previously prepared schedule. Tonight the Germans were reported 18 miles east of Krakow, the "heart of Poland." ‘ Meanwhile, German sources continued to assert whatsoever was reported on the French frontier. MT‘ embassies and legations and scores of thousands of civil- ians. including nearly all foreigners.

The most immediately menacing of all Germany‘s in- vading columns was moving down from the northwest, but reliable indications during the morning were that at that time it had not reached the River Bug, 25 miles from the city.

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"ma"-i o b- b l d- tthe ‘ railway Pr"There is no change on the east sm,R,‘“;, §{',”,,cf2 mine irdmtnlstratlon Usslan front, Bililciniz which normally houses

"On the southwest. front our army 3 me 2,009 employee: But they were i‘ holdmiz back overwhelming num- ff“ inside at me u;ne_ ""55 °‘ the enemY- t Britia‘l and French citizens went

On the Wartu-S3eC28l‘C0W'K*‘m' ’ in droves to the United Stalks Em- vrcss with strong enemy dlvis om. ‘Eh and French mwmsts he,-e_ scoy-

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Peace Time Color To Be Absent At Cer- emonies — Specula- tion Rife.

0:I'I'AWA. Sept. 6—(CP)-Car» ad?-5 llarllament will open tomorrow for the second war emergency ses- sion to be held in the dominion since confederation.

In sombre surroundings and with the traditional formalities shorn of all the color and lzlitter customary in peace time. Lord Tweedsmuir. Gov- ernor General of Canada. will open the special session at three oclock in the afternoon.

Members have been gathering here for several days, and there is likely to be a full at endance. On all sides, where the arriving members fore. gather. speculation is rife l'iS to the policy to be enunciated for their ap- Rrioval by Prime Minister Maaclienzie

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Details of the government's plan for “effective cooperation" to Great Britain which the Prime Minister

Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Sweeping

Military ForcEs"yve1ded Into Unified Body As Britain Takes Econon_1_i_c_ Offensive.

LONDON, Sept- 6—(CP)—Great Britain today disclos- ed sweeplng measures designed to wreck German economy by blockade, welded her military forces into a unified body and announced that the first foray of German homb- ing planes toward English coasts had been repulsed.

Plans for an economic offensive against Germany were disclosed in a communique which said the new min- istry of_cconomic warfare would correspond broadly to the mlnlsti-_v of blockade set up late in the Great War.

Details of what the ministry intends to do were not disclosed but the communique said its aim “is to disorgan- lze the economy of the enemy so as to prevent him from effectively carrying on the war."

“ . VITAL OFFENSIVE _ Economic warfare must be regarded as a vital offen- sive arm complementary to the operation of the three ser- vices,” it said.

has stated will be recommended to the house, will not be known nntill Mr. Ma<'Kenzie King s aks Friday. I. A short session is an iclpated. The 1914 war emergency ses=ian lasted i only from Aug. 18 to Aug. 22. But‘ then there were only the two old parties. Liberal and Conservative, in the House of Commons. _At tl’l(3‘]’)l‘€_Se_I‘lf._f.:ll'I'lE t_h_c[e_,al-c _two

The Government started a blockade of Germany the minute war was declared- It was announced that all ships

bound for Germany or carrying contraband would be‘

Stopped.

Naval Treaty Suspended

The Mlﬁl}‘il'\' of Iliformatiori an- nounoed that the London Naval

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Britishliiflfillilllliilf Blockade Plans

Italy To "Side? step

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i indefinitely suspended. The pacts

Lt. Col. Ralston Given. Portfolio Of Retir- ing Hon. C. A. Dun- ning.

O’I'I‘AWA. Sept. 6-—tCP\-—Prlme Mlnistrr Mackenzie King moved to strellgtllen ills war time Cabinet today when he care the Finance Portfolio to Lt Col. J. I). Ralston. K 0.. 58-yea:-old Montreal lnwyrr. (‘llSi,li‘.'!lli5ll‘.‘fl war veteran and former Minister of National D(‘i"l‘i(‘(‘..

At the same time the Prime Minister accepted the reslgnazlon of Hon. Charles Dunning. Finance Minister since the present govern- ment was formed in 1935. who an- nounced his retirement some weeks ago because of ill-health, Mr Dunning said he had definitely re- lred from politics but his resigna- tion was not accepted at once,

Col. Ralston, who has been in Ottawa since yesterday, was sworn in bv Lord Tweedsmulr. Governor _i‘vr=nPra! or Canada. at six o'clock rl<‘l'lTt tonlcrht It hail been gener- ally '.A=licvod Col. Ralston would be drafted into the Govermnent once the crisis arose but it was

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French Army Has Penetrate

German Territory On The West A iAir ABE Land ‘MINISTER |S'F0rces Advance iiPP0_i_iiTED.Beyond Frontier

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British And French Planes Strike

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North Of Saar Valley.

BULLETIN

BASEL, Switzerland, (near Fre

PARIS, Sept.

landed in France, reliable sources indicated today, to aid the

non, Germany and Swiss Frontier)’

Sept. (‘>-tAP)—- First line pill boxes of Germanfa formidable Siegfried line were seized tonight by veteran troops from the French Maglnot “IV.

BULLETIN

7—('l'hursday)—(AP)—Brit.ish troops have

French army’: great offensive against Germany. Government sources said the British army would be able to

give “infinitely stronger" support” to French laud forces than it.

not srenverally exipecied he would take the finance portfolio. Revenue Minister Ilsley, who like Col. Ralston is a native of Nova S~~otla and who represents that Etﬂllirlce in the Cabinet. has been

in-tlnw Finance Minister since Mr

Dunnln 1'5 retirement.

did In 1914, but did not disclose details of the landing of the British Tommies, nor the numbers involved.

(By TAYLOR HENRY)

Associated P

ress Staff Writer)

. nounced the slnkiniz of tllrce Ger-

} llznltcrl naval construction.

The naval ty of signed W the nited dom, Canada Australia. New Zealand, India. United States and I-‘rarlce. It limited (runs and warship ton- nage and provided exchange of bullcllllg programs.

one article pennitted any party to suspend obligations it involved in war.

Orgallization of the mliu'stl‘y of economic warfare has been in pro- gress for two years, the communi- que suid. and its staff was select-

ANDTHER NAZI CRAFT Siliill

LONDON. Sept. 6~tAP)—-A new German nlercllsvltmnn was added today to the list of craft .<.\_1r.l< by the British navy. M€ﬂTl\\'hllC4l25 passengers of the British liner

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Athenla still were officially un- accounted for. ,

The North German-Lloyd liner motorshlo Inn which sailnti from

Belem. Brazil, for Hamburg. Aug. 26. was reported sunk in mid-At- lantlc. Details were lacking.

The Admiralty D‘.‘-£‘VlOllSl_V an- mnietl Carl east

man merchant ships. but only the Olindo and the Fritzen. both sunk off the coast of South America.

The Inn, of 2,367 irross tons and 295 feet long. carried 5. crew of 30 and her home port was listed as Bremen. She had accommodations for passengers but North German-

lrruk line sharp tlirhtiniz is in ‘Pro bassy. which has taken over Brit- (Kamichsk 1.5 less than 100 milcs) led I some sun he _ way.) ‘es apnea or go . om “E9 "on the north front motored lmf‘ being “me W leave ‘ K un.t.s or the enemy reached a pointt = neur Pionsk." , t'I‘he.<.e motorized units were thus niaccd within 35 miles of Warsaw.) ', vTllt~ Polish communique made no} mention of the status of Krakow. ‘ sometimes called “Poland's heart" iii’ the Poles. nor of Klelcc. an im- portant city about 115 miles to the south of Warsaw. The capture both these cities was claimed by the rmnns ) Wnrsa\v'5 outskirts shook again “Ufimz the morning under exnlo lntz ml’; of German planes. The at- ?“ ‘ms concentrated on the vicin- -tv or the airport Considerable

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(By Linn Heinzerliniz. Associated Press Staff Writer-) RIGA. Latvia, Sept. 6-—(A'P)—The Polish munitions sterplatte in Danzig harbor still was in loiish

hands yesterday when I left Danzig.

f Poles is holding out after defying for days the guns of the Gel-

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" The Germans. fearing the depot evntually would be blown up by "5 defenders. cleared‘ the harbor area. rphailslng thollsands. They were unable to locate the Poles amid the wreckage and scarred stxumpa 0‘ the depot. but the guns blazed on their approach.

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The Dam.‘ is mvpeared none too mp alter the enthusiasm mow“ met upon their return to the Reich, Many lives were lost. nu-ilk; and the export and import

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I Situation At A Glance

(By The Canadian Press) LONDON—Grcat Britain establishes new Ministry of Economis- Warfare to direct blockade against Germany; regular army, territorial

TOKYO. Sept. '1 —-t'I‘hurs- dal')—-(UP-I-lavas) —- The Jap- anese newspaper Ashahi to- day reported from Home that Italy had invoked secret claus- es of the German-Italian mill- turv alliance which permits Italy to sidestep its military obligations to the Reich under certain conditions.

According to Asahi the sec- ret clauses stipuiat4~rl:—-

1. Danziz shall not be con- sidered a cause of war.

2. Any war involving the Axis nowcrs shall not be started be- fore 1941.

The Japanese newspaper said many Italy has decided to re- main neutral in the current conflict and ignore future “German-Soviet fllrtatlons."

in elo.w.»". lOllL‘ll with the Frcncll

Governmellt.

France Co-operating

An expert. French delegation led by Paul Morand already us working with the ministry in London.

Meanwhile all units of the reg- ular aimy. territorial army and militia were merged into .1 single unified army to facilitate smooth

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‘ units and militia unified to facilitate operations; first German air raid

on British coast reported repulsed; Winston Churchill says 125 Athonizl passengers istlll unaccounted for: German freighter Inn rc-port:-rl sunk in mid-Atlantic.

PARIS-—-French announce continued advance beyond frontier into Germany: land, air forces coordinated against Siegfried Line in Saar Basin; successful British-French air raids reported on industrial tri- angle formed by Aachen. Eschwcllcr and Stolberti two air mid alarms send Parisian; to shelter.

BERI.I.\'—Germana say motorized troops are speeding “Irnﬂizh Po- land ahead of schedule; Krakow falls; Germans "surprised at lack of

stiff resistance" in southwest; quiet. repérted on western front; Bremen ‘

said to have reached undisclosed neutral port; Berlin air raids denied.

BASI.F.«—I-‘renrh seize first German plllboxes on formidable Sim!- fricd Line.

WARSAW——l')cfenden of Warsaw prepare desperate stand ngalnst Nazis; fear invaders might reach capital in few houn; citizens cnllrd to dig trenches around city; Germans only 35 miles away; army says holding back overwhelming enemy forces in southwest: air raids con- tinue; fleeing residents clog hixhwira.

OTTAWA-l.lr-,ut.-(‘.olonel J. L. Rolalmi. former Defence Minister. taken into (‘ablnet as Finance Minister. Member: of Parliament as- aemble for historic session Thursday to decide Canada‘: wartime posi-

- (ion.

WASIlINGTON—'I‘wo destroyer: and two coast guard cutters patrol North Atlantic to report on presence of any belligerent warships, addi- non“ up destroyer; to join patrol extending east of New England to Anmle, gm] Panama Canal; Murphy urges cltiaena to report spying activity: Union of South Africa Minister advises Hull his country at war with Germany.

RI‘GA——small Polish garrison still holding out In Weaterplatte. Po- ng; munitions depot In banal; harbor: German naval and air bom- bar-dment continues.

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Empire Rallies To Support Of Mother Country

(Canadian Press)

From Fiji to Julie Great Bri- tnlils outlying Empire is falling {into line with the Mother Oountly izll 12:» war agaillsz Germany.

' H:'1'e are some of the latest de- y vcl.opnlellts:—

. south A1riica—'I'he Union has declared war against Geninany.

J Gambia-—Pleoge of unswervlllg ‘,loya‘lly and support against the ’£1l‘lll.)l.ii'fll1 of Hitler.

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Bermuda-—Pledge of loyalty.

Bahamas-Solemn pledge of loy- ally,

saint Lucla—Loyal and ready to serve until victory is achieved,

Fiji—Uriswerving loyalty.

Arabs of Jafia—-Promke of 5- operation.

Chicl Rabbis of Palestine- Agrconlcnt to support Empire.

Northern Ireland—-Promise to throw its entire resources into the conflict.

Au.sl.ralia—F‘ull Support for line Government.

In Ireland it was emplloslved by oillciais that the Free State would malntairi a policy of strictest neu- trality. extending no aid to Bri- Kalil bevolld ordinary trading acti- Vlilcs. The department of industry and (‘,(‘llil'Il€‘I‘(‘(‘ forbade lI‘lSll ships of lllfll" than 100 tons to hire . port xvltllout a license.

Maritime Board Of Trade Meeting is Postponed

. KENTVILLE, Sept. 6» (CF) - ‘The Kentvilic board of trade was advised tofny the annual meeting of the Maritime Board of Trade due , to have been held here Sept. 57-28. I has been postponed.

E War Briefs

PARIS. Sept. 8-(AP) -—Pol- lsh Amhinsador Julius Luka- slr-wlc. today issued a denial of reports that Marshal Edward Smigly Rydz. (‘hint of the Pol-

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lnh army. had offered his resignation to President Mosclrkl. ‘

(Such rt-ports. without con- firmation. reached Budapest I‘.’ll'l_V today.)

BERI.IN—'I‘h:- north (‘iennnn I.ln_vd Liner Br:-men was Ir- ported to have arrived safely this morning In an unidentified neutral harbor. No word Is known to have been received from the Bremen since luhe sailed from New York last Wednesday and there had been reporll all: had been captured by British warships.

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PARIS, Sept. 6-(AP)-—A continuing advance by the French army into German territory, in a broad offensive of co-ordinated air and land forces directed at the Siegfried line, was reported tonight by the General Staff.

The evening communique, the second of the day to announce successes on the Western front. said the “first elements" of the French offensive wave were “progressing beyond the (German) frontier with the advance variable according to different parts of the front."

“The activity of our aviation.” it with land actions. “The movements forseen for the mobilization. trans- port and installation of all units continue normally. “For the various formations officers. conforming to our traditions. look out as much as possible for the ne- cessities of life for the troops. whose morale is excellent.

added, “is in liaison

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ROME. Sept. 6 —tAP)—-Private Italian sources said tonight Prem-

his proposal for a conference or power. with a suggestion for an at-rnlstlce in the German-Pollzh-. British-Fronrll war until a con- ference could take place

Oiiicirll C0nlll'IIll'li.l0n of this re- port. was lacking. but one high- placed Fmsctst said he thought it‘ "most logical" and that Italy's neutrality was meant to leave

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