I tvening ‘ tltco

Farm 3 ‘ml elsewhere.

until mute, _ “ﬁlls service essu-ed

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MAXIMS _ °' * MAXIM6 MERE MAN or A ’ ~ MERE MAN nwle.;n‘yr:I;r:an”.tbmuelvn with 1111- T >‘%/ 1” ” "W “W -:- he Peoples Paper Read by Everybody Mmmm M u _m_m ____ Covers Prince Edward iisland Like the Dew '

O CHARLOTTETOWN, CAN

ADA. FRID2{y,'AUGUsT 25.

1939

10 Ross

Annu I B b I It By uI‘u_nP.Ie£p on Delivered I600

. I. “.00; Cured: and I1. I. 85.00.

ﬁritain Prepares Grimly Fo

If Danzig A Soized

Hitler

Confers

vWith Cabinet On

Fate Of Europe

Chamberlain's

Speech Pro-

nounced “Purely Negative” In Authoritative Sources.

(By Louis I’. Lochn , Associated Press Staff Writer) FEKUN. A|lK- 35-(Fﬂd-I1)—l"uehrer Hitler and his most trusted nlviserl deliberated early today on his user-rod rum to ,_ 1,-,9 hmd

in ustern Europe in the light cl’

0 a consultation and non-

I|'X'|’¢§5l0n lllct with Soviet Russia and Prime Minister Chamberlain’! speech to the British House of Commons.

In authoritative qharters, Mr. ted "purely negative." Only the minis

C‘hB-|'l1lJerlRin's speech was pronoun-

. most directly involved surrounded Hitler at the

conference which went into the early hours of the morning.

They included among others

Foreign Minister Joachim ltllrbentrop, Propaganda Minister

Goebbels and Rudolf Hess, Hitler's

Field Marshal Hermann Goerlng, Joseph deputy party leader.

High military officers also were present,

It was considered most unlikely lhat an official communique would be issued. Mien. however. who were in constant touch with the Chen. cellory. presented the following picture:——

l. Albert Forster‘. now the chief Ixecuflve of the baby state of Dan- Iig. can do We things——1lrst, de- rim that Danzig considers itself pm. or the Reich: second. ask that this latest acquisition to the Reich be properly protected in view of the asserted “encimlemen" of Don- uig by Polish in-oops.

2. Germany will not declare war upon Poland. It will merely or-

nlze a punitive expedition to

land to "establish law and order." one of the places that must

Coming Events

-0- Isto for Notice: in this column 3 cent: per word.

"Dance at Kozy Korner, vcmon, Friday, August 25th. L-287-B-24-2i. "Buving in trade. Peas. strins Buns. Live and Dressed Fowl at Peters do Gallant. I.--290-8-24-Bi.

"Kinlrora Hall — Dance Monday lllltht

August 28th. W iiin ton Orchestra. L-Ride-3-25-25. "Dance—Vemon Hall, Monday,

mun ma. Percy Groom ilolinist. 1.-36935-as-3:.

" ' I-aary social t. tome Valley church grounds Au‘ ilsth. . L-29 -8-25 at.

“Come to the Dance and ice mum at I-lartsviile school Friday, Al-It. 25th. L-2'19-8-23-2i.

"Reserve Wednesday A 30th for Ice cream mestival, B go and Dante at South Shore sehoo .

L-246-8-23-25.

ed-

"Wood Islands Presbyterian Ohurch Tea. wood 1=lands new “my site wedm-may August 30th

glggxt fine day i01lCtlWiIl$.‘S[l)lenCltii’l . r . use ec. come all. BWL-S368-8-23-25-28.

“The annual meetl of the Conservative Port will held in

lllliolit Hall on Monday 28th. All I tors are asked to attend.

Edmond l-Iandroihsn, chairman.

L-32'!-8-25-ii be

N"'I'!l9re will 3 meeting of Nﬁloional _Conserve.l.lve electors of North wiltrhire mill at residence Mr. Lvman Tremere on Friday ADE. 25th. to select dele- r annual meeting: 0 Asscolatiom" ' la-300-8-24-2i.

are long River vic it‘ it long '°l-$3 i§"§?ep3‘3a §°"'“°kh' iosh ng Lntfor ‘"“’I to mar t oo- .“V°1v through the xensington ,,,*- “$505! for-enoon. of each

notice Cu-eiul Lissa-a-as-st.

Omlllty

5'

I

55;: :5 55,. g.:=i-to 3:-

tom l

all others 13 Upper Silesia with its rich zinc, iron, crrgper and coal deposits. To safeguard these de- posits the “police action" in Silesia must be so fast that the Poles won't have time to blow up or dynamite the minrs,

3. After Mr. Chamberlain's s ch the I-‘uchrer and his ad. v rs are more convinced than ever that the British and French will not fight.

A¢°3ml1'lI?1Y. when the 30 Ger- man rrewsprrpeounen still left in London urgently asked for in- structions what to do, they were curtllv told they must. stick to their

as there was no danger in-

_ posts vol‘vvoi for them.

. l>r~epara:tions are lzoing on as usual for the Tannerrbenz cele- bration next Simddv in East Prussia

This is done in the firm con. viotiorn that the "police a.cilon"wl1l have been completed in time for the celebration to be held in per- fect peace.

5. In order that Danzig. while owaltirro deliverance from Polish “opvpresslon." may not be unpro- toctczl. the armored cruiser “Schieswlg-Holstein" will arrive in De/nzig today at 8 a. m. (3 a. m. EDI‘)

-rm; cruiser carries four 28 cen- timeter and 10 16-centimetre guns. Hitlcr flew suddenly to the cap-

dovwn talks.

Direct Peace Appeals Made By Roosevelt

WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 — fAP)—. resident Roosevelt ad- dressed ‘ " appeals for peace to ‘Fuehrer Hitler and President Moscickl of Poland. sug.-resting three methods for avoiding war.

These were:--‘

1. By rilrcrt negotiat on.

2. By submission oi’ t el'r con- troversy to impartial arbitra- tion.

3. A reernent to adopt the nrnccdure o’ conciliation, select- ing I conciliator or modera-

III‘

This was nesident ' Roose- velt's second oesce anneal of the dew. his first in-vim: been addressed on King Victor Em- manuel of Italy.

Jamaica expects a coffee crop this

1 year 5 per cent, greater than last WI-1"!-.

be guarded from lawlessness. above.

ital last night for his vital show- ..

J gvanization here concluded.

North -7 Q”

,' March, '38

Black section of the map shows

can nsion. .

oenMANv/

Berlin

r—_____ _, ,Sudetenland Taken October, '38

|§uth:_r|rla taken y n g a r

Th/largh, '39 Y / ‘ HUNGARY ‘ i sure ofMileu ‘ : so we

- no

‘he '”d‘““°“3l ‘°"'“°l'Y Gen“-IIY will acquire it Hitler carries out

his threat of seizing Dnnzig and the Polish Corridor. The heavy shaded sections show pgevioug Naz|

FINAL _SESSllllll

Three-day Convention At Notre Dame Ac- ademy Concluded Yesterday.

Mrs. Leslie Ramsay of , Indian River was re-elected president of the Catholic Women's League of the Charlottetown Diocese yester- day as the closing session of the seventeenth convention of theMor-

rs. Ramsay's election was by acc1amu-

er .-

gtiher officers elected include. st

A. J. Hrswnit. Charlottetown; cor-

Ozmvenors of sub-committees in- elude. S‘st"l‘s of So:-rvicr-. Mrs J. A. Bernard. 'I‘Egn‘sh: junin's. Miss Mary St. John. Souris; citlzr-rrslrlp. Mrs. R J. McDonald. Charlotte- town; lay retreats. Mrs. M. M. Munphv. Charlottetown: education and scholarships, Mrs A. D O'- Brien, Alberton. social service. Mrs. John Wiscner. Vernon River. studv clubs. Mrs. Adrian Mclnnls, Sourls; Sisters of st. Mnrilm, Mrs. James Penderzast. Kensimzton: magazine. Mrs Katherine Creamer. Charlottetown: Girl Guides. Mina Ichiizenie Arsenault. Charlottetown, Business Women. Miss Marv Mc- Fnrlane. Charlottetown; nubllrlty. Miss Gertrude Cosdv. C‘oarlnt.tc-

(Continued on page 9, Col 2)

US. Appeal To

It RICHARD L. TURNER.

Press sun Writer WAGHINGQON. Aug. 24 —(AP) —.Preaidsnt Roosevelt stepped into the European crisis todaywith 6 peace appeal delivered to 1ts1y's

It called upon King Victor no- msnuei to‘ exert his inﬂuence and that ‘of the Fascist government to prevent a general war which, the [II dent said. "would clearly bring devuts“ " to the peoples and perhaps the gavel-uncut: of the powers concerned.

hoentioliy. the metseu renew-

snd Italy pldgs thnmselves tnipnt.sttooklng ‘in- dependent again. while on .in- ereuce deals with Questions of ‘

bonus to world markets‘ and raw materials. 1 ,"wu-otsooublsrou-ymnuslw

ljresident

rpm; Italian King

ty's government to formulate pro- posals for c pacific solution of the present crisis along these lines." today‘; message said, “you areas- sured or the earnest sympathy of the United States."

The president's decision reached yesterday mominz. it developed. apparently about: No time he announced his fishing cruise had been tenninalod so he might hasten to t :2 capital and keep in close touch with events a- broad.

I-is dictated the messaze and transmitted it by wireless to tlel sloto department» here. with no loss of time, it was transnitted to William Phillips. United States ambassador at Rome. who took it It 0 co to Premier Mussolini. sat- in: s the some time for an Audi- ence with the Kins. This was ur- nnged. and Phillips fulfilled his mimion '

- i

W88

*9-

Leory hail County Conservatives, Dr. J. A. MacPhee, of Summcrside was un- animously elected as bearer to contest Prince County at Davy Lidstona. the next federal election on be-

atlon presided, Mr. Peter Bolger:

sociation, l-ion. leader of the Conservative in the province, Percy W. Turner,

Jun. 15. . ing a deficit of $20,539.Q«i,wa.s repofl‘ ed at the mrnua-1 of the City Council. This figure. as

eloplaincci b_v

elude expenditures from Jon. 1. venue from Jan. is. 1938, in order

0. wit. SlAlEliDr. J.A.MacPhee; ﬂlllilllll llllNominated For Prince___C0unty

‘Conservatives S e 1 e c t St a n dard

Bearer At Enthusiastic Con- vention At O’Leary.

At a rousing convention in 0'-president of the Provincial Con- yesterday of the Prince _ servative Association, 0:. Shelton Sharp, James E. Birch, Aiberton, grand old man of the Conservat- slandardlive pal‘ty,_Mr. Frank Arnett and The meeting was called to ord- with appointment of credential

1 vice-"resident. Mrs. Adrian half of the National Conservative l er

Mclnnis. Souris: 2nd vlcc-prcsi- Party. All polls in east; and westland resolution committees. Cred- Cl-ehf. MES. K9-llhﬁlllle CV53-met Prince sent a large representatlonlential committee:—West Prince, C. Charlottetown; 3rd vice-presidcrrt. of delegate.‘ F’ M0,-nssey; wm;-ed Tanton; Mrs. R- 3- MTD°““‘¥3-,C,"‘“-°”°' Mr. Robert England, Ellerslle, wm. smith; Archibald Ems: wwm “comm? sPc“8‘"’y' Mrs’ President of West Prince Assocl-'East Prince, Frances MacNeil1;

John Pillmanz and Henry Wedge.

resrronrlinrz secretary. Mrs. Par- , ncll M:-Manon, Summorshie; t.rea- was secretary. on the platform Resolution Conunittee.-— ‘lllllﬁt surcr, Miss Florence Kelly, Mcnt- were Mr. David Walker. New‘Prince, George Matthews, 0 n awue. Annan. president East Prince As- Ahearn, Allison Home East

Dr. Ma.cMllian,

Party

Prince—D. B. MacDonald; J _E. _;~-s:+-::—- v

l (Continued on page 9. Col 4)

.1 ivic Fihafrces Viewed In Light Of Special Audit

U115

11

ending

Expenditure for the year leav-

1939 o1 $317,465.99. estimated allow-

ance foimthis condition. 101‘ UH‘ authorized expenditures, unall- thoriaed discounts, and reduction in assesune ‘.5. together with mis- isted funds (referred to in

on

meeting last. night

Finance man.

Coun. Chandler did not represent in iN'0‘D'l‘ _ _ V . . u-. e iel auditors re .1; re- lié?l.i.'“{“‘..i§’°ll°‘-.'L.3."'n'3c.§ErVs7 "u‘.°'ln. cenhfw pubis-ed) it v wow

that but for these circumstances

revenue and tture for the

ms to Jan. 15. 1939. azninn ra-

su.rL°'uWm__.__.___._“ °'"*' ‘°°'“ “°“ °“ ° ’«.—E—°.‘—.

Utmost In Quality U

TEA

I

iPllEPARAllllll8l Tense Sdene All

BEING RllSHEll B Y F R A N l} E

Mobilizatiﬁfrs About Evacua-

Complete tron Begins.

BY JOHN LLOYD Associated Press Staff wrun-

rushcd defenc preparations night, fearing the worst come at any moment

presence was “not absolutely in.

States embassy advised Americans to leave Frzmcc, and many were doing so.

Diplomatic clrrlrs rep.-u-gm-1 cam. rnunicatiuns with Poland had been disrupted since 5 P M (1 r M ADTJ

(The Associated Press in Lon- don._ however, reestablished com- mumcallons .with the Polish capital after several hours of interrupted service )

Calling up of reservists proceed- ed rapldly Vehicles of all sorts were commandeered. Emergency patrols guarded "danger areas" and ii union government, embrac- ing all save perhaps the Corn- munist-.. was projected.

The government took full con- trol of all private factories manu-

(contlnued on have 9. Col 2)-

Peaceful Settlement . In Offing?

LONDON. Aug. 24 Reuters News A ency reported from Pcipi-ng ton ght there were rumors among highly-placed Chinese that n Sino-Japanese pt-ace settlement might I-at-lied shortly.

PRESENlllTlllll MADE lll DR. ‘H. I]. lllHNSllN

Dr. H. D. Johnson, Charlotte- town, was presented with an in- signia from the Last Post Fund Society last night and life mem- bership in the organization for his valuable work on the executive for the past 16 years. The presenta- tion was made at last. nights City Council meeting and was made by Hon. Dr, W J, P. -Maclviilian.

l

PARIS. RUE 24 —-(AP)~F‘rance to- might Officials told all in Paris whose

dispensable" to depart The Unllgd

LONDON, Aug. 24—(C. b’0!ll Houses of Parliament Irlme Minister Chamberlain Hitler to settle his dispute w

consultation.

mined to honor its pledge to

Empire capital. The country hapeﬂ

herialn told the crowded House of

Commons Votes"

EmergencyPower

Chamberlain IE5 Halifax Voice Br1tain’s Firm Resolve To Stand By Poland,

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

P. Cable)—Emergency legis

13“°“- V9-Sling the British Government 't ' .bI _ _ wl h wide and flex- : e power to deal with anycontmgncy, was rushed through

tonight a. few hours after told a. hushed Commons that

Great Britain stood in imminent peril of war

while E“1‘0l30 armed and ready for all.emer

- ~ .’ gencles

;|:|0dl)llIl‘Z0ert:i8':l Seesluntated V1.1-000,000 men, Mr. Chambe,-181“ fl cre dry lscount Halifax asked Fuehret

iih Poland by negotiation and

. At the same tim th ' mistakablc warning ttahatellirgildientlweafﬂslledleader an un-

d d t - Poland- an 8 er

PREPAB/ES FOR. WORST

Whil Briton the ° 5 ‘ml “P"“”°d "18 h0Pe that peace would prevail, y were not optimistic and a pail of gloom seemed to hang -

the “" ‘he be“ but prepared for the

worst in the belief that the crisis was approaching it. ¢um.x

“This issue of peace or war does not rest with us and I trust mag those with whom the responsibility does lie will third: of the muunn. of human beings whose fate depend; upon “um. “Hon”. ML Chum

Commons.

1 WW1“ earnestly hope that in the face of all the consequences or “ "Sm "° ‘°‘'°°v 3"“ b°‘°|'° MI)’ 3'-€11 ll taken which cannot be retmccd reason may yet prevail." Lord Halifax said in on international broad '

cast.

I Britain's obllsatloris to Poland, Mr. Chamberlain said, "remain un- affected” by the peril of war,

Emergency Power:

The Prime Minister asked the House to pass hurriedly an emey. sency DOWGI! (war defence) meas- lllfe Drovixiurg among other things that the King may issue decrees having the force of law; that on

property or undertaking exoe land may be taken over by the Government; that any premises may be entered and searched; and that judicial proceedings may is: heard in sccretb

The Commons and Lords quick. ly passed Lhe emergency powers bill through all stages. There were no record votes and the King gave his assent at once.

From early morning there was a War atmosphere in London. First the Kim: broke his Balmotral Castle in Scotland and rcarrired to London. Then Mr. Chamberlain drove ‘htraiglrt to Buckingham Palace to meet. him and returned through anxious orowrls to hold a special meeting of the cabinet at No. 10 Down. ind Street.

vacation at Sam

Believes conscription Unnecessary

OTTAWA. Aug. 24—'\1elt»h scrliltlon nor the opgainrzatiyrzr-nocrdz .“e‘2..i*i=‘i'i‘.‘.‘.‘.‘°.i‘.‘.:"..-i.“i”“ ‘°{

' 6 Y to en er into immediate consideration in can, aids. in the event of an outbreak of llostilities judging from Prime Minister Mackenzie King's declar- ation of policy in the House of Coflrmtzns last March.

e course of a statement on foreign affairs given in the Hausa Mason 30. the Prime Minister

‘1“"I‘he Dmsent Government, he. .eves that conscription of men for overseas service would not be 3, n°<‘€ﬁ5ﬂ«!'i' 0!‘ on effective step. Let: me say that so long as this c,...v_ °m'mEH’~ may be in pow-_=r no such measure will be enacted."

Bank Rate Raised

who declared the "honor is being conferred on someone who chly deserves it." Dr. J0l‘m50ll W35 “dean of the medical profession" not only in the City but. also in the Province

Dr. Macivlillan recalled how he had served under and with Dr Johnson on the staff of the City Hospital. with him in the Red Cross Society, rulosls Lcatrue and in other work which was endeavouring to do vontr-thincz for the welfare of the '.)'_‘I)|]lC. There was one remarkable thine: about Dr. Johnson, the lmnuircr said, that in all the time he had known him and in all the trying situations in which he had seen him he had never seen Dr. Johnson cross. Dr MacMillan re- called how he had succeeded Dr Johnson as City Health officer.

Dr. I. J. Yen. connected with Dr. Johnston for a long time in e. professional may and a former m:r_vol' or the City was called on by His Wnrshln Mayor Foster for

(Continued on page 9, Col 3)

An announcement by the direc- tors oi’ the Bank of England that the bank rate had been raised from two to four per cent increased the tension, and then lust before the Commons assembled the United States Amba... zior. Joseph Kon- nedy, issued a "get out while you can" statement to travelling Am- ericans.

Scene In Commons

The Commons chamber pre- scninzi an unusual scene.

Evcrv inch of space was taken. &w:ra‘. cabinet members were crowded right off the front bench. and when the Prime Minister rose to spulk he seemed first to take note of the curious silence of this crowded panelled room,

There was little new in ni: methodical chronological accomt of the events of the past tmo weeks, but he set the mood of the speech early by declari1‘.g:—-

(Contir-med on page 9. Ool

1)

Pope Piu

§ Adds Voicewln -. Appeal" For World Peace

CAs’I’El.. GANDOLFO. A l Pope Plus in a

message cast. throughout. the word ed torlizht with the heads

\l%r2i—- oed- plead-

of governments to settle their differ-

The Pupe while reoocnizi ' that the dangers were "t‘)10l'il'iDl:g said there soil was time to nesotim-_

"Not'nir.¢ is lost throulzh peace. an nmy be lost. lhmutzh war. he

ion PROFITS we (we tllRSl=.\.\lE.s CREDH’ FOR Losxas we BLAME l.ucl<!

l

(Canadian Press) TORONTO. Aug. 2-i——Minitnnl and maximum tevnperature.s:—-

Dawson 37 6! Vancouver 56 90 Toronto 62 81 Ottawa 61 81 Mon-tnell 64 31 Quebec 81 82 Saint John 53 30 Halifax 66 16 Charlottetown 64 88 ronscllsr

Maritime East: Moderate winder fair and wann.

High tide this morning at 0:13

and tonight at 8:15.

Shoes by negotiation rather than hmomme ouwomes, he Sun S“; um “mung at 0.51 yTl::L Pbntlfd Speaking with continued, never may be Dfwlllllﬁd 3"“! “*3 °”'°“’ "‘°"‘l"g " emotioﬁlf delivered ‘his rtnlessaga so ions is "“E°'~l3“°“5 """“'“ 5'F::'m mm,“ A“ 29 6.09 p m.

‘ from s summer pa ace rouz open. , _ ' ‘~ ' ‘ -_ , I the Vatican radio station. It was with illIi1.“l.lie_PClDe'SCiid, wtre mesurn‘ lgpgfsigewl ti5h:;!%htu'~;§;1wnmn followed n'ru'ned.j5,{,e]_V by turns. Lheliopes of mothers whose'l\cart.< Tim CAB ﬁn“! SMLIN-as

l lotions in the principal languages. best with ours and‘) flzlihels t_''‘‘1‘x’_ __

Coupling the ideals of peace and would have to a an on nr. 7 A M 9“ A M‘ Justine as he has done in other funwl.li:f'm as we“ he added 1‘P‘_““(I°_f ' " '

coco Blllpeals the Holy Father Wu hum rad Europe. which grew. “mm Tumwnum "5 A_ ‘L “l.d,:_|B with me mm, of mug-n up in the Christian faith and 11 A~ M-' 3'05 P‘ M" 6'20 P M‘ and not that of arms that .‘luet‘-cc sen!"-S. with its is all human"-V suunu sAn.rNos

m."l‘kll:nphe Aedcsiedz "Condoms and and not for iron which kills and which are not founded onl destroys." .II_ In not blessed by 0°d‘l

which wdlis for bread and libt-rt._v

he ‘WC! 9 A. M. 1 P. M. uiivﬁ 16.15 A. M. IN P.N.

r W a r j

rim. m:;.:~—--qq.—:.—..._a—-_.....—_.