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flbofcal Issues In Campaign Are Discussed

Rousing Reception Tendered Messrs. McLure t? Hyndman 2 At Public Meeiipg Last Night.

ul issues of the day wee d by the Queen's County alive candidates, Messrs. W. .. S. ltlcLure and J. 0. Mann. at an enthusiastic meet- last nijrht, ill the Sporting ilCll Street. bunkers were Mr. Daniel

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m, lil lvllo gave some reveal- n; t. regarding Llbfllfll dis- cinllua’ i towards the laboring men lll Charlottetown; Hon. Dr. ti‘ J P MacMillan. Provincial Curse. . e lcnrter. and Hon. G. Sitllfli IOT-

llarp. SIIIXIIDQISKIQ. .. \li:..tc" of Public Works nlrcting. at: which excellent ;- lnalntairlerl, was presided .\lr, Lemuel Rush

.\l<~.~'. McLure and llyndnlan rert- greeted with rousing applause.

Relates Liberal Claim

The clnltman in orrcninf: the lltrlzr» referred to a statement Charlottetown a few days n Liberal speak-er, to the ..lat the Canadian army at ' cnt time is as well equipp-

‘ile .. trials the Carnldlrln army in the

Grcr: Vldr. Nothllvl. 11C declared. her f:orn the truth. The ~" . had servcd ns B Sergeant l“: llcyal Hiulllarld-crs of Can- :hc last lvar. The Canad- v was regardted as tile finest machine in France. 1n AUS- zhat liqhtltl" machine attck- l T0 and but. off 6161/9“ attacks. 1t was no fincst equipment. no obtained. When reviewed British Commander, S11‘. llalg. they axjrc congratu- > that great soldier who “-e lnost dcadlv weapon on .t‘l'l1 Front today is the ' n Corps."

. vigil the mcn in our _new nn armv are evey bi as not.’ mid Mr. Rush, "they are rat. t". red like that army. and the llct s that those boys are using the

Coming reseller;

lhtr tar Nntlccs in this column 3 ccnts pcr word.

"r- l'.ll(‘ lll aid Si. Vince“rlt's

Oil-l. .,5iiiil1'(iitV at Honnans. L-Jll-Li-ZO-Zl. "L cstsck Marketing Board l“- ll-sgs at Cllllrlottciolvn T; . azlrl Saturday YHCYILIIE tsl ll mark this \\".':i<. L426. ".-.l.l lFllilld hav at Hurltc: tulrutlilig i-lljg wcck. lll- lr. L. Dickzcscn or 1331i Pin- L-225-3-20-2i.

“Unloading Albion nut coal at‘ tr

llzirn Wlwlncsrlay and ‘Thursday. 3 C. Wsbstcr‘, L-223-3-20-2i. '"C?"r‘\\-:lll ‘Milk tonight. inst

flulc cl seasOll Cornwall vs. Wesl blip. r.-224.

' hogs at North I 1'" Friday. March 22. 10.30 M {l1- to 1 p. m. Reagh Bagnall. (Hal Blllmnlt. L-222.

u?“ lilrnts~tiround Meat 5c. FIT" Wat 5c. Beer Tl-l 31cc. nag "Isis?!" . . Island 1d Storage

_ __ “Toncert at Hawes Hall. March m- Qvater Bed Bridge Women's “bu”. L-rso-a-la-zl. Horse Raclnlz Covehead Bay, to-

l\1ill'l‘ll 20th. 2 o'clock. L-215-3-20-ll.

"Eusrrrsntul-a r E 1 u 1m n" my. Be Puffy u‘. hei 35pm “M- L-Zlg-ii-Bg-Zii.

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gym. 2m, many. ‘high 22m: 5t

qmefilld- until noon. Signed G_ 0.

"A" outstanding but l paid curt...» “f Ctesk- ' ' n-aoc-a-ao-ni

as follows: Kenairlgton P- M. Summerside 1o A. M. till - Mervvn Bulmun and Recall . Hunter River Friday ll MacEwen 6: Camppell.

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‘same rifles, the same Webb equip- ment and the same Lewis guns tiilopsllsée used in that great oatte o

"There are returned men whose sans are in the service today. and their sons are using the equipment théart their dads used in the last w .

No Bren Gun:

"You can ask any of our boys who are on leave at the present time about this new Bren gun. I have been in the service three and a half months in this War and never saw one. It is doubtful if there is one in the Maritime Prov- Incas": certainly not more than 017G.

The chairman cited the splendid record cl Dr. Ma-nlon both as sol- dler and statesman and said he was sue the service forces would vote for him in preference to the lead- er who ln the last war "took s. run- out powder” and went to the Uu- ited Stat/es and used his power to keen down the working men who were irylnc to lzet a fair share in wages of, th-e war curltracis ttbat were makin-r millionaires l-le then introduced Mr McLure as the per- sonal friend of the labouring men.

MR. McLURES ADDRESS

A"Dl‘E(‘ll\t,lfill of the splendki re- cf-ptlon accorded them and of the rratmalvs tribute to him as s real friend of lsbotlr was exare=sed by Mr. lhPYure. who revlevred briefly the evcnks ‘eadtm un tn the scutmnl! "f P"rllnvi~ent bv Mackenzie Klnc inst. January. At the September war session Dr. Manirn as Opposition loader had n'er'"_‘l ills loval ca. M" W" "nd =-~- ~~t Tull. an;

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Reds Said Opposed To Defence Pact

MOSC"W. March 20—(Wednes- day)-1APl-Ta.~s. S0v'et News Ag- cnrv. announced today it was authorized to state that Sovtrt Rusria W"1lld rezrd any dlenstve album-e botwwn Swedm. Norway and Finland n: “aimed at the U. S. S, R." and as drectlv contradic- tory to the Russo-Frldsh peace

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"The foretn press all-ges that rlezovatlrrw are golrg on among Flahand. Swcdrn and Norway on conclns on of a so-cnlled ‘defensive alliance’ for the purprse of military protection of the frontier! d 11n- land." said Toss.

“It l». sLsn alleged that the 50v- iet Union does not object to such a ‘defrnsye alliance’ among Fin- land. Sweden and Nrrwny.

"Toss is authorized to state that these reports on the attitude of the Soviet Union do not: correspond to the facts"

The awency added dint public statements in the Nuwetfcn peril- amerlt made it char that such an silence "would be aimed against the U. B. S. R. and would llipectly contract/w. the m~~~ tr-aty" be- tween Finland and Russia.

War Board Buys Motor Vehicles

OTTAWA. March lik-(OP) —'I‘he ‘war supply board tonight announc- ed the p mix?! Ln order for more than I .000. worth of motor ve- hicles. with the order Lblfillt fiqllll- ll nor owl-a o awn. Ont... and the Canada.

Y 0f Wl dJO . Ont. ‘file lfoard antler ohsirmanghlp g;

Wallace n. Campbell. mu tpaogrd

represents the p or . ve- hicle: includinl r01 lervioe trucks. iorrlefhnnd tn that will be us for e first nd di-

ALiIESREADY Ftllt ANY acvl BY Ellllllli

Chamberlain Makes Fighting Speech T0 Commons.

(By F. Sanderson. Czlllndlzln Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, March ll)—((‘l.‘ Cable)—“\\"r: iuicrld t0 fight". Britain's 71-year-old Prinlc Riitlistcr, Neville (‘llzllllbcrlairn told a lvildly-cllecring Iiollsc of Connnons today ill vigorous defence of tile war record of his administration.

In ringing tones he dismiss- ed conjecture ovcr the Ilrelnlcr Pass meeting of Adolf llillcl and Benito hlussolini with the comment: “Whatever may b1: the outcome, we arc rctuly to meet it. \Ve are unliltclyt to bc diverted froln the purpose for

WlllCll we entered this war."

It was generally agreed tonight the effect of the Prime Minister's hour-long speech was to reject in advance any peace plans Hitler may be formulating which do not fulfil the moral durable ciluractcr- lstlcs which Britain set for her- self when she declared war six months ago.

The Prime Minister did not re- fer specifically to Germanys peace offensive but he left no doubt in the minds of members of the Commons, peers and ambassadors

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Russian Oil Reason For Italian Interest

_BER.LIN. March _19 —(AP> -R.us- stall oil was mentioned tonight us. an immediate reason tor nu sla. 8.1.1.1 l Italy to come together in a, betlerl understanding as a result of Mon- ‘ day's Brenner B855 conrcrcnce be- tween Auoll Hitler and Benito Mus- solinl

Auudsu always 1113s bud oil that Italy wcu (l llkc, but 11li0l'll'iCtl. quar- lers said italy had not been inter-l UJLUQ ln contracting tor it when the only feasible means- or lrarlspcrt will. i tnlcugh the Black Sea and the Dar- l darlelle.

Also italy regarded the soviet un-

ion as an unpromisillg trade ,... ..._.l' nl... an mo.) mus‘..- pollllcul 115504211110

But Gcrmarlys with Russia. elimination of Poland‘ as a buffer state, and the develop- ment of land transportation facili- ties have made Russian cil more accessible to ltlfy it is cla med here.

i U. S. Potato Imports

Jump 300 p. c. Under King's Trade Treaty

Official Figures Fully Substantiate Com- plaint Of Horticultural Council Chairman.

The local Liberal press makes frantic efforts to dis- prove lhe authenticity of the report on the potato industry by Mr. J. E. Porter, Chairman of the Potato Committee 0f the Horticultural Council of Canada. The fact that this report, quoted in yesterday's Guardian, appears in sat-h a wcll-knolvn, non-partisan journal as The lilaritime Farmer, speaks for itself.

Mr. Porter revealed the disastrous consequences of the dunlpinp, of American potatoes, duty-free, into the Cana- dian market and predicted that in all probability lower prices in the United States in the spring will bring a still greater influx of potatoes with lower prices in Canada

FULLY SUBSTANTIATED

Mr. I’ortet"s statements are fully substantiated by official facts and figures.

It is undeniable that Mackenzie King reduced the tariff on potatoes from the United States fro-m 75 cents per 100 lbs to FREE entry from August 1 to Jllne l4 in any year and cut the same duty to 37V; cents per 100 lbs. from June 15 to July 31. Seed potatoes entered free of duty as had formerly been the case.

All Mr. King got in return was a reduction from 75 cis.‘to"-."i7'/ze. per 100 lbs. on Canadian white potatoes and this reduction was limited under quota regulations. Seed ' potatoes, far from being admitted free 0f duty. were adw

tzltocs.

Thus, under the new treaty, American potatoes are allowed into Canada free of duty for ten and a half months of the year, while every carload of either seed or white potatoes entering the United States from Canada is rtssesscrl from $150.00 to $240.00 per car.

When the treaty went into effect on Jan. 1. 1939, the ‘ Americans immediately started dumping their surplus pa- trltoes 0n the Canadian market.

HUGE U. S. INCREASE

Official trade figures tell the story. For the 12 months of 1938 imports 0f potatoes from the United States amounted to 173.527 cwt. and the value was $229,640. For the 12 months of 1939 imports amounted to 652,948 cwL, and the value was $740,085. This represents an increase last year of 479,421 cwt., valued at $510,445.

Canadian potato growers lost more than half a ntillion dollars of their home market to United States potato growers in the first year of Mackenzie King’s treaty.

On the other hand. exports of Canadian potatoes to the United States in 1939 totalled 1,089,230 blls., with a value of $915,130, representing an increase over .1938 .of only 176,093 bushels valued at $23l.23t‘.

Thus. Mackenzie King's trade treaty gave United States potato growers more titan three tintes as muclt

of the lrcatg/‘s operation imports of United States potatoes ulere increased by almost 300 per cent, whereas the export of (Yarmdian potatoes to the United States was increased by less than 20 per cent. -

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Glance

By The Canadian Press

LONDON -—R0yll Air Force in five-hour homhsrum of Nan island fortress at syn. "sevcrly du- mogs" sir base reprlsal l0!‘ BIMPI How oombulg; Prlmc Min- inter Chamberlain tells Comments "we intend to tight," any; Brill." ready for lny move from Hitler- Muuoilni axis.

PARIS —-Premler Dalsdier out- line; government's plan; to increase war against Germany, laces many questions at secret. session of cham- hu- of deputies.

MOSCOW —Trus soviet news ag- ency. ln authorized stltemcnt says Finnish - Swedish -Norweglnn r fensive alliance would be regarded by Soviets ls violation of l-lnnl h ‘face gun and la directed MB"!!!

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ME 532s under-secretary of state. fin- -

tlhes circuit of Europe with state- ment that he In; not receiv or conveyed any Mace tan; beleved to have heard inside u r7 of llitler-

Mulsolinl mee ng.

WASHINGTON - Presidential secretory Early s!!! pence headlines appear very empty on but: of re-

|1| to government. Mr. Roosevelt Rug reporters no one but purtlci- pnnta know what happened at Axis

conference. BERLIN-J‘ mention Rul- on oil u Immediate nuon for

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Canadefs Fishermen Get,

No Benefit from King’s Bargain

After Prime Iiiinistcr Mackenzie King signed the treaty at iVzlsblngtnn in November, I933, the government at Ottawa assur- ed the fishermen of the hinritime Provinces that under tllc 19.111115 of this treaty the United States market would be open to them. Rfllilttlolls in [Tufted Sirlics duties on Canadian fish wcrc describ- ed by Ullzllva as big benefits for blaritilnc Provinces fisllcrlncn. On January r, this year, the treaty had been in force for a full year. m THAT rum. YEAR rr l-llm NOT BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCRFASE 1N TllE SALES or CANADIAN rlsu T0 TllE umrlan srlvrl-is.

Official trade returns compiled by tllc Ottawa Gf)\7[‘l'|1|]1l)l\l itself proves this.

Canadian fish enter the United States lllldcr 22 tariff classi- fications. In r5 of these classifications U. S. duties wcrc lowered by the ircaty. In 7 classifications no change was mzulc by tllc treaty.

For illc your I939, the first full year of the trratfs oper- ations, the increase in the exports of Canadian fish to the [lulled States over exports for 1938 runs considerably greater mt a [wr- trnlnge basis in Hu- rrwn classifications in rcllirlz the lrmlv mlrrlc n0 change in Unilrd 5701c: drllirs than the increase in ilrcvfiflcrlt classifiraiioll; in utllfclr Ullilrd Sta/vs dulivs rvcrc Iozccrcd unlin- the frraly_

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mitied only on the same terms as the white or Irish po- ‘Mme o, we Canadian Teachers Fem

benefit in lhe Canadian ntarket as it gave Canadian po-| new fl‘l0llll.<lllll- into grorvel-s in the United States ntarket. In the first year

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Opening Session Of Annual Federation Convention Held Yesterday.

The annual convcntorl 0f the P. E. I. T. F. opened at 10.30 A. M, in lllu Prince or‘ Wales College null. ‘the lnorllulg session was occupied chiefly with the enrolment cf the teachers and payment of fees.

The afternoon session was called to urdcr by the PreAdent, Mr. Erh-

o MacDonald at 1.50 n. m. Tnere = app ‘rnutely three hundred ll-lrrlu-rs cnl. The minutes 0i the last annual meeting were read b. Air. lcrllc... lit-rd, the secretary.

The president then gave his re-

port.

The following resolutions were b: .n in. ln lulu rcncl: Resolved that the l‘. I. T. F. make the program for Education Week in accord with the suggested plan of the Cflllibflliln- Am rlcurl Corlvcntion.

This resolution was adopted.

Resolved that in conformity with the wish of the C. T. F. the num- ber of our rcpre entatlon at the C. ‘T F. Clnlvcrltlon he reduced from 3- rnetnlaers to 2 members.

This nsollrliorl was defeated.

C. T. F. Report

The report of_ the Canadian Teachers‘ Fjcdcrallurl Delegates was

urvrn by hits Mabel Mrlthcsorl. She] statctl that the cllglliccilill confer-

cralion opened in MOHLYEB-i 0n August 7, and tcrnllnaled on Aug. 12. Miss Mathsscn cave an extended report of the work accomplished and of the locial activities as lvell. It en- l . . . _. __.

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Island Man E Faces Gharge Gflllanslaughter

NORTH SYDNEY. N. 8.. Mmh IQ-(CPn-A manslaughter charge was lodged today arlfllllsi» 01am“ Brow-n or Victoria. P. E. 1.. 1°1- lovrirlg the death of Arthur J- Al‘ len of Lteltchcs Creek in a. week- end highway accident near here.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police called to the scene of the accident Saturday night found Allen un- conscious on the ilitrhwuy. BMW" lhad stopped his car ip investigate ‘and was on the scene when the ‘police arrived. He was detained Hm» as a material witness.

l Allcn died in hospital of a fractured skull. Details of how he iSllfflbffiil) thclinlury ugere not dis- closed y oice. | Norman pMncLt-rtn of North Svd- ncy received head injuries in the same accident. l-lis condition was ff"l"l‘l(‘l'i “satisfactory” today. ‘The chat-We nrainsi. Rtown was laid hcfnrc Ivlrvfstrnt-p T. T. Wil- linmson bv Coal." -‘.)‘e lbcRov Roach __nl' the R. C. ‘i R. who vestirnicrl. B"? \ W" hold without ball pending Ymlllllfillflfl tomorrow grim ipqnrst will. clpllédnsunday rrc .o-:oner ncm a . Pnrlllninrlry hearing was set In‘

Giant Liners .To Sail?

NEW YORK, March l0 ~01?) -- .'_l‘llc Uflilbll lint-rs Queen Mary and j alaurt-tlllnn were ruled with activ-

lt_\_' lunlglli ‘apparently ill prepara- 111.11 tlr uo-mltllor and slip away _ roln Ncw York. v l Willie crow reinforcements from Jlnglanderljoyed shore leave. the tart-at shps lvcre hurriedly provis- ‘lcnsd. '.l‘ile 80,000-wn Queen Mary was getting a harcler-to-see coat of gray ovcr the lighter drab slapped on ner here at the outset/Of the WEI‘ last. September. At night rail smoke could be seen billowing. for e first time in months, from the stacks of the bwol vessels. I t ‘lhc crewmen who arrived yes- ; tcrday from En land said they sign- ed on as tnereiant seamen ‘for a

nown dcsthlation and for an

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-Royal dumped scores of bombs last night and early this morning on the German island seaplane base of Sylt, flying in reprisal attacks which preliminary reports said constituted the biggest aerial of the war.

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‘ trip starting from New York for an U11 ' unannounced length of time."

'I_'hc Brltlsh seamen were not in, uniform. I

MAT FOR TAR

CAPE TOWN - (GP) — British in Premier Dalrlrl sailors vsuttng Cape Town rind it Jel- s. lcn:tll_t'

difficult. to find slcoplng accomo- darznn. Ono tar was offered a bed in the Y. M. 0. A.-—on a gymnas- ium mat.

Annual Subscription Delivered $6.00 I11 HulI-JHICJ. H00: (‘anudu Ind US. $6.1m

Nazi Air

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On Sylt Island Blasted In Raid

R. A. F. Take-s-Q-tlick And Fierce Revenge For Latest Enemy Attaogn Scapa Flow.

BULLETIN

LONDON, Marl-h 20—-(\\'edncsday) -—(CI')—The Royal Air Force blasted cuvny at (icrmanys Syit Island air base for more than seven hours lust night and early tudny in by far the longest sustain- ed raid 0f the war-drilling back at the Nazis for their 85-minute. attack on Scapa. Flow last Saturday night.

One account of the raid issued at 5.35 A. M. said the bombers attacked ill rclltys almost continuously in bright moonlight and caused extensive damage to hangars, workshops and slipwrtys.

It said tllc llarnum Base was identified first by monrlligilt and then, when fires were started by the first bombs, they provided an unmistakable guide as “successive waves of attack were delivered."

LONDON. March 20 -—(Wednesday) -(CP) Air Force bombers in repeated waves

action

Early today reports reached London that the

raids, which began shortly before 8 p. m.. (3 p. m. AST) had ended after more than five hours of merciless potlnciing and that the were on their way home across 350 miles of North Sea.

British planes

Eyewitnesses on the nearby Danish islands of

Romoe said 83 bomb explosions and two tremend- ous, earth-jarring blasts had been heard up to 11 p. m. last night and that one bomb “undoubtedly blew up an ammunition depot"

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ABSENCE Memes, ‘THE. HEAR’? QRQW FONDER - OF

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Press Views

(Bv F. Snnllersnnl. _ (Canadian Press Si?“ “m?”

LONDOX. Dlrirch 19—l( 1‘- Cablcl -l'rimc l\_li_ni_stcr (‘llam- bcrlllin today crltlr-rrrfl lnltcll Stair-s nclnxsprlnl-rs \'|\l(‘h blam- ed Britain and Frmlcp for fail- ing to 1:0 to the nsslstnrlcr- nl the Finns.

In his qlccr-h to the llollsc of Cnlnntolls. tho Primi- 31in- istcr dl-nlcd that Britain and France lnllcrl to fPI1"I‘l" all nos- sible nun-lance in lllc Finns. claiming that proposition “ls mug that cannot for :1 momtht he maintained.“

Thcn hc ntldcd tllcst- words:

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TORONTO, Mlnlululn and ffltlXlllllllll trnpr-rrl-

“And lififlfif nf all Fllflllld lsnyih ltures: suggest ans come ram m - ' . vidunls in countries far alvny egggggver n; from the scat ni‘ war who have t ‘ ‘ I "w" h" “m, "WWW n“. Jidmcnton l5 l7 . - . .,. n r\~ their friends or for tiu-msolvcs." Til. ‘is, "is vvnrrls, nlthoufh erected TQ f‘ "g 1,.‘ L,‘ with laudchcorsmywtlllc-rl many “W-‘fo 4‘ -‘;, people hccnusr it was nnl rlcnr Ouima ‘N _3_-; whom he hall in mlml. Joseph lM‘"U“3<"1 31 s Kcnncdv, lllc Vnitcd Stall-s Am- l Qmbe“ 3° 3“ hrlssadnr vvbo sat in the dipln- fsmfli- <10?!“ "31 _~‘~i _ s» ‘mum? “wan-m h, .ll:l. fax .3 .'ll flush and razed at the floor. C1\1\!'103i0i0\\'fl 15' 3!‘ Lair-r it was lcarncd “r. Maritime East: Strong northeast Chamberlain had some Ilnitcd to northwest winds with sllolr ur States newspapers in mind 1'1"’! 51PM- whon be snake and did not ~-