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ITALIAN Tiio61=s

TENTATIVE PRDGRAM Fllll ciiiiiulm

Plans For Observation Of Confederation Anniversary Are Announced.

The Hon. W. s. P. Macmillan presided over the meeting of the Confederation Celebration‘ Oom- in Supreme Oourt chambers 0h Thursday.

The various sub-committees re-

fo the conwcnor, Mr. Jus-

cs 1L I. Arsensult, and their re-

ports indicated a very satisfactory progress.

Tentative arrangeme call for a military church par s with a drum-head servlce and insmh past gimme 09mins day. Sunday, uly

0n Monday seven tablets will be. unveiled. probably in a group‘) st the Exhibition Grounds, later be Dlaoed h their proper positions in various localities and buildings. These fibiets will be descrimive of the "Rattlers-of Confederation" as represented by those present from the Government of the Island. Nature it is expected that sev- eral o clals high in the Govern- ment of Canada and the various PYOVAMQI. Will lie present.

In the evening there is the - siblllty of stagin an his ori Defiant. to be fo owed by the most elaborate display of fireworks ever sttlmpted liars.

Tiiesdiiy morning will probably

hi: iii-men's parade and C - s. an i"? til’ The lity of having Bgitish. Can ian. United states and French naval craft port and m“ in the sbor l. is being

invcstlgsted. "em ' ng f8-

CHARIJOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1939

‘ \§\ ‘ “ Read by Everybod Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

Anglo - ‘Italian Pact Violated Britain Elaims

Invasion Cf Albania Upsets Mediterranean Status Quo-

Protest Madelo Rome

LONDON, April 7--(AP)~Brltish ‘ltical and sooncm‘ officials said ton ht they feared Balkan Peninsula. to the Italy's invasion Albania was s Bea is 09¢ flrststeplnanewlinme- unat-

ns an protect- “I

fl-

th '.%"'.'t';..'§.."'é."i‘... ai-iisinu ado grand alliance against sssr h. . l I s.i'.“§‘.'.':‘..$§.3”°&‘lé€it" it.“ 435i ago that sue ncdnno wish to chsusc

the status duo ,

ough there was no of- announccment, it was believ- Office had instruct- Rome. the

slavla, and 1f success! "Anderance ern Mediterranean and the Imperial routes of both and Lord Muiglsmlsigr O"h lain, n a land. on coda Both the

n s ficl

perm, o Minister aral Si. igoiriiiai protest A. my went to' iii:

130m the AnglO-Ihllun gcntle- soon as men's agreement of 1987 Ind m! Al‘ “d???” “ii€§"i3“§....2i~..i?3§

B Fe stoic.“ quo in the Mediter-

can e . “idem-guise. it was trail w- ted even if earlier us-. man wit’? an first iirinihe mom ginore than paioiio years Britain will t ed after lunc make no mil tary nicv . a v-vifaiggoalh 0- 'ni tal ' on o‘ °°°"‘""°“ T ' ’ Quid; ci-oiiinsc $1 his reasons

s Romanian Minister ‘Piles. who returned yester Bucharest, appeared to be ularly worried as he c d. - With negotiations

antes or awn

9.

R0

Mid

oar:fu--

Igkmurtg a elixir f tyi- f .0 o

vo. X griwtarngcll.

t... .. OMING {VENIS . m

l I to fol’ Notices in this column l cenéi per word.

"°"‘°'. ' m“ Milli-Aid‘...

"Cornwall milk @021 hi‘. “DI-l . ate off the season. a till o. um. "Bsisure and purchase ifl‘ {its early Saturday morning Q10 18.41108. ls-IUO-l-Geii.

' "Entertainment nd oe,

Dan acodi a ll, Ens c '- m. Tnuncii served. 11146152131’.

msititz." nziii M’ ‘Lin: d-za-‘tr.

"Cake so! id at vin

s in a o . cent iiii.‘s'°n..e'i' "Help the P. n. I. uying fl from the young lad- es on ‘Se. urdcy.‘ Ipitt-i-ll-ii.

"No. A othy Pressed Hay now lling. . . Green. Emerald. L-liil-d-d-il.

.__.A... ~' ns should do their bit - wear the flag Batuida . R0 lliflyollfs early.

_ "Coins to the dance in Emerald‘ all Easter Monday nl hi. Good usic. Free lunch. i..- -s-4-s-a.

"Borden Lina Cl b luanin hogs mbs. calves every uesday ours ii to s l, L-lllt-IZ-M-fl-i-tr

v menoei-rtuinatuorttgvu e Managua»:- y. Agfi ii. ' iuiii-s-‘s-ii‘.

A per o . sis . a sillislii. demos“ prises. Jilvestso

i

n3 l’ tn lsit to n- "°'" sly ofuFled iifiiiéin v ns and from

L-lllfl- -s-si. ,

"om t 7mm ' in ' a d westor. o. ultrahigh 3p

llirlhl .2321‘. wit.‘

awn ‘

tilt;

......=».".=. .»~a~..»~i w.» c" Socurit 0f

“ii”- y

"cs .3‘ Yugoslavia

‘i’ W“; - liceatenail

v to The Turk

“:1: an call at the

5 . 2T n ileum was iiieidicated several o er countries ma resi- a further east/ward drive by he axis ars. Britain, at the instance of land. was understood to have agreed to allow Poland to sound out Hungary o8 the prosflects of her joinin the ‘I Hit r" mutual de ence

ion .

s’ RAD gfi-‘Iilly 'pr effecting the cccupst on is was stated officially

ed its border with Albania Increasing

ent here. although m

was informed

Well Timed Coup o dl lcmatic ‘circles it W” “mnm” w w: ys colip was plsn- m“ “m” ‘h’

In TreatLof Frien ip.' s

W

t at l-t was tirn

parture of British offic

[nylon for the Easter holidays.

W. ayes: in orficial British quar- gpthrust-atjgt Q1-

Spaln’: Nationalist ‘Government Joins llntl-oomintorn Fact

flPmiiOl, April ‘l-M!) ‘s Nat one ist Government ton ght announced it's adherence to t-hs AnLi-Ocmlntern Pact of which Ger- many Italy. Jcpanflurillry and

Man oukuo were previous B1811 - '

flied. . o A mreiln Ministry note said that "hfiiigg definiteh! conquered on the

e

ins narrows connscanng the rim . s. resu

8.

The fear also was ext the position of Greece custom ious and in n iii

Y gcslavirs th egeari lea friendly territory might be .._...____....._.....

TRURO. N.

oMullen,

M KIIOWIX

oatle the communism which started the civil war in B aln the Spanish Government. to oii- iirm its defensive attitude before tsntlol dangers, him given lls ad- erenee to the Anti-Oomintern Pact (DNB. the offlcal German news agent: , said the Burgis forfign minis r signed the pact M h

2'1.) , (Germany and Japan

early today when fire

their home. Damage was

ed at l1, Origin

ed by

1y anvelopui in flames.

W011 t -. ., --—--“*"-'*- rival he conferred last night with "masses-u? u» i- run-sis» ....... us... s... ad in Moscow. e "~—‘* Tllea. who also saw Forslan Sec- sxra} ov. is. 103s and it v ci- Prfilliflflil- AW“ ‘l-m- retary vlscount nulls: and French gt, ovelrsber flhs folowlng Thomas Jams. prssident-wifl- Ambassador Corbin last mam. was sai- an Mano curuc tus or 0a so limit c! .5113" have insisiiicflm uaflggen

Jams eir adherence ‘last

Lord Halifax; as Itsliirgs invas on reached bond

are be framework of

dsh (An I

ncn-sggress

thlt.

Techno , lac tonight, weeks s! hh sou. birthday.

l

"was the

Aegean

nlv expected.

Such 8 drive would threaten the indepen encs of G and Yugo- , would ere in the east- snNflsdfl

Britain

ance. Halifax telephoned “Prime

VIO-

rs developments. ish Ambassador. ‘Ievfik Rustu Aras. and the 0N8!

amibos u . rorsisu Office to sec

news of on. - Viorei ay from

partic-

alle for s.- British . q

l and then xe-

confer-

at. ffic sis for most of

Affaires, Govern-

or the Albanian

[BF AGGRESSIUN

. Exerts

.-

NAZIS SUPPURT” ITALIAN ABT.

Pressure On Poland Not To Sign Defence A cement With Brita n.

QIIRIIN‘, Aibrll '7 -(AP)—Ger- many today warned the western democracies tin. she was: standing behind Italy's invasion of Albania, inference that her might would be in re eas if anyone tried to halt her axis part-

nei-

The warning, repeated several times by radio, could be interpret- ed almost as a challenge. It was issued while German diplomacy was exerting praasure on Poland not to sign iihe mutual defence agreement concluded in London this week by Prime Minister Oham- heriain and Colonel Beck, Polish forei n minister.

"O ficial German quarters re- gard news of the landing od Italian troops in Durazm," said a bmsd- cast official statement on Albania, "as an action within the letter and soirit of the Italo-Albanian frlcnd- g

ship ‘Treaty of 1927 and also as an expression of deep Italian sym- pathy for the Albanian people. '

Claims Understanding

"Germany understands that Italy cannot permit it if, in s land where Italy's vital interests are so highly important as they are a- long the Adriatic coast, continued unrest disturbs the general peas-e and threatens the safety of Ital- lsns living there.

"Germany has a full ‘llflfiQffl stamdlng for the protection of Ital- ian lnieiuts in this region and would neither understand nor sanction it if any western demo- cratic powers. which have no in- terests there, should wish to med- dle in the legs uricbjectl 1e posltlonflhpd he of '

April ‘l

Ytgfiavligilt YUBQ‘ respfited 1n

bania,

tonight, but me Qqvgmment, nevertheless, clos- itement was appar- the Clovcrnmeh continued to issue resssurini "EW- ODTSs ‘

omeiiu conifers!‘ said Yusoslcvie

ions and ihat relations between the

“$032

11

lves cut off n control of

whi would t of occupation of Alban-

li that m ght be- conse- connection through

cut.

,Narrowly Escape Death In Fire

8., April '1—-J0hn R. well- Pinto

death estimat-

of the fire was unknown. The two occupants were awa more and shortly leaving the house it was complete-

u Road fox rancher and farmer, and

his wife narrowly escaped destroyed

ken- after

V010

DB If... - ...-».~ -

ifi decision tiifissur s» ,

_ment was understood lo he e b reached durin the 48-hour con- ferences at n ck betw

ru eon Colonel-General Wilhelm Keitel. chief of the German High mend. and General Alberto Parlani, Italian Under-secretary of

ar.

‘Ihelr consultations were inter- preted in Berlin in the 118M of subsequent events as having been concerned primarily with what Joint action might be taken 11y German and Italian armies in the event of attempts by other powers to thwart Itsfllsn aims in Albania. The Isinsbryk talks ended yes-

tcrdg sg rcneral Pariani re_-_

(Continued 0n MiG 10. Col 0) _.._..._€____.

Romania Willing In Principle To Join “llalt-llitler" Bloc

l? The Canadian Press)

PA IS, Apfil ‘b-Havss News Agency in a apatclh from Inn- don says it was reportedtcn the Bucharest Government has - formed Great Britain that leu- is willing in principle to

mania. "Halt Hit-

ioin the Anglo-French ler" bloc.

In a call at the British I'm-sign ofllce today. according to t e i-Iavss report, Rumanlsn Minister Tiles informed B‘r Alexander Ca- dogan. permanent foreign under- secretary. that Bucharest favors participation iiilhe anti-akiffillim system now being fashioned by Prime Minister Uhamberlain.

Tllea returned to London yester- cav from Bucharest with full in- structlons from his

for direct MIN»

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President Elect 0f Y's Men's Gluh

MR. ROY CUDMORE

Mr. T. Roy Cudinore who was

named president of the Charlotte-

town Y's Men's Club at annual

meeting of the organization Thurs-

day night when a new slate of ol- ficers was named Retlrlnl Dmi- ent. Fred Holman presided.

Other officers elected included: Vice-president, Ernest llell, sec- retary. Mwln Johnson, assistant secretary‘, William Mscleod, treas- urer, Wilfred Livingston. The new board of directors elected was composed of Messrs. James Hlslam. Jsek McNair. Gordon Avard. ' An encouraging report on the promos of the boy's work com- mlt was. made. by. Chllflllszél

William Mac . Meaarm. 0.. Prceb and Don. Matheson. were llilllbil as new members of. 1h! c u .

UNITED STATES

Hull Keeps In Close C o n t a c t With Roosevelt On Al- banian Situation.

WABIIDICYION. M311! ‘l-The

Uniitbd Sta/tea administration

ed tonight a series of actions

the may be taken in co nencc of Italy's invasion of Alba-n .

Slates secretory Hull kept in

close touch by telephone with

President Roosevelt at Warm ‘ Ge... conferred with

banis. reirion are gathered at American Iss4 . flush - Grant, the minister. cabled Hull. Secretary said he did not be- l vc the number or. Americans in the danger areas was sufficiently to warrant sending warships to Albania. ‘more are 2 3 Ameri- cans in Albania. the state depart- ment said. The administration faced de- cisicns on these Dlonlsz- _ i. Whether Premier Mussolinls invasion constituted a violation of the Kellogg Anti-War Pact. United

King

stwn an Italian planes and naval guns.

nation awaited Premier

hamlet of Elbasan.

For Albania's Gcod-‘Fzida their newborn son, ‘In A whom

born Wednesday.

were not divulged, they were

the throne.

baninn independence. but

the sea.

2. If so, whether the States would so proclaim it_ 3. Whether the United States would continue its legatlon in Al- bania should the country become a protectorate. rather than an 1n. dependent state. more was no tail: amons oili- cials here cf’ an economic re- notion such as fcllyowed Chancellor Hitler's move into aeoho-Blovakia. m one reason, Its y eniovs most- favored-natlon treatment from th United states. and for another Italy is not ensawins in barter deals like, Geimany s.

f"“'.""'" KLXQZ" “fifiiimfii mlsorindgr i?! Klcfiiitza considelfted iélxsd m’ w‘; M ‘ dd fgiun-itumsnisa mutual assist- m mllecésllrglfiulf A?‘ ‘fibmm i; Australia ourns Su en “so?! ....l.....;g..g_ig...mm .;ws;d.$...... oondemg “m- ' can inriiiiies nis-psiiei’ a wsr- die iiflitinc “W” l" W1‘- - ' _ i, H declared ltelilllg__gl§,sl_lig cam.- Slwmmdiviirtiiliii aAwddayvsui-‘iisvalfiiTLi A’ l A ‘ ustrll “ Alia mas WWMTHW"AQT ' Ts n" k t? E tion aismentfimilmunitoc *

Valona also was occupied.)

Mediterranean

(B some YD Associaoeil Press %lfl Press)

. Pwai: '.".......“'i’".?..'.“.."°" an v a, on topmof the Italian-German military al at Innsbruck. was viewed with concern in French

Gdvernment

quarters wnihht. lloreisn Of oe officials id how- that for the time ing at Rance was only indirectly

rne

Circles in close contact with the

Gove maul. m: d the opinion

lhll ~ led by attacks to denounce

‘Wilmficifh’ ‘° ""‘“'

I llO

would support

mean Bri-

' could tats no action

l .

found

hopes of a new Balkan dynasty, miles across the Albanian frontier.

Shortly before midnight Albaniifs gendarmes still were fighting the stemmed determination and some success.

Behind these rugged hlllmen stood their women, flamed. and all but indomitable.

“There are 44,000,000 Italians against 1,000,000 Alban- ians,” said Frasherl In impassioned tones in his broadcast.

“But there will be heroic resistance and when our men are dead the Italians will have to face our women.”

Although details of the Albanian Monarch’s proposals

Heavy Bombardment

Italians pounded Durazzo and San Giovanni di Medua with a barrage from the sea and sky. San Giovanni was heavily damaged and, with Valona. set aflre.

The Italians won possession of at least three towns- Durazraflanti Quaranta, and San Giovanni. (Rome said

While the losing battle was in progress the

MussolinPs reply toa

peace overture by King Zog.

The Governmont-torn ance of its own primitive people and the realizat- ion that such a fight could not last long against m, the might of Fascist Italy -- fled to the mountain

between the resist-

There only 25 miles south of Tirana, Zog awaited the answer to the bid for peace which would leave him some measure of honor.

Tirana itself is readily accessible to Italian motorized equipment, but Elbasan can be reached only over steep, easily-defended mountain roads.

WOMEN IN BANKS

The Government's move was announced in s radio broadcast. In the same broadcast, former Premier Mehdi Frssheri proclaimed that‘ Albanian women as well as men were determlnedxto resist the invasion.

(There ls a. women's

detachment ln-tlic...Al infamy.) W, H v _ v _ -. ma. in . “‘ The invasion was Tgersonsl tragedy for ZogQThe end‘ w“ b‘

his Queen Geraldine and the King had placed fond in Florlna, Greece, a few The Crown Prince was

Two of Zog's sisters arrived in Salonlka, Greece. The Queen and her baby reached Florina after a loll-mile auto- mobile trip and were to proceed to Salonlka tomorrow.

VIGOROUS RESISTANCE

vigilantes and invaders-with un-

in-

understood to contain speci-

flc terms for ending the war. Zog, it was reported, told Mussolini he was ready to eapitulate provided the country be left a measure of independence with Zog remaining on

Zog broadcast an appeal to his people to fight for Al- they did not need any exhorta- tlons. They could do little against Italian bombardments which shattered their coastal citles_ but they set to with zeal and repeatedly pushed back Italian landing parties to

From Durazzo, the Italians advanced nearly 10 miles (Continued on page 10, Ool l)

France Views With Concern

Developments

ion of Berlin dispatches that had adhered to the Italian- er- mari-Japanese Anti-Comintern Pact and unconfirmed reports reaching of “important troop move- meats in Germany." Official statements were lacking here oikihese iepor . ‘Ihe ian Fbreign Minlsleir. n

i

Ifivnns AILBANIA

_ Zog Seeks Peace As HIS People Offer Stiff

Resistance To Fascists

Hardy Albaniafiribesrnen Fight‘ _ - Desperately To Stem Invadersyflurls Fascist

Government Flees Capital

(By CHARLES H. GUPTILL, Associated Press Foreign Staff) . TIRANA, Albania, April 7--(AP)—Hardy Al- banian tribesmen fought desperately tonight to invasion supported by bombing

Might Against Tiny Kingdom

Italian Public Are Mystified Regard- ing Coup Staged By Mussolini.

ROME, April 8—(Baturd.a )—An official Italian news dispatch from Tlrana early today reported widespread gunfire in the Albanian Capital after King Zog and his government had fled to Elbsssn. The dispatch said tlil shooting especially intense in the vicin- ity of the Italian legal-ion.

The Italian minister and Isis staff and several Italian residents of Tirans were in the lsgstlon building, “armed and ready to dc- fend thmiselves," said the report. which was distributed to the al-

ficlal Stefan! . The dis h said there were re- ports in It'll that s

government would armed b: “responsible elements which woui

give to Albania a regime insp

by sane standards of Justice an

reminds under the auspices of imperial and Fascist Italy."

. Radios-Interior

It added lhsit at 5 P. M. (1.1 A. 1d AST) yesterday automdoilns bad

left the Rays Palace for s destin- "itt diff“... i.” "t. m“. a m . B Lil 68$ e

“Italian 3%.?‘ $1.1m-

' in wte do .d th pros-I ycsiiidbed tgeaflxittifllleas the answer

of Ita and Gummy to attempts by riaiions led by Great Birftain The troops landed Qt four efllfll

cities under cover or warship on

and 400 warplanes aaidéd the capital at Tirsna w!‘ meetin there were destructive bomb-

ggiifg resistance. Independent

ardmcnts of Albanian towns and

heavy f big. lmwrftoial state-

ments d man than. came a

From Dies. which appear d be one almost full surrender “rind as? Al-

t0 have fled from Tlra-nn to s rugced mountain stronghold 25 miles to the south. Italian report Tlr

An official conditions in ans heddaag “chaotlclj _ ( n Geraldine of Albania, meanwhile arrived in Flor-ins,