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Time Factor Is

Essence

Cf New

Allied Strategy

Britain, FranFe-Willing Tot Mark Time While Re- sources Of Empire Are Har-I nessed To Alli_ei_ War Machine.

(BY J- F- Sanders“. Canadian Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Oct. 20—(CP

Cable)—Grent Britain and

France are preparing to dig in on the western front for as long a period of static warfare as Germany chooses-just

to gain time.

_ A high military authority disclosed tonight that the time factor is the essence of the present Anglo-French strategy-time to starve Germany by land and sea block

ode, time to harness the vast

resources of the British Em-

pire to the Allied military machine.

The Allied armies are gradually being strengthened on the western front. Military authorities disclosed the flow of British troops, which put 158,000 men in France in the first five weeks of the war, is being continued and

may soon be increased.

Reviewing the minor “experimental”

actions of the

week, one authority declnred:--

“We are one week nearer winter.

Each week makes

the chance of German large scale operations that much

loss."

llcanwhlle German planes were ow.- the Firth of Forth again to- Twlco their presence was de- ':l bighin the sky. But no bclnbs were dropped. Anti-aircraft guns and British fighter planes (li‘fl\'l‘ them off before they could get close to their targets.

The German sky raiders wore believed to have been making nnalssnncc flights. Tizcir 1 air rl id hi1. ms in six Scottish cities and tllWIlS.

3 7:’ r: 5 v. E. 3 Q F

lnfiro was heard and clvillflflfl British aircraft before the ung sirens were sounded. An

nr ll‘lii illol-t time later the alarm w

b t th alert and een pu on e _ “n.

(Continued 0n page i0. Col 3) .i______-—--

Coming Events

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lloii Papen Gives Hitler Report 0f New Pact

BERLIN, Oct. ZO-Franz Von Papen, 01G school Ill, lcmat and Adolf Hitler's Ambassa 0r to Tur- kcy, conferred with the Fuehrer tonight on Gerlnauy‘: wnr pros- pects in the light of 'I‘lll”K€y'5 con- cTUFTOll cf a mutual asslsiaxico pact with Great Britain and France.

Von Papen hurried to Berlin from Ankara with a report of the behlnd-the-scenes diplomatic ac- tivity wllich is going on among the various powers for advantag- caug positions in the Balkans and the Mediterranean.

The Ccrlnan view appeared to be that while the Turkish decision to side with Great Britain and France was disappointing, the new alliance was not as lnlllflrtnnt as MEPillCd on first flllflfillli/JFITIEIII be-

. scrvations by whQcll cirn-lvrl into

.' d be ..\. L Rus .

Von Papezl was expected to re- turn to Ankara within a few days

Nuzis clnlmcd that by sign- ing the plwt Turkey became

“Britain's sloogc" and no

-~ could be regarucd as

neutral. Nazi officials said Turkey chosen a "dangerous in signing tho treaty Great Britain n n d

Britain and France "want to Ftrew unrest in the Balkans." and "iirin Turkrv into n dangerous tllnln,‘ they s .

Dlenst Aus Dcutrchland. in- im new; ccmmrntzlly, said:-

" :1 applause in the Eh lisli and YIZXlCD Dress dNDBMd Y" manyls suspicion that Tuxkeyx’: mutual assistance pact with t l} western powers was not intended as a peace nlove."

Turkey's reservation in the plot that her obll ntlons to Britain end France shoud not bring her tn conflict with Russia was the big- gcst. kernel of comfort Noah ec- kndwlcdgcd finding in the treaty.

Nazis pointed out, however, that this "loophole" would not neces- sarily prevent Turkey from clos- lng her eyes if Britain desired to occupy the Dardanelles-slymethlng Germany should not like to see.

Four Lisgtives

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. Oct. BO-Jibur men were reported tonight, to have lost their liven in the hurricane

SEEEMPIRE VAST ARSENAL HTR AHIES

High Military Officer Warns Hostilities Have Not Yet De- veloped.

NDON. Oct. Elk-A high mili- t"! officer called today for har- 06881118 0f "the whole resources of u"? 3111180 Elohim‘ to snare for the antic: ted onalaug t of 100 German visions.

Cmlwldenl- Wit-b this call was in- in Whitehall in

the discussions . be hfild soon between ministers from the different Do_ minions and the British Govern- ment_

It is becoml g i l i . dent to observxgs Tiérriastligtyltelvl planned to turn the whole Empire into a vast arsenal and training séound for hundreds of thousands o men.

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"If we ever expect to win this war there can be no doubt that the resources of the whole Empire must be developed to tho limit as between the three fighting services,” the sump m. liable military source declared.

It would be l. trflgldfolly. the spokesman said, to imagine that hostilities will continue in their present "on leash” The "@1080 Mm? was not to be under- estimated. nor was it to be thought it would throw tn the sponge without o mighty strumle.

South Africa's Minister of Agri-

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(Continued on page 10, Col 6)

SENATE HEARS E NI] 0F TALK llN NEllTNAilTY

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20—-(AP)-__ A barrage of short speeches from both sides carried the United States Senate's general neutrality tlrbste toward a close today Willi Sen-irur BIJWH tDiln-X/Irhigan) asserting that Charles A. Lindbergh offered Canada n “Erzxl: nus insult" ll’i a recent radio speech.

Bvc-wn. SliflDfillig the Roosevelt administration move to repeal the cwbnrgo on nrms shipments to bul- l‘ ( .nts. rcfcrrcrl to nu address in which the flier called for relian- Jinn of an embargo on "often ivc Pweapons" nncl virtually demanded that Canada cut her link to Britain.

Asserting that if Canada should be attacked from abroad. tile United Staics would have to defend thnt countrv. Lindbergh =imu‘lnn- eously questioned the Dominiolls "right to (ll'-".\\' us into a Eurxivwn war simply because they prefer the crown of England to American in- dependence.”

XYIBIIHQI‘.

Brown charged that Lind- bergh was trying to (Tony (‘nu- flflg. tho control of her own af- fnlrg and thus viva: encouraging "Tho snirlt of nationalistic im- pcrlalism that has cursed the world for centuries and which l| tho potent poison that hrs killed pence."

He challt-"glzpd Lindbergh’; strife- ments and his authority to make them. The flier. he continued. speak on no ones authority what- soever but his own. and "Does not represent the views of any consul- eiiablb part of the American poo-

as.‘

e added»-

"Hls argument as to the right of the United Stain to deny Canada control of its own affairs and his unnsked advice that the connection with Great Britain be out is not only a. gratuitous insult a sis- ter nation. It Ls based in n wholly erroneous concept of our continen- tal policy." .

Because the day's oratory got a nlunber of scheduled speeche: out of the way, the administration lend- ership expected that Monday or next week would find the Senate ready to begin the consideration of amendments.

which gwept Newfoundland last

Tuesday, taking a dhea,vy__ tol a "n" _ M ml“ 8mm)“ an she dry. ‘secular Barboalnlflev;

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Cligmlikglan? riearliloigiglgoiliam. that under the Monroe Doctrine ylel ed the body of William Wells. the United States was bound to gin companion, Clifford Shlrle in defend Canada. supporting the mtsgln 5nd believed dead. up- administration. "out: u and, toll-l omss Burse of the schooner our! neutral"! womm. B"- Nelson re 0d l! "$591 W" 5°" "Hi-

wrecked a Qui n and two of the

crewalgecgdsm th and Tom Bur- my wn .

Another schooner“ the Rosalind B. is a. total loss in Leading T10!- les but her crew were accounted for. Three others were known to be total losses end still another l! mound but ma: be

"We oil know that ll’! attack on Canada would violate the Monroe Doctrine, the keystone of our for- eign policy. and force us into war.

Yell we all invite attack and cer- tnlnly make it possible. by our pres- ent ostrich-Ike attitude which we are now proposing to correct."

lSeen Ha Of Peac

B!’ Charles H. Guptlll Associated Press Staff Writer

ROME, Oct. 30 -(A.P) -—Il.ll '4 calm acceptance today of the t- ish-Ikench- Turkish mutual assist- tance pact was interpret/ed bfildlplo- mat; tonight as a new harb ger of continued peace in the Mediterran- can.

The calm contrasted sharply‘with violent attacks on the proposed pact published in the Fascist press ' last summer. Fascists then condemned the prospective agreement as. part of a French-British “enclrclementfl policy anti-Italian in effect.

One newspaper in an editorial re- flecting Fascist bitterness at that time described the Turks as "trait,- ors by nature."

The serenity with which Rome acce tcd the final signing of the trea y~whlch made Turkey a p0 tential enemy in case of Italian mil- itary aid to Germany-accordingly was taken by diplomats as further assurance that Italy is determined to remain aloof from the w . Some diplomatic quarter con- sidered it possible that Britain might utilize the situation to promote better relations between Italy and Tlurkey. It; was sug ested that the two countries migh be persuaded to einchange assurances of neighbor- ly intentions and eliminate suspic- ions which bred tension 1n the . In the absence of official or o her comment on the treaty, foreign circles considered significant wide publicity given a French interpreta- tion of the Italian attitude. According to thLs French view, It- aly was favourably impressed with the failure this week of the ‘rurk- lsil-Ruisian conversations because of her desire to see the status quo preserved in the Balkans.

ing the possibility of Italian-Tur- kish co-operatlon in maintaining the neutrality of southeastern Eur- ope, for which Fascist diplomacy

Rome was represented as envision-i

rbinger e In

Mediterranean

Survivors Tell 0f Suffering Anti Terror

[By Pierre Malilaud) (By William MoGaffin, Associated Press Staff Writer)

BORDEAUX, France, Oct, 20~ Tales of terror and sutferln were told tonight by many of 300 survivors from two British vessels sunk by a. submarine Tuesday in the Atlantic about 500 miles off the Spanish coast.

Those who could maxiage it sang "God Save the King" and “My Country "Pia of Thee" as Captain D. J. McKenzie brought Tahfl res- cue shl. . the United States Fre h- tel- evpendence Hall into p0 .

Some of the survivors were bare- foot. Many of them had suffered heavily from exposure, Long rows o-f ambulances were drawn up and a coups of nurses waited when the small freighter steamed into port.

Precise official figure; o1 the number of survivors from the sunken ships. the City of Mand- alay and the Yorkshire, were lack- luil as well as the number of vic- tims. Estimates of those lost rang- ed from 16 to 60.

Scores o-f the survivors were car- ried off the sh=b on stretxzhers and taken to hospitals.

"All those rescued were English md East Indians en route to Eng- land. A number were ln serious condition from hours in the cold S605 in llfebelts. Many children

has rtriven vigorously since the war began.

_ (Continued on page 10. Col 2)

iPlans Believed Laid To Turn Turkey Into

Allied Corn

drain Men Optimistic As Buying Starts

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WINNIPEG, Oct. 20—-Cunad~ian grain men adopted a more optimis- Llc attitude t "iv as United King- dcm buyers llilill their large sale pun-has“ ‘i Western Canada v. oat after n ltvpec of several weeks during which the nation's storage facilities have been taxed to near capacity

Resumption of ivhcat exports to Great Britain followed unofficial reports that British buyers could be exported to lonew their inter- est in Canadian wheat as n result of an unrierstatidlnil between the Bisitlsli cereal nultloiitv and the Canadian Wheat Board and aLso bot/ween the tWfl Governments.

International Situation At A Glance

LONDON-Great Britain din in for war in belief time works for Allies; War Office says German charges Britain sent Poison gas to Poland indicates Reich plans lo uze gas on western front; Britain pleased with defence perfonnuncc no German planes fly over Firth of l-‘orth but fail to bomb.

BERLIN-Nazis cull Turkey Bri- tain's "stooge" ls 511151198410 Franz Von Popen report! to Hitler on Britllh-Frcnch-Turkish poet.

PARIS-Small ldvlnco patrols nlaelLln no-mans-land on Wwtbrll fron

IiI-ILSlNGl-‘ORS-Finnish ilelell‘ tlon prepares to return to Molcow with counter-p- ls for Russia-

ROMB-Itnl maintains un r- turbed nttltu e toward new oiled pact with (Turkey.

HYDE PAltK-neoldent loose- velt’: placing surface ships and submarines In different classes mu p difference in hi; lieu-e trlfity tlonl.

i

erstone

LONDON, Oct. 20 —(CP-Havas) -A detailed program to turn Tur- key into the cornerstone of the Allies’ "eastern front" lies con- cesled- behind the simple terms of the Anglo-Franco-Turkiatb mutual assistance pact signed Thursday, in the opinion of infgrmcd quarters hele

These sources believe constitu- tion of this front lmnlies complex and diverse military, dnnclal and economic arrangements.

The eventual “eastern front" may extend from the Black Sea to Egypt, qualified observers be- lieve. Its urpcsc would be, in their opin on, to protect the Balkans and to prevent enemy penetration toward the Persian Gulf and the near cast.

Turkey already possesses an un- usually efficient which is comtazvtly being reinfol The Wednesday accord envisages fix.- ancial aid by the Allies under the form of loans and credits for pur- chases ln London and Paris. Since the beginning of the year Turkey has received important credits from Britain, and recently a consider- able amount of war materiel we: delivered to Ankara.

Every means will be used to modernize the Turkish army, which military quarters here be- lieve l! already wall able to care for itself against any direct ag- gression. Purchases from her weotom allies are expected to increase the military strength of the country considerably.

Military sources pointed out that in nations neighboring on Turkey the democracies pouess consider- able forces which could be con- centrated at the Dardanelles and Asia Minor, Among them are the French troops in Syria, and the Brlitish troops in Iraq, Palestine an .

There are air bases and supply depots at all these points, and rapid mobilization would be pos- sible at any time. Liaison services are equally well organized.

War-ZS Years llgo Today

...\,_\.

OCT. 2i. loli-Gennan advance.- through Northern Belgium to the coast. checked‘. Battle of Lange- von Falkenhayn succeeded Count marck storied. German cruiser linden sank four British stum- ohipl near Cochin, India.

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TRENBNNAZIS lllSKEYTliR PUSITIUNS

Mile Wide No-Man’s Land Lies Wholly In German Terri- tory, French Report

(By H. Taylor Henry) - (Associated Press Staff Writer) PARIS. OCL. 20 —-(AP)—Small patrols of French and German ad- vance guards were repor to- night to have sklrmlshed in no- manis land on the western front as the two armies Jockeyed for possession of isolated heights and small wooded areas to strengthen their new lines,

Military dispatches from the front indicated that the no-mans-land. about a mile wide separating the new positions of the two forces, lay wholly in German territory.

The French High Command eve- ning communique said brlefly:—

‘There was patrol and reconnais- sance activity between the Moselle and the Saar.

the same direction. All quiet gen-

erally on the front dust of the Saar." The French line, marking the

more 0r less active front, appar- ently followed almost exactly along the frmitier to which the French withdrew before a German attack the first of the week.

The outpost nctlvitv was said to have been confined mostly to the two areas where the Germans at- tacked in force lust east of the hfoselle River and between Saar- bruecken and Zwiebruecken in the centre of the northern flank.

A French disclosure that a unit of one officer and 50 men was lost during a dawn patrol indicates to military observers the seriousness of the effort being made by both sides to cover tilcir new positions.

The patrols were operating in e cold. heavy rain which has fallen generally on northern and eastern France for four days

Behind the lines, however. the Poilus in rest billets played soccer and work-ed at build no. theatres where entertainments will be giv- en for men out of the front lines.

French artillery shelled the Ger- man road from Perl to Sehndorf. lust across the frontier near Lux- embourg, in an effort to break up reported troop concentrations at the point ivherc Th" Germans gain- rd a tor-hold on French soil earlier in the week.

llllAKETEiT

wltlitittiss

(Written For the Canadian Press) (By Raymond Cote)

TADOUSSAC. Que, Oct 20 — Indications (lint o'1 earthquake that shook most of cistern Canada and Unitcci stairs , rrciav had rent-h- rd 1's hrghl Ii the remote wilder- ness of Quebec's vast rolling hills ln this "north shore" district were received horn tonight

Reports trickling in from lum- boring districts through the Moun- talnous regions that rise and stretch far back from the north shore of the St. Lawrence River said the quake had opened fissures in the hills and hnd been accompanied by noise “like thunder."

Noise Like Thunder

In this little village, nestled at the bottom of "giant sand cliffs" to be out off by winter from civiliza- tion in the next few weeks —tbe shock ivns fell: distinctly. It ap- peared to last only mommtarily but was accompanied bryiotid crack- lin: and a noise that resembled distant thunder.

Most residents were abed when the shocks cn-mc yesterday morn- ing and it. was difficult to compile any ilrcclsc information concern- lng times and length of time the disturbance lasted.

_ River Said Divided

However. the disturbance occur- red at 6.55 A. M and lasted f0llflllly me minufo. It was not. un- til late totiv that traces of the qake were found in the earth's surfce. Fissures, some of the-m 200 fret long and an inch wide, wem found in different places. and at n“ wit‘ it was robflrtrd that the river was divided for 2.000 feet. The river utns sold by resfiients to have separaifid fcr an instant and

(Continued on page l0, Col 8)

We made a fewa prisoners. Local artillery activity ln~*

MUST IN NllRTNi

TIES?

Trade Pact Hits Snag Is Belief

As Talks Drag

(By Jean Champenois, MOSCOW, Oct. 20-(CP

an extra week.

sell.

But Russia is finding it diffi the Reich at a time when the

Union plans to demobilize in

negotiations, according to w

Trade, A. I. Mikoyan, and his

But minister Plenipotentiary Karl Rltter, who heads the German trade mission, was understood to have brought the negotiations down to brass tacks by peremptory stating that the Reich needs 2.000.000 tons of manganese and 2,000,000 tons of petroleum within the next year.