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is iiiiiiiiin PLANNING‘ NEH BDVERNMENT

Definite Showdown On Anglo - French Mediation Efforts Expected Wednes- day.

PARIS. Feb, 20—(AP)—A n- ported plan of General Franco for a new Nationalist Government for all 5min, with himself as dictator- isi chief of state, was widely in-

, "‘ tonight by dlplomwta al foreshadowing close , ent re- lations with Genrnany and Italy.

Meanwhile, British-French peace negotiations at Burgos, mugged on Nationalist insistence that the Republican Government surrender unconditionally, approached a. iliowdown in a conference sched- lled for Whadneeduyr

Reports Franco has chosen his hsoiat brother-ln-law, Serrano Biuier, as prospective premier came u Paris newsppuu widely re-

produced a rnesaage of “eternal gratitude" from the GeneraPs Foreign Minister for the friend-

iblp oi Germany, Italy, Portugal and Japan.

‘ihe message was sent k; a Ger- llllll periodical, Wllle Und Macht, V! General Oount Francisco Gomez Jordana, Nationalist rer- ilgn Minister. The message added to mild excitement occasioned by “it "Ported choice oi Suner. “whether 11gb", _ ' , "it new zovemnient-eigni ‘min- isters under Elmer's "nominal dir- ectlon-ss a permanent regime was a question. Franco was said

u have filled mcst or the posts ‘t’

on proper, according to reports reaching Rome, but installation mist not take place until he could n e all Spain his.

France and Grout Britain were Moi-led to have counted long on restoration of the Spanish mon- Itchy as a means of increasing lbelr influence on the new Bpein.

With ernissaries to Hui-goo, they were virtually committed to early recognition of the Franco regime '1 ‘hi? 18881 government 0f Spain b" Writ seeking to turn Franco from his deanand for uncondition- ll Ruliublicen surrender.

show-down Wednesday

nunuos, 5min, 'm. so-s definite showdown on ‘iih- Pftiich mediation ettforta in Spain's civil war was gxpiteq 1m‘ w“:

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Rite for Notices in this column

looked .

Brita in

Trade

The Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons that Ro- bert Hudson, parliamentary secre. fury to the Department of Overseas Trade, will go to Moscow and oth- ed northern capitals after he and Oliver Stanley. president of the Board of Trude, visit Berlin during trade negotiations between the British Federation of Industry and the corresponding Gemmn Association.

Britain's approach to Rusls. has both economic and political aspects. Mr, Hudson's visit will deal prim- arily with trade but the wider question of cooperation in the in- ternational field will not be over-

In r nance 0f Realism

Behind the Government's econ- omic missions. which concern coun-

trles as litlcaly dissimilar as Russia a Germany, is our relat- ions with other Governments." It

is his way oi carrying his policy oi realism a step further. ‘The decision to send Mr. Hudson to Moscow was regarded us e: dis- tinct clhange tﬂzstrg warmer mllt- erei 91B. .esove _0lI-. This was ‘s llicd also, some‘ er-- .1 , by a dinner given to- "lscount Hall ox. Mr en's foreign seuetary. by aisky, Russian Ambassador

Lon on. Irgirdjlallfa was reported to-.

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Resigns As Director 0f Railway

OTTAWA, Feb. 20 oh

— (C?) oi Toronto. of the

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internal management," Minister Howe told the House of Commons today.

The Minister, answering a ques- Coneervetive header Mr. Murdoch's rc- recegxed a‘ few ms ago and cc n nee n con - tion with‘ it would be tabled in the House tomorrow.

Mr. Murdoch, prominent Toronto lawyer, is pres nb Nor‘ Mines Lim ted. l-le was HPPWIM to the c. N. n. wuootorotc in i930 when the present system 0i control oi the railway by directors was set up to replace the former sysi-sm o! operation under a board

signatlon was

Lqﬂljampcr wo . of trustees. n30 ' iring;lii‘ie';‘litg“ioi‘li.glig"an§‘§ Released From _ ‘m Jail To Testify or: k Ann - ---~ Well .i.Z'..ii£“.._si.l2a..°°‘“ rrsnnrsx, Fob. 2o —<ci=\— » ' 1,452, Lloyd E. Walker oi Halifax, one

"Hockey tonight at New Glas-‘l

°W- Imucrlals vs.

. Meg's Iieais. Ex- btlon going ‘ 1,451

“First game linsl layoff, un- ion Rink tonight, uskies vs. lhvle leafs. L450.

"Oome to inseam-l... party con-

Wl and dance, Bonnhaw Hall New. m. am. admission 1° Mu. n-us-z-ao-n.

r "The hockey match remained "cedar hunt between Vlc~

Unions vs. Alberton ma» Mlbuned till tonight trues-

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Swtlan: charged with

of 2t Nova release

of John group. Walker dad been sentenced to jail for eight days. l-Ils release came today after he tell what he knew s- bout ruin running. The group is alleged to have conspire to de- fraud the Dominion Government 14.000000 through illegal liq-

uor activities. was ad-

Alliances

Chamberl-ei-ir-Fs European.» Policy Of Appeasement Begins To Tllie New Form

(By J. F. SANDERSON) ‘have as some (Rinservntiva (Canadian Press Staff Writer) members Parliament by his LONDO Feb. so —(CP Cable) friendly relevance to Russia I

__pr-nm mo; Qhgyubmhm‘; talk on foreign affairs at a private Eur-own appeasemm, pgucy m. meeting with them a few night: c" "on": s“: so m" ~

an announcemen a res. r- .. tilll-inishls seeking @0156!‘ trade rela- lmlud“ In m‘ '

o lps with Russ a, Finland, Po- land and Germany. onmﬁgmfﬂfﬁywﬂ‘ Hinﬂmigﬂf‘:

Pursues

member of his sin! in the Depart- ment oi Overseas Trade, uncl by Frank T. A. Ahston-Gwutkln who served on Viscount Runclmanh un- official mission of mediation in Casein-Slovakia before the Munich Conference last Se ternber. Warsaw and. liels tors also were on their itinerary. Po and and Rus- sia. have Just concluded a most-fav- ored nation trade agreement and there have been re rts that the P0.lsh Foreign Min t/er, Colonel Joseph Beck, soon may come to London. . sis said it is hoped Mr. Hud-

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ports.

The trade question figures largely also in negot atione already begun with Nationalist S in for Bri ish recognition ui eneral Franco's Gtglﬁrnment. ted t m

tain was x o recogn

rerun..." sdnilietlsismaeim ee. isiectorv concessions. The 6on- servotive press has been urging this step without dell. in belle it may inf uence Franco looirin to Bri- tain instead of Italy and ermany fsor ﬁnancial help in rebuilding . DB

Fighting Flares At ll. Y. Bund Meeting

NEW YORK. Feb 2D -(AP) Fighting broke out. tonight on the stage of ,u Square Garden at a mass meeting o! the pro-Nazi GermaruAm can Bund.

An unidentified black-haired man lumped to the stage while or Frite

ahredl. lice from the Garden.

Blast Wrecks Belfat Hall

BELFAST. 11kb, D0—(AF)—A bomb explosion tonight partially wrecked a hail ‘of the Ancient ‘Order oi mberniana,

One of the six persons in the building was injured. Police said casualties would have been hlshﬂ‘ but for the fact that 00 members had gnoe to another Hibernian hall to c. dunno.

[will o... For Home Thursday

0mg . no. 20—(0?)—Hoor. . H. nnll. of ul- ture for Prince Edward Islen . who ‘dhlilifi. “l: l?‘ vlveiavinw‘ nospilli

' infirm bee eﬂilﬂned m:

e Tanner nearin until ‘Marsh dire to in- oi crown counsel to be

rrleumonia. la ex- Bgcted to leeve arlottewwn on ‘Ilhuradli.

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Hint 0f New Europ- ean Crisis Raises

Ire Of Nazi Papers. ' . 3V0. IlF-(Allﬁ-Jrhe Gmnan- ﬂwi lt-

pondence » ,\ Deutsehland. attributed to him a "critical influence" on the policies of western powers.

The uirtcuks were occasioned by reports the President might cut short s. Caribbean cruise and re- tum to Washington because of European storm clouds.

The Berlin newspaper Niwhtaus- lobe, in its headline, ssiid the President was “seeing ghosts" and went on to exert that. he "again prophesies a war." Another Ber- lin‘ paper, Inkul Anzeiger. com- mented, “He who sows the wind will redo a. storm."

Bitter Oiltburit

The outburst against the Pre- sident was the most general and the most intensive since early in February when stories 0n his meeting with the United States Senate Military Affairs Committee had wppeared.

In general, the press pictured all America. as excited by the “new baiting by peace-disturbs!‘ Roosevelt . and s-Wtlseitrtcnli in Washington." Nachbeusgeb- asked if the President's "ceaseless was- gossip" was intended to push Europe into war to aid the United States arms industry.

Diensf. Ans Deutschland said

taln pcpeis in London and Paris the cue for a. press campaign ag- ainst authoritarian states and aim- ed at detaching their policies at my price

is used to show what. a critical influence the aggressive policy of

the American President exercises on the position oi the western powers."

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Unemployment Insurance Plan lllrged In House

OTTAWA, Feb. 20—(CP)—A nut- lonai system of contributory unem- ployment insurance, patterned after the insurance clause of the social security legislation in the United States wlbn the provinces entering as urged upon the ommons today and found general support. A. W. Ne 1i (1nd. Comox-Albcmi) moved a resolution caning upon the House to express the opinion that “a national ssytem of contributory unemployment insurance for Con- sda is a pressing need at the pres- ent time and should receive immed- iate attention." Reoa ling ihe failure. on consti- tutional grounds, oi the unemploy- ment insurance legislation broug t down by the last Conservative d- mmistrotion. and the refusal oi three province.’ to approve the nec- cssary cone: tutionai amendme sought , the present Govarnme to ear e we for a national plan Mr Neill urged immedlat acti

with epmvinces. Approves Resolution nu Martin (us. m»: also approved the rcamution and complernen lsiation $151.1 old lite an page co widen illegible!

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noisy,

lnverness» Hospital Destroyed

INVERNESB. N- 8. Feb 21-(0?) —’.l.'hc Memorial llolpital, one o! the two ae this small o0m-_ munlty, wan uoed tp~tt4 founda. tlouearlythlamorningbyaftro of unknown about ll o'clock lalt ht.

All patients, believed 20, were removed without injury.

Begun-ring in the third floor 0| the hree storey wooden building» Lust over the operating room, the

spread rapidly despite ed- iorts of volunteer firefighters. A stiff northwest wind whipped the ilre and although responsible for the rapid spread kept the flames from the nearby home of Dr. F. I. McLeod and nuraes resid- 8110C-

Puticnts were removed without confusion by olunfzens, nurses and nurses from nearby St. Mary's llospltul- Automobiles and trucks were commandeered to carry the more seriously ill patients to St. Mary's. while others were removed to private homes.

nun TDDAY Fiiil iijiiiii

Various Associations

~ Gﬁndlufﬁrganizatioiis

Will Launch Ses- sions.

Farmers from all sections oi the Province other in chsrlottetown

, "n llilhoted in Berlin that this on, m0 1,,- me o m. is not the first bime there has slon oi the ann mee of the sum our, o1 Wgghmgwn go (m. Cengalt FEHIIETS Institute, gvengg

Sheep Breed operative Egg and Poultry Associ t. ion the Horse Breeders Associat- on the Dairymenu Association will ow. The sessions, which lest until Tnursday ni ht have become known as "the ers‘ Parlia- ment," where problem of agricul- t are discussed and new policies

ed. Central F's-rulers’ Institute is t, owning at

an: fol

$5121,“ reside Mr. R. Shaw,

ful farmers will not exceeding l minutes on some hose of farm work. The include, eggs-s. Wylie Gibson, arshfield. Hudson Lowther, Bede us. Lincoln Dewar‘, New Perth, _ A. Profltt, Fr town, and Clifford Lea, Victor- ia. elr talks will be given at. the afternoon session or t e Institute, sehedued to open at 1.30. Mr. W. Ross, Kinross, is acting secretary the Institute in plai%oi the late E. Meclfienzie of ton, secre- ci the organization for many occurred last

or‘ tiry gears whose death

e tember. ~ , cnlglit’ session will be devoted to the ou=iness of the Swine Grow- while tomorrow rrﬂng will open with the sheep

0U

ers‘ Association. mo

Breeders in the saddle

‘tomorrow afternoon and evening

the business of the g and Poul-

ry Association will occupy the at- tention of delegates.

Thursday morn final daytgé w

the "Pauinment" be devo orse Breeders Association

and . J. uce f iNinI. Both these men are ache

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FARMERS WILL

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Britain Seeks Let-up-

In Fascist Press Campaign Against France,

in the ‘ terests of European peace while Iluscist Government con- blnued her defences in the orth African colony of m .

bye.

The Earl of Perth, British Am- bassador, celled the attention oi the Italian Foreign - , Count Goleozm Oisno, particular- ly to Relazlone Internuzional, a weekly review published in Milan by the Government-supported in_ stitute for foreign policy. The re- view hed voiced directs that It-- alisn troops might settle its scores viribh France unless Italian claims are granted.

Willdetilovdea

Onlktnlliiheweekkypretliob- edlmlywoulidgdttimelcgielazsd department of France, even ii rho hadtoflghitfor it. "B0006!!! lawFf-he NPR . "mustbereturnediothlllﬁd themoizherlend." Omﬂibkhﬂlln-

ally settled by Itali was mid

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to France in 176B.

In well-informed quarters it We!‘ sate Perth" also renewed 1M 5501mm; 139N013 Q01’! on Italian troop reinforcements in Iribye. -

Oount Cienowuundemtoodw have assured the envoy again that areoentreiniiorcesnenitwaeupre- taken solely

left two dead last. night as

killed Earl McClellund, a Ma

of Saskatchewan's Moosornin ford.

ped sharply and while water

pest. loch lnowirloohed

special a1 _ day night in railway coaches when the Canadians National Railways line became blocked.-

stonny, cold weather continued in the Masibimea. Bleet and fog

at Saint John. where Sunday night two inches of snow a ed a brisk northeast win . Strong westerly

winds blew down on Nova Scotla. and heavy rain followed Sunday's

cautionary measure mm, in view of French reinforoesnenin qfm mgr“; method; 1- .. "rs-tors s. -

m t, ha“; m, 1 gm ou e coun . o e ec planned m PM” mo“ up"; Cl .1 wgieae the blinufigd bled up aw u» w» moi-c" we; ma. ziislsmirms on; m" numb“ °l “m” ‘mm "' cancelled because of delivery dif-

000 to possibly more than 100M0- scoqrted lit-

allan assurances that the threats in Reluzione rnternanicnal, which foreign circles attributed to youns Fascist "homemade." were contra-IT be the govermnenfs policy. however, that

merit policy,

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Blamed For Blasts Felt In Halifax

HALIFAX, Biol). 20 ——(OP )- Possibllity two mysterious blasts felt in Halifax early today might have resulted from explosion of accumulated gee in a. sewer at the large Imperial Oil refinery across the harbor near Dartmouth was suggested tonight by R. D. King, assistant superintendent.

Kingsald there was no darn in the big refinery along hrabor but officials were investigat- ing whether there had been a smell e loslon. Ho said sirch s thing m ght have happened.

'I‘he blasts were felt in Halifax and Darbmou . Neither police nor firemen could give a-rry

a

urination. suggest-ion the blasts might have small earth

a quake was ruled out. Dr. J. H. L. of Dalhmisie University mid ilre eeisrn ph recorded no ‘with rm.-

Japanese Would Of Terrorists

TOKYO. Feb. 20 --(OP-1iavaa) viaahilied athishcma “Assess on of Cling tnh terroristcfireduponandwosm

Shanghai

in the Japanese! VQIIIX!

. stern atapa to cleanse the Japanese-held port

oi uohgunmen. . ‘Alfewlioursbcfcredilighoh

iiculties. QuebecuPremler Duples- sis found taxicnbs unavailable at a railway station and eerful accepted offer of a lift to his hotel in a baggge truck.

MONOTON. N. 3., Feb, b0- (OH-Dne here at 8.25 p. n. today from Montreal, the Ocean Limited Ilxpren oi the National Railways

their ml!

places . last night only bwo streets in the

upper-town were open to traffic and automobiles um- oui. the city were buried in high drifts, piled uptiary g. gig-mile gale.

n many par o e province marocned motorists spent Sunday night. in automobiles stalled on ru nl roads.

"Dry sleeV-noted, too, through- out uebec and other parts oi the intone-left eastern 0n- tarioh highways in particularly bad condition. Ordinary snow

resort to high-powered equip- ent.

‘treacherous streets

Oity sh-eefl and hi hwnys suf- fered from oe costings. Some sections were hard h y alien by

packed drifts and road gungshad m

it wires smashed

gin

of the week-

wea a brief electric Montreal and area. The dawn

brok , oeom th i lleketthirnder misfit? n

“Purge"

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Wester;i__CanadAa

Bea rs Brunt OF Paralyzzng Blast Two Deat-l-is-Pittributed To Raging Snowstorm- Transportation And y Communication Disrupted A blizzard that exte-rlm-lilmost from coast to coast

Canadian transportation and

communication systems recovered slowly from one of the worst buffetlngs of the winte Striking hardest in the Pra

r. - irie Provinces, the storm nitoba Province relief worker

who was found dead from exposure at Middlechurch, just north of Winnipeg, and Johnny Wright, 68-year-old Indrlarr

Reserve.

Towering snowdrifts and biting winds defied police for l3 hours before the officers broke through and discov- ered Wright's frozen body_ 15 miles from North Battle-

Colder weather was hailed. inOntaI-io as an antidote against flood threats brought by the storm. Break-up andj jam of ice in various streams ceased as the mercury drop-

flowed still over some high-

ways, it was believed danger of serious inundation; wal _

Balkan Entente p Shuns Russia in Discussions

Soviet R o

direct participation

political affairs. After the "Mtidnietar _of

in

e were a Th prospects m tn e the possl would be excluded EQ delibe§tlons which are to start in tomorrow with Alexander Marlrovioh

a; Sulcru General John M Premier

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