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Joint War Games Em- phasize A n glo - French Defence Collaboration In Mediterranean.

LONDON, Feb. l8 llinety_two warships f the Home and Mediterranean eefa of the Royal Navy were assembling today at Gibraltar for manoeuvma start- ir; next Wednesday in conjunction with the liiediterraneivn war games cf some 20 French craft.

Diplomatic quarters said the combined naval forces would, keep an eye out for any I moves against Tunis and COIIIBI- Bench‘ Limiter-canons; nosucsfbno

Ill W C j til-ll“ "1 ‘add public have advanced claims.

The combination of the British [cine and Mediterranean Fiesta for manoeuvres on e eastern aide of the Gibraltar ga _ y of the Mediterranean . neared to repre- Int a m-w manl estation; of the liiiish policy of defence r %vrlil\ France.“

g spr ng manoeuvres’ British Fleet were held the Atlantic side cf Gibraltar in the- hst two years. '

Except rrr two battleships and lmir submarines gum the French Atlantic Fleet. France's manoeuvr/ lug ships were those of the Med- iterranean Fleet. They remained vltlim easy sailing distance of

lbraltar. between that British

establishment 4e»; l" '

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COMlNGhEV-EEND

Rate for Notices in

lcents pcr word.

m i; ‘t’ "Bkatlng Saturday eveninG.

Vittoria Rln .

t-lilH-Erl. sat. Jan. 20 to Mar. 18. “llwultal cake sale, Feb. 18.

ti Moore dz Memoirs. by ladim of

It. Jain-cs Church. L-dtil-il-ld-Si.

"Tip Tops vs. Nine Mile Creek

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thia column

liillilogs wriignt at Afton rtink- lists after. " L482. ‘Mount Stewart vs. Hornets.

film Rink mun v . (and 315 cents; skate after. from

f \

"HWRW at Dance Cove oc- light. Blue Birds Vs." Ran Eating Saturday night.

‘been -v l- 3mauif‘%.t¥.l..?“lt.ii. z-reyttmceiiu. lesion 25¢. Ladies i5

. nilci-a-ri-u. "Reserve mister Saturday 1'01‘ lie annual pantry sale in aid oi 8t. Vincent's Oriabanage. L-sfiti.

Far u . n d.Wlil u gexa§§i$ hi? “diverge: omega.

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llsoclation iii-em Hospital

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PARIS, Feb. i6 -(AP) -—'1'he British Government was reported. today in circles close to the Presi- dent of Government dipain, Manual Azania. to have taken the lead in attempting to end the long civil war.

Azana was said to be supporting effort‘! bf Prime Minister Cham- berlain of Great Britain, as was the French Premier, Edouard Daladier.

nlsh Government officials with Azana at the Spanish Em- bassy where his Foreign Minister, Julio Alvarez Del Vayo. was ro- pcrted attempting to stave off the formers resignation as President, said Mr. was directing the Briiglsh peace er- forts through representatives at Burgos _

Previous Efforts Failed

Previous efforts to effect peace collapsed after the Insurgent cc- cirpatlon of Catalonia use General Franco refused b» iruer- antes the safety cf Spanish Gov- ernment l-eiders whom Insurgents accuse of "high es "

Ariana who refused Alvarez Del

wh

heading efforts to orizcni ate l istance in the central acne. was said to have declared he fear- ed such a step would be in- terpreted as a move on his cart to prolong the war.

He was reported to have declared he wanted hostilities to end quick- He, and h.'s aides stated their be-

f that if negotiations were con- ducted with eincerlty evident in mlnscanish sailor. Mrbuﬁﬂﬂé;

en's propose as a . gorges’ could “be greatly Blmllll-

e .

l

BaaicOf rain

was under- icdhiefﬂlllﬂ‘ cpenccn- ill-sues penna- thoec made

m. Chamberlain stood to have inetruc

Chamberlain personally i

a egrln at the let Bpﬂi Ocrtea

V‘

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"rs-cos

nccetinlof (Parliament/ll

Where Japanese Struck

Britain Seeks Peace In Spain President af-Govemment

Spain Supports Efforts. TorEnd_yLp_ng..Civil.-War.i »

Feb. 2 at Figueroa:- cn of Span

1 Evacuati

rltory by foreign volunteers.

2. not be

lesdens of Government Sprain.

3. Ellimixiat/ion of influence from

all

in

450% my shone how Island cf llainan peheﬂ ,1 occupied principal eitfof Hoihow, serves’ as "ca, "i':".,°§°,;,,"','; French Inﬁll-China. controla vital British trade routes. Island a

lsh. ter- Assurarices that reprlsais will taken against “‘

foreign

Although Insurgents previously

refused to consider these conditions. President

collectively or sin

sly-

Aaana was said in have echoed so. that Franco

Chamberlain’; view might be made

concessions from his "uncondit cnel

mand for

ViOiIB

villllng to mate

de-

Ill?-

render" if Britain did the negotiat-

ful it was said

the Insurgents.

would be declared, followed by the Madrid-Valencia-Alicsnte acne

Move 0n Capital

PERPIGNAN. France.

rthet Q

roi- rid, again the Govcrnm

was under severe

lie the press and pu

Wh best dci 60 “Hindi

World News In B

(‘,2 thaYangtle

Chisel!

fifth successive dgy, Mad en capitol

dment. bile in the tifilnmrlmﬂt-

bombs-r

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M’ . Should negotiations be swee-

ice to

ltlAliKEllllli or iliii riiunuci is iiiscussin

0f Five Provinces Seek Co -

blems. MDNIRBAL. Bib. l6—(CP)—- Agricultural experts from Can-

ada's five eastern provinces will meet here next month to consider

announ- ced today after s "friendly dis. cussion" among representatives of Maritime, Quebec and Ontario Governance-ts,

"rhe object is to assemble and appraise ail the facts connected with the marketing of farm pro- ducts," Hannarn said. "Particular attention will be paid to those pro- ducts of which there is an export- ablie surplus. It was felt the mar-

i

raw are up against 0t glared by any one province acting one.

(Jo-operation Neccsaa y

“ihereforea measure of co~ operationlsnecessaz-ylf ‘

ereiobeaseuredofprlcecwhich will give them a reasonable re- ward for their work. ‘rho dis-

themselves as a le. “it is hoped that out of this conference will come lnifcnnat-lon which will enable producers and governments to agree upon a undfled course of action, and in that way find a solution not pos- sbile otherwise."

Agriculture Minister Bonn nus; saint of Quebec, who presided told gﬁptgtcrs I-he Biithéerini; tvelgs ttioesﬂﬂ

a. " s or ganiae agrtilceulture “affairs

provinces.

“m wish to discuss better co- ope ion in the marketing of our products," he said. “and nize the field in uantlty-anq qua of

oducts n ed at home an a-

"Itis our intention to see that the work done along lines in

pl or anything like that, we want to find_outg_how_we can help one an-

(Continued. on page 9,_(_iol ii)

Freak Weather Followed By Arctic liolil

Feb. l6

mus-ax. 4w) -

With freak weather over for the time be . Nova Scotla and

Pl‘ residents as temperatures- fsll. Markings of 53 degrees in the

day were replaced by raturcs

around i0 above nero tonight.

At Kentvllle. in the Annapolis Valley. a of mon- than 40 de- giees in a ll le more than 12 hours ch . inhabitants of the

Isle-like gromtticna drove mercury ere to ti! d night when an eeotrical s

a means emu a. ‘gases! colds and mi attaegagcf nae. Sickness had increased in n- cemt foggy weather. , Blow fell li htly on Prince-ltd. ward Island a ier an early-morn- temperature fell

Agricultural Experts g1” Eastern on

operation On Pro- m“,

lreting difficulties which producers-

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to O} a‘ with

in 1n our so“

Says Ireland Gould iict Remain Neutral If Britain At War

DUBLIN, Feb. 16-(0? Haves)- Etre could not remain neutral in a. war between Great Britain and an-

gi-t cat- gland. would lead antag- _ regard Eire as a combatant and part of their cam-

n would be to prevent Irish supplies from reaching Eng-

Thc statement came after several deputies had asked that. the Gov- ernment quit blurring and admit that "Ireland's real defence is British Navy," during Dali debate of new budget estimates for nat- ional defence.

"We in Ireland, if we had a un-

(Continued on page 9, Col 1)

FARM PRliBlEM DISCUSSED AT

“The man who can adapt htnself to circumstances has been amE arid-

eummed up h ad arm re-habilltation” be iottewwn Board of Trade last . . Mr. Eaton, who has marge of the Dominion Illustration stations oveiaPrincc Edward - ‘ oeso- f ' and cular e e orte U! stations Iii re-habiliiate the verished is on farms here. He also dealt with the re-hsbiiltatlon of . It was "Just as hope try to make farmers who left the land return t4) agriculture or to make farmers out of men who had no natural inclination that way as it was for a clergyman to save a soul that didn't want to be saved," Mr. lilaton declared. On the other heard really gﬁgd who proved ey were rg type could still et financial asssiiance themselves on the

Lesa “Price Spread" Would Help

er had to sell and what he had to it d promote a spirit of in a communities

carried more definitely to th le mi ht be a solution to gigereqelgiailltatlon problem, the puty Minister thought. Still a good many people

(Coriidnuedon page 9, Goff)“ Was Native 0f Tins Province

HALIFAX. “Feb. l6 - (C?) — Blends in Halifax learned tndigoof the death pf Mrs. Elizabeth r- dim Wlnfied, wife- of J. H. win- field of Halifax, president and man- ﬁ director ol Maritime Tele-

e and Telegraph Com any, itcd. Mrs. Winfield die in orfolk, V is, while accompany- lngherhus ndcnatripwrlor-

ida.

She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gordon Fraser, of Oilarlotieto u. J. Wellesle-g Fras- er of rottier.

Edmonton, Altm, is a

llr. tLST. Wilson. um At Portland

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; Qgality Counts Wort

l-IAB “PREPARAWNS PRUBt APABE Fllli BIG EVENT

Outlined For Cele- _bration Here In July.

A tentative 9108mm for the celebration of the 75th anniver- SB-Tl’ 0f the meeting of the Fathers of Cxmfederation here was drawn up yesterday. Mr. Judlce A. E. Arsenauit presided in iiho absence of Premier 'I‘lia'rie A. Campbell, s). present in Ottawa,

Members of the various com- mittees strove to compose a. pro- gram that would be balanced re- garding the historic and sroeech- maldng side of the celebration as compared with the amusements.

0n Sunday, July l6, the tenta- tive program calls for a church Parade and special church vices throughout the province with reference being made to the historic meeting.

will Unveil Plaque

Monday. the following day, Plaques commemorating the meet- in of the statesmen here in 1864,

l be unveiled. mutations will be sent to the Governor-General, the Prince Minister and his cab- inet. and the Iateurtermnt-Gover- nors and Premiers of the Provin- ces to altitend the ceremony, Other events planned for the day ... "PIIPMI. band-concerts amirrfire- works.

Tuesday will see more than 700 firemen representing units from various points in the Maritime Provinces on parade. Acoustic sports and yacht rrwes, including ship's boat races between crews of the various war vessels that will belnportfortheweek, wlllbe staged. Main went of the even- ing will be the firemecfs ball.

Golf Course Opening

On Wednesday the new “Anne of Green Gables" golf course at the National Park _on the other side of the Province will be open- ed officially. During the after. noon the firemen will stage a Ernament while the evening will

(Continued on page 9, Col I)

Free Press Said Guard Against liictatorships

MONTREAL, Feb. 16 —(OP) —- Newspapeia are unanimouslv Ir galnsr, the grcsser forms of ec- onomic fallacy, and for this rea- son a newspaper in the true sense of the word must be opposed to all types of dictatorships Col. Robert McCormick, publisher of the chic- ago Tribune, told the Canadian Forestry Association at their an- riaui meeting here toda. “Newspapers and dict-a rs can- not exist in the same country," he said, "economic eedoim and

‘dictators cannot exist in the segue or

country. Therefore, freedom

freedom for

newspapers means every one of you."

‘the newspapers of today at times take sides in controversial subjects, but onbasic plnclples th are united, Col McCormick

set .

“they respond to constructive Iegisla loin and to foolish Legisla- tion ust as other industries do. But ey are unanimously against the grower forms of economic fal. lacy." he

Tentative Program Is t

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reason. in? mlist be fq- 1i Mussolini, -

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Annual lnhaaeiption bani-ea

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EC QQOSIPJIALE 1s RAZED B Y “7*‘LA”u?E”§ FLEET SMASSESMWAT ﬁBRA

Concentrate

the biasing 9t. Michel llArehange

day, another ‘I00 men and women

erica's largest.

QUEBEC, Feb. 16-(C. P. against flames raging fierce Michel L’Archange Hospital andoned tonight all hope of structure from destruction.

D. C. S. Roy, St. Michel S “no chance” that the flames

sary.” The section destroyed men patients.

to halt the drive tine ﬂames.

Bntevcnbcfovne theyhadettilv and turned

the blazing etrilotilﬂl. of several hundred patients and many incl: in. the infirimary had

In leee than a half-hour the wing was vacant except for hos- pital attendants. 81W Him-l Wl1° operate the institution under dir- action of provincial authorities, and runes who took charge of re- moving furniture, valuables and even electric ﬁxtures from all the rooms.

All Acoonnted For

Hoqaital cheek-up immediately after the Wing's evacuation revealed ever! patient accounted for.

The only death which occurred diiu-ing the fire came from na- tural causes An aged patient who hadlaininsiek-bedforweitsin the men's section was found dead when orderl-les came to carry him away.

were tranmorted from their quar- ters to the northern wing. later as the fire continued unabated they were moved by ambulance i0 nearby Hospice Dufrost.

Soon aifter the block had been cleared out, fine doors ‘in hallways leading from it to the other hos- pim] buildings were clamped shut while the firemen souiim W “m” the flames.

Winl joint:

‘lihey blamed me sirens Wlml planing in through meshed win- dows for the advance of the fire hour after hour along from the eaetcmsidecfthewlngwhereit bmire out towards the women's

quarters.

‘me firemen were able to hell spread of the flames northward ".""-".“‘°.l"1‘.

age a dicta . a nioodier dictator like Hitler, or s “a ‘!'1‘&-_ _'°'-"‘....=l*!°.£““"-'T-.

drraw . m. 1c Qroe -.An-- t of the ce Qbhfid 0|

ocnuaueacnpnaetmlt)

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Government To Discontinue Bonusing Wheat Growers

videa

iaiadcnwhiehwilicarrymrtashr ‘gndbie _ one of ‘ehlgeonwrnmissicnsmtch “Lﬂscttlieﬂovernmentabcsrld rsmainoutofthc grain trade wheatahouldbeniarhted otthefuttuhmarhet

wiihtlmdlf o: ich

thewayof lhePreirteawe ndtcip let-

aa ihereecmmsndalti

lndmn‘ byrneana

m _ - . sﬁrl crcrmrcwsmw“

ouier sick in the infirmary first ’

He“ Lilﬁiﬁlllhllll-I-F-U

TTlDuSﬂHd Men Patients Removed Safely

Firemen Powerless To Halt Drives ‘

Of Flames On Saving

Adjoining Buildings.

QUEBEC, Feb. l6—(CP)~_—Hndreds of incurably insane patlenia ll

Hospital were evacuated from tha

huge asylum tonight sa fire raging for l4 boars in the men's section bl! into the main building of the institution. After 1,800 men patients had been removed to safety during the

were led out cf their quarters to-

nglht, some struggling with policemen and guards and a few in strait- Jaekets, Only 300 remained unmoved in thelsyllnn, one of North Ara-

)-After an eight-hour battle ly in the men’s wing of Si. for the insane, firemen ab- saving the five-storey brlei

Despite the efforts of more than 100 firefighters from a half-dozen stations, the fire, wind, swept through the largest send-circular section the sprawling hospital buildings.

whipped by a powerful

uperlniandent, said there w‘ might be halted before tho

entire brown-walled wing was in ruins and precautions had been taken for evacuation of all buildings if “neeclr

housed the hospital's LII

Fire Destroys Laehute "Bliurell ‘

Church despite efforts of 11mm who fought the blaze for sev

hours sulrzem temper-aim

Value of the property was estimwt- ed between $30,000 and $40,000.

‘Hie blame spread rapidly rh

the tmyear-old church and a. short time later the roof collapsed. leuv. ing only the four walls standing. Firemen said the fire broke 0d in the vicinity of the fin-mace in the rear of the basement. No one was injured

RAILWAY DECREASE

MO

. Feb 16-(0? i‘ acerease of $29,536 )d

Iwas shown to-

Iliihﬂfwﬂ said I-‘wuvmes

Decleahg fefrsnd

BM- wlnsﬂ, mostly westerly;

r l z

ion.

"tlintcncccragemcnltbc ‘a entothecreticncf lhabehg‘. b 4

Anccirﬂcqnpcﬂ

. Que. Feb 1G a-(OPY. Fire of undetermined o todq ~ destroyed the Iachiste United