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Iigé T QQITAE EXPANDS “PEA CE GERMAN FLEET sAILs P516291»...

luvflui run strum; mirloruvnrs

No Alarm Felt In Bri- tain But “Keeping Eyes Open.”

...."‘.i."...“'..‘ii.." s...‘*..'2“?.'".. concentrated at this Iavafbalo cred‘ 1o-

were ord

ht to on board their ah pa by dnlght.

(In ndon the ty said It no information on the lab

(By The Associated ‘mm ~

alter-soon. reliable quarters raid.“ hold annual s I manoeuvres in - the coast ofhpslm

and Paris o! this intention- ,_ It wll

m: t r cnflxsom t»;

e u we o e _ -

_. __theri'wlth_ cstroyera otndmcb were part! . .. ‘

Ofllcial olth h i. the! refused to reveal the pl splashed for the fleet games, emphasised the plans had been in preparation for almost a year.

They cautioned against Inter- preting the exercises as havln any gonngctlnn the Interns Ill] situsgtion. q» the contrary. they sold, ii.’ the VG s; Government feared that the European situation {ween orr-lltlim ti: fleet use’: van’:

o so , hem]: nor travel through the Huh lish channel. a I ' , i. erpickocifor ‘the clsss was not named. It was

ships would . . ersl s ' lsh ports on the Atlantic coast and night carry out ‘their manoeuvres in the presence o! Nationalist General Franco.

It was understood six cruisers, including two o! Germany's 1°.- ooo-ton " loot battleships," gather-writ destroyer end subma- rine fiotiilos, had leit Kiel.

(In London the Press I tion ssid the exercises would lest about a month). '- Moaruwhile, the newspoperrrank-

asserted the totali- lxsve at last gained n . outlet on the Atlantic through Spain's adherence to. Anti-pcmintern mot. warning to rrsnoe sud Greet Britain o! the strstegie impcrtome oi Spain came hem the noes-sen- zeltungks- itsry expert. Celene! Von xytl r. wbodeclsred Gen- eral Franco wouldmsintein under’ arms s vastly greater lorce than he needs lode-tend his own terri- tory. He added Britain's power at Gibraltar and France's Null}- ance in Morocco sre inccmlllbb~° with Bpslnis right to equality-

Von Xyland-zr urged sin to

‘ by today's "isvombie ch‘- to renew ‘her ancient glory." ‘

Spain's new “dynsmlsm" which “ebendons,_oi1 thought o! neutral- i " was Dillard by the Dsutsche sngmeine. zeituxw. while the Frankfurter Zsitung warned that the ties between the-Rome-Berlln axis and Gznersl Franco's Govern; ment sre anything but "platonic.

IFZDIGI N0 Alli‘!!!

LO . li lS--(CP)-Ger.- Lrianywleiolipto held s n"?

e Was

indi~

(Woot-

f,‘ “s”... ‘id.’ as; asi zsumtoem-

Qhanoellor tlsr's slltsncr u Lead

_ General Bronco in ‘tiling "that linemtillmi situ- ation privately yesterday, it was c willineedtvtvgnlfildlvamentory loaders . in the Prime Minister's o!-

stop It 807' at‘!

mong. Arab

British quarters by news Abdul Home! 1 oi

, milllatulsuulderstood the

Military Movements liiifuoo‘ rrlllluiil‘ fllli umrauar on Alert

GIBRALTAR, April 13-401’) -Mh' un-s Ella-Ba; int-ache; or mlo‘! dour-r ream, urencn AAlllaeiu-wsflava‘ av cpl-ll, iofllVctl Ill 3n w“ tourgmd n-om nuggets

_ b were In! 8111,0011 Continental a meanwhile Qpl-IILB uthcrttlea at the border townolllh Linea

. "Or-n or UlDlI-lllb were sun so all automo-

miutar Ye-lllflfl one Spinal: iron l w". A uetschmenn or 2000 Royal

Olldrnecrs‘ worked so construct a llllxe hurricane ab

lTllllIlll___BllIlP

1min ' whmitishotltlrcles s»;

iéhliht in eeriyzimpnovoment otqtbe

stine situe on. _ . , (Secrecy was msintained inOeiro

regarding conversotionc there a- lesdvers on new propo- to sols for s settlement of the Holy 00- Land

tc. (A special correspondent of the

London News Chronicle (Liberal) reported a move was being made to create a near eastern coalition of Arab el front to any attempts by Italy or Germany to Albania as a sterling point I01‘. further aggression in the Mediter- ransom")

ates to "mesent s united use the conquest o!

Dsnunclstlon ~. oi Italy's invasion

of Albania. only Mosiem European country lem l

viewed iflritsin. whose Palestine policy has been systemstiosliy attacked by the totslliarlsn powers.

, was voiced tvdsy by Mos- . The reaction was ss lnd-frectiy beneflttlng

Cause for sstlsiaotion was given lhst Am! , not Paiestineu terrorist leaders. haci- fied into By- rla before u British troon detach- ment and had been interned at

The British Wsr Ofllce

last January denounced Abdul Rszsek

Palmyra.

and Abdul Rshim Us] Mohammad

g; the "lwq principc." terrorist chiefs. The sitter was killed on Msrch 1'! while stt/mptlng to es- cspe through s British troo cor- don. Abdul Hawk's ilirrh into

s was expected to end large- scsle rsibsi operations.

Leaders~~Discuss~ European Events

"OTPAWA. emu 1s -<cr>-' primwminirter Mackenzie King

tie ‘t uggestlon of the Prime misioflhi considered recent in- ternational developments for a few oral with othi . n , I18 I m‘ acute - nature before

e I

EIJPUD ~ "people's minder."

fur ilNliEliEll BY

‘uzls ATTACK BRITISH rucr is s u gusts

Germany Launches Project To Export Nazi Ideals.

(I The Associated Press) DERdldNH-April ib-Nssi Ger- rnsny answered Great Britain's srantee to Greece and Romania night with smertions that Brit- ish peace assurances are worthless and charges that. British policy is chivius e into e. new

Ofllcini quarters said Prime Minister Chamberlain in his par- lismentsry declaration openly ad- mitted he is trying to encircle Germany.

‘they interpreted his reference to continuing negotiations with Moscow es an eflort to “protect British interests with nolshevlst sid, as was done lor 2 1-2 yesrs st thsscoet oi the Spsnlsgnfleoplefl- a reterence lo the f} l1 civil war just ended. "

The inclusion o! Erunsnls in thegusrsntee and the merntlon of Turbey plainly caught Nazi offic-

surprise

ials by . 0mm. relations with both countries are held to be very

iriendly and Nazis said they would the view oi

_ st home de-

Grest Britain and Nazi

spokesmen blaming the democra-

cies for war tolls. it sppesred that rrnsny

law-Venus! nagomstweeg- , potion» rmsn - Eben, dfsolosed that four ‘glues! Weeklies hsd been launched in es many countries-Britain. or. Switzerland and the Netherisnds—

"Reveal the reel nature and de- velopment of National Socialist Germany by wood end picture be- yond the confines oi’ the Reich. and w create relationships of mutual confidence between Gor- mans and the countries where thev are guests."

This was something of s reversal of the avowed policy that "Nat- ional Socialism is not an article of

export." _ _

One. kesmon, charging that {allure to heed hamaellor Hitler's "pleas" for peace out the blsme ior possible wsr on the democra- cies, declared that cancellation oi war rlslr insurance for German and Italian ships by United States companies was "s. typical example of panic politics."

lianada Improves Position llespite Decline. In Trade

OTTAWA, A ll 13—(CP)-—.Csn- ode improved is position in world trade in 1038, moving from slsrth to

lsures Y the Externltvl trade Branch. Dom- inion Bureau oi staiislcs. The Un- ited Klnfltlfim held

totel 1e r a 1 tmgllrplracii’ m WOI‘ IE B B8 Y t O - ed respectively by the United states Gee-runny, rrezncqenrl Csnede.

e

her pomfen he world's iourlh lar- ng country and eighth ,0 imports. The Domin- irade last year was g.- compared with 81.9 .- 1987. Osnldss MP0?" ....."”'°°°.*r.='“* ::.*.=*:ri;

.e use per . 18.8 cent t0

o declined 1'

. .000 from $308. . . mmm"°“.'ifi.’i‘..ii".§l’itwii“i.ii".i ‘arid smaller volume. the report I .

A » students Will B. ifrefiuéfl Al Pixies 9'1"?‘

forced land-

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1G! l’l Id _ on s .1e:ntsegi}_._..

blirmany May Enter llanzig 0n April 20, Hitler's Birthday

WARSAW, April l3-»(AP)— Poland w greeted French - Br tis to

ste in “finger?! c um- mkn tonight, but continued u. reazeuher own military pre- IA W208i of German troo

TI tlo t 1hr In our: “u: ....- cu ~= P"

Done in snow:-

At no“ , aclng the h]. llhPortoiaahlblnthePol- leh Corridor--

At Schuelilemnehl, opposite the Polish town o! Bydogercz, which has a large German pop-

on- In Silesia, fac Cseetoclm- wk, the famous Po shrine, though German Ambassad- or Hans Von Molthe failed to return to ursaw today as scheduled. Iblish leader! ex- pected early reiteration of Ger. mnnys demsnds for outright

annexation or There were re the

z with to the Polls-Ila: ssead- l‘

I IGIQ IQ-

Chancellor Hitler

. . .13.’?- ’°”."l: "W" ‘° ll Bf Mm! m. [on 1 brlhdsy,

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WARNING Tll AXIS PllilERS

By TAYLOR HENRY Associated ruse. ' Stall E

~PABJ5. A9811"! The guaranteed

a

a c n- Po asiréilmmllrlind

rec e om sny on-e er direct or indirect. .

A formal statement issued by Premier Daimler was considered

yet given to Germany and Italy that further expansion would mean war. The essence of Dslsfisrts statement. paralleling s speech in Parliament by Prime Minister Chamberlain, was

‘The French Government has given to Rurnanis. and Greecepar- ticuisr assurance that in case any action should be attempted" clear- ly menacing the “independence oi Rumsnis or Greece," and which they ielt it vltel "to resist with their notional forces. the French Government will consider ltseii bound to lend immediately all the assistance in its. gwer."

“France and lsnd guarantee ea/ch other immediately and dir- ectly against all menace, direct or indirect. which attacks their vita/l interests

f'Today our asnbasadors sre communicatin this declaration to all interests‘ governments, par- ticularly . Turkey."

n ~-

"The French Government st- taches the greatest im ortsnce to reventlon of sny m iflco-tlfln b0

e status quo imposed by force,

the menace oi force, in the Med terrsnean and in the Balkan Peninsula."

‘fOur aim ls to orgsrlise that n -

cesssry collaboration oi s11 e nations which do not think oi menacing the vital interests of any peo ." "Without vain provocetlons" France has “taken the miiltsry measures which g-uersntee the frontiers of hence and her lim- pire against all sumrisc."

Diplomatic observers were dpar- tlculsniy impressed‘ by Dela er's apparent desre to leave no dipfo- rustic loophole. Thev pointed to use oi the words “direct or indi- rect" snd “by force or the menace

wemi

of force". as ms that France and Britsln had en all thv! were go’ to take fromthelwme-

Berlin .

While the statement wss read outside the door of his Dfivnte 0!- fi the War Ministry. Premier

RANBE lIIVES-m

vivuvrornn ANNEXATlllN or ALBANIA-

“On To Paris” Chants Fascist T h r 0 n g

$3?" oil“! " "fi-laiifir; usso would straight ahead," and a huge Fascist throng chant- ed “On To Paris" alter the Fascist Grand Council sanctioned official- ly Albania/s union with Italy. The Grand Council in a 28- mlnutc s cial session "acknow- lefllcd" t e Albanian offer o! the country's crown to King Victor Emmunu cl I I I o! Italy, which the King-was certain to u-

cept_ The actl e peed I form to tho: Fats-get ‘conquest "i:

Albania in the face of the new Ankle-French pledge to resist ag- gression in the Mediterranean. Italian authorities announced later that a delegstlon of Alban- _iun notables would arrive by nir- e tomorrow to present the crown to the King of Italy in a ltlormsi ceremony Saturday mom- I.

Cheered By Crowd

Alt the conclusion or! the (Jo-end Council meeting mortly before midnight Ii Dues and Alehille Star-ace, Fascist Secreted-y. mppeared on the balcony o! Palermo Venezio and ‘were greeted by a tremendous clhecr iron: the crowd o! about 60,009 lusclsts gathered

belmv , i» "The ic

the tirrong:'

hislm‘ events od’ recent

days are the resuilt of our will, of oiltrviglth arts: oidoiirllifgiivie.

W8 in an lgtltitude of frlendghigezaplrlaf 261315;“ lwfitllisi peoples You will have . ec ve,

d hosmlw. Iresou attitude

‘The world is‘ asked to leave us

tranquil In our great and daily

task. In snyugcse the world must

lcnow that orrow, es yesterday

mug-lyre. We will mmn ensign

'Ilhe' Premier took no apparent notice oi the rcderence to France by the chanting crowd, whim g1- so msde occasional shouted refer- elwee b0 Comics. Savoy end Nice, other French territory for which the Fbscizls have been agitating.

Prime lvtln-lster Ohsmberlsins snnouncement in London ed the Ankh-Fiend! pledge oi roteotlon 2$£.‘é“‘.“i'$?..2ii.i..°’¥°°'“' is°l°°°°

o e F M‘ "PD e mm

‘Ilhey ‘cited Greek Premier John Metaus‘ note to I'm-sign Minigtgg Count Oiano expressing "lull sen. lgaction" with Italian assurances

l‘ G i Integrity _ rec sn territorial

Fasci r11 aid on 1 t - bsnis lladsetsbllizeed trhogplldejzgltgrl- renesn it ti inst d . turblng it.“ on e“ °t d”

ls Elected i President 0f The ll.ll.ll.

OTTAWA, April 13w“: Jus- tice H. H. Davis oi the 8117191119 0mm oi Canada wdev was elect- ed president o! t-he Victorian Ord~ m- oi Nurses on the retirement o! senator- George P. m o! Broclgvflle, Ont, who heeded tne rtlzsltlon tor ll veers. 2 years B80 m bed to lake over the M118 o! the V. O. N. I didn't know the difference between Victorian and jmdtglnplafil? rrlllyrw” tlrillextremlsmrllohulngloe u e -- 1 nization in the world O. N." Mr. Graham

ldent com u- $5.1»... Gme ie. ~*-*~*,.-,vu'*~“a"‘»..ra.'=s.z"r v l . gble rec on a m’ ob

ll’! a marvel in the no c " h.e__=ei.¢~__._____.

Cheering Mussolini.- c.

- *l_ “German Culture” Meeting Cancelled In Calgary, Alta. CALGARY, April 13_—(OP)-—-A veteran's organization has bee

Ii Iormed here with rhe object oi pre- venting any meetings for the pur-

pose oi discussing "German Cul- ure," D. M an, Imperial repres- entative of e ua Command,

Canadian Legion unnounczd tods . The organizations Iormetion to - lowed u threat from Great War Vet- erans last night to "break up” a héman culturlelw meet wxhich r was csncc on rom Police Ohieri David Rllxrfio. 1n a statement Mr. Moms-n said: "We. llhe ex-service men of this cit are determined that only Bri- tlg vulture shall be taught in Can- e. o.

"It some ie wish to deal with German c ‘ture the place for them ls in Gemisny and not in Canada. This new organization is going to see that the British democracy is upheld in Canada."

WOULD BAN PAPER

REGINA, April 13—(CP)-—Walter Jones, secretary oi the Registration Committee for the National Veter-

(Continued on D880 9. C01 t)

orrrns PLAN iron AIIJING rmriovmur

(B The (lauadlan Press)

._ arr-ins. sour, 1a_,- s... 1i- nt for comp l3‘ ive attack on the uimutployrnent problem wss laid before the House oi’ Commons tonight by Denton Mussel! (Con. wronto-Groenwood’) who also threw the House into on uproar w-lth s charge that thou- sands oi transients have died from starvation sud

Labor Minister Rogers romptly challenged the transient ferment end demanded proocl or retraction. Mr. M stood his ground in the isce o similar demands from manly Iliberal members but admit- ted he had no categorical facts before him to prove the truth oi’ the statement. He declared Mr. Rogers could not prove it was un- true.

Mr. Masseyis program was out- lined at the end of s five-hour speech on the bill to provide for unemployment and farm relief. The ll suggestions were:

1. Extensive development of the Nortltrwmt ‘rerritorlos;

2. urge-scale afforestation and reforestation;

3. Water conservation and flood control;

4. Development oi’ tourist at- tractions lnciuding hishwfl-Y 1m" provements;

5. Co-operalrlve notion-wide housing plan with Dominion, pro- vincial aid‘ tnliunlflivfll lovem- mcnts no cw n8;

6. An effective youth re-estab- llshment program including tech. nlcal and vocational education and national scholarships;

7. Establishment of camps alonfl’ the lines oi the civilian conserve- tlon corps comps in the {Til-lied States;

B. Ari improved employment ser- vice under the direction of the Federal Government;

0, evaporation with Private cs/P- ltsl along the line oi’ internal eco- nomic sdlustmcnts;

l0. An intensive nationwide Dilb- ucigy ggyyypaign w restore confid- once in buslneilghiind industry and open up new , 2

ll. A Dominlon-Provinclsl-Muni- cipoi conference under the chair- manship of some outstanding Em- pire ilgure like the Earl ol Will- ingdon to map out a soclsl reform program and bring the present

,hali an hour. reading

By IMF-l’. I.

continuing negotiations with

T pledge to Turkey. hope that Bulgaria will

UNILATEEAL PLEDGE!

Unlike the magic-French pledge to Poland, the mini-emcee to Greece Runtania are un- llstersl. Wlithiri a few days it is hoped in London to merge these pledges into a formal Anti-Ag- gression Pact. ‘men. it is hoped, Rosie will underwrite the whole scheme, just so Fmnne end Great Britain have done.

which ior the forces or the dictator slates imllgcs they desired s. general war.

addition to that it would turn the whole eastern Mediw- ranean into a inst no man's lend for Hlter Mus-

and d

solini-thmmrlh Fre

eitlon oi Syria. and British cont-ml

of Palatine and Egypt. It would

gems. grand alliance on s grand e.

Threat to Status Que

M; review- 1B8 or pi

. Chamber-loin, alter iltolrs Good Friday Albania, announced the new in these words- “His Majesty's Government st- tocsi the greatest importance to the avoidance oi disturbance by force, or til-treats ct force. of the stems quo in the Mediterranean and the Balkan Peninsula “Consequently, to the conclusion that. event oi’ any action bei which clearly tmmtens dependence oi snis, and whi onion

R/um 60v i! 1' tively consider it vital to

te

resist wtllh their national iorces. Hi8 Majesty's Government will feel

themselves bound to lend st once lo the Greek or Humanism Gov- ernments. as case may be, ull the in their power."

‘The diplomatic represenlatlvm oi the following countries heard the Prime Minister speak: Canada. Soutrh Africa, Eire. Australia. Bei- gium,. China, “Russia. “Poland. France, Brazil, Switzerland, Ru- menls, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Greece. Albania, Turkey. Finland end Peru.

General Debuts

111s Prime Minister spoke for

n a low. hoarse voice irmn a nmnuscrlpb- General debs/ts followed in which criticism of the Governments policies centred on the exiclufiltm oi‘ Rarssls from the Btncrai scheme ior halting the dictators. The binge-st surprise Chamberlain's statement _1 inclusion of Rirrnggb._,ll\_@_.1’1¢=ll °,1

ecEnomlc system up to dole-

(Oontlnued on page 9. C01 3i

OTIAW April lil-—(CP)-'l‘he Dominion rnmeut made clear o the Canadian federation fo wieyors and Municipalities wdsy at the close oi the b0 7's thNQ-QIY confers that resent dlstrlluilnon

of oymen reuei cost-s WOW! be $331..“ at least until germi-

slitlcs em L! a _ i f galmgoesi 0g. lvsterehon (mo: iclpalilies new 20 9M province; and P11‘ 95¢ - l

to the full cab- to state ihst

ed will

rumhr an cc Minion t0

as snnounc olndina such new con-

Nloyors Plea "For Additional Aid In. Relief ls Rejected

stitutlonal arrangements as ms. follow the report 0i Commission on Do clal Relations." M!‘ quloxted as assuring Mr. Moo

r. Rogers also Dominion was spending 319.000- more than lest year on line-isle?-

, -- lr tn h the u"""i.r'."s'.:..c"ss"*"“:.....- ssv..'r's...::...~...-~'..mo... tresi told the b0 mayors and slder- "that a good portion otnthiartgifl"; men that r Minisssr Rogers amount will find s w Y g‘ hgd adv the Government the Provincial Governments to c mm est or the municipalities, thus relievlns the -:.".::'".......- mssst=ukiiiiiii iii?!“ use. ‘a. °' " ct lnlon relieve munlcp: May" Blnniev WW5 "l 0'3"" l d’?! the burden oi re- was re-clected umldmt M u" W"

i)‘: mgr lrlggrligcsevis lgllrlgngtllplgug er and Mayor Csmliiien Houde oi Montreal was elected honorary secretary. Neither Mayor Day nor Mayor Houde was Ible to attend l-hs conference. George Mooney VII appointed executive director.