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fight is l filth and mffi,,‘,"."......-. mo. u» bot-

m. h, will M11‘-

dlnn. Two Canto, ltoundod 1M7

I m; ‘.5 uur "llufiuzunrdian.

ztimates Show Large Increase

In Debt Charges

creased C. N. R. earnings bright spot in figures presented yesterday.

M-Hwg, Feb. li.—(CP)-—Civllian Canada's act: ‘s for the coming n" lnid before the House of Commons today showing Dominion . gm, requirements for other than war purposes in 1941-42 as $483,- , “m; $18,120,000 from 1940-41. The estimates were tabled by Finance Minister Ilslcy, and the monies , , , will uccd to continue her fight against aggresdion will be revealed ,.. the our appropriations bill is introduced tomorrow. The estimates indicated the Canadian National Railway! for the first , in“ 1027 are earning enough to pay operating expenses and in- clisrgcs on debts. I The cstimntes lacked the usual appropriation for C.N.R. deficit, but M um a $15,000,000 item included in the last estimates was not re- ., - for 1941-42. ipart from war appropriations which have sent Oansda’: outlays

diluted at $74,020,000 below those‘ of 1939-40.

Besides economics in conducting the civil life oi the nntiomthe gov- ernment had to report some increas- ed costs. For Instr-x c intere t 0n public debt and Olll-‘Jl’ debt charges was higiicr by $G.0Zi3.032.

Cost; of unemployment insurance act flfllhlltistffltklll was up $2.700,- 000 to $4,700,000. To this was added the govcrnnurnfs contribution unti- er the unemployment insurance act. $8,000,000

alf million en keep rail raffic moving

IDNDON, Fob. 16 —(AP) —More i I 500.000 men and women are lint! iiuy and night. to keep the ti". turning on Britain's -rail- i-. in spite of Geiman air raids. llour sftcr hour, trains thundcr thousands of miles of track i- litiuiiig onc o! the most- int-ri- lcrallro vsiems in the world, - rig so soldiers and alr- 1- to nevi camps or on lea/re- ulcd to hospitals, . faking the child- oud leading air raid ilms towa s ncw lives.

Hundreds of thousands still com- tew London (lolly from the sub- anci honic counties.

Bofor the lo s of life among the telling public has been small. - ns have been machine gunned, i- filly non" the coast. and sever- cmbcd while sland- bui ihcrc has occn c of n train being . sc a bomb deA-roycd

r h.

ioilul Percy Niinn. divisional su- icndcut of the southeastern -il7n o: the southern railway. " m1‘ Ju-t hoiv the railroads on llllflfl‘ war conditions. Mom him ls a moo of the i-ail- I dotted with tiny flag; on pins. " 1188 10.. cscnts “an incident." lies bomb ixns dug n CHILE!‘ in " “m” <11‘ 11 11111-120 is damaged 69191111011 iiwlon bomb is still ~ 1810 cxifcclc.

While the mcii in the traffic con. 100m down below telephone lltgtlon minors at the affected I and consult the cnginccrinc 511111111011 pcvdy rcpnirs, Nimn H c iive follies 5o ma: " -1d of .\(‘l'\'lC6 may be main.

111-25 Years Ago Today

FEB. 1d

Census Appropriation

This being n census year, $2 886.- 350 had to be appropriated for counting Canada's cltiuns and as- Sombiihq information oi the econ- omic condition oi the country

Extension of postal services --in irhe air and on the laml- called for $1,928,000 above the current year or i1 total of $40.655,770.

‘The maritime freight rates act required an additional $1,450,000 to bring the tolnl to 84.400000.

Administration of ihc excess pro- fits tux, nnllonnl dcfonce tax, in- crease in amount required for sub- sidies on the movement of coal and old ape pensions. ivere other items adding to the govcmmcnt costs in

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British reaction To Bulgarian, ifurkish accord

LONDON. Fcb. 18--1.'I'uesday)-— (CPl-—Au authoritative source said today that iiogoiintioiis which led to Monday's Turkish-Bulgarian non-aggression agreement. wore startcrl by ‘Puikcv several weeks ago with Britain's knowledge and good-will. _

This source indicated that it was liopcd to encourage Bulgaria to resist. German Drossurc. but that. German infiltration of Bulgaria overtook the negotiations.

The newspapcrs today treated the Bulgar-Turkish stritcmcnt as a no. 1 surprise, but British offl- cials displayed no signs of disturb-

ancc.

Officials emphasized that Tur- key's mutual nld pflCt with Britain still stands undisturbed and that the British Government still has

1B m?" the utmost confidence in its non- m“ V; “L051 Gama-n belligerent ‘Turkish ally. 11 --c Cameroon". suri-cndir- The ncws came too late for edi-

torial commont. but the press re- action was reflected in such loo- ondnrv headlines as these:-

The Times: ‘Treaty wtih Britain not affected."

Tho Fixnrcss: “Turks sign keep- out pact with Bulgaria; s ay loyal

n ..

to s. The ‘Nlegrarh: "Preaty obliga- tions safeguar ed."

Greeks capture New heights

ATHENS, Nb. 17 —(APl — I11 hand-to-haiid combat backed by

“n11 lines north of Largitzen in ‘hmdlsace made by German

Coming Events

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u‘ 10f Notices in this column

word.

'm1kl°5'*$1111rls Thursday. L-‘ifi-Z-IB-Si.

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Wilts-Montague Saturds . L-ld-Z- 8-31.

"Dllwe Orwell Cove Hall Wed- F°1>Y1111rv 19th. Door prize

gnu Mora. British artillery bom-

' L-Bl-Z-H-ii. deadly nriillcrly [Grecikmfprgs ' m tl e nlru nan r - i ‘Bgfgllgmliall. Pkrbruarv 19th. glllghtlrccarted the capture o! new ‘ l 11' ' 5111111881011 15¢- peaks w ile inflicting heavy 1°65"

' 1-311-1-1B-11- on their Italian foes and tskirl! 90°

prisoners.

The Greek military 8901195111811. in an account oi’ the fierce fisht- ing amid the ragged mountains. praised tho courage of the Italians

u m §,°,"°Yfinl§mogow night, New Rumm- unfer Riveil-gg.

u

m“? Graham's

l Road rink d mum, 1111M Ieflilfifild ,¥i.;,,?,‘,'““"" 1-5’ gil-tsrliiigxstlilrfélr-edziliirzce “110196581111-

m “msh Frown 1°11!’ order

{tyne Strawberries. 11 excmt ' ‘at Batu

Dolly delivery rday. Island L-fifl-i-Bfi-ti.

“ EX-KING ALI-‘ONSO IMPROVED Warm . ROME, Feb. l7 -(AP) — EX-

hrmy of llilc Writes finis

First Phase of African 031111131211 is Ended With Fascists Chas- ed From Three States.

CAIRO. Egypt. Feb. PL-(AP) _ Britain's armv of the Nile wrote “the end" todsv to the first phase of ifs African wmpaign with an announcement that no Italians re. ""11" 111 Eflypt. Kenya. or the Anglo Errryptian Sudan "except as prison. e ..

s. All action has been in Italys em- pire in north and cast Africa since Feb. l4, when British troops reoccu. Dlsd Kurmuk. a strategic post on Ethiopia's western frontier with the Sudan. aizeneral headquarters com. mwiitqgicustated.

e land i’ ts ' quiet, the chief attdglrcl assilizerrilriiriezirilt: fell to the Royal Air rpm.

Alrdromes at Brlndisi. important southern Italian port, and at Cats. nla. Cpmiso rind Gela. on the island 0f $1011.11. which has served as abuse

‘dlsi and Gela: hangars and ground. “m, the government said that total reduction In outlays in 1940-41, mil 1941-42 would total $91,140,000. Outlay: for the current year were;

for N l d1‘ b0 b , ' saturggy nlygceht‘ m ers were raided Several hangars were hit at Brin-

edp lanes at Catania. and Ccmjsq In widespread air activity in su RA

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The People's Paper Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

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Urrswia, Feb YL-(CP) —Jap- anese entry into the war 'a't the moment that may best serve the common cause of the aggressor na- tions." was a contingency that must be taken into consideration. Prime Minister Mackenzie King declared in the House of Commons today. "We shall continue to hope that the wiser counsels of the more moderate leaders in Japan wll ultimately prevail," he said. He warned that s tremendous ef- fort would likely be made at any moment to destroy the British Em- pire, posslblv with s. German inva- sion of Britain, attacks upon Suez and Gibraltar, and a Japanese thrust at Singapore. Most significant event in recent months was the crystallization of the United States attitude, M

port of Rround forces, the ¢°m11111111l1ue reported: heavy dam. age to an airfield in ItalianEritrea. 111111 10 wound planes in Ethiopia a dwe bombing attack on Italian p’... sltions along the Juba River in so.

malil d. iki f _ meroiaignt B rihigz off tiiie coast and the downing of a Ger.

man bombe b A i», pilots near fliiericrlzas‘? “mm fighter reriewe a vance was reported ltaoward Gondar. Ethiopia, where ritlsh forces were pressing ahead east of lske Rudolf. Otherwise the

army communique reported m) change on African fronts.

Highlights 0f . cslimatcs

(YITAWA. Feb. l'7—-(CP) ——H1gh- llphts oi the main estimaim forl 1041-42. tabcd today in the House‘ of Commons:-

Total expenditure of $433.l3l,0C0 for non-war purposes $18,120,000 css than in the ciurent fiscal year for similar ends.

Distributed as follows: Ordinary account $417,103,000; capital account so,~.5.i,000; spccizl ztCillllll. 811042.000 and government-owned enterpriscs $l.531i.000,

No ctflcit expected for Canadian Nniicnal Railways.

Doccnuinl census provided for with 521185.350 item.

Appropriations for exhibitions andi publicity in the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere slashed sharply.

Debt charges. Great War pensiors and other "uircntrol abie" cxuccscs urn-aunt for $250,102.73‘;

Finance showed heaviest depart- mental increase: $7,5l0.000-lo $209- 29l.8l5. 1

Outlay for relilef settlement aurce- . tic

nicnts with provinces drops

iirmn $500,000 t0 $75,000. l ! [Jccreoscs slioivn under

l0 fiend-l inns and increases under 10 head- inns.

n.ii.|=. info. Fly 2,000 miles 0n leaflet raid

i ""'_"' l LONDON. Feb. 17.-—((_JP)—In the Wat's longest cross-continent fllrzlzt. Royal Air Force planes have made’ a 2,000-mile round trip to 5110111‘!!! propaganda pamphlets over two German-occupied areas of western P0 nn . ‘It was pointed out today that RAF. bombing attacks on Germany proper were receded by such "raids." Nazi-led Katowice and Cracow were obyectlves of this leaf- ssturday niRht. The Air lvflnisrv said British day- light raiders Sunday pummelled. the Netherlands 1111811 M1151»!

of Rotterdam, to Zcebrufltte. Middel- burg, 4'1 miles southwest of Rotter- dam, and Den Heller. .41 1111191 north of Amsterdam. were 3111111111 the tar ets.

ship-p ng off the Netherlands coast was attacked bv 11111116! .01 the bomber command. Atmlilillé;

l n ts K331313511 T°3§§éi“m&.3<i slonilslde

were hi

0il tanker Explorlcs

TEXAS CITY. Feb. l1 —(AP) ._'1‘.ie tanker Pan-Massachusetts. loaded with 107.000 barrels 0f 811m- line. exploded amidshlpl today 11W an oil dock fire spread to the ves- sel. One man drovimed. another was not sing, and 14 mep were hospice 2e .

Crewmen leaped overboard as the conflagrraticn, racing alone 1-119 docks reached the ship‘! 81(16-

An hour after the fire started fire-

biaae under control. No other

Q 1min ‘ f s in was some- p "gird." iris" "also cm crass..." a. . .. _ 1 ' v. whmmnrrlfl Pm!" um,“ 11 physcinn said that ‘bxaggalaillyflaotlilm

"m.

~0.q 5i ,.ilt.lp.011¢ mm"- "virus; .22...."

men reported they were bringing the l

t towers like an avalanche a ove the heads of the aggressor nations.”

Mr. King load a 9.000-w'ord state- mcnt on lntcmational affairs which was the feature of today's short sit- ling of the resumed session of par- liamcnt. It covered progress cf events since parliament adjourned December 6.

The Prime Minister repeated in detail the war program for 1941 as announced in a radio broadcast he inndc envlv this month. but_ did nct announce aiiv new proppsa s.

He gave full ivelf-lht to. the vic- tories against Italian forces " in lfvzyui and Albania, and said the whole Italian empire in Africads vanishing beforc the eyes of ire world."

But, he said. Italy was the minor

I‘ King said. "It's growin mlrzl".

mason-common 111111111111- ' the main task at the moment wcs to hold Germany until full value of the riid from the United States be- came effective.

Reiume Qhletlv I Proceedings in the House ivcze gi-

sumetl quielfy irvherc thcvdei" v l0 weeks ago. but there was smle

‘acrimony when Mr. Kins 916561111171

a motion giving priority to 5101/6111- mcnf. business for the remainder of

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it was Gcr- ‘

Cql-IATBLOTTETOWN, CANADA. 7'I‘UESDAY,dFEBl{UARY 18, 1941

TURKS SIGNNDN-AGGRESSIBN

1 Premier

Dwells On Far East Situation

Must consider possibility of Japanese entry into War "at opportune time.

King

illundrerls of [Fire bombs illrc dropped

LONDON, Feb. 17.—(CP) — Nazi air raiders showered hundreds of

oendiary and explosive bombs cn one area of London tonight. but the ‘inttack was described as "desultcry jand not at all heavy." 3 Anti-aircraft fire was heard iseveral areas following one of the iearliest night raid alarms ‘his iinonth. Later reports said London lappeared to be the sole tzirgct of the invading aircraft.

Scores of flares followed tiic lil-

in

cendlaries in one district, lllllflllih‘

iating the urea as if it were daylight. iFll'C-Vi'lii£l1€l‘S doused thciu quickly "and little dumage was reporiczl.

E Inccndiaries started fires lll two other London areas but they soon |were reported out.

| _0ne plane was shot down byanii- ‘aircraft gunners in one of 111G "homo counties" near London.

l Earlier a communique of the air land home security ministries SIllJ. another bomber was shot down info

the sea off the Suffolk coast in a l

day of intermittent Nuzi attacks on lwidelv separated points in England and Scotland.

The Air Ministry's news service said British fighters damaged two

m; othepGexiinsp daylight raiders. one

, pfwhich was lost seen heading oif “over the North Sea “with small chance of reaching its base.”

HARBOR PILOT DIES

j SAINT JOHN. N. B. Feb. l7 - iiCPi —-Exposure and shock caused ;tlic death today of Malcolm F. Rog- ers, 35, a harbor pilot, after he fell into the icy Bay of Fundy.

I Rogers was descending a rope lad- ider- slung over the side of a hip at the harbor mouth. when the lad- der broke. 1

TOKYO. Fob. l7 —-(APl —Domci. Japanese news agency quoted Vice Forclgu Minister Chuichi Ohashi to- day us saying that the United State, Britain, Australia and 11.x- Ncthcrlands government. in London "scan intent upon suppressing b.1- pan" and that Japan might ‘be oblirzcd to face the issue."

This. declared the published state- mcnt. "might cause serious conse- quenccs."

The Australian government dc- clarcd lat. iveek that the Pazlfii- situation had reached a stage of "utmost gravlbfl"

Causes or effects of this £11101!’ include:-

Rcports of Japanese naval move- ments in the China Sea. of Jamil- cse concentrations o.’ 150000 t-roop= in the Canton area of South China, ln French Judo-China. l-lainan ls- land, Formosa, and the Spratly Is- lands and of s. "nuolcus“ mLitpry air base established by the Japan- ese at Saigon. Indo-China. les than four hours’ flight from the Singa- porenaval base;

Protective mining of 51113811019 sea approaches and:

Renewed advice to Britons and United Statics citizens to leave vsr- ious psrts of the Orient.

One of the pa sages attrlbutéd to Ohashl by Domel was taken by ob-

(Contlnued on page B. Col l)

ys Japan May lBe Ubliged To Face Thi glssue

International At A Glance

ing international agreements to \ countries.

01‘1‘A\V.-\.-—Jiip;uicse entry into the War at Axis-chosen moment is OIDIISIIIETIA: possibility, Prime Minis- ter Mackenzic King warns as Com- mons reconvcnes.

ATHENS-Greek forces on Alim- ninn front capture new 1101111!- 111' fiict heavy losses on Italians-

cA|R()_-()n]y Italians still in Egypt, Ken a and Sudan are 111111- oners, Mid le East command an- nonnces.

LONDON. - a. a. F. in pamphlet- raid to Poland. longest air sweep of war; ca ital mxperiences desultoy raid by nls; gas defence realistic- slly rehearsed at Brighton.

TOKYIL-Japanesc claim United States. Britain, Australia and Neth- erlands "seem intent" upon M10011!- sing Japan."

WASHINGTON-Senate luunchrs debate on lease-lend bill: Senator Warren Austen says lf it becomes necessl .1 “we will flI111-"

Pledge for War Savings

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rue will fight If necessary” ll. S. Senator says

' Warren c United States Senate iid provoked crowded gul- . ‘.0 a burst of applause win a nu ed assertion that “if it eve:- lil‘.('llit'5 necessary for us to fight we will fight."

The Vermont Republican had been engaged in a spirited colloquy with Sciiutor Hrxncr (Dem.- Wn h.) on the advisability of in- ' l amendment in the bill

the sending of Ameri- Iiis or ships into war zones. sued that such action would " iter than war."

"A world enslaved, is worse than ivnr," Au flu declared. “It's ivorsc trmi dcath, and a country whose boys will not go out and fight to save the ideals of freedom from de- struction by a fiend-- you won't; find such boy's."

His statement about the Uiiitcd Statcs fighting followed. There was a momentary, nrpriscd hush. brok- vn by lllllldClilpplllg from the gal-- leries.

A few minutes later the galleries applauded again when Senator Bur- ton Wheeler (Dem-Ivfontl, a lead- ,iug foe cf the bill. slid he did not

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Al one-sided ln Balkan movcsi

1 By Iiii kc L. Simpson

i Associuied i

Some rcpci" - of n Bulgai“ -Tur .i;ish “non-rig: ssiorn accord‘ pic- lture‘ it us. ii 5.1.1.411; -ior dill/Jill.

If, is true mot Britain has count- cii hcnvily on ‘Iurkisli rcsi taiice to any Gcrznnii iiiiirch through Eul- gniria lo aid Iinl_y' in Albania. Yet the pact will not strip Britain of vially unpcitzint strategic sdviii- i g a siic ilil.» pained from the Grcck-ltaflnu conflict. For cxuzuplc, evcn if ii. should lcnd Greece to make 110L168 with Italy, presumably on Berlin assurances of favorable terms it. l- hardly likely Britain would abandon her air and naval bases on the Grcck island of Crete.

There is another implication to Sofia accounts of a non-interven- tion accord with Turkey. It. suggests that the real Nnzi purposr» in the Balkans is to pres: a "peace offen- sive" against Gicccc and avert for Germany a two-front war at a time when 511C is preparing a filial smash at Gicnt Britain.

What the S vr I

Pres . Staff Writer

l-litlci" is tryiii/ to do. if 01in accounts are Likcu at. face is to knock Greece out of the '\.\i< iviir by pressure and .. - before the British-Greek a‘.- ‘iics knock Italy out by forcc. A- ll - " " ' zit a five-day Greek- offcnsivc iii soulhcm Alban- lvs born giiiihig iucrncniiim. Home admits continued heavy fight- on that front, but gives no de-

..i s. Pending further light on the Tur- ki ii- Ilulgarinn dvnl. its actual sig- {Ill . is boiond vsllmutluu. Of

qrcc to ivliicli it assures Gcvznriiiy "ist 'l‘ui'kish lzclligcrency if Naz. "Ion route to Albania, enter ll '1 n.s cuuch sccins clear: unoppcis~ , zl Gvnumi pus auc to Albnn _ - \\.l\' cl Blllllllll or by i-nu c, is nut lo be cxpcctz Britt llll‘ furor-s fll'0 llfmifl in Grwcc ivrii- tin an hour's fl, routes by iii-liiirh tho Gcriniins would have to ‘move.

iviutcr weather and difficult znouiatdiii lcrrniii also would slow cigwii n Nazi drive if it was launch-

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It is also quite likely that it would fake more than Turkish plcdgcs of nloofncss to crack Greek morale and induce acceptance of mndc-iii-Bcrliii "peace" proposals. Tcrms acceptable to Greece in flip 3i ‘t of her amazing victories rind the blows dealt Italy by the British forces in Africa would be apt to be utterly unacceptable to Mus ollni. They would confess Italian defeat.

Nor can the Greeks ovcrlonk tho fnct that British sea power dinnin- ales the lvfcdiierranenu. If Grwccc noes out oi’ the war. she can expect to feel the full pinch of the British blockade. British naval power h now escorting food stocks to Greece

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Quarters for M.P.’s llard to obtain

OTTAWA, Ebb. l7 --(CP> --Me|u- bcrs of the llousc of Commons. here to con idr-r vital qucstlnns affecting the country. today‘ hurl a llitle per- sonal problcm as ivcll on their hands -thc task of finding suitable lokziiurs in ovcrcronwicd Ottawa.

Mnuy mcmbcrs said they wcrc ex- pcrlcllciilg a good deal of troublc locating quarters in a city 1111054‘ population has cllmbcd far above no iunl sincc thc war storied. Somc