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m being formed. giving Germany ulother economic and strategic foothold in southeastern Europe the British Government kept a close m. aloof watch over the chang- lu situation.

'Prlmc Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons there had been no instance of unprovoked aggression against lilll Czech state which would bring into operation

Britains "moral" guarantee of her framers.

for mwzlntees by Great Ritalin, France, Germany and Italy of the, territorial integri y od ho- slovolcla after the ﬁudeten dis- tricts nod been ceded to the Reich.

plerncnteri and Great Britain has no binding contract to go to the defence oi Crecho-Blovakia if at- tacked, Desnlte this fact Bir lhotniis Inskip then Minister for the Oocniination of Defence. in Ocidier told Parliament that Bri- tain‘; "moral ready in effe nations did not follow owls.) , _.. ._ the "c?

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‘unwarrantable suggestion that Britain how was completely disinterested in Czecho- slovakia. But his replies to a ser- lea of questions form members of Parliament showed plainly Bri- tain had no urbention of inter. vtnlng in the Gelrrlan-Crech quar- ltl as she (lid last summer.

frslst possible Italian demands on

France. saving her strength to Aged 107 Years

her. seemed to be only on inter- loted spcctator in the new criaiis.“ a

Great Britain was in consultation

Mutations at Berlin cr Prague.

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SLOVAKIAN STATE D__I_SSOLVED

Generations

Sidelines Keeping Close Watch On Changing Situation.

can sun written wNDON, March il-Great Bri-

lo the dis- a. siovak state

Called for Guarantee: fine Munich settlement called

Ozec

(This guarantee was never im- *

arantee" was al-

lhe Prllnc Minister called’ an ' a

Above, inthe second row and on the right. is pictured Mr. William Bernard who died yesterday at his Hunter River home in his 108th year. The_ above photo was taken at the time of the observance of his 105th birthday in 1937. Other members of the group are. left to right in the first row, ummh 6mg!‘ Mrs. Ray Gibbs, great granddaughter, and Mrs. Harry herwox- Boulter, grand daughter of the deceased man while in a month ashore. ' vnd row on the left. la Mr. John Bernard 0’Leary, TfLson of the deceased. In front is Billie Gibbs, great great grandson of William Bernard, making five generations in one picture.

storm 11ml? urn TRAFHE AND savour

Blizzard In Many Years Piles- up S n o w Inches Deep In Maritimee.

HALIFAX. March 14 -((P)- Mar b

Claim _Answor Nazis Move Eastward In Hitler Holds if T" ultimatum Slovakia As Hans March Mastery Over "niiatlslactllrl Northward TowardsPoland

shipping in some mum land waffle to a stand-

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__ ' "‘ ' _ nlarum, Lhlg 1 m) hiffgjfmoslfamﬁgf (Canadian Press) n-oops marched into metered Ukraine, Hungary qnnmmcgd egJ-ly Chancellor Hitler in a swift coup at dawn today (Wed- mzpo-ﬁilolsgalphae wimougnéeegfstampo‘;

New runnvick and Prince Edward Island residents dug themselves out tonight. O Cape Breton Island t blimard still raged after-t 24 ho

Interurben cqmm

tween Sydney and outlying towns were tied up or delayed. Canadian National steam-

todav that the dissolved Owhv- nesday) wiped out the last vestige of the Czecho-Slovakia m Slovak Governm t’ to . dissolved Republic ne tiated wi ultimatum demgiildihg-nsg/earcuatig: Reliubllc- mﬁummm d o! the coat-rm Province was un- the ancient Czech Provinces of Bohemia and Moravia and cmh

German And a Hungarian Armies In Race Across Frontier To Tal_z_e_~ Dver I C¢_1_r_;_Jatho .- Ukrgine“

Central Europe

l-ie marched his goose-stepping Nazis army into gheaeFnixizeahgleowgm w over m‘

dy Dash arrived insaint

cause of storms at ships und for Sal

scrim in Camille-Ukraine the atic announcement was made.

Buffeted by a. 40-milo gale. the "BM w 1mm their own mood ooo

Lightship Halifax lost. her pound anchor. She left her five miles from Chebucto at the harbor mouth and arrived in Halifax tonight, after battle against hes.

it was officially stated

th the French Government over lovskla but had made no rep-

After the nerve-racking days

-"Canadlan Trio, Prince of Wales The gran LMarcn 20m. L-lllIi-S-il-Sl. a m; life . ——~—-~ good hard work and no worry- “lzont miss the l-act Irish Oom- mi a “me (uni mp p. l. s. uau. Emerald Jct. To m. may m- b1l38‘3‘14'“' Bsrnad was a man of temperate habits. His ziurdy physique. in- heritctci from his stglaw Nb M '_ _ _ anoee ore. may aso con r u u" 3 15 l!" as one of the reasons for his long

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lsland’s Oldest Resident Dies.

HUPYIPIR. RIVER. Mm‘ Prince Edward Island's oldest dent. William Bernard, riled at o’ ‘home hirwday fol list September. whql Europe tot- 1W i“, teed at the brink d! vrar over the mlelsuntclairlilg, ti‘? average Bria .. s cou n get excite 1s‘ M ﬁpeurtnﬁlcvnkia. He glanced not up t° W ’ w con paper prmu y o lead the cricket lroora from south “m” “t li-‘ea.

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Bate for Not-lee: in this an}; 1.1.9 : "Illlmn 8 will oer_word-___ antral-en, '15 great grandchildren,

’_" and l0 great-great grand-children. d old mans recipe for always was "plenty 0f

‘Devon-shire. England on i882. Mr. Bernard came ith his parents

Born in Jan. 24,

when seven years Hunter River where they built the first log cab lh district. The house in which Mr. Bernard died today stands on the

wheeiwrlght by trade and buift one of the first wharves in Charlottetown. He also worked on the railway.

Mr. Bernard, who was twicemar- e. long line of ‘ascend- had l3 children.“ grand-

origlnni site. He was a

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Livlrg abo w wail: from his home

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Run On Schedule.

Snow fell on Prince Edward Island toa depth of 14 inches Mon- day night and early yeeterdw and was piled into huge drifts by a M-mile-per-hour wind from the north and northeast.

Late yesterday afternoon the wind shifted to the nocmweatand blew at 24 miles per hour kick-

blocked roads in all sections the Province.

Railroads expeilenoed littledif- fioulty from the orm, trains

though all carried plows.

g n carry , plows.

and ‘Immentine.

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tam . a soviet v- “h!!! in mini’! failegczlio mind 53mm“ reconsider the inten-

All shipping was advised of the

absence of the Lightship. It was ted she would return to her sometime tomorrow.

The storm, which mapped her one and seven-eighths-incti cable gave Captain Alphonse lavellee and his crew of eight pectcd shore holiday. spend two months on

ultimatum. were not answered _ satisfactory. however. akia in what appeared to be a strategic manoeuvre to block Without. waiting for tbe- 01$-

I-Iungarian lives in Carpatho-Uk- _ ralne, another Hungarian demand, Czechs 0i‘ Hungarians.

given s holiday becauy: of storm. putommobiles were

doned in huge drifts on the streets Work at number 24 coiliery Glace Bay had to be stopped be- cause not enough men to operate the pit could make throiugh heavy snow to the bank-

Burglars took advantage of the Cape Breton storm last night two of New Waterfordb largest business They scoped with more than 000 worth of goods. dry goods store and the Cheisson drug store were the vi ims As a result of the

halted during the early part of the

On Prince Edward Island there was 14 inches of snow today. A82- mile northeast gale whipped the into drifts six feet deep in places. Many Charlottetown citi- ‘WEIIS had to slcgvel their way out of their houses. ‘Ikairls Island ran slightly behind schedule.

mouth. at Nova Scogtia’! southwest tip were blocked. The snow was six to eight feet

mass early today to the occupation

PS llllER“

_ -__-_- Czech refusal to allow Hungarians T r a f f i c in Carpatho-Ukraine to armthem- Blocked By High Drifts But Trains m

schools were closed for the day.

ing up n. heavy ground drift whici} o I Premler liehukos running only slightly behind , t a al-

schedule for the mos ‘phgtnmn from Georgetown reached the City on time the one from Sum- merslde second beet. 25 minutes late. The Murray Harbor and Tig- nieh trains were each a half hour late while the Souris train was two and a half hours late. Delay ln the latter case was due to huge quantities of snow in the yard at souris. Des ite a heavy ground drift last nght railwaymen antici- ated little difficulty this morn- n although all trans would a-

(By The Canadian Press)

ter Mackenzie King Pouliot (Lib. iunlscousta) to in the House oi’ Commons today for attacking civil were unable to defend themselves.

Pwliot repeated his earlier tons certain officials in the ser-

sai aslcaderofhhe

The oarferry Charlottetown made _ 3 House he ieit it his duty to pro- civi is f

almost summer time on all cross- ings yesterday. it was reported Ice had been blown away from the path of the ferry between Borden

.___________ , ma“ a n a s n "buuhgooveurnmenhzlar-Ddllillaw Slovaklans T00 Bewlldered

, ts. . ”-%h";°l§u'§8um Poms“ 0mm announced simultaneously that he “had taken the Czech Ghanoenor Hmgr; muMu-y ovel --- 2 tn in n M .- r‘ under the protection of the German Reich.” cerllgplleéwliluroue owoewd tn b0 . t. ff: nlggwﬁeeyybgelgalienfslmedi- The Czech Defence Ministry announced shortly _be- “mu 3mm“ 9mm,“ o; mm“, - c3: ma? want? the floreéran: that lthe German troops were coming and asnel guzecho-Slovaklmmwaio have wit: ° 1 l’ ‘i P-m- i e zec peop e not to resist. “m”! “w” ' Y ctd,i h bf th volthancdcrtndlsbandhiscoun- Krfuﬁlseflll. .2.‘§...d‘?“’.‘.,,.,°..1’" Hun? Church bells tolled throughout Bohemia as the dram- my, mmy and bum over- admin- ‘ istration of its foreign we!!! 14

Berlin. Today's proclamation - undeo

‘°""*“°"=- we "1 Hlmwvr do PRAGUE, March l4-(AP)--The Republic of Czecho- 1 , , me “m, man“ Delivered Ultimatum Slovakia was smashed apart today and both German and ma,“ é‘ $31221? centre seg mmt of Crecho-Sl , moiehi

3mm Yeswray “Euvmd l Hungarian‘ armies rushed across its eastern stretches in

24-hour ultim t , irln t. o . l-Iaoh with his Foreign

AJVI. today, Ssﬁndlﬁﬂ” what‘..- an apparent race to clinch control of Carpatho-Ukraine, to 32,111, w 13y m gluon is ‘l "I h‘ m This “mm- one of the pieces. rim! Bigfheglwm” a. um c -S ed to - . the Czech parts e omn- meps, Th: .$2.,,“,,.,,,“’§,,.,,,,y - German troops, according to a report telephoned from mo a mum Gama“ m1.

bitﬂa" Yell-tidal’ tvemnli- Moravaska-Qstrava, on the border between Germany and ony.

other demand’ °f “ 1mm“ Czecho-Slovakizg were advancing through northern Siov- h“ an,“ Mum

mecmhreply “cued “pmmt the Poles from attempting to join forces with either"- m, m‘ mumml how H it was send-officially o n8

but a special announcement here ggrxr-ysnghmtxée Germann tr saw: _ i o» co to». .. . MARCHINQNORTlIWARD~ .. .. , “so, an. °°‘m'”“a.-~w°°’fi.aa~ * t, Government must‘ declare thatthe ovm- dailies at Moravahn- .

so-called Ruth nl (Carpath - . . Ukraine) Goverrlmtrlit does nut, d2. Meanwhile Hungarian troops were marching north- m um. the Poul mm“ Si" °' °‘“"‘°t eﬁmmﬂy Pmmt ward through Carpatho-Ukralne, which until today was The troops occupied mdtheCd-v!

Hungarian inter is d th f . the Hun arian esgovgilnmenirevslll the Czech Republlds easternmost province, toward Poland. mick!“ and pence Md ma‘,

sxrgrgetl: gomptlicgxvilgo for the The German troops, marching toward the Tetra Moun- gm,- “m, ‘mo. arrival o! the Regelrvlgts (mumps, tains in the direction of Carpatho-Ukraine, were reported we“ “d i a (Bl-bk The Hunsorlan Army moved in to have reached Zilina at 10:30 p. m. and to be continuing sum ,0 m, 305m; m.

rmaaimls ' ' ‘ ' - f ti od f rm Czecho-Blovakia o; 311mm,, when. were were m on eastward. Zilina ls 50 miles southeast of Moravska are“; Doigtslgerme 0mm} new!

estimated 10000 Czech troops Ostrava ‘ ' - _ _ _ agency added. Mam’ “lmes “r lfwsems“ we" Presence of three, armies in the crumbling Republic, “Art mo bridge over the Oder, called to the coors during the _ _ t u‘ ma. m m, w”, mm, night and the movement was still wrth a fourth not far away, created a tinder box o e m moan“ f _ tea-y forces also laid down ' en lre re lon. arms.

Motor cars and trucks were be- g “The Gama“ ‘omaum m” m? "qmsltmnm- toward someslscnssomu.

The Foreign Office said the ADVANCING EASTWARD According m Gem", repom, m,

"W" W" mm“ “i u" “W” °' Germans were adrvancing eastward in Slovakia while mdkoma“ (Mmvskngoﬂnlmy

the new Independent. government . _ pIOQhIIﬂQd M, 0mm, the c, m1, 20,000 Czechs were retiring westward in the same area from 1m Wimkorvritz iron works wu

- may by Premier Augustin Vo oain. Carpatholjkraing, wgvlggjddv m me mﬂtﬁm

Hungary during the day had given the Prague Gov- effected, DNB said. fhakogﬁom-

crnment an ultimatum demanding the Czechs evacuate mun"?- Wwmtfwilld “m CarpathoUkraine, and Hungarian troops marched into gulf-Fe“ ma“ m ‘image m‘

the Province long before expiration of the ultimatum-Ii p p. m. (l0 a. m. AST.) tomorrow. 6' nmube , _ l8 llEBATED WW" my» Poise» Ar BORDER m. m: n: ~ ~ _ ‘ Slovak border. ~ t . Prom ihroulh thl <1 <‘~ F~ M e m b e r .....T..l:t';";:';.::".z Ii.“.'.fl§.i°“““' "" ‘i’ v" is}; mm '~§»§-e.....~~ m... Warns Canada Be‘ German troops occupied Moravaka-Ostrava in the through Vienna. mesa reports Roi all moving toward the border.

coming Ammunit- early evening and began moving eastward. Another Ger- No mm w. Mme w“ pm

ion Dump man column was expected to cross the frontier from the mlttﬁnolr; thegrfalrxrlloudsjeiiirgisxtrciim

._._. south and occupy Brunn during the night. 8mm Mam“ w m, Dam,“ v orrﬁvzgiugfguaiFlcPl-‘Thi’ ‘ Both of these towns are in Moravia, one of the two old bridges H b. * GOVCHIIH nu.- . ~ , 30nd 3m "awed "mm; reading province-the other Bohemia-left to the Prague Gov- wezhﬁf élémnslslaﬁannmmcm“ {id 1" l*;¢“°°m&%m§guf&§eg'°t- ernment after today’e swift events. 0m- Vigrmg, oper ve ' - ‘ ~ . - _ .' ion grpup weal-‘ned seams ‘thiayncial; Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukralnel crumbled away under trrtum moi/errata Ea’ iflwgﬂanalmwum" “mam m, German and Hungarian pressure. mm,” Lima}, m, the “m, gome, gihiclg“menec‘ the new 0 _ _ - ~_ e _ - . “a s‘ Dow,“ (Cgfmyxﬁum Italian Lmer To Death Of Noted ,,.m,,,,_,,,,,d I - l k I I 9 ' >_» _7 _ _ _ the ardiialnentwrace when p vote Ald FPEIQhtQT Ontarlﬂ Jurist othel-ugguntrige - ‘sums mm w UITAWA March i4 (OP)-—-A distinguished career on the Ontario {REY

“Canada is fupidl! becoming m unltion dump for the world,

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amm " OHATHAM. Mass. Mmh l+— Supreme Court bench, as chair- he continued"! so there could be After racing tiuough winter seas, mm o1 the Tor-m 30am and s5 no more serious th for a count- the Italian liner Conic d1 savoia chm Commissioner or mo Dom- ouf o‘;- (“E u pry gut love: ﬁrﬁfggagllgteﬁggl: dzonlg/ht reached the sinnn-battcr- inion Trade and Industry Com- uummmtlamen‘ m‘ “d m“ u ed little Norwegian freighter mission ended today with the QREWENC“ESQ

Bel- mm‘ n g1 W gdiiout ‘I00 miles of Hon. George H. Sedge- l s n e_wae readyto 0:3 -—-- U, measure of pro eon But he was not ready to support a

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the Mar ll iong-stshdiin sepal- tation. terda ‘hey were Cz -slo-

nlsisofeventstcchoermucmto- they tenned unfair tree sew class ns Today they

u “y.” u“ g day found they constituted a new nd u“ “rah-g” “ma” m“. republic under Germany's protcc- believed themselves free citizens of stein) In tho h”; that ﬂ out tion amid the bitter dlseentiona a new gipubiic, and crowds thxong- _ nol-‘glw hi: celirgalslmvtallcpebariiam n4. in a ail m‘ gmllated o e aiilitig‘ Igrgwslllal? usmllrmrln‘ East: wilaslfir Xclrglil - e o e - n e n - o wncs, more‘) r honor bajue." m“ m“ ent, ﬂslng vote severed coralarection ﬁr"; thé-‘own of!‘ ‘Tiedwcluzfhokf’. “ﬁtness ova"; east ‘pprtioétaﬁﬁ was ddalxlllzfm , -year- ' dug-h ear- a . 5" i" “a! Ram!" ‘I l‘ ' llllimoztglsiho-Slovak nzxgibllo whose lentil“; obllgatlonvsnlo aamllsny. mielwgslsugftertirhworimgtfnﬁ-bg. ° “Q?” u“ mam“ h‘ and was formally decreed in Tiso. a elerg who was oust‘ Bun sets this evening at 8.06 and 'h ' - ‘Irma: Pmg-ue. . led last week the Prpgue Gov- rises tomorrow morning at.“ 6.12. mung“, m. _ A now Slovak Republic. was crnment for countenancng separ: New moon March 20. 9. pm. m", mg". formed and Dr. Joseph ‘rise. back atist agitation, was the eentralﬂg Bunmlersod. tide eighteen lnlrr n; yum a“ ed by a promise of military aid um ln parliament's deliberations utes later than Charlottetown. use (or. from Germany if neeeaary. was behind closed door-a in ramb- "ma; can FER!!! sMl-INGB all‘, . ‘made first Premier. ling “zupm Dom“ » iatrict Leno Borden Ms a. n. I p, m. (y, aloe! baa It!) The first, reaction of Blovakswaa Home.) Tonnentlne l1 a. m. M5 o. In.