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wlzing Halts Discussion Re Lt.-Gen. McNaughton

Gmydofl Accepts Offer From Prime Minister To Show Correspondence To Opposition Leaders.

v s; rails iucooic VUITAWA. Feb. l4—(OP)—Prime liinimr Mackenzie King inter- vmq 1n s House of Commons dis-

inst ublio lic to ms ‘tlurpst this‘, dine"

1.11;? oi have to Lt. Gen. A.G. mo aughton and relieving him d me 3111?“? cwpdrty lead

, . H‘ b to Stirling (ac.-

noa m offer was accepted by Gor- don Graydon. Progressive Conser- vative House leader. s short time before Ool. Ralsmn answerln

Mr. Grawdoai ma said Gen. cNaughton asked to be relieved oi the army com

d. Mr. G ‘duh r

nail ed that the - esslon ha been

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t after a vei-rtment the filer-at '

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lticNaughtnnb absence would

at the time have been re-

act been for . ill-health, leave oi not have been grantee it was. He would not licved of the command of the Can- edisn army at the time tmless he tied requested it.

"In other words. ill-health was the proximate reason."

Says Leave Necessary Mr. Graydon said the Minister iisd not answered the question. c111. Balaton replied there could be no question that the leave of ab-

MM oibyill hcoai’ ‘on was‘ whether“ he on. étlywother factor was

Ne and not ap- ~r11 addition to that practical sit-

on. I ask my friend in all ain- "fliy. as I ask myself and the com- mliifl. d0 they think the morale of the Canadian people, and the mor- sle oi the troo in field would be promoted by d ~ ion 0d factors which at the moment and in the tilvurnstances can have no plie- Hiya. tine “Minister 110110111153.

- < ye y made a lislement about oin- army in Can- and overseas. and the reasons the dispositions. I ask. is not

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"Valentine dance in French liver hall Wednesday night.

ll-lb-il. "Unhidihl csr coal tcda and Wednesday. s. J. my s. no? 2-16-11. “mo ‘ wshitfil? “"““£°‘1‘1.§.‘:.- W 16th. row to six. 2-11-21.

"Unmdihl car lurn coal at iiaulb g p _ .1... is... :12)’ r3? 11%: ‘in ciiwul- 1m‘ "We Mecmwelil.“

Milwlew. every February list- 2- 15- 1i.

l! loadi i" Week? atIdiJ-tilsrig T" Prone. Miilview.

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w "divs our oi Bulk oats. 2-16-21.

“H”? the bagpipes see the m‘?! Ill‘: Cavendish by the Stan- m n‘ ‘f: Illa‘ Wednesday, Feb. m, 5 "fly i ursday. Sale of

, ' 2-14-21.

.. 001mm“! w!" D. flu“, 71g b s,“ "SW “turning afternoon mmcncem u‘ c" “"h- z-r-irf

$3944"! Hg}: ior Davis and 1m ursday 01:11:11, “uhimiding p“ h t " iiniia.“ "iii.

“Madly, y i?! hlls early as prospects

Balaton ,

of Geu- McNaughton or other iss-

torswhiohineunot y? "...AsIssid ormrwould preiernottodisousssnyoflieriec- torsithinktheoneof heaithis euiiiciifnt... I " avesome persona reasons whyltshmildbeiareasie forine togointodlsstissionofalleortsof things but Isuauest that in the

ciremnstenoes no good , end Iieaiveitto

could be my friend whetiier he prune that direction."

Mr. Graydon pressed the min- ister again ior a. reply to the quea- tion: “Were there other factors, other than ill-health, which en- tered into the whole problem oi resignation or leave oi absence oi Gen. McNaughton?"

Prime Minister King

‘Prime Minister King rose in his place to resd from a hand-written statement.

“Before the leader oi the oppo- sition presses his question further I desire m say that whit; I know the rniniste of national defence is prepared to answer the question immediately, as prime minister I have very grave doubts whether it is not a alnst public policy to discuss furt or at this time th matter which is raised by the question which honorable gentleman hesgisked." he said.

"l believe I Ian familiar with all the relevant facts and circum- stances, and should be plealedto meet with and to show the corre- spondence fiv x1e leader of the o - position and to the leaders of t e 6.61‘. and Social Credit parties.

"Indeed, I have come to the conclusion that it is my duty to show it to them. Until these lead-

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1 will press the matter further.

"Sitting opposite me. in the per- son of the member for Yale 111011. Grote Stirling), I see one who has been s. former minister of nation- al derence in a Conservative ad- ministration, and I would extend to him an invitation to accomp- env th. three leaders, when I hope to have the opportunity oi placln all the correspondence be- fore t em."

Greydon Accepts Offer

Mr. Graycion took the floor again

as Mr. King concluded. "I gladly accept the prime min- ister's invitation to read the cor- responcicncc and discuss the mat- ter with him." he said.

“I want to say it seems rather strange that only at this stage should a question so serious flu- allv be discussed by members oi the House oi Commons. Never since parliament rose on July 24 has the Prime Minister asked me. as leader of the official apposi- tion, for a consultation o the matter oi Gen. McNaughton; I do not know what he has done in connection with the other parties.

" a very late invitation but one which I eelshould be ac- cepted irl the public interest.‘

Mr. King replled:-

"If I have not asked my friend privately to come and discuss this matter with me it has been out of deference to what I thought would be his own feelings. in not wishing to discuss a matter with me priv- ately until there had been some npen discussion oi the situation in parliament.

“I preferred to extend my invi- tation to him in the House oi Commons at the time I thought it became necessary. That is the sole

Lovsi. front from Starays Buses streiob oi’ about 150 miles.

critical transports"

bulge ii not indicated. To fh. north w. the Gesmsns

for e converging drive 1m Pskov.

possible troops. Very likely, the final Nazi crisis

Trapped Nazis

iiear End 0f Ficrcc Resistance

LONDON, Fob. IL-(AP) — The Red army today captured the ‘Uk- raine railway vulage of Korsuh, the core of resiscance for the remnants of 10 trapped German divisions of perhaps “W000 men who have iought with the ferocity oi wound- ed beasts for i1 clays.

In announcing tne fall of Kor- sun—on the Ross River miles south c1f the middle Dnieper-Mos- cow's bulletin sztld. however, that large German relief forces attack- ing outsddc the annihilation ring west oi KOHIJD had succeed-xi in driving “a small wedge" irilio Sov- iet lines at the cost or heavy inan- powcr and material losses.

The slight German gain cost the enemy 2,000 men, '13 tanks and 20 bog self-propelled guns. said a mid- night bulletin bruaximst by Moscow and recorded by the Soviet Monitor.

Oil thefilorthern front Russian troops captured scverail more loc- alities on a 70-lnlle front beuwen Luge and Lake Peiplls in iii-air drive southward toward Pskov. less glass 40 miles beyond Soviet spear-

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Veterans Land Act Office For 0h’town

SAINT JOHN. N.B.. Feb. 14- (CP)—Ftve regional offices will be opened in the Marltimes by the Veterans‘ Land Act Organization to facilitate hnndlit; an expected heavy volume of itttleirient work in the postwar period. C. H. Scott Saint John, Maritime superintend- ent under the Land Act. said to- day the offices will be situated at Fredericton. Moncton. Charlotte-

reason I hav. not conierred with Flliifidjiihis Paint-Y’

tovsvn. Truro, N. 5.. and Kentville.

British, Indian Troops

Pare Down

Jap Force

CALCUTIA. British and Indian troops were viciousl paring down today a Jap- anese orce estimated at 2.000‘ which counter-attacked on the Ar- akairfrohir-nortir-ofA ab. Burma 0 ds1ys ago, filtered t rough Al- ied lnes and since has bee " ‘ almost " hind-W" hlnd Hiirmishu. d h m The, u le bsttlsgroun a square ‘mi area. in the rear oi British forward positions. Althoulh almost isolated. the Jame» have succeeded in estab inl strongholds from which they src threatening to out supply lines to British forward troops. However. Allied front line troops m ing on deszitleu-tlbsocfgt t e enemy on '- been trids important supply lines ior several hours. A

Feb. i4—(AP)—-|

sions has as oommun ue fro ' Admiral ountbsttenb south- Asia headquarters declare 1e situation in Arsksn "ll stead here are

in cation; thstéhe‘. .ti:;p:;1:'s.s__w- siiun r1 nues e ~

co mere fighting is I0- inhgouolxil iivm-iiififiiilntn the yum-mg " gust-ills fee:-

jg‘ u. mgrfln‘ g, determined f-

fort to block the gateway. After llilppillfi‘ around to the rear and occupy g a village l0 miles west of British positions. the apanesc now are striking beck southwest toward their own lines.

Details were released today of the

h Japanese “counter-thrust which dc-

, to guerills warfare on the night oi Feb. 4.

The estimated 2.000 Jape with a mule s ply column, sll - ped throu h Brtish lines in t e Jun le dar ess and advanced di- root to Taun Bazaar villa where they eats lished their ma n supply use. Confused fightin broke out at several laces st British pl who had been st- tucking the Msungdsw-Buthied- sung road.

Sometimes the British would st- tack a Japanese pocket from three 111066. sometimes they fo ht with

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t em.

The Japanese undoubtedly or- enlzed the counter-attack to re- iieve British pressure on Maungdsw - Buthedsting road where the Japanese for the last month have been taking thg full weight of nritish artillery, infant- ry and tank attacks.

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The People's Paper

War Situation La i

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Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 1s. 1944

Iv KIM I- llusion. Aseoellted m- wll‘ Analyst

Tho Pskov gale on the Bunion-Estonian border through which Nssi forces broke more than two years ago to lay siege to Leningrad hlds feli- iu reverse its war role and slam shut behind the largest segment of the German army in the east yet caught in a. RIBIIII: trap.

That main tmusporiation hub between Russia. and the Baltic states ls the sol.- supply or escape route still open to all Nazi troops holding the

southesstward to Novowkolnlki, s

Ilslf s dosen railroads spoke out east and west of the Pskov hub. just south of the Pelpus lake chain to m centre in Russia still in German hands.

Juli. how many Nazi divisions Ire in the vast and dangerous Lovrii

eke it the most Important and

still hold thelower rlm of Lake

Ilium through Shimsk Junction and g curving irregular front from there to soul!- oi Russian-captured Pains. ill-odd miles north cf Pslruv and near the eastern shores of Luke Pelpus. It seem: clear that the Russian ' have linked arms south of the Luge River anti the fown of that name

‘ ’ and Volkhov armies now

Fall of Pskov before the Nazi garrison on the Lovnt flank from Starayit Rnasa south lo Novosokelnlkl can make its escape would mean ntrapment ol‘ hundreds of. thousands of German

in Russia is coming to a head in the

north and south simultaneously with dangerous major Russian entrap- ment manoeuvres now faking shape.

Told HistoricAbiJey Will Be Shelled By Allies

Ancient Buildings Are Used By Germans ‘In ‘ipifefii Of Cassino.

WITH THE 5TH ARMY AT cnssruo. Feb. H-—(AP)—M0llk5 of the Abbey Monte Cassino and any other Italians in refuge there were advised by the 5th Army at 1 p.m. today to leave the premises to avoid Allied shelling.

"The time has come when we must train our guns on the mon- astery,-'.'-.-said_laailets . fired. “aha, bev hill by Unite-f. States ar illery. i» Twenty-five lino-mm shells, each stuffed with 550 oi the leaflets. burst in the air over the monas- tery, carrying the message to the inhabitants of the Benedictini: shrine which has been used the Germans to hold up the Al- lied advance on Rome.

For nearly two weeks the 5th Army has attempted to seize 1r. town of Casslno below and thc rocky peaks around the abbey without harming the monastery where the Benedictine order was rounded in the year 529.

The rocky slopes of the monas- tery hill have been honey-combed with German machine-gun nests and sniper positions The monas- ter" itself, one high officer 12x- plafned. has been used for ma- chine-gun nests and observation purposes and as a. cover for Germ- illl troops defending the lilll.

It is certain that the lives of many more Allied soldiers will be saved it‘ the monastery is removed from its position dominating the cntir¢ battle field.

It is believed certain that many relics have been removed from the abbey already. There are reports that as many as 9.000 residents oi the town of Casslno have been sheltered behind its walls.

There was no shelling of the ab- bey today. In far), there was little activity in the entire area because oi a truce requested by the Ger- mans to permit them to bury their dead. During the truce all shelling of the area ceased.

Finnish Gov’t May Fall Soon

310031101401, Feb. 14- (AP)- Fiimlsh government leaders held long oonierences thr0ti8hOlit Huh- ‘day on tthe question o1 peace with Ertussia amid plain lll(t108ti0l18 that ‘the government might iull on the

“we, u , illspaiichos from Hel- alnki saiid today.

wires. passed throush 1p. said more was

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30¢ . art/y. was ting strong pressure on the BOV- emment to act.

EDINBURGH -(GP)—- 551953 must be occupied by nzllitary forces of the Allies “ior 1. very lens time

after the wer ii W!“ 1-5 W b‘! ‘Mm’ tained in the Far Bast. Han iii-WI said here. Member of the PeO 1M Political Council of China. he s member of the visiting Britain $- i.'.'.‘_‘ _.

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orrawa. Feb. lb-flml-cm. fldfl has made "no

commitments"

participation 1n the war inst Japan but the nrmy full 553111.... Canada is at war against eipan and ‘ plans are being made accordingly, Defence Minister Ralsfon said w. night in the Commons.

H9 “m5 Ti . .1. w. Nmilertig a “.“é‘€f1'2,,..” south) .

Formal Opening 0f Legislature This Afternoon

The first session of the Forty- iiith General Assembly oi the Pro-

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Air Fleets Arc Active

IDNDON. Feb. 14—-(AP)—R.A. F. and Allied planes today con- tinued the almost daily bombard- ment of Nazi installations in nor- thern France while R.A.F. Ty- phoons struck an enemy airfield and other military targets and Unirted States i tar bombers raided the Giiaerilen airdrome in the Netherlands.

All the bombers and the Amer- loan fighters returned without loss but the R.A.F lost four fighters in the day's operations.

Canadians flying R.A.F. Mit- chells said the bombing oi the Pas-De-Calais rat-ea targets was deadly despite heavy and accur-

vince will be formally opened at 3

oclcck this afternoon by His Hon--

gur Lieutenant Governor B.W Le~ age.

Previous to this ceremony. the‘ members will be sworn in at 2:30‘, by Mr. Justice A E. Arsenault in the absence of Chief Justice T A. Campbell.

will include Brigadier D a. White, D 5.0.. officer commanding Mil- itary District No. 6, and Lieut. Col. A. Bell. gene ai staff officer. Hul- iiax; Lit-Col. JR. Pawn. M-C, area commandant. Group Capt. H N. Hampton. 11F‘ 0.. officer com- manding the R A F. station. Char- lottetown. also an officer from H. M.C S. Queen Charlotte

Civic Finance Problem Discussed

"rhe- poiidibilibymvfrllav-irig tofin" crease civic taxes was discussed at the regular monthly meeting of the City Council last night. The ‘following statement in this con- nection was read by Coun. Mac- Donald. chairman oi the finance committee;

"Soon this council will have to submit our estimated expenditures for 1944. In order to do this, we must know what the citizens will want besides the ordinary expend- itures of the past 2 or 3 years. We all know n-aw that in i943 we just paid our way with the receipts from the present tax rate 2.85 and if our citizens who pay the bill are en- xious to have other ideas put into effect this year and the School Board has already increased the teachers’ salaries by $10,000. This amount individually is very small recompense to our underpaid fea- chers bu; collectively you can ice‘ that it would be a very nice sur- plus for the City to boast about, The Board has several requests from different parties to install el- ectrical llglitlng and fire escapes in our schools which will cost ap-; proximately $35,090 We need very badly a tractor for our snow plow.‘ We have no intention of increas- ing our expenditures one cent over last year and yet ii we have to budget for the above necessaries we have to know first where the money is to come from.

Money Needed 1

“I believe that present coildit- ions can be improved, but to im- prove them we need money, and l’ do not like the idea of burdcnini!

think I could pay. An.- I making enough money to pay more taxes? Ii the answer ls “yos" I should nay them now. in other words, let us not buy anythine until we can af- ford it. Lei. us pay as we go. l! it 1s necessary for us to build a new high school in this City let us make our tax rate high enough for say 5 years to pay for it. If enough tax- payers request us to light the City schools and build new fire escap- es at a cost of $35,000 pills 810.000 increase in salaries. let us increase our tax rate for i944 enough to pay the 535.1%‘) in one year. Tile 3 0.- 000 will as we all know be perman-

ent.

“ I have been talking to per- haps 50 people from all parts of ihe City about the above, and their 0P- iniods greatly. differ. some think the schools should open at 9.30 during December and January and that would overcome the light dif- ilculty. Others who were there say that the lighting is bad all day long. Some think the Janitors in each school have control over the fire apparatus all da , and at other uhea no lives would lost if a fire saying

did start. Now I am not

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‘ii. B. Airman iAwarded ll. F. S.

OTTAWA. Fleb. 14-—(O.P)—An air

nner who was forced to abandon

is smashed rear after s raid on Leipzig last December ind used a. shell hole in the fuselage of his aircraft to keep watch for enemy fighters on the return mp is among five members oi the EC. AF. and one Canadian in the R. A F. awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

e is W0. ET. McLeod, 0i (66 Metcalfe St.) Saint. John, N.B , cited for maintaining “an alert and efficient watch for enemy fighters" and with beatina oii enemy attacks twice.

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iiommons Briefs

OTTAWA. Feb. i4—(CP)—Cnn- ads. exported 9,408,600 pounds butter last year compared with 1,600,900 pounds in 1942. it was reported in a trade department reply tabled today in the Oom- mons for G. S. White (PC-Hast- lngs-Peterborough). Imports drop; ped from 593.816 pounds in 1042 1,154 pounds in 040

Bulk of the i943 to the United Kingdom took INBEOO pounds.

‘exports went

Japanese moved from British C lumbla to other provinces since Japan entered the war number 6,- 480, it was reported in a reply tab- led for G. K. Fraser (PC-Peter- buough West). The largest num- ber—2.880-went to Alberta. The number sent i.o other provinces: Ontario 2.234; Manitoba 1,011; guebec 298' and Saskatchewan

Refined sugar consumption in Canada last year totalled 9N,680,- 000 pounds, a reduction of 281,910- 000 pounds from 1941. the year be- fore sugar rationing was introdu- ced. it was reported in figures tab- led for A. M. Nicholson (CCF- Mackenzie). Production of refin- ed sugar in Canada last year was 151,601,000. compared with 225,- 502,000 in 1940. Imports dropped from 1,063,372 in 194i to 826,276,000 last year