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Read by Everybody Covers Prince Edwardllsland Like the Dew

Negotiations For

Peace’ Not iYet Started, Repgrt

Four Separated Prench Armies Continue Bitter Struggle Against Enemy.

Budget To A

(By Axel De Holstelniliiavas Staff Writer)

a ‘ J B O R118) h‘ Aclilx,“ France, , tine .‘ -- ‘ , , ._. Be Presented. wit?’

four isolated armies brave- lY fought Nazi troops today under orders to continue re- BBUDGET To W5 ‘SifilllllCfl against. the invad- UITAWA, June I8.-—(CP)—Pr-i11t' ‘ 01'5- .‘i‘“i‘.?‘°.l..“’£.2l.°.‘é".?.‘鑧.%..‘l&€‘.°“ll$;l :\J'"i"t<,>1'der from vo- budget would be brought down on nilcr Henri Peiain and the Friday. Defence Minister, General Wtyvgand, told the men that. peace negotiations have "not yct started” and consequent- ‘ly “the duty of all is . , to continue resistance.” The order \l‘t'lll out to the ‘hm Froiiclimcmcn were said to me“ "ii iiiiiiir iii iiie iiir iiiiii eve captured the crew of on!‘ All. 501i.

um when the fliers were forced ' italtelo their parachutes.

tin Friday.

GREAT IKATTLE OFF COAST

NICE. France. June l'l--(Delay- dJ-tAPI-trcnoh reports said my a grcilb at: m-t-tle was fought. ff tile Flwtloli coast. with at least o Geniiaii and ltatan pianos relight dorm.

Four Armies Battle

As thc French cabinet awaited word of the mo-- mcntous conference at Mun- ich bctween Adolf Hitler and Iiellitti blussolini, where apparently the proposed terms of a Fascist peace for France were being drawn up, thc four separated French armies. from west to

Ioming Events

l-O-e its for Notices in this columi 8 cents per word.

"Talkies-Eldon Friday. L“.§12'6"19'2l.

"loo Cream Festival, Hazclbrotik

lIOOLJUHt: 27th. L-U-to-ti-ltl-Lll. 935', ‘WI-L. fighflng as f0]. "Cavendish Tea, August. 7th, iolii-Q“

L-GTB-ti-IU-Ifi. The army of the Lower

‘See "Eyes or Love" in French l Seiiiii‘ “Ziiifiii iiiiiii iiccgiiiiy

er lltill tolllgllt. n-oes. ~ was resisting in the neigh- **‘——. borhood of Evrcilx. Wfli

vr 1M ._ .2. , . n‘ .._ _ _ _

._ i‘ °5 Mi“ “y Rfll§ig_l,i_‘ib‘-i§i. fighting: tonight at the lcycl ———- f Avranchcs. 3L’. ml 0S

‘Dance Aft I-I ll F'rid i 21 t. °

ceeiisior Rgii ci-gss. Hi S southwest of the channel

L-tiGS-G-IQ-li.

Thule to Stanhope IIall, Fri- . Julio ‘Jlst and sec Milllwllflvltl- lslafiiiagc play. L-otll-il-lil-li.

port of Si. l.o. On its right German forces were pllShllIF-i to thc south. toward Anucrs |m1 thc Loire, northeast of Toe cream social South Grali- ‘the port of Nantes. " 511°01- Tliursdav evening,’ ~ ' "

e 2o. Aid of Red Cross. | ~"((‘.<llll‘lltlf(i on L-tlil-i-G-lll-‘Jl. ~——-- K K l

Llama-tea Players or civilian-- lircsent, “Tempest and Silli- it. Kinkora Hall, Friday, i 3L 000d specialties. 11-693-6-19-21. .

Ice cream and dance. Earns- e School Monday, June 24th. olccs Earxisclifft! W. I. If not ill-it line night. following. L-tiB9-6-19-2l.

Dan’!!! Cardigan Hall, Thursday

Dime at Kozy Korncr. Vernon, "may. June 19th. Webster's iestra. L-632-6-l8-2i.

‘Reserve June 25th m- ‘9 it. Fortune Road. . L-606-6-17-I0-2i-3l.

Ike, "Arrival of kitty" by Wilt- r Fillers in Kingston i-lall, June L-623-0-l9-1l.

Mount Stewart. i-iiill 1318i. Marie Players present 4- Mv Wives." L-086-ti-19-li.

will. Webster's Orchestra. L-fiBii-(S-IQ-ll,

fivcstock Marketing Board re- i at. once "limited GUPDly mod 8r pl 5. u

l 18 20 lb n. L-884-0-l9-2L

‘iillv Redeemer Plav "Ilcmpost Sunshine" Klnkora l-iall, Friday 31st. aeo P. M. (A.S.T.) Splen- ipmlltlee- L-672-6-20-2i. lniiual Meeting P.E.I. Ayrshire Agricultural Hull, Charlotte- . Finlay Julie 2i, I p.01.

Ne wsl

French seaport and were cvtwllfllid- barn

Friday.-

about. 75 miles inland.

LODI-B-Hlll [living live ha“ "an. week Canadians landed at, but it. was not. “iii? lbnny, Emerald Pri-

a A

I'M-noon Albany lint with A, C.

Wednesday. Emerald dlstrltt - C Green ‘fliursziay. ion-pl or = collect. signed o. c. Green. l - Wed

l . . , ;~i~- li~urs i. train towards the cltlm hiiiilotliiciiinihvcliiiriltkiliid Labour. yand rode fourteen hours back t0 the

Our voyage over was full of memory and of promise. j ‘ know our destination, but we lltlfvtl it. niiglli. be UH‘. P-"i iiW‘ "iii iii-‘i-

British Leave France; Tell ‘0f Fighting

fly DREW MIDDLETON Associated Press Staff Writer

WITII THE BRITISH EX- PEDITIONARY FORCES IN FRANCE, Juno l7. - (De- layed) —- (AP) — All that. ls left of the British expeditionary force after 38 days that. havB shaken the world, trampcd stolidiy through the cobble- stoncd streets oi‘ u French port. today to ships waiting to carry thoim homo o be ready for the “battle oi’ Brl ln.“

_1'\§ they marched, French sol- diers of a dozen regiments, saLors and nondcsc ipv civili- 811s stood sullcnly watching.

There were no cheers of “Viva ies Anglais." no smiling chil- dren to salute the Tommies with the British "thumbs-up" gesture.

With llglitnlng speed, the !l(‘\\'.\i that the British were ivltlidrawing, and that the French army, already cracking. was covering the withdrawal, spread through the city.

Thor:- virs no antagonism to- ward the British-only bitter- ncss over France's painful pre- dlcamcnt.

Prime Minister (‘inn-chill and Gen. Sir John G. Dill. chic! of the Imperial General Staff. conferred with the French premier, Paul Rcynaud, at Tours. Tlilirsrlav night.

Tliry hastened there after a. series oi’ warninz: messages from their commanders had outlined the hopelessness of the British sltrlzltinn unless the French could hold their own part oi‘ the line.

Spcakiiil: plainly, Mr. (Yhiirch- lli said ir John told ltcynaiid n ivould fight. in long as the French fight." cii, nii Sunday. the long British trek to the coast. began. It “'11s not. a. withdraw- al similar to that from Dunk- crtiuc. This time tlic lino was mill-s farther least, and troops and irillisniiris rolled through sections of ilritltiliiv where no Bfiiish soldiers had been since I"i‘Y '

thc

UIil-iring thc withdrawal,

(lawman air force was remark-

Gcriiian pi. . l3 "ltish troops "tolk l hard, llcrc .mc siinrz "Tipperary osi. fares reflected howl -

the and

(thc Gcr-

r: i a n 2 i w a

ll niaiisl oft‘ cvcry- n them." sold a grizzled scrKP-"Ili- major of infantry, “Tllcn the French ivc-iltl klvc ivav on o!" flank or the flil"‘l' and we'd hr-"r- to fa" back.“

Om- P"itisl| division. thinacd bv rasivnltic. Pad ta lioirl 10.0"" words truer» thou sir Mlle-s) of l"‘" will‘ less "inn 3.0M m?" pwilnst fir» liar-roan divisions (about i5 000 In each).

Strange Night Voyage 0f The Canadians To France

NIJON, Jlllic ill-Oily 610K013’ Clark Cmiyiigiii’ i940 by Si“ no “r EATVICL‘) one brigade of the Canadian First. Division landed ‘ bllng wattle-

. . C .d .ll8l'€d in miniature thc tragedy 0i m9 Biiii-sii Evpclcilliiiinlilriipii; iiliiicicfiiTiie remainder of the division were actuall)’ em‘ barked in England, and were at. anchor awaiting the long expected slfninl to proccctl when thc l‘.tI\\‘.5 of France's Government collapse bgttlllfilht» he l‘ ship to the quays am; discnibzirked them, actually i?‘ we is“ wilgyban.

Ii. was 11W "lliiiiiiiii privilege w accompatiiy Lilli: Mirth slilghianders iof odlaii infantry aooard-one of the refllme" I" 0t rmmed to m” Toronto-and to land ln France with them. ‘wetsuit ma!” w“ men company their train,1buttthrugghloitugegs-zri? i‘

- i ti: re urn l .

w “i-§§is,,i}°'ii.§ii Llietjvrmade their extraordinary in and [Oillb eXDedxition without firing e. shot l5 "iii iiiiii- “Cause as we lay awa to: a. 00,221 back to Engla-ndnin ships as czolvded 85 511i’ I "W wining bgiiiemi; Dunkirk, eiicniy planes came and tried to stoi? "P 0"!‘ iii" d ‘:3 Bren gun the Canadians had blaud through m0 1118119 1123a} flbyeiim; 2nd it. is claimed that. one machine was brouaht dWm. D P9 I l fire, amidst. the anti-aircraft. blaze 0f ti" P0"- n W“ Piiiiiiiil’ iii’ e’ but. it. was something. At. least tho Canadians have been on enemy-

DIVISION on was nova

The wnole division was on the move for France. and the one brigade was lucky enough, seeing what. comes of luck to us these dayfl. l" 89$

We (lid not

On densely pack-xi French t.hl;té, with French warshlpft Cimfilving "B we set. forth at dusk Thursday and at. dawn were entering _a French port. It. was a glorious sunny morning, the harbor \\':ls all\'e with traffic

soonon”"uu‘5ifptiae‘ei ‘e61 o. .

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BANADIANS IN ICELAND

Will Aid in Defending the Northern Island From Nazi Moves.

TAKE llVER‘

(By Frailk Flalicrtv, Caitadian Prcss Staff Writer)

OTTIUVA, June I8—-(CP) —-(,':niadinn troops stand guard in tllc strait-git: island ltillgtlolil 0f Icclrltld against tlic tlirctlt of a Nazi attaclc and further units \\'1ll jtilfl tlicm, Prime Minister hlacltcnzio King tolzl the Ilgugc of Commons today.

“lltc (iorcriiilicilt agreed sonic wccks ago to a request of the United Kingdom Govern-l nicnt that Canadian troops should assist iii tlle defence of lceltiml." said .\ir. King. “flic- first contingent of a Canadian ILXpCdltlOllZlfy Force, have al- rcnrly lntlrlcd in Icclantl

"Further units llavc been tlc- ' tailctl Zllltl Will follow 5l]()|'lly_ 1 l

. I ilcctl hardly point out ilit- , stratcgic itilporiance, not only to the scctlrity of tllc North At- lantic sca l7illt‘.<, but to tllc de- fence of illis contilinclit of maintaining control of Iceland." The Prime Minister also en- nounced Canadian armed. forces were on ditty in Newfoundland and, that lll addition to rcspciislioillty for the lIllVLlI dcfcilce of liia’. coun- try the Canadian government had now assuln-rd responsibility for the military defence of strategic areas tlicre. 'I‘oda;v's announcement. brings to four tile nilmbcrot stations outside Canada C"L‘li‘Jli‘tl by Canadian for- ccs but It... licl ls thc first country outsiuc thc British Enlpire to which their duties have taken them. Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy arc scrvlll’: lti British waters aiid the 1st (livlon is stationed in

(COlll-lllllCd olrpage C91 7)

Canada Needs 40,000 Men For New Army

By Wallace Ward Canadian Press Staff Writer

OTTAWA, June l8—(CP)—Can- ada needs 40.000 recruits for the "cltirclis army" to dcfcnd the

country in addition to 30,000 re- cently called for and the 113,595 now undcr arms, Air Minister Pow- er, acting: defence minister. inform- M the House oi’ Commons today. Every able-bodied man will have a chance to train in arms.

0n Monday, 1.463 mcn were en- listed following orders issued over the weekend for immediate expan- sion ofrnllslment. ovcr and above the 30.000 needed for recruiting the 3rd and 4th divisions of the Can- adian Active Service Force. Mr. Power said.

Gcnr-ral rate of enlistment is 80 men a day, and the munitions and silpnlv department. has assur- ed provision of clothing, personal equipment and rifles for 'tho rook-

(Continued 0n page 9, 001 4) .____________

Ford To Build 6,000 Motors For Britain

LONDON, June 18. —(CP) —-Britnln his contracted with

tricd to slice lllf‘ rcoiiza army on tllc $I>lllll"‘l'll Jr-i lll aim totiight to .i ll.. as t-l ll Italians in the Alps, but failed to get throuzh.

units, conveyed by nloto

reinforcements l)(‘iO!‘t‘ new risrht Will’! of thc I-“rcl

Lake. source of tlic- Doll» 450,000 binziiiot. fortrcss trod escaped thc Nazis

scl-rcn of Alnin" C

by rescue steamers.

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JIJNE 19,1940“

PREMIER KING URGE

LN HOME DEFENCE

r KING Mil S J. Roland Robinson. sllcwn arriv-

Far-toned

weizhtcd with load s» imtnrcllaicl_v in the cvc. attack.

T0 SlllIE iRihfillltllllill

BASEL. sit-iizet-laiF (AP: - Armmcd Cr.

Panzer tanks and armored

chliiczunncrs, towed _ French line, and illnrl it sit They \\’lll'lfIl'(‘\\' sili: '

iill'lll\'

“fitrlitlnz for honor of ill“ ftp." v!"-

To reach the Italians, the

malls will have to t‘ '

a circuitous ionic or. In this new lins- nloll’: F

moi‘ in‘ the heart, of the Jura flllYYL‘ frniit- iniz Switzerland, are units o.’

Alsace-l.

trap by liind

slipninr: yesterday ended a c

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Passengers, Grew Sate

VANCOUVER, Julie 18.—tCI‘) — Passengers and crew oi tliu calla- diaii-Austixnilslali stcanislilp, winch sank alter an (‘ILDIUSIUH olf the coast of New Zcailtiiitl today, are safe, officials of the line here said they had bccn ll‘l0l'lllL‘Il l0illfllll.

Vancouver oiiicias "11 a cable from tlic line's Au an (itlicc

confirmed the sinking oi tlio vessel. and added:

"Crew and passengers are sate in llfebcats and are being l).(‘k0tl up Wcatlivr title." No otlicr details were i1l\L‘ll(liillB

sinking, first reports oi’ which canio earlier

todav in (llolw

wireless l'(‘lnl:'lS wireless liiartlic

'I‘he marine station said tlicre was an cxpYosic-a aboard ilic Naz-

from the

station at. San Francisco.

ara. and that she was siilkinc.

The shin left. Vancouver Mav l8

for Australia and, if on sclzorlnlc,‘ would now be on tho return vorarrc.

leaving Auckland at. 1i am. Mon- day.

Expect German Reply Tomorrow

NEW YORK, June l8 —-tAl"l —~

"w For“ Mo“, compnny‘ of It is doubtful tiiaikGciliiaiyvs re- Dotroit, for 8.000 lu-Royce i” FifiiiM-‘i i"il‘i‘-*i “ii wiii‘ pgu-“n ‘huhme "mum, “m; armistice will alrlu- tit-ton- ._.»; m“v‘lrbrnu ' Mmmfl. h". Mr. niorroiv evening n! lltt‘ lilllllr-w

"a" prodmuon‘ unnoflnpm Sk\l(l a l-rciit-li gou-rliliit-nl. bioni-

tonight.

Production is in start. with- in a month and deliveries will begin early next year, the an- nouncement cald-

"

ncsdny in Franco. it unis the amiouiioer riieant To» to when he said "tomorrow evening." ll nounco that all the association's

cast. heard licrc about ii l). ill. Al)'|'.

ll. Wr-rl- Jilin‘ l trstlav

Since it. almiuly was 3 a.

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Mcnnncss is as hateful to God as "astc.

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Annual Subscription Delivered $5.00 lly llull—l'.l'l.l. $10K): (‘unilllu and U.S. ‘but

S HASTE MOVES

Declares Canada l: ll l l- May Be Next In liilll-Slllilitll Nazis Objectives fsliii-ii lliililis

British iii-Bier Urges

iCo-mpulsory Sie-Pvnice Bill Giveni First Reading —— Commons;

l l

Told Of “Emergent Position Of Very Grave CharacterPl

istcr Mackenzie King tonight ivarncd the House of Com-

.mons “there is an emergent position of a very grave char-

actor" and “not a moment should be lost."

(‘rics of “no" roared throurrh the llirlinc Allllifilfll‘ suguesied it seemed likely it would take.

‘t ' .' ' ' ' - ' ' mg in New York Vi“ (gymnwr Dian!“ w o (l l_\\ to pass the bill which he had hopccl would go‘

through today.

‘ (‘losing the debate on second reading Mr. King said lhc htld made only a brief explanation of thc measure this l, aflcrntioil because he had felt “thc mcdiziic action nillst be apparent to all.“ SPEED URGED v The essential tiling was to let people know lhnt there is an cmctjcciit position of a “very grille character." “.'\ot a nionicnt should be lost," hc said. proposed in this bill was taken by

Similar action as

the Failed Kingdom, after

Scanrlinzivizin and Low Countries leaving no counirv lief tween Britain and her enemy, '

Ilouse when thc

cxtrciile nccd of im- i l

Germany had invaded the

Mr. King said.

Tilt-re was a parallel in the position of Canada todliv. “'l‘oday France lies undcr the iron hccl of Germany.

llctyvccn ourselves and the enemy stands no single coun- try. 'l‘hci-c is only the North Sea, the lilnglish Channel and

ilic Atlantic.

NAVAL SITFATION Y

“At this vcry moment we do not know what disposi- tion has been made of the French navy. Suppose the French fleet passes into German hands tomorrow what stands be- i ‘tween this country and the enemy but the British fleet? The Prime .\linistel' asked what would happen to Si.

Picrrc-bliqllcloli '.’ the French

Lawrence. What of other outlying French Who could say thc fleet that was cccdini: tonight across the Atlantic undcr German control. .

The (itivcrliilicnt had power to mobilize mcn thc Militia Act which had been the law of Canada since 1868 for thc defence of Canada.

GRAVE SITUATION HERE

It was essential that the country should thc uljticnt grave situation facing" (‘zllitltln and that not an ~

hour should be lost.

“We've been watching and saying after France, prob-

the Gulf of Si. ‘ possessions? French was not pro-

islands in

under ‘

appreciate

ably the British Isles will be attacked," he said. “Are you sure it will be the British lslcs only?" llc did not wish to speak words of dcfcatisnl. llc be-

lieved in ultimate victory but it would bc “a \'cl'_v long and

sorrowful time before‘ that was reached." .

lContiriued on pa_..e QTColWQV)

iFoxmen Meet In

Annual Session

Lowell Hancock Named Pre-

sident — Activities Review- ed And Prospects Discussed.

The annual meeting of the Silver For BRQUUTS and Exhibitors AssO- clatlclt 0t PflllCl.‘ Eduard Island was licld ill the liflllCC of Wales Col- lcgc Ililil yesterday altcrnuoil. ‘Iilcre was a good attendance, rc- prcsciitinit all parts of tile province.

’.l‘llu nicctiny, was presided ovcr by George l-L. Brown, prcslrlcilt, of tile association, who outlined tlic \\'tll'l{ accomplished (luring thc past. year, which nicltldcd n succcssitll i-‘nnd Dav gathering of ioxmen. the Provincial Fox Show in November, and Provincial Pclt Show in Dc- cctnbcr. He. mentioned the diffi- cltl=lc< that now ooiiirtilil. cur in- dil- .\ and tllc lt'li(lt‘|lt‘\' to the di- nthnn oi <ll\l'l\lll(‘llllilll 4lllt~ to

lltillll.tlll\ ill lilulks. \\lllll' l.ui-.l anti litlll. lt|n~ I'm». liil\l' low-ii ltulltttwi i)| Lllllillil‘. llw llli\l luu _ii-il.- and \-|.l iirohzllfv be illttllrl" ' till lll s \t‘1ll'. " v. s Mitt, iotivitll-illllililiir llio

dlltit-ult tircunist-anccs, an-

Prllile Iiltillslri‘ confidently

French to Fight on.

LONDON, June l8 Clllirci tonight trvx. l

heart of Britain to respond .0 .:.c ‘menace o! invasion.

and later repeated in u. broad

()vrvr‘\“.'4\‘ June lg__((.l,)_ly,l_lz_ing Iqpeody adoption 211s in ilils ISIZLHCI or of the (lovrarnnicnfs compulsory service bill Prime Min- ' disaster llc "cast "l1 a < ance shccl’ and proclainirri -

frccd and

He told the House of Commons,

Ilillor knows lie will have

fol

In lilf‘ llOllf‘ of F‘:-

glnntng of “the baPIc of 1" Britain, he said. has more -ri 1.230.000 regulars and 5000M l, ll zlcfr-ncc volulvc it ‘s W’. ‘division is . ‘ ‘i a i0.‘ t., i til . ' Ho .. id ll na _. " '.\ an lnixading fort-o in " ll ‘or blow it to pieces ns i. i ‘.0 lland. spoke n!

III: . .

'lie said filo lay move forv: '1 uplands .. “Bill i.‘ ‘.\-

tContlnucd cto-rulzs MAY come j AND CLQTHEs MA‘. c... .- But Post/we. IN Ti-ilgk-i

GOE$ on FoRtivEP, __

promotions lied been carried Lllftilltlil .\tit‘(‘(‘.~.~llliI\' I ’l‘ni- lliiail . nicilt. uasprc-

‘i".lhul't‘l‘ Wit.- in Hill. dir- nlld i'Nll(‘llLll- tlitlll \\'l\ll tlic Live

scliivtl l)\' tcr it. Sha aiilc (Il'l.lll titres lll collti

l

Fox and that r-"io-as both oi wiilcli .

sliowctl sllrlllllsva.

Mr. Shaw paid tribute lo thc as- sl-tancc glicli lilln iiv i):l'r\<'lol‘\' and also thr- .~t.iif of thc P"\'lll.'l.\l llc- partmcni of Agriculture.

Eulorzistin comments from val-i- ous s ‘akcrs bot-c lcstinwiiy- nf an- prcciatloli of hlr, Sliaws SPl"\.'.(‘f‘S

and tl rv afiso l"(‘ll‘l‘l‘t‘tl to thc c ner- (ills ilsslslallco olitililicri ll't‘lll thc llnlliilltoli ('l\~r\\'rl'lll|l|~tll llll‘ t‘.il|.|~ tl all NJllIIIIJl l". ~ ll il'<ll'. \ .\ -vl~ iill-lll and llit- l‘i~vt..'.-l.ll lawm- llll'lll

lliin Sit ain't int-m an v~.ll.ill~tl\r~ Tvprlt of t‘tlllllll'l“t‘ llllll.lll'lil ti» coiilri‘ “l? ‘ln- l).im1n'oli_ (itltvfll-

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TORONTO. ‘ _ f]? ~ liiniliilllii and maxnlttil tlfil.) \- l\ll‘t‘5I ‘ I).'l\\'.\0ll ‘i-i Yiizicuu\ or If Edmonton (I: