THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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Mallctll l9. 1940_

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Club Tonight McLure gllyndman Will Discuss Live Issues

The Central Guardian

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W’ HON. GEORGE D. DEBIJOIS

will speak to Queen's County elec-

tors tomorrow (Wednesday) night

‘l 9 o'clock over CFQY.

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EENSATIONAL values removal gale. E. W. Taylor, Jeweler, Rich- mond 8t. 11435-

TiiE PRINCE Edward Island q-rnvel Bureau is issuing this year out? book in which advertisements villi be taken. Any person Anter- estczl should communicate immed- iatclv with the Travel Bureau at Charlottetown. before March 23. 1940, 11-174-3-19-51.

POLICE COURT-In the Police cfllfl ye terday a lrzan was sent- enctd to 7 days in jail for operat- mg a motor vehicle whzle under the influence of ilq.tor. A drunk an. lured $5. and costs or l0 days in ja;l. A woman chargzd with navnig possession of 6W1"! 800GB. ln t-cnnectorr with the break at the Wlllshire Creamery some time

ggo, war disms ed because of 1:1- suftczent evidence.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY . _'rlie funeral of the late Mrs. Wm. C.

l-loward was held “yesterday

hoon from the res once of Mr u-r Boyle. Clyde River. Services were conducted by Rev. E. R. Wflfidslde- A short service followed at the Cui- chfie Funeral Home in Charlotte- imvn with Rev. H3311 Miller assist- ing Rev. E. R. W ide. The bearers were. Messrs. Lemuel Dre-ke- llarlv Pethick. Edison Livingstone- Frallk Howard. Lea Howard. Brewer Boyle. Interment People's Cemetery-

APPOINTMENTS, TRANSFERS Appointments and transfers in Pines Edward Island re iments lnnounced at Military istrlct headquarters Halifax include: H. ll‘. Sutherland is appointed lieu- tenant. (supy) in the 21st Field Ambulance. _R.C.A.M.C. Captain E.

H. Morrisey, P. E I. High- landers. continued in rank. Cap- lain (Peyrnaster) II. M. Simpson.

P. ll‘. I. Highlanders, is confirm- ed in rank.

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In most of the constituencies there Ls a spilt in the Libra] party and an Independent Liberal is opposing the Mackenzie King Liberal. This was due to political patronage which was so rampant i-n the Lib- oral Government. he said.

Dr. Manlon addressed a largc 1nd enthusiastic meeting in that Province recently and since then “things look pretiv good" he said.-

lilr. Roy quite confident of his own election are anticipates lluie difficulty in defeating the Libs-rel. Mr. Maurice Brasset and Independent Liberal Mr. Leopold 1 'l"ll\l8 who are opposing him in Gnspe.

‘u his constituency. he exnlaln- ca. there are three counties in the Provincial election and there were three conservative: elected in these constituencies durigg the election last fall.

lie also stated that in the neigh- hountr Provinces of Ontario and Brunswick the‘? is every in- dwtion of a sweeping victory for ti)" National Government can- dldatcs.

\lr R-ov vt/hnhniis from Game cms f""""a“lv impressed with the Is- land and said lint his first visit “as lo he“ W. ‘Wanton speak at the Strand Thcatre. I-Ie ex- p "wed pleasure at the hosnPalitv i":r*ercd him on his viyit an‘ ex- p."_ris(l.>°_ f,

Piss Mary Grey has one of the of Lohlng alter some of lamdou’: empty mnnrlcru. from will?!" owner! lrave been evacuated. Wllh h" lllll- Mill U"! "IIIIW"

iletlleo mu ol valuable laminar. heel"- - She makes regular vlslh to the vacant houses-rather n spooky job became they have a deserted, haunted air about them-to report on lllilirkc or repairs that she thinks ncceaslf1_"°h ll W" N”! 9'1""! the recent cold wave. Moll is silo

inius her Ute

Algal; pesu powers for an armistice.

|diplomatic eirclu on how Hitler pail-draped to frame peace terms with ,any possibility that they might be ‘acceptable.

‘Germany the spoils won in Czecho.

K. 0f 0. Hold

The meet of

Knights of Columbus 10:; held in their hall. Queen street, on Mar-ch l7 inst. Various activities of the council were discussed District Deputy M. A. Farmer, who attend. ed the central meeting at dis-rec- tors of the Canadian Army I-luts, held in Montreal, gave a ielaort of the plans oulllrled by the central committee to aid the soldiers and stated that a l-Iut had been “my. lisgled in Charlottetown.

mOnthJy

Oposals were made that a mater effort be undertaken to in- ""56 m9 011310110 educational

und. Other matters relating to thg [progress of the council were dealt with. part in

were the Rev. George MacCormack

and PastStoicDe t I»! ,1‘). w. .1. P. Moor/ultra.“ y’ on r

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servers her summed up the immed- iate background of the last few days. ‘They suggest the next step would be intensification of the "war lof nerves" in a dozen different .ways to intimidate the neutral states into Support of peace terms ‘to be advanced by Germany.

The main purpose would be to ,prepare the atmosphere for the Jkace offensive by playing upon ithe neutral desire of small Euro-

llltler‘! Terms?

There was great speculation in

It was considered almost imposs- ible for him to draft terms which would satisfy London and Paris and at the same time retain for

Slovakia and Poland.

_ Prime Minister Chamberlain may refer to the possibility of a German pence move when he speaks to the House of Commons tomorrow but it is doubtful if by then he will have sufficient data. on which to form conclusions.

The Prime Minister will epeair in what may be the most important debate of the war so far. He will open it with a full survey of the strategic. diplomatic and economic frontal. with particular emphasis on Finland.

Among other thinrzs, he is ex- pected to disclose the full detailed story of Britain's assistance to the Finns, and preparations for an ex- peditlonory force if the Finns had appealed for it.

Leslie I-Iore-Bellsha. former War Secretary. is expected to attack the government's general war pol- icy, cartlr-illarlv the handling of the Flnnich situation.

WINDJAIVDWERS IDLE

FALMOUTH. En land —(OP) — There'll l: no saiing ship grain race from Australia to Eng and this ear. The great wind ships that

ave rounded the l-lorn in annual contests for years, are too suscept- ible to submarine attack.

raccoon rumor-zest

IDS ANGEL-EB —-(OP) —When prison marshais became suspicious of a bulge in Paul Cretzers cheek. thevfound it was caused by a key which fit his handcuffs. The key had been made from a spoon.

den of the Gulf

nvoflen to _the Gar;

Before entering politics he was an Engineer in the Colonization Department for the Province o! Quebec

Monthly Meeting t

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‘in his suppression of Parliament.

snort Illllllllll wartime duties-that

IMPORTANT MEETING

There will be an important meeting in the Conservative Committee Room, of all the work-

ers of Wards 4 and 5 night.

at 7130 p. m. Tuesday

P. J. ROSSITER. Chairman.

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charge of Canada's war effort."

The men who made Confeder- ation had been willing to submerge Ilarlilillfislllp in the national inter- eib. being men of stature instead of mere partv politicians.

Ml‘. King ad accused him of scuttllng the Conservative Party in groposing a National Government.

ut Dr. Manion flatly denied it.

Country First

"I'm loading the Conservative Party in it's best traditions," he said, "placing the country first and the party second. and rising in the emergency above petty miltlcal ambitions."

While Mr. King posed as a great defender of democracy on one hand. on the other he stopped broadcasting of such meetings as his, had “gagged" Parliament and was censoring speeches broadcast from studios.

King Inconsistent

Mr. King's whole history was a record of similar incons tencles. of promises unfulfilled. as though a promise without action solved a problem. Mr. Manion claimed Mr. King “promised to protect the com- mon people, but was always align- ed with the blg interests."

He charged Mr. King was both mentally and temperamentafy un- suited to handle the affairs of this country in a time of crisis. His record was one of futility. incom- petence, unemployment, lack of defence -although fir. King was boasting he had seen tlie war com- ing for three years.

Canadians today were actually fighting for their lives and liber- lief. for if Hitler won the liberties Br tishers had enjoyed for 1,000 years would be short-lived. He at- tributed to Mr.Kinga“consplracy" against those liberties in his policy towards political broadcasting and

0n March 26. the people of Can- ada should make clear that they condemned the scuttllng of those basic liberties by Mr. King or any- body else.

National Government Aims

Dr. Manion briefly sketched the wartime aims of his proooscd Na- tional Government. as well as some of the stops it would lake to deal with the ‘Post-War sltuilon. When the country could snc-nd $l.000.000 c. day on war it. would also have l-o spend money to make the coun- try's youth good Canadians.

Urging revision of mining taxa- tion. Dr. Manion sadi he had been informed that the application of the execs profits tax had "halted the increase in production o! golda" Ndew ‘align? especiaLy suf- gere un er ax.

An excess profits t x had been tried out in South A rica bill: hnd been abandoned because of the de- cline in number of mining com-

panics.

The basis of taxation to be ap- plied "should be such as to r- mit expansion of all PYOYWTU" without hardship. and should per- mit the mining of as much Marl! ll- nl ore as possible. now made pos- sible b, the exchange premium. be- cause rf this mnrginabote is pass- ed up, it can never be mined. as s are filled after profitable

ogre had been taken out."

Daily War Survey

(Canadian Press) The meeting of Benito Mussolini

and Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass over-shadows other diplomatic’ comings and goings as aerial and land war becomes more active. Results of the meeting of the two dictators. their first since the, Munich Conference which started Nazi Germany on its career of ex- nsion to the east. probably will me known throu-Eh i-‘Vems rather than words.

It was rather significant. how- ever. that the first interpretation of the barley should come from Berlin and that it should be taken there as meaning Germany and Italy with on eventual Italo-Rus- sian understanding in the offing.

Berlin commentators are fond of talking about the Rome-Berlin axis but in Rome less is heard of the axis since the Wftll‘. Tlllled Carl- mans appear easier o - dences of the solidarity of the

axis.

The decisions reached by the two dictators may posed on in whole or in part to Sumner Welles. President Roosevelts personal emissary who is still in Rome. They pfgbnbly will be communicated in greater detail to Count Paul Tel- elry. Premier of rlunrery. who is due in Rome today.

While 010591‘ to Germany Rw- graphioallv. Hungary is closer lo Iialv in foreign policy. If new mryves are contemplated in the war situation they are certain to con- cern Hungary and one of the pur- poses of Count Telckyk trip to Rome undoubtedly i! to obtain downy pom Mussolini an ac- count of the decisions made. at thc Brenner Pass and what is expected of Hungary ill the light of them.

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and Camil, nine months

Miss I-Iovirlgwn, asleep with the children in their home on the third floor, stumbled partly as- llllyxlflled $0 tile street as the Inst- opreadlng flames engulfed the whole building.

Worst in the history of this vil- lage near chicoutlml in far north- ern Quebec, the lire leaped through the frame building. Among the first to arrive at the scene was Hubert Gravel, Whose two small children were beng minded by a five-year-oid girl in an apartment in the building.

He and Roland St. Gelais broke down a door into the apartment of Arman Jauvin, where the children were and St. Gelazs canded the two Gravel children to safety while Gravel broke into the Hebert home. He found Suzanne Heb-mt, sister of the five victims. sleeping in a. cradle on the second floor and carried the three-year-old child to safety.

Jacquclzne Jauvin. five-year-old child minding the Gravel cililcren. meanwhile was rescued by Charles Edouard Gravel Just as flames blocked off further entry into the building. It was learned th-rn that the Hebert children were in the building on the third floor.

Rumors Big

Liners To Garry Troops

NEW YORK, March l8—(CP)— Seven hundred and swenty officers and men to complete the skeleton crews of the liners Queen Mary and Mauretania arrived today amid rumors the luxury liners, tied up here. would go into the Australian troopship service.

The vessels, pointed in war-gray,

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ago by the mighty Queen Elizabeth. largest craft afloat, which slipped into New York after a secret maid- en voyage. There was no immediate indication that the Admiralty. which now controls all BritLsh shipping. had any wartime plans for the Queen Elizabeth.

iIn London. the Admiralty would not comment).

While the owners. the Cunard- White Star Line, acknowledged the presence of an addztiorlal corps of seamen, a spokesman declined t0 discuss the job assigned them, say- in 2-

"If the shfrps are to be placed in servicg as Australzan troopships you could hardly expect us to admit it at this time."

A little mre than a month ago- on Feb. lz-Britlsh vessels landed at Suez, Egypt. a great army of New Zealauders and Australians.

The additional sailors who ar- rived in New York today came on the liner Antonia. Visitors were for- bidden entrance to the 14th Street pier where the docked.

United States customs men said they did not inspect the baggage of the seamen because they were in- formed that the sailors would be transferred tomorrow to the two other liners. “

The HOMO-ton Quesu Mary has been in port. since war broke out. The Mauretania, a 35.000-ton vessel. continued in service during the autumn but finally was tied up Dec. 16.

Shortly after dark, as 470 of the newly arrived Brlti h tars were put aboard the Q"een Mary. uncon- firmed rumors arose that she might leave New York as early as next Wednesday. a program that would presuppose a. hurried conver- sion at sea. At the same time, some sofl. o; cargo was being loaded aboard the Mauretarlia.

WASHINGTON. March 18——lAPi _..'I‘r‘enSl1l'.V officlah sa‘d lbfllsl" the British liners Queen Mary and Mailretnnia would require only routine clearance by the collector of customs at New York, unless some unusual circum=tanco arose. before sailing for what were believ- ed to be troopshlp assignments.

The ships were dcckod at New York merely a". merchant vessels and. tinder that classlfcntlon. would need no special clearance, it was explrrned.

DOG DISRUPTS SCHEDULE

NEW YORK, March l4~—(AP)—- A German shepherd (108 i001! hi5 morning trot along the southbound track-z of tho E‘ghih 'Avenuc Sub- way tcday and threw the schedule off nine minutes. He loped along for 3 1-2 miles. ignoring wilislle blasts of an impalent motorman at his heels. Attendants at 42nd Street Station finally caught the

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rates and services. to and from' Prince Edward Island should besuch as to ITJEVC tile PYUVJlC-E, lnsoial‘ as possible, of the disadvantages of its Island position; and nnyihlilg short of that makes for insuiarity.

“The industrial and commercial life of Prince Edward Island de- pends not only on the adequacy, ef- ficiency and fexibilltv of our means of translwltlltlflll. but on the cost of transport, which is a determining factor in the marketing of any pro- duct no matter how excellent its qualltv may be. For a number of years past the motor truck has be- come a major factor as a means of transportation, in and between the other Provinces of Canada. at rates as low as one-tilird the rates charg- ed bv the Railway companies. and as a result of this competition the Railways were obnged to slash rotss in order to hold their business, which seriously affected the incomes of the Railway Comrxinies."

Badly Handicapped

“The fanners and fishermen and producers generally in Prince Ecl- yvard Island were, however, depriv- edof any such opportunity to por- tlclpatc in these cut rates and had LllS great handicap to contend with wilt-n endcavorlng to market tilelr produczs, a. they were compelled lu puy the normal rail rates.

“P111111 lIbMlClltlDll to thus" the fer- ry cilnrges 1n effect for motor truck traffic, to aucl from the mainland. are practically prohibitive. A3 an instance of this I will quote the present cost w nlove n ton of third class gums lrolu Clllli‘l0tl.(:t0ii'll to Amherst a distance of seventy- seven miles. Tiiecost by rail is $0.50 pill" toll. by motor truck acres the ‘Jiffy. $7.27 p01‘ ton. But the cost to move the same goods. for the same distance, b_v mo.or truck on the Mfllll-llllfl. 1s $2.34. or less than one»

third the cost oi I-l"ll15.l)0l'ilIlt{ by luotol‘ truck Wllflll . n_1_ the C31‘ Ferry at present excessive retest

Here is a Department of Govern- ment placinca restraint on trade between Provinces of Canada.

Excessive Ferry Charges

“The Province; of Nova. Scctia and New Brunswick purchase farm products to meet the requirements oft upwards of one million people in‘ these Provinces, to the value of ov- er two million doliars each month. or approximately tvrenty-foilr mil- lion dollars per nnnum. Prince Eri- ward Leland farlner could cater to fl lull’? share oi‘ this market right at their own door if the excessive Ferry charge equivalent i.o a tat-iii betweent fllrelkn countries. was not

e ec

"It should be remembered that

this Car Ferry sch/ice was bought

and paid fcr by Prince Edward Is-

land when the Province cntcredl i

Confederation. Conlpare these c.\'- cessive cilargcs with the great Cam. adlan Canal System. which renuirezl an expenditure of hundreds of mil- lions of dollars to construct. and is, co=tintz tho tax-payers annually.’ monv millions 0f ciolltxrs l0 main-, tam and operate. but no toll chnrlzc.) whatever. is nmcic to Canadian mg foreign vessels. Nevertheless, all ves- sels passing through the Panama Canal have to nay a toll of filly cents each per registered tmr each time a vessel passe. ihroilah the Canal. On a ten thousand inn vessel this toll churuc would anloulli to the sum of flvc thousand riod-ars. i "If (Janada can uflurtl to imcl-zltc Canals without charge. Prince Ell- ward Island. surely. has the right to‘ have her (‘nllfcdcratlnn Bond hon- ored One llundrcd Pcrccnt, rather,‘ than have the trade and cscouomic. lilc of her people. throtticrl. H"; slrictcd and rrturtictl, and nurtlr-ul- ariy after waiting ovcr forty yours to have a service inaugurated that‘ was uarantecd to her under agrce- men in tho year 1873.

I have urged the necessary ad- justlncnts ovcr n. period of yours lil- I dlvlduaily and throulzll the Boarrilvf of Trade, R.l_ld also i-ilrcuph llrc. Trnnsportntloll Ctllllifllfislfifl of that Marlt me Board of Tracie, ’i"ile Dull- rnn Report recommended a resin:- iion of tweniv percent. in freight rates to and from Mnriiimc points,‘ as the pvrcolliazc intrvnse in; i.

rates in 1912 was ill cxtws. of illn

applied to thcrcsi of Canada. T increase was found in be cxcr and a bin-don to ltful-ililne industry‘ and had worked to their (iisad- vantage. Provis on was made in incl Maritlmc Freight Raics Act of 1927i to protect the Mariiimcssoihat. in; event of reduction: in oihcrpal-is of! Canada. tho MflYlllIllPs wcrc to b_vn-, eflt nulolnnliczlllv. Thc Mnrlilmti Province‘; found. hmvcvcl", that ihcy were not protected in this regard. There had been a rxrcat slashing and cutting of rates over n period of yours n Central Canada. to mcet motor truck and’ water competition When the Maritime Transportation ‘ Commission (if-nullified that ih.s provision be rcsmctcli and madl- operative. this was refused. A t..<t case reultcd. known as the 'P0lIliO' case. The result of _\\'l\l(.‘l1 was lira.‘- uclgmcni. was awarded against lilo arltimes.

A Striking Contrast

In Ontario for instance.‘ goods arc transported by motor truck at

for ten miles. against a char; r $5.13 pcrion for a third fllfiSs (Dill-l lnoziily by lllc Car Furry. 1n ntllcrl Words. in Ontario yon can nrnvc tho l riifllfl goocL; by luotoi‘ truck for _a distance oi l\vo llllll(li‘0(l illlll HX mics, for the sum_of $4.03 nor ion. wax-ll is the zullurellue between the two charges