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Russia Expected To Hit Snags

t’ Red Governmell-F Reported Will-

ing To Negotiate Agreement With Britain--Turkey Will Not Desert Anglrflrench Group.

(By J. F. Sanderson. Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Sept. 28--(CP Cable)—British sources stated tonight that two important indications led to belief Germany may have great difficulty in getting things en- tirely her own way in conferences with Soviet Russia. The indications were:-- .

1. Ivan Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in London, has in- formed Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax that Russia h willing to open negotiations for a war trade agreement:

2. Reports continue to reach London that Turkey will not desert the Anglo-French anti-aggression group and enter the Russo-German political orbit.

It was argued that if Russia were on the point of entering the war on Gcrmanyh side she would hardly negotiate with Britain over contraband and war trade in general. ,

Britain has been expecting Germany to make some sort of “peace move" to follow up her success in overrunning Poland but so far no approach has been made either directly or ' through-mime neutral agency such as Italy. Through her drastic war budget and the speeches of her leaders, Britain has shown such peace overtures would be re- looted.

On the home frcnbtoday Britain announced the death o! 1S persons and injury of four others in s. munitions plant explosion in the north. "The material damage will not seriously interfere with production," ii was stated. '

Neutrality Law Ready For Discussion

fly Richard L. Turner, Associated Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2B-Thc llllfllllwtflfiltifffl neutrahty legis- lation passed the United States Senate mrclan rwlstlons Commit- tee today and reached tho long- awslzcd stage st which it. was ready for s momentous debate in the Senate itself.

1n n quiet three-hour session the committee decided, 16-7, to report the measure bo the Senate. This gctlon contrasted with the 12-11 vote by which the group pigeon- holed simllar legislation in July over the protest of President gflilllsevelt and State Secretarv

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Before the committee finally acted, it approved amendments to strengthen the bill's restrictions on credi to belligerent notions and‘ to ease its effect upon airplane and steamship lines plying between tho United States and South and Cen- tral America.

There was no extended fight in the committee on the mos coll- troversial issue involved in the bill Tfepcal of the embarg; on the lnlDment of arms to lligerenis. Opponents of repeal said the pre-

179g to make their case the

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Prisoners Arrive ln England

she told of the arrival of a “considerable number of new Ger- man U-bost prisoners in England; asserted she had “practically de- feated“ the submarine menace; and denied a, German onnolmce- mcnt a British cruiser had been bombed off the Isle of May, in the mouth of the Firth of Forth.

Officials were confident that Turkery__uey to the whole Balkan llne-up-would remain firm in its ‘friendship with Britain, a friend- ship dating back to the early days of the late Kemal Ataturk, found- er of st-war Turkey.

Of icial sources could throw no light on the conferences Foreign Minister Von Ribben- trop of Germany is holding in Moscow. The simply did not know what oplcs are being discussed with Joseph Stalin and Premier Yvacheslaff Molo- tofl in the Kremlin.

But they seemed extremely con- fident of 'I‘urkey's continued friendship with Britain and be- lieved that if Turkey stood aloof from such a plan, Von Rlbbentrop would have Vs tough time in per- suading Stuln to join any scheme to reshuffle the Balkan frontiers.

Maisky. according to usually m- liable sources, was r rtcd assur- ing Britain that 50v et policy is governed by its non-aggression part with Germany. Apart from that. he was reported as being vague and indefinite in his terms

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Baltic States Uneasy Over p llcw lied Pact

RIGA, utvio, Sept. ao-(Prldsv) -—-(AP)—Anxiety iflcNMOd in the Baltic countries today with sign- inn of the soviet minim-Estonian mutual assistance and trade airw- ment which was rflfiorted here to have glvenRussis sir and navel bases on scale s. (Oesel). is- glnd commanding the Gulf of

so-

This would give Soviet Rusoll £0321 of the whole northern

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late for Notices in this column I cents per word.

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" 0. Orwell Hail. Monday, Dcto 211d. I1 $0 . l ll i mom ' ' T.’ '-’o-"zi'-’ill

Dance of Benson at Por-

L-u . tune Hall, Pr sy, September 29th. These reports‘ sdded that sreu Burke's Orohes rs. Gifford Peters. also were accorded Russia suffi- Plsnlst. Il-Bio-H-fl-Bi. gsrrlsoning 25.000 sol-

eient for diets. (Sears Mao has an ares of 1r 010 square miles and, like the mainland part of Estonia. was a

rt of Osarlst Russia for nearly years before the Bolshevist

revolution.)

The lslsnd dominates not only the Gull of n but slso the In- trances to the ulf o! Finland and the Gulf of Bothnis, between Sweden and Finland.

Earlier reports to Risshsd lltd that Russia was demand n: naval base rights on Sssrs Mas snd

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"Llvestock Marketing Board load- i-fl! boss. lambs and calves through m‘?! lhlofiins clubs week of October

Tuesday

train time-Kenning- kOhsrlotteiown. Hunter River. $1113 or‘. Brsdslbone. ls

RIBBENTROP EXPECTEIJTO LEAVE Moscow

May Have Agreement Bringing Reich In- to Closer Accord With Reds Is Report Heard.

Annual

Pledge Loyalty

The annual meeting of the Char- lottetown Branch Canadian Legion took place last evening with a very large attendance. President L. W. Good-win in the Chair. Several new members were admitted. It was an-

gBy Witt Hancock Associated Press taff Writer.)

MOSCOW, Sept. fill-midday)- fAPl-Joachlm Von Rlbbentrop. , Gartmgrlt Fgrelgm Minlsta, was cu);- l pee c epar rom oscow - nounced that the y compo! day or tomorrow with some form of would take place ss usual and will Blffiement bfiflliflfl the Reich into a, --‘-"tule was being arranged for even , closer understanding with iwith the Manager of the Prince

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Soviet Russia. Edward meat“;

ether the a rcement will take The mnnwmg resmuuon w“ ‘m’ ‘hfinm o‘ l gun!" m“ Wm.‘ ominously adopted by s. standing Red Russia, formation of some new WE,“-

Bslkan accord regulating influence Whem" “l” 1°"! 5nd "m? in that part of Europe, or merely 95E but m "t? em?!“ hi“? 59°" an extensive agreement on Polish mad” by m" Elli/Pl" sl-"bemen M) and trade nuestions puzzled well- maintain the P9509 01' U"! World m- - duflomagum the Ehrlpire is now unfortunately s-

guln engaged at war in defence of The latter were more at sea von- the d-e: icratic principles it hss oemlng these momentous, many- long Strive“ w unhm¢ as we“ as sided negotiations that have been m‘, defence o; the right, o; smah gging go fofllmoremthaa 24 bran: 1e, ‘mom t an a any me s ce e crea on Tlmnmso ESQ! _

g; the Oemmllnlil Stale l" Russia the cnol-lottrlrllw: nrsxycllnol “all: roars BIO. Q d1 be r The outcome of these negotiations E“““,,,,“'g,,,§c‘§“u§§u,f“fn Englfrfi mealn-grfsssembled desires again to place on lccord its loyalty and de-

Canaclian Legion

Elects Slate At

Meeting

‘Capt. N. W. I-l-h-v-vther Elected President Of Ch’town Branch-

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Off Enemy Planes

LONDON, Sept, 29—(Frtday) -' (iPl-The Press Association

sy sold "n uadron of Ger- man bolnbe s. tr ed to reach the Scottish coast yesterday but the attem t was defected.”

Brit h fighting planes took off from s. ninnber of sir- drovmes when the approach of enemy planes was reported. The Press Assoolstlon said the British planes "mlde contact with the enemy planes and suc- ceeded in driving them off. none getting through the de- fence.‘ I"

play in Europe at war. The Soviet. now in s Powerful balancing position in Eastern Eur-

voiion to King and Empire, and the willingness and readiness 0d’ its membership to place itself at the disposal of the lawful au- thorities. for the defence of the Empire, in any capacity for which its members may be found fitted." The Hon. G. D. DeBlois, who has always taken a great interest in the activities of the Legion was made an Honourarv Life Member, and the Hon. B. W. LsPnsze was made an Honoul-ary member. Reports were read by the Chair- man of the various committees, which showed that rzreat activity

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Foreign Planes Over Holland;

llumanian Government Sworn In

BUC . Sept. 28 -(AP)— A new Rumanian Government was

had taken ploce durlnguthe year. The R-elief Report showed that $677 9i hnri been paid out for re- lief. The following wem appointed

lleadcll West

AMSTERDAM. sooty. 28 — (AP)—A Netherlands radio an- nouncement tonirht said large numbers of foreign planes head- ed westward were sighted over many parts of Holland to- night. *

The announcement said one group of the planes was seen over the Village of Harderwyk shortly before midnlzht. They were not sighted over Amster- dam.

The radio has been "l"! frenuenfy to advise anti-sir- crnft Inns of the Netherlands

(Cflfllhllléd on page 3, Col ti)

.Ban Two ll. S. llewspapers From Oanada

army to he on the alert. . OTTAWA, Sept. 28 —(OP)—Tl'le National Revenue Department to- night banned two newspapers. both ubllshed in the United States.

i- Frc-m entr to Canada.

“ALIFAX, sept. flit-Colorful The De roltc: Abcnd-Post, Ger-

man language daily newspaper pllblishFd in Detroit. and the Mor- gen ppeihelt. Jewish lansuflllfl daily published in New York. We" both declared anti-British and anti-Canadian in content. The Jewish paper, a department of- flcinl claimed. was on 9mm M the Communist Party in the Un- ited States.

ceremony of the changing of the

r s r ~ Eta-rd (wtlllll “all” Ipllrllnoltittyeigiftl- in‘: tgmorrlawl’. Three rc lments will post sentl-ies to moun susrd 3st military headquarters. Emmi“! l\ "fir" t“ llmlofltlyld dut will be

PI l I'D 0 0 Y the Halifax Rifles, listed in mill- tary records n3 organised In 1860- i": ""5? i!" lr.""n:€.:“a.'.?:;

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Fusiliers whose histgf dates beck to 1809. Following t e Fusllenl will be ths Prince Edward Island Highlanders, Black Watch, form-

swornln tonight in King Carol's Castle, ending the military rule which followed ths assassination of Premier Armand Calinescu last week.

Constantine, Argebolsnu. a 681b- inet veteran, was appointed Pre- mier. He succeeded General George Al-gesanu who took over the reins of Government Scot. 2i when Callnescu was slain by members of the pro-Nazi mm Guard.

Others named were Nicolaie Otescu, Minister of Interior; Alex- ander Radian, Minister of Pro-

snda and Press: and Minister wit out Portfolio Constantin Giuresu. Otescu replaces General Gabbiel Msrinescu who was named to the Ministry of Public Safety.

The new Premier. a leader of the Agrarian Partyflbefore it was ab- sorbed by Carol's one-puny system- first served u Minister of Justice l-n 1018 and held the posts of Min- ister of Finance, Interior and Agri- cultute.

Completion of the “psciflcation measures" which followed Cal- lnescu's assassination DENIM-Ted Argesanu to return to his post as commander of the second army

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Informed sources said it was pro- bable 2.000 Iron Guardisis and their sympathlzers were executed following the assassination.

I Situation At A Glance

changing of the guard.

110M NION t. 28 -(C'P) — The segon’! flrsstznowfsll came to llzllzerts today s month earlier than

s ear.

lags flakes that started in qudmonton last night were follow- ed by snow in southern Alberta to- day. At. Medicine Hat the tempera- ture fell to 2'1. Mountains in the Crow's Nest Pass that were bare yesterdfly turned white.

MOSCOW-Russia and Estonia.

amidst diplomatic tension.

“gm 1875' i th re iments ve morn n: c will ands with bends or tho (‘t-W The “nun”, ha")

sign mutual aid Ind trade sgrcc-

ment; second submarine attack on Soviet salaries resorted 9" Ellen“? German-Russian talks expected to prod!“ "P991115!" f" 9"" “M” cooperation between Berlin Ind Moscow: mm“?! PM”- "IIIIP" WWW

RIGA—Russisn-Estoniun agreement stlrs anxiety among Baltic na- tions; Soviets reported granted glr 5nd nsvsl bales on strategic Island of Sure Man, which would give Iu-ln control of northern Baltic. _

British Orive l

“Sm” Mmm’ “Mm- PM‘ master General Power, Resources

MA Y B E NE W. DEVELOPMENTS

IN WAR PLANS

Canada’s Military And Economic Ar- rangements Believ- ed Under Discus- sion At Ottawa.

UITAWA, Sept. 28 —(AP)-Pos- sibility that some new develo - ments ln Canada's war plans bo lnllltnry and economic might be imminent was seen in the sn- nouncement tonight following Cab- inet Councll, that. l ference had taken place today of those primarily responsible for defence and supplies,

There was no anmunccsnerlt re- specting Council in the afternoon but the Government spokesman said Prime Minister Mackenzie King hsd held a three-hour conference, preced- ing Council, with the defence sub- committee of cabinet, department- nl experts and defence “mulch c-hisds. and with officers of the War Supply Board.

It was intimated the conference had to do with new and important stages in organization for war and for supplying the Allies.

Those who gathered with the Prime Minister in his East. Block office included Defence Minister Rogers, Flnamce Minister Ralstcn,

following railroads and rivers hundreds of Germany, searching out information on the movement of Nazi troops from Poland to

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GERMANY

InfantrTInAc/l es

Ahead In Attack On West Front

French Use N??? Plan In EX-

ploding German Land Mines-

Have Successe_s_In Aerial Battles.

(By Taylor Henry, Associated Press Stuff Writer) PARIS, Sept. 28—(AP)—The French general staff t0-

night reported a successful attack near the Molello against German forces as advices reaching Paris told of raids by squadrons of French planes deep into German territory.

A general staff communique said an undisclosed nun-

ber of prisoners were taken in the attack which inched what w” dmcumd u, into the German-held area. along the eastern bank of the Moselle River, near the French and Luxembourg borders at the extreme northern end of the western front.

An earlier communique said merely there was “activ-

ity of our scouting aviation” during last night. Military circles reported however, carrying out missions of “capital importance” every night against German military objectives.

French bombing planes were

At the same time scouting planes wen said to be miles into

the western front.

On the sea, the high conunemrs counnrlflndsl

‘lmun n‘. _ I qullsd salgsumcd its Minister Crerar and Hon. Raoul illaar Tloilllm, thanks b0 therz- Dandurand, Government, leader in gsnizatllavn of convoys and aerial

the Senate and Minister without Port-folio.

These Ministers constitute the defence sub-committee and they had as advisers at the conference departmental experts and chiefs of the military, air and naval brunch- es of the defence department.

After the conference had been in session for some time. those pre- sent were join-ed by Wallace R. Campbell and R. C. Vaughan. chairman and vice-chairman of the Wnr Supply Board now in process of organization.

The Cabinet press liaison officer l? sold he hnd no details of the dis- cussions which took place and that there would be no announce- ment tonight but that results of the conference might be reflected

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Adnlirzdty

llit By Bombs

LONDON, Sept. 28-(CP)-The Admiralty tonight issued a formal statement denying Germun prop- aganda broadcasts that a British cruiser had been hit by bombs from Nazi airplanes off the Isle of May, Scotland.

The statement reaffirmed an earlier description by an Admiralty spokesman of the German claims

ns “poppycock? It sgnln denied any Brit sh croft have been damaged in the North

It said:-

"In view o: the continued and reiterated misstatement of a Ger- man broadcast to the effect that units of the British fleet in the North Sea have been damn ed by German aircraft, the Adrnira ty re- affirms that in the actions refer- red to no British ship has been damaged nor any casualties incur- red from German aircraft."

"The German report of n bomb hltiino a British heavy l‘.l'il'\“.‘ off May Islnl-lds seems to refer to the fact that Gcnnan aircraft attempt- ted to bomb a destroyer ic that area at. ll:30_ A. M. Sept. 27 but failed to obtain a hit or do any damage."

"No British cruiser was attacked in that locality.”

and mval patrols."

of the enemy craft. One

distance within German territory. ‘As the French fought their way back over their

shot down, losses

s I sol-IQ sector was r which today broke me

e the western front land operations

where movements have generally

slowed

mmunique an-

nouncing that the pcllus’ attack

W86 GMT potently meant they

October 8th Day Of Prayer

Prime Minister's office announced today that a proclamation ls to be lsued setting apart Sunday, Oct. 8, to be observed throughout the Dominion “as a day of humble prayer and intercession to God."

Canada has men forced “to take llllgeums in defence of rights and

prevent unprovoked aggression."

be fitting ads should be enabled to make s tpélblic and solemn avowel of duty

In two days the French were reported in dispatches reach- ing Paris to have shot down eight German Messerschmidt fighters against the loss of four of their own.

Ln a dogfight last Monday, these

Iceland, Land In England

advices said, three French planes LONDON Sam akqqme nth met five Messersclunldts over the um my“ ‘M: FD“. m“ rawtk German lines and shot down three ed land are“, t ‘m.

Odes b1 after facing from Iceland where

plane was said to have been down- _ ed along with one of the observa- thglanmdfim algggléifmm ‘on planes they were lemming" of violating their pledge to ro- Thc day before, these some re- been mwmed‘ _ ports said, five French planes met “Diluted m, m an 1n fid nine German craft a considerable be, opened 136mm“ chutes

to attempt to escape after they came down at Rcufarhofn. on Ice- land's northern coast. The pilot of the plane reported he lost his way in a fog.

The British Government, the in- formation lninistny declared, will take a. opriste measures against the of enders if it is proved that they violated parole

own lines, five of planes were reported against two French The Ifiench advance mime Mo- the only fighting

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OVITAWA, Sept. 2B-—(CP)— The

The proclamation sets forth that

rtles unjustly attacked and to

It continues: "We therefore, believing it to that our people of Can-

(Cs-nldtnn Press) ‘TORONTO, Sept. Zlk-Mlnimum

Almighty God and of need of and maximum temperatumsz~

PIONEER B. 0., 8e . u —-(CPl _Members 'of the tcrnntlonsl

local 30B. e lo ed by Eliiilgg’ Gold Mines ormiil-lclsn Col- umhin, Limited, have voted in favor of s. strike for higher wiles ma Union mcoynltion, t was nn- nounccd todsy by W. A. Paterson. organising secretary of the local.

l‘ cent wage increase to thee”? spfisubslnntlal and steady rise in the cost of living" has been re- quested by the Amslsamsted Clothing workers of America for all Wfifkuis in the men‘! and boys s clothing indlwtw. it was announ- r ced today. Notification has been sent by letter. the announcement sold, to the joint comrnlfitoe. which administers the col/active labor

Hilu Mas. which lies to the north

— lbsny. Please list ylth locsl - L- - of Snare Mas.

909 9-9-11

ggnpmenf, now in force in the in- dusirv

[Inlnn or Mine. mill and smelter Russia h willing to negotiate for n war “trade agreement; ll killed, four injured, in Munitions Plant explosion.

westward sighted over the Netherlands. MQMREAL- 59m- ” “(cm " ern front near Moselie River. ‘ accord keeping Great Britain out of eastern lurope; Ifigh Command

ministration‘: new Neutrality Bill; Justice Department prepared to set at "appropriate time" against foreign llllltl h U. 8..