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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1940

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WRITAIN PLANS TO MEET NEW NAZI M0 vES

$.51. Producers

Facing

Discrimination‘ Mr. J. o. HynTaEdn Stresses

Unfair

Brighter Prospects For Farmers é? Fishermen Under National Government.

The following address w” 5mm- fllSl list evenln by Mr. J. O. hill, one of e National Gov- ~ - candidates for Queen's

"l. iUS and Gentlemen:

l: mix-t be a niatter of great sat-

l.:;ll ‘ten to the citizens of this pm-

' d our sister Provinces of

to have the as=ur- . that

g. ten. :: @-

ntinn of the Ddmcan Report, he described, as the Charter .; l "IlOilllC Liberty for the Mari- tnil- Provinces. The Conservative iurthm- stated that he hnd lf-llilv taken the stand that lll mcrs must be in a position rarn their costs 0f’ reduction, my ilicir debts and prov de for the fut-

‘ "iculture is the basic in-

Io manv of the difficulties art-us have had to contend o When Prince Edward Island immly agreed to enter Confedera- tion lll i873. and surrendeded its r1!" ~ and privileges as a Colony. it enfcrrrl into an agreement with the Dominion Government which agree- mtl‘! Oblimited the Dominion to ie Prince Edward Isiand with . es that are or may be granted t» r ll‘l' Provinces in Canada. These

to ducts havinx to be

tfihvvs were guaranteed to

ed. at the dmensc of the Dominion. Among ms guarmtegs was an efficient Ferry Service with the Mfll-Ylllmd. to be operated contin- uously. Winter and Bummer. It was not until the Car Ferry Service was inaugurated between rden and Toitmentine. glethe ‘year 1917 over or_ year ring cont . Btioil. flint the rlselldrld was proiiiicigd

with a Service that could qualify as ed by

efficient and continuous, A Confederation Contract

“Prior to the Oar Ferry Service being established by the Borden Conservative Government Island illmers realized for their field crops 0111i’ fifty mfflent of th prices rea- lized by the farmers o the Main- land. accordion to the Dominion Year Book. on eocount of our pro- shipped out, in iéhe Fall months? before navication

osed our armor’ were de- prived oi the opportun ty to take advent-ace of thc Winter and Spring

it Markets and the prevailing enhanc-

prices. “Then we had a. further great ilillliwii.’ rfiiéidfidliim“ °’ ‘i? Q - dammed way was s n

"We now baveizwo fine toe-break- imr Fe Boats. which are t0 Supply u. means for hi hwav traf- fic. as well as rail tr ic. to and from the Mainland. or in other Words are for the purpose of bridg- ing the Northumberland Straits and making Prince Edward Island In in- m aaimder ‘that?! iedmmtri o! Si?

e on era on

nership. This inte We" Evfgreseed by the Senate Tourist Comml tee in 1934. when they stated that it was the essence of the Con- teslsretmmlefilahlaabai ism

h" Supplied and maintain- =

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Mdiiion Gets Big

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TorontoAadience

Growing IndiE-Zr-tidn 0t Great

Sweep On March 26.

Chamberlain Celebrates 71st Birthday

l/WDQN, March l8 -—(CXP) - Prl l Minister Chamberlain today f ' ' t-d his ‘list birthday by ad- l to n daily working schedule \ Flilliti tux the energies of a ill’ lis age. ." of telegrams were rc- No. l0 Downing Street. Prime Minister did not l‘ ~ occasion inferfere with a I ~ which starts early in the and usually dues not end mldnloht,

ll» riiitrclled the customary birth-s dll‘ Hat to his native city oi llrznlnuliam. After taking his "vial irzilk in the park. he return- ". ilIS office and sot to work.

T-lil tremendous responsibilities h’, we assumed since he became Rim‘ Mlnlstci- in i037 have not an: Mr. Chamberlain's outward Ills spore, angular his wnlk brisk. his nvitrntintt and keen. The ' of grey in his otlis-ivlse dark - has not increased with the

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Coming Events

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"Concert at Rowe's Hall, March

~ Qi-stel- Bed B id Women’ "‘-*“l"l@. r ii-eieo-a-iv-ai P"!;ionthly meetlnlg Ladies Aid at. i. raspr- "eaid " v Z . IIL, “m”. L-ivc-a-io-zl.

TORONTO. 1B—(CP)\_ A crowd officially announced as 15.911 welcomed Conservative lead- er Manlon to Leaf Gar. brousbt his election wow-en nto this tradi- tionally Conservative stronghold.

Refillondinc to a roaring wel- come, Dll‘. Mtmion said this meet- in: substantiated a growing in- fiication of a treat. weep on Dr. Mullen slid the bllic u- Iues of the campaign lid not chanced since his first campaign silaeecn at Bmckville, Ont... on Feb. 8. Those issues still were: l, the record in peace and war of the King Government; 2. paiiiamen- taiy institutions; 3. the need of a National Government.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King hud asserted that the issue was national unitymbut Dr. Manion in- Slfiifill "W"! dy is for notional unity but Mr. Kim and hi; Que- bec lieutenants."

Build Antagonism

For 20 years, Dr. Menlon charg- Bil. MY- K1118 and his cabinet min- lsier, Messrs, Lapointle, Cardin, Power had been “buildina uu an- tngonisms in Quebec against the rest oi Canada" for their own oo- littcal purposes.

‘Those Quebec ministers had told the people of Quebec, for instance, they would not approve Canada taking part. in an external war. They had spread whispering‘ clun- pallzns to create a solid oc in Quebec by splitting that province off from the rest of Canada.

"Yet those men today an in

March

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llaliifax llas “Blackout”

HALIFAX. March il-(OP) — Halifax held its first

blackout. in 4 l-i months lght. On a signal from l0 air raid pre- cautions slrcns. street liihts went cii and other lights throughout the City were Obmllfrfid for lb min-

t. “gr ofthoblacloutwuto m. cnewalumpizndlnesys-

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22NATl0NAl GBVERNMENT

SEATS IN llllE.

. Candidate For Gaspe

Makes Statement While H e r e Route To Magda- lens.

‘The National Conservative Party will win at least 22 seats in the "Oi/MOB 04 Quebec in the Federal election next Tuesday." Mr. J. s.

, National Government can- di ato fpr Gas confidently pre- dicted last night)?

Mr. Roy arrived in Charlotte- town yesterday enroute to the Magda en Islands where he will ad- dress a meeting at Grindstonc Is-

g li weather conditions

are iavora 1e to flying. Accompani-

his organizer, Mr. L. 0.

Roy, Ste. Anne Des Monis, he

come from the town on a Camd-

ian Airways plane piloted by . H. Smith.

Mr. Roy was very optimistic over the chances oi his party in Que- bec. “At first it was expected that 12 National Government candidates would be elected but now there will be no less than 22," he said.

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Hitler Confers With Mussolini»

By Richard G. Massock Associated Press Staff Writer

ROIVIE, March 18 —(AP> -Adolf Hitler in a 2 1-2 conference with 15m . today, was neutral observers to have eaid of hisnon-beillger- ent ally in neutralizing a, "safety rirfi" around the Reich.

1e German Fculircr also was be- lieved by these observers to have sought assurance that if Germany starts an offensiv against France's Maginot line on loseshundreds of thousands of soldiers, ltaly xvotiltl then consider the question of throw- ing her military iveight into the Nazi scales:

MussolinPs reply to this proposal during the conference in thc histor- ic Alpine Pas= at Brennero, could only be conjectured.

International lit ll Glance

(By The Canadian Press)

LONDON _ Prime lillnlstcr CIlamTn-rlain prepares tlvfcncc of National Government against Com- mons criticism; British circles see Rome-Berlin mzzvcs as attempt to renew "war of ncrvcsu" govern- mcnl. uphcl‘ in Commons shipping debate.

PARIS — Daladlcr spends busy day preparing "push the war" cab- inet; western front reports tell of brisk patrol activity.

BERLIN — Germans claim Italy would side with Germany if need- ed in war, Rome-Berlin axis may be extended to Moscow after flit- lro-Musaollnl conference.

ROME — Neutral observers be- lieve Hitler enlisted Mus linl's aid in drawing "safety rii ‘ round the Rcich; Sumner sees Pope Pius XII.

NEW YORK _ Arrival ..t 10o officers and men may menu British intend to put liners Queen Mary and Mauretasila ln service ls Aus- tralian troopshlps.

ITOGKIIOIM — Swedish circles fleclara Russia has given assurance she has no more territorial aspir- ations in Scandinavia.

PUSH TNE BllB-INET S E E N IN FRANIIE SUN

PARTS, March l8-—tAP)-—Prem- fer Dalacller spent. a busy day 0T1 the formation of a "push the war" cabinet today while western front. report/i told of brisk rumors oi In imminent "peace offensive."

The meeting betwern Adolf fitter and Bonito Mussolini left France indifferent. a semi-official state- mcnt asserted. but many Frenchmen felt it. underscored the need for

n- Welles

oc launching a more vigorous poicy.

'iicmorrcw's chamber of deputies debate on conduct of the war and - llcy on the Punish-Russian con- ijllict was another precfpitatlvc fac- tor. Daimler planned to be in the chamber tomorrow and if he has E=1:t:.—— ———:_-_______;.:- ;:

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Potato Industry Gravely Menaced

By Liberal Pact

Authoritative Report Reveals Dis- astrous Consequences Of Mac- kenzie King’s Tariff Tinkering.

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The precarious situation of the Maritime potato in- dustry due to the influx of duty-free American potatoes, the direct result of Liberal tariff tinkering, and the inabil- ity of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to “ex- ert sufficient influence with our Dominion Government” to get a revision of the West-Indies treaty for the pur- pose of regaining the Cuban market, are revealed in an authoritative report on the Canadian potato industry ap- pearing in the March l9 issue of The Maritime Farmer, (Independent). The author is Mr. J. E. Porter, Chairman of the Canadian Horticultural Council, Potato Committee.

Under the heading “Effect. of Canada-U, S. Trade Agreement” Mr. Porter writes:

“In spite of the acute shortage of potatoes last spring in Eastern Canada, potato prices dropped sharply and= reached a low point in June, owing to large quantities of United States potatoes entering Canada, duty free, after prices in United States markets had tobogganed to belo-w one dollar per barrel in June to the Maine growers as coin- pared with over three dollars per barrel during the winter.

SERIOUS THREAT

“Our Canadian market was influenced more by the threat of having large quantities of Maine potatoes dump- ed on us, than by the actual shipments made. This can be understood when we remember that Maine alone llSlltllly ships more potatoes in a day than the Maritime Provinces ship in a week. v

“The potato producers in Canada suffered a heavy loss through having no protection from the potato pro- ducers in the United States. This situation was particularly painful when we realize that the same United Slates grower is directly and indirectly bonused by their govern ment and is protected from competition of the Canadian groivcr with a basic tariff of 75c per cwt. with a minimum tariff of 37l/zfl per cwt. on quotas of 1,000,000 bushels of table stock and 1,500,000 bushels of seed stock.

“This Council (the Canadian Horticultural Council) has expressed itself as opposed to the present tariff arrangement on potatoes under the existing Canada- United States trade agreement, and requesting counter- vailing tariffs on potatoes each way. There is a chance or even a probability, that lower prices in the United States in the spring, will bring an influx of potatoes with lower- prices in Canada. There seems to be little likelihood of get- ting any change in this situation until the present trade agreement expires after 1941.”

MORE GOVERNMENT BUNGLING

Under existing regulations, Mr. Porter says, United States potatoes grading U. S. One size A. can be imported into Canada. This grade is 1 7-8 inch minimum diameter with 60 per cent 2 1-4 inches and up. Our commercial grade in Canada is Canada Number One, which has a 2 inch minimum with 75 per cent 2 1-4 inches and up.

“The Dominion Department of Agriculture has refus- ed t0 grade United States potatoes on the Canadian grades, with the result that such potatoes can be stored and shipped in Canada without inspection, much inferior in quality and size to potatoes produced in Canada. Just. why the Canadian producer, dealer or consumer should he deprived of the services or protection 0f inspection on such stock, is not clear and deserves further inquilgv.”

Discussing the price situation. Mr. Porter says that prices are now around their peak for the current season and are about the same in adjacent: areas of Maine and New Brunswick. “The Canadian market,” he adds, "would be immediately affected by any drop in price in the United States, as we have no tariff to cushion the effect of such competition. Our neighbors, on the contrary, would not he seriously affected unless Canadian prices declined the present 37V;c per cwt., which docs not seem likely under present conditions.”

"N0 INFLUENCE” AT OTTAWA

Referring to the Cuban market, Mr. Porter writes:

“No progress has been reported in regaining the table potato market in Cuba. This market was our largest ex- port outlet a few years ago but we have lost it to the United States through unfavorable tariff arrangements on sugar and other tropical products that we are getting mainly from the British West. Indies. The Nova Scotia Economic Council has pressed for years to get a revision of the Canada-West Indies trade agreement that would allow the Maritime Provinces to regain some of the Cuban market, particularly in fish and potatoes; but New Bruns- wick and Prince Edtoard Island do not seem to have ex- erted sufficient influence with our Dominion Government to get results. The Horticultural Council still has an op- portunity to help solve this problem at the opportune time when the West Indies Agreement has expired and Cuba's purchasing power is increasing with wartime prices on sugar and other products.”

Among other points discussed by Mr. Porter is the British embargo which he suggests might now be recon- sidered if the Canadian Government took the opportunity of approaching the British Government on the subject.

TIVE BHILREN PERISH WHEN HUME B ll R NS

POE/l‘ MIR-ED, Que, March 18 ——(CP)—-Searchers combed the charred ruins of a three-storey tenement building here tonight for

Ivmfllfll of five young children trapped in their sleep when their hflme became a blazing funeral pyre.

All under ll years old, the vie- tims were the children oi Mr. and NUS. Arzmmd Hebert, absent when the fife broke out about l0 p.m. last night. The parents had gone out for the evening, leaving a 21- year-old maid, Laurette Hovington, in charge.

The oldest of the children, Col- eiw. 10. Ffifipvd after awakening to find the building on fire but perished after rc-entering the blazing tenement in a vain at- tomipt to rescue her brother and sisters. The others, trapped la their siren, were: Phillrppe, nine; Jim- qucline, seven; Marie Paula, five

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Teachers To been Annual Gcnvention

School teachers from all parts of the Province will gather in the Auditorium oi Prince of Wales Col- lege, Charlottetown, for the annual convention of the Prince Edward Leland Teacher's Federation. It ls oxps-cted that. the majority of the 669 teachers from the 4'18 schools will assemble to discuss their pro- blems and exchange ideas.

The three day session is scheduled to open with the enrollment of the teachcrr at 10.30 this morning. The highlight of today's meeting wil be the address by the Presi- dent. Edison NfacDonnlcl. Follow- ing this the report of the Canad- ian Teachers Rerleration (tolerates will be given by Miss Mabel Mathe- son and the report of the Gf-‘rlerill Sccretaryi hv Mr. J. Reginald Mc- Donald. The various committees vfll also be appointed at todays scswon,

Hoff.‘ Mak R McGuliznn Min- ister of Education. will address the teachers at Wednesday morning's session and Mr. W. R. Shaw, Min- ister of Arrricillture is also scheduled to szpcak at tomorrows session. A T013911, —Education WPek-Wiii be conducted by Scrgt-Major Irlam on the second day's program. An- other intcresllnfi feature on Wed- nesday's card will be the Choral .' "in; by the pupils of Prince Staci school llilfiPl‘ the direction of v s. Trillion MacKc-nzie, Music Inflaict-‘ess. '

Th" hi‘: event oi the convent-ion is srhrdiileri for Wcdnesdav evenln! at a ovlock xvhen a pilblic address will be delivered by Dr. F, W. Patterson, President of Acadia Uni- vorsilyn The convention will conclude Tlwrrdny‘ mornins: and a number of inicrcsting features including a foum discussion, “Our Edu- cational Svstcm" will be conducted. Dr. H. H. Shaw. Supt. oi Edu- cation will conduct the forum.

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l]. A. A. MacDonald, Nat-fond Government candidate for Kin ‘l County. was tendered a wonder ul l“.‘(;l‘])i.l(ll'l nta _oi.nt political meeting at St. Peters all last night while hi- opponent, Dr. T. V. Grant was cooly greeted by the large audience in attendance. Mr. Chester Pratt acted as chairman.

Dr. Grant was on the defensive throughout the meeting and side stepped the rent isues ivy continual- ly Llfpill on the Bennett admin- istration. e was content to offer destructive criticism oi Mr. Ben- ncttfs Government rather than to Jilstiiy the shady record of the King Government. oi which he was n. ml mbeljfoi‘ the past four ears.

Speaking in support of r. Mac- Donald wns Mr. Louis Bur e, 5 Mlle llousc while Hon. J. P. aclntyre. hlinistei- of Public Works defended Dr. Gran .

Dr. Grant was the first speaker and he failed to advance any con- Vlncing ar ument. tol- the laxity of the Liber doarty during the pest few years. e confined himself to the Lwucs of the last campaign and teemcd content to “defeat Beiuiett.”

Dr. MacDonald in a masterly speech capably dealt with the ls- sucs of the day and discussed the scuttllng of Parliament bv Macken- zie King. He scored the lack of pre- parcdnes by the King Government

or thc present conflict.

Hon. Dr. MuIntyre spent. moot of his time discwstng local affairs and did not deal with federal is-

SUCS. The United states Trade Agree- ments, which were executed bv Mec- kcnvle King. were discus ed v Mr. Burgc. lie showed the defects of these nerds-merits and explained opleieat Canada lost be d

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Neutrals

Press Staff Writer)

LONDON, Alan-h l3-(CP Cziblc)—lirittliti tonight pro-par- ed to meet a new “war of nerves" and German pressure upon the small neutral states to stipport a peace offensive as a restilt of the conference Adolf Hitler and Premier Mussolini held at the Brenner Pass.

The theory that Ilialcr at- tempted to pcrstiacle hiussolini to enter the war on his side ap- peared to find small stipport here. 1t “'35 believed possible that Hitler offered ll Duce his support of Italy's iilediterran- can claims in return for Mus- solinfs assistance in a peace drive, but it was considered un- likely anything more than that resulted from the meeting.

Diplomatic circles here ex- pected the "war of nerves" would be directed primarily against the Balkan nations. to be followed by some sort of an offer of peace tcnns, either

Fresh Attempt To intimidate

Seen

British obsei-"GES Hitler- Mussolini Meeting Forecast Attempt By Germany To Seek Peace A_t_I_I_er Terms.

(By _l. F. Sanderson, Canadian 1 Dresslons 0d ODiHiOH T-hB-t the Rome- i

Berlin axis would be extends/i to Moscow uiere opening shots in the new diplomatic struggle. By tin-m, Germany hoped to scare itr-utrals with threats of an attempt by Germany, Russia and Iialy to di- vide Europo into sphrres of in- fluence.

London Viewpoint

This is the way the gerlrral sit- uation, vzewrd from London. io~l<- ed tonight:-

Gemiany is anxious to capmuzv upon three diplomatic ev nts of the last few days vrhzch can be l‘C~ garded as setbacks for the Aiiléi.

They are the capitulation of l ni- land, the German-Italian trade