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Defence

To Form

New Government

Blum Regime 133s 26 Days As Upper House Refuses To Discuss

Bill F orDrastic Financial Powers.

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PARIS, A ll 8- AP _ . tonight quick 1;: matifm o)‘ flliélilsggalhiladier undertook “need Leon Blumis Government which mop Cabinet to

President Albert Lebrun at a late lioiriisliiiiiléd Dala (i' s . ' gler to attempt formation of Frances 105th cabinet. in u‘;

yea“ °f u“ third republic. The Radical-Socialist ac-

cepted the charge. The Senate forced Blum second term as Premier.

out on the 26th day of his

"is "id "WHY, 75-year-old Joseph Caillaux, voiced u‘;

Senate's scorn for the Sociali outside parliament.

T_hc Upper House, by 223 cuss in detail Blum’s bill for

st leader and his supporters

votes to 49, refused to dis- drastic financial powers.

lump smsssao ma. rmw caamsr "Quill M! rwlv 1n his pocket a tentative mo.» list Oven be-

fore thc Senate sealed the fatc of Blum‘! Gov

t, tho fourth min-

uirr supported by the Popular Front coalition of 1m parties. The ncod for speed in forming a now Government was strcmed on

all sidcs with ltcichsfuehrer Hitler's scheduled for Sunday.

plebiscite on Austin-German union 8

Many Frenchmen expressed fear the plebiscite might be followed quickly by a new Nail “expansion” in central Europe mlless France had

s strong Government.

Daludlar, p. idcnt of tho Radical-Socialist party, one of the oom-

ponents of the Popular Front, has

been minister of national " '

and war svss- since Blum fumed the first liopslsr hoot mlnhtrylana

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O lit a r i0 Blanketed WithSnow

NJNTO, April B —(CP)—-.An lulaezlsomble blaaxd swept inlbo Ontario today l8 days after official advent of SWIM. and left anitiilankett of snawdotvser . central a wes em par c province. Borne on wind that reached velocity of $ milq an hour in ‘Ml-onto at one time, the snow melted as it fell first a few hours alter the dclwn. But the con- tinuous fall 5001i piled it et- celll. in p‘¢0N where heavy“ rslfic bliava-ld

crushed it into slushy we.

Late in the day the , which ilcd slx-foof-hlgh waves along t e Toronto waterfront, in- Wfllpied pciwer service in the city for six minutes. Toronno biers escaped damage from the storm but at Hamilton planking Wus nipped from s. harbor com- mission dock,

colloid {veml

Tull IOI P15? "Th0 Wild 0M8 BOY" in Grand- view Hhll. Irlbflil-Q-Q-li

"Reserve muta- mondav night for lhs lg dams in son. Ausu-vtul School. Irllilil-t-ii-li.

"Cake sale at Maritime Electric today in aid of 9th. Trinity Scout cop. L-ltflo.

"Reserve Apnl

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. 1 M It; 5 o, 3&1 Trim 1cm s also have s ill-NI‘ °X mas D09 on "' 8% 1M. ' . s-s- - . "8 Id Ixsmsuc mus will Present s-sct play "The Vil- la" 14m!”

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National G." cnt Is Aim

His objective even before Blum fell appeared to be to form a cab- inet (ieslgned b0 include members of the centre parties, and pomibly the extreme right, as well as the leftists, to make it a real National Union Government.

Oaillaux. chairman of tho len- ate finance committee, led the fight. ‘liylllcélmiiilpglfid Blum from his secon PI m‘ -

Challenging the Senate's right lo overthrow a cabinet, Blinn told

Succeeds Blum

. ‘ EDOUARD DALADIER Premier-elect of France who y”.

"filly took over th m; _ ml a new NaticnnleUnlolh oédlltllrlzll.

semifinal UFFENSIVE BY INSIIRGENTS

Franco Masses 40,000 Troops To S e vel- Governme. T‘ _j- tory.

(By The Associated Press)

HENBAYE, France, Apr. 8—Spanlsh Insurgents drove a second swift spearhead to- ward the Mediterranean sea tonight, counter-balancing a Government drive southwest of Madrid.

The Insurgents, already massing to assault the Cat- alonian coastal city of Tor-

the Senators:

"1 fear for the new» <14 the "- public ii’ the Senate lets itself be drawn outside the linliiifi 1i’- "W! fixed for itse -"

This was a reference to biw-

uged theory that only i!" m‘ get of deputies should he" ° right lo overthrow a government."

"I am a FWD n. ho wen on, “I have been of wan - ing to be a dictator. 1 would cam tomorrow to res-establish the re- public if it was overt-brows. m“?

“In the name of the re w: s.‘ ‘l: endlessl- q. na -

gallium: guctélégtegdflml ‘m m“ rostrum an l‘ -'“

"Are we suppgeed to be simply

d 9 W houtrown out a certain number of ministries and the

l ed. ‘m-iiiiifi “$2.5 to stress the totali- wflan spirit OI

rnmenbs prom-ted m°“5‘“°5' A gapltal levy would strike the ill-rm 55"“ ilitnpeassm reeling while should shorwyulnion o! all the na- twlixlllguxlgmblll. approved two days go by the chamber of 110N151- w-e.*=,::~......l"'“ some "l... ‘my necessities delencefikwggtflfll $11.9 x ‘Ella nation's finances and 80°-

mmics." I n“ g m“ ‘vliiigil hiioilid permit ti"

meet the

liewspaperman iirliered Out 0i F r a n c a

on the from r-

tosa, swept down Mount Turmell, 27 milesto the south, and wére only 12 miles from the port of Van- aroz.

Government troops, mean- while, struck into Casceres Provinces 100 miles south- west of Madrid in an effort to launch a large offensive of their own. .

Insurgents massed 40,000 men in preparation for a new attempt to take Tor- tosa and cut completely the narrow link between Cata-

~lonia, Spain's northeastern

corner, and the rest of Gov-

ernment territory.

Just across the Ebro river the Government had a defending army at least as large.

To the north and west, Insur-

ants methodically were consoli-

tlng their newly-won territory around Trcmp and cutting Cata- lonia's power supply.

But southwest of Madrid, thous- ands of Government militiamen were reported to have advanced over a ZS-miic front. _

Penetrating into the eastern tip of Cascarss Province they held a

from Villsr Delh and cou- tinulng

if thcogflrntivc should gain any great momentum, it would bccomc a serious danger to lnsurlbllt General Franco as Casccros Prov- ince reaches to the Port-Hill!" border, constituting‘ thc_ cotifll link bctwccn nort era a d south- ern Insurgent Splin-

Ilghting in the sector was des- cribed as heavy. ported“ th mad a number of

c small advances but there was no f th Tramp ymfimllcs Inna’ the

“Li... hagilq artcrs barlnAdi-hc

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tioii of ‘hem?- in Les-ids mxcs, "gr-cater in valus than m; winnim or a largo ba " duo to the effect on Gatslonivs power

lins described as bulrins Westward on

Spain, Insurgents rs- e51

new major development following “mam

liss. ‘fi Barcelona. oiflotals said the has bilrnixig clcotiflc

JAPANESE DRIVEN BACK 7 M I [ES

(LP. By Guardian's Special Wire) SHANGHAI, April 9—(Sg,Q- llfdlyl-Chineac reported today their “overwhelming” victory at the battered little city of Tllefchwfllll in southern Shau- tlmg province drove Ja as forces seven miles from t e ciqv dlrections. These reports said two major divisions were defeated decLsively and wan 1n full retreat. BDu-Ilesc continued claims of Chinese succeuszesfelg! "l"!!! thBt Taierchwang still W" Wfilllliod b ' punese for- ota and that t e drive toward Sglichow, Important Lunghai gnglwlY jflhttt 0n, was progrgsg.

Fblelgn sources, alflw h m- able to confirm either of t e con. ictinlr assertions expressed belief the Chinese had scored at least a temporary victory and were inflici. m? hem/y punishment on the in- "e."“<.iz°°e~ e- ness accounts - ink. but it was bsuevedwefiplfififi. forces lacked artillery gmmuniflnn fin account of harassed sugply “i165 and were unable to cops Q1 e numerically superior 0111mm

$1,000 For Two Cases Of "

"barb

(By The Canadian Press)

VICTORIA, A r. 8—It cfia Chi. 11°50 farmer $1. 00 for two cases of Japanese-mom rhubarb-so the farmer, who wished to remain an- onymous. claimed.

According to the farmer he picked up the rhubarb at awhole- saler to deliver to a white friend as a.favor. m. . . nv-cscn.

A Chinese peddlefsaw him, re- ported to the Victoria Chinese as- sociation for boycott of Japanese products.

Although the farmer claimed he would make no profit, the invoice showed the rhubarb consigned to him. The association suggested a $1,000 contribution to the Chinese medical aid fund or-—b0ycott by the entire Chinese colony here. He

paid.

Italy S

Near

Completed.

BIRMINGHAM, April 5-631’)- Prime Minister Ohsrnibsrlam slated tonight an agreement with Italy. those old friendly gela- timis which had become slznost traditional" would be concluded and published within n short thne. Ho revealed the Govcmnlont had a plan for compulsory refstratiorn in case of emergency. He widely over foreign sffaim and ro- marked: “I will be plepared to eel- l..y hat" if tune did not prove his pollcv right and his critics wrong. Addressing an overflow rally of nionist (Conser-

u pledge would be a gamble, not. with money huawlth the lives of men. worsen an

prepared to ntc into o: that kind" h... ' odi-

I were absoluwh vinoed that in hammer way could we preserve our ."

m methods midi-ca by Ger- many to brim about union with

Mmria were "extremely flistasba- ful" to the Bfiilish Governn-ient. the said, ad rig’

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as. ourdI-u- 5W“ w 1w had coal pow- minimal ouun

(maid as.) gr ms to replace the loci-o- thing to d ""0...- solidar-

gpanish Borderén Rum” 3.14114, ‘also lo sources captured or msn- .

“n nmmrerdflcricd‘ to leave Francs fed by Inlu - Th!" are also file nation's resources to Ill our central buting plants an construe of weapons

wi to hours. M mund“ gr the outtirts of Barcelona; was "hateful and damnable," but was "flu spgnlsh bolder, ‘listing over the country to the "1 cannot shut my eyes to the fact

Gas-hm. m“ . phowm of n.- u- west of ‘rump, insurgents stoned that under the present conditions

W's-lug W- illem... =: l° "a were M... .....--.,I...".'.:: ‘l.’ use“ "i "ma.

' ill‘! I1 P"\'E‘i" 2 F!‘- — » all?!" m‘ h i, “w” om" p villages of glilramullt and olq. it lsethc very m ‘is! lair Blitisllf

STRONGER THAN EVER

General Chfang Kai-shed: is head of the Kuocninlong or National Party of Chine. following an emergency meeting of the organiza- tion recently. He is the first to fill the post since the partly‘; founder. Dr. Sun Ylt-aen, died l4 years ago. Already in possession of supreme military authority, he now is China's most powerful political leader.

..‘.-,l*»....'\-. ~.- it» _ l ‘ OTTAWA, April 8-—(CP)— The House of Commons ad- journed until April 25. giving the members two weeks in which to visit their constituents Attendance was slim in the House tonight as many mem-

bers had already left to start their Easter holidays.

Agreement With

eeneln Future

Resumption Of Friendly Relations Forecast By Chamberlain- Rearmament Program To Be

freedom which is at stake. We are deter-ruined to Sr-C.‘ this rearmnment

through because it is our insurance against war. “We have already prepared a carefully thought-out scheme oi’ compulsory registration (oi man- power) which. in an emergency, could be put rapidly and very sznoothly into operation.’ Speaking ciptimistioalllc‘ mnrenlt negotiations beln conducted by th Earl Perth. British ambassador. and the Minister, Count berlain said an would be concluded

shloitly ‘There u today prospect 0i’ restoring those oi friendly rela- tions which. until they were recent- , brolosn. had lasted so lo that cy had become almost trad tlcnal between‘ our two countries.

"I only ask you to have a little ienoe to wallt a little longer-l mylthirlk it will be very lon8—

before our agreement w.ih Italy is concluded and published."

"Most 0f us in this 100m ma; not

a of dictatorships." he as-

"But there they are. You can- ont mmuvs them.

"We have b0 live with them and while we must continue to arm urlbll we can get a general agree- ment to disarm we should take any and even nit-y to try to rclnove any timate grievances that may exist."

‘The Prime Minister spoke alter iefusin to receive a deputation from 000 striking eflvnioyces of thc Rovm- Alero factory which turns out planes for the Royal Air Force.

As he spoke. the Amalgamated ilmginesrim Union. which includes many workers in armament indust- ricm held an open air mass meeling a few blots away to discuss the Government's appeal to labor in in speeding up arms

Italian Fore Oiano, Mr. agreement

l. P. ll. VillBES IN l] I ii N ATIilN AT UPPUSITIIJN

Undercover Whisper- ing To Block W?" - men’s Comps") .n Act Charged At Meeting.

A meeting in the Laborers Pro- ilective Union Hall last night ex- pressed indignation in a. resolution, “at the action of those men op- posed to the Compensation Act, whispering and using private in- fluence without speaklng out in open.” The resolution moved by Mr. Daniel Coughlln, chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Commit- tee of the Laborers Protective Un- ion and seconded Mr. Lemuel Rush. secretary of t e committee also declared “we place ourselves on record us being slrongl in favor of the adoption or the Orkmews Compensation Act." The resolution was adopted unanimously.

The meeting. advertised as a. “citizens meeting,” was presided ov- or by Mr. J. W. Bambrick. S t5 included Messrs. Daniel C ughlin" Dr. J. T. Croteau, essor Sociology and Economics at Prince of Wales College and St. DllXBl-Nfd University. William Some/rs, Will- I-Iughes, Lemuel Rush, Arthur

Gillis, J. Poitier, 10w, J. W. Gormley. J. Purcell, Arihllt W ht.

Daniel Coughlin, t s er,

elplalijom to have the Work-

(Conl-inued on page i3‘, Col l)

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