OI A MERE MAN i11- uctasinaervltude, Itmybeplealanttegervqiq e ,__ Guardian ‘hue Oeata- ggriottetewu [gull] Guardian, Iclulad III. ,._.. R IWJ*$;S'IA' onvs IIv ANTI - A GGRESSION PA cT Effort Enter! To The Pap Covers Prince Edward? cHARwrTETowN. CANADA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2.4, 1939 Island Like the Dew ITALIAN AMBER 0A5}? TfiRANCE IS MEEN KIWSUS-PEEBH IIPENS WAY T0 llEBllTlAllilNS France Believed Will- ing To Grant Con- cessions To Pave W a y For Rap- proachment. noun, March 38-(599-31118 Victor Ermauuel declared Italy's desire ior peace in troubled lurope may wtltlr words whicl; diplomats mid lei wa! "lien or a nego- tiated eeltllzment oi her quarrel with Fnnca- ' lnaspeeehtothedenate and newly-hushed Chamber oi Fences and Guilds, he recalled a note_ which Premier Musscilrrrs Gov- ernment sent to France last Dec. That note, its complete contents never divulged, denounced a 1955 settlement oi long-standing claims anrrrst France in Airica and call- ed ier a new colonial deal. Italian! considered speech, markln birthday, an in tation to France to make Italy an oiier. French circles said It leit the door open to diplomatic negotiations. Difficulties Known ‘The French Govemment, knows how to eliminate existing diiiioul- ties," the newspaper Iavovo Pas- cieis declared. " Govern- France, ma‘ ment as made known e ques- tions which divide the two coun- tries at this mctnent." the Q-year- old King said, reierrlna to the December poteflliemd _ , wanto-pedce"io-‘lest*"wz‘efiiiig ' possible‘! so, she can develop her “so are“ an“ speech poms - oun the , obviously made with Mussolinrs approval, encouraging since it made no mention oi extensive torritor- ial claims against France which previously have raised a the Illasclst ress. Auth-uritatlgc French sources said France was‘ willing to grant 1W3’ l iree port oi Djibouti. French Somallland outlet to Eth- ivillfl. and a voloe in operation oi ‘he 3"" 91118-1, two concessions shc wants to assist development oi her Blast Aiflcan possessions. But these sources indicated hence was reluctant to grant un- restricted Italian-immigration to Innisia. French Norm Airican “militate. cr perpetual Italian nationality ior settlers there. n‘ to wish to avoid ‘W! oih 0010 What u. m.‘ ' iaplnop’ “beamed” 8Y8 aspeech important Sunday may uatlon. ° on sit- Agctl‘ Resident Of Cape Breton Dies evmmv, n. a, Mar h zs-sya. flWs oldest resident, §ohn Angus mwmrmld, died today. He was Wily-live years ago he was told ldfrullrwlifcnly a Yearhtoxliveizibuié 9'9"! 18° 9 N‘ "Why Blackettrs Lake. nemwes as. have‘ Slovaks ’ “Independence Hall ” Slovakia mous 5i n n, , in Bratisla ow Premier-President? Dr. Fbrdinand _ _, theeU-urthv" ' 31nd mu l r ovoid-as B??? "’§r'tvii’r’lla‘§t ndcnce was proclaimed in In the session oi ictured here. Dr. Joseph third irom left. Next Hall c! Permanent than fiend-autono- Tiso ( en Premier to him I SPEIEIIY VISIT T0 BALTIC PURT Mystery Results In Change Of Text Of Address Before Memellanders. (By ‘Bro Associated Prue) Germany, March Zl-— luichsiuebrcr, Hitler id a whirl- wind visit to this Bal_ port today welcome Memelland’: 150,000 lug realm The Fuehrer pedo boat leopard ior an undis- closed destination just two hours alter he had stepped ashore with the ie-niare oi a conmeror to de- liver a speech to jub nt Memel- lander-s. Behind him Hitler leit a mys- tcry. A vast audience, to his welcome to Memel into his ra- _ pidly expanding nation, heard him DY?- . “We Germans have no intention oi doing harm to the rest oi the world. - “The e which that other did to Germany, however, re again. “I believe mow, in the main. we have arrived at an cnd to this unique ,.. c! reparation." Tera Changed med even dlplmmts. _there might be implications gira- S1 NI BI 0wn trol Bonru ‘out. mday oi the 19E “We §f‘°é‘.’r~‘il Oil! was about Fredericton is now, bottles a day 0i wine. film, ky and brandy ‘mia WM one 0i Board. told the 0° which held its initliil sittillfl oiiice with Fiegaiig. YounB Gllihluoisylédr? ago gills net proilt Bottles Liquor N ,- March 23- (CP) FREIERICIO —The New Brunswick Liquor Con‘; its own botth 5.00;) ngwhis- purchased in bulk. “iificiihit”, as 895° ~ isietut-e appointed 1° 1n- at quire into the accounts and 0P8!‘- iilli“: “lirtthr n increased our net W051i Board held its arsen- operations," oi the Liq- mmitiee, in his (Lib. our bottling , chairman 29 r cent, ha said, 185i War it was 8 per cent. Two Ontario BRATISLAVA. March Ot-(Pri- dayI-utrl-"rhe siovalc inent announced early today that nungarian forces had been thrown oath auer penetrating 12 nuies in- to eastern _ patno-usraine. The crucial press there hau been skirmishes, but no casualcw... tin weft} lacking. An urn“... commun sara me nuugariuus sent. three c01- mruis auras tile rrontieI: early yes- terday irOm Berczny \.B_er I, three miles across the ironuer in Huns Push, Into vole Territory‘ ___._i..___... _..__i_... blwwn lwm 0N" seas they ‘find at” venture an ii s om‘ 8P0!“ l" bum“ 551d gglilwrz-the plrelirnlnsiryrunoiilcial details oi the iign iquc last night Uarpai-no- Ukraine. veins on border u.) secure Railway which traverses the border amcil connects Hlmiifl-IY WW1 PM‘ an The Government was any eiiori. at a broau military invusron 0i'S10ViLkla which earner tested to sudapest against rian troop movements. Government issued a which today pro the HUBER (The aiovak Qommlflflqug m BIB-tISIBJ/B said the i-iunsaria three-way advance, the the U118 ns had made BUDAPEST, March 23—-(AP)— Hungary announced tonight tne oc- cupation o; several points in Sio- Carpatho-Ulcrama Valley denied there penetrating 12 rnendous importance in bler's hint oi a halt to German territor- ial isiizlons, had sought an in tion- Accordlng to the oflicini text, Hitler said: "rhe hurt which the rut oi tlib world had caused us ought to find an end. And so I greet old Ger- man Vcilmgenossen ( ' oi our conumunity) as the youndefl citizens oi our great Gannon Govern- Reich (Oiiiclalc in Berlin said flit? did not know the reason ior the change and as Hitler was 0n the text gwve the earlier version.) Hitler's declaration was made irom a balcony oi the MemelOivic Theatre during an uproerious wel- come that matched the greetings 8 LATE i News FLASHES MEMIL, Much fl—(OP-Haves) -'rha city oi Memel will be trans- formed into a iortress under com- mand oi German naval authorities, it was reported here ttmlfihll- ROME Mitch M-—-(Fl1dl!)— B, oi‘ ll wtthflloveklmleavllttho ‘finesse-mere Guaranteed By Germany "' h: m“ w- _ _ _ _ pc Di Roma first Emmi ‘R3§°ao“§§sr‘§°l§°%,i'1 MIHCTS Kllled léflljliigfitghfilfi, ,.§f,"r‘.i§é§l’ $111‘: m",,;“,,,',°“,‘,',§',,,,,‘,‘,“§':'g.,,'2,:‘l:>:f'3 Bimpecrlfnwgezwcd iffifiiufitmfilfif ' . -—"' ° ‘e - _ fence Council orrl a B ier Hepburn id ih id all time rimtfl" “a: ..m.sm n": ,.‘é.“z,‘iet‘l“tiiofi5iii‘éiie lid *'-...§-.:.':.i:"=.:....°:.=l.':.:..c I M» w‘? we hi?» Coven, - _ r ’ ' km.‘ never been iixed definitely 111d m“ — q _ s I-i-i‘ ' '=~= , w. mmwvfliasvdlatwfgfethdm m, lovikdge l-a-terolby c riungar- “mfiirvrél Blavakia, “m: Britain Sets Naval " ' mun“ ' - Go mme COMING ‘EVENT! Wcnl$§h°'°'§n“?i§§m“§ "w" w" were” 3.5“? m *‘*’=“...““...l5"=,s§: R°“'““““°“* Pa“ -, m I I out down a rlegpc into a chute. Count sum“ “an. H%,r|:: v trcoapls) to eastern 510- _ Inflow t 3;; w- W, I ibmi I n , common , m lflflfl Q Mm]! y, " . , his resistant. Wv WM %,.r crowi- previously 1M "i PM‘ _ ‘i3 stated OHM, Britain is "'4' h: Ne‘? I "Ill . firs on um iollowed than dhonlssed the re r military: 3°‘? ‘K““"’ “d U‘“°"°“ w“ hurdle; nine battleships, a great- = ' égp-r" “m ‘b’ ' m W“ w“ ‘mm’ m’ m’ ult 0d "some local Ecuador March ss- "fllmb" “"11 W W, l ma" "Y; a u my or well Wgqp “m: Elm the soldiers at the (al-Gtudcntshmatrgi, “as: font-he Whole "i the mt of the mdaillgtoragng m. o “ma” M“ ' lmnmn ‘ mwhatflcvesuruentslre Illalmeohloflie Constitution . g _ ' an an ve e e iii '- ,, w" an... ....- d‘: "M" hem: . (l d hroiwvmvm rose-tour wouicbeaco .:...~:*e..*r.* W‘ m Slovak . n ep en ence t... ss- h. a m. mder m“... r, _ I- lfll gal I II m; "m"! vslor- ' eaycneislh rtcrmeslairac- md°°wmmn°nn~3 mfifi... here 'worksra ‘:44 de- “mm "W" 4M PM” lllTlER PAW MEMEb-Hitler welcomna - llemellarrders into his ex- panding empire; declares Ger- many “ready and determined to master its own late?’ de- parts ior undisclosed destin- ation) alter two-hour visit. peace: dlblemattc settlement o! Ital- ilarrel. BBTQQI, but Poland demure on Brit- ain's "halt Iliitler" trout; Chamberlain, reminding Nazis ct iailure oi power-s in past to diltnlrtilsto asserts Brit- world ctervnina further Nazi thrusts in Bur- tion to block we- BUDAPEST-Rungiary an- occupatiqn o! number Slovak points on Oar-patho- Uirreine border in move to ob- tain control o! reiiwsy con- necting Hun and Pdandi denies on Slov- I-‘ormer Clerk Feared Worst In Fire_Event HALIFAX, 23-—(0P)—A iormer- clerk ci the iireswqwt Queen Hotel tostiiied today at the investigation ct the March 2 tire that destroyed the hotel he had told the late Hesse Harris, man- ager until his dooth lest iall: "God help this hotel ii a tire ever The witness, (Jharles Ward, toe- tziiied at the probe conducted by Mr. Justice M. B. Archibald 0d Nova. Scotla. Supreme count, no had suggested to John Desmond. acting. answer. alter” ' "seem-That ' the building wus undermanned. - Ward willed on one occasion he found a ' employee World in the basement with a liq-old e considered inflammable He said he warned against smok- ing while this liquid was being used. He reported the incident to the muses-r but could not say ii l‘..°P‘,..."":.2't°“fi’. ‘it’ “"1"”; e e c e the hoteid m?” o “m. 011 Fa , e ionner - 17°F, 861d in his s year-g’ be“ men/t there he had no recollection oi seeing saiety ropes 1n m; rooms. . Ontario House Unanimous For Defence Move ronomio. Maren 2s -<o1=)- ‘Illa Ontario Icgislotmp today passed a. resolution calling on the federal parliament to "immediate- s ly legislation providing that in e event oi a war emergency the w and man-power oi Canada be mobilised, by proclam- ation oi the govcrnor-in-council ior the duration oi the war." ‘Ihene were no nays when the speaker called ior a. vote but sev- eIIJ. members stood and thus a recorded division was required. The division brought a unanim- ous vote ior the resolution. Welfare minister Gross, highway minister McQuee r5 i; . i Events At A Glance slda in response to protest from Bratislava. . BRATISLAVA —- Government announces Hungarian drive l2 miles into Slovak territory re- pulsed after brief skirmishes but no casualties. PARlS—Fro.noe launches ei- im-t to woo Iisly from Hitler's oasnp; um" n to about Italian-March reooncil ation reported. BERLIN-Geometry. Slovakia concludes 25-year treaty guar- anteeing Slovak "indepen- dence" with proviso that Ger- many take over her exclusive mercisl enterprise extended to Black Sea through brood trade advantages gained in new Ru- mania. trade agreement. SHANGHAI-Japanese report 1,000 Chinese killed, 8.501 cap- tured in Wuning sector oi Province Kiangi offensive south oi I-lankow. IGERMAN TRADE PABT SIGNED WITH lithium Political Aspect Im- plied In Five-year Agreement. By ALVIN STEINKOPF Associated Press Foreign Stat! - 38-13mm hadaw flennenydn R/umamia, in eflect extending Ger- man commercial enterprise to the Black Sea, were disclosed in-a synopsis oi a live-year Gannon- Rumanlan trade agreement pub- lished . ‘Phere were no political condi- the llshcd version. , a, po tical aspect was implied bvy the iact that one oi the Rumanlan signatories wcsFor- eign Minister re Gcierwu, who ordinarily woud not sign a trade; agreement.“ _ tlon with Rumanim money, will be permitted to develop . Eumarrlan oil fields and mines, according to terms of the pact. German will receive tree ports on he Danube River-and Black Sea to facilitate German commerce. Ger-nanny will buy on s “bei- anced exchange" basis more Ru- mimian foflder, fruits, textiles, ma- terials and vegetable oils. Rammnia will adjust her agri- culture to Gennsn needs and give Germany prei-erence in the dispo- sal oi her product». R/umania will get war materials. airplanes. machinery and technical assistance in establishing ind/us- triee for processing agricultural products-such as sugar refineries and Illour mills. Germany will overhaul the Romanian railway system. build roads and Improve their trans- portation. Ooincidenbelly. the Gonnan Gov- ernment promised Rumania tonight that all war materials which Ru- mania previously had ordered from Czecho-Slovak factories would be delivered. The German lcgatinn informed the foreign office that 30 carlnads oi munitions had been sent fiom the Czech Bkoda Works by Wily 0i Poland to Bucharest. This agreement to deliver muni- tlons crime miter thesignstflre vel- terday of the Ger-man-Rhnnenian trade pact. The pact provided for close c0- bebween Rumenian and German banks and indimtions were the value oi the Rumanian (Continued on page 9, Col 4) 10 PAGES Aleweanalwayl be ioundaa- croadringant-beflihtaolotlsmn. MAxms OIL MERE MAN Llllll llbaarl I7 Kath-P. l, LONDON, March 23--Th the House oi Commons that ed march through Europe. The Prime Minister's sia has yet made against German i Attlee and other Labor lead points:- 1. Brita-in has no desire “to stand in the Wtltgbfl any reasonable ei-i torts on part oi Germany to argand her export trade." . Britain is not anxious to e5- ln Euro idcoligicnl blocs» ggo "w tho‘ dtiéiiirrenttidea? ‘ e orms e m erna administration." Would Not Impose Tnriii The first point was hkenio mean the Government would not ioilow the United States action by unpas- ing s. tariff or other economic, im- Dosts t German goods. The second was believed to be meant as I reassur‘ statement toward Italy rather than Germany. . Mr. Chamberlain's reierence roan ideological bloc of ‘nations was in- Wrnreted as a move to moderate Premier Mussolini‘; speech week end when he ma. announce his Mediterranean cla against ce. Iii I1 Duoe can be minded that Britain, France and ussia are not establishing a. triple alliance wait- ing! only to pounce on Germany and I y when the right time comes, he may be less iruculem, in his lan- El-IBOB and less sweeping in his de- mands against France, r Sources close to the Governm i said Ni)‘. Chamberlain was ottoman; ting to tell Mussolini that Brit is concerned only with resisting German aggression and is not seek- ing to set up an ideological bloc in competition with the Rome-Berlin axis. It wiles-red tonight that further diplomatic negotiations had iailed to persuade Poland she should a- bandOn her traditional policy of neutrality and definitely line up with Russia against German ex- pension. While Poland is highly important in Britain's anti-aggression achcm her refusal to sign the declaration will not mean its collapse. 0i Major Slxniiicancc Russia‘; acceptance W85 consid- ered oi major significance because success for the scheme now is as- sured even it Poland remains out- d . fir. Chamberlain told the House: “We are solely concerned here with the proposition that we can 110i. submit w n procedure under which independent states are sub- jected to such pressure under threat or force n: to be obliged to ylClii their independence, and we am re- solved bv all means in our owcr i0 oppose attempts, ii thcv s ould be made, to Dill, such a procedure mLo operation." ' Mr, Chamberlain said (‘mrmnliys recent, diplomatic actions d the question whether Germany “were perhaps planning to g0 oven further" than 1o try to dominate Euro . "Vi/gem this interpretation oi the __m~==~ ‘P-H?“9e°°?€¢fEii-_h€s.'ffle@@d- (Continued on page 9, 001 6) France Fixes Ba Negotiations 21mm, March 35--(AP)—Tha Bend: C rnmenst has iixed its basil ior negotiations with Italy in an eiiort to draw Premier Musso- lini out oi Chancellor Hitler's Iruormed sources said France would ask only two "minirnurrr tees to bring about conver- ' actions ior a reconciliation with the Fiescist Government... ‘Ihesc i. z% toward withdrawal or ttejim troops irom Nationalist 2. A m: an the anti-French e eornaeuse 1m- Ismusnuel‘: address in. For With Italy "alien note oi last Dec. 17 outlined the questions dividing the two countries was unzsidered signlii- cant here. 'I‘he Dec. l7 note held as no longer valid the 1085 Laval- Museolini Accord and leit it to France to suggcet a. new settle- merit. The King's revival ct this issue was believed in French qumors to reflect an Italian desire ior an accord with France since Ger- many has embarked on a cam- paign oi expansion through‘ Creche-Slovakia and Me . Informed sources said Premier Edouard Dulediers Government would smelt Premier Mussoiinfs expected speech next Sunday be- tore deciding definitely to send an envoy to Home with the conditions ior negotiations. Daladier has or ‘ to broadcast to France on Monday. e.l intentions 0t the German Govern- . .__.___4 P“ Dllhllll LOL00| Oanadl all Uri-UM- Block Imperialism a ByNaziEermany Poland Remains Aloof From Pro- posed Four Power Combination —'Chamberlain Makes Statement (By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer) e Russian Government today agreed to join Great Britain and France in an anti-aggres- sion pact, while Prime Minister Chamberlain was telling Britain-ls determined “by all means in our power" to block Reichsiuehrer Hitler's anu- Russia’s acceptance of Britain's plan for the anti; aggression declaration left only Poland in doubt among the iour major powers sought ior the combinations tement was the strongest he y’s new imperialism and coin- cided with I-litlefs statement in Memel that he was near‘ mg the end of “repairing the wrongs done to us.” Mr. Chamberlain's statement in the House, _to have been prepared with reported the concurrence of Clelielll ers, contained two major l‘ l‘ Wood Islands I Ferry Service I ls Discussed OTTAW March Gov": fieilfih L’¥§'§dr,,‘°-E'"r;“es-¢“ (Qon._ Toronto-Brondwicw) or thd House of Commons . ‘lng fer- “t?” "fir... s... repy . ‘a use‘ tlouastncostolanevdhflgi ior service between Wood lsimds, P.E.I.,_nud Caribou, N.S., the trade isnd‘ commerm department no new vessel would be bit H the government, but a had been entered Into with Northmnberland Ferries, o! ax. Under the contract, which '91“ 00st $28,000 a year- to the govern- ment in the for-m oi a subsidy, thl service would begin May l, 1M9. The steamship Northmnberlgnl now in operation, the rnernba we! told, was built in I891 and pur- chased ior 555.000, and was in g5‘ between Charlottetown and Plato‘ N. 8.. before being transfer-rd g. hike Ontario service in 1920. 300i value ci the vessel as of hut neg. 31, was $105,722, due to increase In Passenger accommodation end Drovisicn oi new liieboets. The Nor-thumberlnnd is licensed by law to curry 1,213 passengers. ' ‘Labor Minister n L. Ill In Hospital ' onsws. March as-risbcr Minister Rogers is in negate‘ here icr s rest, it was lesmcd to- day. He is suffering from istigu it was stated, and m5 ggndjflqn ‘ alder-ed serious. fltii/iiimtic. we YOQR WAfci-i i9. N0 ;. WAY f0 MPROW I Ycuivfmu! and maximum temperatures: Dawson Saint John mums Olmrlotietown innmereldc utee later than ‘run can rerun! ammo! Leave Borden M8 Ternsentine ll a. na_ l