$.11’? Ellen. senses new. irlifsi" is EEDEll run our DUTY ~ snge Suggested By King Himself Is A n n o u n e e d By Gianiberlsil. Gerlneu - built liner press of Ausirslh lnctsul of . swift’ battle CIIIIQI‘ use o European on. . Prime Minlsins (Jam lily anne cod the chsnle in llcuse of commons. it wss l ed the Kins’ lmself some a m» had sussesisd it becsuse the villus of the Bvepulme on this of the Ailsnilc. hr Government chartered the r for the m‘: si Party. sud she curry no o er peeseuiers. rims Minister Eamon do Velcro 1o the United listen on which was is have lelt Istunlsy. vlty of the interactions! I"!- n was believed .the ressuu. Sail Ssme Time e Empress of Austrsllu, Oun- u Pac fie Liner of 31MB tons, I tail ir MB,1€BtlE8,BC 1.30 m. Msv he same time the is ulse Wes have left. binning experts said the King jlueplniwould ill‘ more Continued-dupe“ s, oil's) OMINGEVENB is for Notices ill lllll column ll per word- ‘We are contlnul ci°".c:*.““ s‘... “h” “v . l . , - ~ - Hgtcheryiw n-xzslfi- -3i. 'L.O.B.A. cske sale st Mom Mcbeods saiurcsy. April also‘? our special 'nay——l-lsve now received sn- Pr car belt ullity timothy . J. F. Morris. kin s. L-ees-hli-ii. '0. W. L. cake ssle Saturday L-M moon at Holmanb ‘For Sale-IN‘ 1H" How 3E!!! ssh ossn table for bolt oi‘ f0! 100d. uglier: 1:56 your 06:0". . o mm“ _ ' L-‘Qflflin-um $603. e. s.“ e Bole, Apr-used. 8 H OM06 a n-see-s-ne-al. _-.-._- ‘Seven Mile Bey, r . iliree-sct y by maue Club; orchestra. dance. 11-831 “All interested in the National nsci-vatlve Party ‘are invited to a Social liiveniul at the Coiled- ' Lczion Rooms on Wednesds! n1..\ il28f-hltl.. n“ m n-cEc-‘ii-is-sl. "Fl h h t Ken rs n .2T.3§ie“’..‘r’ul§ ffviries. ‘in. ll’! i; roan in Kendra r§‘u§°il.‘i¢€ur§"i$‘°i§‘ hmli-us-iil even lust of the §§r~ii'é“‘°”i ‘f’- . . n mm sn . “Livestock flu-fluurudflfimg: qmg xiii: i follows o1 -. ' In z - v. . we. Bedf ban. Rim? v. rieue use duirdlni I'd 0s!“- The P 6's "Paper a p A’. ' Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. FRIDAY, APRIL 2s, 1939 Read by Everybody l0 PAGES -.. ed MAXIMS OI‘ A MERE MAN Ausol lsbsesi tie Delivered ll-Q Ir nus-r. s. "s. e100. Oslsds sad d. s. sseo. Enthusiasm Rife At Convention In Second Kings Mr. Louis Burge and James Leslie Are Selected Conservative Stand- ard-Bearers. Ml’. R. louis Bil-TKO was 110mm. s-tod as Councillor and Mr. James Leslie as Assemblyman at a rous- 1118 Conservative convention at Mor- ell yesterday. They will convent the second district of Kim's in the orthcomln; Provincial election. Mr. Barge‘; ncsnlnaiion was moved by Mr. manljohdnrleu and “WNW . . n Mo? ee can» wirieviiin nomination wu’ moved by Mr. lnwsen Do: las and seconded by Mr. John Oun hem. B0 and: is were the unanim- ous chose o: the meeting. v J. M chair Mr. Henry Co tin wls named secretory. A hearty vote of Lhsziks was und- esod Mo. Malcolm Mwlflnncu. one _ of the csndidwtes in the district st w‘, lset elecmon, for his valuable in u. led of B» . . J. Pfbilwlldfisiiwwu ‘éififomriofiéi“‘da“‘°"icilifit" soc Mr. Gordon Douclss, ngied m1 Y m . packers included. dates. Mr. MlkXI-Fl MacKlnncn, Capt. Georce Ins e l-nd Hen. Dr. Mscmllnn. Dr. fisubdlllln 1n his sddrels dealt mic sriy with the violation of ml election ,. _, s and the Govc , let's gross extrsvsgence as shown v increased debt. over two million dollars according to lhe Public Accounts of i988. Gives Statement On Canada's Army, Air And Naval Strength OTTAWA. Ami! 21-min v Government nve s statement cf Connie's present army, sir sud naval siren h in s report tsbledrju the cuss cf 0cm- usom Mideast request of ‘l. L, n. Brosdview). s totel of 45B ‘II-O other ranks i msueut militia. sud. 6.818 of- ficers sud 45.046 other rsuks the uou-psrnisueut militls, the report ststed, "Ihe Royal Csnsdlsn Air force hsd $57 officers and l.- Ol‘! sinners, with 9B offiiifi" d 368' sis-men in the suxil- uswsl nth: , with 86 officers sud 303 rs |s in the Royal Csusdisn Nsvsl Reserve. ln addition. there were lid effic- ers d 1.118 rstlngs 1n the Roy Canadian Navy Volun- teer Reserve. ' r nslsiu oi u» new shew"! fum- destroyesl sad three mine- swegsn bssed en Esqulmslt. B. .3 ‘two defletrorc P“ i‘? inuweepers en one r n I zdhoouer st llslifu: VII 1 val ' d st Esquimeli; n," d! ens of the Boys! snsdlsn Nsvsl Reserve 115m“, chsrlettstown. Quebec. Montreal sud vsncouver; sud divisions of in. ma! 0-mi- isn Nsvsl volunteer leserv se- Clllrlet Q um wn some Johiifiuebec and Montreal. American Cancer i intrigues Hitler . . . M .il zv-Mirifiu no \..~. metifitrtigeglqhed-rioeilgr Hi ler on savers! eooes-oel- 1' w lend hes skill t. the production oi on“ M.“ W159 _" '-~ Munich st "WI ll ' W vloilfibi i‘ - ‘mgpgj, Ifltwlllflt‘ sold. H. ‘his!!! m u- gh; verulq M4 y but er-ssk iM‘ Confederation “till PE°g;_E3.|'I. Is Discussed Plans Proceeding A- pace For Gala Cele? bration Here ‘A In July. ‘ Details of the Confederation Week program hflfé in July were discussed at a. meeting of the Eel’!- eral committee yesterday, presided over by Mr. Justice A. E. Arsen- ault, convenor. On sunday of the celebration week a military "Drum Head" ser- vice ih. which s1] units in camp here at that time, including e full Hizhisnd Brisade. "pasted to in- clude the Cape Breton, Cumber- land and Plctou Hlvhlsnders from Nova Scotfa in addition to the Prince Edward Island Highlanders. the Medical, Signal and Light Horse uruts. After the parade B Governor General. li he is here, or Lieutenant Governor DeBlols would take the salute st ,_1 marsh set. Monday mornlnh the uuve line of tablets to the there of 00n- Iederatlon would take place. The ceremony would be at the Exhibi- tion Grounds, it was announced. the tablets to be moved to Purim-r nent places lsisr. I In the evening a instant. ‘The Romsnce cf Csnads". Wlih 8 filli- of 80 will be sis ed. I Tuesday mom. the ill-omens parade will Ckkd have iglwtfacg c‘ , w i c . ecqustlu 5p i s y!“ addition sic. in the siternoon. _ it, w s possible the Caledon s. Club _spor might be held here that day, it was snnoun ‘ Tuesday night wouml b s. concert by the Choir from Montreal. On Wednesday morning wouldbs the formal openlns “It n" golf course st the National Park. while the fllglldlfijflwrxolggn3ment would occupy ‘s street csrnivsi In m. ‘hag? in the centre of loiia 1m. be dc- st the I be featured Mssesnet Trous- Charlotte- ma‘: the saitinl‘ int sushi i lport. i-Eitrsifd his: lies; Ericss- I l re {in be the order ,9 are s“ urodsy sftcrnoeu, it VIII nous‘ . n35»: the so: law" also: VIIIININQIO “his” a: CLCSER lcconn WITH RUMANIA Russia To “Assist Eur- ope In Case 0f Ag- gression,” Claim. PABIII. Acsu m-nemu lemstle negotiators l “i:- lbdbd foblrlngfillssll-nllllid fir, Lh g j ‘M’ CCIIISB BDPCBI‘! ll I IIQQ Q :1 B‘ 341$ wmm '32: curve through Norway and loe- $135,“? 1,=,,,,~=,,», 33;»; w - 533133" i!" assumes’: o n “m” iiimiivniiilxiujs stunned“; T“ “m” "m W" Mun snd over Boston to Floyd a ed up ln an effort to stmng- “ma; “m; en the French- ritish alliances m, i1" . "q 514mg. on the eve of Chancellor Hitler's cred mcnoplzne. The heovlly answer to . “'s lo deg] ‘ lifted itself su- Soviet Flier Hops Off For i ll e w Y o r k . MOSCOW, A ll 25—(Fflds ) --(A1’)—llrlts£.r-Gcuersl Vig- dimir ekhmshi, soviet Runs. ork. wss by Motor Mlklisil Gorulcnko Russian navigator sud veteran radio rate The "Greet Circle Route” tbssyproposedfo clliswisous be ween Moscow direct course k. 0n the msp the and New Yer appeal for s pesos ssreementf Arrives In hrls 1W“ M84810‘. Soviet Ambassador to London, reached Paris from Coiwnhfleen. where he said Russia W0uld “assist Europe in ca; or tit€°‘€i‘i“é.5f8€° r.“ ...°°i.‘.‘.°."°" e Jakob Bur-its. o’ m" Mmkv was not expected w see 5mm“ lime. s rellsible informant said, Surlts was conduetlng- s11 negotiations for B/ussls with the French at the Oopanhcgengim "1 hi5 We)’ buck iolvondoo from Moscow sald:- ,, _ . - ~1’ ’ Wry“oentent*-=musu's~' xiii-log]: in‘ a pwible conflict u - Q0 y C881‘. 6 i gisgxist in coegmofgnng u.’ lllbflo ironing: dfiiflilfilrqw” Rwy] e he reached Iondon. u“ Frenchmen were interested vii. ally in whether Hitler would may; an)’ spociflc demands in his speech tomorrow. If he makes precise “WEEK” W 13811158 or Rumsnla, french ' diplomats mkndwledged h” WWW be 819M!!! concerned. Ii Hitler so. mo" u. the United States Presl ent‘| proposal {m- a non-aggression pact, bu; adds gem era] stoiembllis about "Deuce with Justice, there will be e. certain “mmlm 0f MEL-the French said. Conscription Move Lauiicd By Bennett LONDON. April R7-'I‘he con- scription move will demonstrate w the world that Greet Britain is determined to "maintain at every cost, not only her own freedom and liberty. but freedom and llb~ erty for the other peoples in the world." Rt. Hon, R. B. Bennett, forrrier Ceucdiau Prime Minister said today. He was movink s. vote of thanks Ilesile Hore-Bclishs. wt the Constitutional Club where the War Seer-star" lied spoken in defence of compnlsorv military service. "The Government's action yes- terday." Mr Bennett ssid. "wll1 have far-reechln- eff is in the world. In will make everyone resi- Ils how serious conditions ere 5nd how finn the determination of the ple of these islands is ‘n maln- ain at everv cost. not only theist- peoples of ‘is world. ‘Ibis is he first time that these have uisde s, sssrlfioe ior men- hind." OFFICER. BITIIES AX, N. 8., April Tl-Bl- " might be to bring pressure ‘Yugoslavia for immediate ii; on lie wsy down the icsu Theyvetersn flier expected to resclsNe-wlforhtgsidhourste e be there before opening of the World's Fslr on Sundsy. - AXIS PCWERS NUT IMPRESSEB Novtlencernt-Felt Over- ’ n l" ed to d: British Conscrip- tron. ROME. April 27 --(A.P)-Thfl Fascist press indicated tonlghtthat Italy and Germany might counter British conscription by some "e- uivalent" move but British cir- es here did not consider the Italun reaction to indicate s. new crisis. Vimlhlo Gsyds. the Fascist Re- gimes chm newspa er spokesman. celled Great Brits 21's peacetime conscription an attempt at “ln~ ilmldatlcn“ of Italy and Germany but declared the Axis Powers were Reliable sources said Count Gsleaszo Cisno. Italian Fbrelln Minister, expressed no great con- cern when the British Charge D’- Afialres, Sir Noel Charles, lnfonn- ed him ofPrlme Minister Cham- berlain's. intentions s. few hours before they were disclosed to the House of C yesterday- Sorne di lomats thouiht ihe_ answer od he Rome-Berln Axis on adher- ense to the Antl-cmnintem Pact and possibly for her withdrawal from the league of Nations. This. it was said, would give the appearance that Yugoslavia was wholly in the Axis camp and that the Axis partners had an- other runny on their side in the event of war. FLIES TO BELGRADE ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, April 27- (AP)-Premier Drsglshe Cvetkov- lch flew to Belgrade tonight to resent. to Regent Prince Paul a entutive agreement by. which Croatia hopes to obtain autonom- ous home government. The Croatian Vladko MRCllCk, said discussions were concluded but that the home rule plan hon mil, yer. been so», cepted llIlBll either by the Gov- ernment or y the Croats Ontario House Is Prorogued (I The Csusdlsu Press) ‘P0845810. April I'M-whiter s session marked general smity. the Ontario be issturve wss pro- rogued lsce sy by Lieutenant Governor Albert Mott-hows. This- the third session of the both legis- leture-wss the first for Conser- vstive Dllddl‘ George A. Drewwho low officers seutsd urgent lids or J. .'l‘ o! the ovs Boo Division of the Re Cen- sdisn Mounted Po ice w! e csss of silver when he l0 yells service Jde demo here hree yeens m Imm the - ion hesdduertess st Resins. isciliisted business by cooperating lu msay matters-with Premier llitchellKopl-Yum. I 'Orqnge Pekoe Blend Minority leader, ' mum's mu T0 RCCSEVELT AWAITIEIJJCCAY Expected To Shout Vigorous “No” To Appeal For World Peace. s visor-our ‘no" ton and to adorn his with citations from American his- tory when he uaswcu President Roosevelt's appeal for st lcsst s de- osde of peace tomorrow. Informed sources bellcvo he will touch on the SpIslllh-Amerlcsn d led States solutions with uiln America in his ous- ly awaited speech before the Belch- I l grinds points cf history will be used ss s sprlnsbosrd for Hitler to euuucloie his own ideas for unin- lslrung s. "Just. pence for which Gcsunsny stands.’ Offered Pesos Terms _ldelslllselyiurihcriomce.llthat he previously had advanced peace tennis, especially on May 1'1. 1983, when he demanded no European war could mend matters and en- dorsed sn an s1 irmn President Roosevelt to 4 nations for oo-op- eration ‘to assure pelwe and promow eggouuc recovery and on Msmh ‘i. l , when he announced remiilvus- lzation of the Rlilnelsnd. and sui- ioswd a. 26-year non-uquression pact of European nations. 50th these speeches were msde i0 the Rcichstlid. Alvhoush President Roosevelt and l1 message to Italy and Germany for s_ l0 to 35 ltary corwcriptlon and to the Polish dedensive alliance with Britain, which Nazis record as n measure by Poland to get help uizainst Ger- y. Lsurel, Ilse; and golden eagles decorated the Kroll Opera House wnere the 862 uni members 0f the R/elohstug, largest in manys histoiy. are to meet. Reefs For Oratory Hitler rested tonl ht for the task o4 oratory which l ely will require an houd and a hull (starting s- round ‘I A. M. AST). but. he intend- ed to reread closely me speech which was finished vesierdsy. High lil that speech ma. ' be whet are xisidered here as "h dhly fav- orab e" replies to Hitler's queries in a number of European nations whether they consider threatened by Germany. (Roosevelt asked for guarantees or the integ- rliv of 31 countries.) _ All the answers to Hitler were understood here to have been in the negative. so the Chancellor may contend that up al w him was not warranted. (Rel able London in- formants declared Rumanla told Germany she did not see how an nation m Europe could feel so e FlldGl‘ present uncertain condit- one.) Participating in the Ilelchstuz for the first time tomorrow will be two deputies from Memel iwiiich Ger- many ot from Lithuania) and five from hernia,’ and Moravia (which were parts of CZcoho-Blovaklu). Propaganda Minister Goebbels or- dered everybody to put out 11 s and to halt activity at noon io lis - on to the speech. Children Hurt In School Bus Crash CONCORD, Mass... April i1~ Fifteen children and the driver of a school bus were rushfid w Y/hb Emerson hospital here today slim‘ the bus crashed into the side of s freight train. Police reported none w killed. ‘is preliminary W901i- imm u" hospital said none oi the children appeared to be seriously mlurod. but tlsait the driver might die. The front of the bus was almost de- 5 tnemselveeq- molighed where it was in collision with the Boston-bound imliht. I. The putt sc- ld Cen- sdisu Illivyfllu m-ohiflfl‘ @511 l.“ YQI’: 8 Suitor Charged With ‘Slaying Of‘ Former Nova Scotlan Curl DISH COMMONS END ORSES CoNFcRIP 110W INCCéWANDCMMzQI/EEMIVW TQ VEL ON “ZTIWVER [Serve fidtice Of FRANCE ~ SEEKS“ Determination to Halt Aggres si on ‘Chamberlain Defends Action In House——Thousands ‘Crowd Re-r cruiting Depots Throughout Country. (By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer) LONDON. Ailrii 27—-'I‘l'ic British Parliament gave the world in general, and Chancellor Hitler in particular, no tics tonight that the nation is prepared to sacrifice ovon ts long cherished traditions in order to halt Fascist rig. gression in Europe. By a vote of 376 to 145, the House of Commons eridor sed the Chamberlain Government's sudden decision u» can. script immediately 200,000 men of 20 years of age, thus adding conscription to Britain's recruiting sypum {or 1,1" first time in modern history during peace. The House of Imrds earlier flllllroved the decision without s record voh. Legislation to carry out the Government's decision will be introduced next week. Prime Minister Chamberlain personally led flu flgwu ernment drive to push through the Commons tile resolu- tion approving his conscription scheme, quite obviously n an effort to win parliamentary support before Hitler opens his speech to the Relchstag tomorrow. labor Amendment Defeated ems. a: ll ea ring In Murder Case ls Concluded“ approval of the Labor and Liberal opposition parties which maln- talned a. steady fire on the pro- posal throughout the one-day de- bate. The Labor amendment de- nouncing the Government's mot- ion failed of passage by s vote of 3B0 to 143 before the moi-ion itself was approved, The Prime Nlinisber said DAIJDOUSIZE. ll. B» ADILI HQ fOPi-‘Ilie Crown COD” scrlptlon hsd become s necessary rmed in u“ safeguard for the defence of Brit- this aifternoon t Robert sin and to reassure her Euro an Barbour at his second trill on I. allies she was prepared to uliil charge of islrdeflni the territorial Etc-ages she hes dis- tributed throug J; Enirope. It. was necessary to demonstrate to the world, he said, the unfair- ness of the gibe being circulated tomorrow. No witnesses were celled for the defence. The trial opened Tuesday. Five witnesses were hang codsys . 0on- in Europe that "Britain is willing Robert MoPherso , R.O_M to fight to the last Frenchman." stable Albert C. igle, Dr. J. J. Leslie l-loreBellsho, War Seo- McPherson, Police Chief rotary who has enanze °i "l! "my Theurlault and Corporal Boiry. activities. save his opinion that Robert McPherson told of tek- conscription was absolutely neces- lng Miss Harris to e house potty sary from the military vi°WDl>lni~ March 29 last your. the ht be- It was needed to fill the gaps. he fore she we; fatally ixiiu ‘ms said. between the planned estsb- witness, sulrpoenaqy at Tlmslim, lishment and actual strength of Ont" denied he had been ‘hiding out so as not to appear st this the various anny formations. trial." Will Supply Deficiency (Witnesses yesterday said Barb- our had told them he killed the The 11m Will M19111)’ m! dfifllll- girl with a hammer because he end!’ O 95.900 m"! whim ll "19 was "jealous? when she went out present difference between the with momm- m“; lilo!‘ Army find Tefrlmml °l' Dr McPherson expressed opin- ion tnsi the injuries lndicstod "direct violence" and could not have been caused W a full within s room. tab ishments and the actual num- bers. Ln effect. the scheme would per- mit Britain to train s force each yesr of the approximate size of the Regular y. ‘The voluntegr system had in- creased mo size 0d the Territorial Army by 2,000 daily since April 1 but. conscription is needed to fill the ga while the slower process of assembing and training a citizen army is taking place. e War Minister stressed that all men, rich and poor. would serve alike and together. He admitted there would be a strain on R9211- lax‘ Army equipment but said there was enough for the purpose. Mr. Hore-Bslishs emphasized the scheme would permit the anti- aircraft defence of, the country be- ing manned 2i noun. n day. which he considered vital at this time. lbeorultlns’ 1s Heavy Nob since the Great war days has Britain witnessed such recruit~ in; sctivity as today. While the House was endorsing the plan to give six months’ army irllflins i0 conscripts, thousands _~of yguugglj (Continued on M80 8, Col 8) MEMBER Kilo ‘(our i5 can is was. As ‘filo Pouficim (By The Canadian Press) TORONTO. 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