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Concentrate 0n Plant For U-Boats As Ships Sink

Loss 0t Vetegt-i-Royal "Oak Described As Ill Fortune 0f

LONDON» Olll- 15—(CP)-—Great Britain today concen-

jated her sea might in the

hunt for German submarines

which struck severe blows by sink‘ , f h 15 ' ship-t, the battleship Royal Oak, ontitrotae elltlrencciziptiiiid British vessels in a little more than 48 hours.

British warships landed

‘ . more than 400 survivors of

the three ships at English ports today.

Survivors of a German U-bont crew were

the same time. ~

landed at

(Dispatches from London did not explain whether the submarine had been sunk in one of the attacks or whether it was one of three U-boats sunk Friday the 13th.)

An official announcement listed 414 survivors of the

29,l50-ton warship, and said

the chances were “remote”

that any of the other 786 men who were aboard the Royal

Oak would be found.

The three vessels 10st were thel

llzao-tcti British ntotorsltlp Loch- ttott, torpcdoed in the Atlantic and French line steamships, the L anc and the Blstagne. o Lves were lost in the sinking oi inc Lccltawn, but at least, l5 uztc missing from the lloulslane : ithe Brctagne and 30 were m. 1:: x’.

Prose Campaign Against Subs

While changing off loss of the Rial Oak to one of the ill “for- ' s of war.“ the Admiralty

b; sod its campaign against sutb- {zlairtttcs of which 1t declared three l.l(

- _ construction Ill/mam ts on a wartime footing. Bllll tllflllllh nine battleships are llflvlrtcd on the Ways. the Admir- flllv refused tn divulge any details as to the stage of construction or lllc lmsslbllities of launching.

The MUD“. e589!‘ for informa- lion on how submarines sank the F0011 011k. which itself sank four Gflllflll Slllps during the Great War time of Jutland, looked to Win. tron Churchill, First 10rd of the éflmllflltt’. for a. fuller report in ‘the House of Commons where he -5 Wllfiflllled to make his weekly rrnort Tuesdayy

The Admiralty meanwhile issued acommttnique designed to dis- @101," German sultlestfons that Bri- gllrls newest aircraft carrier Ark

otal had been sunk or damaged.

Slime Scot. 2e German broad- ff-sflll! stations have contlnuottsly “med the H. M. s. Ark Royal

has been sunk." said the com- "lllnlfllle. "In order to av any pom-able doubt which ight be °“"¥"‘~‘<l by this untrue statement,

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Coming Events

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' “Ialkley-Malpcque Wednesday. in-lllfb-iU-itrzi.

flitlklcs and Dante Bradulbatlc, 1““-‘\l“l‘- ll-llsu-lu-lo-zt.

"Zion Guild cake sale Saturday OW 1K. 2 p. m. L-lzlua.

,. ' ‘lilmlmette Sale Christian Jlurt-il school Room Saturday. Oct. 21st. 7 P. M. L-1345-lu-lo-ll.

—-—-—— c _ "Kittkora Hall-Bingo and dance lllv-flv evening, October twentieth. Lunch served. L-l356-l0-l6-2i.

_"Q0me to the dtlcken supper in George's Hall, Wednesday, Oct ‘lllll- L-1359-lU-16-3l.

'>‘Mt. Stewart United Church Cllltkctl Supper in Legion Hell Wed- "Petluv. October 1am.

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"Chicken Supper and Entertain- lllPllt, Webster's Corner Hall, Wed- "Mluy. October lam. Orchestra. lll-‘Dlces 0. w. I... L-1267-10-16-ll.

"Dance, Earmcllfle school. Tiles- llfll’. October 17th. Admission 25c. bunch free. rt not fine, tollowlnp lllfllllt- L-1268-l0-16-1 .

"Meet your friends at the Chick- "l Sllmlerl I Dance l l St. Geoftwfi October 18th. Webster's Orchestra.

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"Reserve Thlcsdny, December 5th for Ariel-non Ten and home cook- lu-"t stile Christian church School Remn- L-lIlfi-XC-IB-ll.

"Cattle-We require a quantity 0f rows and bull»: for bologna Pooue or write us for prices. ls- lnnd Cold Storage Co.

Ho} ti; Sinking Adds Determination

LONDON. Oct. l6—-(Monday) —- (CP)—The British press said today

that torpcding of the battleship Royal Oak will only strengthen Great B;italn‘s determination to

fight to final victory.

The Dally Eixprcss asserted that loss of the warship emphasized the ungency for lelaxing news cen- sorship.

"The loss of the Royal Oak. and the loss oi the lives of 800 brave men ls a disaster,” the newspaper said. "There is no reason for denfing it. But, there is no reason why it should dlsitcartcn us. We must. prepare for great shocks in wartime. This is one of them.

"Exactly when the ship sunk? Where? How? does the sinking disprove the widely held view that capital ships, with their immense armor protection, are safe from torpedoes? or was it just a lucky chance for Hitler that cannot be repeated?

"Tilese are questions on men's lips, and only tumor mwos reply. That is why official answers must be given soon. Only truth kills rumors.

“while we watt let us mourn our dead, and avenge them by pres- sing forward with added resolution to final victory."

The Daily Telegraph: "The ef- fect on Britain of such losses has pl-“njvs been to confirm her reso- lution and insure llcr men to fresh efforts to ensure that their comrades shall not have died in vain.

"For the second time since the war brcks out." ll"? Pill-Bl‘ Sflld. “Tile nation has to face the news that a great vcmel l-~= -cen sunk an that hundreds of brave men have been drowned.

"As a Marlttn-e people we have brcn taught in the course of our 1on1 ltlsinry to bra‘: such blow! with fortltuie. What must be. must

“Wrhough we shall not fall to ‘sear our grief like r m we shall also calm the right. in the words 01f the noble line uttered by MacDuf at the cxtremltynof his Zrlf-‘l- w ‘fcel it like melt.

"The number of those dead in this disaster must be ttle less than 800 officers and men. ml! paper said. "We moum ther d-raths bitterly. but we shall 98¢ to it that neither tltelr lives nor the lives of the Fcnch soldiers who have fallen on the spar front shall have been wusled-

ll. C. A. F. Plane Wreckage Found

OTTAWA. Oct. t5 -(CP)— A Royal Canadian Air Forts "I033; plane, missigg slucc Satur by‘ Mk found crab today Bf- Cmw e ta miles north of Sherbet Lake. ll was learned tonight at the Dfipflrt‘ ment of National Delellw-

The Department said it had T10 definite information ocncernln the crew, llot officer H. K. Corbet 0f ffrederxicton, N. 8.. and pllvt 010°" G. .1. Olstcml of wlnnlpes-

The single-engine plntte, camou- flaged n, dark khaki color. l6" u" R. C. A. F. Trenton airport on a nu- vigllttlon flight over Ontario. It took off at 9.50 n. m. for Carleton Place, then to Elgin and back to ‘Ikenwn- It. was last seen an giant later. 11v-

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FINNSMAKE REAIIYHIR

EVENTUALITIES

Delegation Home- ward Bound With Moscow’s Proposals —Will Not Return, Many Believe.

(By Lynn Heinzcrling) (Associated Press Staff Writer) HELSINGFORS, Oct. 15-—(AP)—

Finland prepared for any eventual- ity tohlgltt as its delegation to a. "political-economic" conference to Moscow travelled homewazd. Many here believed the delega-

STOCKHOLM. Oct. ifs-(AP) —Norway one of the Scand- inavian countries carefully watching the rapid expansion of Soviet Russia's influence in the Baltic, was reported tonight to have ordered reinforcements sent to her not-them frontier, which is only a few miles from the Russian border.

Reports from Oslo, received here as final preparations were being made for the conference Wednesday of three Kings and c President of’ the northern countries. said the Norwegian reinforcements would be sent tomorrow to the sector of the borIr adjoining Finland.

tion would not return to Soviet Russia

(In Moscow, the mission was ex- pected to return in five days after

reporting progress of the confer- ence tn its Government.) A foreign office spokesman

said the Soviet Fommissariiat of Foreign Affairs had explain- ed satisfactorily whv no Rus- sian diplomat was at the Mos- cow station cnrl- today to say farewell to the delegation hcnd- ed l ' Dr. Julio V Paaslkivi. The spokesman said the inci- dent "had no importance."

The Government still held de- tails of the negotiations in deepcst secrecy.

Soldiers Appear

Mcanr hlle. many army officers took quarters in hotels and soldiers bearing rifles appeared in streets in increwitlg numbers. All strategic

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War-—25 Years Ago Today

(By The Canadian Press)

OCT. 16. 1914 -Cierman troops occupied Ostcnd in tile campaign in Belgium but met strong zeslst- nnce at the River Yser. Austro- German advance in Poland check- ed near Warsaw. Serbs and Mont:- wsgrins defeated Austrians at Glasinatz, Bcsnia.

International Situation At A Glance

By The Canadian fress can

, B con - traiigsNiligpilflgkiaituttl-t Iiger. sink- “ we m“ m": “$39.32;” merchant ships sunk l’ '

PARIS-French hlzh wmmwf on an," for possible Germarlidwlfstn ern n-ont offenSlve; f"! a check activity.

l expected mmgnsfighvygifgigipiirgoiintlonl n Finnish embam-Y l"! mm“-

7r u tum milit- ,,,',s';’,‘§§iiii(.—m “irali reports de- nied from Moscow by l'=‘ll°~ ma‘ Russian troo s were masuln onlt B Turkish an Iranian t er! en)

frontier. DEATHS

RELSINGFORS- Flnilnd ready for nay eventuality in Russian talks; many believe Finnish delegation will not return to Mmcow.

STOCKIIOLM —Norwly retuljted ielnforoln northern frontier near Russia an Finland.

BERLIN-Officials disclose “for- eign raider” near Berlin we: lost Gefmln ilot; plane shot down, fly- er pane utel safely.

TOKYO-Premier Abe intimates Japan will take s to negotiate

new trade treaty wi h United SHIP/l

PARIS, Oct. 15-(0?) — British tzoops and artllie started opera- tions at the side o the French to- day in the Saar area, where artillery duels were reported.

0f the 177,000 British “tommies" who have y tried in France about 30,000 were said to have joined the Poilus at. the front and more were described as moving up steadily.

Published French accounts said the British soldiers have been tak- ing over some patrol work for the past several days, while British guns axe firing alongside those of France.

The French Army High Corrumnd today sent out scouting forces all alon the western front to keep watc l for a German offensive.

The general staff made one of its rare mentions of zeconttalssance work in the Sundqv morning com- munique, indicating extraordinary importance was attached to it, but the scouts reported only ordinary ml‘ita:y activity by the opposing lines

The command issued the follow- lng communique tonight-

"Fcgtfl and rainy weather. A day

without great. alctivlty on the front."

“Northwest ‘of Wissombourq our ambushes obtained sought-a... re- suits.”

The communique was inter- rupted in military circles in

Paris to mean that the French had succeeded in taking n few prisoncas who might give in- dicntionq concerning any Ger-

mrn offensive that is being planned, Dispatches from the Frontier l

Province of Lorraine, through which mus the Maglnot line, said the Mouse, Mouzon and Saonelle Rivers had ol-erllowed their banks and flocdccl the ctuntrysiflc, hamp- ering communications. The same situation on the southern flank, near the Swiss border, was re- ports‘ in dispatches yesterday

On the Rhine, where the French

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0il Experts See Nazi Defeat

WASHINGTON. Oct. 15 —-(AP)-- ‘Availability of gaoltne and oil for mechanized military units may mean the ultterelltc between victory and defeat lor uernlatly arllllfis m B prolonged Etu-opcait war.

Opinions of petroleum men and Ulllctfid Stat/gs government experts anti up to that vlclv, i-Ssliflliilg that Gcrtnutiy cellos agalitst the British and llrcnclt the avalanche of tanks and other motor equipment that crulhcoi Poland.

It assumes, n.0, the correctness cf an esntilatc by Dr. FYIUCXIDUTZ, Ger- man economist. that the Reich would require from 12,000,000 to 20,- 000,000 Lulls of penolcutn annually to carry out a complete offensive.

Fridcnbtirgls forecast of German war needs approximates between 8-i- 000000 to 140,000,000 barrels of crude oil. Prom (ht, military forces would obtain gasoline, tuel oil, lub- rtcatlng oil and Diesel oil.

Against this acluttlul need, Ger- many produces in pence time onli’ 18,331,000 barreLs of crude oll—ub0ut 1-3 the amount she uses.

Germany's chance 0i winning the war hnlg.s on effectiveness of an Allied naval blockade of German ports. If cut off from ocean im- ports Germany would have to de- pellcl on her own limited petroleum , resources and on those of her tel"- rltorial itefgltbors or her allies.

Oil experts see little prospect lor German supplies from t.ne oil fields of Poland, Austria or Creche-Slo- vakia. The were in a declining state, officials say, before Hitler's armies marched, manymof the wells substantially were so taged. and none of them produced n slslllfl- cant; amount.

Germany's apparent on continental oil supplies brings Russia prominently lnto the pic- ture, considering relations between the U. S. S. R. End the Reich.

Russia produced 202,290,000 bar- rels of crude in 1938 and used at meme all but approximately 9.000,- 000 barrels which it exported.

Far more important to the Reich, ex ts say, l; ti»; possibility of ob- ta ning petroleum frcm Rumania. ‘That country produced 48,360,000 barrels of crude last year and ship- ped 2.766.000 to Germany. But Ger- man production plus Rllmll-Tllfl" total output amounts to only 66,697- 000 barrels compared with Frlden- burggoesthnate of 84.000000 to 140,- 000, barrels for war needs.

dependence

“Tommies” And Poilus Operate Together On West

Scouting Planes Keep Lookout For Signs Of German Offensive — Prisoners Captured.

Canada To Control Air Training Plan

(By Frank flaherty, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

OTTAWA. Oct 15—Full control of the co-operative air training scheme will be in the hands of

Canadian authorities, Lord River- (1816. head 0f the British air train- ing mission, said on ills arrival here today.

Financial arrangements for the scheme which Lord Rlverdale dm- cribed as the biggest thing the Em- pire has ever attempted. have not been worked out in detail. lie ex- pected. however. that the partici- pating other Governments, those of the United Kingdom. Australia and New Zeaiarld, would pay the Canadian Government so much per man trained.

The amount would be based on the cost of operating the schools which will probably be spread all across Canada.

The British Government, Lord Rlverdale. ls anxious to on with the 10b of setting scheme in operation. He hoped it would be under way within a month and cl; l-apttily as facilities were available more men would be trained.

By the time the organization reached its peak as many n5 25,- 000 to 30,000 trained pilots, ob- servers, alr gunners and wireless operators might be turned out of the Canadian schocls within a single yvear.

llzilfllt llVERBERtlN SHllLllllN

(By Melvin K. Whitcleather, As- sociated Press Staff Writer) BERLIN, Oct. l5—Atl official

statement today reported Berlin's

anti-aircraft batteries had brought down a lost German plane which

was mistaken last night for n

"foreign" raider.

The aviator. said to have lost his WM’ 1n heavy clouds over the cap- ital, parachuted to safety when anti-aircraft guns opened fire and

said

led Berliners to believe the firs‘ all‘ raid of the war was in plo- mess.

A communique of the army Illgll command had bccn vague about the incident earlier. Au official statement last night. said the “un- identified plrtnr" was flying s0 high it could be dflected only through the sound of its motors.

High-powered semcltlltzhts szvep’ the sky and batteries girdllng the capital fired for almo=t an hom- after the alarm was given.

Tltere was no nlr raid alarm so Berlin's inhabitant: ru<hccl to (he

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British Press

lCalls Lindbergh

Metldler, Pet

(By Fred Bunkhouse) (Canadian Press Staff Writer) IDNDON, Oct. 15-40? Cab1e)-—

The British press today assailed Colonel Charles Llndbcrghs chal- lenge of Canada's right to fight. labelling the "flier-politician" as a "meddl-cr," "Hitler-minded" and l1 "Nazi pet"

The chief attacks were directed a- painst his statement that "sooner or later we (ln the United States) must demand the freedom of this continent and its surround- ing islands from the dictates of Eu- ropean power "

The Sunday Pictorial called this a "puerfle attempt to split our Em-

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HEAD SAYSWAR UFPILIENCE

Every Passing Hour Works For Allies, Gamelin Believes.

15—(GP Haven-

PARIS, Oct. General Maurice Gamelin, 001m- mander-ln-chief. of the French

Iolcessald today that "this war ls one of patience; every passing hour works for us."

"The war has hardly started," he added. CICIIEFQI Gamelin discounted

loss-es on the western front to rial/e as "minimal in comparison with the results achieved."

The statement of the French military leader was printed today in the newspaper Le Temps. The newspaper said it was given to its s clal war correspondent Jacques Boulangelq '

General Gamelin was quoted as

saying- "Explain to the bli: that the war has hardly star cl a’! that, it

is itecessary to have patience- tnllcll patience.

"It is not a small matter to " other together the forces of a

great modern country. It took lQ>$ than 20 days to concentrate the French army. You know that this concentration W85 carried out with perfect regularity and order. ‘Pilot ls a great advantage for us.

Explains Attacks

_"Whlie it was from‘; forward, and since it. was comple d, ' we made first contacts and push forward ou a frc-nt 3B kilometres (23 miles) wide, but thcrc were only eztgagc- ment: putting small nuntbers of eficcflvvs 1n the lino. Nevertheless, these assault; were ueful to 115 in vwlcus respects.

"Fast, from the point of view

of strategy tltov forced the enemy to more

to the western front a

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Liberal Leaders ‘fake Stump In Sunday Campaign

By T. R. WlLiSh Canadian Press Stat! Writer

QUEBEC, OCt. 15 —<OPJ—Quebec government. issuers have "tried to keep this Province isolated in a CO1‘- ner where harmony and co-opcrat- ion exist everylvilere else" Hon. P. J. A. Cardin, Dominion Minister of Public Works, said today at a 1101-- ltical rally that frcquentlt- Wiln in- tclruptcd by hecklers.

urging support for Liberal candi- dates in the forthcoming provincial election, the cabinet tnlnister from Sorel, Quo, told 000 ersons. at St. Peter's market-place tmt Canada had entered "voluntarily" the war against Germany.

"We are a 1110111001‘ 0f the British comlnonlvcaalth of nations" he said. "We have responsibilities and we must fulfill oblzgatlous."

The meeting was nrcsldcd over by Postmastcr-Gcltcrtll Power. On throt- occasions city loiice clurgcd silent- lug: groups and c coricll their most ‘\‘U('ii(‘l‘0ll5 IIICInbPI} from the mnr- W-"WE-"place. Several list f1c,llls broke ou .

B)’ W. ll. Word Canadian Press Staff Writer

THREE RIVERS, Que, Oct l5 - tCP)—Qttcbcc vocrs were urccd l0- day by Liberal loader Adclard God- hout not to be nlislctl by Premier Maurice Duplcssis "when he talks of conscription and participation."

The Liberal louder spoke at a pal‘- lv rally in Tlttvie Rlvcrs-Wmme ronstitllcnct- c! Prcnllcr Dunlcsfl —- in support of Niavcr Atchcz Pitt,

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British Charge Chilean Ship

SANTIAGO. Chile, Oct. 15_—-Tlle Chilean navy tonrtllt anvestigatcd a charm by the British embassy that the Clnlcan ship Austral violated Chile's tlljutllllliv by SUD" plying oil to a bclligcrettt craft.

Defcttcc Mittister Guillermo Lu Bzlrca directed the naval base at Punta. Arenas to dispatch a Wm‘- ship to the waters floor the Deso- lgciot] pianos, near the Stalls of hfaccllait, uthom tho Austral was alleged to have provisioned the un- named belligerent vessel.

La Barca said the charge against the 528-ton Austral was made bv the British naval attache here in n. vigorous protest. and that his information followed various other "denounccmeuls“ of the vessel The mittlstcr said, however. lu- vestitmtlon of these previous "de- nouucemetits“ indicated there had

‘r: been no violation of Chilean neu-

trallty,

ISH SOVIET “TENSION?

FRENCH luv, MilitaryMeasures

Follow Russian Troop Massing

Negotiations In Moscow Reported

Deadlocked —-

Position With

Allies Made Plain To Soviets.

(By Robert B. Parker, Jr., Associated Press Staff Writ/er) ISTANBUL, Oct. l5—(AP)-Turkey has taken pre- cautionary military measures, it became known tonight fol-

lowing receipt of reports of lh in the Caucasus on the frontier.

'I‘urkish and Iranettn

e massing of Russian troops (Persian)