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CHARLOTTETOWN,“ CANADA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1940

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Gigantic

Scheme

.Will Open Lakes For Sea Traffic

Unlikely LegisTal-t-ion Would Be Presented To Parliament This Sessgnl Is Belief.

QITAWA, Jan. 3-(CP-—Prinle Minister MacKenzie King gave o1. 110181 assurance today that negotia- tions once again are underway De- tween Canada and the United States 10mm‘? WW5"! B-Qreement on the IOng-coiisldered plan of a gigantic 865W!!!’ and power development of m“ 5i‘ mwfﬂﬂce River and Great Lakes water system.

F°l1°W1118 discussions which have bee" Droceeding betlveen the Do- minion and Ontario governments since last October, seeklig agr-e-

merit on methods ol procedure by Canada. the Prime Mhisier said “lnfomlaP discussions had been

Opened with the United States gov- ernment.

It is not generally believed that negotiations will reach the stage Where lIKISlHEZOII may be presented

'l‘ORON'i'0. Jun. 3-—(CP)— Premier Mitchell Hepburn today fsalrl he understood that an u- greemcnt between Ontrilo and ‘the Dominion government re- Ilrdlng cost. division of the St. [Lawrence waterway project, was “virtually completed." | "If we are to become the arse- IIIII of the British Empire we must have more power," Mr. illebum eaid_ '

at the forthcoming session o1 the Dominion Parliament.

The Prime Minister said he be. lieved the first debate on the sub- ject would arise in the States which relected an earl.er a- gicement reached by Cgngdg and the United States on this subject.

Inf ormz-J Discussions

The Prime Minister did not elab- crate on the seoways situation on which he was questioned bllefy during the course 0t a press cin- ference this afternoon. He said re- ports of recent discussions w.th On- tario were sccurate and that what he called “informs? dlzcggsgng were going forward between Canada and the United States offcials.

Flor years the question of devel- opment of this inland ssaway and power project has flared into public notice at intervals. 1‘ had been more or less dormant. for s year when. soon after the outbreak of war. Premier Hepburn of Ontario announced a change of attitude on U19 Peri 0t’ his government which in the summer of I938 declared the project unjustifiable on economic grounds.

In May I038 fresh proposals for agreement came from the United Stile!“ It i5 B Project dear t0 the heart of President Rootevelt.

But. since Ontario is the Canad- len Province most concerned, and Mr. MacKenzic King has de:lared he would not make the protect l subject for quarrels between 0e‘.

Coming Events

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"We buy goose and duck feath- ers, not mixed. He Medial-lane a Co. dot-ll-v-if.

L. Cake Sale at Hannah's. L-300.

"opening skate Milton Rink Thursday night also Jimior League hockey meet. L-297.

"Mr. Bbrmer: We are buying live and dressed chickens. fowl dmlv. ylng highest market prices. Swift gaanaoten 00.. Ltd. L-lco-lﬂ-aa-ict.

"Poultry - Buying live end dressed poultry all kinds. Paying lop marketdpricell. Island Cold Storage Co. L. .

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L-ail-iz-la-ti. "Buyin live ho s st Albany Jnnunry 4 n. rriulw lh at Emerald

until noon. S-Elled G. 1%. elreglrtt

"The Annual Mcctln of the Wiltahire Dairying co. will be he1d in the mu 0n Monday. January B111

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adian governments, no action was taken.

However, early last October Dr. Thomas Hogg. chau-man oi the On. tarlo Hydro-Electric Commission, started discussions with federal en- Rineers looking toward agreement between the federal and provincial governments and it is now ateumed 511911 ﬂkreement has been reached.

ZT-Foot Seaway

The proposal, in brief. is to pro- vlde a 27-foot seaway from the ocean to tlie head of the Great Lakes by dredging present channels and deepening existing canals. At the

ed to provide some 2.000.000 hcrse- power of electric energy for use of Canada and the United States,

The sea-way would open the Greet Lakes to about 90 percent of the world".- shlpplng. The power devel- opment would provtde electric en- ergy for unlimited industrial devel- opment.

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Cos-t o-f the project has been var- iously estimated but would total well over ssomwuooo. Canada's ex- Dehdilllre on the Welland Canal and other works undertaken years ago when it seemed an international agreement was imminent, would be credited to the Dcminion, Latest proposals from the United States would allow Canada. until i949 to complete her part of the construction while the United states might proceed with deepening operations and dam building pt once. Opponents of the measure have expres-ed apprehension that the seaway would hilndlCﬂip railways by 16141118 ﬂWBY business. and that it would be a setback to Canadian ocean ports.

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Thanks Tendered City Council For “Very Generous Offer.”

The following communication, iri- timatlng that the offer of the use o!’ the Charlottetown airport in the Empire air training plan is under consideration. has been re- ceived by His Worship Mayor

Foster. Ottawa. Dec. 29, 1909

“Dear Sir:

“The Department of Transport has forwarded us a wpy of your letter dated December 12, and I wish to thank you for your very generous offer of the use cf the Charlottetown airport for the dura- tion of the war.

"The selection oi’ airdromes for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is now receiving consideration. and when a decision has been reached you will be ad-

vised. (Signed) "K. S. MACLACIILAN "Acting Deputy Minister “(Naval and,Air)"

Tweedsmuir To View Effort Ate First Iiand

HALJFAX, Jan. 3—(CP) —Lord

‘Pweedsmulr arrived in Halifax to- night to view at first hand the part this eastem port is playing in the Allies‘ war effort. He was ac- companied by Lady Tweedsmulr.

A busy program faces the Gov- ernor-General. here ct his first visit since Their Majcsiies ccn- cluded their North American tour at. Halifax last June.

His Excellency will acquaint him- self with the work of the Royal Canadian Navy. I-Ie will vlsIt the naval dockyard and various naval establishments and will inspect naval defences.

The Governor-General will visit various units of the home defence forces stationed in the district and ' also will look over land defences.

Canadian Air Force

While in Halifax Lord Tweed- s

for the fighting services, a member of the Vice-Regal Party announ- ced. Only one formal social func- tion is scheduled during the vfsit. His Excellency will hold a dinner 1° party for heads of the navy, army C

“Red” Failures l

VATICAN CITY, Jen. 8-401‘- IIAVAM-The Russian Anny "ls un army without ldeu be- cause it ls enslaved by dictator- ship and guided by Incompe- tents," the Vatican Newspaper Osscrvatore Romano lull tenlght In e long article on the short- comings of the Soviet military machine.

"Soviet prestige will be not- iceably discredited on the chcll- bourd of Europe." the Oeeervs- tore commented alter recounting recent Soviet defeats, which "seriously dirnlnllh the military prestige of the U. B. S. R. and reveal the greet deficiencies of the Soviet Army." _.

The Oseervatore sttelbuted the Russian failure lo the fol- lowing deficiencies:-

I. Lack of patriotism among the fighters.

2. Lack of efficient officers end specialists on the military staffs.

3. Chronic lack of military supplies.

4_ Leek of lines of communi- cation and of means of supply.

Behind all then deficiencies, the Ouervstore said. lie the levelling of’ the individual and the class struggle-the two essential oblecllves of commun- ism. which result in "doing s- wsy with individual heroism and dltlngullhlng the Ides of the nation."

War-ZS Years Ago Today

(By The Canrdisn Pres!) JAN. 4, IBIS-Allied infantry in Belgliun made program in the sand dunes in front of Nleuport. Rains

drove thousands of Canadian sold- iers from Salisbury Plain camp to

l billets m nearby towns and villogl.

‘ and co-cperetlve wisdom,”

band control service reported

mulr will visit recreation facllitlNi ceptlgn or 27,000 tons of band merchandise in the week end- .ng last Sunday.

Downed ByFrench

More German B_0T1i1d Merchandise

Intercepted

band Control.

PARIS, Jun. 3——(CP—HAVAS)——

Destruction of two German planes

aerial combat, coupled with uccesstul French patrol and scout-

lng operatlcns on land. was report- The program mcludes a v15“ to led tolLght by the French command.

contra- the tcpplng of l0 ships and the inter- contra-

Meanwlille, the French

(In London the Ministry of Econ- mic warfare announced the inter- optlon cf 28,860 tons of contraband

he enemy in the week ending inst

and air force. ‘merchandise presumed destined for ‘SatufdiiyJ l Tonight's army communique said:- . ulllﬁill,’ the day, our patrols and

scouts

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French contraband

accomplished the

successfully ...ss.:ns at various points on rant.

"At the end of the morning two

wnemy planes were shot down by

.ur pilrsmt sfrcrnft.‘ This mornlngﬂq czmmuniquc »ald

merely: “There was nothing to re- port."

Since the beginlng of the war. the control has

President Roosevelt 253%.; “an ships a? angers-paid Makes Plea For same tun? tlie néixlctlﬁ?!“ have Illliﬂf ‘ _ ted 5 7,000 to .

calmness 9nd (“oop cegremiei- Dlilﬂdlgs, accompanied by erﬂtlve WlSdOm, Navy Minister Cesar Camplnchl, Admiral Jean Dorian, Naval Com-

By Richard L. Tumor Associated Press Staff Writer

WABHINGTUN. Jen. 8—(AP)-A stronger national defence financed by new taxes, a contribution of new deel policies, and s national unity reinforced by "calmness, tolerance were urged ulpoh congress today by Pres- ident Roosevelt, in a message to the newly convened session.

These things, backed by en ex- tension of the administration's ou- thority to reduce tariffs by agree- ment with other countries, should be sufficient, he said. to protect. the United States against any tendency inward dictatorship at home end "worldwide forces of disintegra- tion" as well.

For the rest. Mr. Roosevelt pledg- ed anew his determination to keep the United Stalks out of war_ He said the budget tcmorrow would in- clude a reduction in most important items exceprng national defence.

House and Senate and crowded galleries heard the President's mea- eage with evident interest and in- tentness. There was a great cheer as he entered the packed house 0f

__fCcnt.inued on up o. ooi 0

mander-In-Chief, and other de- fence officials, visited warships and the naval establishment at Cher- bourg.

LONDON. Jan. 8 -(CP) -— All ranks of the British expeditionary iorceiiome on leave may weor"civv- ies" if they wish, the war office an- nounced tonight. The full dress and mes dress of the front may be worn on any occasion during the war,

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Press Comment Seen As Spade-Work For German Aid T o Russia.

By Louis I’. Lochner Associated Press Staff Writer

BERJ_.I_N_ Jan. 3 -—(AP) —Nazli Qermnnyg public was told for the first time tonight 0i the POSSlblllly of a general war over Fill and. ,

An editorial coiiiliuzniary from the ltus inn mllllnrv organ. Krasnalﬂ swcsta, was rqprinted by the COIP;

min comment added to it This ac- cused Great Britain and France with trying to widen the scope 0f their war with Germany arid said the western allies. with this idea 1n mind_ had encourased Finland to resist. Russia

0n Russia's Side?

The press did not say that Ger- many might find herself on Russia's side in the north, but, judging by past practiceg of German propagan- do, todays comment was regarded by observers to be intended es ‘apade-work for a subsequent and more positive attitude of support

for the s It ls known that British and

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Fins Take Stalin ‘For a Ride’

A huge picture of Stalin sits amid the confusion of a Russian supply wagon captured somewhere on the fighting front. Fur-clad Finnish soldiers examine other supplies This is an exclusive photo by NEA Service Staff Photographer Eric Caicraft, who for his first pictures of the bombing of Warsaw.

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by Finnish troops seized in attack. already is famed

iltaliian “Gets Cool Sendoff From Russians

MOSCOW. Jan. 3—(AP) Augusto Rosso, Italian Ambas- sador to Soviet Russia, took e ‘train for Rome tonight, appan‘ ently ignored by Soviet officials,‘

mme of whom was seen to bid him goodbye. l Leaving by the some train

was Dr. Karl Ritter, chief of the (“rmnn Economic Delegation it Moscow, who was given a Pvcwell at the station by Vadimlr N. Barlroff. chief of‘ p~frztocol in the Soviet foreign of cc.

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U. S. Approves Sale 0f Ferry To Island

WASHINGTON. Jan 3 --(AP) -— Tlie commission arinounnced it had “ppfﬁved an Qpplltltitlgll from The Washington Trust cornpﬂlll’ \ estcrly, R. 1. for sale to North- IJDDCTlBHCl Ferries. Ltd. 0f Char‘

1l)'t..(.‘|.0\\'il. P. E. 1., of tlie steamship '

and LPGILlCI‘ to Callﬂdlﬂ-H The vessel will be uscd

summer" as automobile lorry lween Print-e Edward Island and lhe Nova Scotla 0025b-

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Finniisk; Ski Pick Off Defeated Red Army Survivors

(By Thomas F. Hawkins) (Associated Press Staff Writer) WI ISH FURC§

NEAR. LAKE KIANTA, Jan. 3- (AP)—Swlft and silent Finnish ski troops struck in the border snows today to pick off, one by one, the handful of survivors of Russia's de- feated army in their frozen north country while their comrades in the south stood their ground against. massed éhviet thrusts.

victors in the greatest single battle of the war. the hardy Fin- nish lumber-jacks had easy pickings finishing off the 2,000 wandering, half-starved remnants of the 17.- OOO-man Red Russian division sever Iﬁrilands waistline and failed.

Matching these operations, the Finnish High Command announced that a. heavy Soviet infantry attack on the Ksrelian Isthmus had been repulsed "with heavy losses."

This Soviet thrust In the south appears-i to boar out. reports in ‘Finland that the Red Army. chafing under repeated act- bucks, was massing seven divis- lons-ubout 105,000 men-for an

attempted knock-out blow n-

ﬂlnst the Finnish Msnnerheim

°1 lrcported they intended to bring ofi

The vote was 82 to i).

taught how to make bombs.

William T. Cosg-ravc, former pree- ident 0f the ,1“.rlsljl Free Sta-to ﬁnd, leader of the Fine Gael, the oppo- sition party, claimed the measures the government was asking were unconstitutional, he said Prime Minister de Valera should ask for a constitutional amendment in- stead.

Thereupon the government sn- nourlecd the Dial Aircann (perils.- ment) would sit through the night if necessary so the bills could be pushed through the final stages.

De Valcrifs Program

Mr. de Valeras program to com-

oa/t the I. R. A. is a 26-line emerg- ency powers act by which any per-l eon "whose liberty may be a men-ll see to public safety" may be ln-I terncd by the government without] trial. Mr. Cosgrave in his attack on the bills declared the government now is “reaping tlie fruits of seeds sown in tlie lost 17 years" and should re- sign because it was “the laughing stoG of the world_"

Mr. de Vaieras own goal and that oi’ the I. R. A. are basically the same-union of northern Ireland (Ulster), now a part of the United Kingdom, with Eire, Mr. de Valera, however, shuns the violent means adopted by the I. R. A. and has been seeking to maintain good re- iaﬂons with Britain.

Mr. Boland sold that sometimes it was said the I. R. A. intended to raid Ulster and sometimes it was

a coup in Dublin.

"We can't soy what their inten- itlnns are," he said, "but we want to get hold of the arms and ammuni-

(Contlnucd on page 9, Col 8)

Troops

(Reliable information in Mos- cow said that the RllSslriils were sipceding seasoned Siberian fighters to positions opposltc the Finnish defences)

Coupled with the lnnd attack vlierc RIISSlIIIt nir raids on Abo (Turku) and Hnnlzoe (I-iankot in southwestern Finland. It was lin- nounced officially t-liere were no casualties in Abo and only a fenv in l-Innlzoe

In addition to l-hc Isthmus de- fence. which occurred in the Tclipalc River zone, the Finns re- ported widespread successes in fighting on the eastern front.

Capture Five Tanks, Two (hrs

Northeast of SllOlIlllFﬁRlml, near Lake Klantii, l-lle Finnish troops reached the u-estern shores of Lake Kokkojaervl and at. Sllomussallnl iisclf captured live tanks and two armored curs.

The Pllllllsli victory nl hike Kinntn netnlly‘ WllS ll tllrce-n-wk series of fights mid ambllshcs a-

mong the west. side and north and south 0f the tip of tlie Lake, which

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SpecialTowers For De Valera Are Considered

Rumors Of Possible Disorders Circulate In Country Shooting ELCork.

DUBLIN. Jun. 3—-(Cl‘)—l’rlme Minister De special powers bill to combat the outlawed Irish Republi- can Army was passed in third reading by the Dali Elrezinn tonight and will g0 to the Senate tomorrow

Valera’!

afternoon.

Senate approval will make the hill law.

While rumors of possible disorders _ country, Justice Minister Gerald Bolalld asked the special session 0f the parliament to adopt bills granting power to intern I. R. A. suspects without trial.

He asserted that police and military authorities had unearthed these facts concerning the I. R. A.:—

1. That at least 100 persons were involved in a raid on the Phoenix Park Arsenal Dec. 23 in which more than 1,- 000,000 rounds of ammunition were seized.

2. That the I. R. A. had a well-equipped explosive lab- oratory in the Killiney district of Dublin where men were

circulated in the

3. That the I. R. A. had large sums of United States money and large quantities of ammunition at its disposal.

Toll From Floods Increasing in Turkish Areas

ANKARA, Jan. 3 —-(AP) —Death and destruction from raging l'.\'t‘1'8 in earthquake- stricken and ilcou- ravaged Zliul-rey’ llhTcﬂScG hourly tonight as torrential mills fell a.- gain throughout the nation

Another major dlsﬂcllcl‘ appeared in the making for ‘Turkey as the Euphrates river broke n.1,. bank and sw through rich volleys Whoa scttements were ca

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C§\R\$ USED GUM Pom/DER ‘THEY Couuorrr MAKE.

TORDNTO, Jan. 3-~(Cl’)--.I\lini- mum arid maximum ienipernluréq

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FORECAST

Maritime East: Strong but dc- crenelng west and northwest winds; portly cloudy and cold soon nenr Cape Breton.

Synopsis: The weather ha.» been moderately cold in (Nllalll) lwh light snow occurring in a few ell.- lrlcts Willie in ihe PFELFI!‘ Ploliilce: lt has been generally fair and cold

High tide this mcrii nlz at 6'09 and this evening at G

Sun sets this niicrv l lit 414‘. and ri1=es tomorrow m .1; 7:38.

New moon Jill). .0, 1. pm, Sumnlcrszdo tide ill nmruies lRtr] . thcli Clinrlottcovrn.

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