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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1940

Reveal Details Of .G'reatestBattle In

Finn-Russian War

Lake Ice B16015. Up By Finnish Bombers To "Create Panic In Sovifi Ranks.

HELSWGFORS. Jan. Iitwedites- day! -(AP)-Disclosure that Fin- nish planes dropped bombs to smash the ice at. Lake Kialita and trap n whole jied Russian divis- ion was made by reliable sources today as the Finns mopped up iii that sector and converted other Soviet attacks into Finnish vic- tories.

Observers said this was probably the greatest battle of the Russian- Finii-lsh war to date,

The battle. fought Dec. 29 rid 30 at the eastern edge of Finland's narrow "waistline." was reported to have resulted in the destruction of most of the Russian l63rrl division - at least 15,000 strong. First-hand reports of the battle

began to trickle into the capital today, although tit-e victory itself

was ailncuriccd in a New Year's cvc conlmulfque. Today's reports told how tlie

Fhiis first surrounded some 4.000 Russians on the ice of the Lake several days ago, klled more than 1.000 and drew a. tight ring a- round the Lake.

The ring was opened. how ver. w permit Soviet reinforceniei s .10 reach the lake. Then the Finns surrounded the Reds again. and set up machine-guns on lllic shores.

In the dead of the night the Finns began their attack luid when the Russians tried to retreat they found the way cut off.

Tanks Circle Lake

For two days Russian tanks cir- cled the Lake. attempting to pro- tect the troops marooned om the ice with their full equipnlent— heavy gilns, trlicks field kitchens.

Finally the Finns sent for bombing planes. They blasted holes in thc loo and Soviet trucks. cannon Mill m"! tumbled into the water. 1n ‘mm panic, the survivors

lought. w fight their way off the broken ice. They refused to sur- render.

The Finns, howlcvcr. were report- Qd to have taken a crest number of prisoners and lar e stores of equipment, including 7. 8005- 11 tanks, two armored cars, four anti- nircraft guns, hinidreds of trucks

War -- ZSTBB Ago Today

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IAN. 3, l9I5—Si.cinb.lch, Alsace ‘own. captured by French under General Pau. ‘Turks (leieatxd by Ftlisians near Ardali-m, Transcau- casia, suffering heavy l’ sscs in men and war material, Russ ans ovcr-

come last points of resistance iii Bukowlna.

P Coming Events

i-U— Into for Notices in this column 3 cents per word.

"Dance in BolisliB-W night. Good music.

"Auction and Dance in Vernon Hell. Wednesday. JlllEt-Léglfilfgiao-ax-

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hall 14-279.

"We buy gooso and duck faith- ci. H MacF-‘irane $55K“ m“ enwL-ZM-lilill-tf

"w. Farmer; We arc buying iive end dressed chickens. fowl duly. i high“; market prices. Bwiit Elli inn 00.. Ltd. L-l60-12-28Q0l.

“poultry - Buying live ind dmsned poultry all kinds. Payingliop market prices. Island Cold Storage q," pm, L-34l- -l3-tf.

uguyin live hogs at Albany. “mm-y 4 _ [Tldllla 55h 6t gneriild . s‘ e . . een.

until noon 18H M‘ w. Th“

"The Animal Meet! of the Wiltshire Dairyinil 00-. Wii b8 ld in the hall On Monday. January th at 2 P. M. B. Easter. Secretory-

L-Ztiil-l-Iilll,

"Loading live hogs Keiisington Thursday, Jun. ltii till 3 p. tin. Mgrvyn Bulman aiid Ray Bagmll Hunter River Friday till n00n. signed McEwen and CsmPbPI-ili

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and horses. a dozen field kitchens and much arms and munitions.

Follow Up Victory

Today tlic Finns were following up their victory while the Soviets were believed to be nrepariri-i a tremendcii push on the Kareiian Isthmus, to the south, to crack a four-week stalemate.

Seven Red divisions (about 105.- 000 meii) were reported con- cciiirated mi the Isthmus.

Icy lilizzarils check"d war in the air, leading to unofficial reports thiit many Rusfan bombers had been forced down in Finnish territory. Finn sh fire wrs reported to have down- ed scvcn rcd plants.

Smnhorl by air bombings, large areas of Abo (Tilrku), historic sea- port in southwestern Fnland, ley in smoking confuspri, the result of yesterday's raid.

All day long, said a Fniiish army communique. Bussfiln legions sun- ported by tanks attacked near Lake LuvaJei-vl on the eastern front, but. the defenders held out and drove back all assault-s. One tank was de- stroyed. -

Russian Elise Captured

Aftcr it had "passed frcm hand to hand during the day," the F.m1s took and held a Russian base at Alttajoki, also on the eastern front, the communique added.

Further gains were reported by the Finns in the area northeast of Lake Lodoga and in the Suomus- salmi region, where last weekend the Finns triumphed over the Rus- sian l63rd division

(Reports reaching Copenhagen

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BRITISH FARM SETllERS F 0R CANADA URBED

Island Interviewed M a j 0 r Hornby.

Interested for several years in the question of British immigration and setvement, in Canada. Major Gen- era] M. L. Hornby. of Liethbridge, Alberta, is at present in Charlotte- town in the cOUrse of a tour which has taken lllm from coast to coast 1n connection with this important matter.

General Homby is urging on pro- vincial governments that they invite representatives of t-hc overseas sot- tlemeni organizations in Great Britain to visit the provinces and examine» the opportunities for set- tlement of British families on farm lands, also that they join with the Dominion Government tn s. confer- ence on immigration and settlement in order to formulate plans to be of- Stfed to the Old Country authori-

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Since leaving his home in Alberta last October, General l-fornby first visited Central British Columbia where he was in contact, with bOtlfds of trade and other organizations. Be visited Victoria while the Brit- ish Columbia legislature was in sell- sion and attended meetings of the land settlement groups oi the Leg- islature. Later he vsltcd Sask- atchewan. In the Maritimes he has already interviewed the Nova. Scotia

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Government B y General

and ince Edward Island govern- ments. The present war is, Ln General

Hornby s opinion. an additional res- son foi' devotin attenfion to the question of Brit h immigration and settlement in Canada. It is closely bound up with the loblein of un- employment, which t e war has not solved but merely postponed.

The Old Country, General Hom- by says. has very clearly indicated its inteiitionlo support. oversers settlement within the Eimpire. The British Parliament has granted

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liong Kong Port Closed For Defence

HUNG KONG, Jlll. 2—Gr$al Britain closed Hon; Kim‘ h“. bill‘ 1°58? as a ‘necessary de- fence measure’ after an alarm twnls given by an offshore pa- In

Cause of-the alarm was not disclosed und was undel- in. vestigation. British harbor of. flclals_ forbade ships of all na- tionalities to leave or enter the harbor. nmunnlly one of the world's busiest, pending further Admiralty orders.

British authorities since Sept. 3 have made incoming and ,outgolng ships use certain chan- lncls entering or leaving the ‘harbor and to pass through a boom gilt.

Officials also announced withdrawal of two more gun- boats from the‘ Yangtse River natrol leaving only three of ithelr original l3 boats on the iRiver. Eifit other British boats ,were withdrawn previously and their crews released for duty

i elsewhere.

SEA PAIRtli

lsniscllliln BY SPilKESllAN.

Methods T0 Assure Safe Transport Of Ocean Traffic Are Described.

OTTAWA, Jan. 2—(CPl —Pairoi of focal areas. the convoy system and minesweeping are anior-g the main protective devices adopted t0 assure safe transport of the ocean traffic of the British Empire, a spokesman for the Defence Depart- ment said tn*t"ht in the llth of a series of talks.

While the ocean is a tremendous place in normal times. ShIDOlT-Z follows well-established routes. Jus-t as it is easy for raiders, whe- ther submarine or surface war- ships, lo lie in wait for ships on these routes it is also easy to fool them by constantly vcryiiig the routes of merchant ships.

As the range of vision from a submarine periscope is only five m"es and the ranae from a height of 100 feet above the water is only ll 1-2 miles. great diversions are not necessary, the spokcsllrian said.

No matter what diversions are made, however, there are certain areas where shiopir" lines must converge, such as the Strait of Gibraltar, the entrance to the Elig- lish Channel and a point off the coast of Nova. Scottie.

Focal Areu

These are called focal areas. To guard against enemv ships in these areas patrols are maintained. slitt- ed to the sort of raider which may be expected v ,,

Diversive routing "rd cairn o local areas, while effective against surface raiders is not so effective against submarines. Consequently. while it was used at the start of

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Entombed Found Alive In Turkish Earthquake Zone

ANKARA. Jan. 2 —(AP -—Under the personal direction of President Isme Inonu, rescuers probed the ruins of earthquake devastated buildings ut Erzincan in northeast- ern ‘Iuizkey today for victims. 501m of whom were found alive after several days elitombment.

Torrential rains in the west-— some 700 miles from the quB-ke zone --brought new disaster by sweliinfl flood waters which slread

city, capital of n province of the same name. 12,000 were dead and 2.500 seriously injured. Improved rail communications have enabled miuiy oi the iniured to be removed to Ankara.

New quakes were felt in north- ern Tur ey. but ‘ commun- icatlons lines made it impossible to determine whether there had been new damage.

Officials estimated the earth ustke casualties at 45,000 dead,'l00, jured and 500.000 homeless. Btorm and flood tolls were set st 1,200 dead nnd 26,000 holnclellt

No, those aren't bricks, but overturned when captured by camouflage them against the Staff Photographer Eric Calcra

loaves of hard, black bread Finns. Two Finnish soldier

blwkxround of snow. examine the bread bricks. Exclusive NEA photo by it_

Soviet Upset; Black Bread In Captured Track-

spilled from a Soviet commlssary truck) , gal-bed in

characteristic white robes to

WASHINGTON. Jan. IIOl/e of "vigorous Protest", the United States has requested Great Britain to give "early assurances“ that it wi'l cease seizing and cen- soring American mails destined to Gfirlilflily and European neutrals. The note, presented to the Bri- tish Foreign Office Dec. 22 and made public by the State Depart- ment today, cited the removal of 1,745 sacks of mail and parcel post from four ships.

It said the American Govern- ment "cannot admit the right of the British authorities to interfere with American mails on American or other neutral ships on the high sci-is nor can it admit the right of the British Government to cen- sor maiil on ships which have in- voluntarily entered British ports.“

"Objectionable" I

The note termed "particularlyi objectionable" the practice oif taking mails from ships which ply directly between American and neutral European ports "and which through some form of duress are induced to call at designated Bri- tish control bases."

Saying this was s "clear vio- lotion" of the Hague Convention: 0f 1907, the note concluded:- "The United states Government feels -- , ":1 to make n. vigor- ous protest ggainst, the practices outlined above and to express the hope that it will receive early ss- surences that they are being dis- continued."

Brllish Attitude

LONDON. Jan. 3—'I‘he United States protest against British seiz- ure of mulls destined for Ger- many will be answered in "due course," a spokesman for the Gov- ernment said today. The British attitude on the blockade has been m avoid mis- gonlzing neutrals, but that the blockade of both imports and ex- ports i; ijustified by Germany's

m sowng.

On the question of mall "diver- sion." Britain's position is that it is necessary to examine mail des- tined for Oemmny because it might contain contraband. such as currency. The View here is that en en- velope is subject to the same in-- vatigation as any other container and must be examined as to its cements. Although mail from Arn- erlcu bears the United Statics Government cancellation stamp. the Government is regarded only as n carrier.

Subject To Seizure

ln- i one in

Hamburg, the money is subject to ninm under the bloat-ode Prise

Thus. it was explained, if some- Milwaukee or I-foboken sends a $100 bill in e relative i.n

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‘APPRESIATIVE MESSAGE F RUM

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illllakes Strong iFear liaising Protest To Britain

British Attitudg-Re Mail Diversion Explained By Government Spokesman.

action in such o case would be the same as though tho seizure involved bullets oi- ; pound o:

butter.

The object is to keep Gemieny from getting “war materials" or the wherewithal to buy them.

Also the letters are scanned for maps,‘ plans‘ or other information which might be of value either to Gennariy or Britain.

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Finance Minister El- ected Yesterday By Acclamation.

Yesterday Col. the Hon. .7. L. Balaton, whistler of Finance, was elected by acolnmation for the constituency of Prince in the House of Commons.

The Guardian lut- evenixig re- ceived the following telegram from Colonel Ralston:

"To the Editor of The Charlotte- town Guardian.

"UITAWA, Jan 2, 1940:-

“I have just received from Mr. , Charles R. Rogers, retuming of-_ ficer for the electoral district of i Prince County a telegram sdvisingi mo officially that I have been elected by iwclamation to rep- resent Prince County in the House M iooffmfiins" to to

" s ou like exprem all the electors my deep appreciation 0f this honour. I am grateful for the support of the Liberals at whose invitation I pennitted my name to g0 before the convention and I am grateful likewise for the cordial cooperation of the Con- servative organization which made ui- ecessmy an election contest at the time. I believe that this mark of confidence on all sides arises from the patriotic determination of the citizens of Prince County to get on with the war.

“I shall certainly look forward with greet pleasure to meeting and knowing my constituents more widely from time to time as cir- cumstances make it possible. In endeavoring m serve them I shall

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0f Outlawed l.ll.A. Members

DUBLIN, Jan. 2 _—-(OP) —F<>:a.l' 0f an organized uprising of out- lawed Irish republican army mem- bers who seek tio wipe out partition by violence, led the Eire govern- ment to set the stage tonight fol‘ n mass f0lllllltll) and internment 0f I. R. R. A. suspects.

The cabinet, was expected to re- ceive sweruiiiig powers at a special SGSaIOD of the clail tomorrow. Au- thorities ordered extraordinary pre- cautions when it was reported that

R. A. sympathyimrg planned a "startling demonstration" either in- side 0r outside Parliament during debate on the government's em-l ergency powers proposal.

No one will be allowed near the| Parliament buildings ivitliout aI special permit, and the crowd in

the public gallery wiii cc rU-ttflclvkl to a few persons of kiiouii integ- rit

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It was understood that when Prime Minister De Valera govern- mcnt Obiiflllks the wide power; it seeks, B, roundu will be mode o1 persons suspected) of membership in

lleiobidiuiilig Eye 0n Aid To Finland

BERLIN, Jan. 2—(A.P)—.\uMcrl- tative German sources let it be known tonight that the Reich is keeping a close eye on the kind of aid which Great Britain and France Zlve to Finland.

These sources indicated that Ger- many mTszfit go vigorously t0 the side of the Russians in Finland if

help stem the Red invasion.

The Nazis want to stand on the sidelines a’; far as the Russian- Finnish war is concerned, mokesmen explained. but they are beginning to suspect that the Allies want to~ use Finland as a "pawn" in the war against Germany.

(This ex-pressTcfl of the Nazi viewpoint was based apparently on an official British statement to the Iieaizue of Nil/trons promising to give Fllnland all moist-once possible, and on Prime Minister Chamberlain's declaration to parliament last month that his government will secnd sir supplies “and other materials" to Finland.)

In the western war, the Gcnnan News Agency claimed that three British bombers were shot down by a fligflt of German Messcrschmitts after a brief battle over “German baW-Heligoland Bay.

At the same time Nazi officials

try t0 show that. I do not forget the responsibilities

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claimed that German scouting planes met "a. ‘superior enemy‘ force" off the Scottish coast, New Year's Day. lmd that one German

Outnumbered four to one, the British squadron shot down more German planes than it lost although it was up against most formidable Nazi fighters which have a speed of_370 miles an hour.

Aviation experts here be- lieve that Britain's power- driven turret which swings on a pivot- pcrmitting the gunner to fire in almost any direction and keeps the gun shielded from the force of the wind accounts for the comparative success of Bri- tish bombers against the German fighting planes.

British bombing planes have destroyed many Ger- man fighters since the first air raid of the war although the German air force has yet. to destroy a British fighter over British soil. J

Earlier today British 118ml?!‘ planes chased alvay -.i German plane reported over the SilLLlll-lid island... Yesleixloy the air iiuiiistry 881d one 0i’ W0 Ljeriiiiiii riiiiicrs was shot down in an attempt i0 bomb n Brit- 15f] Willolllp, ulucii lailcti.

At lixslvlich. tlicrc unis all a.r raid alarm dial. proved to be iliisv-

lt was disclosed that a des-

troyer scouting ahead of the

second Canadian iui-up convoy which arrlvcu in llritaiii dur- ing tho wcckciill, dropped

ncplll bulllbs iliicr aigllllllg a

(iiirniun submarine lluillig pas-

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destroyer vi-as hit was without

iouiltiatloii.

Meanwhile official circles here de- nied there is any piiliiicnl signifi- canoe to the return ti; London 0n iczive 0i Sll‘ Williiiiii Souls, ambas-

sador to SOVIL‘; Hus,»

Sir William ill d, would rc- turn to ililoscow n, iiioiilli lU six weeks lioliuu ticparture did not prcsagc , ny change ill Anglo- Russian lTlilllflllS, Britain

will continue licr policy of sending planes. munitions Jllil other mili- tlary supplies t0 lllt‘ l-‘iiins in d4:-

mrdailcc wllii the rrsnllllioii passed ?

at the League 0i Nillloii. meeting which expellcd Russia. for licr in- vusioli of Fllllnllfl.

Substantial Aid To Finns

The British government will not announce wlinl. llCl) it is sending lo the Finns bcyoii sieving it is "substantial."

Ever since hlic Rail army nltarkc-(i Finland, the British government has been watching closely tile el- tect on Ailglo- Russian relations and Gcrmiin- Russian relation. There has been no move to break oif relations with Russia, although trade negotiations between the two countries came to an abrlllr cud.

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LONDON,‘ Jan. 2—(CP Cable)-Terse zinnounccmcn was made tonight of a big air battle over the Heligolanl Bight this afternoon in which three British Wellingioi bombers engaged 12 of Germany s

guns as well as four maciiin, machines pounced clouds on the big lumbering bombers which carry only