Against
Vessel
Taken
Believed
To
Be
Either
German
Cruiser
or
Pocket
Baltle.sIiipSteam.ship
Clement
is
First
Victim
LONDON,
October
2:
(CP)
The
Ministry
of
Infor-
ti
n
announced
today
that
an
armed
raider,
undoubt-;
y
(jcrman,
had
sunk
the
British
steamship
Clement
in
"
in
u'ti
Atlantic
Ocean.
IRIVE
ON
NEUTRALS
r-mirk,
Sweden
ami
Norway
like
Steps
To
Protect
Their
:
Shipping
I'roin
German
Several
Seizures
Fr.
I
AO
EN.
OctobfT
I:
CP
r
K
t
f!
A
F
r.
::
i
ieh
a
II
gr
it?
r
r
1
.
in".4sUii
;
to
Oer-
h
s-liui
r
of
four
;h''T:,
which
were
slz-'!
week-end
to"
Uv
i
ukeii
"mi
German
f
the.
vesk
:
,
were
....nd
w.th
ntii'-r
ai."
:
"
'
a-,
n
o
the
wai
wood
pulp
nt
nuttn
it
cam-
i:ta'
intoning.
rtiortod
thai
s-'
"hh
government
is
also,
i
u
territorial
waters
in
vrav
that
there
can
be
no
f
mistaking
whether
mer-;
-is
nrc
in
Swedish
wat-
br
hich
eas.
m
RAIDS
IN
GERMANY
LONDON.
Octnher
2-.
rPlThn
lr
Mlnut
IR'-
llnvnl
A
i
h
n
i
j.
nil
lUltU
1JIUIK-3
IIUU
"eagrd
m
an
air
battle
over
"y
territory
with
"aomS"
Brl-
enemy
losses
nknow
OFFER
FOR
MEDIATION
j
American
I
Suggests
Federation
That
U.
S.
Services
I
LONDON.
Oct.
2:
(CP)-
The
Air
j
neutrality
of
this
country.
Wlr
",...
nriririini.H
iUii.
tfnvnl
Air'
m
'"
orne
piar.rs
made
a
night
recon-e
flight
over
Berlin
and
'oUdam
At
the
satno
time
R.
A.
ultr
forrign
under
secretary,
said
House
of
Commons
that
any
nmy
planes
which
tried
to
raid
ndon
will
get
Uie
reception
they
p
ve
'
t
I
EATEN
IN
1
AIR
FIGHT,
r'tlsh
rianea
Seem
Tn
Have
Got
Worst
of
Engagement
On
Saturday
CHICAGO
George
Mundeleln.
67,
Archblsh
of
Labor
Give'
It
j
CINCINNATI.
October
2:
The
executive
committee
of
the
Ameri
can
Federation,
ot
L-ioor
proline
Bulletins
CARDINAL
MUNDELEIN
;IN
DIES
DIES
cago,
died
suddenly
today
CANDHI
IS
SEVENTY
DELHI
Mahat
ma
Gandhi
celebrated
his
0th
birthday
today
and
was
the
recipient
of
hundreds
of
congratulatory
messages.
Weather
Forecast
General
Oynopsls
The
pressure
remains
high
off
the
British
Columbia
coast.
The
weather
has
been
fair
in
this
province
while-scattered
showers
are
reported
In
the
southern
Interior.
FIGHTING
HEAVIER
INVEST
British
Engage
Germans
In
Air
Battle
Over
Westwall
rrench
Steadily
Advancing
PARIS.
October
2:
CP-
There
iwas
fierce
and
widespread
aerial
combat
by
both
sides
over
the
western
front
yesterday.
There
was
alto
reciprocal
artillery
east
the
Saar
River
and
along
the
loselle.
the
French
Improving
South
African
authorities
also
.
V'
nounr
one
operating
on
their
east
coast.
The
ministry!
ward
the
Siegfried
une
and
stead
ied
that
tiie
raider
had
not
yet
been
identified
but
"y
penetrating
the
German
de-
.....
the
correct
step
were
being
taken
fences.
Most
of
the
activity
was
to
rid
the
seas
of
such
vessels.
The
between
Baarbruecken
and
Lux-raider
Is
believed
to
be
either
a
cmbourg.
cruiser
or
a
German
pocket
battle-
French
military
reports
today
hip.
said
that
French
forces
had
con-
The
abearance
of
the
raider
Is
solidated
positions
and
removed
in
line
with
the
newly
announced
thousands
of
small
German
land
German
oollcy
that
all
British
mines
Numerous
localized
encount-
merchant
vessels
will
be
regard-
continued
but
no
heavy
light
ed
as
warcraft.
British
shlDs
have
tng
was
reported
PRO
VI
LIBRARY
i
VICTORIA.
B.C.
Tomorrow
sT
ides
Weather
Forecast
mm
3:50
a.m.
1B.4
ft.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
15:45
pjrt.
20.0
ft.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
'west
0:45
am.
12
ft.
L
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
a
few
22:34
p.m
iZ
ft.
scattered
showers.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXV.'
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
OCTOBER
2,
1939.
PRICE:
i
CENTS
Is
At
Large
In
Atlantic
British
Lvat
Sunk
By
ystery
Ship;
Move
jFish
Packer
Is
Sunk
By
Coast
Passenger
Ship
VANCOUVER,
October
2:
(CP)
SOVIET
NOT
MUCH
HELP
hxn
arfvitA4
h
h
tHminiin
in
British
nlanes
were
in
action
At'ied
to
this
there
ts
th
be
prepared
as
far
as
possible
to
ovcr
Westwall
in
a
fierce
culty
of
transportaUon.
meet
the
new
situation.
thirty-five
minute
battle
with
the
.u-
on'v
t
mmodlty
In
which
The
Admiralty
states
It
expected
enemy.
Thrw
of
fifteen
planes
iai
ger
exports
from
Russia
to
Ger-thts
sort
of
move
before
this.
'frc
brought
down.
As
the
fight
..-ny
may
be
expected,
the
paper
CHINESE
was
over
German
territory
u
is
.
.a.
is
umoer.
uncertain
how
many
ships
the
:
enemy
lost
although
it
ts
known
r
'7
il
"
at
least
two
were
shot
down.
The
JLbliiUIUcUI
1
ctLl
flthttng
IHhttng
developed
aeveioped
out
out
o
of
Allied
rpirri
.
(T
A
I
I
A
I
K
rronnalssance
operations
Jk
XVV
FleTce
Flghtlnt
Since
Sltiirday
In
Neighborhood
of
Hong
Kong
HONQ
KONO.
October
2:
-Con-
.
und
thr
tnutn
ol,nnuous
UghUng
has
bcrrt
going
--a
whrre
a
3edlsh
-n
jutt
north
of
here
between
n
l
Ut
Chinese
and
Japanese
forces.
The
v;an
vessel
wa
lml-,
chlnMe
have
been
trying
to
drive
,
?
?r
V
"L.
V
Ofrman
soldiers
a
a
uer-
nr.
along
the
Honir
Kone
border
and
a
-
j
.
5
-
i
nim
m
ann
attempted
to
1ntr-
(hose
farther
north.
The
attack
t
S'vdtsh
vwd
tn
ya,
launched
on
Saturday
and
t
h-
attrmiM
how-
jf,
fghUn
has
been
going
on
frustrated
by
Swedish
since.
Japanese
are
said
to
be
,
sending
reinforcements.
'
h
sownmcnt
and
The
new
Japanese
commandcr-m
as
well
are
taking
m-chlef
ot
Nanking
says
that
Jap-
-.v;
to
previ'iit
hews
of
an
has
decided
to
completely
ex-
nf
Swedish
ships
leak-
terminate
all
anti-Japanese
forces
h-
Oermnns.
Siectal
n
china
with
a
new
drive
against
been
potted
(or
duty
British
and
American
Influences.
-
nt
both
countries
for
over
the
Oermsn
O.rm.n
1lna
lines
s-hh
wh'ch
ham
have
become
.reutin
function;
Invasion
of
Holland?
As
if
fearing
an
Invasion
through
Holland.
Belgium
troopr
are
being
LONDON,
October
2:
(CP)
Great
be
be
he
he
who
wno
says
says
Force
.
....
-srssi
-5r5sr
s
;
n
nawsance
Over
Berlin
and
fcr
services
as
a
mediator
to-
vim.
-
:
"
Potsdam
"rdf
brlnclmr
about
peace
In
when
he
and
his
wicked
men
th
Europe
while
preserving
the
strict
have
U
loosed
I..
.
.
.,j
-
J
II.
tmhnnnil
tneir
noia
on
a
uutuc
uu
Herman
neoDle.
"We
believe,
Churchill
continued.
to
the
respect
and
goodwill
of
the
world,
especially
of
the
United
States."
Britain
strengthened
herself
today
for
hostilities
on
a
vast
scale,
apparently
intending
to
ignore
any
anti-Nazi
peace
offer
nt
the
exnense
of
Poland.
The
first
official
reaction
to
in
"Now
that
we
have
begun,
now'
I
Wn,4
n.ltk
tU
k.ln
Germany
In
Poland-a
naNon
0ermany.s
jightlns
men
could
tree
which
had
been
overrun
ouw
uu.u;thcm
mm
yoke
of
Nazlsm
rise
again.
He
alluded
to
"usslas:witri
its
lntoferance
and
brutality.
"coldblooded
policy
of
self-Interest-)
.
cdness."
The
Allies
would
have.-.
T71
Ukcd
to
have
had
Russia
on
their
W
0111611
rlVerS
III
side
but
there
was
at
least
comfort
I
that
the
soviet
haa
diockcq
u
Vancouver
Want
sareadtng
TailtUUTCl
ITailL
n.n,..
f
Kmlsm
from
l
lUlttVtJ
v
"
-w...
.
-
to
the
Balkans
and
southeastern
Etirorje.
Ho
also
referred
to
the.
friiinm
of
the
German
u-boat
campaign
which
the
British
Navy
was
able
to
deal
with
effectively.
Already
havlr.3
a
large
number
of
men
in
France,
with
the
Dominions
rlslnc
to
its
aid
and
the
To
Get
Into
War
VANCOUVER,
October
2:
(CP)
Seven
Vancouver
women
pilots
are
dcslrlous
of
getting
Into
active
war
service.
Three
of
them
have
commercial
licences
and
the
other
;RUSSIA
IS
EXPANDING
INFLUENCE
The
fish
packer
Princeton,
Capt
Agreement
With
Latvia
Similar
To
Charles
Prince"
was
In
collision
Saturday
with
the
coastal
steamer
Lady
Cynthia
and
sank.
That
With
Eslhonia
Now
Expected
Also
Finland?
w
rnnntrv-
Th
aiiiktkm
is
the
a
simQir
agreement
between
Rus-
ame
In
rejard
to
coil
and
Iron
a
andF1nla"dl,
aAuUSh
"
Finland
that
the
pact
will
nlnerals
In
wh.ch
thdre
has
also
further
than
the
matter
of
h
no
immx
of
oroductlon.
8
"o
diffl-
Is
Duly
Approved
Soviet
Presidium
Gives
O.
K.
To
Mutual
Assistance
and
Trade
Agreement
ransferred
ranldly
from
the
French
to
the
Netherlands
fron-
MOSCOW.
October
2:
CP
-tier
where
defence
works
have
The
presidium
of
the
Supreme
So-been
resumed.
l't
Saturday
ratified-the
new
iwiin
i-onnrtMi
in
hf
full
of
Russlan-Esthonlan
mutual
asslst-
golng
through
ance
and
trade
pact
wmcn
gives
Russia
virtual
control
of
Esthonla.
Hitler
Started
The
War,
Great
Britain
And
France
Will
Finish
It
-Churchill
Latvia
and
Russia,
similar
to
that
which
was
signed
at
the
week-end
bfween
Fsthcnla
and
Russia
BERLIN,
October
2:
-A
prom-
whereby
the
smaller
nation
wlU
be
protected
from
aggression
In
lnent
German
newspaper
said
yes-
tcrday
that
"we
cannot
expect
return
fnr
tnde
military,
large
exports
of
oU
from
Russia
"
air
force
base
eonces-
for
the
time
being
as
there
has
dons.
,
.
wn
no
mrr.a.
of
nmdi,rtion
in
It
is
also
t
reported
there
will
be
trade.
MORALE
OF
REICH
BAD
YOUNG
MEN
I
Trople
Know
Little
About
War
Are
Full
of
Complaints
And
Fears
LONDdNHtober
2:
CPl
The
ministry
ol
Information
releases
an
Interview
with
a
well
known
neutral
traveller
who
describes
conditions
as
they
exist
In
Germany
today.
Two-thirds
of
the
German"
people
do
not
know
anything
about,
or
pretend
not
to
know,
the
war.
The
other
one-third
have
a
defeatist
attitude.
Food
Is
not
actually
short,
the
traveller
states,
but
he
was
Impressed
with
the
complete
break-
down
of
the
government
machln-'
cry.
In
Vienna,
for
instance,
the
police
have
tyjm
dissolved.
From
the
people
of
the
Reich
as.
a
whole
little
Is
to
be
heard
but
complaints
and
fears.
CALLED
UP
dications
of
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
launching
a
peace.
au
nritons
Between
Twenty
Arid
r.hiirphill
First.
Twenty-Two
Are
Liable
For
lUlVilftUG
ni
w
.
.
.
....
-
.
J
?!
"Wf
aolnS
Italy.
Britain
was
Ut
vastly
better
a
broadcast
address.
We
are
going
thaQ
on
to
the
end.
Now.we
are
In
thls,f"
th
,.
war,
wc
will
press
on
until
final
vic
Military
Duty
LONDON,
October
2:
In
a
clamatlon
Issued,
by
the
Kin;
Agriculture
On
of
God
and
the
conviction
of
de-j
WnrfimP
KlKK
!
Reviewing
the
activities
of
wat
)fenderg
of
clvlUzati0n.
We
shall'
Cardinal
iof
the
past
month,
the
Firs.
Se
stay
together
until
the
end.-of
of
Chi-
I
Lord
referred
to
the
aggression
of
AU
the
courage
and
skm
ot
support
and
moral
goodwill
of
four
private.
pro-
yes
'port
of
the
suppressed
people
of
terday
all
male
subjects
ot
Great
tory
is
won.
vat
UrKa..
,
d
Poland
Wc
Britain
between
20
and
22
yearsi
ItlM.r
tronlrrf
It
tft
but
It
Will
not
.
...
...
...
.
.
.1
.....v.
-
---
nave
notmng
worse
to
lace
ionignv0i
age
were
aavisea
mat
mcy
wnen
sujmi
cuu.
than
.
.
had
,
In
ion-.
1914."
h.ki.
liable
to
be
called
nr.
up
for
fnr'
'
nrmv
army
we
t
The
Allied
means
of
putting
j
service
and
will
be
called
upon
'
down
Hltlerlsm
were
Increasing
to
register
therefore
at
a
date
to
dally.
;set.
Britishers
of
this
ase
outside
Great
Britain
and
France
would
Great
Britain
are
also
liable
to
be
stand
together
come
what
may.
i
called
upon
their
return
home
and
The
government
was
preparing1
must
register
within
seven
days
for
a
three
year
war
but
that
did;
after
returning.
not
necessarily
mean
It
would
take
"that
we
are
entitled
tn
this
fight
t
lQng
tQ
achleve
victory.
British
Columbia
Representatives
Back
From
Trip
To
Ottawa
VICTORIA.
October
2:
(CP)
British
Columbia
agriculture
win
be
placed
on
a
wartime
basis,
It
U
announced
by
Hon.
Dr.
n.
k,.
Mc
Donald,
minister
of
agriculture
following
the
return
to
Victoria
of
a
British
Columbia
delegation
to
confer
with
representatives
of
the
Dominion
and
other
provinces
w
regard
to
agricultural
matters.
Endeavours
will
be
made
to
increase
production
in
certain
lines
while
there
will
be
problems
of
markets
to
be
solved
for
some
lines
which
have
lost
their
normal
markets
owing
to
war
conditions.
CIAN0
LEAVES
BERLIN
ON
RETURN
TO
ROME:
HITLER'S
PEACE
PLAN
New
Buffer
State
Between
Partitioned
Portions
Poland
Five
Power
Conference
Planned
War
News
HULL
IS
OUTSPOKEN
WASHINGTON,
D.
O
Secre-tar
of
State
Cordell
Hull
said
today
that
the
United
States
refuses
to
recognize
disappearance
ol
Poland
which
he
termed
a
"victim
of
force
used
as
an
instrument
ot
national
policy."
He
said
the
"mere
seizure
of
the
territory
does
not
extinguish
the
legal
existence
of
a
government.''
Ambassador
Anthony
Biddle
has
opened
a
new
United
States
embassy
to
Poland
in
Paris.
FAVORS
GERMANY
WASHINGTON
Senator
Key
Pittman,
chairman
ot
the
foreign
relations
committee,
began
debate
on
United
States
neutrality
policies
today
by
asserting
that
the
existing
arms
embargo
was
a
"discrimination
in
favor
of
Germany."
He
urged
that
the
Senate
adopt
the
administration's
bill
to,
repeal
the
arms
embargo.
Senator
Borah
expressed
opposition
to
the
measure.
Former
Governor
A.
E.
Smith
has
gone
on
record
as
favoring
the
administration
plan
for
neutrality
SWEDISH
SHIP
TORPEDOED
STOCKHOLM
The
Swedish
steamer
Gun
pas
torpedoed
off
Jutland
today.
The
crew
of
eighteen
was
rescued.
DUTCH
SHIP
SUNK
AMSTERDAM
A
Netherlands
mine
sweeper
struck
a
mine
yesterday.
One
officer
and
five
men
were
killed.
The
ship,
badly
damaged,
limped
into
port.
CONFERS
WITH
DALADIER
I
PARIS
General
Sikorski,
the
new
Polish
Premier,
conferred
with
Premier
Edouard
Daladier
today.
Two
Polish
divisions
have
been
raised
in
France
for
service
with
the
Allies
and
three
more
are
being
formed.
It
is
hoped
to
obtain
recruits
from
Canada
and
the
United
States.
The
ultimate
hope
b
a
force
of
100,000
men.
Co-operation
of
IgnaceJan
Pad-
erewski,
first
Polish
president,
will
be
sought.
HITLER
TO
SPEAK
BERLIN
Chancellor
Hitler
wilt
address
the
Reichstag
when
it
assembles
this
week.
NEW
LITHUANIA
KAUNAS,
Lithuania
Foreign
minister
Urbsrs
of
Lithuania
wilt
leave
for
Moscow
tomorrow
on
Invitation
of
the
Soviet
government,
It
was
announced
tonight.
DAY
OF
PRAYER
LONDON
Sunday
was
a
day
of
prayer
throughout
England.
The
Dean
of
St
Paul's
was
the
outstanding
speaker.
He
stressed
the
necessity
of
standing
out
against
a
system
which
was
based
on
a
lie.
Catholic
churches
all
said
Intercessory
mass
In
which
they
prayed
for
the
triumph
of
the
right.
of
riga,
October
2:
ccpi
The
tsrJKLiiiN,
uctooer
z:
iurj
tjount
uano,
Italian
ior-foreign
minister
of
Latvia
left
to-
ejgn
minister,
left
Berlin
today
on
his"
return
to
Rome,
day
for
Moscow
his
government
conciurjjng
the
first
conversation
between
the
Rome-Ber-'
having
decldet
it
necessary
to
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ui
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hoi.
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elatifv
relations
with
othsr
coun-
tries,
Soviet
Russia
particularly."
Rf-.ort
here
Is
that
there
will
be
r-,n..t
w..nni.
r..m,n-
with
an
agreement
reached
between
Much
More
Oil.
Coal
or
Iron,
Berlin
Newspaper
Admits
-
no
official
comment
on
the
result
of
Ciano's
conversations
with
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
and
J
Foreign
Minister
Joachim
von
Rlb-bentrop.
I
Italian
circles
saw
in
the
visit
a
new
reason
for
believing
that
-Premier
Mussolini
may
assume
the
role
of
mediator
in
the
Reich's
peace
offensive.
Clano
had
a
long
conference,
lasting
about
three
hours,
with
Hitler
last
night
and
met
Von
Ribbentrop
this
morning.
The
general
belief
Is
that
this
Is
Hitler's
latest
move
In
his
effort
to
coerce
Great
Britain
and
France
Into
peace.
Hitler's
plan
will
consist,
it
is
ex-
pec
ted,
of
two
principal
elements:
I
First,
the
creation
of
"a
new
Polish
state
between
the
portions
'of
j
Poland
and
Russia
which
have
been
1
occupied
by
Germany
and
Russia.
,
Second,
the
holding
of
a
five
power
conference
Germany,
Rus-Jsia.
Italy.
France
and
Great
Brir
tain.
Italy'
claims
In
the
Mediterranean
would
also
be
recognized.
"
-
IS
PLAYING
BOTH
SIDES
Turkey
Would
Assist
Great
Britain
and
France
Providing
Russia
.
Not
In
War
ANKARA,
Oct.
2:
(CP)
Turkey
Is
understood
to
have
decided
to
'stay
neutral
If
war
involving
Soviet
Russia
and
the
democracies
should
spread
to
the
Mediterranean.
This
Is
why
there,
Is
a
proviso
in
the
pact,
which
.Turkey
says
she
Is
ready
to
consummate
with
Great
Britain
and
France
for
mutual
assistance
in
the
Mediterranean,
providing
for
the
voiding
of
the
agreement
in
the
event
of
Russia
becoming
Involved
in
war
with
the
western
democracies.
In
this
case
the
Dardanelles
would
be
closed
to
all
nations,
it
is
reported.
1
It
was
reported
late
Saturday
that
Turko-Russ
negotiations
at
Moscow
had
broken
down
owing
to
'severity
ot
Russian
demands.
A
Turkish
military
delegation
bound
for
London
arrived
In
Paris
yesterday
and
was
met
by
British
and
French
officials.
TURN
DOWN
PEACE
PLAN
.Russian
Threat
Falls
To
Deter
Great
Britain
and
France
I
MOSCOW,
October
2:
(CP)
Ths
Russian
official
press
echoed
the
Moscow
accords
yesterday
with
1
an
Implied
yarning
to
the.
western
Allies
to
end
the
war
or,
face
Joint
German-Russian
action.
'
Meanwhile
both
British
and
French
governments
were,
apparently,
cold
shouldering
the
German-Soviet
peace
gestures
by
intensifying
their
preparations
to
meet
any
threat
ot
German
pffenslvft
whether
or
not
accompamea
Dy
Russian
co-operation.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICES
WINNIPEG.
October
2:
(CP)
iThe
Winnipeg
wheat
market
waj
buoyant
on
Saturday
with
;,
futures
up
TBc
to
2c,
October
"finishing,
at
'
7ic.
.