4 ft- '4 p . It ! uon with East Pru trx of a Polish memor-Oermany would be hand- Oerman minister today. Br Ic received tremendous f im hU lUteners when he 1 that Poland did not be-i nenrn aL anv nrlee but for IU national honor.! ,g this declaration, he as-at he voiced the feeling of at home and abroad. As pertlng nation, they had ion of entering Into any Jri agreements as other si might have done. Deck indicated clearly that. as Poland was concerned, e rsx move was up to Chanccl- u 'lcr himself. To assure peace flto-" s c hlef Drlnelole of Polish rc n nollrv Two thlnzs. he as- f ' . r'"d. were necessary on the part tf (lr irino nnacrfnl Intentions -i-- - to.: crarefnl methods Tie Polish foreign minister as- nfd that the agreement witn Drltaln was complete in every pr1 He wished to proceea wun pmnit nf all the Issues. fl'hfr England nor Poland naa n? Egresslon In mind regarding nynnc Tlielr aareemcnt, In which rar.ca was Identified, was on the Tha agreement of 1934 between idered a great diplomatic event nra to settle differences in was no Intention on the part of Poland to Inflict Itself upon the preponderantly Oerman population of Danilg. On the contrary, it favored a common guarantee oi rights In the free city. "Is the question." continued Deck re.allv one of freedom of the Oer man neonle of Danzig? Or Is It a question of Oerman prestige or de sire to push through to tne uaiucf The freedom of the Oerman population of Danzig was not menaced. Regarding the corridor. BecK in sisted that there was no basis for demands bv Germany. Poland naa no wish to make It cumcun ior Oermany to obtain transit to East Prussia but it certainly did not intend to give up any of Its rights. It was willing at all times to aiiow free niKUte bv Taliway or oincr- wtsc for Germany across the corri dor. Poland had no reason to od- .rn nrman communication through the corridor and felt that Oermany had no reason to oosuuci tier IIV4 . tki, hmi made no Issues ana v,d mised no difficulties, declared Col. Deck. Germany had maae no official proposition for a twenty- five year peace, it naa come , as rumors. Artificial Issues Continuing, the Polish foreign minister observe; that Hitler proposed to recognize the western h.indnrip of. Poland. What was "v"- . . ....-j j.j .. .I,..,), already have have defactO defacto? 7rAAk a . . j , t HiAifni im nnn twhwi iki. A nnit n tv iri !mlf (U. j Aa n1I.V vs nvn. .ann nrman fiorUInn Lf) QL5- upi the treaty had been icarnea hrrirU A rrViarn id 1 t. ii ill. Ttrt rrA . 4 i --v wvVfc ilUt IU lUCClVU MIC Vi.a- n r hI.I.1 a . 1 I . a A, M11 UUV IIC 11UU JIUV VU"iv t flTMAH.. I.. f J 1 I lHtM-A. IIIUI 111 1UJV 1U1U lllbLI t'tV tod the lrnt Privileges or isnlnilnor Poland. PO- would liave been the first to land did not This question of a demana ior Danzig and transit through the corridor was Just a one-sldcd Issue. To assure peace was the chief principle nf Pr sh nol CV. TWO inings will. of Qcrmany vt - IllVtooni; . peaceful Intentions and pcacerui methods. Poland wouia mmu. the peaceful manner which it naa m 1 tifn ra rllcnln ied "We In Poland, however, uii.-darinred "dn not aDDrove of the no tion n nonre at anv nrlce. There thlnir In the life of nnd nf nnttnns and that IS honor." Poland had no aggression republics, making tklg ever, that iK- ihey were K.in, being brought home merely for the purpose of making routine re ports. and France arreed to the So vlet demand of an unqualified military alliance, it was believed here that Russia's foreign pol Tomorrow's Tides AAA Capitol 21.6 She TAXI 2:34 ajn. It. 15:30 pm. 10.1 ft. 9:15 ajn. 2.1 It. 21:20 p m. 7.0 ft.. -1 "2 iV icy might become one of com- Rtac for Pituburg. Tony nlcte Isolation. This it was said J . . timAiriin and Jnhnnv , . iLazerri iu j4rv.j . .... . was favored by Dictator Stalin and hh new foreign commissar. MOSCOW Censorship over for eign dispatches from Russia has been abolished, it was announced yesterday. The For-cign Office will no longer attempt to regulate these dispatches but will hold the correspondents themselves responsible for what Is sent out. LONDON Reports persist that Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy may enter into the Ger-man-Polish crisis as a media tor. BERLIN Progress Is reported h In j the negotiation of pacts with the Baltic states of Latvia anu Eslhonla and overtures are still being made by the Reich to other countries. ROME The government of Italy today announced an $83,000,000 Increase in the army air force estimates for the year begln-nlnr July 1. declaring that Italy wanted to make any war she fought a "quick war" tainty of victory." with "cer- in mind but It was determined to maintain certain principles. in all. there was nothing Insult- inir in Col. Beck's speech. He argu ed rather than rejected German de- j. .Ithmmh Inrilrntlnp that. m the corridor. There was nothing In his speech to make more inflamma tory the already unsettled, international situation. He admitted that the German demands were, not en- .1..!., nl.ar tn htm nnd thnt he inf the dav's nlav .home run makers yesterday were Yesterday's Big League scores: : National League ! Chicago 2. Drooklyn 6. Pittsburg 6. Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 3, New York 6. Cincinnati-Boston, postponed on account of rain. American League New York 10, Cleveland 6 (ten in nings!. Washington 3, Chicago 4. 1 Boston 7, Detroit 6. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 9. ! i Irish Republican .Army Is Defiant Demonstration In Belfast Last Night Radio Broadcast Says It Is Ready For Anything BELFAST. May 5: Following fresh bombings In London andt elsewhere In England yesterday, i iVlPfP U'AS ft demonstration here: last night of two thousand mem-. Jbers and sympathizers of the Irish j Republican Aimy. During the eve-' ning a broadcast irom tne Army a nrlvate radio station' said that It, was ready to meet any emergency. Barter Deal Is Announced rountrv was prepared to fight fori Prime Minister Chamberlain Tells Its rights. Above all, he made Hi British House of Negotiations plain UW nuuiu uu j-vv u-ould like to hear more from Hlt-iNevllle Chamberlain, off lclally told ler as' to 'what they were all abbutr the t.rNnoN. May 5: (CP) Negoti ations between Great Britain and the United States for exchange or certain raw materials required by either country as strategic reserves have been opened, Prime Minister NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939. . . i-ii T-. r 4r. TJiJn Lexzue with the National Labor Reiauoiw These ollicers acmse mc t nnnstttuted. mitViin the field of their respective! a half TiU game mart w2tonlW over Dosion --"'d be reorganized Tnd andthat th fed-ral federal competencies, tles. they they still sttll conslderi consider! Central ameriuu JK0 who be tirasttaillredtfted. (he Estimate siJbmtttM- by thr It clear, how. ff S WlKamtntoued - a Senator Senator Pat Pat Harrison Harrison w f Mlls- muwj- Canadian canaaian Pacific racure Railway u to w be -i continued a a a conunuea which which Ted Ted Williams Williams lareely Impractic- impractlc-l ehred .wP tn to the the echo echo unsound nnnri and and largely - Boston Be. although Wie. - ei - pdent's admintetra- riediy in agreement proved w.. their ."- margin - of leadership ot tlon reorganlzauon n pwns flnd ana df ac- "The tenor oi Qf the me ciuc..c - ,,h MOSCOW-Unles, Great Britain j taata. Cincinnati Reds nomced JUilVCU - the fcwc -" UUfttCU VJ .v . . l I J lln . . , Y n vtet H!f- nriTim Dndaers all tied for Tne convent on was omcers ollicers was was w w , 7.. rM1,?t anti-New Deal in tone. the runner-up position as a result NaUonai league Bulletins AUTOMOBILE SMASH-UP Harry Robb was seriously hurt with broken jaw and internal injuries and Ben Ferguson suffered a broken arm. both being in hospital, as a result of an automobile smash-up on the highway a short distance this side of Oliver Lake at 1 o'clock this morning. David' McCulloch, Mike Hudema. Doug Christison and two girls were uninjured. The car, belong-in? to Robb, was almost totally demolished. It went off the road, turned over on its side, skidded eighty-one feet and was ripped i badly when striking a small stump. DEVASTATING CHUNGKING HONG KONG Dispatches re reived by a private wireless sta made a devasting raid on Chung king today, it being the third attack on the provisional capital In three days. One-eighth of the city is said to be in flames as a result of the attack yesterday which killed two thousand. Chinese are said to have brought seven of the raiders down. KING AND QUEEN SAIL LONDON Great Britain's pulse beat faster today as the hour approached for the nation's farewell to the King and Queen who sail from Portsmouth at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning (Pacific Standard Time) aboard the Em- . o nrai-tiral sense. In my own sub mission to the committee I stated that the substantial savings en visaged in the $75,000,000 estimaie . . T hnld tht I COUlu never cms6.. - 1 plying In deUil to the Canadian Pacific memorandum In rebuttal of evidence of C. N. R. officers be- i 1.. i Vm ohspnea Cause sucn reyi. " Macey's Coffee House temnlated in their plan, would j , validity of C. P. R. assumptions as.nd 5c PRICE; 5 CENTS olonef Beck Is Firm But Pacific ill Yield None Of Country's Rights In Danzig Or Corridor; Holds Hitler Cause Of Crisis v rinso Hnnr in IVarcftil Discussion. However Will Fight For HonorAll Depends Upon Fuehrers intentions anu acinous HITLER AND RIBBENTROP IN HUDDLE iiKIMJW Mav 5; (CI) Cermanv does not -.!.!. iUnt tUn llrwk nfMrrcu fnrniwlifvi n linsic for - . . ir . Til ii. i i : i : .. . I i . I i. UrWHT lilKUlluliuiin i iiii i uiumi. iv ij iiiviunu )icnst Aus Iieutscniana, autnornaiive commcniarj . . - i i.-i: i ii.!.. .1 i ion indicated the trend or olficial reaction to the ,w..-li of the Po ish forciun minister in regard to )an7lir anu llic i uiimi curriuui. vuamiuui iuun litlcr and Forcien .Minister Joachim von icii)ienirop ... . . i i 1 1 ii i r .i.l iini ii iinrfhiiKiimf in (in 1110 iptk nnui'r Vlllllivu " - - - o n llit ers demands. , V RSAW May 5. Firm, yet leaving the door open1 rrracc ful neeotfation with Germany in regard to the J . - ' . . . ;t rt of Uanzig and transnonauon privileges in inu corridor, was the speech of Col. Joseph Beck, 44-' 1 Polish foreign minister, before the Diet of Po-! Warsaw today. Poland, he said in measured tone firm determination De- ol IU denounce uch an agreement M not yield any s In Danxlg. The Pole. Three Issue. 1 had never interfered mere were mrcc ruc, t :ntrnUon ol tnterter- ued CoL Deck the status of the' ' ...ntelieclualorbuiineM Free City of Danzig, transit (or -i the Ofrraan there. Oerman through the Polish corrl- v. ; j! Mntf iWTWfo'rX dorand other questions "that might ( arts There were no new phases f r a PoJUh protectorate " - 3 Poland wpuld nercr to change the situation concerning mcor to Ihc Baltic nor Danzig. It was still a vital outlet ...j iv.. fnr Poland and Polish business. "Vfc I a corrioor hu - - - have at no time." declared Beck. t, V .ugh it was perfectly, " a;;.. Oermany full and "tried to interfere with Intellectual through the corridor or bustneaa freedom oi me uer ... r . Lan man nnmilatlnn nonuiatlon of of DatlZlE." Danilg." Ther There AROUND EUROPE TODAY LONIION Great Britain and France, through their Premiers Chamberlain and Daladier have given new assurances to Poland that they are prepared to give in stand by their pledge to that country assistance any emergency caused b aggression. The British gov eminent today fully endorsed an offer of Foreign SecreUry Beck of Poland to negotiate with Germany on basis of peaceful methods and m:flLIS The German Foreign Office announced yesterday that It had recalled German diplomatic rcDresentatlves representative, to to South and British Government Has Accepted Russian Plan n nvpi All!. i For Military Alliance LONDON, May 5: (CP) The British government has accented the Russian proposal to form a British-French-Russian military alliance and has offered a supplementary plan for supporting Poland and Roumania against possible aggression. Detail of the supplementary plan are not available but it; is believed designed to overcome Polish and Roumanian objections to receiving aid directly from Russia. . It is understood the projected alliance provides that Great Britain, France and Russia will undertake to go to the aid of each other in the event of attack. The pact will not apply in the Far East. YANKS WIN, NEW DEAL ALSO SOX DENOUNCED CLEVELAND. May 5: Canadian Pacific Railway Unification Plan Is Again Denounced By Hungerford OTTAWA, May 5. Reiterating previous convictions that estimates made by the Canadian Pacif ic Railway as to enormous savings that might be effected by unification of the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways were unsound, inaccurate and impracticable and that such unification would be contrary to the public interest in the way of maintaining service In ad- - dltlon to which the savings to bt 71fJ T,lrTl effected would be largely by Villi. hill mean- of surtaillng employment, S.i aVUlJ 3 Hnnperford. chairman and ircsldent of the Canadian Na-Uonal Railways, yesterday presented a statement to the special rallwey committee of the Senate which is studying the possibility of railway economics. The statement from Mr. Hunser-ford was as follows: I have had the memorandum nhmittoH tr thp Senate by th? SWWMkVW rnnadtan Pacific Railway In htttai of the evidence by offl :crs of the Canadian Nationa" Railways in criticism of the Canadian Pacific $75,000,000 estimate I'fome Runs Made "In Most of Big WASHINGTON. D. C, May 5.- reviewed by the Canadian National ROBBERY Bandit Visits Anyox Store, Fires Two Shots and Makes Getaway With $800 An armed bandit visited the Consolidated Mining Si Smelt- re-' Ine Co.'s general store at Anyox yesterday, fired two snots, tooK $800 and made his getaway to the hills, according to advice received at provincial police bead-quarters here. The resident con stable, J, W. Todd, was away at League Games Yesterday me annual v ouiccia o j .V'-" 7 T j Ance Arm at the time but im- lea oiawrs . u.it- --- medUtely returned to Anyox to , CP, -New concluded last night . with the de- memorandum contains no infor-. inTestlgate The pollce b,at P. ... ,.1 tosH tVtsm In I Halibut Sales snmmary . ,,,n mooq noundt. .... w a s C. m n h unnr e.ulji .. . mw- - circuit D10W lor ir.c " ' ;- . , ,vn. .u .nmnlUhmpnt With tnil. . r j - o. ; rvnpn sncaniK aurc ui '--"''- iana anu Vlr tm t Trip I It PlS. . . J ... a irf-l . vc -- : ... . K-snriMAf niffht. lie CHU- mniMusson i una myscu ui4u 7Jc Canadian 145.700 pounds, 6c and 5c to 7.1c and 5c America.. Aueusta. 21,500, RoyaL and Sal of -c. Oceanic. 16,000, Pa. 7.7c and what might be accompnsnsa i""- Lenore. 13,000, Booth, 7Jc and 5.5c Lancing, 15,500, Atlta 7.6c and 53c. Cora, 8,500. Cold Storage, 7.5c and view wun resaiu same . SSadian Pacific estimate of $59, j Frisco. 10.500. Booth. 7.6c and 5c. 740.003 under 1937 conditions. In .Canadian my judgment based upon exten-. fony 14,500,' Cold Storage. 6.4c sive experience In consolidation d 5a cf railway operations. It Is eu- Rose Splt 14,000, Cold Storage, tlrely fallacious to look to saving 1 65c and 1 ' of such proportions as being pos-1 rjuivjk, 14,000, Pacific, 6.8c and 5c. slble of attainment. j Kongo, 14,000, Royal, 6.1c and 5c. . -i do not think that any good UnomCt 12,ooo, Atlin, 6.3c and 5c. purpose would De servea ay ic- b. C. Bird; 4,000, Cold Storage, 6.7c and 5c. P. Doreen, 15,000, Atlin, 6.4c and 5c. Salalda, 5,500, Atlin, 6.4c and 5c. of a disclosure disclosure by by the tne Canaaian canaaian ! 1 Djs.t., 9.000, Booth, 6.3c and 5c. ui mc pj 1 -iTamp, ljju tracuic I a " t at i,uuu, oiuragt:, 'be of little value In testing the Neptune n., 600, Pacific, 6ic . i MAj..Atnn nnontttv n n n . n r - r. , J r-1 a 4. . . . . ! J , 1 1 I ... tion or a Chinese Dann nerc alu jqUamy 0I railway services, auaim- and 5c that Japanese war planes had- '0nment of railway terminals, R R.K.. K to ctotictii.'ii mniptiirps with regard .QtMV.4V.VW. " to unknown contemplated changes The test of the value of the $75,- 000,000 estimate Is not primarily 'a question of figures but Is one of the practicability of what is proposed to be done. ; "The $75,000,000 estimate, suo-mltted to the Royal Commission clearly Indicates that a program for the abandonment of 5,000 miles was submitted oy tne uanaaian press of Australia for Canada and Pacific Railway and was held by details the United States. KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE A field of ten three-year-old colts topped by Johnstown comprises the entry list for the sixty-fifth Kentucky House- of Commons -yesterday, j Derby tomorrow. commission was Informed by the C. P. R. that the economies from such a program would be 16366,000 a year. The practicability of this program of line abandonment. 2,700, Cold Storage. 6.5c and shops, engine nouses, cit. ai.u 5c ! would add nothing to the evidence Rio Rlta alreadr submitted. The refusal bv d 6,000, Cold Storage, 6c the Canadian Pacific Railway toi zip, -4,000, Pacific, 6 Jc and 5c disclose what is coniempiaiea m this regard reduces discussion by the special Senate committee last year and I do not think it is over-stating the case to say that, lf any one thing was clearly dem - strated, It was that line aband- onments of this order are totally ImDractlcable. The conclusion Is Inescapable that the same degree of Impracticability would be found to apply to much else of what was proposed to be done by the Canadian Pacific Railway lf it. were known. it to be of prime Importance. The these measures are of Evidently a drastic nature since the reason given by the C. P. R. officers for refusing to disclose them is that such action would be opposed to the In terests of the Canadian Paclfl. j -.r tv, vmnmi recnitinff Railway due to the anticipated re- therefrom "was examined In detail! (Continued on Page Two)