Tomorrows Tides Weather Forecast H:t 8 43 a 0 354 1:57 V M PtI - S& lilai VestU ue ported To Ile tarilinr. OuUide Of )uren ("hi riot le Inlands llUe endeavouring to check ta rrporti made by halibut rh at Sratlle that five Jap- haling vrcl with a iiff hlp were operating off Queen Charlotte Iland, ril licmtnlon rUhrries iffl- w tnrLA nnlninn IKI r- V?Ojl : nothing could be done i) "WenUy 'l1"11"'!', M It tTcn if the reports were lu u the operations wo liar. In Internationa Ww, it U outUde the tcrri- Cipt John Hanson of the fUst bast Ushana eterdar Suie reported what he be- 1f4 to be the nrenre of Jipantsr whaling vessel flvtt of the Oueen Charlotte ONQUERS 10 me suaaen announcement or a I non-aggression agreement between Germany and Russia. Surprise was D;-U-universal, even in the countries f-nat.ii- raost concerned, at the rapidity wtth which the agreement was fin- ar afternoon a any coniummaica. uic non-aggres- kon pact coming within twenty- jfour hours after the announcement oi the signing between Germany and the Soriet of a new two-year trade arrangement tnrolvlng 180.-160 WO in trade crediU to the Sor iet I or machinery and a corresponding amount of credit to Oer-many In raw material. The non- aggression pact, of course. Involres a pledge that the two countries will not war upon each other. This uld be.jrrn' ln m,UlA,X defence of Po" . " , Tland. "TrTe'paets between Oermany I a n . . a . . limlU where whaling J t on, even for the cWUn Ullon on the Queen rrbtt hlands which are In- thlt oeaton on arrount of rfmablf market conditions. MOUNTAIN ana huhh are expeciea to oe con-eluded In Moscow on Wednesday. Seven small European powers will meet In OrussclU tomorrow -ii .irrs. Peter Vajda of, reckoning with Poland is coming " - and Ted Bishop of pile one upon the other ln Ocr-- rrarhed the summit o.r many. Both the press and officials II y- - locit snowcap seven aP. -t tartine out from tht M'SS STAMPS SALE amp collecti W -?lrr t0 the Romanoffs of 11 tV uussla- ls t0 b sold here rw uie nre-war nnrl Mm rn. '!r llii'ludPM n 1.: in Warsaw there ls reportca 10 be confidence that a mutual av slstance treaty between Qrcat Bri tain and Poland will be flnahy concluded this week. Italy Also Surprised In Italy, as elsewhere, there was surprlso at the new agreements between Germany ana kussw ui- thnnoh it Is rcnortcd that premier n.niin Mussolini was aware 01 wiitsfcvr - negotiations along this line. Itall-nn npwsnarjers continue to urge Poland to accept the plan of Hitler for n return of Danzig to the Reich and a passage through the Polish Corridor in return to other (Continued on Pago Four) II. Clioe I'ixott 0 ren or of Rotary In- wi. tar.' me io;-ai uo- iuncheon yester-; is the guest of honor this evening at a ciub dinner. Bulletins CONSIDKKEI) LOST There were no further developments since yesterday In connection with the rase of Carl Brent-ton and Mrs. John llrentsen of I'ort Simpson whose boat was JAPAN IS SHOCKED TOKYO Authoritateve sources They will endeavour to bring peace; ,on,ht Mld tnat the Japanese out of the present situation by. it Is reported, persuading Poland to take as conciliatory a stand as possible. However, the attitude of Poland- i till seems to be one of ! stiff resistance. British subject have been advised by their government to leave Poland immedi ately ln view of the possibility of war. If Poland were suddenly attacked by Oermany. there appears to h little doubt of Oreat Britain's I continued intention to support i Poland. The question Is. however, will inner tlliUW WVIiliailJ W W l'ul rtrd WepsaU Makes Ascent or will he Jockey Poland Into that Of Athabaska On Skis position? In Berlin there still seems to be confidence Out Hitler " A us; 22: Oertrud? will achieve his ends at Danzig I D; ra.mun ski champion, and the Polish Corridor by so- f idian mounLiinrerins' called Dcaccful means. Meantini? ; f ;r. 'ay a the first woman Oerman newspapers assert that V- r Ue difficult ski" ascent Oennany U losing patience with ;! 1 U nf Mount Athabaska. I Polish impudence." r- V. 'jver Ur nrt torn nro-1 Declarations that the day of rsbinrt had decided a "fundamental revision" of Japanese policy in European affairs was necessary as a result of the proposed German-Soviet non-aggression part, announcements of which at Berlin and Moscow exploded like a bombshell here. NEW SI'ELl) MADE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah John Cobb of London attained a speed of 3G9.23 miles per hour today, the fastest man has ever travelled on land, but abandoned completion of the speed run on account of motor trouble. The time Is not officially counted as a record. Halibut Sales American Portlock. 40.000. Atlln, 8.8c and 6c. Tatoosh, 25,000, Cold Storage, 8.6c and 6c. tJalveston 20.000, Royal, 9.1c and keep to the theme of Danzig and '6c. the Polish Corridor. At Danzig Al Canadian tr ' .. -un ,,f AthnM.irn .iiAf hcrt Fnrster. Nazi district leader, Cauclla I., 21.000, com owrage, announced to a crowd of 5000 that; 8.1c and 6c - t AMusbaska was recorded the hour approaches for the solu ,c: b Bcnno Rvhliks former. tlon of the Polish-German profi- s'rU:'or at. thn fnm.t Ar1hr?.tm. -"31 in Austria Miss Wep-1 A new strategic bridge over thJ a; ' n Vistula River between Danzig and of mid summer un the i East Prussia was opened formally P re c'aclor of the north faco of 'Representatives of Uie Oerman f-mountain, high above the vast 'Navy and Air Force and omcers fuciaa where ho hn hoen'from East Prussia aucnaea me 5 for the 1940 international 'ceremonies f0 to be aVOldpH nnrl nnn tnnnl " VIIW UIIV ' ?IQW fOrtV tlH-t Irmc I'm - " ' to n 10 viwovui t frit tr nnitr rt I'lhout a fall in h r l,h oret the hour. Harvey Successor To Dockrill As Head Of Board PRINCE GEORGE, August 22, .-..-,. t rr tlnrvnv lit PrlnPP Ttim-1 VI Civ i 1 ' Solves Problem At Khutze Inlet t - KUTZE INLET. Aug. 22: CP Alrx Dame. Yukoh Southern air Transport pilot, delivered three torn of mining supplied though the Isolated mine here lacked landing facilities. He dropped his cargo ln a large soft mud puddle prepared by the consignees. Jail Population found with engine running off nm , T jap roint but with the couple. Mounts: INumerous t t I a ' missing. They are feared to have been in some manner drowned. Cases In Court I ' There were eleven prisoners serving time this morning In city Jail and no less than seven of these were ,for supplying liquor to Indians. ' Most of them went ln as a result of .a session of police court yesterday (morning, one of the heaviest in some time, at which nineteen cases were handled as follows: I Joseph Daniels, supplying, 100 or two months' Imprisonment. William Walsh, supplying, $100 or two months' Imprisonment. John Hunter, supplying, $100 or two months' Imprisonment. Sam Hlrano, supplying, $50 or: one month's Imprisonment. John Robertson, supplying. $50 or one month's Imprisonment ( O. McKay, drunkenness, $25 or thirty Days. Jasper Derrick, Indian, drunken-, ness, $10 or five days. I Pete Barney. Indian, drunken- ness, $5 or three days. . Leonard Wesley. Indian, drunkenness. $5 or three days. 1 Charlie Anderson, drunkenness,, $25 or seven days. Annie Norrls, vagrancy, $5 or, three days; Gordon McKay. Indian, liquor In; possession, $25 or one month. t Bramwell Wale, Indian, drunken-: ness, xa or tnree oays. Jeffery Wale. Indian, drunken ness. $5 or three days. 1 Patrick Shcchan, creating a dls-, turbance. $5 or three days. Charlie Haldane, Indian, drunk-1 enness. $10 or nve aays. 1 t James West, begging, remanded I for three days. Carl Oulbransen, drunkenness, $25 or seven days. crt, 111 being elected president Ot thfl Dominion MnuwologlnU Bureau at! the Associated Boards of Trade of victoru rrino Rmwt Thia for- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939. LONDON, August 22: (CI) Yesterday's announcement in Herlin and Moscow that Germany and Russia would sign a. non-aggression agreement brought at first a reaction in London of decided gloom and pessimism. Since then, however, there has been a change. One of the reason's for this change of opinion is the fact that Russia has non-aggression pacts with several countries Italy, France and Poland for instance and in each of them is a clause stipulating that, if the other party resorts to aggression against a third counrv, the Soviet is free to act and the pact is voided. If the German-Hussian agreement is concluded along these lines it would leave Russia free to help Poland if Germany attacked Poland. A four-hour cabinet meeting followed yesterday's announcement of the non-aggression agreement between Germany and Russia which startled the world last night and tonight the British government cnlled an emergenev meeting of Parliament for Thursday to take special defence measures to deal with the critical European situation. Parliament will ho asked to rush through a bill to give the government specia' powerf-to take any necessary m cas-ur'es without delay. At the same time it was d'sIosed that further precautionary measures were being taken by the government including the calling up of additional forces in navy, army and air force. A "shuttle service" by bombing planes across Germanv was believed by foreign military experts to Ik the most striking plan of Rritish-French action to help Poland in the event of war over Danzig. Starting from French bases, British and French planes would loose bombs over Germany, fly on to Poland, refue' and reload with bombs, making another raid over Germany on the way back. France stood in a state of alert today with reservists called to the colors even before the cabinet met to sign emergency military decrees. Officials made no secret of the fact that they were shocked by the German-Russian negotiations. It might be an attempt bv Russia and Germany, they said, to partition not only Poland but Roumania and "as much of central Europe as they can get." There was inclination, however, to doubt this extreme and to view the Berlin-Moscow announcement as a manoeuvre. Official Poland according to dispatches from Warsaw, was surprised by the German-Russian non-aggression pact plans and maintained a reserved attitude today. It was responsibly stated that the latest move "has brought absolutely no change in Polish policy." , Sources close to the British government said today that Great Britain's position would remain steadfast and unaltered. In unofficial Soviet sources at Moscow, it was said today that the impending German non-aggression pact would not exclude negotiation of the mutual assistance agreement with Britain and France. British and French quarters believe, indeed, that they may be accelerated as a result. Russia may emerge in the role of peacemaker for Europe. HUNGARY Weather Forecast j IMPORTANT ririiKh Columbia, succeeds vxwvk " i"'7 'r . Foreign in M. Dockrill of Telkwa, last year's president. 1K1SII CYCLIST DKAl) DUBLIN, Aug. 22: (CP) J. J. 0"Nelll. Irish racing cyclist, died In a Dublin hospital following a collision with a motor car during hour period widlng t 8 pm. tomoorrow pensiDic General Synopsis Pressure is' relatively low over Vancouver Jsl-J nvrl cm i i Vi ' a rA anH HInVi nffi In Political ot Europe It Indis- Balance the Oueen Charlotte Islands where BUDAPEST, Aug. 22. (CP- raln ls reported. The weather has Count Stephen Czaky, Hungarian been fair and warm ln other parUl foreign minister, in a statement of British Columoia. ,,, ,,. sfll(4 that an lnderjend West Coast of Vancouver Island. ... mm 1 . i A. V. J -1 If II ivf o ent and strong Hungary is an In . i. a! kAra ii a ntn Mrviprnrn m irp.Mi U 1 1 1 1 1 X SIlll LIIIII 1 - 4 a io-mnc rucn.B " ": ' A . ' j 7 " V TiVi: rtir,pnthi(, far-tor ln the Dolltleal Raclns'to northeast, fair and -warm an official of the CyclUU Association of Ireland. tog patches. . ' ,. sun'"1"!- , balance of Central Europe: INQUIRY ON WEDNESDAY Police Commission Agrees To Open Probe Into Telford Charges Against Foster VANCOUVER, August 22: (CP) I The Vancouver Police Commission yesterday agreed to open an in-1 aulry Wednesday Into charges of Prince Rupert aad Queen Charlotte Islands Fresh westerly winds, partly cloudy and somewha. cooler with light scattered showers. PRICE: S CENTS re pared For Worst, Feels Better vernight Situation- I I URPRISE IS UNIVERSAL OVER LATEST LINE UP IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS hole Trend of European Relations May Be Affected by Ku5s-(ierman Accords Situation More Complicated As Military Preparations Become Intense LONDON, August 22: (CP) While Poland was to- v it;: r'rd to be sending troop reinforcements toward rf Var- facing Germany and Slovakia as a general . apainst similar reported increases by Ger- .r a art led Lurone was endeavouring to adjust it- a lurf' f-r complicated international situation due APANESE OFF HERE Visitor Here SENATOR Russia Is Not Believed To Be IS DEAD t- j 1 1 1 1 Jl T Bi-U Hon. In Frank O'Connor Paes Away Toronto Was Farmer And Candy Manufacturer TORONTO. August 22: CP Senator Frank Patrick O Connor aged 54, died yesterday after an Illness of more than a rear. He was a farmer at Scarboro Junction and founded the Laura Secord Csndv Shops in Canada and the Fanny Farmer Candy Shops in the UnlMd States. A Liberal tnd Roman Catholic, he was summoned to the Senate in 1935. I IKU vU I J I wivi I As Result Of New Accord Believed to Contain Cluase Permitting Fredom of Action! DISASTER IN VlUrLV 1 LAX Ail . in Case of Attack Upon Poland-Active Plans for War-British Parliament Called Into Session jyjJJJ JQJ Pine Ridge, Oregon, is Destroyed Scores Homeless, Damage Heavy . PORTLAND, Are., Aug. 22. The I American Red Cross Is rushing dls-I aster units to aid scores, of persons left homeless by a two million dol-jlar fire that destroyed the lumber town of Pine Ridge. Oregon, north (of the California border. The fire !was believed started by an lncen- diarist It roared through the For-.est Lumber Company plant, destroyed millions of feet of stacked lumber, razed 150 residences, the property, then spread uncontrolled Into heavy stands of timber on the Klamath Indian Reservation, j No casualties were reported but 'many residents of the town, forced to flee their homes in the face, of the fast moving fire, were unable to . save any of their household IS SEEKING i NEW MARTS United States Government Making Drive to Dispose of Farm Products WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The administration is speeding an intensive drive to expand old markets and find new outlets for record surpluses of farm products. New crops are straining market faculties. ; Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, In co-operation with the State Department, has ordered an exhausUve survey for possible new : foreign markets ln an effort to re-t verse the strong downward trend that already has lost farmers nearly half their foreign customers. PATTULL0 IS COMING Premier Due ln City Tomorrow Enroute To Peace River And Northwest Discloses Development Plans VICTORIA, August 22: (OP) Premier T. D. Pattullo announced yesterday that oil drilling, spon sored by the provincial government, will start in the British Col umbia Peace River Block early next year, the exact spot'' b$ng definitely selected. ' The Premier revealed plans for a 5,200 mile flight through the Peace River area, down the Mac kenzie River valley to the Arctic Ocean, then across the Yukon and Alaska and through the Rocky Mountain trench. Mr. Pattullo will leave for the north on Wednesday, accompanied by his secretary and newspapermen. He plans to fly from Victoria to Prince Rupert tomorrow and on to Fort St. James Thursday. The Premier said: "I do not know what the Dominion authorities may have In mind concerning the final disposition of the Northwest Territories but I have never- Inefficiency brought by Mayor Lyie'theless made the request tnat in? Telford against Chief of Police W.i boundaries ot British Columbia be W. Foster. Mayor Telford will step extended north following the 120trt. out of the inquiry sessions, leaving 'meridian. Now ls the time to lay the hearing to the other commls- foundations for the future and. sloners, Judge A. M. Harper and indeed, hasten the development ot Magistrate George B. McQueen these northern areas." (-;- t