Weather.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Strong
easterly
July
wheat
advanced
c
to
75Vc
ratn.
Vol.
XXIX..
No.
138.
Fears
WAR
INTENSITY
STIFFENS
GRIT
OF
K
FRANCE;
IS
READY
FiXY
TRIALS
Canada's
.Military
Attache
To
K
Kinds
Na-,
tions
Confident
In
Its
Lean.
font:
In
.Morale
y
ly
GLADYS
M.
ARNOLD
Canadian
Press
Correspondent
PARIS,
June
12:
(CP)
The
courage
and
confidence
of
the
people
of
France
is
Unquestionable
and
intensification
of
the
war
has
brought
a
corresponding
stiffening
of
their
determination
and
morale,
said
Major-General
L.
R.
LaFleche,
military
attache
of
the
Canadian
legation
in
farts
and
former
deputy
minister
of
.
.
national
ucirucr
k
uiiawa.
14,
Oeneral
LaFleche
spoke
with
warm
admiration
for
the
high
qualify,
the
strategical
and
technical
genius
of
the
French
army
and
1U
command.
He
said:
"Oeneral
Wey-gand
Inspire
every
confldenc
while
Marshal
Petaln.
whose
name
till
be
forever
associated
with
the
victory
of
Verdun
in
the
First
Orea'.
War
I
one
of
the
outstanding
soldiers
of
our
time
and
our
enemies
kn
jv
it.
The
spirit
U
excellent.
There's
no
fanfare
or
exaggeration.
Then
men
face
facts,
take
reverse
calmly
and
do
not
Rive
way
to
premature
enthusiasm.
Yet
there's
not
the
slightest
doubt
that
final
ric-br
shall
be
ours."
The
conviction
In
the
general'
voice
was
comforting.
"It's
a
fight
for
llbertsC!
he
added.
"Victory
mutt
be
odM."
Survey
of
People
Anxious
to
know
the
effects
of
the
war
on
the
morale
of
every
class
of
French
society.
Oeneral
LaFleeh-
ha.,
been
moving
about,
studying
H5
fVUflC
III
t?rij
lUl
Kl
VI
I
Aim,
rlrh
or
poor.
Characteristic
of
the
French,
he
says,
la
their
adaptability
to
conditions
and
their
refusal
to
let
severe
tests
disorganize
their
lives.
These
qualities
he
considers
a
great
source
of
strength
to
France
Oeneral
LaFleche
went
on
"I've
been
struck
by
the
gravity
and
sobriety
of
the
people.
Life
In
France
U
founded
upon
a
stronger
and
surer
rplritual
basis
than
ever
before.
They
have
not
lost
their
sense
ot
humor
or
gaiety
but
I
see
no
sign
of
a
certain
effervescence
which
was
apparent
during
the
First
Oreat
War
There
has
been
a
pro-
found
evolution
In
the
last
35
years,
In
1914-18,
France
lost
very,
many
men
In
the
first
months.
It
was
a
new
kind
ot
war
just
as
this
one
Is.
Rut
the
Allies
had
not
learned
to
have
the
same
confl-
of
dence
and
understanding
of
each
other.
It
took
them
four
years
In
arms
together
to
learn.
"Now
we
know
on
both
sides
that
the
pther
fellow
is
to
be
re-
tied
upon
completely
this
Is
our.
strength
and
will
mean
our
victory.,
military
objectives
at
Turin
and
On
the
contrary
It
Is
Germany's'
Oenoa.
weak
point.
They
are
incapable
of
At
Cairo
It
was
announced
bomb-understanding
such
fraternity
and
ers
again
raided
Libya,
directing
confidence.
Whom
do
they
trust?
Their
system
Is
based
upon
spying,
Informing
and
lnter-dcnuncl-atlon.
Whom
can
Hitler
really
trusteven
himself?"
France's
Great
Desire
Your
correspondent
asked
General
LaFleche
what
In
his
opinion
was
the
greatest
wish
of
the
French
today.
He
replied:
"To
win
this
war
and
so
be
finished
with
war.
To
make
Europe
secure
this
time
and
really
gain
the
peace
they
lost
after
the
last
war.
I
am
sure
If
jou
speak
to
any
Individual,
whatever
his
place
In
society,
he
will
take
off
his
uniform
and
go
back
to
his
desk,
his
books,
his
shop
or
his
ploughand
get
on
with
the
Job
of
living."
He
threw
open
the
windows
which
look
out
upon
the
wide
quays
and
sweeping
line
of
the
Seine.
On
the
corner
a
policeman
with
his
rifle
slung-
across
his
back
stood
like
a
sentinel.
A
sudden
shrill
PHOVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
'
Xomorrow
s
I
ides
Nazi
Invasion
Of
Canada
War
Council
'
Has
Meeting
LONDON.
June
12:-
A
con-
ference
of
the
Allied
Supreme
War
Council
was
held
In
Franc
yesterday
"Complete
agreement"
was
continued
on
measures
to
be
taken
In
order
to
meet
developments
of
the
war
situation
"
Attending
for
Or
eat
Britain
were
Prime
MlnUter
Ulna
ton
Churchill.
Secretary
of
War
Anthony
Bden
and
Lieut.
Otntral
Sir
John
Dill.
Britten
chief
of
staff,
and
few
France
Premier
Paul
Reynaud.
Vtee-PreaMent,
Marshal
Pt
Urn
and
Oener-
allaalmo
Maxlme
Weygand.
'
--
i
T
rADrT
I1J1yvCi
VERY
BUSY
One
Hundred
Bombs
A
Minute
Dropped
On
German
Mechanized
Columns
Near
Front
Naval
Base
Raided
Italian
Military
Objectives
At
Tur
in
And
Genoa
Attacked
By
Heavy
Bombers
LONDON,
June
12:
The
air
ministry
announced
this
afternoon
that
the
Royal
Air
Force
in
n
ten
minute
action
suDDortlne
the
Al-
lied
armies
resisting
the
Oerman'
right
wing
dropped
high
explosive
,
and
Incendiary
bombs
at
the
rate,
more
than
one
hundred
per
'
minute.
Convoys
were
wrecked,
mechanised
columns
scattered
and
the
road
junctions
blocked.
j
The
air
ministry
also
announced
that
heavy
bombers
operating!
from
the
British
Isles
attacked
I
their
pjrlnclpal
attack
on
the
Italian
naval
air
base
at
Tobruk.
blast
of
his
whistle
brought
the
traffic
to
an
Instant
stop
while
an
elderly
and
bent
old
woman
wheeled
a
baby
carriage
full
of
mid-day
papers
across.
Hon.
T.
D.
Pattullo
Will
Speak
Over
the
National
Network
THURSDAY
At
3
p.m.
P.S.T.
From
Montreal
SOUTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
12,
1940
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GERMAN
SUBMARINE
RF.KL1X
German
source
today
admitted
that
it
was
a
German
submarine
which
topped
the
United
States
liner
Washington
at
dawn
yesterday.
BOMBING
CHUNGKING
CHUNGKING
More
than
100
Japanese
planes,
attacking
in
wares,
started
fires
this
afternoon
in
Chungking.
Heary
casu
alties
are
feared.
The
Soviet
embassy
was
badly
damaged
y:
tcrriay
in
the
heaviest
bombing
year.
HAILE
SELASSIE
READY
LONDON
Emperor
Haile
Selassie
has
offered
the
Allies
to
return
to
his
kingdom
of
Ethiopia
renewed
war
against
Italy.
MEXICAN
FOREIGN
POLICY
MEXICO
CITY
The
Mexican
foreign
minister
officially
announces
the
Mexican
foreign
policy
.14
being
"pro-Ally
and
In
co-operation
with
the
United
State.
ITALY
IS
BOMBED
LONDON
The
Royal
Air
Force
bombed
"certain
military
objectives'
in
northern
Italy
last
nijht,
it
was
announced.
HEINKEL
SHOT
DOWN
LONDON
The
Air
MinMry
announces
that
a
lleinkel
bomber
was
shot
down
by
a
Royal
Air
Force
fighter
off
the
southeast
coast
this
morning.
,
POLISH
SUBMARINE
LOST
t;
LONDON
The
Polish
submarine
Oriel,
which
escaped
internment
at
Tallin,
Esthonia,
last
September
hai
"been:
lost.
It
Is
announced.
SWITZERLAND
BOMBED
s.
-
Tf,
-
-
-GENEVA
The
Swiss
today
counted
four
deadincludlng
two
women,
and
many
injured
in
the
bombings
of
cities
and
vil-lares
by
unidentified
foreign
plane.
At
least
eighteen
were
killed
In
Genera
where
five
bombs
were
dropped
In
the
suburban
district
Unofficial
belief
is
that
the
planes
were
Italian.
,
TAKES
BRITISH
INTERESTS
HOME
The
United
States
will
represent
Great
Britain
In
Italy
following
the
departure
of
the
British
embassy
staff
for
home
following
declaration
of
war.
TURKEY
DELAYS
ACTION
ANKARA
The
Turkish
government
has
decided
to
take
no
immediate
action
as
a
result
of
Italy's
entry
Into
the
war
but
Is
concentrating
on
defence
preparation
informed
sources
said
tonight
ROUMANIAN
SHIPMENTS
OFF
BUCHAREST
All
Roumanian
maritime
traffic
In
the
Black
Sea
and
Mediterranean
has
been
suspended
by
government
order
due
to
"war
conditions."
iMUNITIONS
TO
ALLIES
-
..
,....
,.,.
nniir
profit-!
--
-
......,.-..
less
Deal
Made
Between
j
United
States
Steel
j
and
Government
1
NEW
YORK,
June
12:
(CPi
Agreement
was
announced
last
night
with
the
United
States
gov
ernment
whereby
the
United
States
Steel
Export
Company,
a
subsidiary
of
United
States
Steel,
acquires
$37,600,000
surplus
munitions,
equipment
and
ordnance,
much
of
which
was
made
for
the
last
war-will
be
sold
to
the
Allies.
The
steel
company
Is
to
sell
at
the
same
price
it
pays
to
the
govern
ent,
there-
taken
over
technically
represent
turn-In
on
new
munitions
and
the
general
purpose
Is
to
speed
up
deliveries
to
the
Allies.
Member
Urges
Death
Penalty
For
Sabotage
OTTAWA,
June
12.
The
death
penalty
for
sabotage,
espionage
or
treason
was
urged
In
the
House
of
Commons
today
by
Arthur
Slaght,
Liberal
member
for
Parry
Sound,
Ontario.
News
o
o
o
o
2
of
Chungking
since
May
of
last
to
lead
his
people
in
a
South
Africa
Makes
Attack
On
Abyssinia
PRETORIA,
June
12:
(CP)
The
first
South
African
war
communique
announces
that
South
African
heavy
bombers
yesterday
attacked
military
objectives
in
Abyssinia,
caus-
ing
extensive
damage
to
buildings,
personnel,
roads
and
equipment.
OVER
250
REGISTERED
Prince
Rupert
Men
Turn
Out
to
Volunteer
for
National
Service
Accepting
registrations
for
voluntary
national
service
kept
workers
busy
last
night
at
the
City
Hall
and
Canadian
Legion
rooms
and
well
over
250
have
now
registered.
Tonight
Is
the
last
chance
to
register
at
these
two
places
and
It
Is
confidently
expected
that
large
numbers
will
attend
to
do
so.
Plans
will
be-
announced
In
the
press
covering
the
taking
of
future
registrations
which
will
be
for
a
very
limited
time.
Totalitarian
Sympathizers
In
United
States
Only
Awaiting
Orders
To
March
On
Ontario
TURKEY
TO
DECIDE
Of
NEXT
MOVb
1
Noilmmediate
Entry
Into"
War
Ap-
pears
lo
De
.nucipaiea
ANKARA.
Jurfe
12.
The
Turkish
government
Is
expected
to
make
a
decision
tonight
In
regard
to
Its
course
in
the
war.
Some
newspapers
appeared
today
to
expect
t,ncre
would
be
no
Immediate
entry
W
Turkey
Into
the
war.
Turkey
docs
not
seek
war
but
will
not
fall
to
face
It
with
all
its
resources
if
the
need
arises."
said
one
paper.
ESTHONIAN
y
nn
Tit
Yrrs
01111
SHIP
iLiI-
Hrl
Ve.'l
l
orcrd
To
Yield
Her
Stalls
To
German
Naval
Vessel-
In
Skagerrack
Wirf.Anr'-f1''T,T
ESSJ'ZfTSS
EaJioruan
steamer
Esthonia
bound
f
nn-lind
and
Canada
Ao
Bs-
thonla.
was
halted
by
a
Oerman
day
and
her
malls
removed.
She
was
then
permitted
to
proceed,
f
GERMANS
AT
MARNE
RIVER
Stubborn
Resistance
To
Advance
Still
Maintained
And
Defence
System
Maintained
TOURS.
France,
June
12:
In
the
Vic-sur-Alsne
region
where
the
Oermahs
crossed
the
south
river
bank
and
occupied
a
high
platrab,
another
offenslre
was
unleashed
today.
1he
War
Ministry
Indicated
that
Fret.ch
withdrawals
north
and
northeast
of
Paris
were
counterbalanced
In
the
west
where
the
defences
were
holding
near
said
the
German
advance
-between
Vernon
and
Rouen
had
failed
to
pierce
the
general
defence
system,
The
hih
command
reported
to-
2S?
T
'StS-K
Marne
near
Chateau
Thierry
with,
some
troops
.
ITALIANS
)
OFF
SEAS
One
Vessel
Scuttled
After
Encoun
tering
Australian
Warship
One
Seized
In
India
Others
In
Spain
!
LONDOX,
June
12:
The
Italian
steamer
Romolo,
after
being
Intercepted
in
the
Pacific
Ocean
by
an
Australian
naval
I
vessel
was
scuttled
by
her
crew,
All
the
crew
were
rescued
and
taken
prisoner.
Another
Italian
Steamer,
Col-umblav
has
been
seized
In
an
Indian
port,
Several
other
Italian
vessels,
to
avoid
capture
by
the
Allied
fleets,
have
taken
refuge
In
Spanish
ports,
it
Is
reported.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
NEW
YORK,
June
12:
New
York
copper
price
was
unchanged
to
,07c
higher
today
with,
September
at
10.55C
per
pound.
High
Low
.
Premier
of
Ontario
Rises
From
His
Sickbed
to
Issue
Sen-j
sational
WarnTn
Enemy
Well
grained
and
i
P
y
For
Action
iicedeIS
thizers
in
the
Unit
Waiting
Only
for
01
irdm
-
Egypt
Has
,
Broken
Off
,
With
Italy
4
CAIRO,
June
12
The
Eirptian
government
:
tonight
severed
diplo-
matlc
relations
with
:
Italy
preparatory
to
taking
up
arms
on
the
'
side
of
theAIlies
in
the
cfancebf
relations
was"
3
approved
by
the
Egypt-
fen
Parliament,
t
A
y
PL
I
0
ling
rrenClinien
Nl
Med
To
Move
From
Paris
PARIS.
June
12:
CP
The
mllitarv
eovernor
has
asked
nil
"
young
unmobillzed
Frenchmen
from
the
age
of
seventeen
and
up
to
leave
Paris.
Battle
Of
France
Now
Within
Sight
And
Hearing
Of
Paris-No
Invasion
By
Italy
As
Yet
PRIS.
June
12.
With
the
enemy
only
about
twenty
miles
distant,
the
Battle
of
France
is
now
within
siuht
and
hearing:
of
Paris.
The
capital
and
metropolis
of
France
is
in
readiness
to
repel
a
direct
assault
as
the
Ger-
KSSSf
jSJSS5r
f0rCe
i"tate3t
drive
so
far
Menaced
bv
100
German
divisions
on
the
north
and
eighty
Italian
to
the
east,
the
French
high
command
declared
today
that
"the
entire
sanny
is
Intact
and
in
good
order."
The
situation
was
reported
in
com-
plete
control.
All
movements
were
beine
made
deliberately
and
with.
out
being
hastened
by
the
enemy.
I
ue
Present
vigorous
resistance
-'Generalissimo
Maxlme
Weygand,
it!ev""
evefy
foot
of
ch
soil
was
declared,
was
working
"accord-
ing
to
plan."
Paris
was
but
one
point
of
a
strategic
line
of
defence
and
would
be
treated
accordingly.
French
defenders
were
"fighting
like
demons"
as
the
enemy,
havlne'
thrown
all
his
resources
to
the
last
tank
nnrt
h.
iat
r.
tnt
4,alVeloPed
although
the
Italians
were
.battle.
desDeratelv
fousht
for
speedy
decision
i
bridge
on
the
frontier
today.
There
were
unconfirmed
reports
of
Ital-The
.
Th.fl,i.fnn...,k
Chief
danger
to
the
Allies
ai,.
to-1
lan
warshlps
navln?
passcd
thro
h
pH,Im?h0bSfe,ner5elh
uWaS
fi"the
Dardanelles.
There
were
no
iRhelms.
the
fall
of
which
would
jess
than
eight
Italian
air
raids
on
!
tl
ft
,Ma!!not
Llne
Malta
since
yesterday
but
British
from
the
and
rear
bring
the
enemy
authorities
declared
that
casualties
perilously
close
to
Paris.
.tt..r(,
Utrh
an,
n
t
"f
intense
fury
all
along
the
line
from
the
coast
to
the
Argonne
today.
Even
Instructional
tanks
have
been
rushed
up
by
the
Germans
to
use
In
7:00
Am.
16.9
It.
19:49
pm.
18.9
ft
0:49
a.m.
0.9
ft.
13:05
p.m.
5J
It.
their
"do
or
die"
thrust
for
the
I
across
..tht
fftjulie'r
French
capital.
The
Nazi
hope3lAlDS-
r
,
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the
provincial
r
that
Nazi-Fascist
o
,
.been
organized
and
-
A
across
the
Atlantic"
to
a'U
tack
Ontario.
Premier
Hepburn,
reeuperatii8f
Irom
illness
at
his
home
here,
said
he
considered
the
matter
so
urgent
that
he
had
disregarded
physician's
orders
and
had
issued
a
press
statement
from
his
bedside.
He
said
that
totalitarian
sympathizers
in
the
United
State
were
well
trained
and
equipped
with
arms
for
quick
action.
BOMBING
OF
PARIS
Waves
Of
German
PlanesuCon-tinne
Tq
FlyJTj-
FrenchCTty.
Dropping
Incendiary
Missiles
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Broadcasting
Co.
corres-
pendents
in
Europe
report
that
aves
of
German
bombers
con-
tinue
to
fly
over
Paris
and
part
of
me
cuy
is
suu
ournlng
as
a
re-
suit
of
Incendiary
bombs.
Air
fields
are
among
the
points
around
the
French
capital
which
have
been
struck
by
the
German
bombs.
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PRICES
WINNIPEG.
June
12:
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July
whea
advanced
c
to
75c
nn
rh
Winnie.
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WlirdL
1
1
1
l
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PL
yesterday.
This
morning
futures
at
New
York
went
up
ic
to
&c
with
September
at
83c.
now
aPPear
to
be
that,
if
they
can
"ke
parts
tne
French
resistance
"PS
and
give
the
Germans
tne
breathing
spell
which
they
soon
must
nave-
Howerer,
at
a
Supreme
;Var
Council
meeting
of
the
Allies
"day
there
was
complete
agre-
mel"
lual
'OIa
conlln-
e
ana
me
scene
nave
to
sh,rted
elsewhere.
Germany
will
bf
Permled
no
breathing
spell.
If
b
collaPf.
"
W
be
Hitler
So
Ita,Un
Invaslon
..
exPected
invasion
by
Italy
of
mf
ncn
Riviera
has
not
yet
de-
JrePrted
today
to
have
blown
up
a
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jr
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tlves
were
struck.
Two
Italian
bombers
were,
brought
down
by
British
land
guns.
Crack
French
troops
are
awaltlnz
any
break
of
the
Italian
forces
In
the
Fre"ic