Montreal
Foil
am
Third
.ith
was
embolism
'
a
small
artery
in
the
x
a
clot.
Artificial
res-trie
end
failed.
Lady
r
was
at
His
Excellency's
Wiici
bra
inn
rr.
nn
.yrmng
In
.,,,.n
until
w.
Wednesday
L
when
LS'te
will
be
a
state
funeral.
The
vl
will
bo
held
In
lh
Prre-
lan
Church
In
Ottawa
which
'U
TWPedxmiilr
.11
"iiw.
W
1
he
tnnH.
wW
train.
Partes
nf
ret
pouted
sympathy
and
re
into
Ottawa
and
B'nireal
frnm
n
......
i
.
a
rdio
broadcast
and
Di
ies
owing
Operation
bvernor
(Jcncral
of
Canada
Was
Author,
Soldier
and
Ft
Administrator
Who
leaves
His
Imprint
Behind
MONTREAL,
February
12:
(CP)
Lord
Tweeds-;
.
i.
Atrnor
General
of
Canada,
died
in
Montreal
-
ieal
Institute
at
Royal
Victoria
Hospital
here
at
evening
shortly
after
a
third
delicate
operation
M.riif-1
decompression
sustained
last
Tuesday
when
ne
tf:-rri
a
fainting
spell
and
fell
in
a
bathroom
at
Rideau
T,
id
and
struck
hU
head.
'
!vion
One
oneraUort
statement.
The
Premier
showed
trauri
on
Lh
hmln
obvious
signs
of
being
deeply
mov
-formed"
aT&ftawa
and
'
Bxp-ftwfnf
tfte
sympathy
to
was
transferred
btre
ln
Kln.
Ue
Premier
said:
"No
reatment
He
had
Kln
w
entrusted
duty
to
a
..
.
mir
fntttiflfl
urvont
'
utus
evtr
sine
we
ran
T.rnt
was
stven
intra
Hi
s
tondttion
late
rt
what
appeared
to
be
but
became
more
sert-.nd
the
third
opera
-:
four
hours
was
In
'in:
to
save
his
life
fot-
rMapat
lieutenant
Governor
E.
W.
lum
ber
of
British
Columbia
declared
that
Lord
Tweedsmuir
had
endeared
himself
to
one
and
all.
He
had
the
confidence
and
admiration
of
every
ont.
In
Vwncouvt-r
Hon.
Ian
Mac-
knte
described
Lord
Tweedsmuir
Immediate
as
one
oi
me
greatest
uovernor
Oenerals
In
history,
a
kindly
human
man
and
a
lover
of
his
fellow
man."
The
death
of
the
Governor
Oen-
he
breathed
his
last.'eral
will
cause
the
postponement
u-iJi
ndr
the
or
cancellation
oi
a
numoer
oi
t
Alter
her
husband's
P"
meetings
ana
ramo
oroaa-
I
i-'v
Tweedsmuir
left
the
casts
In
the
federal
election
cam-
with
her
youngest
A,.
v.r
lluchaq.
1
Twi'odsrautr
nr
was.
the
General
since
Confedera
r
.
..
-i
:
Ul.
.
u
u
iii-Afc
tun
uu,
iivr
iwu
Hiat
he
did
not
Intend
to.
-
m
the
office.
He
saw
Can-
c.'
from
the
depression
and
:
"o
war.
HU
last
lmport-.v
the
dissolving
of
Par-
n
January
25
and
the
ls-f
the
proclamation
calling
.)
flection.
man
Duff,
Chief
Justice
of
will
assume
administrative
t
'hr
Oovernor
General's
of-
dina
the
annolntment
of
n
to
Lord
Tweedsmuir.
Seven
Hay's
Mourning
p
will
be
public
mourning
V'
u
davs
in
Canada
fnr
th(
son,
'
psnn.
ocverai
cuuuit
uiuiuku
are
returning
to
Ottawa
from
their
-..
,
nun
va
wiicic
uj
"-
miuiv4iv-IliSkl
.
..
,
,
,
r-
t
r
Co
me
campaign,
nou.
m.
u.
Manlon.
leader
of
the
Conservative
Normally
Jita
term
wuld
P0"0"'
'VaU
A.A
.....
-11
V.-.
UA
IMMH
VU
u"'
to
re-
Distinguished
Career
Author,
soldier
and
Lord
Tweedsmuir
came
to
be
one
of
those
figures
who
leave
up
on
an
age
the
definite
Imprint
of
their
work.
A
life
characterizes
Dy
great
industry
was
crowned
by
high
achievement
all
the
higher
when
one
takes
Into
full
account
uv
obscurity
of
his
origin.
an
horn
a
Scotsman,
reared
friend
as
saying:
NEW
KEI)
DRIVE
HELSINGFORS
Dissatisfied
with
the
progress
of
the
campaign
to
date,
Dictator
Joseph
Stalin
and
Premier-Foreign
Commissar
V.
SI.
Molotov
of
Itussla
are
said
to
have
ordered
the
new
general
in
command
of
the
Soviet
armies
in
Finland
to
end
the
war
victoriously
as
soon
as
possible,
no
matter
what
the
cost
in
man
power
may
be.
A
knock-out
blow
may
be
essayed
this
week
with
the
use
of
the
finest
Soviet
forces
from
.Moscow
and
Odessa.
The
Russian
high
command
is
said
to
fear
that
its
mechanized
equipment
may
become
stalled
in
the
heavy
snows
that
usually
come
to
Finland
towards
the
end
of
February
so
wishes
to
have
a
showdown
without
further
delay.
A
Finnish
communique
today
stated
that
1080
Russians
had
been
killed
on
all
fronts
during
the
last
twenty-four
hours
with
seventy-three
tanks
destroyed.
Thh
would
bring
the
total
Russian
dead
during
the
last
ten
days'
fighting
to
16,080,
over
9,000
being
in
the
Summa
sector.
The
Finns
deny
a
Russian
claim
of
capturing
sixteen
forts
on
Manncrhelm
Line.
MORE
SIMPS
SUNK
AMSTERDAM
The
Holland-Amerika
Line
announces
that
the
Netherlands
steamship
Rurgerdi-jk
was
torpedoed
and
sunk
by
a
German
U-boat,
Crew
and
pas-sangers
were
rescued.
The
9900-ton
Norwegian
steamer
Gallian
was
badly
damaged
in
striking
a
mine
off
the
southeast
coast
of
England,
An
English
town
was
severely
shaken
by
the
tremendous
blast.
All
on
board
were
rescued.
Other
ships
were
at-
I
tacked
by
aircraft
but
were
not,
sunk.
i
BALKANS
ARMING
BUCHAREST
All
Balkan
na-
,
tions
are
getting
themselves
on
'
war
footing
in
readiness
for
the
to
engage
In
a
great
deal
of
entertainment
at
Government
House.
he
once
confided.
"But
the
Governor
General
"
Dies
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
....
4:06
am.
19.8
ft.
16:19
pjn.
17.9
It.
Low
.
10:31
a.m.
6.6
ft.
22:30
pjn.
65
ft.
ITHERN
AND
UENTKAL
UIUTIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEW'JrAPEK
Vol.
XXIX..
Nt
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
12,
1940.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
LOUD
TWEEDSMIIR
ord
Tweedsmuir
War
K
v
DALADIER
ENDORSED
French
Chamber
of
Deputies
Accords
Unanimous
Vote
of
jConfidence
PARIS,
Feb.
12.
The
French
Chamber
of
Deputies,
after
a
tvo-day
secret
session,
unanimously
voted
confidence
In
Premier
Ed-ouard
Daladler
by
535
to
0.
Thus
Daladier
is
given
a
clear
mandate
to
continue
his
wartime
dictatorial
'policies
In
military
and
diplomatic
matters.
It
Is
taken
as
an
endor-satlon
of
the
waiting
policy
on
the
Western
Front,
growing
aid
to
Finland
and
deterioration
of
relations
with
Russia,
the
co-operation
with
Great
Britain
on
Balkan
matters
and
the
friendly
contact
with
Italy.
Eleven
Communists
were
absent
when
the
vote
was
taken.
spring.
All
conscripts
are
being
called
to
the
colors;
Roumania
has
called
out
200,0(10
additional
reservists
as
her
answer
to
Germany's
demand
for
more
economic
support.
Germany
and
Russia
are
reported
to
have
concluded
a
deal
for
heavy
fortifications
in
the
Black
Sea,
evidently
with
the
intention
of
forcing
Roumania
into
subservient
neutrality.
NAZI
TERRORISM
PARIS
The
Polish
government
makes
further
charges
of
terrorism
among
Poles
in
Nazi-occupied
Poland.
Two
hundred
Poles,
prisoners
of
war,
were'
allowed
to
freeze
to
death.
Many
have
gone
insane.
ON
WESTERN
FRONT
PARIS
A
new
cold
wave
held
down
action
on
the
Western
Front
today
to
local
patrol
ad
artillery
activity,
deferring
anyVspring
offensive
for
a
while
longer.
Two
hundred
Germans
were
repulsed
in
an
attack
Saturday,
some
of
the
Nazi
dead
being
left
hanging
on
barber
wire
entanglements.
tivlty
by
extended
and
unorthodox
while
two
years
later
he
was
ad-travel.
Less
than
three
months
af-jmltted
to
the
English
bar
In
the
tr
hU
arrival
In
Canada,
In
mid-
Middle
Temple,
winter,
he
visited
mining
areas
in!
He
was
destined,
however,
to
Northern
Ontario
and
Quebec.
The
j
acquire
fame
in
a
sphere
other
summer
of
1937
found
him
on
ths
than
law.
He
had
already
publlsh-Arctlc
rim,
questioning
Eskimos.,
ed
some
works
while
at
Oxford,
learning
from
the
filers
who
pilot-'and
he
enjoyed
a
certain
promln-ed
him
north.
He
also
visited
theence
as
an
earnest
and
thoughtful
Pacific
Coast
on
that
occasion
scholar.
However,
prospects
open-Including
Tweedsmuir
Park,
Bella
ed
up
before
him
of
service
in
Coola
district
and
Prince
Rupert,
another
capacity
and
In
August,
'No
doubt
it
is
necessary
for
me
;
1921.
he
went
to
South
Africa,
as
secretary
to
Lord
Milner.
He
was
associated
with
that
great
pro-consul
of
Empire
during
prospect
of
entertaining
repeat-'the
difficult
years
following
the!
edly
people
whom
I
have
met
j
Boer
War
and
returned
to
England
ilm.
nnH
llm
nirnln
l
mnslrtpr-,
enriched
bv
his
exneripnrp
Rut!
U.V
HIIU
..w
O
"
,
1
ably
less
attractive
than
the
pros-;
he
had
abandoned
his
desire
for
pect
of
getting
around
the
country
and
meeting
the
people
who
are
working
to
build
up
Canada
among
the
rolling
hills,
the
gorsc-
an,
later
to
become
Lord
Tweeas-grown
moors
and
quiet,
fertile
(mulr
or
Elsfleld,
was
born.
His
valleys
of
the
Scottish
Borderland,
childhood
was
spent
on
the
Bor-
inrH
Tn,..j....
in.
fnihrr
rtev.
John
Masicnon
mcr,
wnere
nc
imoiuvu
i.iai.
ioc
n
wmb
moedT
from1
was
mlnUUr
of
the
Freeof
nature
which
was
to
express
tay
fnreal
t
Ottawa
wSr?
thev
I
Church
at
Broughton
Oreen,
hi
Itself
in
his
subsequent
writings
m
itn
ln
.....
7
"
'.:
n..kiM..hirv-i
tittle
village
pas-.ana
wnere
nis
romanuc
imagin
.
ail
m
i
i
nim
i
l
t
nrn
nu
Ail.
uii
ju.ni
i
-
"
-u.:im
in
n
rnuntrv
whose
history
aUon
was
red
by
teemed
with
theological
tradition.
Lord
Twecdsmulr's
sister,
Anna
nnntxrt
SL
famlW
eminence
In
law
and,
on
the
promptings
of
an
Oxford
friend,
Thomas
A.
Nelson,
he
Joined
the
"I
want
to
meet
the
western
puousning
nrm
or
Thomas
Nelson
farmers,
the
miners
of
the
north,
and
Son,
London.
recoanlied
early
in
his
career
as
'the
ordinary
citizens
of
both
races,!
Ts
was
his
real
metier.
Instal-
and
of
all
creeds."
He
was
noti'ea
m
me
active
management
of
long
In
putting
this
program
Into
the
company
he
was
responsible
operation
and
the
outposts
of
Ca-for
many
of
Its
successes
while
at
nada
soon
knew
him
the
first
the
same
time
he
continued
to
governor-general
whose
distinction
(write
books.
Biographies,
novels,
was
based
chiefly
upon
literary
,
history
poured
from
his
tireless
achievement.
Pe
an
dthe
outbreak
of
the
Wealth
of
Spirit
Great
War
did
not
do
more
than
On
August
26,
1875,
John
Buch-.
Interrupt
his
work
temporarily.
the
legends
and
Work
Extended
Liaison
officer
between
'rimc
miT,
.
.....
S
"
Surr,
t
things
and
the
W
and.
nubile
life
also
bck-
,hot
with
the
First
Canadla
Canadian
fVn,,,
"'"in
uyon
sumcv
.
l.u..u,..,
-----
Dareliei
0ned
hint,
in
1899
ne
was
ejected
ston,
oecnmes
uic
seeoud
'tux
t"Ji
ursncon
ni
inr
nnnn
a
rnni
it-i
i
!!
-
..
i.i
j
ttu
rrs...
..
j
t,v,..r
-
......
i
np-
nrestaeni
oi
a
press
and
make
possible
nis
-
-
British
General
Headquarters
and
later
director
of
Information
for
the
British
government,
he
brought
to
his
duties
all
the
Indefatigable
enthusiasm
with
which
he
entered
all
his
activities.
His
business
con-
the
ancient
glories
of
the
ertswhlle
nectlon
tontlnued
throughout
and
Debatable
Land.
he
enlarged
Its
scope.
He
pursued
The
Buchans
were
not
rich
nis
course
In
the
field
or
writing,
m
their
vehis:
!
Church
minister
endowed
his
son
He
was
married,
In
1907,
to
Susan
I
III
vm...
.
I
...
....
......
hi.
a
nk..uil.
j
li.
-
.-
I
itnin
tr...
.
n,
..,,,.,
rnnsstcncy.'Wltn
an
lniCIieciuai
weaun
ana
uiiiunouc.
Hwugmer
oi
ine
laie
id
naw
n.
,
el
,i
'
.
'hi.
i
fT
"
..m
rimvp
him
to
pro-
capacity
for
study
which
laid
tne'Hon.
Norman
arosvenor.
herself
J'
.
"
CX,rVlMl
,
Sf
Si
of
hls
ruture
succesa
wltcr
of
considerable
charm.
CT"Un.
JK.
''or
"Sr'dlverslty
With
thea.d
of
bursaries,
the
Four
chUdren
were
born,
three
mi,,.,,."
.
-,"
-
-
--
,,,
nefore
he
vouth
cnterca
ana
mamiainea
sons
ana
one
aaugnier.
numeral
oar
or
to
station
and
sustained
quality.
"5e"c
:,....-,,
tti.,-..u.,
r
wiin.m
t...u.
p;'cta
will
be
placed
In
became
Rove
nor-general
or
c
H
ln
ffiarrled
and
llm
in
En
land
nada
in
33
ne
naa
.
j
several
including
does
a
married
daughter.
Lieut,
ly
60
volumes
ra
ngl
ng
Jm
1
Uewdlgate
Prlze
m
English'
Allstalr
Buchan
Is
with
an
Otta-
KilJiin.a
ll.
.
vprse.
,
wa
Kecimeni.
jonn
Buchan.
a
ti
I
a
ftref
nlrrnrtlnn
Ti'fl
.
tntL'iirH
llnirrtinnf
nn
staff
rtnfv
of
AMapJ
the
Oxford
Union
.Tweedsmuir.
I
Dlvl
Baron
Thirty
Thousand
Anzacs
Are
Landed
At
Suez
For
War
Service
Of
Allies
SUEZ,
Egypt,
February
12:
(CP)
Allied
forces
in
the
Near
East
have
been
joined
by
one
of
the
greatest
armies
ever
transported
by
sea.
They
were
the
New
Zealanders
and
Australians
to
the
number
of
about
thirty
thousand
men
who
were
landed
here
today.
Rt.
Hon.
Anthony
Eden,
Secretary
for
the
Dominions,
was
here
to
meet
the
troops
at
the
end
of
their
ten
thousand
mile
voyage.
All
were
volunteers.
Reuters
said
that
the
great
armada
of
transports
and
British
warships
were
anchored
as
far
as
the
eye
could
see.
Later
they
were
disembarked
and
made
camp
at
the
edge
of
the
desert.
Their
addition
to
the
already
heavy
concentrations
of
Allied
troops
in
the
Near
East
increased
the
belief
here
that
a
new
war
front
would
be
opened
in
the
spring
in
the
Balkans
or
the
Caucasus.
foreign
military
observers
said
that
British
and
French
forces
in
the
Near
East
now
total
at
570,000
men.
TO
CLEAN
OUT
REDS
Sweden
Expected
to
Outlaw
Communists
for
Subversive
Activities
!
STOCKHOLM.
Feb.
12.
The
ex-i
pectation
here
is
that
the
Swedish
;
government
will
outlaw
the
Com-!
munUt
party
In
this
country.
There
Is
tald
to
be
an
underground
spy
system
working
throughout
the
country
on
behalf
of
Soviet
Russia,
i
The
hotbed
Is
believed
to
be
the
city
'of
"Oothenbergj
-Large
sums-
of
money
have
been
sent
by
Russia
to
finance
the
communist
activities
including
the
sabotage
of
goods
des-!
tlned
for
Finland.
TODAY'S
lOourvwf
S
n
STOCKS
Inhncton
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
,09i.
Bralorne.
10.60.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.50.
Dentonia,
.0UV.'
Falrview.
.OlVi.
Gold
Belt.
.25.
Hedley
Mascot,
.51.
Mlnto,
.01?i.
Noble
Five.
.01
'2.
Pend
Oreille,
1.80.
Pioneer.
2.10.
Premier,
1.33.
Privateer.
.65.
Reno,
21.
Relief
Arlington,
.UY2.
Salmon
Gold,
.02i.
Sheep
Creek,
1.15.
Cariboo
Hudson.
.04
Vi.
Oils,
A.
P.
Con.,
18.
Calmont,
.39.
C.
&
E.,
2.00.
Freehold,
.02.
Home.
2.78.
'
Pacalta.
.05.
Royal
Can.,
.18
ii.
Okalta,
1.10.
Mercury,
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.31.
Beattie,
1.12.
Central
Pat,
2.37.
Con.
Smelters,
45.50.
East
Malartlc,
3.90.
Fernland,
MY.
Francoeur,
.50.
Gods
Lake,
.55Vi.
Hardrock,
1.19.
Int.
Nickel,
.444.
Kerr
Addison.
2.4?.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.25.
Madsen
Red
Lake.
.48.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.37.
Moneta,
.72.
Noranda.
74.50.
Pickle
Crow,
3.95.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.08.
San
Antonio,
2.40.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.99.
Stadacona,
.08.
Uchl,
.85.
Bouscadillac,
Mt.
Mosher,
.08,
Oklend,
.10.
.
Smelters
Gold,
.OOV
Dominion
Bridge,
38.00,
Bulletins
THREE
YEARS
IN
PEN
Edward
Brown
was
sentenced
to
three
years'
imprisonment
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
this
morning
for
shooting
with
intent
to
cause
grievous
bodily
injury
to
Earl
Brochu
on
a
trapline
near
Mile
21.
VOTING
AT
MOOSE
HALL
All
cVlian
voters
within
the
city
limits
of
Prince
Rupert
will
ai
the
Moose
Hall
in
the
forthcoming
federal
election,
It
was
announced,
toiay.
There
will
also
be
polls
at
Digby
Island
and
Galloway
Rapids.
There
will
be
Royal
Forces
polls
conducted
separately
for
soldiers
and
sailors
on
active
service.
There
will
be
over
3500
voters
in
Prince
Rupert
city
this
election
as
compared
with
3222
in
1935
SHIPBUILDING
CONTRACTS
OTTAWA
Letting
of
contracts
for
anti-submarine
craft
of
the
.whale-catcher
type
to
British
Co-llumbia
yards
is
expected
to
be
made
within
the
next
few
days.
The
work
will
be
worth
$6,000,000
but
the
orders
have
not
yet
been
definitely
awarded.
j
IMPORTANT
PACTS
!
'
LONDON
Signing
of
a
new
!
trade
treaty
between
Italy
and
I
Turkey
was
announced
today.
Great
political
significance
is
at
tached
to
the
treaty
as
lining
up
Italy
with
Great
Britain
and
France
in
the
establishing
of
Turkish
economy
tt
the
expense
of
Germany.
At
the
same
time
a
new
trade
treaty
between
Great
Britain
and
Turkey
was
ennounc-ed
today,
going
into
force
February
19
for
one
year
and
for
successive
annual
periods
unless
abrogated.
DISORDERS
IN
IRELAND
DUBLIN
There
were
disorders,
some
rather
serious,
in
Dublin,
Cork,
Armagh,
County
Down
and
elsewhere
as
police
battled
at
the
week-end
with
Irish
Republican
Army
demonstrators
who
assembled
in
spite
of
a
decree
forbidding
them
to
foregather.
.Many
were
injured
and
several
arrests
made.
IN
ALBANY,
GEORGIA
ALBANY,
Georgia
The
latest
estimate
following
the
tornado
here
at
the
week-end
is
seventeen
dead,
hundreds
injured,
millions
of
dollars
damage
and
1500
homeless.
The
dead
include
one
white
and
the
rest
negroes.
From
five
to
seven
hundred
homes
were
destroyed.
(Mrs.
Georgia
Sumter,
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Eckerman
of
this
city,
resides
in
Albany.
She
wires
her
parents
of
her
safety.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Eckerman
recently
spent
a
year
or
so
in
Albany.)
Weather
Forecast
Prince,
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
southeast
mucn
cnange
in
temperatures,
j
BIG
ORDERS
FOR
RANES
Official
Announcement
Made
Concerning
Canadian
Contracts
'
Reported
Last
Week
OTTAWA,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
Confirming
rumors
that
had
been
heard
a
few
days
ago,
the
British
High
Commissioner's
office
here
Saturday
announced
that
Oreat
Britain
had
placed
a
new
order
for
military
planes
valued
at
about
$30,000,000
with
the
Canadian
Associated
Aircraft.
WAR
COURSE
WILLALTER
Sir
Kingsley
Wood
Advises
Britons.
To
Be
Prepared
r.usso-German
Relations
Uncertain
Air
Force
Superior
BRISTOL,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
There
are
stirring
times
and
new
perils
ahead,
declared
Sir
Kingsley
Wood,
Secretary
of
State
for
Air,
ln
speak
ing
nere.
Britons
snould
not
be
deceived
by
the
present
course
of
the
war.
It
might
soon
change.
The
Secretary
ror
Air
paid
tribute
to
the
air
services
ror
the
part
they
had
so
far
played
in
the
war,
having
withstood
the
test
of
both
battle
and
storm.
Far
more
German
planes
had
been
brought
down
than
the
British
had
lost.
Sir
Kingsley
announced
that
further
contracts
worth
6,000,000
would
be
placed
In
Canada
for
construction
of
aircraft
of
the
latest
type.
Kingsley
Wood,
Secretary
of
State
ror
Air,
said
Saturday
that
terms
of
the
Russo-German
pact
were
unknown
outside
of
the
Kremi
lln
and
inner
Nazi
circles
but
were
"an
uncertain
and
doubtftiTpargaln
compelling
cause
for
uneasiness
ln
Germany."
Nazi
Submarine
Claims
Big
Toll
Reports
Having
Sunk
38.000
Tons
of
Shipping
in
Single
Voyage
BERLIN.
Feb.
12.
A
German
submarine
has
returned
to
port
with
the
claim
that
it
sank
during
the
voyage
38,000
tons
of
Allied
shipping.
PROTEST
IS
MADE
Sweden
Formally
Objects
to
ing
of
Ice
Breaker
by
Russia
STOCKHOLM,
Feb.
12.
A
sharp
'
protest
has
been
sent
to
Moscow
by
the
Swedish
government
over
the
sinking
of
a
Swedish
ice
breaker
Virgo
by
Russian
warplanes
in
the
Gull
or
Bothnia
while
it
was
engaged
ln
convoying
three
ships
rrom.
'
Sweden
to
Finland.
iTWO
SHIPS
IN
IMPACT
Jt4
south
gales
with
rain
and
notl0ccurred
British
Vessels
Collide
Near
Hall-fax
While
Running
Without
Lights
Three
Seamen
Injured
HALIFAX,
Feb.
12:
(CP)
Three
members
of
the
crew
of
the.
British
freighter
Comedian
are
In
hospital
here
arter
a
collision
eight
miles
o
the
Halirax
pilot
station
during
Saturday
night
with
another
British
rrelghter,
Koranton.
All
the
Injured
men
were
rrom
Liverpool
and
the
con
dition
of
one,
Edward
Lanlgan,
Is
stated
to
be
serious.
1
The
Comedian,
listing
badly,
was
towed
here.
She
has
a
gaping
hole
amtdsnips.
The
Koranton
also
returned
here.
1
v
The
vessels
were,
both
proceeding
without
light
when
the
collision
1
4'
'
1.
.
i
1
t
1
jr.