Spurned
By
Labor
Chieftains;
Liberals
Take
Same
Attitude
Minister
is
Agreeable
to
Making
Sweeping
.Minis-
PPpMIftft
try
Changes
Hut
Does
Not
Intend
to
Step
1
IVLiITlilHV
iy
Tourists
ling
North
la
'
-
pay
Down
Himself
ON
DON,
May
U:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville
ibcrSain
attempted
to
form
a
coalition
government
t-
own
leadership
todav
but.
annarentlv.
failed.
v.a.
reported
auinoruaiiveiy
mai
Element
iuiee,
pfujcniatlves
of
the
k
uld
not
enter
a
gov-wiuch
he
(
Chamber
-
r-ood
that
Opposition
t
rd
the
same
attitude.
:
irs
report
that
Cham-
agreed
to
make
sweep-
hangej
but
has
a
ban-.
ate
action
over
his
in
uuieas
he
is
forced
Y
WILL
m
OVER
O0ADS
1f
That
Some
Move
Rannrd
In
Ocrmany
Ow
Whitsuntide
Ittt.
May
9:
(CP)
It
h
V
reported
that
Ihe
Oer-
K-r
t;
taklnc
command
irvi
rallroailt
orrr
e"k
end.
Fir
days
FZ
i
has
been
ursine
(ier-
la
travel
over
the
M!!de
holiday.
Now
pla-
Ue
been
pnttcd
saying
phi
schedules
cannot
be
Alaska
tourist
by
the
number
of
bie
to
handle
It.
This
'
ad
statement
Is
rc-P'fr
Lakle.
C.
N.
TX.
'H;ht
and
passenger,
f
"turned
to
the
city)
ii
ii
trip
io
vancou-i
ii.j..
;
.
i
iiiisKn
ooau
arc
al-
b'
l
up
almost
complctc-
"
wr
Ukle.
J
t
:unst
traffic
on
the
lo-between
Vancouver
and
Rupert
and
ver
the
railway
;
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
'
nlsO
rnnlpmnlninrl
,ni
Pe
Dado
Is
ked
To
Meet
e
Pancho
1
ANdRCO.
Mav
0
.
I.HMn
Prnizcd
as
the
world's
fly-
!r
a
(in
f
bout
on
"vinimmm
Jutic
24
111
a"V:rn
...tit.
tut
a
AnBele:
It
is
flnnn,.ni.r.ri
More
Men
Called
Up
In
Britain
LONDON.
May
9:
CP
King
George
signed
a
procla-
CONTROL
-
j
malum
at
uuckingnam
raiace
today
making
men
from
twenty
-seven
to
thlrty-slx
year
of
age
liable
for
military
service,
bringing
the
total
of
those
sub
I
ret
to
call
un
to
an
eftlnfated
2506.000
me.
A
further
two
million
had
al-
ready
been
called
from
men
between
nineteen
and
twenty
seven
years
of
age
BUSINESS
Two
Rills
in
Connection
With
Oil
I
Industry
Introduced
at
Special
Session
of
Legislature
TO
STAY
AT
HELM:
.
trader,
and
Arthur
Greenwood,
deputy
leader,
told
pr(ee.n!
I"?l,"l,,n
Is
That
cha"-,
rx;r
Minister
in
a
conference
at
No.
10
Downing
Quietly
Adjourns
LONDON,
May
9:
CP
With
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
Indicating
that
it
was
his
de
cision
to
remain
in
office
as
leader
Commons,
after
a
period
following
two
stormy
days
of
debate
over
the
Norwegian
campaign
which
culminated
In
last
night's
division
sustaining
the
government
by
a
narrow
margin
of
eighty-one
votes,
adjourned
today
until
May
21
for
the
Whitsuntide
holiday.
The
government
reiter
ated
its
willingness
to
have
Par
ha
ment
called
back
immediately
In
;
'
i
u..
it..
lau
nloht
nn
th
tprhnlral
mntlnn
I
oi
uie
government,
the
House
of
hu
Chamberlain
said
there
would
be
the
opportunity
afler
May
21
to
dls-
cuss
the
war.
!
It
U
considered
possible
that)
Prime
Minister
Chamberlain
mnv
'
submit
a
technical
resignation
on:
the
understanding
that
he
would
.
Immediately
be
called
back
as
head
of
the
government.
Such
a
step
would
lead
to
a
reconstruction
of
the
cabinet
to
meet
the
demand
for
a
more
aggressive
war
effort.
The
Prime
Minister,
before
the
session
opened
today,
gave
up
his'
customary
morning
walk
In
favor
of
a
conference
with
Foreign
Secretary
Viscount
Halifax
whose
name
mm
quarter!
It
is
VICTORIA.
May
9:
(CP)-Under
as
well
as
that
of
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
0
many
1
ready
to
two
bills
Introduced
at
the
special
Churchill
as
been
menUoned
as
a
iv
whenever
and
sttsion
of
the
Legislature
which
possible
successor
In
the
Prime
Allies
may
deckle
to
opened
yeatcrday
Ihe
government
Ministership.
is
permitted
to
enter
the
gasoline
As
Mr.
Chamberlain
entered
the
y.iale
summoning
distributing
business
and
to
seize
House
he
was
cheered
fcy
govern-ruiors.
the
property
of
any
one
In
the
oil
ment
supporters.
Labor
members
i
nis
in
Oreat
Bri-
Industry
who
refuses
or
falls
to
pro-.refrained
from
any
demonstrations
"i
m
Berlin
to
pre-
vide
an
adequate
supply
of
any
pe-
of
their
feelings,
rnnvi.
hv
Mi
Aiiw
'
irniiim
nroduct
to
the
nubile
at
a
After
the
vote
had
been
taken
I
pnet
JlAfU
uy
wic
u
vvitvivi
-
-
...-..,
1
board.
which
the
Prime
Minister
had
The
first
bill
was
Introduced
by
a8"d
ne
would
regard
as
a
lack
the
Premier
who
described
as
"In-
confidence
vote,
there
were
tolerable"
action
of
oil
companies
houU
from
the
Opposition
benches
In
suspending
deliveries
last
month
or
-uesigni
uovernment
support
..ik..
ti..
n..i,nt
n
thru
nl
rur
ris
tmcifu
unu
iiuic
uriianuia
i
lamci
uidii
autft
......
,
...
,
...
.
.
Innswpr
.p-oiinn
nrw
rut
,
was
sung.
as
me
rrime
Minister.--"
.
Tne
seizure
Dili
Death
Penalty
For
Subversion
4
Wet
Coast
of
Vancouver
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southeast
winds,
part
c'.oudy
and
mild
with
showers.
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AND
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NEWSPAPER
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RUPERT,
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THURSDAY,
MAY
9,
1910.
PRICE:
ft
CENTS
ails
To
Form
Coalition
Gov't
Overtures
Or
Chamberlain
Are
i:
LONDON.
May
9:
4
CP)
Death
penalty
for
"grave
cases
of
espionage
and
sabot-
aee"
Is
orovlded
for
in
a
series
pf
measures
presented
to
the
House
of
Commons
to-
day
by
the
Home
Secretary.
Sir
John
Anderson,
who
said
that
steps
were
urgently
re-
quired
to
combat
"fifth
col-
umn"
activities
and
subversive
propaganda.
Four
amend-
ments
werT
presented
to
strengthen
the
hands
-cf
the
authorities
aealnst
treacherv
from
within.
W.flipr
Forecast
General
8yno-ls
The
pressure
raw'ns
low
off
the
British
Colum-
quiet
question
mild
and
unvltlrrl
Jn
all
Aaet
NO
MARTIAL
LAW
AS
YET
Reports
in
Regard
to
Turkey
Are
Officially
Denied
by
Government
ANKARA,
May
9.
The
Turkish
government
officially
denies
reports
emanating
from
German
sources
that
martial
law
has
been
declared
in
Turkey.
Authority
has
beta
iv-en
for
a
state
cf
siege
In
ve
of
uie
International
sUtuta
tut
it
nxi-not
as
yet
been
put
Into
force.
Mother
Widow
Has
Triplets
BLACKBURN,
England.
May
9:
(CP)
Mrs.
Edith
Reay,
36.
who
has
given
birth
to
triplets,
two
girls
and
a
boy.
now
has
12
children,
including
twins.
Her
eldest
child
is
16.
The
triplets,
are
healthy
and
the
mother
is
making
good
progress.
Her
husband,
John
William
Reay,
who
Joined
the
Auxiliary
Military
Pioneer
Corps
after
the
outbreak
of
war.
died
six
weeks
ago
when
home
on
leave.
MR.
JUSTICE
MANSON
SEES
DEMOCRACY
IN
DANGER
BY
Sfif4fi','i?TiDi:
a
nrc
a-ttp-
Tcumcwrire
members
of
the
government1
tltude
would
depend
upon
clrcum-.A
Invasion
giving
the
gov-'anl
stealthy
has
been
going
Prince
Rupert
,,
nnm
similar
to
those
will
be
limited
In
provided
for
in
the
public
utilities
ot
act,
was
Introduced
by
the
Attorn
cy
General,
Hon.
Oordon
Wlsruer.
REPORT
IS
NOT
TRUE
walked
out.
there
were
further
Resign
"
"Go
"
Final
speaker
for
the
government
before
the
vote
was
taken
yesterday
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Wln-'ston
Churchill
admitted
that
deficiency
in
the
air
would
prevent
I
the
Allies
from
taking
any
Initiative
I
in
the
meantime.
Tills
condition
might
last
for
some
Ume.
He
denied
that
the
administration
had
i
overridden
experts
of
the
navy
In
Washington
Denies
Peace
Plan
Was
regard
to
the
campaign
against
Presented
to
Mussolini
Who
Trondhelm.
All
had
been
agreed
Turned
it
Down
on
the
Indirect
rather
than
the
dl-
.
rect
attack.
He
took
full
share
of
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
May
9.
It
i
personal
responsibility,
however,
was
officially
denied
today
that
I
Press
Wants
Change
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
had
I
The
press
appears
to
be
agreed
submitted
a
European
peace
plan
to
that
reorganization
of
the
war
cab-Prcmler
Benito
Mussolini
of
Italy
'lnct
Is
necessary.
The
Times
de-and
that
It
had
been
flatly
reject-!
plored
that
the
Labor
party
should
ed
by
II
Duce.
Tomorrow
night
the
have
forced
the
division
on
Parlla-Presldent
will
make
a
speech
which!
ment.
This,
It
claims,
had
not
been
jmay
reveal
something
of
Import-
the
most
efficacious
way
of
obtam-
ance
in
regard
to
United
States
;ing
"ircncnani
reorganization
w
foreign
policy.
,
;
thc
government
which
it
agreed
was
1
necessary.
The
Herald
said
that
the
Ni:W
YORK
WHKAT
I
Norwegian
campaigln
had
but
"capped
a
mountain
of
errors"
and
NEW
YORK,
May
0:
(CP)
-
Wheat
futures
were
ac
to
,c
low-1
Joined
In
the
appeal
for
a
reorgan-er
on
the
New
York
market
today
.
nation
of
the
cabinet
with
new
with
blood-
The
News-Chronlcle
assert-
September
at
$1.04',.
Real
Principles
Should
Not
He
Lost
Skht
of
in
Changing
Age
Supremacy
of
Parliament
and
Rule
of
Law
"First
we
must
fight
to
win
the
present
war
but
later
we
may
have
to
fight
again
to
preserve
in
our
own
country
the
principles
of
democracy
for
which
not
a
little
blood
has-been
shed
in
the
past
but
against
which
a
stealthy
invasion
has
been
going
on
even
in
our
own
country,"
de-Iclared
Mr.
Justice
A.
M.
Manson
in
an
address
before
the
....
i
.1.
prince
Club
-.
.--
Rupert
Gyro
yesterday
HUNGARY
EVASIVE
Does
Not
Give
Great
Britain
Direct
Answer
In
Regard
To
Moving
Nail
Troops
BUDAPEST,
May
9:
(CP)
Great
Britain
Is
reported
in
diplomatic
quarters
to
have
asked
the
Hungarian
government
to
state
its
attitude
toward
any
German
move
BLOCKADE
GREEK
COAST
ATHENS
British
submarines
are
reported
to
have
established
a
blockade
In
the
Aesean
Sea
off
the
Greek
coast.
ed
that
the
vote
Indicated
the
government
commanded
the
confidence
neither
of
Parliament
or
the
country.
While
the
vote
was
In
Its
favor,
everybody
knew
It
was
not
really
a
victory
for
the
government,
the
Manchester
Guardian
declared.
Labor
members
In
the
corridors
felt
it
was
a
moral
defeat
for
the
government,
particularly
the
Prime
Minister.
A
general
feeling
appears
to
be
that
Mr.
Chamberlain
will
eventually
be
forced
to
resign
and
that
a
new
national
government,
Including
Laborltes
and
Opposition
Liberal
representation,
will
be
formed.
One
hundred
and
fifty-one
Conservatives
did
not
vote
In
yesterday's
division.
Many
of
these
were
away
on
military
service.-
Others
abstained
from
Voting.
on
the
subject
of
"The
Supremacy
of
Parliament
and
the
Rule
of
the
Law."
Society
today
has
been
geared
to
a
new
high.
Judge
Manson
said,
a
high
far
beyond
anything
contemplated
a
century
ago.
The
result
had
been
social,
political
and
economic
Jitters
a
splendid
foundation
for
a'general
breakdown.
Two
concrete
results
had
emerged.
A
"take
a
chance
age"
had
developed
and
traditions
were
being
thrown
In
the
waste
paper
basket.
Democracy
was
old
enough
to
have
become
a
tradition.
"We
are
In
the
midst
of
a
war
to
maintain
to
send
troops
through
Hungary,
democracy
but
are
we
sure
that
'
we
Informants
said
that
Premier
knft
what
.
M,.
RMEu-tttek
had.
reI.us5la
MWiWi
saying
maw
ls
stronff
PvWpnr(
,hat.
W.B
rf
nnf
jon
and
we
seem
content
to
let
it'
(continue.
I
"One
might
give
many
definitions
of
democracy.
From
a
political1
standpoint
it
suffices
to
say
that
It
'
means
the
erection
of
a
state
which
will
maintain
and
preserve
the
liberties
of
the
individual
liberty
or
religion,
of
thought,
of
speech,
of
the
press.
That
involves
the
maintenance
of
Justice
a
state
to
serve'
the
people
as
distinguished
from
a!
'
state
that
rules
and
regiments
and
where
the
people
serve
the
state."
British
Democracy
J
Judge
Manson
traced
the
evolu-l
Uon
of
British
democracy
through
the
centuries.
First
there
had
been
'
the
King
in
his
courts
of
Justice,
second,
the
King
In
council
and
third
the
King
In
Parliament.
Under
the
modern
democraUc
system
It
was
for
the
legislative
bodies
to
make
the
laws
and
for
the
courts
to
administer
them.
"In
the
British
Commonwealth
of
Nations
we
live
under
'The
Supremacy
of
Parliament
and
the
Rule
of
Law.'
Parliaments
in
recent
years,
however,
had
on
Increasingly
frequent
occasions
derogated,
temporarily
at
least,
from
Its
legislative
function
by
em-
(ConHnued
on
Pago
Four)
German
Convoys
Are
Successfully
Hit
By
Great
Britain's
Navy
One
German
Ship
Sunk
and
Another
Destroyed
While
Others
Are
Damaged
Air
Bases
Raided
Enemy
Plane
Down
North
of
Scotland
LONDON,
May
9:
(CP)
The
Admiralty
today
announced
the
sinking
of
a
German
ship,
the
destruction
of
another
and
hits
on
a
number
of
others
in
convoy
by
German
submarines.
The
Admiralty
said
that
in
an
attack
on
one
convoy
ten
enemy
ships
and
six
torpedoes
had
found
.
.-'
.
their
mark.
Six
hits
were
made
on
In
Control
Of
Narvik
LONDON,
May
9:
(CP)
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Winston
Churchill
announced
last
night
that
the
British
forces
are
In
control
of
the
northern
Norway
iron
port
of
j
Narvik.
No
British
warships
have
been
withdrawn
from
1
-
GARNER
DROPS
OUT
WASHINGTON
Garner
presidential
forces
now
concede
that
a
third
term
nomination
for
President
Roosevelt
at
the
Chicago
convention
is
a
foregone
conclusion
if
he
will
take
it.
Talk
of
a
Roosevelt-Garner
ticket
is
heard.
Others
who
have
been
inclined
to
oppose
the
President
are
also
accepting
the
view
that
no
one
can
possibly
beat
Roosevelt
for
the
nomination.
KOIIT
IN
PARIS
PARIS
Foreign
Minister
Koht
of
Norway
is
in
Paris
and
has
conferred
With
Premier
Reynaud
and
other
French
authorities
in
regard
to
the
campaign
against
the
German
invasion
in
Norway,
33
to
26.
19
to
11.
Thc
half
time
score
was
APPEALS
TO
I.R.A.
DUBLIN
President
Eamonn
de
Valera
today
made
a
fervent
appeal
against
further
Irish
Republican
Army
activities.
-
If
disorders
continued,
civil
war
might
ensuo,
making
tht
country
an
easy
prey
for
Invasion.
4
1
another
convoy
and
two
on
a
third.
j
Further
raids
have
been
made
by
1
Royal
Air
Force
on
German
air
bas-les
in
Norway
and
Denmark.
Off
the
north
of
Scotland
British
J
anti-aircraft
fire
brought
down
a
German
combat
plane.
:.FACTS
AND
.a.
he
area.
The
Admiralty
an-
Premier
nounces
that
six
naval
trawl-
.
ers
were
lost
In
the
recent
j
Allied
wjdrawal
from.,
the
TrcndheitB
area".
NorWgliris
J
NOT
WORDS
Mussolini
Says
Actions
Will
Speak
Henceforth
Indi-
,
cates
No
Immediate
Change
In
Policy
v
are
reoonea
w
nave
surprised
t
and
dispersed
a
detachment
of
ROME,
May
9:
(CP)
Speaking
4
Garmans
laying
bombs
on
the
t:'r
a
balcony
today
to
80,000
'
Narvik
railway.
Germans
are
fascist
followers
In
the
celebra-
reported
routed
from
a
moun-
tlon
ot
Army
and
Empire
Day,
ta$n
stronghold.
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
said
that
"only
facts"
would
break
his
self-
imposed
silence
on
the
European
i
war.
He
told
his
listeners
to
ac-'
'custom
themselves
to
his
silence.
Bulletins
RUSSO-JUGOSLAV
PACT
BELGRADE
Russia
and
Jugoslavia
last
night
reached
a
trade
asreement
with
farreachin;
implications
including
recognition
at
last
of
the
Soviet
government
by
Jugoslavia.
A
Jugoslavia
military
mission
is
leported
to
be
leaving
soon
for
Moscow
as
a
result
of
which
there
may
be
a
military
alliance
providing
for
cooperation
in
the
Balkans,
possibly
with
the
Allies.
Only
by
actions
would
he
henceforth
.speak.
He
said,
however,
to
the
massed
assemblage
that
Italy's
policy
of
non-belligerency
remained
unchanged
until
there
was
some
new
development
in
the
con-Hlct.
Meanwhile
the
Italian
press,
Including
official
newspapers,
rail
aalnst
Great
Britain
and
France,.
SITUATION
IS
EASIER
Although
Suspense
Still
Exists
in
Lowlands
Further
Precautions
Taken
AMSTERDAM,
May
9:
(CP)
Intense
military
preparations,
accompanied
by
partial
suspension
of
communications
with
the
outside
world
again
last
night,
continue
to
keep
Holland
in
a
state
of
suspense
although
tension
both
In
Holland
and
Belgium
may
be
said
to
have
relaxed
to
some
extent
following
statements
In
Berlin
denying
reports
that
two
German
columns
were
converging
on
the
Dutch
frontier,
a
reliable
New
Xorlc
source
having
given
this
as
the
cause
of
unusual
precautions.
German
authorities
explained
that
crack
Nazi
armies
had
been
stationed
for
months
along
the
Dutch
and
Belgian
frontiers
not
with
the
inten-
MAI'LE
LEAFS
WIN
tlon
of
invading
the
lowlands
but
MONTREAL
Vancouver
Maple
to
guard
against
an
Allied
Invas-
Leafs
defeated
Young
Men's
lie-
,ion
of
the
Reich,
brew
Association
last
nfcht
in
the
j
Further
special
defence
measures
first
game
of
the
Canadian
senior
j
have,
however,
been
invoked
in
Hol-
basketball
finals,
the
score
being
land,
including
the
barring
of
all
foreign
commercial
air
services,
meaning
Germany's
because
no
others
have
been
operating;
the
placing
of
civilian
air
facilities
under
military
control
and
the
arrest
of
more
suspicious
characters.
There
was
no
confirmation
of
a
report
published
In
the
London
Dally
Star
that
prominent
Dutchmen
had
gone
to
Berlin
to
discuss
German
demands,