Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-i-tte
Id
Frwh
'
to
,tron
iouthewt
"
winds,
cooler
yil
they
were
green
and
in
alii
salt
water
condition
but
rip-
ti
rtpidly
as
they
rested
in
the
i
pools
at
the
entrance
to
the
t
raters
of
the
salmon
streams.
IPP0RTOF
GARDENING
ptisb
Columbia
haSj
$he
most
landing
farming
areas
on
the
bent
according
to
O.
E.
ki,
horticulturist,
who
is
in
the
lin
eonnectjq'n
with
the
Judg
would
be
used
next
year.
The
Pi
thins
wa
in
hiilM
ii
r
fha
Pness
now
on
a
sound
basl3.
visitor
said
that
everyone
more
or
less
interested
in
hor-
.
.
PUUre.
Businessmen
found
It
advantageous
to
have
their
look
well,
First
Impressions
ery
Important.
This
aDDlled
"ince
Rupert
as
well
as
tooth
P'aces.
He
told
of
Instances!
fre
an
Interest
In
horticulture
"n
of
material
benefit
to
pessmen,
He
stronelv
urged
Prince
Rupert
DeoDle
take
an
frt
in
the
appearanc?
of
their
na
suDDort
thi
llnrtlcultural
i'-ety.
h
Confident
f
Re-Capture
filiin
Prlsnnpr
Cllll
.
From
Ontario
Camp
pthoriu
P
be
While
homes
and
public
buildings
were
blasted,
few
casualties
were
caused.
One
bomb
scored
a
direct
hit
on
an
empty
movie
theatre.
barely
missing
an
apartment
build
Urge
OTTAWA,
Aug.
23:
(CP)-A
Prisoner
nf
,
war
who
es-
fPd
from
in
nn(l.
Intern-
fI,t
faillD
I.
tlill
.1
I....
hnt
'
are
confident
that
he
"Mptureit.
.tt.
appeared
at
the
swhe
61
flowers
at
the
carnival
and
mea
a
Iew
runas-
across
me
addressed
the
Prince
Rupert:
v'nannel
al
""man
guns
Domoara-
iry
club
at
its
luncheon
meet
yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.
Clarke
I
he
had
good
ground
for
his
Nent
He
had
seen
the
large
sitities
of
high
grade
products
I
wrt
produced
In
the
country
he
had
discussed
the
matter
outstanding
men
from
the
One
of
these
"visitors
had
nrd:
It
British
Columbia
wkes
up,
Lord
help
Clarke
strongly
advocated
it
of
white
labor.
He
said
that
hlte
man
could
best
the
Or-
every
time
if
he
tried.
He
not
need
to
take
a
back
seat
layone.
lentloning
one
phase
of
hortl-
we
which
was
benefitting
by
Tar,
Mr
CJarke
said
that
seeds
Ming
raised
at
a
eood
nrofit
p
souti
He
understood
there
been
18,000
bulb
growers
in
ing
Dover
from
the
French
coast
Military
Informants
said
that
the
German
bombardment
was
a
"practice"
and
did
not
make
Dover
un
tenable.
However,
many
Dover
residents
packed
up
their
belong
ings
and
moved.
I've
never
seen
anything
so
good'
are
In
execrable
taste
when
usca
to
describe
modern
warfare."
she
wrote.
"We
are
not
Nazis:
we
are
olvllWorl
man
onrl
WbmCn.
We
know'
that
it
has
become
necessary
.
....
AIRCRAFT
DELIVERY
First
of
Six
New
Planes
fur
Trans-Canada
Received
MONTREAL,
August
23
Delivery
of
the
first
of
six
new
aircraft
ordered
by
the
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines
will
be
made
by
the
Lock
heed
Aircraft
Corporation
on
Oc
tober
31,
D.
B.
Colyer,
Vice-President
of
the
Trans-Canada
Air
Lines,
announced
yesterday.
Thu
secqnd
will
be
received
on
Novem
ber
6,
two
others
later
In
the
Ing
which
was
full
This
was
the
mQrilh..and.;tho
last
two
(n
Decern
.first
night
air
raid
of
the
war
on
the
k.-
ber.
London
area.
Meanwhile
London
military
sources
said
that
British
guns
had
The
new
planes
are
Lodestars
or
"Eighteens",
larger
than
the
pre
sent
equipment,
and
they
will
be
used
in
trans-continental
service
and
oi
the
route
between
Toronto,
London
and
Windsor.
They
will
have
accommodation
for
14
passengers
and
a
crew
of
three.
The
"Fourteens"
now
in
servjee
carry
ten
passengers.
Neary
50
feet
long,
the
Lodestar
is
about
five
and
a-half
feet
long-
The
Royal
Air
Force
moved
intoler
than
the
Fourteens.
The
wing
action
against
the
big
guns
on
the
spread
is
the
same,
65
and
a-half
Channel
coast
between
CataU
and
the!
Boulogne
and
silenced
many
of
them.
There
were
huge
explosion
as
the
heavy
Air
Force
bombs
found
their
marks
on
the
Oerman
Big
Berthas
which
betrayed
their
location
by
the
flashes
In
firing.
'BROADCAST
IS
SCORED
feet
and
the
height
11
feet,
10
Vfe'
Inches.
It
has
a
cargo
capacity
of
190
cubic
feet
and
will
carry
644
gallons
of
gasoline
and
44
gallons
oi
on.
,
The
two
Pratt
and
Whitney
twin
Wasp
engines
develop
1,200
horsepower
each
at
take-off
as
compared
with
the
,850
horsepower
engines
in
the
Fourteens.
They
give
the
aircraft
a
cruisi?
speed
of
232
miles
an
hour
and
a
8c,
but
not
selling.
Joseph
Wells
of
Alice
Arm,
snendlnir
the
past
couple
of
weeks
in
the
city,
will
sail
by
th:
natala
Sunday
nlcht
on
his
re
or
civilized
men
to
ao
turn
north.
He
may
later,
return
mmss
in
oraer
w
me
V
iT
IMI
hero
to
locale,
revel
in
lhat"
but
wc
need
not
fact.'?
1
UBBARY
1
Weather;
Eotiicasl
Tomorrow's
Tides
Royal
Air
Force
Destroys
Two
Sub
marines,
One,
Destroyer
and
Sub
Depot
Ship
Alexandria
Bombed
.
.
CAIRO,
Aut
23:
Royal
Air
Foreer
British
bombers
destroyed
two
Italian
submarines,
one
destroyer
and
one
submarine
depot
ship
In
an
attack
on
Bomba
roadstead
in
Libya.
Early
this
morning
Italian
planes
bombed
Alexandria
but
a
British
communique
said
that
no
damage
was
'apparent.
It
is
thought
that
Italy
may
soon
launch
a
drive
to
force
Great
Britain
out
of
Egypt.
RAIL
CHIEF
PAYS
VISIT
S.
J.
Hunterford,
President
of
Canadian
National
Railways
In
City
With
Party
Stating
that
his
trip
was
entire
ly
in
the
nature
"6f
a
routine
in-
mrixlmum
speed
of
263
miles
an'spectlon
tour
of
the
company's
hour.
j
western
lines,
Hon.
S.J.
Hunger-
Like
the
Lochecds
.now
in
ser-
for,i.
nresident
and
chairman
of
and
and
none
of
their
product
iEye-Wltness
Account
of
Air
Fight
vice,
the
Lonestar
is
an
all-metal,
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Can-U
be
available
this
vear.
Mann
Urinrs
Flood
of
Letters
mldwing
monoplane
and
is
equip-
adian
National
Railways,
arrived
he
British
Columbia
bulbs
mea-
;ped
with
all
the
latest
instruments
jn
tne
Clty
on
the
Prince
Rupert
d
up
to
the
best
Dutch
product!
.
of
modern
scientific
flying.
It
'
Is
thIs
morning
from
Vancouver
i
iwuiti
and
ohu
,,.
,n
P,
wh,
V
,vrvr.
LONDON,
Aug.
23
ic
P)
What
,7.
.
r
that
all
the
resources
of
the
rail
way
system
are
at
the
present
time
being
concentrated
on
the
national
war
effort.
While
here
Mr.
Hungerford
Inspected
the
com
pany's
local
facilities
Including
th?
'dry
dock.
t
The
party
consists
of
the
follow
ing:
S.
J.
Hungerford,
chairman
and
president,
R.
J.
Moffat,
director,
13.
L.
Daly,
director,
N.
B.
Walton,
vice-president,
W,
S.
Thompson
director
of
publicity,
W.
R.
Deven-ish,
general
manager,
western
re
gion,
W.
O.
Manders,
freight
trof-fic,
manager,
western
region,
W.
T.
Moodle,
general
superintendent,
British
Columbia
district,,
and
O.
Al
McNIcholl,
general
passenger
agent,
Vancouver.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
AUGUST
23,
1940.
Personnel
Of
Joint
Defence
Board
For
Canada-United
States
Is
Announced
Today
WASHINGTON,
DC.,
August
22:
(CP)
PresU
dant
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
and
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
in
a
statement
issued
co-incidently
at
Washington
and
Ottawa
last
niht,
announced
the
names
of
eleven
members
of
tho
permanent
joint
board
on
Canada-United
Spates
defence.
The
Canadian
members
are:
0.
M.
Biggar
K.C.,
Ottawa.
Brigadier
K.
Stuart
D.S.O;,
deputy
chief
of
the
Canadian
Army
general
staff.
..
Capt
L.
W.
Murray
R.C;N.(
deputy
chief
of
Canadian
naval
stff.
V,
Air
Commodore
A.
A,
L.
Guffe
member
of
air1
staff,
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
Hugh
L.
Keenleyside,
Canadian
external
affairs
department
counsellor.
-.-
Mayo.
FV
II.
LaGuardia
tops
the
list
of
AmerK
can
members.
ITALIANS
HARD
HIT
RaSer
?ff
New
Zealand
WELLINGTON,
New
Zealand.
maps,
graph
statistics,
etc,
illus-
carnival.
Inspector
Ernest
Gammon,
pro
vlncial
police
lefj
on
this
morning's
train
for
a
trip
to
Smlthcrs
and
other
Interior
points
on
official
duties.
Hon.
A.
Weils
Gray,
minister
of
lands
and
municipalities,
will
arrive
in
the
city
on
Saturday's
train
from
the
interior
and
sail
on
the
rrlnce
Rupert
for
Victoria.
High
Lo
w
.
led
to
Joseph
Stalin,
execytlve
sec
retary
of
the
Communist
party,
stripped
Trotsky
of
his
offices,
ex-!
welled
him
from
the
party
late
lit
I
cally
and
of
exceptional
interest
1927
and
banished
him
and
his
chief
from
a
health
standpoint
is
the
bqlitlcal
lieutenants.
The
span
of.
display
booth
of
the
Provincial
his
rise
and
fall
was
ten
years.
Board
of
Health,
Division
of
Tu-'
..
,
...
Propagandist
A
in
Exile
berculosls
Control,
which
occupies.
,o,
f
,
v
Yet
t
his
was
a
voice
which
mls-
'
-
'
fllfnienon
TUl
T
n
a
IIIirifllNI.fTff
1
I
H
t
4,.Iw
-,
I
.
.
I
rAl
Anf
avI
m
HnH
MAStnM
t
n
-
4
hAA
n
have
been
flooded
condemnation.
"Where
men's
lives
are
con
cerned
must
we
be
treated
'
to
a
running
commentary
on
a
level
with
an
account
of
the
Orand
Na
tional
or
a
cup
final?"
Inquired
R.
H.
Hawkins
of
Dalston
Vicarage,
Carlisle,
In
a
letter
to
The
Times.
This
letter,
written
by
a
man
who
described
himself
as
a
pilot
in
the
First
Qreat
War,
started
the
pa-
rnrto'
nf
nrnfjst.
Women
correspondents
added
their
rensnre.
The
bitterest
came-
u-
iuiiGtww
wm
uructxu
racist
wiiii
uai
i
v
.ui
ictflff
nf
Prinrp
Hunprt
uenerai'""""
cauw
nau
iohvcu
aim
wcvi4
r
u.
n'
llablc
scatSl
At
eacn
13
a
-shatter-directors
and
.other
officials
by!HospUal
stroke
or
ingenuity
on
me
part
.
wlndow
and
each
Is
i
uic
uiiwu
oiwuutwMb
v-r
iMii
nnprt
witn
lnaiviauai
reaamz
w-
iT,.rf
fvrt
u
irvimr
tlon-a
ofc-toy-ffco
05S
UlBht.
call
button
for
stewardess
jveryPnt
was
ln
'an
mquirlng
rather
on
an
,,bat
"1
fSisctvlce
and
air
control
vent.
A
la.iha,,
an.
lnformattve
mood.
"If
imo
a
.
w
with
letters
'r
--"
vatory
at
the
rear
contains
a
wasn
tnere
was
anything
spectacular
to
uuauit
imnui,
Da
announcea,
i
ceriainiy
wouia
-
W
"
-
'
.
UI1IU-VI1V1HA
I
,
provided
to
facilitate
1114
1
the
serving
i
marked
Mr.
Hungerford
when
pictures
and
drawings
show
gra-
fmm
Mrs
Haiel
Willson
of
Cross-.
American
In-Hand,
East
Sussex.
Seattle,
40,000,
10c.
and
8c,
Stor-
"Men
were
dying
in
tnai
DauiBlage
and
such
exDresslons
as
"on
uoy
Bernice,
ai.uuu,
ouerea
w
"u
Possibly
vof
greatest
Interest
is
the
equipment
which
displays
x-
readmltted
to
the
Soviet
fold.
4:50
am.
16.6
It.
17:05
pin.
18.0
ft.
10:52
ajn.
7.1
tt.
23145
pjn.
7.0
It.
PRICE:
f
CENTS
ew
Phase
In
Battle
Of
Britain
D.il
D
I
I
C
.1
iig
Dercnas
uumoara
ooutneast
England
and
Nazi
Bombers
Drop
Missiles
In
Suburbs
Of
London
AWN
RUN
OF
SALMON
Ficareroent
Justifying
Efforts
I
cl
Department
of
Fisheries
IABINE
LAKE,
Aug.
23-An.
ex-
itional
run
of
cockeye
salmon
Lrini
H
the
spawning
areas
of
Biblne
district
owing
to
contlri-
rtlns
which
have
kept
the
pars
111
"ere
eks
and
rivers
well
covered,
tht
activities
of
the
Department
are
bearing
fruit.
Salami
SUheries
running
eighty,
per
cent
(
ind
extra
large,
measuring
Pace
of
Conflict
is
Stepped
up
Uritish
Rip
Guns
and
Royal
Air
Force
Hammer
Channel
Coast
of
France
LONDON,
August
23:
(CP)-The
Rattle
of
Britain
last
night
entered
a
new
phase
which
seme
observers
felt
might
presage
an
attempt
at
Nazi
invasion
when
big
German
guns
fired
from
the
French
shore
across
the
Straits
of
Dover
bombarded
the
southeast
corner
of
England.
Either
the
Germans
did
not
aim
at
military
objectives
or
wieir
iiitti
naiuausiii)
was
very
pgui
for
the
huge
shells
that
fell
lor
about
three-quarters
of
an
hour
landed
indiscriminately,
doing
damage
to
property
including
houses.
Soon
after
midnight
there
was
a
forty-five
minute
air
raid
on
three
2
to
28
inches,
averaging
5UDUrD
ol
uaamm.
iwo
meaircs
t
sixty
per
cent
male.
On
first
w"
a"10"
tne
ouiiaings.
rucK.
uuruig
uie
uigm
outer
pans
oi
England
as
well
as
Scotland
and
Wales
were
visited
by
the
Nazi
raiders.
The
early
morning
bombing
attack
on
the
London
suburbs
stepped
up
the
pace
of
the
Battle
of
Britain.
Hectic
Career
Was
That
Of
Leon
Trotsky;
Wandered
Over
World
In
Setting
Forth
Political
Theories
fc
By
MELVIN
E.
COLEMAN
(Biographical
Editor,
The
Associated
Press)
:
"Long
Live
The
Struggle"
was
the
way
Leon
Trotsky,
nee
Lev
Davydovich
Bronstein,
hailed-
America
when
he
!took
refuge
in
the
United
States
in
1917.
The
slogan
epi-,
romized
him.
He
struggled
against
the
czarist
regime,
then
to
put
himself
forward
in
the
Bolshevist
movement,
again
in
a
futile
attempt
to
succeed
Nikolai
Lenin
as
ttrong
man
of
trie
Union
of
Social-.
1st
Republics,
after
that
to
overthrow
the
governing
group
headed
Jby
Joseph
Stalin
and
through
many
years
to
overcome
ill
health
and
ward
off
attempts
on
his
life
by
political
foes.
He
did
attain,
high
place
in,
the
early
days
of
the
Sov
iet
Union
but
he
fell
from
that
em-,
Inence
to
become
a
homeless
no-1
mart
Harorl
fmm
V.nmnA
onH
Ich
FUTURE
BRIGHT
P.
Bussinger,
Interior
Businessman,
Pleased
With
Progress
Made
in
Telkwa
and
forced
early
in
1937
to
find
j
haven
with
a
disciple
in
Mexico.
'
Second
only
to
Nikolai
Lenin
C.
P.
Bussinger,
hotel
and
store-when
the
Bolshevists
seized
power
I
keeper
of
Telkwa,
who
was
In
the
in
1917,
Trotsky
was
the
first
com-J
city
for
the
carnival
with
Mrs.
Bus-missar
of
foreign
affairs,
then
be-
'-singer,
returning
home
this
morn-came
war
minister,
revivified
Rus-
'lng,
is
very
optimistic
over
the
fu-
ia's
war-weary
soldiery
and
built
ture
of
his
home
town.
He
says
a
military
machine
which
held
off
Telkwa
is'
not
expected
to
become
Japanese
attacks
in
Siberia,
check-
'
a
big
town
but
it
is
expected
to
be-
ed
allied
troops
at
Archangel,
i
come
a
good
business
centre.
smashed
White
Russian
armies
on
I
Asked
whv
he
Dinned
his
faith
on
Aug.
2?:
(CP)
The
8705-ton
the
east,
south
and
west
and
car-jTelkwa,
Mr.
Bussinger
said
the
British
steamer
Turaklna
rSent
rled
the
red
banner
of
communism
'creamery
recently
established
had
a
radio
message
from
Tasman
to
the
very
Rates
of
Warsaw.
Ibeen
a
great
success.
11
has
exceed
U
;CPj
The
.
sea
Tuesday
night
raying
she
Called
In
those
days
"the
Nappl-i.ed.'the
,Prince0eorge
creamery
In,
annoancwr?
ranVthat
,iwas
being
fired
on
by
a
rawer?-
eon
of
Bolshevism
and
'
war
lord
of
output
and
there
was
a
good
de
Prime
Minister
nouftced
'tdday.
FtaSef
an-
4
T.B.
BOOTH
INTERESTS
New
and
of
Exceptional
Interest
From
Health
Standpoint
Is
This
Carnival
Corner
Something
distinctively
new
lo-
the
Soviets,"
his
name
constantly
mand
for
the
product.
The
Hunter
was
coupied
with
Lenin's.
When
Basin
mlner
which
employ
at
pres-the
latter
died
In
January,
1924,
it
ent
about
half
a
dozen
men,
is
ready
seemed
that
the
mantle
of
power
to
put
on
from
thirty'
to
'fifty
if
it
would
fall
gracefully
upon
.
the
can
only
get
a
road.
It
is
a
gold
and
shoulders
of
the
Junior
member
of
copper
mine
with
a
great
future,
the
firm
and
he
tried
to
don
it.
But.i
The
Avellng
Coal
Company,
jfp-always
an
individualist
in
communr
eration
of
which
has
been
delayed
1st
party
councils,
he
had
made
en-
for
several
years
by
the
washing
out
emles.
Besides
he
had
not
formally
of
a
bridge,
Is
getting
ready
to
ship
Joined
the
Bolshevist
wing
until
coal
this
coming
winter.
-1
has
one
1917
and
elders
of
that
faction,
order
for
a
thousand
tops
of
black-henchmen
of
Lonln
since
1903.
smith
coal
and
seems
likely"
to
M-
deemed
him
an
uostart.
They
rail-
come
a
live
operating
concern.
The
country
is
steadily
developing1
and
Mr.
Bussinger
is
quite
happy
over
the
future.
i
New
York
Hiking
iParty
At
Jasper
could
not
still.
From
exile
1
i,t
i
,
r.i,ii,iiin
trail
aKi
-fortune
ctductefby
Xnc"?.
.
J
Turkestan.
Turkey
France.
Sue-,Th,rty.ne
Persons
to
Travel
One
den,
Norway
and
Mexico,
he
carried
Hundred
Miles
of
Trails
lickson,
R.N.,
travelling
ciinicai
nurse
of
the
provincial
chest
ser-on
sinsi
"1C
ot"""
c.
vice
.this
booth
is
being
sponsored
wro,le.
gave
inierv.ews
ana,
on
ut-,
JASPER
pARK
A
-
23.-To
hike
by
the
British
columma
TUDer-1
'"""
culosls
Association
which
the"
rxencn,
uerman
or
B-jtlonal
pays
Park
thlrty.one
members
6t
expenses.
Miss
Erlckson
is
being
,
Jh.
Polyglot
secretaries
translat-
the.uu
ew.york
and
assisted
by
Miss
Kay
McMillan
JS
Trail
Club
are
trekking
Into
the
.
.
..
Hi
ana
rnemoers
oi
me
nursing,
mountains,
their
coal
goal
ths
ths
hlsrh
high
country
beyond
Mallgne
Lake.
While
seventppn
nf
thf
ventnresnme
hlk-
That
Trotsky
remained
a
potent
ers
headed
lnto
Po5oktan
Pass
the
force
was
revealed
when
the
Stalin-
rpm,noPr
Rt-rtprt
hv
wv
nf
rM.
ray
films
of
the
chest,
showing
utes
turned
on
his
erstwhile
adher-:sineLake
beyond
Mallgne.
The
two
healthy
and
tuberculosis-affected
ent5
and.
in
the
1935-37
interval,
j
groups
wlll
joln
forces
laterreturn.
lungs
and
progressive
stages
of
obtained
plot
confessions
from
them
Jng
to
jaspeP
over
te
famous
sky-
froatmnnf
ecrtpH
allv
t.hnf.
nf
nnp
......1.
4V.om
In
emnB
I
..
"
o1H
rnrnr
nutlft.
EQUlnmcnt
Is
lit
i..
u..
tunr.
!.
b
..
.
"
.
.
un
iruil.
-
-
i
cu
vuu
aiiuw
uuii
mtic.
ion
i,,
c-
iirnn-tnnrax.
I
of
meals
by
the
stewardess.
"Traffic
this
summer
is
breaking
all
records,"
Mr.
Colyer
sald.i
"and
the
new
equipment
is
necessary
to
take
care
of
contemplated
service
expansions
and
lncrcasd
passenger
demands."
.
Mm
'
Halibut
Sales
pressed
for
a
statement.
He
had
phicaliy
how
tuberculosis
can,
on
no
.comments
to
make
in
regard
to
,the
one
hand,
be
spread,
and.
on
any
local
developments,
indicating
the
other,
controlled.
Diagrams,
At
these
political
trials,
in
which:
,
tnV
,
fVli,
defendants
sealed
their
own
dooms
ls
tne
one
thousandth
ciub
0-
by
acknowledglng
sabotage,
treason
;tne
utlca
organization
which
was
anamuraersciismes,
ne
wns"inCulforrned
18
years
ag0
During
the
as
the
arch-conspirator
and
thetrlD
thev
.in
pamn
,iriri.
,.
tMnsenw
eovernment
moved
"to
have
f""
o-."--
-
-
country
wouiq
not
surrenacr
mm
io
0f
the
most
snpptarnlar
mnnntln
SS?2mS
once
6
m
y'the
certaln
death
that
awalted
Hsssss
Under
Control.
..Inn,
f
Vfnvnw
hut
It
did
find
he'
The
tuberculosis
corner
is
well,uari
viniapH
m,
status
s
a
nolltleal
worth
a
visit
by
all
who
attend
the
lrpfuceG
bv
interferlns
In
the
affairs
of
a
nation
with
which
his
host
was
at
peace.
He
was
asked
to
leave
and,
having
exhausted
the
haven
possibilities
of
Europe,
he
turned
to
Mexico-
Sailing
secretly
on
a
small
freighter,
he
left
Europe
December
19,
1936.
and
reached
Tampico,
Mexico,
on
January
9,
1937,
where
he
was
met
by
Diego
Rivera,
noted
mural
painter.
Trotsky
pledged)
"complete
and
absolute
non-inter
abstinence
no
less
absolute
from
acts
that
could
harm
the
amicable
relations
of
Mexico
with
any
other
country."
Almost
in
the
next
breath
he
denounced
the
Moscow
trials
of
former
associates
as
".frame-ups"
and
said
that
the
charges
against
him
personally
were
"absurd.''
But
Mexico
and
the
Soviet
Vnlon
had
severed
diplomatic
relations
sev
eral
years
before
anL-faO"l'amlca-
ble
relations1
were
Ihreaienedfby
vcntlon
in
Mexican
politics
and
t
this
outburst.
Jji'l
f
Ms
Vs.
wis,:.
'
'
.
.
7
fit
a
.
i
:
Tt
1
ii