I
0
0
t
ytih
War
Situation,
Not
...
Minimizing
Us
Seriousness
f
m
A
SI
1
I
trc.1
Britons
to
be
Steeled
lor
Arduous
urucais
I
I
IT,
t-lfi.
11
W.
U
V.
1
n
fort;
..rt
mt
tig'.i'
hrsrt
ntid
r.urage
ari:g
'
w
month
bv
..
...
n
i
hn
situation
but
it
Is
rri
r
'u
ii
ii
"
v.i
v
.
-
-
-
h.ivr
been
doing
can
be
overcome
in
a
few
a
raid
of
mechanized
forces,
no
matter
now
.
s
look
f.irw
rd
with
confidence
to
4
stabilisation
in
the
1
For
:nsiU
I
h
ive
invincible
confidence
in
tne
rrencnj
far
heavily!
,
small
nut
f
,11
oart
,..
hvr
b-n
thrown
into
botUe.
Yet
extremely
heavy
iH-rn
infhrfd
upon
the
memy.
A
great
spirit
must
anl-
-ji
command
and
inspire
every
fighting
man.
air
our
planes
have
been
bringing
down
three
or
four
en-
The
relative
air
oaumce
n
of
our
own
V
at
to
every
one
a
irsr"
favorable
to
us
than
it
was
when
the
war
began.
k
law
9
r
ff
njh
alia
A
.-.uJv
serious
damage
has
been
oone
oy
.
-
anued
force,
and
ao
oil
retlncrje.
upon
ou
raaourc.
w.c
.
UamImaIa
4
Ka
trrvrln
!-.arver
may
happen,
tney
wui
u
Vt
rr
Slorlous
and
it
can
only
be
gionoua.
.
of
every
par
-s
repreeenUUve
Ih
the
new
administration.
W
-hat
I
h.ve
farmed
we
are
united
in
UM
one
oojev-
in
servitude
or
in
sniuc.,a
o,
v
is
won
nd
never
to
surrender
iUer
uuai
unonv
resistance
may
enUU.
.ae
oy
..;A.
tosonv
side
bv
side.
Uie
BrltUh
and
the
Frencn
emp..
e
Uic
rescJe
not
only
of
Europe
but
to
a
rnanKino
s
Th
reue
the
t
.
rannv
which
has
already
broken
small
nations
not
be
effected
unless
we
conquer.
Conquer
we
musv.
'm-
All
faithful
servanu
of
truth
and
Justice
must
be
m
reaa.n
r
Uut
wc
should
perish
In
battle
than
that
we
should
look
upon
outrage
of
our
nation
and
our
honor
in
the
lace
oi
goa.
sague
Of
Nations
Lesson
Read
By
I
w
ay
Remove
From!
Vincent
Massey
jeneva
To
States
PENEVA.
Mav
20,-In
view
of
the
pnt
European
situation,
a
pof-
'
01
the
Leaauo
of
Nations
may
Wd.
to
the
United
States.
Canadian
High
Commissioner
Takes
Part
in
London
Ctuircn
ycsiciua;
FACTOR
OF
I
IMPORTANCE
Its
Activities
Proving
Highly
Em-barrassing
to
Adolf
Hitler
In
His
Western
Front
Mitzkreig
LONDON.
Mav
20:
CPt
The
lve
warfare
over
the
western
front
Oerman
boasts
of
air
supremacy
have
been
already
amply
repudiated
and
the
British
air
lighters
bid
fair
to
play
an
important
part
In
turnlntr
the
tide
of
war
in
favor
of
'the
Allies.
The
Air
Ministry
announced
today
that
thirty
Oerman
aircraft
had
been
destroyed
during
i
the
day
in
engagements
with
the
British
and
that
further
successful
Bridget
have
been
shattered,
roads
blocked
and
troop
concentrations
broken
ua.
Railway
sidings
and
to
oil
reservoirs.
A
returning
crew
tells
of
flames
leaping
2000
feet
In
the
air
with
the
conflagration
visible
for
sixty
miles.
At
Hamburg
there
were
fires
of
similar
Aerial
f
IghUng
has
been
intensive
over
Belgium
and
France.
Exploits
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
lv
denend
for
their
auempi
u.
.
A.
,h.
.nrnun
T,
:,,afk
will
be
turned
upon
u
but
I
.am
.sure
01
am
".
.
ready
to
face,
endure
and
reu,
.
Jf
nheia
off
the
coast
of
Belgium.
n
rdcaU
maScne
and
ha.
be
in-
:
s
extent
may
knocked
:.-l
comfort
and
pride
Jb-m
aoie
w,
sea
whUa
the
other
three
and
drav.
our
pan
01
sailors
and
airmen.
Ottd
bless
them,
J
over
Brussels
In
a
-ht
.
.u
a't
1
stnale
fight
three
to
six
must
provide
our
men
with
all
tne
e'
'
,1
ol'
tIe
brought
down.
enemy
tp
a.rDlanes.
more
tanks.
There
Is
a
smow
nrttUh
omclany
deny
Oer
""
,
...
to
be
man
'charges
that
Royal
Air
Force
this
battle
tn
France
has
abWd
W
l.IOIW'
M..
...
nlanes
engaged
in
open
bombing
of
t
.tne
for
our
own
island,
for
all
that
Britain
w.
-
"
Bremen
acrmans
claimed
that
!)
!!;
dllS.
..
.
.u-
ll.kl
Inr
CM
V..
nus
suoretne
emergency
we
mart
H
our
enon
m
tw
.
.
.
.
wiul
MirUKM
which
we
nave
freedom
to
pmnee
Reynaud
of
France
fromrrernter
vc
ju
jurt
received
rvea
assurance
rriu:"
r.
end-be
u
(
eleven
civilians
were
killed
enty-three
Injured.
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No.
119.
NORTHERN
AND
.CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
AIR
FORCE
IATTACK0N
REPLY
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MAY
20,
1910.
REFUGEES
Germans
Bomb
Vessel
In
Ostend
Harbor
Laden
With
Women
and
Children
LONDON.
May
20.
While
at-
at
tM
.
i-.
n
tlAlirlnn
To
Keep
Office
I
taCKing
a
sieamcr
"c
uusiu,
harbor
of
Ostend
Saturday,
a
Ger-
man
bombing
plane
was
shot
down.
It
was
a
brutal
attack5
carried
out
by
two
Nazi
bombers
on
the
ship
which
Royal
Air
Porce
continues
to
play
hqd
m
700
Belgian
refugees.
a
mart
important
oart
in
the
lnien-
tne
one
plane
had
been
brought
down.
the
other
turned
tall
for
home
The
refugee
ship
proceeded
to
a
British
port
safely.
MUSSOLINI
attacks
were
made
on
oil
refineries
rteonrted
to
Seek
Appeasement!
in
northwest
Oermany
last
night.
From
United
States
in
Return
J
'
I
The
Ministry
announces
the
des-
For
Keeping
Peace
t
ruction
of
a
number
of
Isste
oil
I
'deDots
and
storage
tanks
at
Ham-
WASHINGTON.
DC.
May
20.
!
.niomn
I
burg
and
Bremen
by
Royal
Air
Italy's
reply
to
United
States
appeal
n
!..,.,
I
,rak
to
you
for
the
f,r,t
t.m
-
Pnm,
M
-r
m
thu
solemn
announclne
to
of
repn
war
of
Empire,
our
Allies
and.
above
all.
In
n
Ufc
our
country,
our
0eman
mUn
deUTWed
to
WasmnBton
k:U-2
"
iteccom.
'.were
shot
down
bv
nine
Hurricane
hut
iu
contents
are
beine
kerjt
se-
A
'
rmendous
b.f
is
raging.
WUh
remarkable
combination
of
,R
a
baW,e
over
met
meantime.
One
.
report
was
l'J
ank
attack,
th,-
,-tu-my
nas
oroatn
mrougn
inc
rmicn
mw
France.
The
Hetnkels
and
M
wiser-
that
it
wax
inclined
to
be
"uncom-
f
flu.
Vl.olnnt
t
1:1c
Klrontt
columns
have
SDread
through
OpenlhmMic
nt
th
mnmmv
or.
tHHn-
n,ml..llt..
Kt
nnt
alarralncr
An.
wh;
h
for
a
f-w
days
was
without
defences.
Behind
a
large
hy,
not
proving
nearly
as
effective
other
report
was
that
Premier
Ben
VX
'"u
army
IS
moving
lorwaru.
u
Mir
uiiaiaui
uiu
cxwcmi.
iio
Mussolini
sougui
uie
Rrujjri
,
rrmcU
Army
U
rrUtlng
magnuicenuy
who
apteuuiu
mip
w
!
rtnvat
Air
Forre.
.
,-
p.,
.
.
j
T
artive
flth'ing
tore
bdilnd
tn
mm
scn,
dow
rmely
dAnsetous
poaUkw
..ii
om
handlMl
as
I
believe
utev
win
oe.
n
uic
n
the
genuiK
Tor
recovety
ahd
counter
attack
for
which
they
in
-iand
It
Ui'"
rnif.n
snow
insi
uijkhto
cwiwr
"
U
Uvre
be
a
sudden
tranaforma-
f
v
rn
they
ar.-
famous.
may
junctions
in
Oermany
have
suf-
BRUSSELS,
May
20.
The
burgo-fered
heavily
master
of
Brussels
has
been
Invited
On
attack
nn
Bremen
lasted
for
hv
th
npcnnvlnB
nprtnan
anlhnti
'hit
hit
splrndid
spiriioia
army
army
baa
oaa
been
oero
so
tu
i
"--
i
---'-
-
(
Franc
has
been
Invaded.
Only
a
small
five
hoars.
Enormous
fires
were
set
ties
to
continue
in
office.
He
has
replied
that
he
will
carry
on
only
In
accordance
with
Belgian
law
and
Hague
International
regulations.
AIR
RAID
ON
PARIS
Germa'n
Bombing
Squadron
Did
Not
Reach
French
Capital
bombers
attempted
to
reach
Paris
Saturday
night
but
were
unsuccess-
(
rut
aunougn
mey
uvuiwu
wiu-munlcatlon
centres
outside
the'
French
capital.
Four
were
brought
down
three
by
anti-aircraft
lire;
and
;
and
one
by
pursuit
planes
the
re-
malnlng
twelve
then
Ilea
lor
nome.
GERMAN
DRIVE
AGAINST
PARIS
SLOWS
UP
WITH
SWING
TOWARDS
COAST
s
With
Violence
Now
Dwindling
And
Allied
Resistance
Strengthening,
Suggestion
is
3ladc
inai
inuzhrcig
May
Fail
The
terrific
onslaught
of
the
Nazi
mechanized
army!
slowed
up
today
around
St.
Quentin
on
the
upper
Somme
fM
:L.,,
frnm
Pnvis
nnrl
nirrhrv
milPS
from
the
I
English
Channel.
With
the
rush
towards
Paris
dimmish-
CUf
mOVC
IH
lilt?
Ullt-UtiUii
Ui
vjuniuitu
umivtuvu
viw
Adolf
Hitler
had
made
a
decision
to
concentrate
now
on
ririca
invnrrii
the
coast,
wnns
the
attack
today
seemed
to
lack
much
of
the
violence
which
had
rhracterlzed
Its
relentlessness
i.tnre
last
Wednesday,
there
were
that
the
Allies,
after
the
...
20.-Hon.
nil
Vincent
Vincenv
s
signs
g
-
LONDON,
May
PriC0Unter
with
the
Massey,
Canadian
IUgh
t.
omm
0I
unprecedented
flcrce-
SC
SS.
chSth.
ness.
at
last
were
finding
a
way
to
combat
Hlfler's
mechanized
divisions
and
meet
the
combined
air
and
tank
attack
followed
by
the
heavily
armed
Infantry
ad
vances.
One
neutral
American
corres-'
ICohtlnued
on
Page
Two)
I
(
War
News
CANAL)
A
10
BOOST
fcFFOUT
O'isAWA
iTime
.Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenue
King
is
expected
to
announce
inunsifi-cancn
of
Canada
s
war
effort
when
he
speaks
in
the
House
of
Ctmnions
this
afternoon.
The
formulation
of
a
Third
Division
in
the
Canadian
Active
Service
Force
looms
is
a
strong
possibility
for
the
immediate
future.
ROTTERDAM
HARD
HIT
PARIS
One
third
of
the
Dutch
city
of
Rotterdam
was
destroyed
by
German
bombing
and
100.000
of
its
citizens
killed,
ac-
cording
to
a
statement
made
here.
GOVERNMENT
LEAVES
PARIS
The
Belgian
mtnt
is
reported
to
have
left
Ostend
for
Etretat.
outside
of
unwn
warpianes
nave
aao
ocen
won
oi
neaiaem
Kooseveu
in
gam-
.
making
extensive
bombing
attacks
tag
territorial
possessions.
Another
ranee,
ine
.iwyai
ram
....
.."
Crr
.i
again
rata
ana
rau
communiw
report
siut
wsu
uia.iniiijnauun
ws
ttoar
being
used
by
the
advancing
made
Italjr
would
continue
a
policy
Germans
west
of
Namur.
Belgium,
of
non-belligerency,
the
Air
Ministry
announced.
Also
around
such
points
as
Han-
D
Ci
over
and
Cologne
the
Air
Force
has
DUlgOinaSlxF
TAk-,0
UI
been
very
active,
the
attacks
hav-
n
11:11
UK
been
carried
on
almost
lnces-
DrUSSCIS
ASKeU
No
army
with
millions
of
men
which
aantly
lor
seventy-two
hours
now
llv
lly
also
also
moving.
moving.
The
The
move
move
fol
followed
wek-end
bombing
of
Ostend
by
the
Germans.
LEAVE
SWISS
FRONTIER
BASEL
German
forces
which
have
been
massed
along
the
Swiss
frontier
have
been
moved
away.
Whether
they
have
been
taken
to
reinforce
the
northern
front
or
to
trick
the
French
from
moving
out
of
position
in
the
Swiss
area
appears
uncertain.
Meantime
Switzerland
continues
ready
for
any
eventuality.
ITALY
WATCHFUL
ROME
There
have
been
air
raid
precautions
anil
black-outs
in
northern
Italy
In
the
vicinity
nf
the
French
frontier
for
the
first
time
since
the
war
began.
DESTROYER
DAM.1D
LONDON
The
Admiralty
announces
that
the
destroyer
Whitley
has
been
damaged
by
bombs
and
subsequently
beached.
There
were
only
four
casualties
in
a
normal
crew
of
130.
'
"
I
The
ship
was
launched
in
1918
PARIS,
May
20.-Slxteen
German
nd
n
re.armed
in
1938
an
escort
vesseL
K1VF.I1EN
IS
UNEASY
.OTTAWA,
May
20:
Sunday.
May
26.
will.
4..
i?ni-nr4
H
National
DaY-of
PRICE:
t
CENTS
New
Allied
Commander-in-Chief
Will
Attempt
To
Sew
Nazis
Up
In
Pocket
Of
Their
Own
Making
Hard
Fighting
Continues
in
St.
Quentin
Area
With
Outcome
Still
in
Doubt
Holes
Being
Plugged
But
Situation
Grim,
Says
British
Spokesman
'
1
PARIS,
May
20:
(CP)
The
French
High
Command
evening
communique
said
that
the
German
push
toward'
the
English
Channel
had
reached
a
point
west
of
St.
Quentin.
French
military
sources
announced
the
loss
of
Peronne,
down
the
Sommc
River
about
eighteen
miles
northwest
of
St.
Quentin.
The
communique
said
that
fresh
German
attacks
at
Montmedy
had
been
repulsed.
BASEL,
Switzerland,
May
20:
(CP)
General
Max-ime
Weygand,
the
new
Allied
commander-in-chief,
Is
reported
here
to
be
apparently
shaping
a
powerful
pincers
counter-offensive
from
the
Valenciennes
and
Rethel
areas.
Reports
indicate
that
a
powerful
British-Belgian
force,
supported
by
French
motorized
units,
is
massing
in
the
Valenciennes
region
and
a
still
more
powerful
French
concentra-
.
tion
is
assembling
at
Rhelms
and
To
Enlist
God's
Prayer
in
Canada,
Prime
Mln-
tin
but
see-saw
rignung
ieaves
wie
ister
WUliam
Lyon
Mackenzie
fate
of
the
city,
80
miles
northeast
K'ng
announced
Saturday.
of
Paris,
in
doubt.
The
spokesman
Throughout
the
Dominion
said
that
the
situation
is
confused
there
will
be
special
services
of
with
charges
and
counter-charges.
Invocation
for
an
Allied
victory
it
is
reported
that
other
German
In
the
war.
(Arrangements
are
columns
are
attacking
east
of
Cam-
already
being
made
for
special
bral
which
Is
twenty-five
miles
services
in
Prince
Rupert's
northwest
of
St.
Quentin.
Other
churches.
Two
Decrees
From
Hitler
Aid
Takes
Over
Holland
and
Perman-ently
Annexes
Aix-la-Chapelle
Area
STOCKHOLM
Uneasiness
re-
1
arily
but
is
to
be
premanently
in
gar'ding
Germany's
intentions
'
corporated
In
the
Reich,
increased
following
republica-
tion
of
an
article
from
Berlin
newspapers
giving
Sweden
"friendly
advice
to
strengthen
defences
against
possible
British
attack
on
Kiruna
iron
mines.
There
are
rumors
that
Germany
has
demanded
that
Sweden
allow
passage
of
German
troops
through
Sweden
to
relieve
the
beleaguered
German
forces
in
central
and
northern
'orway.
of
II
Duce,
says
"Italy
cannot
re
main
outside
the
vicissitudes
of
European
life.
We
may
be
called
upon
at
any
time
to
take
up
new
tasks,
the
nature
of
which
Italians
may
assume.
Only
the
order
of
11
Duce
Is
awaited.
GT.
BRITAIN
GETS
READY
As
a
means
of
protecting
Great
j
Britain
against
possible
invasion
preparations
are
being
made
to
block
roads
and
otner
steps
are
being
taken.
i
Rethel.
Weygand,
who
succeeded
Marshal
Maurice
Gamelln
yester-
day,
is
said
to
envisage
a
counter
'
thrust
from
these
two
sides
aimed
at
sewing
up
the
German
pocket
in
-
northwest
France.
(CP)
A
French
war
ministry
spokes-
like
in
man
at
Paris
said
today
that
the
Oerrdarfs
are"In
-partrfcrsiT-Quen-
French
advises
said
that
an
ad-
vance
German
motorcycle
squad
yesterday
reached
Peronne,
15
miles
northwest
of
St
Quentin,
but
with-,
drew
at
nightfall
A
British
military
spokesman
in
'
London
said
"holes
are
being
plug-'
ged"
and
German
advances
In
the
!
Sedan
area
are
showing
a
tendency
to
slacken.
The
situation
today
'
is
undoubtedly
pretty
grim.
There
is
no
use
pretending
that
geogra-'
uhlcally
it
is
any
better
but
mor-
l
,
ally
I
think
it
is.
The
bulge
in
the
BERLIN.
May
20.
Two
decrees'
French
line
is
widened
slightly
but
were
issued
yesterday
by
Chancellor
.
has
not
been
driven
much
deeper.
Adolf
Hitler
concerning
the
taking'
The
general
direction
of
the
Ger-
over
of
Holland,
which
is
now
all
man
movement
Is
now
northwest."
in
German
hands,
and
a
region
of
The
same
spokesman
said
there
has
France
around
Alx-la-Chapelle
"never
been
a
dent
in
the
British
,
which
belonged
to
Germany
before
lines"
in
Belgium
"and
withdrawal
the
last
war.
The
latter,
said
Hit-.
has
been
dictated
by
strategy
and
ler.
Is
not
to
be
regarded
merely
as
not
necessity."
Former
Belgian
Premier
Is
Off
iHome
To
Fight
1
new
York
Mav
20.
inaiznant
Nazlinvaslon
of
hb
coun-
Deprivation
Of
All
Aliens
Of
night'"""
.
To
Have
Firearms
Is
Latest
l"
v?"
.
.
,
land
of
Belgium,
who
has
been
on
a
visit
to
the
United
States,
sailed
!
LONDON.
May
20:
(CP)-
Great
ffturday
TLT.
Britain
today
deprived
all
aliens
,
JI
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I
,
.
.
.
.
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of
his
country.
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volun-
new
xohk
msnup
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ut
muuiwuiw
u
au,
.ii.u
a
.
"
French
Army
left
on
Cannon
of
the
Methodist
Episco-
'further
precaution
against
"""h
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shin
pal
Church
calls
upon
President
'column"
activities
behind
the
tne
5ame
5"
p'
Roosevelt
to
declare
war
on
Hit-
home
front.
'
-
.
1
n
l
1
ler
and
Mussolini.
"Some
things
Meantime
civil
volunteer
corps,
KpQnlp
Alld
UOlQ
are
more
precious
than
peace,"
continue
to
grow
as
people
realize
A
"f'
says
Cannon.
"War
now
Is
justi-
the
Importance
of
being
prepared
P
Fnrnna
Am
flabte
in
the
Interests
of
right-
to
deal
with
possible
sabotage
andITUIIl
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eousness."
landing
of
parachute
troops.
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ITALY
FEELS
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ROME
Count
Clano,
Italian
to
the
corps
which
now
reports
foreign
minister
and
son-in-law
,500,000
volunteers.
GENOA,
May
20.
The
United
States
liner
Washington
sailed
from
here
yesterday
for
Genoa
with
1500
passengers,
mostly
Americans
hast-enlne
home
as
war
clouds
fall
heav
ier
over
Europe,
as
well
as
gold
from
All
suspicious
persons
are
being
Belgium,
Holland
and
Switzerland
effectively
restricted,
,
for
safe-keeping.
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