Ir.tronage
Charged
Oeorge
Cameron
Sees
Manion
as
Savior
Should
Start
at
Home
bpeaklne
before
a
comfortahiv
iking
hii
first
public
appear-
Marge
and
friendlv
audience
in
th
d
Prince
Rupert,
George
F.
Moose
Hall
Sunday
afternoon;
ere-of
Vancouver,
the
Nation-;
George
W.
Weaver
of
New
West-Conservative
candidate
for
minster,
the
Co-opratlve
Common-ram
the
federal
election
con-!
wealth
Federation
candidate
far
addroed
a
fair-sized
audience
Skeena
In
the
federal
election,
od-
:t
Moose
Hall
Saturday
night,
ened
his
campaign
in
Prince
Ru-
U
slvcn
an
attentive
and
sym-
pert.
His
announced
subject
was
hearing
as
he
discussed
the
"The
Real
Issues
of
the
War"
and
sci
ne
aay
almost
exclusively
nis
discussion
was
largely
alon?
"-.j
-sndpolnt
of
the
war.
He
academic
lines
in
regard
to
econo
rr
aoout.
an
nour
ana
a
hair,
mic
questions.
The
answer
to
the
z?a
ne
war
effort
of
the
question
of
world
ills
was
social-
ir-i?
King
government,
ism.
the
speaker
declared.
and"wn
r...g
n
wun
inemcicncy,
ex-
must,
siars
at
nome.
It,,
cannot
-:e
aim
patronage,
and
urg-
start
on
too
small
a
scale.
One
to
restitution
therefor
of
a
riding
alone
would
be
the
hand-
Ts:i
h,eaded
by
Hon.
Dr.
R.
writing
on
the
wall
for
capitalism.
ii
'ihlch
would
be
one
hun-
The
controlling
group
would
have
jw
r;nr
for
Canada
and
the
to
take
notice
and
listen.
The
state
Mii3
E
M.
Earl
acted
as
today
is
the
executive
committee
"E"3
of
the
rullnir
class.
Wp
u-111
havp
tn
?
ounet
Mr.
Cameron
dls-
make
It
the
executive
committee
of
i'
d'"
circumstances
leading
up
the
working
class
not
only
the
(aiiin?
of
the
election.
Many
'pick
and
shovel
stiff
but
all
If
rid
(pn
ne
sai(jt
tnat,
wtn
ciasses
of
workers.
We
arc
produc
w,,r
It
was
no
time
for
lng
enough
wealth
to
keep
a
few
iff
;n
The
feeling
had
been
parasites
as
pets
but
we
don't
want
"
a!
the
bounden
duty
for
a
few
parasites
to
be
keeping
us
as
and
al)
to
drop
political
con-
half-starved
slaves."
:
and
devote
all
energies
to
The
meeting
was
presided
over
oiing
the
Canadian
war
effort,
by
G.
W.
Rudderham
who
explain
ever
the
decision
as
to
whether
ed
that
the
election
had
been
call
not
there
should
be
an
elec-
ed
on
such
short
notice
that
the
as
the
prerogative
of
the
campaign
was
somewhat
dlsorgan-
e
Minister
His.
decision
had
Ized.
This
was
a
large
riding
to
that
whether
the
people
liked
cover
and
It
was
possible
that
-
not
there
should
be
an
elec-
there
might
be
only
the
one
C.C.
Therefore,
the
country
found
F.
nubile
meeting.
Mr.
Rudderham
f
the
throes
of
'
a
campaign
warned
against
red
herrings
which
time
Mr.
Cameron
made
might
be
drawn
across
the
trail,
lea:
har
tUn
i
ii
.
i
I
MIC
UIS1I11I1(1L1JU
1111
-
-
.
t
,
had
not
been
of
his
seeking.
!
!r.a
weding
to
discuss
the
issues
hp
-ampaign,
Mr.
Cameron
re-
'
Premier
King's
citation
of
a
being
a
"United
Canada"
r,ori
of
the
government.
n
Ml
Kina
had
nssnmpH
nfflop
p5
the
oountry
serious
iVII.
Wlavci,
Ill
Vilnius,
oiaivu
that
for
the
past
three
weeks
he
had
been
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
somewhat
out
of
touch
with
affairs.
Catching
up
with
the
reading
of
the
dally
press,
he
had
found
some
Interesting
things.
The
Vancouver
Sun
talked
of
the
wis
to
o.
,o
faqed
vn
a
.7
on-,-
of
turning
out
an
experienced
,i,b.
.
w
ah
m
a,
nt-tri
niirriniT
in
nil
in
I"'
wrilf.h
Mr
KlmrhnH
nrnmtc
Buvcwimciii,
"
V
.
ou.a
uke
steps
to
rS
In
inexperienced
one.
In
view
;
of
J
and
his
further
sUte-
lZtl
l
SS
LIA
I-
no
nrl
ka.
..j
1.1
tiiwiu
iv.ui""..
i
ity
tor
ant
ve
P"
in
n
rC
experienced"
one
would
be
better.
defP-.at?t..ln..assu.rlnB
The
talk
of
"no
patronage"
by
this
?ck
rhr
t?"
I
0n!
government
really
needed
no
an
"a
cause
the
dlscontlnua-
sw"',
Td
"re-f
establlshmenf
f
not
implemented
Its
promises
re-
which
had
been
ardln
answerlns
t0
Inst
lnsuwtM
tuted
Pmier
Bennett
its
tendency
was
to
act
with
dlc-
to
the
circumstances
0f
,tatorlal
powers
such
aS
oi
Parliament
and
the
msi
w"'c"
l"e
"av
7
ng
of
the
election,
Mr.
Cam-'posed
to
be
fighting.
The
speaker
"recalled
how
Mr.
Mackenzie
criticized
the
inadequacy
of
allow-
.w
!"any
years
had
preached1
anccs
for
dependents
of
soldiers,
"wtrine
of
Pariiomani
.
i
ii.,nnco
fnr
a
CanadiShDike
Vi
woman
was
Just
a
dollar
less
than
tMr
v,"P?p
e"
"e
suggested
..
pvnpnse
allowance
foi
im
i..:.'"
naa
call
the
ses-
;
"7
"f
n-triot
who,
in
ta
because
hp
Ule
'
.
im
ithUtSSoS
addition,
got
his
travelling
J
me
the
res!)on-ihim
j-.i..
anee.
In
dealing
with
labor,
merr
anrt
aa'T'L..
""r"...
mhw
in
the
policies
oi
h
sho,,,;
"u
inat
;v;
nues.
Mr.
wea
in,,
....
me
mame.
b
f
t
that
session
m
i
a
'","""U11
Hi,,!
tendered
:'ea
f
10
nth
the
government.
hU
Kiff
Its
war
"SIS'
effort
Sor?."8h
ne
had
ft...
exoressprt
nn
thf.co-Patlon.
stating
Co,l
but
that
((c
pour)
ver
referred
to
the
pulp
mill
pro
mises
of
old.
Regarding
me
.
t
j
ifntv
Mr.
weaver
luu-
X.
1UU
Hiwuvunj
tmriPd
that
It
was
well
Known
w
-..o-
had
re
r,
r.
offpr
vear
V.
X.
jrt".
"
.
.
.,.,(V,
fused
to
form
a
united
iron,
-
i
!,,
nntrolled
out-
uny
uuii;
wiin-ii
..
side
of
Canada.
As
far
back
as
mi
(Continued
on
Page
QUIT
IICrBCKN
TORONTO
Provincial
Secretary
Harry
Nixon,
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn's
"right
hand
man,"
resigned
today
from
the
Ontario
cabinet
in
protest
against
the
Premier's
recent
attitude
toward
the
conduct
of
Canada's
war
effort.
In
St.
Thomas,
where
he
was
attending
an
inquiry
which
opened
into
his
charges
of
a
dis
turbance
at
the
air
training
cen
data
in
connection
with
already
on
the
list.
names
VON
RIBBENTROF
IN
ROME
ROME
Joachim
von
Ribber-trop,
German
Foreign
Minister,
fresh
from
talks
with
Pope
Plus
and
King
Victor
Emmanuel,
today
had
a
second
conference
with
Premier
Mussolini
in
two
days.
He
also
talked
with
Count
Ciano,
Italian
foreign
minister.
LANDED
IN
NEW
YORK
OTTAWA
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
training
plane
made
a
forced
landing
at
Alexandria
Bay,
New
Yorkr
Saturday
after-!
noon
when
the
pilot
lost
his
way
and
ran
out
of
fuel,
the
Department
of
National
Defence
an
nounces.
Pilot
Officer
A.
E.
L.
Cannon
was
in
charge
ot
the
plane
with
Aircraftsman
J.
Dui-guid.
They
suffered
only
from
shock.
It
is
not
known
whether
or
not
the
plane
will
be
interned
by
the
United
States.
AIRMAN
KILLED
VANCOUVER
Aircraftsman
R.
S.
Napper,
119th
Squadron,
was
killed
Saturday
when
he
walked
into
a
propellor
at
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
station
here.
He
has
a
wife
and
two
children
in
Halifax.
NOMINATIONS
CLOSE
OTTAWA
Up
to
early
today,
which
is
the
final
day
for
nominations
in
the
federal
election,
630
candidates
were
in
the
field
for
all
Canada.
In
British
Columbia
the
Co-Operative
Commonwealth
Federation
is
contesting
all
sixteen
scats
while
Liberals
and
National
Conservatives
have
fifteen
candidates
each,
there
being
53
candidates
in
all
in
the
Pacific
Coast
province.
There
are
239
Liberal
candidates,
198
National
Conservatives
and
98
C.C.F.'s.
LONDON
United
States
Under
Secretary
of
State
Summer
Welles
arrived
yesterday
from
Paris.
He
had
a
conference
with
Foreign
Secretary
Viscount
Halifax
and
today
met
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlan.
Tomorrow
he
will
be
received
in
audience
by
the
King.
Mr.
Welles
wiJi
be
told
that
Great
Britain
SHARE
IN
ESTATE
TORONTO
James
H.
Hamilton
and
sisters,
Annie
and
Virginia,
will
receive
$12,000
each
as
three
of
159
beneficiaries
in
a
$3,000,000
estate
at
St.
Louis.
GOVERNMENT
CRITICISM
LONDON
To
criticize
the
government
docs
not
mean
the
nation
is
divided
but
implies
that
it
is
united
with
the
only
aim
success
in
winning
the
war
as
soon
as
possible,
Rt.
Hon.
Arthur
Greenwood,
Labor
leader,
declares.
British
labor
is
for-
a
100
percent
efficient
war
effort.
DISPUTE
SETTLED
Great
Britain
Releases
Italian
Coal
Ships
No
More
Will
Be
Sent
LONDON,
March
11:
(CP)
The
dispute
between
Great
Britain
and
Italy
over
the
detention
of
Italian
ships
which
loaded
German
coal
In
I
Holland
for
delivery
.to
Italy
has
been
settled
with
a.
compromise
agreement,
it
Is
officially
announc-
ed.
Great
Britain
agrees
to
return
tre,
Hepburn
said
the
resignation
thirteen
shlps
with
their
full
car-
would
be
accepted.
COURT
OF
REVISION
D.
C.
Stuart,
the
revising
officer,
sitting
as
a
court
of
revision
on
the
federal
voters
list
this
morning
heard
82
applications.
Of
these
64
names
were
added
to
the
list
of
voters.
The
others
were
mostly
corrections
in
the
spelling
of
names
or'
other
goes
to
Italy
and
to
permit
Italian
;hips
which
had
Intended
to
load
!
coal
to
sail
from
Holland
in
ballast.
Italy.
In
turn,
agrees
to
send
no
more
ships
to
neutral
ports
for
Oer-man
coal.
The
amount
of
r.oal
Involved
In
the
seizure
of
the
allied
contraband
control
was
some
200.000
tons.
The
British
press
hailed
the
settlement
of
the,
dispute
as
a
blow
to
the
nlans
of
Joachim
von
Ribben-trop.
Oerman
Foreign
Minister,
who
had
planned
to
use
the
issue
at
1
Rome
In
develonlng
further
dls-cord
between
Italy
and
Great
Britain.
The
Sunday
Observer
hails
the
agreement
as
an
"important
diplomatic
triumph."
i
Rr.oorting
to
Parliament
on
the
settlement.
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
declared
today
that
It
"may
be
hoped
now
that
the
way
'
1
reopened
for
resumotlon
of
trade
talks
to
the
mutual
advantage
of
both
countries.
The
Prime
Minis
,
ter
informed
that
Great
Britain
'had
released
the
coal
ships
seized
in
the
blockade
of
German
coal
ex
ports
and
Italy
had
airfeecLto
send'
no
more
ships
to
Rotterdam
for
German
coal.
The
sailing
of
these
with
vegetables
and
fruit.
'FOUR
ARE
INFIELD
Cameron,
Hanson,
Morris
and
Weaver
are
Candidates
For
Federal
Election
Nominations
Close
,
When
nominations
for
the
forthcoming
election
closed
at
2
o'clock
,thls
afternoon,
four
candidates
were
found
to
be
In
the
field
George
F.
Cameron,
Vancouver
barrister,
National
Conservative;
Olof
Hanson,
Prince
Rupert,
Llb-
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
tional
Conservative
Candidate
Presents
His
Case
Saturday
C
a
Heard
From
On
Sunday
VI.,
Opening
gun
,
hustings
in
Prince
Rupert
for
c
federal
election
c.
-ere
sounded
over
the
week-a
Saturday
night
.al
Conservative
candi.
tc,
George
F.
Cameron,
barrister,
was
heard
the
Moose
Hall
at
a
mocltV'
.11
attended
meeting
cr
which
Miss
E.
M.
Earl
prv
yd.
Sunday
afternoon
,0rge
W.
Weaver,
New
Westrmnster,
the
Co-operative
immnmvealth
Federation
candidate,
made
his
initial
ap-aranee
here
in
the
present
campaign,
the
chairman
of
p
miH-uuy
uciufc
ii.
ivuuuciiiaiii.
wii
weunesuay
irnr
i
mot
xjim.ii
Hivkiii
win
ue
jiem
lij
near
uiot
nnson.
the
candidate
for
re-election,
who
will
be
support-
by
Premier
1.
u.
rattuiio,
benator
J.
H.
King,
E.
T
nney
M.L.A.
and
Dr.
W.
T.
Kergin.
The
camnai'rrn!
-ile
it
will
be
a
comparatively
brief
one,
promises
to
be
ite
active
now
tnat
it
is
under
way
and
there
will
be
nty
to
engage
the
interest
ot
those
who
concern
them-ves
with
matters
political.
ING
GOVT
i
AR
EFFORT
UNDER
FIRE
WAR
ISSUES
SUBJECT
OF
C.C.F.
TALK
ficitney.
Extravagance
anil
George
Weaver
Prescribes
Social-
ism
as
Remedy
for
World
Ills
Vol.
XXIX.,
No.
60.
i
Bulletins
!
.
.
i
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
11,
1940.
'...i.
t
"c
Htt
War
News
FREIGHTER
SCUTTLED
LONDON
The
British
Admiralty
announced
interception
of
the
German
steamship
Hanover,
a
5G00-ton
vessel,
by
a
British
cruiser
near
Puerto
Rico.
The
Hanover,
rather
than
submit
to
capture,
was
scuttled
with
a
valuable
cargo
of
oil
and
lumber.
WAR
ACTIVITIES
LONDON
On
the
front
a
Germa
reverse
at
the
we:
stern
PRICE:
I
CENTS
Russo-Finnish
Peace
Is
Said
Imminent
Important
Negotiations
Concluded
at
Moscow;
Now
Before
Helsinki
f
Soviet
Said
to
Have
Relaxed
Original
Demands
Finland
Will
Insist
on
Retaining
Its
Independence
LONDON,
March
11
:
(CP)--Carrying
amended
peace
terms
which
will
be
submitted
to
the
Finnish
n
patrol
suffered
Parliament,
the
Premier
of
Finland
and
party
were
on
hands
f
the
rVim'v
wn-r
hnma
fn
tInLmf
UJn
!....
1
French
near
Vosges
Mountains.
Fn-lish
planes
continued
activity
bombing
and
scouting
over
German
naval
bases.
There
were
also
flights
as
far
as
Vienna
and
Prague
with
leaflets.
BRITISH
SHIPS
SUNK
LONDON
The
following
Br!-tlsli
ships
have
been
sunk
by
enemy
action.
Chew
Chase,
2,-719
tons:
M-in-
Hill,
1918
tons;
Borthwick,
1097
tons.
ON
TO
VICTORY
BERLIN
Chancellor
Adolf
I'it'er,
in
an
eleven-minute
speech
Sundav,
said
he
would
press
on
to
the
"most
"lorious
victory
in
Germany's
history,"
ir:ng
his
own
life
if
necessary.
PLANTING
.
"
.
7,1
i
-capt.
I.
M.
Brown
andCapt.
p
(Mrs,)
.dependent
Liberal,
and
George
Acn
oI
prlnce
,
W
Weaver,
New
Westminster
mu-
Cove
companles
resPeCtlvely
as
well
siclan
Co-opera
lve
Federation
.
PatrolPLeaders
Beatrice
Ritchie
,
VVltll
llUllllllcltlUll
LIULlCia
ui
ivir.
Hanson
and
Mr,
Morris
previously
filed.
Mr.
Weaver
was
the
third
to
jthe
returning
officer,
T.
W.
Brown.
w.i....
rvji
UU1UV
1U
lltlolllJJIUlB
iuua
ctxier
ilclVlIl
Uctll
since
last
Wednesday
in
Moscow.
The
feeling
in
Moscow
was
that
the
terms,
reported
to
be
much
more
moderate
than
Russia
had
at
first
demanded,
would
be
accepted
by
Finland.
On
I
appeal
was
made
by
Finland.
Great
the
other
hand,
sentiment
at
Hel-1
Britain
would
be
obliged
to
do
this
sink!
appeared
to
be
hardening
with
under
the
covenant
of
the
League
the
feeling
that
no
peace
with
Rus-1
01
Nations.
isla
would
be
possible
on
any
Rus-(
Meanwhile
at
Berlin
Former
sian
demands
exceeding
those
1
Premier
Per
Evlnd
Svindufhud
of
which
were
made
before
the
war:
Finland,
who
went
to
the
German
began
last
November.
No'
peace
;
capital
to
enlist
support
In
Inducing
'
would
be
considered
which
Involv-
j
Russia
to
make
more
adequate
deed
Finland
in
any
way
giving
up
its
mands,
had
not
up
to
today
been
indeuendence.
The
fact
that
six
received
by
heads
of
the
German
hundred
planes
had
already
arrived
government
who
were
evidently
,
to
flht
for
Finland,
together
with
waiting
to
receive
definite
informa-furthrr
assurances
of
Allied
help,
tlon
from
Moscow,
had
proven
that
outside'
aid
could
From
Moscow
came
word
that
the
.be
obtained
In
pursuing
the
war.
Premier
and
heads
of
the
puppet
Under
the
new
Russian
peace
soviet
government
which
had
been
terms,
the
demand
for
a
naval
base
set
up
for
Finland
early
In
the
war
on
Hanko
Islands,
west
of
Helsinki,
had
been
arrested
because
they
Is
reported
dropped.
Vlipurl
would
crltlzed
the
Soviet
authorities
for
.be
left
In
the
hands
of
Finland
as
opening
peace
negotiations
with
Wfuild
also
be
Pebuimn
In
tha
far
T
D
U
U
V
north-
Under
a
new
llne
ot
demar-
.
.
.
.
.
1
M
Ljlu
"tlon
-"on
the
'Karelian
:
Isthmus,1
Scene
Shifted
'
'
Finlnd
would
also
retain
the
most
The
scene
of
Russo-Finnish
peace
Girl
Guides
of
First
Prince
Ru-,
thp
Mannerhelm
Line
although
negotiations
shifted
at
the
Pert
and
Seal
Cove
companies
and:tnPre
are
understood
to
be
demili-
end
from
Stockholm
to
United
Stat-
ships,
Chamberlain
said,
had
been
Boy
Scouts
of
First
Prince
Rupert
.
tarization
provisions.
es
embassy
offices
at
Moscow.
The
due
to
a
misunderstanding,
"Com-
and
Canadian
Legion
(Seal
Cove)
in
Cooenh?gen
and
Stockholm
it,
Associated
Press
said
then
that
It
tmon
sense
and
goodwill'
had
result-
troops
paraded
smartly
Saturday
!
predicted
that
peace
between
had
Information
'that
negotiations
ed
in
the
settlement.
afternoon
under
pleasant
weather,
Rnscla
anrt
Finland
might
be
ex-
were
proceeding
smoothly
and
that
I
The
new
trade
negotiations
are
conditions
to
take
part
In
tree:Pected
within
the
course
of
hours
a
decision
as
to
whether
or
not
1
....
.....
...
Kl
11
-
-
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.
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tfr'J
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.
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.
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expectea
to
leaa
to
Italy
taxing
kiis
icirmunin
io
commemor-i
uu
'-
"f
n
uuicr
xanner
oi
meie
w
io
De
an
armistice
mignt
Welsh
coal
and
supplying
Britain
ate
the
visit
of
King
George
and
mana
saia
that
.such
reoorts
were
be
expected
by
Monday
or
Tuesday,
Queen
Elizabeth
to
Canada
last
without
foundation
and
that
no
Meantime,
speculation
continues
year.
One
maple
tree,
the
gift
of
Peace
naa
Been
arranged.
Mrs.
R.
L.
Mcintosh,
was
planted
by.
the
Girl
Guides;
the
other,
present-
ed
by
Miss
S.
A.
Mills,
by
the
Boyi
Scouts.
Mrs.
C.
V.
Evltt,
president
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Girl
Guides!
Assr-l;
ation,
presided
over
the
proceed-1
ings.
Mrs.
Mcintosh
spoke
briefly
in
reference
to
the
visit
of
the
King
and
Queen.
She
also
alluded
to
the
and
Hazel
Toombs.
Miss
S.
A.
Mills
spoke
briefly
be-
fftro
fVia
-1qntlrinr
ssf
tViA
T1m
OnMi
t
R.
C.
H.
Durnford
and
Ernest
Mead
ows
as
well
as
Patrol
Leaders
Har
.Mrs.
M.
Berg,
Mrs.
George
Rudder-
CTlnP"Ln"dMvPar?S
;ham,
F.
T.
Glass,
John
Moran,
Alex
.
l0"
J11
"f
Pfctlvely
00
i"1'
will
not
make
peace
until
there
Is
'Sinclair,
J.
Dohl.
Leon
Sandvar,
ZuX'T"
......
ll...
n
,.-,.,
nv.rn.
nrna
Clrmrcra
T
T.otircrvn
vin.ll
fortln
r
TIaki-
rn
ul
vaiidua
auu
mcnt
and
Poland
and
Czechoslovakia
are
restored.
Great
Britain
does
not
seek
the
dismem-bcrship
of
Germany.
Howe,
Oscar
Larson,
Allison
Haines
.
and
Mrs.
Allison
Haines.
Last
to
enter
was
Mr.
Cameron
whose
papers
were
filed
this
morning.
His
official
agent
is
W.
R.
McAfee
and
his
nominators
are
R.
W.
Cameron,
Miss
Essie
Earl,
Dr.
R.G.
Large,
Jack
Preece,
J.
H.
Thompson,
Mrs.
James
Clark,
W.
R.
Love,
Mrs.
J.
T.
Harvey,
Robert
McCarthy,
Mudro
McArthur,
W.
J.
Ray-
JUMrED
FROM
BRIDGE
VANCOUVER
An
unidentified
man
Jumped
200
feet
from
the
Lion's
Gate
Bridge.
The
body
has
not
been
found.
organ.
SCHOOL
GIRL
DIES
HiisuKO
saicai,
agea
u,
aaugnter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hlshlsuke
Sakal
y
and
a
pupil
of
Booth
Memorial
Highly
School,
died
yesterday
morning
ln'w
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
If
following
a
brief
Illness.
The
fun-,15
oral
took
place
this
afternoon
fromjh
B.C.
Undertakers
with
Very
Rev.
J
James
B.
Gibson
officiating
and'U
M'SS
ElsU
Heaps
PresldlnS
at
the
Hankinson.
mond,
Dr.
C.
H.
Mrs.
P.
A.
T.
Ellis.
Mrs.
Donald
O.
McLeod,
.William
Reld,
R.
E.
Benson,
M.
M.
Stephens
and
W.
J.
Thomas.
Weather
Forecast
B
.
'a
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
H
lotte
Islands
Fresh
southeast
to
S
south
winds,
partly
cloudy
and
cool
j
with
a
few
scattered
showers.
n
BRITAIN
REFUSES
In
the
British
House
of
Commons
today
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
revealed
that
on
February
22
Russia
had
approached
the
British
government
with
a
view
to
actint
as
intermediary
in
the
war
With
Finland
but
the
British
government
had
arrival
at
New
York
of
the
great)
refused
to
act
on
the
grounds
snip
Queen
Elizabeth.
While
the
men
were
away
at
war,
Mrs.
McIn-(
tosh
sugested
that
the
boys
and'
girls
might
engage
in
useful
worki
of
developing
beauty
spots
in
Prince
Rupert.
Taking
part
In
the
planting
of
the
tree
for
the
Girl
Guides,
as
well
as
the
placing
of
a
brass
plaque,
were
that
the
Russian
terms
were
too
onerous
and
severe
and
would
leave
Finland
in
a
hopeless
plight.
The
Russian
request
for
mediation
had
been
transmitted
by
Soviet
Ambassador
Ivan
Malsky
to
the
Foreign
Office.
At
the
same
time
Stockholm
had
been
approached
and,
as
a
result,
had
become
intermediary.
The
Finnish
government
had
been
advised
of
rife.
'
Still
doubtful
as
to
the
outcome,
Sweden
continued
Intensive
recruiting
of
volunteers.
As
Great
Britain
and
France
consider
the
question
of
armed
intervention
on
behalf
of
;
Finland
and
the
extent
It
may
take,
Sweden
pondered
the
lifting
of
the
ban
on
the
passage
of
Allied
aid.
At
Paris
the
French
cabinet
explored
latest
developments
In
the
,
Russo-Finnish
situation
as
news
papers
predicted
the
Allies
would
be
ready
to
Intervene
with
expedi-dltlonary
forces
if
Finland
gave
the
word.
No
direct
appeal
had.
as
yet
been
made
by
Finland
for
help.
If
the
question
of
peace
hinged
on
the
matter
of
Russia
obtaining
naval
base
sites
on
Hanko
Islands,
west
of
Helsinki,
many
considered
Finland
was
unlikely
to
agree.
Indeed
Finland
may
feel
that
all
Russia
the
terms
at
the
time,
the
Prime
,
seeks
is
a
breathing
spell
before
Minister
added.
making
further
demands.
Mr.
Chamberlain
also
Informed
In
spite
of
the
supposed
immin-the
House
that
Great
Britain
and
ence
of
a
truce
to
end
the
war,
the
France
were
ready
to
put
resources
Moscow
radio
last
night
delivered
at
the
command
of
Finland
in
the
a
violent
attack
upon
the
Premier
war
against
Russia
providing
an
(Continued
on
Pctyc
Three)
As
Others
See
Us
England
Says-Excerpt
from
the
"Manchester
Guardian"
"With
two
Canadian
detachments
already
in
Europe
and
with
plans
taking
shape
for
the
vast
Air
School
In
Canada,
It
Is
hard
to
Imagine
that
a
charge
of
luke-warmness
can
be
made
against
the
present
government."
The
United
States
Says-Excerpt
from
"Time"
February
5
"Although
the
-Opposition
claims
the
Government
has
been
backward
in
preparing
Canada
for
war
and
equipping
her
armed
forces,
neutral
Ottawa
observers
inclined
last
week
to
think
the
opposite
has
been
the
case.
In
many
Instances,
Prime
Minister
King
has
been
forehanded
and
it
is
even
coming
to
light
that
significant
Canadian
war
preparations
were
made
over
a
year
ago
when
the
war
was
still
hypothetical."
VOTE
FOR
HANSON
Skeena
Federal
Liberal
Association
of
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
i.
va.t.1