nuiuilnu.
Inited
States
Is
Prepared
To
Aid
JugoSlavia
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
March
The
Un'ted
states
EiCPi
ivtmment
f
nt
congratula-
ons
today
to
the
new
Yugo-
(lav
gjvernment
and
noted
mat
President
Franklin
D.
loosevclf
was
empowered
to
ls:!st-
naions
scektngvto
pre-
hnt
their
independence.
I
MEETING
NAZI
CHIEF
itiuok
Sets
liltler
and
Von
Rlh-
Mntrop
Today
Has
Faith
in
Germany
IRLIW.
March
27.
Foreign
nlst'
Yosuke
Matsuoka
of
Ja-
.
fci
Arrived
In,
Berlin
last
night
fpr
Melons
which
.
the
I
Germans
j
Sid
are
designed
t6
make
the
pe
power
pact
between
Ger-lany
Italy
and
Japan
a
more
ef-
'
jcttve
Instrument
for
organizing
i
k
so-called
"new
order"
in
Eur-pe
and
the
Far
East.
I
More
than
a
million
Berllncrs
timed
out
to
give
Matsuoka
a
fous
"H
welcome.
i
iwjij
niaujuuiiU
is
io
meet
uuau-
i
Rfllor
Adolf
Hitler
and
Foreign
mister
Joachim
von
Rlbbentrop.
Matsuoka
expressed
his
firm
con-'
"ion
that
Great
Britain
and
Un-
cd
States
would
always
oppose
Ja
w's
constructive
activities
In
the
ar
Ent.
The
Japanese
people,
latsuoka
declared,
believed
that
ermanv
wnulri
krpn
faith
mder
She
tripartite
pact.
The
Axis
would
land
unbeatable
against
any
Am-
"can
activities
in
the
Pacific.
RAILWAY
IN
G00DSHAPE
wi
Ilirrp.iKp
In
Nrt
Onrralinir
Revenue
For
1941
Reported
To
House
Of
Commons
Today
OTTAWA,
March
27:
(CPHNct
operating
revenue
cf
this
Canadian
National
Railways
for
the
calendar
lear
of
1940
was
$45,007,411,
an
in
crease
of
$24,152,993
or
116
percent
over
the
1939
annual
report
of
the
system.
The
annual
report
of
the
stem
Is
scheduled
to
be
tabled
to
the
House
of
Commons
today.
King
And
Queen
Visit
Canadians
,
SOMEWHERE
IN
ENGLAND,
March
27-
rrpiTtiifrip.!
htar.
T
td
and
a
Dine
band
walled
a
T
military
welcome
today
&sthe
T
lvln
and
Queen
mid
tlhelr
.
'
'
.
V
fJ
kill,
VUlldUidll
T
ond
Division
of
which
kaj-
lent
demo
.i.i.
riinri
slCl-ll"S
74.03
on
the
Ne
he
NEW
GOVERNMENT
SWORN
IN
TO
PRESERVE
I
BALKAN
NATION'S
INTEGRITY
FOLLOWING
BETRAYAL
AT
VIENNA
THIS
WEEK
BY
DEPOSED
PREMIER
CVETKOVIC
Armed
Forces
Are
Taking
Orders
From
Boy
Monarch
SENSATIONAL
DEVELOPMENTS
FOLLOW
NIGHT
LONG
RIOTING
AND
DEMONSTRATIONS
IN
FAVOR
OF
RESISTING
DOMINATION
BY
TOTALITARIAN
AGGRESSORS
BELGRADE.
JIarch
27:
(CP)
Seventeen-year-old
Kinjj
Peter
II.,
in
a
bloodless
coup
d'etat,
took
over
the
active
reins
of
c:ovcrnmcnt
in
Yugoslavia
today
and
swore
in
a
new
cabinet
to
preserve
his
country's
integrity.
Prince
Paul,
vrWe
regency
council
and
cabinet
was
responsible
for
signing
up
Yugoslavia
with
the
Axis
at
Vienna
this
week,
and
Princess
Olga
have
fled
-
to-Greece-at
is-reported.
The
government
nL
Premier
Cvetkovic
has
been
overthrown
and
its'
members
are
under
arrest.
The
Belgrade
radio
appealed
to
all
loyal
,
citizens
of
Yugoslavia
to
support
the
young
.
King
and
his
government
which
includes
several
f
1
r
ardent
Serbs
and
is
made
up
of
anti-Axis
cle-
1
mcnts
friendly
to
Great
Britain
and
all
elements
f
of
the
population.
General
Dusan
Simovic
has
been
placed
in
military
control
of
the
country
as
Premier.
King
Peter
issued
a
proclamation,
"in
this
exceedingly
serious
moment
in
history,"
declaring:
"I
desire
to
take
over
into
my
own
hands
the
royal
colors.
My
regent
has
resigned
and
my
faithful
army
and
navy
has
placed
itself
m
my
hands
and
is
taking
my
orders.
I
ask
the
faithful
support
of
all
loyal
Serbs
and
Croats.
.
The
patriarch
of
the
church
has
given
formal
blessing
to
the
new
ruler.
Today's
sensational
new
political
developments
in
Yugoslavia
came
suddenly
after
night
long
rioting
throughout
the
country
in
protest
at
to
the
Axis.
the
former
government's
capitulation
Many
persons
were
killed
and
wounded.
More
than
one
thousand
persons
clashed
with
the
police
last
night
in
the
streets
of
Sarajevo,
birthplace
of
the
Firs
Great
War
and
Centre
of
dissent
against
YugoSkiyia
twi
h
the
Axis.
Sharp
street
upun
au
uin
Vuv
in
Belgrade
last
night
after
a
day
during
anew
which
there
was
rioting
in
the
centre
of
the
capi-al
in
protest
at
the
alliance
with
the
Axis
powers.
Police
and
soldiers
quelled
the
first
outbreak
in
Belgrade
which
occurred
shortly
after
Premier
Cvetkovic
had
returned
from
Vienna
where
he
signed
the
pact
on
Tuesday
but
order
not
restored
for
long.
was
Several
schools
were
closedafter
thous-mU
0f
0idcr
boys
had
destroyed
pictures
of
Ilit-W
nntl
staged
sitdown
strikes.
Police
cordons
thrown
around
some
of
the
larger
schools
were
and
it
was
reported
they
might
be
closed
until
April
20.
drcdg
of
pCrs0ns
WCrc
reported
under.
t
the
iw
prou
nrovinccs
for
demonstrations,
arrest
m
.dcmongtrati
,;MCi
Cvetkovic
and
the
Axis
were
led
largely
old
time
Serbian
revolutionary
bf
and
s
den
byi
U
"ll
tontenegro
was
also
the
scene
of
vio-
,dVT::irntions.
Even
as
late
as
last
night
l
I.
.1
fnmiAfl
n
c
4
o
4
nin
nn
f
l,
PvctkOViC
gOVCrnniLimnuu
..,,nn
isauvu
a
"u.j
n.
iUr
mve
rnment
was
in
control
of
tnf
sUuaticm
and
opposition
was
not
expected
to
be
"fftive-
"
cnl
lVR
r
General
Victor
W.
Odium
of
1
UNU
'
27.-The
Brl-
l
Vancouver
is
officer
com-
.
NEW
Y
.
.,,
J.
pe
unchanged
CHICAGO
WHEAT
PRICES
UBHARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Flees
To
Greece
Germany
And
.
political
developments
today
in
Belgrade
would,
not
affect
'
Yugoslavia's
adherence
to
the
Axis.
,
London.
Has
Seventh
1
Peaceful
NWt
Enemy
pin?
Attacked
as
well
as
coastal
defence
craft.
In
all
the
action
the
British
suffered
loss
neither
of
surface
or
air
craft.
Nor
did
convoys
suffer
any
damage.
SOLDIERS
INTERNED
N.C.O.
and
Private
of
Montreal
Regiment
Helped
Nazi
Prisoners
to
Communicate
With
Outside
MONTREAL,
March
27:
(CP)
Capt.
Maurice
Lalonde,
prosecuting
officer
for
court-martials
in
Montreal
and
Quebec
military
districts,
said
yesterday
that
a
non-commissioned
officer
had
been
intern
ed
for
twelve
months
and
a
soldier
for
four
months
after
conviction
of
allowing
enemy
prisoners
to
communicate
outside
internment
camps.
The
names
of
both
soldiers,
who
will
receive
dishonorable
discharges,
were
not
given.
NEW
YORK
COPPER
j
NEW
YORK,
March
27.
Copper
j
was
.5c
lower
to
.3c
higher
on
the
CHICAGO,
March
27.
Wheat
fu-'.New
York
metal
market
yesterday
.
.1
;
t
.
.
.
.
i.
it.
..
in.
-
j.
tir
1
i
York
SIOCK
turcs
were
up.
Vac
10
"4C
yeiiu.iy
wun
May
ai
ii.wac
per
puuna
ai
g
with
May
closing
at
Bc,
closing.
featHer.
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
S
orinrc
Rupert
District
and
Queon
High
1:40
a.m.
21.0
ft.
Charlotte
Islands
Light
south
13:55
pm.
20.4
ft.
binds,
part
cloudy
and
mild
with
Low
8:01
a.nu
3.9
ft.
log
patches.
20:08
pjn.
4.8
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRfTTSH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
IXXX
No.
73.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
27,
1941
PRICE:
5
CENTS.
UGuSL
A
VI
A
SWINGS
BACK
oung
King
Peter
Assumes
YugoSlavia
Finds
Soul
Government
Reins;
Regent
UNDER
yIRF!Churchill
FIRE!
Pledges
Prince
Paul
R.
A.
F.
Bombers
Giving
It
Con-ttant
Attention
Advances
In
S
East
Africa
CHEREN
ENTERED
CAIRO!
March
27:
CP)
British
troops
have
entered
Chcren,
key
city,
of
Eritrea,
it
was
announced
.officially
tonight.
Bri-
Yl1(JfnSIaVia
Harar,
walled
town
25
miles
from
l
UgUUiaTia
the
a.mrKrtant
AddisrAbaba-
r
Djibuti
railway.
LONDON,
March
27:
It
.
,
CAIRO
M.rch
27:-TrIpoh.
4U
the
Is
suggested
in
Berlin
that
only
North
Afn:an
pert
which
can
Germany
may
be
lorced
to
marrh
intn
vinRiavia
rp.
be
used
to
effect
by
the
enemy
in
store
order
Ithere
if
move-
andln?
forces
l?
the
Aricatnj
campaign,
is
receiving
regular
at-j
menu
of
revolution
became
a
nuance
toMhe
new
Nazi
aiim
from
the
Alr
f!
domination.
W
Reich
Is
hich
,s
keeoin?
a
close
watch.
ready
for
a
nV
eventuality.
It
Government
buildings
and
harbor
was
declared
today,
and'
the
facilities
there
were
Domoea
yes
terday.
El
Igala,
a.
post
180
miles
l
west
of
Bengasi
In
Libya
i
was
yielded
'back
to
enemy
forces
I
yesterday.
German
mechanized
u
units
were
found
there.
In
Eastern
Africa
acUvity
con-(
eistd
to
large
extent
of
air
attack
of
points
In
Eritrea
and
Ethiopia.
Several
new
points
In
Ethiopia
havp
been
captured
as
rand
forces
ous
directions
towards
Addis
Ab
aba.
At
Cheren
In
Eritrea
art
Italian
counter-attack
has
been
s?t
Straight
back,
the
British
gaining
further
Ship-
r-slf,orrS'
A
number
of
prisoners
were
captured
including;
a
general
headauarters
staff.
!
LONDON.
March.
27.-
London
Single-seated
fighters
made
In
the
United
States
are
in
use
now
h-
had
its
seventh
straight
night
without
an
alert
against
Nazi
air
Au"
rce
ta
North
raiders.
There
was
no
activity
by
Africa.
Bh
soldiers
have
been
or-the
German
bombers
over
any
part
of
accord
honorable
and
British
isles
last
night.
red
treatment
to
Italian
pris-ern
Industrial
buildings
in'
two
south-
humane
oners
in
Africa,
not
attempting
to
towns
were
damaged
yesterday
late
atrocltJes
urti
as
have
as
a
few
of
the
enemy
raiders
came
practised
by
the
Italians.
over
and
dropped
bombs.
Two
of
the
Nazi
planes
were
brought
down,
'
r
one
by
anti-aircraft
fire
and
one
by
Royal
Air
Force
fighters.
While
unfavorable
weather
re
duced
action
over
land
to
a
minimum,
the
Royal
Air
Force
was
busy
l.ffnln
novwiftn
cVilnnlrtcr
onH
nai'fll
t
vessels,
in
co-operation
with
the
SYRIA
HAS
TROUBLES
Lc
N4vy.
In
addition
to
an
8,000-ton
iuois,in
uamascus
)amascus
and
anu
Aleppo
icjjjiu
tanker
off
the
Norwegian
coast
and
a
6.000-ton
supply
ship
off
the
Netherlands,
the
Germans
suffered
loss
of
E-boats,
when
the
enemy
unsuccessfully
attacked
a
convoy
to
Martial
Law
Being
Declared
Britain
To
Assist
Belgrade
Gov't
Predicts
it
Will
Repudiate
Agreement
With
Axis
Defend
Its
Freedom
and
Integrity
Promises
to
Wrin
"Battle
of
Atlantic"
LONDON,
March
27:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Winston
Churchill
predicted
today
that
the
new
Yugoslav
government
would
be
ready
to
preserve
its
honor
and
integrity
by
repudiating
the
country's
pact
with
the
Axis.
He
said
it
was
reasonable
to
expect
repudiation
"though
NAVAL
SHIP
GOES
DOWN
M.
C.
S.
Otter
Burns
And
Sinks
On
Atlantic
Coast
Nineteen
Crew
Men
Perish
HALIFAX,
March
27:
The
pat-
rri
cmtI
II.lM
PiSi
'
ftttrr
took
MjVtfeadSStrJfVl-f.-iire
early
yesterday
nwrniny
off
this
port
and
sank,
nineteen
members
vt
her
crew
losing
their
lives
while
twenty-two
survived,
it
was
officially
announced
today.
The
dead
are
two
officers
and
seventeen
men.
Te-eral
cf
these
were
drowned
from
lifeboats
within
sight
of
Iapd
and
close
to
rescue
vessels.
Others
died
of
shock
and
exposure.
Cause
of
the
fire
has
not
been
disposed.
It
Is
being
investigated.
The
disaster
occurred
during
a
raging
storm
on
a
cold
and
wintry
sea.
Th
rescues
were
effected
by
a
merchant
ship,
which
picked
up
slrr-n
survivors,
and
another
naval
vessel
which
picked
up
six.
The
nersrnnel
of
HJU.C.S.
Ot
I
don
t
Know
wnat
wui
nap
len
ana
ter
was
from
Eastern
Canada,
j
view
recent
British-
victories,
prais
the
most
of
them
from
Nova
S"tk
with
two
as
far
west
as
Manitoba.
BUTTS
ON
CHURCHILL
VICHY.
France,
March
27:
(CP)
Twelve
persons
were
killed
Tuei-
PORTSMOUTH,
England,
March
day
and
Wednesday
by
rioting
at
27:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Damascus
and
Alenno
in
Syria.
Re-
on
a
recent
tour
gave
a
half-
ports
from
Beirut
said
that
the
smoked
cigar
to
a
Portsmoutn
oock
French
had
decreed
martial
law
worker
as
a
souvenir
alter
chat-
in
several
cities.
tins
with
him.
KHKHOBHroaOKKKHJ0tHKroBO
War
News
CLASH
EXPECTED
SOON
ISTANBUL
An
early
clash
of
Allied
and
German
forces
In
the
Balkans
Is
expected
soon.
British
forces
continue
to
move
to
the
Greek
froitier
with
Bulgaria
where
they
are
not
far
away
from
the
Nazi
r.cross
the
border.
British
ships
have
arrived
In
the
Dardanelles
after
convoying
troops
to
Greece.
NEW
INVASION
WEAPON
LONDON
A
new
invasion
weapon
an
"assault
boat,"
designed
along
the
lines
of
a
war
canoe,
light
and
portable
and
carrying
four
men
has
been
perfected
in
England.
GERMAN
PLANES
BOMBED
CAIRO
German
airplanes
on
the
ground
were
In
a
British
air
raid
yesterday
on
Dodocanese
Islands.
,
AERIAL
ATLANTIC
PATHOL
LONDON
Big
American
Lockheed
and
Catalina
patrol
bombers
are
to
be
used
by
the
British
In
the
effort
to
sweep
the
Atlantic
Ocean
of
enemy
surface
and
undersea
craft
preying
on
shipping.
The
new
planes
arc
faster
and
heavier..
r
NAZI
BOMBER
DOWNED
LONDON
HLS.
Versatile,
a
destroyer,
yesterday
brought
down
a
German
bomber
which
was
.attacking
a
convoy.
one
cannot
be
sure
of
anything."
Mr.
Churchill
spoke
at
a
Trades
Union
Congress
luncheon
after
earlier
telling
a
meeting
of
Conservatives
that
Yugoslavia
hat
"found
its
soul"
In
the
revolution
in
Belgrade.
Speaking
to
the
Conservatives
Mr.
Churchill
said:
"A
resolution
has
taken
place
in
Belgr:
de
and
thi
minister
who
but
ye
sterday
(signed
away
the
honor
and
free-dom
of
their
country
are
leported
under
arrest.
This
patriot
:
move
ment
arises
from
a
violent
a
id
warlike
race
who
had
their
couHtry
betrayed
by
the
weakness
f
their
rulers
and
the
foul
intrigue-!
of
the
Axis
powers.
We
may.
therefore,
cherish
hope
that
a
YugoS
iv
government
will,
be
formed
wc
rthy
to
de?nd
the",
freedom
...
and
1
itegrlty
of
the-country?
Such
a
coi
titry,
in
its
brave
ertfleavour,
will
receive
from
the
British
Empire
and
I
doubt
not
in
its
own
way
f
om
the
United
States
all
possible
iir
and
succor.
The
Empire
and
i
s
Allies
will
make
common
cause
1
1th
the
Yugoslav
nation
and
we
v
111
con
tinue
to
march
and
strive
ogether
until
victory
Is
"won."
Mr.
Churchill
then
said:
"Before
many
months
are
passed
I
shall
be
able
to
declare
o
you
tl
at
the
Battle
of
the
Atlantic
has
1
een
de7
clsively
won."
He
went
o
.
to
ie--
ling
yiiiieiu-uu
it
i".
TO
FLANK
GERMANS
A
reliable
source
said
today,
that
Great
Britain
will
b
ck
the
new
Yugoslav
gpvernme-
t
with
its
navy
army
and
air
:
tree
to
lay
open
the
right
flank
of
the
German
thrust
into
the
1
ilkans.
This
statement
followed
Prime
Minister
Churchill's
pr
diction
that
the
new
governmen
would
repudiate
the
Axis
pact
:
nd
his
promise
to
make
common
cause
with
the
YugoSlava.
The
London
press,
wh
ch
last
night
had
expressed
hope
'
iat
Yu-
goSlavla
wouw
yet
repur
aie
wj
Joining
up
with
the
Axis,
today
hailed
the
political
turn
over
at
Belgrade
today
as'
a
pro-British
coup.
SNOWS
OP
SCOTLAND
KYLE-AYR,
Scotland,
March
27:
(CP)
Malcolm
Macleod,
a
second
officer
In
the
merchant
marine,
tramped
40
miles
through
deep
blizzard
snow
drifts
for
tils
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