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NON-CONFIDENCE
VOTE
PROPOSED
Opposition
Leader
nrarken
1'uls
Forward
Amendment
in
Commons
OTTAWA
Progressive
Conservative
Leader
Bracken
yesterday
moved
an
amendment
to
the
motion
for
adoption
of
the
address
In
reply
to
the
Throne
Speech.
The
amendment
Is
lh
effect
a
motion
of
non-confidence
in
the
government.
It
charges
the
government
failed
to
meet
the
needs
of
workers
and
vet-mns
In
order
to
prevent
unemployment
and
dislocation.
Tine
amendment
charges
the
government
has
failed
to
provide
housing,
has
failed
to
adjust
agriculture
to
meet
world
demands,
and
has
failed
to
relieve
the
taxation
burdens,
particularly
In
the
low
Ineornc
group.'
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c
1
nu
rrjrirriivu
pect
today
of
Great
Britain
and
the
United
States
rendering
unprecedented
service
to
human-'
iiy
by
"walking
forward
together
with
no
alms
of
conquest,
subjugation
or
advancement
of
sordid
Interests."
The
former
British
Trlme
Minister,
after
being
awarded
an
honorary
degree
of
Doctor
of
Laws,
at
Columbia
University
yesterday,
emphasized
the
importance
of
English
and
history
studies.
He
added
that
"even
our
Communist
frirnds
should
study
hls.
They
should
study
the
admirable
works
and
life
and
souls
of
the
while
ant.
That
will
show
not
only
a
great
deal
about
their
past
but
will
give
a
very
fair
Indication
of
their
future."
Mr.
Churchill
did
not
expand
on
this
Illusion.
Scientists,
seeking
significance
in
Churchill's
parallel,
gave
definition
of
the
white
ant
as
a
termite
living
in
colonies
where
the
Individual
has
110
say,
the
ndlvidual
working
automatically
In
his
own
task.
IRANIAN
QUESTION
WASHINGTON
0
Iran
has
filed
a
new
protest
with
the
United
Nations
Security
Council
against
the
continued
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official
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Weeks
16
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said
tjoday
that
the
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news-future,
City
Council
AVlll
offer
a
francluyc
tO
;mcn
wcre
summoned'
Uncxpcct-k
and
White
Transi)ortation
Co.,
for
exclusive
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to
the
Iranian
embassy
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that
they
have
for
the
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ports
that
'persons
of
un-
can
tDiirln.Atnn
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vv.4,iiiiv.icS
arc
nuiuing
positions
in
the
State
Dc-
nicy
said
that
the
thc
property
holders,
was
pass-
apoloslcs
that
pians
UaA
bccn
eel
by
a
special
meeting
of
Coun-1
changed
and
that
the
statement
ell
last
night.
1
would
not
be
issued
until
Tucs-
Thc
franchise
will
give
the
day.
transportation
company
cxclu-.
nic
announcement
was
that
1
slve
right
to
operate
buses
In
the
Iranian
ambasradbr
has
I
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States
house
of!
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kumui
CatatiVCj
committee
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...
,
Council
made
Its
decision
after
.
hearing
tenders
submitted
to
a
HAUOLD
WINCH
isi'iiAKS
special
bus
franchise
committee
VICTOKIA
Speaking
in
the
headed
by
Alderman
Robert
Mc-;
Legislature
yesterday,
Harold
Kay.
Three
companies
put
in
!
Winch,
C.C.F.
leader,
said
the
bids.
'
1'rcscnl
housing
problem
was
Thc
bid
which
was
approved
I
the
accumulation
of
20
years
by
Council
was
offered
by
Neil
1
of
neglect.
Be
charged
there
McDonald
and
Charles
Pustak,
operators
of
Black
and
White
Cabs.
They
offered:
1.
Half-hour'
service
over
the
same
route
as
Is
at
present
served
by
Arrow
Bus
Lines,
plus
experimental
service
on
several
other
routes
which
will
be
con
tlnucd
if
found
practible.
2.
To
turn
over
seven
per
cent
of
gross
receipts
to
thc
city.
3.
Adult
fares
of
10
cents
cacli
or
11
for
$l;
studcilt
fares
of
seven
for
50
cents
and
children's
fares
of
five
cents
or
11
for
50
ccn
ts,
.4.
Immediate
availability
of
two
cab-ovcr-cnglnc
buses
and
such
additional
cqulpfncnt
as
Is
required.
Also
to
purchase,
If
available
at
reasonable
price,
the
buses
now
owned
by
Arrow
Bus
Lines.
5.
Erection
of
shelters
at
bus
stops
which
will
be
maintained
by
the
bus
company,
except
in
cases
of
vandalism,
In
which
rase,
cost
of
repair
would
be
shared
by
thc
city.
C.
Willingness
to
put
up
a
bond.
Thc
franchise
agreement
Is
to
cover
a
five-year
period.
Other
companies
which
offered
tenders
for
the
franchise
wcre
Arrow
Bus
Lines,
which.
have
operated
without
the
security
of
a
franchise
for
the
last
six
years,
and
a
firm
known
as
Veteran's
Staire
Lines,
which
of
had
been
discrimination
against
C.C.F.
candidates
in
the
last
election.
The
province
should
have
a
sounder
financial
basis
than
merely
hope
as
to
thc
outcome
of
the
Dominion
-
provincial
conference
arrangements.
fered
thc
city
two
and
a
half
will
be
per
cent
of
gross
sales
with
an
weeks
annual
guarantee
of
$300.
The
company
offered
to
put
into
operation
three
new
Ford
buses
and
to
operate
a
line
to
West-view
If
thc
roads
were
put
In
t
shape.
Alderman
George
Hills,
who
went
on
record
again
as
not
favoring
any
franchise
and
who
Was
thc
sole
dissenter
in
thc
vote,
pointed
out
that,
If
thc
city
docs
decide
to
grant
a
franchise,
It
should
accept
thc
one
which
will
return
thc
greatest
revenue.
Alderman
Youngs,
who
as
a
director
of
thc
estate
of
L.
C.
Griffiths,
operator
of
the
Arrow
Bus
Lines,
refrained
from
voting,
spoke
in
support
of
that
line.
Thc
motion
was
one
which
authorized
thc
drawing
up
of
an
agreement
covering
operation
of
thc
bus
line,
and
which
will
be
presented
to
the
property
holders
as
a
plebiscite.
First
reading
of'thp
bylaw
will
come
prior
to
the
plebiscite,
and
thc
final
readings
after.
Date
of
the
plebiscite
has
not
yet
been
set
but
It
is
expected
It
within
the
next
few
SuttetiHA
I
ISII
WORKKItS
MI.KT
VANCOUVER
Six
hundred
delegates
arc
attending
a
convention
here
of
the
Allied
Fish
'Workers
Union
which
is
in
the
second
day
of
its
siftincs.
S.MOKKATF.RS
WIN
NTXSON
'1
ru
.
.imo'rfp
balers
defeated
Nelson
by
a
.srore
of
1:
to
2
last
nisht
to
win
the
Senior
Koolcnay
League
hockey
title.
NOT,
RKFOKK
UNO
WASHINGTON
Secretary
0f
State
James
Byrnes
announced
today
that
the
United
States
will
not
take
Hie
question
of
Franco
Spain
before
the
UNO
security
couneil.
The
silnalion
in
Spain
is
not
deemed
to
he
a
threat
to
international
peace
and
security.
CIIUKCIIIM,
TO
HOLLAND
THi:
IIArtUI-Former
Prime
.Minister
Winston
Churchill
of
(ireai
itritain
and.
.Mrs.
Churchill
wiil
-,'Jii
Holland
about
the
middle
of
May
as
the
guests
of
Queen
Wilhcl-mina.
WOMEN
ARK
TOtSONF.f)
VANCOUVERi-A
doien
women
who
were-'
'here1
for'1
the1
Canadian
Lejiort
eonveiillbn''
were
taken
to
hospital'
kuffer-injf
from'
food
poisoning
fol-1
lowing
a
meal
lira
downtown
restaurant.
None
of
them
are
in
serious
condition
and
all
are
expected
to
be
discharged
by
..this
afternoon.!
.
AUSTRALIAN
IT.OODS
.MELBOURNI
Damage
as
a,
result
of
great
floods
in
'south-ern
Victoria,
province'
Is
esli-mated
at
S325,0n,000.
Many
farmers
lott
everythingi
Forty
bridges
were
washed
away.
77
tit
manage
;
iMAROONFJ)
It.
DAYS
VAN
NUIYS,
Cai-Mrs.
Ber-rilce
'Brown
was
rescued.
In
physical
and
mental
collapse,
after
having
been
marooned
for
14
days
on
a
small
island
off
the
coast.
Her
husband
and
a.
companion
were
lost
when
a
fishing
boat
foundered
in
a
storm,
t.
TACOMANS
WALK
TACOMA
Tacoma
people
hd
to
walk
to
work
yesterday
when
103
transit
company
buses
remained
Idle
in
the
bans
as
their
drivers
went
on
strike.
DOMINOES
TAKE
SERIES
VICTORIA
Victoria
Doni-jnocs-
trounced
the
Vancouver
l-Tiiries
51
to
36
Saturday
night
to
take
the
best
of
five
provincial
senior
basketball
final
in
three
straight
games.
BLAME
FOR
FOOD
CRISIS
Herbert
Idli
jNKW
YOKI
OKK
?ian,
retirir
ng
president
of
I'NUKA,
blames
premature
removal
of
rationing
and
food
restrictions
for
the
present
vorld
food
crisis
which
might
mult
in
interational
instabil-tj"
and
future
conflict.
'
WNUITJ5
TESTIFIES
AURICH,
Germany
Johann
.
S'cib:,
fonner
German
marine,
icstifying
In
hk
own
defence
)ttoTf
the'
Royal
'Canadian
ir-
Force
war
crimes
court,
said
yesterday
he
Miot
Flying
.Officer
Rudolph
Roman'
of
to
keep
moyjng.as
ordcpd
ST.
PAT'S
WIN
1
HALIFAX
Ottawa
St.-
I"at-riks
won
over
Halifax
St.-.Mary's
9
to'5
last
nlRlit
In
the
opening'
game
here
1
of
Memorial
Cup
hockey
play-offs.-
ion
as.'
'
Serious
a
Mailer
as
Ever
m
Existed
In
This
Nation
Soviet
Agents
Were
Using
Canada
As
Base
For
Operations
Against
Britain
and
United
States
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Canadian
House
of
.Commons
heard
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King,
in
his
espionage
address,
declare
Monday
night
that
Soviet
agents
had
used
Canada
as
a
base
for
espionage
operations
against
Britain
and
the
United
States.
He
said,
however,
that
he
was
sure
Premier
Stalin
was
un
aware
of
the
fpy
activity.
Mr.
King
said
Igor
Gouzcnko.
Russia
cipher
clerk,
who
Informed
the
government;
of
the
espionage
ring,
Jiad
claimed
a
fifth
column
was
being
created
In
Canada.'
Mr.
King
expressed
thc
hopp
nobody
In
a
responsible
position
In
Canada
would
suggest
that
the
Dominion
sever
diplomatic
relations
with
Russia.
The
government
leader
said
that
thc
espionage
Inquiry
was
as
Serious
a
situation
as
existed
In
Canada
at
any
time.
He
also
said
that
the
United
States
and
thc
United
Kingdom
governments
had
been
Informed
of
what
was
happening
and
what
Canada
planned
to
do.
City
Supporting
Mayor
As
Delegate
City
council
last
night
authorized
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
to
take
leave
from
his
duties
for
the
purpose
of
acting
as
delegate
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Industrial
Relations
Committee
to
present
the
committee's
brief
to
thc
provincial
government.
Thc
mayor,
who
will
act
In
conjunction
with
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenncy,
minister
of
lands
and
forests,
and
W.
H.
Brett,
M.LJV.,
will
sail
Thursday
night
for
Victoria.
Council
also
agreed
that.
If
thc
mayor's
trip
could
be
financed
in
no
olher
way.
the
city
would
meet
thc
expenses.
RUSSIA
PLANS
TO
LEAD
IN
ATOMICS
New
live-Year
Plan
Designed
To
Place
Nation
in
Forefront
of
World
MOSCOW,
T
-
Russia
today
embarked
officially
on
a
new
creased
to
19.000,000
tons,
steel
to
25,000,000
tons,
coal
to
250,-000,00
tons,
oil
t0.
35.000.000
tons
and
electric
power
to
85,000,000
kilowatt
hours.
Expenditure
for
education
and
flvc-ycar
plan
designed
to
place
j
culture
would
be
boosted
to
thc
the
nation
In
the
forefront
among
users
of
atomic
energy
and
to
boost
Industrial
production
to
one
and
a
half
times
thc
pre-war
level
by
1050.
The
plan
was
adopted
unanimously
Monday
by
both
housca
of
thc
Russian
parliament
under
a
measure
In
which
the
annual
Iron
production
would
be
In-
equlvalcnt
to
about
thirteen
and
a
third
billion
dollars.
LEO
SWEENEY
RESIGNS
VANCOUVER
Leo
Swcney
has
resigned
as
chairman
of
1
the
jubilee
celebration
com
mittee,
pleading
ht
pressure
of
other
activities
makes
it
impossible
for
him
to
carty
on.
and
Juneau,
niready
souihern
interests
are
moving,
the
article
suggests,
to
prevent
this
port,
through
use
of
wartime
established
facilities,
becoming
a
fac
tor
In
rivalry
against
Seattle,
Tacoma
and
Portland
for
the
lucrative
Alaska
trade
and
against
Vancouver
for
the
profitable
Empire
trade
with
the
Orient.
The
possibility
of
strong
political
influence
being
brought
to
bear
against
Prince
Rupert
is
hinted.
Mr.
Ncuberger's
'article
is
one'
of
the
most
factually
out
settlements
of
Vancouver
Island
dot
the
Inside
Passace.
One
bvi
the
ship
again,
and
the
scenery
tiny
narrow-gauge
tracks
of
thc
White
Pass
and
Yukon.
They
arc
standard
gauge,
and
on
them
are
parked
the
freight
cars
0!
thc
great
lines
Canadian
National,
Canadian
Pacific,
Great
Northern,
Union
Pacific,
New
York
Central,
Milwaukee,
Northern
Pacific.
Beside
thc
station
a
mountain
locomotive
Idles
rhythmically
at
thc
head
of
nnce
This
Port
Seen
as
In
Transportation
Great
Possibilities
Here
Seen
As
Menace
to
Seattle,
Tacoma
and
Vancouver
in
Alaska
and
Oriental
Trade
With
the
Prince
Jlupcrt
route
suggesting
to
the
United
States
Department
of
State
"vast
and
important
possibilities
for
trade
to
and
from
Alaska,"
this
port
is
today
"the
focal
point
of
a
transportation
controversy
which
may
shake
the
northland
says
Richard
L.
Neuberger.
feature
writer
for
the
Portland
Oregonlan
and
correspondent
In
.
..
the
Pacific
Northwest
for
the
i,nnrfniin
iu,rir
t
ran.
jNcw
York
Times
In
a
special
ada
and
lhe
united
States,
article
entitled
"Spearhead
to.
the
North"
which
appears
in
the
within
the
freight
yards
and
current
issue
of
"Alaska
Life"
plcra
of
Prince
Rupert
is
locked
magazine
.published
In
Seattle
onc
tt
fabulous
stories
'
of
spoken
pieces
of
publicity
Prlncdj
Incredible'
War
Rupert
has
received
to'
date.
Itt
u
lopments
is
so'
Interesting
that
It
is
re
produced
as
follows:.
i
"Seattle
is
the
last
port
of
con
tinental
United
States
as
ships
The
the
war
a
story
which
only
nowt
can
be
told.
Nor
is
It
merely
a
tale
of
the
war.
It
also
holds
great
significance
for
the
future
of
the
entire
Pacific
Northwest.
Seattle
relies
heavily
on
post-war
trade
with
Alaska,
for
the
Alaskan
commerce
of
Puget
Sound
exceeds
that
area's
trade
with
all
foreign
lands
combined.
Portland
and
the
Columbia
River
ports
also
eye
Alaska,
and
a
re-,
cent
-report
of
the
Port
of
Portland
urged-Increasing
shipping
contacts
with
the
far
north.
!
"Hut
'neither
Portland
nnt
Seattle
can
consider
post-war
trade
with
Alaska
unless
they
take
into
careful
consideration
thc
incredible
wartime
develop
ments
at
Prince
Rupert.
Few
stories'
-ot
.World
War
U
one.
they,
pass
the
port
side
of
havc
been,
more
.diligently
con-r
(the
thp
ship
shliwWpllimrton.
Wellington,
r.nmnbpli
Campbell
!
ccalcd
than1
the
story
storyf
Prince
IUver,
Alert
Bay.
Then
Vancouver'
island
is
left
astern
as
the
vessel
threads
through
Seymour
Narrows
and
rocks
in
the
swells
of
Queen
Charlotte
Sound.
'"The
Inside
Passage
swallows
Rupert;
y.cLs,
story)
has
puuiy
long-range
repercussions
for
trie
whole
North'
Pacific
1
region.
"In
thc,
spring
of
1942
the
first
Invasion,
of
American
soil
n
more
than
a
century
occurred.
The
Japanese
occupied
our
outposts
Is
wilder
now.
The
gentle
green
!
in
the
Aleutian
Islands.
Rein
slopes
have
stiffened
into
timbered
hills
and
rocky
crags.
The
ship
plows
on.
It
is
like
cruising
Into
a
vast
Norwegian
fiord.
On
both
the
port
and
starboard
sides
thc
ship
is
flanked
by
mountains.
Onc
knows
what
Coleridge
meant
when
hc
wrote
of
"caverns
measureless
to
man."
Suddenly
a
City
Appear
Suddenly
thc
fiords
fall
away.
The
mountains
arc
left
behind.
Thc
tide
from
Dixon
Entrance
sways
the
masts.
Thc
ship
heads
Inland.
And
there,
off
thc
bow,
Is
a
city
spread
out
across
the
forested
slopes.
Piers
line
the
waterfronL
Cranes
and
derricks
look
down
on
thc
wharves.
Freighters
with
the
flags
of
Canada,
the
United
States
and
the
Soviet
Union
at
their
halyards
arc
loading
and
discharging
cargo.
"Back
of
thc
"piers
onc
counts
thc
sixteen
tracks
of
a
spacious
forcements
were
needed
in
Al
aska.
Thc
next
strike
might
be
Tit
the
mainland.
In
addition,
thc
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staff
at
Washington
had
decided
on
construction
of
a
military
highway
and
a
chain
of
airports
between
thc
interior
of
the
continent
and
thc
heart
of
Alaska.
"Thousands
of
men
and
countless
tons
of
supplies
had
to
be
shlpped'north.
But
shipping
was
short.
Japanese
submarines
and
bombers
had
taken'
a
heavy
toll.
Australia
was
beleagured.
Heavy
convoys
were
needed
in
the
North
Atlantic,
where
u-boats
were
on
the
prowl.
Only
a
comparatively
few
vessels
could
be
Hitler
and
Chamberl
am
Rupert
Focal
Point
Controversey
assigned
to
the
defence
of
Alaska.
How
could
these
vessels
be
made
as
effective
as
possible?
"In
Washington
and
Ottawa,
men
with
stars
and
batons
on
their
shoulders
bent
over
their
maps.
They
studied
charts.
They
sent
for
reports.
And
always
they
returned
to
one
point
on
the
map
of
the
North
Pacific:
that-point
was
Prince
Rupert.
"It
was
1,500
miles
from.Sc-attle
to
Anchorage,
the
headquarters
of
thc
Alaskan
Defence
Command.
But
it
"
was
only
860
miles
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Anchorage.
What
if
Prince
Rupert
were
made
the
.
embarkation
port
for
Alaska?
Would
not
each
ship
then
be
able
to
haul
at
least
fifty
per'
cent
more'
cargo
because
of
the
reduced
distance?
"Looking
at
the
map,
the
Joint
Chiefs
of
Staff
saw
that
thc
Canadlaii
'National
Railway
divided
at
Red
Pass
Junction
in
thc
Rockies.
The
main
ling
tContlnued
on
Page
6)
BEHEADED
MEN
WERE
BRITISH
AND
CANADIAN
HONG
KONG,
(CP)
British
military
authorities
who
are
seeking
evidence
of
Japanese
atrocities
here
have
found
the
remains
cf
10
beheaded
persons
blicved
to
be
British
and
.
Canadian
-prisoners,
of.
.warA
.Chinese,
who
was
pressed
into
service
by
tlic
Japanese-'
as
a
grtmligger
disclosed.
Ayhec
the
victims'
had
been
buried.
The
Britis'li
authJiiles
bclKv?
the
execution
occurred
on
approximately
the
day
Hong
Kong
fell
to
the
Japanese
in
December,
1911.
ATOMIC
WORKER
CHARGED
WITH
GIVING
SECRETS
LONDON.
f
Dr.
Allan
Nunn
May,
34,
British
physicist
who
worked
in
Canada
on
nuclear
research
In
the
wartime
pursuit
of
atomic
energy,
was
held
for
tral
today
on
charges
of
violating.
the
official
Secrets
Act
by
pvjn?
aiomlc
information
to
an
undisclosed
person.
May
was
refused
ball
by
Magistrate
Harold
McKcnna
of
Bow
Street,
Court
who
said
that
thu
defendane's
release
might
be
"against
public
policy."
May
pleaded
innocent
to
charges
of
violating
u
section
of
thc
Official
Secrets
.Act
of
1911.
The
.section
under
.which
he
is
charged
deals
with
communication
of
information
"for
purposes
prejudicial
to
the
safc-
NUERNBERO
0)
Birgcr
j
ty
or
Interest
of
thc
state
railroad
yard.
Nor
are
these
the
tJs
,DaW
SwTdtsh
fnginecr,
eleven
pullmans
and
a
diner.
From
the
deck
of
thc
boat
one
can
only
marvel.
Six
hundred
and
forty
miles
north
of
Seattle,
almost
within
sight
of
AlasKas
headlands,
here
is
a
city
attached
by
railroad
to
thc
Industrial
and
commercial
centres
of
North
America.
Less
than
seventy
miles
from
Ketchikan,
Alaska's
port
of
entry,
onc
cruises
alongside
railroad
cars
straight
from
Pittsburgh
and
pullmans
that
soon
will
carry
troops
Into
Pennsylvania
station
in
New
York.
The
name
of
this
seaport
Is
I'liuce
Rupert.
It
is
British
Columbia's
norlhcrmost
harbor.
It
also
marks
thc
farthest
north
at
tidewater
reached
by
any
railroad
linked
to
the
tlflcd
today
at
thc
International
Military
Tribunal
that
the
Swedish
government
rejected
a
suggestion
three
weeks
before
the
outbreak
of
thc
second
Great
War
that
the
government
or
King
Gustav
attempt
to
mediate
1
between
Germany
and
Britain.
which
was
calculated
or
might
be
directly
or
Indirectly
useful
to
the
enemy."
BOAT
CAPSIZES;
FOUR
DROWNED
Dahlcrus
told
the
court
that
,
KINGSTON,
Ont.
Qi
Four
thc
Swedish
government
offered
1
nien
wcre
drowned
when
llicir
no
objection
to
a
private
citizen
boat
capsized
near
Brdphy's
attempting
such
intervention
Point
at
thp
entrance
to
the
St.
and
hc
said
he
personally
car-
j
Lawrcncc
River
from
Lake'
On-rled
a
six-point
plan
from
Hit-
The
men
were
carrying
ler
to
Prime
Minister
Chamber-
SunnHes
Irom
Kingston
toWolfo
lain
four
days
before
the
Wchr
macht
marched
Into
Poland.
Dahlcrus,
testifying
as
a
defence
witness
for
Hermann
Goerlng,
said
that
Hitler's
proposals
were:
that
Germany
would
sign
a
pact
ot
alliance
with
Britain
and
that
Britain
would
help
Germany
obtain
Danzig
corridor
but
that
the
Poles
would
be
given
the
use
of
Danzig.
Germany
would
guarantee
Po
land's
sovereignty
and
would
expect
agreement
on
the
status
of
Germany's
former
colonies,
Germany
would
expect
adequate
Island
In
Lake
Ontario.
'
"
Four
other
men
escapcit'
Onc
swam
to
shore.
Another
helped
the
remaining
two
to
cover
the
one'
hundred
feet
to
land.
The
victims
were
Howard
Cummins,
twenty-three
years
pf
age;
Clarence
Adair,
2G;
aeorge
Alairlc,
19;
and
his
brother,.
Ger
ald,
20.
guarantees
of
the
treatment
of
the
acrinan
minority
In
Poland
and
Germany
would
pledge
itself
to
defend
the
British
people
with
the
Wchrmacht
where
It
might
be
attacked.