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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 06, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings s.30 ., oct. 5 9.30 ., oct. 5. 12.30 ., oct. 6 3.30 ., oct. 6 for full report of meteorological office see Page one. Fate 6s_no. Pages. Sun rises 6.34 Sun sets 17.57. Moon rises 16.31 Moon sets 3.35. Winnipeg thursday october 6, 1938. Cool. Iron fist bargain nazis ceded new territories prepare reparations claims Munich Spanish plan Paris oct. 6. Plan to partition Spain into two a democracy the other a Dic been broached to the Spanish government which rejected ii government spokesmen Here Dis closed wednesday. They asserted the plan its origin obscure would form part of inter Berlin oct. 6. Copyright International sudetenland commission wednesday arrived at an agreement on additional sudetenland territory to be occupied by German troops outside the four existing zones by monday oct. 10. The new delimitation were decided upon As Germany prepared to Bill Czechoslovakia for reparations dating Back to the birth of the Republic. Observers considered the demand a powerful lever to Force Czechoslovakia into Germany s economic system. The new territory in zone five follows the so called Kuhl Aennchen i Little bordering the Southeastern Corner of Silesia and including the towns of neut Schein Tro Pau and Hult Schin the Schoe Hengst District including the towns of Paehrisch Truebas and wittau entre Reichenberg a City of Westward the new zone embraces he important Lignite Basin of Dux and Bruex and the hop producing District of Saaz upon which the brewing Industry at Pilsen de ends. Avonal discussions aimed at end 1 the Western Side of the Eagle the Spanish was As part of a i mountains with the towns of ineral european settlement. Pro Kinnitz and Giessuebel i was hinted certain the Brunau District the Southern part of the giant mountains with the towns of brought up the Spanish partition scheme at the Munich Parley sept. 35 which arranged for giving Traute Nau Gablenz Reichenberg Germany slices of Czechoslovakia Boehmisch Leila Leiteritz and Europe s other major trouble zone. I Lowositz Premier Juan Negrin. Speaking j the coat base Dux and Bruex in Cortes parliament last i Friday indicated he opposed such a division of the nation and the Barcelona newspaper la Van Guardia. Supporter of the Premier said tuesday that spaniards on both sides would unite if necessary to resist any outside attempt to break the Saazer hours District the territory West of Pilsen in eluding the town of Bischo Steinitz but not including Pilsen the towns of Ber Reichenstein up Spain. Franco last week was said Tou a District including the towns of have shown unexpected cordiality Mau toward London and Paris leading l n a to there he might be willing eventually to allow a settlement of the civil War under the Aegis of the Neu Bistritz Naim Paehrisch Cru Poe Hinko s passengers testify passengers in the truck driven by William Ochinko Lockport on the morning of May 23, when Myrtle Mcdonald of Conor Marv was knocked Down and fatally injured on the Henderson Highway told their Story in Assize court. Wednesday afternoon where Poch Inko faces a charge of manslaughter. I was seated on the floor in the Back of the truck when it made the first related Stella Kruger of Lockport who had been attend ing a dance at Conor the night prior to the tragedy. It was going quite fast and i called for him to Stop. He did t do so but turned a second Corner and i heard a bump. He kept right on going at the same Speed until he came to Lockport Corner. Then one of the boys went up to the cab and told him he d killed two Mike Putaski another who Rode in the rear of the truck told the court that because of the Speed of the vehicle he had stood up to see How the Driver took the second turn. He saw two girls on the Highway. He feared the truck would strike them and he ducked Down. A moment later he heard a Auspitz in Kisburg and bordering lower Austria and the town of Engelau on the Southern Bank of the Danube opposite Bratislava. Official sources did not indicate the total area involved in the new zone but measurements on the indicated it was about Square Miles or approximately one fourth the whole sudeten area of 20.00c Square Miles which is claimed by Germany. On the South the German Borde will be pushed Forward to an irregular depth of an average o about 20 Miles. At one new Border will b about 30 Miles from the Czecho slovak capital of Prague. The territory thus ceded to Ger Many without the formality of plebiscite includes the world wid known Glass manufacturing City o Gablenz of population an Czechoslovakia s principal textile in the South two of the principalities Given to Germany include Naim founded in 1226 and famed or its pottery and wine and Nikuls Burg where the peace was signed ending the Austro prussian War of 866. Bow to germans the new zone was determined after the commission had bowed to he German viewpoint and accepted oct. 28. 1918. As the Date for determining the National Complex on of the areas beyond the four zones agreed upon for immediate occupation by the Munich Accord. The commission further agreed that a 51 per cent German popu lation would be enough to declare any City Village or District Ger Lan. The commission s motive one interested embassy said was to narrow Down As far As possible the districts where plebiscites must be held. Germany s reparations claims were presented As based on in justices inflicted by the czechs on the sudeten since 1918" but a spokesman for the German delegation in the International czechoslovak settlement commission said they would be most German financial experts were understood to be drawing up a Bill for such damages and informed observers believed Reich fuehrer Hitler would be insistent to the Point of driving a hard economic bargain with the Prague govern ment the German delegation waived claim to movable weapons or munitions taken by the czech Oslo Vaks from the occupied zones. We will not want to wreak vengeance on the a spokesman said. Similarly such demands for reparation.1 As we will make will be most bump but the truck kept going Jurist Dies late c. P. Fullerton had colourful career c. P. Fullerton member of the Manitoba Bench for Many years former chairman of the Board of railway commissioners and chairman of the Board of trustees Canadian National rail ways died at 6 o clock wednesday morning at the Home of his a. C. Mcmillan 1040 Grosvenor Avenue. He was right along at the same Speed. Mike Zegoski told the court had been walking along the High Home shortly before the Accident when several trucks had passed him. He had taken very Little notice of them but remembered in his 69th year. Or. Fullerton who had been living in Toronto since his retirement As head of the commission came to Winnipeg two months ago the one was a big truck with two Marker lights behind it. A Brief period later he heard a Dull thud. At the Lime he thought it was a Box falling the truck. The Case which is being heard before or. Justice Adamson will Likely take another two Days _ to Complete. John l. Ross is acting or the accused while e. J. Heaney is appearing for the Crown. During the morning evidence or. D. Dared at the Gardiner funeral funeral of or. Fullerton will held at 2.15 ., Friday at St. George s anglican Church Rev. Canon h. D. Martin officiating receding that there will be a Nicholson pathologist de that he had discovered races of human blood on the bumper and Hood of the truck be feed to have been involved i Accident. Private service at the residence at Burial will be made in St. John s cemetery. Surviving besides his widow Are free daughters mrs. Mcmillan at whose Home he died mrs. Hugh p. Ham Winnipeg and mrs. Norval Hunter fort William ont one son Charles William Fullerton Tor onto and one sister. Miss Grace full Erton Winnipeg. When word of or. Fullerton s death reached the court of Appeal or Justice Dennistoun expressed d7ep regret while w. P. Fillmore k a. And f. M. Burbidge , re plied on behalf of the Manitoba men in ambush 10 sudeten Vigen Germany oct. 6. A least 10 sudeten germans were fitted wednesday by shots fired for ambush near a Turnau when at czechoslovak town gave itself a to rejoicing Over the Transfer of sudetenland to Germany. A Turnau lies about three Miles the fortified czechoslovak Lupe. And so far has not been occupied by Germany. But the Popula gathered in the Market place r reports received Here said gendarmes and a Monties who left the place tues suddenly returned and ordered of nazi decorations Anc armlets and seized Al Toronto oct. 6. J . Four times Mayo onto was elected to the on born in Nova Scotia born at Amherst n.s., in july 1870 or. Fullerton was a lawyers although the family from both England and Scotland was of farming Stock and had been silent in Canada for 150 years. A 5 he was a freshman at Dalhousie University paying his own Way but to years later his eyesight failed and he had to seek. Work out of doors. He got a Job As a Handy Man in a lumber Mill and in three years came manager later returning to the time with glasses. After graduating he promptly went to joining the Law firm of c. Sydney Harrington the lather of. The recent provincial Premier Hon. Gordon s. Harring a on. A few years later he was a partner. At the turn of the Century he went to Cape Breton where the Dominion Iron and steel company was establishing a Mill. Setting up an office in Sydney or. Fuller ton nearly starved for six months not one client coming his Way. Then Fortune gave him a Brief in a colourful criminal Case when he was engaged to defend a govern ment liquor inspector charged with seeking a bribe. The Case was a Frame us. Or. Fullerton won earned in Legal fees and found himself with an office that was Lafleche witness at probe Ottawa oct. 6. James e. Hahn president of the John Inglis company went to England in october 1936, armed with a personal letter of introduction from Hon. Ian Mac Kenzie minister of National defence to Hon. Vincent Massey High commissioner and pre ceded by a request from the defence department to let the War office know he was coming testimony to this effect was Given at the Bren gun inquiry wednesday by major Genera l. K. Lafleche Deputy minister of National defence. General Lafleche was the fifth witness at the Royal commission inquiry into the Inglis company contract to Supply the Canadian government with Bren Ligh machine guns. Further details of the probe appear on Page 4. Nothing unusual there was nothing unusual in providing Canadian industrialists with letters of introduction to authorities in England said general Lafleche. It was done regularly for canadians who wished to explore the possibility of supplying equipment and munitions to the British government. The department s interest in the Bren gun an improved automatic Rifle dated Back to 1932 or 1930, said general Lafleche and after the gun was accepted in England two guns were purchased so that officials Here could see them. One gun was set up in his office when major Hahn accompanied by Hugh Plaxton Liberal . For Toronto Trinity called about oct. 9, 1936. Major Hahn was introduced by or. Plaxton As a business Man who wished to know if he could obtain any orders for munitions or other supplies from the department. The general had told them the department was not in the Market for anything but that a mar Ket existed in England. The manufacturer expressed keen interest in the Bren gun which was the first he had seen. He asked permission to make a detailed examination of it consent was Given and the gun was shipped to Toronto for study by Hahn and his me chanies. Patent rights available before that the department had made inquiries from the War office As to the possibility of obtaining Bren guns from England and can Adian requirements had been place at 7.000 weapons. The information obtained was that it would take the Royal Small factory at Enfield a Long time to fill the British requirements before any guns could be delivered to Canada that establishing an additional factory in England to make guns for Canada would be costly and that Patent rights for manufacture in Canada were available to the Canadian government providing manufacture took place in a government owned factory. Within a Short time Genera Lafleche said. Major Hahn advised him he thought he could make the gun and wished to proceed to eng land to try to interest the War office. Just after major Hahn s first Visi to the department general Lafleche ordered an inspection made of the Inglis Plant this he said a routine procedure and the depart ment was inspecting Many Plant to ascertain Canadian productive capacity in War materials. Personal knowledge or. Justice Davis asked whether it had occurred to general Lafleche to wait for a report on the Plant be fore sending a letter to the external affairs department to obtain major Hahn an entree in London. The Gen eral said it had not. Statements made about the Plant in his letter were from his personal knowledge Churchill says Britain will Rue Day Munich agreement was London oct. 6. Up on All the bitterness and Force of his oratorical ability Winston Churchill swept wednesday into the leadership of parliamentary forces arrayed against prime minister Chamberlain s bargain with Chancellor Hitler As incorporated in the Munich agreement. The former Liberal and present Day conservative rebel took the floor a few minutes after sir John Simon Chancellor of the exchequer had asked members to place themselves in or. Chamberlain s position at Munich and decide whether they would have rejected the terms of the czech German settlement and destroyed the last Chance of averting these two Veteran members High lighted the third Day s debate on the government s actions in the czechoslovak German crisis. Sir John Simon was the lawyer driving Home his Points in Clear and logical order. Where the Chan cellar of the exchequer used rapier thrusts or. Churchill employed the technique of the Broadsword clothing his thoughts in precise and fiery English. Predicts Britain who Rue Day or. Churchill predicted great Winston Churchill the House of commons yesterday that the agreement signed at Munich by prime minister Chamberlain was a disaster of the first magnitude hours Britain would Rue the Day the Munich agreement was signed by or. Chamberlain Chancellor hit Ler Premier Mussolini and Premier Daladier. It was a total unmitigated would Lead to Ger Man domination in Europe would result in the Small nations distrust ing French and British Friendship might mean the destruction of fhe democracies themselves. I Ere Are some typical Lian sentences the utmost the prime minister was Able to gain for Czechoslovakia has been that the German dictator instead of snatching his victuals from the table has been Content to have them served to him course by course. Britain should have declared a Long time beforehand she would join with others to protect Czecho Slovakia Gre Sion sort of inverted Khaki i cannot believe the prime min ister possessed of a Large working majority would be capable of such an act of historical constitutional he declared. Bring fascism to Britain or. Churchill warned that continued submission to the dictator ships would bring fascism to Bri Tain. I foresee and foretell that this policy of submission will carry restrictions on Freedom of speech in parliament and on the platform and in the Public he declared. If Czechoslovakia had been warned during the summer that it could not count on the democratic Powers it would have obtained better conditions from Germany he benes9 last message explains resignation Prague oct. 6. Eduard Benes who helped found the czechoslovak Republic 20 years ago stepped Down from the presidency wednesday and left to a new government the task of leading the shrinking nation through dark hours ahead. The repeated target of German Chancellor Hitler s condemnation during the recent crisis or. Benes relinquished his Post with the explanation that my remaining in office might constitute an obstacle to the new conditions which now confront the some sources indicated his resignation came after renewed Ger Man pressure resulting from. Hit Ler s personal antagonism toward the czechoslovak president. The full Council of ministers immediately accepted his letter of resignation which was read to the nation Over the radio by Premier Jan Syrovy. The czechoslovak Constitution provides for no acting president but both houses of parliament will be called within a fortnight to elect a successor to Benes. Radio Appeal the Premier in a radio Appeal said our policy will at Friendly relations with everybody we shall do everything in our Power to give satisfaction to the justified claims of the slovaks and sub Carpathian russians Ruthen our state will be. Based on Equality of the three both or. Benes resignation and the appointment o f Frantisek Chvalovsky As foreign minister to which went Back Many years before his meeting with major Hahn. The inspection of the Plant had nothing o do with Hahn s trip to England. Did the minister Tell you he had Iven a letter of introduction to major asked or. Forsythe. No i Don t think the minister old me that general Lafleche replied. Would have had that presumably from or. Paxton or major Hahn. Whoever would have shown me he letter would have asked me to it the War office know major Hahn was t is the sending of a letter like never Idle after. At 32 he elected the Fullerton continued on Page 6, column purge demanded . Warns Canada Houston Texas oct 6. Green president of the federation of Ltd or de mended0 wednesday night that the Man trades and labor Congress itself of committee for organization affiliates m the in he voiced his demands in a speech to the federation s 58th annual convention after w. G. Russell fraternal Delegate from the Canadian had addressed the organization convention. Legislature As conservative Toronto Parkdale in a wednesday Green reviewed the federations Campaign to purge its own state federations of labor of . Affili ates and said . Of in discussing newspapermen and labor Congress to do the same thing. It must be placed upon a sound enduring american federa Tion of labor basis if it is to continue its affiliation with the his speech with Green said the . Affiliates in the Congress included the Canadian units of the United mine workers the United Auto workers and the Amalga mated clothing workers Union. Delegate Russell said the Trade and labor Congress at its last convention in Niagara Falls ont adopted a Resolution against Chang ing the status quo of the two War Triin Tinct ass we expect the Canadian trades ring labor factions within Congress this not unusual i do it regu succeed greeted or. In Kamil Krofta were political circles the weather To wednesday 6.30 at 6.30 37 Maxi mum 50 minimum. 32 barometer. Northeast wind at 8 Miles Ner hour humidity sky. Cloudy. Wednesday . To wednesday 6.30 at 6.30 51 Maxi mum 52 minimum. Barometer. 30.46 Southeast wind at 12 Miles per hour humidity. 667t sky. Cloudy. Mima Mima Dawson 24 48 Regina 42 50 aklavik.22 32 Brandon .40 55 Simpson 30 48 Winnipeg. 32 o2 p. Rupert. 46 60 Kenora 36 51 it. Smith 42 54 p. Arthur 32 48 Moosonee .30 44 gestures toward Germany. These circles held it As a Polit ical necessity that or. Benes re sign in View of the fact that the French and russian alliances which he had promoted were nullified by the Munich agreement. Official sources reported an Accord Between czechs and slovak was in Prospect which involved formation of a slovak popular front among three parties. Nationalists agrarian and. Slovak Peoples leaving Only the Socia democrats outside. The first to always have been favourable to co operation with the czechs. Unjust sacrifices the president whose hair a turned almost White in recen months and who left office wearied Man gave a Farewell and Victoria 48 Vancouver. 44 Kamloops 46 p. George. 42 Edmonton. 38 50 Banff 39 50 Calgary 42 48 Lethbridge. 42 46 med. Hat 40 52 s. Current. 46 46 Battleford 40 4fl p. Albert 38 44 Saskatoon. 42 44 Moose jaw 44 48 Cochrane Huntsville. P. Sound London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec St. John Halifax Clott Etown. 46 Chicago 62 St. Paul 50 32 43 44 49 45 44 34 v 44 46 figures Are for 24 hours ends wednesday 6.30 i forecasts .5cn Cloudy and comparatively Cool with River moderate to Josh Ca Rterle winds partly Cloudy and prols Bly of slow by Light scat Ter cd showers. Ress on the radio in which he Aid the four great Powers Olie Munich conference met and reached decisions without our be no consulted. I shall not say a a Ord of criticism or blame. History vill hat judge. But i will maintain the sacrifices we have been ailed upon to make were unjust 1 Hitler thanks his helpers Berlin oct. 6. A Reichs fuehrer Hitler just returned from i victorious entry into sudeten. Land urged his people wednesday night to help foreign nations realize they were dealing not with one Man but with an entire opening the annual Winter Relief Campaign at Berlin s sport Palast with a 29-minute address the fuehrer made a fervent Appeal that All Germany contribute. The fuehrer thanked his audience for standing behind him in the. Last critical weeks in which his de mands for a territorial settlement with Czechoslovakia were met without War by the. Munich compact. Thanks Chamberlain Daladier certainly i have had great help from abroad. I have already referred to that great Benito Mussolini. But i must also thank the other two great statesmen prime minister Chamberlain and Premier Daladier who realized the greatness of our time. I Hope in a few Days the prob Lem will have been solved. By oct 10 we will have occupied All sections of Czechoslovakia which belong to us. One of the most serious crises of Europe has been averted. Against unprovoked a the government refused to give a guarantee when it would have saved the situation yet they gave it too late and for the future renewed it when they had not the slightest Power to make it Good. Never trusted friends you have to consider the character of the nazi movement and the Rule which it applies. A Power which Burns cheers its Onward Progress by bar Barous paganism and vaults a spirit of aggression and Conquest i which derives strength and pleasure from perverted persecution and uses threats of murderous Force that Power cannot Ever be the trusted Friend of British democracy. The people should know there has been Gross neglect in our de fences and that we suffered defeat without War the consequences of which will travel far with us along the Road. The know we have passed an Milestone said. As far Back As March he bad asked the government to join with other Powers in guaranteeing czechoslovak Security. The government refused. done other Wise the situation would have been saved he declared. Ruin of democratic states possible or. Churchill declared that the Munich agreement paves the Way for German domination of Europe and possible ruination of the demo cratic states. Czechoslovakia he. Predicted would be engulfed in the nazi orbit May even join it in despair or the other states of mid parliament continued on Page 12, column 2 Jar stain s message to Prague London oct. 6. Up havas French House of lords de bating the government s foreign policy wednesday night heard from Hungary Waits postpones czech seizure Komaromy on the hungarian czechoslovak Border oct. 6. A hungarian military forces ready to March into czechoslovak territory claimed by wednesday Hungary night As held Back diplomats postponed for two Days negotiations which had been scheduled to open Here today. The hungarians had hoped to enter into consultation with the czechoslovak on the Issue at a conference Here today but Baron Bothmer of the hungarian foreign office announced that the Parley had been postponed for two Days , to an undisclosed Loca Tion. Government shifts in Prague were said to be the cause of the change of plan. This Border Region where the Danube River is the Boundary line was still held wednesday night by czechoslovak forces with no indication they intended to yield their posts. Hungarians withdraw Prague oct 6. A official courses reported wednesday night the invasion of two czechoslovak Frontier cities by hungarian Bor Der guards who were forced to re there was no shooting or fight ing official sources said. Czecho slovaks protested resulting in an order from the hungarian commander to withdraw. Later the hungarian. Minister to Prague told foreign office officials the incidents were a mistake and that orders had been issued to pre vent a recurrence. That the whole equilibrium of Europe has been challenged. Or. Churchill urged concent a on the rearmament programme in an. Effort to retrieve Britain s prestige defensively and diplomatically. Industry should be mobilized immediately. There must be supremacy in the air. First foretaste of bitter cop i do not believe this is the a. Churchill told the House. This is Only the first foretaste of the bitter cup which will be offered you year by year unless we recover by a supreme Effort morale and and by martial vigor we Rise again and take our stand for Freedom As in Olden once during his speech viscountess Astor conservative who was sitting behind him made a com ment which was inaudible in the press gallery. Or. Churchill turned to her and said the honorable lady must have received very recently a finishing course in manners. The whole House laughed uproariously. Drawn into German orbit the Road to the Black sea As far As Turkey has been opened and All those countries of Middle Europe and the Danube Valley will one after another be drawn into a vast system of military and eco nomic Power politics radiating from he went on. I believe this can be achieved quite smoothly and swiftly and that it will not necessarily entail the firing of a single shot if the nazi leaders should choose to look Westward As they May then bit Terly will France and England re Gret the loss of the Fine of ancient urges programme for British safety to prevent Britain s existence becoming dependent on the Good will arid pleasure of nazi Germany or. Churchill urged the following programme 1. Creation of an air Force Superior to anything within striking distance of Britain s shores 2. The gathering together of the collective strength of Many nations 3. The making of military Alli ances and conventions All within the covenant of the league of nations to gather a Force adequate to restrain the upward movement of nazi Power. Divided country fatal few things could be More fatal to our remaining chances of sur Vival As a great Power than that this country should be torn. In Twain by deadly issues of foreign policy at a time when United Effort alone can make us he declared. Or. Churchill said he had heard during the week talk Earl Stanhope president Board of education the of the instructions sent to the British minister at Prague immediately after the czechoslovak government s first unfavourable reply to the Anglo French dismemberment plan. Lord Stanhope As government spokesman read the Telegram sent to British minister Basil Newton in rebuttal to opposition charges that Anglo French pressure had forced Czechoslovakia to yield territory to Germany. Prague s first reaction to the Anglo French proposals was to ask arbitration of its dispute with Ger Many. The British government lord Stanhope said thereupon Des patched the following orders to situation not met you should at once join with your French colleague minister Victor de la Croix in pointing out to the czechoslovak government that their reply in no Way meets the critical situation which the Anglo French proposals were de signed to Avert and if adhered to when made Public would in our opinion Lead to an immediate Ger Man invasion. You should urge the czech government to withdraw this reply and urgently consider an alternative that takes account of the Reali ties. The Anglo French proposals remain in our View the Only Chance of avoiding an immediate German attack. On the basis of the reply now under consideration we would have no Hope of any useful result from second visit to Herr Hitler and the prime minister would be advised to cancel arrangements for it. We therefore beg the czech government to consider urgently and seriously before producing a Situa Tion for which we could take no responsibility. If on consideration the czech government feel bound to reject our advice they must of course be free to take any action they feel appropriate to meet the Situa Tion that May develop. Please act immediately on receipt at what Ever guarantee disliked after reviewing the situation As it stood before the Munich agree ment lord Stanhope the situation being As it was nothing we could have done could have saved Czechoslovakia. Instead of fringe around her Terri tory Czechoslovakia would have lost one third at least if not of Britain s part in guaranteeing the czechoslovak remnant state he remarked i frankly admit i Don t like it i Don t think any of us do. It is a very severe commitment a commitment of kind but it is one we thought we ought to give As a quid pro quo for the Price we asked Czechoslovakia to give not Only for her Sake but Lor ;