Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 22, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page ten Winnipeg free press monday january 22, 1940 Churchill urges neutrals join allies to save themselves conflict May envelop Small states any Day is his grim prediction London Jan. 22. A Europe s Neutral nations were urged saturday night by Winston Churchill to join Britain and France in United action to Speed the War against nazi Ger Many to an end and warned grimly that otherwise the flames of conflict would envelop them. Asserting that the Small states Are the victims upon whom Hitler s hate and spite the first lord of the admiralty declared in a broadcast which reached All the neutrals and was relayed to North America so far it is the Small Neutral states which Are bearing the Brunt of German malice and the first lord of the admiralty said Neutral ships Are sunk without Law or he Aid the the belgians and the Danes had their ships destroyed whenever they can be caught upon the High neutrals he said whether on land or sea Are the victims upon whom Hitler s hate and spite descend look at the group of Small but ancient and historic states which lie in the North or look again at Kling holds false Teeth your plates need t Rock slip and drop. Use Kling. The better powder dentists recommend Kling holds false Teeth More firmly and comfortably. Checks giant size can you get twice As much for your Money in the big psf size of Kling approved by Good housekeeping Institute. At druggists avoid substitutes. Insist on remember the Winnipeg foundation when making gifts to Charity that other group of anxious Peoples in the Balkans or in the Danube Basin behind whom stands the Reso Lute Turk. Who will be next every one of them is wondering tonight who will be the next victim on whom the criminal adventurers of Berlin will cast their rending i or. Churchill said that in the British and French convoys which i Many neutrals will not accept the Odds against ships being sunk were 500 to 1. We the aggrieved and Belliger ent Powers who Are waging War against Germany have no need to ask for respite. Every Day our Commerce grows. Every Day we feel More confident of our ability to police the seas and keep open the highways by which we live and through which we can go to half a boats sunk or. Churchill said there was Good reason to believe today that Ger Many had lost half the submarines she had when the War started and was behind in her building schedules. In the last War he continued England suffered greatly from mines and at the Climax More than 600 British vessels were engaged in combating mines. We must always be expecting new bad things from he went on but declared the mining menace was in Good the submarine warfare being broken in control of the for the German pocket battleship deutschland the and the British he predicted before we knew we were anywhere near them. We passed through pockets of dense fog where we would have seen utterly lost and unable even of keep on the Road had it not seen for the White line on the Oad and at times the fog was so dense that even the White line Ould scarcely be observed immediately ahead and we crept along uncertainly. When at last we gained the City where we were to spend the night be drove around. For some time Ike sailors on an uncharted sea before we found the hotel and his was in a City our Driver knew Well. It was not to his discredit under the circumstances that it ook exploration to find the hotel t was to his credit that we reached our objectives at air that night and that we found our hotel amid he twisting streets of a City with out lights. The next morning found us Early on our Way toward the Lead quarters of the Canadian Squadron. In a sense it was to like coming Home. Germans scheme to foil Gestapo Amsterdam Jan. 22. Up havas it. Hon. Winston Churchill first lord of the admiralty saturday warned Neutral nations of Europe to join Britain and France against nazi Germany or be engulfed in the spreading flames of the conflict. Or. Churchill is shown above chatting with general Georges during his recent visit to France. Same Fate which was the Admiral Graf Spee s scuttling. Things have never gone so Well in any naval he said. We look Forward to establishing such Safe convoys and safety at sea As to make secure All the shipping of the finn service inestimable turning to Finland he said the service rendered to Mankind by the finns is inestimable. Everyone can see How communism rots the soul of the nation renders it abject and wretched. We cannot Tell what the i ate of Finland will be but nothing could be worse for civilized Man than to have this splendid people beaten Down by the brutish forces attacking but what would happen if All these Neutral nations i have mentioned were to do their duty in accordance with the covenant of the league and stand with the British and French against the aggressor they Comfort themselves meanwhile that the allies will win that Britain and France will observe the Laws. Each me Hopes that the storm will pass before his turn comes to be devoured. But i fear greatly Ense of the danger that awaits the neutrals. Numbers do. Not daunt he id and judged even by the size erf numbers we have nothing to fear once the British nation brings All its efforts into line with the Greal French Effort. We already see Many physical and psychological signs of disinter ration. We see the hesitancy of differing counsels Are resolved to keep nothing Back from the common cause he advised the invaded cities o Warsaw Prague and Vienna to abandon despair for once again he promised they would see Liberty and Freedom. Be Rbromo Tab its go right to work on a cold by relieving the headache and other pains which go with a cold. They help reduce the fever. They help rid the sys by they lift that heavy and depressed feeling that the storm will not pass. Will rage and rage More loudly. Will pass to the South there is no Chance that it will end immedi should realize danger Churchill declared that the one thing helpful would be a closer highlights from the of Canada s oldest life Assurance company the present strength behind our policy contracts has never been exceeded at any time in the company s a. A Mitchell president. A sales of new paid for life insurance during the year amounted to addition new considerations of were received for annuities. Life insurance in Force at the end of 1939, excluding annuities amounted to assess representing almost entirely accumulated savings of our policyholders increased to the highest figure in the company s history. 9 the average rate of interest earned on All the company s investments was 4.29% compared with 4.25.% in 1938. Income from All sources amounted to in 1939, a increase of Over the 1938 total. Surplus funds and special reserves of show an increase of from the previous year. Dividends to policyholders were increased in 1939 for the third successive year. And it was announced at the annual meeting that unless unforeseen developments arise a further and larger increase will be made in july 1940. Canada life Assurance company s. M. Scott supervisor Winnipeg Branch representatives a. P. Cooper miss k. B. Mccallum r. Gordon Foster m. Jacob r. F. Mindell n. Welchen More about Stevens continued from part a three there from Germany reveal that under wartime stress germans Are finding ways of talking to each other about one thing and meaning the opposite. The word Reserve instance is being used in Berlin to denote non existent. German wags and unenthusiastic nazis Point out tha the famous food reserves claimed by the nazis to be available wartime Are to All appearances non existent. In the same Way getting around passing news on which has been banned by the German censor the reports said or which has been surreptitiously picked up on Short wave Broad casts from abroad. They Tell one another i dream sensational German peace of Fer reported London Jan .22. Bri Tish newspaper last night reported a new sensational nazi peace Ges Ture. The diplomatic correspondent of the London newspaper sunday observer said that German agents have been arriving in London from four Neutral nations with the alleged peace proposals. According to the newspaper the nazi scheme included an immedi ate armistice in which Adolf Hitler would be disposed. The newspaper adds that the nazis Are threatening a sudden War fury on the fighting fronts unless the proposals Are accepted. The German emissaries Are said to have arrived from Holland Sweden Switzerland and Italy. Would Block reds Rome Jan 22. Italian newspaper la Tribuna last night said Adolf Hitler cannot afford to let Stalin create complications regard ing Rumania commenting on the Allied suggestion that Rumania is marked for aggression. The italian newspaper said in future should Russia have belligerent intentions Alberta liberals vote Confidence Edmonton Jan. 22. Provincial executive the Albert association at a Clas meeting Here saturday approved. It is presumable that Germany i ill exercise modifying the newspaper also accused Britain and France of trying to extend the euro Pean conflict. O Leary explains Canada at War new York Jan. 22 entered the War Grattan o Leary associate editor of the Ottawa journal said saturday night be cause we in Canada think it is Wiser to fight aggression on the Rhine than to have to fight it on the St. On the mis speaking before the annual dinner meeting of the Canadian society of being pursued by the Domlin government and Laid plans for is next Alberta general election. The Resolution did not refer a Raisier Mitchell Hepburn of i Tario whose provincial go venans condemned the Dominion s to j policy. However several exe Eust. I members criticized or. And condemned the stand taken by him a spokesman stated. A unanimous vote of e. L. Gray . For Edmonton list support in their armistice Dis sources close to the British government Label these reports As Mere French reaching. Rumor and appear to be German according to the London Publica Tion they Are making no secret of a the fact that they Are trying to in York. Or. O Leary said Canada propaganda designed to create Dis sention among the British and French people. In the offer Ger Many was said to be willing to evacuate Poland. Austria and Czechoslovakia. It also said air marshal Goering would b e placed in Hitler s position. Sentenced Schneid Emuell Germany Jan. 22. The nazi decree against germans Are i listening to foreign radio broadcasts last night was imposed against a de that. News item. And then convey me plan Speed up Loncon Jan. 22. Star said saturday that the government had decided to Speed up calling of men to the colors. The Star said All men of 23 would be called to Register feb. 24, been expected. Earlier than had Remote behind the Clouds and dark Ness comes so utterly after Day Light s Brief Span. I can t get Ove being Sui prised at the mildness o the weather when there is so Little of sunlight. The Gulf Stream eternally sends its kindly breath Over England. Or. Massey s knowledge of eng land proved a Happy circumstance for your correspondent who likes to know what country he is passing through. The Canadian High com missioner knew the associations of the Countryside and towns we traversed whether it was of the author of Pilgrim s Progress or of Milton or Cromwell. Lunch at an inn when we paused at a county town for luncheon it was at an old coaching inn and there after meat and potatoes As we lingered Over Apple pie and cheese mr., Crerar and or. Massey conversed of Many a Canadian matter from the Cal Gary Eye opener to election campaigns in the maritime. Or. Crerar s Hearty laughter the laughter of a big Man rang out Over anecdotes of the sort of things that give a Tang to Canadian life. There was something full hearted in his Outlook that of a Man whose life s experience has been so intimately part of the Story of the Canadian people. It occurred to me How thoroughly he brings Canada with him wherever he is and you can be sure the English like that. There is never the least doubt As to his Canadian identity. When the waiter asked him if he wished Apple pie hot or cold or. Crerar replied that cold Apple pie was the Only kind Worth eating and he pronounced what was served him to be excellent it was the English variety of Apple pie but when Apple pie is Good it s very Good whether Canadian or English. As we sped Onward through the dim Day driving rain at times beat Down the whole world seemed overwhelmed by rain. Rain poured so fiercely that it almost obliterated the View ahead it seemed actually to attack the car where we sat snugly protected from its onslaught. It stabbed and battered at the wind shield. Shafts of sunlit rat then we would run out of rain into Countryside above which dark rolling Clouds parted momentarily to let Down shafts of faint Sun Light and from there we would pass into Mist Only again to enter rain but this time it would be a gentle dripping drizzle. Before Nightfall we had traversed every manner of weather that England can produce on a mild Winter Day. Which is to run the Gamut in variety. In Twilight we paused at a fill ing station where the petrol pump was topped with what looked like a Large Bird House. Or. Masse remarked that it must be the Home of the Stormy petrol and then chided himself for making a Ter Rible joke but i thought it was a Good one. Your correspondent wishes to record his impression that or Massey is one of the most con genial of travelling companions in his quiet Way without seeming to be talkative he somehow Man Ages to say a great Deal and his comments threw a Light upon the passing scene. With my shockingly Brief memory for exact 1 cursed myself of not frankly talking out paper ant Pencil and noting some of Thi things or. Massey said. A world so Black night seems to fall More gradually in a world without Light after Sundown. One is More award of the last faint struggle of Ligh in the sky against encompassing darkness. When finally it j be Cam completely dark our head lights pointed the Way into a world so Black that we entered towns favors Compromise Bombay Jan. 22. Das k. Gandhi yesterday indicated he favored an honorable com Promise with great Britain Over Indian demands for Independence. The Hindustan times says Dissen Sion in his own party makes it impossible for Gandhi to launch a successful fight. It adds he is also anxious to avoid aiding nazi or bolshevik imperialism. Reveal spy plot Stockholm Jan. 22. A the Jabor newspaper Socia demo Raten reported yesterday that Lolice had uncovered an elaborate espionage organization for the re Orting of swedish troop movements and Industrial activities by Short radio to an unnamed foreign it said numerous arrests Ere made German couple with terrific Force. Johann and Herta Betczynski have drawn substantial prison sentences for the offence. The husband was sentenced to five years in the Penitentiary and the wife to one year. Protest rejected London Jan. 22. Up great Britain saturday night rejected a United states protest against censor ship of american mails carried on British and Neutral ships. The rejection made in a lengthy note was based on the Contention that a belligerent has the right under inter National Law to assure itself that Ocean going mail bags and their contents do not contain contraband. Entered the War through her own free Choice expressed by a free parliament which could have declared Canadian neutrality had it so de Canada was in the War he said because she believed her institutions and Way of life were menaced and was convinced thai when it came to Liberty there could be no such thing As a regional re major general John f. O Ryan commander of the United states 27th division during the first great War. In a speech on what he believed to be the United states obligations to the present War. Said the United states must prepare to help the allies defeat Germany quickly or face the possibility of fighting Germany alone later. Endorsing the War and provincial Liberal Leader and Robert Barrowman of Lethbridge f the president of the association wat Luvi passed. Former publisher Dies s new Liskeard ont., Jan. 22. F. Stephenson Dean Oil Ontario newspaper publishers a Jujj at his Home Here saturday in Jas tire mint at the age of is. Surv if ing Are four daughters incl Diaz . W. L. Bird fort William. I Mussolini predicts Rome Jan. 22. A Premier Mussolini predicted yesterday that Italy s 1940 wheat crop would be nearly sufficient for Domestic needs provided weather conditions Are favourable during May and june. Bad blood when boils Start to break different parts of to body i evidence that the blood with impurities. Just when you think you Are in of one another crops up to Uka to place and prolong your misery col All the Lancing and poultice a Jet May do will not Stop More Why it give Ali acc old blood purifying Medicine blood bitters a Chance boils thousands have used it fit this purpose during past Kyan. Take , and got rid of utter blood and the boils Loo. The t. Millmr co., Toronto a Complete beating London Jan. 22. Up Hitler is Germany just As Frederick the great Bismarck and the last Kaiser were Germany and this time the allies must beat the germans completely or expect to see a new Hitler arise in another 20 years sir Edward Griff parliamentary Secre tary to the information ministry last night told a group of French War who Are visit ing London. Tuesday store hours 9.30 to s dial 322 double tragedy Bradford ont., Jan. 22. Up the bodies of or. And . Frank Wyatt Stephenson were found in the bedroom of their Home in this town 35 Miles North of Toronto Early yesterday by their five year old daughter. Police said they believed Stephenson 32, shot his wife then committed suicide. Incorporated May i67o. Stuart s Plum added pectin 2-lb. Jar off the shoulder veal Steak Perth g 3c for just 100 Lucky shopper go sheepskin rugst1 from China a new lot of these popular rugs just arrived and priced excitingly Low especially in of the difficulty in obtaining shipments. 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