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TOKYO

{Sumo {vans

“Talkies-South Thursday. .. L-856- 12- 15-21.

"Talkies — Montague Saturday. iwhire Angel." L-856-l2-15-2i.

"Millview Christmas Concert December 17th. L-80i-1Z-13-3i.

"Buying Poultry daily Mc- Quiggﬂ and Boyle. 1..-861-l2-1~i-6i

~~ To arrive oar corn meal and other feeds book now and save money. McGuigan and Boyle.

L-862~12-14-3l

"Reset" Saturday, December 13th for Bethe! Christmas Concert. ii not ﬁne. Wednesday.

L-'l96-12-13-16-1'l.

"Buying live hogs Albany Thurs- (“if 16th. Eimira 17th, until noon. (i. C. Green. L-Zil-GS-W-t-t-W-t-tf.

"Bazaar and sale of candy at sprlngiield H811 Dﬁﬁ- lil- L-819-12-14-2i. . Mi

"B. I. S. Special Meeting tonight. Wednesday. December 15th at 8 o'clock. Full attendance requested. L-894-l2-l5-ii.

"Conic to the Christmas Concert iii Irisliiown Hall. Monday night, December 20th. L-B97-12-l5-li.

"Vauet-y Concert Albany Vilage school Wcdnedigy evening, December 15th. Sale of candy. L-B96-i2-15-1i

"Reserve December 23rd for Coniiviih School Concert. L-805-12-l5-2l.

"Blue Bird Grocery gives beauti- lul Christmas Cake Free. Visit our 5n... L-806-l2-i5-li.

"Daft. miss New Haven School concert Fliday. Dccembr 17th. L-848-l2-l5-3l.

"Buying Poultry Friday after- riooa. Frank Cutcliffe, L-BfiIi-l2-i5-2i.

"liuyng live and dressed pﬂlllliiy Wednesday,‘ December 15th. Paying highest iuarkct prices. Signed Mat- ihciv hicbean, Bridgetown.

L-693-12-B.

"Card Party and Dance iii Hunter River Masonic Hal Thurs- day night. December 16th at eislili o'clock sharp. Admission 25 cent-s.

‘ L-iiia-ia-is-zi.

“Buying live and dressed chick- en and fowl Wednesday, December 15th. Also dressed geese, turkcyl! aiiii ducks. Signed Delaney d: Mac- Kay, L-709-12-134il.

"Buying live and dressed chickens and fowl also dressed 8895B. ll"- ireys and ducks Thursday. DEC- 16m paying h ghest market prices. Blillied R. J. McDonald Co., Cardigiifi-

L745-12-l0-6l

.---.- "Buying live and dressed chlckm and iowi; also dressed turkeys. tern- mid ducks at Miilvlow mid Vcnxon Dccembcr 17th-l8ih. ‘Pay- lug lliqllPiif, market pr ces. Sign?" Jenkins Bros. L-Bll-IZ-ih-ii. “cnix 3:05.. Moiiiiisiw- liiiylllli dressed chickens. ducks. B9950 and Tux-keys according to Government Grade on December 18th. Payiili;

l‘ . i: "l .. ugliest niiiil ct pi cesL_864_12_H_4i'

"A big variety concert by Suin- liltllvldi‘. talent will be held iii Cup-c Traverse Hal Thursday elm“ lir DPC. rum. Proceeds iii iil<i vi new kitchen. Sale of CiillLlY- slim" rour interest by Bllciiflliw-

L-azo 12-15-21. "(Juli Marketing I084 loading hogs iii Railway stock Pens Charlottetown ‘Thursday afternoon, December 10th niifl Friday foienoon 17th. and weekly therrufter until further IiOl-lw- Bring your hogs on ‘Thursday if you cannot come Friday for-encou-

L-BZQ-ll-IS-Zl. "All members that sliiPDEd Poultry to the Egg and Poultry

Aisoclalion between November 15. 1936 and January 31-1937 have been sent rebate. in event of not receiving same, please advise. l‘ "l may have had your wroiil

rliicks at onoe; chicken and fowl when it stilts you. We can handle l"? quantity. Correct grading for llilir protection and prompt re- turns. P. E. I. Co-operative.

L-882-12-14-3i.

"Idvastock Marketing Board llliiliiiz sows and calves and, if

-"°\l wish. will lncliidc cattle fol‘ "llllmicilt to Montreal, Monday mcrmbcr 20th, (‘Jo-operative bas- I:.§liii'l-lllR can: at Souris. St. ‘i-W- and Charlottetown, Bows ‘fill valves will be taken on n. “lpy-‘llb arrangement, but cattle “l? be taken orry at starting jiiit of car as announced. Please “'lli local Club Secretary or "‘“ (Tiiivir- Block. Clinr-

'..'-8J3-l2-l5-1ll.

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MAKE MENUS FUR ATTACKS

Diplomatic Notes Pre- cede Formal Deliv- e., Of Protests By Powers.

(A.I‘. By Guardian's Special Wire‘

TOKYO, Dec. ilk-Japan today offered apologies and compensation for her attack on the United States gunboat Panay aud- three steam- siiips and safeguards for foreign- ers cvcn beforo she formally re- ceived President Bposevolfs de- mands. She lllso apologized to Great Britain for ill-tucking British qgunboats, including the Ladybird on which. one British seruuan was killed.

Jihpuncse Cllllﬂll at the same time halted American: In the streets of 'l'okyo or called ll Ameri- can business offices to empress their personal sorrow over Sunday’! ivarplanc bombing of the Parlay

near Nanking.

Fbreign Minister KGkl liirota sc-ru. a note to United States Am- bassador‘ Joseph C. Grew in which Japan:

1. Presented her “sincere apolo- gies" ior the attack;

Li. Promised to make "indemnifi- cat ons for all losses and deal ap- propriately with those responsible tor the incident;

3. Announced “strict orders" had been issued “to the authorities on the spot with a view to preventing recurrence of a. similar incident."

P0161311 Minister Hirota presented a s milai" note t0 Sir Robert Craigie. British Ambassador i0 Japan, con- cerning the Sunday bombing of the British guiiboats Bee and Ladybird.

It promised Japan would pay Great Britain "any necessary in- denniity.

The Imperial Headquarters, high- est Japanese military and naval organ. issued a cngrhy statement on Sinidays incident in wh ch it charged three gunboats among the vessels attacked on the Yangtze fired on the Japanese warplanes wiir-u the Panziy was sunk.

It declared the Japanese fliers slated that the steamship “carried no flags" but that “many soldiers, apparuiily Chinese. were sighted aboard them.’

The note met the major demands of President Roosevelt even as Am- bassador Grew arranged to see Foreign Minister Hirota. to present ii. note from the United Stat/BS Over the bombing incident.

The Japanese note declared Jan- anese warplanes bombed the Amer- icnii vcssels "n the Yangtze River Sunday after it had been reported Chinese troops were fleeing up the river by steamship from Na-tiking.

It asserted the aviators were un- able to discern any inarloshowing any of them was an American ship or marl-rif-vvar.

"Consequently the United States gunbont Pansy and the vessels of the Standard Oil Company. b81118 taken for Chinese carrying fleeing Chinese troops, were bombed 8nd sunk."

The formal occupation of Nan- k m, was celebrated by an estimat- ed 031000 persons—inost-y Bﬂliml- rh‘ iron-in a parade through To- kyo. r

Receive Shipment 0f Fighting Planes

OTTAWA. Dec. l4-—A doiivﬂyof i8 Wesiland Wapiti ﬁghting planet; has been made to the Rdiyﬂl cm‘ ndlan Air Force, and. they arche- ing examined here and recondit- ioned with a view to being placed into immediate service. The mach- ines were obtained from the Brill" Lsh Air Ministry.

Provincial

(A. l‘. by Guardian's Slllwlll WI") PELPINQ. Chiiw. Poi- 14-5 provisional government. comiﬂll"! of elderly Chinese statesmen 8nd formed with the eo-oacmtlvii °l the Japanese was Dffwlllmed he" today for the Chinese Republic; It was liiauiiraled at commonw- in the former presidential palace over which floated the Old-fl" bin-red flag of national Chili!- THQ proclamation said the. mis- imi of the provisional government Wit". in restore a democratic regime

and to purge the country °l Kuomintari!‘ (Nilllllllal 99°?“ which it

Party) "dictatorship." blamed for the current Japanese-

Chinese hostilities. . p"? ism] to observe Ill

The Peop e’s

Covers Prince Edward

Island Like the Dew

ETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1937

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I TliehNeed ls Greater Than V Ever Santa Pals, Help Now _

BRITAIN DRAFTS STRONG PR angles APOLOGIES & c

“In faith and hope the world may disagree,

But all mankindsooncern is char- it '

y. All must be false that thwart this one great end; And all of God. that bless min- kind. or mend.

Briililll’ lighted and gully deco- rated stores and msideiices, snow cmlered ground. Christmas carols in the air everywhere, all increase in us that "Christmassy feeling." We walk alone the street with ‘a new Spring in our step, the Christ- mas season with all it; good ch99;- is here. Memories of- paat joyous Yuletides come ﬂowing over u; and life is bright and, gay,

But what about thosehundredsof fellow citiaens unemployed, 1n ﬁn- ancial difficulties, wondering when food and shelter for their families is to be Drocured? What of their happiness? Must it not be non- existant. And children in sueli families-what is their chance of Christmas happiness?

At the moment it would appear that Only through the kindness of Santa Pals can a. happy Christmas be assured these needy children. Perhaps never before were there so many in the oity in need of as- shtonce and there is only one source from which it will coins. through Santa Pals.

A glance at page 8 in this issue

where the names of needy chi1- '

dren are published will show the reader that very many still re- main for Santa Pals to adopt. It is up to you to. say whether they will still be unprovided for Christ- mas morning. The time is getting

short—you.r assistance will be even more valuable if you act today.

YESTERDATS SANTA PALS

St. Lawrence Lodge, No. 8.'I. 0. O. F. ,

Doris Tait. Jean Tait. Mrs. G. M. Richards.

Miss J. Gill.

Wildey Lodge. No. 2'1, I. O. 0. F. Earl Brown.

Hazel Carver.

Ruth Christie.

Bessie Smalimari.

Mrs. N. A. Shaw.

Mildred Bennett Walker. George ‘Meredith Walker. Prlcilla Jean Walker.

A Friend.

Mrs. J. W. Carin, Borden Kathleen McNeely.

Lorraine McNeeiy.

Billy McNeefy.

Durell Murray.

Herbert Murray.

Billie Fitrgerald.

Beverley Fitzgerald.

Barbara Sony's, Ward.

Wanda. Livingstone. Clyde River. Mrs. Walter Baker. ' Jean Anita Dillon.

Annie Boyne.

Invinia BonnelJ.

John Cranslon Bonnell.

Mrs; C, P. Stewart.

Miss Forerice Mutch.

A Friend.

Mrs. WjT. Weir.

Helen Moore.

Jean Moore.

Mrs. Gordon Bennett Miss Anna Bennett A Friend

sioiiii sir is BR|TlSll__ lSlES

Nine Known Dead In S e v e r e Weather Outbreak.

‘LONDON, Dec. l4—(AP)—1‘bg added to the perils of snow and icebound roads tonight as severe weaiherrost at least nine lives in the British Isles. .,

Large areas of southern England were blotted out by fog, interrupt- ing air services and delaying ship- ping at Southampton.

Two persons died from airpcxsure. two track workers were killed, four: died in a Royal Air Fbrca airplane crash last night and a sailor was washed overboard from his vesel into the Irish Sea.

Scores of automobiles were wreck- ed through skidding on treacher- ous roads. There were 441 accidents in one ﬁve-mile stretch in Essex.

Snow drifts blanketed Scotland and Northern England and the Edinburgh Express, forced to make a wide detour because of them. ivns eight hours late in reaching London.

Passengers said the brakeman stood wnistdeep in snow at one switch.

Extensive ﬂoods impeded traffic in parts of Sussex as well as in the low-lying Fenlﬂhdﬂ-

Ollrucrs own annual: ___

VANCOUVER, Dec. i4-(CP)—-'

sharia; H, Cohan. 50-year-old Vpnqguver barrister, pleaded inno- cent in police court today to the armed holdup of three pioyees of a Canadian Bank of Commomc suburban branch hero Dec. 1. Cl-

Government ‘Formed In China By Japan

lddrcss. Ship your turkeys. 8665c. ‘

han conducted his own defence.

ls

~ China's foreign obligations. It also

declared the older men would step out in favor or vouniier oifleiﬂil after the country and its political villain wan put in order.

Three ministries were filled to- day and it was announced a. pre- sident would bo chosen laler.

Bearded Tang Gem-Ho. 60-year- o‘d native of Chekilliﬂ. JAPIHBBE university graduate, one-time Mild of the National Medical Collefw here and former finance minister in the Anfu Government. W!“ chosen political ministnr.

Wang Ken-Min, one-oped. form- er minister of finance in the Anfu Government, wag named admin- istrativa minister. and Tuna Kane made minister of justice.

lQgiil-liqiipd on base 9.1201. s)__

Rioting Quelled In Philippines

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

M

MANILA. Dec. lik-The first election under the Philippine Commonwealth Government. re-

sulted in widespread rioting over the island today and troops were called out to restore order after three persons were killed and seven ivounded.

It also was the first Philippine election in which women could vote. Tension was high in several provinces where campaigns had been so bitter some candidates were stoned. knifed or shot.

KING tlBSERlIES 42NlJ BLTHBAY

Salvos Of C a 11 no n

Mark Event In Lon- don. LONDON, ‘Eevcf 14-Cannons

boomed in London today as the King celebrated his 42nd birth- day.

Gun salvo.» from Hyde Park. the Tower of London and Windsor Castle marked the event while the‘ King spent the morning in Buckingham Palace.

He addressed a telegram to the Mansion House, thanking lord Mayor Bit Harry Tbvyiord for a congratulatory message he sent the King on behalf of the citizens of London.

Hundreds of congratulatory massages from Empire and for- eign countries. poured into the palace as the King received birthday gifts from Queen Eliza- beth. the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and other members of the Royal Family.

She King and members of the Royal Family, including Queen Mary, lunched privately ' at" the palace.

The King's birthday will be Ob ficially honored Juno 9 of next yen-r. when the honors list will he published.

Execution Is Scheduled Today

BHELBURNE, N. 5.. Dec. ll- Everstt Farmer, 35-year-old Shel- bume negro and father of eight young children, will be hanged here tomorrow for the murder of his ha'f-brother,_Zachariah Fami- er. in a quarrel lest Aug. l.

Hour of the execution is set. for sometime. after 5 n. m. WM- nesday. Zachariah died of gun- shot wounds.

Farmer talked with his wife for

the lust. time today. shook hands Wlill her at the end of the con- versation and told after the. children."

Official Here For Interview

Mr. R. 0. Campney. chair- man of the National Harbors Board. Ottawa. is registered at the. Canadian National Hotel having arrived by plane last evening.

Mr. Campnoy ls hem in eon- nection with the survey of Charlottetown Harbor and will interview the Harbor Improve- ment Committee of the Char. gittetown Board of Trade to-

ay.

IS CONFIRMED

London Market Con- tinues T0 Advance Huds0n’s Bay (‘able Advises.

_TllB 800d news which was pub- lished in yesterday morning's Guardian relative Fox Auction in London held by the Hudson's Bay Co., which com-

arid NfiicKinnon as folloivs:

London, Eng. December 14. "Rcélllt of our sale of Silver Fox to date shows 19,900 skins sold or about 95 per cent of offering with an advance of 5 Der cent. Sale will be conclud-

ed by Wednesday afternoon. Hudson's Bay Cu."

The above news is even bcticr

notwithstanding the fact that 1518c quantities are being offered with further large quaﬂﬁﬂgg 1°

Larnpson and Co., Cobb. London Fur Henry Kiver and Co, This is particularly good 118w; at this seasor. of the year when our foxfarmers are completing lheli’ pitting and will have in view the disposal ol their pelts.

Validity Of Act Is Questioned

OTTAWA, Dec. 14—(CP)-Labor Minister Rogers said tonight At- torney General McNalr of New ljrupswirk had questioned validity of the Industrial Disputes Act. in its relation to a dispute beiaveeu miners and mine owners in the Minto, N.B. ﬁelds.

The Laborllfinister said the New Brunswick communication had or- rlved tonight and would iicccssi~ tote investigation before any fur- ther stateniiiiit was niadc concern- ing‘ o. dispute which resulted in o. two-months strike in the coal iiiin- ing area.

The minister did not say on what grounds the New Brunswick attorney general questioned valid- ity of the Act. but said he proh- ﬂlily would have a complete sluic- n-ient on the situation some time tomorrow.

Quiet Reigns Spanish War Fronts

H E ND AY E, Enrico-Spanish Fmntier. Dec. 14 -<';.;>»-sphii- lsh Government artillery bimbard- H! Insurgent positions north oi Madrid lodir. directing fire at BOHYQYS bringing fresh troops in the front.

(ioverniueiit dlspaiahcs said the Insurgents in reply shallcd subur- ban quarters of Madrid, killing several persons.

An Insurgent conimuhique des- cribed as quiet the situation on all fronts.

Snow and rain continued to hilt‘ operations on the Aragon front in northeast Spain.

Syrians Held For.

Terrorist Acts

(By The Assoc-tilled Press) JERUSALEM. Dec. 14 -- North

Anning and Sales and

they had arrested 150 Syrians on charges of complicity in terrorism which had caused two deaths and

injuries to more than a dozen per-

licr to "look sons in the Holy Land within 24

hours

0MPEN$ATI<5N Ottawa Harborl SlIIPP-ERS l."

aooﬁiws RE FUR suits

to the Silver‘

meme‘! 0n Mmldﬂy. was further confirmed by a. cable received last evening by Messrs. McLure‘

ma" “i111? 0f the Drevioiis day. as‘ it shows the market is arlvnrirging‘

be placed on the market by C. M. .

Palestine police reported tonight .

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lREFRllililATtlR

1 I lCars Equipped With New Type Heaters To Facilitate Move- ment Of Perishable

Products. Island potato

v Prince likiwarci

shippers are zrjring out. Canadian i National‘. Ruiliiryxs refrigerator cars, equipped with ilic new type under- siiing hauler, 'l‘ivo cars will be loaded today oiic by the Potato Growers A§bif>€llliltln at the WHIC- liouse on the Marine Wharf and the oilirir by tlie Canada Packers Ltd, at Albany‘. Both curs are

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of porl-linblc. traffic, Atlantic Reg- ion Caiiadiun National Railways. Mont-tun, ‘W110 il!‘l'i\'L‘Ll ill the City Monday stated last night. that the

cars \\ "c brought licrc to gel. Ship] nf ilPTlShﬂlllf‘ product: ' a i with the new typo re-

.ii." c r‘:ii..'. of \\1ll(‘ll 100 have constructed for the Canad- oiial System, are known rriiorccfizis. Tlioy are equip- pcd with under slunz charcoal licalrrs located below the door of the cars. A nail-freezing liquid is hoaiicsi by the burner and circulat- cri to tlic walls and 0nd". of the car. somcvchat after the principle of a hot. water‘ furnace. Each car is cqiiippcil with a liquidometer. an accurate trmiwcrature gllaﬂt‘ on the r-i lc cl’ {lie l‘ll"ll)ll'.‘)'i‘i‘ﬁ are thus enabled at a ‘l the tcnipcxiirure oi Llil‘ iii transit. Both toli and bflllOlll tcnipci-ntiircs are re- " 2051101. Ono of llie advantages lnvw i, .

been in“ N:

of the n; healer over l ironinion use is

‘ocatcd iii end

tho iild heaters bunkrrs in diagonal corners had v invbq rcfuciled from the roof of

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Cabinet Illinisters Re- ported At OddsOv- er Report.

((‘.l’. By

OTT AW’ A. Mhnisici- (in that “all I ki w about. a quarrel bc- tncrii inysclt illltl ‘Mr. Euler is what I r [l in the nc-wlspriprrs." ‘Trude Eul. r, questioned Oli ihc so. . .ijuci l~‘.l illi‘ pirsciicc of tlic M lll.~l[“i‘ of Agriculture, replied that 1V‘ liziil llti lriis: tr. s;

RFFPH‘. ll=‘\‘.'S]l."i1)(i‘ ri-purts linvc stated ]\'ll'. Euler urn: angry‘ ovrir the llilllllLilllDll. inst wool: of a re- port on Iii ish mm Lug of Cuna- rii in prriiliivl Th0 report criticised -, ‘iiclr- ' dlllll mils iii ihc ‘ ini ri-“d ll‘."i'lllli1l(l\fl("l work llllflCl‘ dlvcciion

culture llciiuriiiiciii. Qlflt‘ illS.

Horclofcm‘ Canadian marketing cffiiriis in tlio United Ifinizdom hm"- hiicii llt‘i'li‘l‘ tlirrciioii 0f the

Drpurtriiciit. of ‘Trude and Com- lllflTi‘ l: ivus rcgioi-‘cd l\ir. Euler obfcrtorl to niibllz-ziiiori without his kllﬂl\'l£-i‘l'!f‘ of a report criticising his dr-iiiiriiiiriit , I

Claim Japs Machine-gunned Sinking American Gunboat

(By Iii Associated Press)

SILANGHAI. Dec. 2- iwcdnes-

,rlny)—Llispatches from the British ‘gunboat Bee today reported two Japanese motor launches machine- giiiined the United States gunboat before the American vessel ’ Sunday riftoi" a Japanese bomb at- lack.

Tlic British naval vessel, anch- ored off Hohsicii svhorePanay sur- vivors unit rr-sciic, relayed an 1c- miint of the llanriyls sinking to

ihc. U. S, S. Augusta. American flagship. The Doc's report, quoting im-

ldoiitiﬂed P_\'0Wll.llCSF(‘S. taid:

"Japanese planes bombed Fanny at 1.50 um. Sunday (i150 uni. F51" lmni a meat. height

lllilasliiig a tori-inc hols in the vy- sci.

. ll. E. Miiffiillitiltl, supervisor _

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dart] Oil vessels.

age.

013s of Hire kind.

H ANDED APOLOGY

The Japanese Government Tue‘- day handed to Sir Robert Cragi British Ambassador in Tokyo, a note similar to one presented Un- lied Stairs Ambassador Joseph Grew apologizing for the Yangtze

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river attacks. and promising in- idemnitios and safeguards iu lfutiue. The gunboals Ladybird.

‘Bee, Cricket and Srarab were in-

Car‘ Railway i vnlved in the attacks.

I British patience appeared strain-l ed by.‘ tlie latest of a series of iii-, cldcnts in the For East. involv-~

‘ ing the guiiboaas Ladybird and Bee Sunday. l So many apologies and regrets;

have ‘been rccoivcd from Japan; over past incidents some quarters cxprcssezl (loiibt that. tho attacks ~ (in the guiibriats could b0 dispos-‘

. ons- of rczrek for; (the latest incidents already have} <, been mceivod. .

Japanese Ambassador Shigerii HllSlllflfl today aiwlogizcci t0 For- . clgii Secretary‘ Rib-ii. In Tokyo.‘ lJapan handed Sir Robert Leslie‘ ‘Craigle. l3ritisli Ambassador. a‘ {note r-srprcssinr: regret. Previously‘

a military‘ attache here expres-scd rcnret: to the British War Office.

The note to Sir Robert prom-| iscd that. Japan ivmiirl deal "air. proprialoly with those rcspnn-y siblc" and offered in “make nee-i essary indcmnlfiraliiiii." ‘

Thrift‘ was a growing belief. liowcver. that Great Briirini mivht

'l‘hey said it ivould probably rmike three points: j. I. Ask lull compensation for casualties and dam-

2. Demand that immediate and effective steps be‘ "0. taken by the Japanese to prevent further occurren-

orrzzsr TO JAPAN

Note Similar To That Dispatched By (1.5. Planned

United States Said Virtually Insist- ing Japan Pledge Continuance Of “Open Door” Policy In China.

LONDON. Dec. l»i~-(.AP)-—-The British Government to- night was believed planning to send a strongly-worded note to Japan tomorrow" in protest against two attacks on‘ British gunboats Sunday in the Yangtze River.

Informed sources said they expected it would be ap- proved at a regular meeting of the cabinet tomorrow! morning and dispatched immediately.

Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden conferred tonight at .10 Downing Street.

Political circles believed Britain would send a noiﬁ» similar to that sent by the United States over the bom- bardment Sunday of the gunboat Panay and three Stan-j

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3. Request genera! assurances for the safety of British ships, nationals and property.

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lBritaiu Spendin

Huge Sums For De fence Purposes.

LONDON. Dec. 14- lCP-Iinvosh —A‘.iiio'.igli Great Britain is ab‘ road)" spending nearly 50 tlnicswtsl much for defence as slio (lisbiirsed in the _vc:ii' inimczliatel; before; the Great War. iiic peak 1S still. l8 months oil. the Minister I01" Dolriii-o Coordination. Sir Thomas‘ lnskip. revealed today.

Speaking at a lunch given by‘ the Nat '- Manufar-iiircrs‘ Un- ion, llf‘ m iosod further tliattliore ivould bo no real loiup in the rc-i

armament proizram for tho nnxbl, four years. "The Government have taken‘

steps tho details of which I do‘ not propose in state licrc today. mi see the proper supplies of overv-

ihliig wc need in wartime are lic-

iniz provided in those days of

pccicv." Sir Tliriivas. said

"As far as rnzv material: of r-tcol rirc (‘Oll"(‘l‘llf‘fl. l think I may '

look to President Rjnscvglt for i“ h“ ‘Hm ‘;{,....',!,1,‘:ﬁ,.,.?§?.t,; 1,111,. lﬂilﬁtiiq-llip iii (liplonirilic slrils if] nwvli-nl‘ ‘ imfprhvl} ‘Jun, ,.._.ﬂ]‘, protests llﬁillll.“ hombnrrlniciits 0i or ' "9 ‘ _ __ ‘ » British and Aincrirriii Elilillnllls p ‘If m h" hmh should fail to criin iii’! zitbafac-l‘ -- ' tloi . _ l

The prom hiltrrlv .'lT'il{"II‘ll .lan—' an. New“ rs cnuiiliirl editorial! coiidriniivi‘ Willi iirrii zimit ro-i

ports of ul‘i"l(li‘l‘1 Rriri

quest lllfi‘ yriiiyiorni’ 1 llllllﬁ lit‘ informed w.’ his fllfwli riiiil i-'iii—‘ ccvii ovoi- tliv flliil-llPilll-.li‘llilllt"%j lll('li'l('l‘|l!\. ; Th" Czibliic: ".v.i= I‘.\'])t‘.'ll‘il tr) . dcvriic lll".' of its 'i\t""l{l\‘ ..r.~ilin icmovi-(riv to ll l'£“i":!\\' n.’ fIlf‘ fl!- izatinii Mi- lmrn l‘l'fll\ll.\“.'l n lull sinirintcii‘. tii tiic llflll‘? of (‘Fm- mom aftcr lllt‘ mooring. ' DEMAIVI‘! RIGHTS RESPEVTED \VASI'IIN(;'I‘ON. Dot‘. l4 --l.'\P| ‘ —Tllc Ciiitvd Status. lll ri strain:

formal iioio that roicrzd fit‘ lll"l‘l‘

(Contliiiivii on page SJ. Col. 3*

“The ship was abandoned iit 2.05 and sank at 3.54."

“Before the Panay sank it was attacked by two Japanese motor launches which machine-gunned

“The Japanese forces from the launches boarded the Paiiiiv and made an examination just before it sank.

"The Penny's colors were show- ing throughout the bombing and milPlllllP-gllllnllliLfilltl ii sank with ﬂags ﬂyinu," ilic Ben dispatches said. '

MORE YOU WONDER WHY YOU D0.‘

hlETEOSOLOGICAL Toronto, Dec. l4 - Minzmiim and maximum temperatures:

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131i wsori 40B m; Victoria 4r. 52 Edmonton i4 32 Regina a y; Winnipeg g g3 Toronto 14 3o Ottawa (i 30 Montreal a 24 Quebec i4 3a Saint John l0 28 Halifax i3 g6 Charlottetown l4 28

Maritime East: Strong west to

- northwest winds and gales; partly . cloudy with snowiflnrrlas.

Captain C. H. Cnrlsom. Ameri- . can skipper of the Standard Oil i

the ' vessel Moinan. was killed on the

ship's bridge during the attack on - the American river craft,

The Bee reported 10 IourrK-i- Anlrioonn In: been tuhn aboard.

High tide this morning at 8.30 and intiiizlit at 7.54. Sun sets this afternoon at. 420 and rses tomorrow morning at 7.32. Pull moon Friday, Dec. ' i7, at 1.52 p. m. summer-side tide eighteen ‘min- utes later than Charlottetown. win: can ritlm Leann llﬂrllrn 0.05 a m. I p Lure-u IiirIIIv-nllnr H n m“ iM n

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