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RESIiUNBE

ebel Artillery Blasts Caspe —- Rebel Re- infer-cements Rush- ed To Scene.

Gcardia ' 8 iai Wire) . ii I KENDAYE. France. mroh 10- . ‘mt field artillery blasted .. into reins today in an effort . dislodge Government troope- . pacing the . o. at‘ armwarohing . . rran . a to drive thia

"“"’.‘.'.‘.i“f. -..'.'i' communi-

Iraneda fact-moving

“s, vised control cl the im- » ant Montalha niloanl! hith- y and sent advance parties

. gh the can Just Mountains ~ heart of iha

n. V

(Continued on p... 1, Col. s)

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ter. v

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_ _. _ I ETOWN, CANADA. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1938’

ﬂ-TTCEZTV SITUA TION

Did Yesterday .

DEATH DE MR.

i

ma. p. a. c l Associate ltditor of the Guard- Ill!-

BRITAIN KEEPS tliiillitl ililH n 0M m | u is

Rumors Of Cabinet Split In Crisis Go Unconfirmed. '

BynFAT US$831»...

anadian Press Staff Writer

IDNDON. March 16-(0? cable)

-'1‘he United Kingdom Govern-

mentpworliing in close consulta-

tion with the nion Govern-

ments in an endeavor to evolve a

program to meet the lncreas

nave international situation

night was reported strongly divid-

ed over foreign policy. _

Rumors 0L cabinet issensio were heard in the House of Oom- mons lobbies in the wake of Prime

Minister Chamberlain's speech in

whlcrrhe harried Persistent oppo-

ﬂtion demands for a definite statement on the government's at- titude toward Czechoslovakia, and the course planned with France in connection with the Spanish crisis.

No Conﬁrmation

conﬁrmation whatever could ieined in regard to the ru-

more. (Haves News Agency said it was the cabinet was split. with the younger members said to b eading for a firm stand. War ry Les Hore-Bclisha was reported co erinﬂ Possible r8818- nation.

(111313 gage-Polish: tlgieli-S, Hav-

“me -

llnrbecm i . Malcolm MacDon- ald. would tel

No be ob

ow.)

Another rumor was that labor would be invited to Join the Gov- ernment to ensure national solid- arity in the event of emergency~a suggestion at which most Labor members laughed.

Sentenced To Die In Electric Chair

. h G rdlan’ (%HIIOAYGO?I arch‘

Duce Sounds

lYdt

i. K. BURRIE; visiiiuiv

Associate Editor Of The Guardian Pass- ed Away. In His Eighty-Third Year.

The death occurred in Charlotte- rning aiie “m” ii£."°'."Zi h. p. a OuErl; Guardian year. e was , at DeSahle, I gnunie, J. g3, - -- acher‘: lic-

i r

taupgﬂilt school for nearly years, in North Bed uc.i ‘ DeBabl and er he went to 8t. John, e was in the inxsiur-

e twelve

C sclhools. Subsequently B.. where h

Riot r to came proprietor of a lead and statione y business in.

side.

Alive s keen! interested in pub- lic aﬂa rs as we as in literary mat- ters. Mr. Currie was s, frequent contributor to the press during his early years. When the editorship of the Bummerside Pioneer and island Farmer became vacant through the resignation of the late Mr. ohn Pond. Mr. Pond recom- mended him as his successor.

This position Mr. Currie filled for ﬂve years. and with such satisfac- tion that in 1011. when the late Mr. J. E. B. McOready. Editor o! The Char ottetown F . i ed

book

succeed him as

paper. then under the management

| oi’ the late- Mir. J. . Hood.

| He remained as Associate Editor when. ug ndness. 110 W88

unable to continue on full time

u .v. Mr. Currie experienced defective eyesight shortly after the Great ar. On the advice oi local doc- e to be examined by specialists in

was told that the vision of one e e was permanently imp . and e other aiiected. Subsequently it became neee to ﬁrst one and then t e remaining Since 1915 he had been mm etely blind, but notwithstanding th cal- amity maintained an active interest in public matters and continued his Journalistic duties with the aid of an emanuensis.

A splendid conversationalist. Mr. Currie enjoyed nothing better than having a friend visit him and dis- cuss subiects o! mutual interest. He was a great reader. and ch30?“

6Y6.

altheireed

the

Bfllﬂlll Will Ald France Protect Bolonial Route

PARIS. March lit-Great Britain promised France naval aid tonight lf Italian and German tomes in Spain menaoed France's N African w

unicati 1n return. um his cabinet France would maintain hon-intervention in

BK this decision. France kept her er with Government Spain shut to men and munitions and droDDBd her laus for an immedi- ate effort wth Great Britain to negotiate a Spanish truce.

That the Spanish Government appeared to have stopped the 1n- surgents drive toward the Medit- erranean. at least temporarily. also was cited by Blum as enab France to keep her frontier shut.

Preparations. nevertheless, went

ead to assure the security of France's Pyrenees border as well as om of communication on the Mediterranean. vital sea road- way; of France and the British Em-

LOOK T0 DEFENCES

The army, it was id, j dged the 70.000 troops now iaTrA-TrIsonTéd on the

od. Spanish border asssufilolent under

any circumstances. The navy was planning to add extra ships to its Mediterranean patrol. Four de- stroyers will be based at Port Ven- dres. closer tp Bpanim waters than ‘Iioulouee base.

inun PLAY Blli sutciss

use izviiimsr~

Three Act Comedy

Presented In Prince Edward Theatre To Appreciative Audi- ence.

The Benevolent Irish Society's celebration of the 118th annivers- ary of ttsorgenlmtlon in Char-

n last night with the presentat on of the play “You Can't Beat the Irish". a. three-act comedy’ Packed with laughs from start ﬁnish. Between act spec- ialties included vocal, dancing and instrumental numbers, the ta- neous applause and epcores testi- fying to their acceptance by the

0d e11 l l TlOtAIEsiTiT-efrxlaim" {w haiﬁtg “Tail:-

icontlnued on page ‘l. Col. d)

Moves Senate Probe Into Railway Problem

I g, p, i, Guardian's 8 i Wire) (orrrs A. March ii-Apoouit- ment oi a special committee of 14 Senators to inquire into the rail- way problem was moved in the Upper House today by‘ Senator F. B. Black (Oon. Sackv le).

to ' i t

flail,” the bee‘: 1116828001 relieving tie: country from its extremely serious railway condition and fin- snfhlai hurdetn) 002:; ugiglt new Elpsnwrﬁl recoizisitlilf Sim-lug"

mmi u ena . 001m n? wmBruéswick Song

i |

auidéiencgé" e orma distinguished £23031’. “urge: lei? Honour Lieutenant Governor Geo‘. D. DaBlois and Mrs. DeBlots, thlel . Campbell. and. His or- Mayor E. A. Foster and Mrs.

Foster. thzittoliﬁ Can't Beat the Irish," as e sue

Irish play m???

mor so typical o!

from old Erin. Bkilfulla

by m. A. Mentcn Whi tn

wholehearted support from a tine

cast of characters, the uctlon

through its three acts as the

power to hold an audience absorb-

ed every minute. And that was

the case aat night, marked every

few minu by spontaneous bursts

of ause when some cleverly-

stag bit of comedy brought .a

wholehearted laumi from every

member of the audience. . _ The scene was laid in a city and

‘time the present. First of the _ in_or_der;o_i__ appearancezwap

i (Continued on page 3.001. t)

M o '1 Bill ToAmend A

Warning Note

club , . 'n Austrian Seizure m ‘Approvl g I 0

Social Credit Act

(o. r. hggggrdlanh

s wire Mroroml itAct ov in eAi toits% turebeforetheend o!

weer. while contents oi the bill not known. it

is expected amendments ilbe irected at Boahl t tdeogifrd “lint! under eact. '

P

NEilTRAilTY is REAFHRMEB BY tiiiiitinimu

Labor Leader Critical 0f Government Pol- icy In Spanish Civil Wan.

(By George ﬂambloton Canadlm i- Press Staff Writer) IDNDON. Mamh 16—(CP Cable)

-Brcezily, the House of Commons

tonight swung to Insurgent Gen-

eral Franco's victories in the

Spanish civil war.

Clement Attlee, L-abor leader. was bitter in his attack on what he called the "craven" British °°i¥.°".l"‘°i..d“" ‘“-“i‘ii.i”i~.."iii°'lsi the

ec : ‘ ‘h Republic is the cause o1

‘All’ °°“"‘ ‘I2’ scrutinis-

Li; betray ﬁance is to betray Bri- n.

"Jbin with w. Aitiee

ressed. -‘Aot in concert with them me to help the people o! Spain. Ii’

be a case oi’ you "'

new or never. A Labor motion oi censure pro- by Mr. Attiee was rejected

a vote o! 317-141.

STANDS BY NEUTRALITY

Prime Minister Chamberlain stood by the policy 0d non-hater- vontion in

halve taken ' scale- 2. 1t mated an interns: tlonal war earned on firsiésoi all

ii, alter-war - g¥ali> beyond t... 182i’. tan Peninsula.

IN’ GIDSE CONTACT

"We intend to continue as we a}? ugh the Fﬁmin close contatoiz, e .

. Chamberlain added. In‘?! believe today we shall best serve British interesta. We shall best serve the cause of ireedom- i1 we troop out or aoaio. will our licy of non-intervention. andrggnotattempttobumoirr fingers as other nations may well

intervention. n tting the truth. laughed the r benches. The Prime Minister quoted a ﬁtombllili by AnthoEyétEfQen. [Q lary, L t "% gld you sack him?" La- mfmdmemndedition rotests i-cse OPP“ D when Mr. Giamberlain declared he had def any fresh succesion of forces to General Franco's aids o! the civil

mAll-izhough rumors might be con- £3782!‘ more or lees probable, he

queet of Spa y

power: would “endanger the peace. reedom and securty o_i___t_l1_ (Continued on page '1. Col. '1)

Sees The Maritimes Forced" Into Union

IREDEBIOION. Mar. ro-(or) -Belief that “sooner or later we will be iorced into a union o! tho Maritime ' was e teased in the New Brimswick Leg ature gap; by G. W. Ferry (Con. Car-

p .

= This would create one unit with a population of a million 9091116. lueh unit would have more are; at we man the present m‘ ﬁne! agparateiy. he egg. Ferry ailgasted damming the mouth o! the Tobique River to de- voiog hydro power for the Upper 5t. ohn River Such a pro- would be f e and pro-

for an im-

e province. he

teen-oi

‘so... cup a mist.

c

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' ed tonight "poor" results ha m tended their hunt so far.

DRIVES TO SEA ssowso DOWN

'Finds Family Asphyxiated

BBGCKVIIJE, 0nt., March lit-Matthew M. Brown, well- knovm lawyer, returned from his office tonight and found the bodies of his wife and his two young children huddled in a corner of the kitchen and with gas jets of the stove open. They were renounced dead two hours

Mrs. Brown

Ruth Horroeks of Toronto an was about 30 years old. e children were Matthew Man- sella, four. and Trevor two. Coroner T. W. n Leeds County is stigating.

Basia-ow nauauosnm

SOUTHAMPTON, ., March iii-A third mysterious e aboard ithe 52.10140“ Cunard-White Star liner Berengaria broke out tonight while she was in her berth here. The blaze, in a tourist cabin, was extinguished quickly by the ship's staff. Damage was slight.

TRID DETAINED IN ATTEMPTED AB D l] D T I D N

Philadelphia Attorney A-nd Two Fliers Held In Moscow.

Police records showed Forrest

LL '1.-

’ -- ~“ m with an - plane a/bductlon of Scott's two

dauughters. e girls, Eva. six. and Zoe. three. are hero with his divorced wife, now Mrs. Harry Clarke Bod- y en. Scott and the pilots, Stanley Boynton of Philadelphia and F.B. I iidlller of Miami Beach. were book- ed for investigation. most Nassau barristers.

The girls’ nurse mid they were playing in a park on the water- front when two men drove up in a taxicab and attempted to seize them. The nurse and spectators w o were watching a yacht race

rvened and the men returned to the cab and sped to a pier where a seaplane waited with mo- tors running. a third man in the cock-pit.

A harbor pilot, Christopher Brown, tied the plane to his mot- glrbvéat and held it until police ar-

Scott came here Monday by Pan American Airways plane. Boynton and Miller arrived yesterday in a private ship iloted by Miller which was ch red by Boyntnn. Mr. and Mrs. Boden and the chil- dren had been here since Feb. l.

Sealer—s__ Report “Poor” Results

(C. P. by Guardian's S cial Wire) BT. JOHN'S. Nfld., arch 16-

Newioundlandh sealing ﬂeet the Gull o! st. Lawrence re rt- , -

The sagona had 2.500 seals aboard and another 3,000 still on the ice ns. The Ranger. another vessel w ch went to the Gulf this year, had only 500 aboard.

From the ships which followed up the ru geri east count. the only word race ved came from the Nep- tune which repented capturing the or .2!"l¢_l98»

laced

iONDON-Great Britain fore

Oppodtion

tor Chamb

bitter Commons debate. - meat upheld by vote ic 311-141- Rumors circulated the Government it divided on policy.

German troops in Spain men- w! Mediterranean communication lines. France dela

ai

KAINAI. I-ithuanla

feared both Poland and Germany

midit pounce upon lheremhiction mounted a ron clash

l March 11 ginzhioh a Polish Guard wﬂ killed.

WARSAW~Palish leaders ed a more moderate tone Ulhuanla

BEEN-sinner hurried homein a Ihxmhaot welcome. caneellinl

adopt- toward

ussssp. silicone. rvrmi». 1a_ ° Scott. Philadelphia attorney. and ~‘two~~tliera were-detained tomo- in- - -

Scott retained two of the fore- 500000 q

OA CHIN”

P0li$h “Eordei- Incident Adds A Nazi Danger

Britain Puts Peace Issue Squarely

Up To Hitler As Tension Incieises. '

LONDON, March 16--(AP)--Great Britain toe night thrust the issue of peace in Europe squarely] before Reichsfuehrer Hitler as she. with France. became particularly active in the tensenees thaﬂ involved most countries of Europe. _

_ There was a. crisis in the Spanish situatiom friction between Poland and Lithuania. fresh alarm in Czechoslovakia, while in Italy Premier! Mussolini declared Germany was right in taking Austria- » .

Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax. in "a Vigq orous statement in the House of Lords. called on Germany to respect assurances to Czechoalovaklq that Austro-German union was not aimed at her.‘

“We naturally expect the German Government to obey them,” he declared, “and. if indeed they desire to see peaeo maintained-as I earnestly hope they do-Jhere is nd quarter ln Europe in which it is more vital that unden- taklngs should scrupulously be respected.”

A Polish-Lithuanian border incident ‘added new dan- ger in a situation already tense over Gernaaufs next move in central Europe and the growing possibility of Ithloq German domination in Spain through a victory of the Im surgents in the 20-month civi l

l war. ~ i :~.:-¢-r:.=i France Alarmed '

mspm ilunner lip For mm, dhampionehip

The price o1 ti: tinued French ngnugilnctiegrvantion in the S conflict. Enacted by the plgﬁibiliilzy ofuya a a er a also had

German mov Czechoslovakia, e aid in event of act- ion by Hitler-to ‘libel-aw’ the 3- . erman; in

mUBO, N. S..‘Mamb io-(OP), -'1'he Nova Bcoﬂa o! Ag- ricuitme annual winter, , cloned today with an enmqition of poni-

17- - Gerald Bmeltzer or Windsor, Ni, d ohamoion

8..wasdeolared odthetbreeda andwssa-

s MAt§*'Vlinter*““Falr' 4=

sought British the war-area -_ ed re ublic. 80v et Russia reaffirmed he:

Pledge o! armed aid to Czechoslo- vakia. her ally as well, in case o!

aggression. Hitler returned to Berlin for a ueror’s welcome after his ab- sorp ion of his native land in the German nation and summon- ed i tag. his sounding board for important pronounce- ments, to meet Friday to receive gendeclaretion" by the Govern-

Sanctions Move

Premier Mussolini assured his people Germany's lightning move- ment to the Austin-German bord- er in the absorption of Austria constituted no at to Italy.

But. in what some interpreted as a warning to Hitler, Il Duce declared pan-Germanism would

he Brenner Pius

not cross .

m: swept Lithuania that Po- land might useherarmy to force a settaement of a crisis following a hon-er clash last Pride in which a Polish soldier was led.

circles said Poland

E y. This was denied ‘giwan official spokesman in War-

Fleet Ready

Hitler's return to Berlin was stated to have been hastened by this develo merit. There was an report in Berlin that

z5ihoti7ociTbit

unconilrm

g -—Europe AtA Glance-

other enlugeme ‘— and 11mg to Berlin because of the grave uro- pean situation. He summoned the Betcha for Friday to hear a “declare ion."

ROME-Premier Mussolini proved Hitler's Austrian 00$) warned that any Invasion ian frontiers would mean war.

VIENNA-Nut masters of Aus- tm wigsd out or Aug; low: inoreasled. inkin- mu m. anti-Nari. his wits and son

were i’ d dead. N aaid he

tilt‘. it... lnd . KIRIBATI-Government noon! menued left flank of lézurﬁt Govern-

ta attempted shell firs.

88178811115 — Foreign Minister Speak declared Belgium was deter- mined to defend her territory and said the fate of Austria should be

a lesson to mall nations. ouch-Gannon w W»:

IO‘ but

ment mom-bar warned that aiovakia newt DI

gamed the J‘ A. MscDonai

09hr ioi- hi est aoweoeite. nim-

ner-up for championsh was dMacmnis of Prince

an .

Winner of the poultry exhibition was Gerald Bmelmer with Bil points. second Peter . points. and third Thomas Mem- tyre BigPond, 185.. with 82 points. RAILWAY REVENUES DOWN _

(S Ial To The Guardian) . MO ., March 1e_.. ‘The gross revenues f the all-in- clusive Plain Nat onal Railways system or the week ending March l4, i988. wereoglﬂliddb pared with

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