Peace ov

n; annual sheeting of Royal gird chap. I. O. D. I. was held “may afternoon in Assembly pm of the Canadian Legion, the mpter rooms proving too small isidmit all in attendance. Regent m, J. A. Mathieson presided. All miss monthly business having been dealt with and the usual m; of money voted for causes viihwhich the organization is in gmpathy, the election of officers (snowed, and annual reports of gets-s and committees were tab-

it cilon. Vice Pres.-Mrs. Charles "uwn. ‘flcn. Regent-Mrs. G. W. Hodg- Il- Tstn. Vice Regent-Miss Blanche liiviiiind. . llegenkMrl. J’. A. Mathleson. lst. Vice Regent —Mrs. H. R. Iiilsoii. ind. Vice Regent --Mrs. J. S. lsgnail.

wretorw Mrs. W. M. Brehaut. g lleasurer-Mrs. E. M. Bagnall.

Assistant Secretary- Miss Cath- aios MacLeod.

Prov. m. Sec.— Mrs. JPKFTiIcT-‘i lflilan. Chap. Ed. Sec-Mrs. H. L. Bet- lime. standard Bearer- Mrs. V. Goodwill. Oouucillors- Mesdames R. H. lingers, F. E. Smailwood, C. H. B. loiigworth, W. E. Bentley, J. D. lewart. National Councillor ~Mrs. J. A. Ilthieson. league of Nations Committee -— Ifl. F. S. Wilkins. ‘Calendars- Miss MacLeod,

Card and Flowere- Mrs. T. W. it Home and Mrs. Wilfred Tay- b‘.

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Work in India-Miss Stewart. COMPREHENSIVE . . . . .. .. REGENTS ADDRESS A Tlldfly we gather again for our Ilinual meeting of the "Royal Ed- Ilrd” Chapter-It is more than "i Passing interest to me for in liils month I have been twenty-

fl" Years a member.

‘ lcimnot speak here in the usual till“ lilirases of the swift passage 0i time for in looking back it Items a long journey.

' m! Imperial Order of the Jilvsiittie of the Empire has its Wot-s in the reign of Queen Vic- bria-oitcn jeersd at by the young Jlollle of today as a dull are. but *5! the older people (except for, the Jo" War in the 1m years) look- li back on as a. happy peaceful the. Then followed the short

- ‘ANNOUNCEMENTS, . _.COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS.‘ ETC

t “Talkies Bouris Thursday. .. 1l2l-3-1-2i.

"Dr-J. 0.1.“ r t» th and . giiitisn is nowwlfiil Dgi-‘cheater I ' Mt Phone ‘I'll-L. lrzs-a-i-zi.

‘rye wish to advise our custom- hli We are not taking more ilre . Wood a 00.. Orapsud.

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" annual meeting of the . mill" Eu Circle will be held in ‘m; Shore Hall on Thursday,

. A M N311! at 2 o'clock P. M. Neil ° "in. Secretary. IIIT-S-I-Si.

-"'n\' Ann?

“The

Comprehensive Of I. O. D. E. Activities

Much Interest Taken In Annual f Meeting Of Organization Yes- - terday. Officers Elected For Ensuing Year And Reports ..Read And Adopted.

happy reign of our beloved King Edward and the grief of a nation at his death.

s Then the crowning of King George and the turbulence oi his reign with its "World War" and its never ending struggle for peace and prosperity.

The year 31-32 has been a stren- uous and depressing one. No corn- cr of the world can escape but it is our part as loyal citizens of a great nation to face whatever comes, and as members of the I. O. D. E. share in assisting the more needy.

Looking back over the post year I am sure that the most of us feel that it is worth while being associ- ated in this work.

I am proud of the way tha mem-

upon them and in time of real

bers responded to the calls made '

Review

ii o m I N ifi PAYMENTS T0 Piiuvmci

Over $106,193 Al- ready Received Un- der Unemployment Grant.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Out, Feb. MP-OI the $125,000 allotted to hinge Edward Island under the unem- ployment relief act, $100,193.88 h" boon new. w. .4. corsair, Minister of Labor, told A, l, Maolsoan (Lib. Prince) In u“ House of Commons today. The balance will be paid when ces- tifled statements of expend]. i-urea are received from the pm. Vince.

stress we show that we are not daughters in name only. i

Besides our monthly meeting‘ during the winter we met each Monday for mending and darning garments for those in need. _'.i‘hls brought many of us together more intimately and we are all glad to assist with generous donations; many were the homes cheered by

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RumorUnfoanded

OTTAWA, 0nt., Feb. 29. —(By the Canadian Press) — The ru- mors regarding the consolidation of the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Railways to which was attributed the advance in C. P. R. stocks on Wall Street today are unfounded, it was stat- ed in official circles tonight. Such a step has not been considered by the government it was said.

siiuiiinii INFlNiAN|1

HELSINGFORS, FINLAND, Feb. 29. — A Fascist march on the cap- itol today encountered govern- ment troops 25 miles away and a clash of arms ensued but its out- come was not immediatel, appar- ent due to crippled communica- tions.

The Fascists, or Lapua, simul- taneously served a demand of President Pehr Edwin Svinhufvud to shear Marxists and Socialists from the government or suffer the consequences of civil war.

The President's reply was an emergency safety law giving him- self extreme military powers m meet the rebellion.

The decree permitted suppres-

Canadcls Railway problems are now being studied by the Royall Commission of Transportation.- When its report has been submit- ted to parliament, consideration will be given to such suggestions as the report may contain but in‘ the meantime no decisions will be made.

Royal Assent Given Bill

(Canadian Press) LONDON, Feb. zit-Royal assent was given tonight m the 80W’!!!- menifls tariff bill, which imposes a general duty of ten p81‘ tent 0n_ most of Britain's imports. The bill which now becomes operative, was rushed thromh its final still“ in the House of Lords, being passed by avotsoflfltnll.

FLASH

PARIS, Feb. £9. -- (Canad- ian Press Cable) — Ilrsuce lost one of her most noted scientists and the world of as- tronomy s powerful figure by tho death today of Guillaume Ilgourdau at the age -of so YBIII.

“Hockey at Hunter River to- night-wlton Hornets vs. mo?‘

"Borden Line Club loading hogs, lambs, calves at Albany . starch 8. 1 4-1-81

"Davis and Praser vs. Granites, Bigbficld Rink tonight. Skating af- tar match. 1228-1

"Como to the double-header at

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Iwas "proving a Fiasco," the Lupus

sion of newspapers guilty 0g 13m. tlon, dissolution of demonstra- tions, search of homes, examina- tions of persons out-of-doors and the hindrance of armed individ- uals moving from place to place, and all other necessary steps to preserve order.

The government decided to ar- rest all Lapua leaders, it was learned from informed quarters. Two of the leaders were identi- fied as Vihtori Kosola and General Wallenius. The arrests were ex- pected to be made tomorrow.

"The situation t ' is con- siderably better than it was this morning," General Malmberg, chief of the Civil Guard, said.

It was said in official quarters that the whole Lapua movement

orders having been obeyed only in Southern Finland.

The ultimatum which brought the Presidential decree declared:

“Speedy and determined steps can yet save the country from civil war. which is otherwise in- evitable. We will not leave our work half finished but will drive

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tore a hole through the wall of

of the League of Nations was in- formed at a public session tonight

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SHANGHAI, Tuesday. imminent peace. but it

Jere Make Throat . While negotiations were going on to put an end to the fighting the Japanese gave official notifi- cation thatfif the Chinese attempt- ed to bring up reinforcements they would carry the warfare in- land fifty miles with their squad- rons of bombing planes. Japanese Consul General Karamatsu Mural notified Mayor Wuh 'I‘eh Chen that this operation would be un- "lmvent reinforce- iiieiiciddveaissuxmr asserted ‘that tho Shanghai-flanking railway would be destroyed ca far west as Soochow, fifty miles away. and that the tracks of the Shanghai- l-Iangchow Railway would be bom- barded along thc fifty mile stretch from Shanghai to ‘l? k‘ g.

Reign 0f Terror At Mayor Wu's office this ‘noti- fication was taken as an ultima- tum. Chinese officials said that any such actionwould "result in a reign of terror" throughout the area. The action in Chapel start- ed early Monday morning when the Japaneae, aided for the first time in more than a week by the guns on their warships in the Whangpoo River, fired on the P“ defenses. The Japanese command announced they captur- ed a cemetery west of Hongkew Park and occupied positions near the United States owned South- ern Baptist Misslon Hospital. They began entrenching themselves in those new positions when the sc- tion quieted down with nightfall, and things were relatively calm until the Chinese launched their sunrise attack this morning. U. s. Mission Again m:

The Baptist Mission came in for additional damage when a shell

TUESDAY, MARCH 1,1932 " l0 PAGES ;;-;,-_-,,

s.“ J APS DELIVER

ULTIMATUM TO CHINESE

Japanese Consu-l-O-eneral Says His

ii-uil" y

Carry The War-

Inland If Addi-' fional Chinese Troops Were‘ Moved In_t_2_ The Lines.

(I! Morris J. Harris, Associated Press Staff Correspondent)

The Associated Press

(Over The Gloria's leased Wire)

Mar. lplhmshai was optimistic today about madcuodliferencetotbeiines. At$s.m.s_ ""° °' WM" lnillflvww I'M “m: Chars! ms broke down the llblucla defenses in s surprise attack. The Japanese "'53" m"! "l!" M! Ills and soon their shells stopped the assault- lll infill-Pynch- Tbon the Ispancse reformed and put on s. oountsp ‘s- MOI in which "N! R0076!!! most of Ibo [Nllllfl ti!!! had lost, but the Chinese held cu to the Peitsa Bridge, north of Chnpel,

_, called for

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Pfflilerty has been damaged several times previously and on each oc- casion a protest has been made by the United States authorities. Some Progress Toward Pcsoe

Chinese officials “some progress" toward peace had been made and tha- Japanese said they would participate in further negotiations this afternoon. Neu- tral parties were more hopefiu libs-u" ‘at any time since the action ‘ “ ’- The Japanese seemed to "Wot important developments in the discussions as soon as General Shirakawa arrives to take over command of the Japanese army forces. . Peace Conference

During Monday, Vice Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, British Naval Commander, presided over a peace conference aboard his flagship, the Kent. Among those present were Vice-Admiral Kichi-Shaburon No- muro, and Rear Admiral Yosuke Matsuoko,‘ representing Japan, and Dr. Wellington Koo, former Chin- ese Foreign Minister.

Self Defence

In connection with the Japanese threat to bombard the baclcareas of Shanghai and to launch a major attack, if Chinese reinforcements were brought up, Mayor Wu in- formed Foreign Consuls at 1 a. m. today that neutrals living in the areas where the attack might fall should be evacuated. The Japan- ese began the conflict, the Mayor said, and they have brought up reinforcements, while the Chinese have increased their forces in self- defense. The Mayor declared that if the Japanese renewed the at-

Continued on page 5

Shanghai Area.

(lpfiilal to the Guardian) GINIVA. Rb. sa-m Council

Armistice Conference To Be Held At Shanghai

Japan And China Have Agreed In Principle On “Mutual And Simultaneous" Withdrawal From

proposals night be found accep- table.

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0VER 27,000 MMIBRANTS N Pill YEAR

UYPAWA, Ont., Feb. 29. (By the Canadian Presto-Immigrants to Canada in 1981 numbered 27.530. W. A. Gordon, Minfster of Immi- gration, told Michael Luchkovitch. I (U. F. A. Vegreville) in the House of Commons today. Deportation oi’ immigrants in that year totalled 6,582. The British Isles furnished 16,801 of the immigration total, of {whom 9,411 were English, sass Scot- itish, 2,748 Irish and 3'11 Welsh.

FARM PLACEIVHINTS

Alleges (“That Affidavit Falsely Sworn At Senator’s Request

I I Commission. drawn up to show that the Canadian doed by a I‘ The second mate of the Gypsum

N. 5.,

berth. Supreme Court, is investigatiu basis ‘oi’ the affidavit. Allison set forth in the docu-

ment, he testified, that a torpedo struck the ship while he was be-

ilow deck and that when he came

on deck he saw a German sub- marine moving away. Senator Lo- gan told him that the ship's cook

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 99. (By the Canadian Pressi-Oi‘ the 44,959 persons placed on the land by the co-ordinated effort of the Immigra- tion Department and the transpor- tation companies, 13,199 were uh" married men, while 6,362 families (averaging five members to a fam- ily) oompriss the remninde . This was the answer of I-Icn. W. A. Gor- don, Minister of Immigration, to I- question in the House of Commons today-

Alberta, with 2,193 families and flow-single men. received the lsrfl- est number of placements. Ontario received 611 families and 4,165 un- married men.

The total of other provinces fol- lows: Province

Families Single

Mon British Columbia . . 534.. 156 Saskatchewan . _ 1,455 1.939 Manitoba ... . ..... 681 2,002 Quebec . ..... 611 747 New Brunswick .. 42 393 Nova Scotia .. . . . . . . . B1 276

Prince Edward Island. 14 11

iiiiliimois

UITAWA, Ont, Feb. 29. (By the Canadian Pressl-An Order-lu- Counc'l was made Dllblio 9nd PW‘ claimed this afternoon bringing in- to force tomorrow legislation pass- ed at the last ‘ of Parliament respecting the Beauharnois Light. Heat and Power company. Hmitod- The m1 legislation which could only be brought into effect by pro- clamation provides:

i-The Order-in-Council P. C. 422, dated the eighth day of Mm“ 1929, as amendment by order-in- Council P. C. 1001, dated June H. 1920, and the as- ‘ the Beauharnois Lght, I-leat and Power Company Limited, and His Majesty the King, dated June I5. 1929, are hereby annuiod-

2—The Beauharnois Lilhli. He" and Power Company, Limited it!

had made a similar statement, he said, and that it would be neces- sary for him to do so. l-le repudi- ated his statements in the course of the hearing, declaring that; the iforemast. main topmast and jib boom had gone overboard just be-

Cross On Ice

PICTOU ISLANDIBS IN TOUCH WITH SHORE.

PICTOU, Feb. 29. -- Residents of Pictou Island are walking across to Pictou on the ice, mak- ing thc trip in about an hour and three-quarters. They land on the short at Bay View, a few miles from Pictou, and made the last lap of the journey by road. Where a high tide had jammed the cakes together the ice is piled up a little, but elsewhere it is smooth. Pictou Islanders talk of bringing teams across for lumber, and also of coming across by automobile.

FLASH

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 29. — (By the Canadian Prcll) — “Subs‘ “ I ' crease in the income tax" schedules will be conside us: by the Government when searching for means of raising additional revenue to balance tho budget. The House. of Commons today accepted s resolution to this effect spou- eored by W. T. Local: U. F. A» Cainrase.

ions under which the diversion of 53.072 cub'c second feet water may take place. This will probably be done this Week.

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Sensational Evidence Concerning Loss Of “Gypsum Queen” Given By Second Mate Before Royal

_ NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. ZE-Testiuiony that a false Iiiifllvil W"

schooner Gypsum Queen was torpe-

aubmarlne during the Great War, was offered today before s. Canadian Royal Commission.

Queen, which sank oil Ireland un-

der puzzling oi-cumstancea, said Senator liance J. Logan. of Amherst,

rounded him to swear to the affidavit in s. Boston hotel.

name is Alexander Allison, negro now of Staten Island, N. Y. The Commission, headed by Chief Justice Horace Harvey of the Al-

fill

g an award of $11,000 made as re-

parations to Freeman Hatfield, owner and captain of the schooner, on tho

fore the sinking but that he was not unduly alarmed.

The Gypsum Queen sailed from Halifax July l2, 1915, on her lash voyage carrying lumber for Pres- ton, England, with a crew of eight, including the officers and cook.

Allison,‘ a witness, said the sea. was still smooth when he went on deck, but the ship was practically helpless with most of her canvas

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Housing Problem Bothers Halifax

(Canadian Press)

HALIFAX, N. 5., Fob. 29.-—T§ destroy the unsanitary and unin- habitabie hovels in which many poor families are compelled to livq, and for which exorbitant rents are not frequently exacted, and ro re- place these with plsiri, clean, com- fortable homes within rcntal reach of the poorer classes, is the task set for Halifax in the report cf a Cit- izens‘ Housing Commission, released today.

According to the report, 11.107 men, women and children, in this city of 59,275 people, are living un- der conditions beiieved to be seriou! enough to be included in the special survey, “with all the physical, men- tal and moral hazards which such a state has been shown to entail."

Stricter Immigration Limitations Wanted

WASHINGTON, D. 0., Feb. 29.-< Another effort to put on the sta- tute books, stricter immigration limitations will begin Tuesday be- fore the United States House of Representatives Immigration Com- mittce.

Record & Forecast of the Weather

METEOROLOGICAL Toronto, 0nt., Feb. 29-

OFFICE.

successors or assigns. in l0 i" i‘ it may be within the competence o! Parliament, is hereby granted from i

Lake St. Francis up to and not ex- Bu,“

Iit along to victory at the price of 'life and soul. We are fully armed and prepared to conquer or die."

Bulldogs To Play

Cape Traverse

nauiousm. u. a. Pelt "- (By the Canadian Press) — Dai- houaie Bulldogs. New Brunswick

1 pions, in the first of homo Ind

Intermediate Hockey ohfllflliifillli leave tomorrow for Bummerside, where they meet the Cape Traverse tesm,,Prince Edward Island cham-

hame games, the second to be piay-| ed here Thursday. The winners will play the Nova Scotis champ-

ooimtriaa announced their ascer- tauee of the plan

by Sir John Simon, British Foreign Boofottry. Japan and China had a- greed in principle on “mutual and simultaneous" withdrawal from the Shanghai area. The agreement was cbed at a two and one half hour conference ou the British flagship Kant, Sir John said. The plan calls for ‘an armistice conference to be hold at Shlillilll. lllrtioipstad in by the two disputsats pad all nat- ions hsvinl mun interests in sbsnshsi. Representatives of both

ions for the Maritime titll 011

Chinese troops will retire four miles from Shanghai.

loeoufl-Jrhe Japanese will with- draw their forces into the Interna- tional settlement.

Think-Chinese troops will be withdrawn ten miles from Shang- hai. and Japanese troops will em- bark and leave the city.

The belief was expressed by op- tinristic league reprasentaivea that a formula could be found whereby the combined American, British.

lei-such and foolish some: at shims- hat would intervene between the Pmlifloh for! an agreement aud- contending fcsoes as the agreement only hrkhtaaao 1m this after- was bani; carried through its suc- jaircept with the express Iimrovei of noon when the Guineas outlinoiileeasive stagc, and also that theraritament.

willlifirflfllllfllll to the Japaneso Chinese would not object in tho trues tonal which they will propose continued paaaaee of the usual iic and proclaimed today clean tho and the Japanese indioatcdtbsfuumbldhpsnassmarius

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ceeding 53,072 second feet of water_ of the flow of the river St. Law“. rence to be returned to Lake Si. Louis and to be med for the do- velopment of hydwilwif" WW" between the two said points. in such manner, upon such terms and conditions and wth such limitations and reservations as may be P"- scrlbed by order of the Governor- in-Ommcil.

fs-The Governor in Council shall

not consent to my further or ad- ditional diversion by said comlilh! d1 empr- or ti» River St. Lawrence

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