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Chinese Throwing Up Stubborn I" Defence InFace Of Determined Onslaughts -—Japa1n=.=e Alleged 1T0 Have Cremated Hundreds

(p; James P. llowe, Associated Press Stair Cgrespondont) Copyright, 1932, By The Canadian Press

SHANGHAI. Feb. iii-A small band o! Chinese fighting men, hold- muievailed village o! Kiaﬂlwan midway of the Chapei-Woolung bat- uglier, continued tonight to upset the strategy oi a Japanese army of 15,001.‘ These trill-HIS. (Isl-limited by the Japanese themselves at 400, ex- ecuted their little trick merely by holding the village of Klangwan against ghonhliiioek by tanks, artillery, cavalry and infantry. As midnight buried their casualties were unnumbered but the Japanese admitted muggy themselves had lost 100 men dead or injured.

JAYS ALTERED PLAN OF ACTION

The hmnese altered their plan oi action shortly after darkness had ntlitand rushed rclniorceiments just north oi Kiangwan, driving a. hole hiiie Chinese line there. They Previously had pushed a hole in the iliinm dcienscs south o! Kiangwan. They hoped to surround m, gown l1 the southeast, east, north and northwest, leaving the Chine” u; more oi escape southwestward. They declared it would be poor strat-

The general Japanese plan oi ac- tion appeared to centre at Kiang- wan. They had pushed in an east- ward curve oi the Chapei-Woosung 16-mile line until it was almost straight in a north and south direc- tion between those two points onc- cept at Klnngwan. Capture oi that

ancient ‘walled village would open (or them a double gate, which they could swing on the left toward Cha- pel and on the right toward Woo- sung. Until they could accomplish this they must thereiore continue

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.____Y_______ ANNOUNCEMENTS, r COMING EVENTS, MEETINGS. ETC

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to try nut-cracker tactics at Kiang- wan.

Bombardment subsides

Chapel and Woosung themselves were quiet tonight, after intense sc- tlvity at both ends oi the line ear- lier in the day. Only a few artil- lery and rifle shots were exchanged in the Chapel sector and as night drew on the Woosung bombardment also subsided. There was some evi- dence tliat the Cifncse intended to rezrciit ii-om Kiangwnn soon. Jap- anese aeroplanes continued to straie bodies oi Chinese troops moving westward in the Kisngwun area and mnny buildings in the town were in flames. The iircs were set either by the Chinese themselves to cover retreat or by Japanese shells.

The Japanese military strategists in changing their tactics to the north oi Kiangwah said they were unwilling to sacrifice lives need- iessly by rushing the village walls. They hoped by their north ﬂank

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“Hospital Ladies Aid are hav- ing a Social Hour at 5t. Paul's Parish Hall today, Monda. 93nd-

at 3.30. Admission 25c. 1001-11.

"Championship 110C103? "l? Vic‘ toria“ Rink Tuesday, reel-um’ 13rd- Mon >gue vs. Cape Traverse. Semi-

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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1932

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he Sino - J ap Situation

snuiii iiiicii viii VETERANS ATTENIJ_SIERVIBE

At St. James Church Yesterday Morning —Inspiring Sermon Delivered By Rev. R. Moorhead L e g- ate.

The anniversary service in con- nection with the Battle oi Paarde- berg in the south African War was held in st. Juries Presbyterian, Church yesterday iorenoon and there was a large oongregatbn in- cluding the Smith Airican veterans,

the Canadian region, the Imperial] l3 * Order o1 the Daughters of the pgm-i PREMIER DEi-‘IES PHYSICIANS

m“, and the Ladies Auxiliary 0g? Against his doctor's orders, Prime the Canadian Legion; Hem G_ Minister Ramsa MacDonald left" Shelton sharlmkfnjster o; Agﬂcum the nursing home where he had

Energetic

‘oration to preside at a. special

" ,, 0f his " ' This photo- graph was taken lust belore he an.- derwent the operation.

S. siewart. Mayor.

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Need Five Seats For Majority

Republican PaTdT sou Leading Polls In Irish Election — De

NEW SCALE 0F RELIEF FUR STJIIHNS

Natives 0i Nfl’d. City Placed On Rations

i According To New Arrangements.

ST. JOHN, NFL-n, Feb. 21. — (By the Canadian Press) - A new scale oi’ reliei for St. John's City came into operation yesterday. whereby a single adultls food al- lowance at $1.50 weekly us com-

“i” “"1 H‘ wmhil’ t“ m“ w’ bu“ convalesdn‘ "om m m’ °p' inaroa with $1.15 monthly under

the old nu ngement. The cunts are arranged on a sliding scale. however, a family of five receiving $3.00, a family of ten. 84,00. The rs- tion includes fiour, butter, tee, su- gar, molasses, potatoes, fish, peas, beans, rice, oatmeal, salt, beei’,

provided.

IIESTRIICTIVE

Valera’s. Polic_y._

DUBLIN» will 5W8 Slate. Feb- Government by six seats, and tab- 21. (Canadian Prss Cable)—Ea-'u1otlon oi the remaning seven, it‘ |monn De Valera/s Fianna Fall (Re- was thought, would not change the Dllbllcﬂn PBFW) 8nd its 181101‘ 81- relative positions oi the parties. lies tonight needed only ﬂve seats Observers were unwilling to pro- l-O 8W9 them B bﬂm mllvrllly in phcsy that counting in the remain- the Dali Elreann as tabulation oi ing seven divisions would give the‘ NW1‘!!! fwm lest Tuesday's F108 Republicans the iive seats they re-i State election was halted until to- ‘quh-ed to gain a majority in thei morrow. Dali. It was possible the result!

With results irom seven divisions might remlfn undecided unt’l March oi the 145 which voted mrslng, the 3 when the seven divisions oi Lett- standing oi parties was: Irim will go to the polls to cast their

Fianna Fail . . 85 votes, delayed by postpon ‘ af- Labor (Republican) ... '1 ter the shooting of a government Government 49 candidate and a detective a week Independents . .. 1'1 ngo,

The Republican forces led those oi President William T. Cosgravets

Sad iTragedy At Kensington

Mr. Justin Hynes, Well Known Lawyer BurnedTo Death When Stove Explodes Setting Fire To His Office. __

A shocking tragedy occurred on| It appeared that Mr. I-iynes hn Saturday afternoon at Kenslngton been burning old auto tires and about three o'clock, Mr. Justin had poured either kerosene oil or Hynes, well known lawyer being gasoline on the fire causing the burned to death. The stove in his explosion. oiiice exploded and set iire to thei Dr. MacBride and Dr. Gillls. of room. When iound Mr. l-lynes was Remington, were called and after lying on the ﬂoor by the stove, an examination came in the con- his tsce charred beyond recoanl- clusion that death was due to the tion and his handl horribly burned_ burns received. Dr. MacBrlde and charred. Upon nomination thought from the position in which iiie was found to be extinct. When the man was lying that he had re- the iiro wu first noticed the fire- ‘ceived the full iorce oi the flames men hurried to the spot and rush- in hie isee which would be suifi- ing upstairs opened the door of cient to cause hie death.

BY the. time the firemen arriv-

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UTLAWA

24 Persons Made Homeless I n $60,- 000 Gonflagration.

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 21. (By the Canadian Pressl-Twenty tour per- sons were made homeless in sub- zero weather here early thm morn- nlng when iire swept five stores in three combined commercial bu‘ld- lngs. Ninety firemen fought the fire for ilve hours. Loss is $60,000.

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INTO FREIGHT TRAININ

SUFFERING OF INJURED AND

(From Our Tignish Correspondent)

The worst train wreck in our history happened at Handrahanh Cutting, Prince County, about a quarter of a mile west of the water tank at Harpefs Siding yester- day morning about half past one, resulting in four deaths and eleven injuries. _

Freight train number 211 from Summerside to Tignish

pork. Soap and kerosene are also-i)! BB 61181116. 8 P1011811. two lwx

in charge of _ Conductor Frank Murray, driver James Hessian and fireman Kelly ran into a ten foot snow bank at that point at 7.30 Saturday evening. The thermometer was below zero, and it was snowing and drifting, but on word being sent out 27 snow shovellers responded. They worked steadily for the next four hours but could accomp- lish little in such a storm and weather.

The lreight tram was composed

splintered wood. The express con- tinued into the freight train, beyond

cars and one combined baggage and the ﬁrst box can “new the second

passenger car. About 2 o. m. most

o1’ the men were in this last car waiting for the weather to moder- ate, when the express from Char- lottetown with two engines, a plough, a. baggage car, two coaches and a ilanger crashed into them

DOX car entirely clear cl the track, and then plunged its way into the tender, partially upsetting it,

Dr. J. A. Johnston and Rev. J. A. MacDonald were immediately sum- moned and administered to the wounded and dying.

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The impact telescope‘, the 6mm The scene which followed the

binntion car of the freight in which wreck w“ ‘me °1 eximm° h°"°i‘- were the men’ dividing the cm, m,” I The lamentations and groans of the

four or live sections, throwing out . dying and ‘mmdedi ciiupled Wm‘ some of the occupants and lemming others beneath twisted iron and]

Big Increase In Butterjxports

OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 2i. —- (By 112,600 lb. valued at 828.040, com- the Canadian Press) —- Butter ex- pared with 65,000 lb. at 823,459 ports are ‘over nine timcs what in January, 1931. During the they were a year ago. Lust month i the quantity sent abroad was

without warning. I

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MR. BillliTER, iiiiivis HUME. FRllM ENGLAND

Mr. J. W. Bouiter, Deputy Minis- - ter oi Agriculture, returned to the Province Saturday evening from his trip as representative for the Provincial Government to England in connection with the potato em- barge. Interviewed Sunday by a Guardian reporter, he stated there was nothing more to give the press than the statement already pub- lished. Any additional information would naturallfbe submitted m the Minister of Agriculture. Asked about his trip apertiirom the bus- ineal aspect Mr. Boulter said it was wonderful and he regretted that eo much time was spent trav- elling. for oi the thirty days ab- sent. twenty were taken up either on the eteame n or trains. The sc-

NEW FRENBIHIEAVY BALE CABINET IWISITS N.B. F 0 R M E D ...

Gales sweeping this section since

Thursday reached s. maximum velo-

city oi 54 miles an hour early today,

but tonight the wind had dropped “hum” “m, to a 16-mllo rate. Low temperatures also prevailed, the mercury drop- ping to zero last night. Disrupted power lines left Campbeilton with- cut electric light lest night. N0 other damage from the gaic was rc- ported in the province.

PARIS, Feb. ZL-Andre Tardicu. who was overthrown as Premier a few months ago by a vote in the Senate, announced today that he had formed a Cabinet to succeed that of Pierre Laval, whom the

ured In Train Wreck

[Collision Near Tig- nish Yesterday Takes Heavy Toll

EVENING TRAIN FR OM s ’SIDE WITH STEEL PLOUGH CRASHES

“CUTTING ”.

SPLITTING THE A LA TTER IN TWO

BLINDTNTI SNOW STORM AND ZERO WEATHER ADDS TO

DYING -— NEWSBOY

TELLS GRAPHIC TALE OF TRAGEDY

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CHINA'S GENEVA DELEGATE

As delegates to the lllﬂﬂfmlmelll conference in Geneva settled down to work, Dr, W. W. Yen, chic! o! the Chinese delegation. bwlllle l central figure with the darhenilll 9' war clouds in the east. llcre he is studying a report from Nanking.

Mrs. J. S. Jenkins Exp ec ted To Arrive Today

“irirligll telephone communica- tion with Mrs. Jenkins in Montreal Inst evening. Dr. J. s. Jenkins learn- cd that the liomcwnrd flight 0i hirs. Jenkins had again been post- poncd.

Mrs. Jenkins lcit New York at noon yvcslerdny. arriving in Montreal "i. 3.10, tho trip OC(‘ll1>_\'lllg three hours and ton mimiies. The sklis were being put on thr- plrmc last cv- cning and ii suitable weather re- ports are received this morning, Mrs. Jenkins expects to leave ior

the Island.

Senate overthrew on Tuesday.

M. Tardieu, who was called in yesterday by President Doumer and asked to ionn the Cabinet, will

Record & Forecast of the Weather

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on the list as Minister oi Labor. The new cabinet was presented

to President Doumer and will race

the cbgmber or Deputies next

Montreal 4-10

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National Defence under Francois

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