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_ German Officiaidom Startied By S u r - prise Letter To Clergy From Pope Pius.

(AP. by Guardian's Special Wire) BERLIN. March 2'3 - startled German oflicialdom tonight for- bade Lufillflbllt on Pops Pius‘ aur- prisa encyclical in which he ac- cused the Nazi regime of breaking pledges to the Roman Catholic Church and ioatering paganism, until the government has had full time to consider all COIIBGQUGIILcB.

Editorial reaction appeared in only one newspaper, Chancellor Hitler's Voelkischar Beobachter,

but officials described it as un-

drawn from later editions. The Foreign Office was repres-

irnplied suggestions in the editor- can be changed at will.

with the Vatican. "the state could not know how the church would later interpret its provisions," and added that "even an agreement with the Holy See has not sacro- sanct, untouchable and eternal value."

This was interpreted to imply the Vatican Concordat, which the Pope charged had been violated by asserting hampering of church control oi eligious education, might be cancelled by the Reich.

The interpretation aroused fears, one informant said. lest Germany's signature be discounted on other interstate documents. For this reason the editorial was with- drawn.

German authorities admitted they ivere taken by surprise, and that they learned the encyclical had been read only after newspapers asked for comment. Like many priests, officials indicated. they first thought the encyclical referred to was the recent one on Com- munisin.

After the Foreign Office and propaganda ministry had confer- red hastily. word was given out that comment or even publicity on the Pope's not was forbidden iuml further study had been made.

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Averages .4 0f Knot Faster Than British Liner. i

PARIS. March 22~The French Line announced tonight the liner Normandie had set a new easi- bound trans-Atlantic speed mark with an average speed of 30 99 knots from Ambrose Light toBlsh- his Rock.

'_i'ho Nonrlandies performance battered the speed mark of 30.63 iiloia set by the Queen Mary by limost .4 of a knot, the French Linc said.

Tile Normandle. which left Am- brose Light at 1i am. Thursday, Passed Bishop's Rock at 6:40 p.m. tonight (2:45 p.m. ABT).

Line officials said the Norman- die covered 2,070 miles in four lillys. six minutes and 23 seconds Th! Queen Mary. they reported. crossed from Ambrose Lisili i" Biiilolfs Rock in three days, 23 hfillrs. 57 minutes on a 2939-10“ 793186.

The speed mark claimed by the line was computed on the average Illeed rather than the elapsed "m! of the voyage.

"Institute liver Hail on Tuesday hisbi llmeh. Admission as Mntl.

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"Buying live hogs Albany Thurs- illy 20th, Emerald 38th until noon.

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Throne Speech-Barren Of Any Forecast With Respect To Nature Of Legislation To Be Introduced By Campbell Govt.

Inclement weather accompanied the formal opening yesterday o; the third session of the 43rd Gm. m1 Assembly of the Province. The event took place with the custom. flfy military and ceremonial dkplgy, His Honour Lieutenant Governor DeBlois making his appearance in ills house promptly at a p.m.

Mr. Speaker

authorized and ordered it with-

ented as particularly irritated by iai that treaties and agreements

The newspaper avowed that at conclusion of the i933 concorclat

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The Governor's party w“ we. ceded by a mounted escort, color- ful in crimson tunic-s and plumed “film-i. irflm the Prince Edward Island Light Horse under oom- mwd o! Cari. r‘. J. Morris.

The guard of honour, composed oi 100 men from the Prince Ed- ward Island Highlanders. was commanded by Captain J. B. Dee. Roches. The rggimgntg] band w“ in attendance.

A salute of fifteen guns was fired from the Victoria Park road- ' way by a detachment iron; Mum. ber 8 Medium Battery, R. C. A. wlllmmded by 0am. a. W.Mathe-

n.

The Lieutenant Governor. who

was preceded by the Sergeant-gt. Arms, Captain J. R. Nicholsomwes attended by Brigadier H. F. Hertz- bers. G- M. n. n s. 0.. M 0:, of Halifax, commander of Military District Number 6, also by his aide! “do camp. "Militia. officers, Flld Private secretary. ' Just before His Honour entered lilo HOUSE. the Speaker, Hon. S. S. Hessian, took the chair, and the Clenk read a message from the Governors private secretary. M. Alban Farmer, stating that he was l directed by His Honour the | Lieutenant Governor to inform tho House that at three p. m. he would open the session.

The Speaker then left the chair, and H's Honour, having entered the Assembly chambers and taken hs sent on the throne, w*s pleased - to open the session with the fol- lowing speech.

"Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen oi the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island:

"i. In the Name oi His Majesty, the King, 1 thank you for your at- tendance here today on assembling to assume your legislative dutfes. I

'" 2. In consmcn w.th other parts of the British Empire, we congrat- ulate our new Sovereign Kin; George the sixth on his accession to the Throne, upon the abdication last December oi his" brothel‘. King | Edward the Eighth. We rejoice

to believe that the marfy noble qunrtlcs of our new K‘ng will lead him to follow in the fco‘si/:ps oi_ his illustrious Father, bcth as a Klilg and a Gentleman. We also ivelcome as our Queen. his beloved consort, Queen Elizabeth, whose charm and dignity have already endeared her to all classes o! our follow-subjects throughout the Em-

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I "3. We look forward with eater interest to the Coronation cere- mony to be held in May, not only as a brilliant social and ceremonial event, but as a pageant which will ‘ be symbolic of the greatness and unity oi the British EmpiN.

"4. Under a Beneiicent havi- dence, we again a. boiintVul harvest, and with im- proved market conditions the rev- enucs of our farmers were substan- t'aliy increased. It is the inimi- tion oi my G0vernment_to devote

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MONTREAL, March Iii-The st- titude of rail labor leaders toward a strike for hllher pay remeillsli ' undisclosed tonight u the runnirll trades‘ general conference tee made ready for new meetinll at which‘ it was understood they would hear the result of reopened negotiations with the railway!-

Plenary gatherings oi the Union- lm, meeting here for four day! on the strike question. Wm el-

cted to receive reports tomorrow on the negotiations that resumed

"Beg; g1 b iogqm wed - Saturday after a month's break. A fey IIIOIgIlIgQ “Maren 4th unrItBil committee of ll Uni?“ "'°"7““'

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Ready To Give Pitched Battle To Socialists.

MADRID. March 22 _ Spanish Insurgents stiffened their resist- ance today against advancing Gov- ernment troops in the upper Guad- alajara sector northeast of Madrid and made plans for pitched bat-

tie.

Defence planes, outdistancing the Madrid infantry. bombed Jadraque. important insurgent position to the west and the Guadalaiara highway. and noted the preparat- ions for battle.

Having lost most of the territ- ory taken in recent oflensivcs, the Insurgents apparently had decided to entrench and await the pur- suing Government force at that important communications centre.

The Madrid militia, continuing northward along the Guadalajara highway to push the enemy ever further from the capital, had to slow down the advance today in the face oi stronger resistance.

The retarded offensive was in part deliberate, officers added. to a‘iow columns operating to the right and left oi the highway to clear surrounding country of any danger of a flank attack.

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enjoyed last year ,

RdilwaymenRemainSilent As Negotiations Proceed

CAPE TOWN -- Exhausted and worn out. a cat has returned home after a 400 mile hike. it was taken by its owner to new lodgings 40o miles distant six months ago but wouldn't stay.

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IDNDON — Waierrn Hospital authorities say "zinc noses" may be worn this summer without "pain or risk." The new wrinkle is intend- ed for hay-fever sufferers.

Unionists. About all that was known was that the meeting had been sought by the labor men.

That circumstance tended to strengthen indications that the men representing 117,000 railway workers had arrived at a definite verdict on whether or not to call out their membership if their wage demands were not met. But. under instructions against talking, conference spokesmen" left this point a mystery.

Today. the railwaymen left of! their wage battle tempo assay and turned to other Union business for the day. In preparation for forth- coming annual meetings, the dele- gates split into groups represent- ing the various unions and began lining up matters for their yearly

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T. Edmund Harvey, ’ Independent, ‘Elect- ed To Commons By Combined Univer- sities.

LONDON. March 22-(0? Cable) -A new trend in British politics became evident today with the el- ection to the House of Commons from the Combined English Uni- versities of T. Edmund Hnrveyjn- dependent Progressive candidatein the by-election necessitated by the death of Sir Reginald Craddock, Conservative.

Harvey's success followed by less than three weeks the election of another Independent, Sir Arthur 531w‘, as one of Oxford Univer- sity's two members in succession to 10rd Hugh Cecil. Conservative, who retired to become provost of Eton College.

Both Oxford and the Combined English Universities are now sol- idly Independent. A. P. Herbert, the humorist, was elected in place

of a Conservative at Oxford in the

1935 general election, while Miss 1718611101‘ Rathbone has held the Combined Universities’ second seat as an Independent since 1929.

Harvey was elected by .6596 v91. 95 t0 4,952 for Sir Francis Lindley, retired diplomat. and 2,373 for Sir Henry Brackenbury, the digging. “ilihed Physician. The successful candidate declared his election was “most striking evidence of the trend of thought that the univer- sities should he represented by men independent of party Qyggn- izations."

Harvey, a member _0i an old family of Leeds Quakers and for- merly a Liberal member of the House, accepted nomination only

‘on the condition he should btand

as a non-party candidate.

In the course of his campaign Harvey insisted strongly that the representative of universities in parliament should attach himself neither to government nor to op- position, but should be a kind of "cross bench" member whose duty it was to be the mouthpiece of in- struoted university opinion.

The growing tendency of the universities to elect independents was considered as likely to silence to some extent the critics of the university franchise, which has been condemned in the past, par- ticularly by the Labor Party, as virtually a special privilege enjoy- ed by one party only. Altogether the universities of the United Kingdom elect i2 members of the House of Commons.

CHARLOTTETOWN. CANADA. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1937

Ore-ed House AGED RESIIJENU t I fii-IilRiiETiliiNi DIES IN FIRE?

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John Whiting, 80-year-old re-, tired Georgetown fisherman, who‘

fire completely destroyed n one- :oom cottage ill which he resided 1110116. “came to his death b suf- focation caused by fire of an nown Oliilill," a Coroner's jury decided » , yesterday afternoon,

Following investigation by Cor- porai Watson nf the Montague de- tachment R. C. M P , eight wit- neszcs were heard by Coroner Dr. Alex Kennedy's jury under foreman J. J. Condon- Other members were

lost his life early yesterday when

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Shipsfgpeed To Scene In Answer To Distress. Calls

“Taking WaterTP-lease Help Us”, Is Word Picked Up From

Steamer Bjerkii. -

NEW YORK, March 22-—(Ai’)-Itzidio communications reported iheySit-zrmship Hamburg flashed a message at _l2:22 a.m. AST tonight i0 the Norwcgizin steamer Bjerkii. in distress in the North Atlantic, saying

“We are near you now. Fire blue lights and rockets."

_ The Radio Curporziiion of America (iiiice here, which picked up the Humhurgis message, said ii indicated the rescue ship should be zilongsidc the lljerkli within about a half-hour.

The latest zipproximaie position of ihc Norwegian ship, issued at 10:15 p.m., (11:15 p.m. AST) was latitude 40.42

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Prince Edward Bland public i, school teacher? were gathering in Charlottetown last ign; for their three-day annual convention.

At the opening session n: the Queen Square School Hall this morning Mr. John M. Gulls, B. A- Tignish, president oi the Prince Edward Island Teachers Feder- ation, will give his report of the year's activities. Prior to the of- ficial opening there will be a dis- play of Red Cro:s exhibits, port- folio: and textbooks.

At the afternoon session Mr. Leo F. McDonald, B. A, principal of Queen Square School will give an

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Included in the afternoon program will be an address on “Larger units of administration" by Lt. Col. L. W. Lowther, B. A., principal of Prince Street School. and one on Carnegie Library Demonstration by Mr. Bramwell Chandler, M. A.

Fieaturing the Wednesday morn- ing session will be a Junior Red Cross meeting and addresse‘ by l-lon. M. R. M:Guigan,l3. A. K. C., Minister of Education and Mr. H. l-i Shaw, B. Se, Superintendent of Education.

There will be no afternoon ses- sion. In the evening Mr. R W. Tufts, Wolfviile, chief migratory bird officer for the Maritime Prov-

inces, will lecture on bird life. The convention will conclude Thursday morning when delegates will hear the report of the C. T. F. delegates and the report of com- mittees. A new slate of officers will be elected at this se-sion- M _

Conservative fir’

Liberal

Victors,

In By - elections

Party Standing-In House Un- - changed By Yesterday’s Voting In Hamilton A_i1<_l New Carlisle.

OTTAWA. March 22-—The Libe- ral and Conservative representat- ion ln the House of Commons was raised one each as a result of to- day's by-elections.

Election of Pierre Emil Cote. former Liberal Quebec minister of highways, in Bonaventure raised the Liberal total to 177, while the election of Jchn A. Marsh in Hamilton West brought the Con- servative representatlon to 40.

One vacancy. that of North Ren- frew, still exists. A by-Biwiiflll. necessitated by the death of Dr.

Matthew McKay, Liberal, will be held April 5.

The standing:

Liberal-S — — — — — — ~17’!

Conservatives -‘- - - — l0 Social Credit — — — -- l7 O.C.i".—-—--—-- lndependent - — — — -- Reconatruction — — - - U. F. Q-Labor - — — — Vacant -----—— Totai -— -— -— — - — '-

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HAMILTON. Ont.. Much 22 ~- (Clfi-Electicn of John A. Marsh, Conservative, in the Hamilton West federal by-election V" 6°11- ceded tonight by his nearest oppo- nsnt, Kennedy Connor. Liberal, at Mr. Marsh had o

majority of more than an. in let-

est reports.

Mr. Marsh retained the scat for the Conservative party in the vot- ing in which John 0'Hanley, Co- operative Commonwealth candid- ate, trailed the poll. The election was made necessary by the death

address on “Curriculum Changes". i

John Dicks. Victo. Refuse and C. H. Llewellyn.

The fire was discovered by Law- rence Babhilder, a neighbor at 4.30 a. m. but he was forced back by leaping flames and smoke when he attempted to enter the burning cottage. Later the charred body of Whi wa; found lying on the

Deceased, born at Port Aux Bas- ques, Nflcl. came to Georgetown from Glace Bay, N, S., seven years ago. Engaged in fishing ior some time, he was compelled to retire from active vrork a few years ago due to ill-health.

lls wife predeceased him several years ago. Rev. Percy C Clark of

Madison, Me. is a step-son and Gertrude Clark, wife of Rev. Gor- don Moreside of Bo ton, is a step- daughter. One brother and one sis- ter. residing in Glace Bay, also survive.

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Investigation I n t o Texas School Trag-

edy Concludes.

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

NEW LONDON, Texas, March 22 ~—Military inquiry into the London school explosion, which killed 455 children and teachers, ended dra- matically late today with the for- mal opinlon of Dr. E. P. Schoch, explosions expert, that. accumulat- ed gas under the basement floor caused the blast.

Martial law, in effect sinceafew hours after last ‘Thursday's disas- ter, was lifted from the commun- ity immediately after the close of the hearing.

Evidence presented in the three days of the inquiry included testi- mony that the nil-wealthy school had connected its gas line to a waste gas carrier, without formal consent of the owning company, and that heating system plans were changed when the school was built. for reasons of economy.

“All indications point indubitably to an explosion under the floor," Dr. Schocn said in announcing his conclusion. The professor of chem- icnl cnulncering at the University

‘ of Texas did not give a formal op-

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of Herbert E. Wilton, Conservative i

member.

With 114 of the 147 polls re- ported, Mr. Marsh had 5,244 votes; Mr. Connor 4,952 and Mr. O'Rou- ley 2,407.

Mr. Connor was defeated in the. i035 federal elections when Mr. Wilton was sent to the Commons. It was a five-cornered battle. The other candidates were Alderman William Ainslie who also ran as n Liberal; Herbert Connor, C. C. F, and Miss Nora, Frances Henderson, Reconstructionist.

"I desire to congratulate Mr Marsh on his election." said Mr, Connor in conceding the victory or the Conservative candidate. "l am sorry we could not win the scat for the Mackenzie King Government. but I have no complaints. it is hard to elect a Liberal in Hamil- ton but I know my workers left nothing undone."

SUCCEIDS VETERAN LIBERAL

NEW CARLIBLEQue. March 2" -‘-fCP)-Eleetion of Pierre Emile Cote. former Quebec cabinet min-

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inion as to what set on’ the blast but said there was a strong pos- sibility an electric spark ignited the gas.

John Dial, 15, high school stud- ent. testified the explosion occul- red immediately after his manual threw n light

north, longtitude 59.05 west.

RUSH TO AID

BOSTON, March 22 - (AFL- Coast Guard headquarters tonight rushed two of its vessels on patrol toward the Norwegian steamer Bjerkli reported in distress 500 east of Nantucket Lightship.

The British freighter city of Auckland, reporting it was 100 mil- es from the Bjerkli, said the ves- sel in ‘tress wirelessed “please help us."

Coast Guard headquarters said‘ their communication had been through the City of Auckland, which declared the Norwegian ship reported it was "taking water" and had had no bearings for l0 days. Guard dispatched the PM"

Coast on patrol about

rol boat Chelall. 30 miles northwest of the Bjerkli. and the Champlain, on ice patrol 20;) miles northeast of the distress- ed vessel. Neither vessel l5 expect- ed to reach the Bjerkli before to- morrow morning and tile 6085i Guard reported, are hours further

Without Wireless Operator The City of Auckland reported

the Bierkli gave her position as 40.40 north and 59 west, near the

Reject Fascist Participation In Control Plan

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VALENCIA, March 22 - Re- fusal to accept non-intervention control of Spanish Republican roasts hy warships of Fascists countries was decided unani- mously by the cabinet tonight and a not:- draiicd to this ef- fect for delivery to the "Hands off Spain" Committee in Lon- don.

Patrol vessels from no coun- try will be permitted to search ships flying the Spanish flag, thr- nnio says.

(Touched in the energetic terms, the note bases rejection o! Italian and German partici- pation of the control plan on the charge that these countries have openly intervened in ihe civil war on the side nf the Insur- gents.