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Lcxnox. rm. cc_-rcr~il~\--l~>-- tamolillagcd ivarsliijis, . by the Spinlnh Insu foreign power whose identity was‘ int divulged, tire iiiltlVldillg 3",!‘- utlona more cflcctivefy than isgeil- mily YUJYOSPtI. llavns from a n-iiablé source here tonic-hi.

These cruisers, all represeu n1; lhemsalvcs as the Almiriintc (‘er- untes and flying the ‘Insurgent ling, were slmulhncoosly observed recently at widely separated points‘ lion; Spain's Mediterranean: coast. til: Informant tcirl llnvas.

ITALY “WTIIDRAWING

lie confirmed reports that ltrlly was gradually withdrawing its nid ti the Insurgents. while Liermany In: sending iliereaslnniy; 13mg c311. liiigents cf soldiers and fighting

ieen debarkcd at insurgent-held Cadiz. according to this account. Private information from

liovernmcnt, disclosed that anal"- tiil-syndlcnllsis now hold t . up-

Buoelolza.

CONSIDERING ACTION? NDQN. Dec. 23—-(Ci°-I'Ill\‘i1S) ~Possiblllty that Germany may lend sev r divisions to Spain

1— \/ (Continiwd on page 11>

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“iicssrve Lu. . ln .01‘ sums Trci: ill hi.

2.111 for Wllcotlcy River L-IZGiJ-lfl-l-i-Zl.

“Christmas concert IIILYISVIIIC i. advertised for 24th, postopncd iilil further nothe. L-Yflii.

"Cllii-‘iilnfls niche at iyfarsliiicitl

gill- Dtlnstaffnage vs East Royal- » Skate after. 1,1733

"G00. Le glitizer Co., (next

‘Mn Hotel! now buying all kinds die-Kiwi poultry. Try us.

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"iwiicc to Farmers. I om not‘ hi“! hills again until Thursday. h “ITY 7th at Albany and Friday, ,_“““l’i' 8th at Emerald until noon ‘- c- Gwen. L-iGIli-l2-twt-ti. ‘I m3- SL Francis 6r. Sons, Fortune ""89. Auto Back Cutters" the “if bisi Helen. Rides the pitches mleeciiy. Prices and terms lesson- ' L-1720-i2-24-3l.

"Buiihs live hogs Monday Dec m! Alden Moose, Kensington, m‘ Rrrlmn. Emerald and Hun- ERMY- iiiihest market price. - Wedlock. Hunter River. L-1636-l2-22f3i.

readings, w] mission 25c i

short plays. _L-l626-i2-22-24_.

zFridny being CHRISTMAS DAY "i"! a public holiday lilo next issue oi‘

THE GUARDIAN will be Saturday, December 26th.

"h- words and good wished gild-

dm 9o many hearts M. Christmas.

ill lliililifiiiilibi-ici

learned ‘

their, present. sent of the Spanish 1

itr hand in that city, lviozllzd and '

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Covers Prince Edward

Island Like the Dew

Read by Everybody

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANIIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936

12012120 WED _ WARSHIPS BL OCKADELBAR c151.

Strici Neutrality lllRElfiN lildl EnforcementAim

n Seeks (i-dr-n-batants Support To Halt Foreign Aid.

Ian's Special Wire)

t IIXYDCN, Dec. 23—’l‘nc Europen Non-Intervention UDIIIIIIIHAE: ap-

i, a desire to hasten

i today to Spain's civil war combatants to permit neutral ob- ‘tit on their armaments purchases.

its program i‘... keeping the Spanish

. the Committee today:

oil's appeal to the ‘.57 other mcmbc nations in the Non- . cup to pledge specifically to halt foreign enlistments in by Jan. 4 (some governments already have replied tav-

in lulu-la l..lu.~. and imports to Spain by land and sea. and decided to for-

, \\l'_.:i dclnlicd p nus for such supcrv

islon to both the Burgos Fascists and

inc valellcio-nlluirid government for final decision.

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Shines Over Troop

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JERUSALEM. Dcc. 23-—Thc star ‘cf B;ill!chcm shone tonight over tllc Ilo._v Land filled will troops I conic to defend th: Jews, ond there ,\vn:; llilli‘ to marl; observance of ‘ the b rth of the Christ Child who insplrcel the TIIZSSC e of peace on

‘ curth. l In Bcillkllem and iu Jcru1alem shop wliltiows were void of the i illrnillnl" symbcls of Christmas, be- cau c there \vcrc few Christians in citllcl- town.

‘Tourists arriving were principal- iy from Cairo, and for fewer in number than the crowds of years , gone by.

British raiders, llcrc t) guard trains; a ll.,w outburst cf the

I. lJapaneso Political

‘Leaders tinder-fire

tOontinlletl on page i1)

l (A. i‘. by Guardian's Special Wire) ‘ Tokyo. Dcc. ‘24—\Thursduy)-— Japanese tioliif .\l leaders predict- ed today a bittrr parliamentary fight over tllc nations foreign and financial policies as legislators ascniblcd for the convention 0i ‘ the 70th szsslon of 1116 Did-

Foeal po nt for c-Lticlsm was the German-Jnpalicc anti-Commun- ist agreement, which caused Rus- sia to delay extension of Sbcrlnn fishing rights. and ii sci-ted failure o‘ prolonged negotiations with China over an l-Japanese demen- stration: in Shanghai and ther cities. _ _

Drastic renovation of the Imiwll-‘i poliics both at home and “broad is imperative, Dr. Ksaburo Susuki. plwsident of tlic powerful Sciyllkfli (opposition) party, :.iaid before to- dsys session of the‘ ' convened;

Lrrurow, Dcc. 23-—tCP)—-Ali_!15' .-can Diocesan pubrcations optic"? lug today released funher cP1“-‘°" l pul commert on King Edwsrdfls. ab-

- [titration as sections of the prcsscrn-

ftiuued criticism of ‘previous declara- ltions on the subject by the Arch-

blshops of Canterbury and YOYK ‘ The Bishop of Ely wrote that teven had Edward renounced iii-i l love for Mrs. Wallis Simlison "thifc ‘would undoubtedly have been a 1 jircvnilina fcc-‘ine of uneasmrsa .wlilch would have qualified the‘ ‘loyalty with which the Bi"ilSlli‘(‘O'Tl5‘ ‘are accustomed lo regard the 0c- cunwnt or the Tll."Ol1i‘."

B'.=l'i0p War-man of Manchester prld tfibute to the “many gifts" o lthe former King and declared "we

,l cannot let him go without sorrow

Got down to cases by risking tllc 2d illellloel‘ gUVCiliilifiLeJ to so, llu-

- luEulAtCiy \..i:..ll..l‘ tlity ivuuiu

uiiLrL Ll-‘I ch». ol sc-ilunla Lllc Ub- ucrvexs.

l... was ulluczstoud that Cellelzll IILRIICQLU JJIdliLU, lllc insurgent woillAll-sAiJLr, lldu lequcsuad lino.- miitlull uli the luclitlty ti ‘(A144 p_u~ llviititt Ouxlveis l.ll.l tlxll‘ Iulichictls, and. Lllktt. till.‘ vllluiitlu guveilllliellt lluu nut yet Cdiibvdteu .0.l'l*.a.iy LU tlil.‘ cuoclvtus pull.

knuvus News AuE‘1‘l§' YcPOTLCELi Great Dritiiill lulu -..;cl-e.l to m-

AVIUSCUW flnli LnblJUil LO lllAOiIil tiiObl. QJVHYIHAACKILS Lfliiii pfitiitil iiiaifitb

eiifiy must at elite quit Sglluma‘ llliilipOVifiii‘ t.) Spain. n0 flLLilOLLJ was quoted.

tine ambassadors will also ad- vise tlle lour powcls, I-lmas learned, tun. London oclleves enamment o. tllc Noli-lncrvclnloll UOllIlILtlCUs supervisory con.rol plan to be h marker o. (il-ceslng necessity).

Under tile supclmsoly plan groups of international “wnlcn dogs" wcu d be satlonid at key points lll Spolllsli territory and along spurns lrcntiens.

The (A). ‘ttce auoped a res.- luuoll lust Jug m. uclcgaioss t. prcss tncir lcspcctnc gbnifllllblltb lor immediate power to put. tnc su- pervision 50.181118 into eliect.

1t the necessary approval is for-booming, notes will be sent Jon. 1 to Volcnda and Burgos sewing Jon. i1 as the deadline for tne.r replies as to whether they wil. be walling to rczclve the proposed con- trol groups.

Before ll; adjourned for tllc ho i- doys, the committee agreed to l'c- sumc its sessions the second week in January’. By that Lnle comlnit- tees name-d ycscrclay will have studied the various problems as- signed to them and wiil have mad; reports to the neutrality sub-com- mittec.

‘llas’ Majority l Totalling 1'44

FALHER, Alta, Dec. 23—(CP)—— J. H. Tremblay, Liberal candidate in the Dcc. 7 Grounrd provincial byelection, had a majority of 144, according to official returns .nn- nounced in this town 280 miles northwest of Edmonton today. Final figures were: 'I‘remblay,l,06i3, Dr. W. Dcsrosiers, Social Credit, 1,524.

Comment On Abdication OfKingEdward Continues

>sympathy and gratitude." The ‘Bishop of Coventry. although writ- ing "we shall never tifuk of. the Duke of Windsor without gratitude and charity," said "the Throne can only profit. by the revelation of the ‘nation's conception of klngship."

~ 0i the Archblahopc of Canterbury and Yorl: the Daily Express said both h ing had "their soy, now possibly they will let things rest.’ Tile Llvcrpool Post spoke of the ‘AfrliblsLip of York's "entirely un- JIOCPSBTY public inquest." The Daily _Mali called his remarks "doubly in- ‘appropriate of. this season" while the Western Morning News o! Ply- mouth dcdared the pubfic wouli be ‘pained’ at his belated "cen- lsure.’ '

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Hllll DRIVERS PEACE PlEA AS Plllll,

United States Secre- tary of State Scores War at Closing Ses- sion of Inter-Ameri- can Parley.

BUENOS ALRES’. Dre. 23»MP) —Sc'.~l'ci."ry of Static Cordell I-Iilil of the Uniwd States (Pclarcd "v12 luvs: fir" my wnr 0r war will des- troy n i a pica for ycice read for him as the ‘liter-American Peace Conference came to u close today.

Cliallelion; the rest of the World to follow the parleyks example oi‘ co- operation in chariirlz a course for peace. the chief of the Unhed Sates dclezrtion denounced mili-

iOftliililtTly prcvlfl in many parts of the world. "Instruments of destruction which have been invcntfd." re said, "are so devastating in the‘r effects that conlvrorrlicc is no ltnqer possible. "Glory is not achieved by the march oi’ armies and the death of ‘men. The real pntrots and the , real ilcrocs of the future will te the "leaders who find and follow the frond to peace.“ I The time has come, he sold, “for fevcry nnFcll of the world to lake ‘invcntcry mid to examnc its own ‘purpose: and policies‘. Like individ- 'ua's, nations must lcnrn to forgive ‘and forqet the iniurles done them -by fellow nations." ‘ Assistant Sceretary cf Sh"? Sum- ncr Well"; read the message for ‘Hull. who decided not to s;'eak' ‘oc- lczulre cf a cold. l The historic barley ended three ‘WCCKS and o. day after President ‘Roosevelt. rddrsasrg the opening 5‘v‘,“"-l0l‘. pictured the 21 American Rcpublfcs siandng “shoudcr to

(Continued on paztf 11)

is llcquitted 0n Murder Charge

MONTREAL‘ Dcc. 23—(CP)- Julius Cohen, 49-year-old fur mer- chant. was acquitted late today of a charge of murder laid lli connec- iien with the death of three fre- nicn burrr-i to death lost Aug. 17

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fPope’s Condition ‘ ' Little Improved

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 23'-(AP)-— Pope Pius completed the text of his Christmas message to the wzrld and rested in bed throughout the clay to conserve his energy for dc- iivery 0‘ the address tomorrow.

He had based a. fitful nizl~i_ and Dzln in his partly paralyzed l"51s bOY-heied ifm a grcnt ricl.

Unless he fcrls rmlcli bctirr io- morrow morning’ proafcs grid 11:1 would speak from his bed with Fzvltel" Srecors‘, IIllTCIOI‘ of Vatican brczldcastinz lstatou, big the lncropllons. i he will sport‘: from on zirml’

Tl": Ponliff \vi‘1 talk \‘ at about 50 words DC!‘ n

, and his mcsitgc‘ it is cstllnatrd. oil re-

quire 15 to 20 minulca The l: . cost will be at 12.30 p. m. (7:31 a. m. ASTJ.

t llappy Christmas l ssureii Kiddies a

i , liBy Santa Pals ‘

People of Charlottetown and throughout the Province have ral- lied nobly to the call for Srtntn Pals and as a result n! their con-, tributions many children will be

[happy on Christmas Day. Yes- terday the last of the more than 6C0 children were provided for zlno‘ final arrangements mode for rirli-: very today. 'I'here tire still a few‘ who have not sent in their con- l trlbutions. If you arc one ofi those who because of many other‘ duties ‘neglect/rd or overlooked sending in your gift yesterday don't , waste any time this morning. You 1 will be clogging the wheels of de-’ livery if you don't. hurry. 3

To Santa Pals. lo those who as- sisted, and to all well wlrhcrs the SantaPal Department says “MEI-V ry Christmas". l

YESTEIIDAYS SANTA PALS I

M. S. Stewart, Montague. Mr. llorold Hcartz

Elaine and Skippy Murley ISlfLhd Securities Co., Ltd.‘ Roland Jones, Southport Dewar Jones, Soutliport. Sons of England

(Continued on page 10)

C h a h a r Rebel Leader Executed

at his store. Crown i-rosecutoi- Ivan Sabourin announced immediately lie would

move to nolle prosse murder charg- es laid against the bald. bespectac- led co-owncr of Maison Canadien in ccncclion with the deirh of the other two firemen.

ll. ti. Wells Latest Victim 0i iirippe

LONDON, Dec. ZIi-I-I. (3. Walls, 70 your old author, is the ntest victim of the grippe epidemic, and is confined to his home, it was learned tonight.

Tile Duke and Duthcw of Glou- cester wcrc reported fully recovered and will lcturn to London today from Aldci-shot preparatory to leav- ing for Sandringham to spend the Christmas holidays. Queen Elizabeth left for Snndringham yesterday af- ter spending several days in bed as a resut of a slight attack of the malady.

700 Claims Stakoil In llcw Cold Fields

EDMONTON. Dec. 29-40?)- Some 700 claims have been staked nlrendy in the new gold fields n- round Gordon Lake, 60 miles north- west of Yellowknife Boy on the North Shore of Great Siuve Lake. it. was reported here today by A. L.

KWEISU- I, Suiyuan Province, , China, Dec. Zii-Gcncral Wang Yin. i o lender of the Chahar guerillas

[who Joined Mongol forces in thcl

recent attempt to invade Suiyuun Province, was executed Dcc. 21 un- der orders of Japanese military of- ficers, nccording to Chinese reports from Chopser in Cliahar ProvinceJ

The Japanese. according to these reports. held General Wang res- ponsible fdi- mutinies among the Chahar irregulnrs early in Dccem- l bcr after failure of the attempted ‘ invasion. Chinese troops defend- 1118 slliyusn drove the invaders back across the frontier.

Cuban President p Awaits_ Verdict

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

HAVANA, Dec. 23—The Cuban Senate moved quickly through the formalities of impeachment trio! tonight and President Miguel Ma- riano Gomez awaited only formal ululouncement of a verdict before saying farewell to the notion.

Convinced that his ouster could be the only result of the trial, re- sult of his veto of a sugar tax bill to provide funds for on army-spon- sored rural school program, the President waited with friends at the Government palace.

I-Ie would remain there, Gomez said, until "the indicated person notifies me of the sentence. Tonlgh

‘Cumming. for the last six years d‘;- ‘triot igenl. and senior mining in- s ‘ o; the Mockcnzi district.

. in my home as c private citizen I will direct my farewell to the‘ people of Cuba"

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All Victims Were 0f- fFcial-s of Eraniff ‘* r Litre-s, Dallas,

Tvsxats.

the - lily I‘L‘lll ll. Mtittlrlght Associated

Press tétiiii‘ Writer) l DnLLflg‘. '1" :1 . Dcc. 33-—SiX _ ~ today \"l1l‘ll n '

d a llali lntlnlc pol

mile alr-

. l, wcrc officials or em-

; plcyccs of the 1'ne. The ship had I

‘been take-u up for a routine test

i aitcr a nlctor replacement.

Don Waidbridge. 33. n4 manager; Sterling P:rl_, .38, supcizlltcrdent of main- tcnnncc and former associate of the late Wiley P051; W. L. Chamb- 0115. (l5, crew chief; Paschal Flor- F163, 30, IIIPCIHDlC; Hubert, Donne,

T‘ c dead: .3-

28. mxltaziic; Fro]. Sleeper, 28, IIitTiJliliC. The ti" motored polio slipped

illta c. c ficld about 100 yards from ti here of Bacllrnnnls Lvke. 3'30 _\ s llolth cl the airport, iunlbi. cvcr on its back and burst

into ll.ll‘.1(.‘3, Eye Witness

Jo: iylasoli, ccntcnt pioyzd cu a. building project 5.} yards away, told a detailed story 0f thc tragedy‘.

"I hoard the motor directly over I Wfllfllicd the plonc lllrscn. strike the ground wi.h its rgllt wing and then spin over,

"I ran to the plane, already nfirc Dilti heard n man shouting for help. I made my way to (he side of the cabin and ilcord o man pleading with me to get hinl out.

"My God lvfistcr, please pull mc 0lit—I‘m burning to death,‘ he said. I grabbed hi" belt and tug- ged but. he was caught at the (Continued on page 11F"

Recount In Mayoralty Contest

(C. I’. by Guardian's Special Wire)

MONTREAL. Dcc. 21i— Chief Justice R. A. E. Grecnsi1ie‘ds :lgli- ed an order late today for n Jud- icial recount of ballots cast in last week's lnnyomliy elect on that sent J. Adhclnar Rayltault to the Mont- real mayor's chair.

Tile Chief Jusilcc ordered the recount ballots to bigill tomorrow morning-before Mr. Justice Wil- frid Lzluzure. who earlier in the day had declined to hcnr the protet

brought by supporters of cx-Miiyor ,

Cnmlllicn I-Ioudc, defeated by about

1.000 votcs in tllc clcc ion Dcc. l5.

Checking of the more than 127,- 000 ballots under the Judge's eyc was expcicd to take everalwweeks.

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Thanks are JustIy dut- fnr things

got without purl-l:llsr~ at Christmas.

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‘CHINESE RE VOL T SAID GR O WING IN S TEE

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(Little Hope Qf Early Settlement

Rebel Leadersmiiécirce Au gmented

S Uprising Assumes Incrczisinfl

Communist Aspect.

N \Nl\'i.'\'(l, Due. 2.2 “as confrullitd itinight -,- - s=hcll (‘hang Ilsuch-Lirlnifs

gaining" sircnqih rapidly and

Communist aspect. lrlupcs for the curly liai-Shck, captive of the ‘clzrl

The Prcnzit-"rk uifc Zllltl rind at Siltn-Fu _\‘t‘.‘ii€l‘d1l_\‘ , with the insurgents for the

grcss in their attempt. The only message was a

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against Sian-Fu. (iovcrumcnt

suppression of the upris ll‘ 1,. ltcr brother, T. Y. Strong", ill“ by zlirpliluc to treat directly Nankiug lczldeiis freedom, but. no news had reached the i-tlpilxl iutiiyyhi to intlittlii- pru-

(.-\l’) -— 'i'hv (‘Ziiucsv tjm srrviil-nt .h

sports that Mats

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in‘: n: Ii\‘.’.;i is ii", an incrrlxsingly of (l lifljllllrililiti (‘lilting

i Sinai-Flt wince lice. l2. and fainter.

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lclcgraul from l)i'. Sunni: urg-

ing suspension of the (lilvcrnnrentis punitive‘ expedition

ICJHIQTH, still in the dark as

l to the reasons for ill‘. Hounds request, decreed a three-day’

l truce, to one! tfllviz-jmrlr. (in); t

Government forces closing around‘ Sian-Fu marked time. Reports from ,SC\’CI‘i1l sources gen-troll" {lg ‘the rcbcl forccs ' ,s‘.caclily gaining in nun .. ‘total was expected shortly to mril '150,030. with scvcrzll of bill. |Chang1s units hitherto ln ‘and Ningllsin. west and noz-inivcr‘. inf Shcnsi. on the march to Jl>lll

their comrades at Slnll-Fu. Moreover leaders o!‘ Communist, t groups hitherto C0llCt‘!lll'l"tti'd n1 northern Silcllsi and KflllFll ucle ‘reported in Stan-Flt. ilgtirlng pro- yillliiflltly in the insurgent councils. ,Marshai Chang himself was re- l ported to have flown to FushihJOO ‘miles nortil of Sian-Fu. to nlcct ‘CIIIIICSC Communist lenders. llc was said to have bronchi back at. least one of them to confront. Ma- dame Chang and Dr. Soong. Communist influence was blamed by Chinese observers here for the ;unyiclding attitude of the rebels.

‘ REBELS S'I‘RENG'I‘III:ZNED ,

CAPITAL DIJPRESSED

Gloom in thc capital dccpcnedas -

the Gcncralisslmos detention drag,- ‘z god on. Military control has driven ‘pedestrians indoors during dork- ncss and closed all theatres and other onlusemcntplaccs. All Christ- mas festivitcs hnvc been cancelled.

Diplomatic and mission authori—,

tics were increasingly anxious col:- ‘ccrnlng the welfare of illLSiODnTiQs in Lanchow, capital of Kxnsu Pro- vince. and towns further West. us efforts to communicate with them continued fruitless. Lanchow was considered ivbel territory, since General Yu Hsuch-Clntnyz, domin- ant military figure ill"i‘(‘. was rc- ported to have joined the up ‘

The United States Embus

ccivcd from Sizin-Fu its first dir-

lect assurance of the saafcly of for- eigners there. It come from the ‘ China inland mission. GATESHEAD. England — Mrs. James White. 46 year old mnyorcs; ‘of this town, collapsed and tiled ill the mayor's chamber as she was fllrcparing mpg with her husband Ito an old folks tea. party‘.