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30 Air Force Officers Soon To Be Releas- ed From Dominion Services, Now Seek-

ing Adventure In_

Fa r E a s t e r n Struggle. '

(Canadian Press)

UTTAWA, Ont, Feb. l1.- [uhly Royal Canadian Air rm officers, soon to be releas- ttfmn the Dominion's services, its now seekin adventure in tiiefsr e ‘ struggle between Chins and Japan, are ready to lain lhc Chinese aviation corps sf Shanghai.

Dressed in the natty uniform ti the it. C. A. E, fifteen offlo- trs of Canada's aerial defence

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’ Ready For

Attack Of Japanese“ Forces

Ever darkening war clouds have struck no fcar into tlic hearts of China's defenders ns these plioto- graphs, among the first batch to be

CHINA'S FIGHTING MEN

rushed here from the ivar zone, show.

Although the soldiers seen in (1) look as though they are drink- ing from thermos bottles,_such is not

SPRING TO REPUBLIGS DEFEGCE

the case. They are biting the caps

oft three-inch shells so that they. will explode on contact with tlicutwnits tho enemy's advance.

are aim '11.

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ground or the object at which they smoke screen is from fire caused by

Jnpiincse shells.

unit, conferred with Ll Tchnln, Chinese Consul-General f r Canada. here this afternoon. ‘ Tilly fﬂllresentefl the eighty of- t floors. staff-inrd in Ottawa, Trenton, and Vancouver, who l" Willi"! to brave tlhe dangers of aerial warfare in Chino.

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I Will Submit Proposals l

After a brief conference with Ll Tchuin, it was agreed that the air- men would submit their offer in Writing. stating the terms under Which flit-v are willing to serve with the Chinese. Ti. ltten proposals will be submitted to the Consul. General tomorrow afternoon.

Li Tcliuin stated to the Canadian Press this afternoon that he has hid no instructions from his Gov- tmmciit to engage airmen or men oi other rank for service in China. lie said, however, that the R. C. A. ‘ F- “M”? llwnosuls would be sub- mitted to the Central Government ‘i Nﬂﬂklnn. where they would be placed before the Foreign Minister and urintfon authorities for consid- - oration. ‘

ANNOUNCEMENTS, ' COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS, ETC

Jﬂuvms boss ehuyji». .1. Noy ti: I - ooc-a-ia-n.

Saturday. ' 940-2-16-31.

"Wurnli ; M Tslkies. l! outlaw

kgralkies souris r ursday. New | al. l-‘lnlzcr Prints. 940-2-16-31.

0,2510 licv at New Glasgow tonight, Y Bed Bruins and the Colts. 1009-11

"Stewart; 13 1; “gyngrad Ruﬁtifthi ‘iﬁtmféfvﬁﬁ H taxi office at mo. 10-11-ll

"Hockey st wh t) to... m“ ' 1004-11

"league of cross Band at Arena Charity Skate. Déiaamuricn - -2-io-n.

lsaord . no. .23. ”.‘£‘f.§"‘l’it1§2$“‘%‘.‘3§.'1 "u. Feb. m. otb-a-io-ti

"Come to s“ .

g llbar at Keneington “M! Church on Saturday, mi-

and m. Also table

e "Wklns. ooi-z-ia-ii. i

@132"!!! home msdo bread. m, 5y lgluwkteo. blames. m. m» hm," Bu" 08.1w church at

lWl-l-lI-ii

h"°°‘"“ii~ A Moore Charlotte Liitngzﬁﬂfijkiﬂlrurlns. ' The sun Co“ h" muck‘ w ‘m Insurance

, __ itullz§'“"’ ""1""? memos chu- m Auxiliary pretest, nsdlsn

N0 MARITIME!

WINTER HlIR§ TH IS YEA R

Govt. Grants Totall- . ing $11,000 Will’ Not Be Forthcom- iu g — Association Elects Office."

AMTIERFII‘, N. Feb. !'7~(I3y Tlic Cimznlinn Pros F-BPPHIWP 510V" emmcnt grants totalling more than $11,000 vrnll not be forthcoming, there will l-c no biaritintc Wlnter_ Fair in 1932. This xvus derided to-' day ht o nlwiing nf the cllrertors of the Maritime Stock Tircctlers‘ AS- , sociation, and the ric-‘icn was 8'1"»- proved at a genrz-r-l meeting of‘ members.

C. F. Bwiley of Fl‘f‘.l"l"f‘lflil. wuc‘ was re~elccled Proud-oil of i111‘ 55-, soclation, nmicuuccd f‘ t nu.“ r08- ular grants upon r ‘i. d.i~cct-' ore had dcpcudcd to i. wp the ex- hibition n gain; couwrn. would not be received tiis ycsr. Onc Wns the: $5,000 usually granted by tlic Fod- eral Department of Agriculture". onmher about $4,000 from the Do- minion Livestock branch, the third of $2,500 from tlic New Brunswick Government.

Without these grants, the possibil- ity of holding even a Smﬂllel‘ in" was thought to be remote.

Iorne Logan, of Sussex, N. Sm‘ 3,1555 Ruper- of Charlottetown, P. lit. 1., and W. W. Bair of NaPPHII-i N. 6-. were IIIWIIG the spﬂllkels who declared that tenYPOIHYY Bus‘

(continued on Pose 3)

"Double header at Wilfshirc to- night, Hunter River Married M0" vs. Wfltshire Married Men. Hunter River school bu?! vs. wnéigi§f\

school boys,

"one sale by ladle! 0i “in” United church for Ladies Aid P. 1:. f, Hospital Saturday, February:

20 at Prowse Bros. store, i iom-s-ia-zi

"You g5 gecm-e immediately splendid péotgetion, systematic sav- inl st proﬁtable investment. by l"- llffinl in the Bun Life. Canada's llflﬁﬁ Ihltlflliw 0011105931. .7. A. Moore, Manager, Charlottetown.

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lllliy. J. A. Moore, Manorer‘. l002-2-iti-4l

| Returns

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Irish Elections ASSUBIATIUN

zPresident, Cosgrave And Repub- lican Leader De Valera

Both

illlME QEHBERF

,_ Elected-Final Results May Not R- D- Q013303’. C1101“ Be-Known Until After March 3.

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LATEST STANDING

DUBLIN’, Irish Free State. Feb. l8. (Thursdan-(Canadan Press CH|1|(')—Tilblllilll0n of 34 rrtilrns out of 145 in Tuesday's general election in the ‘Irish Frce State early today showed Prcsﬁicnt Wlll'um T. Cosiiraveﬁs party rind the Finnnn Fall (Re- publicnn Party) headrd by Eamohn Dc Valera. . inning close togcthcr in the’: fight f0!‘ supremacy in the Dali El-cvm.

THE STANDII Fianna Fail 15 Government ..-........... 12 Independents ..... . . . - - -- 3 Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -- 1

DUWLIN’, Irish Free State, Feb. 1'1 —

and Press Cables) - f r o m

yesterday's gen- ersl election late tonight gave the Fianna Fail (Re- publican party) seven seats in the Dali Elreann against two for‘ the Government of President Will- iam '1‘. Cosgiave, three for the In- dependents and one for Labor. An official correction shortly before midnight gave a seat, previously conceded to the Government, the Fianna Fail. As was xpected both the I-‘resident and Eamonn De Valera, leader of the Republicans, were elected by large majorities in their constituencies.

.wlfe looked on in honor, Arthur

Drew First Blood

the election of F. Aiken. Republic- an, as one of the three members for Louth. Shortly afterwards the

(continued an Pace 3).

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, f "1 l. A Elllllliiirllii A Situation Without Parallel Even In The Tortuous Hist- ory 0f Fr" ' inets.

Press Staff Writer)

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‘terns; when he slipped on ice and The Fianna Pail drcw first blood fell with s heavy log he had been when the first return announced carrying. Ks was nearing his home

ysee Palace politicians of shade of opinion hurried post wait- ing ncwspapermen to run the gaun- . tlet 0t’ still and motion pclurc cum- 1" eras and disappear up the red- carpeted steps. They were inter-

versations in an effort to end the crisis precipitated by yesterdays reslgnafon of the Government

headed by Premier Pierre Lavnl.

Through the gateway of the E1- cvcry

viewed and quoted in an infinite

(Continued 0h P586 3i

Sudden Death

womrvmnir, w. 5,, Feb. n-(av The Canadian Preesl-Whle hi8

Keiidy of Greenwich was killed w-

whon the accident occurred. A

neighbor curried him info the house. INN it was found the victim has re-eicction of Captain William AUaykohn not! and fractured skull_ tin these in our business. LN "w Redmond, son of the late John He was so years of age and is sur- vived b! his young widow and three ohiltifﬁ.

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(By Grorge lianibl ton, Canadian

PARIS, Feb. 17. (Canndan Press Csblcl-All through the day Pros- fdent Paul Doumer continued con-

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lottetown A m o n3"

Th Oil The Di- --. ose any”, y

rectorute. (Fiinnilimi lfrrss) '

GUlZl-PH, Ont Ff l). 17ml: '1 Mhryihrlp ~ n 1o r cfccivrl P1" 5am; of tlic c‘ . P twin“ A‘ sedation as the annwl coriventirr

vlch 5 1._»-,-~_q lurid Ft lire 011(1)"

~d'\y O‘hcr offcers arc:

Frst vice prcsrl-cnt, S. J. Kcr ‘iimtrcal.

Second vice president E. H. Hodg- "m, Montreal.

Secretory Ticwsurer. Madden, Toronto.

Directors: n, n. Qrrslcv. Chur-

n '. at "rrlcnhurnl Collce d-"zv to 8 Bl"

Jennies T.

(continued on Page 3)

ruruusr or iirrinu is 0min,

OTTAWA, onL, Fob. 17-413.)’ Th?

qanadm, Prp5$l~Tll0 Govcrniucnt or Newfoundland, ucfing undcr an Order-in-Council dated Oct. 3, 1931. made a. fonnnl offer to thc Govern- ment of Canada. to sell "the Whﬂlﬁ of the Labrador territory of the Dominion of Neu/foundlnnd," siib—. jcot t0 certain conditions. The of- fer was refused by Premier Ben- nett, because of "PTESPTW P¢°n°mlc and financial conditions." This in- formation was contained in a re-

fContinucd on Pose 3)

Much Anxiety Over Killing Of British Sailors

(Special to The Guardian) LONDON, FED. 11-31118 killing 0i

two British sailors in the recumb-

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBl{UARY 18, 1932

or a MERE MAN

Iver: lIns lwlwsr" ~» - old srssdidiy.

_".:!‘ Annual Subscriptions ltr-liu-rcil i‘ u._ U! Mall Cnnnllu and l’. s. A. HA3

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(fly Morris J. llnrris, Associated Press Staff’ Correspondent) lcﬂllﬂlilhl. 1932» by the Associated Press) SHANGHAI, (Thursday) Feb,

AFTER SHELL - FIRE

Five Chinese Killed And 17 Wounded In I11-

S e ttl e m ent During Yesterdzqfs

Battle ——.laps Will Give Chinese One More Chance To Withdraw From Their Positions.

msnninrur

ill-Renewed words of peace were

whispered in ‘the muncils of diplomacy today as preparations for war wont forward behind the lines at fr-vcr lient. The British, United States and French Ministers stayed in the forefront of efforts to throttle the din of brittle as the 21st day of hostilities between China and Japan Bin-nod. They will they would not return to Nanklng until the end

BUNFERENEE

of‘ the week.

ilor lllt‘. lush oi" wnrfnrr- Sil1('(‘ tlic

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xoririivc. T0 ANNOUNCE

liiiurut- .‘\_‘ii.1 lr-r T. V. Soong, former Foreign Minister Wellington Koo and other lrzifliiig (irinese figures deliberated at length on ways and mcnns of’ restoring pour-c to a great city which has suffered un-

Tlic} liurl rru results to announce. EAGER FOR PEACE?

Japanese Consular officials also were understood to have daoptcd

chine gunner shown in (2) Stﬂiwlly l“ "wre wllvillatury attitude and Mayor Wu Ten-Chen of greater

Shanghai, said his people were eager for an honorable, permanent pence. Meanwhile Japanese and Chinese guns continued their murder- I

SLBWS ll?

Principal Members 0i French Delegation Recalled To Paris By Fall 0f Laval Cabinet.

GENEVA, Switzerland. Fob. l7 - \ (AIM-Departure o! tlic pl'll‘i"i;ll\l

Japnncsc occupation on January 29.’

ous duel and their soldiers went at each other over a front extending l members of the French delegation, from Chapel to Kiangwan, halfway to Woosung. The Japanese inarshai- recalled to Paris by the fall of the lcd what; wits called the greatest aerial armada ever seen on Chinese Laval Cabinet, has slowed clown the.

soil and the defenders rushed aircraft reinforcements from 9511mm

JAPS DELIVER ULTIMATUM

TOKYO, Japan, Feb_ l8- lThllFSdll)‘)'—(A.P.)-—TllB Rengo news agency reported from Shanghai today that Lieutenant (loner-hi Kcrildtiii Uycda, Jap» zint-sc "Uillililllill i, lrul Jrllvcrci‘ :-|r lllllWx-Ilil to tlic (liiniw irudiirriirs “t 9 u. m. t".l~.iy (Ir llllﬂltllllg ti \\ii‘i:l-.:r'.\'\l fret. tho Slvwrtt

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unis‘ lIlHGl-lll Battle With MCLliLtlCC, one of Whom is in Crit- Tcal Condition After Being Shot

[progress of the Diszirmnmmu Cru-

l fcrence for the time being. _________...._____?| Andre Tardlcu, the French Mili- Bnrﬂs" ' 551L033 n"; FROM j lster of War, went back to the Cop- woUNDs ’ ital tonight with two other Cnbiiu s Ministers, leaving Joseph Paul-

Two British sailors 1mm R M_ s_ Boncour to licud the (lcirgutztm ir. 511170114. viho were wounded when his place‘ v shells fell on the Whangpoo River The situation pmsents a“ L“

lJCkS, died from their injuries. r able ‘mpmunlty m. m“ c“ ' hive Chinese were killed and sew f delegation which will submit irsi concrete plans for disarmament tu-

mtcen wounded m the settlement | morrow. M. 'l‘urdicu was. tn have

“mug the day's bnttle‘ [replied to those proposals lllillEt-lf Quknuud on Page 7) but that task now devolves 'il‘,l(“.'\ M. Paul-Boncour.

The general sessions of tho mm fcrence, taken up almost cniirr-ly by speechmakcrs, will be strum; wt now until the political situation in France has cleared. Meanwhile meetings of the steering committee and of other groups through which the conference will get tlnvrn to real work have bccn postyoirurl

At LaStl

Soviet Strength

Twice By “Wll£1_Man Of Arctici’.

AKLAVlK, N. W. T., Feb. l7—tB_v the Canadian Presn-Aibcrt Johnson come to the cnd of his blinnrrh troll today. The “wild man ‘of tlic Arctic“ wcnf down fighting. but Canada's red-coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police won out. ‘i

(Special to The Gunniiun GENEVA, Fob. 17 ~Tlll' r1. Government told the lmnrvv- of Lions and tlic Ditztrinnrvr ,1 r‘1-- cncc today first flit‘ '1" numbcrcd 504,303 nicn.

f

Battling cold, hunger, biizzards and uvuiVllelmlnﬂ odds, the eccen- "tppcr llﬂllPil "to police for eight solid weeks, now running through xik hills c1‘ Art-tic. now standing at boy and shooting down his purhscrs if they t-amc within range of his deadly rifle.

tri. tlic

(‘orncrcd M Lust

When 111;. z h- overtook llllll u‘. hut son was llvlilctiilllllg one of tlic foxy, trail-mudclllng tricks, uitli which he has munugcd to kccp out of range of tlic policc and trapper pursuers. He was doubling buck on his trail. This time, however, his pursuers were loo close. He wns sccn by stall‘ Scrgcnnt Hersey illl(l

.0. trapper framed Noel Vcrville,

tion of fighting in Shanghai today threw Whitehall into a furore. The situation was con-slurred so grave that Premlcr MacDonald against his doctor's orders loft. the nursing home in which he was recovering from a recent. opt-ration upon his eye and arrived at No. l0 Downing Street shortly before ll n. m.

Wearing n block pntclr over his eye the Prcmicr appeared pale and worried as he presided over a Cabi- nct meeting which began immedi- ately ts discussion of the Shanghai situation and prepared to drnw up instructions for Sir John Simon, Foreign Minister, to take to Geneva with him tomorrow.

(Canadian Press Cable)

LONDON, Frb. 1'i.--'l‘he llouse of Commons ton’ght defeated a Labor motion of rcnsure against the Government by a vote of (l8 lo 89.

air and nnvnl forcvu 1M. " 000 mcn respectively, t of tlic nary vrn< plnwfl n: lW'.'/i‘.), including 71.000 tons n1 cs; ' .l Ships um! llli‘ iiii" i: . aeroplanes. Th" 021m Si)??? police guard hurl 4.3.00) it = r Russia spcnt n fritul of Siilllhl’! ‘V311 on rill its nrnwrl forces in i371.

plugging nlOfig in advance of the main posse. l-luirtcr and hunted at

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Record & Forecast of the Weather

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