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ltiona for t , use of the French Empbe. Premier Daladlerb Gov- as “ready io open diplomatic ncgotlatio to appease the l hauler." Two French warships and Ben- galqe troops were enroutc to Djibouti on the heels of rumors —deuled in Borne-of an Italian mill threat to French Somali-

in concessions on the Addis-Abaibc- Diiboumi railway and a voice in diiredti or the Suez Canal.

storm arose in Chamber oi Deputies urges iiiat 1P0:- Cleowes Bonnet had withhel news of Italy's denuncia- tion ed the i936 qolcniai pact was Daladier

weathered saiiely by the Government.

Giamberlain Mediator

Dec. 29—iita.liaru insist- Prlime Mitiister be unable in

and Italy amounted ccrnploianioe with the i915 promise that Iltaly would be compensated it Britain and France rained African. territory at Germany's ex-

by Iisiy oi the 1985 accord ‘was disclosed last week. This enticement. never rati- fied by Italian and Hench Par- iianoents. imde certain isl in

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Spo-nlsh Oovernment Warship‘ Forced Aground Attempting Desperate Dash For ‘Freedom

GIBRALTAR, Dee. 30 (Fri- limped in after a punishing day v-(AP) —'l‘hc ‘Spanish battle in the Straits with In- Governmant destroyer Jose Lula surgent pa. Thirty-two Dies was forced agroun near men including M Insurgents hero early today after at- held aboard as prisoners, were igniting a. dcezente dash for killed in the engagement.

f om throng a gauntlet of The crew of the Government Insurgent ps~ ‘ destroyer had been playing

Before running aground, it hide and seek with superior was re here, the vessel nt forces for a year and ramm and not the ISM-ton a h . In e summer i037 ' ‘ elayar ,.'ter. she put in at Falmou Eng-

Insistent " from - land, for repairs.

t land batteries at Ccuta Inter she sought re e at an from the Insurgent Cruiser Le lfsvrc. France. after eing

Camarlas and other Insurgent

damaged in a battle off North- vessels forced the lone Govem- in

ern Spain. She was holed

ment destroyer aground on the 2 1-2 hour battle with the eastern beach, rough y 50 yards Insurgent cruiser Canaries and from diore. two Insurgent armed irawlers

when sh; made a. dash to get through the Straits last sum- rner.

She hadbeen undergoing re- pain in this British port ever since last Aug. 27. when she

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Instructors F o u n d Mainly To Consist Of Lower Officers Of Soviet Army.

aid ll Associated m, uPresonForzliigenol-‘Staffl _.

Insurgents Break Through Loyalist Lines At Balaguer

nnrrnaya, ri-mce. Dw- l9- (AP)—-TI|Q insurgent offensive against Catalonia was reromd tonight to have broken tnmush m; I‘ rnment central front at Balaguer and rolled back the right thank thro h Gra-nadellfi, increasing the iii-w V! f Government with)" ° north

lanes an battered a breach

flnali . um line to which mama-m. Kw Province goyigsimignt troops had clunl Chinat Dec. 3-4119 “Wm men"... :..:"..:::i~%i' “=1 “...$i"l"..‘.'é m . Iialisiive gtsrted glgee. 23. Wum of the must closcy Blllfdlld 5°C‘

th a was not slvflh MA eGflVgfllllltlll communlllllfi acknowledged the lillllfliill" had occupied the Montero heights oi the scurvy; WW. after a series of ‘will? "wit" gupported by tMlkS Ind Evide- m .

c...'...i.~. Credit Balance In World Trade $280,000,000

arrows. Dec. m-(ori-csn- m; will have a credit. balance on its world trade for 1938 oi approx- imately szwswooo. sawmill‘! i“ estimates based 0n Bureau 0i 5 - tlstics returns for i1 months all

stream. live tagvnthe most pen ve oe n . ~ Lnve " " discloses that the men are lower officers. moire-ills’ sergeants. sent to demonstrate the new Russian artillery and mach- inc-guns.

A hundred miles further west in Kwonmsl. wt Liuchuw, a. group oi 70 Russian aviators and mech- anlm has resided. The Russians have been shifted from one base to another. sometimes for com- bat work and sometimes ior the

rovince oi Szechwan.

i the wes em “Amman hi.

several smal groups oi pilots, varying from eig to 20 mien , are giving’ advanced instruction to Chinese fliers.

Another Russian group. at su- whcw in tihe northwest province oi

0V8 . i Carlson's ex: rts this yeoi‘ oi domestic products will total around

22,000,000 and foreign swdflilfi; exported nf0lllld .0003“). 6B6 imports \vi,i be approximately 3 -' W105“ yrifiizitlxie emrmrewgvrrg m‘ iiadomooo‘ and unporis Kansu where the poo, central crosses the

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Dossibly 40 sir rtsliere have been frequent rum- . . Guardian’ 8960M WA") (C-Igmghro. Dec.‘ ill-unanimi- ment oi a of

stalii officers are board mental hospital

former German dment oi the melAcr to permit certain cases arc ammill i-upmmondatiions of M's-soul L ' ‘ 's IWOPP- l w’ dav antea- a four-months investi- mqon ma; lrlaogsiiaipm in provin- 1.1 mm n s. Cent's“ report commends hospital flatten

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tiers and visited th er military bases but not one Rais- slan adviser was seen.

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‘ARMED BHAIIS’ REPURTEB IN

NANKING AREA

P l u n d e r, Privation And Famine Rife Says American Pro- f e s s o r Following

Investigation.

BY LLOYD LEHRBAS Associated Press Foreign Staff SHANGHAI. Dec. 29 -—(AP)—

M. S. Bates, proiessor of history in Nankizig University, reported that “armed chaos" existed in the Nanking region, which the Japanese occupied Dec. 13. 1937. after a six weeks‘ campaign. has been thoroughly plundered, with the process continuing; privaticn is common. with level," Bates, an American, sa

of crop and economic con- countryside

tee. Neutral observers in other Japaiese-occupled

economic policies and other communities. Meanwhile, severe

er in Chekiang Province west oi Shanghai was

ancse casualti said

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not bo returned despite Tokyo's promises United States, while conitnued in China. Prof. Bates estimated iiliut 44

valiantly for existence and mak-

be seriously below normal

result ct‘ the wsr and floods. Other major findings: ' Producers and consumers were

handicapped through a manipul-

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the advantage of officials or the

military. ‘Transportation was difficult, complex

cortlv and unreliable. There were numerous levies on goods in transit. es- pecially those entering Nankinlz. No banking or credit facilities existed. non-existent. Requests Ministers To substantiate 0r

lletract Charges

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ter Rogers at Ottawa

Dimlessis oLQuebec to Prime Minister Mackenzie King.

botanitlation of Us’. Hepburn declared ~ t asked

that the Ontario Pit tsrifered with the recent

he said.

w cm she has not seen for ii years Jones leit Fliutahiir;

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TRIIVES T0

"During the past year the cares

life maintained on s. distresslngly log

in s. report of findings during s.

rmer Chinese surrounding

The investigation was made for the International Relief Conn-nit- considered the findings typical of conditions reg- ions ln view oi general Japanese from

Guerrilla fighting along the ‘Ibientang Riv-

south- said by Chinese to have caused 1,000 Jap- The Ja/panese 254 Chinese were killed and 82 captured during a tvvo-dsy ‘rlrive against Guerrilla: around Soochow, so "miles west. oi‘ Shangw

hai.

Another development today was the statement of a Japanese naval spokesman that the United States- owned Shanghai University would

to its owners, to the hostilities,

per cent oi’ the Nanking popu- lation was destitute. Fanners and peasants, he said, were struggling

iris practically normal plantings. Harvesting. however, was said to

atlon of supplies and market for

Reserve stocks were practically

RONTO, Dec. ZiF-Prernler

Hepburn said today he had addressed letters to Transport Minister Howe and Iialbor lvlinls- requesting they substantiate or winner. their Port Arthur charges that he had entered a. conspiracy with Premier remove

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“Whiynl didn't even know he was having his convention so how could I have interfered with it?"

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Temperatures ilear Zero Mark In Many Maritime Gentres

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) ‘ HALIFAX, Dec. Zik-Thc 1 Ma-rltimea were ripped today ' by the longest d snap of the winter, and the temperature to the Iero mark

in annoy‘ districts. owing storm that

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swept in from the west, the mercury dropped rapidly New Brunsw sub-zero _ readings were headed by the re rt of five below in Fred- e ton. lu Prince Edward Il- la-nd. the temperature dropped to six above. and a cold. 3o- mils In hour wind swept the Island. Nova Scotia also sui- fered a sudden drop in tern- ihe storm, and

Clear skies were reported m- nlght and a slight general moderation was noted, with

ratures ranging from i0

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CITY PASSES

PRSHMINENT cmzrn or

Death Yesterday Of Mn B e n j a m i n Bremner In His 88th Year.

Mr. Ben-jamin Brenmer. 8'1, well lmovm and highly respected citi- zen of Charlottetown died at tine home of his daughter here yes-ter- day morning.

Mr. Bremner. who was marina his 88th birthday. was before his retirement prominent in bushings circles in this Province. Born in Charlottetown he was the son of the late Jchn Brcinmer and Sarah

a degrees above zero.

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30 Deaths Recorded As Sub-zero Weath- er G r i p s M a n y States. ‘

CHICAGO. Dec. 29 —(AP)— Middle westerners stoked up fur- naces and tossed more blankets on their beds tonight as the cold wave in four days out. oi Canada.

By the time the chilling spell, part two of the wave that came earlier in the week. reaches New England and the Atlantic sea- board, probably over the week- end, light snow will bring rising temperatures to the midwest, ioiecasters said.

At least 30 deaths from ex- gsum or other causes attributed the week's cold were reported. Fatalities occurred as far south as Georgia and Nirth Carolina. ‘lite subzero spell that struck the Plains states and Minnesota yesterday morning was expected to spread over the North Central states tomorrow morning and con- tinue eastward. Warroad, Minn. a Canadian border town and lcsbux of the United States this week. reported 45 below yesterday morningltead- ings under 30 below were taken elsewhere in Minnesota and North

Dakota to 10 below

second spread

A "Hard freeze" zero gripped New England yes- terday. with 8 below at Portland. Mel. the coldest reading in that city this winter. Obher Maine cities had l4 below and in the Adirondack mountains of New York it. was as cold as 22 below. Nine oi the deaths laid to the weather have occurred in Michi- gan. 'I‘hree fourths of the roads in the lower Peninsula were bank- ed with snow.

Hope Abandoned For Entombed Miners

D LAKE, On-i, Dcc. N (OP) —H0pe was all but a-b- andoned tonight of finding alive two miners cnt.mb:d behind a wail oi rock deep in the Lake Shore Gold Mine but rescue crews. winking tn half-hourly re continued without cessation their eiiorts to release them.

The miners, 33-year-old John l-Iolubec and Vito Viaisevgcvich, 40. were imprisoned Sis/ta Tuesday t when an air last caused the c0 apse of the swipe in which they wanking more. than a halit-

drug and tore at debris, it was admitted there was ‘Battle chance" oi finding the men vs. A slim hope that Holubec and Vlaisevgevich had taken shelter tinder an electric locomotive near

which were w all thatlcegraierescuersat as

eir task.

It. wesrthmiflrt barely possible the of the engine would from the thousands

rock that jammed the

Sm . _ Ticket-Selling

. one oi this City's pioneer families.

For a number oi yearsMr. ‘Brem- ner was a member of one firm of Bremner Bros. vino conducted l‘ printing and stationery businms on lower Queen Street. After this iirm rave up its business . Bremner became travelling salu- man for Camber and Company here and in i902 became a. partner in the firm. He retired about ii years ago.

Since his retirement Mr. Brem-

ner has published several books dealing with the histicry and tra- ditions of Prince Edward Island. entitled "Memories oi another "Ari Island . while his third and "Tales 0f Abel;- weili’ These books contained manv interesting sketches by the writer and extracts from old re- cords. "Ilhese books writ-ten in a rzrscoiul literary swle constitute a readable record which will become more valuable as time goes on.

Mr. Bremner was a man oi splendid character, a lilo long member ci 'I‘i‘in'ity Church.

He belonged in the Oddicilows and ltiascns. having reached the highest office in tile former and had also received the Veterans Jewel for long service. He always took a deep interest in every measure tending fcr the uplift of the community. By his death Charloiitetolm has lost mic oi her best citizens and his memory w‘ lgemiileepil‘ cherished by a devoted

a

i y.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs, MacKinnon, wife of Lieut. Col. D. A. MaciKinnon of this Ci-ty at whose home Mr. Bremner pass- ed away: Mrs. J. DeCasielia. Cape Town. South Africa: and Mrs. G. Burton L-ord. Fitohburg. Mass. ’

Mr. Brenmers wife. who before her marriage vzas Mary Jane Webster 0f Marie. this Province, predeceased him 12 years ago.

The funeral will be private.

Steamer Will "Try Again Today To llleaoh Sable Island

HALIFAX. Dec. 20 1GP) — Transport Department officials w- niglit roceivcd s. wireless report from the Canadian Government Steamship Indy Laurier she was at Liscomb Guyslborough County. about. 90 miles up the coast from HMIIEX, awaiting Iaxoraible wea- ther to go to Sable Island and bring to the mainland a man with a fractured leg.

Rough “weather forcstailed two attempts in land a small beat 0n the dangerous island oif Lhc nova Scotia coast, to pick up Stufimsn Savage but heavy seas tonight showed some signs of abating.

Ohicials said the Lady Laurie!‘

lava, probably would start at midnight o

r the Island. about 90 miles from Liscomb. and would arrive there curly m the morning

A i-lnyul Canadian Ali-force plane failed today to takc off to-

0 CONFCESSIQLVS TQfQRc - CHAMBERLAIN MA Y MAKE CONCESSIO

Cited Safeguard For Fair Dealing

Ready To Disc-l-i-a-ii-ge Obligations To Our Allies, The Empire And Ourselves Says Premier In New Year’s Message.

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LONDON, Dec. 29-Prime Minister Chamberlain to- day called upon the Conservative Party to prepare for the elections which are “inevitably approaching," in I New Year’s Day message in which he said he would make “no concessions to force."

His message was published in “Home and Empire," Conservative Party publication. In ii he coupled his slate- ment that Britain will meet all peoples in a spirit of “reasonableness and fair dealing," with the declaration that “we have already made such progress with our re- armameni. plans that we are today in a position . . . in discharge our obligations io our allies, the Empire and ourselves.”

Asserting 1938 saw decided gains for British policy} despite anxieties, the Prime Minister hailed the Anglo- Itallan accord, the Anglo-German declaration, the Munich agreementand the Franco-Gannon declaration as the yeafs peace landmarks.

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dealing but we will not make con- cessions to icrce." Mr. Y- lain wro ‘Royal Visit Expected To Stimulate Trave el To Canada Early;

w. -- . " ' that l5 melt/argyle Aighetehwfwon. “oilgaliibfl Next Summer. be ready now _ 29 __(CP)

our only task is in prepare for it. consultation and lion "which is inevitably aporocch- mhgaugtii-EALOI the Km: and Q“

secure a. new and fuller measure of confidence and understanding betiween nations. "me Prune Minister spoke

the confidence and devotion shown mm by the Conservative

The party. he said. has been a constant source o! strength" and

I have consistently scumbt to re- inrz nearer and nearer." Foreign Affairs

Concerning consultation and discussion amour: nliiiml-i- M‘- Chamherlain said: I

"n, Ls my nope and aim that b? this means international M05101"! of our time mnvgbc sci-tied in B 551m of conciliation and 00099!‘ ation. I have never Defflilflded 11W‘ sell’ that this was a verveasv task- I know from the outset that we should meet with difficulties and disappointment. but at the some time we have met with successes which are not only an enwlmlle" merit. to renewed effort but also in themselves notable con- tributions to tile betterment oi in- ternational relations."

He. summarized his Govern- ment's achievement as follows:-

"Wc have negotiated and brouizhl- into cmration an nzroerment with Italy which has cleared away 9' dangerous body of susiJ-wiofl End misunders-tsndillll and restored the old friendship between iiie 0W0 nations.

“The Munich Agreement which averted the danger of war with all its modern horrors was follow- od immediately by the Anglo-Ger- man Declaration and more recent- lv by n complementary Franco- German declaration. two solemn nwovsais. to the client that between France and Germany and between Germany and ourselves war is noi- env-iscged as an instrument in settlement 0i any m-cblenls that may arise.

"It is a measure of the progress expressed in thmc instruments of appeasement vrith their mutual undertakinas and obligations that in the 21mins! antalwnlmns and declining confidence of a year ago

eight weeks earlier travel executives here said _

The tendency of tourists in stay on this side of the Atlanta will combine with the visit o‘ 'I‘heir Majesties to stimulate trav- el throughout Canada, tourist ol- ficiais said. bu; they are undecid- ed whether the Nevw York World’! ‘Fair will be a serious deterrent to Canada's holiday visimrs.

Spccinl trains for the New York! Fair are being routed through Canada from Chicago and other western United States inis as aI added in cemenlior air visitorL Campbell Carroll, Quebec Tourist Bureau Publicity Director said to- day this development. would bring thousands of travellers to Canada and result in many of them re- maining here for part of their holidays.

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if (Alias "time than A i-isdfeo ARGUMENT to KEEP, WARM (has: '

day for the Island. The plane vrill be available tomorrow if the Lady Dauricr falls io effect a landing.