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(By The Associated Press)

‘SHANGHAI, Oct. 16—(Saturday) qiapanese bombing planes today carried the threat of spreading warfare to coastal cities of Shan- iung, Clio of the five North China provinces Japan Ia seeking t0 do. inlnaie.

Planes fiew over Tsingtamshan- lung's chief seaport, and Chinese officials said they believed Japa- rlesg naval vessels would attempt ‘.0 land troops under the cover of air bombardments.

The threat to Shantung‘; 5e5- ioast camc as Japanese IZPOOpg an. vincing southward toward Tsinan- fu, provincial capital, were slowgd- by floods. Retreating Chinese op. ined canal dikes to put large areas of the low-lying country under

(C. P. If! Qiuardian’; Special Wire) BRUSSELS, Oct. 16-3“. gium tonglht invited its eight fellow-signatories and five ad- ditional adherents of thc Nine- Power Pact anteeing China's territorial integrity to a conference on the Far East situation here Oct. ill). Members of ‘the British Com- monwealth of Nations receiving the invitations include the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zeillflnd. Australia, the Union of South Africa and India, all counted together as a single signatory although each has affixed separate approval to the Treaty. (At Ottawa recently Prime Minister Mackenzie "’ ‘"‘ _:_r:__—*:-; r

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Commission To Meet In Halifax February

HALIFAX. Oct I5—-I-I0n. Newton W. Rowell, chairman of the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, and Premier Angus L. Macdon- aid of Nova Scotia today de- cided on a date early in Feb- ruary for the Halifax sittings of the Commission. No exact date was announced.

Plans for Nova. Scotia’; part in aszisting the Commissiorrin securing data also were dis- cussed at the conference.

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F e d e r ai Ministers Postpone Trip To West Indies.

(C. I’. by Guardian's Special Wirel OTTAWA. Oct. 15——Trade Min- ister Euler's proposed commercial mission to the West Indies late this month ha; been 'postponed indefinitely, it was learned today. He was to haul- been accompanied by Transport Minister Howe and the two were planning a survey of trade possibilities and transpor- tation need: among the islands and countries of the Caribbean.

No reason ha; been Elven 1'01‘ the change in plans and it is pos- sible the tour will be main later in the year or early next year. Efforts were to have been made to reach a more favor-abs trading basis with Cuba and with the West Indies Islands in general, and. to study the Canada-British West Indie; trade agreemfint which normally would be effective two more years.

Canada's steamship service w the West Indies. established as a result of the agreement with the West Indies, was m hiivfi befli surveyed by Mr. Howe.

Count Fails T0 Appeal" Divorce Declared Void

HAVANA. cum. oct- i5 —<¢P> _Divoree proceedings of, the Count of covadonga and his wife, the former Marta Rccafort, were de- clared void in court here today because of the counlfs failure to

appear.

(Continued on page 13, Col s)

COMING fVENll

"Reserve Thursday, Novembeg- I5ili Trinity Tea. L-629-10-l5-2i.

“iiiimmlm sale. st. Peter's Cillledrai school-room this evening ll 7 RM. Ljgg

"Pauli? Bale by m. Mellick Womens Institute at Holmans, Sat- irdlv. October 16th. L-585-10-i3-l6.

"W. M. B. Bean Supper, York Hall, Wednesday, October 20th. Ad. miauon 25c and 15c. L-657-10-l6-ii.

"Postponed chicken supper, 3t, "mes Hall, Summerficld until Oct. “- L-ii93.

"Clllcliln slipper and Dance at 5°"!!! Brae Cheese Factory, Oct, illli- L-oao-io-ic-il.

"Coming to Maipeque Hall, Oct. 18in. 8.30 P. M. Kathleen Hornby liiil Orchestra. L-263-10-16-Il.

“llalloween Concert. and Basket in». Kingston Hall. October 28th. ' L-BBQ-lO-IG-ll.

"The Pageant “All for Christ" by Y- l’- 11-. Kingston Sunday. October i7.l1 at 7.30. L-668-10-l6- II.

film-serve Wednesday, November liliii for aftcmoon tea by Rebekah

Pas. Noble Grands Cub. L-6_63-1018-li.

"Rollo Bay Fox Breeders Club "i151 Dav. will be held at "r. .1- Kicrhrnvs ranch, the afternoon of October 20th. L-002-10-l6-2i.

"Come to Chicken Supper, Fileklev Hall. October aolh, 5-10 P- M- Admission 35c and 25c.

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3 {Si Paul's Parish Hall, Monday 155 P. m» reports of delegates to lilllililion W. A. meeting in I-Irli- iili~all welcome. L-701.

orcfyiiial Chapter No. i order willi! Eastern Star will ho‘d an thernoon tea Friday, Oct. 22 at mnhiimc of Mrs. T. G. Ives. 92

IWoi-th Ave. 11-699.

“KIM-serve Wednesday, October for Concert at Mt. Herbert gllllmnaae by orphanage children

f1 others. L-WU-IO-lfi-li.

"Chicken Supper and Baaaar in Emhilmb Road Hall, Wednesday greening. October 20th. Supper 25c.

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"WWW: Institute Dance, flhfilii"! lhii. Wednesday, o... m ~ 500d music. refreshments. If

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"chlillitn Supper and Dancelaart. v 100mm!’ I . wfllm" Orc lam. Admiubn 85c.

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c“ to Ifallowbm Tea for N‘ flottciown llolpital in Holy hm Bail. October alnh and am. c ‘llhiii. Salads. Pies, Home-made "““l'- Binro. Aprons, Fish-pond.

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HENDAYE. Franco-Spanlah Frontier. Oci- 15.4mm sp’msh insurgent advance on Gijon, last government-held 0°". °“ spun’. northwest coast. Balm“ mmmnlum today with Occupaticn of NY pom“ .1011; the Sella River.

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Kin! announced Canada would attend.)

The other original signers, besides Belgium, are the Unit- Bd SUI-pl. France, ltaiy, Port- ugal, The Netherlands, China and Japan. The live addition- al adherents,’ which have u. pressed allegiance to the pact without actually signing it, are Mull"). Norway. Sweden, Den- mark and Bolivia.

Of the two countries direct- ly involved in the conflict which will be the subject of the conference, China, ha; stated her willingness to par- ticipltevwhilc Japan has un- officially indicated she

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(C15 B)’ Gllflfillllfs Special Wire)

MONurRlsAiu, Oct. Iowan expo- sinn in a two-storey building hQus- ing a restaurant and dwellings m. night sent about 20 persons to hos- pibai.

The blast roared up from the cellar of a building m, the come; of Bcaucien and Delorimier streets, rure apparatus and. ambu- lances rushed IIIIIIIBGIBIBIY to the spot.

Firemen said the explosion ap- peared to have come from the iur- nace of the ground floor restaurant. A small fire nad broken out in the restaurant basement and the ire- men were attempting to smother it. when the furnace blew up.

Al. least five of the injured were reported to be firemen, ‘ according to first reports. Among them ivas acting district. Fire Chief J. Mes- sett.

Two smal lgirls afso were among the persons taken to hospital. Their names were not available.

Early reports on the injured said two were in serious conciit on, but the others were not badly hurt.

The injured firemen included Captain‘ i... Bourdon and firemen Arthur Barii, Adrian Lcmoignan and M. Mailiett. Policemen Pniilp Goyer and Gedeon DesRochers also were hurt.

Every fire station in Montreal's northern area sent apparatus to the scene of the explosion. Ambu-

lances from all hospite. s sped to the explosion-tom corner.

Forty mnuics after the blast. the fire was reported under control, but police and firemen were still search- ing through debris in an attempt to learn whether any person had been buried there.

Officials expressed belief, though, that there had been no loss of lite. They did not know how many had been in the explosion, Nor could they say immediately whether any- one at the moment was .n the fiat above the restaurant.

The building was practicaly de- molished, its timbers strewn over dozens of blocks, drew hundreds of the streets. The flasi, heard for persons to the corner.

Peace Proposal Is Rejected By A. F. of L.

DENVER. 00:. i5—(AP)—The American Federation 0f Labor Jzain. daahfll. r9111 velar Wlllill“ on a peace proposal‘ ' from the Committee for industrial organ- intion.

"Meet us on our terms or not at all," the Federation's executive council, in effect, fold the C. I. O. by telegram in reply in a suggest- ion from the reibel camp that each sidc send a committee of l0 to Washington. D. 0., Oct. 25 Io

Insurgents Press Drive On Gijon As Governor Flees

try to arranae a new Parley-

nporicd destroyed.

Arrival In France of the Gov- ernor cf the Spanish Province of Asturias and a boatload of refu- gees backed up reports from in- surgent Spain that General fiance's reinforced troops were under orders to push the Gijon campaign to an end as awn ls

possib e.

'.l'hc Spanish fishing trawler Boma lay off Imient, France. while official; examined papers of to, Aaiurian Governor and other

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Students Recital And Orchestral Perform- ance Enjoyed By Large Audience

A very large and appreciative audience was in attendance last night at the Students’ Recital and Orchestral Concert conducted in Prince of Wales College hall by Mr, Harry Gomez, F.C.C.M.

The 26-piece Symphony Orches- tra of local talent, organized and conducted by Mr. Gomez, was a major attraction. Public expec- tation was more than realized in the smooth performance given, particularly of two outstanding numbers, the Serenade in four movements by Mozart, and the lovely Andante from Tachaikow- sky's Fifth Symphony. No one, of course, expected perfection insuch an, ambitious undertaking and with

(By The Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, Oct. 15—Numer- ous national organizations have announced their desire to ap- pear before the Royal Com- mission on Dominion-Provin- cial Relations when it holds its special Ottawa sessions in January for that purpose, it was announced today.

All such organizations have been advised by the secretary, Alex Shelton, that they must deliver to him before Jan. 1 50 copies of their briefs. These copies will bedistributed among the governments of _the provinces, the Dominion Gov- ernment, and the staff and members of the Commission.

Quick Action On“ Volunteers,

(AP. By Guardian's Special Wire)‘ LONDON, Oct. 15—A spokesman

Rowell Commission T0 nHold

Special Sessions In Ottawa S p a n i s

Oral representations to sup- plement the briefs will be heard when spokesmen for these organizations appear be- fore the Commission in per- son.

Among those already sched- uled tclappear are representa- tives of labor organizations, chambers of commerce, the Canadian Chamber of Agri- culture and various financial and property owners’ associat- ions.

The Commission will open public hearings in Winnipeg Nov. 20 and will go w Regina about Dec. 9. Following the sessions in Ottawa in January it will go to the Maritimes.

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Scores Foreign Intervention In h Crisis Gravity Of Situation Emphasized By Foreign Secretary In

Impressive Speech. i LLANDUDNO, Wales, (ll-i. l5 ((‘i’) --- Foreign Secre- tory Eden, in ll new cull iliiiluhi for 2i i't'ilI i-llol-i lo seiile the problem of armed iniervl-lliillli Ill Spain. denounced “proclaimed inicrvi-iiiion uiid ulorililnllilill of breaches of

ilgreement.” .

“In such a condition, no one can complain,"hudcclared, “if the patience of those who have strive-n in keep their responsibilities toward I‘IllI‘0|l0 con-Pull} before ihom is iveil nigh exhausted.”

Mr. Eden said that should ihc Nlinlnlerveniilin Com- mitiee be unable to make ‘progress in ihe mailer. “then I fear that it is useless to conceal from ourselves the grav- ity of the situation that will confront us.”

Continuing the reference lo proclaimed intervention, which his hearers at zi poliiiczll ruily interpreted as refer- ring to Italian Premier Mussolinfs messages to insurgent. General Franco and io announcements 0i" presence of Italians in Spain, Mr. Eden added:

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such limited opportunities for re- the orchestra. justified the attempt made to supply s. long-fell, need in Charlottetown, and gave prom- ise of development along musical lines which, until last night's dem- onstration, would have seemed un-

hearsai: but unquestionably

approachable.

What is important now is to keep this promising organization together under continuous training,

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Roosevelt N a m e s First Step For Nine-

Power Parley.

for the French Foreign Office said in Paris today that. Great Britain and France had reached complete accord on notes to be read by their representatives before tomorrow's meeting here of the Non-Interven- tion Committee.

The notes, he said, will make a

Wartime Premier

LLANDUDNO, Oct. 15-—(CP Cable) _ Foreign Secretary Eden sneaking tonight 0n the “siamuinz around" of David Lloyd George, paid tribute to

“1 for one should certainly nnl be prepared to utter criticism of any nation which, if such condit- ions continue, felt compelled i0 resume its freedom of action."

Ml‘. Eden declared that both {be

final demand for immediate recall 01 foreign troops from Spain.

‘fhetwo powers. the spokesman} Nllillilled. agreed to consider re- cognition of belligerent rights for the warring parties in Spain once withdrawal of volunteers was under way, but were prepared to resume their "liberty of action" if a general accord was not reached quickly. The notes were said to be identical in substance. They were prepared af- ter extended conferences in Paris and London.

Officiais said they contained five points:

1. fiance and Great Britain ac- cept Italy's suggestion that the question of recalling foreign volun- teers be discilsscd in the Non-Liner- vention Committee instead of a tri- power conference.

2. As evidence of good will, they ask all powers at once to withdraw a “symbolic" contingent, from Spain

the veteran wartime Prime Minister:

"I remember," he said. "the statesman who as Prime Min- lstcr of this country led lis during the dark days of the war with unfailing courage and optimism."

TWU INCHES 0F SNUIIFAII.

Greatest Depth In Oc- tober For More

nvnr: ran-IE, N. Y., Oct. 15- "id ‘lmlllimmusli’ Bill“ i" ‘he Than 25 Years President Roosevelt, interpreting ‘,5 23%;: P“ "€1:_‘““§:: _s___ I f0l' the first time his recent - 9 r“ “° m Two- inches o; snowfauqhe

utterances on foreign affairs, in- dicated today the United States would propose that the forthcom- ing Nine-Power Treaty Conference conflict

This would be the initial step at soon to be held in Brussels, he in substance

seek to mediate Japan's with China.

the historic meeting

fold a. press conference. But as to what proposals

anyone ‘o fry to say

future. Dlscussilg domestic affairs, declined to comment

spe:ial and regular sessions of Congress might touch on this subject.

Three Escape Serious ~~~I~njury In Crash .. MOOSE RIVER, N’. 8., Oct. 15-

(OP)—A Halifax biplane operated by Pilot Henry Gates crashed here

may follow in event the mediation at- tempts failed. the President would not venture any predictions. He said thi; was an "if" question and besides it was sheer guesswork for now what America's pdicy would be in the

he on recent decline: on the stock market. But he intimated his messages to the

within a. period to be fixed by the head of the Non-Intervention Com- mittee, France and Britain would declare themselves at Aberly to de- cide on their own course.

4. Ifmncc and Britain propose a general method for withdrawal of foreign troops. providing for suc- cessive recall of detachments from both aides in Spain, wth size in proportion to the iolai number of volunteers, until all volunteers are removed.

5. The two countries are ready to deliberate on the question of grant- ing belligerent rights to both part- ies in the civil war when substan- tial progress has been achieved in withdrawals of volunteers.

Britain and France wi. refrain from stating the exact action to be taken if me conference iliils. But Hench spokesmen have made it known that France is considering reopening her Pyrenees frontier to aid the Spanish Government as u. balance to Italian support w. the Insurgents, and also the occupation of Mmrca, in the rialcaiucs, to

greatest iii October since at least 1910-were recorded at the Char- lottetown Experimental Station yesterday morning, Mr. Burns, meleorooglat, said last night. The nearest approach to yesterday's precipitation was in 1911 when 1.7 inches fell. Other years with snowfall in October were 1922-02 inches; 1928-05; and l930-0.8 inches. Meteorolo- gical records were kept at Char- lcttetcwn for probably the past 50 years but not a summarized form until 1910 and it would involve considerable expenditure of time to find just when a two-inch fall of snow occurred here this early before, l\.Ir. Burns said. Yester- day's brief storm brought the first snow of the season.

Plan Federal Aid To Relieve Potato Market

WASHINGTON. OBI. l5 ~10?)

pwtfct’ ¥°Iu1_hffi€m?gl:uteam -United States Farm Admin- ggefiic gangs" “m, w he domim istration officials announced plans

today to remove 25,000,000 bushels of this year's large potato from normal trade channels.

They said federal funds will be used to encourage feeding of low

atod by Italians.

Only s. prompt Italian agreement to recall all volunteers can make a success of the meeting, diplomats said

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today when the engine failed on

grade potatoes to livestock, manu-

British and French Governments were not prepared to “acquiesce lIi dilainry tactics" when the Com- mittce, which meets tomorrow in London, considers the question of removing foreign soldiers from L116 Spanish civil war.

Eden stated there was a clear distinction between non-interven- tion and indifference.

"We are not indifferent to the maintenance of the territorial in-

are not indifferent, to the compli- cations which may arise in the Mediterranean as the result nf in- tervention by others in Spain.

“We are not indifferent lo the vital British interests in the Moli- iterranean. A clear distinction must be made between non-liner- vention in what is purely a Span- ish affair and non-intervention where British interests are at stake.

Indirectly he condemned Fascist declarations that a Bolshevist Spain could not be tolerated.

that we in this country have no concern with the forms for go";- eriimenis in foreign states." ‘ic asserted. “That is perfectly true and remains true as long as it is a general practice, that is, so long as foreign states as a whole ob- serve this practice.

"But ioleraiion must be general. and if we have no intention i0 seek to make all states in Europe democracies, so others should not

either Fascist or Communist."

Mr. Eden said that nll history showed decisions in Cl\'ll strzio broughtbabout as the outoonln oi foreign intervention “are not r1:- during."

Each country. he added, “must and will settle its own ziflllirs and attempts to deflect that proccssbv foreign intervrnlion will no‘. be finally successful." ~

The Dllk’: cf Wellington. who fought several campaigns Zlfiillli-‘l the Wench and Spaniards ill Spain, wrote more than 10o yrnfS ago, Mr. Eden added: "There is no country in Europe In the M- fairs of which foreigners can in- I/(‘TVOIIP with so little advantage as

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‘ BOSTON, Orl. l5—-(CP)—-Canfi< (IlilliS as a unit have never mod their force foil lil Afassachuset political movements, declared pro? sldcii‘. Joseph S. ONeill, native 0 Churloltrtoivii, P. E, I, in addresr, ing IIll" Cflllildlfiil-.'\lll(‘l'IC7lll LPRgilG lui. its first fall meeting hcrc. I was ihc purpose oi ilio lraguc. h! shld. to enroll many thousands o one-time Canadian (‘IilZCIiS no living in the commnhivealth (‘an by llliiirrl ncllmi i0 WWII! f0!‘ ill gliorl of all (fuiizlrliniis?

"Individual ffniialilulis haveconiq to the foro lil political, commer- cial and industrial life-but the have never nclcd as a mass. On day this great proportion of ou - population numbering upwards o 750,000 persons in Mruxsacliuswt: alolir. an lllli".l’g(‘l’ll, IlHITI-WOTLl rare, will I)!‘ hoard from in till; our adopiorl lzmri" Ml‘. O'Neill said Tho lrnguc has imllecl cans zlidulrs iii Ill." forthcoming Boston mriyorally elm-lion to address them at their next pllb1il~ lIICPlIIV-I.