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Close Watch Kept On ‘ Strategic Balearica -New Shipping At- tacks. - A

(A.i'. By Guardian's Special win) LONDON, 00L 27——Great Britain sent the battle cruiser Hood to lliallofv; ttlidaly; ‘to keep an eye on s ra e c a e r - mlhe moge cameaag: Sfrlralallgri‘ Sec- Dlspossessed property owners or rotary Eden tried to keep the Non- we National Park are“ mm their intervention Subcommittee on the story at a public meeting M? TW- road to removal oi foreign volun-I °n 1115A night. Thrift! was a. lair

lei-rs from Spain. The flood, the warships sailed from Gibrnlt relieve the cruiser Despatch,

islands which lie on -the French trade lanes.

Britain thus will have her high- est-ranking admiral in the Western Mediterranean in touch with the Angio-

attcndance at the meeting which

world's largest W85 marked by the intense inter- ar to

05¢ With which the audience lis- tened to the speakers. Mr. Austin T°°mb5 01' Tryon was chairman. Speakers included: Mr. W. E. Bentley. KC, Charlottetown; Mr. Jeremiah Simpson, Cavendish; Mrs. J. A. Doyle, Rustico, Mr. D.

L. Mathieson, Charlottetown; and Mrs. Jeremiah Simpson, Mrs. Alan Wyand. and Mr. Arthur McNeill, all oi Cavendish.

_ Mr. W. E. Bentley, K.O.. Char- llottetcivn, the first speaker, ex- plained briefly the "Act Respect- ing a National Park" passed by the Proidgcial Legislature in the spring of 1936.

Reference was mad; to the i-Iiggs Commission, appointed by the government to value the lands for tho Park. Did the government take the advice oi their own com- mission? They did not, although the report was kept private.

The Higgs Commission recom. mrndations have been cut 10 to 5') per cent. Apparently the govern- ment's policy is to give less than the amount recommended by the Higgs Commission. Apparently Mr. Campbell had underestimated the cost when he said $15,000 as re- ferred to by Ml‘. W. F. Alan Ste- vmrt in his recent letter. No one

East oi Mallorca. lies the other important Balearic Island-Avllnor- cs-which still is held by the Spanish Government. It was there ihat an Air France base was at- tacked Monday.

The comparatively narrow strip oi water between Minorca and the Italian island oi Sardinia is the main route between France and her African possessions, while Mal- lorca is near Britain's main route to her eastern Mediterranean bases it Malia and Alexandria.

The llood carries Vice Admiral A. B. Cunningham. who commands we Battle Cruiser Squadron. The De-illalch is due for a rest in Malia.

Meallllililfi. cfl the North Span-

ish cosshBritlzh destroyers search-

td the waters oi the Bay of Bis-

rsy to ascertain the fate of the

British steamship Stanroy, report-

ed attacked by a Spanish Insurg-

cm trawler.

Uflyds reported all British u-ur-

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CHARIAJOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28. 1937

JAlgiNESE DRIVE

Property Owners From Park Area Speak At Tryon Dispossessed L-fl-Il-(Il- Owners State

Case To Interested Audience-

F orty-eightClaims, Remain With- out Settlement Meeting Is Told,

knows how much the land will finally cost but it is believed to be much more than $15,000.

Legislation similar to the Nai- lonal Park Act of this province does not appear on the statute books of any other province. Mr. Bentley said. and Mr. Campbell when appealed to for redress through an independent tribunal traduces our courts. And he the Attorney-General oi this province. “If we can't have respect for our $011115 it's time to go somewhere else," the speaker declared.

If the courts are not right it is up to the Attorney General to remedy matters.

Refuse Request to Tell the “Thirty”

In these meetings many agreed the people had been unfairly dealt with and even some legislative members were coming to that be- llci also. After the people affect- ed had tried all other means they asked the Premier to allow n com- mittee to state to the 30 legislat- ive members their case. That is without a special session of the legislature. That was refused. Why? "I think there was fear, fear that these men and women would suc- ceed in convincing a considerable number of the members oi the The

fairness of their d

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lAPI-lN REJECTS PARlEY Bill

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TOKYO. Oct. 27 -—(AP)—Japan formally rejected an invitation to- day to attend the Brussels Nine- Power Conference, declaring the meeting was inspired by the League of Nations and would “Pill serious obstacles in the path 0! l just and proper solution" of the Far Eastern situation.

The refusal to confer with other signatories oi the 1922 Wsshllliiflfl Treaty guaranteeing China's ter- ritorial integrity was handed by Foreign Minister Koki Hlrois t0

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TOKYO, Oct. 26—('l‘hursday) -'l‘he War Uiticc estimated to- day that more than 500.000 Chinese soldiers have been kill- ed in the current Sine-Japanese hosulitier-mure than 425,000 of them since last Sunday. The to- tal of Japanese troops klJed up to last Monday was given as 9.640. _

According to the communlqu; 4,467 oi the Japanese were slain in North China. and 5.173 in the Shanghai area.

The communique estimated that o! more than 425.000 Chm- ese casualties since SLnday, 115,000 were in North China and 250.000 in the Shanghai region.

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"Masquemd d c’ w, 1 Belgian Ambassador. _ ionishke fllNrrrlneiersidacg-r? Th‘ "mmwm "mmwd “if: chatra- 1,1191 ans contention that she was fill -

lng in self-defence, that the Nine- power Treaty was obzolete be- caule oi spreadlnfl cmnmurmm m China. and that the mucus of Nations should not interfere-

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merit declared. the meeting w!!! called alter a Lefllllle Temluum‘ suggesting it "i JED"! calm“ but conch”; ' . the convocation oi the cunlfifu- is linked m the resolution." _

Irl077-l0-20-2l, ROME, Oct. Z7-—(AP)—IAIIYW?I r n ""'“"' celebrate tomorrow the 15th ann - : The ladies of thciUnited Church vars,” or the Fascist march on mvklzlflion. are holding their Mme Wm, the greatest fulfill‘!

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Visits McGill Enroute To Ottawa Meeting

MONTREAL, Oct. 21-41011. w. .1. p Macmillan. former premier oi an... Edward mans and a sold medalist graduate of the Faculty oi Medicine at McGIll. will)’ Viili-ibd the University on his way throulh Montreal to attend an executive mmpng of the Canadian Medical Association in Ol-l-IWB.

Dr. MacMillan, who was the first minister of education and Dim" health oi his-province, held a con- ference with Dr._ Grant Flem n8. Dean of the Facu-ty of Medicine-

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Declares United States Visit Purely Per- sonal In Outlining Aims And Objects.

(A. P. by Guardian's Special WIN)

PARIS, Oct, 27-'I‘he Duke oi Windsor declared tcday that he and the Duchess were going to the United Slates only as private individuals, to try to aid in find- ing a solution to “some oi the vital problems that; beset the world today."

In reply to s. question he said they could not go to Canada “this time."

The Duke, who described him- seli as “a very happily married man." announced he would sail with the Duchess Nov. 6 on the liner Bremen to spend about five weeks in the United States. He

Addresses Press Association

in his first public speech since his abdication last December. the former King Edward VIII said at a luncheon of the Anglo-Ameri- can Press Association that "my wife and I neither. are content nor willing to lead a purely in- active life oi leisure."

The Duke's tone was measured and impressive as he admonished the pros: not to seek “Ulierlor motivcs in regard to our doings."

"I naturally am not criticizing anyone present but direct-my rc- marks to the pre=s as a whole," he said. "Sony: recent misstate- ments concerning the Duchess and myself have caused u: consider- ab'e embarrassment and might well have led to dangerous con- sequences.

"I wonder if inaccuracies of the

kind I mean are worthy oi the great industry for which you work-"

Interesting Tour

He said hLs recent trip to Ger- many had been very interesting and "we are now looking forward to our tour oi America and to further opportunities of making a study oi’ methods which have been adopted in leading countries the world'ln dealing

(Continued on page 11. Col. 4)

Rebels Repulse Loyalist Attack

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

HENDAYE, Franco Spanish Frontier, Oct. Lil-Insurgents occu- pying the University City section oi Madrid were reported in an In- surgent communique today to have turned back a Government attack after inflicting heavy casualties.

The communique, issued by In- surgent headquarters at Salamanca, said there was cannonading and in- fantry skirnilshlng in the Madrid sector and to the south in the Pensrroya sector. Insurgent officers reported 22 government so dlers surrendered on the Aragon front in northeast Spain.

Econ0mic’s Minister Ceiisured By Nazis

(A.P. By Guardian's Special Wire) BERLIN, Oct. 27 - German of- ficials in private conversation to- day made it no secret that they condder Dr. l-ijalrnar Bchschi’. an undisciplined person for divulging that he had ceased to be Economics Minister Oct. 25. ' . For him to give out the news be- fore its approval by the highest

tihiang Appeals To Great Britain And United States

(By Th; Associated Press)

NANKING, Oct. 28——i'l‘hurs- don-General Chiang Kai- Shek, China's supreme mili- tary and civil authority, de- clared today it was the “re- sponsihility" oi Great Britain and the United States to Ilp- hold the nine-power pact which guaranteed the integrity oi Chinese territory.

The General told the Assoc- iated Press "Japan must be stopped in her mad aggression and imperialism before it is too late.“

“It is also the duty oi the United States and England to protect the freedom oi the seas, not permitting a Japan- ese blockade of the China coast which is detrimental to the trade of those countries," he said.

"American business in China is going to the dogs because the United States Government permits Japan to maintain an illegal blockade of the China

5am he was a “gomppsgely mdep. coast, violating international endent observer without political "m"

considerations of any sort. or “The British and American kjndj’ “ fleets should exercise their cus-

tomary duty of keeping com- merce iree on the entire Pa- clilc."

S0liiRE$ IS NEW LEADER

Is Unanimous Choice

Conservatives.

(By The Canadian Press) FREDERICTON, N. is, get. 2'1 —-At one of the largest political rallies ever held in New Bruns- wick, F. C. Squires, Woodstock, opposition leader in the legislat- ure, was unanimously elected to- day as Conservative Leader for the province.

About 1,500 delegates. represent- ing every polling division, over- ilowed the meeting place. Hon. R. B. Hanson. former minister oi trade and commerce, acted as chairman and Senator A31‘. Leger, Moncton, was. appointed joint chairman as a French-Canadian representative.

D. King Hazen, Saint John, placed the name of Mr. Squires in nomination. seconded by Albany M. Robichaud. Bat/hurst. At his own request the na/me oi Hugh J. Flemming, Juniper, was not pre- sented and no others were men- tioned.

The last Conservative leader was Hon, L. P. D. Tillery, whore government was defeated by the Liberals in 1935. Mr. Squires, first elected to the legislature in 1925, was deputy speaker that year and speaker in 1931. Only five Con- servatives were elected in i935. The convention adopted the fol- presenied by W. W. Hubbard, president 0i the New Brunswick Fruit Growers’ Association:

“Whereas the Province of New Brunswick is suffering from the failure oi the Dominion Parlia- ment to fully implement the rec- ommendations of the Duncan

lowing resolution.

(Continued on page ll. Col 2)

Yarmouth Airdrome Under Construction

(c. r. by dual-diam Special Wire) YARMOUTR N. 5.. Oct. 27- Construction work on the Dfilbart- ment of National Defence air- dromc near Ysrmouth began to- day. The site for the $200,000 pro- ject will be cleared by March 3i

quarters and P681118! 01'8"" “m!” iished- for that purpose was tenned a lack of Nazi manners.

in the Itslo-Ethiopian war; Ind The opening oi year 16 oi the l Fascist era. will be used as an oc- j casion to demonstrate the "gran- ite-llke solidity" oi Italic-German

_ per and Ba or in Cape b li- fifhwml Hull. Tumult. October Out-skirts ionish" NrauNNm-nltlltlrsex friendship. Suviler 35 cents, cs-lly Nllfmd by], nich cuihiin- A dclegatl of Nazis arrived 1 Llublo-aadl‘ the lama” marcefuiw Fascist occu- today. headed by Rudolf Hess, us" t -——- at“! l" "l" 9”" on‘ 28 m, Chancellor Hitler's general repres- am. he Play "HIM "l"- pation of u... city _ - - curative and mlnister without w, 3, i“ “"0" "l" "l"? Their "march" followed thelincl pol-acne, and Viktor Luise, chief q,‘ ""1 l" "Willi 3111- Mm" m, qusdrumvirstc of u ms oi the storm mops in Nov, m, M | wan taken b1’ u” 8m”, . those dare-Wm" I ‘ ,.

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(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) l

LONDON, Oct. 27—The House: of Commons ran the gamut from ‘ the Ear Eastern conflict to a sug- . gestion tha: the ‘young and act- l ive" King visit the Dominions and |‘ colonies as debate continued today l on the address in reply to tin Speech from the Throne.

It heard suggestions of a pool under an international commis- sion for non-self governing parts oi the Empire, and applauded when Foreign Secretary Eden said Great Britain had informed Jap- an that British soldiers hence- forth “always" would retaliate with fire against any attack on a British post.

The Liberal Party announced an amendment to the address in reply which would regret that the Speech from the Throne “con- tains no indication the Govern- ment are taking adequate steps to provide against possible dimin- ution oi cmpioyment occurring either on completion of the pro- cess of rearmament or through period of commercial depression.

Admiralty Under Fire

the attack on the Government and particularly the First Lord oi the Admiralty, Alfred Duii Coop- cr, because British warships did

t enter the Spanish three-mils limit in carrying out its work of aidlns refugees from Ely of ais- cay ports.

Mr. Eden, at question time, as- serted the Japanese air attack on British positions in Shanghai Oct 24, when one soldier was killed, was “inexcusable!” He declared the Brill-sh mom were "entirely Justi- fied" 1n shooting at the warplane.

Mr. Eden, who said he would lead Great. Britain's dgleggtlgn w the Brussels Nine-Power Confer. 611w. disclosed the Government had accepted Japan's s l 1°;- the air attack. mo”,

Against Evacuation

Official quarters announced Crest Britain had no intention oi evacuating her nationals from Shaghals International Settle- ment. Orders had been given to take all necessary steps to prQ_ iect British citizens and their in.

(Continued on pagg 11, (:01, g)

Freighter Aground Off Restigouche, N .B.

(C.P. By Guardian's Special Wire

QUEBEC, Oct. 2'l—'1‘he Britisll freighter Blairesk rsn aground to- day in a. fog at Ismim Point on the Restigouche River between Dal- housie and Rcstigouclie, N. B., Que- bec Signal Service reported.

Signal Service rcceved brief word of the grounding from the Magda- lene Islands wireless post at Grind- stone. The 2,100 ton vessel bound from Montreal to England was rc- ported to have struck the point while proceeding slowly through a heavy fog blanket on the New Biunswick river.

Damage was not believed to be serious.

In command oi Captain W. Mac- Donald, the Blalresk sailed from Montreal Oct. 9 carrying spool wood and grain for the Old Coun- try.

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NEW YORK, Oct. 2'1—The auto-

mobile world went on parade to-

day with all the resale-dazzle of

a three-ring circus.

The main. or centre ring was at

Grand Central Palace where 200

polished specimens oi the motor] ‘makers’ art were entered in the

i i938 National Automobile Show.

- I Separate displays were opened‘

. simultaneously in the Ford Motor-l Company's Broadway headquarters. l in the Chrysler Building, and in‘ the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. ‘

Motor company executives, un- animously of the opinion their new

models were the last word in sn- - gins:

in] ofliciency, lacuna Dill

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Opposition members returned to

heavy toll combatants. A Havas News Agency

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ZQREQENs SETTLEMENT

JQARDS MEDITERRANEAN ROUTES l ¢h apefiil Ruins i-BRITAIN m“ Refugees Besiegei

Fore zgn A reas Chinese Take i? New Position

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West Of Settlement —— Heavy

N on-combatants.

tzelrwon Pass after a severe hutlii- were slain and had captured Plngting, important city in sin:

ince. l Japanese said the victory brought their troops, flilTiilhll‘. the Cheng-Tai railroad from llnpoh Province, to within (i3

PEIPING, Oct. 2'l—Japaii'.~. North ( liiliu ilfiil) tonight rmorted that three mechanized columns iind thrust their uuy \llf‘ili.‘"lI Niaiig- in which at least l0,tltltl (‘hinese I Prov-

Tal-Yuaniu, capital oi Shansi Province.

The full of Pingtlng culminated tlirec days‘ fighting along a 20- mile front in the Tassingham Mountains.

(By The Canadian Press)

SHANGHAI, Oct_ 28-~('l‘hursday)»--Shanghui‘s heavily, guarded International Settlement was tense today as the Japanese war machine swept through lire-blacked ruins oil the Chapel sector to storm the railway bridge spanning Soochow Creek, west of the city.

With the foreign areas besieged by milling hordes o1

Chinese civilians, the British Command sent reinforce- ments to keep its lines intact at Bremm and Keswick road

where terrified Chinese sought refuge from burning Cha- pel which Chinese troops evacuated yesterday. About 35,- 000 refugees were admitted to the Settlement.

As had the British Command earlier, Admiral Yarnell

of the United States Asia

tic Fleet authorized United

States Marines to shoot ill. any ziirpliinc attacking them 0i.‘

non-combatants.

Further upstream, to the west of the International Settlement, Chinese troops were entrenched on the south