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1 JAPANESE SITUA Censorship Is ' Again Applied
In New Crisis
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FRENCH CHAMBER RA TIFIES so VIET TREA TY
SIRITR AFRICAN PREMIER FILES Bridge I Projects PLAN TATJTIIAT? ,RAR VETERANS WRITE PAPER 0N Are Endorsed At All] IN EVENT. BAN Roll E T Ell iili SANBTRTNS Citizens’ Meeting 0E A T T A B it
Britain Moves To tic-ordinate Einpire Defense Forces.
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IDNDON, Feb. 2'T—G'I€I.il Britain
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Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin announced the new official would be appointed as a minister without portfolio with the title of vice- chairman on two existing commit- tees, the committee‘ for imperial defence and the committee on dc- fence policy and requirements.
of government leaders remained critical today, it was in- dicated in reports reaching outside points.
A Reuters dispatch from Shanghai said censorship ngain had-been applied in Tokyo. _
A Domei (Japanese News Agency) dispatch to a Los Angeles paper said a new crisis arose when insurgent soldiers had not withdrawn from government buildings by
(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)
OTTAWA, Feb. 2'1 -Circum- stances under which Dr. W. A Riddeli, Canadian advisory officer to the league of Nations, made his ' , proposal to add oil, coal, iron and A resolution “urging most em- steel to the embargo list against phatically upon the Provincial Italy, are outlined in a “white Government the nezesslty of hav-
(By Robert B. Parker) . (Associated Pris Staff Wriier);' (AP. By Guardian's Special ivue)"
PARIS, Feb. 27—'l'he Yurllcll Churn‘ of Deputies, its cflcill decorum shattered by angry shouts from the floor. ratified the Franco- Sovlet mutual aulstance pact ti»
Prince Edward Island's few m. maining veterans of the South Af- rican war, and comrades cf a younger generation who battled for the mother country in 1914, last night joined to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the Canadians at Paardeberg during the Boer war,
Attended Meeting Sponsored By Board grease...
because public opinion was not. be- hind them nothing had been ac- complished. Since tlien he believ- ecl the citizens of Charlottetown
ment were not disclosed.
Tension was greatly relaxed in
Tokyo and Osaka Bays. Glenn Babb, chief of the
an hour before the insurrcctiouists
Kouoyc.
civin liivid A Account 0f Tokyo Revolt
eight a.m. Tokyo time, as they had earlier agreed to do.
Although military sources said the insurrectionists capitulated upon the express or- der of Emperor Hirohito. Details of the compromise agree-,
denied it, civilian" circles
TENSION RELAXED
Tokyo. although s state of martial
‘ Isw was still in force. The first and second battle fleets had arrived in
Associated Press Bureau iu Tokyo, in s story telephoned across the Pacific, said that Friday morning, less than
were scheduled to return to their
barracks, there was no sign of any such move.
Some quarters saw a crisis developing between army and navy com- mands. a Havas dispatch ssid. High naval officials‘ were said to be In- diguaut st indications leniency would be ex
The naval leaders were reported Premier, while the insurgents were said to want Gen. Nysaki or Prince
’ ’ the assassins. in favor of Admiral
C , ' to Mllltarfsts
A government to succeed Okadab is still to be fanned. Political ob- servers predicted it would‘ be a Rightist one-a concession to the militarism. '
Anxiety in capitals of other lead- ing powers relaxed somewhat. The situation had been viewed with deep misgivings, especially in Mos- cow and Nanking,
Karl Radek, authoritative Soviet
‘ctr-v, asserted the revolt
(The following story of the Tokyo revolt came out of Japan by trans- Pscifio telephone to the United States Thursday night. shortly after Japanese authorities lifted telephone restrictions,
Glenn Babb, chief of the Arsoca- ted Press Bureau in Tokyo, dictated the story after an all-night survey of the situation.)
\ By Glenn Babb, Associated Press Foreign Staff Copyright, 1936,
By The Associated Pram) (By Guardian's Special Wire)
TOKYO, Feb. ZL-(I-‘rldny, 1:45 A. M.) - (By Trans-Pacific Tele- Ilhouc to San Francisco) — Tense Jilin, facing prospective military or Fascist government, waited this morning for the 1.000 Anny insur- lents to carry out an agreement to return to them bars-edits.
Four elder statesmen were assas- Ilnated Wednesday ' y the in urgent group, in which the high- est officer ls_s captain.
Only the army can clean up the mess. There is no civilian authority "Bible of ‘ _ order.
While the government. is nomin- ally headed by Home Minister Fum- io Goto, carrying on as acting Pre- mier st Emperor l-Iirohltos request, the Imperial princes and high army officials stand before the surviving members of the Cabinet in confer- ence with the Emperor.
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would mean "a further shift to- ward military Fascism."
"It may have very serious con- sequences in Japans foreign pol- icy,” he added.
In Iondon, quarters close to the government saw the greatest sig- nificance in the fact that Emperor Hirohlto apparently is still relying on the counsel of "elder statesmen" -i7o whom the milltarists are op-
posed.
This apparent rebuff to national- ists, it was believed, provides a stiff although temporary check to army elements.
Army Control Seen
If rths Japanese people, however. do not forcefully repudiate the ac- tion of the assassins it. was feared in London, the army might. be eventual victors and suc- ceed in gathering more power.
The French Chamber of Deputies ratified the mutual assistance pact with Soviet Russia despite the Jap- anese erisis. Hope was held in Germany that the revolt might lead France to repudiate the pact.
Should Japan and Russia go to wardiranre ls not pledged to aid the Soviet, however. The treaty ap- plies only to cues of "aggression" in Europe.
Italian newspapers asserted the Tokyo crisis showed the world faced more burning questions than the "colonial campaign" in Ethi- opia. '
Refuses Application
For Postponement 0f Bannister Trials
. TEE, N. 8., Fleb. 2'!- Trials of Arthur Bannlter, his brother Daniel, and their another. _ May nnlster, will be held st the present sitting of the West- morlaud circuit court after oom- p‘etlon of three other criminal cases cu the docket, Chief Justice J. H.
a‘ . bu“ Murray Lambert, councel for the "Anmln rlim t _ Bannister-e. sum. g; m“ lg‘ ' ‘Tammy’ The other cases were expected to PM misprints. inducted. b" Aim" i" Tim“ “P i“ won: m: enum- afternoon, this g? dfkterthvfh}: "I °' Eggs}; _ ' _ one Oil! l BIG-five? ‘Am Monday. Yesterday the grand ‘i ‘n; " gyms“, returnedtrtiebllls agsinstjrth n, l :_ d m, sad Daniel on separate omen “Y. mg, Q, c, gum, min-dorms Philip lake m common law wife, and a trite out , ‘II-ii v a: n “I!!! ifilfli 0- Jmual rfseti ofOoun ‘m . mom 1m win beuheld m tenminraoi-witaucaswhr l of lieu, sumo-y a n e e. u. and moningdum ma: do “WIMP um members be tof- l" omelet. kidneiwilla and
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Of the B3 men who left the prov- ince to fight in‘ the South African campaigns, only a bare dozen re- fnnlmFour fell in battle, the others before the ravages of time.
Last night eight South African veterans entertained at their annual banquet. They heard and told stor- ies of experiences long past. were toasted by their guezts and then rose to observe silence to the mem- ory of departed fdlow-campaigners. Col. H. D. Johnson. M. D., a
veteran of both the South African and Great war, was master of cere- mOTiA-Ii and proposed the toasts to the country, the province, the city of Charlottetown, the defence for- ces of Canada. Major R. C Chand- ler proposed the toast to the south African war veterans.
Col W. Chester S. McLui-c an- swered the toast to Canada. .
“Canada stands as a young na- tion at the forefront of the world today. Its record of trade and commerce during the past few try- ing years are unexcelied," Col. Mc- Lure said.
Ho paid tribute to Prince Edward Island Boer veterans gathered for their 86th anniversary celebration in a. few well chosen words.
Minister of Health Mark R. Mc- Guigan" answered the toast to the province for Premier Thane A. Campbell who was unable to assist at the vetsranshdinner.
Mr. MoGuisfln suggested “if we boosted our province a little more it might help to bring back pros- parity," I-Ie said generally natives o! the Island were inclined to dis-
ge their province. A change of feeling toward the native coun- try might h€lp considerably to bring back good times the Minister thought.
Chairman G. w. McLeod sponded to the toast to the city
Charlottetown. the Canadian Legion
A toast to was replied to by President Jack
Billion. |_ Mr. I-lillion told the Boer veter-
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llorrors 0f War llehatcd
(A. P. By Guardian's Special Win)
LONDON. Feb. Ail-An opposition motion to mduce supplementary es- timates providing among other things for training of fire brigades, police and red cross units in antl- gas drills was defeated in the House of Commons today, 235 to 11f. Debate on the horrors of war. produced by the motion, included a sarcastic reference to the United States’ participation in the last
war.
Stating that he was attached to the United States army as an in- structor during the Great War, J. Ede said: "They used to boast they had gas so strong it would not merely kill people but would bring back prisoners. It is a typical claim ofsnsrmywhichwonthewarin six weeks."
A. Ammon, opposing the estim- ates quoted Dr. Ivor Jones of Chi- csgo as saying he had discovered s. new poison gas “likely to destroy srmiu as s man might snuff out s candle." by
BRMMISSIBN Til INVESTIRATE
paper" on the Itaio-Ethioplan con- flict tabled in the House of Com- mons today by Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
The white paper is in reality a book of 1B2 pages covering pretty thoroughly all phases of the Italo- Ehiopian dispute from the early days down to the present. It starts off by giving the "background of the dispute" and proceeds to deal
PENAEREFURM
Commission To Be Headed By Jus- tic e Ar-chambault, Montreal.
ti‘. P. By Guardialfs Special Wire)
OYPPAWA. Rb. ill-Administra- tlon of Canada's penal s m nod the possibilities’ of its ‘ ant
and reform, will he studied by a three-man royal commission set up by order-in-council passed today and announced by Hon. Ernest La- pointe, minister of justice.
Mr. Justice Joseph Archarnbault, Montreal, a judge of the Quebec Superior Court, will bead the com- mission, and will have associated with him R. W. Craig. K. C., Win- nipeg barrister, and Harry W. An- derson, Toronto newspaperman who recently resigned as managing ed- ftp,- of the Toronto Globe. Allan J. Fraser, Ottawa barrister, will be (secretary of the commission.
Under the terms of the reference the commission will have almost unlimited powers to investigate and remit 0n lll phases of penitentiary life. It will study records of the past, methods in use at present, and any proposals available for penitentiary reform.
No commission counsel has been appointed and none is expected. The commissioners will visit each penitentiary and there study mn- ditions on the spot, calling upon all those cmclals and inmates from whom they desire information, and hearing those who desire to lay facts before them, or at least hear- ing the evidence of a representat- ive number of inmates.
The quetsion of whether the hoar- ings are private or public will doubtless be considered when "the commission meets for organization, but the belief here today was that the public would be excluded.
When the Liberal party opened its campaign in the general elec- tion of last. October the appoint- ment 0f a royal commission on penitentiarles was one of the first promises made. Immediately sitter taking office Mr. Lapointe an- nounced the commission would be appointed as soon as qualified men oouléi be secured to carry out the wor .
Regular penitentiaries are estab- lished at Klnstton. Ontn, st. Vin- cent do Paul. near Montreal; Dor- cheater, N. D., and in Manitoba, R-itlsh Columbia and Saskatche- wan. also a prison farm at Collins Hay, Ont, and a Doukhobqr pvnal colony on Piers Island, B. C. The total prison population st the end of last fiscal year was 3.552.
Penitehll ice are administered by the department of justice and are under the direct supervision of General D. M. Ormond, superin-
tendent of penitentiarles, with head office in Ottawa.
with efforts made by the powers to find some means of peaceful settlement.
Committee ‘Work
It passes on to the work of var- ious committees of the league of Nations after the outbreak of hos- tilities, deals with imposition of sanctions including the discussion on oil sanctions, and outlines the position taken by Canada in re- spect to. aanctions- ~ . -
The paper shows Dr. RiddeiPs proposal relating to oil, coal and steel was made at a meeting of the committee of l8 which was set up by the committee of co-ordination of the league. It was the fourth meeting of this committee, and took place Nov. 2, i935.
The meeting opened with rep- resentations by Spain in respect to an embargo on iron ore. The French representative discussed this matter briefly, and Dr. Rid- dell followed.
The suggestion which he made drew from Hon. Ernest Lapointe, acting Prime Minister in Ottawa, the statement that it "represented only his own personal opinion and views as a member of the com- mittee-and not the views of the Canadian Government." Mr. La- pointe‘s statement was made just one month after the meeting at which Dr. Riddell brought in his proposal.
Dr. Rlddell preceded his pro- poial by saying that the list of key products which were being em- bargoed was not complete because petroleum. coal, iron and steel were not on it.
"He now ventured to propose," the P5112 says. "that the sub-
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llarrcd Arrested 0n Swindling Bhargcs
(C. P. Cable) (By Guardian's Special Wire)
GEORGETOWN. British Guiana, Feb. 27- -— Alfred Hal-red, Dutch Guianan newspapcrman who says he and Art Williams, American flier, found Paul Redfcrn in the Brazilian jungles, has been arrested on char- ges of swlndllng, reports reaching here from Paramaribo today stated.
Previous to his arrest, Barred was closely QUCSHOscEi for some days by the Surinam Government on behalf of the United States Government regarding his statements the eight- years-missing American flier had been found but was unable to leave a small, uncivllized Indian villag where he was being held in vlrtua captivity.
Art Williams denied the whole story, said he had never met Har- red and termed as "just so much bunk" later charges of the news- pcperman that he was keeping what he found secret "in order to have a free hand when the time comes."
ing a survey made and estimates prepared of the cost of construct- ing a. bridge across the North River from Brighton, and across the West River at or near York Point, at the earliest possible date, with a view to having the work started this coming summer." was passed unanimously last night at a citizens’ meeting, sponsored by the Board of Trad .
The resolution also called for a committee of twelve, four from the city and eight from the country, to "present the resolution to the Provincial Government and urle immediate action thereon."
The committee was composed of the following: from Charlottetown, Messrs. J. 0- l-lyndman, Victor Purdie, H. J. Phillips and Coun. Henry Lapthorne, representing the City Council. From the country, Messrs L. T. Beaton and Geddio MacLeod of Bonshaw, W. H. Mc- Laine, Nine Mile Creek. J. W- Mitchell, New Dominion, W. W. Crosby and Harry Hyde, Cornwall, D. A. Currie and Allison Mac- Millan, Fair-view.
Several other names were pro- posed as members of the commit- tee from Charlottetown but they declined to act for various reasons. They included, Messrs. W. A. Gaudet, R. E. Mutch, G. J. Tvieedy, K. C., and R. L. McClure.
The meeting, presided over by
,Mr. J- J. mm», president of tho Board of Trade, was well “tended by representatives from both the city and that section of the coun- try directly interested in the pro- posed bridges. Coun. E. A. Poster, representing I-lis Worship Mayor Turner, who is out of the city on businesl, spoke briefly following short in- troductory remarks by the chair- man. In fully endorsing the prO- posed projects Coun. Foster P011111- ed out that in addition to the great benefit to the people in the districts across the West and North Rivers there should be taken into consideration the great relief i‘. would be to the unemploy- ed situation.
Quite a number of speakers fol- lowed Coun. Foste including Messrs. J. O. Il-lyndman, L. L. Jen- kins, Hon. T. W. L. Prowse, F. M. Stewart, R. E. Mutoh, J. P. Gor- don, I-Ierb Vessey. A. W. Hyndman. D. F. Bethune, P. J. MacDonald, Dr. Heath McIntyre, W. A. Gaudet, J. W. Mitchell, New Dominion, W. W. Crosby, Cornwall, D. A. Currie, Fairview, Senator Sinclair, W. C. S. McLure.
The following is a short sum- mary of the sentiments expressed by the speakers.
Mr. J. 0. Hnydman said he felt
that the meeting in Charlottetown had been called to ascertain tho sentiments of the citizens in the matter. 1t. had been talked over for many years and two years ago when the National Highway was spoken of he had tried to stir pub- lio opinion in the matter. A meet- ing had been called and except for himself none of the citizens of Charlottetown attended. A com- mittee had been appointed and had waited upon the Board of Trade and the Government, but.
had realized what a wonderful op- portunity they had missed with one of the finest agricultural sections of_ the province without railroad or proper highway facilities to bring their products to Charlottetown.
The two ferries cost yearly in the vicinity of $20,000, enough to pay a per cent interest on one half million dollars, an amount which would go a long way towards building the bridges. The Govern- ment has no money to spend is what one hears but at the same time there is a proposal Io spend r5 million dollars in air condition- inz the trains of Canada. There,is money to spend, Ivar. Hyndman maintained, and it will be spent and the only reason it will not be spent on Prince Edward Island will be because the people are indiffer- ent.
He believed the work could be starter‘ this summer if public opin- ion in the city and country got definitely behind the projects and the matter was presented to Hon. Mr. Dunning in a business like w
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ay. Dr. J. A. Clark, said he was whole heartedly in favor of any- thing that WOUIQ provide work for the laboring men and the bridges would provide a great amount of day labor.
Hon. T. W. L. Prowse said he wished to speak on the subject,
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RALlFAX. Feb. 26. — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police had by investigations and prosecutions suc- ceeded in smashing the liquor ring in Nova. Scotla. Hon. W, G. Ernst, defense counsel, said here today as six Nova Scotians charged with conspiracy to smuggle liquor plead- ed gullty before Stipendiary Magis- trate J. L. Bamhill.
The former Minister of Fisheries asked for leniency of the court. in dealing with five of the six accused whom he represented. The men will be sentenced tomorrow.
The case comes as an anti-climax to the trial of ll Maritimers last September when l0 pleaded guilty.
The six convicted today were William H. Await, Mahonc Bay; Captain Howard Creaser, Riverport; Roy‘ Ernst, Biockhouse; George A. Moder, Mahone Bay; Clarence Tan- ner, Lunenburg: Captain William S. Somers,‘ Milton, Guysborough County. G. H. Vernon, Truro bar- rister, represented Somers.
"rho ins of . bacteria is considered as a Possible essential of any future war."
Ocpservativ! charged that the I
labor party's attitude toward de- fence questions is stupid."
said
"flatulent and
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(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)
LONDON, Feb» 27.—Indications of world economic recovery were seen today in the increased number of orders placed at the British indus- tries
fair.
Various sections of the fair-the largest trade show in the world — reported as high as 2.5 per cent, in- crease in sales, to overseas buyers especially.
With the pocketbooks of 0d na- tions in hand. through represents- tlve buyers, the fair, which closes tomorrow, is regarded as a. good barometer of business conditions in general.‘ More than 30 Canadian firms participated and reported much satisfaction with results.
Industries Fair Indicates World Recovery Underway
Wlififiihlflll-
the general public wa- indicated through orders for leather goods, furniture, tcys and novelties. Without even asking what it would cost, a. New York tobccconist bought up all samples of apple- shaped Malta briar pipe which King Edward admired on his visit to the fair last week. . A big boom in ostrich feathers ms sealskin slippers also was noted, since the King bought samples of them at Olympia. overseas buyers at White City and Olympia numbered 18.500, an
day.
Sarraut in the ‘excitement of the debate neglected to make one ed.
its official approval on the treaty
pied
Sovievs western border is attacked and Bunion iattef-‘s ssultcd. _
SENATE APPROVAL EXTECIHI
week by Pierre-Etienne French
House authorizes Lebrun to “ratify and. carry execution the treaty and pro
war between not call for the Soviet. ing confined to what has bu!
signed u, include Germany l other eastern
ITALIAN CIRCLES SURPRISE!) I
French Chamber of
ly; cloudy and comparatively with some light snow or rain.
and maximum temperatures: 46B
Two others charged in the blanket Dawson 3GB information have not yet been loca- gum)“; 423 3g; ted by police. They are Jack Egmonum 103 g5 Creighton of Lower Lahave and Regina 30B g Captain Thomas Fiander of Trinity, wmypmg 15B g Nfid. Toronto 24 SI
Ottawa. 26 SI Montreal 28 l0 Quebec 22 M Saint John 28 82 Halifax 26 M Charlottetown i6 l!
The vote, which Premier Albert
nfldence for his government was 3 lo 1M. ' " By its action, the Chamber piled
. co to aid Russia if‘ the
lid to Francs it'd-All boundary is ale
A
Senate approval is expected neal
Plandin, Foreign Minister. The bill voted by the Lower President Albflfi into
signed in Paris between the Sovld
Union and malice" an my a. 1936-‘ The signers at Pierre
that time weri Laval, then French Premiel- Lltv-inoff, Foreign Com-
missar cf Russia.
French officials emphasized tbd Russia and Japan docs French assistance fol the-mutual clauses be:
138M111 I-OCGTIIO,
powers.
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Look our eon (no sou ates on Kile Sea. oc-
Itrong winds, shifting to waster m“
(C. P. By Guardian's Special Who)
TORONTO, Feb. 27-—MiIiim\II
_.__._._._____.__ Maritime West: Fresh or
westerly winds; mostly cloudynfi light snow in some what lower temperature at midi.
tide this afternoon at 8| and tomorrow morning at 8A0. n‘
(ulitiki-li l0§
Sun sets this afternoon at ll an‘: rises tomorrow morningv“ d. .
Pint quarter moon saturday.
lab. 29, 5.25 am. I utes later than Charlottetown.
‘I'll CAB IIBBY
increase of 2,000 over use. There was a total of 146,000 home buyers and the visiting public numbered 115,000 sud at Birmingham 10MB
\
tide eighteen mills
Inns Bordln mo s, u. they‘