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The People's Paper _ Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1936

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Mos-cow Refuses Com- ment On Japanese Military Coup.

(fly John Lloyd, Associated Press staff Writer) (A. r. By Guardian's Special Wire)

MOSCOW, Feb. 26—The effect the Japanese revolt may have on the delicate Far Eastern situation m the chief subject of discussion tonight in Moscow but information from Tokyo was too vague to per- mit definite predlctio .

Although the Foreign Office said iirect communication; had been ie-establised, official reports were itiil far from complete and con- iequently authoritative comment was withheld.

Foreign observers pointed out that assassinations have removed three senior statesmen who stood in the way of a more aggressive military policy.

“We are maintaining our custom- ary~ policy of not interfering ac- tively 0r Passively in the affairs of other countries," said a. spokesman for the Soviet Foreign Office.

libreign observers, however, said they believed the attempted coup would have important repercus- iions in the Far Eastern situation.

The Japanese Embassy hers re- ported it was advised that 100 young officers accused of respons- ibility for the assassinations had been arrested and imprisoned The advices to the Embassy were signed by Koki Hirota, Foreign Minister.

"The best in Belanger all cast "lites. Fred H. drainer, 80 Graf- tob at. 1.44214

"Hockey at Fredericton tonight, Fredericton vs. New Glasgow. L-32i1

ll Hospital Cake gala by ladies oi Trinity United churonsaiurdhy at Prowse Bros. b3l95-3-2l-li. "Semi-final playoff hockey" _ ill-inky tonight. See those French River Nationals against the Dairy Kings. 1,3399

"Playoff gains Wiltahlro tonight, iilrtsville Maple Leafs vs. Wilt- lhire Hawks. Ray Stull, referee.

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"Annual meeting Farmers’ 1n- ltitute at Uigg Thursday, March 5. Feed and seed prices will be quoted. Willa: hogs ‘Tuesday afternoon, ulfilh 3. 3341-, W, D. ROSS. L-3208

“‘Playoff game, Wheatley River W811i. Milton Hornets vs. Stars. 14-3205

"Doubleheader at Victoria, play- gl Billie, Cove vs. Tryon. Junior "limp-on vs. Tryon, Thursday. Feb.

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‘fl-cap Year Skate at Montague iiiiday. February rain. Fancy gghtsacsrnivai Wednesday, March

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‘file-r the "Major" and his am- nturs, Baptist Schoolroom Friday. biliary zath, at a o'clock. L-aloa

nrmlving livc hogs at Albany "my. Feb. 27th; Emerald Fri- W. 34th. until noon. G. C. Green.

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N“R°ckey Afton Rink tonight. ‘filth River Lindy‘s ‘vs. Bulldogs. iielcclr- Skate after. Also Dunedin

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night Tokyo was a barricaded olty

and four score others were aiain. standing at bay in the tau tured early in tho putach.

The Imperial Guard of Emperor a force of 12,000, along with ‘ navy building and other governm

Thousands of through the night under forced the reports added.

surrendered after an attempted coup in

Holdout

Against Loyalzsts 300 Mutineers-B-tand. At Bay In Metropolitan Police Headilligrters.

(A- P. By Guardian's Special Wire) LONDON, Feb. 26.—Dilpaioiaes is) British news agencies

_. . u“ with the rebels apparently still un- which three government leaders

Latest reporis from the fineness capital asid 8,000 rnutineera were tro

police headquarter-a, which they cap-

dlqpatches continued.

llirohltc, these ‘ ’ from Y “ held the

‘ centres.

soldiers patrolled the streets, while fleets moved draft to stem possible further outbreaks,

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TRllE BILLS TUITNI) AGAINST BANNISTERS

Brothers Will be Tried On Three Separate Charges.

__.._ (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) DORCHISTIZR, N. 8-, Nb. 2B- True bills were returned by the Grand Jury in the Supreme Court here late this afternoon ~a i’- Daniel Bannister. user-r, IillaROd’ brothers-sea a! whom is charged with the of Philip Lake and his common law wife. Bertha, at Pacific Junc- tion on January 5, and the kid- napping and abduction of tho couple's ilve-mont-hs-old daughicr- Bettv. A true bill was also return- ed against Mrs. ivfay Bannister- the youth's mother, on thief‘ counts of the indictment charglni! her with the klilnallolnir and eh- duciion of the baby. The trial-l may get under way lute this week but, more probably next week the doc- _ t SLITLTHI tomorrow. Three Separate Cbarlu Arthur and Daniel Bannister will each be tried on three sell!!!" ate charges. two of murder and one o1 kidnapping and abduction The mother will be tried on ihl kidnapping and abduction char!!- More than a score oi Wltlic-QSBB were heard by the Grand Jury‘. b i ping yesterdya a temoon fl-ll clilltllnuing until late today, be: fore the findings of the Ulla bu» were announcedtli ti" Wu!“

iLS. Legislature To Open March i0

HALIF , Feb. 26. - l-lalifarrs storied citadel hill will boom Out I salu.e of 15 Ell!“ Miilch 1° “h” Lieutenant-Governor W. H. Covert will formally 0P9" the Shim 55mm‘ o; N°vg_ScOtiB.'$ 17th ifilllilm" since Confederation. A proclamation was Till-Nd W‘ nigh; to summon the legislators to session. It followed a government nleeting.

Before the Provincial Government open; g by-BTOCUOD ll Elli“! North, set for next Monday will de- cide who will replace Gordon B. Ia- nor. He represented the constitu- ency until he resigned to become I federal member for Haiifa! last OC- tober. The seat is beilil QWNIWA by Harold Connolly, Liberal. and E. J. Budge, Labor.

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ISSUE MANIFESTO

A defiant manifesto was reported issued by the rebels asserting they would “promulgate a new law of state." This expression was not ex- plained. Mimeographed statements were by the rebels. dispatches inued, declaring the present government had been drifting away from the “true spirit" of Japan and had usurped the Emperors prerogatives.

"If this condition is permitted to continue the relations of Japan to China. Russia. Great Britain and the United States will become ex- plosive," the insurgents were quo- ted.

BANKS CIDSED

cables said the bank of Japan. schools and financial exchanges were lhut down.

Fears were rampant, said the ‘ dispatches. that seven other mimeutsof- the Pirstnivislonmalf loin the rebels, as well as other troops if the movement Iains im-

pstus.

TEST FLIGHTS TULTETERMINE AIR BASES

O'1'I‘AWA, Feb. ad-Test flights over the various proposed routes for a. North Atlantic air mall ser- vice will determine the basat to be established on this side of the At- lantic, a delegation from Sydney was told today by officials of the Post Oflice Department.

Mayor S. E. Muggah, of Sydney, accompanied by Alderman George Morrison, col. J. A. Maedonalu, Frank McIntyre, representing the Board of ‘rrade, and city clenk H. D. Hopkins of saint John, interviewed post office olliciala on the proposed air mall rou.e. Tne Sydney men also interviewed other ministers re- garding port developments.

tests of the North Atlantic route will be carried out in the next two years, using the various proposed routes linking the United States with England by way of Newfound- land and some point on the Canad- ian Atlantic seaboard.

Seek Baas at _ Sydney

Nova Soot-la seeks a base at Sydney as a halfway stop between Newfoundland and the U nited States terminus of the route. The Saint John delegate also is interes- ted in the possibility that there might be a. second Canadian base established in that city. It was un- derstood these proposals would be given practical tests, while there also was a possibility the Msritimes might he paaaed over and the only Canadian base established along the St. Lawrence River.

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SLBSELY WATCH LTEVELUPMENTS

Death Toll In Japan’-s Military P u r g e Is Placed At 80.

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) Efforts to form a slfip-Bflp Jap-

ln the woke of o. bloody buutarlst Dl-"dc of Liberal elder statesmen.

While martial law was inforoe in Tokyo and troops guarded m; Iniiicriabpalace, Furnio Gow, com.

by Emperor I-flrohito t0 "no a cabinet. resigned within a few hours.

Every major world power watched the developing situation with aux. My. as also did ancient China.

Th! Jfllianese government claimed the situation was under control, but W0 fleets were called in from the high seas for duty in ‘Tokyo and Osaka. Martial law was proclaimed many hours after the revolt broke

Young Fascist-minded army oili- cers who led the attempted coup at dawn Wednesday said they wanted “to remove corrupt influ- ences from around the throne,"

The!‘ called out into the snow and assassinated Kelsuko Oiiada, premier; Admiral Viscount Makato Saito, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and former Premier; and Gen. Jotaro Watanabe, chief of military education.

Kcrekiyo Takahashi, minister of finance, and Admiral Kantaro Sur- ubi. Inf-d Chamberlain of the 1m- Derioi court. were wounded.

A Haves disP ‘ ‘ from Shsudiaai said it was learned there that Tak- ahashi was killed, not wounded, and that fokyo chief of police Qgq-y also was ed.

The dispatch said Admiral Mlneo Osumi, Ila-V)‘ minister, and Count Makino also were wounded.

Unconfirmed reports said a total of 80 was killed.

Dispatches to British news agen- cies Wednesday night said 3,000 insurgents still held the Tokyo pol- ice headquarters and that the Im- perial suard of 12,000 and marines were protecting government centres.

Emperor Hirohito summoned n conference of Princes, members of the privy council and other advis- ers this morning to consider the sit- uation and reconstitute the cabinet following Goto's fisignation,

A dispatch from Tokyo to the newspaper Petit Parisian said rebel soldiers still held the various min- istries and that a battle with the troops of the Imperial guard ap- peared imminent.

German officials were informer’

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Plans for next year's fair.» ii)- cluding additions to the Fill "It and othar improvements. took lib must of tha time of the “my”, were heard from the directors of the alacciltiw and addresses were mad! b! 5- 5- ngmer, representative of the Do- minion Livstock Bflflllhl" 5mm‘

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Maritime Stock Breeders Annual Meeting

laai Bailey, the slate of officers elected included. . A. W. McKenaie, Secretary: l». a. Mae, ield, vice-president for Nova Bcoila; torus men. Sussex. VAN-fill!!!"- for New Brunswick; and th Boswell, Victoria, vica- pfflident for Prince Edward ls- laud. '

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poinhd were Dr. i... A. Donovan. laiut‘ John- Gilbert

, Robinson, Harvey Station, W. It. ‘lrueman. Auluo, Lorne Iuasaa; I. ll. Oopp, Port - Prince Idward island directors “pointed for the year were J. altar Jonas, Charlottetown, if. J. Kennedy, Soilthport, l. iiorlatou,

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several princes of the royal blco; were negotiating in the Imperia‘ palace for a compromise agreement between revolters and loyal troops. Fear was Cxpfpjded in some Brit- ish circles that the bold stroke might result in a Russo-Japanese war and a renewed drive against China. Foreing Secretary Eden told the British House of Commons that the Bank of Japan had suspended op- erations. The foreign ofllce in London said no injury was done to British subjects and no damage to

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Flood Waters

CHICAGO, Feb. ill-Flood waters surging from. ice clogged streams forced hundreds of persons to flee to higher ground in the United States today.

Rising tributaries of the Monon- gahela aud Allegheny rivers in Pennsylvania inundated streets in many communities and routed sev- dral hundred low lander: from their homes. Resellers carried scores of the stranded from marooned houses in row boats. More than 1'0 famil- ies left their homes in Buena Vista after s Wild Cat Creek ice gorge broke.

Big floes sweeping down the Wheeling Creek Valley in Ohio wrecked ths general store at Bar- ton and put the water pumping plant out of commission. Dynamite blasted a jam west of Bridgeport after 35 homes had been flooded.

Upstate rains threatened serious floods along the Wabash and Whitel rivers in Indiana. Ravenswood, re- sort town near Indianapolis, was under water.

PRIVATE

MEMBERS llAY ulousl

Dunning Strongly Op- posed To National- izing of Chartered Banks.

(c- l’. By Guardian's special Wire) r. AWA, Feb. ac--—.~. debt re- tire t ‘plan involving the Bank of Canada and public credit was outlined to the House of Commons today by ' Mr. Walter A. Tucker. Liberal member for Rnsthem, Sask. It involved converting Dominion. provincial, municipal and public corporate debt int-o non-interest bearing securities over a. period of 24 years without cost to the treas- ury.

Leading loeformer

The Rosethem member who has become one of the leading financial reformers of the House in his brief time here outlined his ideas during debate, on a motion proposed by M. J. Coldwell (C. C. F. Rosetown-Big- gar) to nationalize the, Bank of Canada and all chartered banks. The motion was defeated without a recorded division.

Finance minister Dunning was

outspoken in his opnfrltlon to lia- tionalizing chartered banks ai- though he said the government has been considering ownership and control of the Bank of Canada. He did not believe it would be in the best interests of Canada to take over the chartered institutions, in- volving as it would a managing board and wide-spread bureaucracy.

Duty is To Control

The duty of Parliament, Mr. Dunning said, was to control but not operate business. He was op-

tobureaucracy and insisted Parliament could not manage a business without delegating author- lty to some board or oflier organ- ization.

The Finance Minister made no reference to the Tucker debt-retire- ment plan although he said he was

(C, P. By Guardian's pecial Wire)

BEAR, RIVER, N. 8., Feb. 20- Death of ierldley Morgan, an aged and partially paralyzed recluse found in his kitchen, his body bruised. was being investigated to- day by Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

A youth, Dcnsil Yorke, discovered Morgan early this morning, His head and face were blood-stained and the furniture in the kitchen was somewhat discs-ranged. the lad reported to Dr. L. J. Lovitt who summoned the police. ,

The old gentleman lived alone in

town and was cared for by neigh- bors. His wife and children live in the United States. An inquest has been ordered.

his own home in the centre of

,"sitting at the feet of many Gam-

nliels" without hearing anything new.

It was private members‘ day, the House passing a motion to investi- gate developing Rivlere-du-lnup, (Que, as a port. It was sponao ed by Jean Francois Pouliot who once obtained a railway station fOf the Quebec City by persistence. The House did not sit in the evening.

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FAIRBANKS SAILB FOR ENGLAND

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

NEW YORK, Feb. ld-Ten min- utea before sailing time, Douglas lihirbanks, Sr. boarded the liner Aquitaniafor Bhlgland today. Fair- banks went aboard by way of the

workman! gangplank.

RELIEF culls, IS lluouitln

Governmenfs Objec- tive Stated By Lab- or Minister.

UPTAWA, Feb, 26—Closing of re- lief camps throughout Canada by Dominion Day is the objective of the government, Hon. Norman McL. Rogers, Minister of labor, an- nounced today. Present strength of the camps will not be increased. ‘Ihere will be no new dmisslons.

A Labor Department survey last December showed there were 1B,- 828 single, homelem unemployed in various relief camps across Canada.

In a statement to the House of Commons the. Minister said:

Arrangements have been made with the Canadian railways to em- DIOY 10 000 men on deferred main- tenance work during the coming summer,

Men taken from the relief camps by the railways will be on a basis of work and wages.

The additional railway mainten- ance work will be undertaken by the government and railways on a cooperative basis. An emergency supplementary estimate will be in- troduoed in the House to cover the government's share.

While relief camps remain open. projects will be continued under the Department of National De- fence, working in close cooperation with and carrying out the policy of the Labor Department.

Cooperation will be encouraged between provinces and Dominion in working out more intensive appli- cation of the farm placement scheme.

Allowance of 20 cents a day in the relief camps will be increased to $15 a month. as from March i. All other allowances, such as food, clothing, tobacco and medical care will remain the same. '

IIAFUEVISITS NEW YLIRK

Quints’ Doctor Takes Vacation.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26-Dr. Roy Alan Defoe was viewing Fannie Brice in the “FOlllEs" tonight, rest- ing from the business of seeing the

Dionne quintuplets at Callander, Orlt., don't get the measles or the whooping cough and grow up into normal healthy northern girls.

The good doctor spending his Wiixlfl‘ vacation in New York said he ad pretty nearly given up pri- vate practice to concentrate on the quints.

This is his second visit to New York since he brought the five ais- ters into the world and h: hopes this time he won't be bothered by the press End populace but will be allowed to go withersoever fancy dictates without the snap of flash- lights, the shrieking police siren and the staring faces.

Jurymlliews Holdup Scene

I-IULL, Que" Feb. 26—A lonely side road on the Gatineau Point highway, about 2 1-2 miles from Hull, where Armand Nadeau, young Hull Banque Provinciale du Canada clerk, was alleged to have been slain last Dec. 4. was visited today by the trial jury, Justice Lucien Cannon and the six men charged with his murder.

The accused, Joseph nochon, Paul Lafleur, Charles Donnelly, Edmond Lasoie, George Chenier and Jean O. Beausoleil, were handcufled and chained together under close guard. They were conveyed in a bus, while the jury, also guarded by provincial constables. occupied another bus. and the judge and counsel travel- led in private automobiles.

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Youth Acquitleii 0n lluriior llhargo

..__._. ANADARKO. >Olfla., Feb. 28. — Emma Willis, l8, was acquitted of the murder of her father today by "a jury which accepted the defence theory she had been driven insane by cruelty and im advances from the 51-year-old sharecropper. After hearing a sordid story of mistreatment of the defendant by her father, iddis Willis, the jury re- turned its verdict after two hours

and bi) minutes of deliberation.

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clared in Tokyo anilptroops

course of the empire.

by Emperor Hirohito, Furnio new government.

during a swirling snowstorm

the throne.” Civilians who w their- targets.

“STATE OF

emergency." was Joelaimed at 2.30 (Dispatches from insurgents held the Tokyo police

troops. _ (The Imperial Guard of 12,000

populace appeared calm, extreme p Guard Palace

Troops guarded the Intperinl pal- aoo and other centres and two fleets were called in from the high seas for guard duty in Tokyo and Osaka bays. ‘ (German ofdcials were advised that several royal princes were meeting in a “rump" cabinet ses- sion in the Imperial palace in an effort to mediate between revolt- erg and loyal troops.)

Victims of the guns of the revolt- ing otllcers were Keisuke Okada, Liberal premier; Admiral Viscount Makoto Salto, former premier and at his death 10rd Keeper of the Privy Seal; and General Jotaro Waanbe, chief of military education. Korektyo Takahashi, distinguished minister of finance, and Admiral Kantro Suzuki, Lord Chamberlain

‘of the Imperial Court, were wound- ed .

(Riichi Takahashi, son cf the finance minister, said in New York he was informed by cable his father was dead.

(Reports Ln Japanese newspapers abroad——wihch were not coniirmable —-said some 80 persons had been slain in all. including many during street fighting between loyal police and the insurgents.)

Several of the ministers’ body- guards .and servants were reported slain.

Escape injury

Other members of the cabinet, including Koki l-lirota, foreign min-

mained secluded in their homes on advice of army leaders.

An automobile tour of Tokyo dis- closed conditions were quiet. Most lights were out and traffic was sus- pended in several central districts. Virtually all theatres and restaur- ants were closed.