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(Canadian Press Despatch)

slIANGHAl, March. 11._—~Cunton. so troops seeking to capture hnngbai menace a city built by ritlsil enterprise into one of the 0,141.; greatest trading centres. he city. rich headquarters of for- m. interests in Chine. is well ufIIl defence by the British regul- rn alui troops of other nations 0w centred here, defenders who n», concerned solely with the se- llrity oi’ - tile city‘. Besides the leat of lt Cantonese attack bring- g the llrruies of the south into lose contact. there is~ the mellace Homing which might result. if

ands oi‘ the Cantonese.

reign trade oi‘ hina nearly half its Customs rev- nue. and is the chief centre from hicll the economic influences hit-h are shaping modern China

ill. factory upon factory, origin-

very variety of shipping.

TODIBIIIS. Here side by side are

ions with centuries behind them.

night by electric advertisements. ‘ per-silllurbia, where there are

1y brown and bare.

Upheld In Debate

TORONTO, March ‘lb-Support- l.’ the zlfilrmatlve Ill a debate be- ecn students of the University

Toronto ‘at Hart House 11MB

'- lismsnds oi the Eastern Prov- 1i as and claimed that they had

III , . 1e and polmulgh moral, equit

clear case and u“, ,1;- ederal Vflrlllllfllit wng mo

ntered Confederation, The affirmative won

L mises which hm ’ iornlProvinces to ithe Dominion,

persuaded the become a part

IP. .l. .l Mel-tin and W ' h ‘ . B. CIAW, “ssfglglggrieid the negative, ctrgpu, "m i! so the Duncan rypofl s;

0 a solution for Mal-mm;

i. n . , < a h ,,?,,,{§f~1a1 markets for ~ their,‘

or between it and the Whangpofl. is the Old Chinese city. country bounds the narrow north- ern, broad western and fairly lurgfl southern limits of Shanghai. Woosung -—Shanghai—— Hungchow railway line which above and b8- low Shanghai is close to the Wham- poo. turns out to the Northern Sta- tion to enclose Shanghai between it and the river. railway turns backward between the southern part of the city and reaching the Shanghai south station, and along its route and at its junction with the main line are arsenals. Soochow and Siccawei from the-

Open

The

A loop of this

orthern soldiers fled through the creeks ny nrtcr suffering a defeat at the Whangpoo river, dividing the city into three portions, Shanghai does nearly half the creek, or Soociiow, cutting through

China, yields the International settlement.

the northern

FOREIGN POPULATION

The boundary of‘ the Internation- dintc. It is China's chief port, al Settlement encloses an area 0t‘ n0 0t‘ the eight largest ports in the B 2-3 square miles. orhi. Settlement is of four square miles On approaching Shanghai from in extent. e sen the traveller first observes their boundaries, principally of MQ,g(;Qlw_ Mullgll] 11.-distilled- wide stretch of yellow water and course to the west. green, flat coastline. Soon the able number of foreigners live o ntnr narrows and many junks. side them, and roads policed by lumsy" yet graceful, are to be seen. the Settlement run out beyond Sic- t Tungkow Creek the harbor cawai and Jessfield. unfriendly m soviet Russian imits in the Whangpoo River are foreign and Chinese papulation of ' cached. To the right a huge in- the ustrial area spreads out, mill upon Chinese districts. is 1,136,300. Including residents outside the criug works, power stations, shlp- Settlement, the British population uilding yards,‘ timber yards, cold is torage plants, water works, and The personnel of the municipal ad- rowned wharves, and to the left ministration is largely, if not main- il tanks, more wharves, docks and Iy,t Brltlismhand bBritish (trad; and h _ P t l en erpr se ave een, an st lure, 0* . the backbone of the place, which, a‘ PICTURESQUE CITY was in origin about as unpromising a piece of land as Britons overseas On landing the traveller views have ever been given to "develop. line of’ buildings which, coIlect- In the Settlement today there are vely, fornl at once the most im- over 13,000 Japanese,‘ about 2,000 using and the most European Americans, 300 French, close on ‘llltff-EPOIH east of Suez. Leaving 3,000 Russians, and some 5,200 sub- ho baggage examination shed he jects of other foreign nations, the urns into the Nunking road, an Chinese totalling about 810,200 of piiome of modern China and its whom the majority ore natives of Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces nst and West, old and new, trad- some 51,000 being Cantonese. these, have, of course, contributed ‘ minorities grotesque. There ls very largely n amazing variety of traffic, from prosperity of Shanghai e moat ancient and creaking of ations heelbarrows to the most up-to- been British administrative and tent motor-cars, while shops commercial nge from stuffy examples of do- ponderating foreign esiic industry to enormous de- the rtlncnt stores brilliantly lighted amount of British capital invested in laud, buildings, plants, and man- Presently, the traveller finds ufactured stocks, municipal debellt- msclf passing an essentially urea and mortgages on Chinese pro- glo-Suxon race-course and rc- per rooiion ground. and entering a 00,0 Concession and Settlement hav lg villas and jolly gardens, riding separate lllIll, country and golf clubs. Be- Treaty of Nunk lul lies open country. flat as a Hrltishers the nrake, and, at this time of year, trade at Shanghai. set aside for them, about 180 acres Tilere are three sections of as it was then, lallghni. The largest is the In- were from the first admitted. Jud- rlluiionul Settlement, fronting icial power over Chinese is vested - tho Whangpoo River to the in a special court just inaugurated. st. Sollth of this. bllt back from In addition Chinese o river, is the French Settlement, have just been given d cast of the French Settlement, tion on the Settlement Council.

The French Both have overflowed A consider- ut-, The total

and French-

the neighborhood of 7,000.

welfare ‘and ,

of which, however, have

ty being not less than £63,250.-

lng. 1842. gives right to ‘live and

uncan Report Is Dgnjeg Treaty Negotiations

(Canadian Press)

OTTAWA, March 1‘1-—"'l‘here are - k on the question: "That this no trade treaty negotiations going ouse approves the report of the on betlween this country and Ger- yal Commission on Maritime many", slated lion. James Malcolm,

1s.“ ‘Hon, ding), Guthrie, Minister of Trade and Commerce ader oi‘ the Conservative oppoai- in the ‘House of Commons in airs- 11 111 the I-louse o_l' Commons, wering a 111M311 11 B11011! plea in favor of Hi

question asked by Hon. ugh Guthrie leader. olf the oppos-

“mmiis- he said. llfgzgfibllndgd P Signs 0_n _ 1 With Olncl. Reds

(Canadian lPren)

the d b t w H IENNATI- Ohio, March 11.~_ ‘ e so a y pp, first baseman. signed nflndZITGr/lldalo m‘ a S" DMK‘ a 0116 year contmlct with the Cin-

.- '- - - °°1111vr11ln1or the cinnati Reds at Orlando, Fla. y remaining holdout is star second base-

ditions or article 4'31 of the treat)’

'OIN1C

WHEAT 4,000 YEARS OLD FROM OLD EGYPT GRAIN.‘

-—-— EN ‘SYDNEY- March 11—A remarkab- ly interesting case of growing what has been called "mummy" wheat is reported from Bathurst (N. S. W.). A prominent Bsthurst farm- er secured from Egypt a supply of wheat which, was hurled with mummies in order that. the de- parted should not want for food. The corn deepstclied to Bsthurst had been embflmed for over 4,000 years before It. w? Jenner. The to t fui crop of seven-cared wheat wpioh grew to an exceptional height. la the opinion of experts

the crop was of talllllll model-n t al ble'for null . poo The ex rlmont ll ‘ one o.

11111111 their case on day The on! n that the Federal Hughey Cri emment M“ "i" 11111119 800d the man. _

DIES ‘IN ARCTIC

NEGATIVE ARGU Quslnlllo. ' MENT‘ -_ Jules Jette. members of Canada. died in the month ago tpdsy, no bol t d

from Alaska. The deceased priest Mission Station of Kul the most uortho

boo in 1804.". Ill! the hot mm ma" . ‘ TI

Munch 11——Rev. llialtllier one bf the outstanding

late received hare

CHARLOTTETOWN,

llllnllll liliiiiPi GUARD lllcll ~ I PRIZE lllunsllulllllllllslls

hnnghdi, Important Trade Centre Well Worthy 0i Defence by “Foreigners?

e-._..___e-__-___

’agalnst the radical factions.

Ratification by Italy Gonstrued as

(Canadian Press)

as in any way binding-

Investio. is the official Soviet

organ. .__€¢Q>——--—-

_ Workers Plan

(Special to the Guardian)

ed

lets on the Yangtse.

Germany Thinks Evacuation

(Canadian Press)

land. Dr. Gustav Stresenlann, the German foreign Secretary, told tile press today with every expecta- tion that it will be settled satisfact. orilyiHe added that the world must road so the presence of foreign troops onGernlan soil was not I11 consonance with the condition of peace prevailing at the present time. ‘ ‘Dr. Stresemanll who is in Gene- va for the Leash of Nations 001111. cil meeting over which he is pro- 81111118. declared he had conversed with the French foreign minister M. Briand on the subject alld he (istresemsn) was certain that Germany soon would be able to do, monstrate she bad fulfilled the con-

f Versailles which authorized evacuation whenflermany observ- ed all the stlpulutions of the treaty. especially disarmament.

sown‘ by the was a success-

quality. al- was more

a arena,"

I

‘Spears. hoping to procure assist-

'F11\V181‘.was in General Spears

off from his regiment near Le Cot;

the Germans. until he was found on“ U“ Pick’ ha", of (he Mu“ exhausted by Louis Basquin, of chants’ Volunteer Corps of China. ' ‘"114 ‘"1"’ h“ “mamcmly "mom fugitive concealed him in o, hay- stuck, and at nightfall took him to the house cl‘ ills mother-in-lawJShe and her daughter sheltered him until a month before the Armistice;

"111 511811111." he (Fowler) remain- ed concealed in than house. The owner, Mme. Belmont-Cohort, u widow never flinched in her self- 1111l1osed duty of looking after and hiding the man.

Unfriendly Act

(ion by Italy of the treaty formally recognizing the annexation oi Bes~ sarabia by Romania is commented on by lsvestia as‘ an act "01191111?

board in the kitchen-living room. Day and night he spent there, com- 111g out at times when all was ‘quiet to skip for exercise.

It jeopardizes the relation be- tween Italy and Russia says the

paper which adds that the treaty will not be recognized by Russia

buy him food and med

General Strike

collection of three living husbands was imputed to dame Margaret Isa- el Vivian MacGowan by the last the abandoned husband. to Sher- brooke, where finally he located o. man who admitted he had been

(SHANGHIAII, March 1-‘1. —~Hea.ll-. quarters of the postal workers were raided ‘by the police last M8111 while a meeting was discussing preparations for another generuli strike. Seventy nine men were ur-,bere' bY M1‘. Jllfliico 131111181111 111 the rested includiing a. representative PPR-Clive C011"-

iof the general labor union and tile ‘secretary 0t‘ the posilzll union. All neth McCuuig, of Verdun, against a but these two officials were releas-Iwflllllln 111110111 119 11111-111611 11115611119- iname of Margaret Isabelle Vivian

of the list, in applying to the courts here for annulment of his marriage

to her. The case was taken ‘en Ii- married to the woman. A marriage

‘The police seized pamphlets in- _ citing too. general strike and luud- 111111931‘ 1° 901119111 111° "4-‘1-"111- ing the revolutionary party which has affiliations with the (iautonesc. Hand bills printed in Hindustani urged Indian troops of the Shang- hai defense force not to shoot Chinese found near the Punjabi bil-

pcitioner lived with the woman’ -_ from the date of his marriage inithe petitioner stated. The firstbm a“ mlportan‘ '1’fl“c1p1° Is m February, 1926,‘ until January of the present year. About January Alexander, but his last name was 3rd he stated, the woman left home and has not returned. Subsequent- ly, in the course of a search for his missing wife, he came across infor- mation which led him to b that she bad been previousi ried. although at; the time of his comps marriage she had represented her- self as a spinster.

‘ - Necessary

CIQNEVA, March 11.——Germany soon will officially raise the ques- tion of evacuation of the Rhine-

A RUMANIAN BILL WOULD

_.___ BUCIIAREST. Romania, March 9. (API.—»EUJQKBIII‘C nnelnriages would be compulsory under a bill sponsor- ed by the minister of health. The bill would require medical certifi- cates of good health from both bride and groom before the cere- mony could be performed.

The hill also would require health certificates from waiters, cooks, barbers, nurses and others who might menace public health.

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IBNDON. March hl.— Henry Frowde, late publisher to the Uni-f versity of Oxford, died in- Croydon yesterday at the age of 86. Starting his career as a messen- gel‘ boy, Mr. Frowdo worked his way up until. as Manager of the 0x- fnrd Press. he was head of a world- wide business, that had flourishing branches in New York, Toronto. Melbourne, Bombay. and elsewhere. and his mime wall a household word to all bnnkaelle n.

than 1.000 000 vnnlos of the revised» 1° i111" version of the New Testament with , - thi u small surf. from cramped prem-

91111 NW5“ isel. whiohthroatened to aivo way

vault will o, iilliil»

1i.‘

beneath the mass-of hooks 911611 from olliiortoasrret. , _

BY IIIII

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(By British United Press) IAMNDON, March 11.-—Ad1 epic story of how a French woman and her daughter risked their lives for 10111‘ years to shelter and save an ‘English soldier has been revealed

for the first time by Brig-(ieneral IE. L. Spears.

It is 119081189 those two women are now in a state of abject pov- erty and sickness that General

ence i'or tilenl, recounts their heroism.

The soldier, Corporal ‘Patrick

regiment, the 11th Hussars. in January, 1915, the corporal got clit

6811.

ills hid in the woods near the vll1 lilac of Ber-try, then occupied by

Beriry. lBnsquin obtained food for the

“For four rears." wmes Gen-

"Fowlerhi hiding-place was a cup-

“Tlmes became hard. the family

‘had barely‘ food enough to keep allowance for the time he was bill- ‘them alive. yet Fowler had always eted with her. Mme. Belmont-Gob- his share. Then he fell ill, and the ert received about $h85 from the

111111116111 of Ills maintenance ‘be- British War Office. She was also UIJIIIC 8.01119,

lbe thrown open she would call at- tention to a photo of her daughter '

was safe somewhere in the South of France, would expiate on her charms until the cupboard was tor- gouien. '

would be billeted in the house They would sleep in the lo were bad times for Fowle _.. dared not sleep for a very good rea-|

son. ‘His cupboard had no top on A111"

it. Instead, there was a basket in i! 1i

which the reserive

creep down at night to steal these/K

Drake's Troops of the 11th Huss- ars were riding after the Germans down the same road along which they had retired in 1914.

stooping and bent. in clothing that might have once been khaki No one recognized (n mm Eleventh hour debates on a. variety young ‘Corporal Fowler. The troop was his own, and Drake his ow-n troop leader".

CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1927

iENiilllii SIIIIIIEIIS SAVED ’

BRAVE IIIIIIEN

the house was searched. 1

"Once or twice a German soldier put his hand on the cupboard latch. It was then that Mme. Belmout—

IGobert had recourse to desperate 1 methods. She had a dodge that nev-

er failed. “Just as the door was about to

on the mantel-piece, The girl was pretty.

‘iMme. Belmont-Gobert, n. me knowledge that the young woman

, "At times the German soldiers

General Spears describes Fowl-

alagtgueyscape after the Germans left u In Nova Scotia Legislature

"in .1918," he says. ‘(Lieutenant

"They met s. white-haired mun,

MONTREAL, Que. March 11.——A

LEFT HER HOME.

Aviator Safe _

1i.

(Canadian Press) MAJDRID. Mal-obi 11. —Major_

OBLIGATE EUGENIC MAR- RIAOE

u L shes." uaunv rnowps, ls nsao.

r l u mntlloltfmfl. , diam it. -.ae ruditlssgfdrrldl: tgdtgdgl: ildsfnwhea: forecast _ ,FBIIIIQI' brownies. go he successfully solved the problem 51111111" 3 93 ll! "N110 11? 6

certificate was produced showing that the latter had married the wo- The action was taken by Ken- man on January 20, 1915, under the nalne of Goldie May Gillis. Photo-l graphs were produced, one of the ,woman and her husband from hint-Gowns. The woman failed to Sherbrooke together with their son and her indentity was established.

the personal effects of the woman. According to his declaration. the and information was disclosed

pointing to still another husband“ name of the man was found to be

not ascertained.

tion of Canada's diamond 111111166 of confederation to take place at‘ Ottawa on July 1 next. It. is be- lieved that if they are invited to do ---<s>—-- so, the government will send a @1118"- prominent delegation to Canada. ----o-e>-—-

RAILROAD$ "no HE-LlP ADVER-

......_....,.

AUOUEHA, Me. Feb. 11.- Rail- roads of New Enllaud will oo-oper. ate with the advertising fund com. mittee ‘of ‘Maine. Potato Public- ity", it as been announced by WiL iiam H. srtin, chairman. The com-

mittee plan! to spend 5100.000 in the nexintwo years i

Maine-grown potatoes. V Assurance has been given, he; said. 1111.11. the Bangor and __Aroos- took Railroad _ wppid contribute $10,000 that other New mo‘ "Competition has become so keen 9955M"- etweon ‘Southern mills that profits

land would oo~operote in the b drive. Additional funds are to heal

eluding 0d, _ an M

side the eta p railroads already have featured Maine ‘potatoes _ billboards. radio newspaper and 011161‘ 90min al’ advertising halve been uaod. _. ~

ateiara sorrows oowu.

lature toidsy by Hon. provincial tre

FFRACED GLUESJ Further tracing of the clues led l

TISE ‘POTATO E8 GROWN IN MAINE

n “mush; Northern part of the United states ' ' ito the South, in the opluiou of-Pree- idont William B- MaoColl of the Na- tional Association of Cotton. Manu- facturers. ,

ti from Boat-on do mm connections out- to..iiliaiae hotels and

m: "their menus,

eorniuwénnt-sh-in‘

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I IIIIIIIIII O

ft. There II IIIIIIII r, for he _

Iral Sir Roger Keyes, who, reported, will succeed Earl potatoes were Beatty who is retiring from kgpf, and (he Qermung would post of first lord of the admiralty

(Canadian Press) AX, N. S" March 11. — olf slflbjects in the legislative as- control over the testing and “can? ‘semlbly this afternoon prevented any progress with 3 | I , 1 r estimates and the supplemeuntary 1 e Hg mm ed to Bowlers ration estimates which were to have been passed tod-ay in preparation for prorogation tomorrow. -Prevlous plans o_i the nlembers prasemed Wm, a handwme piece prevented a night session and the _ i D “Several of the villagers lent 0f plateby officers of the 11th house w“ “d-bumed m m““gadilfifrcggtansifffr a 111E101‘ “Mlle sup‘ Mme. Belmont-Cohort lnoney to ‘Hussars. together with a further wm°n°w mmmmg at elem“ o" y was e mun “pal u rdmm‘ iciue. Often gift of $205 in cash.