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No Tax Reduction In Great Britain

DONDON, April 19—No tar: relief is expected when Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain makes his annual budget statement in the House of Commons April 21.

The government's rearmament prsgram, calling for expenditures in large amount, perhaps more than i:2G0,000,000 for a 8 year period, may bring the total budget up to £800,- €03,000.

The main estimates presented by the dsfence and‘ other departments for the coming financial year are. moreover, the largest that parlia- ment has seen for 14 years. 'llhey provide for an increased erupendit-I ure of £46,li66,690 without making any provision for the new defence program.

IOCCER PRESIDENT DEAD

LIVERPOOL — President of the Football league for 26 years and vice president oi the Football As- sociation ltince 1928, John McKenna B2. who died after a fall while hurrytnz to catch a train, was “the most remarkable man I have ever known in football," in the opinion of

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HEAVY IDSSES IN ITAIIAN ADVANCE

Fascists Drive Toward Harar——Prince Ra]. lies N o r t h e r n Tribesmen.

(A. I’. By Guardian‘: Special Wire)

MOGADISOIO, Italian Somali- land, April 19. -— The left wing of Italy's southern army drove toward Harar today after reporting defeat of 10,000 Ethiopians in four days of bitter fighting near Bircut.

The Ethiopian forces were engag- ed by an Italian division under Generai Nasi, reinforced by native tr

ocgu. Italian losses were placed at 10 officers and 650 soldiers killed and wounded. 'I‘he enemy left about 1,- 000 dead on the field. including some important chicftaina.

The Ethiopians, commanding a formidable position, offered stub-

the lath and 16th and the morning of the 17th. 'I‘hen.thc Italians, re- lnforced by an aviation squadron, executed an encircling movement which routed the Ethiopians,

’I\vo Italian airplanes were seri- ously damaged in the combat but succeed ‘ in returning to the Ital- ian lines.

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ADDI8 ABABA, April 1D.—Orowr Prince Asfa. Woaan rallied Ethiop- ian troops south of Dessye today i: a desperate effort to stem the it. im advance.

Fresh troops from remote pro- vinces in the interior were ordered northward post haste to reinforce Emperor I-Iaile selassle's retreating forces.

It was disclosed that the removal of the seat of government to a less exposed site was discussed at a meeting of chleftains and officials yesterday but no decision was an- nounced.

At the last minute a Belgian commission, which resigned in a body, postponed its departure for Djibouti, French Somalllsnd. The nature of the Belgi§us' dispute with the government was not disclosed.

Written instructions as to what to do in case of danger were issued by some legatlons as there was an unconfirmed report that the Ital- ians had occupied the strategic city of Jilisa.

ETHIIDPIA DDUED

Economic Sanctions Believed Futile.

(A. P. By Guardian‘: special Wire)

GENEVA, April lli—A prevailing conviction that use of economic sanctions is futile and only force could halt the Italo-Ethiopian war was disoemlble tonight on the eve of an extraordinary session of the council of the League of Nations. But no country seemed disposed to e ' military measures against Italy.

A resolution deploring the war is expected to be adopted by the council tomorrow and existing

"‘ undoubtedly win con- tinue. but almost everyone in Gen- eva feels that Ethiopia seems doomed and the league cannot save her. '.l'he League committee of 13 admitted Friday that its efforts to bring peace had collapsed and called the session of the council.

Emperor I-Iaue selalais will pay the bill, observers were agreed. I-lil independent eta will, it was feared here, mac the sun fate al Morocco, Alglerl and ‘mail.

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With hope revived for in "II Moon River gold mine. miners are risking their lives in a frantic effort to free the trio. The above picture shows a section of the oavc-ln- which entornbed the men, Sunday, April 1:.

the rescue of the three men trapped

(By Robert B. Pu-her, Copyright 1938 by The Associated Press) (A. P. By Guardian’: special wire) PARIS. April 19-—French officials charged tonight that Germany is secretly constructing a naval base in a Portuguese Island of! the west coast of Africa.

They declared a German com- pany is outfitting one of the Bissa-

goes Islands of! Portuguese Guinea as a base for submarines, and

hydroplanes. ‘They said the con- cern—which they charged was a "blind" for the German govern- ment—had contracted to buy the is- 1'~..d from Portugal.

These French officials asserted the navy ministry believes the al- leged naval base construction is part of a German plan to strike quickly at French transport of troops and raw materials from French colonies if a war should break out between Germany and France.

BERLIN, April 19—fA. P.)—Ofli- cials of the Cameroon Railway Company stated tonight thi-v had a plantation on one of the in His- sagos islands. Thev said they hoped to acquire the entire island at some time. but that no steps had yet been taken.

Flood Damage In Manitoba Mounts

(0. 1’. By Guardian’: Sveclll WIN)

WINNPED. April 19 — I"100d damage mounted in Western Ms ni- lobe. tonight, with hundreds of thousands of acres of rich farm- lands under water. Refugees by the score were being taken to places of safety from their surrounded homes. Reports from lllortier, oakvilie and Ourtis, west of Winnipeg, told of more than two dozen families being mamoned as flood waters lapped at the doors of farm house!- I.mpmvised‘ra.fte were being used in some instances to rescue many families.

Traffic over the Canadian Na- lonal Railways lims near Portlflfl I.a Prairie, co miles mat of here, was being rerouted as the em- bankments of a bridge were rapidly being undermined by the awir-lint

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R e s c u e Operations . Continued W I t h Fresh Start.

MOOSE RIVER. N. S., April 19- Down on his hands and knees in the mud, Premier Angus Macdonald tonight shouted through a 100-foot pipeline to three Toronto men who have been entombed in the Moose River gold mine for a week.

"Did you gt‘! “fie soup?” he yelled. after a rubber -'2: had been drop- ped through in iced Dr. D. E. Rob- ertson, Herman Maglli and Al'red Scaddlng while L50 rescue workers were ntiemptlng to break through wall: of rock caused by a cave-in.

"Yes!" came a joyous voice from below.

"Do you want same more?" Pre- mier Angus replied as all dril‘s and a steam shovel were stllled on the surface.

"We want coffee!" came the re- sounding voice frcm the depths of the mine.

so coffee was being lowered into

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Parliament Will lleopen Today

O’I'I‘AWA. April l9—By train and motor car members of the House of Commons were hurrying back to Ottawa today after a 10-day Eas- ter vaeatlon. Tomorrow afternoon

they will get down to work again -°‘

on a heavy agenda which may keep them busy until July-

The bulk of government legisla- tion has been brought down but some additional measures have yet to make their appearance, includ- ing bills respecting the establish- ment of Parliamentary secretary- Ihlpq. Amendments to the Crim- inal Code, customs Act amendments concerning the proposed 3100 ex- emption on goods brought in by Canadian visitors to the United States and such measures also may arise from reports of the various Home committees.

It would now appear unlikely that the House will be asked to deal with constltutio l reform. Nor will the report on oenltentiarle:

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Premier Baldwin De- fends Foreign Sec- retary Eden in Ad- dress.

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(By GnIrdia.n’a Special Wire) BEWDLEY, Worcestershire, April

19.—Prime Minister Baldwin looks '

to Chancellor Hitler to remove the “black shadow of fear from Eur- ope.”

“The dictator of Germany has it in his power today to do more at this moment to lift that black shadow of fear from Europe than any other man living," the Prime Minister declared in a speech to his constituents here yesterday. “God grant he may have the will. If he can convince Europe he has the will, there is not a people in Europe but would cooperate, for the hearts of the people of Europe are set on peace."

The Prime Minister defended Foreign secretary Eden's record at Geneva as truly reflecting the gov- ernments policy.

"I wish to make it clear beyond all doubt," he said, “that the policy which the foreign secretary is con- ducting in this matter is not his own personal policy, and would add that it is a policy which, I am con- vinced, is supported by an over- whelming majority of the British pesple.

“Secondly, it is not an anti—Ita.l- fan policy and its motive is not the ‘defect or humiliation of Italy. but support of the League Covenant. We want the covenant to become the law of the world and, unless we are to abandon that hope, we regard ourselves as bound to give full sup- port to the League when the cov- enant is broken.

Italy errs profoundly by doubting Britain's motives at Geneva, the Prime Minister said. Scoring the attacks levellal at Eden by the Italian press, Mr. Baldwin declared Eden is now faced with “one of the most difficult and delicate tasks that has ever fallen to the lot of a British foreign secretary."

Explaining the difficulties now confronting the League, he said, “alas, no League ever came into ex-

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IHDIISANDS DIEIN CHINA

Cannibalism Reported In Famine Area.

(A. P. B Guardian’: Special wire)

CHEN TU, Szechuen Province, China 19-‘-—Wholesale suicides and "mercy" slayings were reported to- day in Szechuen Province, once the "Paradise of Chi.na."

This section Lg suffering the worst famine with an accompanying drought in China's history. Con- firmed reports show that dogs and cats have been eaten and even rod- ents are prized by hunger—stricken peasants.

Reports coming in from the Pro- vince portray conditions difficult to believe but which are considered authentic. With tree bark, roots and grasses long since exhausted. dying legions allegedly are reduced to cooking and eating human flesh from the bodies of relatives, dead through starvation.

This great territory of interior Asia heretofore had been so highly developed agrloulturally that its 70,000,000 inhabitants had escaped famiriu. floods and pestilence which repeatedly scourged other sections

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G o n d It i o n is Less Favorable

El‘. JOHN'S. Nfld. April is — Physician: hovered over the "babe of the woods" tonight. still hoping against hope that they would not have to amputato little nine-year. old Lucy Harris’ feet. The girl was lost in the New Melbourne forest forlldayuandhadborhandgand feet from).

neporta over the weekend were that Lucy's condition was "less fav- orable during-the past two days"

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plosion.

Out. they tumbled at the dangerous Reynolds shaft, warned many times by J. P.

. Digging in a. shaft where the walls had no support and where death threatened at elery foot, the colliers went in more than 85 feet and struck crlbwork.

They were refused permission to remove it but they worked on any- way, believing it might open a way to the 141-foot level.

It, was while the Draegcrmen were penetrating the old shaft that def- inite word of Maglll’s death came to the surface.

As the work proceeded Mrs. Ma- glil, on the scene with Mrs. Robert- son for days. had not been told.

Meanwhile Dr. Robertson and Scaddlng were instructed to move to the highest ground they could find while awaiting attempts to break through.

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get. them down.”

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Pair Have But 10 Hours To Live UnlessRescued—Draeger- '

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(By Edward Williams)

MOOSE RIVER, N. S., April 20. —— (Mon- d'ay)—A cry from the depths of Moose River gold mine early today informed rescue work- * ers that H. B. Magill, one of the three men; who had been entombed below for a week, was

The voice of Alfred Scadding, carried to the_ surface by a 100-foot pipeline through which the three had just been fed, told the sad

Soup was being fed to them through a rubber tube and ‘ all was believed to be well, when suddenly shouts from the pit asked that the tube be hoisted.