MAXIMS OI-‘A MERE MAN M chupitletown Guardian Two Con“ Hump.‘ Guardian, rounded I561 NISEQ zgjcdetic Survey Of Newfoundland MTAWA, Dec. m-cce) — Can- Mmn Government engineers have M; rammed toOttmva after their mud seasons work on the New- (oundlgmd Geodetic Survey. The enginfBfS were loaned to the peivfoimdland Commission Gov- miment tinder an agreement made in i935 when it was decided to make a geodetic survey of the is- land col0r1Y-___ Eonmo fVf n_\|i|111|incrmcn\ inc married lhll culuin at 2 cents I'll‘ “rim; payable in ndvuncn. Christmas Concert Dcccmbci- 17th. L-8fll-1Z-13-Ili. c-Buylllg Poultry daily Mc- oulgui and Boyle. L-stll-lll-li-Gl "Buy your Christmas Glfls and toys fronl McG-ulgan and Boyle. 11-860-12-14-16-18-20-22 "liillvicw "Bordon Linc Club loading hogs. calves at Albany every ', hours 12-3. L-825-l2-13-2i. Lunc" s Long Creek Hall, Thurs- dmpeceinbcr 16th. If stormy Fri- 11-859-12-14-11 ‘rive car corn meal and motley. .\i ‘iuigun and Boyle. L-'862-12-l4-3i ' HESClYi‘ Saturday, Dcccmbcr lliiti for llcthel Christmas Concert. ll no‘. fine, lvcclzicsday. > ' L-796-l2-13-l6-17. "Ruling live hogs Albany Thurs- day 16th. E'mira. 17th, until noon. G. C. Gffivll. L-20-65-\V-t-t-w-t-tf. "Webster's Corner School Con- cert in Webster's Corner flail, Fri- day night, December 17th. L-8B0. . "Bazaar and sale of candy at lllruigiiclil Hall Dec. 13in. 11-879-12-14-21. ' i. A. Mac-Loud will speak I . Crick Baptist. Church, Doc- ember 11:11, no P. M. | L-853-l2-l4-li. I D... , . 15th, P21111111’; highcst. t price. John Devine. L738—12-10-l1-l4 "Bi “n: live and dressed P01111111’ ' December 15th. Paying lzct prices. signed Mat- ron, Bridgetown. 11-693-12-8. "Fee Correspondence Courtship 1'1 iliitli (trove Hal, lhcctown. T ' December 14th. by Tryun L-835-l2-l4-ll. People. “licct. your friends at concert in North Milton School on Wed- iiktlil)‘ December 22nd at 7.30. {1-870. "F-llvitv! live and dressed cl1ick- in aziil foul Wednesday, December 131 Also dressed gccsc, t111‘l<¢‘l'5 ‘ ' iliicks. Signed Delaney s; Mac- L-799-12-l3-8i. ' Buying live anddrcssed chlckenfi lnl fowl also dressed geese, tur- liil ducks Thursday. DCC- 15th 111.11g h phcst. market prices. Signed ll. J. McDonald Co., Cardigan. L745-12-l0-6l ‘Qlllllg live imuiii-y for bafollcc oi season on Tuesday. Wednesday, Thiirsilnv and Fridays only each ‘Y1K Only brds with empty CYODS wanted. J. F. Morris, Kinkora. b765-12-l1-3l. "Clark Bram, Montague, bovine lliiSWtl chickens. ducks, geese and "Ykvla according to Government radc on December 18th. Paylllll lilkhcst market prices. 11-86-4-12-14-41. "loading live hogs and lambs at nsinaton till noon Thursday. . 16th. Nicholson Bros., load- "18 at lluntcr River Friday till noon. M! McEwen 6: Campbell. [4-2141-7-8-13-30-27. “Will be buying dressed tuf- glfi- time. ducks, chicken and “'1 1110111‘ store in Emerald Wed- “MW December i5. A. Murphy. ' 11-885. ma?“ members that Ms ~11’ to the Egg and Poultry lgafloclatlou between November 15. b“ I111! January 31-1937 have l‘ 1H1! rebate, in event. of not “M11111: some, please advise, n ‘ddrmfly have had your wrong duck?‘- Slllh your turkeys, geese, when“ i111 once; chicken and fowl ‘ny- t siills you. We can handle llllir quamlly- Correct grading for ‘nmprotoction and prompt re- - P- E- 1’. (to-operative. shipped The soul la strengthened by tn; ngurlihmfll‘ derived from music. Christmas Tree. ' book now and savci salami . ATIQN cilia ATlABK llN lillNBllllli IlE l|BERATE1 1 91y Persons Dead 0r Missing In Bomb- ing 0f Unitedi States Ships. In i word 1 l IIANKOW. China, Dec. ‘ Observers who witnessed the Jap- anese aerial attack on the United ‘ffiates gunboat Panay declared late tonight the bombing was un- mistakcably deliberate, precluding possibility of error. Though the gunboat had United Slates flags painted on be: awn- ings and carried flags on every mast observers said squadrons of Japanese planes bombed the Punay four successive times beginning at (11.35 a. m. ‘M35 p. m. Sunday , AST). l snancnax, Dec. I4—('I‘ues- . dayl-Ninciy-onc persons were N- 5 ported dead or missing today after la grin: 36-hour search for sur- vivors of the four U. S. vessels de- stroyed’ Sunday by Japanese afr- 1 planes. l One American seaman of the ,suuknn gilnboat Panay was dead. 1 Fifteen of the 69 known survivors lwere wounded, at least one of ihcm seriously. Eight Americans and other foreigners aboard the Panay, Capt. C. H. Carlson o! the cargo boat Mcian and B1 Chinese of the crew of the Meian and two other Standard Oil Company boats were unaccounted for. There was no indication any large number of the missing Chinese were dead. (A cable to the Socony-Vacuum Corporation in New York from its China. offices cxpres=ed belief Capt. Carlson, whose address was listed as Waterbury, Conn. was kil‘ed.) Whio Japan's highest officials 111 Shanghai. Tokyo and Wash- ington accepted full responsibility and offered deepest apologies for the bombing, re cue partles from the British giinboat Bee combed the hanks of the Yangtze River. Although United States author- itics hoped for the best, the meagre reports from the Bee, first mercy boat to reach the scene. caused apprehension concernlnil i111! number possibly killed and drown- d f.‘ . ' The Bee radioed to the United states flagship Augusta an account of the bombing which said Jap- anese troops lined the river-side. 27 miles above Nanking, to watch Sunday"; fralledy. The Bee reported she had res- cued ‘/. Americans. seven of them Panay seamen, three European offlcrrs of the Standard Oil boats. and hoard of two other persons‘ safe ashore. Rising For" F Firm Compa Silver fox fanncrs have been displritcd lately due to f-hl! 10W prices and evident lack of demand which has characierl ed the mar- kets for their pro‘ "c5151!- For instance the sale at 0810. N01“ way, held early in November, was djmppointlng in that American buyers did not participate to an! great extent, and the offerinl failed w realize vie price 8119"" at-lons for the Pvlwnml” “dd- The November auctions in London were characterized by l» 1'5"]? good demand, perccnfndffl fllmllnl as high as 70 p.c., but with r1001- ing like the interest or enthusiasm o; a ycay ago, and the declines were variously estimated as run- ning from i5 down to b P" 191ml The Canadian rur Auction! 511% completed last week, had a 1610 offering of which about 50 991' cent was sold, with declines esti- mated at over 1.15 P" "l" mm r c. lasédlgsfluzezlflclwja unfavorable indi- cations caused a feeling of ali- Inlfl-ll-ld-Bl. .,,,,*nsionlnfldulll°m°mn' (A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) 13-. Just one Prices Heavy Buyingfll-V-ith Prices Very ember, Featured Hudson Bay Co. London__S_ales Yesterday. CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1937 PEXPRESSEB“, QvER Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew More Santa Pals—The Need Of The Hour-—Will You Be One? u E c I "Life. which to some has been- will always be- Dull drudgery, and bitter days and nights. But. which to me has given- praised be Godl Keentedge of living, and the surging s ars At dawning, with the thought that here it ls- Another clay, adventure clasp...." in its In which class do you belong? Those unfortunate: to whom life is round of drudgery and perhaps bitterness or those who feel the keen edge of living, who greet each new dawn with high expecta- tions If you are in the latter class dou’=. you feel like giving a helping i hand to unfortunate felowmen, es- vpecially at ths glorious season of the year? Your assistance to others should be in the nature of a thankoffering. _Little children are most deser- ving of all the world's needy for they ca-zmot bo held responsible in any way for their situation. They are too young to attempt, even, to help themselves. Their parents, al- though they do everything in their power. are unable t0 do lltt.e more than exist. Unemployment has cut their earning power to a p0 nt where it is impossible to provide anything, except food and clothing, and not enough of that in many cases. Bil. by bit the beauty goes out of such homes. Furniture, rooms, clothing, everything becomes drab. And it; is in Just such surroundings that empty stockings w ll be found: Tragic? Yes, and more than that. Those who have never experienced siluhokcumstances cannot realize their feelings if suddenly they were transposed from their beauti- ful homes to the ‘abode of the l needy. But Santa Pals have a. great op- portunlty to do something for these little tots, bewildered in a thought- less world. You can bring them their happiness on Christmas Day, make no mistake about that. Buy a needy chld-there are so many of them-a beautiful little gift. You'll not be able to see the little ones l¥£l1Bl1£BL11Ef1£BPBJS§5Pl“l5l' Canadian Boys Not War-Minded (By The Canadian Press) OTTAWA, Dec. 14-—There may be fighting in Spain and China. the power of the sword may be impressed on young minds in dic- tator countries-but Canadian chil- dren still refuse to play with tin soldiers and toy cannons. Martial toys constitute less than one per cent of those on display for Christmas, the department of national revenue estimates. By far the greatest numbenare mechani- cal toys such as trains, construc- tion kits, planes, trucks and even miniature trailers. ox Pelts red With Nov- don auctions which started yes- terday with the Hudson Bay Com- pany offering a large collection of silver fox. Contrary to expect- ations, however, the cabled rePOTl-‘l coming through to the various fur consignment houses from the old Gibraltar 0d the fur trade, which seemingly nothing-not even war scares-can daunt or 612M085. MB gush as to give a. moat Ohrlstmnssll feeling of reassurance to our fur farmers that their business 1a not at an end by any menis- Horo lsamnplewlro 1 ' ‘by NnLurc and MccKlnnon from the Hutton "Bay OOIIIPBHY. 101140111 England: "at Comillll! I11v¢r I“ sale today excellent attendance. 95 pgf cent gold. Prleca very firm compared November.” Colonel U. G. Dawson. of the Charlottetown Fur Bales Company limited, had a win to the some effect from Annlng and Cobb. whom almtfon will be held later this week or early next weak. The mas morning but cant you imagine the laughter, the happy shouting? And then think of that. same child should it look in an empty stocking. Or put yourself in the place of poor distracted parents trying to break tine news gently to Lttle children that this year Santa Claus will not. come to them. Won't you select your child from the long list of needy in today's is- sue? Call the’ Guardian, 133, Santa. Pals have been making a splendid response but your help is needed too. Many have been provided for but many still remain with empty stockings. Send in your contribu- llttie. Sec the list: of needy children on page five of this issue. YESTERDAYS SANTA PALS Paul Cudmore. Madelyn Clarkin Mrs. P. W. Clarkin. Philippa Bradley. Fred Seaman. Donald Seaman. Miss Blanche Flulayson _ In Memory of Shirley Hooper. In Memory of Rosalie Hooper. In Memory of Rev. George Mlllar and Douglas. Pauline lilfcLcan, Comwall. Dauphie McLean, Cornwall. Eleanor Cook. Natalie Cook Audrey Birch Mr. A. M. Douglas. Miss Mary McQuu d. Bequest of the late Miss Iflorence M. Chappcll. Bessie Eva Robertson, Munifs Rd. Etta Jenkins, Mt. Allbion. Mrs. Boswell Jenkins, McKenziek; Corner. - Mrs. Roy Prowse. Charles Waldron, Prowse. Florence McLnnis. Simon L. Paoli. Lilian Block. Sylvia Block. Elizabeth Martin. Margaret hfartin. Donald Martin. Allyn Harding, Norboro. Summcrside. (Continued on pagg 3, ca], 3) lllPS cillli BAPlllRE or NA N it I N li Chinese Report Heavy Fighting S t i l l 'I n Progress At Capital. (AI. By Guardian's Special Wire) SHANGHAI, Dec. i4—tTuesday) —A Japanese communique announ- cing occupation of Nanking today hinted Japan's army would push on into the hcart of beleaguered China. The Japanese gave no word of foreigners still in China's aban- doned capital. Nanklng was reported in flames, banketed under tremendous clouds of smoke. SHANGHAI, DCc. 13~fAP)——'I‘hc fall of Nanking, abandoned capital of China, was art cd ionigli‘. by the Japanese 111..i.1ry command. Japanuze officers said their, troops completed occupation of the shell-tom city at rimsflt after bloody street fighting throughout tihe day. Chinese sources. which said tihcy still were in comuntcalzton with the one-tune capital. dlenlod it had fallen. "Heavy fighting is going on in Nanklng." they said. They also denied Japanese claims of the capture of Pukow, across the Yangtze Rlver from Nanklng. "The Tientsin-Pukmv n11 tenninul constitutes the onlyavenue of Chinese (scape from Nanking," being defended stmlllfllfl" Youthful Island Organist Heard In Brilliant Recital TORONTO, Dec. 13 - Walter MacNutt, young Prince Edward Is- land organist and composer gave his first Toronto organ recital Bat- urday night in Holy Trinity Church. Youngest oholnnaster Holy ‘Prin- lty Church has ever had, the young musician gave a brilliant recital, displaying subtle craft in tone- mixturel in a performance of a nwsoaaovemnm meddl- W1°*"'"-'°"P"¥°'°% ' 5i 1135a“ Bach charge) from "Sleepers Wake" tion, it w.ll be welcome whether, you are able to afford much or ilcli E till R lltilK Have Situation “Un- dc” Serious Consid- eration” - Special Meeting Scheduled. E The relief committee would ag- ain wait on the Government. to see if some definite conclusion would be arrived at, Couu. George W. McLeod, chairman of the fin- ance committee told the regular monthly meeting of the City l2 PAGES Blessed are singing voices that bring Joy to the heart. MAXIMS ' OFA MERE MAN 4—-a annual Hublcrlpflon mint-roll £5.00 By Mall-IREHL, $4.00; cannula and tin‘. 3,130 VBRLTAIN AND U. s. CONSUL T” 11v i‘? i l l "in consultation" on the s meats in the Fin‘ Council last; night. They were considering an uncmploy-mcni rc- lief project which would be don't ' with at a special meeting of tlic l council, probably later in the ivcek. the Finance Chairman said. Mean- i while the City Clerk, Mr. George I P. Nicholson would cominiie to deal with extreme cases needing relief. Since October approximate- ly $460 had been cxpcncicri on rc~ lief. Coun. McLeod announced. The whole situation was under ser- ious consideratlon and a special meeting would be held at; tlic eaniest possible moment, he coli- chided. Last night's session of tlic Coun- cil did not get under way until about half an hour after SChCfl-‘ uled time and Wfis preceded by a lengthy caucus session. Tender; for coal for the Mar- ket House and City Hall would be E called, the meeting dficliifid. l Care of the new rest rooms and i toilets in the Market Bllllfllllg‘ was placed under the Market Clerk whose yearly salary was in- creased by $100. , The hca'th rcporl: was read by the City Clerk in the absence or D13 B‘ C- KPPPinlZ. deputy min- ister of health. Dr. I. E. Croki-n read his report of, meat and milk inspection. A letter from Mr. C. A. Beer. provincial fire marshal, rc firc hazards in the City was 1am on the table on motion of fjciin. Mc-I Leod for consideration by the in- coming council. City Recorder, K. M. Martin's ruling we; asked in the question of leasing a siding on City prn- petty on Pownnl Street. l1. R. Large and Co. in a letter tn the Council requested permission to unload coal cars on the siding. Councilors were uncertain whether the City could give permission to anyone to use the siding. The R9. corder announced that he would have to refer to the siding ayrrec- ment before a decision could be made. COMMITTEE REPORTS t (701m- G- W. McLeod, finance, YeDorts-d that the change in tax collection to the quarterly system of payment had been very, very satisfactory. It; was estimated a1. 111B beanming of the year that $341100 in tax arrears would bc collected and already they were m0"? H1811 $1.000 above the esti- mate. A man had been fmploycll during the summer on the collec- tlon of arrears. Coun. A. A. Hcnnessev. smog-m said that all permanent work had been wmifctcd. Only a feiv mcn here and there as required were 110W Employ/ed, Coun. Dr. F‘. C. Dougan. tenders. - told the meeting tenders would be called for coal. Coun. E. A. Foster. public pro- perty. reported the work of his department was all finished, Snmp .. -;_:._.-~ . .. (Continued on page 3, C01,, 1) Missing Youth Said Enroute To Detroit MONCTON. N. 13.. Dec. 13—_-tCPi 1 ——Wi1H8m WO-lfsll, 16-year Old Halifax youth who has been mis- f-lml from his norhh end home since Fklday evming is on his way to Detroit t0 visit his father and look for a. job, it was learned here w- night. Jack (hmpbcll, of Sackville, N. B., returning to his home from Halifax niday night. picked up a youth at Bedford about 10.30 PM. He drove him to ‘Pruro. N. 8.. and on Saturday again picked up flit‘ youth between Andicrt. N, S. and Sackvllle, N. 13.. and drove him f!) the latte,- town. Having read an itcm Ln a fril- ifax paper concerning the mls=nrt ymrtli. Campbell questioned the 17011113 lnln M to his dmt-innijmu The latter gave hisnnmcaswilliim Welsh and mild hewa-lzitcli-lilkinc f in Detroit to visit his father who‘ works in an automobile plant than ' _ morale-prelude: by l \V.ASl~lli\'(1"l‘ON‘-- United crinus international develop- _ _ East resulting from the bombing‘ and uniting: of four United States ships and an ziiiiick 0n a British grunlmzit. -A strong protest. was filed to ’l‘okv0 Slates presented 'l‘ok_vo with three stern demands because of the “indiscriminate bomb mg" of the gunboat. Panziy and other American ships. The government called for immediate compensations for the zipuioirica and assurance against further attacks. PO11 H) Jlhc Japanese capital was reported dismayed on foreign shipping ll'l the Xangtze River of the (iovernmen by the zlitiicks and high officials to soothe the international Kfllfl Hirota called personal States Embassies offering “profoundesi zipologics.“ SI_*li-'i_NGHAI-Japancsc claimed the fall of Nanking and inlmuitcd they intended to "push on” into the heart of beleiigrucrcd China. The ncsc attacks on United States ships Sundnv was still un. certain flllllflllgli 1t was reported ninety-one persons were dczid or missing. An account from the scene told how Jnpzincsc troops lined the riverside to watch the tragedv. '13:: nlfizcl; vns termed “deliheratcf. ' Washington (.\.l'. By Guardian's Special Wire) WAK-JiJINCi ON, DC-c. l3 --— The Uimcit Stiller; prcselitccl Japan threw stern ilciniuuls today because of tlic "incinaciiniiiialu bombing" 11ml linking of tlic gunboat Panay anti American ships above Nankiiziu. at tlic same time Presi- ttezit Roosevelt sent expressions of shocked concern to me Emperor 0f Japan. Vl/lile Cairitol Hill reverbcratcd to the sinking and a heated dis- cusilazon rose on the floor of the Senate, the United States ment demanded: Full compensation to the govern- ment and victims. tDiispatches to the Navy Department place them at one sailor killed, six missing and l5 persons wounded.) Apologies for the incident. Guarantees against a repetition of such an attack. The Prcsdcnls personal expres- ' sioii. hr" dcd to Japanese Ambassa- dor Hi1- 1 Saito by State Secretary iiull for transmission to the Eni- pcror. was a message from one hcad of siazi- in aiioilici- and therefore FCEIRIITlPfl as of greater importance than the $91195 of protests that have bccn made by the state dc- parimcnt. to the Japanese govern- llll Chinese government n: . . 11cc lllC‘ Siam-Japanese con- flicc bcrzan. Deeply Shocked It informed the Enipcror that the Prcsirleiit "was (iccply shocked and concerned by thc ncws of ihc lnciisci-iiniiiatc bninbinff 0f 111111111‘ can and other lion-Chinese vessels on the Yangtze." Even before llll‘ President could act, tlic Japanese Government ‘ made every effort to allay the in- dignation that seemed rising in the capital. Ambassador Saitocall- ed early on Secretary Hull to in- fflffllnlillll tlin‘ liiianvernmcnt ac- rCnntlnns-d on page}. Col. Enlarged Program Of Coastal Defence For Canada Planned TORONTO, Dec. l3—Tlle Calla- clian Govcrnmcntjs schemes for fortification of the Pacific and At- lantic coasts have hcen revised completely, Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie told the Canadian Mll- itary Institute at. a banquet in his honor hcrc tonight. "in accordance with the an- nounced policy of the Government. we are paying particular attention to the (lefcncc of our coasts," hc saiil in his prepared speech. “At the present. we are concentrating on expenditures on the Pacific coast for slrateglcal reasons which you will all appreciate. "New armament has been order- cd and the construction of new fortifications at Ifsqulmault, Von- couver and York Island are lflflr govcrn- ‘ (Continued on pace 3. Col 7) t took immediate steps situation. Foreign Minister Iy at the British and United cxzict number killed by Japa- London LONDON. Dec 13 —(AP)__ Great Britain and the United States ivorkcci in clo > concert to- , night. 111 the Far I3 1111 siiuatioil ‘ grciving; out of Jinmnrsc attacks‘) 1111 11111151131.» of both nations on the Yangtze river. Members of the house cf com. inon; cheered Foreign Secretary Eden's stntcmenl; that. British ships had firctl on Japanese planes after they had been bombed and shelled M1‘. Eden told the crinmons tlic British Ambassador to Tokyo, sir ‘ Robert. Craigi had "made {he strongest protests“ to Japan for. the s-hclling of the Bflllzll pun- bcat Ladybird at Wiiiiu, up the Yangtze from Na.ni~:i:1;z. _'l"l1c Foreign secrclaiw oorifcrrcd witlvboth Priinc ‘lfinl-tcr Cham- l1<‘1'1-1111 ' ~l Johnson, 1c ITJIffZlITCS. 1 before making his cautious statc- l mcnt to the commons that tliel two Atijzlo-Saxcn power.» were "int consultation" on lllf‘ serious fn~l tcrnritional ilcvclopiiiciiis. EXPHESSES (YONCXTRN 11:» Vi’; !l"'.l Prrsititlllf Roose- vclf coilvc ~ri to the iCnlpcror of Japan an expression of his dccpl concern moi" the 11111111)" bflllllllllft.) The stat." ricpni-tiiicnt ll‘.’lll."llll‘iff‘fl| to Tokyo i1 ilrmrmd for full ccni- ' flPllMllitiil and aiwfocii-s and altar- amvcs against rcpitition of tlic at- tack.) 'i'l1c llritsli Forclim Office wa.v_ understood to be twitching Ameri- ,cu:1 public reaction to the Fanny lsinking for its: ilcissiblc cffr-c’. in changing ilnitcil Slates policy in [the For East. I11 this connection i.‘ {was recalled that prior to tlic Brilssels (‘inifcrcurc cm the ivnr. Mr. Ede-n declared Great Briian was prepared to g0 only as far as the UHHILS lff‘< _ln dealing with tlic -ally under way. It is hoped that. funds may bc available to enlarge this program and place orders for further equipment next year." Mr. Mackenzie said the most important factor in coastal defence lwas nn adequate air force with a lthrcciold obligation to cooperate livith the militia in air observat- jion for fixed gun defences, to co- ioperatc with tlic navy for protec- ltion of Canada's sea-borne trade land neutrality and to defend a- gainst air attack. ' In order to perform these duties reconnaissance aircraft. torpedo- bomber aircraft. coast observation EOMBHIIPG JQEISDENTS I United Stqdtes Presents ‘Stern Demands To Tokyo; Briiiain Files Strong Protest President Roosevelt Protests Directly To Japanese Emper0r— Japan Moves To Soothe Situation LONDON -~Gi'cut Britain and the linitud Slates were i l cRIsIS‘ AIP Apologies Presented Embassies 'i'()K\'(). Dec. lfl-l-‘orcign hiiniistcr Kohl llirola today’ personally called at the Brit- ish and United Statcs em- basies and presented tlic Jup- rmcsc (lavcrnmcuFs “BR113111111- (‘sf apologies“ for the sinking rlf the Fnilcd Slates gunboat Fanny and the attack on the British cunhnut Ladybird. .\s soon us news was receiv- cd nf the ivnrplane attacks high government officials hurried lo a conference with members of the Imperial headquarters at Premier Prince Fumimnrfi Knnuyes residence. The war and navy ministers also apologized. There ivus obvious dejcclion at the navy ministry as high ranking officers expressed fear their efforts to cultivate friend- ship with the western nations hail been nullified. Neil's of tlic attacks appar- cnlly stifled Tokyo's joy over the announced capture of Nanking. Lantern parades which had been scheduled were cancelled. Although grcat celebrations long had bccn pl‘f‘[)'ll'f‘d, ‘tlic streets tverc ab- ly l‘? "l 1m: ,..;.i lllotion 0f (‘ensure , Is With drawn, if‘. I‘. by (iuarilians Special Wire)’ LONDON. Doc. ill-Prime M111- istcr Chamberlain zivoidecl a bit-d lcr pai'l.r111:cntnr_v wrrilicle in I111!’ llou-e of Commons today by r011’ coniinciiiling and obtaining with‘ dawill oi a Colircxyiiiiic of ccirsurc against Clement PW,‘ Attlcc. leader of the opposition. The incident, which hail prom-l iscd a major political quarrel, vrasl thereby clmctl, but not before’ Mi‘. Attica" made a. spiriicil spercll.‘ in defence of his aclivilic: aizil rc- marks duriiic his rerun! v1.1! id Spain. Waiter S. Lin: '. Coli- scrvativc, withdrew 1 nftcr Ntr. Chammriniu House that the most course iiuzilrl be to " i (where it. A BUYS Liv-E WSMRANCE 1S N0 CRVYERKIN OF l-iis Wot-mi 1'0 /- l soclufv .1 / i A? (By The Canadian Press) TORONTO, Dec. 13—Minimun and maximum temperatures: Dawson . 36b 3G1 Victoria 4G 5i) Edmonton 12b 20 Regina 0 ‘.32 Winnipeg 12 20 Toronto 2 19 Ottawa 2b 1o Montreal ‘.1 10 Quebec 2 1 4 Saint John l0 24) Halifax 30 24 Charlottetoyvn 20 22 Forecasts: Maritime Provinces: Strong wes- tcrly winds; mostly fair and oold; snowfitlrrics in some districts. High tide this morning at 7.24 and tonight at 6.56. Sim sets this afternoon at 4.16 and rises tomorrow morning at 7.31. Full moon fiiday, Dec. 17, 1.58 p. rn. aircraft and fighter alrrcnft re required and being supplied as "expeditiously as circumstances permit," flu mlnllta“ otu§& _, , Eummerslde tide eighteen min- utes later than Chariot-tannin. mm can run "“"' 9114911511“: » lllflllfillbvl Mttzzxzzzlmflwnvn <~—-—-----=.- c“ (still! run-q c-w—- - —..@*‘P I u‘ ‘i