MAXIMB _ or a MERE MAN nnu-n-qi e nenlliclcahoonaentntlon. i “m-i-‘MMFY-Ircleu. Imus urn were» ‘lwaiflente Australians RETIREMENT or strum Bremier King Leads Commons In Paying Tribute To Conser- vative Leader. (il. P. by Guardian's Spgcial Wire) UiTAWA, March 'i-- egret that umstancea rn e it necessa y or opposition leader Bennett to announce his inability t0 continue u leader of the Conservative Party was expressed in the House of commons today by Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Mr. Bennett was applauded from A323". “i ‘ii.i‘°l‘fii’..‘§i‘.ié‘rét.i.i‘ilt as would leave his "valedlctoryfl Ir.‘ Bennett said. for "another oc- n." mldil. lllfeckenaie Kin! said he had been sorry to hear it had become n seary for Mr. Bennett to tell hi: followers he would have to re- linquish the national leadership. lie was confident he could speak ior ell members of the House in upreesing this sorrow. Pays Compliment The Prime Minister compliment- ed Mr. Bennett on the work he had formed end on his com- lele devotion to and conscien- icua performance oi’ his duties as arty leader. He hoped relief from us responsibilities would pro- ng Mr. Bennett's enjoyment oi life end speedily restore him to heelt Mr. Bennett said he had real- strein of his five years in office had left its effect upon him but his general health had been better in recent months. l-‘ie had. been "slow to believe" that his condition would ‘necessi- tate retirement from the leader- Mr. Bennett continued. but thett a gen-- ish he d not s dership during a been i oed to or é for his retire- “I would be. I Athan human." Iii’. Bennett said. f f did not ex- my appreciation for the conti- men expressed by the Right Hon- treble Gentleman." Be had also received a letter from the Prime lllnister yesterday. thank all members for this manifestation of good will," Mr. Bennett concluded. "Perhaps if it IIIII been expressed in more stren- uous time; t might not be Bury new." Apnea] For Funds To Aid Flood Victims 1190‘ te thousand dollars, to be achieved by a one-quarter per cent increase in real and personal property tax rates. was budgeted for last night by Coun. R. C. man of the Finance Committee at a Council the current year Total estimated e $284,017.60, revenue of the mtesirom 2% to passed first and second read this morning. the change. on the was impossible othe ieve a balanced bud e , even if 100 per cent of current axes were col- lected» An explanation given by Coun. Chandler on this pointmup- ported by Couns. Holman and Milken, was indorsed by the May- or and Council generally t _ t sense." ° $1,020‘ riesscy. 171M1- “Tim Richard Rowling City Police constables. at aal $30 foreman of the Btree was voted an annual allowance of $500. Qouns. and Mayor Foster tribute to Mr. M faithful service. IDS monnm, March 7—(AP) “The Red Cross urged quick re- mmee todgy to its appeal for Michel-n California flood so ccntrrbutiorw. emphaslslrfl that the 900.000 fund srmgllgt will be the My money avaiiab for dime‘. re- bel oi individual sirffewera. The weather bureau reported I NW storm condition of‘! the coast I!!! Ieiués a forces-It of "unsettled ‘ilhiilo rain ht and of dead and minim in floodl in live southern Cali counties minted warmth-a one m can n ~ were ea identified lac. n mI-Iflfll ems and es ""0111 reported mlsivini I COMING rvrun mm Reed II Prince met. n-esigsie-u "Elfin use Club loadln boll ‘a. “mil- aa-ri-a-eyif. ll at rm oiaaaow u vs. Isagera. n “ “_""" “w”, ‘Italy. “'8? w. b!!! "Pilrina cow pig chick and fox feed ' . . m 3111116201: ‘mall! and re IrOU-I-‘I-Sl. bva-n pointed to succeed Mr. ‘Ilrnekeeper and Street a sal oi $1,020 tlon from. I41 in commission to inquire into the ad- visability of regulating paid for milk Charlottetown, ditlons under which milk should be sold. The Milk Vendors’ Aso- clation has now requested the Gov- son and the matter has placed on meeting of the Executive Council. It has been suggested c acnta ve. quest named in ' when. “uliilville vawut- “Will rink - .‘: Balancing Of Real And Perso-nanl- Taxes Raised By jOne -quarter Per Cent. Pro- vision Made For Two Extra Policemen And Allowance For Retiring Strgei ' Foreman. A surplus of appa-oxlma ly a Chandler. chair- Ipoolal meeting of the on. at which the estimates ior were passed. endlture v is against to est 8 85,017.50. The taxation bylaw increasing per cent. l . nd will be given third readarsg The Council was unanimous for ground that ise to ach- Opposition developed, howeveizto in Maintenance of over the item, "Timeke r, I%nmcved by Coun. n- motion oi mun. 1-fol- it was amended to read, Council of the City town as follows: Real Blstate for poses under cal V a. 1% uliflbflmilullgbday oiiiiadnmrg . . e y spec a an gxletci at the rate of two and one- a Real ate assessed b th Asses- llon of as said City ln Asaesem Bock and Valuation Roll made and duly returned as aforesaid. oxekeoper and Street Foreman, A further amendment. moved by Coun. Chandler and seconded by to llwipt one in- Ccult. an. a steed 5° e proposed two extra lice constableaywas lost on div- ion. Extra Policemen A motion was passed appointing MacLean and Augustus month each. a ary per Coun. McIntyre. chairman of the Police Committee, pqlntees had been selected last iall from about 40 applicants and had been employed as special police- men with satisfactory res said the ap- ults. Mr. Matthew McC urt, retlrln Departmen Holman, Hennssey oined. 1n paying ourt's long and Mr. James Fullerton was ltp- McCourt as Foreman at per year. The ayor read a communica- Hon. W. H. Dennis, Min- tel‘ o1 Agriculture, stating that Act had been passed but year the Legislature. appointing a the price in the vicinity of as well as the con- appolnt the commis- been for the next nment to the agenda that the ion be co of one ve of the consumer, ti tliio producers. an a third mber to be appoint if the other two. e Cit ouno was asked by the lid ap int the consumers HIM" un. Chandler said he under- e milk dealers had already Mr. Claude lmith as ntativzb yor, at t Council's re- vie appointee, The e cl oi Mb‘. John F. the verwn Taxation ly-Lew bl , n! n The new ya gut?“ mew» ' Rebels Boml) Roll for the year cornmenci sixteen and end ng the fifteenth day of January A.D. fled and fixed dollars." __‘1n_ moving tlgs motion, I think Bcotla Qn- a e I nliglllt uclolla liquor ring guns from llncSECUlZIOII" existed in the province. seriousness lar liquor ring mun! fro ‘$9.2. posit speaker as the while night session since Tuesday. léieilgfaxuiilpiztregahgpcfifld Campbell a . . tiilb. infill» we-l the last speak- e . “BE 1T ENACTED the City Charlotte- “lst. The rate of assessment on enern-l oivio pur- statute for the car commenclnii the sixteenth ay of January AD. 1938 and end- r cent of the value oi all sor's Book and Valua all Real Estate and Person erty leble to taxation in the sad City and of all persons liab pay Poll Tax therein made and duly returned by bermtliilrty-ilrst. AD. i937. lo to on Decom- The rate of aasesemen‘ on Personal Property for such general civic purposes for the digest com- mencing the sixteenth y of Jan- uary A. D. 1938 and endin the teenth day oi January A . 1939 hereby specified and fixed at the rate of two and one-half of the value of Personal operty assessed is er cent by the Assessor cf the the said ent 3rd, The amount of Poll Tax to be paid by every person return- ed by the Assessor in the Assessment eneral Book and V uation the day oi January AD. 1938 1939 ‘ls hereby speci- at the rate of five Coun. Chandler (Continued on page 3. Col ll) __..__.___.____.. IIIIIIIIR RINR PRIIBE IIRRIEII N.S. Government Ask- ed To Investigate Reports. __-___ March ‘l-The Nova Government was uraod If}; im- (C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) HALIFAX. investigate reports Continuing J. Cam- quoted "a newspaper. the the source 0i the been in "a reported interview C. M. P. Colonel Vernon. t was his name." Vernon) stated in all there is a million-dol- in the province. im- m prosecution." the mem- m- agents said, "now Mr. rer,’ at is ‘a serious pro- to the attention o! ..on. "I direct it the Attorney-General tp clear the lgll-Itdlgrllfifi’; hemsaul. m Houlge 1hr week bu: "passed it by without comment." Mr. Cam declerin! the dr to the the seconc. the House meitt opened 1w m. w. o. sci-rest. il-ib- the de- Cartagena In Retaliation For Naval Loss _.__-_- ‘I —-(AP)- PEI’ T600 lnsurgerTt Seameniirowned In Torpedoeing (A-P- By Guardian's Special Wire) negrlil BOIIIEBtRIB Mg€c2a1d73 “:1” mateiy 600 S arllleTr Ins cg? 1:011: men drown when the 0.0mm: cruiser Baleares was torpedoed and sunk by government warships early Bunday Ihorning. LONDON. March 'i— ab: m, Mediterranean and Home eats at Gibraltar today flew at haf mast as the funeral was held oi Able Bellman George 14mg killed Sunday when crews oi British destroyers rescued some 400 men from the sinking Spanish Insurgent cruiser Bangle.- ial t o arrv a lbraltar oi the British destroyers Blanch and Bril- liant it was learned the were at- tacked by flve unlden iiicd m. planes ofi the coast of Spun on Sunday. after the naval battle in which the Balcares was lost. Crew members said they were convinced the attackers were Span-f ish Government planes which mis. took the British vesses for Insur- gent ships. The bombs did not dro close to the destroyers, which dis not retaliate. Camp Hill Hospital Under Quarantine HALIFAX. March 7—(0P)— Ca Hill military and marine hcsptal here was under a 12-day uarantine tonight for the first t a in the 21-year-old institution's history after’ Toboska. a » Illa. ian seamen from the ‘a hip City of Autklanld. had been ad- mitted with a mild case of small- pox. The frclglggr arrived here Saturday from lcutta. Immediately Toboaikab illness had been diagnosed as small x‘ he was removed from tba to Lawlorh Islandpfeder depart- ment of health quarantine station here. and the City of Atfleland was placed under quarantine and all its crew-members ordered re- vac- o-lnated. Dr. E. K. Maclellan chief medl- cal officer at Camp Hill hospital, asked that word be given relatives or patients and employees oi the institution that there was no cause for alarm or concern. there was "not the slightest danger of spread of the disease in Halifax" l d Commission Cost‘ Todate $ 74, I4 1, O0 Commissioners Robert A. Mae- _.....___ BOHPONLMRNII 18-day "nightmare" on the storm Atlantic ended crew members thtvfirippled m ‘rile l1 ‘ d m e escape run ea . 3 . belt later by Bucharin, mh~~wmit ‘ti’; tf‘tslillifiti"~s"ar mn-i- or c seas that prevemd and n hta on yard o college students were passengers who pr morale. They told nightl wren 130 miles south left broadside to and two nus towed 1.285 miles to Boston. it touched since leaving City, Fla, Feb. 8. ed in nlac were expecte b)’ UPIAW March - ... Coot of ti: Czmlllclrllon on Dominlen- em m. lotions h; lob. l was 114,141,. - Bee or suns Itiniret a return tlbled E ""5! 0!") Waterloo oath). Jinn. N. W. menu, mm. man. NQIIVQII I25 a day living allowance plus pottlflgn, Angus and r a g p Everybody _ Covers Prince Edward Island Like-the Dew‘ CHARLUFTETOWN. ‘JPUfiDAY, MARQH 3. 1933 8 PAGES nus cuuu‘ iii Will ucr name sauna Self-Admitted Leader Of Soviet Plotters M a k e s Dramatic Declaration. MOSCUW, March ‘i- AP _ . kolal Buohuin. soli-admitlier‘ Key. - . Joseph Biro receive 825 a day and livl and travelling ex- aflll” W Gil on flgg ommimonh mpg, Commissioner John W. ‘Da- ioe reserves only actual ex- Pflnlo’. ‘Mr. Defoe does not wish to accept an compens- ation." laid the rs urn. The Commission Counsel, Inner Stewart and Louis St_ :.::".':t.r.c'.".....'"°...- y’ Total cost of secretaries. e- conomic advisers. clerical, atenograyhic and other assist- anta to Feb. d was $46,565.19. VIIYAEE WAS NIGHTMARE’ Passengers P r a i s e Cr e w Of “Azalea City.” 6—- (C?) —An tonight for Bl and passengers oi freighter Azalea Citgé anger hush pa“ s merrbbee I I8 for day! the grave- che North Atlantic." two girls and five among the aised the crew's of playing bridge alter the Atlantic ed of! the vessel's propeller of Cape Race and the ELEM-ton t rollin8 a ilo-mile gale. Guard Cutter Chelan the freighter the first land Panama The vessel was dock. where to take three A85. llndaunted by their experlerwe. sle on ' Three women, The Coast r s or four Halifax has been practiculargy m c! the wen em “id tile; “o... t —-—-———"—"—"'_" E1°§<.-.~.<».=_i§i.;i‘?~°“’-.°.._f‘.'f.°?- ° cam-a on v Lassa-e- . CIVIC ESTIMATES at last night's special meeting 0i the City COIIIWIII As passed EXPENDITURES Miscellaneous — —- — — — .11 -' Assessing and Collectlns - J - -' City Government — — -- — ___ _ _ '89,; mterestnnuDlscount—-—-———--———--_______ - - Slnkiniltunda——-—————————"— '07s" Electrical inspection -- -— — — — —- —- —- -— -- -- lo-ow-oo Street LlBhiInB — — * - — “ T _ _ _ "' _ 7'332'00 Fire Departmen — — — — — — - -— —- 5631181)!) School Board —— —- — — — — — - —- - 333560 Insurance — — — — — — — - - - '- 3'095'0o Board oi Health — — — — — —- -- -- __ 5-482b0 Market and Library -- _—- - — — - -— — * - _ "' " _ 112500 Victoria Park and Bathing 110N568 — — - r- "' -" '-' '-' __ 13125-03 City Squares ———— — -— - -— - -' -' - — — — '-' “ _ 319b,) Government Pond and Roadway — — -— - r- '- r" '- 131500 Riilnfifiénz; 1.? §..;;.;‘_I_"_Z“_';';::: : : I 25:03am 18,832.00 Police Department TQ[g1--—------—— ._._.-__-_-_-.__-._-__.____ _________. .._. ._. _._. - - - $284,017.00 REVENUE - _ _ ._ - 164,568. Real Estate scsflflsgizfiz- 111i; 1191 _ __ _ _ t 37,0373: e 127,540.30 PM“ P‘°"“'{,¥,,",',"{":2b§' f}. ‘f3 I I Iii-Iii”? saws-av .._.__..__----——-—----- 0.00 Poll Tax l"; g5 i411, .- - -.- _ _- - lgfigiiiit 5.06559 um ...‘... ._ .- _ eeooo Street and Sidevlveag: flash”, e_n_t_ _ _ _ _ 1g...” 7.70",’ 47 00° 00 llaneoua Roccipts—-—---— - ~ ..__.___-_....._._. raaaeaoa - "mm stream 0.011e-00 e mouse Iiesadiacounta and appeals- 1btu....._...__..___:......_ i 1182.328 Fragrant and Delicious oiuhe20iormer h kl R. aianeontrialwitilrliglunrrarf‘ “Kremlin and murder. inserted today he was this muaILWUIZT-d VB TD flaoe g, ‘Ilhe one o1 we declaration while answering a 0118MB Barbara Yakoleva, for- mor he of the dreaded Ch 39°11"- Dolloe. that in wanted Nikolai Lenin and J Stalin assassinated if llhey insisted own ‘peace wltlngdGermanly. “ w one c r prcibzebl shall rm contirnnriee t2“ live," Bug}: {II-Jinn 881d. "I am quite sure I shall Nev-whales. be denied he had i s E i A 3 use not them to save their lives." CHIEF WITNESS Madame Yekovleva. now a large, faded old woman of 53. came from glgn it; takertg; stand ‘as the w nan o e grear; r- son trial against Bucharin. a She testified that a. certain Stuk- Ofli’. oilposmg the signing of tine Brest-Lltovsk Treaty of 191g with Grammy. told a group within the Moscow inner circle of the Com- muniwt Party: 111d not stop before ar- Lenln, Stalin and Sverd- 1T0“. ii’ tihey (l0ill1nlle fr) insist on their line. and dost. chem;- Shle said Stukoff told her he in’s instructions d iihat tlhl: was confirmed to who tar-deg- e mooflmg destroyed m Mlay. ma. Buoharln, who interrupted hea- frequently. asserted: "Under no circumstanr... did we was cestimcrw at today's session wlhen a statemem by a Dr. Bielostotsky. one oi tine Kremlin nicians who attended Gfifky. w‘ read into the record. he awaited aomelthlng death wl the writer's He said his doubts were amused by the inworuotiong of Dr. L. G. ,on|e of tine defendant, to inject various medicines in l uantities. Ten days I111. he said, Dr. D. D_ Pletnyelff, unlcilher defendant, remarked cyn- ically: Let's give the sick man something to eaae him 01ft." Protest Lowering Of Potato Duty CARIBOU. Men March 7—(AP) Aroostook County Potato Growers dealers and shippers prepared t.o- day to protest. before the reciproc- ity commlttce at Washington next month against any lowering oi the tariff or incroexe in the quota on Canadian potatoes. Edward H. Doyle, prominent Caribou potato grower and shipper. said today that under existing market conditions Aroostook farm- ers were selling their product at less than cost and that there is ovemroduction. a condition which he said would be further ag- gravated by lowered tariff or in- creased imports. APPOINTED T0 REVIVE ELIXJTION AC1‘ A, March 7—(OP)—OO1. O'I'I‘AW O. M. Bigger, Ottawa lawyer. has been appointed to draft legislation to stiffen lure Election Act ogalnct electoral corruption. rt was reported here today. Col. B r _o n former chief Assaults _ On SHANGHAI, March 8-('I‘ues- day)-(AP)—Ja n's North China m Lunghai Railway. The. Japanese assorted they] had control of virtu of anal Province, one of e rich- It in China. Risifll Bun i108 floated from height-a commandina three panes along the hon the northernmcn of titer; pales-Trip, Ja nose were meiticn for a we: ward drive across e renew River into the heart oi Chinese Rod territory. Within 2t hours Japanese con- tain. the M88 before Gorky's I TolnancelsaChrhthnvitla. MAXIM! 01A. MERE MAN Inbaorlpflon Dellvled fine Allannl l» loll-P. LONDON, March 7—(CP speech reaffirmed his faith in 351-134 a labor amendment itself was adopted, 347-133. ed the day-long debate with said. “I believe in the cours REPLIES TO CRITICISM Before the vote Sir Thomas In- sklp, minister for defence co- ordination, replied to criticism of the Royal Air Force. The vast majority oi squadrons were fully equipped. he said. Some were not "but that is inherent in the diffi- culty oi obtaining su plies." The cornerstone o the defence policy must. be the security oi the United Kingdom, Mr. Chamberlain declared. "Our main strength lies in re- sources. man power, productive cap- the endurance o. this country. and unless these can be maintained not oily in peace but in the earlier stages of war when they will be surbiiect to continuous at- tack. our defeat will be certain, whatever might be our fate in sec- ondary spheres elsewhere." Emphasiz ing the necessity for stro defence oi the United King- dom. e continued. In war time there would be sub- stantial demands for reinforcements to be sent to strategic points on what might be called imperial du- es. "But taking them in order of pri- ority, they are not so vital as the defence of our own country. As long as we are undefeated at home, even though we may sustain losses over- seas, we may have the opportunity of making them good thereafter." LEAGUE FLOUTED Labor charged the government wth rlouting the League and the polio of collective security. H. B. Lees-Smith. Labor, moved an amendment which would “con- demn the provision of immense armaments to further the denser- ous and unsound foreign policy un- dertaken by the government in de- fiance of their eection pledges." The amendment held that main- tenance oi peace ls only attainable through collective security and lire League of Nations. He warned that ii the govem- ment "flout the League of Nations they cannot be guaranteed n. unit- ed nation to fight a war merely cn behali oi British imperial interests of the old-fashioned type." REALISTIC VIEW The Prime Minister said he hmi to deal with a world in which dic- tators exist. "I have no bias or favors for isms, Fascism or Bolshevlsm." All of them seemed to him inconsistent with “the root of my political Cl'i30d~——lll- dlvidual liberty." l-lls course was friendship talks with Germany and Ita y, with the hope of achieving u general European settlement. He said the "almost terrifying power that Britain is building up has had a sobering effect on the o inion of the worl ," and told the 01150 I 1. If friendship talks with Germ- any and Italy succeed, disarmament talks would zollow, but if they foll- ed. Great Britain would step up her vast rearmament program; __Z_._E§I_;I§‘_i§§i_3§_(lil_th€viIll0_-X€fli _rc; Japanese Poised For was Hforlthe Domlnion.__(Contlnued on pagejkCol. 4)_ New Central Front Chaotaun is at bhe ‘iblg bond" or the Yellow, where the stream t along the Lungnai. Ja sea-conquered porions Nortgranéhina and the Yangtsc W. Japanese sent word that beaten. broken Chinese forces were flecinil in disorder across the Yellow Rlver north of Hotsin and at ‘runxhkwan. Besides menacing north Shensl from the east, Jlpaneae-corranand- ed Inner Mongolian troops were said to be ready for an advance into the area from Paotow. to the northrnm in Suiyuan Province. lihrelqn military observers said it would be sane time before Jap- anese completed occupation o! Chanel. wnrro Chinese Guerrilla forces were banning Japanln lines in some sections. Amid cheers oi his supporters, I. hull-Mil Canada and II. l. I» HAMIgRtPAIT PLED GBSMFAITH 1N DEMOCRA CY, T1 axes Increased In “ Effort To Achieve Riejectswf-Chargesr Of Bias In Favor Of Dictators/zips G0vernment’s Vast Rearmamenii Program Approved By Large Majority. _ Cable)—The House of Com- ‘ mons tonight approved the Governmentis vast rearrnamenl program ‘after Prime Minister Chamberlain in a. fightln democracy and rejected any‘, charges he was biased in favor of dictators. Two votes were taken. In the first the House defeated to the Government's motion‘ of approval of the defence white paper. Then the motiorr Mr. Chamberlain open- the declaration that “I; mys- sclf, would fight. for the preservation of democracy.” “I believe the people of this country would fight," he e we are pursuing, and that our program for defence is the surest way of avoiding thd. dread necessity of fighting at all.” ' TRIBUTE PAID R. ILM. P. IIEAII Soldier’s Rites For Sh! James MacBrien. , TORONTO. March ‘i —-(UP)-_ Major-General Sir James H. Mac- Brien was on his last Journey ta- night. The body of the noted sold- ier and chief or- the yel Can- adian Mounted Pollcq was en routs to Ottawa. for a soldier's burial in Beechwood Cemetery. Impressive funeral were held ior Sir James, here Saturday night after long illness. at St. Paul's Church. throrrged with mourners. before a; stately procession carried the re- mains to the tral borne on n run carriage from tho church to the station, with an es- curt of trumpeters, bancl and bear- ers marching in slow time through the streets. sir James’ charger fol- lowed the coffin, with his boots reversed‘ in the stirrups. Bishop Robert. J. Renison pro- nounced the funeral sevice oi the Church of England while the cas- ket stood flanked by scarlet-clad members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, standing with. heads bovreci. The strains of the “dead march in Saul" filled the edifice at the close of the simple rites. Your major-generals, two brigadiers and two lieutenant-colonels were the pail-bearers. The seniors were Major-Generals H. M. Cawthra- Elliott, .7. H, Elmsley. R. Bennie and J. A. Gunn. MANY I-\ PAMPERED Pup wlslles HE Cool-D LEAD A Dodo LIFE i (By The Canadian Preali TORONTO, March ‘I-Minimlmi and maximum temperatures: Dawson 0b 14 . Victoria 4° 54 Edmonton 6 33 eglna 3 33 Winnipeg 2- 16 Toronto 25 33 Ottawa were W8 Montreal 15 3° ebec 3 25 Saint John 11 80 Halifax m 30 Charlottetown 6 24 Forecasts: Maritime mvinieszvlmeshsouth- west to no was a: partly cloudy with snowflurrles; becoming a little colder at night. High tide this afternoon at 120 and tomorrow morning 8.57. Sun sets this afternoon at 5.57 an rises tomorrow morning at 0. . First quarter moon March 9. 435 ern. Bummerslde tide eighteen min- utes later than Charlottetown. use on nan “lava mes-man... Leaves ‘Dalmatians-mar? n. The flag-draptcd coffin was‘