rs==== ._....._.... The case of ltichard Keefe, 110l- stoleu goods gknowing them stolen. continued yesterday Tire examination , _ Cordwell, on ths sipnd when the nod on Saturday was compldtod. Other witnesses yester- wero: Msrs'll'et_ MeRae. Swindell and C. P. o. Gillis both of thejvoyal Canadian Edgar shew, K. 0., who was appearing for the Crown then sskisd f0;- an ad- joumment in order to have the cp- portunity to call several witnesses were not in ‘Charlottetown yesterday. Mir. B. it. Bell counsel for the accused. obiecied and point- ed out that the Crown should have had the witnesses ,.cesent if they i were wanted. The court adjourned charged with retaining in his 5354011 to be before Judse D1181‘. of nctective Wwml who W" court 11510111‘ .0111’ constable Mount/ed PC1100. Ill‘. D- who until Wednesday mumilfg at goods had been stolen. by J ildKe D1151’- Februsry 22 last. breaking and entering remanded for sentence. dov. l-lirnicr River whon he returned. the flour as though board in the kitchen River. bills Margaret some time. Thursday night. ation. R ~"had at the store. Ollf‘ just like It he said. barn. Regarding there by anyone as the road Hunter River went wny. He found ihc road went farm. Following the Keefe was placed under brought to Charlottetown. ticned concerning Christo her Mcllendh. Richard witness slid that they wrong man this time Corporal Cordwell back to the Keefe farm Swindeli and C. P. 0. GllIs. tI-Inlnl straw and con Iilllbosed to be much of up had been 18m 01119 Keefe, father of Richard. about a ‘mklundstfgrlnllll’! . II" e ' , but 018M001‘. O Crown-Withdraws Case Against Margaret ‘Mclfael o'clock , 0n the suggestion of the court ihe case against Msifsaret McRae was withdrawn by the Crown. She had been charged with receiving stolen goods. His Honor pointed out that; the evidence wlich had been submitted had not indicated that she had any knowmdge that the She had only been a hired servant attire Kcsfe home. After thle case against her had been ‘withdrawn Margaret McRuc was discharged". from custody Both cases were in connection with the break at the store of Mr. Ewen Campbell, North Wlitshirc on Ch.‘ topher Kccfc pleaded guilty on a charge of the store when he appeared before Judge Duffy on Saturday nild had been The following is a. short summery of the evidence submitted yester- The first witness was Detective Corporal Cordwell M10 when the court adjourned on Saturday had been giving evidence regarding the searching of the Keefe house on~ the afternoon following: the break, Richard Keefe had produced sev- crrrl slips showing goods brought at and alt Campbells store. He said he had to save them ns he had t0 account b) his father who was ill in lrospitrilat Halifax The witness then went on to de- scribe further the flour barrel in the kitchen. ‘Ihele virus a rolling pin in the barrel partly covered by it had been i)0\ll‘€d in over the pin. In the cup- the police found a package of ‘linking soda and two packages of yeast cakes. Richard Keefe when Inked where they had come from said that they lmd been purchased at Hunter When it. was dnawn to his attention that they were not on the McRae said that they had been in the house for A box containing two pounds pf butter had been brought home by Christopher Keefe. Rich- ard said. and Margaret McRae had volunteered the information it had been brought home the previous The ‘bills showed that butter had been purchased on different occasions. A package of shortening was found in the house and was not on the the bills. When it was brought to Richard Keefer attention he had nothing to say. Four figs of chewing tobacco were found by Constable Swindell. Keefe said they had been pwnhased in Hunter River. When it was called to. his attention that they were frcsh and moist he had no explan- Tbe person of Keefe was next searched and forty copper coins “nipped in a. rag were found in one of his pockets. In another pocket in a purse was a one dollar bill. three 2s cent pieces, one five cent piece and one copper coin. Asked about the copptrg- coins the replied that he had been saving them for some time. one of the coins was the one that Cccil Campbell had identified as similar to an odd one in the till He had never seen Constable Swindell in searching outside had found neu- the door the lid of a tobacco caddy with the name of Ewen Campbell on it. At- tached to it was a poriacn of thp excise stamp that fitted perfectly the part of a similar stamp 011 1110 caddy found later in the Keefe the lhi Richard Keefe said it could have been letft o through that out. however, that through the next search Richard arrest and Ques- Keefe he had replied that c ristcuher had gone that. morning t0 work at told them the “had the told of gain! 1 ds . sccorn led b I e n: y w“ y Glllis and Swindeli searched the bl-m while he was euestionlng his-film lVlcRse the w‘.\u.s said. 011 1111f- cecssion they found two seek-l I11 the barn covered up ‘with I011“ Rat was stolen in a barrel the stable 000116 as house- him first and cams back Keefe for fu- her II EIIIII], III EINEIIBNBEIIT Under the auspices of the Char- lottetown commend of ti» c“. "m" Lesion the Charlottetown Male Chorus presented a splendid Well program in Prince of Wales 0011980 auditorium last evening. Mr. J. P. Billion, president of the local command of the legion pre- sided. m a short address he thanked the audience for their ut- tendance. The large hall was well The following was the pro- PBOGBAIIMII 9110M. Come Fill Your Glasses illsh. Leslie. , Chorus, Julia's Garden, Rogers- Huntley. Cornet solo, Mr. Alfred Burrill. Baritone Solo and Chorus, Home 0n the Range, Gulon-Rlelgger, solo- ist Mr. V. migh ningwell. Chorus. Volga. Boat-Song slan Iblksong) Arr. Page. Chorus, What From Vengeance? Donizettl, (From Lucia do Lain- mar-moor). Old War Songs, (By Everybody). Chorus. On Wings of 8on8. Men- delssohn. Reading. Miss Marjorie Hicks. Chorus, Foresters, Sound the Cheerful Horn, Bishop. 01101118. Serenade. Schubert. 138$! $010. I Love the Sounding Horn, Mr. Charles Earle. Mr. Earle, responding to his third encore. gave the number "I Ain't Dons Nothing to Nobody." (Accom- panist Miss Lillian Earle). Chorus, Little Boy Blue, Nevin. Chorus. Holy Art Thou, Handel. (Largo from 'Xenres"). God Save the King. Mrs. G. Elliott Full was director for the evening. Mr. Harold Shep- herd is the director of the Male Chorus and Dr. T. E. E. Robins the president. ' who had been working out at or- dinary farm work, came home some- times. For the two weeks previous to February 22 he was home of! and on. She then told of the arrival of the Mounted Police on February 22. They were admitted by her. Re- garding the bread which the police round she said it was cakebread and had been baked by her on Friday afternoon. The police were there on Saturday afternoon. The rolling pin she used to roll the bread she had placed in the flour barrel and had not seen it again. The flour was put in the barrel on Saturday morning by Christopher. he had been home Friday and had helped Richard cut wood. He slept upstairs and had gone to bed about ten o'- clock. l-fe got up about three and went out and returned about an hour and a half later. Richard was sleeping in the kitchen. The wit- ness slept in the room off the kitchen. She heard Christopher put something in the cupboard before she got up. There was no butter there the previous night, but there was a. two pound box there when she got up in the morning. There was also a packaBB of shorter-lips and two boxes of yeast cakes there. she noticed them when she went to get breakfast. She saw Christopher take the flour in and put it in the barrel. when she got up Christop- her was shaving and after he fin- ished he smoked e cigar. Ha had his breakfast before she got up. about six o'clock. About a half hour later he left the house. She didn't- know who put the butter on the table. She knewmothing about the tobacco found in the room. Questioned by Mr. Shaw the wit- ness said that several things she told the officers when they ques- tioned her first had not been cor- rect. Christopher had not put the flour in the barrel the previous Sat- urday. She had been unnerved. she said, and hardly knew what she W118 saying. She was telling the truth in the Court, however. Cross examined by Mr. Bell. 111d witness stated that she was 90 Y"?! of age and a native of New Bruns- wick. She came to this province eight years ago and hsd worked various places at house W013. had never been arrested o1‘. 111 11°11’ ble with the law before. After she had baked the ‘bread on Friday there was encush 110111‘ t0 1'“ W“ the week-end. The meme of We found in the house had belonled t0 her, she said. She had had it for two weeks. She had no conversa- tion with Christopher on Saturday morning. After he left Richard had gone out to do the barn work. Constable Swindeli fold of solns to the Keefe farm and makinl 111° search. He had found the lid be- longm; w s, caddy of tobacco. Richard Keefe claimed he had n0 knowledge of it and did not know it got there. He also told of the min; in the barn on Sunday of the two sacks of seeds 0011111111 "11 in a pile of straw. Tho goods were produced i court. It would 110T. have taken long to cover it, in his opinion. l-le also described finding the corn meal in the barrel in the stable. 1t was covered with a. layer of oats. On so av. when they arrested Rich! . he hld- 115°" 11° left, taken some oats from upstairs in the house to the barn to feed the cattle. He found a box of 18911111 tablets on a shelf in the house that had not been them on Soturduag or Sunday. One had been remov . or“; “unified by Mr. Bell, the witness sts d that the tablet! W6" found in the house after Christop- her had returned horns. The seeds ln the loft could not be seen b! anyone who lust want into the loft. q, p, o, Glllil of the Mounted Police was the last witness mm- mgg yggtcfdly. Ks corroborated other witnesses had said concerning the finding of the corn meal in the stable. 11 (Rus- HHTLIT. Blllnhd hing, It seems, that and Oambrldliv 311194 u ice-locked ma. .- The only stops Oxford from rowing The 4v slam’ . I FIIII MINIMUM II II B E A I} T Charlottetowrrs new City Coun- cil made its official bow last night at the first meeting of the-civic board since, the election. Mayor ‘firmer in a message to the Councillors asked them‘ “to forget any and all personal de- sires and ambitions and with s, common. gilrpose, looking forward to e. definite goal, work ,, ther as one for the benefit and im- provement of our beloved city." He congratulated the Councillors on their election and. reminded them of the responsibilities with which they would be faced during their two-year terms. ' The meeting disposed of regular routine business and passed sev- eral resolutions. Onerequested the legislature to pass a. minimum wage set setting the minimum wage to be paid by contractors in the city at 35 cents an hour. It also asked for authority to in- crease the tax on transient lab- orers tn $15.00. The resolution which was moved by Coun. Foster and seconded by Coun. Hennessey, also asked that the possibility of taxing non-resident contractors be investigated. The proposed Brighton-Rocky Point bridge projects were also supported by the council in a. resolution, which provided that a letter be forwarded to the Pro- vincial Government informing it of the council's attitude- A letter was read from the Mar- itime Electric Co. informing the council thatthe company was not considering the sale of it; Char- lottetown property and was not desirous of selling although if a satisfactory price was offered it. would be considered. Ilater Coun. Chandler, chairman of the light v- "f" informed the council that the Electric Co. had fyled a new rate for street lighting with the Board of Public Utilities. Under the new scale the city would have 59 additional 100 watt lights or a. proportionate number of larger lights at no additional cast. 1t would mean about $1200.00 worth of extra current at no ex- tra. cost he informed the council. The city had not asked for it and it would not in any way affect the city's claim for a lower general ratc. A letter was read from the Ex- hibition Association asking th two Councillors be appointed to the advisory board of the assoc- iation. Couns. McLeod and Hen- nessey were appointed. ' A letter from the L. P. U. re- quested the council to ask for a minimum wage legislation. The matter was covered in bhc resolu- tlon. A letter from the truckmerfs union was also prescn‘ ’ to the counclb. Coun. Hennesscy gave notice that at the next meeting of the council he would move an- amendmeht to‘ the- by-law con- cerning truckmen and their lic- enses. Coun. Chandler announced that he was in touch with a. man as a possible vaiualor nf the Maritime Electric property in the city. He hoped that at the next meeting he would be in a position to inform the council what it would cost to have the valuation made. lie felt that the ultimate view of the council should be to buy 0111 111° property and felt that it would perhaps do much to solve the fin- anciol difficulties. 0f other resolutions passed at the meeting one provided for the conveying of the deed of the gravel pit at Surrey to the Mod- em Paving Co. The property 11941 been sold last year. The usual resolution providing for the over- draft st the bank was also Passed. Coun. Dr. Dcugan was 191101115611 to represent the council on the dental clinic committee. The following was the text of M “or Turner's message to the Councillors last night. Text 0f Message "Gentlemenz-This is the 11111 regular meeting of the present Council. May I congratulate each ons of you on your selection. It is an expression of the confidence the people of your Particular Ward have reposeci in you. During the ncxi; two years you will have the responsibility of administering the affairs of your City. M11111’ 111m‘ cult problems will confront you. but it is your duty and my duty to face them with a sincere deter- mination to solve them. “let us forget any and all per- sonal desires and ambitions and with s. common purpose, lookins gqrwcrd to g definits goal. work together as one for the benefit B1111 improvement of our beloved City- "Msy I also express my desire. and I am sure-tho desire of the whole Council. to work in har- monv with our Civic Officials. We have a strenuous program to carry out. and it may be that certain routines may be changed and some additional effori. required. We ex- pect. and we heflcvs we will re- seivmJvur nearly 11101110111011- soiu cooperation, so that we may all share with mutual pride that which we hope to accomplish.” PLAIN OR CORK TIP at’ nus-m orrron-s anroui To Bis Worship the Mayor and lfeszbersoftirsflltlyCoimeil- .1110: iOlllhlllli-IIBNIRU the monthly report of the Depart» men‘- of Health for the City of Charlottetown for Ihbruary 1996. Chest examinations, '23; "com- municable , 4, tuberculosis 3, scarlet fever i; laboratory cases quarantined, l; urinsiyses, fluids: colloidal examinations: abuts, ‘l, 2. wide-ls. 3. spinal gold: 3; Kahn test: 9; Kuhn tests for syphilis: b9; pleural fluids: 2; milk examination for butter- fat: 86: water examinations: 25. venereal Disease Reporta-Pat- lent; treated: males 16, females ‘l, total 23; new cases reported: Males 2, females 1, total 3; total number of treatments given dur- lag month, 129. . Public health nursing division in annual Junior home nursing lessons given to grade VIII girls in West Kent. mnzford SquamPrinmStr-eetand Nctre Dame: ill. Senior home nursing to studentsofwomen’; In- itituie course in home economics. 3 Vital Statistics Report: (City of Charlottetown) births: 22; deaths: 31; marriages: l8. Sanitary Officer's report ,st- tached. Respectfully submitted. B. C. KEEPING Deputy Minister of Health. To His Woe-strip the Mayor and Members of the City Council. Gentlemen: ‘ I hereby submit my report as Sanitary ‘Officer for the month ended February 29th, 1936. Restaurants impacted Stables inspected . 10 11 Manure boxes inspected 11 Slaughter houses inspected 4 Plg-stles inspected 5 Lavatories inspected 12 House; quarantined 1 Houses inspected 1 I ‘ pectcd the dump managed by the Hygiene Service Company on February 21st, and found same in good condition. Other duties performed:- summonses served Subpoenas served Collected on executions for the Court City taxes in arrears $32.64 JAMES E. BRADLEY Sanitary Officer- 18 I FOOD INSPECTOWS REPORT To His Worship the Mayor and members of the City Council, Your Worship and Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report of food inspection for the month of February, 1936. Condemned as un- fit for food and destroyed twenty (20) portions of carcasses. Milk Test Name _% butter fat. James Singleton 4.0 Pure Milk Co, 4.0 Alex Rhynes 4.1 John Walsh 4.3 Roderick McDonald 4.0 L, M. Benton 3.8 E. Bovyer 4.0 Clarence Walker 3.9 Roland McDonald 3.9 J. J. Drlscoll 4.9 E. D. Douglas 4.5 L Kelly 3.8 C J. Wood 4.1 W, Smallwood 3.5 A. A. l-lolrna 3.8 E. Cullen 4.1 H Stead 4.4 A. R. McKay ' 3.8 J W. Mutch 4.0 Victor Mcwllliarns 4.5 George Munn 4.8 W. Wheatley 4.0 Health Past. Milk Co. 4.0 W. H, Smith 4.6 Frank Rloper 4.2 John Walsh 4.0 G.‘ and G. Milk Co. 4.4 Health Past. Milk C0 4.0 C. Wood 3.6 Roper Bros. 4.0 Wood Bros. 4.0 John Dickinson 4.2 John Aylward 4.5 Alex Agnew 3.’! Willard Kelly 4.0 35 samples milk, all clear. I, E. (BROKEN, Ilbod Inspector. POLICE lemon-r‘ To His Worship the Mayor and Members of theClty Council, Gen- tlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith the City Police report fw‘ the month ended February 29th, 1936. Arrests within the City limits during the month of February am- ounted to twenty one, under the following classified offences: Drunk a Disorderly, arrests 2, convictions 2. Drunk 8r incapable. arrests l4. convictions 13. dismissals l. Insanity, arrests 2, convictions 2, Falconwood. Vsgrahcy, arrests 3, convictions 3. Totals, arrests 2i, convictions 20, dismissals 1. In addition to the above men- tioned arrests there were two pro- secuticns undes- the Prohibition Aet for unlawful possession of in- toxicating liquor. two under the Customs Act for harboring smug- gled rum, two under the City By- Law for keeping vicious dogs, one for operating motor vehic‘ without license, one for causing a motor vehicle to be operated without a license, one for common assault and two for: wilful damage to prop- erty. window breaking. There were Charlottetown Premium on» 29 Queen Strut TUESDAY, MARCH 1| 3.15 P. lit-Mission Band — Social ' Ila-ll. ‘l-lilfibh-‘P r "'|T ' ' Class --Bcer\l Boom. 7.30 P. “~881Mb! C. G. l. T. — social Hall. 1.30 P. bL-livuring Auxiliary W M. Spindles Parlor sec r. rip-sum usuriou- Social evening, - The Ilentral Guardian GYBO nlESTlNG - Mr. W. A. re" "r. “Ii =zl-.*;me..:i.il= ,, wee y cc 1 Club last night. The meeting w)’: devoted entirely to club bugimgg REQUmltn MEDICAL Anniv- TION - Arthur Conway. 1a, and Ernest Howatt, 1'1, required medjggl attention after they collided during a bsntam hockey league match Sat. urdey ulomlnz- The youthful play- ers crashed head-on inm each other during the match and were taken to hospital for treatment. They were able to return to their homes immediately after they had been patched up. RETURNED mom WEST-Not 11111? recovered from injuries suffer- ed when a snowslide struck a train on which he was riding, near Jas- 1181- A1111. Mfllor c. c. Thompson returned to his home in this City 1W nlsht. Major Thompson was returning from the annual conven- tion of the Canadian Infantry As- sociation held at Victoria, B. C., ‘when the snowslide occurred. The car in which he rode was struck by snow and rocks and three persons £21351“! M11101 T110111pson were in- FIRE IN GARAGE-The firemen were called shortly before eight o'- °1°°k 111-51‘- 11116111118 to Ives‘ Garage on Great George Street. A small 11001 0f gasoline on the floor became ignited and except for the prompt M531)“ 011 "10 Dart of the employees who used a chemical extinguisher, the 511° 111l8ht have been serious before the firemen could have ar- rived. As it was. the fire was well under control and required little as- sistance from the firemen in order to extinguish it. 1:110 elsht prosecutions and convic. ions under the Radio Telegraph Act for operating Radio Appgmgus without. License, fines of two dol. 1111's 9-1111 0081s 0r one dollar and “sis b01118 imposed in these cases, the infcvnnations being 151d by a 3115111 Ilwilecfnr s! the Marin: De- Partment, The amounts collected in fines “d. “m6 111111113 February are as follows; Fines imposed under the Prohi- bltlbfl Act, n1], Miscellaneous flngg $69.65. On liebrua 11th tlr F . lected "tbu-tyryslx “Jmfi... $3,, 1111111 lvendors. delivering "W! l0 City Analyst for test. Other duties performed by the Force during February include the following; lsPrisoners escort/ed t0 County Jail and costs Prisoners escorted from Jail to Police Court for trial 5. summonses served 1s. Subpoenas served 2, 2 Patients escorted to Iilalconwood Prisoners escorted from Jail to Sanitorlum for treatment 9.- Dmlllng houses qunrantirled 1, scarlet fever. Transients in Station overnight 3, 13119111118 houses searched for 11111101‘. under the Prohibition Act, exclusive of searches made by the R. C. M. Police 49. I have the honor to be, gonna. 111011. your obedient servant, A. BIRTWISTLE, Chief of Police. BIRTHS .MMFADYEN—At Meadow Bank on March 6th, 1936. to Mr. and Mrs. N. C. MscFadyen. a daughter, Norma Mildred. i i? MCLEOIP-On Feb. 12th, i936, to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mcleod, of South Granville, a daughter, Mary Irene. MURPHY-At Montague Hospital, March 4, 1936, to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Murphy, Montague, a daughter. DEATHS vvALrnsrr-st wlrmct Monday, March 9, 1936. Mrs. Katherine Walker. aged 95 years. Funeral from the residence of her son-in- law, Fred H. Clarke, Wednesday, March 11, at 2 p.m. Interment Remington Cemetery. O MnoNEIL-At. Cavendish, March 9, 1936, John Franklin MacNeil. Fu- neral notice later. s BUCHANAN — At Fredericton, Mirth 8, 1936. IIIIYB. Murdoch 311611811511. 980d 77. Funeral Wed- nesday, March ll, at 2 p.m. from Christian Church, Fredericton. STEWART-At 124 Elm Avenue on Monday, March 0, 1986, Emily Stewart, aged '10 years. Funeral from- her late residence on Wed- nesday, March lith, service start- lng at 2 o'clock, funeral leavingat 2.90. interment People's Cemetery. Please omit flowers. MCKENNA-In the City Hospital, March 9, 1930, Mrs. Fred McKenna of Mermaid, (nee Gertrude cs1- laghan). Funeral notice istsr. w N. D. MacLean I mun“; nmumn Charlottetown and North Ilhhlro Phone ill Disappointed I (Continued from Page i) rogatcd _to herself the one-sided role of judge falls back upon France, which by the treaty with Russia abrogated this clslrn to herself," ths bureau said. If Sal-rant feared to have Stras- bourg threatened by German can- non, the statement asked, "what about Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Mann- hein, Ssarbruecken and many other German cities which lie within reach of French cannon?" A Foreign Office spokesman, commenting upon the council ses- sion said: "A fateful question con- fronts all Einope next Friday. Will France prove stronger than the League or will the League prove more formidable than France? . “W111 the League talke March '1 as a starting point and say we violated Locarno or will it go back to May 2, 1935, to find that the Soviet pact so provoked. Germany that her action is understandable?" “At the worst, it can be said of us that we performed the burial rites for the Ilocarno pa.ct. LOGS!‘- n0‘s death, rowever, must be as- cribed to others. "The Soviet bacillus did. its dead- ly work and all we could do was to remove the corpse." Would Thlflh Whole Problem Should Germany be formally in- vited to the meeting Friday she will urge that a whole series of international incidents having to do with Locsrno be taken into ac- count, not merely Germany's action of Saturday. There was unfeigned disappoint- ment in the Wilhellnstrasse over Sarrautis sharp rejection of Hitler's peace offers_ Officials here said the rejection was partly an “elec- tion manoeuvre." ' In general, there were indications that Germany is undergoing some- thing like a. diplomatic hangover after two days of delirious jubu- atlon following Rclchsfuehrer Hit- ler's violation of Local-no Saturday 1.71’ 5911111118 15100115 into the Rhine- land. Several factors combined to dRmDen somewhat the enthusiasm of the .- "‘. One was Sarraut/s speech. Another was the apparent disappointment of some of the Berlin star reporters of large dailies who had been rushed off to the Rhineland to witness the celebra- tions of the “liberated province.” They reported in part that the Rhenish people, while happy, were much worried about what might happen next. A third damper nslstgd cg ye- ports from_ London and Rome that Premier Mussolini had noti- fied the British government of his willingness to accept Leagug “ego- tiations to end the Ethiopian war one hour before Hitler spoke to the Rclchstag. Puzzled at Italy's‘ Action Foreign Office officials here puzzled over whether this means Mussolini is trying to re-enter the so-called Stress. front with France and Britain and thus aid ln the encirclement of Genuany. While ii; is taken for granted some day soon Germany will m- rrounce she considers herself no longer bound by Versailles restric- tions on international rivers, such as the Rhine, Danube, Elbe and Moselle, no such notification was made at this time, Rumors regarding such an al- leged notification apparently arose from a brief editorial comment in the newspaper National Zeitung of T551111. owned by General Gocring, Minister of Air. This paper said yesterday the “restoration of the full sovereignty of the Reich, of course, also includes the abandon- ment of other existing discrimin- ations of the Versailles treaty, such as the abolition of the internation- al commission for: large German rivers." PROCEDURE (Continued from Page 1) Eden's speech was that it indicates Britain would be cold toward any suggestion of sanctions against Germany. Opinion as to whether the League council can decree sanctions against Germany. as it has against Italy. was dividcd in Geneva io- night. Some officials hold that fiance has not appealed under any ar- ticle of the covenant imposing sanctions and that the appeal merely concerns signatories of the Locarno treaty. They say tllc council is mcrsly empowered to decide whether Gor- many i5 guilty of a treaty denunci- ation and that then the other Lo- carno signatories must immediately come to the assistance of the pow- er or powers against whom Ger- many's act is directed. Other officials think the council could recommend general League sanctions. This could be done, they said, by: 1. Declaring Germany's denun- ciation a, threat to international ccted against the state which was Insist on‘ 011115 covsns 33" IN WIDTH Made in crdi gslvsnizingfor perlor service. Send measurements for free estimate. M11 uslity vsalzed c. bnnd sad “ Council Standard" Brand, e ism: with exuo heavy Write for samples and illustrated folder. I'll: PEDLAR PEOPLE Limited 24 Nazareth 8L, Montreal Any Attack Upon, France (Continued from Page 1) .____.______._——— stipulation shall not, however, ap- ply in the case of: “l. Exercise of the right of legit- lmate defence. that is to say re- sistance to a. violation of the under- taking contained in the previous paragraph (which guarantees the maintenance of frontiers) or to a flagrant bleach of articles 42 and 43 (regarding the demilltarized zone) of the Treaty of Versailles, if such breach constitutes an unlim- vokled act of aggression and by reason of the assembly of armed forces in the dcmilitsrlzed zone irn- mediate action ls necessary; “2. Action in pursuance of article 16 (the sanctions article) 0f the League Covenant; - "3. Action as a result of a decl- sicn by the Assembly or by ‘the council of the League in pursuance of paragraph seven of the Coven- ant of the League, provided that in this last event the action is dir- the first to attack." Discuss Speech After the speech members gath- ered in knots in tbc lobbies, ease!- ly discussing its import. What. it was asked, was the meaning of the rather cryptic phrase, “during the period which will be necessfl-IY for consideration of the new situation." Was it a time-limit on British ob- ligations? Did it mean that if ne- gotiations failed‘ to produce a. satis- factory understanding Britain no longer would consider herself bound by the Imcarnc guarantees? Eden did not attempt to conceal the gravity of the task which lies ahead, Yet there was N118! in. hi5 tone as he told how Germany's of- fer to re-enter the League was un- conditional. No opportunity must be missed. he earnestly added, which offered any hope 0f 8111mm“ ation. Th1 government therefore would examine Hitler's proposals clear- sightedly and objectively, with a. view to finding out t0 what 011161111 they represented a means 0f strengthening the shaken structure of pence. Leaves for Paris following the state- for Paris with Lord Halifax, Lord Privy Seal. for discus- 310115 with representatives of France, Italy and Belglllm- FY0111 there he will pmeed to Geneva for Friday's meeting of the Lea/Elle Council. The real business before the House of Commons was debate on the government's immense rte-arm‘- ament scheme. But after Edens statement it lacked viflfir- Prime Minister 1311111111111 511W 11° hope except in an 11810011111111? be‘ tween France, Germany and Brit- ain. Until that was secured. E111‘- ope would suffer periodic panic crises. he said. Clement Attlec, leader of the Labor opposition in Parliament, at- tacked the whole philosophy of the government's rearmalnant 1111111- He charged the government had done nothing to remove ‘the causes 0f wzgir Archibald Sinclair, leader of the Oppoistion Liberals, challenged the government's defence white paper as vague and without frame- work. “wc are only asked to D111‘ 911d pay with a blank cheque," he said. __-.__-—-—- FRANCE DESIRES (Continued from Page 1) .__--—-—--——-—i-————-———~ Lhe Chamber of Deputies tomorrow is expected to ask a vote of confi- deuce for the official program. Ministers said the Premier look- ed forward to s biz 11111101"); 1°!‘ the moveme ‘ to "bury" party d1!- ferences in the face of the Dre-Wm international crisis. Immediately ment Eden left ITALY SEEKS .. (Continued ' from Page '1) preparations to discuss the Rhine question with mcarno signatories at. Paris tomorrow. Fascist advances in northern Ethiopia were reported halted al- though the press ministry at Rome said it had no knowledge of ces- sation cf hostilities. Marshal Pietro Badoglic reported intensive engin- eering preparations on the north- ern front in his daily telegram to the government. The Fascist commander listed 291 Italian dead in the second bat- tlc of the Tembien divided as fol- lows: Officers dead, 19, unded 6'1; white soldiers dead. 23d, wound- ed 831, missing 22; lll-dtreens dead 36, wounded 149, and missing l3. “Enemy losses mount nether to over 15,000 men dead and wounded," Bsdoglio reported. PENSIIINS Hill THE BIINII is n EBA T EII (C2. By Guardian's pedal WIN) OTTAWA March 9—PeMIOns for the blind moved a step closer real- ization today when the government promised to study the feasibility of extending the old age pension act to sightless men and women over the age of 4o. . At the same time Finance illn- fster Dunning said it was improb- ablé legislation would be passed this year. The government was fa- vorable tlo pensions for the blind. he said, “but the practicability of immediate legislation ‘this session is very doubtful. In fact I should not like to hold out hope there would be legislation this year." The Finance Minister said he was urged on all sides by people. with two objects in mind-spend- ing mOTe money and lowering tax- ation. It would give him extreme pleasure for oncc to agree to some worthy cause calling for increased expenditures but ilhe government still believed there must be a tight hand in regard to new financla commitments. - The resolution. proposed by D1‘. Thomas Donnelly (Lib. Wood Mountain) passed the House with member after member rising to support it. If every blind person in Canada over the age of 40 were given the full old age -pension,of $20 a month it would cost $627,360. of which the Dominionh share would be $470,520. , Speaking after the Finance Min- ister. Harry Leader (Lib. Portage La Prairie) said the money could be found easily if the government turned a sharp eye on administra- tion costs. He said it cost $500,000 a. year Ic maintain the high com- missioner's office in 1111111011 811d only two or three year's ago 3200.000 was spent for a new Canadian building in Tokyo. Millions of dollars could be saved in administration costs in Canada» the Manitoba Liberal declared, be- side which the $500,000 for pen- sions was paltry, He said a check of the auditor-Generals report showed $19.000.000 was spent in the last five years in travelling ex- pauses. Mail Transportation Gontracts Over I 2 , 0 0 0 (C.P. By Guardian's Special Wlrei OTTAWA. March li-Postmaater, General Elliott today told the House of Commons 12,952 contracts for transportation of ins-ll are in operation in Canada at present. French officials criticized the British declaration by Eden ex- regsing a desire to negotiate new peace treaties with the Reichs- Fuehrer. They contrasted the Brit- ish vigor in demanding sanctions The number by provinces: Prince Edward Island 249; Nova Scctia 1.- 099: New Brunswick 952; Quebec 2,723; Ontario 3.739; Manitoba 911; Saskatchewan 1,443; Alberta 1,104; British Columbia 902; Yukon 14. against Italy with Eden's pr . IXBRCQ. 2. By acting under the council's resolution of 1935, which con- demned Germany's violation of the treaty of Versailles after France called Germany's act a "threat to ....-. " 1 order." The council at that. time ap- pointed a committee which drafted economic and financial measures to be employed against nations "which endanger peace by repudi- ating international obligations." An economic boycott and a fin- oncial embargo were suggested by I for discusslo of inc new pact with the German leader. "Public opinion will not under- stand why treaties in Europe arc not as important for Great Brit- ain as those in Africa." officials said. _,____.__..._ (IONTESTATION DISALLOWED (C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) THREE RIVERS, Que, Mal-ch 9. ing to have the Conservative leader unsealed and stated the Doctor was rtrot qualified to introduce the pet)- ion. Fire Chief Slept _ Through First Fire —(C.P.)—"A Deep u. the might well he the title of Pile the committee but thesrmeasures were never applied. When the Lee-Rue imposed sanc- tionsagsinst Italy it was guided largely by the conclusions of this committee. . Court today. Justice Bsllsau declared the petl- s block any. not one tionef, Dr. Henri Ilscrcimhad telopb scucmmsnubilelntlrestmssdr- eonldlftralso —- Petition of contestatlon against election of Maurice Duplessis, K.C., as member of the Quebec legisla- electicn as chic: of tlve Assembly for Three Rivers was fire brigade declared irregular, illegal and null the first firs. by Justice Noel Belieau in Superior on ‘ Jh Andresen celebrated ‘an tblivnluflteei through The station siren aroused the whole town but not the chief, jusi Bis wife. a 1110114 openior on duty him either.