» F Maxis/is _'M , ora - ` '~““'~ w%M,,..,4M ' M-AXIMS W __ ‘ . . MERCHANT - _ P » ' P. . llead byiverynody \ ' Q- ..............................., 11 youth but knew that the failed bmp mates better than the discarded husk; in the wine trough. there would be nw" prodigal sons and daughters. 1 \\\ _ lurrfmwv in/at The Peo les Pa er Y"/'f ”*»'~'.":,.?:' Covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew - .~ -~ eiam for through her youll pruziaim your success in tltherlng these modern -lhella known as douan. asanilan. founded IM1. Tisizittitclria Guardian Two Colle. 20, Annual Subscriptions Delivered l.'i.l0. Ly IMI Clialdl 'nd l'. S. A. $1.50. ./- ___ __ _ . _ __ _ _.._‘ hinese Districts Terrorized By Bandits THRISTIANITY - 1 "S I illei n_cTf”Terror TSAFURM iF PUWER Subject of An Address By Famous British Speaker At Zion .Church Last Even- X ing. wg rrizlrt in Zion Church, Dr. W. C. Poole was heard in a \'¢l'y f01'C0- fuy inspirirrg address, entitled .Ch,j_,yp,riri» as rr Form oi Power. wir n’ introduction Dr P0010 yfirranéa mar. rho no had visited moyhu mo pro\'irrces of the Mari- tim, group befor-e, this was his first mp to our lwaiiiiful Island province. is he :ra-.oiled toward Charlotte pn1,he was impressed wth the :.51 beiutiful lairrlsrape and said that in may places there was a striking re semblance to Eng-arid. in approacliziic the subject of his ilxourrc, Dr, Poole said_ that ‘the ;al of any-rhiir; is power." The ques im ig, "When does it do?" "Never } ` 4 F _ % ,ind your theories and hypotheses. vlni does it do?" In this connection Lherpesker showed conclusively that ,"Cliristianitv meets llreacid test." 'mer is the very sine qua non ol tang a Christian We do not need a Iv revelation, we do not need I M, un in the lile of Christ." “Christianity time into the world as a demonstra- liim cf power." In" reférring"l3` th? aiilem tendency to question the | . |.,, MEETINGS ETC. Htl’ 23rd. 3374-5-20 “Tuesda_\'. May 27th date for play blwomeirs institute at lifarshfleld W. assi-5-so-ai. "See "Uncle Ben Drake" by the Cardigan Dramatic Club in George- bu, my ziiir ma-5-zo-za-zi. Come in rec Cream Social in Clinton Hall Thursday night May tina rm mrs rriday. :lass-s-ao-ai si "Miss Mae McDonald. Plctou, N.S., Pmldent of the Rebekah Assembly 'ill ray her official visit to alpha' freely without betraying me siigiitest ;lnkal_1l..o_di:ir:l1ng China Refugees In Pitiable Suicide By Throwi of Trains. (Specill to the Guardian) HANKOW, Chira, Hay l9.--'l”hous- ands of peasants are fleeng from bandits in the interior of I-Iupeh Province. seeking shelter and pro- tection here. So desperate is the plight of the refugees that forty w0rn Condition~Many Commit ng Themselves In Front lei-r attempted to er-ininit sumfle by throwing themselics. mio the Han illxver. Several threw thcms<~i're.- on the railway tracks in from of train: a,:'_d were killed. The refugees orr; in a prcarblre oondraon. liarriizg been vl'il..hollt fOOd and 'inter for da' . MORE PEOPLE ed wlieri their boat docked here over the weekend. Four members of thc: Azu.-is crew, three of them Panan-ia.| Indians and the other rr negro cooir,| were rescued by the City of Atlanta.F They were brought here. Pill il mn url nnrllilllnil successful' "Cold as charity" isa trite phrase. but it is noi; applicable to the citiz- cns of Clrarlottetown, as was shown by the attendance at ihe play "Then Colncs Kitty," a comedy drama pre- sented under the auspices of the Ladies Auxiliary of the l"rot2stant Crphanage at the Priiiv Edward last evening. "Con1cd:.' dra.ma" is a de- scriptive, but often rneaningless term. Howerer. never was it more approp- riately used to describe a play than for "Then Comes Kitty." Always a talented director. Mrs. A. I-f. Roper had her caste of nine execllcritly trained and selected. each nreinber fitting the role played to perfection. and each acting his or, her part in a manner that would! gain the approbatlon of the most! carping critic, The plot which opened quite mild- ly. developed in the second and third IN THE WORLD (Special to the Guardian) THE HAGEE. May 19-There are more people in the world now than ever before in the his- tory of mankind. Figures com- piled by the International Stat- istical Instltute showed today ' the total was given as ln excess T of 2,000,000,000. These figures | included the following estimaia: Asia, 950,000,000; Europe 550,- 000,000; North and South Am- erica. 230,000,000; Africa. 150.- . 000.000; Australia. 7,000,000. It was recalledtlaat in Mar. 1927, figures prepared by the League of Nations estimated the vrorld’a population at 1,006,000.- 000. _ V V _ _ I 1 _ - *___* V FIRST FIUMAN ELECTED IN NFlll. HUUSE Lady Helena Squires Was Returned With Large Majority. (Canadian Press) ST, JOHNS, Nfld., May 19.-Lady Helena Squires was distinguished to- night as the first woman elected to the Newfoundland Legislature, re- turns from Lewisporte indicating her retention of that constituency for her husbands Government by a large acts iirto a side-splitting comedy The scene was laid in