0F A MERCHANT 80ml. for the-do; of I few pen- nies. or the sheer ehanoe of keep- “, m ghe limelight. would hot hesi- whole community. ‘ me to heap their oelumnles on s “uni Subscriptions Delivered IMII Covers Prince Edward ‘Island Like the Dew MAXIMS OFA MERCHANT In the last analysis, the know- ledge that you ooh use at sometime In life Is all the knowledge you've got‘ -. 1.1mm u’ flgll, Canada and U. 8. A. M.“ (Canadian Press Despatch) slIANGHAl, March. 11._—~Cunton. so troops seeking to capture hnngbai menace a city built by ritlsil enterprise into one of the 0,141.; greatest trading centres. he city. rich headquarters of for- m. interests in Chine. is well ufIIl defence by the British regul- rn alui troops of other nations 0w centred here, defenders who n», concerned solely with the se- llrity oi’ - tile city‘. Besides the leat of lt Cantonese attack bring- g the llrruies of the south into lose contact. there is~ the mellace Homing which might result. if ands oi‘ the Cantonese. reign trade oi‘ hina nearly half its Customs rev- nue. and is the chief centre from hicll the economic influences hit-h are shaping modern China ill. factory upon factory, origin- very variety of shipping. TODIBIIIS. Here side by side are ions with centuries behind them. night by electric advertisements. ‘ per-silllurbia, where there are 1y brown and bare. Upheld In Debate TORONTO, March ‘lb-Support- l.’ the zlfilrmatlve Ill a debate be- ecn students of the University Toronto ‘at Hart House 11MB '- lismsnds oi the Eastern Prov- 1i as and claimed that they had III , . 1e and polmulgh moral, equit clear case and u“, ,1;- ederal Vflrlllllfllit wng mo ntered Confederation, The affirmative won L mises which hm ’ iornlProvinces to ithe Dominion, persuaded the become a part IP. .l. .l Mel-tin and W ' h ‘ . B. CIAW, “ssfglglggrieid the negative, ctrgpu, "m i! so the Duncan rypofl s; 0 a solution for Mal-mm; i. n . , < a h ,,?,,,{§f~1a1 markets for ~ their,‘ or between it and the Whangpofl. is the Old Chinese city. country bounds the narrow north- ern, broad western and fairly lurgfl southern limits of Shanghai. Woosung -—Shanghai—— Hungchow railway line which above and b8- low Shanghai is close to the Wham- poo. turns out to the Northern Sta- tion to enclose Shanghai between it and the river. railway turns backward between the southern part of the city and reaching the Shanghai south station, and along its route and at its junction with the main line are arsenals. Soochow and Siccawei from the- Open The A loop of this orthern soldiers fled through the creeks ny nrtcr suffering a defeat at the Whangpoo river, dividing the city into three portions, Shanghai does nearly half the creek, or Soociiow, cutting through China, yields the International settlement. the northern FOREIGN POPULATION The boundary of‘ the Internation- dintc. It is China's chief port, al Settlement encloses an area 0t‘ n0 0t‘ the eight largest ports in the B 2-3 square miles. orhi. Settlement is of four square miles On approaching Shanghai from in extent. e sen the traveller first observes their boundaries, principally of MQ,g(;Qlw_ Mullgll] 11.-distilled- wide stretch of yellow water and course to the west. green, flat coastline. Soon the able number of foreigners live o ntnr narrows and many junks. side them, and roads policed by lumsy" yet graceful, are to be seen. the Settlement run out beyond Sic- t Tungkow Creek the harbor cawai and Jessfield. unfriendly m soviet Russian imits in the Whangpoo River are foreign and Chinese papulation of ' cached. To the right a huge in- the ustrial area spreads out, mill upon Chinese districts. is 1,136,300. Including residents outside the criug works, power stations, shlp- Settlement, the British population uilding yards,‘ timber yards, cold is torage plants, water works, and The personnel of the municipal ad- rowned wharves, and to the left ministration is largely, if not main- il tanks, more wharves, docks and Iy,t Brltlismhand bBritish (trad; and h _ P t l en erpr se ave een, an st lure, 0* . the backbone of the place, which, a‘ PICTURESQUE CITY was in origin about as unpromising a piece of land as Britons overseas On landing the traveller views have ever been given to "develop. line of’ buildings which, coIlect- In the Settlement today there are vely, fornl at once the most im- over 13,000 Japanese,‘ about 2,000 using and the most European Americans, 300 French, close on ‘llltff-EPOIH east of Suez. Leaving 3,000 Russians, and some 5,200 sub- ho baggage examination shed he jects of other foreign nations, the urns into the Nunking road, an Chinese totalling about 810,200 of piiome of modern China and its whom the majority ore natives of Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces nst and West, old and new, trad- some 51,000 being Cantonese. these, have, of course, contributed ‘ minorities grotesque. There ls very largely n amazing variety of traffic, from prosperity of Shanghai e moat ancient and creaking of ations heelbarrows to the most up-to- been British administrative and tent motor-cars, while shops commercial nge from stuffy examples of do- ponderating foreign esiic industry to enormous de- the rtlncnt stores brilliantly lighted amount of British capital invested in laud, buildings, plants, and man- Presently, the traveller finds ufactured stocks, municipal debellt- msclf passing an essentially urea and mortgages on Chinese pro- glo-Suxon race-course and rc- per rooiion ground. and entering a 00,0 Concession and Settlement hav lg villas and jolly gardens, riding separate lllIll, country and golf clubs. Be- Treaty of Nunk lul lies open country. flat as a Hrltishers the nrake, and, at this time of year, trade at Shanghai. set aside for them, about 180 acres Tilere are three sections of as it was then, lallghni. The largest is the In- were from the first admitted. Jud- rlluiionul Settlement, fronting icial power over Chinese is vested - tho Whangpoo River to the in a special court just inaugurated. st. Sollth of this. bllt back from In addition Chinese o river, is the French Settlement, have just been given d cast of the French Settlement, tion on the Settlement Council. The French Both have overflowed A consider- ut-, The total and French- the neighborhood of 7,000. welfare ‘and , of which, however, have ty being not less than £63,250.- lng. 1842. gives right to ‘live and uncan Report Is Dgnjeg Treaty Negotiations (Canadian Press) OTTAWA, March 1‘1-—"'l‘here are - k on the question: "That this no trade treaty negotiations going ouse approves the report of the on betlween this country and Ger- yal Commission on Maritime many", slated lion. James Malcolm, 1s.“ ‘Hon, ding), Guthrie, Minister of Trade and Commerce ader oi‘ the Conservative oppoai- in the ‘House of Commons in airs- 11 111 the I-louse o_l' Commons, wering a 111M311 11 B11011! plea in favor of Hi question asked by Hon. ugh Guthrie leader. olf the oppos- “mmiis- he said. llfgzgfibllndgd P Signs 0_n _ 1 With Olncl. Reds (Canadian lPren) the d b t w H IENNATI- Ohio, March 11.~_ ‘ e so a y pp, first baseman. signed nflndZITGr/lldalo m‘ a S" DMK‘ a 0116 year contmlct with the Cin- .- '- - - °°1111vr11ln1or the cinnati Reds at Orlando, Fla. y remaining holdout is star second base- ditions or article 4'31 of the treat)’ 'OIN1C WHEAT 4,000 YEARS OLD FROM OLD EGYPT GRAIN.‘ -—-— EN ‘SYDNEY- March 11—A remarkab- ly interesting case of growing what has been called "mummy" wheat is reported from Bathurst (N. S. W.). A prominent Bsthurst farm- er secured from Egypt a supply of wheat which, was hurled with mummies in order that. the de- parted should not want for food. The corn deepstclied to Bsthurst had been embflmed for over 4,000 years before It. w? Jenner. The to t fui crop of seven-cared wheat wpioh grew to an exceptional height. la the opinion of experts the crop was of talllllll model-n t al ble'for null . poo The ex rlmont ll ‘ one o. 11111111 their case on day The on! n that the Federal Hughey Cri emment M“ "i" 11111119 800d the man. _ DIES ‘IN ARCTIC NEGATIVE ARGU Quslnlllo. ' MENT‘ -_ Jules Jette. members of Canada. died in the month ago tpdsy, no bol t d from Alaska. The deceased priest Mission Station of Kul the most uortho boo in 1804.". Ill! the hot mm ma" . ‘ TI Munch 11——Rev. llialtllier one bf the outstanding late received hare CHARLOTTETOWN, llllnllll liliiiiPi GUARD lllcll ~ I PRIZE lllunsllulllllllllslls hnnghdi, Important Trade Centre Well Worthy 0i Defence by “Foreigners? e-._..___e-__-___ ’agalnst the radical factions. Ratification by Italy Gonstrued as (Canadian Press) as in any way binding- Investio. is the official Soviet organ. .__€¢Q>——--—- _ Workers Plan (Special to the Guardian) ed lets on the Yangtse. Germany Thinks Evacuation (Canadian Press) land. Dr. Gustav Stresenlann, the German foreign Secretary, told tile press today with every expecta- tion that it will be settled satisfact. orilyiHe added that the world must road so the presence of foreign troops onGernlan soil was not I11 consonance with the condition of peace prevailing at the present time. ‘ ‘Dr. Stresemanll who is in Gene- va for the Leash of Nations 001111. cil meeting over which he is pro- 81111118. declared he had conversed with the French foreign minister M. Briand on the subject alld he (istresemsn) was certain that Germany soon would be able to do, monstrate she bad fulfilled the con- f Versailles which authorized evacuation whenflermany observ- ed all the stlpulutions of the treaty. especially disarmament. sown‘ by the was a success- quality. al- was more a arena," I ‘Spears. hoping to procure assist- 'F11\V181‘.was in General Spears off from his regiment near Le Cot; the Germans. until he was found on“ U“ Pick’ ha", of (he Mu“ exhausted by Louis Basquin, of chants’ Volunteer Corps of China. ' ‘"114 ‘"1"’ h“ “mamcmly "mom fugitive concealed him in o, hay- stuck, and at nightfall took him to the house cl‘ ills mother-in-lawJShe and her daughter sheltered him until a month before the Armistice; "111 511811111." he (Fowler) remain- ed concealed in than house. The owner, Mme. Belmont-Cohort, u widow never flinched in her self- 1111l1osed duty of looking after and hiding the man. Unfriendly Act (ion by Italy of the treaty formally recognizing the annexation oi Bes~ sarabia by Romania is commented on by lsvestia as‘ an act "01191111? board in the kitchen-living room. Day and night he spent there, com- 111g out at times when all was ‘quiet to skip for exercise. It jeopardizes the relation be- tween Italy and Russia says the paper which adds that the treaty will not be recognized by Russia buy him food and med General Strike collection of three living husbands was imputed to dame Margaret Isa- el Vivian MacGowan by the last the abandoned husband. to Sher- brooke, where finally he located o. man who admitted he had been (SHANGHIAII, March 1-‘1. —~Hea.ll-. quarters of the postal workers were raided ‘by the police last M8111 while a meeting was discussing preparations for another generuli strike. Seventy nine men were ur-,bere' bY M1‘. Jllfliico 131111181111 111 the rested includiing a. representative PPR-Clive C011"- iof the general labor union and tile ‘secretary 0t‘ the posilzll union. All neth McCuuig, of Verdun, against a but these two officials were releas-Iwflllllln 111110111 119 11111-111611 11115611119- iname of Margaret Isabelle Vivian of the list, in applying to the courts here for annulment of his marriage to her. The case was taken ‘en Ii- married to the woman. A marriage ‘The police seized pamphlets in- _ citing too. general strike and luud- 111111931‘ 1° 901119111 111° "4-‘1-"111- ing the revolutionary party which has affiliations with the (iautonesc. Hand bills printed in Hindustani urged Indian troops of the Shang- hai defense force not to shoot Chinese found near the Punjabi bil- pcitioner lived with the woman’ -_ from the date of his marriage inithe petitioner stated. The firstbm a“ mlportan‘ '1’fl“c1p1° Is m February, 1926,‘ until January of the present year. About January Alexander, but his last name was 3rd he stated, the woman left home and has not returned. Subsequent- ly, in the course of a search for his missing wife, he came across infor- mation which led him to b that she bad been previousi ried. although at; the time of his comps marriage she had represented her- self as a spinster. ‘ - Necessary CIQNEVA, March 11.——Germany soon will officially raise the ques- tion of evacuation of the Rhine- A RUMANIAN BILL WOULD _.___ BUCIIAREST. Romania, March 9. (API.—»EUJQKBIII‘C nnelnriages would be compulsory under a bill sponsor- ed by the minister of health. The bill would require medical certifi- cates of good health from both bride and groom before the cere- mony could be performed. The hill also would require health certificates from waiters, cooks, barbers, nurses and others who might menace public health. ---——¢e>——-J IBNDON. March hl.— Henry Frowde, late publisher to the Uni-f versity of Oxford, died in- Croydon yesterday at the age of 86. Starting his career as a messen- gel‘ boy, Mr. Frowdo worked his way up until. as Manager of the 0x- fnrd Press. he was head of a world- wide business, that had flourishing branches in New York, Toronto. Melbourne, Bombay. and elsewhere. and his mime wall a household word to all bnnkaelle n. than 1.000 000 vnnlos of the revised» 1° i111" version of the New Testament with , - thi u small surf. from cramped prem- 91111 NW5“ isel. whiohthroatened to aivo way vault will o, iilliil» 1i.‘ beneath the mass-of hooks 911611 from olliiortoasrret. , _ BY IIIII _-_-__--_i- (By British United Press) IAMNDON, March 11.-—Ad1 epic story of how a French woman and her daughter risked their lives for 10111‘ years to shelter and save an ‘English soldier has been revealed for the first time by Brig-(ieneral IE. L. Spears. It is 119081189 those two women are now in a state of abject pov- erty and sickness that General ence i'or tilenl, recounts their heroism. The soldier, Corporal ‘Patrick regiment, the 11th Hussars. in January, 1915, the corporal got clit 6811. ills hid in the woods near the vll1 lilac of Ber-try, then occupied by Beriry. lBnsquin obtained food for the “For four rears." wmes Gen- "Fowlerhi hiding-place was a cup- “Tlmes became hard. the family ‘had barely‘ food enough to keep allowance for the time he was bill- ‘them alive. yet Fowler had always eted with her. Mme. Belmont-Gob- his share. Then he fell ill, and the ert received about $h85 from the 111111116111 of Ills maintenance ‘be- British War Office. She was also UIJIIIC 8.01119, lbe thrown open she would call at- tention to a photo of her daughter ' was safe somewhere in the South of France, would expiate on her charms until the cupboard was tor- gouien. ' would be billeted in the house They would sleep in the lo were bad times for Fowle _.. dared not sleep for a very good rea-| son. ‘His cupboard had no top on A111" it. Instead, there was a basket in i! 1i which the reserive creep down at night to steal these/K Drake's Troops of the 11th Huss- ars were riding after the Germans down the same road along which they had retired in 1914. stooping and bent. in clothing that might have once been khaki No one recognized (n mm Eleventh hour debates on a. variety young ‘Corporal Fowler. The troop was his own, and Drake his ow-n troop leader". CANADA, SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1927 iENiilllii SIIIIIIEIIS SAVED ’ BRAVE IIIIIIEN the house was searched. 1 "Once or twice a German soldier put his hand on the cupboard latch. It was then that Mme. Belmout— IGobert had recourse to desperate 1 methods. She had a dodge that nev- er failed. “Just as the door was about to on the mantel-piece, The girl was pretty. ‘iMme. Belmont-Gobert, n. me knowledge that the young woman , "At times the German soldiers General Spears describes Fowl- alagtgueyscape after the Germans left u In Nova Scotia Legislature "in .1918," he says. ‘(Lieutenant "They met s. white-haired mun, MONTREAL, Que. March 11.——A LEFT HER HOME. Aviator Safe _ 1i. (Canadian Press) MAJDRID. Mal-obi 11. —Major_ OBLIGATE EUGENIC MAR- RIAOE u L shes." uaunv rnowps, ls nsao. r l u mntlloltfmfl. , diam it. -.ae ruditlssgfdrrldl: tgdtgdgl: ildsfnwhea: forecast _ ,FBIIIIQI' brownies. go he successfully solved the problem 51111111" 3 93 ll! "N110 11? 6 certificate was produced showing that the latter had married the wo- The action was taken by Ken- man on January 20, 1915, under the nalne of Goldie May Gillis. Photo-l graphs were produced, one of the ,woman and her husband from hint-Gowns. The woman failed to Sherbrooke together with their son and her indentity was established. the personal effects of the woman. According to his declaration. the and information was disclosed pointing to still another husband“ name of the man was found to be not ascertained. tion of Canada's diamond 111111166 of confederation to take place at‘ Ottawa on July 1 next. It. is be- lieved that if they are invited to do ---<s>—-- so, the government will send a @1118"- prominent delegation to Canada. ----o-e>-—- RAILROAD$ "no HE-LlP ADVER- ......_....,. AUOUEHA, Me. Feb. 11.- Rail- roads of New Enllaud will oo-oper. ate with the advertising fund com. mittee ‘of ‘Maine. Potato Public- ity", it as been announced by WiL iiam H. srtin, chairman. The com- mittee plan! to spend 5100.000 in the nexintwo years i Maine-grown potatoes. V Assurance has been given, he; said. 1111.11. the Bangor and __Aroos- took Railroad _ wppid contribute $10,000 that other New mo‘ "Competition has become so keen 9955M"- etweon ‘Southern mills that profits land would oo~operote in the b drive. Additional funds are to heal eluding 0d, _ an M side the eta p railroads already have featured Maine ‘potatoes _ billboards. radio newspaper and 011161‘ 90min al’ advertising halve been uaod. _. ~ ateiara sorrows oowu. lature toidsy by Hon. provincial tre FFRACED GLUESJ Further tracing of the clues led l TISE ‘POTATO E8 GROWN IN MAINE n “mush; Northern part of the United states ' ' ito the South, in the opluiou of-Pree- idont William B- MaoColl of the Na- tional Association of Cotton. Manu- facturers. , ti from Boat-on do mm connections out- to..iiliaiae hotels and m: "their menus, eorniuwénnt-sh-in‘ _ ..........,. I IIIIIIIIII O ft. There II IIIIIIII r, for he _ Iral Sir Roger Keyes, who, reported, will succeed Earl potatoes were Beatty who is retiring from kgpf, and (he Qermung would post of first lord of the admiralty (Canadian Press) AX, N. S" March 11. — olf slflbjects in the legislative as- control over the testing and “can? ‘semlbly this afternoon prevented any progress with 3 | I , 1 r estimates and the supplemeuntary 1 e Hg mm ed to Bowlers ration estimates which were to have been passed tod-ay in preparation for prorogation tomorrow. -Prevlous plans o_i the nlembers prasemed Wm, a handwme piece prevented a night session and the _ i D “Several of the villagers lent 0f plateby officers of the 11th house w“ “d-bumed m m““gadilfifrcggtansifffr a 111E101‘ “Mlle sup‘ Mme. Belmont-Cohort lnoney to ‘Hussars. together with a further wm°n°w mmmmg at elem“ o" y was e mun “pal u rdmm‘ iciue. Often gift of $205 in cash. THREE ‘IIIIBBIES-"All IIVIIIG clock when an attempt made to conclude all business in time for prorogatiou to- morrow afternoon. ' Wood Pulp Seized Along With Liquor Cargo Wm be es and the construction of two new‘ remamgnglflights of strictly military planes. Iseater scout planes. ,as a skeleton force. There have May Withdraw volved namely. that of the 118MB time illegal cargoes are 11111101111690 From information in papers of "1111" m" Unned Slaw” the woman, it was indicated, how- ,ever, that she had married the man elieve known as Alexander on April 3. y mar- 1923. The Cluckama-s sailed from Mul- grave N. S.. last month with a car- snnpgnots of the woman in go 01f wood-pulp for Philadelphia. ny Wm, the 1M1; “med man The vessel touched at the port of were produced, and record of the Newark. N- J-. e11 mm-rlaga ‘clearance of the wood pulp was sought at Philadelphia. the vessel was detained on information " ceived by United States authorities that it had taken on a big cargo ____. of liquor while at sea and unload- (Canadlan Press) ed it at Newark. PARIS‘. March 11. ——'l‘ble French Tadeo LurretBorges, Urugumyqn government has intimated that i1- aviator, and- his companions, mis- 1e sing since the wrecking of their plane last week, arrived at Cape Jubi shortly alter one o'clock this afternoon. ‘The Newark charge has not yet been proved and the shippers of , m h, celebm- the wood pulp are pressing their mm“ 1“t°'°“°d t claim that. if the Clalckamas pick- ed up liquor eu route. illegal acts done without their knowledge do not justify seizure of Peak Reached in Migration 0f N. E. ‘ Cotton Mills OTTIAWA- Dill" ‘Mflvfilllli 1'1. -—'F0i‘ The peak has been-reached in the migration of cotton mills from the and strongly unggd 111m to Intro- "Id m“ “WWW” ‘hlmrnm ‘t: ‘duce legislation giving the necss- “um” “WEE cmwu‘ m“ u“ ary powers to the Provinces. After Wllmwesl- "W111 be "I" w ' In long discussion. Mr. Rinfret ag- port for-shipment abroad. membe n of Parliament from Mani- 0111- very happy state of mind." "My belie! Is that 1m will prove ‘a,mucb more satisfactory year than .1928 in the toxtileinduslry." llid William S. Papperell," president of ‘the Rhoda Islsud-‘Textiie Associa- tion and the recent meeting addres- eed also by -Presblout Msccoii. "The low prices for goods should stimulate and materially increase the volume of business done." lion-mo; United States Senator it and lolxoniiart Ii. - ~ . » . e a t o A - of distributing in one ill? 1110"‘ vubn“ “mum” “m” ‘a cf gszkgizsbddztlflooiltmgwwiibolen at?! an,“ i, oonmhnyflworsiled Ilsnotloturors- voiced the‘ ly lower than ef- lm. rue 1020,0011»! 11M immvlfllflflh 1111111"- surplus was $38,010. and the esu- _ mated ourplus rei- 1m was anus.) 40. p p‘ ‘tor-til Henry l‘. Li ry w ahead altdulr. Peabody too a d View of ‘ oulloo ‘ma! Morning‘ Guardian, sounded III‘ Charlottetown Guardian Two Cents nun wlll BE SPENT c IIN BANAIIIYS DEFENCE TWO New Flights of Military Planes and Increased Grants For. Navy, Cadets _ and Non-Permanent Militia. J1 \VASHING*TON, lilanuh 1‘1.—-F the first time since the war the pa crease its elcpendltules (or National ;gg5_0()()_ Defence. The estimates for the fis- cal year 1-927-28 total $15,900,000. which is an increase of more than $3,000,000 over last year. The amount to lbe spent on Can- ada's permanent Force remains un- changed but the militia, services. the Cadet services, the Naval. Ser- vice und the Royal Canadian Air Force will ull receive more money this year if the estimates pass par- liament. The Air Force, which has 0111)’ 001116 into existence since the nes MaoPhail, War, has for several years been consolidating its position by active work with civil government depart- ments. 1t has been utilized for ex- depgrtmgnt tenslve forest fire protection w0rk..110,000 to 115,000 “new 1- for surveying and photography anlllfew days training in Can along the coasts. The Royal Canad- Mum; ien Air Force has also complete ing of civilian pilots and other mat- ters relatlng to civilian flying. With the natural increase in flying activ- ities the Air Force work has grown, dollars have until this year it will require 3:501‘ militia. trai £00,000 to carry out its proglsm in-I stead oi’ $1,800,000 voted last yearfithese part- The 192s program of the Alr1 ln-the past the Force has had to so- throu lect ‘planes with a view to civilian, their oflicers. work but the present plans are for.‘ Canada-s permpuen, p0,.“ of 011B flight of army co-operatlonfh planes and one flight of fast singlelmsin unchanged. at a cost 0f 84.- 300000 during 1927-ZS. This force flncludes 340 officers, who (m; high- 1Y trained and capable of undertak- ing commands in several branches of military work. The permanent The Royal Canadian Navy since the war has been maintained only been two destroyers and some mine y maintained chiefly PROVIDENCE, ‘R.-l., Mar. 11,—.1111B been spent on the training of for training pu ' Counsel for the Pictou Pulp 111111. -Paper Company of ‘Sydney. N’. 3-3 are seeking the aid of tile Canadian ‘ government in recovering the cargfl iof wood pulp aboard the Canadian ‘steamer Clflcliilllllifl recently seized at Pililudel II a on a rulu runn m: Tile search was continued among charge’ n V?“ learned here today‘ The attitude of llle ‘Canadian Gov- ernment has not yet been revealed New England to 39518111111011 Make Drive for (Cifllflllfl ‘Pr-ess) FOPIIIGI‘ ‘PARKS, March 1'1. -—It is report- ed here that Major George Wash- ington Stephens of Montreal has BOSTON, March lL-“New Eng- wllwlted to withdraw his resigns. Iund is soon to launch a new and :13; is‘: slzresgleil; 0g the ‘generals: aggressive oampaisu to bring n 011 B aar 8. ely llll- b . til another Canadian with a know- Mk to “E one time supremacy u ledge of French and German can a shipping and expo" “m” ‘be found to replace him. Murder Trial Actually. the drive began long ago when New England interests began the campaign that brought the American Republic line under _ _ the control of a Boston brim, taking away that steamship Ina from SIX Minutes New York and holding it against the rival claims of Baltimore Mild Philadelphia. The vessels in t. e ‘LONDON, March 11.-A 1111111191‘ line are controlled by the United tlrial lasting only six minutes was states Shipping Batu-m Fold in Old Bailey today. James Formally, me campaign Wm on“ rederick Stratlou, aged 26, plead- on March 16 a, a (“Henson m ma ed guilty to murdering his sweet- huge new swam, Hotel eart seventeen days ago. Strat- A group o! mlund'commercml £35 ‘gfificfivaimgiiiigttz? by S‘: agents of the Merchants Fleet Cor- Benlence or den“, y p“ poration of the United States Ship- ' ping Board already has visited Boa- pnalmg pflgyuqcga w||_|_ ton on a tour of the Atlantic ports. HAVE CONTROL or "saus- They 11151160911 111° "1116111111" °1 sKv" Laws, the port, the great Army Base in South Boston, and were impressed by the city's faculties for handling (Canadian Press) OTTAWA. March 1l—'<Ai‘ter three years’ effort. the Western Provinc- foreign commerce. The immediate es finally are to be given controbrssult of the visit was the re-rout- over the sale of shares within their‘ (u; n; {our large shipments destin- boundaries. 9d [or central freight territory. so A delegation composed of all the, that may Wm be handled a; (m; toba. Saskatchewan and Alberta ' had an interview today with Hon. fliengegtza gllazlhaegesfilflgptlgg $57,‘: Fornand Rinfret. Secretary oi’ State ° reed and promised to bring down a‘. New Eiisland 11111111111"! "9 I" bill in Parliament at the presenting urged to take sdvantllo 0! 011° foreign markets made more avail- Hithorto the Provinces have not able through the assignment of the le of teamnhip line to Boston. Di- ’ “a ma“ "u", reduced lndbeen able to control the sa new 5 P1111911 11 $14911! 0th?!’ "Y: ill-nanny manufacturers are not in a igazg: ginflfifofilwéffleifagglrlgffzg P1111141" °1 111° W" °E P°'""“fl' the result has been that many m,“ of we” “numbing plying in fifféiiéi’; l.‘”.§i.“.§"?.‘1il'.f§‘.fi’i§§§ 5°“ -*"""°* m” '“"°'“" B l‘ ,0 “venom [that there will ha an almost limited M‘ Rum,“ has agreed to m”, possibility for expansion of busin- the wishes of the Western Provinc- 9" b!’ “H”! “hum” ‘u m. es and will consult tho law officers 11151119" 11"" 9991"‘- r I of the Crown as to the best manner T119 111191151111 03 1116 M". 11 I11 of doing so. There is some doubt "11101111061110111. "TIM "ll! 9794"’ as to whether the Dominion Gov- era take annulus o! the 1001111!" ernment can divest , , itv over these companies, and Knfmueaml ms Rinfrot thought that ' should be cleared an lslinn was introduced. . itself of author- us, the ‘Bursa aerosols“; n _ _ E011 ICIII“ ~ n n n found uuttiie arm-ii Nrtb a i a e diatribe sate madame” admits’ evil- ‘ l. i noell- , 0O all‘ , surfing” 01‘ naval reservists in various Canad- F' inn cities. This year the navy gets 11111118111 of 0111111411- 111 881164 10 111' $1,725,000 which is an increase of lFor the training of cadets in the schools of Canada, an extra $100.- 000 is set aside in the 1927-28 esti- slates, making the total amount for 1111B purpose $500,000. The cadet services are invariably the subject of sharp debate in the House of Commons where the Progressives. farmer group. never fail to express their opposition to military proper ations as a whole and to the train!- 1118- 0f boys in particular, Miss A!- tho only woman member of the Commons, is usual~ ly one of the most outspoken in the Progressive attack on the Defence estimates. Usually ecelve a for the detection of smugglingyear, m“ each T119 HOB-permanent militia also Jeceives an increase in- the estimat- es for the coming fiscal year, Since the war about a million and a half been spout annually ping but this year over $2,000,000 is to be voted for time military uanits. The Duper strength of the militia is about 125,000,000 though the 1mm. ,ber trained annually is far below that number. Many of the historic regiments are maintained partly 8h the private contributionog ardly 4,000 of all ranks will ro- '