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CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1927 ‘fgfjflfld §:"‘,',‘;:;,,,:";‘;: cm‘, B E U I N Advocates “Pacific 4""

IN THE FEIIIZIINI

(Canadian Press)

Chinese Situation

‘N II

IENN IIIIIIIIIITIIIIIIIIIS IIIINTIJNESE IIIiIiY

PNNIQNENI"

Mr. Bennett Speaking in Budget Debate Declared Post Office Dept. Had Deficit of Over Three Millions While Increase. in Taxation Amounted to Over Fifteen Mil- lion Dollars.

uTTlAiWA, Ont, Feb. 18.—Featur-

cs of yesterday's budget and: ciaimsi ' ul’ the finance nninister include the. r following: There are H0 till"?

changes; the estimated revenue nti March 31st next in ‘P1110641 ill "llwi hundred and ninety lfour milllons,. eight hundred seventy lllilllfilllld dollars, and the expeniture at three hundred and sixty mlllion,I six hundred thousand sevenl hulld- red and forty dollars, leaving a sur- plus of approximately $34,000,000 I Decrease in interest on Dllbllll debt is estimated at one million one llunrired ninety one thousand 4'01"‘! hundred and ninety three dollars.

ST. LO-U I8, ‘Feb. 18. —Dsvld Lloyd George la reported to have advocated a "Plilmii ‘u’ tlsmsnt" of the Chinese situa- tion in a telephone conversa- tion taming Ray» Plibillm" "f the Globe —Democrat over the Trans-Atlantic telephone sor- vlce which opened hers yester- day.

"i hsvo Just heard that the Cantonese forces are msrchlni on Shanghai, the wartime Pre- mier said, speaking from llll home near lLondon. “Undoubt- edly the best thing that could happen for China and the world would ibe a lPaclflc set- tlement.

J l l] KNNEINNEIN III NIIIIINEY

(Canadian Press) _MA_DIS()N aQ-UIAIRE GARDEN, N, Y., Il-‘eb. 18.——-Twenty thousand fans, a record breaking indoor box- ing throng. inovedl upon Mfldlflml Square Garden tonight for a tell round heavyweight battle between

MNN FIINNIII IIE IIINIII

~— Shanghaiqley G1 B a i I . oMgn (giscohvlelrlgg: r12; Valley Taken W1 N e p l. e w w l, o; Marshal Sun Not

Thought His Uncle, Further Stand in Had Gone on o. Visit, (Canadian m")

t0 NOYthCPII olliflrlflI ‘SlllillNtili-llAi, Feb. is. ~ The (l8-

ilentcd northern urnly of Marshal (cmldhn PH") Sun Clluun-Fnng was in full retreat

_M,A|D0i(;‘ 0m" pa}, l18_ Jen, toward Shanghai today while the ome Keene, about “my Wars m, victorious (‘antonese war machine age living in Murlnora townsiliplrolwd In“) Hlmgflww Plclllmp/que s-bout one lnlll- ironl Iiiadoc, was My “IIY I" m“ dwell"! HYQlC-lll "l found dead in his bed _\’i‘i<iit‘l‘llilYIllle 1mm" "M5186 Vane?’ ‘Vmmm with the u-pper part oi‘ ills lit-ad '°“I“I“m'"~ blow" of by a shotgun’ A (‘.()l¥llllllllli‘ilil0fl between

The body Wm, undressed. and [he Shanghai and dlangcllow has been clothing had been wrapped ubouijsevered‘ AI prefiem there “re m"

the bead. The clothing of lilo old , “m, Mmfqmu SIM” trwp“ m man llnd not boon lilfilifflléil by tile our. WIIII“ "ll ill" Illlllgi-Illllw“ n,,,,.,l,,,.e,,l m, ‘new, ‘VHH “mney‘kl.i;lgl.rii pflIIWily between found ill the pockets o1‘ ills gurln-I dfcllllill; IINIM SISIQHNIQIEIIRVmI e is. ' l, ‘ ’ . l“ l! a an“! (Hscovery "l- me murdemdIlol'il will make no further stand

. (‘heklang province of which l1 ' . i. i I 1 h ,

lClhlarigsaiiaxydiiifiiluqvllollllnd1:51:23‘ Htmgchow I“ ‘he capImL A detach‘ make inquiries as the man ilud ilot mfmt "r 800 “r Sm‘ l‘ delemed been Ne" ml, Home “mix Them tloops passed tiirollgh here today. was no gun found in the house The Fnmute w Nankmg calm“ °t this body was m n good mate of "mam ‘Klangsu" provinceand 135 wound- ervation due to the z-oili WCIIUlClHI ed me" stopped here ‘m the my m it was thought the lll|ll‘(lBl‘ migllt g‘

" IN PNSSESSIIIN IIF NIINGBIIIINI

“Northern Troops in ull Retreat Toward

ifstlnlaiecl favorable trade balanceI-lllilk lhllllleY» “om?” “5mh°“vy'

' “we address pointed out that the

two hundred 11ml diff-Y "mumm-

- t. I of ‘Boston. Fully 60,000 others, Tex RcductIOIlfgJW-glagy glam? petIRiekard estimated, failed in an un-

stiles tax; cent. in effect todllY- 1314559 l“ ‘m matches twenty flvfl Illfll‘ "em-i

chem,“ up m ten dOum-B exQmpLmOdBflOIl. -for them.

[rgm gtampa and on those from tell up. only two cents; stamps .011 0V‘

. boll i160; filial: tdixinredillligtlllltfentipfirscentll1MB‘?! declllli-l" “"9" “ck Daumey

with exemption of sales. ‘ A11 the” changes takes place July first next. .301 M; Bennett in his admir-

prouperity of the country lauded ‘by the nuance minister. WBB 03mm" entirely due to the i-mmense amps; the exportation ofwheat and B8111. iunl also to the exportuliou of Plllll‘ woqd and minerals. in addition to the enormous exportation of cereals we exported last year, mlllflrlllll woltll two hundred forty two illII‘ lloli eight hundred thousand dol- lars. The ~money received from ex- lportation of minerals iswealtli re- sulting imdeplétion of our natural resources; the plllllwofld 91ml“ tlon is an exhaustion of natural re- sources that cannot be replaced‘ for generations. This money increased our purchasing IDOWBI‘. lblli- lelllillli; behind u most serious exhaustion or natural resources.

Mr. Bennett pointed out that in the izlco of the finance ministers boast, over fifteen million dollars moi-o ln taxation were taken from the peqpIB than in the PPBi/lmlll year. There was-an iucrefli-IQ lll i119 customs taxes of over fourteen mll- lion dollars and an increase in the excise taxes of over dour millions and u Iiuli’.

lMr. Bennett also showed that the cost of living was higher in De- cember llast than at any time since i922.

Referring to the reduction of, postage, Mr. Bennett showed that; in the face or this reduction the post office department had this your u ldeilcit of three million eight hundred thousand dollars.

iweight champion, and Jim Maioney

precedented scramble for tidkelfl ‘because the Garden had no accom-

NEW YORK. Feb. l8-—~Jimmy Maloney of Boston, battled throng-h ten fiercely fought rounds to a

before a record throng of 20,000 at Madison Square Garden tonight- The margin of the rugged. BOBF-Dll contender in Tex Richard's heavy- weigh elimination tournament ‘was clean and decisive. ll-lis bnillllng drives-to the-head and body completely broke up De- llineys attacks and the Ftonch Canadian, nailing Maloney new uud then with his heralded right Emil-Bl! to the liead, could dolittle more than Jar the Boston giant. Delaney, popular favorite, could not hold Maloneyhi rushes as the Boston slugger boredown upon him with the full .force of his 31 pound advantage. A majority of tho critics at the ringside gave Maioney a clean cut margin in six rounds, with Delaney having the better oi‘ two and two even. The victory cwme as a ‘stunning sunprlse to a capacity crow-dl that had madeDelaney a 13-5 ‘favorite. lt marked lvlwloneys fourth straight .win in Tex Richard's elimination tournament to determine a chal- lenger for Champion Gene Tunney next September.

Minister rose to l1 question of priv- liege.

~lle read oxtlllicts from an editor- ial in the Ottawa ‘Morning Journal of 10th February instant, which set forth that alter the election 1925. Premier King held told the Gover- nor-geilerwi he would resign; but afterwards, having wusulied gov- ernmelit colleagues, came back and told Jlls Excellency ‘he would not resign: but would meet ‘Parliament and so lfoi-th.

vessel as was the Elkton respond-

hlive been committed as for buck as Christmas. it was believed that Mr. Keene had gone to Tlmlnins in‘ Northern Ontario to visit his son.

Dr. W. S. Cartel" oi‘ Mudoc who is coroner for the district was noti- fled and took along vltll llim ln-I spector Nugent of the provincial‘ police. An inquest was opened and

next Monday. ' ‘

l

Nine Members of i

. Grew Rescuedi

(Canadian iPross) IBIEAICH HlAVlBN, N. J., Feb. 18 Coasiguardsinen rescued nine lneml hers of the crew of the four mustedI schooner ‘Cecil l‘. Stewart oi‘ Rock-I land. Me., which stranded on tlleI ShOBlg in yesterday's ileiivy fog. The vessel will be a total loss lin- _less' the seas albate. '

Freighter Sank With All Hands

- (Canadian Press) lMlAtVlilaA, iFeb. 18. — All hope for the Admiral Line freighter.) Elkton 6,138 tons and crew of l6I men was given up here tonight. The vessel apparently sank with all hnllds and a cargo of‘ sugar near Cuam alter becoming helpless in a gale-swept sea.

Attempts of Admiral Lille agents here to _get information frolli herI from Cuani failed tonight. T'h6'E"ifOl1 left Imlnpandnn, Neg- ros island, February ii, destined for Atlantic ports by way of the Pailama Canal. She planned to stop at lllbnolulu for fuel. She was coin- malided iby Captain N. C. Schnell- ard.

‘iho Liberator n shipping hoard

ed to S. i0. S. calls sent ollt by the distressed ship but on arriv-

an ailjournment was made nntill slrollghokl “my n3 mu” away and

land partly burned by the retrelit~

_ ions results. that we should never

_ Guardian Job Printory.

ln connection with our trade with other countries Mr. Bennett showed how oilr trade with the United iStates was vastly in their favor. From Great Britain and tile Irish Free State came our favorable balance oi‘ trade. .

Referring to greater trade rrelli- tions with the United States in which that country cut us of! with- out ceremony he ‘laid down as u principle of the utmost importance, "01. 1° b" (llllfoxsrded without ser-

The Prime Minister warmly stat- Old! this was illll false. ll-ie reaffirmed that every thing which touik place iii this connection was contained in the correspondence tabled a few days ago. t 4, The house went into committee to further consider the old age pen- sion ‘bill. The proceedings were in- terrupted lry intimation that the deputy of tho Governor-tienerai would be in the Senate chamber at five o'clock to give assent. to the bills, granting twelve million dol- egfnbligh a channe|.ot_ “m, wmc" lars to the Montreal harbor com- may he dggtfoygd a; ‘he “M.” of missioners, the bill appropriating ,1 comlnm-cla] 5mm! seven hundred tboulland- dollars to Thn Muse; debate w“ adlounp the Royal Aglicultural Winter Fair ,.,| H" Monmy m“ - Association-at Toronto and the bill Beforg mrowmqns Wm, ma,” o‘, incorporating n national committee me (Iny (M, afternoon’ ",0 prune for-the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee or confederation. in due time Black 119d appeal-ed and presented the usual invitation oao-oooooooooooooooooolo-atflnii Mr- élpeaiter and Idle Commons Condensed Specials Weed“ t‘? the senate‘ '

fllTEa-JC. pai- word. not each insertion in this column,

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l New Glasgow Win l’ Series From Bearcats

(Canadian Press)

§ ‘YOU WANT GOOD INVILOPIO , Nova Sootia Hoolisy Flay-offs st Truro

Prices 50 for 20c, 100 for 85o. 250 for 55c, 500 for $1.00. 1000 for 81-05. Postpaid. Guardian Office. ’ tf Trurn Bearcats, 4; New Glasgow 2 . ‘HOME MADE POTTID MEAT. l-‘resli sausages. Saunders. New-

uom a Co. East lllnd Market Illog. g1

‘J00 F mfma or lzvlnv dump a, cheaply and expedi- iloiisl executed. Giisrdiss Coli- tral ob Prism-y, Pllolls lat.

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"New Glasgow win‘; home and home series by one goal as they won in New Glasgow '1 to d. At Dlgliy-Keatviiie 8. Digby 1, Kentv-iile Win series by 21 goal; to 1.

SAIPNT JOHIN, ‘N. 11., no. ii_ Sussex 2: Saint Jolui 1, in rim

inl; at the locaiioll given by the disabled craft found neither it nor life boats to which tile crew might have taken.

Resigns Presidency of Sarre Commission

(Canadian Press) GENEVA. Feb. 1R. -(loorge Washington Stephens of Mont- real has resigned the presidency of the Sarre Valley governing coni- mission to which position lls was appointed last Muroh. No i-olrson was given for the resignation which is regarded as bringing a delicate Franco-German question before the March session of the Leazue of Nations Council.

Envoy andlStaff Received At White House

(Canadian Press) WASHINGTON, Fob. 18. -—llon Vincent Massey, Canada's envoy to the United States, presented his credentials to President Coolidge when he was received. st the White House this afternoon with members of the staff of the Cana- dian legation.

with the United States government

new dlplomsti- relationship be-

Bame of home and home series.

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tween the two countries. ,.

editorial comment:

Mr. Coolidge greeted the Canadian never was in~ En inists and promised-the cooper- traffic of such ation of an administration ill we iwblio thou w" “odor tho lm

‘Tile (ilipilire o4‘ Iiallgcllow by tile Cantonese gives them u great lev- oiugc in their struggle toward Shanghai. it gives the Nationalists control of the southern terminus of ltho Grand Canal which runs the full length of Kilinsu province and

.000 miles northward to Tienstin. lit also gilves the southernerfi a

n sea outlet near to Shanghai. lCuntonese sources at Huugcllow reported the city had been looted

lllg northerners. The retreat of Sun's troops seemed to gather momentum tonight when 4,000 men arrived in Shanghai and quartered at the main railway station on the

border of the international settle- ment. Streluns of refugees were 0160 arriving here. Telegraphic

colllmunizration with Hangchow re- mained broken.

Ningpo, 80 miles east of Hang- ohow. also was occupied by the soutllerllers and troops of Marshal Sun who evacuated that city by sea. have arrived ltere.

SlifAlNCd-Mli, Feb. l8. — The de- feated army of-MarshaiSnn Chilan- Filllg, falling back toward Shang» hni is expected to make its next stand at Sungkiang, 28 miles from this city. The chief obstacles to the conquest of Shanghai is presented by the Whongpoo river.

LUNDON, Feb. 18. —— Swift de- veio-pnlenis in China, where the advancing nationalist forces lirc meaclng ‘Shanghai more ma“ ‘ever lifter capturing the neighboring city of l-langchow and Niugpo, caused the prime minister. Stanley Bald- win to call another cabinet council today to discuss the news. The

INYN IIEIINIJE

I5 SIIENIIINII BIIIIIIEE

ty of Lowe-r Yangtse

tbout Resistance - Expected to Make

Chekiang Province.

ministers furthermore will remain lil Landon over tile weekend in readiness to meet again at any time. The members of the cabinet re- main hopeiul that the fresh instruc- tions sent to Charge Dual-fairs 0'- Mailey, who is negotiating at Hau- kow with iForeign Miinster Chen of tho Cantonese or nationalist gov- ermellt, will result in the signing of an agreement settling the future status of the foreign settlement lit Hankow. They realize, however, that the changing military situation might involve some fresh delays.

Marines Ready For Action

WESTiIINEHS

None of its Provisions Help the Taxpayer is Comment of Al- berta Member.

(Special to the Guardian)

OCYHAWA, Feb. l8. — There is not much rejoicing in the Progres- sive ranks over the 1927 budget. “A rich man's budget commented one U. F. of A. member to the Star today declaring that none of its provisions help the general taxpay- er. There was also no relief from the tariff.

"Will you move an amendment " asked the Star.

“l am not prepared to say yet." The Alberta members especially are said to be dissatisfied with the budget.

“The income lax cut", said one, “is absolutely against nil the rep-

ISIHAINIGiHA-I, Febf 18. -—i'l‘wenty- one warships of five foreign count-. rieg lay in the Wang Pao river here today, their fighting men ready to‘ g0 into action to protect foreign lives and property should they he menared ‘by the threatened invas-I ion of lCantonese forces.

Four thousand British soldiers, ashore within the international set-' tiemenis await developments, all», er British troops on the sea will

less they are diverted war vessels, the Pittsburgh, Ashvll-

mick had on lboard 1.100 marines ready for sllore duty and 1,200 oth- er "devil dogs" are expected from San Diego, Feb. 24.

‘The five ioreignfiags flying from the warships were t-liose of the United Slates. Great Britain, lilrsnce, and (Italy. 18! in Quietly and stubbornly at anchor despite the assurances of the warring Chinese factions that foreign lives and property were not endangered. in Shanghai, how- ever, were many foreign refugees i‘rom Hankow and Kiukiang from which cities they had been evacu-I sited when cooiie mobs overrun the British concession districts and Cantonese government officials took over their udmlistration.

ILIONDON, F90. 18. -— There is great anxiety in oiiiiclal circles

Fang, ruler of the province Kiangsu, will begin looting Shang- hai into which city they are stream-

arluies. However, it is reported in government quarters that

foreign minister. that should the_ rioters rabble overthrow into the iii-| ternatiollal settlement at sllillllhlll It. may be necessary for the Brit-

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ll inns,

Declines to be Drawn T o r n a d o e s Swept

I ‘n t o Controversy With Rosebery —- Pertinent Comment.

maroon, February, l8. -Llov1l George has refused to 'be (lrawn Inin replying to lLord lloseberys letter to the London Times "m" asking whether the Lloyd George

Tornadoes that aw t througiii parts (Inmpalizn ‘luring-gs 19319102331 attract’; of Louisiaiiia andepMississippl last the s“ e o o ' headquarters night killed at least H persons and injured scores as well as leavlni; a trail of heavy damage.

ment issued by his roads 41g YOIIOWSI "The fun Mr. lbioyd George con-t

troll-l was raised in a way which;

r l , f 1| men at plantations fl§°fhg°lcfffflg°j,,jfi'l‘e"fi, £173,311 ion, in Tenhac parish, Louisianls. ‘where fourteen persons were re-

Pnriy in the days before the coal-i

ition. and all along it has been tie" PM!“ km“ ""1 M voted m legitimate pgrty pufpoggg, "I score iniured with prospects of tilie The Morning Post, which from, total fatalities being increased as “m” w “me h“ nude intafesflng.‘ other nmdillllwfihfl plantations were revelations abqut othenalliegsd sale lellfll mm- ‘ £123? ‘f; s£flclhhewhl?ahltol;,fi 021,12, 18 were badly hurt near Pleasant » w“; pflme mmhm“. ma“, m“. Hill. Salbine Parish, loulsianlma-nd ' eight were killed and several oth- “We halve asserted before and 9" Ill-lur“ 3°" 3°" Hm- m"- - 1 h Nilylisd-IQ-Zga-Iis: Nitime minister! Thm°°n "m!" '9" km“ there was aY-lbriiik, lt-legullalr nndhend ormonli ira c n t e sas o on- , b t , uissrward across After a brief address in which Nrlilinzhigglewgfriwrfiwtesres: lnflcholfloNl Mlrriuillvl- o cllsi-‘k of "is "f"- Mr. Massey expressed his deslrle to gtgall-llllglofgl-nfigclklilllfil; lglrpgoxzil" establish the-frionillisst reist onli . ma”: known m“ h‘ ‘n u the “m. w," mpg“; ajtime piling up hliIQ sums ilor his “gown political ends it might have pres-l been less lavish In its expenditure slon that Mr. Lloyd George was fllld

when Mr-

"We assert further that

dimensions.

merely winning the war. if it bad

bring their number up to 10,000 un-l

to otherI Doris of China. Five United States‘

ie, Sacramento, Edsall, and McCor-I

The war emit i"‘°€“l°u°ll-

here caused ‘by fear th ttli d feat-pt two m°r° ed troops oi’ Marshal “Sane CNiuan-Igtudelélet: itflggzéméfgr!’ ‘have ‘been ofIcent weeks to seventeen.

m following d,“ h. t_ believing himself to " or: with the advaillclalésflaellltfizuexllie "'“““° “° M” ‘mmllyl

they Bus jets in All Saints Episcopal

have warned Chen, the Cantonese fgfrfiegnd my “w” '° “m” church.

Stewart, a senior wt Elmira col-loge m‘ troops to “re filltifld her life wlhen she was re-

-ul'i.y for a minor infraction of col- lege rules.

Hon. Dr. Tolmie

resen-tations made iby the labor and farmer organizations of Canada.

IINIIBEI NIII

PIIPUIIII WITH

Canada to Construct ' fleet of Fight. ing Planes

(Canadian Press)

ers last night Major-General J. H. MacBi-ien, cllief of staff, intimated t at. if the proposed national ile- fence estlmates passed the House

dian Air Force officers are actually working with imperial authorities on a plan of the proposed airship mooring mast to be erected in Cali- ada as part of an empire airship route.

Brief Session of N. S. Assembly

(Canadian Press) HAlLl-FAX, Feb. 18. —Tbere was} another very brief session of the legislation assembly this afternoon wlhen the House met with only one opposition member in his seat, D B. McLed, luverness, Hon. William

The elimination of these stamp, taxes merely caters to the big in-' terests." I Another western member refer; red to it as “a popular budget but’ it doesn't mean anything.” I "increase of $586,000 in the esti- mated expenditure for the fiscal Your for pensions as lbrought out by Hon. Mr. Robb, in his speech yesterday is an indicab’ ion that the dominion governmentI is carrying out the wishes of the people for a generous treatment of the disabled veterans and this in? crease is probalbly due in the mliin ‘to the new regulations which went linto effect last year. giving a 50 gporcent mini-mum C8898. 1 lln this class alone it was esti- lmated that 3,000 oases wguld b given increzifed allowances by this 1100 1913, Canada has expended on pensions, $302,295,817, a sum larger by $2,000,000 . than the total public debt tlint had ac- cumulated from Con/federation to