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Meagre Advices Report Martial Law Proclaimed Throughout

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Halifax Lawyer Is Amazed At Action

Japan. B_y Ferllelél and Pro- FLASH 32110:; o v e r n -

Unconfirmed Chinese reports said Prem- ier Okada, Home Minister Goto and Viscount Takahashi, Minister of Finance were among

those killed.

(A. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

Unofficial reports from China Tuesday said martial lsw was proclaimed in Tokyo after the assassination of

several Japanese political leaders.

Reuters News Agency reported from Shanghai that a soup d’etat had placed the powerful militarist bloc in con-

trol of the government.

A Singapore dispatch by the agency said the residence of Premier Keisuke Okada, a retired admiral, and of sev- eral other cabinet ministers had been seized by army

officers.

No direct word from Tokyo was (received because of a strict censorship. This indicated a grave situationin the capital of the Empire and one without parallel in re-

cent years.

TRADING SUSPENDED

Trading on both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges was reported

suspended. Foreign in Pelping told Reuters that Viscount Korekiyo Tskshsshi, Minister of Finance and one of the most distinguished men

in Japanese public life, was smo

Efforts of the Now York bureau o

those v f the Amociated Pres! to get in

lnstcd.

touch with its Tokyo bureau were unavalilng.

An attempt to telephone Tokyo from San

Pacific service reported the Tokyo exchange was "out of order."

The Japanese Empire,

in one of the most

In years, had just emerged from n bitter national general election.

Short Session Of A

Supreme Court At Georgetown

An appeal from a conviction under the Prohibition Act was the only case on the docket when Sup- reme Court opened at Georgetown yesterday. Justice A. E. Arrensuli- presided. ‘

The appeal by Margaret Bd- monds was heard and dismissed.

Grand jury foreman was W. Ed- ward Bulpitt. Eighty jurymen pre- sent at the session were: Messrs. Earl Walsh, Daniel P. McKinnon. John F. Morrison, William How- litt, George Beck. Cameron Reid, Lawrence Dolley and Jerome Mur- phy.

The court adjourned sine die.

COMING EVENTS‘

"Hockey tonight, Graham's Road Monarchs vs. Imperials at. New Glasgow. L-314i)

"Doubleheader at Victoria, play- °" some, Covcvs. Tryon. Junior

the two dominant P" Minselto, or pro-government party, seats. Internal issues were paramount in the 0111111194811-

In international affairs, the gov- ernment is in a. critical stage. Rie- peated incidents on the choukuo-Mongollan border created tenseness with Soviet Rus- sla, which repeatedly accuses Japan of war-like designs.

Only recently Japan followed u? her withdrawal from Nations by London naval co her demand for pari Britain and the United States WI! not granted.

Qkndlfg government has been iu

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Okada Victorious

The government of Premier Kel- suke Okada, threatened with over- throw, was victorious, however, and remained in control. Cksda is an admiral.

There has long been friction with rnllltarists. who have directed the Empire's expansion in Manchuria and current penetration into North China, slid the “civil." pacifistlc government element.

Surprise Gains

A feature of the election was the unexpected gains by the Talshubo, or So opposed to ation of group nearly gaine power in the diet, although its seats were far below the number held by ties. The

the govemnrent.

Francisco failed, the irons-

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(GP. By Guardian's Special Wire)

HALIFAX, Feb. zit-Any proposal to take the power of amending the British North Amer-la. Act from the British Parliament and band it over‘to the Canadian govern- ment, should be "strenuously op- posed" by every Canadian who "had the welfare of the Dominion at heart and believed the British connection something more than an empty name," GB. Smith, K.O., former president of the Nova scot- tia Conservative Association told the Women's Conservative Club here tonight. He said he had no authority to speak for the Conservative part/y or express the views of its leaders, "whatever they might be." It was with amazement, he stat- ed, he had witnessed the “carefree, easy and irresponsible manner in which representatives of the Fed- eral and provincial government-B. with the exception of New Brun- swick, without mandate from the people, without the authority even of their own legislatures, without even veiling the, public what they proposed to do, foregathered at Ottawa. and them decided to strike mfell blow at our British-connec- tion by so amending the British North America Act that 1n the future amendments to our Cana- dian constitution would not be made so‘ in the pest by the British parliament, but by the Canadian parliament." Minor changes might be permit- ted, he said, but he feared that in- stead of a fixed and stable con- stitution interpreted by '70 years of judicial decisions, changing the power of amendments might lead to a constitution liable b0 change with every whim of the party in power.

Sat Silent As lladeau llied

(C.P. By Guardian's Special Wire) HULL, Que, Feb. 25-Pnul La- Fleur. driver of the car in which Armand Nadeau was shot to death, “y, sflQnL g3 q gunman fired three bullets through the you“! W"! acccuntsntshead. accordion; in 9 statement attributed to him today by detectives. ‘ Detective Emcsl: sabourin of Ot- tawa too): the witness stand at the “.151 o; mile“;- and five others charged with Nadeaus murder in say he had asked ufleur if he had made any outcry WM“ i!" 89"" m“ med, Lafleur said he had not. Be felt he was in dons" ""1 mlflht receive the some treatment u! hi! friend if he made any “lind- Earlier Detective Ovila Lusisnm

Htmpwn vs. , Th r c». ,Feb. m i934. He had retired 21th. mo“ u a yh-ll" irzvliirsiirviemilitory can» in rm. gihyhgflflullxfogg; ‘xgrxdflxflgdgg ._._ Th ,1 Embassy in Wash- 0 m "Weishiur oI-rty. Hartsville Hall. mamas 523x139 u p-m. A.S.T. Tues- not to look at m. gurngiacr; ‘v1.15: widower. Mb- Ii stormy. 1111"» day that it had received no lnform- no, lumofld in “w ° M w ‘ “Y. 1-3145 5mm on mporid o'f a military coup commanded the two 11h Vome“ I -—— in Tokyo. lonely wooded spot on e GI

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Italy Again Protests Pact

ROME, Feb. flo-Italy informed Great Britain today she refuses to drop her protest against the five power Mediterranean defensive pact created ‘among sanctionist nations. In a note given the Pbroign 0i- floe in Iondon by Dino Grandi, the Italian ambauador, Italy said she reserved the "right to bring up the question in the place and at the moment it believes most oppor- tune."

(In a reply to Italy's protest over the defensive agreement, the Brit- ish Foreign Office notified Rome Feb. l7 that the British govern- ment "does not feel any useful pur- pose would be served" by prolong- ing correspondence on the matter). Italy persisted in the attitude that Great Britain's action of securing agreements of aid from France, Greece, Turkey and Yugo- slavia in event of any unprovoked Mediterranean attack, was s. per- sonal one, ouLslde Geneva. and not in conformity with_ the league of nations.

TRIPLEIS TELL 0F SLAYINE

M o t h e r Alleged To Have Shot Father.

YORK, Pa, Feb .25—'1'hree l2- vear-old triplets stumbled across snowy fields today totell a.gra.nd-., father in Llsburn. seven miles away, that their mother. “blue be- cause of snow and blizzards." had shot their father to death. The family has been virtually impris- oned in its farm home for more than a month.

"Goodbye, children, this will ‘be the last you see of me," freckled James Washlnger said his mother told him as she sent him forth from their back road farm home with his chubby brown-eyed als- ters. June and Mary.

“She told me she wished she hadn't done it." he added.

Allison Hoffman. a son of Mrs. Washinger by a former marriage and who lives with the grand- father in Llsburn, found his mother standing lnthe doorway ln hcr night. clothes, dazed, and falling to recognize him. A rifle lay on the floor ‘and there was a. slight wound under her left arm.

He took her to Harrisburg Hos- pital, about 15 miles away, where she wasmeld for observation but pronounced in nodanger. Coroner L. U. Zech pushed through the snow, mud and slush to find the body of Washinger. the back of his head torn to pieces as if by a shotgun shell.

Youth Guilty 0f Manslaughter

MONTREAL. Feb. 25—~Sentenc0 was postponed today until the end of the term after Louis dl Benga aged l5. was found guilty of man- ~l= ghter by a court of King‘. Bench jury that heard his trial on charge of the murder of his step- mother. ‘

Crown Counsel Ernest Bertrand told the jury a verdict of murder would be too severe but the youth must not be acquitted of the crime. His step other, Mrs. Felix dl Henge, the former Adrienne Fien- ette. once s Bat-burst, N. B. school- teacher. was killed in the family home last October.

Accused confessed the shooting and at no time during the trial did defence counsel beck to- prove he had not done it. Chief Justice. R .A. 1.’. Gneenshlelds-in his charge to the jury approved the crown’s outstation" s verdict of man- slaughter be rmdsired.

(u. n; Guardian's Irwin! wire)‘

ITALYS BiiLiiNY 0F ERITREA I N V Ail E ii

Ethiopian G o v e r n - ment Claims Victor- ies 0n‘ Northern Front.

(By Guardian's Special Wire)

ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 25. - A strong Ethiopian force invaded Italy's colony of Eritrea on Feb. 19 and destroyed the Italian garrison atOm Ager, after blowing up four powder magazines and a munitions dump and firing an important war supplies storehouse, the government asserted 1n an official communique here tonight.

This is the first time Ethiopia. of- llclally has claimed invasion of Ital. lan territory by tribal troops. At the same time authorities declared Res Imruis guerrilla raiders .115; week had killed 728 Italians during the last week 1n the sector near Ag. sum and Aduwa, far north of Mar- shal Pietro Badogllob front lines,

Couilkr-uflensive

The two official statements con. vinced observers Ethiopia's Xlflfthgfn generals had organized a concerted counter-ohensive against the ital. m“ W" Kuard in a determined at- tempt to lure the enemy from me path of its southward advance to- ward Mount Alan and Dessyg,

The surprise attack on Um Aggy, a settlement on the River Setit im- medlfliflly across the Eritrean cor- der, was launched from the wolkart 1181011,» the communique said. En- Vfi-Ollod by flames and torn by ex- ploding Italian bombs and powder stores, the village was cvmpleteiy riled. it was stated. "

5'11!!! Down Plane

In the‘ same sector, which 1155 near the junction of the Ethiopian, Eritrean and Anglo-Egyptian Bu- danese borders, right-wing com. mander Menguestu brought down his second Italian bombing plans in less than a month, authorities said. They dispatched a message warmly congratulating him.

47 Lives Lost In Snowslides

(A. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

DENVER, C010,, Feb. lib-Snow- slldes. sub-zero cold and blizzards have taken 4'1 lives in one of the most severe winters of recent Years 1n the mountainous for western United States.

Giant snowslldes racing down Colorado mountains have caused the most spectacular of the trag- edles with a loss of nine lives in the ‘last nine days-but bitter cold has been the most potent agent of destruction, records showed to- night.

Meanwhile colder weather re- llevcd flood threats in some north central sections but high water rolled over thousands of California acres and rose behind ice gorges in other sections, leaving hundreds homeless. _

Dynamite blnslssounded through the middle west in efforts in clear ice jams.

Boston Flish Prices Jump

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire)

BOSTON. Pub. as-Pre-Lentcn demand for flah lifted wholesale prices one to two cents a pound todsy at Boston fish pier. ‘The market absorbed receipts of 2.217.-

’ Monday and almost 1,- pounds today.

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Debate Opens On Reciprocity Treaty

Prime Minister Moves Formal

NEW AEETIUN AT LiiNiillN

NAVAL PARLEY

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire)

OTTAWA, Ifeb. 35 —-Premler Mackenzie King today moved in the House of Commons approval of the Canadian-United States reci- procity treaty. It prompted a full- dress debate with Conservative leader Bennett expected to oppose tho treaty.

The treaty, negotiated in Wash- ington last November, came into operation Jan. 1 in most aspects. Tile remainder need enabling legis- lation or parliamentary approval.

The Prime Minister was greeted with prolonged applause from his followers. He said the government sought approval from Parliament for the general terms of the treaty and then would refer 1t to the House in committee before ln- troducing the necessary legislation. He said there would be the fullest discussion of tariff changes and their effect on Canada.

While certain schedules of the treaty were in force, they would cease to operate if Parliament turned down the treaty, Mr. Ring said. The government had power to reduce duties where a. reciprocal concession was obtained from some other country and this was the

authority for parts of the treaty being in operation. Mr. King traced the history of

reciprocity ln Canada. going back to the treaty of i854 which ended in 1866. Since Confederation there had been three treaties negotiated, the first in 1874 by the MacKenzde government which was turned down by the American Senate, the 1911 agreement by Sir Wilfrid Laurler which the Canadian people defeated and the present one. “And no one was more opposed to that (i911) agreement than the present leader of the opposition," Mr. King said.

The present agreement. con- tinued the- Prime Minister, would not be defeated by the American Senate because it was negotiated under special power conferred on the president. In the last election a treaty with the United States was supported by all parties and the people endorsed it. The Conserv- ative party and theLlberals were united on this one point.

It was worth noting, said Mr. King, that Conservative govern- ments were nevcr able to conclude an agreement because they were unwilling to admit manufactured goods from the United States and sought to confine any agreement. to natural products. Liberal gov- ernments on the other hand were prepared to admit United States manufactured products 1n to com- pete with Canadian industries.

A fortunate circumstances, he said, was the fact that in both the United States and Canada govern- menis which believed in lower tar- iffs now wcre in office. Rarely had this happened in the past and the treaty as it stood was largely due to that fact.

The agreement was based on the negotiations started by the Bennett government. said Mr. King. On oornlng into office Mr. King had found lnuch of the groundwork

begun.

Owing to the restricted treaty- maklng powers of the President of the United States the term of the treaty was only three years. In 1911 the Conservative party had objected to the reciprocity treaty

because it was not effective for a long period. That objection could not be raised now as Mr. Bennett

Approval Of Treaty In House Of ‘Commons

had negotiated on the basis of a three-year agreement. The United States President

France Offers Coun-

could not reduce duties less than 50 per cent, Mr. King continued, nor could he put on the free list any dutlable article. Also he had to negotiate on a favored-nation basis.

"Depression," said Mir. King. "means nothing more or less than the absence of trade. And the re- verse of that is equally true-plenty ,

OTTAWA, Feb. 25—Debate on the Canada-United States trade treaty was adjourned until Fri- day in the House of Commons tonight. Conservative leader

Bennett started in speak on the

treaty late in the afternoon and

tonight moved the adjournment.

- He will continue his speech Fri- day. The House went into com- mlttee of supply.

of tradeineans the end of depres- siorr."

cemed regarding a reported Brit- ish proposal for

made counter-proposals

The Prime Minister then turned to the negotiations carried on by the Bennett government. Ever since 1911, he said, the Liberal party had pressed for a treaty with Washington. Sir Wilfrid Laurler especially had sought such a pact. Mr. King believed the present op- portunlty for: a treaty would dis- appear lf it were not accepted, just as the opportunity following i911 disappeared and high tariffs against Canada were put into op- eratlon_

The Prime Minister accused the Conservative leader of not seizing the earliest opportunity to enter a treaty with Washington.

Mr. King said it would have been possible to obtain better terms for Canada if the treaty had been signed earlier.

Terms of the Ottawa agreement had been safeguarded in negoti- ating with the United States. The government had insisted on re-

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FLIRURE [IVER illilER ARTICLE

(C. P. By Guardian's Special Wire) PARIS, Feb. 25-(0. P.-'Havas)—— The furore over a sensational art- icle published in the Sunday maga- zine section of the newspaper Le Journal, purporting to deal with. the “love life" of Chancellor Hit- ler of Germany, grew tonight.

Inldcatlng the seriousness with which the incident was regarded, were three major developments:

l. The German government pushed its action against the newspaper's responsible editors and, provision- ally. usalnst the author of the ar-_ tlcle, depending on whether hi5 id- entity can be established.

2. Three members of the Cham- ber of Deputies, an Independent. a member of the Right Centre and a Communist, filed notices of inter- pellatlon with the President of the Chamber. They planned w as): the government to explain by what right it had ordered confiscation of all copies of the newspaper con- taining the offending article.

3. Le Journal itself charged police had raided it; office and seized its 13 file copies of the banned Sun- ciav supplement.

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