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New Effort At Euro- p e a n" Stabilization to be Made Through Informal D i s c u s- slons. '

(By The Associated Preml LONDON, Nov. 12—-A new at- tempt to settle Europe's pressing problems by Prime Minister Chum- berlairfs favored method ‘of in- formal discussion appeared to be developing today in diplomatic moves involving Great Britain, Germany and Italy.

Chancellor Hitler's colonial de- mands and Premier Mussolini’! desire for recogrftion of Italy's Ethiopian conquest were behaved to be subjects of the new negoti-

ptlons. These fiflowed Mr. Chamber-

iesire for better relations with Germany and the belief they could batter he achieved by infor- mal discusaion than by "public decimation.”

Conferences Scheduled Conferences this week in Rome and London were seen by diplo- TITI.

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COMING ‘EVINTS

"Announcement i... v inserted in ibla culum at 2 eenta uor word llrlctly payable in ndvuuco.

“Tolkien-Montague Saturday —- ‘Black Legion." 11-1012-‘11-10-31.

"Dance in Belfast Hall Tuesday. November 16th. Auspices Eldon ivomcns Ixistitute. L-Itll7-l1-12-2i-

"Rummage sale Saturday, No- vember 13th. Social Hall Trinity‘ Church, 1 P. M. L-llzu-ll-li-Zi-

."Tho Murray Harbour Starch Factory will close Tuesday. NOW!"- ber sixteenth. L-l125-li-13-2l.

"Cake Bale in aid oftth ‘Trinity Scout Troop at Merit me Electric

Co.. Saturday, NOVCIIIUI-ifiqgigifi-l 4H1-

"Socal Service RummaSB 501°- lioly Name Hall, Saturday, Novem-

§7 .- Charlottatowu Guns-dials Two Oailtu

lalnb speech Tuesday expressing a '

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Covers Prince Edward Island bike the Dew CHARDOTTETOWN, CANADA, SATURDAY; NOVEMBER 1s. 1931

The Duke of Kent, as Prior of Hospital of St. John oi Jerusalem Duchess of Kent, as Lady-superb’ an lnvestiture at the city hall on Cardiff Their Royal l-Iighnessesare Qrder.

Surf Grounds, But Escapes Damage

CANSO, N. 8.. Nov. l2- (CH-The ldtl-ton Steamship Surf was on her way to Mon- tague, P. E. 1., today ap- parently little damaged when she pounded in Guysboro Harbor last night The Surf was pulled off a. sand-bar at the entrance to the harbor by

be o P. M. r 2 m at z L-l728-11-l3-i6-i9.

"Reserve rriiursday, November 13th for Community Supper in CHDB Traverse Hall. Proceeds in aid 0i new kitchen. L-1'l2'l-ll-l3-1i.

"hear all about "Those Husbands oi Ours" and other SpeciB-ltififi Bl’ Pownol, November 1’lth, B o'clock, in lld 0f rink. 14-1732-11-13-17.

"Old time fiddlers and dancing contest. Oddfelows Hall, Montasufi- Tuesday, November 16th. In aid of Kings County Hospital. L-lblei-ll-B-Gl.

"Buying live fowl and chickens every Tuesday. Paying highest brim. Lorne Seaman, Brcadal- bane: Ben Cousins, Rose Volley.

L-l733~11-l3-li.

"Orapaud. Hail, Monday evo- 111118. Nov. l6. Games, Dances, 20c. 1T". lunch, Anglican.

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"Reserve Tuesday and Wednes- flay November 10th and 17th for Bazaar and Chicken supper and Bum u. Rollo Bay Hall.

L-175l-11-l3-3l.

"Charlottetown Male Chorus V511“? program in Hunter River Hall. Tuesday 16 inst. 8.15 p. m. aid of local charities.

L-l774-11-13-2i.

"bee Marshfield - Dunstaffnage H‘ P- 5- Dresent their play, "Hired

“band? in New Glasgow Hall "llndav. Nov. 1s at a p. m. Ad- mission as and 15. L-17l7-l1-12-8l.

"hrlnors Attention! Don't forgot l" We are loading special car of ‘limbo! at Charlottetown for Mon- T ll on Tuesday, November 18th. x1115 Will include sows, calves and '1 Shem. Bring‘ them m. Livestock “listing Board. , alm-il-ia-n

"Annual rel t for ‘gents at Notrenliame Academy, mmv- Nov.’ mo. mo p. m. clos- DK 311ml?» Nov. 21st. ll p. m. Rev.

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the tug Granville Ill during the night and continued her voyage immediately She is owned by W. N. McDonald of Sydney, S. S.

N. B. May Float New Bond Issue

SAINT JOHN, N. B, Nov. l2- Ths Province of New Brunswick may enter the bond market next week for new money, it wasleam- ed on good authority tonight.

According to reports the new ts- sue mny total $6,500,000 in three- year three percent bonds and ten- year fours. It was understood that tenders would not be called for this issue and that negotiations were being carried on with a syndicate of Canadian investment houses.

At Bathurst Hon. C. T. Richard, provincial secretary-treasurer, ad- mitted that a new bond issue was contemplated but declared there was "nothing final yet."

Quebec Villages Report ’Quakes

ST. JERDLEE, Que.. Nov. 12 — (OFF-Residents of several villages 1n the Luurentian hills about here reported two earthquakes today- The shooksjasted severals seconds

For Offensive

Guardian's special WIN) Manon-Spanish Frontier, Nov- lt-Thc 595111-511 civil war dwindled today t0 B series of skirmishes along the Upper Arascn fmni. but 1115"" ggnt. dispatches sold it was tilt? calm before un imminent 1115111‘- gent offensive. General Franco's troops w?" expected to be ready M‘ "k8 11' in northeastern Spain by °"- m; weather permitting. Hiliwillh u points chosen for the 111ml’ °

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Duke Amt Duchess In Wales

Order of the and the

‘the Venerable , (priory for Wale-s).

ichdent-ln-chicf for Wales, held‘

. the occasion of a two-day visit to shown in the robes oi the Grand

Steamer Loads Seoul Potatoes And Turnips

. A large cargo. consisting of 30,000 loll-pound bags of seed potatoes and 20,000 50-pound bugs of turnips, is being loaded by the S. s. “Commer- cial Pioneer" at the Railway Wharf. Charlottetown. Loading operations began Thursday afternoon and are expected to be completed over the week-end. The cargo, loaded by the Potato Growers Association, is con- signed to Newark, N. J.

Farmers are receiving ‘J5 cents per bushel for Irish Cobbler seed and 30 cents for Green Mountains. TllillipS are l5 cents per bushel. Table stock prices vary from 22 t0 23 cents per bushel but it was. be- coming difficult to nlalntoin that

‘ice, Mr. J. W. Boulter, manager of lhc Potato Growers Association sold yesterday. The market was not very strong at present, he said.

Tablc s.ock tubers an: being slipped for the Canadian trade or to the West Indies. Those consigned to thc West Indies are scnt by rail to Halifax. "

Tho “Commercial Pioneer arriv- ed off Charlottetown Harbor Thurs- day during a heavy wind storm. "choppy" scas prevented Pilot Wal- 415 MacDonald from boarding the he went in a motor bps!- to bring her to the wharf. The ug nanny" w” secured to take him

out.

The steamer before coming to this port discharged a cargo of sulPiiill‘ at Dalhousic, N. B. It had been iondyllLl Eil-ELHE-

and were strong enough to rattle window panw. though no nwpertr damage’ was reported.

Insurgents Mass At Zaragoza

On Catalonia

remained a military secret.

The massing of insurgents at Zaragoza and rectification of their Upper Aragon lines indicated, how- ever. that Catalonia wax the oh- jective. The government capital has been moved to Barcelona, capital of autonomous Catalonia.

Insurgent advices acknowledged Government counter-attacks on the northern sector of the more than l00-mlla eastern front but said the insurgents atlll donnin- atld the atrattslo Gallego Vallq.

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Chinese Withdraw To “Hindenburg Line” 50 Miles West 0f Shanghai —- Casual- ties Heavy.

SHANGHAI, NOV. IS-(Batur- dayl-(Aw-On new battlefields 20 and more miles west of Shang- hai the Chinese-Japanese conflict continued today with all signs pointing toward an early Japanese drive on Nanking, ca/pltal of the Chinese nation.

It had become a rapidly-shifting war oi movement, covering hund- reds of square miles.

After three months of terrific pounding, Shanghai itself krtew peace once more. With tho Japan- ese in u ‘ ‘ possession oi this metropolitcan area, silence reigned. although great fires still burned in Pootung and Nan-tau.

War Will Continue

Japan's refusal to cooperate with the Brussels Conference's search for peace was received by Chinese as notice the war would go on. In Nanking a Government spokesman commented:

"Japan's action is consistent ‘with her policy of violating inter- national agreements and her de- termination to continue ag-

ssion." .

The final episode oi 92 days oi fighting within and around this great city came during a down- pour late Friday when Japanese bluejackets shouting 'banzail" ran their Rising Bun flag over a warehouse on the Nantao. water- front, scene oi the last Chinese stand.

Reach . Safety

The few defenders, it was m- ported, had withdrawn by a sub- terranean passage and reached the safety oi internment inthe nearby French concession.

The Japanese front tonlghtwas a. rough are from Kiating through Anting and Sungkiang to Kashan. in Chekiang Province.

Anting is 22 miles west and Kashan 40 miles southwest of this

city.

The Chinese, unable to with- stand longer the terrific pounding of Japan's modem weapons or manoeuvred out of position by

lightning Japanese moves, were retreating steadily toward their -————_—_-—._—._-h—.-_—.-.--_:__._ _ ._\—___--—

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Ex-Convicts Sought In Kidnapping

HUNTINGTON, W. VA., Nov l2 —(AP)--Unltcd States Federal a- gents scught two tormer convicts today for the kidnapping oi Dr. James I. Seder, 79-year-old for- mer missionary, after charging Arnett A. Booth with extortion in a $50,000 ransom attempt.

Dr. Seder. one-time state anti- saloon league official of Hunting- ton. escaped from his abductors and was found yesterday wander- inz. bruised and exhausted, on a lonely hillside in Wayne county. He disappeared 12 days ago.

R. lt. Vetterll, of the Fcderal

Bureau of Investigation, said Booth was arrested last night and implicated Orville Adkins and John ‘Ii-ayes.

Magazine Picture

Betrays Murderer

(C. P. by Guardiavra Ipéoial Wire)

MONTREAL, Nov. 12-501mm. tour months for the murder o1 a girl in New York. Prank Pigliolia, 2t, was arrested by Montreal de- tectives tonight in a downtown restaurant where ho had worked most of that time.

The young Italian. under in- dictment for the Jul 12 strang- ling of 18-year-old igorotby Tau- msmwastakenaahepr dto leave the restaurant when he had worled as a waiter for three months. l-le made no resistance.

Ho was trapped through a pic- ture oi h' ‘ that appeared in

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To whom fellcitati occasion of his 80th birthday.

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C a b i n e t Considers Successor To Justice Rinfret

- From Ill-Health.

(C. P. by Guardian's Special Wire) OTTAWA. Nov. 12—-Ill-hea1th mlght prevent Mr. Justice Thib-

is a member of the Royal Com- mission on Dominion-Provincial relations. Prime Minister Mac- kenzie King said tonight.

The Prime Minister was inter- viewed following a cabinet council Bi Which. he said. nothing was done that cal‘ecl for any public announcements at this time. It was the second cabinet meeting this week.

Mr. Mackenzie King was ques- tioned on the possibility of Justice Rlnfret acting in view of his ro- ccnt period of ill-health. He said he understood Mr. Justice Rin- fret’s condition was such that it might prevent his carrying on and the question of a successor was under consideration.

He had received no replies its yet, the Prime Minister said, to his letters to the provincial Prem- iers asking their co-opcration in obtaining an amendment to the British North America Act to en- able the Dominion to r-nnct and administer a national unemploy- ment insurance scheme. Several of the provinces have already sig- nified informally their willingness

but no official replies had been received. The Prime Minister was also

questioned on reports that to fa- cfitate an Anglo-United States trade agreement the Dominion would abandon the British pref- erence on Canadian apples. l-le rc- plied that he had no comment to make on these negotiations which were between the United Status and the United Kingdom.

1Pope’s Health Again Cause For Concern

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 12—(AP) éPhysicians redoublecl precautions today to guard Pope Pius’ health as tho first winter cold touched the Vatican.

Outwardly, the 80-year-old Pontiff appeared as strong as dur- ing the summer. but a swelling of his legs-with which he suffered last winter-has caused him to give up using stall-ways. Injections are administered daily to conserve his strength.

His personal physician, Dr. Amlnta Milani. stands close by during all the Pontiffls public ad- dresses now.

Reduction Noted

UPTAWA. Nov.

a magazine and which was seen by special city officer, Cmstable MoGrath. The policeman recog- nised the photograph as bearing a close resemblance to a man who had served him in a rcataur-nt on

5t. Catharine Btnct wast.

estimate of 188,181,000.

Tbday‘: estimate for oats was 7.000.000 bushels lower than that _ at Bdptembar.

nav. FATHER. A. .1. MACINTYRE

are being ex- tended by a host. of friends on the

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Suffering

In Wheat Crop

i2 -(OP)-. Canada's 13W wheat crop was es- timated at 102,505,000 bushels in today's crop report of the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. This is a reduction of more than 5.500, 000 bushels from the September

"BRITAIN SEEKS, TO SETTLE EUROPEAN PROBLEM

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Joseph H. Unwin Con- victed On Charge 0f Publishing Defama- tory Libel._

EDMONTON‘, Nov, Explaining his association with Dwparation of the “Bantker-s’ Toadies" pamphlet but denying responsibility. George F. Powell, British Social Credit technician, was on the witness stand at aci- Journment today in his trial be- fore Mr. Justice w. c, Ivgg m Supreme Court of Alberta on two charges of publishing defamatory libel.

Trial of Mr. Powell started af- ter Joseph H. Unwin. Social Cred- it membcr 0f the Alberta Legis- lature for ilidson and. Government W111i’! in the Legislature, was sentenced to three months hard labor in jail after his conviction on a charge of publishing a. do. famatory libel knowing it go be false.

Whether an appeal will be mode zlavgainst convictionand sentence 9f

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Thc charges against Mr. Unvwfn and Mr. Powell are based on pub- llcation of the “Bankersf Toadies" llflmbhiet that named nine Ed- monton men.

The charges against Mr, Puwgil are publishing defamatory libel knowing it to be false and pub- llshlng defamatory libel. The same charges were preferred against

I Unwin and he was convicted 9f the charge of publishing defama-

audeau Rinfrct from carrying on‘ my “be, knowing it w be “use.

which embraces the second charge also.

Examination of Mr. Powell by old K. C..was concluded and cross-

Gcvrse H. Steer. K. 0., conduct.- ln-g_ the private prosecution, when court restuncs tomorrow. Just be- fore adjournment a spectator fainted in the courtroom and was carried out by attendants.

10 Killed In Crash Of German Airliner

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

MANNl-IEIM, Germany, Nov. 1: ~Ten persons aboard a Berlin- Mannheim airliner were killed t0- HiEht when the craft crashed near Mannheim airdrome.

Bel/en passengers were among the dead. Two passengers were in- jured.

The passenger liner crashed in a fog. l2 miles from Mannheim airdrome.

Officials said a wireless m955gg9 was received from the airplane at 4:47 p. m. asking that red ground lights be shown because of fog. An answer sent a minute later rcceived no acknowledgment. A search party was sent out as sil- ence continued and the wreck was located in a field.

\- WILL SPEAK IN HALIFAX

HALIFAX, Nov. i2—l-fon. R. B. Bennett, Conservative leader and former Prime Minister of Can- ada. will address a public meet- ing in Halifax Nov. l9, the Nova Scotia Conservative Association announced tonight. The Associa- tion will hold its annual meeting the same day.

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Unwin was not indicated by ' 001111561. R. Frederick Jackson. ‘

his Counsel, Hugh Calais MaoDon- ;

examination will be continued by‘

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MEET THIS MORNING

a.m. tomorrow to hear a reading . of Japan's reply refusing to have anything to do ‘with the parlcy on 1 theChlnese-Japanese conflict. | The chief delegates of each country represented then will statc 1 the position of his government.

The declaration drafted tonight _will be presented in an afternoon session.

A proposal to send a third aP-r pcal to Tokyo was ruled out to- night in a. meeting among Paul ‘Spank. president of the confer- lcnce; Anthony Eden. British For-

eign Secretary; Yvon Delbos, i French Foreign Minister: and Nor- man H. Davis. head of the United States delegation.

i The meeting was held over. the Speaks homo. rejection of the overture of with the dc- high Japanese that the

| dinner table at Japan's flat conference's peace ,Nov. 6 coincided claration of a authority in Brussels United States. acting for itself. still had a “ticket of cntry" i0 discuss peace in the Orient with

Japan. This authority said American Ambassador Joseph Grew in

Tokyo could aways approach the Japanese Foreign Office to dis- miss the Far Eastern war from the standpoint of the heavy Am- erican interests involved.

fgnore Nine-Power Pact

to have

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Windsors To Buy F jcme In France

PARIS, Nov. l2—(AP)—-Plans of the Duke and Duchess of Wind- sor to buy a homo in France were disclosed today. Friends suid this indicated there was little pros-port of an early journey to tho [lnltcd States.

A person close to tho couple said their long drives in the Paris suburbs, taken almost daily re- cently, were in search of a suitable house in which to settle down after five months of travel. This person said itlloy had shown inter- est in house's in several suburban districts.

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JAPAN REB UFFS I BR USSELS CONFER EIVCE

Rejectsiid To Attend Parley

Deliberations

United States “Ranked Upon To Provide "Course Of Action As

Peace Overtures "Collapse. By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY

Associated Press Foreign Stall’

BRUSSELS, Nov 12-~(Al’) ~ Shilrp differences over I declaration placing responsibility; ntion of the conflict in China threatened to disturb tomor- row’s meetings of the Brussels Nine l‘

laration which would lake the place of any fur- ther note to the Japanese Government following its rejec- tion of the Conferenctfs peace overture, will h to a session of the Conference tomorrow. France, Great Britain and the l‘ known to be in agreement on its contents. drafting the declaration,

some other delegations were sa

delegations were expected in put up q strong fight to obtain approval of the declaration as draft- ed, but some doubt was expresse

pushed through without alteration

l . _ The conference will meet at ll

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acroas seven Philippine provinces.

‘no DE JANEIRO. Nov. il-(AH-Bfllllh Faaciat Part. was dis- wlwl today llticai .. i ' u“. u Prmdz‘: 32km“ vulélsiixit-grrl‘? political circles interpreted ativc constitution had made Braall a Iaaoiat state.

‘tlciama that his new corpor-

lines

merely formal resignation.

ment. lie was 01:

the Treaty.

“M111! Wflllllt as they surveyed the toll of Thumiay’. typhoon Q1“:- kiiied at least i5 persona and left thousands homeless when it lashed

aucnaaasr N v. u-(ar —A ps1. _ night that Premidr (goon-go Tatai-eaca waacileilmmnm Tlilzffiifi. do“ "limit l" K108 Carol to select his successor before presenting his

PARIS. Nw- ll-(CP HlVlfl-Ftorlohrnen discarded political antip- athics to mourn the death today of lfenrl Franklin-Bouillon, [my lgflflnf of the loft Radical Party and determined opponent of German rcarma-

140N170"- NIW- IZ-KJP llavasb-Commeutim, on the approaching vlalt here of laopold, King of the Belgians, tho Evening Star declared m- night the young monarch hopes to enlist cooperation of Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany in a new Weotern European Pact to supplant

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Pact Adherents Make China Bid‘!

(Copyright. 10231, By The llama? News Agency)

TOKYO, Nov. l3-—(Satuxday) A six-point. program for Chines "cooperation" with Japan to en the Sine-Japanese conflict, bas on the Nzmking Government's ad- hcrencc to _tl1e Antl-Communls Pact, was outlined in Haves b well-founded Japanese sources to—' day. l This program which these souro, cos understood has already bee proposcd to General Chiang Kain Shek, Premier of China, by Gera many and Italy, would give Ger-n many, Italy and Japan importan ‘ bases in China for action agalnsg the Soviet Union and would elim- innlc “undcslrnbiw foreign infill; once in China-particularly that o! Great Britain and France.