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Nationals Smash Re-
volt - Kwangtung
Gov’t Takes Precau-
tionary Measures
Along Border. ,
(A. P. By Guardian’s Special
Wire)
FOOCHOW. China, Jan.
15 - (Monday) - British,
United States and Japanese
forces were ordered ashore
here today to protect the
nationals of those countries
in this fallen rebel capital.
Thirty marines were land-
ed to guard the British Con-
sulate. A naval party was
ordered ashore from the
United States destroyer Tul-
sa to protect Americans. The
.lspsnese increased their
number of marines ashore
from 130 to 480.
ef ol police of Foochow
the advent of the ns-
army forces. apparently
to face the responsibility
present situation. His force
police, however, was carrying
(C®t-ihllhd Oli Pile 8)
‘*”’**1--1* L 1
ANNOUNCEMENTS,
COMING EVENTS,
MEETINGS. ETC
"Announcements are lnaerfad In
this eelssmn at l cents pgs syarq
strictly paynbis ll mdvamce.
2&*a§
iéisi
_‘°Playl Vvhatf Auction forty-
fives, Holy Name Club tonight, Six
Priles. Nc consoistlons. 4397
"Hockey, East Royalty Rink, to-
Iiilht. lt. Avards Beavers vs_ Roy-
als. Skate after. Return from bt.
Av!-nie. 10 cents me
"Wlnsloc Huskies vs. second
Honieta at Miiimi Rink tmight.
Skate after. 4399
'°P`i1‘si league came st Mt. rm-
bcrt Rink Monday, Maroon; vg_
Drirv Kings st s ocisclc sms
after. qw
"North Wiltshire Club loading
A108! Wednesday forenoon, Jan.
l'l!h. Please notify secretary at
once, E. N. Easter. 4405
"Borden LAM Club loading hogs,
Tllflhs. calves, Albany, Wednesday,
-llmmry mn. me
"Relrlller weekly card game st
H0i_v Redeemer Hall Tuesday night,
8.15 sharp. Usual prises. also lucky
fiwr erin. chicken for ireese-out.
4403
"Bums anniversary will be cele-
brlled st Montague on Wednesday,
Jim. Mtn. A good program of Bcot-
tish music is being prepared. 4404
"The Annual Meeting
Dli-rtms and shareholders
Cfwsud oi-eemsry wiu held
'I`v<=»dsv. Jsnusry lets at s velour.
H. V. Nortcu. lecretsry. 4235.
° ditlons more
We need
represent us in
canmunicato
Manager sun Life.
Charlottetown, concerning our
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li-A Royal motor oar con-
taining the King. the Duke and
Duchess of York and lttle
Princess lllimbeth, and Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald
narrowly smaped bein( hit by
the falling branch of a tree
today.
Just as the car drew up to
asndringbsni Church a six-foot
limb was dslodged by a strong
Wind It housed down on the
roadway only a be-
hind the oar.
done.
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EXAGRERATED
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(0. P. by Gnardialfs lpeclal Wire)
MON’l‘H.liAL. Jan. lt.--Benefits
to be derived from amalgamation of
the three Maritime Provinces are
gsmaticn lnisht appeal to certain
Tkarontc publications. the scheme
was impractical, Hon. W. H. Har-
rison, KJJ.. Attorney-General of
New Brunswick, argued here yester-
day in a speech before the Conser-
vative Association of Montreal.
Salaries paid public servants in
the three Maritime Provinces. he
dlosts bow governmental expendi-
tures hsd been out there. the speak-
er reminded his audience that New
Brunswickb Minister cf Public
Health received only $3.000 a year.
the rate at which money is spent
by these extravagant governments."
he said stnillngly, adding that the
Government House of New Bruns-
wick was opersted on the interest
from tht $60,000 which was the price
of the sale of the original build-
ing.
Amalgamstioli milht sound all
right to certain persons, he conclud-
ed. but it was impractical in that it
would involve s lot of capital ex-
penditure, snd could not achieve
any particular economy.
Canadian Gov’t.
E'airerlyA waits
U.S. Action
(U. P. by Galrdiasfs lpeeial Wim)
TORONTO, Jan. le.-In the event
the United States Senate ratified
the Bt. Lawrence Waterway Treaty
with Csnads. work on the project
might be started next sgring, Bon.
Alfred Duranlssu. Canadian Minis-
ter of Marine and limsries, mid in
sn interview here laturday.
Mr. Din-auieau said the Oansdisn
Government was watching proceed-
ings at Washington with [Nat ill-
terest and was anxioil that the
triaty be ratified ss soon ss pol-
ib e.
“The mutual benefits that would
accrue can scarcely be estimated.”
the Minister said. He ihciared he
was alrsdy organising a board cf
the best engineers from the depart-
ments of marine. canals, public
works and interior at Ottswa to
study the question of levels and the
channel of the Bt. Lawrence.
He said the board would not
mean nay additional expense te the
PREMIER. l~IACMlLLA\i
aanggcyatgd ghd whug |151; gms)-  ;-e; -__-; -
(A. P. ly Guardiufs Special Wire)
WASHINGTON, Jan. l4_-Repre-
sentative Bertram Snell, Republican
of the President." and ratify the St.
Lawrence Seaway Treaty with Can-
ads.
While the House has no hand in
treaty making, Snell has been active
in working for ratification. He re-
Dfasents a oonsfessionsl district of
New York directly bordering the in-
ternational section uf the river at
the spot where the Joint Canadian-
American construction of the ship
route is proposed.
The Senate forces on both sides
of the question groomed themselves
tonight for the reopening of debate
tomorrow.
Proponents still expressed con-
fidence that it could be ratified, but
they also wamed against appending
to it any reservations. for the mere
sake of picking up votes from Sen-
ators othcrwlsc opposed. Such re-
servations, they held. would serve in
the end to kill the pact. Even
though the treaty were ratified by
the Senate with reservations, they
said Canada probably would refuse
to accept such reservations.
Murder Hunt
Takes Boston
Police To N.S.
BOSTON, Jan. ld-Police Com-
missioner Eugene C. l-luitmsn made
known tonight that Captain Step-
hen J. Flaherty and Detective
lobtt McOoooh of the Boston
Police Department had gone to
RW! lootia in connection with the
unsolved death cf Mabel Matheson
bra seven years ego.
The police head said Flaherty
hsdboenworkingontbecrimsfor
A long time and that only recently
he had discovered the type of
weapon used in the slaying. The
gcvemm t itwae°°mP°l°4an-
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wlatl whipped ovl'
ilitliiill
lgiiiil
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officers left yesterday and were
believed headed for Digby, N. B.
English Channel And North
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SENATE will
rs-.:°.f:.s':..“:°.:z‘.=:.:;‘°.:.:-..r.*.‘; RA'|'||:y TREATY
clan cf public servant the Mari
times obtained for such pay. To in-_
House Leader, tonight predicted that,
"Thai should sive you ui idea of “the semis will lawn is the wishcsi
QKIMIKM.
(C. P. by Guardians Special Wire)
MONTREAL. Jan 14-western
Provinces have signally failed to
co-operate in efforts to obtain some
measure of national economy, Pre-
mier W. J. P. i-iscldlllan, M. D.,
of Prince Edward Island. stated in
an interview here today.
The Provinces of fluebec and On-
tario were bearing ‘.nsds.’s finan-
cial burden, he saic and the Mar-
itime Provinces “ala doing all Li
their power to llght_n the load of
expenditure." Dr. MacMillan is in
Montreal to attend a conference of
Maritime Premiers tomorrow. They
will proceed to Ottawa for the
opening of the Dcrnlnicn-Pmvlm
cial Conference Wednesday morn-
ing.
Speaks Plailaly
The West has been "dalnnably
extravagant." the Pfemilr MMR-
ei|_ "and it ls only fair to Ontario
and Quebec to,know that the peo-
ple of their smaller sister provinces
in the east are doing all they can
to co-operate "
For four offices-.Prime Minister.
Minister of Public Health and Idlf-
cstion, and Provincial 'I‘ressurer-
Dr. MacMillan rev( sled that his 1.0-
tal stipends came to $4,000 a year.
The Minister of Public Works re-
ceives $2.000 in the Island. he said.
with l,500 being the salary of the
Attorney-General. Members of the
legislature, he added. receive a
0400 sesslnnal indemnity apiece
He remarked that everyone was
preaching retrenchment these days
but failed to see how the Prince
Edward Leland Govemment could
do more along those lines.
To Cut Ex enditures
 _~__/- - - ,
Premier MacMillan Emphasizes
Difficulties Faced By Island’s
Agriculture And Fishery In-
dustries In Interview At Mt’1.
mini
Reviews Island Difficulties
Agriculture and fishing-the Is-
land‘s principal industries were at
low tub, the Prime Minister stated.
The fishermen, in particular, were
in dire straits, he observed, with
entire villages of them being on
direct relief. A definite improve-
ment was beirig noted in farming.
however, more so among the larger
farms. the smelter ones being still
confronted with great difficulties in
financing their crops. in view of
depleted credit over two years. On
the whole, the Premier believed
things to be "picking up.”
Educational Improvement
One advantage of the depression
insofar ss the island was concern-
od he thought, ws: that many peo-
ple had turned to eduostion during
this period. Enrolment in the nor-
mal school was bio, he informed,
which was 300 more than in any
preceding year. Hs was not repar-
cd to say whether this was due to
r. realisation on people‘s part that
`educatlon was of paramount im-
portance in finding Jobs or not, but
felt that in any event, it was gn
excellent thing.
Favors Works Programme
Plans to dispense with direct re-
lief and to apply the subsidies to
public works programmes. were sp-
pmvsd by the Premier. Relief, he
thought. was havin; an injurious
effect on the country and one item
(Continued on Peg¢ 3)
OTTAWA, Jah. 14-Interest of
all the provinces will be centred
upon Ottawa this week when
strong delegations from every pro-
vincial governmcnt will sit down
with the Dominion Prime Minister
and his asaocictea to thrmh out
problems common to all. The con-
versations open Wednesdsy morn-
ing and will probably occupy the
remainder of the week st least-
W'hlle the subjects already ect
down on the agenda are mainly
conventional, dealing with unem-
ployment relief snd its kindred
subjects, the companies act, fin-
ances, snd the world wheat agree-
ment. reports from the Maritimes.
Quebec and British Columbia in-
dicate that other matters will be
brought up which are likely tc give
rise to lengthy debate.
The premiere and ministers
frcmthethreeMeritimePr1winces.
NovaSootia,Now Brunswidand
Prlncsldwsrdlslsnitwillmdesv-
soommontrontto
the nobles-is
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On Conference
A t O t t a w a
Strong Representation From
Maritin1esWillBeInAttendance.
treatment of the three Prairie
Provinces. Associated with this
argument a suqestion may be ad-
vanced that the Maritime Pmv-
inces might seek freedom to accede
in a measure from the Dominion
and make their own trade agree-
ments.
Premier L, A. ibsclieresu, the
veteran Quebec Government leader,
scents likely to give the conference
food fm cmsidrabl thought. par-
ticularly in respect to the financing
of unemployment relief, and the
policy of the governments toward
lotteries He would advocate s
change by which the provincial
governments and the Dominion
would asmme the entire cost of
unemployment relief, share and
share alike, leaving the municipal-
itimoutoftheplctureeofarss
iii
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s 553
All
(0iI\tinllld &
Foxmen Leave
To Atten tl
Que. Meeting
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CUNSTRUSTWE
SRITISISM IS
PRESENT NEED
Hon. L. P. D. Tilley As-
sails Petty Politici-
ans and Issues Chal-
lenge to Business
Men.
(C. P. By Gna.rdisn’s Special Wire)
MONTREAL, Jim. 14~A chal-
lenge to the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce and. the Canadian banks
to point out in constructive fash-
ion any possible avenue of economy
not explored by govemments was
forthcoming from Hon. L_ P. D-
Tillsy, Premier of New Brunswick,
in an address here yesterday be-
fore the Conservative Association
of Montreal.
He said: "Who realises it more
than the man in public life that
f-irpenditures must be curtailed.
budgets balanced and services cut?
While public debts of the Domin-
ion and the provinces have increas-
ed beyond what they should. inter-
est charges on capiial expenditure
are higher than what they should
be"
Suggestions Welcome
Recalling that the Canadian
Chamber of Commerce had told
Ottawa to curtail expenses, Prem-
ier Tilley challenged "these busi-
ness gentlemen to sit in and try
to balance governmental budgets."
Each government will balance its
budget, he insisted, just as soon
ss the wheels of industry and com-
merce kct vibmting and back to
normal. "Meanwhile," he argued,
“bank managers must say some-
thing in their annual sddrmses so
they take slaps sr. the govemment."
(Continued on Page 3)
NElil_ P RIZEIJ
STAMPS STULEN
(C. P. Cable by Gus.rdian's Special
Win)
BT. .l0HN‘S Nfld.. Jan l4-
Btrlct officlsl secrecy enveloped all
police plans tonight ss Government
operatives intensified their search
for s valuable collection of postage
stamps. mysteriously stolen from
the dusty display rooms of the
darkened Newfoundland Museum
and the main pmtoffice building
As detectives sought some slight
elue in the museum, closed for the
last three years, government auth-
orities dcclincd to elaborate on thc
statement from the Department of
Justice that investigators might
direct their efforts towards postal
officials. So far all efforts to trace
the theft in this direction have
been met by close-mouthed em-
ployees who, authorities sold. dc-
clined to advance any inn- *ation
for fear of becoming involved in
the investigation.
"’heft of the cachets, part of the
Governments prized 8120.000 as-
semblage, formed over a period of
50 years, apparently had been in
program s long time before auth-
ltlas made the startling discovery.
Whole pages had been ripped from
the bulb cstologues and s hurried
survey revealed about half the en-
tire group missing Representative
of almost every nation. the stamps.
inning Gamelan, rss-ses 1sa1 'V Y H ' ATT Y 'W ' 'Y 'S
.............. ........ ... ...... CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1934 8 PAGES 3;,-,-;-_;;-gg 3°'-;-g -,-tg
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Allege Sp Ring Uncovered In Russia
Investigation Is
Carried
Utmost
On In
Secrecy
General Manager And Five
Foreign Representatives Of
Company Charged With
Economic Espionage.
(A. P. By Guardian’s Special Wire)
_ MOSCOW, Jan. 14-A new “spy case" which may rival
in sensations the celebrated
affair, has arisen ln Russia,
British Metropolitan-Vickers
it was disclosed today, with
UW “ne” °f "W 8¢l\¢fl| lliilliazel' and five foreign repre-
sentatives of the Controll Company branch of S0¢i¢i¢
Generale Des Surveillsnces, Limited of Geneva.
They were charged with economic espionage.
The company is an _international organization which
certifies exports from principal ports of the world,
Twenty Russian employees of the firm, which hu
functioned in Soviet Russia for a dozen years, have alas
been ‘fiken into custody.
'l .ie foreigners under arrest are two Austrian subjects,
two Germans, one Belgian and one Dane, all of whom hug
represented the company for
Thsy. along with the Russian
employes, were arrested over a per-
iod of four months beginning in
September and ending the latter
port of December. it was revealed
today.
Bo closely were they confined,
however, that not even members
of the foreign leganions of their
respective countries were permitted
to see them.
Kep¢Seor¢t
Ne mentim'of me cm so fs.r
hss been published officially Ln
Moscow, and as the msn have not
yet been formally indicted, the
placenftris.l,ifonsisheld,isnot
yet, known.
The foreigners are lilvain Bern-
hsrdt, the general manager of the
Ccntroll Company for Rumia, a
Belgian subject., whose office is in
Moscow;
Josef Weinsettl. chief of the
companys office in Msriupol. s
Black Bos port, who H an Austrian;
Karl Weinzettl, his brother.
company representative at Novvor-
osslsk;
Wilhelm Larsen, representative
at Archangel, a Danish subject:
Emil Fleischle, a German, em-
ployed in the Leningrad office;
Herbert, Rhodcn. s German, who
is company manager at Bstun. |
Although the case parallels in'
one respect the Metropolitan-Vlclz-|
ers affair, those under arrest wcro
held ss individuals, and the com-
pany an such was not involved.
The firm. which maintains in
Soviet heiulquarters in Moscow
continues to operate and even now
is in the process of negotiating a
new contract with the Rumlsnj
Clovemment, the old one having?
expired last summer.
The company is engaged in cer-
tifying cargoes of exports horn
Russia to a.ll parts of the world,
principally grain, lumber and oil.
In the metropolitan-Vickers El-
ectrical Cosnpany case two Britlsh
engineers were convlotad of spinn-
sge and three were ordered expel-
led last April. The convicted msn
vera rv-lessd after represents-Joris
from London
Dil! FROM INJUBIIS
(C. P. By Gnsrdls.n's Special Wire)
SAINT JOHN. N. B., Jan. li.-
Murdoch Msctcsn, il. fireman for
a railway dock crane. died three
hours after his right leg had been
almost severed when the pivoting
crane-cab closed in scissors manner,
crushing him against the crane-
gathered through the universal
postal union, had been stored in
the unused building and in bundles
at the poatcffice
carriage. Unknown to the operator,
he was riding on the rear of the
carriage.
(A. P. ly Umsdlssfe special Wire)
PARIS, Jam le-A call to ds-
fmd “freedms of the Press" was
sounded today ln numerous French
newspapers, which charted in-
creasing prom restrictions were
embodied in censvnhip measures
of Premier Camilla Ohsutemps
following upm the Btsvlsky Bay-
mne Pewnshop mandai.
'nie Oomsrvati Temps
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"Taheezhornz ()f` Tile }?ness”
Echoecl By French Papers
said today she was “do\rbl.ful" if
her husband committed suicide.
Aeffntshesaidshewassatia-
fied he had killed himself when
polioeclcsedinonhlminsnsott
lest week, but now she asserts let-
ters he left undated indicating sui-
cide might have been written
weeks ago. There were indications.
she added, that hs was shot more
than once
Itulncn were circulated that D0-
libs killed Siavisky to prevent him
from implicating high officials in
the scandal.
Premik Chautsrnln. who
vote of ocnfidf se after his
was lirestened by the
held long ecssfsrensss
mlniil ao&y in
lite
man! Years in Russia.
= 
Despontlent
Woman Takes
Own Life
(0. P. B! 6mr¢ian’l Special Wire)
YA.‘BMOU'1’H, N. 8., Jen. la, ..
While ber husband and Bevan young
children slept. Mrs. lhrlard Burl.
burt of Carleton, ended her life by
51"-UI a 22 calibre rifle bullet
through her heart. The shot jan-ed
the sleeping household and was fal-
loeed by the wcinan's acressns fm
"Vi¢Y»°f. Victor." her eldest san.
The boy told police he raced ts
his mothers room in find her dying
with the little rifle beside ber. Bbe
died 10118 before medical sid could
reach her over the snow~bioc.hd
roads.
Two notes, to her husband and
her mother, police said, indicated
marital discord and dcspondansg
over the lack of money to elgtm sm
children.
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