HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-7-8, Page 7SIR ROBERT BRIEN RESIGNS
AS LEADER OF UNION GOVERNMENT
"National Liberal and Conservative Party" is Name of New
Party Defining Elements Comprising It.
A despatch from Ottawa says:—
Sir Robert Borden will lay down at
the earliestpossible date the power
and authority of his office as Prime
Minister of Canada, and with them the
duties and responsibilities which have
Lately weighed upon .him. Before long
another will reign at the head of the
Government and of the party which
he formed for the:proseeution of the
war and which is to endue in the
piping times of peace under the title
of the "National Liberal and Conserva-
tive Government."
The Prime Minister at the caucus
ief his Parliamentary followers held on
the anniversary of the birth of the
Canadian Confederation, stated his de-
sire and his intention t'e resign the
office which he has held, for almost
nine years, "He announced," to quota
the official memorandum subsequently
issued, "his inability to sustain longer
the very heavy burdens and vast re-
sponsibilities imposed upon him as
Pnimo Minister, and he asked the
members of the caucus to give him.
the honorable discharge to which he
telt he was entitled."
The same gathering which. received
Sir Robert's declaration of his own
plans also took the final' step toward
the perpetuation of the Union. To the
statement of policy which the Prime
Minister originally preparred nine
months ago, and which as since been
considered by his followers, the caucus
gave its approval. To the party which
will stand before the Canadian people
upon the platform now enumerated
the caucus gave the name of "Nation-
al Liberal and Conservative Party."
National as typifying its scope and
aspirations and "Liberal and Conser-
vative" as defining the elements com-
posing it. -
Pr.ier to the general caucus the
Liberal -Unionists hada gathering in
camera and decided to stand by any
man chosen by the larger gathering,
also to agree to the fusion of the Lib-
eral and Conservative identities.
By those present at the historic
caucus, insistence is laid on the spirit
of harmony which dominated the pro-
•ceedings. "The two groups have be-
come ane," it was authoritatively
stated,
It is proposed, in the formation of
the. new Government, to make are
duction in the number of portfolios:
GREEKS CHECKED
BY NATIONALISTS
Report in Constantinople of
Turk Success at Pergama.
A despatch from Constantinople
says;—The Sultan received word from
Broussa on Thursday of a big;victory
by the Turkish Nationalists over the
Greeks, Pergama was captured from
the Hellenes, and several thousand
Greek casualties are reported,
There has been no official Greek bate
tie communique for two days,
There is great exultation among the
Turks in Constantinople because of
the victory of the Nationalists over
the Greeks in the vicinity of Pergama,
where Mustapha Kemal Pashas forces
are reported to have outflanked the
Greeks and to be moving northwards
towards P.anderma (60 miles south-
west of Constrintinople on the Sea of
Marmara),taking several thousand
prisoners.
There have been no official Greek
communiques for two days, and the
Turkish newspapers are not permitted
to print news unfavorable to the
Greeks, but the Turks generally credit
the reports of Mustapha Kemal's sue
cels.
'
July 12 in ;Ireland
May Be Fateful Day
is learned That further heavy rein-
forcements are going to Ireland this
week, many of them to the north of
Ireland, in order to prepare for July
12, the great Orange day, upon which
even the most hopeful fear a repitition
of the Londonderry riots on a huge
scale. It isr 'eported that the Gov-
ernment has requested the Ulster
Hien not to bold their• usual par-
ades and processions on that day,
but it is impossible to confirm
this, and according to reports
from`Belfast, Ulster will make a great
demonstration of her loyalty to the
British Empire on that occasion.
Mrs. W. E. Sandford
et Hamilton, who was re-elected Presi-
dent•of the National Council of Women
of Canada at the annual convention at
$t. John, N.B.
POLISH ARMY
SHORTENS FRONT
Bolsheviks Repelled Near Bo-
bruisk With Heavy Loss.
A despatch from Warsaw says:—
Poll-ill foees on the Bolshevik front
have evacuated Mozir and Kalenkow-
itz, in Polesia, •according to' an official
statement issued at army staff' head-
quarters here. This step was taken,
it is said, for the purpose of shorten-
ing the front. *
Soviet troops n the Bobruisk see -
tor are regrouping under cover of
I -artillery fire, the statement says, but
in the Kiszyn region the Poles have
defeated a strong detachment of the
enemy, capturing four cannon and a
number of•nrachine guns.
In the region west of Ksviabla, Gen-
eral Budenny's Bolshevik cavalry has
broken through the Polish front, and
the Polish infantry is retiring toward
Itorzec, keeping up a rear -guard en-
gagement against a superior Bolshe-
vik force. In the Szepietowka region
new divisions of Caucasus cavalry
have been in action, while Polish in-
fantry has repulsed a Soviet attack in
that district.
Heavy fighting is reported on vari-
ous points along the front, especially
in the Ukraine, The Bolsheviki ad-
vance has reeeh d the region of Kee-
zee, just east of Rovno.
A despatch from Paris says:—
Attempts "'+y :.ussian Bolshev:k forces
to cross the Beresina River' aetween
Bobruisk alt:! Borisov here have been
repelled with heavy losses, according
to an official Polish statement iseued
orr Thursday and received here by
wireless,
The etaternent records the success-
ful retirement of the Poles from Mozir
and Kalenkowvitz, and says the Pores
in counter -at eeking the B ei slievi ti
captured prisoners and machine gins
in this re;ion.
In the neighborhood of Szepi•e-
towvka the enemy has occupied ter-
ritory evacuated by Polish troops, the
statement says.
Prelates Gather for
Lambeth Conference
A despatch from London says:—
Twenty
ays:Twenty Canadian Bishops and 70 Am-
eriean Episcopal Bishops are already
here to attend • the Lambeth World
Church Conference on July 20.
The points to be •discussed at the
first session are: First, Spiritualism;
second, Christian+ Science; third, Theo-
sophy and its relation to the Christian
faith.
Bishop Brent of Western New York'
and Bishop Roper of Ottawa will
introduce the Christian Science issue.
The discussions of the 'Conference
will result in a report on several is-
sues for presentation to Canada and
America,it is learned.
The Canadian Air Board wvi11 de-
velop and regulate aerial navigation
in Canada.
THE EVERLASTING STAIRS,
I keep climbing up, but I never seem any forraderi
With higher wages things' get all the "horrider" i
KING ENTERTAINS
350 V.C. HEROES
People From All Britain Were
Thrilled by Parade of Heroes.
A despatch from London says:
London has hada little aftermath of
the war—an aftermath which thrilled
and deeply movedthousands who came
not only from all parts of the city
but from every corner of the British
Isles to witness the spectacle. Great
Britain's Victoria Cross heroes, whose
deeds will make this nation's history,
possessors of the little brown cross
which only acts of highest valor and
self-sacrifice can win, marched from
Wellington Barracks to Buckingham
Palace, 350 strong.
They were the guests of King
George at a garden party, they and
seven hundred others, for each reci-
pient of this highest award which.
Great Britain can bestow, had been
permitted to invite two friends. Usu-
ally it was a father and a mother who
accompanied each V. C. through the
hero-worshipping crowd that had
gathered about the palace.
It was perhaps the most wonderful
part of London's war story, certainly
second only to last year's great victory
parade—this garden party of golden
deeds. Ordinarily one possessor of 'a
V. C. is .sufficient attraction to keep
any community in a state of idolatry,
I but here one rubbed elbows with hun-
dreds of heroes whose deeds, many of
them unbelievingly brilliant, had been
the inspiration for millions of others
during- the war, There were officers
and privates, men maimed and blinded
and some wheeled in chairs, There
'was the oldest V, C., Sir Dighten
Probyn, more than eighty years of
age, and the youngest, Sergeant
Smith, nineteen, On the coats' of all
dangled that coveted Maltese cross
from a bit of mauve ribbon.
Sir Adam Beck
Had Narrow Escape
A despatch from London, Ont.,
says:—Sir Adam Beck, while using
a private telephone instrument in
one hand and a Bell telephone
in. the other hand, suffered a
shock of 550 volts through the
private line being short-circuited
against a heavily charged transmis-
sion Tina Sir Aclanr was almost lifted
out of his chair, but though he narrow-
ly escaped electrocution- he suffered
no after-effects of•his'experience.
Dr. T. W. Glover,
the Toronto physician whose an-
nouncement that he has discovered a
cure for cancer has caused much ex-
citement throughout the country.
Britain's Recovery.
The British Government's plans for
reducing the British war debt are ma-
turing satisfactorily. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer told in the House of
Commons on Thursday night that the
joint Anglo-French loan in the United
States, due October 15 next, will be
redeemed in full, Since April $15,-
000,000
15;000,000 in Treasury bills held in New
York have been taken up, Great Bri-
tain is deflating her currency, to lift
exchange with the United States to
par and to get back 'once more on a
real gold basis. ' The British people
are making great present sacrifices to
recover their old standing in the
world's commerce and finance.
Heavy taxes far exceeding those
levied in Canada—are being borne
without much complaint. They are
accepted as inevitable and salutary.
Mr, Chamberlain estimated in his bud-
get speech last April that, throughad-
ditional taxes and decreased expendi-
ture, the present fiscal year would end
with a surplus revenue of 434,000,000
—about $$1,000,000,000. Of this ex-
cess about $360,000,000 will be applied
to reduce the floating debt,
Prospects for the following year are
even brighter. The Chancellor expects
to have a surplus in 1921-'22 of £300,-
000,000—nearly $1,500,000,000—half
of which will be applied to the float-
ing debt. It is the Chancellor's hope
that the entire floating debt can be
cancelled in seven years and that the
total British debt can be extinguished
in forty-three years.
Such financial recuperation on Great
Britain's part is the best assurance of
economic reco'very in Europe. What
Great Britain does France can also
eventually do. And France and Great
1 Britain together should be able to
stabilize the Continent and even drag
central Europe up out of the economic
ab -ss,' The record of the Motherland
The Man Himself.
A man of strong character 'is not
afraid to find a responsibility devolv-
ing on himself, It may seem for a
time most pleasant to dwell in a vale:
of no decision, where the mind need
never be made up and nothing mat-
ters and to -day is, only the sluggish'
current of time between to -morrow
and yesterday. But none whose man-
hood in the least is precious: to him
cares to live that way. Mere; inanition
beeomesr to 'him as monotonous and
demoralizing as'a'Steady .diet of bread
and tea is to the physique. He mut
have some counterirritant, some`keen
and .bracing opposition, that stiffens
his morale,' brings into play the mus•
eula2dty of character, trains powers
that might be atrophied in long disuse.
Every situation has the human fac-
tor -at the centro of it as the hub is in
the midst of the wheel. For the real
drlying power you will have to look
behind man's machinery and find a
brain no larger than a sponge or a
cauliflower ruling the whole mighty
edifice,
Whatever the hand of man calls into
being the mind of man will regulate.
A man is ever bigger than his busi-
ness, Let him be one of an army at
work with ears and •cranes, let him
be a tiny mite amid the toil of mills
where thousands are, and still the
toiler is greater than the toil and
greater than the tools :or the fruits of
labor. The thing that leaves the hand
is soulless, but the soul went into the
hand when it was made. The man
himself is the greatest engine ever
set in motion in this world, and the
work of his hands shall never control
his immortal spirit,
Volcanic Islands.
The Ladrones are a chain of vol-
canic islands extending 'north, and
south 450 miles. On one of them are
three active volcanoes; a fourth burn-
ing mountain is located on another of
the group, All that part of the world
is highly volcanic. Almost due east
of Yokohama 150 miles is a submar-
ine volcano which at times kicks up
a tremendous fuss in the ocean over-
head.
The Ladrones, by, the way, are
otherwise known as the Marianna
islands, a later name. They owe their
original habits to the thieving habits
of the natives. A giant lizard found
there makes a business of stealing and
eating 'chickens.
The Carolines are an archipelago of
huge extent, comprising no fewer than
forty-eight groups. All but five of
these, however, are low coral forma-
tions, The remaining five (of which
Yap is one) are of volcanic origin,
with peaks 800 to 2,800 feet .high, It
,is perhaps worth mentioning that the
natives of the Carolines are among
the handsomest people in the world,
of a light copper complexion and well
during the war'was glorious. Since, formed. The elaborate tattooing of
in the trying times of readjustment, the men, however, does not enhance
her people are showing as indomitable! their beauty.
a spirit.
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Veterans Will Care for
Imperials in Canada
A despatch from Ottawa says:—A
complete ocean -to -ocean organization
to care for the discharged soldiers of
the British army who have taken up planned
residence in Canada is being
by the Imperial Veterans' Association
of Canada.- In order to complete the
chain of organizations the branch to
be formed in Halifax, where hundreds
of Iniperial:s are living, will be eon -
ducted' along the lines of a clearing.
house, at which the ex-E'ritish soldiers
may register on arrival. They will
then be sent wherever they want to
go under the protection of the asso
elation, .
Autos Killed 62
New Yorkers in June
A despatch from New York says:—
All' records for highway fatalities in
New York State were broken last
month, when 187 persons were killed
by automobiles, wagons, trains and
trolley cars, according to the report of
the National Highway Protective
Society issued here. This figure ex-
ceeds by 66 deaths the casualty list
of June, 1918, which was the nearest
to date. In New York city automo-
biles
utomobiles caused the death of 62 persons.
Canada is world's second largest
pulp and paper producing •country,
and is rapidly overtaking the United
States.
It's a Great Life If. You Don't
Weaken
Loses His Second Arm
in Cause of Science
A deapateh from Paris say::—Prof.
Charles infrait, famous X-ray special-
ist., lost his remaining arum to -day in
the 24th operation he has undergone
since 1898.
The eaten savant, vrha has has
.sacrificed both arms in the cause of
science, announced immediately after
the operation that he will continue his
experiments with artificial bands.
J. W. Hickson,
the English faith healer, an whore
2,500 afflicted people waited during
two days in Toronto.
Markets of the World,
Wholesale Gra`-n.
Toronto, July 6: -No. 1 Northern;
$3,15; No, 2 .Northern, $3,12,j•�� No, 3
Northern $3,08, 111 store Fort. *illiann
Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, $1.29%;
No. 3 CW, 31.29; extra No. 1 feed,
$1.29%; No. 1 feed, $1,2'7V4i No. 2
feed, 31.26, in store Fort William,
Manitoba barley ---No. 8 CW,
$1.85% • No. 4 CW, $1.55%, in store
Fort William..
American corn ---No, 2 yellow, 32.40;
nominal, track, Toronto, prompt' ship..
tient.
Ontario oats --No. 3 white, nominal.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2 do, $1.98 to
32.01; No. 8 do, $1:92 to 31.93, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights.
Ontario Wheat—No. 1 Spring, per
car lot, 32.02 to 32.03; No. 2 do, 31..98
to 32,01; No. 3 do, 31.95 to 32.01, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, 33.00.
Barley—Malting, 31.34 to 3X.86, ac-
cordin to freights outside. .
Buckwheat -No, 2, nominal,
Rye --No." 8, $2.20 to 32.25, accord,
ing- to freights outeade.
Manitoba flour—Government stand-
ard, 314.85, Toronto. -
Ontario flour— Governinent stand-
ard, $12,90, nominal,
Millfeed—'Car lots, delivered, Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton, 352; shorts, per ton, $01; good
feed our, 33.75 to 34.00.
Ilay—No. 1, per ton, 331; mixed,
per ,ton, 327, track,
Straw—Car lots, per ton, $15 to 316,
track, Toronto,
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Cheese --New, large, 32 to 35c;
twins, 82% to 33%e; triplets, 333 to
34e; Stilton, new, 34 to 35c; old, large,
34 to 35a; do, twins, 34% to 35z%c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to
50c; creamery, prints:, 58 to 61c.
Margarine -35 to 39e.
Eggs—No, 1, 54 to 55e; selects, 57
to 58e.
Dressed poultry'—Spring chickens,
65e; roosters, 30c; fowl, 35c;; turkeys,
53 to 60e• ducklings,. 38 to 40e; squabs,
dor., $6.50,
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 55c;
roasters, 26e; fowl, 30c; ducks, 35 to
40e,
Beans -Canadian hand-picked, bus.,
35.25 to $5.50; primes, 34.50; Japans,
35; Limas, Madagascar, 12%c; Japan,
10 to 11c,
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gal,, 38.50 to 33.75; per 5 imp. gals.,
$3,25 to 38.550, Maple sugar, lb., 27
to 28e.
Provisions= 4Yholeerale.
Smoked meats—Hams, meds 45 to
47e; heavy, 37 to 40c; cooked, 62 to
65c; rolls, 33 to 34c; cottage rolls, 37
to 39e; breakfast bacon, 48 to 52c;
backs, plain, 52 to 54e; boneless, 58
to 61e.
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 27
to 28c' clear bellies, 26 to 27o,
Larch—Pure . tierces, 28 to 283 c;
tubs, 281,•:; to 29c; pails, 28% to 29%;
prints, 293 to 30c; Compound tierces,
26 to 26%c; tubs, 261, to 27c; pails,
26% to 2734o; prints, 27% to 28c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, July 6.—Oats, No. 2 CW,
31.48 to 31,50; No. 3 CW, 31.47 to
51.411, Flour, new standard grade,
314.85 to 315.05. Rolled oats, bag 90
lbs., $5.85 to 35.95. Bran, 354.25.
Shorts, 4 x;1.25. Hay, No, 2, per ton,
car lots, 329 to 330. $utter, choicest
creamery, 56 to 57e. Eggs, fresh, 55e.
Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 34.5(1 to
$4.75.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, July 6.—Choice heavy
steers, $15,50 to $16; good heavy
steers, 315 to 315.25; butchers' cattle,
choice, 315 to 315.50• do, good, 314.25
to 314.75; do, med., $12.50 to 313; do,
cont.,- 310 to 311; bulls, choice, $12;50
to 313; do, good, 311.25 to 311.75; do,
rough, 37.50 to 38; butchers' cows,
choice, 312 to 312.50; do, good, $11.25
to $11.75- do eom., 37.50 to $8.25;
stockers, �$, 9,25 to $11; feeders, $11 to
312.50; earners and 'cutters, $5- to
36.25; milkers, good to choice, 3100 to
3165; do, eon. and med., 365 to 375;
springers, 390 to . $165; lambs, yearI-
ings, $12 to 318; do, "spring, $15 to
319.50; calves, good to choice, $16- to
317.50; sheep, 36 to 310; hogs, fed and
watered. 320; do, weighed off cars;
320.25; do, f.o.b., $19; do, do, country
points, $18.75.
Montreal, July S.—Butcher heifers,
cone, 36 to -39; butcher cows, medium,
36 to $9; canners, 33.50 to $4; cutters,
$4.75 to 35.50; butcher bulls, common,
$5 to 8,50; good veal, 311 to $13; med.,
30 to 10; grass, 37 to 38; ewes, 37 to
$10; lambs, good, 315 to 317; hogs,
selects, off cars, 321; sows, $4 less
than selects; nixed lots sows, heavies
and roughs,;$17 to $19.
Lake Louise, one of the most beau-
tiful lakes in the world, is 34 miles
west of 'Banff.
If a cellar had a damp smell, and
cannot be thoroughly ventilated, a
few trays of charcoal set on the floor,
shelves, and ledges will make the air-
pure
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