HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-11-25, Page 7FIRST ASSEMBLY OF LEAGUE
OF NATIONS MEETS AT GENEVA
Organization Completed and Officers Installed -Decisions
on Polish Question and the Defence of Vilna.
A. despatch from Geneva says: In a
Somewhat agitated session on Thurs-
day the League Assembly completed
Its organization by the election of six
vice-presidents, who, with the six
chairman of the committees already
elected, form a sort of executive com-
mittee of the- assembly. The non-
'Suropean nations, for whom much
solicitude was shown, had no com-
plaints to make as they obtained four been £500,000. The delegate aaide
vice-presidents, instead of the three' 'This sounds like a large sem to
they had asked for. some minds," he continued, "but coin -
These were: Viscount Ishii, japan; pare the amount with a single day of
Honorio I'ueyrredon, Argentina; Sir the cost of the war and .you have a
George E. Poster, Canada, and Rod- ridiculously cheap ,insurance rate."
ciao Octavio, Brazil. The other vice Decision has been reached by the
presidents are: H, A, Van Kama- League of Nations to entrust Poland
beek, Holland, and Dr.. Eduard Rene..., with a mandate to carry out the
Czecho-Slovakia.. military defence of Danzig, accord -
As an set of courtesy, Guiseppe Mg to information received by the
Motin, president of the Swiss con- Swiss Telegraph Agency,
federation, who had delivered the ad- Great Britain and Spain will send
dress of welcome, was elected honor- military contingents to Vilna to main -
airy president of the first assembly stain order during the "popular con -
of the League. sultat en of the inliabitants." This i»
Arthur 3, Balfour, . the i3rieish anpoureement was made this evening
delegation, was elected alrairnan of by the Assembly. It was added that
the Commission of General Organize- the French and Belgian Governments'
tion by the League of Nations A. already had agreed to despatch eon
sembly. ' tingents thither, . There had been no
"While it has been said in some, intimation here that this action by
countries that the League is tiead,the Assembly was impending.
the council's report shows it to be
very inueh alive," Lord Robert Cecil
declared.
erring to criticisms of the
Leagt?a that it was spending all its
time getting ready to do something,
Lord Robert said that a machine to
work well must be set up well. He
considered the report showed great
progress has been made.
The east of the League to date had
CANADA HONORS GLORIOUS D.AD
Iia all parts of the Dominion citizens
Paid homage on Armistice Day to the
men who gave their lives for the Em-
pire in Prance, and floral tributes dec-
orated cenotaphs and nrunumeats in
practically every town and city.
Photo shows the Cenotaph in front
of Toronto's City Hall.
Greek Affairs Take
New Tern
A despatch from Athens
says: ---Parliament will be con -
veiled next Thursday, and
Queen -Mother • Olga will then
take the oath of regent.
Great Britain as noiffed Pre-
mier Rhallis that it will refuse
a credit guarantee for a new
issue of bonds amounting to
400,000,000 drachmas,
Former officers and civil
servants under King Constan-
tine are being reinstated, while
the Venizelists
are resigning
office.
It is expected that General
Nider will be the new com-
mander of the army.
If the Balkan balance is up-
set it isanticipated here that
the Serbs will grab Salonica.
r STATE OF SIEGE PRO -
Canada From Coast to Coast CLAIMED AT ATHENS
\' Luria. B.G.--The 1920 salmon present year, the total number of .its
peek. of Alaska, Brit.ialt Columbia, gullies and problems dealt with will
Puget Sound and the Columbia River; have run to one million and a half.
eeetion will total 0,055,000 eases,' Up to the present time, 1,218,472
valued at approximately $60,000,000, oases have been dealt with. The sta
according to revised statistics. The tistic's show: that the number of men
Aleekte peak accounts for 4 225,600 ylto have received medical treatment
ewes, and British Columbia, it is e:.- pith pay and allowances is 49,369;
pec•ttd, will aggregate 650,000 cases, the total number of clinical treat -
an increase over last year, whereas meats is 422,235; and the total of
the Alaska pack shows a decrease. dental operations 84,570. Under the'
A
New York eonipazry will 'Wild a '. oc ational branch, the i otal number
pulp and paper mill north. of Prince of nice who have commenced train -
Rupert and a Japanese firm has ac- ing is 48,414 and the total number
auired a tract cif timber on Louise of graduates 28,273, The total num-
Island in the Queen Charlotte group her of positions found for disabled
'with the intention of erecting a plant men is 175,157, and fit men placed in
there in the neer future. positions total 101,000.
The total amount of loans to soldier
settlers approved by the Soldier Set-
tlement Board to October second was
$78,285,752, and the number of set-
tlers' loans 19,526. These were dis-
envisible po ttion, able to pay off' a tributed as follow"s:-Prince Edward
large part and sometimes the whole Inland, 291; -Nova Scotia, 392; New
of the obligations they incurred last Brunswick, 491; Quebec, 454; Ontario,
year and which would ordinarily run 1,3774; Manitoba, 3,233 Saskatchewan,
for :some years.
Twenty-two sed one-tenth b tahels
per acre is the Provincial Govern-
ment's estimate of Alberta's wvheiat
crop based on reports from all parts
of the provipee. The average yield of
oats is estimated at 39 bushels, and
barley at 28. These figures are con-
sidered conservative, judging by re -
tune already received.
Regina, Sask.-A moving picture
eirtitled "Saskatchewan Schools and
the New Canadians" has been pre-
pared by the Depart:meet of Educa-
tion of the province depicting the
process of transformation of foreign -
born children into young Canadian
citizens. The film staged within the
province has aroused much interest.
The total value of the wheat, oats,
Teasley, and flax produced on*the four range for their transportation.
Prbvineiai Institutional Farms last
year was .$30,516.64, as compared
-with $29,760.12 for the previous year.
The farms comprise those attached
to the mental hospital at Battleford,
and the Tails at' Regina,' Prince Albert
and Moosomin.
The sum of :$10,000 has been set
aside by the provincial Government
for theextension of the travelling
Ii-
braly system in the province. Prac-
tically every rural district is now
served by this system of circulating
libraries.
Winnipeg, Man. -The Winnipeg
City Council has authorized a band
issue of $300,000 to be used for rais-
ing •s pffieient money to build a
further 100 homes tinder the civic
housing: ,scheme. The bonds which are
' for a period of twenty years will bear
interest at the rate of six per cent.
Ottawa, Ont. -It is stated that
when the work of the Soldiers' Civil
ate -establishment Department closes,
which will be about the end of the
Edmonton, Alta, --On account of
the splendid crops this° year experi-
enced throughout the West, soldier.
farmers who took land under the Set-
tlement Board find themselves in an
4,765; Alberta, 55,625; British Colum-
bia, 2,991. -
The Canadian Battlefields Memor-
ials Commission, which will carry out
the work of establishing memorials to
the heroism of Canadian troops en the
fields of Belgium and France, has
been appointed, the positions being
honorary. The sum of $250,000 has
been appropriated by parliament for
the memorials, and the commission
will decide after a competition for
designs, etc., just exactly what form
these permanent memorials to Cana-
da's dead will take.
Campaigns will be carried on
throughout the Dominion to "•secure
$1,000,000 to be devoted to bringing
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Defeat of Greek Government
Brings Up New Problems.
A despatch from Constantinople
says reports from Athens indicate
that a state of siege has been pro-
claimed, following rioting over the de-
feat of ex -Premier Venizelos. Sev-
eral allied and American dextro ,•ers
have been despatched to Athens, for
use in rase of an emergency.
The defeat of the present Greek
Government is interpreted, as a re-
pudiation of its imperialistic policy,
at the expense of Turkey, which has
driven Mustapha Kemal Pasha, re-
luctantly into the hands of the Bol-
shevists.
If Greece changes her policy, al-
lowing Turkey to keep Smyrna, it is
possible the Kenlalists 'will not only
be pacified, but will serve as a buf-
fer against Red expansion in the
Orient.
The present physical union accom-
plished between the Reds and the
Nationalists is probably too formid-
able to be 'overcome by the military
forces here. Official circles here see
the policy of Russia taking Con-
stantinople, as Roumania is not re-
garded as a serious obstacle. But
Bulgaria is resentful of the Greek
occupation of Thrace, and already is
almost Bolshevist, and, with the
Red armies operating among those
countries and the Kemalists through
Anatolia, the problem, from a mili-
tary viewpoint, would not be diffi-
cult.
The new Greek Ministry has been
formed and the Queen Mother will
be proclaimed Regent.
destitute war orphans from Ukraine
to Canada. Delegates „will be sent to Trinidad Grans
Europe to select the orphans and ar-
Fredericton, N.B.-E. P. Bradt,
Deputy Minister of Agriculture for
New Brunswick, has sent in his resig-
nation and will retire from the pro-
vfr.•cial service. He will take up the
commercial growing of fruit at Ni-
agara -on -the -Lake, Ontario, where he
has purchased an . extensive fruit
farm.
According to information supplied
by Premier Foster to the : press, the
sheep of the .province have increased
ed
from 140,000 in 1917 to 280,000 at the
present time, or an increase of 100
per Bent. in three years.
Halifax, N.S.---A new directory of
1920-21 estimates the population of
greater Halifax at 85,000. During
the past decade the city has nearly
doubled in, population.. r
Of the many materials which Abys-
sinia is known to contain only potash
is being produced' on a. commercial
scale.
Preference to Canada
A despatch from Ottawa
says: -Canadian food and
cattle stuffs exported to Trini-
dad are to be given preference
over goods not produced with-
in the Empire, according to a
cable received from Edgar
Tripp, Canadian Government
commercial agent, Port of
Spain, Trinidad. The cable
reads: "All duties" have been
removed from food and cattle
stuffs produced in countries
of the British Empire. Suffi-
cient, duties will be imposed
on foreign goods :to give Can-
ada a preference."
REDUCTION IN
FRENCH DIVORCES
Lack of House Accommoda-
tion Given as the Reason.
A despatch from Paris says dt,-
vorces are decreasing in France be-
cause of the lack of houses and apart-
ments.
Before the war the monthly list of
divorces attained in Paris a total of
1,200. In October there were only
945 applications, and this month the
total is expected to he further 're-
duced to 650.
Aeeorc'ing to lawyers, hundreds of
couples have accepted reeon.+iliations
and agreed to remain living together
for the simple reason that they can't
find places to live apart, other than
in small hotels. Sooner than staffer
this discomfort, Mr; and Mrs. Paris'
have decided to tolerate eaeh other's
presence in the , onjugal domicile, at
any rate, until apartments heroine leis
scarce.
Figures just published show that
the "war divorce" stampede is end-
ing. In three months of 1913 2,850
couples were divorced, whereas in the
first three months of 1920 no less
than 8,005 decrees were pronounced.
But since that time lists have been
steadily decreasing, until now the fig-
ures are below those of before the
war.
PILGRIMS FLOCK TO TOMB OF UN -
NON WARRIOR IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Helpless Soldiers Brought to Abbey to Gime Last. Salutes at
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the Shrine 1,500,00 0 Persons Visited Grave
During the Past Week.
A despatch from London says: A.
wonderful pilgrimage to the grave of 1
the "unknown warrior" in Westmin-
ster Abbey came to a Diose on Thurs. a
day afternoon. A dozen incapacitated
soldier's, unable to wolk, were wheeled
in chair.% by their wives or nurses
through the dim aisles to give the last
salutes at the shrine.
The pilgrimage had been In progress
for a week, and the Canon of West- i
minsterin charge told the correspon-
dent thata careful estimate of the
numbers who made it showed 1,500,-
000 persona passed by the grave in the
nave of the abbey.
TO GUIDE PLANES
OVER ENG. CHANNEL
Ships Anchored: Five Miles
Apart in Various Directions,
A despatch from Paris says; An-
other step in cross -Channel private
and commercial aviation will be taken
next week when a series of powerful
searehkights will tie placed at various
places to enable airplanes to fly on
darkest nights from Paris to London
without danger of being lost in the
darkness. There will be nine lights:
between Paris and Calais and sire on
the English side of the Channel annei tri
guide the airmen. These ligl.te also
will enable fliers to land in ca'e of
accident at chartered points.
The French Ministry of Aviation le'
supporting the plan and is understood;
to be considerating cin -operation with;
the British Air :1Tir ;str. le a propo.3'url'
for lights to Le plata, cl iiiee,;rd' ^hen=
whiw•li are to be pernianen:ay amber -1
ed in the Channel five miles apart in
various direction;. The lights ec,n-
tenrplated shall, it is propisedi, be of
50,000 candle power, a :i> ht powerful
enough to pierce the darkest night tot
a height of a mile and a half.
Every weekday since, the A,rurlatlee
Day anniversary, even while . ervic ee
have been going on and between ser.
vices on Sunday, an endless stream
of mourners have bean entering the
abbey in fours and passing the grave.
They began to come early in the morn-
ing, and on some days they continued
until past 11 o'clock at eight. They
came from all parts of the British
Emprie,
An even greater number of people
made the pilgrimage to the cenotaph.
Whitehall, even now, is tilled with a
double stream of people, reaching- t.:•
Trafalgar Square on one side, and coria
ing from Westminster an the other.
Trade Agreement
Ratified by Jamaica
A despatch from Ottawa
says: -A cable - from King-
ston, Jamaica, announces that
the Legislative Council of Ja-
maica has ratified the Canada -
West Indies trade agreement.
This is stated to be the fourth
of the West Indian states tc
ratify the agreement the en-
dorsation of all, as well as rati-
fication by the Canadian Par-
liament being necessary be-
fore the agreement become
effective. The agreement is
expected to come before Par-
liament early next session.
• A bottomless half -bushel measure
fits nicely inside an ordinary grain
seek. Place sack and ieetesurc on the
ground, fill the measure and, by lifting
it up, the contents are dropped into
sack. The process is repeated until
the sack is full of ;rotntoes, walnuts,
or whatever is being picked up.
Weekly Market Report
Wholesale Grain.. ! Provisions -Wholesale.
Manitoba wheal -No. 1 Nortl'ern, i Smoked meats -Hams, need., 47 to
$2.1114; No. 2 Northern, $2.09%; No 60e; heavy, 40 to 42e; cooked, 64 to
3 Northern, $2.07; No. 3 wheat, $2.02.1 68e; rolls, 34 to 36e; cottage roIXs, 41
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 613yee; to 43c; breakfast bacon, 50 to 56e;
No. 3 C, 57%c; extra N'o. 1 feed, ! fancy breakf,tst haeon, 56 i to r 662c:56 ic; No.W1 feed, 53 Vic; 1`0. 2 feed, . hacks, plain, 32 to 34e; boneless.
50%e. Ito 64e.
'Manitoba barley-- No. 3 CW, $1.05; ! to 28e; meats.
Long clear to �
cle rbacon, 27
No. 4 C� 95e; rejected, bac; feed' Lard -Pure tierri's, 30 to 301.:2,e;
80c. f bay tubs, 30i,:, to 31e; pails, ;Ogg to :Iiia;
c
All of the above .i.. ,, hints, 32yto 33c. Cotiipouncl terces,
American tarn i� tr 3 yellowy, $1.: a. 1
Ontario oats-nN-o 2 white, 60 to 62e. 22 to 2'aa,e; tubs 22aa to 24?cc; Bail:,
Ontario ,wheat ---No. 2 Winter, $1.95 23% to 93%e: prime, 26 to 27c.
to $2, per ear lot; No, 2 Spring, $1.90 Montreal Markets.
to 31.95; shipping points, acetyl -thug to
freights.
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
Barley --$1 to 31.05, according to
freights outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.*
Rye --No. 3, 31.60 to $1.65, nominal,
according to freights outside.
Manitoba flour -w412.90 top patents;
$1240 second patents
Montreal. Nov 23 -• Oats, t'anadian
West., No. 2, 83i.;;c: -do, No. 3, 73%c•Flour Man. Spring wheat patents;
firsts, 312.20. Rolled oats, bag of 90
lbs., $4.05. Bran, 345.25. Shorts,
$45.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton. car: lots.
$30 cheese, finest t easteins,23%c
Beater. choicest creamery*, ti;tto 56c.
CANADIAN GIRL DEFIES THE
TURKS.
Miss Elizabeth A Thom, 1677 Grey
Street, Loudon, Ont., a veteran of
service in 1 ranee, who is sticking to
her post in the Caucasus despite the'
continued advances of the Turks into
Armenia. She is a member of the
Near hast Relief personnel in the
•C'aucasus, all of whom 'refused to
abandon their work among the hnn-
dreds of thousands of orphans and
adult refugees.
Soviet Will Wage
Winter Campaign
Live Stock Markets
Ontario flour ---$8.75, bulli, seaboard, Toronto, Nov. ::3. --Good heavy
Milifeed • •Car lots, delivered ltlont-' steers, $12.50 to $13.50; butcher steers,
real freights, bags included: Bract, per i choice, 311 to 312.50; do, gcod. 310 to
ton $38 to $40.25; shorts per ton $42 1311; do. med.. 36.50 to 38; do, town..
do $1.1; do rued., $7,60 to $9 ile, conn.,
to 345.25; good feed flour, $2.751 to 33.1$5 to $6; butcher heifer:; atom., 310
Country' Produce -Wholesale, t $6 to $7; butcher cows, choice :9 to
Cheese -New, large, 28 to 29e; 310; do, med., 36 to 38; canners and
twins, 29 to 30e; triplets, 291,e. to cutters, 33.50 to $4.50; butcher bulls,
30%c; 'old. large: 33 to 34c; do, twins, , good, .$8 to 310; do. cone, $5.50 to
33. to 34 'c. $6x25- do; Fan-, $7.50 to $8,50, feeders,
1%a 'rz 13
Butter --Fresh dairy, choice, 49 iia t best 310 to $11.50 da, good. 900 lbs.,
50e; creamery, 2uds, 55 to 5Se: finest 1 39.50 to 310; do $OO Iba. 38.75 to 39.25;
36.754 milkers and
to m e
58 tae61c. do, conn ,$. .
Margarine -35 to 37c. + springer;, choice. $loo to 3150; calves,
Eggs -No. 1, 64 to 66c; selects, 70; choice; 817 to 318.50: do, need., 313 to
to 72e; new laid, in cartons, SO to Sir.
Beans --Canadian, hand-picked, bus..
34 to 34.50; primes, 33 to $3,50; Ja-
pans, 94F,c; Limas, Madagascar, 10%c:
California Lianas, 12%c.
315; do, dont., $7 to 312: lambs, $12 to
31.2.00; sheep ('110fcc. 36 to $t.50; do,
heavy and bua1.w, $'4 to 35: do, year-
lings, 310 to 310.50; hogs. fed, and
watered, $16 25 to 316,50: do. oft cars.
Maple products ---Syrup, per imp. • $1.6.50. to $16.75: ego f.o.b.. 3'15.25 to
gal., 33.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp. gals., 315.50; do, to the farmer, 313 to $15.25.
$3.25 to' $3.10. Maple sugar, lb., 27
to 30e.
Honey -60 -30 -lb. tins, 25 to 26c per
lb.; Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 pet'
15 -section case; We -2%a. tins, 26 to
27c per ib.
Montreal, Nov, 23. --Good veal, 313
to $14; medium. 310 to 313; grass,
$6,50 to 36.75. Ewes, 34 to 37: lambs.
good, $12.50 to 313; com., 38 to 311;50:
hogs, off car weights, selects, 317;
sows, 313.
A despatch from Copen-
hagen says : -A special to The
Berlingske Tidende from Kov-
no reports that from different
articles in the Pravda it is clear
the Bolshevists are preparing
for a winter campaign,
�o a de-
cree having been issued calling
�<,
allcitizens upto the age of 36
under arms. All able-bodied
men in factories are to be re-
placed by women, and in the
district of Moscow -Vitebsk 15
new divisions are being form-
ed.
d+inla:rid has 8,720 miles o1 telegraph
and 2,891 miles of teleph ne lanes and
one . radio 't.ai ion witha ma -mile
radius.
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