The Exeter Times, 1919-3-13, Page 6PEACE TERMS WILL INCLUDE
DEMAND FOR
SURRENDER
OF GUILTY
Evidence Incriminating Many German Officials Contained in
Report of the Commission on Responsibility for the War.
A despatch from Paris says: --The
report of the Commission on Respon-
sibility, for the War, now nearly fin-
ished, contains a mass of evidence of
startling character, incriminating
German generals and other high offi-
cials, both civil and military, on spe-,
cific charges of atrocious cruelty and
grimes of every description.
The conclusive nature of this evi-1
denee is felt .to warrant the proposed
inclusion in the preliminary pace
demands for guarantees that the in-
dividuals incriminated shall be at the
disposal of the Entente as already
mentioned. It is understood that no
names are mentioned, but it is in-
tended to , draft a comprehensive
clause which will include all the al-
loged criminals within its purview,
It is proposed that these shall be
made amenable to jurisdiction, but if
for any reason they should escape
trial, then the 'whole evidence affect-
ing them will be pub ;fished to the
world.
The Committee on Responsibility
for the War follows:
Robert Lansing, 'United States,
Osaka -tan; Sir Gordon Howart, Great.
Brit:dn. Capt. Andre Tardieu and
Ferdinand Lernatuie, France; Vit-
torio SoleIoia alai Deputy Raiinundo,
Italy.
Markets of the Wog
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15 Lo20%e; terms, tgj to 261.4;
pei!s, 26 to 261:. prints, 271.1 to 27313,
Breadstufi's.
Toronto, March 11.-Manitob
wheat -No, 1 Northern $2.24%; N
2 Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Norther:
$2.171/2; Ne. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in stor
Fort 31 illiam.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C,W., 71%c
No. 3 C.W., 64?ae; ertra No. 1 feed
65%c; No. 1 feed, 62? c; No. 1 feed
583ae, in store Fort William.
Manitoba. barley -No. 3 C.W,,
87%c; No. 4 C.W., 331/2c; rejected,
753ec; feed, 74Tac, in store Fort Wil-
liam.
American corn -No. 3 yellow,
31.55; No. 4 yellow, 31.52 track To-
ronto, prompt shipment.
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 58 to
61c; No. 3 white. 57 to 60c, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 winter, per
car lot, 32.14 to 32.22; No. 2, do.,
32.11 to 32.19; No. 3, do., 32.07 to
$2.15 f.o.b., shipping points, accord-
ing to freights.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, $2.09
to 32.17; No. 2, do., 32.06 to $214;
No. 3 do., 32.02 to 32.10 f.o.b., ship-
ping points, according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, 31.80, according to
freights outside.
Barley -Malting, 81 to 86c, nomin-
al.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 85c, nominal.
Rye -No. 2, 31.35, nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stan-
dard, 310.75 to 311.00, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Government stan-
dard, 39.55 to $9.75 in bags, Toronto
and 1Mlontreal, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
340.25 per ton, shorts, $42.25 per ton;
good feed' flour, $3,25 to 33.50 per
haHay--No. 1, 820 to 321 per ton;
mixed, 318 to. 319 per ton, track To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots, $10 per ton,
Country Produce -Wholesale_
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 26
to 38c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery,
fresh made solids, 49 to 50c; prints,
50 to 52e.
Eggs -New laid, 36 to 37c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 26 to
34c• roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to 30e;
ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 40c; squabs,
doz., $4.50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 20c; fowl
24 to 30e; ducklings, lb., 35c; turkeys,
35c; chickens, 28c; geese, 18c.
Cheese -New, large, 28 to 281/2o;
twins, 281' to 29e; triplets, 29 to
29%c; Stilton, 291,E to 30e; old, large,
29 to 29%c; twin, 293 to 30e.
Wholesalers are selling to the retail
trade at the following prices:
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
48c; creamery, solids, 51 to 53c;
prints, 52 to 54c.
Margarine -32 to 34c.
Eggs -New laid, 45 to 46c; new
laid in cartons, 47 t5 48c.
Dressed poultry -Chickens, 35 to
40c; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 32 to
35c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; ducklings, Ib.,
35 to 38c; squabs, doz., 35.50; geese,
27 to 29c.
Potatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b. track
Toronto, car lots, 90 to 95c.
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked,
bushel, 33.50 to $4.00; primes, 32.75
to 33.25. Imported hand-picked, Bur-
ma or Indian, $3.25; Limas, 15c.
Honey -Extracted clover: 5 lb. tins
26 to 27c lb.; 10 lb. tins, 25 to 26e; l
60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, 60
lb. tin, 19 to 20c. Comb: 16 oz., $4.50
to $5.00 doz,; 12 oz., 33.50 to $4.00
doz.
Maple products -Syrup, per gallon,
$2.25 to $2.35; sugar, lb., 27 to 28c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Montreal Marle ts.
Montreal, March 11. -Oats -Extra
a ; No. 1 feed, 78 %.e. Flout New stan-
o,; dard grade, $11.10 to 311.20. Rolled
oats -Bags, i'0 lb:., 38.90 to $4.00.
e Bran, $10.25. Shorts, 342.25. Moulilie,
364.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lots,
;; 324.00. Cheese, finest easterns, 24 to
,;25e. Butter, choicest creamery, 52L •
i to 53e. Eggs, selected, 43c; No. 1
I stock, 38e. Potatoes, per bag, car
lots, 31.75. Dressed hogs, abattoir
killed, 321.50 to $25.00. -Lard, pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 28 to 291/2c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, March 11. -Choice heavy
export steers, 316 to 317.50; do., good,
314.50 to 315.50; choice butcher steers,
318 to $13,25; butchers' cattle, choice,
312.50 to 313.25; do., good, 311 to $12;
i do, common, 3925 to 39.75; bulls,
choice, 310.50 to $11:5550; do, medium,
38.75 to 39; do, rough bulls, 87.50 to
38; butchers' cows, choice, 310.75 to
$1.24 do, good, 39.75 to 310.25;; do,
medium, $8,50 to 38.75; do, common,
37.50 to 33.75; stockers, 38 to $10.50;
feeders, 310.50 to 312.25; canners and
cutters, $5.75 to 3.7; Milkers, good to
choice, $90 to $150; do, cam. and med.
$65 to $75; springers, 390 to $150;
light ewes, $10.50 to 312; yearlings,
312 to 313; spring lambs, 316 to 318;
calves, good to choice, 316.50 to
318.50; hogs, fed and watered, 317.50;
do, oc cars, $17.75; do, f.o.b., $16.75.
Montreal, March 11. -Choice select
hogs, 318 per ;100 pounds off cars.
Choice steers, 312 to 314 per 100 pds;
poorer quality, 37.50 to $8 per 100
pounds. Butchers' bulls and cows,
310 to 811.50; canners, 35 to $5.50.
Sheep, $8 to $10.50. Lambs, 315.50
per 100 pounds.
Smoked meats -Hams, medium, 36
to 38c • do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked,
49 to 5i1c; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c; back, plain, 44 to
45 boneless, 60 to 52a.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28
to 29c• clear bellies, 27 to 28c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 27 to 27%e;
tubs, 27% to 28c; pails, 27/1, to 281/2c;
prints 281/2 to 29c. Compound, tierces,
SINCE ARMISTICE
A despatch from Ottawa says: A
total of 30,356 Canadian soldiers and
dependents sailed from England foe
Canada during the month of Febru-
ary, according to figures issued
through the Militia Department. A
small percentage of this total num-
ber is .still on the ocean. The Febru-
ary figures show that 27,428 soldiers
sailed from England during the
month and 2,928 soldiers' dependents.
Ever since the work of bringing
home the men started, subsequent to
the signing •of the armistice, the
monthly totals have been growing.
The grand total of soldiers and de-
pendents sailing from 8ngland 'up
to the end of February is 76,799. By
months it is made up as follows:
November, 4,921; December, 18,925;
January, 23,227; February 30,356..
The smallness of the November
total is accounted for by the fact -that
transport work did not begin until
the latter part of the month.
Blind Man Making Brooms et Toronto.
This is p power machine installed to sew brooms in the factory of
the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The operator is a Toronto
plan, aged 49, who has a wife and three children. He lost his sight three
years ago. Formerly he was employed as a laborer and moulder. He is
able with the machine to turn out as many broms as three hand -sewers.
Another machine of this same type is on order and when it arrives all the
brooms, excepting the heavy rattan lines, will be machine sewn.
RAPID PEES
OF AVIATION
AT WAR'S END BRITISH . AIR
SERVICE WAS BEST IN WORLD
A Peak of Excellence Attained Only
by intense and Unremitting
Concentration.
The last few years have provided
so much of the marvelous, discover-
ies have crowded so fast upon each
other, that the dreams of the dream-
er have been eclipsed, and reality has
put to shame the writer of fiction.
The meal has been too full, and the
process of digestion will be slow. Of
mushroom growth but marvelous ef-
ficiency, the British Air Force pro-
vides at once a wonderful story and
a deep moral.
A few years ago the airman who
succeeded in getting his machine to
rise from the ground, of its own voli-
tion, and fly a few miles was ac-
• claimed. To -day airmen -outpace the
wind. They have deposed the birds
from dominion of the air, and pres-
ently their aerial Dreadnoughts, turn-
ed from the dread necessities of war.
will minister to the arts of peace.
It is not unprofitable to reflect that
when first the estimates of an Air
Service were brought into Parliament
before the war, the aeroplane, as a
Kill the Incurable Cases,
Hoping to Stop the Contagion
A despatch from Stockholm says: -
In certain Russian provinces the
mortality from typhus is so great
that the Bolsheviki have issued a
secret order to kill the incurable
cases, hoping thus to counteract the
contagion which is almost impossible
to stop by any other means. Hardly
any medicine is available.
AUSTRIA -GERMANY
ELECTS A PRESIDENT
A. despatch from Vienna says: -
The National Constituent Assembly
has elected Karl Seitz, leader of the
German Social Democracy in Austria,
President and Herr Hauser, Social
Democrat, Vice -President.
factor of war, was strongly criti-
cized; opinion favored the Zeppelin
and similar monsters then being de-
veloped by Germany. So fallible is
human judgment. •
The Zeppelin was soon utterly dis-
credited in land warfare. Lieut.
Wa.rneford gave it its quietus as a
fighter of the aeroplane; the disas-
trous raid on England, in which six
out of seven of these monsters were
crippled in a storm and ultimately
destroyed in France, proved their un-
reliability in bad weather, and latter-
ly they were more or less confined
to the important but severely res-
tricted task of scouting at sea, in
which work they were undoubtedly
of great value to the German Ad-
miralty -a lesson which was not lost
to the British Admiralty, who great-
ly expanded 'their fleet of, naval air-
ships, which, although tiny compared
with the Zeppelin, yet did valuable
work in convoying merchantmen,
hunting U boats, and general naval
scouting.
Marvelous Growth of Air Service.
When experience had proved the
value of the aeroplane in all sorts of
work and conditions, production was
intensified an hundredfold. The best
brains were set to discover the best
types of machines. Countless experi=
ments Were carried out, factories
were thrown up, and the energies' of
many thousands of workpeople were
concentrated on turning out bird ma-
chines. The marvelous growth of
the British Air :Service is shown by
an official statement. The figures
show that at the outbreak of war
aeroplanes numbered 166; at the close
Bullock Receives Pension From British Government.
This bullock saved a big gun from the Turks in the British campaign
on the river Tigris, where it fought with the English under its dusky
commander. For its heroic work the British Government has alloted it
a pension of 2c per day for life.
MILIT Y, NAVAL AND AERIAL PART PLAYED BY -
TERMS OF GERMAN DISARMAMENT CZECH -SLOVAKS
Some of the German Warships to Gro to France and Italy and
Arany to be Reduced to 200,000 Men -Aerial
Force Will be Disbanded,
. A despatch from Paris says: -The though not yet made public, are
Military, naval and aerial terms of summarized as follows:
Disarmament down to 200,000 men
consisting of 15 divisions of infantr
and five of cavalry, divided 'into fiv
army carps.. The men are to b
chosen by lot for one year's; service
and no class is to exceed 180,000 me.
Arms and ammunition are restrict
ed to a force- of 200,000 men, and
.German disarmament were before the
Council of the Great Powers on
Thursday, with Premier Lloyd George
back at the head of the British dele-
gation, Marshal Foch and the full
membership of the War Council
present,. ,
Most of the time was given to the
naval terms, which were largely set- the balance to be delivered or de
tled, with several features still he- stroyed,
served, • including the destruction of The naval terms provide. similar
the large German ships, disarmament by a reduction of the
Premier Lloyd George was disposed German Peet down to a limited ba is
to have England take part of these sufficient for pol, eye defence, but it
ships, but he yielded this view when will not -figure among the navies of
shown that it would involve an in- the first or second class. This sys-
creased naval building program in tem is to be for an indeterminate
the United States.. period, with ultimate continuance o
. As a result of the British and Ain- modification, •probably under the
erican view in agreement, and as a League of Nations,
means of harmonizing the French and The aerial terms of disarmament
Italian views, it is possible that some are ,definite in period, as a limited
of these ships will be apportioned to number. of hydroplanes with an
France and Italy, instead of being aerial force of a thousand men are
destroyed. to gather mines until October 1 next,
The actual terms .of German dis- when the entire establishment is to
armament as finally considered, end.
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of hostilities the number was 21,000, P _,.____ __
while on the day when the •armistice L.t .AD D
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HOW THESE TWO SLAV RACES
GOT INTO THE WAR
Large Nnmbers. Surrendered to Rus.
viaand Italy From Austrian Army .,
y -Now at War With Bolsheviks•
e
o For the information of the forces
of the British Army in Siberia, the
,i, general staff has issued . a bulletin,c
_ outlining the events which have led
up to the preeent wituation in Siberia,
and summarizing the anti -Bolshevik
campaign in Russia, his includes an
interesting account of the part which
the Czecho-Slovaks have played in
Resale dnring the past two ycare.
The Czecho-Slovaks are tv-o very
closely related Slav races inhabiting
the provinces of Bohemia reel ?Sera -
1 via in Austria and a portion -of Neeth.
r ; ern Hungary which lies ad; - • ant,
These form together a fa:r:v '� :mo-
gencous population of some 8,u; 0,000
souls,
The spirit of nationality is vena
intense among the Czecho-Slovalt.
and for many years they have chafed
under Austro-Hungarian rule. On the
outbreak of hostilities numerous
Czecho-Slovaks living in Russia join-
ed the Rusin forces, and during the
course of the war whole battalions
and regiments deserted from the
Austrian service and gave themselves
up to the Russians and Italians, It
is said that in this way some 300,000
became prisoners in Russia, and
though they were anxious to be form-
, ed into- units to fight against their
1 former countrymen, it was not until
Kerensky came into power that Pro-
fessor Mazaryk, the great Czech
leader, obtained permission for this
to be done, and some 40,000 Czecho-
slovaks were organized and equipped
for service on the eastern front.
Government Overthrown.
While this force vas in training
the Bolsheviki seized "'the reins of
Government in Russia and the treaty
of Brest -Litovsk, negotiated by thenx,
put an end to the possibility of t
Czech forces being employed in this
theatre of war. It was next arrang-
ed that the Czech army was to be
transferred to Vladivostok and from
there transported for duty on the
western front. This plan received
the approval of Trotzky, the Bolshe-
vik commander jin-chief, one of the
conditions being, apparently, that the
allies should not interfere with the
internal affairs of Russia. In the
beginning of- April, 1918, the Czech
corps was distributed -between Pensa
and Irkutsk, en its way to Vladivos-
tok and en route for France.
At this time Trotzky received
news of the arrival of Japanese
troops at Vladivostok. These had
been landed for the protection, of
large stores of munitions and stores
which were in danger of failing into
the hands of, the Bolsheviki and pos-
sibly finding their way ultimately to
Germany. Trotzky hiterpreted the
Japanese action as one of (interfer-
ence with the internal affairs of Rus-
sia, and he gave orders that the
Czecho-Slovak- movement eastward
should be stopped. As a result of
further negotiations, however, he
consented to allow half the corps to
proceed to the Harman coast to pro-
tect allied and Russian interests, and
the remainder to proceed to Vladivos-
•
tok.
The German Pressure.
The Germans at this time also be-
gan to bring pressure to bear upon
the Bolshevik Government, •demar.1
ng that the Czechs be prevented from
aiding the allies. Pressure was mingl-
ed with conciliation for they also
gave notice of their intention not to
proceed with their projected occupa-
tion of Moscow and Petrograd. ,The
German pressure was decisive, and
after three or four outbreaks .between
he Czechs on the one hand and the
Bolshevik and German prisoners on
he other, Trotzky insisted upon, the
;isarmament of all Czechs. Thi!
Czechs resisted, knowing that unarrn-
d they would be completely at the
mercy of the Bolsheviks. Trotzky
hen ordered that all Czechs found
with arms be :shot. From ,that time,
une 5, the Czechs were at war with
tate Bolsheviks.
was signed 25,000 aeroplanes and sea-
planes were on order, together with � T
56,000 engines, In August, 1914, there TRANSPORT ,t a
CK
were only four squadrons of the R.
F. C. in existence; last November the '
total amounted to over 300, employ- Wounded on 1VdurRnaa! Coast
Placed on Sledges and Wrapped
in Sheepskin Bags.
mg some 294,000 men, and when the
war ended the British Air Service
I was the best in the world. All this
' was attained by one means only-
• concentration, intense and unrentit-
ted. It was the work of four short
years, in which application overcame
difficulties of all sorts. It gives rise
to this thought -if similar concen-
tration, or even part of it, were de -
A despatch from London says:--
Reuter's has received some interest-
ing details regarding the manner in
which the wounded are dealt with on
the Murman coast frontier. Two hos-
pital trains run periodically on the
railway.,between Murmansk and Kem,
voted to the solution of grave social while Canadian dog teams and reini-
problems, which still confront human- deer are being used with great suc-
cess for the transporting of wounded
other diseases which take a heavy toll from •outlying posts. The sick are
of life, would not greater progress placed in sledges and are wrapped in
be made? Hundreds of millions of sheepskin, bags with hot-water bot,
dollars have been spent in destroy- ties. The hags are so designed that
ing life, could not equal effort be the patient can be treated without
made in saving it? exposure to the severe temperature.
Despite the extreme difficulties of the
BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRSHIP country, medical aid posts have beet?
IS ALL READY FOR FLYING established every ten miles in farms
and tents. Thanks to the excellent
A despatch from London says:- clothing selected by Sir Ernest
Great Britain's largest airship is Shackleton very few cases of frost
waiting to fly. Everything is ready bite have occurred. The only preval-
to launch her at Selby, Yorkshire. ent complaint is insomnia.
Whether or not the airship will at-
tempt a transatlantic flight is for
the Air Ministry to decide, but ex- Brussels Offers Eginont Palace
perts say she is capable of the flight. As Seat of League of Nations
Although she weighs 30 tons she has c
a lifting capacity of an additional 30 A despatch from Brussels says:-
tons.
ays:
tons. Speed of possibly 80 miles per The Corporation of the City of Brus-
hour is expected and, in that event, sets has decided to propose to the
New York could be reached in less City Council that it offer Egmont
than two days. Palace, formerly the Arenberg Pal-
ace, as the seat of the League of Na -
1,000 Miles in 59 Days. tions. The Egmont Palace is in the
The Royal North-West Mounted south central section of Brussels and
Police expedition which left Dawson within a few blocks of the Royal pal -
on January 15 for Port McPherson, ace. It was erected in 1545, restored
in 1753 and again restored after a
fire in 1892. Count Egmont, who was
executed by the Spaniards in 1568 in
at the mouth of the Mackenzie River,
had reached Twelve Mile, on March
5, a point 30 miles from Dawson, the Brussels, was a famous general.
nearest telegraph communication
point on their return journey. They completed the round trip of 1,000
miles in the record time of 59 days
on this route, including the crossing
of the Rocky Mountaiifis. All, the
party are in good health. The expe-
dition is composed of Sergt. Demp-
ster, the famous police mucher; Con-
stables Vance, Cook, Patterson, two
Indian guides and 20 dogs.
332,000 ROUMANIANS
KILLED IN THE WAR
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Roumanian Press Bureau announces
that 332,000 Roumanians, combatants
in the war, were killed or died from
wounds.
A Coincidence of the War.
It• has now been disclosed that
Intmelmann, the great German avia-
tor, who was born at Ultenhage, Cape
Colony, went to Germany to study
medicine, and there renounced his
British origin. Consequently it was
a strange irony of fate that he should
be downed . by McCubbin, another March 10, and between Cleveland and
South African, born at Johannesburg. Bucalo zviil commence April 15.
BILL TO EXTERMINATE RATS
INTRODUCED IN BRITISH HOUSE
A despatch from London says: -
The plague of rats is to be the sub-
ject of a bill that the House of Corn -
mons will be invited to pass. The i
object of the bill is to enable the work
of rat extermination to be carried
out effectively and to bring home res-
ponsibility to those who by neglect or
indifference allow their premises to
become infested. Although it is not
easy to get new Acts through Par-
liament, this bill will find a very t
strong backing and many members
have already agreed to •affix their t
names to the document with the ob- d
ject of its early introduction.
LAKE ERIE OPEN
TWO WEEKS EARLIER t
A despatch from Cleveland says:- J
Passenger navigation on Lake Erie
opened two weeks earlier this season.
Boats to Detroit made the first trip
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NAVAL LOSSES DURING WAR
Total Allied Tonnage Sunk in Four
Years Was 803,000 Tons.
The total allied naval Iosses in the
war aggregated 803,000 .tons, ac-
cording to an estimate sent by Reu-
ter's Paris correspondent. Of this
loss the British portion was 550,000
tons, The Central Powers lost 415,-
000 tons, but the Gorman total, which
was 350,000 tons, does not cover. the
hugo tonnage surrendered under the
armistice terms.
Commenting upon these estimates,
the Westminster Gazette says that
although the figures given are.. not
official they may be taken as closely
approximating the naval losses suf-
fered by the chief powers engaged in
the war. "When wo learn that ,in
big ships alone we •sacrif ced 13
battleships, three battle cruisers and
25 cruisers," says the newspaper, "we
get some notion of the tremendous
character of tho' effort that was nec-
essary to enable the navy to emerge
from the war vastly more powerful
than it was at the end of 1014,",