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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-2-24, Page 3CANADA ENTERS clidrif FOR BILLI DOLLARS AGAINST GE.RMANY Reparations Do Not Include' Lasses Involved in Sinking of Ships Which is Included in British Claim - Largest Con- stituent of Maim is. Ann nuit•E-Kpeuded by Canada, Pcsnsions: `.Board., A dssnateiz' from London stns ii-considerzable difficulty mr.y later de- The total• aan1Qunt. of, C anrde e claim velop over the apportionment, -of .the for reparations against Germany, with sums recovered from Germany under the •• exception of Tosses involved in this head. the sinking of ships, -which are in-- This one is not to be paid over eluded in the British total, has been to the Companies which owned tate. forwarded to the Reparations Com- mission by the Canadian Government. When the marine losses are added, Data. caws claim . will amount in all to about one billion dollars. This en - Jost ships, einee.they were reimburs- ed by the payment of the _insurance, nor to the insurance companies, since they profited from the war prem- iums, but will become the property of ore -ions suet, however, is. not regard- l the tt; payers and to be used by the ed as a practical figure, inasmuch. as respective governments of the Mother it will be slut one of the items in the (oeatry and the Dominions for pub - `:'poral" dasisges due fro',iz Corny, lie e. ;t,end--tures. The difficulty, which rather tares- #lie .actual E1piY.ritnt res leorpiozriisee to ::rice is over, the question eraide ender the peace conference o€ vieeeeYs owned in one part of the settlement!, :fee largest constituent is " Empimae and registered in another. be the ;,tt+.aunt paha out, of to be paid the case of the Canadian Pacific ves- out, by the Canada Pens.io is Board, . sets, for instance, which are owned in which, es capitalized, is assessed ail Canada but registered in Great .Bei - slightly owe" sive ,:.-gistsi raillione of Jinn, the co,tten.i;.n advanced here ie dollars. For esparatien allue nee' thea re r;;ratien should be made to the mother hanared million clollzre hes eourery of registry rather than to IdtQW ALL TOGETHER -HEAVE HO, MY I1EARTIES1 been added. :'i.• third item ie. the t'e country of ownership, especially charge fo • the c pence;. oi' the Can- as so much O,P.R, stock is held in the adieu portion of the army of oceupa- United Kingdom, is is a view which tion. This is a, definite figure, but slot', Thwin scarcely be popular in Canada, a surge one, as the f'a:zadinn troope How Canada and the other parts of i'emu,ined 4)r: the -thine for only a few the Empire are to share in the twenty. - months. two per cent, of the total German The Canal:en reel= losses, as :cls payment for reparation which Great ready state'-, are z,.,t separately men-; Britain is to reeeive has not yet been tinned in the Dunzinion Government's decided. This will probably be a sub.- statement, ub-statement, being iueluded in the Bri- jest for discussion and decision by tish total of over seven hundred mil- the Conference of Premiers in Lon - lion pounds. It would Appear that don in June. Smuts the Diplomat. Premier of the onion of South .t:fri- ca. wIzo states that he intends asking General Hertzog, his Nationalist and unsuccessful rival, to the next Im- perial Conference, - INDIAN ASSEMBLY EXPRESSES LOYALTY Desires to Maintain Empire Relations on Basis of Equal Partnership. A despateh from Delhi, British I,ze. says: -The Legislative Assembly at 'a four hours' debate on Thursday adopted a. resolution, firstly, affirm- ing that the relations between India and the British Empire be maintained on a basis of equal partnership and complete racialequality; secondly, re- gretting the application of martial law by the administration of the which Mr. Stefansson has rendered Punjab -this being calculated to deeply wound the self-respect of the Indians- and, thirdly, damage com- pensations for the families of Am- ritzar victims on the same scale as Europeans. A clause asking for the punishment of .various officers was withdrawn LEAGUE COUNCIL MEETS AT PARIS Iriwern bably Twelve Days Wiill, sae Required to Deal With Important Questions. A despatch from Faris says: -Next week's meeting, which will be the first held by the Council of the Lea- gue of Nations since the assembly's adjournment at Geneva on Dee. 17 last, will be attended by Leon Bour geeis, the Foreign Minister for France; A. J. Balfour, Lord Presi- dent of the Council for Great Britain;. Viscount Ishii, ambassador at Paris. for Japan; Paul hymens, former president of the Council for Belgium;. Count Jose Quinone de Leon, ambas- sador at Paris for. Spain; Dr. Well- ington Koo, Chinese Minister at Lon- don for China, and an Italian dele- gate who has not yet been named. As presiding officer, Senor da Cun- he has the distinction of being the first non-European to hold that office.. With seventeen separate items al- ready inscribed an its agenda, the Coiuneil will be called upon to take decisions more important than any hitherto recorded. Ambassador fee Cunha estimates that twelve cliziee will be required to deal adequately with the numerous complicated ques- tion's before the League. Stefansson's Services Acknowledged by Dominion A despatch from Ottawa says: The Privy Council of Canada has is- sued a formal vote of thanks to Vil- Waime.r Stetansson. the Arctic ex- plorer, acknowledging on behalf of the Canadian Government the service London University Appoints Woman to Chair A despatch from London says: - The London University Senate has appointed. Miss Anne Louise Meliroy to the University chair of obstetrics and gynaecology at the London School of Medicine for Women. Miss Mellroy -was educated at the Universities of Glasgow, London, Berlin, Vienna and Paris. Early opening of navigation on the Great Lakes is, predicted. the nation in exploring uncharted Can- adian lands. The statement observes that in three expeditions -in the last eleven years the explorer "has added greatly- to our knowledge of lands al- ready known to exist and has discov- ered lands of large area . previously unknown, thereby extending the boun ,daries of Canada." Mr. John Stanfield, Colchester, N. S., has been appointed to the Senator- ship left vacant by the -death of Sen- ator William Dennis, of Halifax; N.S. Mr.' John A. Macdonald, President of • the Amherst Piano Company', has been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the death of 'Senator Pester Mc- Sweeney of Moncton, N.B. The Great War caused 70,000,000 men to be mobilized; of these-30,000,- 000 hese°30,000,-000 were wounded, and 9,000,000 killed. Large vs. Small. Universities. who succeeds like the man or woman who really studies and knows human Much is .said and written about the nature -that most faseinating of all advantages of the small university, studies? In the large university the about students being "lost in the student brushes shoulders with the mass" in a large university. But to keenest intellects there are, be learns this, as to all questions, there are to take his place among men, he learns two sides: A little consideration makes something' of the occupations and aims clear to the thoughtful citizen that, ;vf others of his kind.' here are pros- even in a large university, classes peetive clergymen alongside of pies-' cannot be large, for classrooms ace- pective engineers, journalists mingle ally accommodate not more than forty Ing with budding doctors and lawyers, students. And a large university is teachers with foresters, dentists, not just one large building it con- chemists, and architects. Such daily assts of a great number of buildings contact kills narrow provincialism and. ALLIES TO RENEW` TRADE RELATIONS win! SOVIET RUSSIA Krassin, the Bolshevist Envoy, is Returning to London to Re-- surge Negotiations, While Another Soviet Mission' Will Discuss Matters With Italy,. A despatch from Washington,uD.C. eaya The Allied Powers are one more preparing to renew trade rela tions with Russia, according to dip lomatic advices received her by the State Department. Gres Britain is expected to be first to show the`w ay, while Italy will likely follow suit. Recent cable advices, from Za- p= were to the effect that that court - try would act hi consonance with the course taken by the European powers The probability that differences in the way of reopening trade relations would be smoothed out was indicated by the ;information received recently that Leonid 1Crassin; the Bolshe- vist envoy, who negotiated the pre limnary trade agreement between Britain and Russia, had left Moscow for London to resume negotiations, , while another Soviet mission was e leaving Moscow to discuss the same question with Italy. International prof iezns dealing with, " the Near and Far hast are involved e hi the negotiations which Krassin will t conduct. The trade agreement w]#,ich he Le anxious to' make, if accepted, would bind the Sotiet Government to stop its propaganda work in the East, The trade agreement which Kras- sin negotiated with Lloyd George was taken by him to Moscow, where the Bolshevist leaders accepted the agree- ment in the main, but objected to its, binding agreement that Bolshevistic propaganda among the countries of the Near East stop. It is believed, however, the Bolshevists will find a way of reaehing an agreement with the British, according to the view of Washington officials. New Taxes• Announced by Ontario Governmieni which are called colleges, or ,which house different faculties or depart- ments. Really, a large university is s, in itself, one of the best phases of, A liberal education. . To go out into life with "general knowledge thus O- a collection of colleges; that is, it is tamed, with the prestige of a degreel a group of smaller universities bound from an immense institution, is to go. together in a common interest, a coin - mon name, and a common esprit de corps, Hence, any advantage when a small university' possesses is pos- sessed also by the large university. Besides, if university education is a preparation for life in the • world should not university life approximate in its general characteristics to the life of the world. The youth who is train- ed in the largo university learns to'. compete with the best, he learns to know all types of human nature. And out equipped par excellence for a sweet eessful career.. fi The little daughter of an author had often watched her father inscribe his compliments on the fly -leaf of copies of his books for presentation to friends. She bought a Bible for her mother as a birthday gift. What better than to do what daddy always does? So she wrote her little dedica- tion as follows: "With the author's compliments." Weekly Market Report Toronto. !per lb.; Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 Manitoba. wheat -No. 1 Northernper 15 -section case; 51r -21e -1b. tins, 128 to 25e per ib. Smoked meats --hams, meth„ 40 to '41c; heavy, 37 to 39e; cooked, 53 to! 57e; rolls, 32 to 33e; cottage rolls, 35 to 36e; breakfast bacon, 45 to 49e. fancy breakfast bacon, 53 to 56e; backs, plain, bone in. 49 to 54e; bone- less, 55 to 59e, Cured meats -Long clear, bacon,. 27 to 28e; clear bellies, 26 to 27e. Lard -Pure, tierces, 21te to 22c; tubs, 221, to 231xe; pails, 22 to 23e; prints, 23 to 24e. Shortening, 14 to 14eee; tubs, 15% to 16ile; pails, 16%. to 18c; prints, 16 to 17c. Good heavy steers, $9 to $10; but- cher steers, choice, $8.50 to $9.50; do, good, $7.50 to $8.50; do med,, $6,50 to 7.50; butcher heifers, choice $8.50_ to $9.50; doomed., $7 to $8; do, cont., $4 to $6.50; butcher cows, choice, $8 to $9; do, med., $5 to $7; canners and cutters, $3.50 to $4; butcher bulls, good, $6 to $8; do, fair, $5.50 to $6; do coni., $4 to $5; feeders, good, 900 lbs., $7 to $8; do, 800 lbs., $6.50 to $7; milkers and springers; choice, $100 -to $150; calves, choice, $15 to $16; do, med., $12 to $14; do, con., $5 to $10; lambs,' $11 to $12; sheep, choice, $5 to $7; do, heavy and bucks, $4 to $5; do, yearlings, $10 to $10.50; hogs, fed and watered, $13.75; do, off cars, $14;' do, f.o.b., $12.75; do, to the farmer, $12.50, Montreal. Oats, No. 2 CW,,69e; No. 3 CW, 65c. Flour, Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $10.70. Rolled oats, bag 90 lbs,, $3.40. Bran, $38.25. Shorts, $36.25. Haly, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $26 to Cheese, finest easterns, 27 to 27isee. Butter, choicest creamery, 534/s to 54e. Eggs, fresh, 54e, Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 95e. Med. cows ;and heifers, ..$G.50 to $ 7.50; canners, $3; bulls, $5 to $6.50. Goad veal, $14 to $16; med., $12 to $13. Lambs, good, $12.50; coni., $6 to $7. Hogs, selects, $16; sows, $12, $1.94%; No. 2 Northern, $1.91%; No. 3 Northern, $1.87%; No. 4 wheat, e1.82%. ' Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 499c; No, 3 CW, 45%e; extra No. 1 feed, 45%,,e; No. 1'feed, 43ele; No. 2 feed, 4014 e. Manitoba barley -No quotations re- ceived yesterday. All of the above in store at Fort William. American ,corn -95c, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oats -No. 2 white. 47 to 49e. Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, $1.93 to $1.98 per car lot; No. 2 Spring, $1,83 to $1.88; No. 2 Goose wheat, $1.78 to 51.88, shipping points, accord- ing to freight. Barley -85 to 90c, according, to freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 3, 95e to $1, nom- inal. Rye -No. 3, $1.60 to $1.65, nominal, according to freights outside. Manitoba flour -510 .70, bulk, sea- board. Ontario flour -$8.50, bulk, seaboard. Millfeed - Delivered, Montreal freight, bags inch; led: Bran, per ton, $38.40; shorts, per ton, $37 to 538; good feed flour, $2.50 to $2.75 per bag. Cheese -New, large, 30 to 31c; twins, 31 to 32c; triplets, 311 to 32½c; old, large, 32 to 35e; do, twins, 321/ to 35eee. Butter Fresh dairy,' choice, 49 to. 50e; creamery, No. 1, 55 to 59c; fresh, 58 to •61c. Margarine -29 to 35c. Eggs -New laids, 48 to 50c; new laid, in cartons, 51 to 53e.. Beans -Canadian, hand picked,'bus,, $3.75 to $4; primes, .53 to $8.50; Ja- pans, 8c; Limas, Madagascar, 101/2e; California Limas, 12 iec. Maple produ'ets-.Syrup, per imp. gal., •53.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp. gals., $3.25 to $8.40. Maple sugar, lb., 20. to 25e Honey -60 'and 30 -Ib. tins, 22 to 24c Two -mill tax on ail real estate transfers. One-quarter of one per cent. tax on all bank reserve funds. Extension of amusement tax to billiard parlors and pool rooms. Railway taxation increased from $25 to $40 per mile. Increased taxes under Mining Tax Act. Estimated Increased Revenue: Property tax . , 250,000 Bank reserve fund tax 450,000 Billiard Parlor tax... 280,000 Railway tax -....... , 420,004 Mining Act tax. , . , , . 100,000 Total increase ....$1,500,000 Premier Smut's Victory. The victory over the secessionists won in the South African election by Premier Smuts is more than a tri- umph for a man who has been called the ablest citizen of the British Em- pire. It is a, sueeess for the empire itself, a notable registration in favor of the unity of the nation. Premier Smuts is one of the re- markable men of the age. His work in. England during the war revealed to all who were not acquainted with South African affairs a man of aston ishing strength of character, pertina- city of purpose and industry. Ile made a deep impressionon the Peace Con- ference, in which his opinions were given with a freedom 'and clarity un- usual among diplomats. By his success in the South African election Premier 'Smuts takes his place among the statesmen whose political power has survived participation in the Peace Conference, a company small in number and distinguished in power; and in the gallery of those who have served the British Empire well in peace and in war. W hen Brides Were Smacked. The antiquity of the custom of throwing old shoes at weddings may be realized by reference to the Old Testament, where we find that, when the brother of a dead man refused to marry the •latter,s widow, she indi- cated her independence by ••1!aosing his shoe." This, coupled with the fact that it was the custom of savage cations to Carry off brides by violence -a pro- ceeding naturally followed by the canting of missiles of various kinds - Proves that the connection bewteen old shoes and marriage dates back al- most to the dawn of history. In fact, Urt'uhart, in his "Piliata of Hercules," states: "At a Jewish mar- riage 1 was standing beside the bride- •, groom' when the .bride entered. As she crossed the threshold he stooped down, slipped off his gibe, and struck her with the heel on the nape of the neck. I at once saw the interprets= tion of the passage in Scripture res - pectin the transfer of the shoe to an- other.' • The slipper, being taken off indoors, is at hand to adminnster tor- reetion Hence'it is use.cl as• a sign of the obedience of the , wife and the supremacy of the husband." LACK AND TANS • CAPTURE FIFTEEN Members of "Irish Republican Army" Digging Trenches. Near Duni-am-may. A despatch from Cork says:--• Rhea: and Tans surprised and captur- ed fifteen members of the "Irish Re- publican army" who were digging trenches near Danmanway, County Cork, on Wednesday night. A 'despatch from Dublin says:-- An i atterapt was made by incendiaries to destroy the Earl' of lienznare's house at Charleville, north of Cork on Thursday. Considerable damage was Idone to two rooms on the ground hoer by an explosion. There still has been no solution of the escape of Frank Teeling and two otheiP risoners frorn the Kihuainha of Jail. An ofncial eornnnrnication says a military court has investigated the af- fair, and thatas it result of the facts ascertained disciplinary action is contemplated agaipst certain persons who are believed .to have been res- ponsible for the men escaping. The matter is still under consider- ation,'it is added,°and fufther details cannot be 'given At the present time. -,-._..;- ----- When ---- l`Ni SURE t poWr KNOW ‘'VE LoOKet, 'Pct.L'0'.7E12- " HE HOI.?*E POR. IT TOO 0., 4D 1 CPeilT Pll`tD REGLAR FELLERS ----By Gene Byrnes . - - 1.?VF�FRE' tis IT? +.4 Speaker of the British Columbia Legislature. William Manson who has been ap- pointed Speaker by the Legislature. Mrs. Ralph Smith declined the 513- p pointmeut. Airplane Police For French Frontier A despatch from Paris says: -The French Government is establishing several airplane squadrons to vara the frontier. These squadrons will be known as the `customs police," and will aid the customs authorities in enforcing the revenue laws. They will be under, the, direction and command of the pollee authorities, however, and will be utilized whenever necessary to chase fugitives from. justice, The aged • Sultan of _ Jokjokarta, Java, one of the two powerful and wealthy potentates of the Dutch East Inelhesie hes decided : to abdicate in: favor'- of 'his eldest .son, the Crown Prince of Jokjelcarta, who has been trained in European ways in Holland ereeseeses 1.