HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-4-7, Page 7BROIL COAL MINERS PROF TOOLS
AND THREATEN TO FLOOD MINESI
Emergency' Act Invoked to Meet Industrial Crisis •,—• FeaTed.:
That General Strike May Bring About a
National Calamity..
A. despatch from London says:—By
a Royal preelanratien iZsted axk Thurs-
day night Great Beitein is dee-lured to
Ire in a "etch of enler0e047" in view{
of the e&a1 miners' strike.
This is the first time in British
history that an industrial crisis has
ben so qualiied-
The declaration of this "state 4f
:emergency" entpowext the Govern-
meet
overnrent to apply certain special mete -
sores 1?rovidee for iriii ' the act
which was passed by Parliament last
Oct ober, and. -which was introduced at
made toward a et:tat-ion of the prob-
lems,s,
The coal problem is: extremely diffi-
cult ox solution, bemuse while every-
one admits that the miners have a
grievance in facing a heavy reduction
in wages, no one can: Suggest how it
may he obviated except by a Govern-
meet subsidy. This seears to be out
of the question.
It is also admitted that the .diver-
sioni :of tire coal to overseas trade was
due mainly at first to the exorbitant
prices fixed by the coal owners, Who
were determined to maintain their
the period of another i,i;nil g filefr=I intmeese profits in addition. to meeting
cuite.' the rnereaased wages,
The last tical strike was settled' be- Now by reason of the United Stated'
ct mpetition and the increasing res -
foe 'she Emergency Act 3aec'U1e a triction of the French demand because
la`tL and this t its initla? apl,catrort, of her coal receipts from: Germany,
I,alaor leKader$ a£ alt sliadEa oY clean the situation r ematels a sacrifice, but
protested against the bill, bet e are
lead �t � neither the miners nor the owners a e
it v�,-s Put threugh Parliament, iament, and willing to fnee it.
then practically forgotten. New of Nostralse carr ameliorate such aits aparlueattiiix, in eget, caste as ar situation, but it fan certainly* make
it worse.
The coal mansrtg, in deterrinin the
existing wage contraets, gaffe notice
to all mine emplanes, including the
greet, surprise, Even to marry pole.
beiges.
TA= are certain inrlicatians that
the coal strip 1114y 'develop into
general strike, a lrarnrng of width
3e, enginemen and pumpmen, wla0 were
eve -weed bit the £uanmorrnte alt n con-! the chief beneficbeneficiarieses under the war The Silesian Tangle.
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A FLYING AMBULANCE.
This latest British aeroplane ambulance is capable of carrying Yo'
patimite, The picture shows a patient being admitted to the cabin.
fer•eu e by the two other members .0f i"wags :cal., and this notice which the As the. avver2,ge mein reed. the re
the " Le'•or Tr•iplo Alliance" t,Recoal owners contend was only a farm sults of the balloting in Upper Sileeia
railway men ati:i the transpor t, n orlc . ;, !irr, these workers are now threat- and noted that the Germans polled
ers. ' ening to accept, thus allowing the -.about 00 per etnt, of the vete, said
The. ecal strike ;Ores, apart from 1 urines to 1•e fiaotltd anti ruining the average mita settled beck with the
it grave ee ial cop -gucn::es. will industry for an indefinite time, idea that cn a tr:f4b?esania' post -Wax
eompletel paral;;ze British trade and
ilelue try, Let. a gtnerrnl xtril:u tivcdu?:1
GERMANY AGAIN DEFIES THE ALLIES
IN MOST IMPUDENT OF NOTES•
After Refusing Point -Blank to Meet Allied Demand to Pay
One Billion Marks Gold by March 23, Germany 'Also
Refuses to Obey, the Disarmament girders
on April First.
hut Pours clarirr's 1r,rve eartaea a
majority of the eoaninurtes, Towns
anal industrial centres go Teuton; but
the Pole carries the farming areas
an l the inining towns. A boundary
line, that would separate Pnlis?i a r..0 Educatioizal Expenditures.
n h ». GEneee areas would leek .like a trail
Onter r seereis somethire over
let`c in zhe ri., L, lty si ter, 1;, 1'4111
�•h a' �wetrty rnr'�.err ofd ,:tars annually on
Sucees or 'failure fcr the strike, is if -atter bed been cleared up. Wheeein lip„eta b1,171 .4 b rt1ac1.:11-a".'
.•1-r,, aeffort a i� r natio dollars
ani f con -r
• t1. F a
terms- to .ace i . e a ta:^ to girt= Wend :a eerie a i ti in;Tan and high s''11.als, andl its
sa`ile;•ia i3 riit: to lie 1a'ars", el' the Fa?ti,rn area oa i,Tp�r`
A c espetr'h from Pars Paws:. --Ger- name applies to tate11. bt equi l -it
many has again defied the allies. This of these forts:'
time it is with regard to disarmament.' fcr reguka flan of factories eai
-Weed to manufacture .arms, Berlin
Ha n:' refusze point-blank to meet presents a: most reruarkable plea
the all dtmend•ta pay 1,000,000,000 Article 63 of the treaty saes:
March 28, Germany" ""The, man::.f4:tuie oa: rr:.:-
reelie ,reiusirg to put tree, effect t o titins cr any war material shall only
diLtertneetient Measures eid.red to Le be torr ex gut in fa tortes or w e:ks
e np'._:eel by e.pr l 1. (the leratice of whi?h theil Le cent-
As Berlin propased to arbitrate the'` rnur,:sated to and apple:tell •y the
question of the amount of her pay-.. •G0atsrr,n,e t s of the neincepal
meets to date to prove eb owed no eel, assre-latiel po ere tied the men -
balance of 12,000,000,000 en the 20.-' her of -ceilidh they retsi:i the right tot
000,000,000 'harks due May 1, a eh'exes.a'ict',fe
11.01.4 &wks that the allies arbitrate the G Germany suppIlel the naa e of the
disarmament matter. That is, on alfa fa:eerie...be cite _s, 'Ir,e alliee gap-
except one paint• --.Germany refuse. proved there, and declared :lost:
point -lei -elk to disarm heoetrF yes tlrerefere. arms esr;i e n t . be m.unto
on the Pelish birder "because of the, fa.ture;i in other factories. of whi:b+
danger from the east," i rt gave ar ls,t, araludirg th3 hit x.P
Ger1113DY, in her nate, whitt lee works. Ger-nmsie's n m net decleree
dated Mare.). 26, replies that she, the tztttty gives the ,rl.•,e., re right
banded ever all arms really dae, and to forbid the ntar,uf:etere of aims in
that the allies' ealculatiens were,' all these feetorrics, mid that elle er: s
twang by 1,000,000 rifles. For c::s-7• have power to act only with regard to
armament of the eastern fortresses"the factories named by the German
the nate says: c Government' as official arms nrartue
''The pieces of artillery- conserved:factories.
by Germany for the elfence of the° This is entaidzred as 'perhaps thei
eitndis etre ausal:tte' etressary tuv1 must im udent of all the impudent
Y p
'hear surrender is impassible, in even 'notes Germany hes seri.. the allies. It
of preset:, events in the East. Thel is virtually a defiant trouble -maker.
expected to depend upon the results . trt, meek, 1 , p ,
Ile a it atiorrel c ilumsty. at this time. oder meg tines of the tadway and train ntr :akm L leper
Efforts for a eotnnronise are still eaa i port weedier, ca.,ed for early next' den a 71 bit" s.i:ti to in the can'” of the
feat, but ea lima eels has so far been i week. wor t1 s rr1;a , • In tt ail of settling the
mattes`, it Keen that the pie -Jere -ate
lite$
throws the who'e e:tuat:on aceto a
fungi, that 'nest tient be pr led:
hack to the Le tgtie of Nations for ad-
justment. Par from being the end
of the quarrel. the French .and the
Poles "would make it tate beginning
of another len;;-drawn-out dispute.
he average elan h been'
F ' 'i f t"
General Degonete
Femme reGeneral-le-Chief, who is con• / burial took place on hie eighty-fourth
eluetiug the military operatiut.i in the birthday at iris boyhocd home, Pough-
tmeupied German terriiory. keepte:e, N.Y.
Mme. Curie to Visit
• United States
A despatch from Washington
yet—President and Mrs. Harding
will 'receive :lime, Curie in the White
House en May: 20 and present her Geographers, ethnologists, economists world would have been uaworric�tl.
with a gramme of radium, valued at anti industrial experts are all to have Polani refuses to concede an utter
$100,-000, in behalf of the women of a were. loss. Her White eaglet stili haver'
the United States, who have coat- Germany gets the vicarmujoriiy; hopefully over Upper Sile.ia..
tributes' to a fund far this purpose in --
recognition of her E entifie serve:re
particularly in the (Jimmy of
raeiiurn. '
:Hilae, Curie will corse to the United.
co.l g,ete institute=, Thin great bulk
Sale. of tills amount iuntri:autetl a rel terse
silosia: of low is„r9:i hanesl for a l'ot Tierdetl by the in.tn,'ce glides dicer -i
i e. victory. It is r•:a>hea• hams to get;teive . on unirersitt edn:ation the.;
away fi.en the ,geeing that lied the , l rosireet..peat less tbaaa two mil-”
Poen pc" ell a rn :Jcarity >ata quite so lions of dollars; that is, leis than care-'
snarl Iva kl hi• he.dc4 of the aecar.3ary tenth of the ,amount spent on primary
provi-ions of the Silesian agreemer:t. avid se antiary eilecntion.
The Te at,)n wculi b we been lac"riling; No one who realizes the interde
over maps and talking of "`induezrial pQrd tre of the various grades oft
t;
irterriemeelenae," but the re of the education will argue /that nerve sityrk
education costs too mueli. "Primary,
;eronaary, and higher etl:r.ation are,
part of one great education effort. The'
goal of that effort is to develop a free
human being who has leen ,prepared
for the responsibility of deeding
things for latnaself, Each div inion. of
d t' n 1 stemhas its share
Weekly Market Report
our a nest to a sy
Mme. Curie, of France
presentation, Toronto. smelted meats --Harms, nasi,, ee to ryn this preparation. The same pupil i i ,
i States espeeral,y for the p T 'irr •hefty . 27 to 29c• cooked, GO to may pees throne em grades, The De:coverer of radium, will visit, uteri•
- - Meehan wheat No, `1 Northern, ' yez1 irr piny. Sire neve receive several
li,P.P. Brite;h $1,88%; No, 2 Northern: $I,85'w; Nee5$c; rolls, 31 to 22e; cottage rolls, 33 teachers of the primary schools are eani n 7'vra degree:, will r medals feral
Mrs.huRalph Smith, r t g to ,fie; breakfast bacon, 43 to 46e; g ry
Coluualria, is the first woman Cabinet �i Northern, $1.81.i,; No. 4 vv.a.at,�faaicy- breakfast bacon, v3 to He;
Empire„ .$1.72as•• ,,ri bone -
ed;
Minister in the Britishp + Matntol:sr gats—No. 2 C\V not qut►t- backs, plain,bone in, 47 to ,.Oe;
No.:a CW, 38sse; extra No. 1 feed_, le , 49 to 53c_ meati—Lang -clear bacon, 27
l
,hale r ifs af~$avarla
de-
taught in the secondary schools by
teachers who have themselves been
taught in the uiziversities, The effec-
tiveness of ,university work largely e -
ed
John 'Burroughs, the world-renown-
scienttlle societies. American women'
will present her with a pram of radium
that she may rontiutae her recarelr..
woe,
en the excellence of the pre ___
pai,Rtoiv school, are the
1 trarellir-" home from California 8 3y t:. ;
to O"' $ clear bellies, +-u .v .,,.•.
lwhere he bad silent the winter. His I' 3"J t 19% Monarchists
r h aI. are created by their ruuvsr•-
X EMPEROR CHARLES AT HEAD OF
ARMY MARCHING
TOWARD
BUDAPEST
Sudden Rally to Cause of Hapsburgs Causes Anxiety in
Europe—•-flungarian Government Contemplating Flight
—Roumania, Jugo-Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia Will
Oppose Restoration of Charles to Throne..
tone
rltlttnitC barley; Na, ^uezl, . 8te; bacilli toed t erers, a,o oQIS,:;;
: anti atmo,pheru of the se:cnaarY _ ._ s
\o. 4 CSV, G8 c, rt;je.,t-t?, ,Sri .:c, tubs, lei #n .,Oc, pails, 10 „>, to .. .s ,
feed. 5Giec. prints, 201:.• to 21 e, Shortening a•
All above in store Fort William. tierces, 12 to 12tee; tuba, 12te to 13e; sity-trained staffs. The - therac:er of
Ontario wheet P.o la. shipping pails, 13 to 13111e; prints, 141« to 15c, the work in the primary schools rs A despatch from Lon.ien este-se...
points, aecoidieg to freights outside, Choice heavy steers, $10 to $11; ultimately influenced or even deter- The Dei.e Cl ron tie r'' 1th 3 :a ti4e0
No, 2 SPrhrg, $1 r5 to $1,80; NO, 2 ooti heavy steers, $8.:i0 to $9.50; but- leinee by the ideals of the Uni ersity. patch front Berges Wheel :states that
Winter, $L8o to .$1.90; No. 2' goose ars" cattle choice, .$9 to $10; do, The interests of primary, secordary, it b believed that the C.tavcr•ntinen„ of
wheat, $1.70 to $1.'15, good, 38 to e9; do, rued„ $ti to 1p8; 130, and hie icer education are interdepen- Bavaria is Fur. rr, a in Em.rero1.
shipment, H i ai •,
a real in i. t
American coni--Pra,»pt nils t, c•ani.; $4 to lu, butchers' laullc3, chrri:.-, dent .tn:l inter'loel:ed. No one triter- Chad coup ,. ,
ina�� yellow, txark, Toronto, i0c, uoi„- 37 to $7.50; da' goo•t ' 3G . , k 1' ds, l est can be impaired without weaken_ It re, do lar ed pos..yl :e that in the.
anal. eons., 34 to $5; but:here •cows, choice, ins the ethers; none can be iiaiproved event of ie,::- success the ,n,*nf,ic#iist
Ontario cats—No. 3 when, 43 to $8 to $9 do. gccti $6.50 to $7 e,0 do,
45e, according,to freights outside, .corn,. 34 to : 5; feeder,, `47.7' $ to $8.75; without strengthening the others. To
m Bavaria will attempt rt ec ip.
Barley—Malting, 80 to 85c, azcor•d- cls, 900 lbs., $7,25 -to 38.75; do, 800 lbs... set the financial claimsof one a;aansf
lira to freights outside. $5.75 to $6,75; do, ecce., $5 to $6; the other would be to impoveris1a: all.” Aniong the inventions since Co
t
May Aid Karl
i - federation are: Telephones, wireless
telegraphy*, airships, automobile;
"'We sleep, but the loon, of life tractors, gasoline engiiues, eiectrie
never stops; the pattern which Was light, fireless eco1 ers, ,nottor boats'
weaving when the sun went down is sulky, plova s, oil-propelleii bnsita, Par
it comes upin the cel post, rural msil da livery, dream
weaving whenbottles, t etatal rs moving pastures
morning"—Henry Ward Beecher. '
Ontario flour ---Winter, prompt ship- miners and trotters, 32 to 34.50; milk
-
anent, straight run bulk, seaboard, ers, good to choice, 385 to 3120: do,
e8.50.t. COM. and sed., 350 to 360; choice
Peas—No. 2, 31.55 to SL6u, outside. spr i- ers, $90 to $130; lambs z earl-
Minister,Osuki in Paris, Manitcb t flour—Track, Toronto; Ings, 310 to 311; do, spring, $12 to
A duropeTt from afla 'says: --Cee Slovakian Fist patents, 310.50; second paten.., $1:1; wives good to choice, 312 f i $13•
teal Europe is again aflame. Charles, deeliared that the "situration, is the
sm.,sheep, $6 to 310; hags, fed and water-
proclaimed the " A:postolic King of gravest. If Charles takes BudapestBuck•lvheat--.No. 2, $1.05 to 31.10. ed $14.25; do, weighed off ears-,
Hungary, Empetor of Austro-Ilan-
gary, and Ie ng of Jerusalem,"
is marching at the head --of
half the Hungarian army towards Martial law has been proclaimed
Budepest, .where the Government, practically thee -ugh -out Central Eur -
headed by Admiral Horthy, pis report-, ape and the Balkans. Censorshiip has
-ed to 'be preparing for ininicdiate been imposed upon 51'1 telegraph and
it will be direct defiance flung into IVla�llfeed Ga�rlots deevered, To- $14,50; do. f.o.b., $13,25; do, country
the teeth of our ultimatum—and ronto freights-, bags included: Bran, points, $13.
means war." per ton, $36; shorts, per ton, 334, Montreal. -white middlings, $41; feth flour, 32.30. Oats •
Can, �4 est., No. 2, 63 to 61c;
Cheese—New, large, 33% to 34e; ,
twins 34 to 34ise; triplets 34i/2 to do, No. 3, 60 to 61e. Flour, Man.
35c; old large, 34 to 35c; do, twins, Spring wheat patents, firsts, $10,50.
flight.
A state of war has been declared
between, Hungary and JugoSl;a:via
and Czecho•Slovaltia, while Prince
Gidka, -the Roumanian Minister to
Paris, said taha't "before the Haps-
bttrgs are permitted to remount the
o. 35 2o.
telephone lines. All foreign news- - Bitter Fresh deify, choice, 48 to
papers have bean forbidden to enter 49e; cresimety, No. 1, 53 to 61c; fresh,
Hungary.. • Railways in Hungary, 60 to- 63c. -
Jugo-Slavjes, Czecho-Sioosraicia and Margarine -29 to 31'c.
Roumania have been taken over by ^ Eggs—Nene laid, 33 to 34c; new
the military, • laid, an cartons, 36 to 37e.,
Beane—Canadian h'andtp�icked; bus.,
Alt frontiers have been closed 'and 50 to 3.75~ rimes ,`2.75 to $8,25;
$3 $ ;i ,�
throne Roumania :will fight." -no travellers are .permitted to enter
Jugo-Slarvia on Thur:sday. -afternoon -or leave limitary. Passenger trains
eriebliized three -army coops and occu-
pied Peco in the frontlet regions
awarded. to Hungary under the
Tri-
anon treaty. They seized the impale
fauna railway and industrial town of
in I-Iungaxy have ceased. Charles has
demanded -the payment of the +c&vil licit
due since October last, amounting 4o
, liberal an-
nual
a .bead
kronen, d
for ,
150,000,000,
nuagant. from the time he was de-
Szegedin, several males within the them -Led formally by the national a•s-
Hltngariau 'territory. The Czecbo- eeimbly.
Japans, 8•c; Limes, Madagascar,
10Mi•c; California Limas, 122e.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., •33 to 33.10; pe' 5 imp. galls.,
$2.75 to 32.90. Maple" sugar, lbs., 19
to 22c.
Honey -60 -30 -lb. tins, 22 � to 23c per
De; 5 -21/2 -+Ib. tins, 23 to 25e per lb;
Ontario •comb honey, et 37,50 per 15 -
section erase.
Rolle oats, bag 90 hose, 33.35 to 33.40.
Bran., $36.25. 'Shorts, 336.25. Hay, No.
2, per ton, cal lets, 324 to 325.
Cheese, finest e+astern's, 29 1-3 to
30c. Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to
551/2-c, Eggs, fresh, 35c. Potatoes, .per
bag, Car lots, 31 to 31.05.
Butcher steers, goad,. 38.50 to $10;
"med., 38 to x$8.50; emu, 37 to 38.
Butcher heifers, choice, 38.50 to 39.50;
need., 37.75 to 38.50; -con,., 36 to 37.50.
Butcher cows, -choke, 37.50 to 38;
med., 35 to -37; eannerei, 32.50 to 33;
cutters, 33.50 to 34,50. Batelle bulls,
good, 37.50 to 38.25; coin,, 36 to 37.
, $ to
to9
50 • meed 7
Csood ve'ai , 9 $ , , ry
38.50; grass, $5.
Hogs, offecel weights, selects', 316;
heavies, $14; sows, $12.
ly Gene Byrrnet
--—.:Rtc~LAR FELLERS --
DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS KEPT OUT
BY CANADA'S RESTRICTION
A despatch front London says:— continental immigration, but it w oui4
The Canadian ereamshdte cemeteries" appear that it might well be modified(
in the ease of British -era. It bite
Hardest those who had hooked them
passe es and made their arrange -
here say that they are remitting frown
.twelve to fifteen aaneel'lations doily
for passages to Canada, which liave men's before the larsling money re -
been -booke-d by prospective emigrants quirem•ent was increased. Now some•}
from the British llslees, the reatson -of those people,finci that they cannot
given being the continuation of the bo, end
hence'
are
cancelling ce1rtm
g
their
restriction requiring the increased passage -s daily, mulch to the discern-,
amount'01 lending money, which was fiture of the Casiedien raiway and;
recently decided upon by tie Gan- steamship companies. In spite of this+
adiaa, Cabinet. The Canadian Mimi- fact, however, all four of the 1oatie
a
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tioi authorities
here are said to vh
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mil carry
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favor this action, i1, so far as it effects month of April; are already full.
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