HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-5-26, Page 3GERMANY MAKES INITIAL PAYMENT
ON REPARATIONS ACCOUNT
V
EQui al nt of 1 5Q s.000,000 Gold Marks is Made Up of the
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Currency of AU the Powers and Includes Some
Bills, of Exchange.
A despatch from. Paris says: ---i rate of exehange obtaining on
Germany's first payment of the equr-91.3.
valent of 150,000;000 gold marks to, The official announcement by the
the Reparations Qommiseion will be 1 Reparations Commission that Ger-
made up es follows; $11,675,000, 3,-; many would place at its disposal 150,-
500,000 pounds sterling, 22,000,000; 000,000 gold marks, and had promised .:
French francs 4,000,000 Swiss frau: s, l to pay the balance of the ane billion
12,000,e00 B 11gian francs, 2,000,000 # slue before May 31, i$ greeted with un -
Dutch florins, 6,500,000 Danish:; disguised, but somewhat guarded, sat -
crowns, 3,000,000 Swedish crowns, 3,-1 isfacticn by the French press The
500.000 Norwegian crowns, 8,500,0001 announcennent was made too late far
pesetas and 10,000,000 geld marks. , editorial comment in the morning
The 10,000.000 geld marks possibly! papers, but among the evening papers,
will be sent to the Unite.. States, as' The Temps says: "It is likely that
there the gold would have its great -the first billion will be applied as a
est value. The Germane have not• guarantee fund to pledge the annual
yet rctified the anal:a'sion when they. interest on the first izsue of bonds
will deliver this firtt irstallinent. by the German COvertninert, which
i ants do riot represent all: Germany must remit 'before July 1
The=e as F
cash or curren;y, but only in parte'to the emount of 12,000,000,000 gold
the balance being bills of exchange," marks, avid whish thus might be of -
May
Choosing Work on the Farm.
Thousands of young .nen will be
Anieteing their eout'se in the High.
Sehoole of Ontario at the enol et the
precept term. Already th.
are considering their futuie
whether they will go an with their to know is wbether the goods were
World-FourBattleships Largest L l s
ava
edueatictnwl preparation far life at a de to �e Built at Portsmouth.
higher institutien of learning o
Whether they will inunediately take
up their life work. Every young man
should have a general knowledge of
the requirements of the more cornnron through like a schoolboy in an exam- , retain its position as the woi
t' and rofessions that he ination, with a mark just high enough i powerful naval feree under the new n c wv$ich ex-
mayps non a d p.
Wray clio0se the line of activity beet t0 qualify. ; naval estimates. Four battleships of; pounds and have a x+a g
that end Forever we have to fight our owwrn the largest dimensions are to be built' ceeds the maximum visibility. The
ar to his talents, and to g
• suggesting thou his re< inertia. When: we speak of laeii€•g the in the private doelsyards of the Vick-, secondary battery will consist of th
we are here g
garding the requirements, .training; victims of circum:tan.ees, we misuse ers, Armstrong and Fairfield Ship -n uew six-inch guns.
and• + rircunistznces. It is not the, building Companies and the Royal; A new feature of these ships is in
opportunities of the a�teul.uri t. the word �
i - thin. s standing around" us, :as the' Naval Dockyard' at Portsmouth, ac-; the torpedo battery. ?4o submerge -1
There are few: occuratioias regi r g
' i and moa word s:gnifies, but the things in -°cording to information from an offs-' torpedo. tubes are to be placed, as in
ing more all-round mobil t3' g a submarine. This is a radical d
sense than does agriculture. To be a,- dwelling.. the bad hal,its who^e hall {sial scum. modern racticQ, die -
held farmer one needs a body is tie texaeione-that }old us l ick and: Not a eing'.e aircraft carrier isi uartu:e from p
:, strainill us down, and keep us fro ii reallz-'. d for under these estimates, and; ate -1 by the failure of the torpedo to
that wwi:l withstand the of Pcane
ing the file.. s et the pro -aline of our0 c ne ;uimsrine is to be con: perform properly when diswliargek
hes;;* hours
work, exgos;ii a ing occasionally a arty from an under -water tube during the
king hours a to during eeedin;g and', youth. mewed. �vax.
harvest time. Ile inust�have eyes We lark of `,se:rg life,'' and when,
Tina sia:gie soba rifle is clearly for The 'Sriti.'n already passers ten
trained to see the hundreds of things, we say that, what do we mean? We be of an experimental tvpe, probably :<
ems. ret d' mean a loafers definition cf pleasure, t • e- type be ' fist-eiass battleships. When these
which are Dove:eery to be unde .coo i . �. •;{ . of feta sib/name batt e= ,. . F new Wipe are cwlizpleze the total will
in order to make advanaeineitt in the we moan luxuA.«,is trifling, frivolity eauee a-ely one is to be Melt and sae-, b ¢ t there is not
bus:
Half Living.
A great thinker once said that we
can always do mere than we think
we are able to do.
Oceans of talk. cannot cover up a
SUPREMACY OF T}.E SEAS
REMAINS WITH THE BRITISH NAVY
eve seniors
• eou,cse failure. All that en employer wants i stir ales Frovide €or l�r'�ost P twerful Fleet in 't
which may be converted immeiiat ly. fered immediately to t e n erna o . .
a practical botanist a soil chemist,
into cash stud cheques reckoned at the public."
A Finger=Post,
vs show which. away the wind
n Soviet Russia,
Not long before the downfall of
Wrangel in the Crimea the ruble he
was using went to 20,000 to the dol -
len Then it mink to an ahysmal level
where it ceased to mean anything as
money value.
In Moscow the Soviet bas decreed.
Met 4,000 rubles anti the gold franc
le equvalent. This means 20,000
rubles to the dollar. It rounds om-
inous. Lean year the Saaiee ruble
leas held at 5,000 and 6,000 as the
maximum for the d�all,r. If the ex -
a
change was made by way of Est on -
i. a rind. (aornrin narks, it was po. eible
to overtire .s aueb as 11,000 narks
fer' a dollar. But the present level
is about twice a low as the liawest
vim: the Soviet ruble has touched
rrev icusly.
It will not do to assume bezause of
the low value of the ruble that Bol -
'h visa: rule is about to collapse. But
when we remember. that the Czar
ruble was generally worth more than
fifty-one Bents, it can be seen how
:caw the world's confidence in Russian
crd,lit has fallen. No. Government can
here to rear a permanent structure
r,i. the f,undntion of insolvency.
delivered or not. Excuses 0 no
r matter,
Everywhere are people who are only
half alive-onlyhalf doing their work A despatch from. 1V ashington inch guns have been very succes ult
-beeely paseing muster -scraping says: -Tim British -- tends to weapons, in fact the most suceessfuk
ld"s most of all large naval ordnanne to date.
They Are a projectile of about 2,000
be aeeiis- F:n:l inanition. s r a wv . tern. . i; resent ,
ne s, and his hands must. „ • .,. marines have k a3$ been buclt i*1 aefir W -cues battleship in the United
d t� the use of all the ordinary: "Seeing NW' might mean a ls;.ing a
tonne
tools and narehinery. He should be
Miners Lose Ten
Million in Wages
A despatch from London says:
It is estimated that the workers
ill the Birmingham district have
lost ten million pounds sterling
In warges through the :nineh's'
strike.
Right Hon. T. J. Macnamara,
Minister of Labor, states that n and shining flo;,rs, glance cards a:
the number of wholly and par" duets and in - securing the raw ma-
�aerials needed on the farm. eheeleliers and ingestible refresh-
tiall y unemployed in the United ,
Kingdom now o sore;.. e„ .pare himself by securing both a p �•a�c- The half -living are those who bring
and a half million. l erey'tll tical training and a careful schooling a fagged and listless body to the day's
less, a At pony race meeting at in the various sciences relating to the work because they are literally played
Doncaster was attended by 3 h
-p f tiepin Ave to twenty vessels' States navy. J.,pan iti ly 'her
steel null, cr watehiag the building of
ships or hats or locomotives; but in- e
and animal breeder and a fair me- • s ,me ;a,.: t of "slummar,g; e:ipealrtaon, While nothing is definitely known
to the features of the battleship
ireful bacteriologist, a good plane stead ye we the word „to indicate
ehanie, and the more knowledge and in high life er low. a'
in lie passe.es along any elf these "'You're niieing the best of your it is confidently expected in official
will he be to meet life," same tempter urges, pointing quarters that "Hood"
, will exceed the
tines aro s able battle cruiser hood in size. In th
the various and tamplics:ted situations the way toward gilded, rase -bung and matter of speed• it is certain that they
which are certain to present idem- dazzling; iniquity.
r •: compete. But that isn't life. Burning the will be built to make 23 knots dear bet-
tion selves. :Modern arrrrc ire further
her to ter, as ell nations are building; battle -
tion and methods require fur4her that candle at both ends in riotous excesses ships of this speed.
bef 1 t farming,a man is the destruction of life. ThO,e who - P
es o „ �.. a s_ze on o.
ach in the past. A :nine -layer Isi; nation to have soot ships in commis-
Iso prow ideal for, ? sign However, she is supposed to'
have further yesse'.s under coi Struee
tion and is to ay down still further
vessels as soon as the vessels new
building are launched that the slips
e' be available for new construction.
i The cast of building the ships be
pro-
vided in the new estimates will
around 82,00,000,000, and this Ina is it
old ditke; to the ex enses of meYie.tain-
ing the i urge st navy in the. world. The
United States is not expected to .spend.
more than twice this for both con-
-- situation and upkeep. In this the
British appreciation of sea power is
to shacess u a t ire half living are those who are fool- It is regarded xa eible that the
should have the Proper attitude to- _ , .
wvard his fellow farmers to ,a -operate ing away the years with nothing to new British ships Will carry from six
with them in the marketing of pra- show feir it but the memory of •smooth to eight eighteen -inch guns, although
older cffieers declare that ten fifteen
inch guns of .45 calibre are preferabie
t inl tti The prc,pectiae fall Should pre- acme:"
Q>" production of crops and animal faro- out -
000 miners duets 1Vhere one has not had farm What keeps $on b
re men ro uet y on ►
A large body of strikers are� year, 1e • h•rd better hire himself, the go at an age when others are out
assisting the Malice as special
constables,
s,M _
for the eighteen -inch guns. The fifteen- - gaaite apparent.
Long•Range valor.
"You're a liar;" dlr ?did th
flan.
"What:" roared the `leg Haan. (ler<eh-
,agi a huge fist, •'Ina you dare call viae
le
il Korf anty Issues
Peace Proclamatio•
n•
A despatch from London says:
some good farmer for .ti --Information received in ()M -
out to
edperieo athat.
sell ,poor puny, nunnY• tial circles regarding Upper `i -
and his the �,
Mount Everest,
Of tour: e, the whole earth is inter-
ested in the organized assault of the
Royal Geographieal� Society and the
Alpine Club upon its highest summit.
"Dull wvo,.1, be be of Saul" who did
or two Before he ventures alone. It of the taco, even ral;en, liable they Mire followed always of "I dor carne back the defiant reply. lesia, states that the Polish Con -
would be advisable to supplement this putting into each hour all that at will . "le you speak: another word, you lump solsGeneral at Beuthen has in -
tura)
-' h f t'then
training with a course at an agri2ul- carry, It as an our or res of pork,
1'11 soon cut you short!„ �,�. formed the jnter-Allied-Plebis-
Lural college. A eaxeful study of they fill that haus wrtl: rest. which iM ",Cut me start, you cheese Waite. !cite CAlnlnisiion that Adelbert
t3iis work being done at the Experi- as naurh aman's duty as his work. shouted the enraged giant. i
l Fa.. willprove a most ex- When we pity ourselves for Rein;; ,,. ; Korfanty has issued a proclalna-
menta Farm "le�s,arilherdj goes, snapped tho',
cellent investment, He should culti- "tired," we blame it on the work `ta poor, puny puppy, sharply,and before "tion to the people of Upper Sll-
vate the acquaintance of a few sue- did -it ought to have been the play. It tie burly one could utter a word. he ! esia to surrender their arms, half living. that is onlyre-
is Vanity Foir
cessful farmers and read rc.ialrle , busy� �• 0 that .sing up the telephone receiver, � Some work and avoid military
books and periodicals. It is the worlds woriteh p
not care Botany, zoology and geo- Tim opportunities for the young, is wholly and incessantly alive, driv-i
logy will be enriched by discoveries, man trained in agriculture cannot to ing forward with the toil that is put The peaeh carie from Persia,
and medical science will derive data sainted quite SO glowingly as has been on all the sons of men,
of value as to the performance 'of the future of some other occupations If there is one who is half living -
the
ivingthe. bunion machine in a rarified oats and professions, but taken all in all that is to say, only half fulfilling his
mosphere, But it is not for the :alta it is more that: probable that farmers earthly responsibility -some dna else
of science that men are primarily as a c1 iss get as much ox more out of must make ep for it by taking on the
theapportionment.
.lr .r < 1
fof h
o e h•a
seeking the supreme altitude of ;Mount Life as do the members of any other
laverst. They are conqu.eiing; tribes' class. While there nice very fern The partly awake ani the partly
and jungles and native superstitions farmers who have aimaseed great for --alive, giving but a pertian of their
feeble, sleepy eaves to their work, are
and ehilling .snows Mine avalanche per tunes from their farming bu inees, an
ils because, being men, the old thrill unusually large per cent, of them have far too numerous. We must strike a
of an explorer in quest of the unknown A competence above that enjoyed by new balance between the overladen
and the unseen allures then: beyond the average city worker. Beanies get an d the un:lcreharg;eri thatr each may
all power to r:siet its^ They are climb ting; a good living and enjoying con live his life anrci dp his w•orlr with all
ing ):wrest for the reason that Peary con-
ditions that promote good health, the his being, holding; nothing back.
and Amundsen went to the Poles. farmer manages his own affairs and c'-'-`
can go and come more freely than can.
those employed in ;large industrial
Their effort is to all the world an
inspiration.
Same cabinet voyagers are saying, organizations. There is ample oppor-
-li'hy don't they fly?" Becausti there tunity for doing community world
is no suitable place to start or to land. along 'both eominereial and social
The approaches to the mountain are : lines. Tho well -trainee agriculturist
themselves unktiown. The maps have has opportunity also for filling poli -
nothing to say of the purlieus of tions as teacher in high schools and
Everest. The height of 29,002 feet (lat colleges having agricultural eourses,
not that two feet be left off on pain as experimenters in provincial experi-
, of the displeasure of the shades of mental farms, as county representa-
Sir Connor Guthrie I the faithful trigonometers) was taken tivea, as agricultural writers, or as
One of a group of Eugfish finaueiers i by triangulation a long distance off- experts of some of the hundreds of
now in New York in connection with ane a long time ago. The mountain industrial concerns requiring men
the plan t•oflcat Sit eightrhinion.doiharmight have been named Queen Vic- with an intimate knowledge of farzn-
toria, but glory enough in the goo- ing. In fact, the person well trained
grophy is hers; instead, the crown of in farming would seem to have as
the Hini..'.ayas bears the name of the bread a field of attractive position
Seat in House of Lords mwleet heed of the survey. front which to choose his life work as
It is an ail -British experlition. The one trained along ;any ether line.
for Long United Staters people may subscribe,
timber landveal in British Columbia.
despatch from Loudon says:-- sand some of those whoare good Automobile Lavatory Fixed
sports will do so. The conquest of
The acceptance by the Right Hon, •
Everest will go far, to establish new to Running Board. ..
b alter Long -of a 1 iseounty involves a , Soon, perhaps, automobiles will be
by-election at St. George's, Westnun
climbing centres and open "riles re- furnished with all the comforts of a
f the safe t Tory seats a1- sorts to tourists, holidny-tnake s and
vier, eine o
most from: time immemorial. It is hunters. The grand range •of the
believed thhat• Mr. Long accepted the "Abode of Snow," with its numberless
offer of a Peerage with hesitancy, his' peaks •exeeeding 25,000 feet in height,
inclinations being entirely for the re-
tention of his seat in the Commons.
His personality in public life has been :dilettanti have passed away.
one of the most acceptable to all
parties. Some years ago:, returning
from a trip to Canada, he declared A. kiss speaks all languages. •
that the Donyinaon net only claimed Many big London hotels •are being
a share in the fleet,. but meant to help bought by business firms for conver-
pay for it. sion into offices.
promises a playground worthy of the
eugenic race• that is to come upon our
-planet when the ..slackers and the
home. Already they have been equip-
ped with sleeping quarters, and now
there is available a lavatory.. The
auto, lavatory includes a water reser-
voir, a basin, a faucet, a towel holder,
and a soap dish. It is carried on the
running board of the car, to which it
is bolted, and when net in use, the
basin folds, up against the water re-
servoir, where it can be locked.
Civilization is responsible for a
steady de -generation in our teeth.
contact with the Germans, He
declares `also that 10,000 men
have been demobilized.
Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
81.851e; No 2 Northern. $183:,e; No.
3 Northern, $1 81 No. 4,' $1.66%.r
Manitoba oats -No. _ Ole , els Kc,
No, 3' CW, 41?'c; extra No. 1 feed,
41lee; No. 1 feed, 39Lsc;.No. 2 feed,
37sec.
Manitoba barley ---No. 3 CW, 77e4e;
No. 4 CW, 72nic; rejeeted, 01ele;
feed, 60?:i.c.
All the above in .stove' at Fort Wil-
liam.
Arno nein corn --No, 2 ye:'.ow, 7 %c,
nominal, •c.i.f., Bay ports.
Maple products -Syrup, per rn:p.
gal„ $2,30; per 5 imp. gale, $2,35.;
Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c,
Honey -60 -30 -lb. tina, 19 to 20c per.
lb.; 5 -2'3 -lb, tins, 21 to 22ii per lb.;
Ontario comb heresy, at $7 per 155 -
section ease.
Smoked. meats ---Hants, med., 37 to
39e; heavy, 31 to 32e; cooked, 130 to
55e; rolls, 29 to 80e; eottsig e roils, 30
to 31e; breakfast baron, 38 to 42e;
speeial brand Breakfast bacon, 40 to.
48e; haeks, plain, bone in, 43 to 44e;
boneless, 40 to SOc.
Cured iueats--Long clear bae.an, 18
Ontario eats -No. 2 white, 4'_ io lfte; clear bellies, 16 to 17e.
44e.• Lard -Pure, tierces, 13 to 1,31�ee;
Ontario wheat ---No. 2 Winter, : 1.50 tube, lane to 14'; pails, 13% to 141 e;
to $1.40per e:,r fat No. `2 •Spring, prints, 15 to 151ae. Shortening tierces,
$1.40 to, $1.45; ti`s. L Goose wheat,
11% to 12e; tubs, 12 to 1211ec; pails,
ominal, :hipping points, aiecardin, to 12% to 13c; prints. 14 to 1.1? e.
frelgnlr . Choke heavy steers, $9 to 310.50;
Pea4--x•'40. 2, $1.30 to $1.35. geed heave steersS to $9; butchers"
I Barley-Malltinn 6o to 70e. ae '.y+1- rattle. chnice, tie to 310; do,conn.,
ingr•to freights ot..sele. 80 to Sr do tr.r,.. • < to 55, butch r.
Buckle heat -No, 3, non. nal. CMS, Choice, 7.55 to 38.50; to, good,
Rya --No. 3, $1.30 to One, accord- $6.50 to $7.50; do, c•cm.. 34 to $5;.
. ing to freights outside. butcher boils, good. $6 to 37.50; do,
second
rate
flour- Fi•rst pat., $].0.50; "coni.. e4 to S5; feeders, best, $8 to
second Tat.. $10; bulk seaboard. $9.95; do, 900 Ills. 37 to $8 do, 800
Ontario flour -$7; hulk seaboard. h.. $5,75 to $ii.70 } do, corn., $5 to $6
1. eight. b- - I?elivered 1V per tool canters and cutters, $2 to 34.50; milk -
freight. tot. bags included: Bran, per ton, ers good to rhorce 375 .to '3100. d'o,
325 $'29; shorts, per ton, 326 to 331;
corn. and rued., $50 to 360; chafes
good feed flour, 32.10 to $240 per bag. springers, $85 to $11:1 laings, year. -
All of the arbove in stare at Fort Ings, $10 is $Il; figs spring, $13 to
-William.$14 do new,rap each, $10 to Q15,
Halt_eio. 1, .per ton, $21 to „e23.
Represents India at Imperial
calves:, rood to choice, $11 to $12;
Conference Straw -Car lots, per ton, 312. sheep, $6 to $9; hags, fed and watered,
Che. -a -New, large, 19 to 20c; $10; do, weighed off cars, $1025; do,
Leib., $9.25; do, country points, $9.
Mia4lahonied Haji Jan Mohamed tww'+ir.,, 19%to '2011 ; triplets, 30 to
Chotari is the dame of tills Indian 21c; old, large, 38 to 34r; do, twins,delegate to the Imperial Conference. g3% to 34%•e; triplets, 34%.to 35e;
New Stilton, 22 to 23e.
Moral Courage. Butte. F ceh dairy, choice, 24 .to
"Moral courage," said the teacher, 25c; creamery, prints, frosh, No. 1,
"is the courage that makes a boy do 29 to 30e; cooking, 18c.
what he thinks is right, regardless of Margarine -25 to 26c.
the jeers of his compa.nions." Egg's -New laid, 29 to 30e; rrawvi Chess finest oasterir.s, 151 -life.
a laic. in cartons, -33 to docs Butter, choicest ereamery, 26% ti
T1:en," said Willie, "if a boy has Be�aiis--Can. hand-picked,' bus., 27c. Eggs, selected, 34'. Potatoes,,
$., eats 'em all himself, and
2.90 to $3; primes, rimes, 32.40 to $2.50; per bag, ear lots, 65. to 70e.
sweets and
ain't afraid of the ether boys cailin' Lintas, Madag; czar, 7 to Sc; Cal- V e:al -calves, y $7; choice mil): -fed
n is that moral courage?" - ifornia Limas; 10 to 12c. � eaves $8.75...., Spring iarrrbs, .$6 to $8.
hint stingy, „ . 1
Montreal.
Oats -Can. West., No. 2, 59 to hoe;
do, No. 3, 54 to 55c. Flout -Man.,
$10.50. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., $3.
Bran, 329.25. Shorts, $31.25. Hay,'
No. 2,. per ton, car lots, 322 tel $23.
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