HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-9-8, Page 3EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION°
CAUSED BY RELLA RIOTS
Coma* Bickering Results from Mixed. Political Views of
Certain Sections of the, Capital -Ulster Cabinet Dis-
cusses Situation,
A despatch from Belfast says: -The early called on :General Carter -Camp,
death roll in the Belfast street riots bell, commander of the British troops
now stands at fourteeu. The neilitai : in Ulster,, for soldiers to quell the
axe cordoning off the disturbed ereas,° rioting, urging the need of protection
but the situation remains extremely; for the city's eitizena, and his demand
. dangerous. ; ores granted,
The Ulster Cabinet held a confer-! During the dinner hour a heavy
puce with the police and civic "author-, downpour of rain drove the contend
ities and are regeisitionaing additional:Mg factions from the streets. Police
troops.i in a "birdcage" lorry immediately be
Gunmern were agenn yeti' a in the, gen shepherding curiosity seekers'
Old Lodge district. They opened a° from the danger points, From that
heavy Are hi the direction of Shank- time on the sniping died down. Some
hill Road, a thickly populated Pro-, apprehension was felt as to what
tes int quarter. A young malt was night happen when the shipyard
killed and four were serioesiy i round-; workers returned home front their
ed in this fighting. a work in the evening, this being deem, -
Workmen were attacked on the way ed the most critical time of the day.
home in West Belfast; the police were i If that period should pass off with-
cbliged to fire on the attaching forces,, out untoward incident, it was believed
which were dispersed, the rioting could be considered at au
The present trouble had its origin in, end.
the Warren and side streets lying be -9 During the morning sniping was
twee West Street ural North Queen! carried on in full view of the people;
Streets. The residents of these streets; in the windows along Royal Avenue.,
and Old Lodge Road, another storm. tIt was here a milkman and a little boy
centre, are of mixed political views= were wounded by shots from Dent a
and constant leickering is the result.! Street, which runs from Royal. Avenue
This boiled up on Monday,A. fortunate, to. Carrick Bill, a Sinu Fein strong -4
circumstance is that Falls Road, the; hold, .A• passing tram -ear was utilized
stronghold of the Nationalists anti as a shield by a section of a crowd
Sinn 'einers, and Sandy Row,.Shank in the line of Are, but the two were
hill and Bally=nnacarrett, where,, struck by lrullete.
Orangeism predominates, are standing; A. court martial sitting at Galway
aloof, sent two members of the Black and
As the day progressed, the police Tan forces in Ireland to ten years at
patrols increased their eifectivenees?penal servitude. They were convicted'
en:] sueeeeaed in getting better con -1 of raiding a house at Salt Hill and
compelling two students to walk bare
Sh' William Coates, the Doral Mayor,] foot over broken bottles.
trot of the warring elements.
SEATS VACANT IN
FEDERAL COMMONS
Four in Ontario, Two in
Quebec and One in
Saskatchewan.
A despatch from Ottawa seye;--The
death of Emmanuel B. Devlin- Literal,
member of Parliament dor Wright,
County, Quebec, brings the eauurher of
yen: ace in the House of Commons
alp t^� sctien. Four seats in Ontario,
all of tarich were formerly represent-
ed L y supporters of the 0 av ernne r.•t,
are vacant, namely, West York, Leeds
and Brockville, Durham. Victoria and
Ilalihurton. Two in Quebec: are un.
represented --St. Antoine Division of.
Montreal ferm,•rly held by the Gov;
eminent, and Wright County, trite
seventhvacaney is in Maple Creek,'
Saskatchewan, formerly* represent-
ed by Ilon. J. A. 1l1aharg, an Agrarian,`
now a member of the Saskatchewan
(overnment.
An InterestingBulletin.
mon nomt•moomoll
Bulletin No. 1 of the series to be
issued by the Provincial University
during the academic year 1921-22 has Some years ago a writer on Wars
come from the press. In this
booklet there is outlined in the brief- and war causes said in substance that
est possible fashion the various ser- in 4,000 years of recorded history
vices that the Department of Tint- there had been no more than 4,000
versity Extension has to offer to the days when peace had been unbroken
people of Ontario. For teachers there in .ill parts of the world. The old
is a summer session inarts and in globe is rarely free of the Red Rash.
pedagogy, correspondence ecurses and On the eve of the Disarmament Con -
teachers' classes during the winter; Terence we are enjoying a period of
for farmers there is a comprehensive comparative world peace, but it is
two weeks' course; for industrial lab- only comparative. We are dreading
orers in the large cities there are the "next war," while a dozen wars,
evening classes throughout the winter little and big, are running their
season; for journalists a one week's course.•
course. Then, there are extension lee- There is fighting in China between
tures available to any locality in the the North and `South; nor are these
province; a course on "foods and diet" mimic battles. Spain and Riffian
for women; a town -planning course; tribesmen are locked in death grips
rural and urban evening tutorial along the Moroccan seacoast. British
tation Lengthens
Average Span of Life:
A despatch from Columbus
says: -The average life of man
has been lengthened four years
in the last quarter century, de-
spite the crime* wave, war, auto-
mobile and other hazards.
"Within another generation
the allotted threescore years and
ten will be a thing of the past,"
Dr. George W, Hoagland said,
basing his claims on mortality
statistics of the American In-
surance Won, of which he is
secretary,
"Improvements brought about
in sanitation, the nationwide
anti -spitting fight and other
steps have contributed toward
maul's longevity," Dr. Hoagland
said, "Severe epidemics of ty-
phoid and malaria which former-
ly took such a huge toll of life,
no Longer are known,"
Red. Rash.
.APSE OF DEFENCE OF REALM ACT
LEAVES BRITAIN UNDER ORDINARY
despetch from Lerdon stays;•
The offitial end of the wax on Wed-
nesday night brings a. scut in, wages,.
and salaries of employees of the Gov-!
errnnent approximating. 5:500,000;
weekly. Civil servants' bonuses, bas-+
e1 on the cost of living, have been re-;
deiced ecneiderabiy. The higher grades.
{. of workers lose 10 to 60 per cent. of
LORD BYNG OPENS THE CANADiAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION
Elis Excellency is here seen presenting the colors of ail Toronto regi-
ments after they were dedicated by Canon Scott. The colors will be de-
posited in Westminster Abbey.
other. In a score of places in wb
used to be Russia little wars are far-
ing up, dniug down and lighting up
again.
The New World is comparatively
quiet, Costa Rica and Penn= have
settled their little diffieulty, but thecae
is a "state of war" in parts of Nicer -
ague.
'The work% is not free from the Rei
Rash. It wally never be immune en-
tirely; but the Disarmament Confer-
ee may help in building up a high
degree of immunization against to
disease.
classes during the winter; and, most
radical of all departures, an arrange-
ment by which a group of twenty. peo-
ple in any part of Ontario may study,
forces and tribesmen are battling in
Mahsud along the northwest Indian
frontier.
In,Asia Minor, Greek and Turk are
under competent instruction in even- continuing the immemorial battles
ing classes, and proceed to a B.A. de- that have always raged between East
gree. The concluding paragraph of and West in this cockpit of the Near
this bulletin states that the University East. Here is a war of first-class
of Toronto will endeavor, in the mat- dimensions and over first-rate issues.
ter of higher education, to meet the There is a truce in Ireland now; but
needs . of any part of the province so a few weeks ago Erin was a pierce of
far as its finances and the size of bloody ambushes and gunfire in nar-
its staff will permit. All of this -means row streets. It may be so again.
that the provincial university is rendes trpper'Silesia is reasonably quiet now;
. ering.. real. service to its constituency no man knows for how long.
and so is performing the true fune- There is continual fighting in East -
tion of a modern university. To de- ern Siberia, where old boundary lines
velop- properly this type of service have dissolved and a half a continent
a more adequate `revenue will ibe re- is drearily fighting under the banner
quired. ,
of first one half -,bandit and then an -
De Velem has rejected the • terms
niresell by England, and the reply
Lived George camel with drntnat'
gurelteess. 'hither this will be the
last word of England depends upon
tSiun Fein.
There is little of the ultimatum
out the I.lvyd George reply, but it
tads ;as cne of the strong statements
in the exehaage between Crow:' and
Sinn Fein, It reiterates the hng;ith
stand that Ireland caan' of be permitted
to withdraw from the empire. it
meets the Irish claim for indenendenee
head-on. Lloyd George reiterates the
English offer, insists that it doe; mer
Irish demands, warns that the truc�o
aaiy end and reminds De Valera the
is rejecting the tine! peace eller
t ne English (glove rn= gent dare 'x -
'ed in liberality.
The very dluieimess of the English
made
ns that. England n has n
,lyr;,aie]g
her final eon essien, No time way
taken in eonferen;es and coat . ideraa-
tions. Sinn Fein mei De Valera can
• hardly fail to note that tact.
De Valera has made his rest attemeet
the stand for complete Irish e vpare-
lnn. The reply of Lloyd George is a
tatement of the higher lights of'r
English stand and something
more. It is aimed not ode. at Pe
Valera and Sinn Fein. but at all Ire-
land, and at all the empire, at werle;
opinion, and particularly et Ameriean
opinion.
That reminder of his that Ireland
under the dominion status will be
freer than the States of the American
Union will be impressive in the United
States. His quotation from the first
inaugural address of Abraham Lin-
coln, bearing upon the physical near-
ness and indivisibility of the American
North and South, and applying the
Lincoln argument to the geographical
ituation of England and Ireland, ap-
peals to Americans who know any-
thing of the Civil War problems and
dangers.
The references to the demands and
views of the older school of Irish lead-
ers must have weight in an Ireland
that is persuaded to peace. As only
the Sinn Fein, the Anglophobe and the
German elements. regard England as
"militarist" nation of the Prussian
sort, the English Premier does well
to ignore the De Valera insinuation
of "militarism' and the implication
their recent pay. Salaries under £500
yearly are reduced from five to twene
ty-one :shillings weekly, and agricul-
tural wages fall six shillings weekly..
The Defence of the Realm Act, em-
bodying a variety of wartime restrie-
tions, lapsed an Wednesday night. Its
provisions have long been virtually
inoperative.
CENSUS RETURNS BILLION GOLD MARKS
SHOW BIG INCREASE PAID TO THE ALLIES
Dominion Statistician Gives-' Germany Discharges in Full
Figures cn Growth of the Installment Due on
Ontario Towns,Reparations Account.
A despatch from Ottawa says: --Ane A despatch from Berlina says: -Ar,-
inerease of 95.28 per cent. in the pope -w ne+arcement is noade by Otto von uiaz-
lation of Orillia, Ont., in the last ten'; "PP'v ie a reside :t of the Reicaz
years, is shown by bulletin number, bank,
p
three covering the preliminary an -d aaank, that Germany- has paid a billion
nouancement of population just issued, gold marks due to the Allies on Aug.
by the Dominion statistician. The 31. He added that the Reiehsbank
population of Orillia now stands at, had bee abiiged to take CCtGf'9,0a?0
13,334, as the aredr with ,8?.8 in marks g°14 gold e:c.°:ars. and ether for -
1911, when the last Dern: nsoncensus'
was taken. The bulletin issue -J covers, eign monies front its gold reserves,
25 cities and towns in eastern and. whicl2 are r;v
, an the way to New
c'rk.
tern Canada. Although Orie
showsl A despatch from New says:---
the largest percentage increasase
places covered in the bulletin, Sault" The :Gem= Government, threngh its
e. -Marie is a close sczoitd with a;, fireal agents in the United States, hos
,- rcentage increase of 9a 26 in the' anticipated further reparatuns
last ten years, and a population toneete gaticns to the ales.
of 21,228, Ae;.erdirg to well-informed tanking
The Dominion 'Statistician announe-' interests representing the Berlin Gov -
es that the count is etriejeet to emcee-' ernrnent, these payments, which are
tion. Adjustments on two= of iariauaiy estimatei sat 365,000,000 t;
closed hones and ahsentees have ye*: $100,000,000; have already been dt-
1ae made. Anyone who thinl.q that poai^4 3 witi< the aaget;ts of the Br t;sh,
or she has beer. cmitt f rnn tl?e, Fre x:dh and BIebg;:,:; t,�,ye<r7amer t- i^a
•n' us is requested to notify the burl this city,
eau of statisti s. fi l?tir•t:F:ase:e of t n ten States &dine
Ontario retnree issued are as fol. ei:ei:ar ; e to effect this ti ; neactien.
evere cane ude't severe; eveeks r,ge,it
1en1. 1911, In^. F vas stated. This probably as .aoen
stview • .. , .. 5i 327 3.1d9 2 , s f'rr the re: E et F .: i;y of ireernetn n.
sem meet nee dal .nems .nn 4; et t..Gs verue end the
tel ;cane 21,«a 1 ones Innen merle d ,... , v.: ,b c f P;;t:.i a:.:
Smiths Faai; . ,
lagging",a 11 0.,at1i� ins+ib4 4,17
h G rTd',d. " rc a� tees ,•,
Irgd rsa�ll ' •
5,118 4,7t12 n4t5 m, :in reeraete thr.4egh whieh Gd r-
Ilawkaeebury 5,32 4,'W0 1,132 treeny ,3 gnired the greeter r en'en C•a
Pen;rC�broke • . �ee men 2.247 elle h nit` t .ht at:';A t :i:lT;aala,m,$ ennesser':r
:IYadland ...... , 411,94.1 4,t+filla tin, ,r .40mtpie.: e'd. of the 13S':net s
nveneering c present: time.
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Weekly Market Report
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern,
S1.68;n; No. 2 Nartbcrn, $1.t:4na • No.
3 Northern, 31.57%; No. 4 w%eat,
et
Sme'ked meate-Hams, vied., 40 to
42e; heavy, 30 to 31e; cooked, 57 1»
62c; rolls, 27 to 2$e• cottage rolls. 301
to 31e; breakfast bacon, 33 to 38c;
special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to,
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW, 43a50;"4+e; hacks. boneless, 42 to Ore.
No. 3 OW, 471e; extra No. 1 feed,' Cured mate -Long clear bacon. 18
47%e; No. 1 feed, 46Sie; No. 2 Seed, to 21e• clear bellies, 181 to 201c.
-1" c 4 Lard -Pure tier.4es, 19 to 19%e:
tubs, 19?a to 20e; pails, 20 to 203c;
prints, 21 to 22e. 'Shortening tierces,
141;1 to 141Yee; til a. 14%*% to 151st;
Fails, 15te to 15?r,e; printer, 17 ' to
Ft�l I Mac.
nominal, c.i.f. Bay ports. Choice heavy steers, $77.25 to $8;
Ontario oats -No. 2 white, 40 to 42e. butchers' steer;, choice, $6 to $e.56:
Ontario wheat -No. 2 Winter, car do, good, $5.50 to $d; do, med., 34,50
lots, 31.18 to $122; No. 3 Winter, 31.15 to 35.50; do, con., $3 to $4,50; but -
to 31.20; No. 1 commercial, 31.10 to ehers' heifers, choice, 36 to 36.50; do,
31.15; No. 2 Spring, 31.13 to 31.18; med., 35.50 to 36; butchers' cows,
No. 3 Spring, 31.10 to 31,15; No. 2 choice, 34.50 to 35; do, med., 33 to
goose wheat, nominal. 34.50; canners and (-utters, 31 to 32;
Peas -No. 2, nominal. butchers' bulls, mood, 34.25 to $5; do,
Barley -Malting, 69 to 72e, accord rem., $2.50 to $3.50; feeders, good, 9110
ing to freights outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, nominal.
Tower for Parliament BuildingsRye-No` ..' $1'00.
a Manitoba flour -First parts., $10.50; do, med., $7 to $8; do, com., $2 ' :, $5;
This is an exact model of the tower second pats., 310, Toronto. lambs, yearlings, 36 to $6.5i!: do,
to be erected on the new Parliament s Ontario flour -$6.25, old crop. spring, $8.50 to $8.75; sheep, choice,
Buildings at Ottawa. 1Miilfeed-Del., Montreal freight, 83.50 to $4; do, goon, $2 to S3.50;
Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, 77e;
No. 4 CW, 741+2e; rejected, 69?4e; feed,
69le c,
All above in store at Fort William.
American corn -No. 2 yellow, 67e,
lbs., $5.50 to 36; do, fair. 34 to 34.50;
milkers. $60 to 380; springers, gin to
380; calves, eboioe, $9.50 to $1a.;i0;
that England would deal with Ireland hags included: Bran, per ton,
$28; do, heavy and bucks, 31 to ., ,hags,
ed lind
as Germany would deal with Belgium.
shorts, per ton, $30; good feed flour, f11 ? do, f.o.b., wat, $$1 ; d , off country
King George Prays Ireland knows better and the world 31.70 to 31.85. $ 1.4; y
For Irish Peace knows better. Baled Hay -Track, Toronto, per ton, points, 310.
No. 1,323; No. 2 322; mixed 318.
Montreal.
On the surface the exchange of Cheses-:dew 'large, 24c; twins,Oats-Can. West, No. 2, 591e to
A despatch from London says: notes leaves the situation deadlocked 241 c; triplets, 25c. Old, large, 31 t60c; do, No. 3, 58 to 581/2c. Flour-
-IChig George has sent a mes-as it was a week ago. But so long as 32c; twins, 32 to 33e; triplets, 321/2 to 1 Man. spring wheat pats., firsts, 310.50.
sage to the Archbishop of Can- the truce holds, so long as there is a
suggestion that the last word has not
terbury on the Irish situation.
The message 'said : been said, the hope of peace will live
"Let us thank God that some in spite of the unbending attitude of
measure of response has been England the the hardly weakened
stand of Sinn Fein
vouchsafed to my appeal to my But rejection and reply, restatement
Irish people. With a full heart and argument can hardly go on in-
let us pray that their reconcilia- definitely. "We cannot prolong a.
tion may be consummated by the mere exchange of notes," is LIoyd
deliberations now proceeding, George's reminder.
and that they may be united,Sinn Fein must make its decision.
making a new era yon their na- It has been told over and over again
five land." that Ireland can have freedom, but
within the Commonwealth. Sinn Fein
- has come to the crossroads. It must
The first trip on the new Paris-tomake its decision for war or for peace.
-
Wars'aw air service took ten hours, as
eompared with sixty hours for the To be happy, one should always
journey by train.
have something beyond one's reach.
RE L R FELLi.K6-lay Gene Byrnes
33', e; Stiltons, new, 25 to 27e.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 33 to
35e; creamery, prints Fresh 1 42
Roiled oats -Bag 90 lbs„ 33.25. Bran -
329. Shorts -$31. Hay -No. 2, per
ton, car lots, $30 to $32.
to 43c; cooking, 23 to 25c. , !t
• ' v Cheese ---Finest easterns, 181e.
Dressed poultry -Spring. gButter-Choicest creamery, 381/2 to
P ry-Sprig chickens,39c. Eggs -Selected, 45 to 46e. Po -
40c; roasters, 20c; fowl, 30e; duck- tatoes---Per bag, ear lots, 31.75 to $2,
lings, 35c; turkeys, 60c.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 30c; Goad calves, $9; dairy calves, 38 to
roosters, 16c; fowl, 22 to 25c; duck-
34.
lings, 3001 turkeys, 50e.
Margarine -20 to 22c.
Eggs -No. 1, 42 to 43c; selects, 50
to 51e; cartons, 52 to 54c.
Beans -Can., hand-picked, bushel,
33.50 to 33.75; primes, $3 to $3.25.
Maple products -'Syrup, per imp.
gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gals, $2.35.
Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c.
Honey -60 -30 -lib. tins, 14 to 15c per
lb.; 5-2ta-lb. tins, 16 to 17c per lb.;
Ontario comb honey, per doz., 33.75
to 34.50.
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