HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1921-9-22, Page 7CONFERENCE AT INVERNESS
CANCELLED BY BRITISH PREMIER
Quid;, Action of Lloyd George on Receipt of de Valera's. Let-
ter Declaring That Irish Nation Recognizes itself as a
Sovereign. State --"Only One Answer Possible to
Such a Claim," Says Premier,
A despatch from London says:—. Govern:neat, when it seeks to rend
The Irish negotiations came to a crisis; our ancient nation and to partition its
on Thursday involving the cancellation; territory, that would give to the prin.-
of the arrkngements for the confer-8ciple an interpretation that would
ence at Inverness next week and int -i undermine the fabric of every demo -
plying the possibility of the British t erotic State and drive the civilized
Government having to consider a new; world back :into tribalism.
course of action. "I am, Sir, faithfully yours,
This new situation follows upon the i "Eamon de Valera.
publication in Dublin on Thursday! A despatch from London says:—
afternoon of a letter front de Valera Premier Lloyd George telegraphed
to Lloyd George,declaring that the, de Valera from Gairloeb, Seotland, the
Irish nation recognizes itself as a 1 following cancellation of the Inverness.
sovereign State, and that it is only ( Conference;
as representatives of -that sovereiA s l' "I informed your emissaries who
State that the Sinn Fein Cabinet has'p came to nae, here, on Tuesday, the
authority or power to act. 113th, that reiteration of your claim'.
A des; attic from Dublin says:—Ther, to negotiate with Iiis Majesty's Gov -
text of the letter of Eamon de Valera,' eminent as representatives def an Inde -
accepting the invitation to the Inver-' pendent and sovereign State would
nese Conference, but under eertain make aconference between us ium;aos
conditions, follows; side, They brought me a letter in
"We are unhesitating in declaring which you , peeiflcally reaffirm that
our willingness to enter a conference elainn, statim; that our nation has
to ascertain how the -association of formally declared its independence and
Ireland with the conitnunity of rations recognizes itself as n sovereign State
'known as the British Empire can best and 'it is only,' you added, 'as repre-
be reconciled with Well national ass sentatives of that State and as Its which covers the condition of the crops,
pirations, f chosen guardians that we have any
up-to-date, the average yields s lit bulla -e
"Our readiness'to contemplate such authority or powers to act on behalf
an association was indicated in our. of our people.' els per acre for the principal grain
crdaps will be as follows:
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s it appeared lying in the river Humber, at Hull, Englani
1921 HARVEST LIKELY TO E MED
TAT OF BANNER YAR 1915
A despateh from Ottawa says: -1
That the gre.;t wheat harvest of 1915
will prebuilt)! be exceeded by the har-'
est this year n,
v ye G1
le forecast in a report;
issued to -night by the Agrieultural
Branch of the Dominion Bureau of?
Statistics, x'tecording to the report,
letter of August 10. We have .accord-;
ingly anmindned the Dail, that we
may submit to it for ratification the
atames of the representatives it is our
Intention to propose. We hope that
these representatives will find it pas-,
r4ble to be at Inverness on the date
you suggest. September 20.
"In this final nota we deem it our
duty to reaffirm that our position is,
and can only be, as we have defined it
throughout this correspondence. Our
nation hae formally deelaredl its ine3e-
pendeLn:e and re4ogilizLs itself as a
sovereign State. It as only as repre-
eentataives of that State and as its
chosen gads rili;ans *lust we heave autla-
erity or ,powers to a..t oni behalf of
vur people, •
"As regards the principle of govern-
ment by eoaisent of the governed, in
the very nature of thinge it must ice
the basis of any agreement that will
achieve the purpose we have at heart
--that is, the finel reconciliation of our
nation with yours.
"We have suggested) no interprcta."
tion of that principle save its' every
day interpretation, the sense, for wee
unple,, in which it was understood by
theth 1 in men and.women of
p ado world
when on January :i, 1918, you said: i
" 'The settlement of Europe must
o hued on such *rounds of reason
avid justice!, as will give some promise
of stabiiity, Therefore, it is that we
feel that government with the consent
of the governed must be the basis of
any teraiterial settlement in this war.'
"These words are the true answer
to the eriticasm of cur position which
your last letter puts forward. The
)principle was understood then to mean
the night of raticns that had been an-
nexed to Empires against their will
to free them...elves from the grappling
kook. That is the sense in which we
understand it. In reality, it is your
"I asked them to warn you of the
Very serious •effectef such a elaim and
offered to regard; the letter as un-
delivered to me in order that you i
might have time to reconsider it, De-
spite this intimation you have now
published. the letter in its original
form.
"I must aeeardlingiy cancel the ars
ranrements for the conference next
weelt at Inveynese and must ca•nsiilt
my eelleaguea on the course cif action
which this new situation nesessitatee.
"I will cenuanaanicate time to you as
seon as pes iblc, but as 1 am, far the
memeut, laid up here, a few days' de-
lay is inevitable. Itleaawhile, I must
make it absolutely clear that His
Majesty's Government cannot men.
shier the position whikh I have stated
to you.
"If we a eepte.a a cen0ereiese with
your delegates on the formal
state-
ment of claim which youhaydre-
affirmed, it would constitute an official
reec;niticn by His Iliajesty's Govern-
ment of the severance of Ireland front
the Empire and of its existonee as an
independent Republic. It would, more-
over, entitle you to declare, as of right
acknowledged by us, that, in prefer-
ence to association with the British
Empire, you would pursue a closer
association, by treaty, with some other'
foreign power. There is only one
answer possible to such a claim as
that.
"The great concessions which His
Majesty's Gcvernment have made to
the feeling of your people, in order to
secure a lasting settlement, deserved,
in any (minion, some more generous
response, but so far every advance has
been mare by us. On your part you
have not cone to meet us, by a single
step, but have merely reiterated, in
phrases of emphatic challenge, the let-
ter and spirit of your original claim"
A New University Course.
On the first day of the ShortCourse
in Journalism held this week at the
University of Toronto, one hundred
and seventeen persons registered,
forty-nine of them being men. The
class consisted primarily of editors
and publishers df weekly new:.:papers
in Ontario, from as far east as Ottawa
sand as far west as Petrone. If one
may judge front the comments heard
in the corridors, those in attendance
were delighted with the lectures to
which they were privileged to listen
and highly approved of the action
- • taken by the provincial university in
providing this course.
The success of this first journalistic
venture shows, as did the short course
for farmers last winter, that the peo-
ple of the province appreciate the
""broadening -out policy" of their own
uniyersity and are eager to availthem-
slves of the cpppportunities offered.
Ontario's provincial university is lead-
ing the way- in university extension
and is showing its desire to serve its
constituency in the fullest possible
manner.
Greeks Suffer a
Huge Disaster
A despatch from Constantinople
says:—Reports from Angora say that
the Greek army is in general retreat,
abandoning wounded, automobiles and
war material. The Greek. troops are
now apparently west of the •Sakaria
River.
Since Greek public opinion virtu-
ally concluded and expected the fall of
Angora, with the subsequent occupa-
tion of Constantinople, this severe re-
verse, even if no worse disaster
Iowa, must have a profound effect.
Grain Movement is
Early This Year
A "despatch from Winnipeg says:—
AA!p'roxiniately 16,000,000 bushels .of
new grain have been billed over the
Canadian Nettieriia* Railways from
Western painte•officials announced an
Thursday. This is mote ;gain than
was loaded up to October 4 1st year,
it was stated.
Fall wheat 21%, as again*t 24 fast;
year.. Spring wheat l5?o, an against
14; fall wheat 15%, as against 14>,;?1
oats 3011, as against 3314; barley
22%, as against 24x; rye, 162i, as,
against 17,9 ; flax see -19.10, as against
5.60. Upon the areas sown, as esti 2
mated on June 30 Inst, these averages
represented total yields as follows;'
Fall wheat, 13;173,6'tI0 1 ;a Inas, as,
against, 19,:69400 ltd;=he"s lea year
spring wheat 278,914,000 bushals, as i
against 243,720,100 bushels; foil wheat,.
Oral t87,S00 i ehe s, as against 2413,-'
189,:00 bushels; oats, 4t;G,30 3,100
bushels, as agail:st 530,709,700 hush -1
els; barley, 57,607,300 bushels, as
against 63,310,500 bushels; rye, 11,-
847,600 bushels, as against 11,306,400;
bushels, and flaxseed, 7,166,300 bush.'
els, as against 7,997,700 bushe!a. These
are preliminary eatinnates subject to
revision after completion of the
threshing, the prevalence of rust, both
black and red), in the Province ox Sas-
katchewan cera: ior.ing difficulty in
the preliminary estimation of average
yieds.
For the three Prairie Provinces
the preliniinaty estimate in bushels
is: 'Wheat, 271,508,000 (234,138,00(});
oats, 331,270,000 (314,297,0001; barley,
42,720,000 (40,700,500); ryes 9,507,000
(8.273.000); flax eee4, 6,801,309 (7,-1
583We). F r Illariteh'a he } e°ces„
are: i4 Loi, as, 07,010,000 ( 7.5 a i9il l;
odds, 07,000„0:40 457,057,000); Laney,
18,ta',1'ri43 4177..020,000); rye, 2,t=:iti, t 0
(2,31e,a1(00); flax seed, 703,300 1,1457,-
£300). In Saskatchewan they are:.
173,590,000 (113,135,300); vats, 103,-
863,000 (141,649,000); barley, 13,600,-
000 (10,001,600); rye, 3,957,000 (2,•
535,0110r; flax seed, 5,400,000 (5,705,.1
000). In Alberta they are: Wheat,
670, teeti00 (88,401,000); Data, 00,40?,-
000 (116,091,000); barley, 10,732.000
(12,739,000); rye, 2,730,000 '(3,420,-
000); flax seed, 585,000 (720,000). The
figure; within braekets represent the
yie' a.s of 1920.
The r age con itien on August 31
of Late etiwn crops, a cpredsed tamer -
Lane in pereer :ages of the att'lii4.' f
yield) ;ser „rre for the ten yeent 1011.
20, is warted rted s fn'. ";:ss:
The figires s ghee
senting in the (-rider given, the ,'Moi"...
tion s,s: July w1, 1921, and on Annust
31, li aa; pone, 83 (8O, 99); beans, 91
(95, titan; 3iuel wheat, 92 (90, 1014;
mixed amine, 80 (87, 105); corn for
husking, 10 (97, 101; potatoes, 866 (89.
102); turnipe, 'mane olds, 82 (87, 98);.
fodder' ;darn, 10.4 (101, 102); sugar
beets, 89 (93, 101); pasture, 88 (80,
95). The figures for 1921 represent
the Sddiowing forecast raft total yie:d
in l:tieheLs or tons: Peas, 2,390,000;.'
Wane. 1,030,000; buckwheat, 7,443,000;
raised grains, 22,057,000; corn for
husking, 15,304,000; potatoes, 97,610,.-
000; turnips, etc., 84,030,000; fodder
corn, 5,049,000 tons; sugar beets, 272,-
000 tons. Preliminary estimates were
issued on August 10 for hay and
clover, 10,374,000 tons, and alfalfa,
362,000 tons; first cutting.
Ontario's New Lieutenant -Governor
Col. Henry Cockshutt, of 13rantford,
who has taken the oath of office at
Toronto.
Busy Tokio.
Japan is doing what she can, wher-
ever she can, to put her house in order
before the Washington conference.
For some time she has been making
an effort to agree with the United
States on the Island of Yap and the
cables . thereof. She is seeking an ar-
rangdlnent that will be 'satisfactory to
Siberia and is now offereing to return
Shantung to China on what appear to
be liberal terms.
The . ,Shantung proposals are brief.
They include the return of the penin-
sula to China, with full sovereignty until the beginning of next+week.
and political rights, and the removal
of all Japanese troops from the area.
In return Japau asks joint Japanese•
Chinese operation of the Shantung
railway system.
Whatever Japan and America may
do as to Yap or JSkan may arrange
in Siberia, it is certllii that any agree-
ment made as to China prior to the
conference must wait upon the can-
ference for final disposition. While
the Pekin 'Government is charge;; with
being pro -Japan, it hardly will dire
Victoria,
British Colas
totalled 1,187,010 erases, aeeordirg to
the report of the Fisheries Depart -
mole, Chum and soriseye ware in the
majority, aeeounting for 436,031 eases
of the total.
Edmonton, Alta.—Fdnionton and
the c,utsic(e world is soon to have di-
rect wir'elese communication with
Fort Norman awl Fort Smith, as well;
as other northern rointe, ..,•cording to
the pians of a heal form which has
just been granted a feler .l license
for the operation ef cote: new:al +;ire-
4e .s between these piiints. Marconi
equipment wU he used and ze ireie s
operators vitt be er,uug"nt (rant the
coast. It k expected that the ;;y stem
will he in operation le etriy sosirg'.!
Sos ething Th t Conerns
You.
During the past year and a half
many OQr;,oclien attiuens have been
out of eanploynent. Yet, during all
the period we eart: iueil to import
geode et a record wee, goods the pre-
duet ,^f the field or factory, that ecuid
have been protheses' in ear own coun-
try_
Nearly $300,000,000 worth of our
t •t_al inzpertaticns for the year ending
larch 31st, 1921, co:ildl and should
have been produced at borne.
Had we insisted aeon geed s of Can-
adien production instead cf tai:ing.
foreign pretrrts, additional wage ';.:ay -
n ents amounting to 5100,Oasen'a0
would have been distributed an i we
v,du'cl have had no unenpleyntent
problem.
The remedy is in our own hands:'
Alk r.lways for get.ds produced. in
Cana a.
Ilene are carne cf the articles im-
pursed during that period w"s _., c .:
havese t s...ippiie::1 from r own.
far ns ands fw~? r.es. o;a
Fresh and canned fraine and vege.
tvib es,, $11,5(40,:t70; comate, fah, eggs,
a.n2 rata: pre:tants, 319,760,355; e is-
eulte, arutf etiv'nerj, ete., $3,977,577;
;
hides, furs and, shins„ weather and 'Ly-
produets, g 4,J39,475; lobe:zee, i14,-
The ea"m n pack in 50,294; teethes and maanufaossures
iuiirg she year'1ft0 there: f 381,3056,560; Agri .0 iurai
,
plements, 811,750,700; boiiera and ma,
ehiner4, 331,209,129; ;datings and
hat+;ware. 310,852,157; beans, paper,
etc.., 811,202,705;. lumber and mfrs. of
lumber, $12,978,670; vehicles, 35,955,-
735; aluminum. laitehenvsare, 5324,092;
electric sand; tr..s apparatus, $17,182,'
859; ae) estot, $977,100; eat!. 989,996;
fertii zero, $4,272,054; h ensehoist ani
personal equipment, 39,410,005; :rra:4)-
es,� [p8qm:min
1,077,718; musical bistrog.
82,480, 744.
Buy Canadian icreeluete, ail heap
this more, hi eirau :-ation it Caosaia.
Caaig pry, A:t i.—.Willar i :tsar);, the
faLrataaas author and p:zo :;git, wrhuEe
"Ts,ger R se„ tirasta t3i14e�?r al lda�ps-.
lar; y, is hi Calgary e'da:lehierating with
lw i4;tli Ke:naiail, member of the Calgary
pollee force and author of "Benton of
The Royal Mounted" and "The Ls..l
of the Mounted," in the prepaarati' n
of a new pay to be designated, "The
s
par-
entsLeaf Man." Meek, whose p
ents live an a big farm n.'ar Ccs gary,l
is looking for re'. -blended material ,
devoid of mushy ser:tinientali mn and,
picked eat Kendall as the author heet
fitted to supply his needs.
Slightly Injured in
1,200 -Foot Dro
A. rcs.atei frdr:Se,*: Ste, .d:,d'
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A 'iert High.. :,^�, oa-.Y.y.
sass:-� 1 .a.wr
w i:elietiir. the Se :earl; d• e taierie,
p 3' p
owned by Messrs. '46.?., s a 31s rolotd.'
and E. Keyes, tras: ad leie ? sae: it a
triad slight at rocr, er. Thar ssie y , but
eemeped with miner isaturano The nix-
chine was to have hen. as. ;ete:onion
at t.b' feir here, tie:i was L ing Vowel,
in re d:et:3s fear a serif a of flights.
. wireless
It "ended in az tree E, ••ir the
station, an w it he alrnest a total loss.
. Japanese wOpdc r Iw.eents' lois
sweetheart with a beautiful sash by
way of an engagement token.
Weekly Market Re
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,'
51.67; No. 2 Northern, 31.62; No. 3
Northern, 31.56; No. 4 wheat, not
quoted.
Manitoba oats—No. 3 CW, 55e; No.
4 CW, 5311e; extra No. 1, 531 ,e; No.
1 feed, No. 2 feed, not quoted.
Manitoba barley --No. 3 ClIf. 80e;
nominal.
All above in store, Fort William.
Ontario wheat --F. e. b. shipping
points, a,cording to freights outside.
No. 2 winter, 51.25 to 31,30; No. 3
winter, 31.22 to 31.27; No. 1 commer-
cial, 81.17 to $1.22; No. 2 spring, 31.20
to 31.25; No. 3 spring, nominal; No.
settle the Shantung and other Chinese- goose wheat, nominal.
parleys. prebbems on the eve of the American corn—Prompt shipment.
parleys. No. 2. yellow, c.i.f. bay ports, 71c,
nominal.
China is a divided nation, With Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 43 to 45e,
;`Tomb and South fighting a series of according to freights outside.
little wars for mastery. Whatever the Barley—Malting, 65 to 70e, accord -
Pekin Government does will be fought
by Canton, and Pekin hopes to upset
everything that has been done by
Canton. It is, in fact, a grave ques-
tion as to who is entitled' to speak for
China in the parleys..
Therefore, Japan cannot hope to
enter the conference with her rela-
tions to China all neatly completed,.
packaged and labelled "Facts Accom-
plished." But Tokio will do what
Tokio ean.
Little Damage Caused
by Snow in West
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says:—With the fine, cool weather,
farmers in Southern Saskatchewan
are cheered .at the prospect of their
wheat now in the fields farying out
without much. damage. Thresh`lai0,
however, will not likely be resumed
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ing to freights outside.
Ontario flour—$6, in bags, Montreal
and Toronto.
Peas—No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour -Track, Toronto:
First pats., $9.85; second pats., 39.35.
Buckwheat—Nominal.
Rye—No. 2, $1.
Millfeed—Carlots, delivered Toron-
to: Bran, 328 to $30; shorts, per ton,
$30 to $32; feed flour, $2.10,
Eggs—No. 1, 42 to 44e; selects, 49
to 51e; new -)raid, cartons, 51 to 53c.
Butter—Creamery, No. 1, 40 to 43•c;
do, No. 2, 38 to 40e; dairy prints, 33
to 34e; bakers, 28 to 30e.
Oleomargarine—Best grade, 22 to
24c.
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 233ie;
twins, 23% to 24c; Stilton, 25 to 26c.
Old, large, 28 to 29c• twins, 29 to 30e.
Honey, extracted' -White clover
honey, rn 60-30-1`b. tins, per Ib., 14 to -
15c; do, 10-1b. tins, per Ib., 15 to 16e;
Ontario No. 1 white clover, in 2,4-5-1b.
tins, per lb, 17 to 18c; eonvb honey,
per • doz. $3.75 to 34.50.
Smoked meats—Rolls, 27 to 28e;
hams, reed., 3.8 to 40C; heavy, 29 to
t
80e; rooked hams, 55 to 58e; bonele-aa
backs, 42 to 48e; breakfast bacon, 33
to 38c; special, 45 to 48e; cottage r:dls,
30 to 31e.
Green meats—Out of pickle, le less
than smoked.
Barreled meats—Bean pork, 523:
short cut or family back, boneless, 8 31 s.
pickled rolls, 388 to $44; mets titre.
$31.
Dry salted] me"nts-•-Lyng chars, it
tons, 16 to 21e; in cases, LIP • t.;
211, e; clear bellies, 1816 to 19'e;
backs 13% to 151,e.
Lard -.Tierces, i8's to line tens.
19 to 192-_c; pails 191z t, 1934?
prints, 20St. to 20%e; :71,r.d'nin,;.
tierces, 14,i to 14ti:c; tubs, 11.2 la
15o; pails, 15 to 15'e °; pr tie
to 18e.
Good heavy steers, 87 tri 88 n eeh r
steers,. choice, 36 to $.; 1..! goad,
35 to $6; do, me:l , 34.60 ta P a do.
com., 33 to 34; buteher helfere, enelee.
36 to 36.50; do, med., $4.o0 "o $5.5`J;
canners and cutters, 81 to $2.50; but-
cher bulls, good, 33.50 to 8a; co, ,°oni.,
32.50 to $3.60; feeders, good, 900 Fes.,
335:50 to 36.25; do, fair, 34.50 to $6.50;
milkers and springers, choice, 365 to
$85; calves, choice, 810 to $12, do,
med., $7 to 39; do, conn., S2 to $5;.
lambs, yearlings, 33 to $t.".50; do,
spri'n'g, $8 to $9; sheep. choice, 33.50
to 34; do, heavy and bucks, 31.50 to
33; hogs, fed and watered, 310; do,
off cars, $10.25; do, f.o.b., 39.25; da,
to the farmer, 39.
Montreal.
Oats—Gant West, No( 2, 61 pilo
61'Yae; Can. West., No. 8, 60 to 60Y,ie.
Flour, Man. 'Spring wheat pats., firsts,
39.85. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., 33.10
to 33.20. Bran, $30. Shorts, $3L Hay,
No. 2, per ton, e r lots, $29 to 330.
Cheese, finest easternas, 18 to 18 i, yc.
Buttes., choicest . erea ,ery, 38 to 39c.
Eggs, selected, 45 to 46c. Potatoes, per
bag, ear lots, 31.80 to 31.75.
Butcher :steels, 36; grass calves,
33:50 to 54,50; top veals, $12; lambs,
$8 to 38.25; sheep, 32 to 34; hogs,
310.50 to 310.75,
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