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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-5-5, Page 3GROAT BRITAIN, RECOVERING FORMER ;FINANCIAL. FOOTING Chamberlain, in Introducing New Budget, Announced Con- siderable Progress Made With Wiping Out Indebtedness to Other Countries—Certain Forms of Taxes to he Removed. ' A despatch from London; says:— Great Britain is planning: to pay this year liitereet on loans from the United States amountitrg to more than 040,000,000. This announcement was made in the House of ; Commons by ,Austen Chamberlain'' raining the place of Sir Robert, S. Horne, .Chancellor of the Exchequer; when he introdaioed the new budget. During the last fiscal year Gfeat Britain reduced her indebtedness ,to ,the United States by 075,000,000, England still owes' foreign countries; chiefly the United States, calculating the, exchange at -four dollars to the pound, £1,161,500,000. The Chancellor's estimates "of re- venue and expenditure of a year ago have been borne out .with remarkable accuracy, - a surplus of 0230,600,000, only about £4,000,000 under the esti- mated. surplus, being recorded. No additional taxation is proposed and there will be no further.reducti.on of taxatign in the current year. The chief points are the removal of the excess prolate .duty, removal of the surtax on cigars, and repilacement of the existing fixed duty 'of seven shit- Bilge i- lings and an aid valorem duty of 381-8 per cent. en 'sparkling wines by a 'speeifie duty of 15 shillings per gallon. These changes have been made be- 'eause the higher duties proved unre- munerative hod were injurious to Bri- tatn's:allies. They conpoaation profits tax proved to be a 'disappointment, producing only 0650;000, instead of the expected 03,000,000, but the Chancellorhoped the tax wotild justify itself the com- ing year. The Chancellor charaeterised the past year as oneof the most remark- able in Britain's finaneial histoeY, and declared that the ftnancia4 results were satisfactory when it was taken into consideration that his last state- ment was made when trade was' boom- ing and prospects were rosy, and that upon that sunny primped there des- cended' with almost unequail'ed sud- denness •and cenipleteness deep de- pression, which still continued. Canadian News in Brief Victoria, B.C,=A number of Aus- tralian sheep farmers are desirous of building a wool milt- on Vancouver Island ,to cost $500,009 providing they ,can obtain a free site, VancouvextBC.—The Nanaimo Bri- tish Columbia Fish Meal and Oil Re- Bnery'has commenced operations with • a daily capacity of twenty tons of fish. Five tons of fish make one of meal and produces fifty gallonsof coarse oil. Edmonton, Alta.—Great activity prevails inthe boat building trade. Duriug the week a full car of twenty- 'foot hea+y freight canoes and lighter boats for thetrapper and prospector left for the far north. This represents a portion 'of a large order placed by the Hudson's Bay Gompeny with the Alberta Motor Boat Company. An. order has also been received for two heavy cruiser type canoes for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police which' they will use in patrol work, and other boats have been ordered by the Dominion Forestry department. Medicine Hat, Alta,—Construction work involving an expenditure of half a million dollars is planned on the Can- ada Land and Irrigation Com+pany's system in Southern Alberta this sea - eons Satisfactory financial. arrange- ments are said to have been made in England for this undertaking, and pp eration•s are 'expected to commence shortly. The work contemplated in- cludes strengthening main ditches and the doubling of the .present available circulated arek' of 30,000 acres. NI•oose J•aw, -Sask.—Approximately • -- half a million eggs, comprising six. carloads or 2,700 cases, were shipped from this point to Canadian and Am- erican .markets during the month .of March. The shipment is a record for any one prairie city at this time of the year. _ Senlae, Sasle A plant is being completed here to produce dairy salt from the salt deposits, and it is ex- pected that. almost _850 tons will be produced this season. The dairy salt will. be taken -by the S'askatciiewan Co- operative Creameries at -Regina, and the .balance ofthe rough salt, when cleaned, will go to laundries. at Ed- monton, Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw. A. plant is in course of erection at Fusilier- for the manufacture of sodium sulphate. powder from the de- posit there. This will have -a capacity of 20 ,tons, and' shipments will begin this summer. Winnipeg, Man. -Twelve major Winnipeg -made products provide em- ployment for 16,591 employees, with an annual payroll of $24,308,982, ac- cording to a statement of an official of the Made -in -Winnipeg exhibition. There are operating in Winnipeg fac- tories producing 264 different' commo- dities. Of -these 515 industrial estab- lishments are engaged in manufac- turing. Winnipeg, Man.—The value of Man- itoba's farm wealth in' 1919 is now placed at $350,296,000. Of this amduiit crops were valued at $158,566,000; live stook, dairy produce, poultry anal; wool, $191,730,000. The number of live stock in Manitoba was: horses, 879,- 356; milch cows, 227,872; other cattle, 553,899; all cattle, 781,771; sheep,. 167,170;'swine, 261,642; poultry, 2,- 731;166. Ottawa, Ont, -L" -Canadian flour mills for the first six menthe of the cur- rent crop year, ending February 28, 1921, cleared for export a total of. 3,558,818 barrels, • Of this amount Great Britain took delivery of no less than 1,415,892, barrels valued at' $15,- 030,474; United -States, 905,924 bar- rels valued at $9,248,604; while other countries took 1,286,702 barrels' valued at $15,849,997. This is a considerable increase over the record year 1913-14. Toronto, Ont.—A total of 341,325 cases of supplies were sent overseas during the war by the Canadian Red Crass, according to It. B. Bennett, of Calgary, Canadian representative to the International Red :Cross'Conven- tion at Geneva. The amount of money raised totalled $9;000,000. Gifts to France in_ money amounted to nearly five million francs, in'addition to 94,- 000 cases of suppl-ies valued at nearly- five million 'dollars. Peterboro,.. Ont. -Six thousand muskrats were caught in the marshes of Otanabee River and Rice Lake this spring, according to estimates of local fur buyers. One buyer computed that pelts enough for one hundsed Hudson seal coats, valued at $32,500, had been gathered. from the marshes near here. Quebec, Que.-The only known flock of snow geese in existence, containing over five thousand weighing an aver- age of eight pounds each, has arrived at Cap Tourmente, an its annual northern migration from the southern states. Each year the birds makethis a stopping -off place on their way to the Labrador coast, and have been -known to do so for over forty years, The flock has been closely protected, and moving pictures taken by the Moving Picture Service of the .Domin- ion Parks Branch, Ottawa. Montreal, Que.—The e:tolusively Qanadian,wireless news -service which was inaugurated by the 'Canadian Pacific Ocean Services to their .liners in mid -ocean has now supplanted, or- alI Canadian liners, the United States• news service, which has been discon- tinued. Thepresent ibulletin consists of Canadian news combinodwibh Eng- lieh news received from the Welsh station. Fredericton, N.B.—No changes in the hunting season will be effected until 1922, according to Premier Fos- ter. It was proposed to commence the open season for hunting on October 1, instead of September" 16th, but the New Brunswick • Guides' ,Association appeared before the government and protested against the proposed change being effected: this year because a large number of hunting parties 'were already booked far the last two weeks in September. The moose are report- ed to have..wintered well, and their condition is most favorable. . Caribou are also reported plentiful. Halifax, N.S.=The Dominion gov- ernment entomologist, after examin- ing, the fruit buds - in the Annapolis Valley, reported that he had never seen them looking better. Unless some serious weather conditions are encountered he is satisfied that this year's crop will run to 1,600,000 bar- rels, with every possibility of reach- ing the 2,000,000 mark. All early in- dications point to a bumper crop, Sydney, N.S.—Residents along the coast: are enjoying the unusual oppor- tunity of hunting seals without having to go more than a stone's throw from the beach. Small stray herds of seals have come down with the northern ice pack, and it is a,00mparatively thing for the hunters -to go out on the ice to kill the animals. Seventeen were shot:by one m•an along Lingan Beach in one day. St. John's, Nfld.-It is reported that the Anglo -Persian Oil Company, a British concern, has come to . an ar- rangement with the Newfoundland government by which it has control' of all unallotted Sand, . Extensive- oil ,developments on the island are ex,- peeted .this. summer, and it is antici- pated that this :company 'will supply its market in all parts -of tile world from Nevrfoundland. HOW SINN' FEIN IS WAGING WAR Soldiers filling in gape in a road in Ireland. Pitfalls are set to trap motor lorries or obstruct their passage, but enough space is left for farmers' carts to pass. ' BIG REBEL CACHE FOUND IN DUBLIN Four Sinn Feiners Executed at Cork Military Barracks. A despateh from Dublin says:—A raid in Dublin on Wednesday night by 'the Crown forces resulted in the big- gest haul of arms and ammunition yet made. In a stable at the back of No. 48 Pembroke street they found and seized 11 rifles, 33 revolvers, 11 shot- guns, 13,000 rounds of revolver am, munition, 14,700 rounds of shotgun cartridges, 6,000 detonators; 48 rounds of Winchester •ammunition, eight box- es of various explosives, seven swords, 18 undetanated bombs) 16 detonated bombs, 90 coils of fuse, two tins of aluminum ,.one bullet -making machine, two magnetos and 11 voila Mrs. Potter, wife of Diet -riot Inspec- tor Potter of the Government forces, who mysteriously disappeared on April 23, it was thought during an ambush near Clogheen, County Tipper- ary, has received by post a typewrit- ten Letter informing her that the In- spector was "legally tried, convicted and sentenced to death, which sentence was'carried out on April 27." The letter adds that during the time Inspector Potter was in custody he was well treated and shown every con- sideration. The letter is signed with the initials 0. C. At the Cork Military; barracks Thisrsday morning, Maurice Moore, Patrick O'Sullivan, Patrick Ronayne and • Thomas Mulcahy were executed by shooting. The twoformer were convicted of levying war against his Majesty at Clorunult, county Cork, on February 20, and the two latter at Mourne Abbey, county Cork, on Feb- ruary 15. Elections in Ireland on Victoria Day A despatch from London says: —Elections will be held in the North and South of Ireland on May. 24, under strong military protection. This announcement was made in the House M Commons on Thursday and means that with- in a month the country will be in the midst of another period of acute tension. ' Sir -Hamar Greenwood in mak- ing the announcement, declared that the Government was deter- mined not to shrink from the ap- plication of the Home Rule Act. • The total strength of the Boys' Bri- gade for the United Kingdom is now over 59,000. A Course in Journalism. At the request, of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association a short course in journalism has. been inaugurated by the Univer- sity of . Toronto. This course has been arranged far the week of September 121h to 17th end, while designed • primarily for publishers of weekly newspapers in Ontario, it is open to any citizen of the Province. The subjects of in- struction are: editorial writing . and. newsgabhering, English literature and -composition, newspaper jurisprudence, Canadian constitutional history, pub= lic health and hygiene.,' The lectures on editorial work 'will be given byMr. P. Whitwell Winson, a British news- paper man who is at present on the staff of the School of Journalism, Columbia University, New 'York. The other subjects will be dealt with by prefessors.on the Uniyersity.staff. It is hoped that Ontario publishers will take full •advantage of the opportunity offered them. So far as can"be discovered, this is the only course of the kind ever given in Canada, and the establishment of such a course is another indication of the progressiveness of the provincial University. A syllabus giving com- plete information will be ready short- ly and will be distributed from the Extension Office, University of To- ronto. For First Time a Queen Casts Vote. Perhaps for the first time in history, a Queen voted in the municipal elec- tions recently. Ate adtomobile drew up in front of the polling place In the Rua Douse Apptres ails, a woman In black dress, hat and cape alighted and took her place in the lite, It was Queen Elizabeth of Belgium. Five women were before •her, when an election official rushed forward to insist that she vote immediately. She refused, waiting her turn before put- ting her ballot In the box. When she emerged from the booth she was em- braced by a number of sister voters, after which she entered her cat; and drove •off. • Belgian women had their first chance to vote in the country to -day, taking part iu the municipal and com- munal elections. In the registration they outnumbered the men by 700,000. Converting waste into by-products has made many a fortune, but no one has quite solved the problem of old vulcanized scrap, the remains of out- worn _ automobile tires. An ever- increasing surplus of dead. rubber, un- available for rebuilt tires, challenges some one's ingenuity to find an econ- omic use for it. FiSIST LAUNCH OF THE SEASON SS. "Idejeord," which was launched in 14Tontreal onAl rril 9, froth he Canadian Vickers yard. This vessel represents' the last word in high -Class cargo steamers, The LeatIm '.lerente Manitoba wheat—No, 1 northern, $1.75%sc; Ne, 2 northern, $1.08%; No, 3 northern, 91,01%u; No, ; 4 wneat; $1,48.5A c, 141411itoha oats—No, 2 CW, 43%,c; No. 3 CW, 38%e; extra No. 1 feed, 38%c; No; 1 feed, 36chc, No. 2. feet,, 35iire, Manitoba burley—No, 3 CW, •77'/4c; No, 4 G'W, 06r/sc; a'eieoted, 501/4e; feed, 55%c All above in store Fort 'William, Ontario wheat--F,o.b, shipping points, according to freights outside, No. 2 spring, $1,40 to $1,45; No. 2 winter, $1,90 to 91,65; No, 2 goose wheat, nominal, American corn ---Prompt shipment, No. 2 "yellow, c,i,f. bay ports, 73e, nominal, Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 41 to 430, according to freights outside. Beeley—Malting, 62 to 67e, accord- ing to freights outside, Ontario flour—Winter, prompt ahi- ment, straight run bulk, seaboard, $7, Peas --No. 2, $1.30 to $1,35, Manitoba flour -Track, Toronto; First patents, $10; second patents, $9:50. Buckwheat—No. 2, $1,15 to $1.20, nominal. Rye—No. 2, $1,30 to $1.35. Mililfeed'—Carlots delivered Toronto freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, 981; shorts, per ton, $39; white mid- dlings, $38; feed flour,,,$2,15. Cheese—New, large, 28% to 291Jzc;; twine, 29 to 300; triplets, 30 to 30%e; old, large, 83 to 84e; do twins; 8$ to 841/2e; triplets, 34% to 35c; New Stilton, 33c. Butter—Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to 49e; creamery, No. 1, 55 to 58e; fresh, 60 to Ole. Margarine -28 to 30c. Eggs—New laid, 36c; new laid, in cartons, 38 to 39c. Beans, --Canadian, hand-picked, bus., $3.10 to $3.25; primes, $2.40 to 92.90; Limas,, Madagascar, 7 to 8c; California Limas, 10 to 12c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.60; pet' 6 imp. gals., $2.50. Maple sugar, 1'b., 19 to 22c. Honey-60-30-i1b. tins, 20 to 21c per SIA; 5-2%a0b. tins, 22 to 24c per lb.; Ontario comb honey, ,at $7.60 per 15 - section case. -Smoked meats—Hams, med., 37 to 33c; heavy, 31 to 32c; cooked, 50 to 55c; rolls, 31 to 32o; eottage rolls, 83 to 34c; •breakfast bacon, 40 to 44c; fancy breakfast bacon, 47 to "50c; backs, plain, bene in, 46 to 47e; bone- less, 48 to 52c. Cured meats—Long' clear bacon, 27 tp 28e; eiear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lars{—Pure, tierces, 16 to 15%c; tubs, 15% to 16c; pails, 1514, to 161c; prints, 17 to 17%c. Shortening tierces, 11 to 11%sc; tubs, 11% to 12c; pails, 12 to 12%c; prints, 18% to 14c. Choice heavy steers, $9 to $10.50; good heavy steers, $8 to $9; •butchers' cattle, choice, $9 to $10,26; do, med., $7 to $8; do, corn., $6 to $7; butchers' bulls, choice, $9 to $10; do, good, $6 to redo, com., $4 to $5; 'butchers' cows, choice, $7.50 to $8.75; do, good, $6.60 to $7.50; do, com., $4 to $5; feeders, -best, $7.75 to $9; do, 900 lbs., $7.25 to $8.75; do, 80Q lbs.,$6,75 to $6.75; do,coin. ' ` , �6 bo $ 6; canners and cut- ters, $2 to $4.50; milkers, good to choice, $75 to $100; do, cons. andmed., $60 to, $60; choice springers, $85 to $110; lambs, yearlings, $10 to $111' do, spring, 913 to $14; calves, good to choice, $11 to $12.50; sheep, $6 to $9.50; ,togs, fed and watered, $12.50 bo $12.75; do, weighed off ears, ;6.12.75 to $12; do, Lab., $11.50 to 910.75; do, country points, $11.25 to 910.50. Montreal. Oats, Can, West., No, 2, 61 to 620; do, No. 3, 57 to 58c. Flour, Man., $10. Rolled, eats, bag, 90 lbs. $3. Bran, $29,05. Shorts, $31.25. lbs., No. 2, per ton, carlots, $24 to $25. Cheese, finest eastern, 24% to 35c. Butter, choicest creamery, 53 to 53%c. Eggs, fresh, 36 to 360. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 66 to 70c. Butcher cows, med., $5 to $6.50; canners, $2 to $2.50; cutters, .$3 to $4.50; butcher bulls, good, $7 to $8; com., $5.50 to $6,50. Good veal, $7.50 to $8; med., $6 to $7. Sheep, $7 to $9; spring lambs, $7 to $12 each. Hogs, selects, $13.50 to $14; sows, 99.60 to $10. France's Young Men. Word comes from France that the military call for the class of 1921 shows that 210,000 young men, or more than 76 per cent. of those who have qualified by attaining the age of twenty years, are physi•oally available for military service. This is the highest percentage that has been reached. The reasons given are the decreasing use of alcohol, the better living conditions in rural neigh- borhoods, the greater interest in athletic sport and competition. Now it is for the world to reach a unanimous decision that the flower of the youth of France and of the racy shall not be used for cannon fodder, These mothers' sons never were meant to be killed by other young men, Otte of the most ghastly features 'among the hideous aspects 'of the late war was the wholesale massacre of the fairest'and bravest of earth—thehope and the' light of the days to come. A world at peace is what ,a!1 the world wants, with a heart of inex- pressible yearning. May these young men coating on the scene with the buoyant beauty of their unspoiled lives before them find no use for all their military discipline except as a school of prompt obedience and self - command. BRITISH MINERS' FEDERATION REFUSE -OWNERS' CONCESSION Coal Strike Likely to Become Grim. Battle of Endurance-- Miners Rejiected Government Offer Because it Did Not. Include Provision for a National Wages Board National anda a Pool. • A despateh from Louden says;—The miners on Thursday night refused the. Government's offer of 010,009,000 by keep up their wages for the next four months, and all negotiation's for the moment at any rate, are off. Tho decision Was reached by the meeting of the miners' delegates after the miners' executive had been to the Board of Trade to hear from Sir Robert Horne the Governanent's final decision. Tho Goya/art-lent on Thursday went a long way to aneet the miners Pi the hope'of reaching peace. The owners had already agreed to give up every cent of profit for the next; few months, • and the, miners in return agreed to a cat throughout the industry of two shillings per day for every person employed. The earnings of the industry for Match, however, showed that even if every penny went in wages they 'must be reduced by a little over fear 611i1 - To help the miners the Government premised them a temporary sv'bven- tion so that the cut should be only three shillings aril yixnencr, :414 eel Thursday, Sir Robert Horne increased the offer to the definite sum of 310,- 000,000, so that the reduction in May should be only thee° shillings, in June three shillings and sixpence, while what was left oyer should be used to increase wages in July and August. The only condition the Government proposed was that in return for this aid the minors and owners ahoulrt agree on a permanent system of d1- viding profits and wages which should hold good for at least a year from the end of August and should then be terminable only on three months' notice, In making this offer ,Sir Robert. painted out that the mine owners had already agreed to the principle of dd_ vision, which he described as "the greatest advance in industrial matters which I know of in any industry, either in this country or in any other country.,,. This made a standard wage for workers the firet charge on the pee- eeeds of industry. Capital was then to share the standard profit and any' surplus left after this had been paid, was to be divided between wages and profits in fixed proportion. 4 In answer to Sir Robert's offer, Frank Hodges replied that the miners S911.10 ort r g'lx accept mare tai,aq a , two -shilling r uct1on, and onee again 1 insisted that no settlemeat,-,1!ebetliet not include the national pool would be eatisfaotory. Irreparable Loss in Scottish Mines A despatch from London says: —The irreparable loss of many millions of pounds has been sus- tained in Scotland through the miners' stoppage and the flood- ing of the mines. 'Fifty pits can never be pump- ed out again, and even those which may be saved will be in a dangerous state for many months to come. • The coal owners declare not more than 50 per cent. of the miners will find work when the pits there are re -opened. • y I i I Premier Oliver Of British Columbia, who left Victoria on Saturday for Ottawa, where he will try to persuade the Dominion Govern- ment to take 'over the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and incorporate it into the Canadian National Railways. I3e will also urge the federal authori- ties to pass legislation to supplement the British Columbia Liquor Control Act and give that provinoe complete control of Imports. Waggon No. 2,419 is War Souvenir A despatch from Paris says:— Waggon No, 2,419 has been added to Paris' collection of war souvenirs. On Wednesday night its monument- al bulk was dragged through the streets to the surprise and distress of many good citizens who were aroused from their beds by the noise, and on Thursday it was lifted onto the rails in the Court of the Invalides. There, in the hospital which Napoleon found- ed for his veterans, it looks enormous and out of place, but Paris is rather proud of it, for it marks an historic event. In waggon 2,419 the armistice that ended the war was signed by the Ger- mans on November 18, 1918. It was President Millerand's idea that .the waggon should be preserved in the Invalides Museum, The table and the other furniture that it held have' been reserved, and the chairs on which Foch and the other signatories sat are to be arranged in their proper order. Ottr finger -nails, do not grow with equal rapidity, that of the thumb usu- ally .being the slowest, and that of the middle finger the fattest. l'L GIVE. IOU- ANOTHER CHANCE BUT REME't eta... t(BEP AYJNY FROM gIN THE FUTUR �'j'NANK "(UH VEIR`! MUCH `MER HONOR I. 'MOLL NEVER SEE Md HER ONLAIN It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken By Jack Rabbit re irS A C RE AT. Lire, IF YOQJ �ON'T 1,041EAKEt4 4, c • Crown Prince of Japan Visits England. • Japan's future Emperor, 'due in England a fortnight hence, will find' Many things calculated to startle him, notably that of "being looked down upon." In his own country, whenever he or his father pass along the street,' no one is allowed to occupy a higher level. If one is riding in a carriage,' a car or a jinricksba, one must alight, remove one's hat, and even, theoretic- ally, stand with an averted face. This applies to foreigners as well as to natives. If one is accompanied by a dog, it is necessary to put the latter into the conveyance and off the road- way, as our four -footed friend is sup- posed to be unclean. Moreover, all windows save those on a level with the ground must be closed and the blinds drawn. Nor is any one permit- ted to catch a glimpse of the Emperor or Crown Prince from the roof or bal- cony of any building. Yet when the Crown Prince drives through the streets of London, it is certain the: not only will all the upper windows of the thoroughfares through which ho drives in state bo crowded with peo=' pie, but that evegt the roofs Asti hal_ conies will lie thronged. Nor wil' anyonebe disposed to hoist their dogs. into the nearest conveyances for fear' that they should contaminate the road( way for his Imperial Highness. TheCrown Prince's visit to Europe, and especially to England, is being welcomed as likely to bring about a more intimate personal touch between ,the reigning house and the masses of the population of Dei Nippon, It is hoped the young Prince, who is very promisibg, open to suggestion, and progressive, will have his eyes opened by the species of personal intimacy which exists 'between the English and the members of their dynasty. When any great catastrophe takes place in Japan an imperial donation or sympathetic message is sent by the Mikado or by his heir -apparent either through some court dignitary or through a Minister of State. The idea of the Emperor, or even of the Crown Prince, sending a message direct to the sufferersa or visiting their hones . and the scene of the disaster, is un- known. e Formerly the Emperor and his heir were revered as semi -divine person- ages, upon whose -face it was irreli- gious. to look and of whom to speak lightly was e terrible sacrilege. Con- tact with the outer world and the alarming growth of socialism, and even of communism, in Japan has made rapid headway in impairing this reverential awe. What b needed now is that a feeling of affectionate intim- acy, such 'as exists in England for the King and for the Prince of Wales, should take its place in order to strengthen the cause of the monarchy. It is hoped when the Crown Prince returns to Japan he will have taken a number of leaves' out of the Beitieh licit-epparenb'•s book and will have acquired the art, to him wholly new, of personal tench with his country- men and future lieges. The Crown Prince after his arrival in London will pass several days es the personal guest of the Ring and Queen at Buckingham Palace and afterward will move to Chesterfield House, in Park Lane, which will be his headquarters for the remainder of his stay in Europe and where he will bo lavishly entertained as the state guest of -the British Government and nation. The number of men who lost one or more limb .is the war is stated to be 38,000; 26,900 lest one lag, 11,000 an arm, 952 two legs, and 50 both aritrs. • According to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lee of Fa °ham, Great Britain has definitely abandon- ed the "two -power standard" that it maintained during the the of the Ger- man navy and wild In future build no faster than any other single power. The only nations ,that now have navies at an- comparable to Great Britain's Are japan and the United Status, and British statesmen evidently have no fear that they will ever be called on to face a hostile alliance of those two Davies. But even to maintain .the "ono -power standard" the government says that with every possible eco mie/ it meet spend onore- then 082,000,000, which 1e about twice what the envy coat before the war.