Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-5-19, Page 3F IRIISH PROBIIM IN SIGHT, SAYS GREENWOOD The I;eetions to be Held on May 24 Will Consolidate Sir Jaynes Craig's Position as Leader of Ulster ---Five Women Candidates for Southern Parliament and Two for the Northern. • A despatch from Dublin gays:--- ""The end of the Irish question is in :sight," This statement was made to the •eoriespoeden'b an Thur•sttay afternoon •1by'Sir Hamra Greenwood, Oliief Sec- retary for Tzeland, do an interview, 'Ireland under the Home Rule Act viuiclr is i ow a law can get all ehe wants," he continued, "The ;whole 'policy of the Bt'itisili •Government and 'of'my administration in Ireland is to hand over the govern - anent of Irelandto the Irish; and after the election which is now impending the right anti 'power to govern Ire- land will be tennsferred to the South - 'bre and Norbhern Parliaments, "The accepted Leader of the South- ern Parliament is Eamonn De Valera. 'The Northern Par'ldanient after May 24 will, have as its accepted Leader Sir James Craig. Both these leaders 'en pledge and ,hind the whole of Ire- land. They .have already met and, in my opinion, it is their duty to meet again, and I hope they will. They have the power, and I ate sura the desire, to bring peace to their own. •country. If they went the Imperial .Government to help in any way, that 'Govern'ment will gladly help." The elections in .Southern 'Ireland were completed on Friday, when 125 Sinn Fein members were returned un- -contested. The contested elections in, the North will be on MIRY 24,, when Sir James Craig's ncisition as Leader of Ulster will be consolidated. When that is done it will bo fpoosi'ble for the two Irish leaders to •arrive at an agreement, which will :be ondo'rsed lzy tine British,' lariagink peace to Ireland. Conditions int Irel'and.have been better the pact few days and it is hoped that a truce wtll soon be effected, The situation in Dublin was so much int - Proved on Th rns•dlay that the 'curfew Yeats extended from 10 pan, to 10.30 p.m. Five women will he nominated for the Southern" Parliament and two for the Northern Parliament. Mrs, Clarke, widow of one of the signatories of the Republican procl'atnation during Eas- ter week, 1916, and Mrs. Pearse, znather of Patrick Pearse, who com- manded the Dublin Republicans on that occasion, will etan,d with the Countess, Georgina M'arkievi'cz for Dublin Beate, while Miss Mary Mac - Swiney 'an'd Mrs, Kate O'Callaghan, widow of the Mayor of Limerick, will run, respectively, in Cork and Limer- ick In Ulster Mrs. Chichester, whose bueband commanded a battalion of the Ulster Division in the war, will be a candidate for Londonderry, and Ald'eranan Mrs. McMordie, widow of a former Lord Mayor of Belfast, will make a contest for a Belfast seat, ;EXCHANGE RATES ARE MORE FAVORABLE (Germany's Acceptance of the Allied Ultimatum Has a Beneficial Effect. A despateh from New York says:— Internartdonal money markets, as re- presented by foreign exchange, were further stimulated on Thursday by Germany's 'acceptance of the allied reparations ultintatunt. Demand sterling, or bills on London, rose to $4, the highest level reached • by that remittance since April, 1920, nen they made an extreme rise to French- and Belgian francs at 811 cents showed an overnight gain o8 'about 20 points, and were at maximum 4:els for any period •since the armis- tice. The Italian lire rase 18 points, guil- ders, or Dutch exth: nge, gained 8 I -lints, and marks, cr German bills, :sold at an overnight gain of one-tenth of a cent, rising to 1.70. The greatest gain of any of the minor countries was made by Greece, the drachma scoring an overnight rise sof 75 points to 5.80, eseteetteete. est Dr. James Cotton Whose new ether discovery, It has bean reported, makes any than or wo- nian tell the truth, (It will not he sold for household purposes). Speaker's Chair Gift of United A iDgdo I A despatch from Ottawa says:— Friday, May 20, has been filmed as the day for presentation of the Speaker's chair, which is the gift of the United Kingdom branch of the Empire Par- a Barn entary Asmein thole Former Speaker Lowther of the British Romeo will make the presentation, University Summer Courses. O'ne sof the most hopeful signs in the educational world is the increas- ing demand on the part of teachers In service for 'summer covens that will enable them to improve their academie 'en'd profes'sion'al training This demand seems be be based on the feeling that a new era is 'dawning in education and that those who have ambition for advancement must be prepeeed to take •advanta:ge et the larger eppoa'tenities that will be evadlable. Again, progressive teachers must realize ah'at a crime it is to waste the long two months' vacation "just loafing"; they know that a heal- thy persom does not require eight weeks of "rest"; and they are also fully aware that no successful man or woman in an•y walk of life can afford to cease to be a student. To provide facilities for teachers of this type the University of Toronto conducts, for five weeks in July and August, a summer sess'iom in arts and pedagogy. The seminar course in arts provides a means cf securing the B.A. degree without attendance at the regular university sessions, while the course in pedagogy leads to the post- graduate degrees of. B,Paed. end. D,Paed. A comprehensive calendar has been leeued, giving full particu- lars cf both of these courses. In offering special facilities to the teachers of Ontario the Provincial University is, through these teachers, benefiting rho youth of the whsle Province—anerety another proof; if such were needled, of the thoroughly democratic character of the Univer- sity of Toronto, The Promise -Maker. Airplane Carriers. At Jutland, et .dawn of the drily of battle, a Zeppelin was hovering' oven the 13riti!sh fleet, Here was a prepiteoy and a potent of naval fighting in the future, Before the wee ended a ehan'ge of Meeks in rho whale naval trend was evident,That change is now under way. The Mary that ,swims is begdnin:izdg to glue place to the navy that flies, 'Gre'at Britain now has seven airplane tea, runs, the 'moth'er s'hzps"of the naval planes, Japan to building one eared getting "leunuehi'ng tracks" for two phenol on ogeeof her capitalaehipe. Air fighters assert that .shlips column are az sheep before the but- cher When planes launeh torpedoes; that pianos now. built can carry six 2,000-1'b, bombs, eaph bomb capable of ripping a battlesh'i'p into steel rib- bons orof sinking it, if the charge explodes within thirty yards of the vess'e'l. That planes will make a :fair percentage of hits ds another claimwhile goo bombs dropped' to windward of a battle fleet will slay the men at the guns its a geason'able aoserbton'. Recall, too, that one bit in 1,000 shots was the best 'anti-sstreraft guns could do, though • shooting from a fixed plat- form. Granting that these claims ac'e 'any- where nearly aeourate, the navy that sends fleets to sea, without being as strong in (planes AS the enemy, 'es 'end- ing the sfhipe, the men end the guns to 'a deep-sea ,grave. The planes mast go to the scene of 'action on a carrier. Modern plane-carryingLSdaups will be 30,000 -ton vessels, carrying eightyplanes and shaving a speed of thirty- five knots. They can run away from the heavily armed battleship's making twenty-five knots. It is clear that a right -armed plane carrier "mothering" e s'kyful of planes alight well be able to ranka battleship by means' of •bombs and torpedoes° eend never on much as get a shell scratch on her war paint. There has been a prediction that the navies of the future will tend first to submersible types and then to naiadnavies, Some day the illimnitable banes' of the sky will become the 'battle areasof the woind's squadrons, leaving at peace the "illimitable pathways of the All Together. Each in hisplace does: bis bit, day by day, and the sum total is the world's work , n. If you Palk down eyour job, tite job falls down too, The work depends on the workman. Yon may think you Wilt so small on the landiseape that it `lance no dif- ferenoe whether you stand or fall. But as one thinks and does, the .u1111ons think and do.. - By every ct or failure to act we affect aur company, our city, our na- tion, our earth, in our own time and even to remote posterity. But we oughtn't to let that thought scare us. All that each of us can do is to "carry on," In the spot where his duty has set Trim downy to the best of his ability, • The outcome of hard work, of hon- esty, of thrift, of common decency may be allowed to take care of itself. It is not so important to be spec- tacular or br'tlltant. Very often the spectacular passes like a comet's tail, the brilliancy dies out like a fire in straw, and the slow, safe plod'din'g, that through thick and thin has some- how kept on going, tells at last. People tell us• that civilization is headed for the rocks—that we're go- ing back to the dark ages of barber - That wailof pessimism 1s as old as se hills. The men who are doing the work ave no time for it. Tell it to the ark benches, the idlers at the curb - tones and the crap -shooters' in the ack alleys, but do not try to impose on the workers with that hc'ary lie. Inch by inch, day by day, the world goes•for'ward and the world grows bet- ter by the combined push and pull of all -creation travailing and toiling to- gether; and you and I, just where we are, either .held or hinder. The French axe a •practical folk and la their expertness with Germany have left Paris without any illusions, ti France has- found that Germany is a callous and stubborn debtor, who pays h when she most and only when she 9 must, When the newts that Germany had b undertaken to fulfil th'e demands laid down by the Supreme Counsel reached Paris, not one hat was thrown in the iia'. .Official circles remain, as they gnat it, "expositive." while enofficial quarters are almost pes.simislic. Who, asks the practical Froechman., is going to see to it that Germany karts. her word this time? With. a mtlldcu Frenaltmen standing to their arm:;, Germany agreed to the terms; .but the French aro troubled about it. They ere wondering if they must maintain an army of cccupatioe on the Rhine fcr the next forty-two years, Tho I ren_fh f0s.r is that Germany twill keep her prumiseo just as long s a French ,bayonet is at her throat. This fearis founded upon experience, The French are tired of h':tvi}cg to mobihiee a few army nips every tune th.e German gets another fit of stub: bornn,ss., They fear that tico ngree- men:t fast mate by Germany is but another "scrap of paper." Perhaps. • "Where," asked the female suffrage orator, "omni men be today were It not for woman?" She. paused a 'moment and looked around the hall. "1 repeat," she said, orator, "would men be to -day were it n:ot: for woman ?" "He'd be in the.Gordeu alien eat- ing strawberries," answered a voice from the gallery, Britain to Stop Entry of Money for "Rests" A despatch from London says: -The British Government is considering the possibility of • 'introducing legislation to prohibit the receipt of foreign money in the United Kingd'orn intend- ed to promote a revolutionary prep'a- ganda, Edward ShorttsiSecretary for Home. Affairs, made this announce- ment in the House of Commons on Thursday, in answer to a question. Will Represent Harding Cat, George Harvey, TJ.S, Ambassador to Lond'ou, who will officially repro sent President Harding in the Sts preme Council, r A CHANCE TO KILL TWO BIRDS AT ONCE! Dominion News in Brief Dawson, Y. T.—Extensive gold dredging and hydraulic operations are now under way in this vicinity. It is reported that hundreds of men are being employed, and estimated that the gold yield of the Kdondye this yeatr will approximate $2,000,000. Actual mining will start . within a couple of weeks. Victoria, B.C.—A new coal field has been located at Flores' Island, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. It is the announced intention of the des- eovereree J, McDonald and 'associated, Victo'r'ia, to develop this new flekk Kelowna, 13:C.—Fruit trees here' are in excellent eonditton, prospects being that the crop will be hheavier then that of 1919, and present esbimates of the apple harvest in the district being 900,000 boxes. Over one hundred acres of new trees have been planted this year. Calgary, Alba.—While digging fox water on his farm a short disbance from here, Wnt. Embree stopped work for a manten't to light his pipe, and in s'toopin'g down to do so ignited gas coming from the well. The flame shot several feet in the air and was only put out by the use of ends and earth. This strike of natural gas was made at a depth of 130 feet, and is said to be a wet gee, indenting the probability of oil, Mr. Encbree has now taken out a lease for the pet- roleum and gas right, and the strike, being made so ,close to the city, is likely to be watched closely. Camrose, Alta,—The success of pioneer breeders in Oauada of karakul sheep has resulted in a ,great popular- ity for the valuable animal, thud the industry is spreading over the Do- minion, T. Karsbad, cif this town, is the latest ad'd'ition to the list, having secured a foundation stook of twenty head from Dr. Patrick's Calgary ranch. Regina, Sask.—It is reported that the Imperial Oil Co will erect a $350,- 000 plant at their works here to utilize escaping go's in the manufacture of gasoline. Moose Jaw, Sask.—There is an in- creased demand for experien'cod Tarin laborers in Southern Saslaatohewam, Swift Current reports about 85• re- quired in that'localdty, whfilst several hundred could be placed at Moose Jaw and other points. The average wage being offered by farmers is $60 and board. • In the province of Saskat- eh'ewan during the past week there were 1,156 faint vacancies registered, and of 1,092 farm h'an'ds whe applied for work 1,049 were placed. Moose Jaw, .Sask.—The Imperial Optical Co., whose head office is in Toronto, has opened a brandh factory - here where lenses of all descriptions are now being manufactured. Winnipeg, Man,—As the result of a survey conducted in the prairie provinces by the "Grain Trade News," it is stated that the area of land pre- pared for sealing this spring is ten per cent, greater than in -1920. With the land in excellent condition the full area, it is expected, will be.succes,- 1itll•y sown. Winnipeg, Man,—Nine carloads o'f certified Irish Cobbler potatoes have been ddistri'buted among two thousand five hundred Manitoba fanners for seed purposes; by .the Extension. Branch of the provincial department of agriculture. This is part of the campaign to ensure a goon sped crop of certified disease-free potatoes. Ottawa,, Ont: The nu nber of Can- adians resident in the United State during the last ten years has de- creased by 87,501, compared with an increase of 27,000 in the previous de- cade, according to eta -biotin just given out by the United States Census Bur- eau. The report gives the total num- ber of Canadians in the States as 1,117,136. French-Canadians number 307,681 and show a loss of 77,402 in the ten years, while Canadians of 'other origin number 800,455 and show a loss of 10,099. CANADA PLACES HEAVY RE. STRICTIOY S ON 3 IT SR, 'MIGRANTS A deepat'eh frog» Leaden OS/me- Not within the 'past twenty-five year's has there bean enforced such stringent restriction of emigration from the 'Heated Kingdom to Canada as. is now being carried out by tate Canthdian imrnigration officials hone, Inetruc- tions have been lowed this week to ;mtni.gration agents throughout Great Britain that applications from arti- san and workmen desiring to go to Canada mast be d'e'finitely rejected; that those from inexperienced men wishing to go on the 'land, and those from experienced married agricultural laborers moist be postponed until the Spring of 1922, and that the only class whope entry will be oonsiderod will be experienced amended farm workers desiring to go to Ontario, Manitoba or (in a limited number of oases) Quebec. British C1lumbia wishes net immigranes of any kind. The effect of this rigid enforcement of depart- mental policy will be perceptible in June, for wtieh month the a'toamsluip companies have accepted no thia4- cla0s bookings to Canada, thougia tbis ninth had seen a large exodus, and it had been expected that immigration from Britain to Canada would read/ record figures this year, In view of the Dominion's polio,, es ind1eatock, it is extremely doubtful how Ilon. Mr. Meigltesh will et the June conference view the proposal on its agenda for joint Bsitig'h and Do- minion loans to assist isnnuigration other than that of ex -service men. Canada has so far consistently re'fus'ed to pay new citizens to comp to her. Other Dominions have not been so un- eo» promising in the past, New Zea- land, however, which a few menthe ago announced that it would assist in the payment of prospective settlers' passages, so as to meet the competi- tion of the shorter voyage to :mail, has now withdrawn its offer, and is permitting no immigration of any Sort. The Leading 'Markets. Toronto. Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.84'4 ; No. 2 Northern, $1.821 • No, 3 8 Northern, $1.7811; Ne. 4 wheat, $1.67%. Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 463ie; No. 3 CW, 41r,1c; extra No, 1 feeds, 41r1c; No. 1 feed, 39%c; No. 2 feed, Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, 77%.o; No. 4 CW, 71%c; rejected, 59%c; States feed %e, All'58above in store, Fort William. Ontario wheat—F,oAt. shipping points, nem -ding to freights' outside, No. 2 spring, $1.45 to $1.50; No. 2 winter, $1.55 to $1.60; No, 2 goose wheat, nominal, American corn --Prompt Shipment, No. 2 yellow, e,i,f, bay ports, 71c, nom- inaoe Ontario gabs—No. 3 white, 42 to 44c, according to freights -outside. Barley—Malting, 65eto 70c, accord- ing to freights outside. Ontario flour—Winter, prompt ship- ment, straight run bulk, seaboard, $7. Peas --No. 2, $1.30 to $1.35, Manitoba flour—Track, Toronto - First patents., $10.50; second patents, $10. Buckwheat—No, 2, $1.15 Co $1.20, nomil. Rye—nallo, 2, $1.85 to $1.40. Millfeed—Carlorts, delivered,. To- ronto freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; white 1piddlings, $38; feed flour, $2.15, Cheese—New,, large, 24 to 26c; twins, 241 to 25tee; triplets, 25% bo 26c; old, 1•arge, 33 to 34e; do, twins, 83% to 34%c; triplets, 34% to 35c; New Stilton, 27 to 28c. Butter—Fresih dairy, choice, 26 to 28c; creamery prin•bs, fresh, No. 1, 33 to 35c; cooking, 20 to 22c. Margarine -26 io 28c. Eggs—New laid, 32 to 33c; new laid, in cartons, 35 to 36c. Beans— Can, hand-picked, bushel, $2.90 to $3; princes, $2,40 to $2.50; Lintas, Madagascar, 7 to 8c; California Limas, 10 to 12c• Maple producbs—Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 imp. gals., $2.35; Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c, Honey -60 -30 -Ib. tine, 19 to 20e per lb.; 5 -211 -lb. tins, 21 to 22c per Ib. Ontario comb honey, at $7 per 15 -sec- tion ease. -Smoked meabs-Hams, med., 37 to 89c; heavy, 31 to 32c; cooked, 50 to 55e; .rolls•, 29 to 80c; cottage rolls, 80 to 81e; breakfast bacon, 38 to 42e; special brand .breakfast bacon, 46 to 48c. backs, plain, bone in, 43 to 44c; Toronto, Ont.—In the year 1920, 1,957 settlers were placed en Ontario farms by the provincial Department of Agriculture. Already this year more than 1,500 have been settled. It is estimated that in 1920 British im- migrants to the province brought a total of half a million dollars of capi- tal with them, Chnth.ant, Ont,—A site of about two ;stores has been pureliased by the ' Weaver Garage Manufacturing Co., of Cleveland, on which they propose to erect a pliant for the manufacture of gaasage equipment. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.=W:li'ile bor- ing for artesian water at a depth of. 500 feet, the Soo Falls Brewing Co. struck rich indications of native cop- per. Further development work will be undertaken to ascertain the extent of this discovery. Quebec, Qe.e.—The Government steamer "Arctic," which will leave here in July for the Mackenzie River, has been fitted up -with rigging and sails. The "Arctic" will be propelled by steam and sails, and will bake up her station in the Mackenzie River as a pant vessel in connection with the oil discoveries there. St. John, N:B.--+St. John ,as a pos- sible centre for fuel oil distribution is engaging the attention of oil eompene fes, and, in addition -to the surveys which were made by two corporations, with the view to es'bablishing station's here, one on the West side and the other in the South End, a third com- pany has entered the field, Halifax, N.S.—The "Bluenose,' probable Canadian contender for the international fishing schooner trophy, has left for the banks, and until the lace takes place in the fall will engage in fishing anti justify her existence, not as a racing craft, but in wresting its resources from the ocean, Sydney, N.S.—To help its employ- ees meet the high cost of living during the present period' of depression„ the Dominion Oeet Company, in a circular issued; offer all employees who desire to make gardens, clueing the coming summer the free use of company land, which Will be 'plowed, harrowed and fertilized for then at the company's expense. St. J'ohn's, Nfld.—The nine steamers engaged in this .spring's seal hunt have eeturn.ed to pont with a total catch of slightly less than' 10,0,000 seal's. The high record elf the fleet 'was secured by the "Thetis," 10,000; the "Seal," 19,- 000; ,and the "Viking," 17,000. A no- ticeable feature of this year's hunt Was that of the 1,500 men engaged not one met with inishap of any nature, Not Appetizing. "Get up, Bobbie!" called his another from the bottom of the ratline. "You know the early bird gets the worm." "Is that all you'vo got for break- fast?" replied Bobble, sleepily, as he turned over for an•othar snooze. Football in various forms has been played for nearly 700 straws in Eng- land. Soviet Offers Amnesty to Wrangel's Soldiers A despatch front Riga says:—The Russian Soviet Gavernment has offer- ed amnesty to all the officers and sol- diers of the army ef'General Wrangel, former anti-Bolsheviki leader in South Rinasia, who are . now hiding in the Crimea mountains, pmoviding they sur- render their arms before May 20. • boneless, 4G to 50c. Cured treats—Long clear bacon, 17 to 18e• clear bellies,, 16 , o 17e. Lard—Pure tierces, 13t to 14e; tubs, 14 to 14%c; pails, 14% to 141;i'c; prints, 15% to 16c. Shortening tierces, 11% to 12c; tabs, 12 to 12yac; pails, 12% to 13c; prin'ts, 14 to 14%c. Choice heavy steers, $9 to $10; good heavy steers, $5 to $9; 'butchers' cat- tle, choice, $9 toe51e; do, cam., $6 to $7; do, med., $7 tb' t bubshers' bulls, choice, $9 to $10; doegdod, $6 to $7; do, aim., $4 to $5; Butchers+ cows, choieo;7.50 to $8.75; do, good, $0.60 to $7,5'b;- do, come $4 to $6; feeders, best, $7.7Eto $9; do, 900 lbs., $7.25 to $8.76; do, 800 lbs., $6.75 to $6.75; do, come $5 to $Gi cann'ers' and cutters $2 to $4,50; milkers, good to choice, $75 to $100; do, cont, and rated., $50 to $60; choice springers,, $85 to $110; lambs, yearlings, $1e to .$11; do,spring, $18 o,$14; do -,'new crop, each,, $10 to $i5; hives, good to choice, $11 to $13.50; sheep, $G to $9.50; hogs, fed and watered, $10.50; do, weighed off cars, $10.75; do, f:o.b., $9,75; do, country points, $9.50. Montreal. Oats—No. 2 C.W, 57.e; No. 3 CW, 62'0, Moue,Mon, Spring wheat pats„ firsts, $10,0. Rolled oats, 90 -lb. bag, $3. Bran ,$29,25, Shorts, $31.25. Fray, No. 2, pee ton, car lots, $28 to $24. Cheese, finest eastertss, 22 to 23c. Butter, choicest creamery, 30 to 81c. Eggs, fresh, 37c, Potatoes, per bag, car lots, 65 to 70c. Hogs, $12 to $13 per cwt. Veal calves, $8 to $9. Betty's Definition, - "What," asked Miss Jaime of one of her pupils, "do we mean by the word 'plural'?" Betty responded promptly, "By the plural of a word we mean the same p`lu'g only more of it," It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken B y Jack Rabbit - i ' .. 1e, Y.a. ' M� _. f Lt @F YOU ®$il�"� l a���� st ,� � � pry. a y , r• ',,v, `` ,,,``��.\v'+.��`�"�-.�`C,+�.._�:' WART BOOK HPtVE You GCfC "l1-(c,`Rt, ` Mt2t800KWo121h? yVt2 t USEFUL goon. Ct�t L�'o -*1-1:4\11/41 TO AC.QUIR' ja GOot3 CA221i'+G' r` t. t. Vii'} ` i�`l"' ,c4, $s. tint u�tF. it,! �i l •: 4x ch y? t if� , .p v"4y� cf1 Gar Civ.Nom INA('a.A1S-C4 — tTf S' S .qFct4 WAYS TO 012,1FUAI P4 AU rOTACY LE a � . �i ' �r ,- '`�" s . � . .` f .. .. .'1'(�,'�✓'yC+t'�,• :, 4! � dt,Kt�: ts�t i€li 4ll 1 $. }oar ,Yl c 4, 1, 1, ,r lid 41, 11 � 'un t,S„ e P K�7 { • k y�,•..,S,^ �r �l�S:x`�t •" -' • 15,000 PULP WORKERS ON STRIKE Newsprint Production is Cut Down by More Than 60 Per Cent. A despatch from New York says:— leformation received here by union officials indicated that more than 9,- 000 paper mill•workers in the United States and Canada went on strike on Wednesday, marrying, making a total of about 15,000 workers who have • gone out since May 1 as the result of wage redactions of 80 per cent. pro- posed by the manufacturers. TJnion leaders declare that the seven mills forced to -close down on Wednesday. produce 4,000 tons of newsprint paper daily, or about 60 per cent, of the total output. Newsprint on hand is sufficient for 60 days. A despatch from Montreal says:— Employees of the Abitibi Pulp & Paper Mills at Iroquois Falls went on strike on Wednesday to enforce a drat ; mend far a 10 per cent. incrsa'se "- wage's. Six bunkbed men were employed at the mii•ls and alt left work , at the expiration of the old wage agreement. They are members. of the Internation- al Union for Pulp ant Paper Mekong. A deepabch from Sudbury sayc:— Approxinrately 700 men ceased work Wednesday nt•orning at the Espanola trill of the Spanish Pulp & Paper Co., pending settlement of diff'erence's with the company. A despatch front Sault Ste. Mario, Ont,, say's:—Twenty-one hundred and fifty men are out of employment as a result of the closing down of the three pulp and paper mills of the Spanish River Pulp & Paper Co, in the Sault, Espanola and 'Sturgeon Foals. In concert with alt the paper mills throughout Canada and the United States, the mills here will re- main closed until the settlement re- garding wages is effected. A despatch from Ottawa says:— The situation at the E. B. Eddy mills, where the employees have been on strike far a week, retrains unchanged. The Eddy ennployees walked out when the m'anagemen't announced a twenty per cent, reduction in wages', effective May 2. About 350, then are affected. Silesian Rad Faith, There ism the making of first-class trouble in the tSilesl'an situation. Practically every nation having any- thing to de with the matter is being charged with ugly treachery and had faith. Italy e•ee'ms to be the one ex- ception, The Italian ferns followed the orders off bhe Entente Ceuncil that put them in Silesia. They fought the invasion and they fought to hurt. •Germany 'ch'arges that France and England knew all about the Polish plans and did nothing. It is passing strange that Warsaw should know no- thing about the trouble far two clays and not till after the Poles had taken about all the territory they could hope to he'll. There are indications that the French are not avcro to teeing the Poles 'held all of Silesia they want, The broad outline's of the situation are these. The Peace Treaty provided for a ptebis:cite to determine whether Silesia should be German or Polish. The balloting was duly held with plenty of charges of trickery and bets faith on both sides. It was a sort oaf nixed victory for the German's, the sum total of votes favoring Germany by about two to one, with the Poles carrying many of the agricultural dis- tricts and mining centres. The pl'ebisoite was h'cld late in March. No rulings or interpretations on the vote have been handed down by the Entente. The Poles, the losers in the balloting, start a surprise move- ment that is a mixed invasion, insur- rection and riot. Such authority as :the F,.J,stente claims in Upper Silesia has been flouted, Entente forces have been driven out .by the Poles. Adalbert Korfattty, a sort of imitator of bhe Ibelian D'Annu:nzio, who was ht charge for Poland during the pleb- iscite, is leading the inva'dcrs and riot - ere. FIe openly defies the Entente, says that he is ready for a guerrilla warfare against Entente troops and will mainbain An army of occupation of 30000 uten. Silesia Wray be largely Slav and probably is. The Germans may have wen by trickery, and they probably chid. Batt the manner of whining should be determined bj the authority that authorized the balloting and not one al! the interested parties. A Polish adrventurer should not be allowed to dictate what shall bo done. On the face off the situation, Ger• nosey is right an a1aiit3img all this con- stitutes a violation of the Treaty. It is on the point that the Entente and not Po'Pned shall snake the tinct ad- justment that the Entente must assert itself. Ordbr must be restored. in Silesia., the ootmtry put hook where it was before the Polish move, or the Entente mast admit that it canter cntorce its own ordcre,, or that it done not core to do 'so in certain instataseos,