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Milli011 News in Brief
Victoria, ./3, (1—British Columbia is
expooting to ship live Winand caa.
loads of, APPlos contaluing 8,750,0Q0
boxee in 1021, This quantity will be
double the aliment of the alliPeeente
last year and conetitete the largest
export the peovince has ever effected.
A. partial realization of the develop -
meat of the British Columbia apple
industry may reached when one
takes into consideratioii that twenty
rem 'ago the province was imPortillg
this fruit,
Edmonton, Alta.—There is no more
deal ranching country in the Dornin
don of Candia than that lying along
the Keg River and, adjacent streams
in the Peace River in the 'belief of
Ierank Jackson, who owns what is
considered the finest ranch in the north
country. This is located about hale
way between Peace River Crossing
and Fort Vermillion, He has the in-
convenience of hewing to travel 250
miles for Ms mail, but states enthusi-
astically that the beauties of the
ranch, the excellency and extent of
the paaturage, and the (inmate of the
dietrict are more than ample compen-
sation,
Regine, Sask.—Prizes in soveval of
the cattle show sections at the Regina
summer fair will be auginented by a
gift from the American Shorthorn
Breeders, Assaeiation, Chicago, ac-
cording to announcement. The Am-
erican Association Will also duplicate,
dollar for dollar, the prizes won by
American shorthorns which may be
shown at the Regina Fair this sum-
mer,
Winnipeg, Man.—A heavy 419119-
inent of Poles from the middle West -
'ern States into Manitoba is in pros-
pect, according to Vincent A. Daniel -
ski, of Chicago, representative of the
Union Liberty Company, a $7,000,000
corporation Which directs the welfare
of the Poles of the United. States and
settles...them on land where they will
engage solely in agriculture on 30,000
acres of land in Manitoba. It is the
intention to bring -to Canada probably
20000 of these 'United States Poles.
-The company will extend its work
into Ontario; ,Saskateliewan, and Al-
berta, and the movement is expected
to be very extensive.
Ottawa, Ont.—Canada's birth rate
for- 1920 was 27.47 per thousand as
against a death rate of 13.31 per thou-
sand. The marriage rate during the
same period-- was 8.94 per thousand.
The province of Quebec has' the high-
est birth and death rates followed by
New Brtentieetch. British Celumbia
end the ereiele provinces have the
lowest rate in births and deaths, The
totals for the Dominion for the year
thew 247,219 •births, 80,472 elareleges,
and 110,827 deaths.
Montreal, Qtle,—"We have fifty
lion dollars to speed on aur pat and
Me want le get poietai on the best
Way to lay it out, so eve inc to
liloot-
veal," said the mayor of the city af
Baltimore who, with four. other ofil-
Wale of that eity, and port officials
of New York and Peiladelphin, spent
two days investigating the system of
operation and eacilitia existing hc tho
port of Montreal. eoreeight and
courage oe those originally ranee-
sible for the development of this
great port was wonderful," he went
on, "and as a result CiTnade possesses
a port which. Mt -hough nearly a thou-
sand miles from the sea is yet
ainonget the first of world ports."
Feederletort. N, B.—Operations of
the Anglo -Persian Oil Company are
Lame carried on in the province en
an active scale, The company has n-
eatly engaged a large number of
Canadien drillers for service it, the
province, and it is. intended to con-
sikeably extend the snipe of the work
carried on during the pea two years.
The present gas field is Inc:atm! in Al-
bert County, and the oil and gas
eeetie to be tested lie in the comities
of Albert, Westmorland, and Kent. In
addition to drilling operations pro-
gi.ess 10 'being -made on the systematic:
development of the oil shaie deposits.
Ae Baltimore in Albert county the
company is erecting a shale retorting
plant to he in operation this year. An
appropriation of $6,250,000 has been
sot aside for this and other develop-
ment work.
Iialifax, N. S:—C,onsiderable inter-
est Is centred on the report of a gold
strike at Oldham, Halifax County,
where a serpentine lead of free gold
is said to have been discovered. Re-
port haa it that with the quartz re-
moved the ore should run from $30
to $40 per ton. About eighty claims
have been staked -out in the vicinity.
Digby, N. S.—The lobster season
has 'just closed, .andait has been a
prospeeous. one for Nova .Scotia. The
shipment of live lobsters, from Yar,
mouth 'by steamer totalled. 21,484
crates as compared with- 16,471 last
year: In addition there were 6,744
crate carried to the 'United States
markets direct by United States fish-
ing boats as compared with 4,774 in
1920.
WAR BREAKS OUT
AGAIN IN BELFAST
Two Officers Are Wounded
While Answering Riot Call.
A despatch from London says:
While Lloyd George and de Valera
were thrashing out peace matters on
Thursday in London, the Ulsterites
and Sinn Feiners reopened hostilities
in Northern Ireland. They began a
pitched battle at Belfast, which be-
came more and more serious as the
day wore on.
Margaret Walsh, a young girl, who
was wounded in the head, died at six
o'clock on Thursday night. District
Inspector McConnell and Sergt..Tay-
or were wounded while answering El
riot call in the Short Strand district.
The firing in York Street continued
for three hours. Train cars were
attacked and alleged iSian Fein.ers
were dragged from the cars and
beaten. Women and: children in the
east end aided the men in piling
stones and loading revolvers, urging
the men to -"go for the enmy."
Military assistance was called for,
but all efforts to quell the disturbances
were unsuceessful, despite the fact
that motor cars were brought into
use.
Outside of Belfast, Ireland is quiet.
Just before 10 o'clock the rioting
had spread to the heart of the city,
a fierce battle occurring in Royal
Avenue and abutting streets. The po-
lice fired into the crowds. It is re-
ported that one military officer was
shot dead. William Grant, Unionist
M.P. from North Belfast, -was shot
in the chest during the rioting.
The rioting ceased like magic when
the curfew rang at 10 o'clock.
Railway Commissions
Fix Freight Rates
A despatch from Ottawa says:—The
Booed of Railway Commissioners an-
nounces that in accordance with the
judgment and order of the board, dat-
ed January 14, 1921, the rate of ex-
change in connection 'with shipments
of reight between pellets hi Canada
and the United States, from July 15
to July 31, inclusive, will be 14 per
cent., and the rate of surcharge of
the said traffic will be eight per cent.
The rate of surcharge on international
passenger business will be based' on
14 per cent. exchange.
The man who spends Much time in
getting even has that much less tiMe
to spend in getting ahead.
Expect Industrial
Revival in Eng,land
A despatch from London says:
—The most threatening clouds
in the industrial sky have been
cleared away, and for the time
being there is nothing to prevent
progress towards an industrial
revival. The last big difficulty
was disposed of by the engineers'
ballot, which, by a majority of
66,000, accepts the employers'
proposed wa.ge cuts. A general
resumption of work in the coal
pits has taken place, but the
miners are already complaining
that some coal owners are not
paying the minimum wage:
DROUGHT AT END
IN ENGLAND
Crowds Watch Rainfall, An
Unusual Sight in London.
A despatch from London says:—
After virtuaiily a three months'
drought, which scorched- grass lands
and caused the burning, of many acres
of furze woods throughout Great Bri-
tain, ram ll fell in various parts of the
country and London on Theirs/ley
afternoon. The unusual sight was
watched by crowds in the city and
in the west end. After recovering
from then, su-rprise, numbers of per-
sens rushed indoors to spread :the
news, which brought out other eager
watchers.
The heaviest fall occurred in the
south of England and Wales where
a steady three-hour downpour came
just in time to save some of the -crops,
To • Colonize the
ift
Arctic Regions
A desnateh :from Walla Walla,
Wah., says:—Villejalmur Stefansson
10 organizing a new expedition to the
Arctic, which will leave Seattle about
August 6, according to a statement
made privately Tuesday. This expe-
dition will be for commercial pur-
poses, and, it is supposed, will take
colonists into the Arctic Circle.
Stefansson stated that the North
would be populated within the next
30 years, and that the development
would ,be
Allan Crawford, of Toronto and E.
L. Knight of McMinnisville, Oregon,
members of former expeditions, are
in Walla Walla in conference with
Stefansson, and it is thought that
Knight will head the•new expedition.
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COLONIAL PREMIERS GO FOR A FLIGHT IN R-36.
Photo shows a group evening their turn to climb the mooring meat and
enter the big vessel.
The Leading Markets.
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northam,
$1.83%; No. 2 Northern, $1.80%; No.
3 Northern, $1.76'4.
Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW, 50%c;
No. 3 CW, 47% c; e'tra No. 1 feed,
470' No. 1 feed, 4614c; No. 2 feed,
44%c.
Manitoba .barley—No. :3 CW, 81'4,c;
No. 4 CW, 77%e; rejected, 71%c;
1!e° 70
Ah the above in store, Fort William.
American oorn—No. 2 yellow, 75c;
nominal,c.i.f., Bay porta.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 40 to
42e.
Ontario wheat—No. 2.Winter, nom-
inal, per car lot; No. 2 Spring, nom-
inal; No. - 2 Goose wheat, nominal,
shipping points, according to freight.
Peas—No.- 2, nominal.
. Berleae-Malting, 65 to 70c,. accord-
ing to freights outside.
• Buckwheat—No. 3, nominal.
Rye—No. 2, $1.25, according to
freights outside.
Manitoba flour—First pats., $10.50;
second pats., $10, Toronto.
Ontario flour—$7,40, bulk seaboard.
lefillfecd — Delivered, Montreal
freight, bags included; bran, per ton,
$98 to $25; shorts, per ton, $23 to $27;
good feed flour, $1,60 to $1.75 per bag.
Hay—No. 1, per ton, $17 to $19;
mixed, $8 to $10; straw, ear lots, per
ton, $10.
Cheese—New, large, 28 to 24c;
twins, 23% to 2414,e; triplets, 244 to
26e; old, large, 33 to 34e; do, twins,
34 to 35c; triplets, 34% to 35%c; new
Steiton, 25 to 26c.
Butter—Fresh dairy, ch ire, 30 to
32c; creamery, prints, fees..., No. 1, :36
to 36c; cooking, 23 to 25c.
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
40e; roosters, 20c; fowl, 30c; duck-
lings, 35e; turkeys, 60c.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 30c;
roosters, 16c; fowl, 22c; ' ducklings,
80e; turkeys, 50e.
Margarine -20 to 22c.
Eggs—No, 1, 38 to 39c; selects, 41
to 42c; cartons, 43 to 44c.
Beans --Can. hand-picked, bus.,
$2.95 to $3; primes, $2.40 to $2.50.
Maple products—Syrup, per imp.
gal., , $2.50; per 5 imp. gals., $2.35.
Maple sugar, lbs., 19 to 22c. . -
Honey—Old, C0 -30 -lb. tins, 19 to
20c per Ib.; 5-2%-1b. this, 20 to 21c
per eb„ Ontario comb honey, at $7 per
15 -section ease
Smoked meats—Hams, med., 38 to
40e; heavy, 30 to 31c; cooked, 58 to
62e; rolls, 27 to 28e; cottage rolls, 30
to 31e; breakfast bacon, 33 to 88c;
special brand breakfast bacon, 45 to.
47c; backs, 'boneless, 42 to 47c.
Cured, meats—Long clear bacon, 17 s
to 194c; clear bellies,
Lard—Pure, tierces, 14% to 15c; fi
tubs, 15 to 15%c; pails, 15% to 16c;
prints, 16 to 17c. 'Shortening, tierces,
12% to 12%c; tubs, 12 to 18%c;
ip5aase,. 13% to 13%c; prints, 15% to
Chola heavy steers, $7.25 to $8;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.75;
do, good, $6.75 to $7,25; do. med.., $5.25
to $6.75; do, com., $3.75 to $5.25;
butcher heifers, choice, 8725 to $7.75
$4.50; canners and cutters, $1 to $2.50;
butcher bulls, good $4.25 to $5.25;
do, com., $8 to $4; feeders, good, 900
lbs„ $5.50, to $6; do, fair, $5 to $5.50;
milkers, 1145 to $05; springers, $55
to $75; calves, choice, $9 to $10; do,
med., $7 to $8.50; do, com, $4 to $6.50;
kembs, yearlings, $7 to $8; do, spring,
$10.50 to $11; sheep, choice, $4,50 to
$5.50; do, good, $4 to $4.50; do, heavy
and bucks, $2 to $3.50; hogs, fed and
watered, 11; do, country points, $10;
do, Lob., $10.25.
Montreal.
Oats—C.W., No. 2, 61%e. CW, No.
3, 58% to 50c. Flour—Man, Spring
wheat pats., firsts, $10.50. Rolled oats
—'bag, 90 lbs:, $3 to $3.05. Bran—
$25.25. Shores—$26.25, Hay—No. 2,
per ton, car lots, $25 to $27.
Cheese finest easterns, 23 to 23efic.
Butter, choicest creamery, 37 c.
Eggs, selected, 42 to pc. Potatoes,
per bag, car lots, 45e.
Good' veal, $7; med., $3,50 to $6;
grass, $2 to $2.50. Ewes, $2 to $4;
lamb, good, $8.60 to $9.50; common,
$6 to :Pa Hogs, sows and heavies,
$6,50 to $7.50.
REACH 'IREEMENT
0i,1 REPARATIONS
French Minister and German
Delegation Come to Under-
standing.
A despatch from Paris says:—Its
work here completed, the German fin-
ancial delegation, which under the
leadership of Herr Guggenheimer,
principal assistant to Walther Rath-
enau, Berlin's Minister of Reconstruc-
tion, has ,been discussing the question
of reparation "payments in kind with
Louis Loucheur, Minister of Liberated
Regions, has left Paris for Berlin,
According to information received
in a high official etnerter, eomprehen-
sive accord has 'been reached on all
points -at issue between the two Gov-
ernments. The details of the settle-
ment are not forthcoming, but it is
understood a detailed plan was drawn
up defining exactly what proportion
of the monetary value of Gamanyes
deliveries of housing and other ma-
terials should be credited her forth-
with on the reparations account.
Originally, Rathenau had asked that
French Government pay into the cof-
'ars of the Reparation Commission on
Berlin's behalf the full market price
of the materials delivered,.
-The preliminary negotiations con -
luded on Thursday will be followed
beetly by another 'conference between
Loucheur and Rathenau at -which a
nal agreement probably will be
signed.
Si. John's, Nfld.—Speaking of the
importation of Cattle into Newfound-
land, Lord Morris, formerly premier
of the island, said: "During the last
hundred years seven -eighths of the
cattle imported into Newfoundland
are from Canada. They average
13out 3,000 head a year.''
do, med,, $5.76 to $7.25; butcher cows; c
choice, $4.50 to $5.50; do, med., $3 to a
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30,000 BRITISH ARMY 'LLOYD GEORGE AND' DE .
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HORSES TO BE KILLED
Too Expensive to Transport
Tern from Mesopotamia
to England,
A. despatch from London ouyst--
gorse lovers throughout rho country
have 'boon shocked by Colonial Secre-
tary Winston Churchill'enneuece-
Mont M the House of C0111111011$ that
/30,000 army horses lit Mesopotamia
aro ½ be Jollied, because A is too ex-
pensive to bring them home, It Wail
explained that they are mainly ,heavy
cleauglit horsee for whith there is no
that
RN to 'bring a horse from the East
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the difficulties and cost of teammate -
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to England, not counting horsonen's
tiosnhitipipeinne; ameeenainsiatlytoibecoPett'sehxitiotivteo.
Tho War Office view is I:hat 11 10
better for the horses to he killed hu-
manely and scientifically than to be
left in the hands of natives who would
not care for them propeely, and no
one wouid suggest turning them adrift
in the desert
Tavern Signs of London
Honor Notables.
The personal eeemont in tavern
signs is abundantly illustrated in Lon-
don, England, remarks The Manches-
ter Guardian. A few years ago an
analysis, of the names of public houses
Published in Kelly'e Directory showed
that all the moat famous. British kings
and queens can be found on the lig,
ill addition to fifty-two King's Arms,
thirty-five King's Heads,, sixteen
Queen's, Armsand thirtyeseven
Queen's Heads. Nineteen. mats take as
their patron the Duke of Wellington
and seventeen Lord Nelson, A Callao -
lie national portrait gallery could, In-
deed, be brought together from the
London sign -beanie. It would find
room for Nell Gwynne• as well as Bish-
op Bonner, for Lord Sohn Russell as
well as. Cardinal Wolsey, for Captain
Cook as well a Robin Hood, and for
Sir Isaac Newton as well aa Themes
Becket. Perhapeethe most interesting
of all tbo Material associations is
the reminder, in the name of Peter
the Great, at Deptford, of the reat
Czar's apprenticeship in a eehames.
shipyard.
The most surprisiu-g diecovery is of
the, part English literature has played
10 suggesting names for London tav-
erns. Five aro called after Ben John-
son, one after Macauley, one after Mil-
ton, one. after Robert Burns,, six after
Shakespeare, one after Sir Richard
Steele—an inn on Haverstock Hill,
Hampstead, where Sir Riehard had a
cottage—and one after Sir Walter
Scott Literature is further repro -
seated in a Comus, a Robinson Crusee,
a Sir John. Falstaff and a Vicar of
Wakefield.
Frenchman Dies o
Return from Canada
. —
A despatch from Paris says:—Pro-
fessor Limeann of the Academy of
Sciences, who was a member of the
French mission which visited Canada
recently to thank the Dominion for
the part she played in the war, died
on board the steamer France as he
was returning from America,
Balancing With Snails.
A snail that is placed on an inclined
plane always crawls toward the high -
at part. Georges Dombrovar, the
French aviator, once placed an the up-
per plane of his. airplane eighty-eight
pounds of snails, two-thirds of which
ware the large snow snails of Bour-
gogne. After rising to a height of per-
haps fifteen hundred feet he was able
to take his hands off the controls tor
the rest of the two houns of flight.
Whenever the machine dipped, either
laterally or longitudinally, the swills
moved in a moss toward the upper
part of the plane and re-established
the equilibrium.
Further Instruction.
An old man event to• the doctor for
a prescription for an ailment from
which he suffered. The nectar. nume
up a prescription and gave it to him.
The next day, however, found the
old man back at the doctor's surgery.
"How do you feel naw?" the doctor
asked.
"Just about lite same, stnanswered
the old man.
"Did you lave the pills made from
the presoriptiou I gave you?"
"Yes, Mr,"
"Amidid you take thorn?"
"Na. sir."
"But why not?"
"Because, doctor, the label on the
box said, 'Take ono pill three limos a
day.' Well, I couldn't understand how
I was going to take one pill more than
once, so I've come back -for further in-
structions."
Fere removing rusted screws from
metal a screwdriver him been invented
that is operated, by a ratchet in a
handlie extending te one side id itt an
angle to affocxi leverage.
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A ciespateh kern London eaysie- Xis the email room tedjoining the
Presiiees study, the coeple talked
without tieing interruPted, nen,
mainly imam the Premier had to
attend aa important banquet Thur. -
day eight, they adjourned until Fre.
day, After the meeting 'both parties
agreed to hand the precis the follow-
ing statement
"Lloyd George end de Valera met
as arranged at 4.30 Thursday after-
noon at 10 Downing Street, They were
alone and the convereation lasted lentil
after 7 pen. A free exchange of viewe
took place and relative positions were
defined. The conversations wile be
resumed on Friday tet 11.30 a.m."
Amid cheers and elle waving of Sinn
Fein flags, de Valera then drove to his
headgnarters at the Grosvenor Hotel,
whore he oonfeered with Griffiths and
Stack.
VALERA CONFER IN LONDON
Premier Lieeni" George and Eamon» do
Valera Parleyed for tWtl and a bele
hours In Downhig Street Thursday
Liftman. As a reale of their pre-
1'iinim:11y tionferenee the delve for
peelee between Nagle:eel and Ireland
will be intenedfied.
It is steiied, by reliable sources that
definite proposals were debated at the
meeting which cannot be committed
bo concrete form 'by Lloyd George
until lie has again camellia] with Sir
James Craig.
The talk 'between the two lenders
was conducted behind rigidly eloped
doors, while 5,000 Irishmen and wo-
Men =seed in Whitehall, sang Re-
pue'dican and old Irish songs. The
crowd gave de Valera a tremendous
reception when he 'arrived in 3 lim-
ousine with Commandant Barton and
Arthur O'Brien.
King's Influence
Points to Peace
A despatch from London says:
—"I have met the Cabinet and
reported to King George," said
Premier Lloyd George on Thurs-
day evening in referring to his
meeting with De Valera. "The
Ring is taking the keenest and
closest interest in the proceed-
ings. It is to his intervention
that so much is attributable.
We owe him a deep debt of
gratitude for this, one of the
greatest of the services he has
rendered to the world.
"There is a remarkable trans-
formation going on. The least
that is said on the subject at the'
present time the better, but
there has been a great change."
COTTON CROP -TOTALS
19,595,000 BALES
United States Produces 13,-
360,000 Bales—Egypt.
. 1251,000.
A despatch from Washington
says:—The world cotton crop for the
year 1920-21 is placed at 19,596,000
bales of 500 pounde gross, or 478
pounds net, by the United States Bur-
eau of Markets and Crop Estimates,
Department of Agriculture, which
based its calculation on the hest in-
formation a:vailabie. The Bureau of
the Census, Commerce Department,
places the wake production of com-
mercial cotton at 19,830,000 bales of
500 pounds net, exclusive of linters.
The Depatment of Agriculture's
figures were made up as follows:
United States, 4,13,366,000 bales;
India, 2,976,000; Egypt, 1,251,000;
China, 1,000,000; Russia, 180,000;
Becht, 100,000; Mexico, 165,000; Peru,
157,000, and all other countries,
400,000.
University Expansion.
Tenders for a new Anatomy Build-
ing for the University of Toronto will
be advertised within a few days, This
is the building stipulated by the
Rockefeller Foundation as a condition
necessary to the granting of the en-
dowment of one million dollars for
research in Medicine in the Provincial
'University. During the recent ses-
sion of the Legislature there was a
good deal of doubt whether the mil-
lion dollar endowment could 'be se-
cured, but, recognizing the need for
every dollar that can be obtained for
the University, the Government gave
its promise that the Anatomy
Building would •at once be proceeded
with. On the strength of this 'prom-
ise, the Rockefeller foundation has
forwarded the first quarter's instal-
ment of the annual interest of *50,000.
This money is to be used for the
furtherance of medical knowledge and
for this 'purpose only. 'With this ad-
ditional income, and a new building,
which has been urgently needed for
years, the University of Toronto will
be better equipped to produce the best
physicians and surgeons that can be
had. Because it is a question of the
lives of the people of the country no
legitimate expense can be spared in
providing for medical education.
This Rockefeller endowment puts
the Faculty of Medicine of the 'Pro-
vincial -University on a satisfactory
basis, but other faculties and depart-
ments are still struggling to do their
work on 'a totally inaclequete revenue.
If, at the next session of the Legia-
lature, the Ontario Government adopts
the Reinert of the Royal Commiseion
on University leinanca, the present
deplorable condition of affairs can be
remedied and the University of To-
ronto will 'be in a position to serve
the Province as it should and as 11 15
anxious to do. The present necessity
for standing still as far as new de-
velopments are concerned is injurious
both to the University and to the
Province.
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LIFE IF THE:
SAFE WEAKENS
Why Canada Will Support
Armenian Orphans.
The following statements are made
by Rev. I. W. Pierce, a Canadian Mis-
sionary, who was in Turkey during
the war:
"Foe five hundred yeara, Armenia
has consistently sustained her Chris-
tian faith in the midst of a tanatical
Moslem people. Periodical outbreaks
'of massacre have occurred throughout
that time with the ever repeated de-
mand. that Armenia renounce Chris-
tianity me the price of her freedom,
I went through the massacres of 1915,
myself, and saw how thousand's of,
people remained 'faithful unto death.'
"In my own community, 11 heard our
Protestant pastor demand' of his peoe
pie to lay dawn any arms that they
possessed and to trust to God for their
help.' Many did it—some did not.
Tho number of ea-ses is surprisingly
large where God did take care of in-.
dividend families and saved them.
‘Veen I was leaving Armenia at a'
farenell meeting (held in secret) the
leader said: 'Go home and tell your
people that Armenia has but two
friends—God in Heaven and the Chris-
tian Missionary on earth.'
"The despair of Armenia is peen -
liar at the present moment. She has
no Government. The slow working
out of international politics has left
her now (after two years) without
political protection. The remnant of
the people live in daily fear and can-
not possibly settle down to the peace-
ful pursuits of life that alone can lead'
to self-support. The situation of pov-
arty in Armenia has never been so
bad since the end of the war,
"Ninety .per cent. of the bread win-
ners have been massacred, leaving
250,000 orphans and thousands ct
widows upon our hands for support.
"They are turning away hundreds
and thousands of orphans of the mace
settees to perish because there is not
bread' enough in the orphanages to
supply them. Let no one doubt the
extreme statements that are beteg
made about Armenia's agony. I have
evitnessed it with my own eyes, and
it -is in no way to 'be discounted. ..
"Nothing short of the combined ef-
forts of the united Christian peoples
of the earth can alleviate this situa-
tion during the next few years and
especially now.
"The actual work of our Relief in
Armenia -is organized largely by the
help of Christian Missionaries of all
denominations, who are administering
food and clothes, wisely, sympatheti-
cally, and with the end of that relief
serving the Cause of Our Master.
"As lor the Turksthey are report-
ed to have entertained ore of the
distinguished prisoners in their capi-
tal city according to the highest stan-
dards of military etiquette and luxury,
even offering to put at their disposal
a 'harem of Circassian beauties.' The
Turk is quite subtle enough to treat
even his enemies with the finest cour-
tesy when it pays.
"But what of the men of the Tank
and file? Into the city of Tarsus the
Turks brought 250 of our British Tem-
mies, the de -fenders of Kut, worn out
with the brutalizing they had received
at the hands of their captors. They
were turned, over to the American
Mission because of their weakened
physical condition. They had received
treatment not unlike that which had
been administered to the Armeniens.
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aside of one month one hundred. and
hirty of the two hundred ane fifty
were dead.
"Shall I ever forget that day in
the city of Beirut when a little group
of us stood on the sidewalk and watch-
ed the humiliating spectacle of our
British Tommies and some of their
oeficers paraded up and down the
treets of the city ,f19 animals of a
ircus menagerie, and the street ache
ns following after them.
"La no one exonerate the Turk by
laming the Germans. Hietory en-
tirely repudiates such an attempt.
"I am more and more convinced that
he world has no adequate idea of
what has h:e pened in Armenia dur-
itg these past few years or we would
11 be more interested in the situa-
ion. What a pity it is that in the
ours° of world politics the Turk has
lever received. what he has merited,
y way of su,ppression. He l6 utterly
nfit to govern oilstone. The Armen -
an race is not perfect by any nleane,
ut on the whole, I have a dein res-
ect for them, and I believe that yet
hey will arise from the Weeekage
leie devastated land and play a
rong part in the development of
silt Minor.
"Tho Armeniane were" our Allis isa-
he world war, and sacrificed even a
rater proportion of their men to. the
oninuni cense than did any other nee
on."
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