HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1921-9-22, Page 7LLOYD GEORGE CANCELS CONFERENCE
WITH SINN FEINERS AT 1NV RNFSS
New Crisis in Irish Affair's When i Valera P? eases Claim That
Ireland is a Sovereign State ---Door Still. Opera to.Fur-
ther Negotiations ---Text of Vaalera's Letter Can 3-
illg Break and Premier's Reply.
A despatch from London says;. -.-
The Irish negotiations cantle to a erleie
•on Thursday involving the eaaleallatien
of the aerangehtents' foe the confer-
ence let Inyerness next week and im-
Plaine the liosaibility of the British
Government having to eonsicler a new
course of a3tllin,
This new sitniition follows wain the
publioation i11 Dublin alt Tleursslay
eftet'noon of a letter from de Valera
to Lloyd. George, declaring that the
Irish nation r'eeogeizea itself as a
sovereignState, and that it is only
ae representatives of that acveretgn
State that the Sinn Fein Cabinet hes
autlfari.ty or piiwer to act.
A despatch from Dublin says:—The
text of the letter of Fannon de Valera,
aecepting'the invitation to the Tenser -
nese Conference;' but udder attain
conditions, follows
"We are'nnhesitating' in declaring
our willingness to enter n conference
to ascertain how the assoei'aation of
Ireland with the community of nations
known as the British Empire can best
bo reconciled with Irish national as-
ph'attion•s.
"Our readiness to contemplate such
411 association) was indi•c•atedin our
letter of August 10. We have accord-
ingly summoned the bail, that we
may submit to it for ratification the
names of the representatives it is our
intention to propose. We hope that
these representatives will find it porn
alible to be at Inverness on the date
you suggest, September 20,
"In this final note we deem it ours
duty to reaffirm that our position is,
and can only be, as we have defined it
throughout this correspondence. Our
nation has formally' declared its -inde-
pendence •and recognizes itself, as a'
sovereign State. It is only 'as repre-
sentatives of that State and as its
chosen gnardlene that we have auth-
ority or powers to act on behalf of
our people.
"As regards the principle of govern-
ment by consent of the governed, in
the very nature of things it must be
the basis of any agreement that will
achieve the purpose we have at heart
—that is, the final reconciliation of our
nation with yours.
"We have suggested slo interpreta-
tion of that principle save its, every-
day interpretation, the sense, for ex-
ample, in which it was understood by
the plain men and; wamen of the world
when on January 5, 1918, you said: -
" 'The settlement of Europe must
be based on such grounds of reason
and justice as Will give some promise
of stability. Therefore, it is that we
feel that government with the •censent
of the governed mutt' be the basis of ,
any territorial settlement in this war.'
"These words are the true answer
to the critiaisnil of cur position which
your hist letter puts •forward•. The
principle 14,4s e!nderatood then -to mean ,
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the fight of nation. that had been an-
nexed to Empires against their will
to free themselves from the grappling
hook. That is the sense in which we
understand it. In reality, it is your
CMolernniebt, when it seske to ren
otn aUieielit nation mit to ;:at'taticn it
telrltory, that woid'give to the ;pi'11
cinlo stn interpretation that wail
undermine the. fabric Of every demo
eretie State and drive the civllize
world. bads; into trib:•ilisr,
"1 am; Sir, faithfully yearn,
"Eamon do Valera,'
A. despatch from London says:—
Premier Lloyd George telegraphed
de Valera from Gairloch, Scotland, the
following camellaticn of thea Inverness
Conference:
"1 informed Your eneissal'ieS ., who
came to me,here; on Tuesday, the
13th; that reiteration of your claim
to negotiate with Isis Majesty's Gov
eminent as representatives of an inde
pendent and sovereign State would
make a conference between us iniyos
siblo. They brought me a' letter i
which you specifically reaffirm the
cls im, stating that your nation has
formally declared its independence an
recognizes itself as a sovereign Stat
and 'it is only,' you added, 'as repre
sentatiyes of that 'State and as it
chosen guardians that eve have an
authority or powers to act on behalf
of our 'people.
"I asked' them. to warn you of the
very serious effect of such ra claim and
offered to regard the letter, as, un-
delivered to - me iii order that • you
might have time to reeonsider it. Dee
spite this •inbimatton you love. now
published the letter in its original
form.
"I must accordingly cancel the ar-
rangements for the conference next
week at Inverness and must ebnsult
my colleagues on the course of action
which this new situation necessitates,
"I will communicate this to you as
aeon as posssble, but as I am, for the
moment, laid up here, a few days' de-
lay is inevitable, Meanwhile, I mast
make it ubsolu.teiy clear that His
Majesty's Government cannot recon-
sider the position which I have stated
to you.
"If we accepted a conference with
your delegates on the formal abate-
ment of claim which you have re-
affirmed, it would constitute an offiei:al
recognition by His Majesty's Govern-
ment of the severance of Ireland from
the Empire and of its existence 00 an
independent Republic. It euld', more-
over, entitle you to declare, as of right
acknowledges( 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 Government have made to
the feeling of your people, in order to
secure a lasting settlement, deserved,
in .my opinion, some more generous
reeponee, but se far every,adva.nce hal
been mad by
eus. On yourpart
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have not come 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."
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Ontario's New Lieutenant -Governor
Col, Henry Cockshutt, of Brautfo •d,
who has taken the oath of office at
Toronto.
Heavy Grain Movement
Over C. N. Railways
A despatch fro- m Winnipeg says:—
Approximately. 16,000,000 bushels of
new grain have been billed over the
Canadian National Railways from P
Western points, officials announced an
Thursday. This is more grain than
wan Loaded up to October 4 fast year,
it was stated,
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 seelcing an ar-
rangement that will be satisfactory to
Siberia and is now offereing to return
Shantung to China oe what appear to
be liberal terms.
The Shantung proposals are brief,
They include the return of the penin-
sula to Chins., with full sovereignty
and political rights, and the removal
of all Japsatese troops from the area.
In return Japan asks joint Japanese•
Chinese operation of the Shantung
railway system.
Whatever Japan and America may
do as to Yap or Japan may arrange
in Siberia. it is certain that any agree-
ment made as to China prior to the
conference Hurst• wait upon the con-
ference for final disposition. While
the Pekin Government is charged with
being pro -Japan, it hardly will dere
settle the Shantung and other Chinese-
J•e.panese problems on the eve of the
parleys,
China is a divided nation, with
North and South fighting a series of
little wars for mastery. Whatever the
elcin Government does will be fought
by Canton, and Pekih 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 Accon-
pliebed." But Tokio will do what
Tokio can.
In an average life of 70 years, not
counting the first 10, over •21 years
are spent in sleep, over 16 in work, 1.1
months in dressing and undressing,
and 7 months in church going, says
one statistician.
THE WRECK OF THE GIANT AIRSHIP
A striking photograph of the wreck of the R-38 as it appeared lying in
, pp Y g the slyer Humber, at Hull, England.
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1921
VEST LIKELY r® �� �D The,:.,
C� LeadingMarkets.
THAT
BANNER YEAR 1915
A despatch from Ottawa says;—
That the great wheat harvest of 1915
will probably be exceeded by the har-
vast this ,yea.- is forecast in a report
issued to -night by the Agricultural
Branch of the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics. According to the report,
which covers the condition of the crops
up-to-date, the average yields in'bush-
els per acre for the principal grain
crops will be es follows:
Fall wheat 2131, us against 24 last
yaar. Spring wheat 15417, as against
14; fail wheat -15%, as against 141;
oats 3041, as against. 8314; barley
22%, as against 2434; rye, 1614, as
against 17417; flax seed 9.10, as agaln:st
5.00. Upon the areas sown, as esti-
mated on June 30 last, these averages
represented total yields as follows:
Fall wheat, 15,473,000 bushels, as
against 19,469,200 bushels last year;
spring wheat 278,914,000 bushels, as
against 243,720,100 bushels; fall wheat,
294,387;800 'bushels, as against' 263,-
189,300 bushels; oats, 466,303,100
bushels, as 'against 530,709,700 bush-
els; barley, 57,607,300 bushels, as
against 63,310,550 bushel's; rye, 11,-
847,500 bushels, as against 11,306,400
bushels, and flaxseed, 7,166,300 bush-
els, as against 7,997,700 bushels. These
are ,preliminary estimates subject to
revision after completion of the the following forecast of total yield
thrashing, the prevalence of rust, both
black and red, in the Province of Sas-
katchewan occasioning difficulty in
the preliminary estimation of average
yields.
(8,273,600); flax (iced, 6,801,300 (7,-
588,800). For Manitoba the yields
are: Wheat, 37,212,000 (37,542,000);
outs; 57,000,000 (57,657,000); barley,
18,488,000 (17,520,000); rye, 2,080,000
(2,318,600); flax seed, 798,300 (1,157,-
800). In Saskatchewan they are:
173,580,000 (113,135,300); oats, 183,-
863,000 (141,549,000); barley, 18,500,-
000 (10,501,500);. rye, 3,957,000 (2,-
535,000);
2;535,000); flax seed, 6,420,000 (6,705,-
000). In Alberta they are: Wheat,
60,716,000 (88,461,000); oats, 90,407,-
000 (115,091,000); barley, 10,782,000
(12,789,000); rye, 2,780,000 (8,420,-
000); flax seed, 585,000 (726,000). The
figvt•ee within brackets represent the
yields of 1920.
The average oond,ition on August 81
of late sown crops, expressed numer-
ically in percentages of the average
yield per acre for the ten years 1911-
20, is reported as follows:
The figures within brackets, repre-
senting in the order •given, the -condi-
tions on July 31, 1921, and on August
31, 1920; peas, 83 (89, 99); beans, 94
(95, 99); buckwheat, 92 (90, 101);
mixed grains, 80 (87, 105); earn for
husking, 10 (97, 101; potatoes, 86 (89,
102); turnips, •mangolds, 82 (87, 98);
fodder corn, 104 (101, 102); sugar
beets, 89 (93, 101); pasture, 88 (86,
95). The figures for 1921 represent
For the three Prairie Provinces
the preliminary estimate in bushels
is: Wheat, 271,508,000 (234,138,000);
oats, 33.1,270,000 (314,297,0001; barley,
42,720,000 (40,760,600); rye, 9,567,000
in bushels or tone: Peas, 2,390;000;
beans, 1,030,000; buckwheat, 7,443,000;
mixed grains, 22,667,000; corn for
husking, 15,304,000; potatoes, 97,616,-
000; turnips, etc., 84,030,000; fodder
corn, 5,649,000 tons; sugar beets, 272,-
000
72;000 tons, Preliminary estimates were
issued on August 10 for hay and
clover, 10,374,000 tons, and alfaltfa,
362,000 tons; first cutting.
A New University Course.
On the first day of the 'Short Course
in Journalism held this week at the
University of Toronto, one hundred
and seventeen persons registered,
forty-nine of them being men. The
class
con i
s steelmorri
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of
p editors
and publishers of weekly notvrpapers
in Ontario, from as far east as Ottawa
and as far west as Petrolia, If one
may judge from the comments heard
in the 'corridors, those in attendance
were delighted with the lectures to
which they were privileged to listen
an:1 highly approved of the action
taken by the provincial university in
providing this course.
The suocess of this first journalistic
.venture shows, as did the short course
for. farmers Last winter, that the peo-
ple of the prove:ice appreciate the
"broadening -out policy" oi£ their own
university and are eager to avail them-
selves of the opportunities 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.
Greek Army in
General Retreat
A despatch from Constantinople
says:—Reports from Angora say that
the Greek army is in general retreat,
abaedonin
gwaut
wounded, automobiles les and
war material. The Greek troops are
now apparently west of the 'Sakaria
River.
Since .Greek public opinion virtu-
ally coneluded and expected the fall of
Angora, with the subsequent occupa-
tion of Constantinople, this severe re-
verse, even if no worse disaster fol-
lows, must Itave a profound effect.
Damage from Western
Storm is Slight
A despatch from Regina, Sask.,
says:—Wath the fine, cool weather,
farmers in Southern Saskatchewan
are cheered at the prospect of their
wheat now in the fields drying out
without much damage. Threshing,
however, will not likely be resumed
until the beginning tof next week.
A SCENE IN THE RUSSIAN FAMINE AREA
A photograph taken by a British °Meer• who has just returned from the
famine stricken area of Russia. This shows a victim of the famine and
gives a glimpse of rho appalling state the country le in, with. Bolshevism.
Toronto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1.67; No, 2 Northern, 51.62; No. 8
Northern, $1.56; No. 4 wheat, not
quoted.
Manitoba oats—No. 8 OW, 55e; No.
4 CW, 5814:; extra No. 1, 6314e; No,
1. feed, No. 2 feed, not quoted,
Manitoba 'barley—Na 3 QW, 80e;
noininal.
All above in store, Fort William, •
Ontario wheat—F. o. b. shipping
points, according to freights outside.
No. 2 winter, 51,25 to 51.80; No, 8
winter, $1.22' to $1.27; No. 1 commer-
cial, 51.17 to $1.22; No. 2 apring 51,20
to $1.25; No. 3 spring, nominal'; No,
2 goose wheat, nominal.
American corn—Prompt shipment.
No. 2 yellow, c.i.f. bay ports, 71e,
nominal.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 43 to 45e,
according to freights outside.
Barley—Malting, 65 to 70e, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Ontario flour -56, in bags, Montreal
and Toronto.
Peas—No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour—Track, Toronto:
First pats„ 59.86; second pats., 59.85.
Buckwheat—Nominal,
Rye—No, 2, 51.
Millfoed—Carlota, delivered Toron-
to: Been, 528 to $80; shorts, per ton,
530 to $32• feed flour, 52.10,'
Eggs—No. 1, 42 to 44e; selects 49
to 51e; new -laid, cartons, 51 to bac.
Butter—Creamery, No. 1, 40 to 48c;
do, No. 2, 38 to 40e; dairy prints, 31
to 34c; :bakers', 28 to 60e.
Oleomargarine—Best grade, 22 to
24e.
Cheese—New, large, 23 to 28417e;
twins, 2814 to 240; Stilton, 26 to 26c.
Old large, 28 to 29o' twins, 29 to 800.
Raney, extracted—White clover
honey, in' 60 -30 -ib. tins, per 11)., 14 to
16c; do, 10-1b. tines, per lib., 15 to 16e.
Ontario No. 1 white clover, In 234-5.111.
tins, per lb, 17 to 18c; comb honey,
per doz. 58.75 to $4.60.
Smoked meats—Rolls, 27. to 28e;
(tams, med., 38 to 40e; heavy, 29 to
80e• cooked hams, 55 to 68e; boneless
backs, 42 to 48c; breakfast Saeon,.83
to 38e; special, 45'to 480; cottage rolls,
30 to 31e.
Green meats—Out of pickle, le less
than smoked.
Barreled meats—Bean pork, 528;
short cut or family back boneless, 541;
pickled rolls, $38 to $d4; mess pork,
Dry ted eats—Lo
sal n clears,. in
m
tons,16 to 21e• in
cases, 181,5 to
2144; clear bellies, 18% to 19%e;
backs, 1835 to 151%.
Larry --Tierces, 18% to 10e; tubs,
19 to 19%c; pails 19% to 19%e;
prints, 20% to 20%c; shortening,
tierces, 1414 to 14%e; tubs, 14% to
150; pais, 16 to 1535c; prints, 17%
to 18e.
Good heavy steers, $7 to $8; butcher
steers, choice, 56 to .57; do, good,
$5 to $6; do, med., 54.50 to $5; do,
com., $3 to $4: butcher heifers, choice,
$6 to 56.50; do, med., $4.50 to $5.50;
canners and cutters, $1 to 52.50; but-
cher bull's, good 53.50 to 55 • do, eon.,
$2.50 to 53.50; feeders, good, 900 Moe.,
$5.50 to 56.25; do, fair, 54.50 to 55.50;
milkers and springers, choice, $65 to
$85• calves, choice, 510 to $12, do,
mess, $7 to, $9; do coo., $2 to $5;
lambs, yearlings, $5 to 56.50; do,
spring, 58 to $9; sheep, choice, 5314
to $4; do, heavy and bucks, $1.50 to
$3; hogs, fed and watered, $10; do,
-off cars, 510.25; do, toil,, $9.25; do,
to the fanner, $9.
Montreal.
Oats --Can, West, Nal 2, 61 en
6114c; Can. West., No. 3, 60 to 6034e.
Flour, Man. Spring wheat pats., firsts,
$9.85. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs+, $3.10
to $3.20. Bran, $30. Shorts, 531. Hay,
No. 2, per ton, can lots, 529 to $30.
Cheese, finest eastern, 18 to 1834c.
Butter•, choicest creamery, 38 to 39c.
Eggs, selected, 45 to 46e. Potatoes, per
bag, ear lots, 51.50 to 51.75.
Butcher steers, 56; grass calves,
53.50 to $4.60; top veals, $12; lambs,
$8 to 58.25; sheep, $2 to $4; hogs,
$10,50 to 510.75.
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Airman Falls 1,200 Feet
Without Injury
A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie
says: ---Aviator Albert 1-Iighstone,.
while piloting the Sopwith dove plane,
owned by Messrs. William Marshall
and E. Keyes, crashed 1,200 feet in a
trial flight at noon on Thursday, but
escaped with minor injuries. The ma-
chine was to have been an attraction
at the fair here, and was ,being placed
in readiness for a series of flights.
It landed in a tree near the wireless
station, and will be almost a total loss,
Canada Front Coast to Coast
Vtotaria, P.O.—The salmon peek in
1'irl :iah Colombia daring the year 1920
tfitelled 1,187,410• oases, according to
the report of the Fisheries Depart-
ment. Chum end••soekeyo were in the
majority, accounting for 4$6,081 cases
of the total,
1dsnoaton, Alta.—lildlnoriton and
the outside world Is syon to have 41-
root wireless' colnnlualeation with
Fort Norman and Fort Smith, as well
as other northern points, according to
the plans of a local firm wliteli has
just been granted Rl federal lieease
for the operation of commercial wire-,
leve between these pointe. Marconi
equipanent will bo used anti wiroleiiis'
operators will be brought from the
coast, It is expected that t'!ie system
will be in operation by, early spring,
Calgary, alta.—Winard Mack, the
foo bus author and playwright, whose)
"Tier Rose" won widespread popu-
larity, is in Calgary collaborating,with
Tial'ph Kendall, member of the Calgary
police force .and author of "Benton of
The Royal-1MYotinted" 'and "The Luck
of the Mounted," in the, preparation
of a new plfty to he designated, "The
Maple Leaf Man." Mack, whose par -
enter Iftreon`a'big faairi near Calgary,
is Molting for red-blooded materiel
devoid of mushy eentimentaiisan and
picked out Kendall as the author best
fitted t' supply his needs.
Lldydminster, Alta.—The first local
wheat of the season's harvest hers been
received at the elevators: It is clkira-
ed that ninety per cent. of the Wheat
in the district will grade either num-
ber one or two northern. Harvest op-
erations'•'are in full swing.
Regina, Sask.—A total of 28,951
harvest laborers have been imported
into Saskatchewan from all ever Can-
ada to date, according to G. E. Tom -
sett, superintendent of the provincial
Labor bureau. Of these 16,800 came
from B•mtieh Columbia, and 19,151
from 'Eastern Canada. Of the grand
tots} the greatest number h'al've gone
to' the Saskatoon district, where 2,068
'laborers have been taken up. Regina
has absorbed 1,402 and Moose Jaw
1,660.
Winnipeg, Maar,—At the fifth fur
auction safe held here furs estimated
to he worth $250,000 were put up for
sale. Altogether there were offered
150,000 skins, elf which number 72,000
were rat skins, 3,100 beaver, 2,500
mink, 1,600 marten, 1,100 ermine, 26,-
000 otter, 190 lynx, 75 cross fox, 35
silver fox, 200 wolf,
Ottawa, Ont,—Further figures on
the population of various cities and
towns in the Dominion have just been
released by the Dominion Burean of
Statistics, Moose Taw's population is
given as 19,175 in 1921, as compared
with 13,828 in 1911; Swift Current
8,492, 1,852; Portage la Prairie 6,748,
5,892; Sault Ste. Marie 21,228, 10,984;
Sarnia 14,637, 9,947; Pembroke 7,873,
5,626; Gieild'Mere 7,5187,, 4,788; L®vi1,f
10,479, 7,452; Montt 18,167, 1.,845
Fr derieton 8,081, 7,208; Yarnmouth;
7,062, 0,600; Truro 7,651, x1107,
Ruobec, Rife,—During the fast throol
Years the maple saga- production !hag
inereased tbree•fold In thw Province
el' Xjuekeo, pow ani'outittaig to 20,000,./
POO p ends, valued at $7,00?,000, Whip
litarease }'r's been mainly due to :the
scarcity of beet and cane sugar, but;
another important factor has been the
establishment of sugar-messiaug
schools, At these ;whooba, of which'
there ere three, fhe most modern
methods of sugar and syrup making
are taught,
Halifax, N.S.--Nava 'Scotia fisher-
men in 1919 captured swordfish to the
value of $96,017, representing 741,100
pounds. It was practically all market-
ed flesh, :...'Tho tsvirerddish is availahle
in Canadian markets most plentiful
during the months of August and
Geirternber, ,. Its average weight is
three hundred pounds, with a maxi-
mum of six bandied and twenty-five
poamds, and it attains a length of
fifteen feet.
St. John, N.B.—Tho government de-
velopment work on the hydro-electide
is much farther advanced than had
been expected owing to the dry wear.
Cher, and the 'commiseion in charge
hopes 'tbiat'powet' may be available byl
the beginning of next year. On the
north eihere the government is work-'
the in oo-operation with a. big lumber
concern in the development of power'
on the Nepisiquit River, which will?
supply current to Bathurst and the
addoining districts, and the govern
anent now hos' authorized the con'stree.
tion of a transmission 1Qne to carry,
current to Newcastle from the same)
plant.
St. John, Nfld.—Negotiations for Big
purchase of twenty thousand tuns at
codfish by the Russian Soviet Govern,.'
ment have been opened between a Sar-'
vied Government commissioner in Lou.'
don and. the Newfoundland gaveran-
mont, This would represent about
one-quarter of the year's catch. The
Russian Government has offered
pay from ten to twenty per cent,
in cash and the balance in notes pay-
able from three to five years hence.
Suanmerside, survey of
the agricultural situation in the Pru»'
vain of Prince Edward island dis-
closes the fart that practically all de-
partments of agriculture will have tat*
average year. The drought in th$
early summer months somewhat re:
banded growth, but present prosper/al
indicate that the alarm was premature)
Some sections have reported sligh(
potato blight caused by high winds,'
but on the whole the moot crops look'
promising for a good yield. The prom-
icing crops are reflected in the in.
creased business activity, and mer.
chants look forward to a very bus3f
fall season.
As Vast as Russia.
The voicee from Russia are blend-
ing into a single note, whether they
be the voices of those long inside or
those of the observers and workers
who went in but yesterday. They
agree that all Russia is cr i '• -
for
food, outside of the cities Y1Lg
s where Soviet
strength is concentrated.
It is not only a famine in the Volga,
or a famine in the Ukraine, or a fam-
ine in White Russia, or among the
Cossacks of the Don. Instead, the
food shortage that has coarse this fall
fat the climax of years of little food.
All Russia has been feeling the pinch
of hunger for a long time.,
"It is a vast and general hunger in
Russia," says Captain Kilpatrick, of
the Red Cross, recently liberated, "It
is not a famine here and there, but
a cry for food everywhere.
It seems that yesterday there was
hardly enough food in Russia to keep
a vast population alive. Came the
droughts and a sky darkened by wing-
ed pests, and galloping famine took
the place of slow starvation. There
was 'only a little food for every one
yesterday; tb-day there is none. Yes-
terday there was no more than a bare
existence; to -morrow millions certain
of death wait calmly for it to come.
It is a national hunger that the
world has to deal with in Russia. All
Russia has for years been on the verge
of the starvation that has conte in the
Volga regions, that has reached down
into the Ukraine, over toward Asia
and threatens even the heart of Great
Russia.
Winter is now creeping down upon
Russia from the wastes of the Arctic.
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years of hunger, stoically facing a
famine, the like of wheal. has never
been known in famine annals. The
Russian peasant is dying on the
march, his fields unplowed, forgotten
and tinseeded behind him. If the win-
ter of 1921-22 is to be the worst winter
in Russia., then what will the winter
of 1922-28 be like?
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It is again reported that Marton(
has heard wireless signals of an "un.'
earthly" nature. These mysterious(
dots and dashes, three dots and a dash;
grouped, to be mere exact, are only
to be intercepted by apparatus tuned(
to the Prodi
ss electric -wave length
of 150,000 metres, which is five tinteaol
longer than any radio wave used oe0
our earth.
Three dots and a dash in combina-
tion form the character "V" in our
wireless alphabet, and it is a stranger
coincidence that radio stations ow
earth use the fetter "V" for a pumas.
which would agree with the 'supposed
objective of the supposed wave from
another planet—that, is, to test out
communication.
Unfortunately, we have no wireless
station of adequate power or wave
length to enswer a mysterious caller
across the great etheric void. 11 we
had such an apparatus, the least we
could do would be to reply with many
answering "Vs" followed by repeater)(
"OK"; and after several exchanges
of much mutual greeting the yea
1921 would be remembered in history,
as the date of the first epochal .ni.er-
change of intelligence between the
plan
Norets. would we step at such meagre
communicatiol. With evidence that
Mars is a. much older world than ears,
it is reasonable to suppose that i17
inhabitants are masters of astronomy,
as well as other arts and sciences, so.
that any event observable by. both`
worlds would be a subject for further,
mutual understanding. For example,
if we experienced en eclipse of the;
Sun, by• our moon, we eniglit say Uri
lIlars and all other planets, "Moon
eclipses sun," whereupon thein• three-
storey thinkers who elso had observer{
the phenomenon with their telesccpee,
would know the characters of tele-
graphic code with which we describe,
our planet, its satellite and our great
luminlory.
Those who scoff at such a possibility
as radio from Mars will -do well to
reflect that it is a matter of no mord
then twenty years since we tran'smitt
ted wireless over the face of the ear*
in terms of a few yards instead of tit(
present range of 10,000 miles. Th•
skeptical may also meditate 071 th
unless fact that,u s our astronomers an
telescopes deceive ue, the Martiena
have worked wonders on their sphere
building a network of e.analse frosiq
pole to polo acmes the face of the
planet, so that tiro melting snows oAi
their polar regloara, wleinh prey -Ida
their only source of moisture, inai
render their little world inhabitabl
I, it beyond imagination that su
apparently energette and tntol']dge
inhabitants of emitter world, which i"
elewly drying' tip, should attempt co
musnicatiion w'lth their more fortune_
noi.ghbor1 and as their plight become
ogre desperate, call for help?
In any event, sine° the report
supposed wireless from another wori
is givenn by no less an authority thou
1Hareeni himself, the keenest interes
will bo manifest in further sttentlrts
to 001101111 this remarkable possibility
Imagine the sensations of the wirelesai
operator as he carefully tunes lati
newly built receiver to the great wave
and fail', squeezes his braid it an ate
ren pc ti oatali that transcendental
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