HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-3-6, Page 3� T COMPASSION. TO INVESTIGATE,
BRIT ISO LABOR'.' ,.TROUBLE
IVilixterri iotltpom Strike Pendlno Iuquii:y-(Ztiestierk ,olt .Ileants,
Wages and /emeriti Coudxtious to be Taken pp
nt 0011feeellee.. -
A despatch from London. says:-- ing the relations ;between rapitAI and
After an all -clay session devoted to labareenel report bleak to the confer-.
ecce, lvlaieh 1wi11 reassemble oat Alaril
ah1Wb• the 'da ems phases of labor 5
litu.ost; the industrial eouterenee, calf At the suggestion of i'remier Lloyd
lea by the Geyernmen and in which Geettge; serail ,strongly advocated the
`Government Minister , Labor leaders plan,' the resolution, was amended to
• . simile:: and koprosairtatvos ef. 411; 'big en. -,include a sentence from a sinnlar a;.e-
satoyll'10; interests partieipnted, aclopt-'solution, Brough pot soh' eomprelron-
, 'ed. tM resolution presented by Arthur .sive, presented eai'dle.' 'by Sir. Allan
'I endortion, La:halite, for the appeint- Smith, chairman of Aim managing
meet of a join'b temporary committee, eoulmitteo of. the 1 ngineeeing Exci-
te be composed of.SO Laborites And players' Federation. This /called for
30 eela(talists, to make a thorough a report by the committee on the
invertigetion into the question:; of i caepee of the present unrest and the
' houras avai es, geneval • c0iullbton's' of steps necessary • to bast„` safegpard
- work, unemployment and its proven- the relation's between capital and
tion, and the 'beat means for: peoinot. labor.
Markets of the ,World
Breadetlilrs.
'a.'oywnto Meech 4--- r,.
Vitaltitoba Reheat --bio. 1 Nathan,
2e,2,414; Ne. 2 Northern, $2,2114 No. _
2 lefortnen of .L7%; No. 4 evheat,
a , n
Montreal Markets.
48,11: a to store Port Niliiat ,
Montreal, March 4—Oats, extra No:
iip?aititoba oasts -No, o2 C.W., 733/40; 78y e, xloui new tandard
extra No. -toed, 1 fed',e
Na; 8 C.W., 08%e. ,. eoder 3,1.1.1(1 to $11.20,. Rolled ,ata
$04icel No. '.1 feed, 61%0; No. 'feed, b 90' . ' ,4. , . I;r-ar , b.2fi
, beers , lbs., i' 18 - a
•68efie, in store Fort William. - Reese, 344 to $45, Mouilile, 364.
)ihanito'ba barley-No.9 CV., 85%; Hay, No. 2, per ton,. car lets, •$24.
r 74 c• ' ee a net Eas •erns 24 to 25c;
No. 4 4.1�;., 803fic; relaected, Ila , Cheese, , fl a i<, , ,
-feed, dace; in store Fort William, butter, choicest creamery, 52% to 63;
/uneriean corn -No. 8 yellow, eggs, selected, 60e• eggs, Not.1 stock,
41.60; Noe4 yell' w, 31.47, prompt 47e; potatoes per bag, car lots, $1'.'75;
elefament. dressed hogs, abattoir killed, -424;
`.Mario oasts --No. 2 white, 58 'to .lard, . -p "
pe, wood pailis, 20 lbs. net 25
61e; No. 3 white, 57 to 60; according to 29e.
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, -per • Live Stock Mt kale.
car'afot, 32.14 to.$2,22; No. 2 -do., 32.11
Toronto,
March 4,- e
itodb$,1s9h;ipNphotg3 pdoionts$2.a7orto41n$g.1t5o,
C11oica heavy export
iteie its.. steel a $1G "00 3'17, 50
Ontario valiant -No. Spring, 32.09 De, good 14 50 '15 50
't 2.1' ; No. 2 do., to $2.14.; No. Chaim butcher steers 12 50 13 00
e $ 7, o ^, 33.06Butchers cattle
3 do., $2.02 to 32.10, f.o.b., shipping choice 12 25 13 00
points, according .o freight:. , Do, good 10 75 11 76
t'eaa'; No. 2, 31.80, according' to Do, common 8 76 9 25
freights outside Bulls • choice , • 10 50 11 60
Barley 1I:'alting, 783 to 83e, nom -
Do, medium bulls, 8 76 9 00
Mel. Do, rough bulls .. • '7 50 8 00
leuelgeheot-Ne..2, 85 to 90c, nom -
Butcher cows,choice 10 50 11 50
1,3 ahDo, good 9 50 " 10 600
Stye No. 2, $1.25, nomintula• Do, medium 8 b
Manitoba flour. -Government stan Do, common... 7 26 7 75
(lard, 210:35 to $11.10, Toronto, Stockers 8 00 10 50
Ontaio flour -War quality, 39.15 ti Feeders '10 50 12 00
$9:75 in bags, Toronto and Montreal, Canners and cutter's 5 50 7 00
prompt shipment. hiilltars, good ito
8(i14foed-Car lots, delivered Mon- choice20 00 1.4.0 00
treat freights, begs' included. Shap, Do, cam. and med. 65 00 '75 00
$40.28 per ton; shorts, 342.25 pert Springers 90 00 140 00
;good feed flour, $3.25 to 33.50 per
Light ;was 10 50 ij. 50
hagYearlings .-- 12 00 13 00
IH-`ay—No. 1, 320 to 321 per `an; Sprin lambs 15 50 17 50
mixed, 318 to 31.9 per ton, track To-
ronto. Calves,gaodtochoice e 16 25 18 26
\ and
Straw --Car :ors, 310 to 311. per ton, II_ogs, - vrataredfed ,•- 18 00
car. lots. Do, off cars .18 25
Country Produce -Wholesale, Do i:oab, , .. 17 26
—
▪ Butter --Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to Montreal, March 4 -Choice selected
38e; print;, 40 to 410. Creamery, fresh bees' 317.50 to $18.00 per 100 pounds
m ante sohds,.51e; prints, 52c, weighed. off cars. Cheice steers, 310.50
12 gs-New laid, • 42 to 43c. to 313.50; geed steers, 35.00 to 311.00;
Dressed poultry --Spring chickens, butchers'bulls, 38,50 to 310.50; others
26 to 840; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to $5.60; butchers' cattle, cows and bullsr
30c; ducklings, 32e; turkeys, 40c;
squabs, dos., $4.50; geese, 25c.
Live. poultry --Roosters, 20c; fowl,
24 to SOc; ducklings, lb., 36e; turkeys,
'35e; spring chickens, 25c; geese, 18c.
Cheese -New, large, 28 to 281.4c;
twins, 8% to 29c; triplets, 29 to
291/2c; Stilton, 293 to 30c; old, large,
29 to 29%c; twin, 29% to 30e.
Pobatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b, jrtack To-
ronto, en lots,•85c to 90e.
Beate - Canadian, ' hand-picked,.
bushel, 33.50 to $4;00; primes, 33.00.
Imported, hand-picked, Burma or In-
dian, $8.25; imas, 15c.
3Ioney-Extracted plover: 5-1b. tins
25 to 27c lb.; 10 -Ib. tins, 25 to 26c;
60-1b. tins, 25 to 25c; buckwheat,
00.41; tin, 19 to 20c, Comb: 16 -oz.,
34,50 to $5.00 dos.; 12 -oz,, 33.50 to
34,00 eke.
Maple products -Syrup, per 'gallon,
' 32.26 to 32.85; sugar, ib., 27 to 28c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Dams, medium, 86
_ to 38e' do., heavy, 30 to 32c; cooked,
49 to Glc; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain, 44 to
45e; boneless, 50 to 52c.
Cured lbests--rLong clear bacon, 28
to 20e' clear bellies, 27 to 28e.
Lard --Pare, tierces, 27 to 27%c;
tubal 27% to g8c .pails, 273% to 28'4.;
prints, 28% to 2;i. Comport d tierces,
6.% to 25%,c; tubs,..25 q 'oto 20 4e;
peels, 26 to .261,1e; prints, 27%, to"
37:
10.00 to $11.25; canners ane
cutters, ,$5.00 to $6.00. Milk -fed'
calves, 313.00 to $16.00. Sheep, 38.00
to 39.50; lambs, 312,00 to 314.50,
POLES AND GERMANS
ARE STILL FIGHTING
• A despatch from Warsaw say's; -,-
Skirmishes between Poles and Ger-
mans 'continue. Some fighting was
Witnessed by Col. 'William A. Grove,
ee the United States Food Mission,
40 miles west of Kalisz, near Kropo-
cli,in, where ho arrived during a light
cannonade and machine gun fire.
Twenty -four -Poles were wounded.
MAKE THEATRE OF
MEDIAEVAL CHURCH
A despatch fiom Warsaw 'says: -
The Bolshevilii in Vilna have turned
the famous Church of St. John into
la theatre. Construetian of this edi-
fice wee begun in 1388.
The, Red Cross of Shaine -When the Germans captured Douai,
la once, Mr. Robert turned leis house over to- the German •'Red Cross,
nest left the house . as pictured above. The visitors not only destroyed
everything in the house, but deliberately lifted the•..piotures"• from their
frames and made a. bonfire of t bxu. .
•
Our Foresters sit I'renee-The camp .41 the 28th' Canadian ]?oreetry
Comae m in the Voe •es tnoun:eine of la ranee, The. mill had air amen
atpu f. in some' ;seal event. a'o high as,
output of 35,000 feet hi tan lona, but •
50,000 in ,that telae,
NT FORCE CLAIMS OF ITALY
FOR CANADA... AGAINST ;AUSTRIA
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S BATT, TO
FORM PAWL!
Corps- Whirl Make Up the .11eeoneti„,
uted -Force sect'+'Their Head- ”
quarters Decided Mien.
Princess Patricia''3 Canadian Light
Infantry is to be a part of the per-
Manont force of. _Caned; a8cording
to an armee/lemma. made recently
by Major Cl m:bell of the Adjutant's
Department at Military. He aciquar-
tees. The crack regiment will be de-
mobilized in Ottawa and re.orgenized
in Toronto. .Its headquarters will he
In Toronto.
The reconstitution of the perman-
ent force has ben before tate Militia
Council for a month or more. The
Militia Deeartment does not contem-
plate any .great increase 4n •the
strength of the forge, which prior to
the war numbered about 3,800 men
of all ranks. According to the Order
in Council it cannot exceed 5,000 then
of all ranks. Some time ago the per-
manent force was abolished, and all
soldiers in training for Overseas or
on duty in Canada were placed on the
strength, of the C. E. F.
Departures From Old System.
There file some imporeant depar-
tures from the old system. The terns
of enlistment is to be for two years
instead of three years, ns prior to the
war, with C.E.F. rates of pay, which
is an increaseover former rates 'with
some exceptions. In cases of. non-
commissioned officers o,the former
permanent forces Who have advanced
through lengthy service and would
suffer by the change the order is not
to bo construed as affecting them, and
those whose rates are lower are to be
advanced to the CAP. rate of pay.
One man in every ten wil) be allowed
married quarters. or be permitted to
draw a married soldier's allowance.
Formerly it was one in twenty.
iThe category of all fighting ranks
is to be "A," but the men in the aux-
iliary services may be lower than "A."
There are to be a •lhnited number
of commissions open, and the appli=
cants must be men who, have seen
active service in a theatre of war,
with high qualifications, military and
educational. Ne
The forces will be composed of the
Royal Canadian Dragoons and Prin-
cess Patri•eia's Light \Infantry, eta -
toned in Toronto; Lord Stratlrcona's
Rom;-- at_ Calgary; Royal CanofUian
Horse Artillery, the Rdyal Canadian
Garrison Artillery, on the coast, and
the Royal Canadian _Regiment, at
Kingston.
450,000 HOMES RUINED
Germans Must Pay This Huge Rem
of French Bill.
In outlining the difficulties met by
the commission on reparations in de-
termaining the approximate war losses
of any one belligerent, Captain Andre
Tardieu, one of the French delegates
to the Peace C.onfernce, said that
France alone would :present a hill for
450,000 ho6es, which have' been de-•
stroyed. This does not inolude fac-
tories, it was added.
M. '1_'arclieu •said the Allies $had
agreed that Germany must pay to the.
limit of her capacity, which is now Bail Refused Ex -Kaiser's P.on
being determined from divers sour -1 And Former Bavarian Ruler
ccs by the committee .on reparations.'
A despatch from Genera saws:.All
Moroccan Issue to be Settled the aristocratic officials of the caval-
ry regiments in Munich bare been
Arrested. Bail liar ben refused Prince
Joachim, the youngest son .of former
Emperor Williamn, and Prince Leo-
pold of Bavaria, who arc under arrest
as alleged leaders sof the Monarchist
movement,
The muscles of a bird's wing are
20 'times more powerful, proportion-
ately. speaking, than those of a man's
arili,
The more power a ifihn Cali control
the less help 117+ will have t6 hire and ed t0
the more work he can do in a short -
HELD
Hospital in .France --This is a picture of the hospital attached er space of e and 2alile to follow
methobe the Canadian Forestry Corps at Garnrdmer.
scientific tillatimge tis ,.
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GREAT BRITAIN TO RETAIN . CONTROL
OF RAILWAYS FOR 2 YEARS a0NGER
New Tran pl(ix!ti' ilI Gives 'Minister Authority -to Settle 'Railway
Rata% awl aSt11,u'ies and to Aitex Polley,
A: cles(etah from London •mays:- 'Complete • power is given to the
Boblica,tion of the Government's M1nister during the two years to set•
transport -1111, 'lvhiel. Thos been intro- tla 1111 rail*ay rates and 411411es, sal-
<luced in Parliament, 8110W5 that it arias .and wag'9s' and eonditlens of
atnpltiynxttnli and to maeco any alters-
will give the Minister of 'Transport signs In the ,policy of the vo cls and
complete control over, every eon accounts that 'he may deem desiruhie.
coivable form of lend ex:Moppet. Tile The Minister is authorized to pur-
bill provides that completo acmnage-, oltaele various Ideas of railway .oanl-.
Inane of the railways of the United pantos by agreenrent 00 by compui-
ILingdom is to bo continued by the Flak. ;[Hider these proviaioue he could
State tier two'ereors, parity to enable purchase, 111 whole or In ,part, any
the Government to make the,eatlwaye railway, lightrailway, street car
pay dividends and partly to facilitgte company, canal, halted waterway, , or
the inovemeet of men and material harbor and deck undertaking • during
during the period of eee0natruction. the fleet' two years of the J itiiatry_
33,000,000,000'Indel:inity Will be
Oefnanded-Payment
"•
in K.ind."
-,A. despatch %,om I,ondolt
A- specialedesp;aatelt•;': to ilia'' Lo'adan:
Daily Neva, dated'Fdbraat'v 20, says
that the 'war indonmi•ty-cjaizned by
Italy from Ametria l.1as been approxi-
mately calculated et 51600,000;000
(38,000,000,000). -AA it is , extremely
doubtful whether its payment can be
enloreed, the:Italian 'Government will
possibly resort to n practical remedy
for cantpensatien, =aiding in spec-
tally' favorable concessions over the
natural resources of the country,
Thus it is proposed that about 'a
third of the war indemnity claimed
by Italy should be paid 'by Austria n
kind ' as it were,' by ceding to Italy
8,000,000 cubic metres (282,512,000
Pelle feet)'of timber, to be exported
during a period of five years.
LONDON GREETS HEROES
Whirlwind Woloo.iio ripen Grenadier
Guards Who Fought Through War.
The • Second Battalion of the Gren-
adier Guards received en enthusiastic
welcome on its return to London from
Germany on Feb. 26. Aithoutlh no
ceremonies had been arranged and
the hour tee arrival was uncertain., ial-
menss crowds assembled at St. Pan-
cras Station. Massed. bands played,
"See the Conquering heroes Conte,"
as the men left their trail). General
Fielding, Cominandant of the London
District, welcomed the battalion in
behalf of tho King. '
Unprecedented smitten were wit-
nessed as tho troops proceeded
through the -crowded streets, thou-
sands of people joining in the march,
Which eventually assumed such pro-
portions that it resembled a general
exodus. The wives, relatives and
sweethearts• of the Guardsmen were
given places of honor among the civ- I with . the Test are all such Russian
(dian ma;•ehers, while many members residents who have been persistently
of the returned battalion could be "carrying on propaganda and organ -
seen leading then: ehilclren. The hands izing societies subservient to the
played tllroeghout the march, the peace of the institutions."
crowds joining in singing popular ,� C
airs. Even the London policemen
were unable to resist waving their Franco Has No Wish To Annex
hand'. It was the most exultant and The Left Bank of the.RhlnL
happiest procession London has Seen
for many years.
Queen Mother Alexandra, outside
of Marlborough House; the Duke of
Connaught and the Grown Prince
and Princess of. Sweden,' before
Clarence House, and the King and
.Queen with their children, at the
open windows. of Buckingham Palace,
greeted the warriors as they passed.
.Of the original unit that left Eng-
land in 191e, only twelve men surviv-
ed to take part in this great home-
coming.
DAMAGE11YWAR TO FRANCE
TOTAL 119,801,000,00Q: FRANCS.
A despatch from Paris says: ---The
Budget Committee of the Chamber of Leek of mills has resulted. 511 many
Deputies has dralvn'up 10 report fix- deaths of children from. starvation,
ing the damages caused by the war
in F.rance,the total reaching 11.9,- •
801,000,000 francs, Of this amount Man learns from his own mistakes,
96,559,000,000 is entailed by direct. but Ale never Lives long enough to
damages, and 23,242,000,000 • by in- complete his education,
D
FOR THREE YEARS - SUPPLIES LARGE
British Force Neal'°1?egsiou Till).°
:Many Relieved Last -
Month. -
e. despatch from London says;-.
'The forges under`Brug.-Gbn. Sir Percy.0Ykes, =who ieleuecell into Persia to=
Ward •Shir'az,ain South-western Persia
Hear the Persian 'Gulf, -three yeare.
ago, wae. relieved last ninth by other
British forces _sent front India, 'ac-
cording to an announcement in the
Reuse of Lords recently by Earl
Curzcn. -Early in 1910 Gen, Sykes
was sent to Southern Persia to raise
'a force of Persian rifler to rolilaee
the mutinous gendarmie. At the head
;1!
oenly 500 men and two light guns,
Gee, Sykes, Lord Curzon said, made
an adyenturous anarch through hostile
territory and eventually established
himself at Shiraz.
During the years in Shiraz before
the relief force came; Gen. Sykes
cleated a Persian force of 6,000 men,
led by British officers and strength-
ened by '300 Indian troops. Gen. Sykes
and his force were in constant danger
from 'hostile tribes end the ma'chieia-
tions of Turkish and Garman agents,
but he managed to keep splendid con -
tial of the situation.
CALL FOR DEPORTATION
OF ALL 'ENEMY ALIENS
A.A. despatch front V- ancouver, B.C.,
say's:-Sweeping'and 'drastic legisla-
tion, dealing -With all enemy aliens
new resident in Canada, is naked in
a memorial to he forwarded to tho
Federal Government by the City
Council, backed by the representa-
tives of' -all the public and semi-pub-
lic bodies\ of the city.
Classed among the enemy aliens
whose deportation is asked for along
A dospa,tch from - Paris , say -:-A story that casts an interesting
Capt. Andre Tardieu, one of the light en the completeness with which
French delegates, told foreign news- the British nation threw itself into the
paper correspondents that France struggle with Germany appears in Mr.
does not desire to annex the left bank Isaac Marcoason's Tho Business of
of the Rhine, but only wants guar- war. "I was talking ono day to the
antees which will prevent Germany commanding oticer of the largest Wee -
from using the left bank as a base supply depot in France," ears the
for attacking France. author, "when an eruct, white-haired
man wearing the single star of a sub-
altern camp up, saluted, and gave a
TYPHUS SPREADS
OVER RUSSiA. messege in precise military fashion.
When lip
he was through he clicked
heels together, saluted again, and with
A despatch from P- aris says:—Ty- a 'Thank you, sir; made off."
phus is reported to be spreading in Do you know who that officer is?"
Russia, 1,000 new cases being report- the colonel asked me.
ed at Moscow weekly, and the hospi- "No,' I replied.
tats are unable to care for them. "He hi my father." '
The father was seventy-one years
old' an& a retired conetry squire, but,
like many of•. his countrymen, he felt
he had to be doing something, and so
hail replaced a younger man in the
Almy Service Corps.
direct damage through loss of income
or the impossibility of carrying on.
ENGLAND TO FAKE
POTATO FLOUR:
1i11NIS'l'RY 01! Ia'OQ1) TO U'TILI
11.08136 RE301.5110ES
Owing t� Sudden End of War
There is Considerable
�itlrilllls- -
A -despatch :from Ottawa says: -
Information reaching Government
.choles in Ottawa from: London shows
that ,the extensive precautionary
measures baleen' to build up the food
reserve; which Was vital to the allied
cause as a counter-move to the men-
ace of the German "U" boat, was so
successful that there are temporarily,
owing to the sudden ending of . the
war, considerable surpluses of some
elas,:es of feeds. The stock of beaus
on hand is very large.
In reply to an inquiry as to the.
pocteibiliity of disposing of the Cana-
dian`bean crop in Europe, it was sta-
ted that the supply in Great Britain
was enough for three years. This
will now be available for distribution
in other countries, including Ron
mania, and until after those supplies
art liquidated the prospect for the.
export of beans from Canada does not
appear bright. The demand for ton -
page to move the allied cereal crops
is so great that the Royal Wheat
Commission does not find it advisable
to send ships long distances to carry
foodstuffs which can be secured close
at band. •
CANADIAN DRAFTEES SENT
' . OVERSEAS NUMBERED 47,509
A despatch from Ottawa settee: -
The number of men raised under the
Military Service Act totalled 53,8155,
Sir. Jas. Lougheed, Government lead.
er, infromed the Senate on Friday. 111
addition, there were on leave without
pay under the. order -in -Council relat-
ing to. compassionato and hardship
cases, or subsequently discharged,
24,933 men, while the number struck
off strength as liable only to non-
combatant service (either as con-
scientious objeel2reeeor by reason of
the War Time Elections Act) was
16,350. The number of those raised
by compulsory military service who
went to the front was not available,
Sir James said, but the number sent
overseas was 47,509.
The Colonel's Father.
Pureed to Produce. I'utaboes Alealtndit
of ti -Boat; !Campaign, Britain
is Now Overstocked,
It has recently been announeed by
the Minlatry,ef Foarl that the short-
age of tannage and the heavy demllnat
'aeon inak•ee it imperative to ut31•ize
13rjtieh food reset:reea to the utleost; •
wed, aeeardiargiy, the Food Mlnlst1T
lies made arrangements for She estobr
lielerne of el mulls for the produetit
ra
of potato flotee which, it is b ed1
will be •on a large scale, This
tiy, although a new one iu Great Bel-
rain, hag been eata'blished for many
years on the continent; for exampled
Germany 'before the war bad dive
hundred potato flour factories 4n'tee '
erasion, whereas :it now has ever tees
thousand, This alone would de'Yaorl-
strata the possibilities of the mit-ea:-
prise in this country.
For some time the Ministry of
Food has been conducting experie
silents in making potato flour, .,and
those have resulted a uatisfaatorily.
The' Food Controllerbee signified o ?
wellingness that this project • should
be undertaken by private firms, and
an 'endeavor is geeing made lot indi-
vidual .Concerns to take it up, the
Food Ministry standing ready bo -give
all aasietanee necebsary in the
organisation work, ,
Stated briefly, the process of manu-
facture consists of working the pota-
toea and passing the potato mash
over hot rollers, on which it farms a
thin fem. This. film Is removed Prone
the rollers by a scraper in the forst;
of flakes, which can be kept for '4
considerable length of time, and. then
turned over to' the mills for convert-
ing into flour. It is estimated that
the percentage of the potato flake
extracted is tweifty per cent. of the
weight of _the raw potatoes.
In order to eliminate unnecessary
labor and transportation the Ministry '
of Food las placed certain limitations
on the factory sites, and it is pro-
posed that factories be situated, as
far sa posaillle, 1 the localities where
potatoes are grown. Machinery and
raw materials for production of po-
tato flour are to be provided by the
Ministry of Food. At 'Rio presents
Iimo there are flaking • machines
enough in Great Britain to handle
the work, since ordinary flour mills
can convert the flakes auto flour. In
ease there should he any necessity
for importing machinery, the Food
Controller will arrange that shipping
priorities be given to permit its Im-
portation.
The financial arrangements for able
undertaking have been worked pat,
and at present they 'areawaiting the
official sanction of tote British Tress-
ury Department. The Food Ministry,
however, is confident that these ar-
rangements will be approved, as sub-
mitted, within a very short time.
Great Britain before the war im-
ported a large portion of its potatoes
which were largely consumed for
food, but in view of the U -Beat cam-
paign and the decrease in imports
the country was forced to produce its
own, 'Great Britain now has en over-
production of potatoes, and the for-
mation of this industry provides a
means for the consumption of this
oiersupply. The establishment of
this industry would provide employ-
ment thron' . the winter for labor
available on the land in summer, and
the process is one lin which women
can be almost exclusively employed,
with the exception cf stoking and
othel heavy work. This new industry
will prevent the loss of raw mater-
ial, and will insure their production,
tvllich •will also !have a tendency in
'stabilizing the potato market.
Between France and Spain
A despatch from Parte eayst-Tho
council of the great powers, the Hav-
es Agency etates, has decided that
the Moroccan question moat be set-
tled between France and Spain, the
two nations most interested. It its
proposed that the international status
be abolished• and replaced by a special
regime in which there shall be provi-
sion for adequate protection of the
French interests, Great Britain, the
agency ,says, has .already •givenher
assent to the plea,•and it ungues that
the favorable attitude of the counsel
mattes it certain that nonce will win
her point,
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Now Thai War is Over True Age is
DI=°sae.
Incidents of men stretching the
truth considerably to get into the Bri-
tish army when'England•needed every
man and then resorting virtually to
mutiny to get out after the armistice
was signed have been shown at Folke-
stone during investigation of the first
demobilization demonstrations there,
hays' a London despatch. After sever-
al hundred men had declined to cul•
bark for Prance at the end of their
Christmas leave the military authori-
ties began investigating each ease
separately.
One man, who might be judged any-
where
nywhere frons thirty-eight to fifty years
old, appeared before the examining of-
ficers.
"On what ground do you think you
should be released now?" he wee
asked.
"I'm more than fortyono years old,"
he said, relying upon the rule that the
mon oethat age or more should be re-
leased as soon es possible.
"But your army book chows yott en.
lister: fifteen mouths ago at the age
of tllirtseeve."
"I gave that es my age to get in, sir,
l am Ofte years oi6 new."
"You will have to prove that," came
a, quick roply, whereltpon he turned to
e middle-aged woman spectator, his
wife, who had antioipated the situation
and produced a birth =tektite. 13o
was released at n11Ce and the
method by - which he volunteered will
be conveniently forgotten.
During the last year or the war no
miners were. a11n11,0d to join the army,
Their rants armedY had teen depiotoil
until barely enough coal was houtg'
Produced,
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ee role:Med beeauuo he was a mtnao';'
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himself as a ilthmouger 10 order 1 s
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glee intended teoli nviebts, bete'ti3 :
and :metal VI/orlonrota by limit
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