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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-01-09, Page 6SIR ROBERT BORDEN WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE OF NATIONS iti$la Dominions Will Recei*e'Ciinsideration Commensurate With Their Participation ill' the War and Their Status in British Commonwealth. A, despatch from ;London says: - The conference of representatives of the allied nations whichwas to begin at Paris on January 6 has been post- poned for one week owing to the de- velopment of the Cabinet crisis in Italy. It is now expected to meet on January 13, and arrangements to that end are being completed. The character and scope of. this eonference is not likely tc be defined until it actually meets. There is the view that it should be a ,formal gath- ering with a' definite agenda to be considered, ,end offering 'a public re- port of conclusions to be reached, and an alternative proposal is that, this conference should be completely in- formal and given up to the finest possible consideration of all questions of peace as they . affect the attitude which the allied nations will take at the Peace Conference. The prob- abilities are that the latter course will be followed' as lending itself more readily to the purposes in view: the adjustment of all differences be- tween the allies so that they can go into the Peace Congress with an agreed prod amore. There is nc difficulty about the representation at this conference as all the allied coun- tries will have ample opportunity of presenting their views by their re- presentatives, The British delegation will be headed by Mr. Lloyd George, - Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Balfour, but there will be attached an extensive retinue of officials from the Foreign, Office and from the various, services. The Canadian Mission will proceed to Paris in time for this conference end the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, will represent Canada in these preliminary and important dis- cussions. The date for the official. .peace congress has not yet been fixed. It can be called in short order, as the delegates who are to attend it are now in Paris, or on their way there. The belief is that the inter -allied con- ferences will require about a fort- night, and that the actual peace con- ference will begin its work about the first of 'February. The questions of the representa- tion of the various countries entitled to be present at this congress have not yet been fully settled, and may not be until they are considered by the inter -allied conference, but it may be said that the British Do- minions will receive consideration' commensurate with their participa- tion in the war, and their status in the family of British nations. $40,000,000 LUMBER ORDER British Timber Controller to Purchase Billion Square Feet in Canada. London, Jan. 5. -As the outcome of negotiations carried on by the Canadian Trade Commission for the past month, the Timber Controller of Great Britain will purchase in Canada half a million standards of lumber, 'equivalent in the Dominion to one billion square feet. The lum- ber, which is to be of all grades, will be bought under the direction of the Timber- Controller through British brokerage houses and Can- adian timber agencies in London, who will deal direct with the Can- adian lumber producers. It is understood that every Can- adian producer who is registered on the lists of the Trade Board at Ot- tawa will be given an equal oppor- tunity to sell, There is also to be an allocation of purchases upon a territorial basis, thus assuring a fair proportion of purchases to Western Canada. All the British Columbia lumbermen are represented here by L. C. Seale, Timber Commissioner for the Province, who is attached to the staff of F. C. Wade, K.C., Agent- General foe the Province in Great Britain, and he will deal directly with the Timber Controller. This lumber is to be bought within the ne t twelve months. It will rep- resent a total transaction in money value of about $40,000,000. Ottawa, Jan. 5. ---The necessary Canadian credit which rendered the large lumber transaction announced by cable from London possible was arranged some weeks ago between the Dominion Government at Ottawa and the Imperial Government. This credit is to be availed of to the extent that is rendered necessary by the state of international exchange. The 13ritish Government is to supply the shipping to car*y this lumber to Great Britain. The transaction in- dicates the character of the business which it is expected the Trade Mis- sion will be able to ottain from now ue, particularly sepia the Continent. CANADIAN MAIL FOR FORCES IN SIBERIA A despatch from Vladivostok says: -The steamer Neign Chow has arrived here with a cargo of military supplies and 61 sacks of mail for the Canadian forces in Siberia. The Neign Chow also brought equipment for the Vladivostok branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, the first Cana- dian financial institution to be repre- sented here. Manager Rae arrived a week ago by way of Japan. BELGIUM TO RANK AMONG POWERS. Peace Conference to Deal With Treaty of 1830 Guaranteeing Her Neutrality. Paris, Jan. 5, -The famous treaty which Germany designated as a "scrap of paper" will come up for early consideration before the Peace Congress. This is the treaty made in 1830 when the great powers of Europe recognised Belgium as being separate iroin Holland and guaran- teed the neutrality of Belgium. It was the disregard of this neu- trality and the invasion of Belgium by the German troops which brought Great Britain into the war. The Belgian Parliament recently adopted unanimously a resolution asking for the establishment of the independent soverignty of Belgium and the abandonment of the guar- antee of neutrality. The resolution adopted by the Parliament was in re- sponse to the Speech from the Throne made by King Albert when he re -en-, tered Brussels. After expressing gratitude to the nations aiding in the deliverance of Belgium, the resolution says: "The tragic and glorious hours which Belgium has experienced give it the right to free itself from the ties which in the past limited its sov- ereignty and enervated its interna- tional action. Belgium will thus pass to the rank of the great powers which are mistresses of their des- tinies." Incidentally, Germany's designa- tion of the treaty es a "scrap of paper" involves the general question of establishing some means of guar- anteeing the inviolability of treaties. , USING ARMY GARBAGE Twofold Saving in Feeding Waste to Swine. Perhaps never before in the history of America, not to say the world, has the conservation of material, and the salvage of unavoidable waste, been practiced so consistenly and generally as during the war period. Consider, for instance, the action of the com- mandant of one of our training camps who realized that the true spirit of conservation is utilization, He estab- lished a well-planned hog farm near the camp so that the waste from the army kitchens might be profitably utilized. It is hardly necessary to mention that a plan of this ]dnd re- presents a twofold saving, for iii addi- tion to changing loss to profit, it eliminates most of the trouble and expense otherwise involved in gar- bage disposal. 15 After 47 Years --Thee famous Arc de Triomphe, Paris, whsch was closed in 1871 after the Prussians 'defiled it by passing through in pro- cession, is to be re -opened for a great Victory procession early in ;the year. FORMER EMPEROR IS DEPRESSED Continued Brooding on Down- fall Telling on His Appearance. Amerongen, Holland --Even the wonderful springlike weather of the new year did not bring the former German Emperor outside of Amer- ongen Castle, although his condition is improving daily. The principle cause of his indisposition appears to be mental depression, induced by the gradual realization of the full extent of his downfall. Recent reports from Germany are said to have accentuated this feeling. Lack of open-air exercise and con- tinual brooding have bad such tell- ing effect on Herr Hohenzollern's ap- pearance that he scarcely is recogni- zable to those who saw him when he first came to Amerongen. His wife, who is with him almost constantly, displays much more buoyant spirits, and makes every effort to cheer him. There is no sign of the immediate removal of the former Emperor, al- though many reports are current to that effect, Million Tons of Fuel 011 Sent to Britain From America A despatch from London says: - The Ministry of Shipping states that during the war over 1,000,000 tons of fuel oil were carried frons the United. States to Britain by 761 cargo steam- ers, specially fitted out to convey oil in double bottoms or ballast tanks. Fifteen thousand tons o£ oil were lost by enemy action and 2,000 by marine loss. FORMER CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY DEAD Copenhagen, Jan. 5. --Count George F. von Hertling, the former Imperial German Chancellor, died Saturday night at Ruhpolding, Baeiria, ; He had been ill for six days. PEERAGES FOR BRITISH GENERALS Field Marshal Haig and Admiral Beatty Rewarded With Earldoms. A despatch from London says:- Earldoms will be conferred on Field Marshal Haig and Vice -Admiral Beatty, in recognition of their serv- ices during the war, -'according to The Mail. It is stated that Generals Horne, Plumer, Byng, Rawlinson, Birdwood and Allenby will. be elevated to the Peerage. The newspapers say that these honors will probably be accompanied by grants of money. Immediate announcement of these honors is said by The Mail to be improbable, as Field Marshal Haig prefers to remain in command of the British armies until the treaty of peace is signed and the army is reconstructed on a peace basis, a work in which he is taking a deep interest. It is recalled that Lord Roberts received a Parliamentary grant of acid that Lord Kitchener was given £50,000 after the South African War. These grants were in addition to the titles conferred upon them. It is reported that Vice -Admiral Beatty will be given the rank of full Admiral. Since he took over the command of the British fleet from Sir John R. Jellicoe he has borne the title of "Acting Admiral." The 1Vlarquis of Milfordhaven, com- manding the second cruiser squadron, and former First Lord of the Admir- alty, has been placed on the retired list at his own request. GERMANS EVACUATE RIGA TO ESCAPE BOLSHEVIKI A despatch from Copenhagen says: -Owing to the advance of sup- erior forces of BolsheviId, says a despatch from Berlin, the German troops have been compelled to evacu- ate Riga, the Livonian port at the head of the Gulf of Riga. A "MYSTERY SHIP." This is one of the "Mystery ships" which looks like anbrdinary tramp 'steamer. In reality she is a vessel of an entirely novel type, heavily armed with guns which are concealed' and can be unmasked in a few second's. In addition she has a very heavy armament of torpedoes and depth charge throwers, but she is built with a draught .of only 314- feet, which made her practically immune from submarine attack. It is an- nounced that one of these ships will be sent on a tour of the Empire and that it is hoped her Light draught will enable her to pass through the St. Lawrence canal's and be brought to lake ports. Markets .of the World NONE OF AGDAD Breatlstuifs GUARD SURVIVE Toronto, Jan; '7.-Manibobe wheat No. 1 Northern $2.2414 f No. 2 Northern $2,21%; Not 3 Northern, •$2.11No. 4 wheat, $2:111/x, es 85 Per Cent. of British Rank and store fort William, not including File in Turkey Died. tax. ' Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W.,' 75142c' A despatch train London 'says No. 8 C,W., 71%c; extra No. 1'feed, 4B`ritish officer who vas a prisoner in 72%c; extra No. 1 feed, 71l s, in Turkey gave aii account' on Friday o.f etore'Fort William. the terrible hardships •anti cruelty in - American corn -No, 8, yellow, flitted' upon British prisoners by the $1.70; No. 4 yellow, $1.65; sample Turks. Describing the march from corn, feed, $1,45' to $1,50, track Rut -El -Amara to Bagdad, the of- Toronto. oats, new crop -No. 2.Fieer says the prisoners were driver' white, 70 to' 730; No. 3 white, 69 to like sheep along the desert ways. 72c, according to freights -outside. They were denied food, were short of Ontario wheat -No, 1 Winter, per Water, and the Turks refused to al - car lot,. $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., ewe thein .to.r.•est. They were bayoti- $2.11 to 02.19; No. 8 Spiuig, $2.02 eted, or clubbed if they stopped and to $2.10, f.o.b., shipping points,: ae- wore stivck with rawhide wills when cording to freights. Peas -No. 2, $2.00. they"faltered,' Barley -Malting, new crop,- 90 to Roughly speaking, according. . to the 95c, according to freights outside. officer, from 75 to 85 per cent. of Bur.Icwhoat-No. 2; .$1.35. the British rank and file in Turkey Rye -No. 2, $1.54, nominal. • died. One battery surrendered at Manitoba flour -Old crop, war Kut -El -Amara 117 strong; 11 are quality •$11.85, Toronto, now alive. Other batteries are al' - Ontario flour --War quality, old most in the -same condition. One crop, $10.25, in bags, Montreal and regi Toronto, prompt shipment, ment marched' out of Kut-El- Mllfeed-Ca • lots, delivered Mont- Amara 300 strong, of whom only 53 real freights,/bags Included: Bran, are now living. $87.25 per ton; shoi+ts, $42.25 _ per The British Consular guard at ton. Bagdad before the war consisted of IIayo. 1, 222.00 per ton; mix- two Indian officers and 3 -5 -men. When ed, to $21.00 pe ton, track the war broke out they were intern Straw --Car lots, 00.50 to $10.50, ed in perfect physical condition. All trach Toronto, of then are dead. Country Produce -Wholesale v Eggs -No. 1 storage, :64 to 55e; selected, storage,58 to 60c; cartons,SS U.BO S STILL new laid, 75 to '8c. Butter -Creamery, solids, 51 to 53a; do prints, 53 to 55c; choice dairy prints, 45 to 47e; ordinary ` dairy prints, 38 to 40c;,bakers!, 30 to 33c; oleamargarine (best grade), .82 to I84c. i Cheese -New, large, 27}a 'to 28c; twins, 28 to 28%c spring made, During War. large, 283 to 29c twins, 29 to 291,5e. Comb Honey --Choice, 16 oz., $4.50 'to $5.00 per dozen; 12 oz., 03.50 to $4 per dozen. TORE SURRENDERED Allies Destroyed or Captured 202 German Submarines London, Jan. 5. -The allies destroy ed or captured 202 German submar- ines during the wan in addition to Maple Syrup -In 5 -gal tins, 03.25. these. 14 German submarines were destroyed by the Germans themselves, Pr+vnfnions-Wholesale ten in the Adriatic and four of; Flan - Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, dors. Seven others were interned -1e $48; mess pork, $47. ventral countries. Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less The surrender of German snbanarinea Flan - than smoked. is not yet complete; Ge the number al - Smoked Meals- Rolls, 82 to 33c; The broughtiuto British ports is 122. hams, medium, 38 to 39c; heavy, backs, Then are at toast 58 still to be sur - to to ' cooked' hams, el51 to 620; rendered, The Germans are still buss- 46 to 47e; backs, boneless, 50 to.52e. lull si- Breakfast bacon, 42 to 47c. Cottage ly engaged In building submarines.. rolls, 36 to 36c. *Phe allies aro niakfng no objection to j Dry Salted Meats=Long clears, in this, for all these boats will be ut the ii tons, 30c- in cases, 8014c; clear bel- disposal of the allies when completed. lies, 28 co 2814e; fat backs, 25o. German surface warships actually Lard Pure, tierces, 30 to 3014 e; tubs, 8035 to 310; pails, 30% to brought into British ports were less by 3111.X; prints, 3114 to 32c; shorten- to 26c; pails, 26 to 264e; 1 -lb, one battleship Chau stipulated in the mg, tierces, 26b1 to 2514c; tubs, 25% prints, 27 to 27c, Montreal Markets Montreal, Jan, 7. -Oats, extra No. 1 feed 88c' Rohr. new standard grade $11.25 to $11.36; rolled oats, bag 90 lbs. $4.25 to $4.50' bran- $37.25; shorts, $42.25; Mountie, $68.00 to $70.00; hay, No, 2, per ton, ear tots $20.00 to $21.00, Cheese, finest easterns, 24 to 25c. Butter, choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eggs, select- ed, 590; No. 1 stock, 51c. Potatoes, per d hogs, car ts$25.00ss abattoir killed, to 025.50. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 31 to 821%.. Live Stock Market armistice, terms, The reason for this i is that neither the Saxon nor the Mac• kehsen has been completed by the German yards. The German battle- ship Baden is to be handed over In- stead. She will lease German waters for Scapa Plow within a week. 'FRENCH SOLDIERS OCCUPY THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL A despatch from Paris says: -Two thousand French soldiers have enter- ed Budapest, the Hungarian capital, according to a telegram from Zurich to the Temps. One detachment oc- cupied the castle of Count Karolyi, where Field Marshal von Mackensen, of the German army, is interned. Gen. Berthelot, commander of the allied forces in Roumania, is making a tour through Hungary to'insure the proper carrying out of the armistice. a SOLDIERS EMBARE FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA A despatch from London says: - To the strains of patriotic music Played by military bands of the Im- perial army, 1,500 officers and men of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, who enlisted in British Columbia and Alberta, embarked at Liverpool on Thursday afternoon on the Canadian Pacific Empress of Asia, for the di- rect voyage to Vancouver via the Panama Canal. Toronto, Jan. 7. -Choice heavy steers, $13.00 to $18.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $11.50 to $12.25• d'o, good, 010.75 to $11.25; do. medium, $9.50 to $9,.75; do. common, $8.00 to $8.25; bulls, choice, $10.25 to $10.75; do. medium bulls, 88.75 to 09.23; do. rough bulls, $7.50 to 8.00; butchers' cows, choice, $10.25 to $10.76; do. good, $9.50 to $9.75; do, medium, $8.25 to 08.60; dc. com- mon $7.00 to $7,.75; stockers, $7.75 to $10.50• feed'ers, $10.25 to $11.25; banners, ;5.50 to $5.85; milkers, good to choice, $90.00 to $150,00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to $76.00; springers, $r0.00 to 0150.00; light ewes, .$9.00 to $10.00; yearlings, $13.00 to $13..50; spring lambs, $15.00 to $16.00; calves, good to choice, $14.00 to $17.00; hogs, fed and watered, $18.00; do. weighed off cars, 018,26; do. f,o.b, $17.00. PRINCE OF WALES WILL VISIT U.S. A despatch from London says: -It is understood that Ring. George and Queen Mary assured President Wil- son that the Prince of Wales will visit the United States during his coming trip through the British Dominions, according to a Paris despatch to The Mail, CITIZENS OF OCCUPIED PROVINCES MAY VOTE A despatch from Paris says: - Marshal Foch, according to the Matin, has given permission for the. Germans in the occupied Rhine Provinces to participate in the German elections, He also will allow freedom of the press and freedom of assembly as far as is compatible with the mainten- ance of order. NbRE'6 ALETTER FROM OUR SON IN FRANCE- .--/ alb NEXT LETTER WILL SE FROM DERLIM- 31B31:tX1Rt7•lar1MT Gt. T..73E' 3".Ellt..5V:21C3E95'. 132'5 JUST LIKE WOG -5 TOLD HIM TO WEAR 1419 HEAVY SOCKO ANb WOOLEN`, IM THE TRENCHES AND Kwan i3uiDLED uP 1 WNRITt HIM. AGAtM•i HE MUST DO AS I TELL HIM WHY D4 YOU KEEP MP,<IGliy' • AT THE BOY - L.ti\ulli col 1' rrc 'Hs( DON'T stOU LET 1-11M ENJOY `THE WqR;} to IIUNS EVADED ,RUIN BY ARMNICE Great Allied Offensive ftuninent When Germany Sued , For Peace. Paris, Jan. 5. -Germany 'hurried to request 'the armistice when she stew that a new allied efi'eiisive was to be lamiehcd on the Lorraine front on. November 12 by 000,000 men under command of Gen. De Caetelnau, says The Excelsior. American and Freiscli troops, it says, Were concentrated on the front between B3iiey and Chateau Saline. They were supported by 3,000 guns of all calibres ttnd had 300 tanks available on a front of about 45 miles. Duke Albrecht of Wurtern- berg, the German Commander oil this front, had available only twenty- five divisions of inferior fighting quality. These divisions contained approximately 160,000 men. He had only one thousand guns. This allied attack, . The Excelsior continues, wtould have carried the war into annexed Lorraine and into Rhenish Prussia, threatening te cut off the German army iii Belgium and in the Ardennes from its bases, German General Headquarters, realizing that the divisions on other sectors were exhausted, and that its forces were demoralized 'and worn out, averted a catastrophe by pleading for an armistice. The Ex- celsior. concludes: "The success of the offensive was assured, but 'it could not have merle victory more complete than it al- ready was, because Germany accept. ed all our conditions. Marshal Foch deemed it useless to cause further shedding ,of blood, and consented to stop hostilities, although Germany was then in a desperate plight" GERMANS WRECKED MANY AIRPLANES British Army of Occupation at Cologne Finds Skelton of Huge Gotha, '` A despatch from London says: - Many German airplanes were des-, troyed in part by the Germans when they evacuated Cologne, according to reports from British correspondents iu the British area of occupation. Among the dismantled machines is the skeleton of a huge Gotha. It was built -to carry 14 men, and on its broad wings are walks, while little iron ladders lead to the upper plane when the machine gunners were posted. Another machine is an t armored airplane for use in attacking trenches with machine guns. The wings are of corrugated steel and steel plates a quarter of an inch thick protect all vital points as well as seats for two inen. Two machine guns point down through the bottom of the fuse- lage. POLES IN CONTROL OF POSEN; WHITE EAGLE ON EACH HOUSE A despatch frons Copenhagen says: -Posen is completely in the hands of the Poles, according to ad- viees from Berlin. The official build- ings are guarded by soldiers wearing German uniforms but with their cockades replaced by the white eagle of Poland. The Poles have taken complete charge, even in the German districts, and the German national monuments have been overturned, often after violent fighting. All the official money has been taken over by the Poles. The bakers refuse to sell bread to Germans. and the Polish col- ors fly from every house. SURRENDERED U-BOATS ' "ARE BEING DIVIDED UP A despatch from London says: - German submarines which have been surrendered are being divided among the allies, according to The Mail. The newspaper says that fifteen go to France, ten to Italy, seven to Japan and four to the United Status. The U-boats turned over to the United Stales are said to be now on their way across the. Atlantic, - - The newspaper does not spe:eiaythe manner in which the rest of the 127 surrendered submarines are to he alloted. FOOD SHORTAGE IN VIENNA FOUND TO BE VERY BAD 04,0,111 A despatch from London says: - Route -es is informed that the allied commission for reviictualling Austria has arrived at -Vienna. It has beets found that the food shortage in Aus- tria, especially in Vienna, is very bad and probably much more extensive arrangements than originally antici- pated may have to be made for re - victualling the population. - Status of ex -Kaiser in Holland Has Been Definitely Settled A despatch from Amsterdam says: -The British and Dutch Gov- ernments have arrived at an agree- ment regarding the status of the foriiler German Emperor, according to a despatch to the Telegraaf from The Hague.