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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-02-06, Page 6• JSSIAN FMK REFUSE. TO,:,. MEET ALLIES TOT ENVIS Plan Declared to be Impracticable -Ukrainian Government Ades For Recog>iiititx apd`Seeks Alliance Witb France. A despatch from ,Thiele nays: -Gen.. Horvath, interviewed In Veadevostols eegarcliivg the Peace Conference plans for alllthe delegates of the Reeslan fiaetions to aneet on Princes'. Island, said it was iraposeibile to conclude en armistice with the Bolshevik!, who would notreapeot it even If it were suede. He regards the -pion as prated!- .ally impracticable on this !account and also because travel conditions would prevent the delegates from 'reaching the . designated conference P4ace by the day specified. A despatch from Perls says: -The Ukrainian Government ` will refuse to take part in mite conference on the g payment Princes' islands, according to an 'in- berview given to Petit Journal by M. Sederenlco, Mmietcr of Insteemal Com- mtlnieations in the new U xarinban Government. Sederenlco has begun parleys with the French Government to obtain the admission of the Ukraine to the Peace' Ot,nferenoe, The. only claim which his country will is forward will be for recognition. If this is granted, according to the interview, the Ukranne will propose aaz anal-icewith France on the bseis of the former al- liance with Ramie,. and will take over part of the Russian debt, France tak-i. 'in .a anent in part in wheat. MUST STUDY LUMBER MARKET Canada Should Endeavor to Meet Requirements of European Trade. A despatch from Ottawa says: - That the Canadian lumber trade will experience some difficulty in seeur- NO LOSS ON E: T IS EXPECTED Surplus of Sixty Million Bushels in Canada Will Sell Readily. A despatch from Ottawa sayts:-In- asenuch as the Canadian Government has guaranteed the price of wheat Ing its share of orders for recon- of the crop of 1918 and the carrying struction 'work in Europe unless more costs thereof, it is deeply interested attention is paid to the' requirements in the disposition of the exportable of the overseas market, is a warning given by the Commission of Conser- vation to Canadian exporters of lum- ber. Lumber from Russia and Swed- en, it is pointed out, conforms more merits are not purchasing grain either toBritish the size requirements of the Bmarket, and the chief lifts- in Canada or the United States.Hence if prices in the world market culty Canadian dealers must over- should suffer an early decline both come is the one relating to the "cant countries would be called to make size" of lumber shipments generally good their guarantees. ca It is stated from this side of the Atlantic. here, horwever, that there is no reason "As far as British Columbia is Gov - concerned," says the statement, "the to anticipate that the Canadian Gov - bulk of lumber heretofore imported crureus will find itself' obliged to d,is- by the United Kingdom has been in .burse money to bring the price pail Mar - the fart!! of large timbers of the for Canadian grain in the world mar - 'merchantable,' f ket up to th guaranteed fixed price mg into anp speTial siz, enlarge present suspension of buying is due to � If British Columbia is tocanTesticn in Great Britain, that the her timber trade, then a range of British Wheat Export Company will! all grades and sizes, including mer- i resume buying and will likely do so ehantabie• but not lite lowest grades, on the basis which has hitherto Pre - must be dealt in. l vaned. "If Canada." the report continues.; "cat! deliver lumber in the various ' WILL NOT CALL ON GERMANY grades sawn to British standards at ; TO PAY ALLIED COSTS OF WAR Swedish standards, then she can do ' _ __ business in a broad and general! A despatch from London says: - way," This, it is pointed out. is''lne Peace Conference has settled one practi:ally impossible with freight i important point with regard to the rates at the present high level, but l indemnity question, the Paris corres- in two yens freight rates may go ; pendent of the Evening Standard says love enough fer Canada to compete ! he has reasons for reporting. The with Sweden and Russia, provided Conference, he declares, has eli.minat- grain remaining in the country. It is estimated that that exportable sur- plus of wheat now amounts to from 60,000,000 to 70,000,000 bushels. At present the British and allied Govern 'I5 Hit B ,Zeppelins -It has onlyi ledtn`tilat''ely'thbb ti B'r"id'1ah: ed`nsdt has allowed any details to be published Of ' the damage donee by the 'i�arious Zeppelin raids over London. Now that all danger is ended, the curtain has been lifted and the publication of photographs is permitted. This is a house in the west end of London which was hit by a !bomb from aGep- pelin. AN it inmates were killed. YP S RUINS TOBE LEPT Will Stand as a Reminder of the Horrors of War to Future Generations. A despatch from London says: - The decision of the Belgian Govern- ment to maintain Ypres, the scene of 1 battles between the British and the Germans in its presentcon i- P1i • 'NOTE?, OF INTEREST' FROM lllEB BANK AND BR,tES. BRITISH ARMY REMODELLED What Is Going On In the'Highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Breadstuffs Toronto Feb 4 ' •umtoba• wheat -No. 1 Norbhern,$241�a, No. 2' ,Northern, $2.211/4; o. 2 Northern,: $2.17%' No. 4 wheat,. $2.11%, in stare Igor t William, not ipgludung teals , .: Manitoba ok}ts�--N�9.' 2 C.W., 633/eci No. 3 C.W., Su?%c; extra No.' 1: ;feeds 60%e; No, 1 feed, 561/ee, in store Fort Wil'lisan els in Dundee American corn -No, 2 yellow, 51.45; During Y.M.C.A. e No. 4 yellow, 51.42; January ship - the amount realized was £10,200:. went. Captain H. II. .McKee, Harthill, Ontario oats, now eelop-No. 2 Bathgate, has been awarded a bar :vlu te, G9 to Ole; No. 3 white, 68 to. Sia to his Military Medal. according to freights outside. Ontarf wheat --bier , 1 Winter, .per NEWS BY. MAIL ABOUT JON BULL AND Ifl'$ P„EG? 'LR . Occurrences. lit the Lund That Reigasa. Supreme in the, Comenerm , eta! World: The Mayor 01 Deptford hos given three pigs to the berroug'n. eouzicil to. eat the waste from 'the national; kit- ehen.. A large number of Dritis,i prison - ere have been releeeed in M;=sopo- The Military 'Service Medal' has car loft, `0$2.14 to $2,22; No. 2, db., tuella, and u nurnbe_ ars !:ratting re - been awarded to Rte: James McNee, $2,11 to: $2.1.9; No. 3, do., $2.0'7 to lease in Smyrna. Black Watch, Campsie. $2.15 to $2.15; No. 1 Spring, 52.00 The deat�i;is announced of the Very Stirling, has John Given, the oldest postman in to $2.17 No. 2 Sprim.g, $2.00 bo Rev. James A. Smith, dean of David's awarded ,,w r _ $2.11; 1�{o. 3 Spring, $2.02 oto $2.10. f:c.b., sh Aping points, aecwading to since 1908, at the age of seXenty- eerie' Service Medal. freigdits. sevarr. Pea's -Ne. 2, $2,00. The next general annual Barley-llialting mew crop, 73' to of the institute of Motais meetingbe the 78c; according to f2, $1,tc nominal, fast peace -time gathetals will the in- ye- o. 2, 5o. 2, $1, $1, nominal,"' stitnte in five years. Rye -No. 2, flour --Old ziomnnal. General Townshend, who was Manitoba flour�Old crop, was awarded. the K.C.B. in October, 1916, was knighted by •the King recently at Buckingham Palace The War Trade Department has an- nounced'that Gxport trade other than cotton and '"wool' with Holland may now be resumed. Miss Helen Falwards, of Malvern, sent £i,000'direct to his Majesty thi King for his fund for the Disabled Soldiers and Saijors. Mise Alnia Tedenta presented a• re- presentative gathering of Poles air Regent street, London, with a silk banter in the Polish national colors. Tho Duke of Connaught has accept- ed the office of Lord Nigh Steward of Wokingham, Berks. The Town Council o'f Totnes, Dev- onshire, has conferred' the freedom of that. city on General Sir William Birdwood. ..]Miss .Jackson, the lifayoress of Rochester, has five brothers who have been at'some time the mayor of an L zgliah town. A psalter printed by command of Henry VII was sold recently at Shotheby's for £110. Joseph Henry, the new Lord Mayor of Leeds, as a boy stood in a queue with charity tickets end a pail to obtain soul! for himself and brothers. Mr. Laidlaw, the father of Piper Dan Laidlaw, V,C., has passed away lit his home in Doddingbon. Provost Aikman, of. St, Andrew's, has given notice of Ms ,intention to retire from the civic chair. gnaldty, $11.35, Toroabo. Dr. Josephine Cairns has been ap-Oletaaro' flour -War' quality, old pointed interim medical officer for eTr an 00.00, in bags, ivi heal and the county of CIackmannan: Milifeed-fear lotd; delivered Mont - Lieut. J. A. Kirk killed, in action,. real freights, bags intlludecll Bran,. was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk, Gal- 587.25 per tpn ei oras, $(12.26 per, t oaa. loway street, Maxwellton. Hay Tlo. 1, $22 to $28 ger ton;: meted, $2`b• to $22 -per bon, track Tier - Major Francis Roy Tarleton, who onto .- has been awarded the Military Cross, Straw -Curr lett , 510 to 511, track, is a sort of Mrs. Wise, Dairsie. . T:oeonto Sam Brown, a resident of Stone- Country - Fiwdnce-Whelesele ao which haven, rias. g,...,.-. .. ,.�.. weighs two and one-half. pounds. Eggs --No. 1 aborege, 50 to• 66'e; Midshipman Archibald Douglas selected, storage, 058 to (ince enxtons, •j Moir, R.N., killed in action, wag t Butter-Creamery,,solicls, 61 to 62e; son of J. W. Moir, Dunmar; Alloa. do, pirints, 53 to 55e. choice dairy D. M. Lamont, M.A., Bo'ness . Aca- demy, has been appointed class ical master ie Vale of Leven' Academy. Lieut. Douglas Cal re, o a - prints, `63 to 56e; ordinary dewy prints,' 38 to 40c; bakers', 30 to"33c; o'.aonaarganine,r(best grade), 32:' to d f B th 8 c. 900,000 Hold Liners in Germany gate, who joined the army in To- Cheese -New, large, 28 to'281Fzc; ronto, Canada, is reported wounded. twins, 29 to 291ree; eprmg enere, Marge, Duringthe Transition 28%c to 29c; twins, 29 to 293bc. Major R. 0. Irving, M.C., Cana- Comb Honey-Ohorce 16 oz., 54.50 Period. diens, killed in action, was a son of to $s.00 per dozen; 1TL oz., $8.50 to The regulations governing the Henry Bell Irving, Millbank, Locker- 54.00. per dozen. bis Maple syrup --In 5 -gallon bins, 53.15 armies of occupation are dealt with Major-General W. H. Rycroft, to 53.35. J ' in an official statement issued by Wfn p d n v has had the Flell. ... si:on Spencers Church: L Secretary for �Var, says a Landon despatch. T3 him. r gait e, , Montreal Markets Order of the Redeemer bestowed on Fl 1e511.25 grade known as or Lased en $2.34?a e bushel for No. 1 dorsed heartily by British press and structural work or for resmv- ,. "The British military Commanders decided to erecta memorial to the le :sse Brun, $37.26. Shorts, $42.26 heavy stn N illwrn. It is bt-1e:ed that the public opinion. are of the opinion that 900,000 men rneUeronr the burgh who have fallen $4.25. lite, $68.00 Hey -No. ts 2, per Queen Mary has sent true auto- . a d' Feb. 4. -Flour -New ew tion as a permanent memorial, is en- shnMontreal,,ivde to $11.35. statement says. The Town Council of Grief has le oats Bags, 80 lbs. $4 QO to we manufacture to the requirements of the British market. INCREASE TO BRITISH NAVY TO BE REGARDED AS BONUS A despatch from London says: The Adniralt;' announces that pend- ing the conclusions of the Committee of Enquiry on the subject, it has been decided to increase the pay of all naval men, ranging from an extra shilling per day for ordinary seamen to six shillings for captains and high- er ranks, with similar increases to the Royal Marines. This extra pay, it is declared, must be regarded as a bonus, and not as representing an increase of the present pay, which may ulti- mately be considered a just and equitable remuneration. :ENGLAND'S BIRTH RATE LOWEST IN HISTORY A despatch from London says; England's population.. is decreasing. So rotates Dr. Caleb W. Saleeby, the mons eugenist, on the authority of unpublished vital statistics sent to Mem by the Registrar General. They ahoy that, for the whole of England and Wa'l'es, last year's death rate would, probably, be found to he high- er than the birth rate• The year was the worst on record in this respect. In London the birth rate was 15.8 per 1,000 of population, and the death rate was 18.90. The smallness of the _birth rate figures was unprecedented In that history of England. ed any intention of calling upon Ger- many and her associates to pay the allied countries the cost of the war or to impose heavy indemnities upon the enemy nations. ti "Ypres will be a memorial, say the Westminster Gazette, "in which future generations may learn the hor- rors of war. There is nothing more impressive than the sight of the stricken•,city with the skeletons of its once won$erful buildings rising gaunt into the sky. In a senso there are few things more beautiful. To patch it up would be impossible. Every- one, therefore, will welcome the de- cision that the remains of the old city shall be left intact instead of being cleared away. "The East abounds in the ruins of the last vestiges of once glorious civilizations which have been over- thrown. Ypres will stand for centur- ies as a reminder that civilization itself cannot be overthrown and as a monument to the generations sacrific- ed in its defence." TO PAY SOLDIERS 21 SHILLINGS WEEKLY A despatch from London says:- The ays: The pay of the soldiers of the British army who will he retained until a peace footing again is reached prob- ably will be twenty-one shillings a week and food and lodgings, accord- ing to a statement made by W. A. Appleton, Secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, to the Daily Mail. FRENCH CUSTOMS LINE FIXED ALONG FRONTIERS OF 1870 A despatch from Paris says: -One of the first consequences of the re- occupation of Alsace-Lorraine has been the suppression of the Customs line of the Vosges. A decree appear- ed in the Official Journal fixing the French Customs line along the fron- tiers of 1870. The German Customs agents have been dismissed and an agreement has been made with Switz- erland for opening the frontiers. • BRITISH FLAG FLOATS OVER STRASBOURG A despatch from Strasbourg says: - Two British gunboats arrived here on Friday. The British flag now floats over the City. 1,000,000 LIEN WILL OCCUPY RHINELAND A despatch from Paris says: -The number of American, French and Brit- ish troops to be maintained in the occupied regions along the Rhine will be limited to 1,000,000 men, accord- ing to The Echo de Paris. AIRPLANES TO CARRY A FOOD TO BELGIUM A despatch from London says: - The Government has allotted a squad- ron of military airplanes to convey foodstuffs to Belgium for the relief of the population. The service, which is to be daily, will begin immediately between Folkestone and Ghent. are sufficient for this transition per- iod. All the rest will be demobilized as fast as possible. "The new armies will begin form- ing February 1 and will be compos - 0 ed, in the firs have enlisted since January 1, 1916, and who do not exceed thirty-seven years of age. Volunteers will be ac- cepted for one year's service from among men otherwise entitled to re- lease, while sixty.nine battalions of young soldiers now on home service will be sent immediately to help guard the Rhine bridgeheads and re- lease the older men. "The men of the naw armies will be paid bonus.; ranging from ten shillings and sixpence per week for privates, to forty-two shillings for Colonels, in addition to the ordinary army pay. Leave will be granted on as generous a scale as possible. "The occupation armies will be the home army, the army of the Rhine, and the army of the Middle East, a detachment of the Far North, and garrisons of the Crown colonies and India, seem to be "These arrangements the best devisable for the year 1919. During the year, however, we must remake the old British regular army, so as to provide, on a volun- tary basis, overseas garrisons and foreign stations." In connection with the foregoing the Ministry of Labor announces that no further appjlcation for release of individual officers or men on pivot- al or special grounds can be consider- ed. t instance, of those wh in the war. ton, ear' lots, Lieut. Arthur D. Binnie, son of Mr. ! Cheese -Finest easterns, 24 to 26c. and Mrs. Thomas Binnie, Longiddry,Butter--choicest creamery, 53 to 54e. teas killed as the result of an aero- I Eggs -Selected, 57 to 58e; No. 1 stock 53" to 54c. Potatoes -Per bag, car plane sec{dent. town of Peebles Council has ! lets, 51.65 to $1.70. Dre sed hogs - The Alaatto,{'r killed, $23.00 to $23.50. acquired from the Earl of Wemyss L rd --pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, the lands of Kirklands and the farm !28 to 30c. of Jedderfields. ALLIES LOAN TEN BILLION FRANCS TO THE BELGIANS A despatch from Paris says: - Ten billion francs have been advanced to $10.50; do. medium bulls, $8.50 to to Belgium by Great Britain, France 59.00; do. rough bulls, 57.25 to 57.75; and the United States, this amount butchers' cows, chaise, 59.00 to 59.00; to be deducted from the first instal- do. good, 58.00 to 58.50; do, medium, ment of the war indemnity to be paid 57.25 to $c. stockers do. common, $6.06 0; by Germany, accordingto a Havas ffeeders75; s 510 50' 58.00 to $10.00, , $10.60 to 511.50; canners, despatch from Brussels. 55.00 bo 55.50; milkers, good to The despatch adds that the amount choice, 500..00 to 5130.00; do, co.'nz, will be raised either by an inter -al- and med., $55.00 to 575.00; springers, lied''bond issue or by a German loan 590.00 to 5130.00; light ewes, $9.00 having priorityover all other loans. to $0.50; yearlings, 512.00 to 512.50; spa,ing laan'bs 514.00 to 514.50; calves good to choice $15.00 to $15.50; boos fed and watered,. $16:00 to 516,25. Montreal, Feb. 4.-Oarmers' catble $4.50 to $6,00; butchers' bulla ,and A despatch from London says:- cows, 59.00 to 510.50; lambs, $12.50 sheop, 58.00 to 59.50; milk fed calves; The new British Parliament, accord- 512.00 to 516.00; choice select brags, ing to present plans will meet on $16.60. February 11, with Prime Minister • Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law, 80,000 OF AIR FORCE BE RETAINED the Government leader in the House WILL of Commons, attending. The time - used in giving the oath to members A despatch from London says: - will be shortened, and it is expected The Air Force for the armies of oc- that an ]tour after the session begins cupation, says an official announce - both houses will assemble to hear the ment, has been selected on the same speech from the throne. Sir James basis and with the same emoluments as the other branches of the service. six thousand flee hundred offi- cers and seventy-five thousand men will be retained out of approximately three hundred thousand. 22.00 to $20".00. graph letters and two oil paintings of herself, to the Women's Active Ser- vice Club, Easton Square. A motor omnibus, to run en com- pressed gas, was exhibited at the British Scientific Exhibition, held in London recently. Ernest Simpson, twelve years old, of Wombwell, has been awarded the Royal Humane Society's Medal for rescuing a child from' firowning. Joseph Walton,' a chief engineer in the mercantile. marine, has been etvarded by the King with the Silver Medal for saving life at sea. One hundred bungalows for dis- abled men are being built at Hackney at a cost of £50,000. A small farm of thirty-one acres was sold at Chelford, Cheshire, for 22.200. procession held In a thanksgiving p ' in Sheffield fourteen thousand children took part. The troops of Aldershot have. saved seventeen hundredweight of waste paper per thousand men in one month. For retaining and using the ration book of his servant, Philip,Gutmacher was fitted £20 at North London. British women and children who aro in the United States may now re- turn home, but not sightseers. The children in Northumberland elementary schools have subscribed over £63,000 in War Saving Certifi- cates. The death took place recently at Hove of colonel lose czLnrck3Bruce, a tvell- known Eng The death has taken plafeiama - ham of Sergeant Lanning, years instructor at the Royal London Engineering College. The death is announced at Cater - ham of Canon Francis J. Roe, for thirty-nine years chaplain at the Bri- gade of Foot Guards Depot. Sir Edward . Stern has sent a cheque for 51,000 to the lletronolitan Reepital, Kingsland road. London, in ntemoyy of Constance, Lady Stern. Sir Edwin Lntyens has been asked to prepare a design for a permanent shrine for Hyde Park, svmboli ring the triumph of Right over Might. i5 0 News From the Front. If you find yourself with nothing to write, do not give ouyeself up t situation or wait until sotra -,,na :Forces you forward, like tt r'inggish soldier, who -not h ' t p, !written to his mo - Victims of The Huns -This photograph of human Skeletons is that of a batch of British prisoners just after their release from the German pri- son camps. They were literally starved alive. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Fob. 4 -'Ohoice heavy steers, 518.00 to 514.50; butchers' cattle, choice, 510.75 to $11.25; do. good, $10.00 to 510,50; do. common, 58.50 to 58.75; bulls, choice, $10.26 BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO MEET FEB. 11 Lowther will be re-elected speaker of the House. Future Army of Occupation Largely French and American A despatch from London says: - The British contribution to the allied armies of occupation in the Rhineland, says the Times, will be less numeric- ally than that of either France of the United States, consideration having been given to the part played in the war by the British Navy and to Beit - GERMAN BOMBS HILL TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS A despatch from Mons, Belgium, says: -Two British soldiers were kil- led and several injured on Friday by the explosion of bombs hidden ander coal abandoned by the Germans. The th1 responsibilities poiisib'lities i. other parts of soldiers :were engaged in removing the i the world. coal when the explosion occurred. I'Li URPRigE, m 441E e.`f S.TNIIN' IN TGNi4H3 1TS NO' U5E. 45l11,( OO'r 1t4 TME Rodty OEbIDEy 1)11,1T`f t5 AWAY ON.HlS• VACATION^' 3IEE., .-t",MBeT -:X 'ea- 10'1E4 Weas.'103' 313C3:111R, HELLO- ler TH15 rlFt'g N11.41NER 1 $110Pp a V to WELL -WI -1.`O° L. SEND TNQSE I'v/o IlAl'9 l PICKED OUT• UP HERE R'GliT hst4M- `fE i to ttO 'THEM 44.0.0 ,0000.. ti--m,._,rr j NOV-r wliERir'l.r. S'PErID i I1E EVENIN ? ce^ _ 01114J 2r ss "••••"-, / i!l•111,E thee ' two years, although he had in j trill time been almc.sst constantly in i the trenches-••-lvas u.r'i1 by the ch iP»1 lain of his regiment to write n letter • home. He dallied with the matter for two weeks, and finally composed Ikes following historic epistle: "Dear Mother. This war is a Ming,. er, Tell auntie. Yours, Bill." ,0000._..---•<,.-000__0.,_ 13e Explicit, Please. Officer (as company is temporarily 1 about to vacate trench which has been, reported mined) "You two will re- main here, and if there is an explo.slezt+ you will blow a whistle. You underei stand?" Private Spuds -"Yes, sir. ' Will we blow it going up or coming down'tt, •