HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-02-20, Page 6CONSTITUTION OF TILE ,gig;
OF NATIONS DE PUBLIC
Matters o '$isiplete RetweenlNations ItR=be Settled by Arbitration.
•- .giveGreat 'Powers hale (,outrun of the
Executive Council.
The fallowing is a summary, el • the i -the dispute Ibindssits'elf not ta; resort.
ooustitulti'on of the League 'of Nations M.. war until three months after the
as contained m a 'despatch frost ''award. Similar provisions are to be
Pam's:- applied to disputes between nations
11.t a plenary session, of the Peace that are not members. of the League.
Conference thero osed constitution Coventtet-breaking nations are.to
p p.
of • the League of Nations was re- be subjected to :a 'rigorous economic
g p
i to which boycott, which will cut tri
rented by the Commission y Fm off from
the work of drafting had been en- all other nations. The Executive of
trusted The constitution definitely the League, moreover, may call upon
places,'contrcl of the Executive Coun- the nations' to provivie 'military and
of the naval forces "to protect the coven-
clll of the League in the .hand's
live Great Powers -Britain, Fiance, ants of the League."
the United States, Italy and Japan-- There are no provisions against
who wifl have one member each, while compulsory military service. The
all other nations w 1i have four eh'o- question of the reduction of srma-
sen from among them. ments is remitted to the Executive
All nations joining the League must for such action as may be considered
agree to submit matters of dispute possible, "cons'istent'' with national
between them to arbitration or to the safety,"
Etecative of the League. They will' Germany is not expressly barred
not in any event resort to war as from the League, but c`no State shall
against a member of the . League be admitted to the League unless it is
whidt -coinp'•ies with the award of the able to give effective guarantee of its
arbitrators er the recommendations sincere intention to ebserve its in -
of tho EI xeoutive Oouncil. In the ternational obligations." This phrase
event of any nation refusing to do' shows- that Germany must sat for a
so, tat other nation which is party to while on the stool of penitence.
CANADA WILL
SUPPLY 20 PER CENT.
Dominion I•Ias Commercial In-
terest in Settlement With
Germany.
A despatch from Paris says: -
There has been a tentative agree-
silent
oee-
ment between the allies and German
representatives as to furnishing food
to Germany, but this arrangement is
- conditional upon the acceptance. by
the Germans of the terms to be sub-
mitted.
Germany it'll to immediately 30,000
tons of -Pork ttitl'd and 250,000 cases
of condensed milk. Following this
there witi be st second order for 200,-
000 tou_s of wheat and 255,000 tens of
pork psciiuets•
• In addition, Ge' mann .cit' 'require
between- March. and August, 400,000
torts of wheat with large quantities
of other pra.n', Maize and forage.•
'('ver i,aty s urgent toed requirements
is sst it;tic.centent which will compel
her pe'aceftrl acetptance to the new
terms to bo sr brt:tted,
Canada hes a direct commercial In-
+terect in the impending settlement,
bee *,a there is an understanding
that 0 per cent cf the meet products
stripped so Geiereny from the reserves
in Gr c ,` Britain r are to be replaced
by perch osc5 in Canada. Thus the
expo ted sidmiesion by Germany as -
ito the eendiricire tu'•lI mean the ship -I
ate.± in the .eocele ua months of sthe
bacon s.rrriu_ .i.. h has ate:emulated
in Canada.
DARDANELLES OPEN
TO WORLD TRADE
Relief of Armenians and Peoples
of South Russia Will Be
Important Outcome.
Washington, Feb. 16. -The Dar-
danelles were thrown open to Ameri-
can trade interests Saturday for th
first time since the world, war began,
by action of the War Tra'c'e Board,
following cable advices that an -agree=
Ment had been reached by the Su-
preme Economic Council its Paris
!which would make such a step pas -
'globs without destroying the effective-
ness of the 'blookade of tic Central
Powers. It is understood here that
the trade and shipping interests of
Great Britain and other foreign in-
terests will receive the. same privileg-
es from their Governments and that
rate schedules nt.,' be announced soon.
iThe agreement carries with it a
resumption of trade relations with
i Turkey and Bulgaria, with which
i Great Britain and the allied nations
of Europe are still, theoretically at
least, at war. It also has the ef-
fect, the importance .of whirl as point-
ed to as not to be overlooked, of aid-
ing in the relief of the Armenians and
the peoplese.of South Russia.
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"The strongest principlepof growth
lies in human choice." -George Elliot.
FLEW FROM PARIS TO LONDON
IN ONE HOUR FIFTY MINUTES
A despatch Nom London says: ---The
British Air Siiu.stty announces that a
French service machine on Wednes-
day made e record flight between
Paris anti London, covering the dis-
tance in one hour and fifty minutes.
The cast:nee covered was 270 miles..
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HOMER -WARREN CO.
:DEPT. 47, Tenseness
Markets. ,of -the
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Breasts tuffs.
Feb. 11 Manitoba Wlieat
Northern, n $2.24%; tit `rig
$2.2141 ; No.he
$ o 1 ',sheet, 38.11%; , in
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oats -No 2 C. W„ 685ii<'
Salo; extra No..1 feed
.6 I'feecl, 50Oec; No. 2 feed,
6 ore Fort William:
barley -No. 3 C.W., 81%e
, 70ifie; rejected (;9%';
f , in stole Fort WilSere.
corn -No. 3 yellow, $1450;
w. 31.47, prompt shipment.
ants -No. 2white 57 to
6 white, 56 to 59c, according
t outside.
wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
c 14 to 32.22;, No. 2. 'do.,
$ S2.10; No. 3, do., $2.07 to
, shipping points, according
t .
Ontario wheat -No. .1 Spring .$2.09
Toronto,
-No, 1
Northsili,
2 il4; A
tune Fort
Manitoba
Aro $ t`.V
Jx4c; No.
65+tc, in at
Manitoba
No. 4 C P
ted, 69bo
AmeriOan
No, 4 yellow,
Oc• No. 3
o Freights
Ontario
ear loot $2
2.11±0 8
2.15 f.o.b,
o freights.
to $2.17; No. 2, do., $2.06 to $2,14;
No. 3, do., 32.02 to 32.10 f.o.b., ship-
ping points according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, 31.75 to $1,80, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Barley -Malting 73 to 78c, nominal.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 31.00, nominal,
Rye -No. 2, 31.26, nominal.
Manitoba TIour--Government.stan-
d'ard, 310.85 to $11.35, Toronto.
Ontario flour -War quality, 39,75 in
bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt
(shipment.
ll{i1ifeed-Car lots, delivered Mont
real freights, bags inoi'uded. Bran,
337.25 per ton; shorts, 342.25 per ton;
good flour, 32,40 per bag.
Hay -No. 1, $22 per ton; mixed,
320 to $21 per ton, track Toronto.
Straw -Car lots, 310 to 311 per ton,
car lots.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Bu'bter-Dalry, tube and rolls, 28 to
390; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery,
fresh made, solids, 51e; prints, 52c.
Eggs -New laid, 45 to 46e. •
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens
26 to 32c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to
30e; ducklings, 82c; turkeys, 40o;
squabs, doz., $4.50; geese, 25c.
Live poultry -Roosters, 20e; fowl,
24 to 300; ducklings, 1'b., 35e; turkeys,
35c; Spring chickens, 25c; geese, 18c.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Oheese-New, large 27%?• to 28c;
twins, 28 to 2814e; old, huge, 28 to
28%e; twin, 283i to 29c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
4Sc; creamery, solids, 51 to 58c;
prints, 52 to 64e.
Margarine -82 to 34e.
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 50 to 52e• new
laid, 56e; new Paid in cartons, 57c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
32 to 38c; roosters, 28 to 80c; fowl 32
to 35e; turkeys, 45 to 50e; ducklings,
'lb. 35 to 38c; squabs, doz., 36.50;
geese, 27 to 29c.
Potatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b. track
Toronto, car lots, 90 to 31.00.
Beans - Canadian, hand-picked
bushel, $4,50 to 35.00. Imported
hand-picked, Burma or Indian, $4.00;
Lima, 15c.
Honey -Extracted clover: 516. tins,
28 to 29c 1'b.; 10-14. tins, 27 to 28c;
00-11). tins, 26 to 26%c; 'buckwheat, 60:.
lb. tin, 21 to 22c. Comb: 16 -oz., 34.50
to $5.00 doz.; 12 -oz., 38.50 to 34.00
dos.
Maple products -Syrup, per gallon,
32.25 to 32,35; sugar, 1'b. 27 to 28c.
Proeisios eaelkikele tie ea:
$mo]csl meats -Hams, medium, ,3G
M 'Sc; eros 'tftb 30to 1e; eaelFed'
49 le 01c; reib, 31 t0 82c; breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c backs, plain, 44 to
4504 he/loess, 00 to 52o.
Cured,meats-hang clear b icon,1288
to 20c; clear bellies, 27`tb 28o:
Lard -Pure, tierces, 27 to 171 e;
tubs, 271 to 28o; palls lrn t to 281!,cl
prints, 8% to 20c. (`empound,
tierces, 25% to 2514e; tubs, 25% to
2614c; pails, 26 to 26%c; prints, 271/2
to 27e.
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o trce1 Markets.
Montreal, Feb.1.t.. Oats, --Extra.
No. 1 food, 74c, Flour -New steed-',
aril grade, $11.24 to 311..25. veiled
oats-:-Btias, 90 lbs. $3.90 to , 54.25.
Bran, $37.'25. Shorts, $42.25. M011i1-
lie'
588.00. ila'S-No. 2r per ton, car
lots. 323:00. •
Cheese -Finest pasterns, 24 to 25r.
Butter -Choicest creamery, 51 to 51)4
;Eggs -Selected, 30e• No. 1 stock, 47
to 54c. Potatoes -Iter bag, car rots,
$1,75. Dressed bogs -Abattoir
led, .$24.00. Lard -Pure, wood pails,
20 lbs. net, 25 to 28e.
Live Stock Trlarkets
Toronto, Feb. 11. -Choice heavy ex -
roll steers, 315.00 tq 316.75: do.,
good, $14.00 to $14.50; Choice ,butcher
steers; 313,00 to $13.50; butchers'
cattle, choice, $12.00 to .313.00; do.,
good, $11.25 to $11.75,; do., common,
39.00 to $10.00; bulls, choice, $10.50
to $11.00; db., medium ;Mills, 88.76 to
$9.26; do., rough' bull's, $260 to $8,00;
butchers' :cows, .choice, 310.00 to
$11.00; do., good, 39.00 to $9.50; do.,
medium, $8.00 to $8.60; do., common,
$7.00 to $7.50; stackers, $8,00 to
$10.50; feeders, $10.50 to 312.00;
canners, $5,35 to 37.00; milkers, good
to choke, 390.00 to $140.00; do. t n.
and med„ $65.00, to $75;00; springers,
390.00 to $140.00; light wes, $9.00
to 310.00; yearlings, 312.00 to $12.50;
spring lambs, 315.00 to 316.00;
calves, good to ohoice, 315.50 to
$17.50; hogs, fed and watered, $17.50
to $16:25. -
Iiiontreai, Feb. 11. -Best steers,
$13,50; poorer 38.50 to 310.00 per
100 lbs.; choice cows and bulls, 310.00
to $11.00; canners, -$6.00 to $6.00;
sheep, 310.00; lambs, $14.00; calves,
milk -fed, 312.00 to 316.00 per 100 lbs.
hogs, $17.50.
Germany to Paytothe Full
Extent of Her Resources
A despatchfrom London says: -
Capt. the Hon, Rupert Guinness asked
in the House of Common's whether
the Premier was prepared to press to
the utmost for reparation from Ger-
many and also to make Germany pay
to the full extent of her resources.
Premier Lloyd George replied that
that was the election pledge i en
the `Government after areul Cabin et
consideration. The Government stood
by every word of this pledge.
BRITISH DRAFT IS •
BASIS ON WATERWAYS
A despatch from London says: -
The Commission. dealing with inter-
national control of. ports, railways
and waterways has 'begun work on
the basis of a draft prepared by
Great Britain, according to The Daily
Mail. •
In Panama Canal -The C.P.R. liner Empress of Asia, which took many western soldiers hone to Van-
couver, is here shown passing through the big reels at the Pacific end of the Panama Canal. She was the first
British troopship to go through the canal westbound.
:`EDD'- :BY FOCI
Germany i91nsSt Ceai Fighting
Poles and Chary Ora the
.Armistice Conditions..
Copenhagen en Feb. 16= e p l in ' to
e'p' g , �' p ,/ 3
a, request by hdt tunas Etzhargar, head
of thn German Arnoistico, Clom.rniseton,-
for a derby in the siding of the•
armi'st'ice terms until' %4Lond'ay noon,.
Marshal Foch declared that the armis-
tice expired at 5 o'cock Monday
mornings and that the last hoer for
signing would be 6 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in order to bo abie'to issue
the nocese'ery orders to 'bite troops..
2f not signed then; Marshal Foch said
he would be obliged to -leave Treves
and the armistice would no longer be
in force.
Answering E±'zberger'e counter-de-
naand,. Marshal Foch said the new
ar:nieti:ce tome had been fixed by
the heads of the Associated Govern-
ments and•th'a't he was enable to alter
them. ,
Basle, Feb. 16: -T'i'e armistice has
been extended indefinitely, according
to, a Treves de3patcih to the lavas
iA;geney. The Germans Etre required
to cease their offensive against the
Poles and carry out the previqus
tern's of the armistice until com-
pleted.
BRITAIN WILL DEMAND
INDEMNITY FROM GERMANY
A despatch from London says: -The
British delegates at the 'Peace Con-
ference have been definitely instructed
to claim an indemnity which will in-
clude the cost of the war as well 6Jt
the damage actually„ caused, it was
announced in the House of Commons
00 Thursday by Andrew Bonar Law,
!Government leader in the Commons,
lin reply to a question.
A commission, is now considering
the amount to be claimed, the method
-by which payment should be made and
the means of enforcing the payment,
Mr. Dopar Law added.
MORE 'THAN 10,000,000 ALIENS
I STATES
IN
RESIDENTUNITED S. ATES
- A despatch from Washington
says: -Approximately one-tenth of
the population of the United States
is composed of unna'tura'lized aliens,
accord'in'g to Raymond F. Criist, De-
puty Commissioner of Natralization,
who declared that such a 'condition
would not permitted. by any other
country, and appealed to American
citizens to help in making ci't'izens of
alien residents. He said there were
10 500,000 persons in this country who
still' retain their allegiance to the
rand of their birth,
GERMANY FORCED TO TAKE
DEFINITE ATTITUDE NOW
A d'es'patch from Paris says: -The
newspapers unanimously approve the
decision of the Supreme Council re-
garding Germany, end rejoice that.
the Wailes reached a complete under-
standing as to the terms to be 'sub-
mitted to Germany on February 17.
The Petit Paaisien says that Germany
must take a decisive attitude within
the next few days, because she will
have to realize that despite apparent
differences of 'opinion, the alliance
.among her conquerors remains intact.
Capital and Labor to Meet
To End Industrial Unrest
London, Feb. 16. -The Government
has derided to convene, probably
within the present month, a national
conference of representatives of ocupi-
tai and labor to ,seek a settlement of
the present industrial *unrest. It is
understood that representatives of
the employers and all the leading
'trade unions will be invited and that
the Premier is devoting himself ac-
tively to the promotion of this con-
ference, which will be the anost im-
portant ever assembled to deal with
labor problems.
WAR COST ALL POWERS
193,000,000,030 DOLLARS
A despatch . from Washington
says: -Tits total cost of the war to all
belligements, including the Central
powers, was placed at x!193,000,000,000
by Secretary Baker an an address.
This estimate, the Secretary said, was
based on figures just compi'l'ed by the
War College.
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INVESTMENT
STREETS
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�SutTe'zzng,icry Petrograd People
Terrible as2irond Description.
A (Leopold!). front Loudon says: -
There hos ;just arrived in London an
'English toad unionist e'ho has 'lived
to closest con ta'ot with Rtis=ian'work-
ors in diff rent pests of the country
'for the pa:r•l: nave years. Ile, bus coene
direct from t Petrograd, and .: in the
coarse of an trrtsi;Wew with z London
rail, News rtss. esentative ho' deo-
cribed the terrible conditions of life
in Russia reeler Bolshevik rale.
"Conditions in Petrograd," he' said,
"are beyond belief, The sofferin.g of
the people is so terrible that it can
hardly be imagined in England.
`"Machinery for food distribution
Iltaas completely broken down' and
L. 1 Y
practically all the workers in the city
!are suffering from sheer starvation.
Tiley have•Ilassedtbee tags l semi-
starvation. I have seen people `liter
ally dying in the sloeots. At night
Petrograd was like a. city of the dead.
"I often asked the people why they
didn't overthrow the Bolsheviks and
the reply I got•tv'as: "We can't. I£ we
lift a little finger that will be the ,end
of 015.'
"Russia has passed 'beyond the
sphere of politics. The question is
now one of humanity. People are
ing witolesaie of starvation. The p0-
pulation of Petrograd has dwindled
from 2,000,000 to about ,600,000.
Thousands have been killed or have
died from the effects of starvation.
The reign of terror' extends to the
country- distric'tts. There, howevle:r;
the people are not starving."
5
NEWFOUNDLAND TO
IRELAND BY AIR`
In a statement to The Transcript
Colonel W. A. Bishop, Canada's pre-
mier "ace." who holds the world's war
record for birdmen, predicts the early
wiping out of distance by the airplane.
IIe says: "As soon as the weather be-
comes snitable-about April 1,:I thinly
--an airplane will cross the Atlantic;
and: not one, but dozens, for on the
first favorable day there .will be an in-
ternational race to accomplish this
feat. The winner will probably start
from Newfoundland and land in Ire -
laud, making the flight in unite a bit
under twenty-four hours, and without
the necessity of coming down. It is
entirely possible to sorry sufficient pet-
rol and other supplies to do this, and
the Newfoundland fogs, about which
more or less has been said, won't
bother, tor the aviator will quickly
rise above the fog belt at tate start."
BRITISH SUPER -ZEPPELIN
MARVEL IN ALL RESPECTS
A despatch from London says:-.
The first details of the construction
of the British super -Zeppelin wltieh,'
here builders assert, is eapable of a ,
non-stop round trans-Atlantic voyage,
are pit'bliihed in the Daily Marl. She ,
was built secretly. The ship's length
is 670 feet and her diameter 79 feet.!
Her weight in flying trim will be more
than 600 tons, including a carrying {
capacity of between 27 and 30 tons.!
For war purposes She was to have:
carried four 580 -pound and eight 250 -
pound bombs, also Machine and other'
guns fere, at and on top,
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Great Eritain and France 11'.1311 i ird''e'r.'-
take to Renew ? Their
• Forests
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Canada Should Ipllow-Exan,il..
An important iteo '''of PQstrwam
otic. ,,,in both France wrid;•Gyeiti Cdrr.
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tali, will unquestionably be azo+ ?ten.
sive programme• of referestatiom.
Without the priodiats:ts, of the canted'
forests >rests Of '' rrxreeu�H'onl m��
Fran*, the p.,
the war would have been lhtvnzitceppeci'
to .an,extremely- serious, extent. FU: is
hardly` putting' it too strongly to say
that, had it net been for the French
forests, the war could' scarcely have
been won--certaiutlyr not without an
Mem-operably greater a,ffo t and,mueh
groater''loss of life tit 1n line prated
'necessary. 'The Iimited timber supply
of the British Isles have also proved
so vital `a 'factor rn connection with
the home situation that pians are al-
ready being Iaid;for a very extensive
programme of 'reffor,etsting waste
lands at state expense or by state
The economic importance to Can-
ada of her great forest areas is no
less apparent.. The value of our pri-
mary forest products exported from
the country during the past year to-
talled some $200,000,000. Tho pttlp
and paper industry exports products
vauled at some $85,000,000 annnolly..
The importance of perpetuating a re-
source that assists so largely int re-
dressig our unfavorable trade balance
can scarcely be over empbazied.
Prevention of Forest Fires
The first and most vitally necessary
Step toward handling our forests as
crops, rather- than mince, is, of course,
the 'prevention of fires. Great pro-
gress has been made in this direction
during recent years, though much
still remains to be accomplished.
The next step •should be the adop-
tion and strict enforcement of 'im-
proved cutting regnlations in rounec-
tion with all logging operations on
Crown lands, Tho eituatfon in this
respect is least satisfactory in the
province of Ontario ad on Dominion
lieenesd timber lands in the west.
Another step, toward which exten-
tive plans should soon be trade, is the
reforestation of the more accessible
areas of non-agricultural lauds:, cu
which the forest growth has been so
completely destroyed by successive
fires that regeneration of valuable
specles by natural means can not take
Plate for a vev long period of time,
if at all. Such a policy of reforesta-
tion on Crown fonds must, as a rule,
be carried out by governmental agen-
cies, on account of the long time -
element involved before returns can be
secured. Botlt Ontario and Quebec
have provincial forest nurseries, from
which many million young trees have
been supplied to farmers and other
private interests, including pulp and
paper companies and, to a much
smaller extent, to lumbermen. The
forest revenue from Crown lands in
both these provinces is so large that
the annual expenditure of a moderate
proportion of it on rcforeetatiolioof
denuded Crown lands would appear
both feasible and logical. Experience
indicates clearly that such a project
can be made attractive from the view-
point of a long -tune investment,
CANADA'S CLAIMS AGAINST
GERMANY $1,140,000,000
A despatch from London 'says: --A
new petrol tank, -which will' neither
leak nor catch fire when perforated by
incendiary ballets, the Daily Mail says,
has been added to the list of wonder-
ful war inventions. These tanks were
being built and fitted in British air-
planes as fast as possible when the
armistice was signed. Had the fight -
Ing continued British pilots would bavo
been immune from one of the greatest
causes Of casualties. This invention
is to be applied to commercial air-
planes.
CANADA' CLAIMS AGAINST
GERMANY $1,140,000,000
A despatch from Ottawa anis:-
Canada's claims against Germany, in -
eluding war expenditure to date, now
total over eleven hundred and 'forty
million dollars. War expenditure
alone from the beginning of the war
to the end of last month, totalled
$1,122,000,000. This represents 5c•
oonuts which have passed through the
books of the Finance Department, Ie.
addition. claims for actual enemy clam -
ages against Canadians -claims for
damages by submarines and in other
Ways -now total about 313,000,000,
CHAPLAINS' RECORD
IN OVERSEAS FORCES
A despatch from London says: -
The total number .of Canadian Chap-
lains now serving to the overseas
forces is 436. The number of honors
grained inolude five G M G s, nine D.
S.O. s, thirty-three mention's lin mill-
tamy despatches and thirteen brought
to the notice of bite Secretary of State
for War
Two Chaplains were 'tilled, one dried
of wounds, one was drowned on the
Llandovery Castile, which was sunk
by a Germane o' submarine; twee died of
illness, ,and 21 were 'woun'ded,