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The Seaforth News, 1919-07-31, Page 7BRITISH SETTLERS FEAR E PERIL' IN gOtrritAPAla Coliipuisary Repatriation of 'Tentoki Settiers,is Urged—Country; Shows Big'1'ossihilitle, Fo ';I13'Ynaiig; Agriculture, and Cattle -Raising 'loom. A despatch from Wludhuk, South Africa, saysi—The total pre-war' Gor- man population of what was formerly known' as German Southwest Africa, including women and children, was 14,090, 00 whom 2;000 belonged' ti; Ger- man ':garrisons and 800 were police. Though no statement on the subject has been made in the union ,parlia- ment, i4 is known- that within the last few weeks these 2,800 have been re- patriated in addition to G00 civilian -Germans, wh'o' are now in the course of repatriation, and this number will ,probably he increased by another 400. .Moi'e"IDbver, it is anticipated that at least another, 1,000 Germans will re- turn 'to .Germany voluntarily. 1 British settlers are of opinion that "the former German officers and $01. - liters, particularly the former, who are :settled on the land, ought to be com- pulsorily repatriated. They influence both the Dutchman and native, and if they were left in the country they would almost certainly be an element of permanent unrest, The mining possibilities 01 the coun- try are of virtually unknown quality .and quantity, except for the Otavi :nines in the south. Geologists of high repute who. have visited ICaokoveld in the 'north are of opinion that Kaoko- •veid is highly mineralized and.occur- rences' of tin have been -reported, Tho .government did not encourage the prospecting. When a coal seam was reported to have been discovered in the Beseba district in 1910 the German Government immediately closed the district to prospecting. Apart from minerals the •country has a sure future in its. stock -raising potentialities, In which respect, it is compared with Argentina. In any consideration of these posr,I- bilities. you must divide the c0untxy- into north end -south, and that t•tn':be done roughly by. taking the north '0e that 'portion to the north oPWindlt;tlt and the south • as south of •Windluiit. It has • enormous • economic values, both as an agricultural anti cattle-, raising country. its agricultural possi- bilities have only been scratched turd considerable developments are expect- ed under this head from the additional capital and influx of the population which will undoubtedly take place an. 'der the new regime. However, cattle -raising in the north seems far autl away more profitable and. certainly greater in its possibili- ties than agriculture. It has been proved that small stook do not thrive as well in• tate north as in the south, whereas the north has been proved to be tho more excellent cattle country, The veldt is composed of grass and trees. The latter entirely disappear in the south. The average raintall is 15.2 inches and folia during summer only. There are no winter rains. The price of private land Ito the north ranges frihn $2,26 to 90,75 per cape morgen (about an acre). The present administration cannot dispose of the government land, The south is conunonly described es a elms=ert and its vutaos:'ftoma as els- raising point' of vievf..'.pr.any;. other. point.-og.view, are net apparent to the ;stranger_ or chance, traveller,,: It alas always been neglected', and. seorhod both by the government anti the pros- pective settler. H'wever, rho' sunt Who knows the south recognises its great' possibilities as..a stock -raising. country. - The South African farmer and Par- ticularly those livingnear its southern border also are beginning to -recognize its potentialities in this respect. Those British who have entered the proteo- to}ate since it was occupied are loud in their praise of this region and high. 4y satisfied with the results they have ettained. Horses, cattle, Namaqua sheep and Boer goats all do exception• Ally well, and in some portions of Re- hoboth, Maltahohe, Gibeon, ICectman- shoop and Warmbad districts merino and angora goats also do well, The increase tn,sheep and goats in good lambing seasons is 80 per cent;, which is an exceptionally high per. tentage. This is due to the fact that stock sicknesses are virtually -non existent, The veldt conditions are very dif- ferent from the north and vegetation. is very; sparse• as' against the -luxurious growth of the north. There are no trees. from Rehoboth southward and the veldt is composed ot grass and bush in most places, very much like Karroo, except that the bush is not so thick, The grass is short and sweet and resists drought. However),,, the. bush forms the most important part of the veldt, The south is undoubtedly more free from disease than the north, and this may be due to leas rain and more se- vere winters. In the south, owing to the tttinitnuur rainfall, no agriculture is possible. The average 15,000 tnor- gen farm in the south will carry 250 heart ofsanall stock, while farms in the Rehoboth, Maltaholte and Glbeou dia tricts will carry• more than this, The first essential in the develop- ment of the south is the opening up of water and extensive boring operations on government land, which are im- mediately necessary. The only born masters, "Germans," in the country are now being repatriated so that bor. ing operations in the hands of private individuals have for the time being come to an end, There Is also the question of damning the rivers, which come down during summer rains. Private enterprise and capital are what this country requires. The country will offer excellent pros- pects and good returns to young men with small Capital—young men who are not afraid of the loneliness of the vast Veldt and the comparative ab- sence of soolal life. There are no failures, because, comparatively speak- ing, there are uo stock sicknesses. The question at the end of a given period is thio. amount of success obtained and that is regulated by the amount of capital originally invested in stock. Knowledge of stock is, of course, es- sential, PRINCE TO VIStIT U. S. AFTER CANADIAN TRIP A despatch from London says:— The Prince of Wales :will visit the United States next month as a guest of the American Government, ICpg Gorge, on behalf of .the Prince, has accepted an invitation sent the Prince by President Wilson to visit the Presi- dent in Washington, After his visit to Canada the Prince will go to Washington for a few days as a guest of; the United - States Gov- ernment, and later will make a brief visit to New York, where he will live on board the British battleship Re- nown do New York 'harbor, although still a guest of the Government. GET HOUSING PLANS FOR TEACHERS' HOMES. A despatch (roto Edmonton says: Three standard pians for teachers' residences to be built in Alberta rural school districts, where there i:s a pre- dominant. non-English population, are now being prepared for the Depart- ment of Education, and will be rbady in thecourse of another week. They provide for houses',o:f vary - hog size, ranging, in cost from 91,000 to` 91,800. GERMANY WILL LOSE MUCH LIVE STOCK A despatch from Paris says:—Ger- many will have to surrender to France 500 stallions, 3,000 fillies, 90,000 mileh cows, 100,000 sheep, and 10,000 goats, according to a report made before the French Peace. Commission sitting under bhe Presidency`6f Rene Vivlani, by M. Dubois,, economic expert for the Commission, in commenting on the Peace Treaty clauses. Two hundred stallions, 5,000 mares, 5,000 „fillies, 50,000 cows and 40,000 heifers aro also to go to Belgium from Germany. The deliveries are to be made monthly during a period of three. months until completed. ONE? CANADIAN. CITY REDUCES DEBT IN WAR. A despatch from Winnipeg saysi During the past five years, under war conditions, the net debt of the city of Winnipeg has been reduced by $703,- 403,12, During tate fiscal year ending April 30, 1919, the debt was cut dovffi by $1,502,2,39.05. These a1 -e two of the outstanding features in the annual re- port of Sinking Fund ITrastees sub- tnitted to the. City Council c<° Ikr HELP WANTED "Keep away frontthe flame of the candle if you don't want your wings singed" is a proverb as old.:as the hills, So -old we have almost forgotten t0 apply it to OURSELVES. In every community men and women are imitating. the moths. How many tunes have WEbeensinged by the fascination of that LONG DISTANCE "bar- gain?" Aud how- many times have WE conte BACK, and back AGAIN, to the flame?' How mucin MONEY -is lost each year to this community by this same SINGEING process? The flame of the candle mounts higher. The moths crowd closer and closer to the Rime. It is OUR business to put that flame OUT. WANTED:—A. few MEN and WOMEN in OUR community to apply the SNUFFER, NEARLY 50,000 STILL TO BE RETURNED A despatch from Ottawa says: Apart from the thirty-eight hundred officers and men just arrived in Canada, there shrill remain in England, including soldiers, dependents and un- attached women, approximately forty- nine .thousand Canadians, who must be brought home before the task of demobilization is complete. Unmarried soldiers and officers still to be return- ed number ten thousand, and married, eleven thousand. Wives, children and unattached women swellthe total to nearly fifty thousand. Although the homeward movement of Canadians is not at present so heavy as formerly, it will shortly be speeded up, and it is anticipated that by the end` of August the Canadians and thir dependents will all be back in Canada. 'a CONTINUE FOOD CONTROL (DURING COMING WINTER A despatch from London says:— Negotiations for the securing of large stoclos of food supplies in Canada are now under way. It 'has been decided to continue the British food control during the coming Winter, and if the negotiations are successful its various agencies in Canada will also be con- tinued for an indefinite period. How- ever, in view of the recent aotion of American middlemen in buying up Canadian cheese supplies- before the Ministry of Food could close its pun. chases, the details of its operations in the Dominions are not being divulg- ed. 3. -- GENERAL . -- GENERA L RAINFALLL. IN • PRAIRIE PROVINCES Winnipeg, July 27.—Raine which were general in nearly allsectionsof the three Prainie Provinces swept the country Friday night, following a period of intense heat. There •was a certain amount of hail and high winds, and crop damage is inevitable in some districts. AUSTRIA ASKS FOR EXTENSION OF TIME St. German -En -Lays, July 27.—Dr. Karl Renner, the Austrian Chancellor; and head of the Austrian peace dele- gation, accompanied%by Dr. Richard Schuller, another member of•the dele- gation, arrived here to -day from Feld'- kirch, near the Swiss boarder, where they have been in consultation with the Austrian governmental represnta- tives from Vienna, Dr. Renner, at once, _upon his ar- rival, formulated a request to the Peace Conference for an extension of the time accorded Austria to reply to the second part of the peace terms, which were communicated to the Austrian delegation on July 20. The Austrians were originally •given fif- teen days within which•to make reply. 500 GERMAN PRISONERS TO EMBARK AT QUEBEC AP despatch from, Amherst, N.S., says:—Upwards of 500 German pri- senersave left the internment camp here older@uebec uard for where g they will board a transatlantic liner for Germany,' The Germans were brought to Amherst lin 1915, and com- posed for the most part of crews of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and other German 'ships captured on the high seas. Between three and four hundred prisoners remain in the in- ternment camp,including the Aus- trian and Bulgarian captives. MOTION OF WOMAN BARS HHOHENZOLLE1tN A despatch from Weimar says:—No member of a family that at any time has ruled in Germany is eligible for the office of President of Germany. The National Assembly has thus ruled by adopting a motion of one of its. women members, Frau Aguas. The farmer who la not breeding and has lost faith in profits from horse rearing is not handling the tight sort of 'horse. mar zem T,7 Die 2E' 3E1 lEt LARGE LOSS OF LIFE IN EGYPT UPRISING 800 Natives and 31 Europeans Killed --Military Loss Was Light, A despatch from London rays:— Eight hundred natives were !oiled and 1,600 wounded during the recent dis- turbances in Egypt, according to de- spatches from General E. H, H. Al- lenby. Cecil Harmsworth, Under- Secretary of the Foreign Office, made this announcement in the House of Commons. The casualties to Europeans and other civilians , were: Killed, 31; wounded, 35. The casualties to the military, wore, Killed, 29; wounded, 114. The death sentence was imposed on 89 natives; idetention for life, 27. Upwards of 2,000 were sentenced to short 'terms of impnis-onment. The military courts have been dispensed with, the,..eentences'which they impos- ed being reduced by three months. General E. H. H. Allenby, who served as commander of the British forces in Palestine and forced the surrender of Jerusalem, was appoint- ed High Commissioner for Egypt last March. He arrived at Cairo on March 27 and set about immediately, to res- tore order, He announced at the titre that it would be possible to do this only.by active repression. The first uprising in Egypt was participated in by 5,000. Egyptian tribesmen et Assault. These disturb-, antes lasted from March 20 to 23. The revolutionary movement spread to many other parts of Egypt, and at tines the forces of the Allies were exceedingly hard pressed.. Toward the end of April IL was announced that the disorders had been quelled. One small patch of weeds will sow many acres with seed. .0040111000.1111101100. •rt LEADING. A KETS Breadstuff_, Toronto, July 29,—Man, Wheat— No. 1 Northern, 92.241/2; No, 2 North - can, $2.21%; No,'3 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, 92,11,k, in store Fort - William Ontario wheat—leo. 2, 92, Manitoba oats—No. 2 CW 93c; No. 3 CW, 891/2c; No. 1 feed, 891/2c; No. 2 feed, 841/2c, : Ontario oats—No. 3 white, 89 to 92c, according to freights. American corn—Nominal., 'Man., barley -,-No. 3 CW, 91.30%; No: 4, CW, $1.201/4; rejected, $1.201/2; -feed, $1207/4. Barley—Mating, 91.24 to 91,28, - Peas—Nominal,' Buckwheat—Nominal .Rye—Nominal, Ontario flour 1.Government stand- ard, 910.25 to 910.50, in jute bags, To- ronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. Millfeed—Car lots, delivered, Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, 942 to 944 per ton; shorts, 944 to $48 per tom; good feed flour, 93 to $3:25 per bag. Hay—No. 1, 921 to 923 per ton; mixed, $10 to $19 per ton, track, To- ronto. Straw—Car lots, 910 to 911 per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce—Wholesale. Butter—Dairy, tube and rolls, 40 to 41o; prints, 42 to 43c; creamery. prints, fresh made, 50 to 501/2c. Eggs—New laid, 45 to 46c. Live poultry—Spring chickens, broilers, 80 to 40c;. heavy fowl, 28e; light fowl, 26c; old roosters, 20 to 21c; old ducks, 20e; young ducks, 30 to 32e•, old turkeys, 30c; delivered, To - .Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following prices: Cheese—New, large, 82 to 321/2c; twins, 32.112 to 33e; triplets, 83 to 331/2• Stilton, 33 to 340. Butter—Fresh dairy, prints, 48 to 49c; creamery prints, 54 to 55e. Eggs—In cartons, 54 to 55e; selects, 56 to,57e, Beans—Canadian, 93 to 94.25. Provisions—Wholesale. Smoked meats—Rolls, 84 to 38c; hams, medium, 40 to 4.8c; heavy, 33 to 35c; cooked hams, 63 to 650; backs, platin, 48 to 49c;•backs, boneless, 66. to 57c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 54c, Cot - ..age rolls, as to Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, 947. Green meats --Out of pickle, lc less than smoked, 1 Dry Salted heats—Long clears, in tons, 331c; to eases, 34c; clear beI- lies, 28 to .29/c; fat backs, 33 to 34c. Lard—Tierces, 3514a to 36c; tubs, 36c to 361/2c; pails, 3610 to 36$/4o; prints, 37c to 37%c. Compound lard, tierces, 320; tubs, 321/2c; pails, 32Mc; prints, 331/.:e,. Montreal Markets. Montreal, July 29,—Oats, extra No. 1 feed, $1.10%. Flour, new standard grade, 911 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bag, 90 lbs., 94.75. Bran, 942. Shorts, $44. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 928. Cheese, finest westerns, 26 to 271c. Butter, choicest creamery,' 55 to 56e. Eggs, fresh, 64c; selected, 58e; No. stock, 52e; No, 2 stock, 48c, Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.25. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $33,50 to $34. Lard, pure tierces, 375 lbs., 389'4e. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, July 29.—Choice heavy steers, 914 to 914.75; do, good, 913 to 913,50; butchers': cattle, choice, $12.75 to $13.25; do, good, 912 to 912.50; do,. med„ $11.50 to 912; do, com., $9.25 to 99.75; bulls, choice, $11.25 to $11.75;. do, med., 910,25 to $10.75; do, rough, 98 to 98.25; butchers' cows, choice, 910.50 to 911.25; do, good, $10.25 to $10.50; do, mod„ 99 to $9.25; do, corn„ $7.50 to 98; stockers, 98.75 to 911.75' feeders, 911.50 to $12; canners and cutters,. $4.50 to $6.25; milkers,' good to choice, $110 to 9150; do, con. and med., $65 to $75;; springers, $90 to 9160; light ewes, 910 to $11; yearlings, $13.50 to 915; spring 1anibs, per cwt., 919 to$20; calves good to choice, $17 to $19;hogs, fed and watered, $24.50; $23.7 do, w5eig,'hed off cars, $24.75; do, f.o.b., Montreal, July 29.—Choice steers, $12 to $13 per 100 lbs.; good, $10 to $12;' medium, 98 to $10. Choice but- chers' cattle, $10.60 to $12 per 100 lbs. good quality, $9 to $10; medium down 1 to $7 per \0lbs. PROVES THAT KAISER STARTED THE WAR Berne, July 27.—The German Social, Democrat Kautsky, who last Novem- ber was ovem-Eber,.was entrusted with the examina- tion of the archives of Berlin connect- ed with the origin of the war, has now completed his work. The documents would fill three volumes. , f . am assured from an excellent source that the documents cdntain positive proof of the est-Kaiiser's res- ponsibility for the war, and that if they were known the majority of the German .people would demand his im= peachment. THERE t, NO USE COIN' OUT iM 7Hlt TO\c✓N - 1 CAN'T . UNDERSTAND WHY - , 1 MIGHT AS WELL GO t TO OEC '-1W MAGOIE LET NE OUT•i'O HAVE NO PLAGE TO ` -- WHAT 00E5 Tk4hb MEAN - GET VPD OUT OF THERE -I'M blviNG A -LA i y.>, Nor• ` `r k -- .` l a Nov( ` PUT IN THE. r6E II IF ME CtT•<-IT Al..t s 5HE'0 ONLY OUT LIKE', �tGHT. e{ f ' l' ' TIUS WOULD -d' =F l -,. �, .- , $ -a,\ w 4 -._.- 5 CARD PArkTY TOrlIGHT •A1VD 1 MUST USE TIi15 ROOM AOR 1 `t'mem. 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( 15 I� ':I yl.;:l i:ri Ili II ftp, `„•it,. ... a •, . 1 /..1-g >s1 Events I» E gland :fir Arrangements have been made to provide Bournemouth with a. pleasure service of seaplanes this year. By permission of the military au titorities, a: tiutnber or 2',M.C.A, wo- men workers have loft let' Cologne. . The fountains of Trafalgar Square, Which wire dry during the greater Part -of the war, are running again. A' resident: of Katherine. Road, ltianor Park, London, while digging in his garden unearthed an unexploded shell E. C. Cunningham•, C.B., hes :been appointed deputy to rile Controller of Civil Demobilization and Resettle - 'dent. • The first "all•Br1•tlsh” piano was „ used at the "Victory Dinner" of the Pianoforte Man ufactnsere' .issoclation held recently. 'The Serbian Red Cross Medal has been awarded to Mise M. L. Biggs and three of.. her fellow -workers for the Serbian Relief Fund, The football used at a charity match between the bakers and sweeps at Chestnut on Boxing Day was sold by auction for Jr 212, The Government has purchased £7,- 000,000 worth oftimber since the sign*, ung of the armistice to secure- sup- plies for reconstruction. Charles Colina, a Crimean veteran, and who was orderly fof Florence Nightingale, died recently at Godal- ming aged eighty-three. The naives of several actors who lost their lives in the war are on a shrine whichhas been dedicated at St. Anne's Church, Soho. - Speaking at the Mansion House, Lloyd George stated that thousands of the soldiers owed their lives to the good care of the nurses. A Belgian newspaper which ,has been published in London for the pat four years has ceased publication and will reappear in Antwerp. The death' is announced of C. J. Lo- mas, Maidstone, judges' trumpeter far Kent, a position previously held by his father and grandfather. As the West Coast trawlers have been released from active service, it is expected that there will be quite a decrease in the price of fish. Regulations have been passed for the free supply, repair and renewal of artificial limbs to officers as well as discharged men. Three anglers caught twenty salmon in the Avon, near Bournemouth, weighing from seventeen to twenty- three pounds. Twenty Government tractors, which were offered for sale by auction. at Ranbury, were quickly bought up by the farmers. The death has occurred at Revell's Hall, Hertford, of. Ceorge Edward Pal- mer, one of the best known farmers in East Herts. Southwark will have its public• buildings redecorated' and repairs made to the roads, in order to give work to the unemployed. A firm of insurance brokers in Lon- don Is offering to Insure municipal property from damage from riots, strikes. and civil commotions, It was stated at a memorial service at St. Martin's -in -the -Fields that near- ly 12,000 came from South America to. serve in the war. The King attended a memorial'ser- yige at Westminster Abbey in memory et the Household Troops' who had fal-• len in the, war.: The death took' place recently at North 1=layling, of George Dollong, who had been: one of Florence Night- ingale's patients at the Crimea. Itis the intention of the Middlesex War Agricultural Committee to put under crops a large acreage of land now covered with scrub and grass. Twenty-six years in the Maranon tau Police Force, London, without a day's sick leave, is the record of Sta. tion Sergeant Morris of Harlington, Admiral Colville states that 7,000,- 000 had been transferred from South- ampton to Havre without the loss of a vessel and the loss of only seven men, CANADA RESUMES TRADE Wi`TH GERMANY A dospatrhi Promo Ottawa says:— Canada's mail service has been re- sumed with Germany, as Great Britain. is now exporting to a certain extent into Germany, and as it has practically been decided here that Canada will. follow automatically all Oho moves of the United Kingdom towards a re- sumption of trade, it may be said that Canada hie .also roattmed trade -rela- tions, It is not,yet certain whether another order in Council may bo neces- sary to make sure but this matter is now under consideration by the De- partment ot Justice. RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS TO BE ABOLISHED BY ITALY Rome, July 27 Tho Italian' War Trade *card has abolished many r `i striations on importations. The list of commodities allowed to enter Italy, to be published soon, will undoubtedly, be most litberal. Although there may be many articles prohibited, pre-war ' ,conditions will be established as near- ly as possible. A faded coloredwaistmay be made white by boiling it in creast of tartar water. One teaspoonful of cream of , tartar to one quart water will bleach it perfectly, .r