HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-01-24, Page 7PEACE CONFERENCE WILL 134COME
TIAL Cit MT OF THE KAISER
Chairman Clenanceau Outlines Programme of Congress of Paris
•--'-Holland Cannot Refuse Extradition of Ex -Emperor
of Germany.
Paris, Jan, 1.9, -The curtain 'has
?leen tat last upon the final act of the
great war. Facing the 'delegates of
the• 27 nations convened to Tay the
foundiation of the new world peace,
President Poincare Sa,turaay after-
noon at the Quai D'Orsay formally
opened the Congress of Paris, as ,it
will be known in history,' In the
lame of Trance, its host, he ,s solemnly -
expressed the hope that its labors
would end in. removing the menace of
a:ggresioa by armed force forever
from the world.
M. Glome iceau, the chairman of the
Peace Conference, in his opening ad-
dress said:
"The programme of tliis Conference
has been laid down by Prer:,ildent TTdil-
ison. It is no 'longer the peace of a
more or less vast territory, no longer
the peace of continents; it is the
peace of nations that is to be made.
This programme is sufficient in itself.
There is no euperfluou,s word. Let
urs ant swiftly and well."
He ureal turned to the programme
of the Conference which, he said, cov-
ered the following main subjects of
general order:
Fimst.-Re spo sib tlity of the auth-
ors of the war.
Second. Resp'onsibilirty for the
crimes committed during the war.
Third. --Legislation in regard to
:international l labor.
All the powers represented would
be invited to present inenio rs ' on
these three questions. The powers
having particular interest, M. Mem-en-
emu continued, would be asked to
present further memoirs upon terr{-
torial, fananc: al and economical ques-
tions.
The fateful Character of the Con-
ference was emphasized in these first
proceedings when i't WAS' determined
net only to write a new world charter
but to bring to the bar of ju atice the
authors •of the crimes wh::h ''ed to
the convocation of. 'this in: mentous
gathering. Premier Clenieneeau
presented an indictment virtually of
the Kaiser in prtaposing that the first
act of the Congress should be to fix
the respons.iLa.'itsy of the authors of
able rower. Ito which the Congress gave
ar ets of the World
Breadtit slit'
Toronto, Jan. 21. ---Manitoba wheat
-No, 1 Northern, $2.2411;; No. 2
Northern, $2.21; No. 0 .Northern,
$2.17ta; No. 4 wheat, $2.11aa, in
store Fort William, not including tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 71c;
No. 8 C.W., 08c; extra No. 1 feed,
681•r.; No. 1 feed, 66e, in etorc Fort
William.
American Born --No, 3 yellow, $1.75;
No. 4 yellow, $1.70, January shipment.
Ontario oats, _,now crop ---No. 2,
white, 70 to 73e; No. ': white, (30 to
72e, according to freight i outside.
Ontario wheat --No. 1 \t'dntcr, per
car lot, $2.1.1 to $2,22; No. 0 do.,
$2.11 to $2.10; No. a,� do„ $`2.07 to
$2.15; No. 1 Spring, 9;:.09 to $a 1.i;
No.:i Spring. $2.06 to $2.1:1; No. 3
Spring, 82.02 to $2.17 f.o.b., skipping
points, according to freights.
Nee -No. 2 $2.00.
Batley --i'1 1 -ting, new crop. 85 to
00 c, according to 1'rr ghts out idee
Tau 'l:wheat--•No 2 $1.25.
Rye -No. 2 $1.45, notnioni.
Manitoba haul. -.•.01:1 veep, v,or
qu• t },
$1.1.35, uremia'.
Ontario flour---\\'ar (pants.,, oldxc'op. $10.25, in i,nge. Montreal - lord
Toronto, peolnp1 ehlpntent.
Milifeec -C r lots. dcii'v e eec{ Mont -
.reel freights, bags incltul.e 1. Bran,
*37.25 per ton; shorts, $12,25 per ton.
Hai -No. 1 $2$ to $2•! per ton;
!mixed, $21. to $22 per ton, track Tor-
onto.
S1:',AW-Cau late, hitt to $11• track
Toronto.
Pros-isiuns•---\k hot csak
Barrelled Nests .Plekiod p'or'k. $18;
mess pork, $47.
Green Meats -Out of pickle, 1c
less than smoked.
Smoked Meats -Rolla, 82 to 33e;
hams, medium, 38 to 8001'; heavy, 30
to 31.5; eookod hams, 51 to 52e; backe
plain, 40 to 47e; backs, 11onelecs, 50
to 52.'. Brealdfaet hacou, 12 to 47e.
Cottage rolls, 35 to :36e.
D1,, Salted Meats -Long clears, in
toils, 10e; in eases, 30tae; clear bel -
Hee, 28e to 18%c; 25e.
Lard -lint tieecee, air , e to 31k;
(tubs, 30 to 130t;;r; 301,.j to
(301ae; prints, 81. tit 31.t12e. Shorten -
ling, tierces, 2514, to y 1;es; tubs, 2(39t
to 26c: pat's. 2a to t.101.1 r: t -lb print,,.
27 to 27 -ate. ..... .
Montreal M.arket..
Montreal, ;tali. ovtra
Not 1 feed 85c; flour, new standard
,grade $11.25 to $11.5; rolled oats,
lbatg 90 lb.s., $4.00 to 41.10; bran
487.25; shorts $42'.. ; Moultrie
868.00 to x+70.00; shay; No, 2, per 'ton,
alar lets,' $19.00 to $g20.00. Cheese,
finest l aasterns $27.00 to $28.00; beat -
tee choice creantee:a 51 ,; to toe; egg's,
seteeted 57 to 58e; No. 1 stock 52
to 53r; Potatoes, ,act• bag, car Iotas
its ti•i:ani,mous caihsc.:tt. Thus the
Oonferenee that forni011y •opened yes-
terday will become the trial court of
the ICa:icer.
The gist of the report of the ,emir-
ent jurists who examined. the -case of
the Kaiser to which M. CI•eni n'coau
referred in Ibis speech heeanie known
to -clay.
The report was drawn up.by
Fercll'inand 1 an thde, dean of the
Paris law faeu?rty, end Dr, A. G. De
Lepradel'lo, Professor of Rights of
Na•ticnis in ilia same fe::u;lty.
The object of the enquiry was; to in-
vestigate from a purely ,juridical point
of v1ew it line crimes committed by
the German Government'. •and army am -
valved the penal easponsibility of
the former Gorman EEmpercr, what
tribunal should judge him 'aixl wheth-
er•his extradition dou"'d be demaneled.
The authors of the report give a
Tong argument against the bringing
of tihe ex -Emperor before a rtribunal
Of cominon yaw, because bis wi411 com-
manded but his hand dtid not execute.
They say that he was not the •princ_pal
offender and that therefore he could
only be punished as ran. accomplice.
An international tribunal consequent-
ly must be found. 'They consider The
Hague Arbitration Court, founded at
the 1899 conference, incompetent to
try the Emperor, es the court was
meant for easels where no penalty is
to be applied. They argue that an
entirely new juniscllitaffan must be
created, which should be the first in-
strument of a League cid Nations and
an which should appear exclusively
the etates which fought Germany.
The two French jurists prove that
the extradition of the former ri3ler
cannot be refused as he is not a poli-
tical refugee.
The plans for a League of Nations
have been reduced to very definite
form. The general indications are
that the statesmen of the principal
nations are steadily drawing together
on a structure which will have the
support ofeall, the informal discus-
sions having brought the community
of ideas to a point where it niay reas-
onably be expected soon to appear
on paper.
$1.70; Fdressed' hogs, abattoir killed
$21.00. to $23.00; lard, pure, wood
pails, 20 lbs. net 31 to 32t,e.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Jan. 21. -Choice Itenvy
steers, $18.00 to $13.50; butchers'
cattle, choice, $12.00 to $12.50; do.
good, $11.00 to $11.50; do. medium,
510.00 to $10.25;; do. common, $8.25
to $8.50: bulls, choice, $10.25 to
$11.00; do. medium bulls, $9.00 to
$0,50; elo. t'oug'h bulls, $7.50 to $8.00;
butcher., cows, choice, $10.25 to
$10.75; do. good, $0.50 to $10.00; do.
medium, $8.50 to $8.75; do. common,
$7.00 to $7.75; Mockers, $8.00 to
$10.00; feeders, °1.0.50 to $11.50;
canners, `*6.00 to $0.50; milkers,
good to elnehT, $00.00 to $140.00; do.
cnr,i. and med. $t;5.00 to $75.00:
Springers,, $90.00 to $110.05; light
cave:,, $10,00 to $10.50; yearlings,
x;12.75 t0 $1;3.25; spring Iambs,
$15.25 to 410.00; eaves, good to
choice ala.01) to $17.75; hogs,
weighed oft cats, $17.25; do. fed •and 1
watered 01 7.i)0; do. f.o.b. country
points, $10.25.
Montreal, Jan. 21..--(11I1e?tat; steers,
;:12.00 to $11.00; good. $10.50 to
$11.50,: medium, • $9.011 to $10.00..
ettoiec bit -teller )ml1 , $9.00 to $10.00;
goo(!. $8.50 t.0 $9.0.0; medium, $8.00
i.jt `ti.i (t , iiok'o butcher cows, $9.50
to $1.0.a0; -:good, $8.00 to $9.00;
me -throng $7.00 to $8.00; canners,
8" l 0• "
$5.00t0 ,.u.Jt, sheep; r0.n0 to
$11.00; lamp,, $11.0(1 to $13.00; milk i
Fed calves, $12.00 to $15.00; grass-
fed, $5.00 to $7.00; choice select
hog,, $13 to 18.25.
,000,000 RUSSIAN
PRISONERS DEAD
Staved and Beaten ha Teuton
Concentration Camps.
London, Jan. 19. -Of the 2,000,000
Russian prisoners scattered through-
out the Central Empires, 1,000,000
died in captivity, according to the
Morning Post. itepatrieted British
prisoner: of tear have brought reports
of the inhuman treatment meted out
to Iiussiall prisoners in the coiwon- -
tiation camp;: of Germany wird Aus-
tria, and these stories have been.
borne out by a report recently receiv-
ed iw the International Reti Gross
from some of its; delegates who have
just returned from (Germany.
According to these repeats, the
Russians were subjected to terrible
blutalitiee and were forced to do
heals v aitiF detraining °vol.k, whether
eick or well. They wore always half
et -acted and were under the constant
.ti:Itulut of the lash. Solite 800,000
et the loss {arts still 1::rtlain in Ger-
r5'.
Veterans Give Aid -Messrs: W. -I3. Tait (1), David Loughnan (2) and R. B Maxwell (3) have been
named by the Great War Veterans' Association, at the request of the Dominion Government, to act as an ad-
vleory council to the Repatriation. Cenlm,ittee, of which Ilon. J. A. Calder is chairman and MI'. H. J. Daly chief
executive officer. 'These three, all of whom saw s-erviee early in the war, and have been home in Canada long
otlough to have a grasp of the new conditions the war has brought about, are devoting their whole time to
conferring tvfith the committee upon its many problems, Mr. Tait who is a graduate of Dalhousie and Har-
vard Universities, and prior to going overseas was assistant professor of psychology at. McGill University,
served as major with the 7.th Canadian'Siege Battery. Mr, Maxwell, who belongs to Winnipeg, enlisted early
enough in 1914 to receive the regimental number "723", served with the 5th Battalion, the "Little Meek
Devils", and was wounded at the second 'battle of Ypres. He was twice president of the Winnipeg G. W. V.
A. Mr. Loughran served overseas with the 16th Lattal:on and was wounded at Ypres. Since his return to
Canada he has been honored with many offices :in veterans' organizations and is now editor of "The
Veteran."
UNITED STATES
VOTED "D Y"
AIR FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
TO E UNDERTAKEN IN MAY
Effective in 1920 -Remaining Trip is Feasible as There are Airplanes Now Available Which are
States Expected to FallCapable of Making the Journey --Mail Service Between
in Line. England and United States in 1920.
A despatch from Washington
says: -The American nation was
voted dry on Thursday by constitu-
tional amendment, effective approxi-
mately a year hence, when the Legis-
lature of Nebraska, the home of Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan, one of the fore-
most champions of prohibition, rati-
fied the proposed amendment. Ratifi-
cation of the amendment by 36 of the
-48 States was necessary - to make it
a valid part of the American constitu-
tion. Nebraska was the thirty-sixth
State.
Only eight States remain out in the
cold through failure thus,far of their
Legislatures to approve the amend-
ment. These missing Commonwealths
are New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Minnesota, New Mexico and Nevada ,j
Five of these missing State's Kira
among the thirteen original missing t
States. Prohibition leaders expect'.
most of these eight States to ratify
A despatch from London says:--'
Gen. Brancker, who is giving up his i
post as Master -General of Personnel!
in the Air Ministry to. devote his
- trine to commercial aviation, in an in-!
terview with the Daily Express as -1
serted that a flight across the At -i
Iambic probably would be accom
plashed in May. He addad that the,
trip was feasible at the present mo-'
ment as there were three or four
-types of airplanes available which
were capable of making the flight.
Gen. Brancker said the time was
not far distant when airplanes would,
be owned and driven as automobilesi
are to -day. He said it probably'
would be necessary to establish an!
aerial police force, the duty of which I
would be to watch over air routes
and, frontiers,
• Ithe Evening News says at has-been
;Ifr"icially informal that the British
Admiralty is embarking on a big pro-
gramme of airship construction. Air-
ships are being built with a gas capa-
eity of 2,500,000 cubic feet. The air-
craft will have a large Lifting capa1
city and will be able to make between
60 and 70 miles an hour, and they
will carry crews of 25 men.
Still larger air. hips are projected
anti flights with pass$ i ers are pre-
dicted for the naar future. Several
'eirsh'ips which will be equal in size
and capacity to the largest 'Zeppelins,
and which are cf a similar rigid type
are being built. Primarily they are
being constructed for sea work and
general observation duty fur the
navy. These airships, it is said, will
be capable of remaining in the air
for a week.
{ The newspaper says a , cg;tlar air-
ship mail service between England
and the United States daring the
summer of 1920 is .reg : rd,ed as cer-
tain by airship builders.
before the end of the month. The c .�
Legislatures of all eight of these s��
States,except that of Nevada, lir in
p e
session. Nevada's Legislature will t + t` '
meet January 20. r p ua'�
s TROOPS
I'LOT TO KILL CLEMENCEAU
BACKED D GERMAN GOLD
Geneva, Jan. 10. --Several German
and Russian Bolshevists have been
arrested by the Lausanne police, It
is said that the men in custody were
bearing false passports and were on!
their way to Paris. The Gazette of
Lausanne says:- "The Bolshevists 1
under arrest plotted against the lives
of Premier Clemenceau, President
Wilson and Premier Lloyd George.
'Pito plot was backed by German gold."
I2tIRST BATCH Ola TROOPS
VIA PANAMA CANAL
A despatch from Panama says: --
The British troopship Empress of
Asitt, passed through the Panama
Canal on Thursday* ea its way front
England to Vancouver with 1,400 dis-
charged soldiers on board. xuonths.
Olympic and Aquitania Will Also
be Loaned During February.
A despatch from Ne,a York :gay,,:
-Nine Brrtieh vessels w,:t'h n total
carryiing capaeitty of 127,755 Inca have
been placed at the dispo=al of the
Aineltican Government fer the trans-
portation of troops home, it was an-
nounced here on Tumble,. by British
Ministry of Shipping. Those veescla
are the Caron:o, '\driatie, ;!•lime-
kehda, Celtic, Canople, Saxonia. i'an-
monia, Cedric and Orea,
In addition, it; i announ. ed, the
Olympic, 'Mauretania and Acquitania.
three of the largest British troop
ships, will bring additional American
troops home during February.
The Olympic and. 1\.ttuitanie have
been emplroyad in bringing home
Canadian troope during the pall
Baa' "e'x"etha tetaoeea A tate ,.'ate. yo-
k,.t ...•neat\'?S:>?%a8na.nF(tne tee ,s.it3'nse . �escit` n4ri. tatrrat "ia° ",...at :ssee'"t : eetati't.ts
A N:av'Stunt--.New trays of handling aeroplanes aro bang t:evia;
every day. Thi.: flying machine. uses ship's 'guns as itaw sta:•tlii ;. ''s;
Solna
•
BRITISH LEARN
LESS NS OF WAR
How Gerzn.ans Controlled inndi.r.s-
try Before 1911
A. despatch from L ontlon says: •-•
Sir Eric (leddes, Minister tx'ithe:',
portfolio in the new Cabinct., in an
address before the A'::ioaiat .,1 Cham'
hers of Commerce, said the biggest
tiling that hall been learned in t:be
war and the greatest benefit that
could be gotten from it was that the
British people had discovered as a
nation what they could do if they pull -
led together.
They had improved machinery an.1
methods and also electric power, the
great modernizer oi' industriee. They
had learned much abort German
"key" indu"tries and the way t:hd Ger-
mans controlled British industry be-
ft3'r.e the war.
As an instance, Sir Eric mentioned
spelter and tungsten, which, though
controlle,a through Germany, came al-
most entirely from the, British Em-
pire, while the whole monopoly of
magneto ma.nrfacture, indispensible
to modern development in steel
plants, was held back by the dumping
of pieces of apparatus, such as crank
castings, on the Tyne and the Clyde
at prices lower than the cost of the
raw material.
UNIFIED COMMAND
ON SIBERIAN UNE
French General in Supreme
Charge of Allied Forces
hi Russia..
A despatch from Omsk sane: -
Unity of command on the Sibea?.an
front has been arranged, and the
French general, Jules Janin, who has
been commander of the C zec1io-Slovak
army, will have supreme direction of
the allied forces in Russia.
The aFpointment of Gen. Janin is
hailed as auguring the ultimate de-
feat of- the Bolaheviki. Gen. Knox,
chief of the British Military Mission
and also {n charge of the commis-.
sariat, is occupied in the task of
selecting a representative commission
to study and formulate a plan for
i the election of a National Assembly.
The newspapers call attention to
the fact that the workmen s so -opera -
Nave organizations -of Omsk and etas-
where have proclaimed their support
of the new Go v eriunent. The Gov -
PANEL t , :g�, a�T crnment i_: a(•4ive y negotiating with
h� time rowers for he ognitlon aul also
SYSTEM'
ttdd ,
for par tici/c tion :u the I. .citta C01..
fe once.
Enables Britain to Admit Repre-
sentatives of 1))anti ntvns .
A despatch .frcm I- ,':'tel ys:-
1 According to the :Allele', s :lent
E given out by the Gtht t .:rami a taking
pert in the preii-nThu r'y peace .oneer-
I cations, the nice_::1 '.opt :1 tilt' fol-
lowing ttto ge'tt'rel prin•il'le :
IOnes-Ea:di dolt , r.0 . being a unit,
the mtnll,;n o, aelemaee keeling it
;hall have no it'a Reals: 'tl.::u it:; status.
at the Collier oe'
Two. --In the seri taint of ite deie-
t gation each nation i'xiy avail itself
of the panel ;:y atom. Thie will ent,bl:
each state et t i:: t'rct:tin to entru t its
i!ite:e: e to teen persona .t' it may
7h; aa(h;>iit;u 01 the pa e1 eyetem
will iti pa:Titular eaahle the Ileit .;a
Empire to acranii, airing tui eve tale.
gz,LeA
atl'e-
gt.tC4 representatives t s of the ilJlnin-
iollA, in iudu g Nc'tfo'tnclltnd, tvhieh
ilea no seperate 1'e;ire.,t'tt .at ion, ;'.n {
';'o nge:,t. i'ti)n iti' 1�{il+1 (r eiirge
1'ar'se�Ilnylh•inaltaan
•London, .Keit. 19•--- Prince .loltn.
youngest sun of Icing George, diet{
tr.t: $antlriiigllam llist. night. Iles had.
been 111 for write time. Tit:' Prince
WL8 iio:sea:rc'1 of exuberant spittle.
Be was the prime favorite of all
dinar; ,e and the, idol of the servants
and tan sats it Windsor. It is said
that he was the favorite brot.11er of
Prise ees Mary, who loved to romp
with him. The Prince was born at
$iuit ringhatln, July 12, 1905. An
r4:i::1 bulletin issued Ode everting
1 neve. "Privet. John. who since infancy
'•
11xltd s.1felet1 epiieptie fits ti'itie+lh lately
: hed become more feequ nt and sevet'e,
• pa:::'el atrtay in lite sleep following au
eetael, at 5.80 pan. Satuvday.'
't,e:h'al!y Vi11 Not Relax
Blockade \t;ahitt (iernitI ny
.:1 tieepatt'll front London ey'-:c..•
The Admiralty has no in1(ll:t,
in-
t. I te,t(::,ti t.1 el *.ing it 'ltri(e blockade
•i t 'rtinst. tyt oathy , the Central News
eat s it b'ar'ns
HAND OVER ER 5 8,
AG. MACHINES
Allies a e:•,':'1've Right to Occupy
1. ortret•:h of Stras: tourg.
A nespat -.1' from ilea til says: -
Under
itys:--lindCet the tt. me "e the proienge it'n
cal the armi. ti:t' (ae.?nai'y DMA de-
liver by Feb: acre 17 ;emu? 58,000
agt:icutemei nmehinea of various
illi({�
\y ,. i';'tl llitee for ;ale' 1 '-liltneut of
the de and ..t: Entente ,.1_.t r'e-
ser.ei the right t JI oceupstrer the tor ofthe Pottle. f Meas' o trg•
etl.by the fottillethi.me on IL,2 14 :411
bank. Of fila l..iiiil ttlge1 t t with a
strip 01' t.r1'itory tenni five ::1 ten
kataine:ti.'es is from et' it.
The Llai I A a't (i ::n' t-1 e t; , the
ignatuse of the new elenees a the
arnll t - e as they stood t :1pt" ni o'
the ey ies: to] of taei Irl:hit eultnenance
reaaiy tnr eve .Int the tie tui,::'n ea
the sobrearinee it, the course of t•au-
stt uct 1!11 t; ii t'h the t'1 t t tlnti .-
$itthiet.. tl:r tiered i'' (et ono: este i•,
I)eee,nti-e , The clamp 1' .r .. to
(;erntan nicrthant fleet a tate ,t:-itoet;
•nf the alike also wag igued.
CULT (W S'1'.0 TI:N(1 WAR
1:tiE;l) ON laAtSt:i12
A de epate1t from Bono ; .1.
Geit.i .t commission appoat :.1 1,1 1s
tontine the former I%ai:.et'.t .-c e:•..;
bility :for the war hate n0i aide ,,,.
eemmeti:it'd that he be i'r;,r;:•1'l
tri 1, according to anthem::.n t .,
'd from Berlin.
h' ret'omnu'ndation . s a n'a• :'e d
lay Fleti- Knutsky, who Was ttl,lmi,i', d
try+ tint pre-etll! (ert.utn Et .vorntn "11
t l d:1 examination of eleautneut.~; irl
the at rhivc a of the Iwai eil;•:a Oiliee.
"Marginal notes in dm roti. tar's
own handwriting on the mo +i import-
ant papere in -the Foreign ()t)he• prove
h.. vas one of the 1!iineii•afl wee iiinL-
tie':!,'" Kaau i tet • repotted, it nee-.
cs;in'ytobeing hiinbti:ot' t:iJ)1'ataa"
Ily Lasing various eclair:$ to Ithink
elathin;, ('iinc eliilti having 7,a own
tolola latch Villa may b.' saved in t.c'tte
iog -.ti..1 pa{tililt' atl'ny caotitl,tg.