HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-02-07, Page 2RUSSIAN FACTIONS REFUSE TO
MEET ALLIES TO DISCUSS TERMS
Plan Declared to be Irapracticable,-Ukrainian Government Asks
For Recognition and Seeks Alliance With France.
A despatch Tamil Tokio says: -Gen. Primes' islands, according to an in-
Harvath, interviewed in Vladivostok terview given to Petit journal by M.
:regarding the PE,o,te Conference plaits Sedorenko, Minister ef Internal Come
for all the delegates of the Russian munivations in the new Ukrainian.
:factions to meet me Princes' 'eland,
eaid iL was: impossible to conclude an
armistice with the Boisheviki, who
Government.
Sedorenko has begun parleys with
the French Government to obtain the
wouid met rezpect it even if it were admission of the Ukraine to the Peace
made. He niggards the plan as praetia Conferenee, • The only tiMITI wiileh
iIlyi7npraetittaille ontale account and his country will put forward will be
bade travel cenditions would fer recognition; If this is granted,
eseeseet the delegate from reaching according to the interview, the
the designated coafercree plece. by . Ukraine will propose on alliance with
the day specified. France on the basis of the former al -
A deepatc.h from Palle eaye:-The Banco with RUZSia, and will take over
Ukraielan Government will refuse lei part of the Ruseian debt, France talc -
take peed in the coaference on the; ing payment in part in wheat.
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Tovonto, Feb. 3..-MaDitOba wheat
a -No. 1 Northern, $2e.241a, 2
Northern, $2.21%; Mi. 2 'Althorn,
$2. ; No. 4 whent, $2.11%, in store
Fort William, not including. tax.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 63%e;
No. 8 C.W., 57%c; extra No. 1. feed, Live.Stoek Markets
6°e; NO. 1 feed. .113 stare Toronto. Feb. 4. -Choice heavy
Mouillie, $08.03. Hay -No. 2, pee
ton, ear lote, $22.00 to $23,00.
Cheeee-Finest eastcrns, 24 to 25c.
Butter -choicest cremnery, 53 to 54e.
Eggs -Selected, 57 to 58e; No. 1 stock
53 to 54e. Potatoes -Per bag, car
lots, $1.65 to $1.70. Dreseed hogs -
Abattoir killed, $23.00 to $23.50.
Lard ---Pure, wood pail. 20 line net,
28 to 30c.
Feat William,
" etee', .$13.00 to $14.50; butehers'
American corn ---.No- 2 Yesi'tows $1,-45; cattle, choice, $10.75 to $11.25; do,
.1elas. 4 yellow, $1.42; JamlarY ,siv'P" good,. $10.00 to $10.50; do. common,
merit. $8.50 to $8,75; balls, choice, $10.25
Ontario oata., C.7. -031.) ---No. 2 • t,0 $1.9.5o; do. medium brills, $8.50 to
wleite, 59 to 62c; No. 3 white. 58 to 61e I, $9.00; do. rough bulls-, $7.25 to $7.75;
aeeenling to freights outside. !butchers' cows, choiee, $9.00 to $9.50;
Ontario veheat-No. , 1 Winter, per • do. good, $8.00 to $8.50; do, inedium,
car
It, *2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, fine $7.25 to $7.50; do. common, $6.25 to
$2.11 to $2.10; No. 8, do., $247 to $6 . 75; stocker, $8 . 00 to , $10 . 00 ;
$2.15 to $9,15; No. 1 Sing, $2.00 feeders, $10.50 to $11.50; canner.,
to $2.17; No. 2 Sin:Inge $2.06 to ,a5.00 to $5.50; milkers, enocl. to
$2.11; No. 3 Spring, $2.02 to $2.10 choice, $90.00 to $130.00; do. cern,
f.o.b.. e.hippin.g, pointe, according to , and med., $65.00 to $75.00; springers,
" $90.00 to $130.00; light ewes, 4.0111
to $9.50; yearlings, $12.00 to $12.50;
spring laxnbe, $14.00 to $14.50; oalves
good to choice, $15.00 to $15.50; hogs
fed and watered, $16.00 to $16.25.
Montreal, Feb. 4. -Canners' cattle,
$4.50 to $0.00; butchers' bulls and
free:ghee.
Pens -•No, 2, $2.00.
Barley -Malting new crop, 73 to
78e; according to freights outside,
Dueleveheat-No. 2, $1, nominal.
Re -No. 2, $1.25, nomluat
Manieoba flour -Old crop, war
quality, $11.35, Toronto. cow, $9,00 to $10 . o0; lambs, e12 . 50
Ontario flom-War quality, id sheep, $8.00 to $9.50; milk fed calves,
crop, $10 . 00, in bags, Montreal and $12. 00 to $16.00; eliohn select hogs,
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Hit 13y Zeppelins -It has. only been lately that tho British censor has
allowed any details to -be. published of. the damage -done by the various
Zeppelin raids over Loudea. - 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 ef. London whieli was hit by a ;bomb from a Zep-
pelin. All it inmates Were -late&
LABOR UNREST MB RUINS TO
RIFE IN BRITAIN BE LEFT INT
Industrial Congress One of the Will Stand as a Reminder of the
Schemes Suggested to End
Trouble.
London, Feb. 2. -The industrial un-
i.est has superseded the Peace Coo-
florrait of War to F.'ature
Generations.
A despatch from London says: -
The decision of the Belgian Govern-
ference as the chief topic of interest melt to maintain. Ypres, the scene of
in Great Britain. Many old the dead_ several battles between the British
ers in the camps of capital andeabor and the Germans in its present condi-
Toronto, prompt shim-neut.
Millfeed-Car lots, deliverecl Mont- $16.50.
are bringing out specifics for a gen- tion as a permanent memorial, is en -
real freights, bags included. Bran, oral remedy. The propesal ef. John dorsed heartily by British press and
$37,25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton. TROTZKY URGING HIS FORCES R. Clynes, the former Food Control- public opinion.
Hay -No. 1, $22 to $23 per ton; TO ADVANCE TOWARD KIEV ler for an industrial congress repro- "Ypres will be a memorial," says
mixed, $20 to $21 per ton, track Tor-
onto.
Straw -Car lots,. $10 to $11, track.
Toronto,
Country Produce -Wholesale
Eggs --No. 1 storage, 55 to 56c;
selected, storage, 58 to 60c; cartons,
new -said, 65 to 67e.
Butter -Creamery, 'solids, 51 to 52e. the Allies, are reaching, Odessa fromIciales. particularly aeseplymg to` wagaa
do, prints, 53 to 55c; choice dairy' Kharkov. The Bolsheviki are said to and holies, must be recognizad. Local
prints, 53 to 55c; ordinary dairy have occupied Tchernivev and to be settlements of 'disputes in the differ -
prints, 38 to 40e; bakers', 30 to 33c; advancing southward toward Kiev exit trades and factories only createo}eornargarine,
oleomargarine, (best grade), 32 to where there is a panic reported. The unrest and eontu,sion. 'Whenever one
34c. Government has moved from Kiev to
Cheese -New, large, 28 to 281/2c; Winnitzain Podolia.
twins,, 29 to 29aec; spring mare, large,
2811ez to 29c; twins, 29 to 293/2c.
Comb honey-Choie.e, 16 oz., $4.50
TO CARRY A
to $3.00 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.50 to
$4.00 per -dozen. FOOD 'CO BELGIUM
Mamie syrup -In 5-galion tins, $3.15
to 13.35.
14.7 all interests, seems tq
bethe the Westminster Gazette, "in which uure generatios may learnethe hor-
"tn
Odessa, Feb. 2. -It is reported that most popular to -day. altrOjajklia' 1
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevist Minister in a new society called the "National Tors of war. There is nothing more
.
of War and Marine, has arrived at Alliance of Employers and
Employ impressive than the sight of the
'
Kharldev, and is exhorting Bolshevist ed," which representative men on both
stricken city with theskeletons of its
regiments' to invade further the sides are Promoting. once wonderful buildings rising gaunt
into the sky. In a sense there are
Ukraine. Despairing appeals for help; One point on which everyone is
against the 13olsheviki, addressed to agreed is that some general few things more beautiful. To patch
perin-
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."
AIRPLANES
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Feb. 4. -Flour -New
standard grade, $11.25 to $11.35.
Relied oats -Bags, 00 lbs. $4.00 to
$.1.25. Bran, $37.25. Shorts, $42.25
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.
PEACE
DISPORT!
CONGRESS
AMES AS TO
N CF GERMAN
OLONIES
Turkish Empire to be Dismembered by Detaching Five Conquered
Regions.
Petrie, Feb. 2, -The accord reached
by the Council of the Great Powers
concerning the disposal of the Gee -
man colonies and occupied regions
in Turkey in Asia as MIch more de-
finite than is generally supposed, and,
beeides acceptance in princiole of the
e pan of mandatories, it embraces the
follow -111g main features:
The Allied` and Associated Powers
are agreed that the Gerrnan cel-
onies ellen not be returned to Ger-
many :where, first, to mismanagement,
cruelty and the use of these colonies
as submarines hues.
The conquered regions of Ar-
menia. Syria, Meeeopatamis, Palestine
and Arabia shall be detached front
'the Turkish Empire.
Provasion is made whereby the
Medi -being .and development of baok-
evard cola/1W regionSe are regarded
as the sacred trust of tivilization,
over which the League o,f Nations
exercises supervisory Caro. The ad-
eninistrat(en or tutelage of these ac -
ions is entrusted to the more ad -
winced radione, who will act as 111221-
'do.taries in behalf of the League of
Nations.
Theee rnenclatories .are not uni-
t $orm, but vary acconliing to degree
development of the colonial regf'oe.
and its .approaeh to the stage a 304 -
government. The mandates in Pales-
tinegSyria and other portions of Tur-
key where well-developed civilization
exists, would be comparatively light
and would probably permit of the pro-
visional recognition of the independ-
enee of these communities.
On the other hand, colonies like
those in Central Africa would re-
quire a mandatory with large powers
of .athninietration es responsible for
the sapression o$ the, slave trade, the
liquor traffic, ammunition and arms
traffic, and -the prevention of mili-
tary authority on 'the part of. the na-
tives except for native police pur-
poses,
Other colonies and Pocalities„ such
as those in German South-west Africa
and some of the South Pacific Islands,
have such eparse and Scattered pop-
ulations and are so separated from
other communities that the leave of
the mandatory 'country would! probably
prevail in these regions.
The mandatories will report at
stated intervals to the League of
Nations concerning the manner in
Which as colony is being administered.
The foregoing general outline ins
dinettes on broad lines the 'berrns
whereby., it is said, conflicting views
were finally reconciled and a common
agreement was reached acceptable. to
all the great and coloniak power.
section of workers secures any paetn-
cubse emcees:Ion, the others who have
not equal' advantages become clieseetis.
fied.
Sir Eric Geddes has made a novel
proposal -that some tisa-de union take
over a large national factory and
run it as an experiment to show What
can be done siby such co-opeeative
management.
More troops have arrived in 'Glas-
gow, where ;it is now ,said there are
10,000. Soldiers are till nicemted
on the roes of the buildings sue -
INCREASE TO BRITISH NAVY
TO BE REGARDED AS BONUS
A despatch from London says: -
The Admiralty announces that pend -
rounding George Square in Glasgow. ing the conclusions of the Committee
The military display is provoking of Enquiry on the subject, it has been
great resentment among the strikers
there,
ALLIES LOAN LOAN TEN BILLION
FRANCS TO THE BELGIANS
decided to increase the pay of all
naval men, ranging from an extra
shilling per day for ordinary seamen
qo six shillings for captains and high-
er ranks, with similar increases to the
Royal Marines. This extra pay, it is
A despatch from Paris says:- declared, must be regarded as a bonus,
Ten billion francs have been advanced and not as representing an increase
to Belgium by Great Britain, France of the present pay, which may ulti-
and the United States, this amount mately be considered a just and
to be deducted from the first instal- equitable remuneration.
nient of the war indemnity to be paid
BRITISH PARLIAMENT
by Germany, according to a Havas
despatch from Brussels,
TO MEET FEB. 11
- .
The despatch adds that the =punt . - A despatch from London says: -
will be raised either by an inter -al- The new British Parliament, accord -
lied bond issue or by a German loan
ing to present plans will meet on
having priority over all other loans. February 11, with Prime Minister
Lloyd George and Andrew Dollar Law,
the government leader in the House
1,000,000 MEN WILL
OCCUPY RHINELAND of Commons, attending. The time
, used in giving the oath to members
A despatch from Paris says: -The will be shortened, and it is expected
number of American, French and Brit- that an hour after the session begins
ish troops to be maintained in the both houses will assemble to hear the
occupied regions along the Rhine will speech from the throne. Sir James
be limited to 1,000,000 men, accord- Lowther will be re-elected speaker
ir; to The Echo de Paris. of the House.
Victims of The
a batch d British
tion catroci. They
Hunt -This photograph of human skeletons is that of
priseners just after thele release from the German pri-
were liteigally etarved alive.
NO LOSS ON WHEAT
IS EXPECTE)
Surplus of Sixty Million Bushels
in Canada Will Sell
Readily.
A despatch from Ottawa eays:---In-
asrnuch as the Canadian Government
has guaranteed the price of wheat
of the crop of 1918 and the carrying
costs thereof, it is deeply interested
in the disposition of the exportable
grain remaining in the country.
is estimated that that 'exportable ewe.
plus of ' Wheat now amounts to from
60,000,000 •to 70,000.000 P bushels.. At
present the British and 'Govern-
ments are not purchasing grain either
in Unlade or the United States.
Hence if prices in the world market cding in February 1 and will be compos-
enoald suffer an early decline both , thefirst instaace. of those who
countriee would be called to make have enlisted since January 1, 1010,
goad their guarantees. It is stated and who ,do not exceed thirty-seven
be ac -
here, however, that there is no reason year iof,,,:,ige‘s.,,,,V,onit,ce,t,eVr,1
to anticipate that the Canedian Gov- 'elher.' •2"-
ernment will find itself obliged to cIS - among men otherwiee entitled. to res
for Canadian grain in the world mar- lease, while sixty-ehee battelione of
burse money to bring the price paid
young soldiers now an home service
based en $2.2411.3 Ineehel for Na. 1 will be sent immediately to help
ket up to the guaranteed fixed price
guard the Rhine beidgeheads and re-
lease the older
"The men of tbe now armee will
be paid bonues renging from ten
shillings and sixpence, per week for
privates, to forty-two sliMings for
Colonels, in addition to the ordinary
army pay. Leave will be granted en
BRITISH ARMY
REM DELLED
900,000 Hold Lines in Germany
During the Transition
Period.
The regulations governing the
armies of occupation are dealt with
in an official statement issued by Win-
ston Spencer Churchill, Secretary for
War, says a London despatch, The
statemOnt. uays:
"The British military Commanders
are of the opinion that 900,000 men
are sufficient for this transition per-
iod: All the rest" will be demobilized
as fast as possible.
"The new armies will begin forme
Northern. It is believed that the
present suspension of buying is due to
congestion he Great 'Britain, that the
British Wheat Export. Company will
resume buying and will likely do so
on tho basis which has hitherto pre-
vailed.
50 megE cliBs To
as generous a settle as possible.
"The occuration armies will be
the home windy, the armyof the
Rhine, and the army of the
eDIPTDTM,„ En East, a detachment of the Ear North,
SU
ieWiekeel and garrisone ef the Ca'own cohedes
and India.
"These arrangements seem to be
the bese devisable for the year 1919.
During the year, however, we mast
rereake the old Beitiali regular
army, so as to provide, on a „volun-
tary baeie, overseas gerrisons and
:foreign stations."
In cennection with the femegoirer
the Ministry cea Labor announces
that no further repplication for release
of individual offieers er men on pivot-
al or special groundcan be consider.,
ed.
Allied Naval. Constructort Mak-
,
ing Study of Their
Equipment.
Loden, Feb. 2. -Under the terms of
the 'armistice there are 50 more Ger-
man submarines to surrender to the
British navy. At present there ere
98 of these craft in British naval
ports, 37 having been distributed
among the allied powers for technical
examination. Theze submarines have
already sailed for various allied ports,
where naval constructors will make a
careful study of their machinery and
internal equipment.
The ultimate fate of all the sub-
marines will be decided by the Peace
Conference. Expert view here is
that the construction of the German
submarines • is extremely good,
especially as regard's technical details,
and they show ineeked superiority
ever the latest built German destroy-
ers, whose construction is extremely
bad.
ENGLAND'S BIRTH RATE
LOWEST IN HISTORY
A despatch from London says:-
En.gland's population is decreasing.
So states Dr. 'Caleb W. Saleeby, the
famous eugenist, on the authority of
unpublished vital statistics sent to
him by the Registrar General. ' They
show that, for the whole of Eng -land
and Wales, last year's death rate
Maerr STUDY
rdirn
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 secur-
ing its share of orders for recon-
struction work in Europe unless more
attention is paid to the requirements
of theoverseas market, is a wattling
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
to the size requirements of the
British 'market, and the chief diffi-
culty Canadian dealers must over-
come is the one relating to the "cant
would, probably, be found to he high- size" of lumber shiements generally
er than the birth rate. The year was 1 from this side of -the Atlantic.
"As far as British Columbia is
concerhed," says the statement,„"the
bulk of lumber heretofore imeorted
by the United Kingdom has been in
the form of large timbers of the
grade known as `merchantable,' for
heavy structural work. or for mew-
ing into any special size.
IS FORESEEN BY LLOYD'S "If British Columbia is to enlarge
her timber trade. then a range of
London, Feb. 2. -Some of Lloyd's all grades and eV.% ine1udiu mer -
brokers who, up to a week ago, con- chantable. but not the lowest grades,
sidered the signing of a prelnmary
peace before Jane as a "long shot,"
have within the last few days re-
versed their opinion, and now con-
sider it almost an "even money" risk Swedish standards, then she can do
that April will see the. preliminary business in a broad and general
conclusion,. Everything indicates an way." This, it is pointed ma, is
earlier conclusion than seemed certain practically imposteilde with freight
rates at the preeent high level, but
in two years freight rattle nifty go
low enough for Canada to compete
with Sweden and Bassin, provided
we manefaetere to the regoiremente
of the British market.
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 the history of England.
PEACE DURING MONTH OF APRIL
most be dealt in.
"If Canada," the renort continues,
"can deliver limber in the various.
'grades sawn to Pritieh standardsat
ten days ago.
TO PAY SOLDIERS
21 SHILLINGS WEEKLY
A despatch from London rays
The pay of the soldiers of the British
artily who will be 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.
Future Army of Occupation
Largely French and American
A despatch feora London says: --
The British contribution to the allied
armies of occupation in the. Rhineland, nee
says the Times, will bee eee,..„ n
less numeric- FLAG geg,
Th
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 Brit-
ish responsibilities in other parts of
the world,
80,000 OF AIR FORCE
WILL BE RETAINED
A despatch from London same -
The Air Force for the armies of oc-
cupation, says an official annoonee-
ment, hes been selected on the mime
basis and with the grime emolnmenta
as the other branchee of the sets -lee.
six thole -tend five hundred offi-
cers and seventy-five thousand mon
will be retained out of approaimately
three hmeired flumeand.
OVER STRA S BO tr114
A despatch from Ste:seam% save: -
Two British gunboats arrived here. on
Friday. The Dritieb flag now floats
over the city,