Zurich Herald, 1919-08-02, Page 2BRITISH SETTLERS FEAR GERMAN I
PfflL IN SOUTH AFRICA
Compulsory Repatriation of Teuton Settlers is Urged -Country
Shows Big Possibilities For Mining, Agriculture,
and Cattle -Raising Boom.
A despatch from Windhuk, South
Africa, says: --The total pre-war Ger-
man population of what was formerly
known as German Southwest Africa,
including' women and children, was
14,000, of whom 2,000 belonged to Ger-
man garrisons and 800 were police.
Though no statement on the subject 1
has been made in the union parlia-
ment, it is known that within the last
few weeks these 2,800 have been re-
patriated in addition to 600 civilihn
Germans, who are now in the course
of repatriation, and this number will
probably be increased by another 400.
Moreover, it is anticipated that at
least another 1,000 Germans will re-
turn to Germany voluntarily.
British settlers are of opinion that
the former German officers and sol-
diers, 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 to the country they
Would almost certainly be an -element
of permanent unrest.
• The mining possibilities of the coun-
try are of virtually unknown quality
and quantity, except for the Otavi
iuines in the south. Geologists of high
repute who have visited Kaokoveld it1
the north are of opinion that Kaoko-
veld ishighly mineralized and occur-
rences of tin have been reported. The
government did not encourage the
prospecting. \'Then a coal seam was
reported to have been discovered in
the Beseba district in 1910 the German
Governinent 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 possi-
bilities you must divide the country
into north and 'south, and that can be
done roughly by taking the north as
that portion to the north of Windhuk
and the south as south of Windhuk.
It has enormous economic values,
both as an agricultural and cattle -
raising country. Its agricultural possi-
bilities have only been scratched and
considerable developments are expect-
ed under this head from the additional
capital and influx of the population
Which will undoubtedly take place un-
der the new regime.
However, cattle -raising in -the north
seems far and away more profitable
and certainly greater. in its possibili-
ties than agriculture, It has bee
proved that small stock do not thrive
as well in the north as in the south,
whereas the north has been proved to
be the more excellent cattle country.
The veldt is composed of grass and
trees. The latter entirely disappear
in the south, The average rainfall is
15.2 inches and falls during summer
only. There are no winter rains.
The price of private land in the
north ranges from $2,25 to $6.75 per
cape morgen (about an acre). The
present administration cannot dispose
of the government land.
The south is commonly described as
a desert and its virtues from a steels -
raising point of view or any other
point of view are net apparent to the
stranger or chance traielier. It has
always been neglected and scorned
beth by the government and the pros-
pective settler. However, the man
who knows the south recognizes ,its
great possibilities as a stock -raising
country.
Tlie South African farmer and par-
ticularly those living near its southern
border also are beginning to recognize
its potentialities in this respect, Those
British who have entered the protec-
torate since it was occupied are loud
in their praise of this region and high-
ly satisfied with the results they have
attained. Horses, cattle, Namaqua
sheep and Boer goats all do excepticn-
ally well, and i:1 some portions of Re-
h.oboth, Maltahohe, Gibeon, Kectman-
sheep and Warmbad districts mea:iz o
and angora,goats -also do well.
The increase to sheep and goats in
good lambing seasons. is 80 per cent.,
which is an exceptionally high per-
centage. 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 of 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 less rain and more se-
vere winters. In the south, owing to
the minimum rainfall; no agriculture
is possible. The average 15,000 mor -
gen farm in the south will carry 250
head of small stock, while farms in the
Rehoboth, hlaltahohe and Gibeon dis-
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 bore
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,,summ r 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 social life. There are no
failures, because, comparatively speak-
ing, there are no stock sicknesses. The
question at the end of a given period
is the 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.
LEADING MARKETS
Breadstufs.
Toronto, July 29. --Man. Wheat- Provisions -Wholesale.
No. 1 Northern, $2.241; No. 2 North- Snicked meats -Rolls, 34 to 38c;
ern, $2.21% • No 3 Northern $2.171 • hauls, medium, 46 to 48c; heavy, 33
No. 4 wheat, $2.111x, in store Fort
William.
Ontario wheat -No. 2, $2.
Manitoba oats -No, 2 CW, 93c; No.
3 CW, 8911 c; No. 1 feed, 89%c; No.
2 feed, 841/4c.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 89 to
92c, according to freights.
American corn -Nominal.
Man. barley -No. 3 CW, $1,30%i
No. 4, CW, $1.26%; rejected, $1.207/s;
feed, $1.20;x.
Baxley -Malting, $1.24 to $1.28,
Peas --Nominal.
Buckwheat -Nominal,
Rye -Nominal.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard, $10.25 to $10,50, in jute bags, To-
ronto and Montreal, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mon-
treal freights, bags included. Bran,
$42 to $14 per ton • shorts, $44 to $48
per ton; good feed flour, $3 to $325
per bag.
Hay -No. 1, $21 to $28 per ton;
mixed, $10 to $19 per ton, track, To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton,
track, Toronto,
Country Produce ---Wholesale.
Butter -.hairy, tubs and roils, 40 to
41c; prints, 42 to 43e; creamery- prints,
fresh made, 50 to 501c.
Eggs -New laid, 46 'to 46c.
Live poultry -Spring chickens,
broilers, 30 to 40e; heavy fowl, 28e;
light fowl, 26c; old roosters, 20 to 21e;
old ducks, 200; young ,ducks, 30 to
32c; old turkeys, 30e; delivered, To-
ronto.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Cheese -New, large, 32 to 32%e;
twins, 32% to 33c; triplets, 33 to 33%.
Stilton, 33 to 84e.
Butter -Fresh dairy, prints, 48 to
49c; creamery prints, 54 to 55c.
Eggs -In cartons, 54 to 55c; selects,
56 to 57e.
Beans -Canadian, $3 to $4.25.
to 35c; cooked hams, 63 to 65c; backs,
plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55 to
57c; breakfast bacon, 48 to 54c. Cot-
tage rolls. 38 to 40,.
Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48;
mess park, $47.
Green meats -Out of pickle, lc less
than smoked.
Dry Salted meats -Long clears, in
tons, 33%c; to cases, 34c; clear bel-
lies, 28 to 29%c; fat backs, 33 to 340.
Lard -Tierces, 351,fic to 36c; tubs,
36c to 361/ac; pails, 3614c to 36%e;
prints, 37c to 871,1,,c. Compound lard,
tierces, 32c; tubs, 821fac; pails, 32%e;
prints, 3314e.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, July 29. -Oats, extra. No.
1 feed, $1.10%. Flour, new standard
grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bag,
90 lbs., $4.75. Bran, $42. Shorts, $44.
Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $28.
Cheese, finest westerns, 26 to 271/4c.
Butter, choicest creamery, 55 to 56c.
Eggs, fresh, 64c; selected, 58c; No. 1
stock, 52c; No, 2 stock, 43c. Potatoes,
per bag, car lots, $1.25. Dressed hogs,
abattoir killed, $33.50 to $34, Lard,
pure tierces, 375 lbs., 38%c.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, July 29. -Chaffee heavy
steers, $14 to $14.75; do, good, $13 to
$13.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.75
to $18,25; do, good, $12 to $12.50; do,
med., $11,60 to $12; do, come, $9.25 to
$9,75; bulls, choice, $11.25 to $11.75;
do, med., $10,25 to $10.75; do, rough,
$8 to $8.25; butchers' cows choice,
10.50 to ,$11.25; do, good, $10.25 to
0; do,Tried., 9 to ,9.25; do corn.
105
$7,50 to $; etockers, $8.75 to $11,75
e eders $ 11.50 . to 12 ; canners and
e
mutters, $4,60 to $625,, milkers, good
to choice, $11.0 .to $150; do, ooni, and
HELP WANTED
"Keep away from the 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 to apply it to OURSELVES. In every community men and women aro
imitating the moths. How many times have WE been singed by the fascination of that LONG DISTANCE "bar-
gain?" And how many times have WE corse BACK, and back AGAIN, to the flame? How much MONEY is lost
each year to this community by this sante SINGEING process? The flame of the candle mounts higher, The
moths crowd closer and closer to the flame. It is OUR business to put that flame OUT. WANTED: -A few MEN
and WOMEN in OUR community to apply the SNUFFER.
med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to
$160; light ewes, $10 to $11; yearlings,
$13,50 to $15; spring lambs, per c t.;
$19 to $20; calves, good to c 17
to $19; hogs, fed and waeerw ,
do, weighed of cars, $24.75; do, f.o.b ,
$23.75.
Montreal, July 29. -Choice steers,
$12 to $13 per 100 lbs.; good, $10 to
$12; medium, $8 to $10. Choice •but-
chers' cattle, $10.50 to $12 per 100 lbs.
good quality, $9 to $10; medium down
to $7 pex'100 lbs.
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 still 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 swell the 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.
AUSTRIA ASKS FOR
EXTENSION OF TIME
St German-En-Laye, 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
Austllians were originally given fif-
teen days within which to make reply,
MOTION OF WOMAN -.
BARS HOHENZOLLERN
A despatch from Weimar says: --No
member of a family that at any tiip,e
has ruled in Gertany is eligible for
the office of President of Germany.
The; National Assembly has thus ruled
by adopting a motion of olio of its
women members, Frau Agnns.
CONTINUE FOOD CONTROL
DURING COMING WINTER
rA. despatch from London says:
Negotiations for the securing- of large
stooks of food supplies in Canada are
now under way. It has been decided
to "continue the British food control
during the coining 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 action. of
American middlemen in buying up
Canadian cheese supplies before the
Ministry of Food could close its pur-
chases, the details of its operations
in the Dominions are not being divulg-
ed.
CANADA RESUMES
TRADE WITH GERMANY
A despatch from 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 the moves of
the United Kingdom towards a re- ,
suinption of trade, it may be said that
Canada has also resumed trade rela-
tions. It is not yet certain whether
another order in Council may be neces-
sary to make sure but this platter is
now under consideration by the De-
partment of Justice.
ONE CANADIAN CITY
REDUCES DEBT IN, WAR.,
A despatch from Winnipeg says: -
During the past five years, under war
conditions, the nat debt of the city of
Winnipeg has been reduced by $7,893,-
403.12. During the fiscal year ending
April 30, 1919, the debt was cut down
by $1,592,236.05, These are two of the
outstanding features in the annual re-
port of Sinking Fund Trustees sub-
mitted to the City Council.
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PROVES THAT KAISER
STARTED THE WAR
Berne, July 27. -The German Social
Democrat K,autsky, who last Novem-
ber was entrusted with the examina-
tion of the archives of Berlin connect-
ed with the origin of thewar, has now
tom feted his wgg.k. The documents
would fill three volumes,
X am assured from an excellent
source that the documents contain
positive proof of the ex -Kaiser's res
ponsibility for the wax, and that if;
they were known the majority of the
German people 'would demand his im-1
;teachment. -
I. "GE LOSS OF IJFE
IN EGYPT UPRISING
800 Natives and 31 Europeans
Kiiieci-Military Loss Was
Light.
A despatch from London :aye:-
Eight
aye:Eight hundred natives were killed and
1,600 wounded during the recent dis-
turbances in Egypt, according to de-
spatches from General E. II. H. Al-
lenby. Cecil IIarmsworth, Under-
Secretary of the Foreign Office, made
this announcement in the House of
Commone.
The casualties to Europeans and
other civilians were: Killed, 31;
wounded, 35. The casualties to the
military were: Killed,' 29; wounded,
114,
The death sentence was imposed
on 39 natives; detention for life, 27.
Upwards of 2,000 were sentenced to
short terms of impilisonment, The
military courts have been dispensed
with, the sentences 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 arhlived at Cairo onMarcli
27 and set about immediately to res-
tore order. He announced at the time
that it would be possible to do this
only liy active repression.
The first uprising in Egypt was
participated in by 5,000 Egyptian
tribesmen at Assault. These disturb-
ances lasted from March 20 to 23,
The revolutionary movement spread
to many other parts of Egypt, and
at tunes the forces of the Allies were
exceedingly hard pressed. Toward
the end of April it was announced that
the disorders had been quelled.
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500 GERMAN PRISONERS
TO EMBARK AT QUEBEC
A despatch from Amherst, N.S.,
says: -Upwards of 500 German pri-
soners have left the internment eamp
here under guard for Quebec, where
they will board a transatlantic 'liner
for Germany. The Germans were
brought to Amherst On 1915, and com-
posed for the most part of crews of
the Kiiiser Wilhehn der Grosse and
other German ships captured on the
high seas, Between three and four
hundred prisoners remain In the in-
ternment camp, ineludieg the Aus-
trian and Bulgarian captives.
Tidings From Scotland
Three sons of George Moil', a Poi
mor resident of the village of St. Fan
gas, Have won the i).C,M.
Andrew Kinloch, shipbuilder, one of
the oldest inhabitants of Kingston,
Garmouth, passed away recently.
Tlie Victoria Cross has been award-
ed to Cadet Gilroy Grant, a nephew of
Robert Grant, Buckle.
Captain ]:ail D. Nicoll, son-in-law ofe
Sir James Urquhart, Dundee, has
been awarded the Croix do Guerre.
The Arbroath Angling Club has re-
stocked the Lunen stream with 5,000
brown trout and 5,000 Leven trout.
Lieut. -Colonel• G. W. Miller, D.S.O.,
Dundee, has hacl the Croix de Guerre
conferred on him by the French Gov-
ernment.
Robert Stuart, one of the oldest poor
law officers in Scotland, retired from
t110 position of inspector for Arbroath.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Captain Walter Ithind, It,E., son
of the late John Initial, Aberdeen.
The death has taken plaice at North
Gellan, Coull, of Joiul Middleton, ono
of the oldest farmers on Upper Dee -
side.
The Miltary Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut. C. W. Walker, son of Rev.
George Walker, East Parish Church,
Aberdeen.
The French Croix cle Guerre has
been awarded to Lieut, -Coe. William
Res, D,S.U., son of William Rae, advo-
cate, Aberdeen.
Col. George F. Whyte, Highland
Field Ambulance, a medical practi-
tioner of Dundee, has Veen awarded
the Croix de Guerre.
The Dundee Free Breakfast Mission
has purchased the Mall Park Mansion,
Montrose, as a holiday home for poor
children.
The death has taken place at Paien-
ton of Allan Milne, C.M.G„ a former
secretary of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce.
PRINCE TO VISIT U. S.
AFTER CANADIAN TRiP
A despatch from London says: -
The Prince of Wales will visit the
United States next 1nonth as a guest
of the Ar,ienican Government. King
Gcrge, 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 flew day
as a guest of the United States Gov-
ermnent, and later will make a brief
visit to New York, where he will live
on board the British battleship Re.
nown an New York harbor, although
still a guest of the Government.
GERMANY WILL LOSE
MUCH LIVE STOCK
A despatch from Paris says: --Ger-
many will have to surrender to Francs
500 stallions, 3,000 fillies, 90,000 milch
cows, 100,000 sheep, and 10,000 goats,
according to a report made before the
French Peace Commission sitting
under the Presidency of Rene Viv iani,
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 are also to go to Belgium from
Germany. The deliveries are to be
made monthly during a period el three
months until completed.
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GET HOUSING PLANS
FOR TEACHERS' FOMES
A despatch from Edmonton says:-
Three standard plans for teachers'
residences to be built in Alberta rural
school districts, where there is a pre-
dominant non-Englieh :population, are
now being prepared for the Depart-
ment of Education, and will he ready
in the course of another week,
They provide for houses of vary-
ing size, ranging in cost from $1,000
to $1,800.
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GENERAL RAINFALLL IN
PRAIRIE PROVINCES
Winnipeg, July 27. -Raine which
were general in nearly all sections of
the three Praire 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
hi some districts.
RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS
TO BE ABOLISHED BY ITALY
Rome, July 27. -The Italian Wax
Trade Board 'las abolished many re-'
strictions on importations. The list
of commodities allowed to enter Italy,
to be published soon, will undoubtedly,
be most liberal. Although there may
be many articles prohibited, pre -wok
conditions will be establishdd es near.
ly ,s possible,