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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-01-06, Page 9EVACUATION. OF EU BY CIVILIANS HAS BEGUN: FACE .STARVATION D'Annunzio's Finance Minister Resigned and Left Fiume - Poet -Soldier Calls His Rebellion a "Holy War." A despatch from London says: -The •evaceatiou of Fiume by civilians has begun, according to a despatch from Milan to The London Times, Already one hundred refugees have arrived at Candrida. The food situation at Fiume is considered almost desperate. The population numbers 52,000, and the food supply will not provide for them for more than a fortnight. The situation in the Islands of Arbe and 1reg]ia is considered even 'worse. A majority of the population 1 -of Fiume, says the correspondent, oppose any encounter involving bloodshed. Even some member, of the Regency disagree with D'A-. unzio. The Finance Minister, Professor Pantaleoni, has resigned ..end left 'Fiume. Fifteen men have deserted from his army, Deputies Suzi and Deambris have left Fiume for Roma to submit- a pro- posal that Italy recognize the Regency with Barns, Arbe and \Teglia, while the Regency renounce the immediate annexation of Fiume to Italy, which would be a subject for future negotia- tions and also renounce further action in Dalmatia. A* despatch from Rome says: -To all appearances a state of war has been re-ostabl'sliod along the Fiume front. Roads have been torn up, rail- way tracks have been broken. barbed wire entanglements are been estab- lished and all telephone and telegraph wires leading into Fiume :have been cut. ' Cyclists are rushing with orders to and fro between headquarters and the front lines and all strategic points are closely guarded by patrols. Every- where along the frontier, of the "Re- gency of Quarnero" military automo- biles. and lorries may be seen driven 'at full speed from one point to an- other. Gen. Caviglia, Corianderof Gov't, troops around Fiume, has issued maui- festos urging his men to give evidence of their discipline and loyalty. Cap-' Iain Gabriele D'Annunzio, on the other hand, is launching his appeals. He is praising his sailors of Italian des- troyers which recently took their ships over to the D'Annunzio side, and is inviting other Italian sailors and soldiers to follow their example. He says that the mutiny of 14e sailors is worthy of imitation and that his re- bellion is "holy war." Serbian officers have assumed com- mand of the troops of General Wran- gel, former commander of the anti - Bolshevik forces in South Russia, who recently landed at Buccari, six miles southeast of Fiume, to operate against Fiume 'in case of a conflict with the Quarnero regency, says The Idda Nazionale's Trieste correspondent. According to The Giornale d'Italia, the regency has issued a decree which extends to Arne and Veglia the Fiume constitution. The newspaper adds that this means virtually annexation and destroys the last hope of those people who had ex- pected that D'Annunzio would evacu- ate the islands. Leodi ! Markets. Toronto. Than i Luba wheat -No. 1 NoR thern, $1.94;•x; No. 2 Northern, $1..917is; No. 3 Northern, $1.87%; No. 4 wheat, $1.50%. Manitoba cats -No. 2 CW, 52%c; No. 3 CW, 49%c; extra No. 1 -feed, 49%c; No. i. feed, 471%; No. 2 teed, 44%c. Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, 91%c; No. 4 CW, 83%c; rejected, 68%c; feed, 58%c. . All of the above in store at Fort William. American corn -$1.15, nominal, track, Toronto, prompt shipment. Qntario seatse-No. 2 white, 50 to 53c. Ontario wheat -No, 2 Winter, $1.85 to $1.l10 per car lot; No. 2 Spring, $1,80 to $1.85, shipping points, accord- ,ing to freight. Peas -No. 2, noininal, $1.75 to $1,80. Barley -85 to 90e, according to ..freights outside. Buckwheat -No. 3, $1 to $1.05, nom- inal. Rye -No. 3, $1.5'1 to $1.55, nominal, .according to freigl bs outside. Manitoba flour -;.11.10, top patents; $10.G0, Government standard. Ontario flour -$7.75, bulk, seaboard. Millfeecl-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $38 to $40; Shorts. per ton, $42; good feed flour, $2.75 to $3.00. Cheese -New, large, 26 to 27e; twins, 27 to 28c,•" triplets, 28 to 29c; old, large, 32 to 35c; do, twins, 321 to 33%c. Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 49 to 50c; creamery, No. 1, 55 to 580; fresh, 58 to 61c. Margarine -85 to 37c. Eggs -No. it, 69 to 72c; selects, 76 to 78c; new laid, in cartons, 85 to 90c. Beans -Canadian hand-picked, bus., $3.75 to $4.20; primes, $3 to $3.50; japans, 9%c; Limas, Madagascar, 10%c; California Limas, 12%c. Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $3.40 to $3.50; per 5 imp. gals.; $3.25 to $3.40. Maple sugar, lb., 27 to 30c, Honey -60 -30 -lb. tins, 25 to 26c per lb. Ontario comb honey, at $7.50 per 15 section case; 51/2 -2% -lb. tins, 26 to 27e per lb. Smoked' meats -Hams, nett. 40 to 42c; heavy, 38 to 40c; cooked.; 55 to 58c; rolls, 35 to 37c; cottage rolls, 37 to 39c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 49c; fancy breakfast bacon, 53 to 56c; backs, plain, bone in, 49 to 54e; bone- eless,.55 to 59e. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 27 to 28c; clear bellies, 26 to 27c. Lard -Pure tierces, 25 to 26c; tubs, 26 to 26%c; pails, 2614 to 263%; prints. 28 to 29c. Compound tierces, 17 to 18c; tubs, 171 to 18%c; pails, 183.'i. to 200; prints, 21 to 22e. Choice heavy steers, $12 to $13.50; good heavy steers, $10,50 to $11; but- chers' cattle, choice, $9.50 to $10; do, good,.$8 to $9; do, med., $G to $7; do, coni„ $5 to $5.50; butchers' bulls, choice, $8 to $9.50; do, good, $7 to $8; do, cora., $5 to $6; butchers' cows, choice, $7.50, to $8.50; do. good,, $6,25 to $7; do, coon., $4 to $5; feeders, best, $9 to $10;. do, 900 lbs., $8,50 to $9.50; do, 800 lbs., $7.75 to $8.25; do, corn.. $5.25 to $6.25; canners and cutters, $3 to $4.50; milkers, good to choice, $100 to $165; do, cora. and fined., $65 to $75; lambs, yearlings, $9 to $9.50; do, Spring, $11 to $12; calves, good to choice, $14 to $16; sheeps, $6 to 87; hogs, fed and watered, $16 to $16.25; do, weighed off ears, $16.25 to $16.50; do, f.o.b., $15 to $15.25; do, country points, $14.75 to $154b Montreal. • Oats -Can. West:, No. 2, 72%c; No, 8, 691/c. Flour -Man. Spring wheat patents, firsts, $11,10. Rolled oats - Bags, 90 lbs., $3,80. Bran, $40.25. Shorts, $42.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $31. to $32. Cheese -Finest easterns, 19 to 21c; Butter, choicest creamery, 53 to 55c; Eggs, fresh, 72c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.60 to $1.70. Good veal, $12 to $13; med., $9 to $12; grass, $4.50 to $5. Hogs, selects, $17 to $17.50; sows, $13 to 13.50. ,Paper Industry Capital Totals $264,581,300 A despat,li from Ottawa says: -The capital invested in the pulp and paper industry in Canada, according to re- turns compiled by the Bureau of Sta- tistics, amounts to $264,581,300. The returns cover the operation of 99 plants. FOUR POINTS URGED BY MANY ALLOWED =Y REPARATIONS CO FER NCE A despatch from Brussels says: - The enormity of the concessions by the reparations conference to Ger- many became apparent when it was revealed from the highest source that the conference agreed upon the ac- ceptanco of four of the main points presented by the Germans, The • points made by the Germans which were granted by the conference were: 1. Ire order to make Gerhnan trade more stable the Versailles treaty must • be amended, so that all:the allies will remove from German interests abroad all danger of confiscation. This has :already been done by England and Italy, 2. Because she Is obliged to import lxeavily, Germany must .be permitted ,to»reconstruct iter merchant marine. - The Japanese delegates urged the ac- ceptance of this proposition to the ex- tent of 350,000 tons, 3. A further revision of the peace treaty in order to permit Germany to conclude trade allianbes with Holland, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Switzer- land and other neutrals. Italy de- manded acquiescence in this point. 4. The exact total or the indemnity and the annuities must be specified forthwith in order to stabilize the German budget. Following the delegates' reconl- mendatio•n of these points for adop- tion by their Governments, a recon- vening of the meeting on January 10 is regarded as certain. At the same time the decisions of the former con- ferences at Boulogne, Hythe, San Remo and Brussels, at which the in- ter -allied claims for indemnity and re- parations were decided, will be an- nulled by. a now agreement calling for payment "in kind." This system will benefit France and Italy more than Britain, as Britain desires gold more than goods. FRUITS OF VICTORY LOST TO GREECE Patriarch Says Country's In- terests Imperilled by Con- stantine's Return. Constantinople, Dec, 26, -The Greek Patriarch here has delivered to the Greek High Commissioner a verbal message concerning his recent demand. for the abdication of King Constan- tine of Greece for transmission to the Government in Athens. The chief of the Orthodox Church declares his action was taken in be- half of the sacred interests of Greece, which he says have been imperilled as a result of the recent changes there. The Patriarch says he is apprehen- sive that Greece will be stripped of the fruits of victory because she has offer- ed the Throne to . an enemy of the Allies. • Athens, Dec. 26. -The seals were broken on the apartments of the late King Alexander to -day. QueenSophie, Madame Manes, (King Aleander's- widow) and an officer of the Ministry of Justice were present. Jugo-Slavia has announced that be -1 fore renewing her alliance with Greece' she will wait until the allies have de glared their policy. TEN PER CENT. CUT IN PASSENGER RATES Take Effect on New Year's Day Throughout Dominion. . A despatch from Ottawa says: - Railway passenger rates throughout the Dominion will be reduced ten per cent. on New Year's Day. This is in accordance with the order issued by the Board of Railway: Commissioners on September 9, under which ,general increases were granted in passenger and freight rates. The order granted an increase in passenger rates cf 20 per cent., applicable to the end of the present year. Afterwards, until July 1, 1921, the increase was to be 10 per cent. On July 1 passenger rates come back to the basis in effect prior, to the corning into force' of the order. There will be no reduction in the increase granted in parlor and sleepiing car rates and exces baggage. • With the end of the year also the general increase of 40 per cent, granted in Eastern freight -rates will drop to 35 per cent.; the increase of 35 per cent. in Western' freight rates will drop to 30 per cent. SETTLERS FROM U.S. WELL EQUIPPED Immigrants to Canada in 1920 Total 50,000. A despatch from Ottawa says: - United States citizens coming into Canada to take up residence here are bringing with them considerable wealth, according to statistics of the Immigration Department. The amount of cash and the value of settlers' ef- fects together in the eleven months ending November aggregated $17,519,- 033. December will add another mil- lion. From all sources immigration by the end of the year is expected to total 50,000. The resources of the or- dinary immigrant from overseas are not as great as of those from the States. The average is about $372 per head. - LIVELY BATTLE IN AIR BETWEEN R.C.M.8 n• AND U0&. CRIMINAL "Mounties" Add One More Daring Deed to Their Already Long Roll- When They Fight and Overcome a United States Confidence Man in a Swift Fight in Mid -Air. A despatch from Minneapolis, Minn., says ddWhen the Royal Canadian Mounted Police go after a man they get hitt, no matter whore the trail leads.:,; There are records of where one of these quiet, tireless men has circumnavigated the globe to get his quarry. The point is that they do not fail, and they do not operate with a brass band. Joseph H. Gadsbury, alleged Ameri- can confidence man and former war'' aviator, will testify to the daring and resourcefulness of these highly -ef- ficient officials. It is charged that he has promoted and profited by numer- ous questionabls schemes in the U.S., chiefly having to cdo with airplane swindles. He is a skillful aviator, and always kept a speedy airplane at hand, ready for instant Sight. His latest exploit is said to' have been staged at Britt, Ia., where he induced farmers to part with $130,000 for an airplane factory. When the police were about to close • on hire he stepped into his airplane, soared up out of range of their pistols and he headed for the Canadian bor- der. The Northwest Mounted Police were notified by wireless. Part of their equipment is a fast airplane, kept in a hangar at Winnipeg. It car- ries a machine-gun, and it was rushed out and began patrolling the border. Word, came that Gadseury had been forced to , alight at Emerson, but would resume his journey to -day. The Canadian plane waited for him, concealed high in the clouds, and when he crossed the border it swoop- ed down, His machine also carried a small machine-gun, and there was a lively battle. The Canadians finally sent .a fusillade through his propeller and managed to puncture his gasoline tank. Gadsbury tools desperate chances in a nose dive to earth, flattening out just in time to avert disaster, and started to run for the woods, but Ms pursuers overtook him. UNEMPLOYMENT SITUA- . TION WiLL MEND Worst Will Soon be Over in • , Opinion .of Ottawa... A despatch from Ottawa eays:- Cancellation of the luxury taxes has had a salutary effect, according to ad- vices received by the Government. Al- ready business is showing signs' of improvment. . The unemployment,situation con- tinues bad, but there is hope that the next week or two will see the worst of it over. At a special meetirig of the Cabinet Council held Thursday* afternoon there' was a long .discussion of 'the unemployment problem and details were considered of the proposed plan of assistance, in co-operation with Provincial and municipal authorities. The Government, it is understood, has already been notified by a large num- ber of local authorities of their de- sire for Federal co-operation. Two Provincial, Governments --Ontario and ilBritir5f sh Columbia -have taken a sim- Wlea the cost of the scheme to the Federal Treasury is likely to be there is as yet no reliable data available, but expectation is expressed in official circles that the cost will not be large. In its statement of policy issued ten days or so ago the Government laid down the principle that the first step in dealing with unemployment should be the provision of work rather than of relief, that the primary obligation for the provision of relief should be rested with the local authorities. Should emergency relief become necessary, however, the Dam•inion Government was willing to meet one- third of the cost, providing -that the Provincial and municipal authorities met the other two-thirds. Such a policy -in its insistence on the provi- sion of work as a first step -will re- duce it is argued very considerably "44.� l 2 x E Iii / i/; fif���ii iBII%; l i. , PART OF IRIZLAND UNGiLR MARTIAL LAW Shaded areas show the counties of Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary which have been placed under martial law. 1 -The Galway County Council has .asked the British Government for a truce 2 --The Liineric•k Comity Council has adopted a resolution disassociating Itself from the Galway Counity Council's action, and Cork, the charge which might otherwise be occasioned by the Federal Treasury. HOLIDAY SEASON AT SANDRINGHAM Roy l ?may Pass Christmas Vacation as Usual in the Country. London, Dec. 26. -Following their custom, the Royal Family spent the Christmas holidays on their estate at Sandringham. King 'George, Queen Mary and Princess Mary went direct' from London. The Prince of Wales, who had been'hunting in the Midlands for several days, joined the family at Sandringham on Saturday, MR ROUTE ONLY OPEN TO EX-KA1SER When He Journeys to Corfu Refuge Being Prepared for .Ii ' Paris, Dec. • 26.a -When the• former Kaiser decided to leave Doom, 'Hol- land, for the comfortable castle in Corfu being prepared for him by the Princess Christopher• of Greece, he will have to fly in a non-stop airplane unless he wishes to be arrested b;;- the Allies eriroute. It is even declared that should Willriarn go to Corfu the Allies will force Greece to deliver him to them for trial. • - Three routes are. open to Wilhelm for his journy. The first, by land, would have to be by way of Germany, which Germany is hound under the treaty to prevent. The second, by sea, is also impracticable, because •his ship could he stopped by British or French warships long before it reached Corfu, The fact that this would be contrary to international law, as set forth in Ciunet, would not, it is believed,' be considered an obstacle to the great powers now ruling Europe. - Should the ex -Kaiser take a Dutch ship, however, complications might arise, since Clunet clearly states: "Outside •the three-mile limit no warship has the right to accost, in time of peace, `a foreign vessel. Ne state has a right to assume police duties in the open ocean, nor to search. d ships on the high seas, even .0 arrest criminals." The captain of the Dutch vessel could therefore claim the protection of his flag and legitimately reius'a to sur- render his passenger. But the third and safest -if the ela- n:eras are not considered -way for the deposed emperor to raarh his new re- fuge grand be by alt • For this pur- pl.,e. order to avoid landing in en- emy territory, he would have to hire or purchase either a Zeppelin or an airplane capable of a non-stop flight to Greece, equal to the crossing of the Atlantie. TRAINS CANT RUN This- visit always brings joy •to the TO MOUNT OF OLIVES tenants of the estate, for it is in- I variably an occasion for good cheer. The Governor of Jerusalem and liberal gifts, the King and Queen' • GuardsHolyPaces Against going personally among the people' and superintending the distribution of ` Modernization. . presents. This year the Royal party I A despatch. from London says:-- was reinforced by the King and Queen 'Ronald Storrs, Governor of Jerusalem, of Norway and their son Olaf, who is who described himself as the suecessox affectionately known in England as "The Little Prince," although he long since outgrew the demmutive title, having now reached the age of eigh- teen. The Norwegians have been visiting at Appleton House. On Sun- day they were guests at Sandringham. of Pontius Pilate, was entertained at luncheon by the...Onereene Club and Patriotic League. Among his own acts as Governor, said Storrs, was one to prohibit drink bars, as they seemed so wholly oiit of keeping with the sur- roundings, and the High Commission - King George took advantage of er .hard extended this propbsitioii to the holidays to indulge in his favorite the whole of Palestine. - His reply to sport of hunting. He .is one of the p y best shots in England. A good part of his daily bag will be sent as usual to the hospitals. One of the customs of the Royal family for generations has been the cutting of a wonderful Xmas pudding by the eldest daughter of the house, who habitually serves it with her own hands. That office fell to Prin- cess Maryrwho performed it in gra- cious conformity with the traditions. "VACATIONS" ORDER OF DAY IN ENGLAND Trade Depression in Old Land Continues to Increase. • A despatch from London says: -The growing industrial inactivity and con- sequent financial and moral depres- sion far overshadow interest in the discussion of armaments and a naval holiday. u, Notice was given on Thursday in several large factories of "vacations." The tin "plate works in Swansea will be closed at the end of the month, and other tin plate works in Llanelly were closed on Wednesday, the manage- ment pointing out as one of the rea- sons for closing the fact that "the whole world is upset in finance, and people cannot afford to buy tin plate, no matter what prices are offered." In consequence of the trade depres- sion the spinning factories iu Belfast have closed down, and thirty thou- sand workers are mile. For the same reason the Monmouthshire ,collieries have given the men a fortnight's no- tice. One of the unfortunate aspects of the depression hero is that German a request for a concession to run trams to Bethlehem and the Mount of Olives was that the fleet rail section would be laid over the body of the Governor. He had forbidden the use of stucco and corrugated iron within, the walls, and also the destruction of buildings without permission. PERISHES AT HIS POST OF DUTY Rural Mail Carrier Fohand Dead on Seat of Waggon. St. Stephens, N.B., Dec. 26. -With the reins still gripped in his lifeless hands, the body of George Lindsay, mail driver of a rural route between St. Stephen's and Old Ridge, was found on the seat of his mail wag- gon, which had been stopped in front of a mail box, on Friday evening. The Christmas Eve mail had been unusually heavy, and the trip had, taken much longer than usual. The night was the coldest of the season, and a keen wind had made the effects of the weather more penetrating.,, While Lindsay's death was ascribed to heart failure, it was believed that the exposure which he suffered while in the performance of duty was the primary cause. e• British Party Start Antarctic Expedition A despatch from London says: -Dr. John L. Cope, Commander of the Brit- ish Imperial Antarctic expedition, has sent the following message from Port Stanley, Capital of the Falkland firms are benefitting at the expense of Tslluttds; British employers and workers, "Sailing from here December 20 with full conternene end dogs, Nene New Oil Strike Shier at Graham's December �b. • . - ' to l '. 2"1 Northeast of Calgary All the party well. Expect to hear front us in eighteen months. Goocl- T. A dospateh from Calgary, Alta., uy*e." Commander Cope with four cam - miens purposes spending eighteen months in surveying and charting the western shores of Weddell Sea and in carrying out scientific work in the Antarctic. The party will live Clueing the entire period in tents and huts and will depend for fresh meat ori seals and penguins, says: -Reports from the .imperial Oil Company well at Czar, Alberta; north- east of Calgary are to the effect that crude oti has been struck in small quantities at a depth of 2,800 feet, and five drillers aro being keptdat worry, through the holidays in antici- pation of a substantial flow within the next two hundred feet. ,