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NEW YEAR OUTLOOK IN MOTHER LAND
PICTURED IN SOMBRE COLORS
Difficulties at Horne and Ab road Require Careful Diplo-
macy to Tide Over the Po st-War Adjustment Period.
:A despatch from London says:—
Britain's outlook for 1921 is pictured
in rather sombre colors by the politi-
cians, eonomists, financiers and labor
leader e, who are casting their eyes
forward to the New Year, At home
two outstanding problems—unemploy-
ment and Ireland --have baffled the
Government, \viriie it is also besieged
by inert' results of the war, including
a vigorous newspaper campaign
against ao-casted Government extrava-
gance.
In. the foreign field, looking east-
wartl, there is the perplexing problem
of settling the Palestine boundaries,
promising some pointed exchanges of
opinion with Frau,cc; Mesopotamia,
with its huge expense and its oil; the
ever-present Persian difficulties which
the last agreement has not allayed;
India, which is in a greater state of
unrest than for years, requiring an
exceptionally large garrison; Russia,
with her trade proposals which have
caused a split in the British Cabinet,
and the ;uncertain Greek situation. e
Officials here believe that within
the next twelve months important
dealings .between Great Britain and
the'United States will necessitate
most careful handling. Negotiations
between the two countries have been g
almost dormant since the political a firm hold and there is little evidence
conventions in the United States. that any of the many small factions in
There is a desire here to clear up the Parliament, either separately or in
oil question, which has been the sub- concerted action, are able to defeat the
ject of a long series of-comnrnmica- Cabinet and force general elections.
tions on the question as to the extent The Cabinet Ministers, as they pass
to which Ltshe. United States .clan par- between their offices and Parliament,
tic]' x to in the world petroleum supply, see evidence of unrest. Strong -policed
most of which is under British plan- barricades still obstruct the approach -
date. It is believed, however, that es to Government buildings and the
considerable more negotiating is nee- huge iron gates at the entrances to
•e:ssary before an agreement is reach- some official buildings are kept closed.
ed. This is done, the Government.announ-
Setblement of the cable control also eed, because it feared a Sinn Fein out-
<rlPers ninny perplexities, particularly break, but it is known also that it eon -
in that the United States- is continu- sidered the ill effect Bolshevik agita-
all;v rc aching farther for world trade. tors might have on the restive minds
Shippi' g experts and officials are of of the unemployed, •
the opinion that the nen 'mercantile
marine of the United. States is likely
to bring up a question of adroit dip-
lomacy and point to Secretary Dan-
iels' announcement of a big naval pro-
gram as the forerunner for shipping
differences.
Officials here has not desired to
push these questions to a settlement
until advent of the new United 'States
administration, but hope to get them
under way soon after March 4.
While the Government is being
seriously pressed on one side to cease
enormous expenditure it is besieged
on the other with demands for un-
eruployrvent funds, cash for housing
schemes and other post-war expendi-
tures, with a result that there is little
likelihood of 'reduction in the burden-
some taxation.
Some relief is promised in reduced
cost of living except in the price of
food, which rose steadily during 1920.
With industry hard hit and a million
jobless, merchants who had been hold-
ing commodities for high prices are
expected to continue to dump their
goods at a .loss. This has caused
slight reductions during the latter
weeks of the old year.As the year opens, the Lloyd George
Government apparently is maintainin
I eekly Market Report
Tornnto.
Manitoba wheat—No. 1 Northern,
$1,95Y ; No. 2 Northern, $1.98% No..
8 Northern;- $L89%,•- No, 4 wheat,'
$1.66.
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Manitoba ,oats—No. 2 CW, 551.44c;
No. 3 CW, 5214c; extra No. 1 feed,
521/1e; No. 1 feed, 5014c; No. 2 feed,
-4714e,
Manitoba barlo3—No. 8 CW, 80c;
No. 4 CW, 84c; rejected, bac; feed, 65c.
•t All of the above in store at Port
Azrerican corn—$1,15, nominal,
tracts, reroute, prsnipt shipment.
Ontario oats—No. 2 white, 50 to
choice, $15 to $17; sheep, $5 to $6;
hags,, fed and watered, -$16.76; do,
weighed off cars, $17; _do, f.o b.,
$15.75; de, country points, 05.25 to
$15,50,
Montreal.
Oats ---Can, West. No. 2, 721/2e; do,
No. 8, 69 ae c. Flour—Man, Spring
wheat patents, firsts, $11.10. Roiled
oats—Bag of 90 lbs., $3.80. Bran—.
$40.25. Shorts --$42.25. Hay—No. 2,
per ton, car lots, $30 to $31.
Cheese --Finest easterns, 211,e to
25c. Butter—Choicest creamery, 51
to 52e. Eggs—Fresh, 75c, Potatoes—
Per bag, car lots, $1.55 to $1:G0
`''c` 2 Canners, $3.25; cutters, $4 to $4.50;
Ontario wheat—No, Winter, $1.85 'sr I1 le Il d
to $1.r;9 per ear lot; No. 2 0, prnig,
$1,80 to $1.85, shipping points, ac-
cording to freight.
Peas—No. 2, nominal, $1.,75 to $1.80.
Banley-85 to 90c, according; to
freights' outside.
Eu` ewheat—No. 3, $1 to $1.05, nom-
inal.
Rye—.No. 3, $1.50 to $1.55, nominal,
aceordi'trg to freights outside.
Manitoba flour—$11.10, top patents;
$10,60, Government standard.
Ontario flour—$7.75, bulk seaboard.
Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton $38 to $40; shorts, per ton, $42;
good fend flour, $2.75 to $3,
Eggs—new-laid, •cartons, 90 to 95e;
selects, 78 to 80c; No. 1, 75 to 77c..
Butter—Creainery prints, 5.4 to 57c;
fresh -.made, 58 to roe; bakers', 35 to
40e, Oleomargarine—best grade, 33
to 35c. Cheese—new, large, 27 to
273ie; twins, 271 to 28c; old, large,
29 to 32c. Maple syrup—one-gal. tins,
$3,50; maple sugar, Ib., 27 to 30e.
Honey. Extracted—white clover, in 00-
lb. and 30.11b. tins, per lb, 24 to 25c;
do, 1O -Ib, tins, per ib,, 25 to 25e; On-
tario No. 1 white clover, in 2/ and 5-:
lb. tins, per Ib., 27e Churning, quired amount of artillery in the (Tea/nonce, are pay-
, ing for churning. cream 58e per lb. fat,
t• u b. shipping points, nominal.
Smoked meats ---Hants, med., 39 to
• 41o; heavy, 38 to 40e; cooked, 55 to
58e; rolls, 83 to 35e; cottage rolls, 37
to 39e; breakfast bacon, 45 to 490;
fancy brreekfest bacon, ,53 to 55c:
na • u s an yearling's, $5 to $5.50
grass ealves, $4.50 to $5; good lambs;
$12 to $13; sheep, $5 to $6; hogs,
selects, $18; sows, $4 less than selects.
REPORTS ON GERMAN
DISARMAMENT
Marshal Foch Says Delinquen-
cies Are Chiefly Maintain-
ance of Civil Guards.
Paris, Jan, 2.—Marshal F odfs re-
port on Germany's disarmament, ac-
cording to The Temps, says that the
Germans have surrendered 41,000 can-
non, 29,000 unmounted cannon barrels,
168,000 machine guns and barrels, 9,-
800,000 rifles, 16,000 airplanes and 25,-
000 airplane motors,
The German delinquencies in exe-
cuting the disarmament clauses of the
treaty and the Spa agreement are said
to be principally the niaintainence oi?
civic guandls iia Ba eria and Eastern
Prussia, the organization of security
police and failure to destroy the re -
eastern and southern frontier fort-
resses.
The report recites the details of the
Germans' request that they be allowed
to retain 841 cannon in the fortresses,
but the allies have approved the re -
backs. 'Cain, bone in,49 to 51t bone. re-
tention of only '20 guns at :Koenigs,
wine -
less, 55to o9c, burg, oU tit Pillatt •anti :l`3 a Swine
Cured .meats• --•Long clear bacon, 27 muende.
to 28c; .,tear `?(i {.o 27e.
Lard—Pure. tierces, 25 to 26c; tubs, 1,000 -Passenger
2" to 2o' c; parts, 2014 to 26%;
Dirigible Maimed
prints, 28 to 29e. Compound tierces,
17 to lRtt; tubs, 1.71.! to 18tee; pails,
18% to 20c; prints, 21. to 22e. A despatch from Petrograd says: --
Chole -a heavy steere, $11 to $12; A speeial committee of experts has art -
good. heavy steers, $10.50 to $11; proved Machonin's plans For a gl cit
haidhers cattle, choice,, $9,50 to $10; passenger dirigible, which will have
do, good, $8 to $9; do, med., $t, to $7; motors of a total of 24,000 horsepower
do, conn., $5 to $5,50; butchers bulls,
rheieo, $8 to $9.50; do, good, $7 to $8;
tn, crc:m,, $5 to $(1; 'butchers' cows,
clucniee, $7.50 to 1;8,50,• do, good, $6.25
rte 7; do, own., $4 to $:i; feeders, best,
9 to $4 0: do, 800 lbs,, $8,50 to $9.50;
do, 800 lbs., $7.75 to $8,25; do, corn„
$5.25 25 `;o $6.a5;csnrNM; and eaters, $8
to $4,drn rrti iytc:, good to Choice, $100
to $14,;,; II,,, 1 run, to axed., $05 in $75;.
Melba ees,dings, $9 to $9,50; do,
spring, al 'o +13 relives, good to
and a lifting capacity of 2,200,0011
pounds. The passenger cabins, will be
arranged ie. several tiers and the sev-
eral tiers connected by an electrically
operated elevator. An airplane, auto-
mobile and motor boat will be carried
oft board the dirigible, which will no-
r'orttnnodate 1,0.00 passengers. It will
develop 41 speed of more than sixty
miles an hour.
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ONTARIO'S GREAT POWER SYSTEM
With the acquirement of tate Mackenzie electric power holdings in Ontario by the Hydro Electric Cainmission
fhe people of the province will own the greatest electric power system in the world. The above map straws the
ramifications of the hydro system and its great developrneht in the last few years,
FIUME STRUGGLE COMES TO AN 'CND
POET SOLDIER RETIRES FROM HELD
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D'Anrnaanzio Gives Up Fight, Leaving City by Airplane --
Disbandment of His Legionaries and a General
Amnesty Part of the Bargain.
A despatch from Rome says;
D'Annunzio has issued a proclamation
declaring that it is not worth while
dying for Italy. He said he was leav-
ing Fiume by airplane.
This was semi -officially announced
here on Wednesday afternoon, to-
gether with the announcement that
the Fiume agreement may be regard-
ed as concluded,
Settlement of the Fiume question
based on recognition of the Treaty
of Rapallo, disbandment of D'Annun-
zio's legionaries and a general am-
nesty was expected following receipt
of late advices from the blockaded
area.
The suspension of hostilities, pre-
viously ordered, has been prolonged.
Negotiations for surrender are pro-
ceeding with the Municipal Council
of Fiume, to which D'Anuunzio has
ceded his power.
A description of the last phases of
the struggle in Fiume, received here,
shows that the legionaries reopened
fire against, the troops who were
merely holding the positions they had
taken Monday night.
The fight assumed the character of
guerrilla warfare all along the line..
The legionaries took advantage of the
natural resources of the terrain for
laying ambuscades.
As the regulars were advancing
across orchards they were enveloped
by fire from machine guns which had
been sunk to the level of the ground
and cleverly camouflaged.
The houses seemed to have been
abandoned, but when the troops ap-
proached, the legionaries, hidden
behind windows, behind chimney -
stacks and on balconies and roofs,
suddenly opened fire. Even women
were found working machine guns.
The gravest losses were inflicted by
hand grenades, which were used so
freely as to give the impression 'that
they must have been accumulated by
scores of thousands. It would have
been an easy matter to get the better
of the legionaries by employing artil-
lery, but the military authorities re-
fused such recourse, except against
military buildings.
The legionaries ultimately tried to
force the regulars to retreat in order
te.,,nreliei>e pressure on the city, but:
i'ailect owing to the stubborn resist-
mice, especially of the Carabineers
and Alpine troops, who fought cour-
ageously for more than three hours.
The points where the struggle was
the bitterest, near the raiIva'ay station,
and inside the Fiume cemetery; were
virtually destroyed.
"SCRAP OF PAPER" -
CHANCELLOR DEAD
Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-
Hollw'eg, Originator of
Famous Phrase
Berlin, Jan,. 2.—Dr. Theobold von
Bethmann-Ibollweg, former German
Imperial Chancellor, died last night
after a brief illness, on his estate at
Hohenfinow, near Berlin,
Dr. von Bethrann-Hollweg, was
C'hancelIor of Germany from July 14,
1909, to July 4, 1017. IIe was succeed-
ed in the offiee by Dr. George Mich-
aelis, an appointee of the :former
Kaiser. It was said that von Beth-
mann-Hollweg was forced out of of-
fice through the efforts of the militar-
ists, headed by Hindenburg and
Ludendorff, largely because of hie
"scrap of paper„ statement and his
admission. that the German invasion of
Belgium was unjust.
Sold His Electrical interests.
Sir. William •lMackonzie, Ulf? Turontto
Par etr•it knight, who has dilpoSnd of
his plant:? at Niagara Valle for a sum
of $32,7316,060 tc, the Ontario Ilydro
P]lectric Commas, ion. T1itt ilt!a1 W1IB
negotiated. by Sir Achim Beck and con-
summated by ilir Wr iniac by cable
front England, where he was oua pri-
vate mission, •
London Prices on
Pre -War Basis
A despatch from London says:
—Pre-war prices are beginning
to rule again in London, and the
after Christmas sales are re-
cording, as was expected, sensa-
tional cuts. Retailers with cash
have been able to buy stocks at
ridiculously low prices and cer-
tain classes of hosiery and silk
goods are down to 1913. quota- London, .Ian. 2.—The Following t
tions. Men's suits are being statement from the Irish Office was c'
TORONTO VOTES FOR
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HYDRO PURCHASE
Mayor Church Returned for
Seventh Term.
Toronto, Jan 3.—The "ayes" have it,
By a majority of 26,745 votes the
electors or Toronto approve of the
proposed purchase of the Toronto
Electric Light Co. and the Toronto &
York Radial Railway.
And by another majority of 15,993
it is declared that Thomas L. Church
is to be Mayor for 1921, while C. Al-
fred Maguire is returned at the head
of the poll to the Board of Control
by 34,141 votes.
There was only one issue. The vote
for public ownership was a vote for a
Greater Toronto. The day of corpor-
ate monopoly is at an end, definitely
and finally, in this city.
The experience of the last eight
years under the leadership of Sir
Adam Beck, has taught the public
self-reliance, and the success achieved
as partners in the Hydro-eleetrie
undertaking nerved them for the
gnat decision made on Saturday with
enthrisiastic optimism.
The result is significant. It insures
to the citizens of Toronto the supreme
control in matters of transportation
and electrical distribution, and res-
tores again to the city- the absolute
control of. its streets..:.,,Itn,augarhovell
for the future growth of this metro-
palie, because now that the acquisition
of the Toronto & York Radial system
is assured, backed up by the under-
takings of Premier Drury that the
Government will secure the necessary
legislation to ratify the deal, the
Sutherland Commission is practically
eliminated from the Hydro-rad'ial con •
-
troversy, and nothing should interfere;
with the immediate development of Sir
Adam Beck's plans to make Toronto
the hub of a system of high-speed
interurban lines that will bring
growth, wealth and eomfort to all this
section of the Province.
The total vote on the Hydro pur-
chase was 30,473, some 28,509 votes
being cast for the clean-up and only
,854 against it.
TRADE INCREASED
Y 464 MU,' IONS
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Show Growth inn, Imports
From Great Britairn,
A despatch from Ottawa says:: -An
increase of approximately $464,000,000
in the total trade of Canada for the 12
months ending November 80 last, as
compared with the 12 -month period
immediately preceding. is shown by
the monthly .sunrnnary prepared and
issued by the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics. The feature of the sum-
mary is the great increase in the
total value of goods imported into
Canada. For the 12 months covered
by the summary, imports into Canada
totalled approximately 1,345,000,000,
as compared with 920,000,000 in 1919,
or an increase of 425,000,0011.
The Dominion is increasing its im-
portation from the Mother Country
with great rapidity. In the 12 months
ending November 30 imports from
the United Kingdom were to the value
of $228,925,844, as compared with $84,--
638,900 in 1919. Imports from Cuba
jumped from $10,000,000 to $34,000,000
in value during the year.
Importation from the United Staten
apparently shows no sign of decreas-
ing. During the period under review,
imports from that country amounted
to $927,664,711, as compared with
$725.968,658 in 1919.
The value of Canadian produce ex-
ported to the United Kingdoms in the
12 months ending Novennber _ 30 was '
approimately 160,000,000 less than in
the preceding 12 months, In the per-
iod covered by the summary, goods
valued at $352,083,388 were exported '
1 to the United Kingdom from Canada
.
r In the corresponding period in 1919,
goods worth $514,012,900 were export-
ed. Exports to France show a decline
of some $22,000,000, and to the United
States an increase of somewhat over
$100,000,000, the figures for the latter
country being: 1919, $443.416,125;
1920, $545,283,365.
360 KILLED IN
I .AND IN L920
And 500 Injured, According
to Official Chart.
London, Jan, 2.—Three hundred and
sixty persons were killed in Ireland
during 1920 and over 500 were injured
according to an official casualty chart
made public yesterday by the Irish
office. - The totals: -
Killed. Wounded
Police
264
Soldiers 54 126
Civilians 48 111
The casualties in the Ulster riots in
June and September, Iisted separately,
showed 20 civilians killed in London-
derry and 62 in Belfast.
The Irish Self -Determination
League disputed the official chart,
claiming the Irish office listed only
such killings as occurred when the
assailants were known to be Sinn
Feiners or were supposed to be :••,1 eh.
The league added that nearly 100
persons died axing the year as the
result of prison treatment, artd 40,009
raids occtured on private homes, ae-
companied in many instances by as,,
saults and looting.
There were 700 attacks by Briti h
roops and policemen, the league de-
lared,- the victims being either no -
sold to -day for fifty shillings and
boots for thirty $hillin;ay, The
question in the minds Of many
business amen, 'have the people
got the money to buy?" seems to
be answered in the affirmative
by the record crowds at the ear-
ly bargain sales.
Issued to -day:
"knell Parliaments will meet under
Home Rule in the 'middle of the year,
when the north and south of Ireland
each will have it representation. All
Ireland is sick of the struggle, and
will welcome the prospect for pewee,
The outlook is now more favor a" 'e
than it has been for many months."
BURNING OF CORK WAS REPRISAL
armed men or women and children,
hree hundred persons, were deport-
ed without any formal charge having
been Iodged against thein,
Bordeaux Mothers
to Have Homme
T
A. despatch from Bordeaux
says :—An innovation is mooted
in France. Most countries have
homes for the aged and . the
ildren, and some for the un-
arried. A mothers' home,
where women may have the
ecessary care that they them -
Ives could not afford, is,, bow-
er, to be established by this
sty with funds given by Ma -
me Deutsch de la. Muerthe. It
ill be open only to married Wo -
en.
Buildings, a park of 82 acres,
red 1,000,000 francs were given
r the work by Mme, de l4
uerthe.
O SINN FEIN AMBUSHES ' n
The British Militax37 Commander, General Strickland, Says e
Black and Tans Were Thus Incited -- Loot- ev
ing Attributed to R uffians of the City. c'
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methods of w}rrfurt' against the Sion w
Fein as the latter ate ushig against
the Crown t'orees, nn
]1r"cinier Lloyd George ll t, been eon- al
suiting General ifaeready- and Sir
Heiner Greenwood regarding d,, , the ;:ext fel
A despatch from London says: --
The report of General Strickland, in
charge of the British military farces,
definitely place~ the responsibility for
the burning of the Cork City Hall and
the group of ad,jaeent buildings upon'
the Black and Tans as reprisals far f
Sinn Fein ambushes, ;
The Government has the report and;
although it is not yet published, it. 1st
known that the, report says that', two t-
or three Black and 'fans who were serf-,
icrers from or friends .of victims of
1 the Dillon's Cross and other anhushes,
started the first; of the (."•uric tires with;
petrol cans. The looting has 1ren ori -
i tributecl to the ruffians o1' the city,
TvelimoeyT w,lh brought out that'
i there is in existeu,r0 at. Cork 4411 :inti -i
Sinn Dein ;moiety composed of the ex-,
treme loyalists who' fear to be heft
I at the mercy o•f the Shm Fein when,
Rhe IleumI�trle Act is enfntvc<.1 and;
the troops withdrawn, !
The society is adopting the same i
of the report, and decider. to publish 'I
it in full except the names of the wit-
neeses who te;tifie5 ender` a bond of
secrecy.
IVhilo.in London txnareral Macready
filen reported that the carnpalit of
repression against Sinn Feinisn is ---
succeeding, .and urged the Govern- m
anent. to suspend ail melee overtures Mi
until the "firer policy" Lee rendered of
the. s:cl'eptancr of Hoare Rule by the
south -West; possible. of
I{. is believed that the elections fin)Ca
Dublin and Belfast Parliaments On
will be hells not later than June, a1- ex
though the date is entirely dependent
upon the result of General 1tiacready's
efforts to crush the movement of the
ipdepeudents.
Want Luxury Tax
Removed from Candy,
A despatch from Ottawa says:
A delegation of confectionery
anufn,etui•er s interviewed the
nister of Finance on Thursday
ternoon to urge the removal
the luxury tax on all kinds of
ndy. At the present time,
ly the cheaper kinds are
empt.
Sir Henry Drayton, Minister'
of Finance., promised full con-
sideration to the delegation's re.
presentations. '
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