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giving of manna, Isxtalus 16. 1-36.
Coiemientary.-I, lareats neurally.
Inas lets. 1-8). Tito leraelttee were
quiekly and greatly moved by. the con-
ditioue that affected them. They had
murmured againet Mom, Whetthe
arPY et Pharaoh overtook them
(hacod, 14. 11, 12), when they came to
Marah and PAM/ the svater bitter,
and again in the wildernees cf
when they Were without food. TheY
eapreeted, the wish that they had died
Egypt amid plenty, rather than to
die amid the hardshipe ,pt the wilder-
ness. The Lord gave Awes V proulise
VO r Ille people that He would eupply
them abundantly with bread and
floatt. II° would test them that it
Might be known whether they would
oheY RIM or not. Mosea and Aaron
litn0.0uxiced td the People that "at
oven" they should know that the Lord
bad brought thetis out a Egypt. .M-
tholtgle the. Wilderneas. Yielde1 them
little feed and the 01.1PalY they brought
from Egypt was exhausted, they
woald be fully provided for,
II. The Lord's answer (vs. 9-15)• 9,
10. Moses directed Aaroa, who was his
spoltesman, to tell the People of Waal
to assemble before the Lett, for Ile
had heard tleelr Murneeringe. /Se
Aaron spoke to them, they looked to-
ward the wildernese and mew the glen'
of the Lordeappearing In a cloud, 11,
The Lard snake outer- MOses-Moses
wae Israel's divinely -appointed leader
and the Lord made known to him His
will concerning Hie people, Although
it is net litocord how the Lord. spoke
to Moses, it le clear that aloees fully
anderstOod witat He cOmmunicated to
Min, 12. Ye shall know -The fulfil -
Ment, o Gaeta 'eirorrileo isseulrl clearlY
vindicate the character and couree
Q f Moses .and .A.aion, and would con-
vino)the people that Jehovah 'WU the
God of Israel. 13, Quails•came up -
These were probably -contieton
. They are migratory birds, tend in
April move northwar& ite great num-
bers Iron tho region of the Nile to
the Mediterranean Sea- The miracul-
ous nature of this suPply is seen in
the prediction of the exact tire° when
the quails were to aPriear, in their
coming when the people were desti-
tute of food. God employed natural
forces and timed theta to the hour to
meet Israel's need. About a year later,
the Lord again provided qualls for
Israel to ,eat (urne 11, 31-33). 14. A
small routtd thing-Asethe dew disap-
peared, there was upon the ground
' an object entirely new to Israel.. It
was a thin, ecale-like substance of
a whito eager. The riatural manna of
the Arabian desert is quite different
from this. It 'mace from the trunk
and • branches of the tamariek tree
In email equentities, and is a drug
rather than a fooa. 15. It is manna -
Manna IS raid to owe its name to this
- question, "Man bel.?" -Hebrew for,
"Whet is it?" (R. V.), for the people
aid not know 'What it was.
ELL Instructions•regarding the man-
na (vs. 16-30. 16: , every ram accord-
ing to his eating -There was to Ise
enough to supply the reeds of all.
Then' who required much should gather
mica, and they who needecaless should
take lees . onier-The capacity is not
defialtely known. Tiv• name, means
n I:Woking-care but is here used for a
meaeure., According to ,different es-
timates it held froro, three and a half
to :seven pints. every man for them
. .in his tents -Each man was to
see that his family was supplied with•
matriea. Tho Lord gave it freely and
abundantly, but some effort was nee-,
eesary on man'e, part to appropeiate
it to his. use. The gathering was to
be at the rate•of an comer for each per-
son. 1.7. the childaen of Israel did
so -They helieved that tilts remarkable
provision was the direct Work of je-
havah, and their need Tea them to
, make uee of it according to the dine-
tte:it glyen. Thdyigattered tho mantle
in the quantiey that they believed their
needs required. 1,18. mete -An old
English Word meaning to measure. he
that gatb.ored much had nothing over
. aittle.had no lack -They gathered,
an irellnts Alley cenid judge rUghlY,
according to the size of their faMilies;
when they afterward measured what
they had gathered, they found to their
surtiftee that "they "had eech gathered
exattlYntn. teratt a•heede-,Carci. Bibe19-
21. The manna was not to be trent
aver night for it weold spoil. It:dif-
fered:010m the natural manna of Ara-
bia in aleis `respect, for the latter could
be kiPtettaaliteleffnite lerigth of tithe.
Soma' of thelerielitee who disObeyed
Moseeeand het the manna until the
neat,day found it spoiled, The les-
son; of. deity dependence on God is
taugItt. 22-30. A Miracle, eontested
with alseenlain. miracle of the mosina,
wasatleatasehat they gathered on the
siath day kept perfectly for use on the
Sabbath. The narrative here indicates
that 'the Sabbath Was an institalion
already in existence. Nothing is said
about eribtittabig It, but its existent e
• es taken fpr granted, since 'Moses said,
"ThVs is that whieh the Lord hath said,
To inerrow is the reet of the holy eels -
bath' into tline Lord" (va 23). Seine
Of the Iraelitee went out on the Sab-
bath to gather Manna, but found
none, and the Lard reproved them.
31. coriander seed -Coriander is a
plantrthat grows wild in Egypt and
Palestine, It bears a grayish -white
routed- seed These seeds have a spi-
cy flatcar and are used in baking tsread.
32. Anis is the tante Which the
Lord eomniancleth-The Lord called
MoSes' attend:So to an important pro-
vision, for Mute generations, that they
might know what he had done for his
people. Pill an omer-The amount of
Manage to bo Id% up before the LOrd
was Vie same as was alleeved Per one
day's eating for one person., 33. Kept
- for itity generatione-Tho past of
manna was tobe kept for a naentorial
of I** theeLerd fed the Ieraelitee
duriag their journey through the wild -
erne*" to Canaan., 34. Before the Tose
timony---The "Testimony" was a name
given to the ark Of the convenant.
This has rest yet been constructed, but
the tea of manna, was to be kept there
when the tabernaele and its tarnish-
ings Ware eolelpleted, 35 did eat mait-
re ferrty 'lean: This statement \Vat
wrier -en long after the first giving or
the Minna, and finishes the history of
this atitarVelOus event, 36. The cies-
ure d the oilier is here added, and the
terms is not Used as a Measure after-
ward. ItS erPotealent, the tenth pert
of au eplaelt, is Used.
Qtreitione-Waitie was Elint? What
rendared this a ravorahio eumpitig
pines for Pared? Why did the people
muriatr arsitinst, Moses acnd. Aaron
What was there in Egypt that the peo-
ple itesirod? What promise Oia the
lamereriake to Israel regarding supplies
Where tests wereabrought
news fate Cbildren of Israel? How wee
food atrovided? DeetrIbe the manna.
W • mount was to be gathered?
P10.0a1041.4,
Tepie-roverty and providence.
1. A -Atm:Maim; 1120111e.
A divide proviaion.
vomalaining llooPle. The fleelay
laugh:sat end unworthy MUrniainge
Of antetiale, aut 11.1exates the
apostolic drelaration, sehO tle311 lust.
Ostli agalitet the Opine" With a history
interwoven with ealraclee and inovInn
under the shadow of the marvelleue
eloud whish was their guide and pro-
teetion, it is eurprleing that they
should have become disairbed by fear
for their supplies. Stranger still it is
that the desire for the fleshly gratitie
oatfolso ot EgYat eleculd have broken
Ili aeon their new-found treedom el-
InoSt before the groauings of their
bondage had died away. To their
green appetitea the onions and .garlice
were more deeirable tban "angels'
feed," and they eared more for groat-
fleation than for clod. Taey would
leave chotion to live enslaved rather
than die free men, and regretted that
they had uot died eatietea like the
Drat botn in the land of their bondage,.
We cannot mew() that Gold would
'aavo.. suffered them to hunger had they
not compleined, though he took note
of their murinuring,s. We may mane
God's highest unettitable by. our im-
patience and reeetve,what is beat under
the elecumstancee rather. than. the
Ideal good leteralea. Even the gift
iteelf may beceme a further test of
• obedience as the xnanna was give,n to
"prove them." Nor did "angels' food"
made their unthankful • natures.
"They wept again, and said, 'Vino snail
give us flesh to eat?"
IL A dr -vine provision. Tile miracle
of the manna, demonstrated God's abil-
ity to 'furnish a table in the wilder,
nees." It wae to Israel an utterly
CAR -WAR CHIEFS
INTO CONFERENCE
eteeezer eed, and expressed a twofold
M.Irrms,...101
Peaee Congress to Meet
Them To -day.
••••
Committee to Contider In-
demnities.
Para; cable: The council of the
great powers to -day definetly set four
main subjects to be presented at the
full Conference en Saturday:
First-Iuternational labor
tion.
Second -Responsibility and
meat for the war.
Third -Indemnities,
Fourth - internationalization.
pert% waterways and railways.
Thole subjects are itot to be discus -
ed in detail, but will be immediately
referrea to committees nor study and
report.
The third subject, indemnitiea, will
net be presented In the Conference
%nil the amounts claimed by eaeh Gov-
ernment, but a committee will be
charged with 'the task of assembling
there amounts, and also of determin-
ing the probable maximum the enemy
aowers aro able to nay.
The meeting to-nadrrow will bave
added importauce in bainging to-geth-
er the iSuprome War Council, with
President 'Wilson, the Premlers and
Foreign Minister.% reinforced by Mar-
shal Foch, Field Marshal Haas elenera.
Pershing and General Diaz and the
Lull membership of the War Ceti:tell at
dreerveilles.
The subject for consideratio•n. is The
status of the present military occupa-
tion of• Germany, on widen the coun-
cil desires information from the mili-
tary leaders. In some allied quartera
it has been suggested that the Ameri-
can strengta in tho occupied regions
'should be relatively larger than that
of the other forc„es, as the European
allies. have gone through longer eer-
• vice. Tins view is not shared in Am-
erican qoarters, where it Is inaintain-
ed that the relative American etreneth
is fully up, to the raquirements. The
presence of the military lea.ders re-'
morrow is expected to bring a pretty
full understanding an this subject.
purpose: to afford needed sustena.nce,
and, in so doing to widen the separa-
tion from their former associations
and practicea. The "bread from
'heaven" sustained their energies, but
did not pamper their appetites. They
were called to inestimable, prIvilegee,
largo liberties • and. ealted honors,
lt.rge liberties and exaltedatVonors.
serve the "oracles of God" and through'
them the world was. te 'receive an in-
eatnal Deity and RedeeMer. . pa a
tells us that the manna represented
"spiritual meat" bec,ause it answered
to the realities of a spiritual world,
and the "spiritual Rock that followed
them ,, „ .. was Christ." Christian
sustenance is not of Ulla World.,...Tesue
!Ala, abe tue breaa of Ilra." The
raanner et its bestowment affordediull
recognition ot ,personal Agency and
effort. They were ea be astir betimea
to se.eure the neetled supply before the
"'sun was hot." Delay meant deal.
cleneste Though from heaven it. was
to be prepared by human tigency. The
daily supply taught the leeson of,
lady trust, and Stands as e, permanent
protest against the disposition which
can be content only with "meals goods
laid up for many years." Nothing
could be held over from the largest
gathering. The Sabbath rest and
sacredness ware .enforced in the im-
perial:ability. of the :sixth day's televi-
sion. It is worthy .of remark that this
recognition antedated the fourth com-
mandment "For the Lord hath given
Von .the, •Sabbath, -therefore giveth
vou co: the sixth day tar:tread of two
days." The typical significance of the
miteele is rem:adze:1 le.un'ttimscrtf
W. 1-1,-C.
Sleeplessness -Sleep is the great
restorer and to be deprived of It is
vital loss, Whatever may be the cause
of it, indigestion, nervous derange-
ment or mental worry, try a course
of Parmalee's Vegetable Pills. By re-
gulating the action of the stomach,
where the trouble lies, they will re -
tore normal coadielons and healthful
legisla-
Punish-
of
with manufasturere in the motheyJJLG FIENDs
country,
alsomfacturere of the 'United Killas
cultic.; v.tielt eintreeterize the CEIntl- •W w i noiNE
, E I, 1
done are svell awere Of certain difil. (1
IN
Ulan maraca nevertheless She 'aorta- e a . '
Ulan commercial community keenly ' -'
desire to favor British goods ()ter
others which gain entry tarotigh the
enjoyment at geographiettl advantage.
it is therefore worth studying from
the Canadian, viewpoint in relation to
trade with the lTnited Kingdom, :Oro-
ceeding to outline this viewpoint, the
department emphaetzes that Canadian,
merchants whe,n aeked how British
raanufacturers could secure the
greater portion of teade, have ehneet
inrarial4 replica that British mann-
faeturere and. eaporters should liar::
repre,senttttiVeS Calling on the traele
arid, whore their lines perneet f 1 le,
Traiogving samplee and --more imporiant
--etudyIng the requirements ot the
local Market.
One large Canadian. firm, whose
buyers co ver European and American
Mariana seven' times eat year, re-
marked that Brittah manufacturera
had not to any great extent ,Inveett-
gated Canadian requirement:. or cen-
anions. They had been indiffeeeat
to lo'and stylei demanded by
Canadiane. They had been Slow to
adopt suggestions rego.relug improve -
meats. ‘ This:neglect. had hindered the
development of 13ritIsh trade in Can-
ada, and had compelled Canadians to
ht.y largely in the 'Uniterl States.
The department advises Britieli
manufeciurere also to sena cute,-
logflea to prospective buyers, to adver-
tise, to take steps to ensure an este-
quate supply or samples suitable to
the -Canadian market, and also to study
'the geographical features of the Do-
minion, the distance betwe,ele various
towns, ahd also the time occupied and
expense incurred by agents travelling
between the different distrieu'.i.ar
eentras. •
. 4 t o
'Tis a Marvellous Thing -When., the
cures effected by Dr. Thames' Ec-
lectrie 011 are considered, the :speedy
and. permanent relief it has brought
to the suffering whereVer it has been
used, it Must be °regarded as a mar-
vellous thing that so potent a medi-
cine should result from the al xingres
dients which enter elite its eon:posi-
tion.- A trial will convince tae most
slteptiyal af its healing vIrtues•,
Awful
Atrocities Told by
Commission
Which Has Name of the
.4uthors.
• - ,
waech woela hey° made fiercer oleos
etaesentietie ana accentuated the lett. I
teeial ialeeriee that have so long been
tornmeted the hapless Itueeittri people.
net only Russia that Preei-
deut Wilful has prot ably Laved by
then reeolation; it. le the hope of the
eereue of Nations."
The Tinsel) raYel "Whether thePol-
ica deelared willavork in one, least of
alt taore !olio framed It, can feel com-
pletely coefident. But, at any rate,
if It doss not work, tho merabers of the
eenfererce will 1.:0 free from self -re -
preach, for they will fedl Sara that
they. have done crerything that was
ittossRle Mel: rettleMent by
aertement."
The Illitucheeter Guardian rays that
the deeleion or the cOnfiTi?nee 13 of the
beet augury. It (deploy:1 an
aphat of cmtprKeias aniveg th0.
powers the les, ainl adds, it is "the
tirst act ()Elite ereat drama of lite os-
taliishment of a world's ix
"We hope Oust there will be a re-
sponse inseired by the same spirit
•from. the Russian rcople," says the
1,Vcientineter Citeette. "Whether that
• le ia 1:43 f...o or net 17111 depend in the
• mats on. the Doisheollti. They can, it
they so cleeire, make all the good will
of the Peace Conference nugatory or
they can mitice the meetina the Sea
02 narraora the birth er. a new Rus-
sia. 'Whatever the answer may be,
°Iie Allies will have the maletaction of
having taken a sane and e courageous
erre, If Russia declines tho friend-
Lonclon cahle: (Reuter cleepatela)
`a -It is uow agreed: •that probably no
crimes 'durinn the war exceeded the
tvholesale .cruelty and horror of theee
committed by Bulgarian!) against the
aireelt and Serbians, neuter's learns
,from official 'Serbian. sources, that the
commission, 'whieli has_ been Investi-
gating outrages, and which brought to
tight appalling and almoet uirbelieere-
reale atre'citles, have in. Many eases,
f;ccured the naMes of the officers ac-
tually reeponsible,
Among in.any lrulgarieu documeate
which give this inform:al:3a is one
whieh specifically mentions a eertath
Sub -Lieutenant Iselkov as having in
the district of Vlasotinci burned -peo-
ple alive. 'Moreover, in this coin-
paratively entail 'district, 140 mur-
ders, 235 cases of togging, 51. of tor -
have been proved during the Bulger- ly hand that is now held -out there, are
tare, 157 or blackmaiYand 316 of arson
Ian occupation. ottser recourees .open te ci. • zatiou,of
PLOWMEN NAME
THEIR OFFICERS
No Decision On Place
Next Match.
of
Committee On Standard f
• Judgment.
• Tdrenta report: There was a big
attendance of members et the annual
meetingeof the Ontario Plowmen's As-
soatation yesterday, and delegations
troner)Hamitton, Ottawa, Chatham and
Crane- were present to present the
elairne of their several districts for the
holding of the 1919 provintial match
at one of these centre. The Hamil-
ton district delegation ,consisted of
representatives of the Agricultural
sleep will follow. They exert a sada- section of the Board o r
tive farce upon • the nerves and where members of the Wentworth Countr
there is' unrest •they bring rest. 'Counell, and was headed by T. J. Ree
• gan, M. P.'P. The place for the hold-
ing of the match will be decided later,
as the association wants a guarantee
of $1,000 and a banquet for 200 plow-
men as an indueempat,
J. Leckie Wilson, secretary, report-
ed at length on the cireutiestances con-
nected with the calling off of the Ot-
tawa match last 'Fall, and said that the
Agricultural -Department at rattawa
had under consideration the inatter of
reimbursine sueh intend'ing competit-
ors as hae started for Ottawa before
the match was cancelled by the -Ottawa
city authoritiaa.
At the &rectal's' meeting Santee 'Mc-
Lean, of Richmond Hill, proposed that
the association adopt. a standard for
judging at plowing matches and a'
committee was appointed to establish
a standard and to arrange for its dis-
tribution among the vaxiOus local as-
sociatiens.
The'following directors were elected:
D. D. Gray, Ottawa; William Doherty,
7nglinton; W. A. Barrie Galt; J. A.
McLean, Ricamond Hill; 'Wm. Wils.on,
Perrytown; L. W. Smith„Millbrobk:
R, Weir, Agincourt; IL
Hoo, Echd Place; John Lee, Orillia:
S. Tyndall, Dickview; Sohn Captain,
Oshwekin: Gowanlock, •Orillia; W.
H. Paterson, Agintourt.
Execettive-W. 0. 9arrie, Wm, Do-
herty, A, E. Wilson, Jae. McLean.
Frank Weir, D. D. Gray, T. A. Patter-
son, A. B. Mese.
President, W. C. Barrio; Ist vice-
president, A. E. Wilson, Perryton;
`and Vice-presidera, D. D. Gray Ottawa;
secretary, J. Leckie Wileort; treasurer,
T. A. Paterson, Agincourt,
BIG- CilANGES
RESEICTiONS
Many Foreign Trade Orders
Are WithdrEimn.
One General License,
Exceptions. .
Ottawa report: • To enable -Cana-
dian foreign trade to return to perinal
ehannels, as readily as possib:e, a
sweeping withdriw3,1 restrictione
has been made thrbugh the War
Trade Board and the 'Canada Food
Board. Henceforth the •Commissioner
or customs will "issue a general li-
cense to shippers and importers cover-
ing all commodities except the food-
stuffs detailed below, and gold and
silver ia place of the •specifie pernilt
for each shipments which was in force
until nano.
The foodetuffs whieh still require
eaport permits from the Food Beard
are:
Wheat, 1: -en; farina, fresh milk and
cream, butter, cheese, condensed,
evaporated and powdered milk, bran,
shorts, Donate', gluten meal, brewers'
and distillers' grains, cettotiseed cake,
meal and. oil, calf meal, patent and
proprietory cattle foods, eggs, sugars
syrups, and, molasses, sugar beets,
clover seed, mill screenings and
screenings of grain iu.nd canned sal -
man. Export and import permits for •
wheat and Oats must still b3 Obtained
from the Peale). of Grain Supervisors
at Winnipeg. IrOodstelfs which will
require impert permits from the Ir cod
Board are; Macarool,
Spaghetti, wheat flours candy Ana con-
fectionery, cocea and chocolate; pre- •
tiered or manufactured, and sugars.
Vor foodetuits, if destined tor any
part of the British Empire, tip Euro -
*ad alliee the Ear East or Africa,
the general' lieense system is adopted.
Exports of too& to Norway, .Sweden,
Denmark, }toilette, Russia, itmfbania,
ateneeelesel and Spahr will tint° re-
quire special permits, and, of Courses
no trade et all with enemy cot:entries
or enemy traders is yet allowed.
With the withdrawal of these re-
strictions the War Trade Boar(' prac-
tieally seates active work,, and its
niefebetia pay a high tribute to the
loyal apirtt Of Anoint/Hon glVen by
all classes if 'trade and industay in
carryine out Canadien tradeerestrie,
gone during the war,
- KING APPEALS
To Montenegrins to Submit
to Serbs.
In. another district it bas been prov-
en that women had their flesh torn off
with pincers by order of a certain
Major alurtzy, and under the supervis-
ion of a certain Sergt. Vasil, ovhIlst in
yet another district, 500 men and wo-
men and ehildren, by order of a cer-
tain Lieut. Stojamov wore massacred
with knives and 'bayonets. The spot
where this occurred is marked by
skulls and bones, •
Paris cable says: The Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Montenegro has
made public the following note:.
"The king of ,Montenegro, learning
of the tragic incidents now desolating
his country, is a,nxioue to stop the
sloedding of blood and has addressed a
nOte- to his people as follows:
"To my beloved people: I beg you
to remain quietly in your hoinee aad
not oppose by arms troops which eeek.
possession of the Govern3nent of our
country.
"'1 have received the highest as-
suraneee from high representatives of
the •allied countries that very soon a
true opportunity will be affored the
Montenegrin people to pronounce
freely' on the .political form ot their
future Government. For my part, tell
them a shall adhere to that decision
with pleasure.'
"Theemessage was approved by the
Peace Conference yesterday, which
authorized that it be sent to Monten-
egro."
Despatches from Montenegro an-
nounced that 20,000 armed Mootene-
grins Were resisting the occupation of
the country by the Serbians.
WILL NOT MEET\
TROTZKY ASPS
Russ Factions Oppose Con-
ference Plan
To Consider the Problems
of Russia.
IS 1 LIQUOR _SaSIZURE.
ceeawa, Isamatelte-A haul of whis-
key was made berg. pod evening by
License inspector L. it. Lttiv,, the tatee
consisting' of a Carload of rings Consign -
oil from Montreal to Oshawa to Mr.
tare 14. Drown, Totronto, lung
billed as emptiet. Upon. investFeation it
was found liquor was Oonetalod in the
Auks mot upwards of 3410 :se/treat wrog
mext, rto 20.11:rt, irrIM
STRATEGIC WM
BY BOISHEV1
BRIT1Srl TRADE
Vff DONDS.10,
Board. of.Trade Journal Ad-
vises Study
thoneb. rano of there hold a i.
the oromise of t'ne experhueut that is
tovr latrine."
RUSSIANS CONFEIt. • •
a Paris ceale: The representatives
of tat) vdrious Busslan Governments
now in Paris met to-cleo. with Sergius
nazauotf, the former 11.11seiati Minister
of Foretell Arfairs, and now' Foreign
ellinster of the Otack Giverament to
dismiss ,the decision. Of the Supreme
Council 'here to sendat commiselon to
Princes lelands to meet representa-
tives of the various Rueolan elemente.
Tee laussian representatives decided
o uree their forces in Russia to
ort tho the movement for the proposed
canfcreoce.
vfa,rt
0.1".•
TORONTO MARKETS.
lealteilettia InaltIOET.
Dairy Produce a
Putter, choice dairy .„ 0 54
Po., cretunery 0 57
blot garine, lb. .., ,0 31
LIggs, new ats. o 75
Cheese, lb. .. ..... 0 35
Dressed 1."oultrY.-
Turkeyr, lb. 0 50
yowl, 11). ... • 2l
4pring• chiacits 0 34
hecklings, .. ,„ , 0 31
Geese, lb. . 0 1.1:.4
Fruits-
bkt. 0 25
bbl. ..... 3 00
V egetables*-
Vitals, peek .. . . . 0 2,1
Do., Dag .,. 1 00
Carrots., peek. 0 VI
Poe Peg .... • • • *is • e 0 Ti
c.,abbage, each , ... . 01
Cauliflower, ette.11 0 10
Ceiery,„asead ". 11 15
Lettuce, bunch .
Onion, 75-1b. :molt; „.„ ... 1 In
1)o., 100-1b. sacks ... oa
Do., WU. ... • 0 25.
Do., pickling, bitt. - ... 40
Lo1n, 0 10
Ptu,sloy, Minch
Parsnips, bag .
Do., peck
Potatoes, bag .
Rhubarb, bunch . .....
Sage, bunch 4 r r 0 05
Savory, bunch. ... 0 01
Turnips, bag .;
Do., Peck
Paris cable: Prince Lxoff, former..
Ruesian Premier, in a statement to-
day strongly deprecated the deeleiou
of the Supreme Council regarding
Itas5ia. We never thought." said
Prince Loofa "that the Conference
would commence US' peace work by
renewing relations with our tytants.
. . . The Bolsnevilti have Won their
greatest victory. ia , . the
deelsiou of the Connell not enly is of
danger to us but to the whole world,
•It gives new impolse to anarchy."
Capture Orenburg, Hamper
Russ Siberians.
Threaten British in Trps-
cuspia.
Of Conditions 0...,nd Require-
ments Here.
*a*
• -
Parts,aTan. 23. -Whether the effort
of the C-reat Powers to trenquillize
Russia was to mimed or fell, was still
it the balance to -le -Isla. No reply
had come from Oa Bolshevik' or any
other faction, and as the wireless mes-
sage embodying the proposal of the
Associated Powers was not •sent uotil
2 o'clock -this morning eome -days may
intervene b.etore •anything, prominent
anti -Bolshevik leaders in Paris are not
clean on •their tourse, and the first re-
ports that they were favorable to the
Plan have' been followed by a state-
ment by such. leaders as Sergius Saz-
onoff, that they iYould net sit at the
table with aseassnis. The semi-offi-
cial Tempe also asserts that the Su-
Preme Council's proposal "peratiee
traitors who withdrew Russian from
the war, and limited the entire Gerihan
strength against France, to be received
on the'eame footing as the faithful."
The American and British delegates
feel, however, that the proposal was
the only course "open. Infornration
reaching the allies indicates that the
Elolsheviki have a powerful artily in
which •discipline . is being enforced in
view of tbe one of the Premiers pciinted
out to -day that the Baisheviki could
only be combated by a large number
of allied troops, which would have to
be on the spot immediately, whereas
none of the Onvernments could •ask
people elready wearied. by war to un-
dertake another large military ,eapedi-
tion.
Sergius ,Sanzonoft, the former Rus-
sian. Foreign Minister- under the old
degime, .and now representing the
Governnient Yekaterinodar and the
Siberian .Governneent at Oinsk, will uot
participate in the conference' proposed
by the .Suprense Council with Bolshe-
vik' representativea •
M. Elanz000ff declared to the Echo
de Paris that he would not -go to
Princess Islands for the aroposed con-
ference. He added that it was ..very
likely that neither the Government of
.A.dmiral Kolchak nor that of Gen.
Denikine would send emisearies, for
they were fully aware of what Bol-
shevism meaut.
• 'Mules' it. Pusta„, representing. the
Esthonlan 'Government at the' Pease
Conference, said to -night that the
Esthonians were ready to send dele-
gates to the Princes Islands to give
their views to the powere, but that
they 'wish to Maintain. the right to peit
fOrWard the same viesvs at the Peace,
Conference in Part% frOM" Whielt they
expect definite satisfaction of their
claires.
In eel infantile complaetts that are
tile result of the depredatfons of
worms in the stomach and intestines,
Miller's Worm PoWderS Will be found
an effective remedy. They attacir tne
close of these troubles, and Al ex-
pelling the svorm ,from the ergaue.
insure. an orderly working of the
system; without which the child can-
not maintain' its strength or thrive.
These powders moan health and im-
provement.
.„ 021
155
MEATS WIZOLESALE.
Beef, forequarters .,. ... 16 01
Do., hindquarters ..... 22 CO
Carcasses, choice 20 00
Do., medium .. 17 50
Do., common ... 11 50
Veal, common, ewt. .„ .., 13 00
Do., medium 20 00
Do. prime .. .. 21 00
Heavy hogs c.wt, 16 00
Shop bogs, cwt. .,. 20 00
Abattoir hogs . 22 00
Mutton, ewt, - 18 00
Lamb, lb. - 0 25
GETTING 04ESTY,
Gorman Army Stronger
Since Beating Spartacans.
London cable: (Reuter despatch.)
-Reuters learns that the reporte,d
eapture of Orenburg, on the Ural
Allier, by the Bolsheviks ire regal.' ded
unforatnate, since it iacres.ses the
difficulty of the Russian Siberian aeray
getting- into commuelcation with Gen.
Ponatine's army; it also constitutes 4
Litreat to tee small British force in
trans-Caspia, since the Bolsheants
now be free to advance along the rail.
way leading southward "froth. Oren-
ourg. 'Tee Russian Siberian forces
oontinue to advance Inothe vieluity ot
eerm; while the Bolsheviks are mov-
ing. southeast from 'aka. The whOlo
anuation in Poland is very difficult
Irons the Polieh viesvPoint.
Eastweed the Gteman forces are
falling back, and it is geld -they • aae
nand1ng over aims, etc., to the Bol-
sheviks and are not allowing the Polea
to take suitable me,aeures for their
own defence against the former. It is
also said that German troops are
being sent front the interior e Cer-
many to Poland with the . avowed
2bloct of fighting the, Poles. Senth•
eaSi; • of Peland, Ukrainians to the
number of 30,000 have attaeked the
Pelee defending Lemberg. The dis-
tribiaten of forms in this part of Gall -
oda is very mixed, and probably the
Okraintans desire to obtain possession
disputed territory beibre the deci-
sion of the Peace Conforentio can bes
promulgated.
sidle Poles have othnological claims
to.Lemberg, but not at least to any
grirteoarty,extent to the surrounding ter -
In regard to Esthenia the Bolshe-
viks itppear somewhat - disosganized,
which is thought to be, due partly to
trouble at Petrograd arid to the recent
disoeter they .suffered riirrin, Bol-
shevik torpedo boats captured. by the
British have been handed' over to the
alethenlans and used by them againot .
the. enemy's flank on the coast.
London cable say's: The Board of
Trade Jourtial toelay doettee muck
space to the question ofeopeninge for
British trade in Canada. In some notes
In this connection. by the Empire
Diyision of the Depertment of Over-
sdas Trade, it is pointed ottt that
throughout the war there lia.e been a
steady stream :of inquirlee from Can
ado, to MUNI Eingdom manufacturers,
but owing to the necessiti of vigor-
ously proseeuting the war, almoet a
deer ear has been turned to assie
inquiriee not only from Canada, but
from all the T.:elf-governing Dominions
an& colonies. A., long desired oppor-
tunity for a great inter -Imperial trade
entente is at last egg° et hand alt" inquiries publishad in the journal show
that Canedittn merchenta are taking
SUGAR MARKET,
Wholesale. quotations to tho retail trade
on Canadian refined sugar, Toronto de-
livery: -
Acadia granulated .. 100 lbs. 310.27'
St. Lawrence gromplaied. 100 lbs. 10.27
',antic 'granulated 100 lbs. 10.27
Canada I:cc-Math. rirap. . 100 lbs. 10.27
Acadia yellow,' No. r 3.;eilow, differen-
tial, 40e; No. 2 yellow, Glier,No. 3 yellow,
000.
fit. LMVITIICO yellows, No. 1 yellow, dif-
ferential frora granulated, 30c; No. 3 yel-
low, 40e; No. 3 yellow, 60c.
Atlantic yellow, No. 1 yellow.' differen-
tial, 40e; No. 2 yellow, 50c; No.. 3 yellow.
000.
Wellington litatuei
I Fire Ine. CO.
lesuislisite4 1.040.
X04 Ottio*, 00101.004 Owz,
Won an ell otiseis of isiegor
* pout), on tan *ash Iginatival
13,04 nisters,
WO. 01.41101*N, 701ar4 DAY11400)1
Prosident litoiretirt
OUTOSIS 94)41,444
AWN, "IOW, 90,
re
o 63'
0 40
0 l't)
0 40
0 55
0 39
O 45
0 44
0 3'2
0 00
7 00
0 33
1 10
0 39
0 85
10
0 40
0 20
0 15
1 79
2 «5
0 45
0 75
0 25
0 10
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13 00
26 00
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se 59
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23 00
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18 00
21 00
2100
29 00
0 27
London cable says: Sinte German
troops were summoned to put down
the Spartacau uprising in Berlin, the
army has been aseumIng a position of
greater importanee, according to ad-
vices received here.
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tilklimtPaViczA MC) SOLMT
R. Ironstone
law to loan *A *rapt We*
Arthur
D.D.S., L.D.S.
Doctor of Poeta' Surgery of the ,Petto-
sylva.nia. College and Licentiate ot Den.
tal Surgery Pe Ontario.
Closed even. Wednesday Afternoon.
Office In Macdonald Sleek.
OTHER MARKETS ,•
WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE.
luctuations on the Winnipeg Grain Ex-
change yesterday were as follows: -
Open, nigh. Low. Close.
Oats -
May „... x 72 7214 o o Gs%
May 3 13 3 1314 3 01'A 3 041/1
May o 83 0 83 0 80, 0 80
xTo.721,40..s.old.
MINNEAPOLIS GRAINS.
Minneapolis -Flour unchanged, Barley,
42 to 00e. Rye, No, 2. 31.53. Bran, 360.00,
Flax, 33.28 to $3.80.
DULUTH LINSEED.
Duluth, Minn.-LIndeed on track, $3.32;
arrive, not quoted; January, 33,32 asked;
Fcbruary, 33.33 asked; May, 33,30.
-
Amsterdam, San. 22: --Supreme com-
mand of the German peace army hes
been trasferred from the People's
Commissioners to the Minister of War,
who will be responsible to the Govern -
gent. The transfer was made with
the approval et the Soldiers' and
Workmen's Counoil, which, will still
bo responsible' for all social and econ-
omic regulations concernIng the army.
Officers will in Suture wear a dara
blue stripe on the left sleeve. All
other distinctive marks have been eb-
oushod. The "a bligatlon to salute is
reciprocal, but has been abolished in
the big. elites.'
e
NEIN HOME'RULE.
do.
',14INDY" moves HEADQUARTERS
London, cable - Oconan main head-
quarters has been transferred to
Pomerania, aceording to a Ger-
man wirclec4 message. receivea here, and
Field Marshal NO11 Hindenburg will take
charge of Operations to protect the (4er-
mon eastern frontiers. 'rho Message odds
that the field marshal haa promised to
1>0 "everythIng tossible to prevent the
operation of Danzig frotri Clecimsny."
a Sad sight to See all the theatres closed. doloca-Yes, even
PRAISE VIEW OF
$11PREW COUNCIL
FOR THE IRISH
Plan of Three parliaments
is Propose.d,
With Leinster paid Con-
- naught Joined. '
London Press On Decision
as t'e Russia.
•
iliTERVENTION
THE ONE HOPE
Only Way to Settle Russian
Dublin, Cable. -The politica/ agite-
dun in Irelane, outside tee ut
Sinn b activities, undergoing a
revival. A meeting of moueresc Isom°
neilees, e,a a E. tt u$ W..ep lied Li Wyatt,
laulmilea a inuvemene. LJL
flume ttule wan a sepals:ea e'arae-
nrent for each ut tour peovineee, or
.uree Parluilients. with neineter tutu
Qounaugut joined, wituni tue,,Y WOUAI
Dvininion hoine 111110. -
To -day tne council of the Irish
Unionists' Alliance 'met in thwun and
adopted a reaomtion presented by
Lord Farneame reaftirming -unaiter-
able oPaosition to Home hole for tao
whole or any part of lrenand," and
declaring "tne real obje3t dean, Home
Rule movements is total separation,"
Which would result in handing over
lee:anct "to tat= who during tae war
have actively ttought to procure the
defeat of ottr arms and the disruption
et the neupire."
On the other hand, Home Itule gain-
ed a reeruit in Major -Gen Sir Hubert
.(IOughr former commander of the
British fifth army- who was a leader
In what was termed the Curragh re-
volt, at whieh time hp resigned from knows the Immense resources of Itus-
the army whet. Lieut. -Gen. Sir Arthur sia, which with. its huge populatien
Paget, then commander of the ,,forcee s000 regain its position as one of
in Boland gave the officers.' at Cur- the principal factors loathe woricre a.e-
.. .
ragh their choice between resigning tivity."
,t,-• -
What you meet a fellow who is a
Mange, is it a good plan to be ab
sorbed
Question.
W. R. fianablby
2.00., C.M.
gpooili a.4..tention pia to diweasee
of Women end Children, haldfili
taken postgraduate work to Sur-
gery, Uoteriology and lasientafee
Medicine. •
Office In the Kerr restdenoe, be-
tireec the Queen's Hotel and the
Baptist Church.
ausenees given Cared ettentlem
?bons 64. P. 0. Box 1111
Dr. Roht. C. Redmond
. • 1..R.O.P, (Loud.)
PHYSJOIAN AND SURGEON,
(Dr, Chishdm's old stand).
Sazonoff Wants a Volunteer
Force.
srEv-TRaf
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faulty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
°Mari.) College of Physicians ,and
Surgeons.
OFFICE ENTRANCE:
SECOND DOOR NORTH OF
ZURBRIGG,s PHOTO STUDIO,
JOSEPHINE ST, PHONE 29
esmossurbeircomanimosomoncoradomarr
•
Paris, Cable.-Sergius Sazonoff,
representing the Governments of Ornsk
and lakaterinoder, to -day spoke as fol-
lows concerning. conditions surround-
ing his country: •
"There is only one possible way .of
settling the Russian question. 11 19
not .suggested by any Russian. who
might be accused of partiality, but
by such unbiased men as M. Moutons
(former French Ambassador to "Ras-
sia) and M. caveniu? (Danish 'Minister
to Russia.), both of whem 'Were inter-
rogated by the Conference and pro-
nounced themselves in favor of mili-
tary interventiom
"We know that the powers do not
wish to Snake e aew eampaign in Rus-
sia. We go so- far as to admit the
justice of the reasons gulaing the pow -
'era of this eataitude, but it is being
universally recognized that 'there IS
only. one remedy for overcoming Bole
sheviem and preventing its spread
outside Russia, namely, to crush It by I
force.. We ask to be 'allowed to use •
force.
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
DR. F. A. PARKER.
Osteopathy build* vitelity and
strength. Adjustment of the sPine and
taker Climes is gently secured, -there-
by removing the DreditiPeeind MOO
et disease.
Illood pressure and other examine-
taOns made. Trusses scientifically Et -
tad.
OFFICE OVER CHIUST1r0 /STORE.
liourl-rrnorsdzirs and Fridays, I Wrd,
to 0 p.m.; Wednesday -a, 2 to 3.1 ma.
Otfew days by &DV:di:010A
IneraI Itospitai
(Under Govornment Inspection).
u e o ogu y
isPlhudall.intlYen stitunaltleTd, tbeiturpfullilyenfuseri
rhYs101ans. =Rates tor patients (whidk
noludo board and nursing) -34.20
116.20 per week, according to location '
of room. Por further inforniation-
Addrass MIS• S L.suMpAerTinHteEnWdeSn,t.
Box 223, Wing -ham, Ont,
My Fail, but Duty Has
Been Done.
London cable': Thereis reason
to euppoee "that Cala wise arta. high -
Wonted offer will Le eelected bY
Unseat:1 Government," Eays the Daily
News in connuentiee on the action ef
the Supreme Inter -Allied War Council
131 tteking repreeentatives of all nee -
man Liovernmente to meet delegates of
?the .Alliee and associated power; in
Princes Islands for diecueolon of the
'Medan* etieetion,
"It arrerae them pin ri change to eg-
ret:Al from a future full of menace,"
from titre -Ws of foreign intterference
"We strongly urge an expeditten of
volunteers, but in drder not to involve
the responsibility of the powers We do
not insist on such expedition being-or-
gairized by the powers themselves,
asking only authorieation to raise the
volunteers ourselves and to be allowed
to enlist them in different European
countries, which Is not a novelty, hav-
ing been done in many wars."
M. Sazonoff cited, as examples or
this, the Peninsular war, the Garibaldi
wart the Boor war, the war in the Bal-
kans, and other conflicts.
"Why should we not also be allowed.
to raise a volunteer army," Saz-
°near added, "for one of the most se,c-
red_ cauees of the world .has ever
known? That of freeing, our .country
from a band of malefactors who in
some unfortunate parts of 'Russia, by
force of arras, are setting at naught
all principles ofeeight and personal
freedom.
"We do nbt even, ask from the Pow-
ers any financial aesistance, as the
Governmenta already :eonetituted, of
which I represent tWo at over four mil -
lien people, Will "'float a loan which
will be well received, as everyont
and agreeing 'US march against tilsta
in ease of tivil war.
Oen, Gough has written a letter to
Mr. Gwynn in whieh be sitYa he
feels that the "policy of drift Is lead.
log tho country.- to moral if not
material ruiu." In his letter Sir
Hubert expeweed agreeMent with Mr.
Gsvynn's Home Rule plan, and de.
°lora; "The main object we require
to arrive at among Irishmen is a
le:aline, of brotherhoed, comradeship
env]: respect for each other. Many of
us have, learned what comradeship
can exist and what real brotherhood
meant la this war."
ONTAIAIAN IN Ft001,110 FLIGHT
London, neepatelt - Word hes been
reeelvcil here that the observation (if -
ricer who acCompanied the Australian
flier, Cant. Lireq, on his record -smashing
trip in 1111altiltd, MIR n 'Western Ontario
man, Lica A. W. of Mitchell.
Lang end Dlowe,4 attained an altitude
or 80.100 feet,. nearly six mites. The Mit-
ehell inftit sufferect Ceveroly from freAt
bleath's apply. wrot Intended to be 1111*11.6 at 0 lawn end re eetablie the srats are In tiers. Irotee--Tient, the Pallor adds. .It relieve!" le }shine, others int tame of it by for a
the lead In an endeavor to
Plonte people squander thoir sun-
15 old ist keep? Tell shoat
the
tromaa kept reshipped to Toronto Ire auto rout* arid :strengthen their tralle relations idle tiers.
•
rainY daya
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BEIGUIM NEEDS
CF AWES
800,000 Idle, and Bolshe-
vism Feared.
Hum Destroyed Country's
Industries,
Paris, San. 26.-"13e1g1um teeds im.
mediate helP, If we do not gat it then
we shall have a Bolshevist movement
It Pelgium in a few months, It not 111
a few weeks," said Emile Vander -
veld°, Minister of Justice and r.elgian
delegate to the POACil Coriterence, yes-
terday morniag.
"We have 80o,e00 'Unemployed, chief-
ly in the textile, metal and glana in*
duetries, our chid manufactures, be-
cause we have no machines and no
raw materials. Our railroads are al-
most uselees for lack of wagons and
the signalling system aestroyed bY
the Germane, who also disabled ear
mining machinery, so the output is
very low. e
"Peed prices, except for bre, aro
at a figure which the rich can pay,
but not the bourgeoise or the work-
ers, and -but for Americam help the
shoat:eon would 133 impossible. The
food we need principally is 'meat fate."
Asked alma the position a lab
he said: "Our labor organizatioe and
ea-atm:Sive movement is stronger
than before the war, and the Lab
unionhave grown immensely in
mehibership."
The'fate of the child is alwaya the,
work 'of the mother:- :Napoleon.