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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-02-13, Page 7- BRITISH WAVY, NOT AMERICAN, DEVELOPED THE DEPTH CHARGE 20 Official Denial of Olairn# — That Has Been Frequent- JAPAN STATES ly Made. IND ndoB, Cable. -(Canadian Press, VItt Iteuterist-Official attention hes been called to statements made in the press to the effeet that America wee uaizi1 instrumental in develop- ing the detith claarge method of de- fende against submarines, and so did a great deal teWard the eventual over ceining of the submarine menace. The actual Circumstances are as folloves; "The cOmmander-in-chief ot the grand flee recommended in 1914 the addition of a depth charge defence, Md experiments and an investigation tollowed. The Vernon Expeoimeptal School Wok the matter in hand, and the. Submarine Attack Committee of the Admiralty ultimately recommend- ed the adoption of a. design, which Was practically that used, threllghout the war. There were Improvements frein time to time, but the British navy aelopted and developed the depth charge and method of defence two years ago, and before the 'United States mine into the war. The British also led the way in the use alid development of the wean in the fitting out of •special vessels for its inte)asive employment. "The invention of the 'thrower' and other devices in connection with the Mites was purely Beitish." • LLOYD GEORGE HER POSITION She is Seeking No Territory in China And Would Deal Fairly by World. Paris, Special Cable, -(By the Asso- ciated Press) -Baron Malmo, senior Japanese delegate to the Peace Confer- ence, made public to -day a, statement as to Japan's position at the confer- ence. After outlining the main facts In the history of the past twenty years since the Chino -Japanese war, closerib- ins; Germany's efforts to establish her- self in the far East, and giving in some details the claims of Japan to Pacific Island groups located north of the equator, the statement says: • "Germany sought to stir up ill -will in the far East After the penetration of Manchuria by the Japanese railway under the right granted by the Forts - Month treaty. She also made the most of the more or lesn serious mis- takes Made by both Japan and China itt tb.e course of their diplomatic and JP cemmercial relations. After outlining the duccessive sur- renders by Japan in the interests of _ eeace after the Chinese war and the I,S IMpATIENT .:‘,1=nggthoef war livniounieLisiste,mtthilotystaftoel: " merit comes up to the taking of Tsing- Tao- from Germany, after Germany had refused to accept the ultimatum of August, 1914, under whech Japande- mended that Germany vacate Tsilig- Tee. . "Japan is now pledged to return to China, this harbor and port, built with German money, together with the ter- ritory of Kiao-Chau, which China will receive eighty years sooner than she could possibly have otherwis eseeured it," the statement continues. "Otherwise the treaty of 1915, under which this restoration is to be made, contains no Secret claus.es, and an agreement entered into in September, 1918, regarding future Chino-Sepanese cooperation in Slim Tung, contains no ti ulation which is more or less than Charges Wilson With Evad- . ing Responsibility In llfatter of "White Man's Burden." Paris, Cable. -Stronger pressers) is beitg brought to uear upon President Wilsen almost daily to have , the United States tindertake the trustee - shift; under the League of Nations, of Palestine and other parts a the refiner al Dairy Department, jerseys had ay. eraged More pond e a butter per cow than cowany Other breed. In Iereey cows, tte Meted, etenti lint, and second over ail ague Of all breeds in yield a butter fat Per Year, according to the above test. With regard to the important mat ter of exchange ot registration of live stock with United Stetes breed as- sociatione. BUB said he had been -Bunsen.' in earthling an agree- ment to reciprocate in this matter, as regards Jerseys, with the American Jersey Cattte Cub. The secretary's report showed that on December 31, 1918, there were 14191 Jersey cattle registered in the di Canaan records, that 221 head Were registered' in 1918, and that of these Ontario had the greatest number 'with 1)5 and Quebec was second with 19. Witai regerd to the prospects for Inn. portations of Jerseys or other eattle front Great Britain, Veterinary Mee- torsGenoral Dr. Torrance pointed oat that the embargo on SUell • imp9rt which was raised on January 1, had been reimposed a week ,later on ac- count of a fresh outbreak et foot and mouth disease in Britain. He Pointed out that the large amount of traffic betwen England and France at the Present is a menace te the health of British live stock since foot and mouth disease is very prevalent in France. - The following officers were elect- ed: President, E. H. Barton, 'Chilli:. week, B. C.; Vice -President, J. Lee Alexander, Hilihurst, • Que.; 2nd VicesPresident, 'Geo, 1Bagg, Edgelor, Ont, Directors: R. J. Fleming, To- ronto; 'George Bagg, Edgeley; Gordon. D. Duncan, Todmorden; John Prin- gle, London; J. Lee Alexander, Mlle hunt, Quee D. 0, Bull, Brampton, Ont. .A. Dotson, 'Claeltenhana Ont.; E. S. Harris, Marsoley Island, B. C.; SecretarasTreasurer, Bartley A. •Bull, Brampton, Ont. Turkish possessions. It is reported that at a. recent meet.- a just and mutual::: helpful settlement lug of the "big five." whoa the Moo- eition of the colonies and conqueree cOuntry was under discussion, Mistier Lloyd George turned to Preeitleut Wil- son and with a trace of impatience sate:• . e "You• are wanting everyone else to try this thing, but you are not swilling to lake any responsibility yourself." . The President has opposed all these estiggestions so far; but the demand is beeoraing more insistent that the Atnericans should take up the "white man's burden" imposed by the league _ fathered by their Poesalent. • It is realized fully by the President. that 'sentiment in the United States would not support him tp such a course, ad the indignation voiced by the, Republicans 'would find a wide popular esho, especially if the trans• action involved -sending American trains to Palestine, whether temperer - By or as a permanent police force, of outstanding questions. "These documents, with all their clauses, have been laid before the pow- ers, including America. Japan does not seek more than 'a fair division in this work of development. We realize that a great change has teken place in the detainers between the nations to. ee represented in the League of Na- tions. If that league is to Pe of any value, its rules must prohibit selfish aggression, exploitation and discrim- ination, We seek no territory en China, and ask only for friendly Co- operation and the maintenanee of peaceful relations." . •AWES CHECK ThE BOLSIIEVIKI The preamble and two articles of lions were provisionally agreed upon Stubborn Resrstance in N. last night by the Commission of the Peace Conference appointed to deal witty that subject, it was offielally an- nounced to -day- Satisfactory progress was made with other parts of the ta.sk. The question of adding represen- tatives of other powers to the coin - the -constitution of the Society of Na- mineien, it was added, is being dis- duseed. - The text of the official announde- meta reads: "The Commission on. the League of Nations met last evening at the Hotel De Crillon at 8,30 o'clock and commenced its detailed discussions. A ptearnble and two articles were, discussed and their texts were pro- visionallY agreed upon. Satisfactory prestress wee made in regard to other Parts othe draft. The question of adding representatives of other powers to•the commission was its() dismissed. The conimispion will meet again on Thersday at 8.30 p.m.". et • PLACARD HOMES Russia Effective. TUBE STRIKERS ARE MESHED Heavy Losses Cause. Sur- render Talk. HUN CABINET COMPOSITION Principal Problem .at Na- tional Assembly, • Agreement Ending Londop Troubles Reached, Clyde and Belfast Situation Unchanged. Carl itautzky Heads the Parliament, Landon, Cable. -Sir Rlbert Stanley, 1President oil the Board of Trade, an- nounced at 2:20 o'clock this morning that an arrangement with union exe- cutive had beeu reached, and that rail- way service would be resumed as Soon as possible. Acting Secretary; Hudson, of the unions, subsequently declared that he was satisfied with the agreement which had been reached, 14e eaid that accredited representatives would be appointed by the union to care for the physical needs of the men, pending arrangements which will Ise made in preparation for the establishment of an eight-hour day. He said he ex- pected that tube trains would be run- ning normally at noon to -day. The situation on the Clyde is vir- tually Unchaugea.„ A sixaaour conference was held Yes- terday at Belfast, Baron Pirrie, Con- troller -General of Merchant Shipptng, presiding. Proposals were submitted by. both -sides, but nothing was set- tled. • Thee Scattish miners have all re- sumed work pending discussion of the whole situation at•Southport an Feb. 12, London, Feb. 8.-A mass meeting of Glasgow, Cloven and Clydebank strikers yesterday resolved to con- tinue the struggle for a ferty-hour week, and called on the executive councils to cooperate with the strik- ers or resign, Belfast, Feb. 8. -It is unofficially stated that employers of union labor have asked striking workmen to re- sume work on a basis of 47 hours per week, with a Promise of a 44.hour week when the treaty of peace is signed. Police authorities deny that -.warrants have been issued for the leaders in the strike movement here on charges of conspiracy to prejudice and injure, pane safety. Weimar, Cable -(By the Associated Press,) -Carl Riautzky, Under-Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs in' the Ebert Cabinet, was today, elected President oii the German National ASeembly, by a vote of 374 out of 399 cast by the Aseetably, 1 fite ra 14 t itn6VeattirGab t011:4t:uglo4ortiittcetiy1.11111 ' WI Vim OR FREE INTERCuinNGE Li it Wail ale 110t tO isocel fortlitte, for the wnpuiNG F , , ' OF TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN Is Woo tree that we were not starved, but that Was the rotalt Of Indlentent and organization. it ie very Imes. sary that due importanee ehould be at- taehed to the injury inflicted upon us as a people who follow the sea, be- caus gerate the damage sustained b the al. ELGium NEEDS lies on the land and to !gun theB re- +Premier Boden, Sees Lloyd George—II/ad a Busy e there is a temptation to exag- it is certain that if it had not been Week, milts of enemy action by sea. far the British Merehant navy France and Italy would have been driven out of the war and America would never have been able to Interveue., Whet) the war carne the vast volume of Brits ash Merchant shippiug was placed at the service of the State and Weenie the principal target of the enemy's naval forces. The result was that ap- proximately half the tonnage under the British flag was destroyed. "The following figurea sbow the total losses in arm tonnage of mere, cluint steamers sustained by this and other eountries during the War: Tona. United Kingdom and dentit- ions „ 9,055,608 United States .. 501,038 Belgium 103,031 Brazil ..... 31,279 Denmark ..... „ 245,302 Holland...........229,041 France .. . 807,077 Greece ..... • .. 414,67e Italy . „ .... 861,435 Japan ,. ........ . 270,033 Norway 1471,760 Spain, . ..... 237,862 Sweden ..... , 264,001 "The British tonnage sunk, there- fore, was more than ten times much as that lost by either Frenee or Italy and 17 times as much as that lost by America. "We depend. on sbipping for al - 'meet Al that we require. Virtually alt of our remaining etmips need to be overhauled, which means that they are handicapped in trading, and. it is doubtful if some are worth the ex- pense of the restoration. In effect, we have to build the whole of our mer- cantile marine as soon as we can. "That is one item in the war bill due to us as a =tritium flatten, and our case is separate from that a oth- er countries which are not islands and are not pivotal points a maritime em- pires, Moreover, the above figures do not exhibit the value of the cargo sunk, the number ot lives destroyed, or the inestimable injury caused by our withdrawal of ships tram distant trade routes in order that we might help our allies and transport over the Atlantic a majority or the American troops which turned the sealon the western front." 'Weimar, %Idea- Cable. -(By tiaie Assoatateu rtess.)-Tne compositioa of the Cabinet appears ea be the prin- cipal problem commanding the atten- tion of the new German law -makers, meeting here iri the National Ansem- bly. Tee original proposition was to form a Ministry or fifteen members, seven of whom shall be Majority Socialists, lour Centrists and four Democrats. The, Majority Socialists, however, sire now enderstood to to contending that they should he certaiu to have a majority which the Inde- pendent Socialists cannot disturb by any political manoeuvre. Partielees tion.of the Centriste in the formation of the Cabinet was assured by the action talsen ett their meeting yester clay, at which they dectded to work With the new Government. The, constitution was again discuss- ed at a meeting attended by repre- sentattves of the various German otates to -day, at which Dr. Lugo Hare mann, Austrian Minister to Germane, was present. The new Ministers probably will bear the title of "Imeerial Minister" instead of "State Secrel.ary," Several of them will be 'without port- folio, even though addittonal portfolios be created. The Finance IvItnistry will be divided into two departments, one for spoolal technical details and to deal . with loans, and the other to be, the department ot the Imperial Treas. ary, for the administration of social- ized public works. It Is possible that a Labor Ministry will be created. A Demobilization Ministry and an Hain - =lc Ministry are belie,ved to be cer- taiu of formation, in addition to the reformation et the Imperial Treasure Department. Although the subject of the constitution was on to -day's pro- gramnie, it was believed that it would be impossible to report it before to. morrow. Archangel, Cable.---elleavy losses were inflicted on the Bolsheviki by the American forms Tuesday and she ene- my was driven back in disorder' from the village of Vistavka, on the Vaea. The American casualties were five killed and several wounded. Many Bolshevik' soldiers were taken prison- er. Yeeterd.ay's defeat of the encniy• on the Vaga„ together with his failure - on the Dvina, typifies the spirit of .the Allied troops who are fighting with the utmost determination to hold their eo- sitions until reinforcements can reach them. Archangel Cable. -The stubborn re- sistance of the Scottish and American forces- in the • Tulgas region appseentIe is disturbing the morale of the Bat- sheviki troops and has temporarily halted their offensive, Of pRoFFEEDe The ten tehmey T1 out asso position ionnt utc !UAW ary 31 that Use 33oisheviki refused to again go forward, 'and held a meeting at .41.tich they openly debated the questiott of deserting to the 4.111es. Bev. .eral Bolshevik" deserters already have made their way to the allied lies, and from these men details of the meeting have been learned. The Bola sheviki planned the capture of Shen-. karst, Taresevo and Taigas in a, sintul- taneous offeradve. Their artillery and raiding parties have been active on all sectors of this front, but the first -phase ef the offensive appears to have been choked. On the Dvina nector the allied troops have burned the village of Upper Tai- gas, which frenquently gave) refuge te Boleheviki attftcking parties. The enemy continues shelling the Vaga line at the village of Dolshoie °etre, yea o Obozerskaya, on the Vologda 'Railway front. • 0 - Bill in French Chamber to Use Publicity _As Chief Way to Keep Down Food Prices. . Paris Cable. -The GoVernment bill, 'under which it is intended to repress increased prices of foodstuffs and epee:Illation In and the cornering of foodstuffs, has been drafted. The Cabinet me,t Sunday and examined into the subject of the inereaeed cost Of living, and It was decided then to prepare the bill. Under the measure any attempt to Interfere with free commercial com- petition would be punished by a ere. eon eentenco ranging from a month to a plat, and a fine of from 500 francs to 60,000 francs. Atteeopted interference wee earefully defined in broad Ian- gtage irt trio bill. Penalties are pros vided on a greatly Increased male in the cage of a person operating illegally in a eornmedity in Which he abes not deal habituallY. Publicity is to be given tee Wants convicted, net only in the newspapers but by affixing tioeuments to their homes, shops or other places of busi- ness. The trial court le to fix the size of the notice to be poste,d and the time It shall remain exposed. Extra penal- ties are provided for the suppression gar coneealiag of notiees by convicted pertons. A. provielon of the, bill ie that a etteond offender on convietion inay be forbiddea to exereise any trade for five yearn end ale° forbidden t� ad- eePt employment in any capacity in setabliehmept in which he has previously wotked. oe exprPss:on, "taking a drop ton irradri," ettn't be epplled to the hir,lt Oeet. of —#--- FRENCH STRIKE AVERTED. Paris, Cable - The French Government has abandoned plans for requisitioning transportation companies, following an announcement that the companies had ef- fected an agreement with, their employes, and had averted what threatened to bo strike. ' s.-** to - SAY JERSEYS ARE LEADERS 'Proud Boast at Annual Meet in Toronto, Officers Elected for Ensu- ing Yea, LONDON STRII,ff MI FINISHED Electrical Trades Unions Call Off Theirs Owing to Action of the Gov- ernment. London, Cable. -The Electrical Trades 'Union thie evening ordered an immediate tesumption of work by its members, pending action by the na- tional body on the -question of the ehange in attitude ef the Governmen.! with regard to the strike. An official statement • issued this evening by the Electrical 'Trade Union says: "Owing to an . extraordinary meet- ing of tne executive counci having been convened for Sunday to consider national action to secure a 40 -hour 'eek, and, further, owing to the ex- traordinary change in the attitude of the Government in Bret refusing to intervene and e then intervening to safeguard -capitalist interests by sus- pending the civil rights of trade union members), we order immediatey a re- sumption of work pending national action." Warrants were iseued to -day •for the arrest of the leadens of the strik- -ors in Belfast. The warrants charged conspiracy to prejudice and injure public safety. When London'e multitude of workers streamed townward this morning afoot, on buses and by the thousands otm Government motor- lorrice, they were elated* at the pros- pect of normal traffic arrangements in underground railways by night. But their joy was. Short lived, Dur- ing the day one of, the moat power- ful labor unions in the country, the National Union of Railwaymen, re- pudiated the agreement reached last night with the I3oard of Trade by the Asscelated Society of 'Locomotive En- gineers, and the crestfallen workers therefore -find themselvesstillforced to ride in Government lorries -and title may cause the busmen to strike - or fight for places on busses or walk. Negotiations between the National Union of 'Railwaymen and the Board of Trade wore under way to -night. 'Premier Lloyd 'George, who is ex- pected to return to -morrow, hae a great industrial Mesita on his hands. GERMANY'S NEW ASSEMBLY OPEN Chancellor Ebert to Preside at First Session. German Austrian Body Also Meeting. Amsterdam Cable says -Friedrich Ebert, the German. Chancellor, Will open the first seesion of the recentlY 'elected German, Neelonal Assembar at Weinlar at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Despatches from 'Berlin state that tte.' ter the ,Meetieg ui the body ist thus opened theechair will be taken by the oldest ince:her of the.A.seerable. probably Herr Pfannkuch. The advisee report that many mem- bers for Alsace-Lorraine have pre- sented themeelvee for the first sitting of the Aesembly. The name of Herr Igichhorn, the former hief of Police of Berlin, who was ousted during the troubles with the Spartacans, will be stricken from the role of mernberehip of the As - its his whereabouts la not known. He will be succeeded by the candidate in hia clietriet tvho received the nexts largeet vote. GIeltMAII-AIISTIOAN ASSEMBLY. Vienna Cable of rceent date, via Basle-ePreeldent Ilingliefer, of the Gernien-Auetrlan Natienal st.seemblY, in opening yesterday's etesion, „greeted the Gorman National Assembly, which will meet at Weimar on Thursday, He ettidt "Conditions which will aecord us our wish to participate la that assents bly have not yet arrived, but we must not, in the meantime, let pass unno- ticed each an important event. The great German ideal is not extingulehe ed for Germane in title country. Let us salute oar brothere in Germany with enthueleeem. Lot tta rejoice with them that the German people are united, and ere not divided by the jealousy of rulere." BIG BOLSHEVIK ARMY IN -POLAND Said to Be About to Sweep the Country. Poles to Open Route to SNEDY HELP Must Have Money at Once • From Huns To Make Good Ravages of the Hun. Paris, Cable. -The financial claims of Beleaum egainsttGermany are most urgent. Baron Van den Heave], a member of the Beleium peace delega- tion, and a member of the Poste Con- ference Committee on Reparations, a4. today. Belgium., he declared, does not have time to wait for an agreement to be reached as far as the exact rigures of time indemnity which is due her before obtaining at least partial reparation. The Baron said that tireentage of the indemnity should' be paid immedi- ately, Belgium, he- added, needs food and _machinery at work, Her workingmen are idle, her industries are at a stand- still or working at a loss, and her for- eign trade will go to other markets me- lees something is done without delay. Baron Van den Houvel said it would take much time to reckon the- exact figure of Belgium's losses through mil- itary operations, occupations and ene- my requisitions. The amount of dam - is varied a.nd the Government, olden towns, villages and and private citizens have suffered heavy losses. The Belgian Government alone spent three billion francs for carrying on the war, and more than two billion francs for feeding the populations in occupied territory. Forced war contributions exacted from the Provincial Governments dur- ing more than four years aggregated from fifty 'to seventy million francs month, the Baron. said. Private citi- zens have been despoiled of their cop- per and other valuables, and their suf- ferings through unemployment have been accentuated by the high cost of living. Moro than fifty thousand houses in BelFlum have been de- stroyed. In an effort to ruin Beirsia,n compe- tition after the wan the Baron contin- ued, Germany seized all raw materials and the greater part of the machinery atd electric installations in the iron, steel and manufacturing plants. The Cockersdll steel plant, for instance, which employed nearly 12,000 work- men before the war, has been stripped of all machinery and rendered useless. Out of the thirty-two hundred brewer- ies in Belgium, twenty-eight hundred. have been robbed of their copper ma- terial of all kinds. The Belgian farmers, the Baron sale, have lost all their horses, espec- ially blooded stallions so sorely need- ed now for reproduction. All the cat- tle have been requisitioned and sent to Germany, and the very land itself -is poorer in - the Walloon provinces 'for lack of fertilizer, and for the same rea- son in Flanders. The inundations of salt water in Flanders have affected a large -Tart of the province and render- ed that part of Belgium sterile for the 'next seven years. "While the foregoing losses may be 'fiend in francs, what cannot be reck- oned in money is the very terrible ravaees in health suffered by our pop- ulation because of "privations," the Baron continued. "One hundred and twenty thousand workmen were forc- ibly deported to Germany or to the zone immediately behind the fighting lino. Cue hundred thousand have re- turned emaciated and in such a state of health that they are an easy prey to tuberculosis. 'In order that life may resume its normal treud in Belgium many things are indiseensable which do not depend altogether upon the Belgians. What Belgium needs is the immediate re-es- tablishmeht of means of communica- ttion,machinerste raw material, customs tariffs to protect home industries and the immediate payment by Germane of the war Indemnity to the full limit of its resources." Asked. If he thought that the coun- try had a claim to priority on the first instalment of the indemnitY to:be paid by Germany, Baron Van dee Heuvel said: "Can you name any country which is more deserving of priority than Bel- gium? 'However, arrangements have just been concluded by which France, Great Britain and America guarantee to send ten million francs' worth of eroducts and raw material to 136 entre." Paris, Cable -(By Sohn W. Defoe.) -Sir RObert Borden has been busily eugaged during the past week. He had two lengthy interviews with Prettier Lloyd George, ono in company with Mr, Lloyd Hanle, at which the possible removal ef the pgesent rea'aic- !ions on thd free intercbange of trade between Canada and Great Brit- ain was discussed. Lord Milner, the new .Colontal SeeretarY, who has Just arrived In Paris, also alscussed this and. other imperial questions at a con- ference with Sir Robert Borden. tGol, House, of the United. States mission, also met the Pri-me Minister, and talk- ed ever certain questions which are to come before the Peace Conference, Sir Robert and leis colleagae on the eonferenee on the Greek boundaries, Sir Eric Crowe, have gone over the questions which are to come before this body, Which mimeo together. Sat - "Tajo' Ministers have met daily before noon to consider intereets to Canada. and communications from Ottawa, e,nd there has also been one meeting this week of with eluding all the Prime Ministers to deal matters et common interest, in - demobilization. PROOF RAISER 1-3 BLAME WA Diplomatic Letters Show It, Says Eisner. !Militarists to an Even Greater Degree. - Berne, .Cable.,1"There is still a vast amount of material, to be examined in German quarters regarding responsi- bility for the outbreak Tif the war," Warsaw, Cables -Gen. ,Sheptitsity, chief of the Polish general staff, says It will be neseesary for the Poles, if the Allies do not do so, to open a route to Danzig in order to bring into Po- land the army or Gen. Haller as well as food supplies destined for Holland. German soldiers who have arrived here from Russia. express the belief that a great Bolshevik army is pre- paring te sweep over Poland. It is reported that Gen. von Esterloff, fer- merly a member Of the Ruesian general staff, has captured. Karkey, and is advancing into the Ukraine: The "black plague" is reported to be raging in Kovel, the Ukraine*, because of Itt.ek of soap. Countess Saline Orda, 19 years old, has arrived in Warsaw from her estate near Pinsk, and reports active Boishe- viki operations in that region. When Bolehevilti troops reached her estate they attempted to capture the coun- tess, but she escaped on a German troop train. She says that the Deistic- viki are well arme,d, and "•ann.otinced that they are going to invade Poland with a great a.rmy. She said that the Germans at Pinsk sold the Bolshevik'. all their cannon. At the preient time salt cogs 40 roublea pound in the, region of Pinsk, and bread 30 roubles. The Bolsheviki, the countess says, rob all their victims of their clothes and burn all the clothes' they are un- able to use themselves. She reports that some German soldiers are joining the Bolshevik'. Toronto Iteport.---That cows of the Jereey .breed are tthe greatest pro- ducers of butter fat of any of the bteed in Canada was stated by D. 0. Bull, president of the Canadiatt Jersey Cattle 'Club at the minuet meeting held at the Caries-ltite 11ot4 yesterday, and in tsupport of his statement he pointed tett that in eat of the four chteses in the Itecora or Performance, whielt Is the °Metal year's text, eon- duetod 'under supervision of the Feder. 0- 4, BRiTISH LOSS 11 TIMES 9,000,000 J.S. Tons of Shipping Sunk in War. Her Great Loss Ignored. by World. TURKISH RULERS GET SCAPEGOATS 'Constantinople, Special Cable. -7-• The Turkish' Government has arrested about forty members of the Union of iPregress party, who are cherged with profiteering and the massacre of Ar- menians, the deportation and despoils.. tion of Greeks, and the ill-treatment of allied prisoners of war, Those under erred include Hussein Djahid Bey, former Vice -President of the Turkish Parliament; Hadja Adel Bey, Vali of Adrianople; Rehm' Bey, foriner ,.Vali of Smyrna; Ismael Ditambolah, former Minister of the Interior:. Kemal 130Y1 former Minister of -Food and Supplies, and several former Deputies. London Cable, -In urging that im- mediate steps be taken to rebuild the British merchant martee, Archibald S. Hurd, the naval writer, in an m- ade In the Daily Telegraph, says thet, although the United Xingliom wa4 not invaded, Great Britain has paid for victory in the loss of more than 9,000,00 Otons of shipping, ten times as much as that lost by tither Franco or Italy. The British losses were 17 times as muck as that of the United States. "Owing to little havIng been said of the injuries inflicted on this country in the war." Mr. Hurd says, "there Is an impression in allied and neutral 'countries that we paid a rel.atively small prim for Victory. It is true that we were %lot invaded. but that ALLIES DENY. No Emoluments to Hedjaz Xing or His Son. Paris, Cable. -A semi-official denial was issued to -day with regard to inti- 'matfett:3 that tho King of the Ifedjas had received subventions from Greet .Britain for taking part in, the War. It was stated thatanypenitents made to the Xing of thn Itedjas by the al- lies Were purely for military purposes In order to sustain the Xing's power, which had a great part in the over- thrown of the Turks and elso itt tho defeat of the German troops. The financial ;arrarygemeats, the statement said, did not contain any emoluments for the King of the Hetljas or his son, Prince Felsal. A man may be ttble to fool himself ges te his importanee, but the neigh- bors tad different. THE ISOCIALISTS Adopt Compromise Blame for War. SHORT ITEMS OF THE titfiS OF THE DAY Pour Children of Sudbury Family Burn to Death in Their Home. FIND Oliii-i-NOLAND Dig Portuguese Force 0ou. etntrating Against the Royalists. Col, C. IL Mitchell, C.M.G., D.S.O., has been appointed Dean of the Pee- ulty of Applied Sciente and Engineer - Mg of the University of Toronto. Four children of Mr, and'Mrs. J, Legault, of Sudbury, were burned to death In their beds. Thos. I, Thomson, late Sherfif Of Grey, and a prominent basinese man of Owen Sound, died in his siXty-• fourth year. Harfred mt.shby, ex-Heeve 01 Thur. low, and ex -Warden of Hastings, a Prominent cheese manufacturer and ytocieraiser, is dead, at the age ot teventy-elett. One man is dead,. three are In hos- pital, and others are Welt, as a result of drinknig wood alcohol at a lum- ber camp at Kashbaw, Mile 66, C. N. Pe, near Sudbury. Since an Austrian was recently dis- missed from a Brantford packing plant, his cow has died of poisoning, and hisbarn been burned to the ground with loss of all its contents. eatiovemeht with strong backing is afoot in Hungary for re-establishment of the Monarchy, • Forces of the Portuguese 06Vern- ment aggregating 50,000 men are con- centrating around Oporto, the Royalist etronghold The general strike in Tacoma was Officially called 'off. Fifty-one French generals were kill- ed during the War. Of these 15 were division emiamenders , and 36 were. brigadier -generals: .• • The Blockade Committee of the Su- preme Council of the Peace Confer - once has aemenactid that the blockade has beencoMpletety lifted. front Czecho-Sloatkia. The deaelroccerred Friday night of - 0, E. Edwards, one of tite best-known lawyers of Edilionton. He was 58 years old; ,and name from Peterboro, One, his nettle. city. • • Advices received at Basel front' Kozo assert that as a result of the suocess of the Lithuanian troops and . an advance by Finnish' and Esthonian troops, the Botshevild have evacu- ated Vilna. • New credits of 175,000,000 for Italy and $40,000,000 for Belgium were es- tablished by the IL S. Treasury. This raised the total credits for all the Allies to $8,674,824,000, ineluding $1, 385,000 for Italy and e296,145,000 for - Belgium. • A. ember of drillers, working for the Britizbi Gevernment, have struck 011 in a• well near Birmington, Derby- ' shire. No •announcement is made ae to thesextent of the flow. Six wells' are being put down ni Derbyshir!,. testing what is believed to be an eta tensive oil field. • William O'Brien, of Toronto was taken into custody on Satarditei night on a charge of attempting-to'hold up Isaac Vise 'et the 'point- of it reeolver.: •aaid Kurt Elsner, the Bavarian Prem- ier, in discussing the subject with the correspondent to -clay. "Entire archives are as yet enex- emitted," Herr • Eisner said, "but al- re-ady much materiel of the Munich diplomatic correspondence ' proving Germany's guilt and her responsibility for beginninethe war. Isor. instance, there is a record of a conversation be- tween King Ludwig of Bavaria and Count von 'Scheele the former 'German Ambassador at Paris, which was found among Count von Hertling's papers, 'which shows that 'Germany 'desired the war, The conversation took place in August, 1914, the King telling the Am- baseador that this war must have a different result from that of the war of 1870, and that Belgium must be an- nexed by Germany. To this, continued Her Eisner, the King added: 'Germany must .also acquire the mouth of the Rhine, even at the expense of the vio- lation orDatch territory. Furthermore, Bavaria must be given a portion of Alsace-Lorraine, in the latter case Bavaria would renounce her territories in Baden and Hesse.' " Emperor William was undoubtedly directly to blame for precipitating the war, Herr Eisner said, but the military casteowas responsible to a greater ex- tent for bringing it about, They must all be tried, but by a German tribunal, he insisted. He is in favor of all stolen property being restored and the robbers severely punished. On Berne, Wednesday, Feb. 5, -The bit- tetnatlotial -Socialist •Cenference to- day settled the questions of respon- sibility for the war and the future position of the -German Soeialists in the confereace by adopting a com- promise resolutiou, declaring that the conference had passed over the rates - tions of responsibility and the German revolution, end had agreed toaccept the participatien of the Garman Ma- jority Socialists itt the reconstruetion of the Socialists Internationale.' The cempromise was adopted unanimous- ly, except for the vote of one dee' gate, M. :Milhaud, a Frenchman. A strong tendency to exclude the Ger- .matt Majority ;Socialists was evident ,in the early discuesions, brit a spirit 'of conciliation ore -ritually prevailed. Herman &Weller, addressing the •centerence td -day, declared the (ter- n= Socialiste already had opposed Militarieln, adding: "The young republic et Germany Is reo,dY to consent to a general .(tisarne await, on. the cendition that all other countrs do the same 'Men 'Sharpening Pertedis, .When sharpening a lead pencil, first stick the knifeblado through it alip of paper. This paper nets an a guard on the knife, and prevents the lead dust from soiling the fingere. It's one thing to let off etetan, but quite another Matter to build the fires up aealn. CRUELTIES BY UKRAINIANS Sixty Male Nurses Impaled On Sticks. The British' Minister cif Munitions has apponited a .central authel•Ity to deal with the disposal of surplus Goys eminent property. It will be called - the Surplus Government.Propette Dis- posal Board and will 'be 'ender the chairmanship of Deputy Minister KeIlaway, Czechs But 19 Miles From Cracow. Warsaw Cable says ---(BY it the Associated Pross)-The Poles and the Ukrainians continue fighting in the region of Leesburg, and the Poles are keeping the enemy in check. In the last few days the Poles have retaken some of their prlsonere. Among the prisoners .recaptured were eixty.tiriale nurses, who, according to reports from Lembure, were impaled on pointed sticksbY the 'Ukrainians. Pour of the hurses are re:torted to be dying in a, Cracew hospital. CZECHS NEAP. CRACOW. W-arsaw Cable eays—(By the Associated Press) -In /teary fighting in the last few days in nortlavestern (Salida, Czecho-Slovak forces havaad- vanced to within nineteen mils of Cracow ,despite strong resistance ea the part of the Poles. The Czechs have the advantage of greater muni - bete and better training, and e the Poles have been obliged to withdraw troops from eastern Poland to join the fidtting in Galicia. The Czechs are reported to be ameting a great num- ber of citizens. Manifestations occurred in eeveral towns and villages to -day against the Polich committee in Paris, itt the be- lief that it was responeilite for the failure of the Allies to intervene in the fighting between the Poles and the Czechs. The above deepatch was filed front Wareavt on the same day the armis- tice was signed between the Poles and the Czeelto.SloVaire. tinder the terms of the artaletice the opposing forces were to occupy the positions they had held on San. 22. 4 4i 1. GIVE UNFORTUNATE8 A CHANCE. THE London, Feb. 9. -Progress -toward a world settlement has beenegreatlY acs eelerated in the lett ten day, itecord- ing to the Paris correspendent of the Morning 'Post. "Tb.e latest indication . at this movement toward a mutual - understanding," the correspondent adds, "is that the vegy.leited questioe. of the Dalmatian coast iewhitil has caused ecute feeling .between the Jugoe Sla.vs and the Italians is 'appreaching settlement, 1 feel-usifltt ine:saying. that the Dalmatian question can no - longer be regarded as likely to glee rise to any differences." of..opinion' Albany, 1161)31't. --A bill, which aim to proteet the eltild born out of wed. lee; has been introduced in lite lower House of the Legislature- by Mrs. Mary M. Lilly, Democratic Assembly- woman tram Manhattan. 'Under the Drovisione of the hill, the so- tidied illegitimate child will ha •entitled try the name of his or her father, to the eare, maintenanee and support of the father, and %hare equally in his ate tate with any legitimate ehild. CIVIC -STORES .PlAk IN PARIS City to Sell Food Direct to • Comma's. WageS LiniW So Prices Must Drop. ParlS, Cable-Mtinidipat barracka storeS will be erected shortly throughout 'aits in which foodstuffs will be sold direet by the city to icensumers. Clemen- team, the Prettier, told a delegation which called on him to -day to °thews the question of the high Cost of living and remedies to be apptied in atneli0V. talon of the situatien, that this, tetlen would be taken. Tire delegation motoris- ed the prefect Of the Department ot the Seine end tnembere et the chamber, Par- ticularly under disettsaion Were the pro, - visions of the bin of Ministee af :Matted Nail, which detriatal penalties of life. itt.VIemenceitu tea the delegatten that goods Would be sold' at prieess sited by the Food Ministry?. He also' promiSed to have the work of the 'demolition of the ancient fortiCitations surrounding Paris Commented as soon Its penedble, thereby tanklierating the unefhplbytterit situation. Tt developed during the disonseion Mutt the salaries of inunicipat workers have been raised so often, fluting the war thet a further rise Is impossible to cope with • the iriercused cOst of living, and that prices inust come down. ./is an Instance, It was' Cited that women street-cleaner:1 who beano the war tetrned flit) titinttalir and are now obtaining tt4d0), are asking for $1,860; t --. flrowlag oyetete are eery eeteltive to trttrentee of tett and coli.