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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-03-13, Page 7.0ERMAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS . .SUPPRESSED ARMED REVOLT General Strike Was to Be • (haled Off To -day,. Berge, Special •Cable',—The genera./ strike in le,erlin sviii he called off to- night The Labor Federation, ae a Meeting • early thie evening, recome Mendee that the workmen return to wet* Saturday. Basle, 'Co Gertnica Govern - Ment troops heve suppreseed the armeCreyolt at Bern% exceeding to • deeleatele TKOthat city, and are nowmi agned to the taste of protect- ing workmen Who want to return ter their labor. The popular marine di- Vielou, and two detachmente a the Republican Guard, have been disband- ed, it is reported. FIERCE 'FIGHTING. London, Cable.—DescAbing the fighting in Berlin on Thureday night, • deepatch to the Exchange Tele- , grePh Company frone Copenhagen, reays , that during the whole night there were sounds of heavy, detona- ef Utennon and expleeions in the dietrict where fighting was taking Place. Flame-threwers and trench Weanone of all ktnds were employed ip. tile etruggle, whicla wee particular - Iv Violent aroune the Pollee head- • quarters, which the Spartacans made desperate efforts to capture. Late in the evening GoVernMent troope, under Men. von. Luettwitz, reported to num• ber 50,000, entered Berlin, and sur» 'ouncled a great pert of the centre of the city, it is said. At a stormy meeting held on Thurs- day evening the Soldiers' and Work- men's Council decided to extend the etrike to the electric power plants and gas and water works, it is reported. Weimar, Friday, March 7.—Social Democrats, who began a consultation with the German Cabinet yesterdley relative to the Berlin strike and what conceselons and guarantees could be offered the strikers, left for Berlin this morning. The conference last- ed well into the night, and is reported to have been satisfactory, The terms which were decided upon will be laid before the strikers at Ber- lin this afternoon, and are said to pro- vide for the recognition of the Sol- diers' and Workmen's Councils by the new constitutton. Thi e is looked up- on as a most radical •step. It has been urged heretofore, but has been rejected. It is known that the En-. tente Allies do not favor it. Before the Soetalists entered the conferencd a delegation of the Berlin governing council arrived, and immediately en- tered into a consultation with Herr Bauer, Labor Minter. • (Motion of time Relit of nevel One trol has become more iMportant then the terms themselves. Thie woo Oat. tally dloceleutd tend then went over. The actUel terms, ail finally consider' ed tOedaY, though not Yet Made pubic, are eumtnarized as Mitten; Disarinament down to 200,000 Men, consisting of Maori diViSiens of infan- try anti five of cevalrY, divided Into five array corps, with one army head- quarters. Thie makes each corps eon - slot of three divisions of infantry and one of cavalry, totalling 40,000 men. The men are to be ehosen by lot for one year's service, and no clam is to exceed 180,000 men. The efficers are to serve 25 years and sub -officers 15 years. Effective enforcement of this system is provided for, and eveatuallY the Lean° of Malone will determine its continuance or modification. Arms and ammunition are restricted to a force of 200,000 men, and the bal- ance is to be delivered or destroyed, The naval terras provide einsilaz diss' armament by a reeuctlen of the German fleet down to a limited basis suffitient for police defence, but it will not figUre among the navies Q. the first or oecond class. Thie system le.tto be for an -1u - determinate period, with ultimate con- tinuance of modification, probably un- der the League of Nations. The aerial terms of disarnetement are definite in period, as a limited num- ber of hydroplane, with an aerial force of a thousand Men, are to gather Mines until October 1 next, when the entire establishment is to end. While some featnres of the foregoing terms are still open, yet doubtless they Will prevail in the main. HANGING ACAOSS Mordects can play, and Itubbert's the Provost on his fritchted his faimily 'ill maybe takthe • way home, the other .fever to hae ane, and he sees his Mere night, I expressed wrocht-for sitter meltin' awe) for a surprise that he had piano and books o' do, ray, nee. not gone off on 0. "That's what it leads to, they see. heliday. lther folk better aft than themeless "Holiday, did ye and, they want to be like them, 'al -- say, and me no richt tho' it's fair agin' the Scriptures to be esee•-•-•••••••• better o' Ma motot- covetous. . caurin' jaunt?". "Noce if ittoey wud tale a test at lee shook his head contemptuouslee home here, and no gang a'ower the amr.I feared Ihad rubbed hint tl* world and awa' to the Tairgs, they° •wre'ng way, but my fear was Octet,. would be glair content and happy. It's ' . fair nonsense working' -folk bnyin' minuteor two heelook hialdPe guideebooks an' writin' Cook's excur- fretre`betweeri his teeth, and blew the sion office for a' the latest pantalets, , snfeke rings before him. Then hie; tryin' to keep up wi' the gentry. The 'kindle" smile lighted tip his face, and I, excursion office ,men never hae holt- henound him in a genial mooddeys — catch them, they're: no sae ,,."Holiday!" he repeated. "Nasy, Use. 'rt Vaelie either—but they ken inair heiet holiday a body can lime. is to be about the world than them that's aye • atehame here wham things are eniate;; on the trot, and tellt their sunburnt sand -there's room to gang aboot onthe ss faces is the ooteeene o' them handlin' ;SO:1day. Do'on the \tatter, five in a- .haderield'• takin' 'our meat on tii,e tan etin box is nae holiday wi" me. reekenin." "Thia • holiday craze, that vaccine- tionfeouldna 'held, it responsible for than, folk think. It's' mak- • • in' big''profits for the shops that self ealtion and reaey-made meat, bite it's 4itreeing the mischief with men's health' oneleenalcine them tak' to drinke-and • . , beanie lapsed massesee "It meenisters want the kirks filled the sualamer Sundays as ' they oche," continued Wattle, "the holt- d7 lever 'maun be stopped. Luk at Pilie •Rublsert Murdoch at hame his lame thee last twa. weeks and his. kvife '. and weaus struttin' aboot the Lairgs live • vera 'Reeboks. I hear. is 4wife • 'gangs !aboot Wearin' gold epee, and a' •shullin' Volume' o' .Shakespeare, lettiii' .ern she's used to that kind, O' life, the docheers wearin' white tammiese and redeparasoles to.mateley and the young- est laddie, wi' his wee bit apurtle legs, is ,dressed in kilts. 'The Maher le .learizeto answer, to ."mamince" 'and e the lassies,. Aggie and Tile are passin' d theseives off as Nessie and Marion. Montt we lande. while.Jock has been rechristened Jack. "But there's nae peace at home till este mony tourist guides. "Man! the thing's .growin' mitireane; Council on Oct. 15th .last, to fill a ,artcy, yesterday's election being for a full three -years' term. The council looks af- ter improveinents and education -in the County of London and also has authority ever the street ear lines there. It has also other powers of a financial and local government character. JAI'S- FOR BRAZIL. Are Planing Colonization On a Big Scale. London, Cable,—The appearance in Brazil of numeteius Japanese agents recently, who are believed to have been sent :there by the Japanese Govern- ment to study possibilitiee in colonizing on a bigger Beale than heretofore at. tempted, has been reported to lehitish concerns by fheir representa.tives in Brazil, Added interest is aroused by the report from the British Consul at Sao Paulo increasing the number gonsider- ably, and undoubtedly they will affect the state economically and politically in due course. Ile also reports the presenca of agents evidently sent out by the, Japauese Government -One Sap_ aneze company in Tokio with a capital ,of $500,000 is making an effort to place 2,000 families on land granted some time ago by the Brazilian Government. It haa plarod 380 familiee, tut hae now :obtained five years more, to complete the contract. e • e DUCHESS WINS. WHY TOMMY BELOVED 1.00/f":******1**,•1 IN Via TRAINING. CAMPS IN avRopE. 'wino—at la Our We aro still ace is actually troops in occupation there have been strictly forbidden to fraternize with the people; but all the orders that ever were issued Would net keep a Thomp,s Atkins, here and there, from making :friends with the children. It is a weakness of his that goes with him wherever he goes. In. the training camps' in England in the early clay e ot the war it was just the same. People never grew accuse tomed to the sight ef troops—Canad-e Ian, Austrellan, New Zealanders and Pritish—promenading the roads with, borrowed babies In Prems and carts, Children quickly grow to look upon "Tommy" as"Their special protector and friend. They love him, and he loves them—and he cannot entirely re - Bed them even in an enemy country. "I see the soldiers settling down here !nettle most amazing way," writes one of the correspondents in Germany. "I see them sitting beside the road, sur- rounded by little children!" Them will be many tears in France and BUlgium when -our men march away for good. Fe "Tommy" has drawn to himself the love of countless children there, to Whom he talks le picture -language aud too often parts with his buttons as souvenirs. Our soldiers have drawn their pay, of course, whilst on campaign, but so well fed have they been, and so com- pletely supplied with comforts, if not with luxuries, that the French child- ren have come in for intiny a treat. Jt. bas been no uncommon sight in devastated villages of West Flanders and Northern Preece to see the trav- elling pedlar surrounded by children • and British soldiers inviting their lit- tle friends to pick and choose all sorts of tempting toys and sweets—"fratea en France, mes braves. and none of your German trash"—or So says the vendor. Tommy was often billeted on the children's mothers, and theseee good women could make no more ens of their own menkind. The best bottle of wine was 'produced arid the best cigar to he found—although Tommy's smoking of this was something of a. sham, for he doesn't care overmuch for French tobacco. After a meal in the bright: cottage home youngsters would prod:lee picture postcard e and watch thole khaki -clad guest fill them with strange words which conveyed nothing to dark, wondering, inquisi- tive- eyes. LEARNING- FRENCH. Then, Pernaps, there would be a Franco -British 'even, spoken as well as written ,with shouts of childish laughter at T.ommyes painstaking pro- nunciation. These humble families looked up to our army even more than to -their own, etrange as this may seem. For our soldiers are peculiar- ly susceptible to the sufferings of in- nocent civilians in wees,as may be seen in letters hothe. A common sight was Tommy as burden -bearer for poor women, fleeing from a looted or burn- ing village. . Or he would take the children by therehraungde. to conduct t'hem to a .place �f He may Speak no French, but, as one of his officers wrote, "Tommy can talk Chinee with that smile of his!" He has fed refugees, young and, for days out of his own plentiful' rations; tiny girls were seen toddling at his side wearing the "woollies"and comforters which loving fingers had made for him bitthatvillage of his own in England. "They won't mind," our modern knights would say, beam- ing down upon leis little charge. "Af- ter all, these kiddies need the things more than I do." "LES TOMMEES." ets Thre Years On. London County6Counal. • • 'London cable says: The Duchess of Alariborough NVELS elected to the County Council yesterday from the north divis- ',ion of Southwark by a large majority :over her oponpcnt, a German delegate. She Stood for election as a progresive. .The. -Duchess of Muribor-migh, formerty C onanelb Vanderbilt, of New York, was 'elected a member of the London County mail, 'ear after 'ear. The craws, when they used to start nest-bailding in, March, ,got the name et' being the tirst to lule after simmer hooses, buts. :the .women folk's faur afore them nooe Lang syne a e'voinan body was content to listen to her man reedin' oot the, 'Papers eince a week, and a' the .read - 'in' she did hersel' was the tirtiess, :eeaths and marriages' column, but she' has taken the rale job in haun' noo: "Whenever Ne'erday's,by the fever 'creeps on, and she neaun hae the paper afore breaketast every mornins .—and that's-, they sae how mony weans canna ta' porridge noweda,ys, The births, deaths and iparriages col- umn is passed by now, and mieht as iweel .no' be in the Paper, but ye can see her haun' shakin', her een wat- terin and teeth chitterin' when she turns to "Coast 'and Country House to Let." She sees a chape house at Millport, but that'll no' dae, for Mrs. Montgomery gangs there every 'ear, and she'd clash aboot us free the " e`'he change o' ir hasna dune the . Wee chap muckle guid, and there's nae 'esseYin' wether it's the fancy name or the new kilt that's hurtih' him melee the coast boom' is settled on, and notepaper ordered wi' the new ad- dress, "Rowan Tree Cottage, Lairs, N.B." I 'whiles think, and here we halted at. Wattle's gate, 'that the sang, 'Olfe's a great blaW 0' a -Woman, and "Hame, Sweet /tame, mann the Lairgs neebours thinks her man is hae written afore the days o' gainn to the Corporation Gas inepecter—and him.juist an ordinary lamplichter. "It's yeexin to see the man work& •Awe' iike death and life, lichtinE lamps ett nicbt and turnin' them aff in th•e early mornin' cleanin' extra lamps in • lhe, day -time to mak' a witeeti extra shullih's for a rainy day, and the Yam- ' ilY stemnderin' it et Lairgs • whaur 'there's no' a showeeltes' rain. • "Puir Rubbert! up at twa in the Morkine and for fear o' makin' a mess is'ebere ein fire -end,- he, biles histea on filet etesirheid. gas afore he ratans to tune them 'aft Up and doon hunners , arch's, screwin' oot gases, nae time to hae a crack wi' chaps eomin' hame tree,. waddin's and smokin' concerts', . and whiles no' eve,n a Meenint e,vaalicen the nicht policeman. • "Of "course, Rale tak's a rin doon to 'Lairgs on the Saturday, and you'd WW1. to See him loaded wi' ginger bread and potted held to tempt his tO eat, and them hUrstin' tite,m- selves WV ice cream and hot pies. "The first Saturday. he gas(' den thieeamily met him at the stati011, and weltomed him to their new quarters. Agee, the mildest dochter, was the ferat to see him in the creed, and she eln over and held up her haun bi Rae wi' ht bretet hooka. "Rubbert, no Win' aegaaint wi' the -.now sity1,0 O' haun-shakinitimeht tha lassie had eam' SAW withoot her hanki, and that she was pointin' for sae he dived into hio pen& and leitlideet her whit tie timid was his ' napkin, but it tilriled .00t to he the' dilater ire had, bean eleo.nin' the lalnat „ser. The -lass was sair affronted, blt, of worse, the faither didna mean to offend her. eeValkin" Wong to the new hoosertbe Walther wee hoo muelrle guld the ghttlige was daein` then, efoek'e awfu' sunburnt,' she said, inud that Wong gettin' that we catina IMO kiln In epadee. The pnir laigsles eind meow)! are eair tteedire a rest, and we've been thinitin" It would be beet for us to bide here a' the year .sreorte and ye could maybe get a job here.' "Banat VrttS fairte at the eoftage, and weel Pleased he was wi' it. The landlord has some 4of the best roes in • ,Ayrshire, and nane 0, his fainelly workin" yet, unless the wife, who Mks efter the Warder& They-ve a piano ,n the new fiestee tae, OW nano o' the the coast was invented—ot betweeu the time o' comin! hame and the startin'-to luk for next 'ear's hoose. But it body shouldna bounce; here's. Murdoch comin' Let on ye dinne ken him; he wants to speak to naebody till his disgrace oP bein' left alane kinna. dies doon.' With the promise to see him some other night, I left the Provost and hurried. off before Mordoch reached us. 4 • 11P r:* E GER A. ottet Summary of Naval and Mill-, • ta,ry Stipulations ° Agreed On by., the Five Great Powers. ou R., „•NA I 0 Ns NOW STARVING The British Food Minister , Paints Gloomy Picture. Mak Not Be Able to -Avert Catastrophe. TROOPS IN BERLIN'. , I . . Trope of the army corps Of Gen- HoT BATTLE oral vlate n letettwita Were brongmillit to I s TRE SETS Berlinate Monday eight to let in Maintaining order, and are birsitacited * In the open spaces of the city. The central telogrepis %Met the central „ telephone Once, the Reichsbank, feed denote, railway otatione, and slaughter houses are garrisoned. strongly. The Marine Division, according to a re. port lest night, antruaced tnat it meld co-operate wit the Government troops in maintaining order and re- pressing looting. During the fighting at Halle riot- ers seized officers of the Government forces and threw them into the River Shale, where they permitted teem to drown. There waemuch looting prior to and during the fighting, end the proporty loss is said toe Ilea*, The Spartaean leaders eled ',mu the city and are repoeted tohave taken a, ts..ge amount of city funds with them, The Government troop a hey° procleirned aestate of siege in Halle. ••••,,tste• ' SIBERIAN OUTLOOK,. iTroubleln Spx:ing and Early Summer. Newcastle, Eng., Cable.—George T. Roberts, the Food Minister,. ,spealt- ing here to -day, said that he could etate \ on -absolutely unimpeachable authority that the situation with re- gard to food conditions in great areas ,of Europe was nothing less than tragic, "It is not to much to say that mania is starving, that Serbia is starve ingethat Attstria is starving and that Germany is starving," he declared. "Ever since the armistice was signed ,the allies have, been doing what they could to relieve the situation and food should be, or is being, sent to all the countries I have named. But•it is not enough, and the question now arises whether we shall be able to get suf- ficient food to those countries in OM ,to prevent a catastrophe. "The Supreme Council in Paris' is • straining every nerve to meet the aft-, uation. I cue going over to Paris on' Monday to attend the .meeting of the Council, and I may it may be possible for us to -take such ernergencY meas- ures as may stave _off the threaten- ened digaseer. . "Clearly we cannot coraplacentlY watch Europe starving and feed our- selves to the )full. That is not the spirit ofthis/ nation, Which, through its unselfishness, won the war. We are going to help, and if helping means that the situation here does not im- prove he rapidly as it otherwise would, this country, I am sure, will not grum- ble. As tom as the people realize the appalling seriousness of the situa- tion which is developing in Europe, they will be the firet to call upon the • Government to Intervene." e Paris, Cable,—Aside rtotn the act- ual milltary arid naval terms of peace under consideration at the Peace Con- ference, an important (Aeration has ar- isen as to whether these terms will be temporary, as incldent to' the close of the war, or Dem:anent, holding Ger- many in eithjecticni for an Indefinite period. . This last proposal has taken a very definite ferM as a Means for cabins Gertnany for all time, so that she cannot epeat the experience, after Napoleon (Burned her, Of rehabilitet. Ing Itur fortes and thee defeat Vapo- 10011 later. Ai it result of Me feeling,. aerie of these terms foresee the control of eles armament considerably beyond the period of the present war. This. 111 turn, has opened a large Islets before the British and AMericait delegates of poesible commitMent to °meatiert and the eupervIelott of German affairs for an Indefinite period itt the Mere. It hae atm presented the delleate (Mee - tion of how far a defeated nation should permanently loee Ito national authority to administer affitire, In vieW of these ronsideratione the POLE AND HUN. Germans Courteous to Ally Envoys Now. ,ths Vladivostok, Cable.— (-Delayed)-- (By W. le. Playfair, Canadian Press correspondept)-eA careful review of the situetion in Siberia, now in Pos- session ot the Canadian Intelligentle officers, predicts much trouble in the, spring and early summer, due .to the' fact that the masses of the people aro unsympathetic to the. present Omsk Government. The foreign elements supporting the Oins4 GOvenment share in unpopularity, also tife na- tions approving the proposed Priace's Island, conference have lost prestige among the Russians. It is suggested that the proper Al- lied attitude would be to assist various Russian .parties to reach an agreement, leaving sufficient lereneh here meanwhile to. maintain The leading newspaper of Viadives- tok was suppressed 'Feb,. 24 .for criti- cising the Omsk regime. • NEW TURK CABINET. Damad Pasha Names His Government. Constihtindpee, Cable.—The new Turkish !Cabinet, succeeding the ,elin- istry of Tewfik Pasha, recently re signed, is composed as follows: Grand 'Vizier and Minister of For- eign Affairs: Lamed Pasha Sheik. ul Islam: elustaphe Sabel Ef- fendi.. Minister of War: Ahmed 'Abouk Ptialta, Interior: Vemed Bey. -Marine: ;Shekri Finance: Tewfik :Bey. • Publie Instruction: AU Kemal BeY. Posts and TelegraphseeMehmed All Bey. Publie Works. Avni Agriculture: Mem BOY. Justice: Ismail Ildke Bey. President of Council of /State: Abdul Badu Effendi. And so hi love for children makes Tommy the idol of rural France, which admires hjra as a fighter and a man, impertuitable find gay, with that unquencha,ble, spirit'which has been such a really valuable asset to the Al- lied armiee. After a long march when our men come to a village_ they are failed' as old friends, although never seen before. The children run out with cigarettes, for the local paper has told their parents that the "fag" is the gift of gifts for "les Tommees." Quaint greetings pass between the little ones and our troops, and then Conies the grand spectacle—Tommees wholesale ablutions in the open air at the pump, or in the trough, where the village dames de their washing. "Le tub" is now known for a famous British institution, and youngsters come running out of the houses with towels efor fear their 'friends should dry themselves "on the wind"—a fedt whichthey do dexterously enough, with no fear for their compleeion! Sometimes the children exchange a puppy or a kitten for a regimental badge, and tbis,accounts for many of the living mascots that have been With our army in France and Ger- Many. - Paris cable says: A naves despatch from Posen, dated 'Wednesday, tells of tile meeting of the Allied and German missions at the village of '(rents, whero negotiations for a ne warmistice between t,Crinany and Poland will be Carried on. The courte,ous demeanor of the Germans Was noted as being dishictly different froin that shown at 'West -Litovsk last year, when they were so trueulent te- ward Leo nTrotsky, the then Bolshevik' IMulsetr of War, and his friends. This • (tine the Germans wore 110 unIforMs. The Allied commission &manned for- • mai ouarantees Or the landing Of Polish troona at Dansig and their passage as far as tile Polish frontier. The German del- egates telegraphed the details of this do- kigtne and the rot linalt. In sti it? "Irtitilli; 7:elt(i'oltb+131;114" " 14°"" Posen and Poles in (km:my on a re- elprocal basis was then taken no. The raittig Aeeeignetritgonflimi'll,t(1 IC& milli the delegate8. ahmsentletemi. utulhertvalk- Ing to tins of the population awing the period of tiegOtiations. BAD -OUTLOOK GERMANY on•••••.***.14. An Upheaval in Bavaria and Prussia YOUR PEACit PRUNING CAN BE MADE TO FIGHT DISEASES., .. BERLIN •••• *wt..** Between 200 and 300 Sinr- tacans and Spectators Shot Down, EBERT IN CONTROL fAll Important Buildings Again in Hands of Government. Weimar, Ceble,—Leaders of the German Government here announced to -day that the situation in Berljn gave them no rause for worry. They mid that Minister of Defence Nosice had sif- ficient troops to MES intain order. London, Cable.—All the important buildings in Berlin were in the hands of Government troops Friday after- noon and a good prospect of maintain- ing order was assured, according, to a German Government wireless received here to -night. The number of dead and wounded in the recent fighting ex- ceeds 400, the message says. 33itEN011 TYRII,AT 40*******rto*** tott***** Reported by Germany, Oe Failure to Delver, - Lonn Ca' -'le — A German wire- less Message, picked up here, alludes - to A "threat," made by General Nu - dant, Marshal Focies representative On the joint armistice tommission at Spa, because the Germane have failed to turn over to the Allies InduetAal and agricultural machinery. Tile message explains that German firms onstructing the required, materlai; have been unable to cemplete de- • liveries because of strikes, and that a, shortage of railway ears and the ee- etraction ee railways near Erfurt and Halle have also retarded the carrying out of the armistice agreement. It is said that trains filled with agrictIltural machinery are standing on side tracks between Erfurt and ,Breslau. This machinery was col- lected in Silesia. Supplies from Mecklenburg, West Pruesia and East' Prussia are all similarly prevented' from reaching Mainz, the stipulate!l place for the surrender of the taater-' lat. Berlin, Cable.—Government troops began an attack teeday from all sides on the centre or the city and made brilliant progress. The attack was for the purpose of relieving police head-, quarters, which was besieged by sail- ors and Republican guards who had gone over to the Spartacans from the Government side, and had cut off the ' headquarters from all communication with other Government forces. A col- umn from the west. progressed to with- tn a block ot .police headquarters in two hours, It is believed that the column sec- ceedecl in relieving the besieged gar - ism at police headquarters at 6.30 o'clock to -night had yet received any information light. There was very little organized co- herent opposition by the Republican guards and Spartaran marines, They were caught by surprise without ef- ficient leadership and were unable to • check the attack of the well disciplined Government forces. DISARMING THE GUARDS. The Government has decided to dis- arm the Republican guard and the "People's Marine GUard" starting at 4 , o'clock in the afternoon, A strong force o'cloek this afternoon. A strong force • .of Government troops, including a loyal Marine division, and artillery and mine throwers are noweniarching through 'tinter den Linden to take up positions. The !Gevernment took this. seep be- cause of the imposethility of drstin- guishing between those who are loyal and those who are nob and also be- cause of the general unreliability of the organizations. The' two forces num- ber 16,000 men in Berlin, A part de- serted the Government early in the fighting largely, it is said, because of the constant bickering evIth the Gov- erximent's volunteer troops. A force of Sparta -can sMiets, armed with fire throwers, broke into a tem- porary prison in the Hausv,ogte Platz, across from the Reichbank, this morn- ing' and took out /military prisoners, but finally kept them in custody. When Spartacan forces captured the main telegraph office in Berlin Thurs- day the members of the American Red Cross Mision were endangered by the shooting, acording to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Berlin.. Col. Taylor ordered the women with the mistsellou . toseek safety in the Palace Ho The American Mission to ,look atter the welfare of priponers entrenched itself in the Hotel Adlon behind a! bat- tery of machine guns. The battle for the telegraph office was the woret Berlin has seen. During the recent mild weather the year's pruning operations are well un- der way, and it seems te be the' pro- per time to call attention once mom to the part that pruning may be made to play in the control of diseases, par- ticularly in the ease of peaches.- There are two sorts of diseases in the peach that can be materially less- ened by care in pruning;' one of'these is the Brown Rot and the ()thee is Peach Canker. In the case of Brown Rot care should be take:h.:when the trees are being gono.g.irer to knock off all the old mummied fruits which were rotted last summer, and, remain in . a dried:Up condition 'on the trees. If left till spring the Brown Rot fun- gus which is still alive in these mutn- mies will start in to grow in warm moist weather, and it new crop of spores will beoko.: duced to start in- fection once more, Pruning can also -be made to help greatly in keeping clown Peach Cank- er. The following reeommendations are taken from Bulletin No. 37 of the Central Experimental Farm, which will be sent on request to anyone in- terested: Keep the trees tree from all dead and dying wood, because this harbors the canker fungus. Prune out all dead twigs, especially • on the main limbs eo that they caenot serve as starting Points for the ran- kers. Make all pruning wounds ele.art out and cut as close to the remaining limb as possible. If a projecting stub is left, part oe it will die and the dead tissue thus left serves as a start- ing :point for cankers. - • It is estimated that Brown Rot in peaches causes a lees Of at least 10 per cent. of the crop annually, while peach canker destroys each year Drone 3 to 5 per centof our bearing trees. These figures will indicate the im- portance of taking every method that will tend to keep these diseases in check. Which .1V1ay Engulf Whole COuntry. Berlin (via dopenhagen) Cable— Bavaria and Prusela are hi the throes of another upheaval. It may engulf all unoccupied .Germany. Spartaettn forces are mobilizing. Ifeekless• "Reds" have determined to overthrow the Ebert Aenaintetretion et Weimar and establish "Soviet Ilepublies," bas- ed on Bolshevistic tentes in both Prov- inces. Th0 Government is preparing to meet the crisis... Armed troops are being stationed in the larger &etre% end ooldlers are patrolling the streete. • Any rebellious uprising, it is announc- ed. will be immediately met by "firni and vigorous action." Government troops have inatructione to -quell all disturbance, regardless of cost. Ilehthd all --ominous and eager— • lurks Junkerdom, still unrepeetant and anxious for restoration of power; still the standard-bearer of the Imperial, not the Republican flag; tmll the champion of the deposed Autocrat. BERLIN RIOTS Alt PUT DOWN Strike Called Off and 0 - der Restored. * ••••• ••••dros. U. S. DUTY ON PLANES. ENTENTE.,11111 -FEED GERMANY Till HARVE$T Important Ruling On First Flown From.Canada. Waslington Despatche-felustoms au- thorities have encountered the first: case of an airplane Ifriperced into the United States under Ito owe motive power. An American bought a Can. edian plane, and it was flown across the border near Detroit. The ques- tion then arose as to whether it was dutiable, particularly 6 Inca airplanee are not mentioned in tariff eats. !Cuetoms officiate filially decided that if it remains permanerely in the United States it should be 'axed as a "manufactured arti ;le," at the rate of twenty' per cent, and 11 it' flies out of the country again within six menthe it will be regarded as "on. a tour," and will not be taxed, in view of the prrapects that interna- tional air touring may soon hu Lott - mon, the ruling was regarded as lin-. portant. Berlin, Ma,reh 9.-1etghting in Berlin ended at noon Friday, and Govern - meet troops now occupy all public buildings and squares and a number OtOtntottrettp....1.”1.0. New Allied Propos* Likely to Be -Accepted by Ebert Cabinet. • of factories. MANY TAKEN PRISONER. Berlin, March 9.—The conditions un- der which the Workmen's .Council of Greater Berlin declared itself whiling to approve the adtion of the Berlin Federation of Labor in adopting a re- solution calling the strike off were an- nounced to•day. The conditions in- cluded the retirement of '-the volun- teer regiments from Berlin' and the release of insurgents arrested during the strike. The council is the body MAETER,LINCK WEDS. dominated by the Radicals which has been directing tht strike. A great number of Spartaca.ns were Famous Belgian Pltywright taken prisoner in the fighting in the in New Romance. centre of Berlin. Nice, Cable.—elaurice Master- linck, the Belgian playwright, several days ago married Renee Dalton, a Y`senng woman of Nice, it became knowe to -day. Maeterlinck hoe been a resident of Nice for the last ten years. The marriage took place at Chateau Neuf-de-elontee, a small village twelve wiled froni Nice, with the strieteet of privacy. Only four villagers were pre- sent as legal witneeees. It crowns a romance which cone- Menced eight years ago. Maeterlinck is fifty-eight yeare old, and hie bride twenty-four. Maeterlinck was divorc- ed from his former wife, Madame Georgette Le Blanc, five weeks ago. 4 - - EST Alt FOR CHARITY, Pltsburg report: Moro than two mul- lions of the estate of the late 3. 13. Fin- lay steel magnate, who died Feb. 27th, 18 bequeatiml to religious and educational charities, according to the will, which was filed here yesterday. With the e- 001111011 of of a 4100.000 legacy ttnd $10,000 a year to the widow, Mrs. Vinlay, and $1.0. - see legacies lett, to relit-tit/tit, the estate was devoted to eltarlty, Nospecific charities are mentioned, the matter being left hi the hands of the trustees. A man may got old before his time, but time is pretty apt to eateh up with 11111, One thousand peesons were killed or wounded in the' fighting in Berlin last week, aecording to an estimate of the casunities made by the Wolff Bureaelesthe leading- news agency of Germany. SHORT ITEMS OF THE NEWS OF THE DAY 41 $ • • • TWO CHOICES. Canadian "Age'' Plans Trans -Atlantic Flight , for Next May. Either League of Nations or Anarchy, UMW AMAZONS 0 Australia Bars Importation of All Goods Not Bri- tish Origin. 4. Wm. IL Comstock, Oae of the lead- ing businese men and oldest citizens of Brockville, is dead, aged eighty- eight. eses. $5001000,00) Cost of Provisioning, to Be Produoed_From Three Sources, Parte, March 9.—The plans, acloPted • by the Supreme War Council last night ender whick the negottatione with the Germen authorities regarding the turning over of the German mer- chant ships will be resumed after their recent interruption at Seal pro- vided efor the heeding of the seasions of the negotiators at Brussels. The al - led delegates will/ leave Paris next 'Wednesday for the Belgian 'capital and the first session in the resumption of the negotiations will probably be held on Thursday in one of the 410y. ernment places there. The plans determined upon by the Council, as already stated, provide for the taking over of the German user - chant ships he return for a food sllPe ply for Germany until the next liar - vest, The chief difficulty thus far has been over the manteer of payment for thee food supplies, but the new pro- posals are expected to meet the foreile er objections. It is understood that the paYments will come from three sources: First—In the form of products, such as coal and potash. ISecond—From, credets whleh Ger- many has in neutral countries which have thus far been unavailable be- cause of the blockades, and, Third—From foreign securities held by Germany'. WILL YIELD $500,000,000. It is °intimated that these three sources will reaeltly yield about $500,- 000,000, which is the sum required to Is Pay for food relief to an extent con- • sidered adequate to carry the Germans until the time of their harvest. From the nature of the exchanges during the hegatiations at Spa the al- lied delegates have reason to expect that the new proposals will be accept- able to the Germans,' and the belief generally prevails that an adjustment be reached under; which Germeu! ships will soon become •available ter the moving homeward of American troops. One of the main infinences in bringing about the decision of the Su- preme Council was said to be a let- ter read by Premier Isioyd George from a British general setting forth the extreme seriousness ot the food e conditions in Germany. It was also stated that British soldiers in Ger- man territory were protesting against seeing women and children about them dying of etafvation. • Marshal Foch; the allied eommand- er-in-chief, may not attend the Br:as- sets sessions, but all the other dele- gates of the allied and: Aseociated Powers, appointed to cenduct the ne- gotiations, will be present. WHAT DECISION • MEANS. The Haves Agency's report on Sat- urday's meeting /of the Supreme War - Council says: e "The greater part of the session was devoted to 'the discussion of the sit- uation created by the Interruption of the Spa negotiations. It was de- cided to notify Germany that she must execute the honditions of article 8 of , the supplement44armiatice signed at Treves on Januatty 16 which stipulated that in order to insure the provision- ing of Germany and the remainder of Europe Germany must place her mer- -chant fleet under the .control of the allied and associated powers for the period of the armistice, this arrange- ment to have no effect upon the final dispositioe of the ships." Stephen Pichon, the French Foreign Minister, in his talk with the cor- respondents to -day, discussed the bearing of the tood situation in Ger- many on the speedy conclusion a peace. He said that the urgent need of supplying Germany was rec- ognized by all the Governments rep- resehted at Paris. The, hunger with which Germany was confronted, he added, was a :bad counsellor. No one could be dead to the inhu- manity of continuing present condi- Wins there, and the Supreme Coun- cil had resolved to send to Germany allelhe food that country mule. • 11.6 allies were willing, M. Pichon want on, not only to supply food, but to accord credit'to Germany, but Ger- • many must first declare her willing- .ness to live up to the conditions of the January armistice. The Council ..has adopted Premier .Lloyd George's plan tor regulating the future military .strength of Germany, according to the Minister, who con- • firmed the fact 'that this involves the •abandonment of censeription in fa- vor of a sraall -professionel army. • • Major G. W. Barker, T. C., D. S. G., M. C., of Dauphin, Mart., is to try to fly, across the Atlantic in May. He downed more than finer enemy air- planes. Premier Foster; of New Brunswick, told a temperance deputation thero would be no inceeme in alcohol per- centage in beer till the people declared fee .it by referendum, and no referen.. dum till the soldiers are all home. Word from the north couetry has confirmed the report of a recent rich find on the Ophir property. Maurice Knight, 12, is still alive and likely to recover from a 200 -foot drop over a precipice of the Niagara River, Mrejohn II. Thom, who has filled the praltion of taxing officer at Cs., goode Hall for the past 40 years, died on Saturday at his home, in Teronto. The body of 'Pierce eleCann., Sinn Fein member of Parliament for East Tipperary, who died of influenza in the prison at Gloucester, Eng., reach. ed Dublin. The 'managing committee of the French General Labor Federation has adopted a reeolutiou which con- demns any rectification of frontiera which is inspiked by desire of con- quest and oppmes atmect intervention In Itusela. The Hungarian Gvvernment hae abolished the old army organization. A volunteer army of eix divisions has been formed. ' The Minister of Customs of the Commonwealth of Australia has is- sued- the importation. into the Com- monwealth of all ,goods other I, than those of 13ritish origin. Fire- totally destroyed the main wing of the Pacific Sheet Metal Works,. Vancouver, B. C. The plant wis Valued at e25,000 and 2,400 hands Were employed. Within the past year six thousand Anterieane in France have Married French women, according to La Petit Journal. The brides for the most part, aYs the newspaper, ween country girls or entployees. of town. establishments. • The temperance hotel at New Sarum was completely deatroyed by fire early Saturday morning. The fire is believ- ed to have started from a defective Chimney. The hotel was one (if the landmarks of Elgin CountY, having beeh built about one hundred years ago. Fran Brunner'tut autborete and Publisher and a delegate ot the Ger- man Democratic party in the National Amenably, hag left for home in Itoe- nigeberg to dfgeniee the women., of Eaet Prussia into it border militia against the Belolleviki. le. A, Cohen, well-kuown barrister, died suddenly at Winnipeg. He was recognized as a leader la sleWleh thought on this poritinent and was at. the head of the Zienest movement in Canada". Ile wee also known as one of the Hebrew scholars of the world. The deceaesd was 4e yeare f age. 13erne cable: Pleas for° `an efectfiVe League of Nations marked the opening ef the IntertiatIonv.1 Conference of' League of Nations Societies here to -day. Mrs. Philip Snovvdett, a delegate from Great Britain, delivered an address, in whielt she einpliasized the necessity of Completing the work of the Peace Confer - thee at Paris. "We must have it real and effective league of nations," site said, "not 'merely "the doubtful shadow that has 0 -Neared at the Parts conferenee." • Otto Weber, 1.3wIss councilloi, 01)0110(1 Attacked by Ode of eight to one, the session by characterising the world situation as consisting of two alterna- eine ot icemen aterhouse and MC- tivect one a league of nations a.nd the. 11 1 1 W Toronto had a bitter fight before they , • eelanon, of Court Street Polite Statiore Imitetiek tiling, lavishly decorate& Is 6E111 another We, and the gannit of, utility has boon by no means run in thia brief eummary ,of the dawning ther, John, on it charge of ticaulting age of paper. the, pollee. managed to place tinder arrest .lames Paul, on it eharge of selling ikitior and ansaulting the noliee. Awl hid bre- HOLD TURKEY Entente Army to Occupy Before' Mandatories. Paris, March 9.—The General Staff of the Serpeme War Council, which has been sitting at Ver- sailles, studying the project of gar- ritening Turkey, litta Presented its recommendations to the council. On Monday,: when It is Medea the Germanterms will be emu- pleted, the Paris commit probably will take up the matter of policing Constentinople and other Turkish territory, Syria, Palestine, Mesopo- tamia and Arabia. The reeominendations, it Is un- derstood, eall for a force of at least 400,000 men to be made up et pros rata eontingents of the Interested allied nations. Objeetione front some (nutrient azattet the abnormal size of the force 'have been met with the statement that it will not be per- manent, but only pending the ar- rangements for mandatories. Whe- ther this force will inehule A.meri- eerie will depend entirely upon whether the United Stette agrees to *wept the Mandate for