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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-04-03, Page 7THE PEACE SOON T C ILL BE A REAL PEACE -Wor ot British Delegates Having Great Result Stern to Germariy, ButJust, Not Land Grab London Cable— (Bri t sh Wireless S er vi c e.) The efforts which the British delegation at the Peace Conference is making to procure for the world the clear- est possible peace ill bear fruit in' the peace treaty shortly to be made public, the Paris correspondent of. the Westminster Gazette declares. He states on tile authority of "a highly placed personage," that the con- forme°,does not mean toviolate territorial rights, and that the fears on this point felt'by interested peoples in Europe are quite unfowided. The .dorrespoLdent says that points of the treaty drawn up by Premier Lloyd George, and which will seyve as the basis for discussion, havej)gen deliberately_framed in a spirit of great inod9ration, because it is felt' that the treaty must be something acceptable and.desirable. "Certainly the peace will be 8: stern one for (ler- many," the correspondent conthmes, "but the greatest care is being taken that it shall be just to the eyes of moderate and well-informed Germans. The principle of self-determination will be rigorously kept in•mind with regard to the allocation of territories." The corresponde9t quotes his informant as remark- ing: There must be no casus-bkelli left to Germany, oth4- wise you will have blocks of People clamoring for an al- liance with the Fatherland." The correspondent points out, how„ever, that' Ger- many had deliberately created a German populated wedge on essentially Polish territory, and that Germany. wilrhave only herself to blame if she finds her nationals tinder Polish adthinistration. BritiShinfluence, the cor- respondent ,asserts; it nevertheless definitely against inflated pretensions. r •••• 4+.`t***444-44.44444-0-4-0-4.•444.4-44-0-4 4- 4- 4 Or set Beautiful Bavaria's +- Shaineful Ruling Line ; *-4-4-*-44-t•-• Hit turns Mit tO be triio that Prince Leepoldiebrother -of ,the depoeed King Lade* and the Crown Prince Rap- precht were in the conspiracy to mur- der the assassinated Premier of the Bevarian republic, Karl Eisner, it is the =awning Infamy of a race of mon- arehs awho. had misruled Bavaria for nearly $00 years, who began by assaa- amting an Emperor and are eliding with the amassination of a republican Premier,' Although they furnished two Ka;sers" to the Holy Roman Empire, the Wit- telstache first became kingof Bavaria - by the grace of the plebeian Emperor Of France, Napoleon the Great, who Made a kingdom, of Bavaria in 3.805 Whohe remade the map of Europe, Although rulerof one of the mist s beautiful countries -die Europo the: Wit- telsbactis have 'always been a race of dieturbefe, andeduring the last half ot the lest centura developed at leaet two • insaue monarchs, both of wapiti Ind to ble Rept in restraint and, oue of em. Louis, undoubtedly committed sUIc1de The .Were the searidal of Europe, and raaintained regular bar- enis of mistr sses, aihe net only ills - Mewed the n tam, but consumed roe. siderable revenues that might other- wisehave been used In improving the Country and the condition cif the an- aaaitants. OrIginallY a. Celtie nation subdUed tieteelie/Rornans, the Bavarians whit took.their name from the Beta proba- reatiet a.Tate from ,Bohemia, or as seine - Writers coeitend, from the words nuara, atoning league; and bai, a Gothic *rd, meaning both, the Bavarians ate first mentioned by thtarranka irt t29 A. D., by wheat their Were Ailed for a while, and until 788' Were under chaste of tbeeAgilelfing family, who Were possible' of .laraliklin descent. Charles Martel becaine their vireizei ruler, and they Were subsequently sib - dud by Charletnange and when the einpire Of that inonarelt was divided at Verdun, Bavaria was•given to Louie, king et the East aranks, and became part of the lion( Taman Empire. A. LITTLE Invrorty. The Wittelsbachs, although related to the rulers of Baveiria, di a not be- come actual rulers Until 1130 A. D. Priam that tirne oh the borders -a the land were &Manually changing, end the ruler!' Were frequently engage& in war against the empire; at other time% on the eid e of the emperor. In 1273 Louis, duke a ltaveriaamar- led the daughter of ranlolph, the Haps a. berg founder, end was subsequently elected Enteeer as Louis IV. For eentixrke the Bavarians wer,e erigagea in Warfare, fend the long line Of elector dukes W'erce knowd by such narnee as "The Fearless.," "The Quer- roimoze,' "The Bearded," 'The Red - los," "The Rieh," etc., but /Vine ever int filo surtitte "The Good." During, the 30 years' War it fUrniabea genertile, and armies to the Hapsburg eraperers, and was ravaged by French Catitelice and Swedish and North Ger- Matt Protestants alike. In 1742 the elector, Charles VXII, had himself el - octal -10V Rotten Etiperor in ()Imo. eitieri to VI -antis, of Lorraine, busbaped of Atria Teresa. An a re- -Nett 'Plasfaria fingered aeveraI irreaeleile bY both AUstatans and French, tie 'Mid the Kale -halal) only three years, toweirer, and ote. hie death his enc. etas& had to reeognize the progmittle ielkletteits Whiall restored 'Marie, Teresa ea. to, he thone, in order to recover pos- session of the Bavarian duchy. , During the French revolution Ba- varia was overrunby the French troops and it was there • the famous battie of Hohenlindeu was won by •,'Moreau. Wrth the revolt of the Rhe-• nish provinces„ te the French revolu- tionists, Betvarla was won away from the Hapsaurg Empire, and in 1805, at Austeritte, the Bavarian troops, ape the first time since the time of 'Charles VII, fought side by side with the French, and as a result of that vic- tory gained large accessions of terra eery and the elector ;Maximilian wart raised to the throne bY Napoleon with. • the title of Maximilian I.His ,daughe ter, Aiagusta, was married to Napo- leoa's atilt -in -lay, Eugene Beauharnats. • From' then on, to the defeat ,of Napoleon in „Aussie, Bavarian troops formed an important. corps in the Gtancr Armel of .France, under the commene of the famous Bavarian Ceunt Weed% ao soon as Napoleon got in trouble, however, the :ungrateful 'Wittelsaach left him in the lurch and' hastily returned to the ferid of the Austrian Emperor, who was the taeact of what was left of tho old combination of States that had formed the Holy -Roman. Empire. . The kingdom stood by Fratiz Josef at the battle of Sadowa in 1866, but afterward joined the North Gerinen Coxifederation, furnished an army to the German forces that invaded Prance in 1870, and joined In the election of the erandfather if All Lowest as first arealser of "the Prusso-Oerman Empfre., Although the largest niembei:'of the aphelia:Man 'empire, who the war broae out, Bavaria and Bavarians were never.frientlia with Prussia, and bitterly resented Paussiand dominance. During the war, however, the Crown Prize() atupprecht Commanded the great army in the north of France against which the English put up stick terrific battle% and it was reported that he was engaged to be metaled to the granciduchess of Lrotemburg when Monte came the revolutiot which toie Med the Wittelebachs from the throne and releellted theta to the *ado of otaivion to whith the Hapsburgs and nolienzollerns hail been headed by the Prussian revolutionist% and people were beginnieg. to forget the Wittels- baelis when the recent- examination of Eitner brought the ineanity-tinted faintly again to the laent and may probably result In an ignemtnious end of a. ono pewerfal rap of rulers. Ono of the most beautiful of the German countries., 13avar1et is also one of the wealthiest. It eovers an area of 29,28G square miles and at tit6 out- break of the War had n population of about 7,000,000, about 70 per cent. of whom were Boman Catholic and 29 per cent. Evangelical. Almost a quar- ter of the inhabitants live In the ci- ties, the principal of which are Ilia:l- icit, Augsburg, Spires, Vursbut•g, Ito- genburg, Landshut, Bayreuth, Ans. each and Nuremberg. Afttnith, the eapital, was one of the show placed of Europe, with Its great art gallery, and itt attractive beer gardens. The andent titles ef Augo. burg and Spires, onto great Imperial enntres, are historic centres. At Land - shut 11/4Iapo1con won the great victory that opened the gates of Vienna to him, in the campaign which won him a Hapsburg bride; and I3ayreuth is the scene of the great Wagner festivals where the noisy but fashionable operas of the Peat composer were produced. Every one in Axial= has heard ot Wurzbere, which will be re- membered with regret by the oppo- nents of prohibition As the place 'where the Warzburger Bows." Abont half the surface of Baearia Is under cultivation; one-third ferest and the remaining mixth pasture. It mu be of interest to Altana= pro- hieitioniets to knew that the famous hors from whieh is manufaetured the well-known Munchen beer are grown in abundance, as is a good brand of tobacco. Coal, iron 'ore, grephic and salt also aaouna and there aro num- crone manufacturing towns where lo- comotives, automobiles, leather, por- celain, apirits, lead eyelid's were sources of great profit anaileveaue. Accordine to the Eacyclffraedia Bra tannica Government ishudget for 1910 tho taxes amounted to 220,764,000 sterling and the disbursements to. 211,114,000 sterling. The peace array of the old Kingston comprised 60,- 000 .foot and 10,000 mounted soldiers, which was trebled in war time. 4. Sores Flee Before it. --There are many who have been afflicted with weer and have driven them away with Dr. Thomas' Eclectric OR, which, acts like magic. All similarly troubled should lose no tine in applying this splendid remedy, an there is nothing like it to be had. It is amp, but its power is in no way expressed by its low price, - GREAT BRITAIN'S 'ECONOMIC STATE Estiinated Wealth at Pres- ent is $120,000,000,000. .••••••• $2,500,000,000 Yearly . for Foreign Trade. LoNion, epode' Cable, -(Reuter Des- patch)-ln the course of a lecture oe- fere the Institute cf Bankers of Lon- don yesterday, Edgar Crammond gave an optiraistic survey of Great Britain'a economic position and prospects. iIr. •CraMmOnd estimated the nation's wea ai at present at 224i000,000,0e0 and the income at 2,3,500,000,000, %vitae the national debt would represent 20 per cent. of the former, and the post war budget 22 par cent, of the latter. Mr. .Cranuuond thought that for the next decennium the country will be in a position to spend. 2400,000,000 yearly .ae home eau renewals and machinery, houses, roads, etc., and invest a500,- 000,000 yearly largely within the Erne pire. This might provisionally be al- located as follows: 2100,000,000 in India 2100,000,000 in Africa, Including Egypt; 233,00000 in Australia, ;C50,000,000 inCanada, 220,- Cf00,000 in .ie rest of the Empire aid 2200,000,000 in foreigh countries. Any such scheme must obviously be 6,astic, 14r, Crammond said, and she amounts invested in different part a of the Empire and foreign cenntries must be in accordance with the flow • ef emigration and, other coaditione, but the previsional adoption of such a programme would give great coafi- dence to British manufacturers. It would quickly react upon foreiga exchanges, Mr. .Crammend continued, and tura them more and more into British favor, beca-use et the end of •the decenanan "our income from in- vestments abroad could be biereamel by 2250,000,000 yearly, making the to- tal from. this source of . day, 400, - moue rarly. The knowielge Rat we ate; tie dertakee sm..) nee riai reeler e tveell be inimediately mile:Vied in the intcroatitn,al moner.marki:t anti capi- ,10 weeld. be attracted ilere tar ales I velinicat. n idea.l colic:lame wined be f .i.e.naon to act es a distriauSo: oi ae. capital eeminulajaa srer- aes ale war, and now aveelebie fir m- y >Janata outeldeee 'Cianimond said it was sAIP:1 ;Lac's deliberate (ail viatiee that aa the retail of the -war 01n:1We .1t- aeciapreent will have been 'lea died forward by at least two geniettions, and "we are on the eve of a period of intense trade activitly such as Om world has never known." •sCrammonal sad he was quea! ther convinced that Sae processof readjusting machinery ,to the new social conditions will not be followed ay an ilacensequeneee, Of V waive -eagle laze the position and took a brow; and enlightened view of it," He aleo strongly (Mined, having regard to the • allimitable resources of the sliritish Empire and the tenacity and the pow- er or organization of the British mo- tile, that "We need have no tear regard- ing the economic future of our ram if they adopted a bold and courageouo policy and karneci and applied the economic lexons of the war." 11 CHURCHILL TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN EUROPE Recent .Rventh in Ukraino Itave Beet rxtre2ne1y.:04astrOtts to tho Prenoit' ,Itotunamia, latroatexted—rears for Poiand---tlangarlart Wilke° txa,ggertted, London, Cable. - Discussing the situation in alussitt, Winston Spencer Churchill, Secretary for War, in the House of Commons last night, said that events during the last two or three 'months in Ukraine had been ex- tremely dIsastroul to the French. He said they had cntered from the south, and had gone UM distanee fromy tho coast, when the, were confronter by impeder forces, end oneou,ntered hestititY Veal the polite, The Secretary pointed out that this latter feature Was Bee:letting which "must be earefallYewelfelledi as it B bowed the daidger that Might Walt from rash or 111-eonai1e1ed action" Kherson Mid Nilioielet bate) betel taken, and Odom is belag defelided French, Greek and Russian foree against Bolshevik attecks, lie Said. The posttioh of the Bolshevili near (Medea, he Pointed out, had exposed Rournauia to a very aired tarot of invetelon, what, with taa Hangarlas advancing oh tiee other aide, has Made the stale - tion vera diffictat. In speaking of General Denekilie's arillY, tbei Secretary said that it was Great Britain% policy to give it SO. port, but uot to involve and aBrittsh troop. He said that General Doo.. kin ie "fighting deeperately forbis 'native label, and for the wdeld's eaten." There is a Britieb mission with Gera oral Den/alarm, aud medical supplies, mtinitions, inetructore and tecithical advatere. The British retain cohere' of the Caspian, but there is a. Bolshe- vik fleet at Astrakhan, where the har- bier le at Present iceboand. Small detachinents of 13ritiale troops stretch- ing towara tho frontiers of India are Mailing back, withoat .soriouti fighting, Bolshevik eadmaries seeking to ad- vance and spread .dieturbances there. Admiral Kolchalas armies in Siberia have clone well in the northern sec- tor, although not So successful further scuth, N. Churehill said, editing: ."Tbe, British lieve a handful of men there as 4 umbel and gtmeentee- of 'the aathority of Admiral Kola -tali, The Government has supplied at.claatral Kol- chak's armies with a very large 'nurn. ber of rifles, -some cannon and ether munitions by way of the Siberian tails road. It is intended to continue this sulaKirt by sending technical instruc- tors and experts to Sibeelet." The Secretary Said that Huagary hati unclereone a serious political change, sand showed a disposition to resist the will of the Allies, "under the garb of Bolshevism," but that there was no official oo1rinat1on oGm rumored invasion of Hungary by the Bolshevilei. Poland, with Germany behind it, he said, was in a 'very anarchistic condi- tion, and Might degenerate under Bol- shevik °pressure and attack, He 'pointed out that the position of Boa - mania was also one of anxiety, that country 'having suffered terribly in the war, and being shoat of food and all moils of supplying her needs. He expressed the hope that efforts would be neado to aid Roumania, which, he added, was "the glade buttress egainst anarchy" eaeing ;tide' at Bolshevism and • NEW REPUBLIC Is "Red" Plot in Bessarabia Against Rowirtania. London, Cable -A' republic • has been proclaimed in Besearabia, and its directorate has .ordered military opera - Lions a.gainst the Roumanian army, a part of which lute been forced to fail back, according to a Warsaw. despatch to the 'Telegraph.' It is steted that the movement is evidently engineeeed .by Beleheviki, supported by Ukraine Ian% who seek to break through Rou- mania to establish coatact betwen Moscow and Budapest. Bessarabia was, under the old re- gime ia Ramie., a province lying along the northwestern frontier of Rouman- ia. It is bounded on' -the west by the Breath River, and en, the e,ast ane north by the-Dneistar. On the south.. east it is washed by the Black Sea It has an area ef 1'7,614 square miles and had a population in, 3906 of 2,262,- 400. Roumania laid claim to Besear- abia after the cellease of the imperial regime inaeausela, and Roumanian troops havi'abeen occupying parts of the country.. C • * NURSERY DESSE1?TS 444444 .4-0-4-4.40-.044t41,40-+444•9•414•4 4 The - dessert is ,by n'a means an un- impartarat part of the child's dinner and supper. Many 'greeva-Upe could perfectly wells -and often walli benefit -omit this course, h.avinga adequate- ly partaken of sufficient "nourish- ment" before reaching -it, but With the child quantity, as well as quality, is carefully planned with the deesert in vicw, end it . aliened be tempting and nutritious, but aiwayes simple. Aosit APPLES. Pare and are four apples, leaving a taw tiny flecks of skin on, if rad. Place in a saucepan, fili 'cavities with currant er other red jelly, sprinkle with two tabjespoods of sugar, and add boiling water to nearly cover. Cook caeefully iti covered .paia until tender, taming owe during the pro - cos. Remove the apples t a serve Ing dish, add twa tablespoons mere cf u,gar to the syrup and bell Zap - idly until about enetantreh er a cup- ful renialifs, and then pour it over the apples. tioth npplos and JellY elletal be pink. Garnish wrtil, taio slices ef rrbare jelly. Cream may be eerved er„not. CHOCOLATE CUSTARD._ One-half a square of chocolate, cut In pieces, toll a saline -eon of salt, two tablespoons sugar, ene pint oa milk. Place hi a dottale. belie% .reserving twe or three spoentaIs of ilia milk. Stir occesionally until the milk is acalded and ehoealate melted, then whip a minute watt the egg -beater to make p.erfeetly smooth. Welt two tablespoons oa cornisterch in the intik reserved awl stir into the eticieral, stirring constantly wet!' Maned; thea cook five minutes Mere. Ceol, flavor tan a lew drops - of vanilla, and serve with top milk or cream. If a Thinner and more creamy .custard is preferred,am leas cornstarch. BREAD AND BUTTER CUSTARD Make a custard of two eggs, ono pint of milk, a pinch of Salt, tWo tablespoons of sugar:. add a little grated lemon or ()rave, peel et Lt grate of nutmeg, and pour into a glass aking dish. Butter a large -slice of bread rather thickly, cut into fancy chapt,,:s or tiny rounds, and lay ea top of the custard; Tress the shapes down into the cattail to wet 1110111; they will rises at once. Set in a Ll'a 01 hot water and halo in tt inaderate oven until custard is net and top slightly golden. -46--a-r- — ON Tala STAND. "You Pa:, rOU Rto0a up?" "I say I :need, you,' honor. If a man gialut; he naturally sianda yp. You Can't any other wey " Ii thaeoue Tea clollsr.i for routemnt ot court. Stead down,"--N.'unse.s ray Journal, • SU.SPENSIQN OF ARMISTICE OVER THE USE OF DANTZIG1 Berlin Paper Declares That Emil a Thing Is Possiblot It Understands Geriliany -Offers Oilier Pats to Moir Polish - Force to Reach PoaHi Berlin, Cale - The Lok -al zelger publishes a statement tliat it understands that a sae/ensign of the armistice with the Entente Allies is possible. . Copenhaben Cable. Tbe full text of the German reply to the Attlee oncoming the landing of Polish troops at Danzig shows that Germany made a point that it did not under- take to give free access to the Polish army to west Prussia in the armisttee agreement' withethe Eatente powers. The Maly says; "Since the coneluelen of the armlet- tice, the entire situation in Posen, West Prussia and Danzig, has ene firely changed." Ofrering the ports of Stettin, Keen- igeberg, Memel tia Libau, .the German Govornnient says that "all necessary facillties, for. the seediest possible landing and transit of General ',lancet, army to Poland will be provided."; "From the standpoint of retiree(' tale reply asle'e. "ehroutes from tbes dities lead more *speedily to the goal, without entailing inter- ruption of importations of feedetuffs to Poland." HAMPERING TIeE ALLIES. Petrie Cable - A rumor wee in circulation hero last eight that the Inter -Allied mission at Danzig had been interned. This morning's newo- papers, bowever, declare that no con- firmation of this rumor had been ro- ceivud in French official quarter% According to the Paris edition of the •London Daily Mail a telegram re- ceived at the, French Foreign Office reported serious disorders haa occur - ed at Danzig, instigated by the pan - Germans. The demonstrations are de- clared to have been directed at the ••••• Inter -Allied Mis910n. AatitoUgb, hostile action was taken against it, the mieelon is reportoa to have been virtually stopped from futictionIng, ito work being hampered and it being le - elated, from the Pelee. All the 11 ewspapers agree in the view that if it were eztabliehea that violence had been employea againet the miesion an extremely critical .situation would be created. NOT AN ULTIMATUM. Paris Cable - recent note sent by the Allies to the German arita team aoMnaselon it Spa regarding the landing ef Geufgal Heller's Polieh forco nt Danzig 1110 nottake the form of an ultimatum, as stated by the Ber- lin newspapers, according to Mareel Rutin Ilt the Echo de Paris. CZECHO-SLOVAK OUTLET. Paris .Cable Hamburg and Stet- tin' are considered the natural cella:eel.- cial outlets to the sea for Czech - pada, according to a &elision reached by the Commission on the laternatiein- AI Regime of Wateawaya Ports and Railways. This action, whict grants the demands a alb Czetbe-Slovak dele- gates te... the Peace Conference, would provide, if finally- approved, that the new republic enjoy. every privilege as to foreign commerce,' at the two ports as if they actually belonged to ite , e CzectoeSilearak trade would reach Hamburg and. Stettin through the Elbe and Oder River, on boats flying the Czecho-Sievak cetera In addition to these eraft thas repablie would be al- lowed to possess nierchant sea fleet, The same privileges would be ex- tended to Switzerland regarding nava ,gation of the Rhine and the operation - of merchant vessels. FRANCE WANTS HER BOVRARIES THOSE OF TREATY 01 MY, 1814 — . , With%aare. Basin, and -- . . __,,.-...-......,-..-,-0-S-P-e-a-c-rr-v-o-r, r• ..- r Rhine Bank in Alsace- . Lorraine..- . Turkey's 5 , , _._ Provinces Paris Catle - (By the Aesocia,- ated Prels).-The Ceuncil of Four engage& to -day in the consideration cf reparatiab.s..er ruttier Clemenceau, of France, introduced: a new element into the diseueden, in the form of a proposition radically different from that heretofore presented involving the •Saare Valley. If le believed that the question erelatee to the o'ccapation of that region by, the French until Ger- meny has effected full reperation France. The diocuesion at this cub- ject will be continued to -morrow. - — Paris Cable says - In laying her dahlia Were the Council of Four tosdate France asked, first of an, that her- boundaries, ao fixed by the treaty of Paris, May 30, 1814, be restored to her, together with thaare. Basin. In the Rhine province, cn the left bank of 'the Rhine, itawaa retipulated, the Germans should leave political au- tonomy, but should net be permitted to establisa fortifirati•one, occupy flee territory with anted force% nor cen- tre' the railways. Thee the Rhine would seek France as a natural flgin- iht'ieereethtuni and the left rank ors the Tai e treaty of Paris in i • gi.4 provided France renounce her attains on B -Rhine and returii te the boundaries as they existed in 1792, before the re - Violation. ?hie compelled France to eenfine herself to the peevinces of Alsace and Lorraine, west ol the - Rhine, thciae territories haviefr been under French control slow 16r9. It was erroneousla reported fro -ti Paris hue. nieht- that Franco had demanded her 1914 frontiees, which would have excluded Alsace and Lorraine from her claims before the peace conference. e , LEAGUEON Alma, 4. In e. war geography bulletin the U. S , National Geographic society gives brief account of' theedive provinces or districts into which 'Asiatic Turkey may be reughly divided. The bUlletin, winch Is basect upon a communication to the society from William IL „Hall, ay".Ana8:'tolla (the nettle is from a Turkish work meaning 'the dawn') lies between the Black and Mediter- ranean sees. This district is the 1-anne of the greater pa -t. of the Turkish Population, perhaps 7,000,000 in all. Here is a case where the people can be distinguished frtan the government, Even the so -palled subject races have suffered but little more at the hands of the governing officials than the conimon Turkisli 'people. "When olio remembers that all gov. eminent of the empire lies solely in 't the hands af a group, of not mere than 300 men, and that they impose thele selfish will on Turk and Chris- tian alike, one readily understands how a dietinetion can be made be- tween people and government. Ip spite of a constitution keying beeir proclaimed 'arta a parliament sum- moned, the people, whether of Tur- kish or other race, have abolueely no voice in fhe affaira of the natiole "Arnienia, east of Anatolia., extend- ing to the region of the Caucasus -and the Persian border, is the site of the ancient kingdom of Armenia, The population- is not wholly Arinenian-:- In fact, oven tetora the War the majority of the people -were Turks and Kurds -but here the built ofArmeni- an race was found. ''It Is a rugged land, a succession of meuntains and valleys, where the people have had ao contend with na- ture for the establishment and main - tenant° of their hornets, but, like all highland countries, it has been he amotioovoitn:rpoecotpilelebraga a religious, freo- "They were the find natioa to =- heap Christianity when, in the latter halt of the third century, their nig, Tiradates, accepted the new faith, and most tif the nation followed him. Throughout all the succeeding cen- turies they have remained steadfast aaniust wave after wet e of pereecution until this last storm ef hate and fame. Ue.sm has swept the greater part from their homes and has deetreyed at least a . millien-tWo-thirds of the entire "41.1alter.distan, a hill country north of the Tieris river, le the home of a brave, virile; largely illiterate aeries of tribes and 'lans known as the kurcls. They are the descendants of the Cardushi, who gave Xenopholiefind ha 10,0e0 so much difficulty on their way ,to tf t sea. ley are Moslem in re- ligion. hut they have retataed many Clemente of heathen woreldp. Buie of their teibee aro 'Yesdia or devil worshippers. They are home -loving., frugal, and capable *Of enduring great hardships. They practice strict mo- nogamy told their women occupy an equal plate with their ;nen in the frau - 11;., life, "The Ennis have furnished at least one great man to history, for Saladin, the daivalrous leade;.• of the Saracen hosts, the cOmposer of Itichard Coeur do Lion, N110.3 from this people. Paris Cable - The Peace Con- fereece Commission an x ,League of Natione, probably will hold Ito final 'eoesion on Apra 4, it was indleated to -flay. At that meeting the founda- t.i.ons of thn IV.aZue will be definitele annoy:aces-a Holloway's Corn Cure tekes th cern eclat by the roots. Try it and prove it. • AUSTRIAN STRIKE •Spreads, and Bread Rationt Must Be Cut. • Copenhagen cable: The strike in Austria was extended on Friday to the Northern Itailway, and as a conse. queue°, traffic between Vienna and tile outside world is almost at a ',standstill, according to Vienna dvices received here. It is saki that if the holding up of food trains continues to -day, the hread rations will be reduced by one-helr ev- erywhere next week. Reports received hero state that employees on the state marmite Wive else struck, hut add that negotiations between the Government and thil railroad melee uniotis continue. --a .- • Tht NORTA RUSSIA. rr. • •••*r. Allied Guns Busy—Posi- tions Strengthened. Wu* Arebangel, Friday, Cafe Alliea artillery Ivo active to -day In the vi. pinky of the aillage of Bolsheitt Oieree but the aloutly weather hindered the work of the avitora who were obeeav- Ina Ito ciliate of the eannonade, Itt ties meautime the Alliedeforeee hold- ing the road on bolh ;ides of the town • Were engaged la etrengthening their pocitiOno. a "Alesopotamia, upper and lower, vies with Egypt in claiming the honor tho being o home of ancient civiliza- tion. It. eomprisul the valleys of the Tigris end littpluates rivcra. Hero flourished the Chaidoup, Babylonian. and Assyrian claipires. The city of Bagdad, with all its glamour of inys- Isteieeysopettaanniaii.aale, le la the bead „or "This was the richest lead la the world, the granary of tile ancient; Yet, in opite of all that it has beela., It to -day Hes largely wade, the desert and have oncreecheil time the fer. tile fields, ettile the dogged canals have turned other pertains into awaMps and mantles, "Mat population there iti-ne more than one miltioneels of Arab ane the Arabic laaguage spolieR thretzglamt. There is, in fact, a very •dietinet (Wading line between the Arable awl the Turitistaspeaking Portiono of the Ottani= Empire. This boundary cOrrespendit with the line of the Bagdad Railway from taet Mecliter. 'lemon to the Persian Gait It is for the explication a this ride lend of . Mesopoterale that the famous Begdad itue was built, "Syria, the region estendiag from the Taume at:Jumble to Egypt and from the desert to 'the Great Sea,' needs no hieneli'leation. It is the land of the patratrehs and Prophets and apostle-'tho Holy Land,' Its population numbers about three and a half million, of Semitic Origia, speak. Ina the Arabic language, and yet with o many Taos intermingled through the centuries a the various conquests and occupationthat the people caa- not claim any race as their Own. Greek, Boman, and European Crusa- der have all blenaed with the ancient Semitic stock to produce the Syrians •of to -day, whom Lord Cromer, in his Memoirs, teemed. 'the cream of tlie East,' TKO TO TAKE BRITISH JUDGE Revolutionists' in. Egypt Raided a Court, British Officers Murdered On Train. rr.• London, March 30. ---(Reuter Dee spateha-Official communiques re- ferring to tho outbreak in the southern provinces of Rgyrit have been received from Cairo and say that a trairi froth. Luxor was attacked at Minich dn Match 15 and partially sacked. The bodies ef seven murdered British of - Deers were found, in theguard's van. A ceowd at Benisouef on March 15 invaded the comets during their sit- ting, drive . out the officials and tried to get hold of the British judge. Fail- ing in their objeot, the demonstraepra wrecked various Government °Maas and attacked Mudiria, but were event - Imlay driven back by a small body of Indian troops, On Mardi 18 some Brit- ish residents at Fayoam concentrated in three houses which had been put in a state of defence against the Be- douins who were looting the town. Next morning a train arrived from •Couth bringing ladies and officers re- turning from leave, laurther parties et Bedouins and others arrived on March 17 and 18, and lootifig con - Untied. The garrison was relieved en March 18, and the resident, except those electing to remain, were sent to Cairo. A large force of Bedouins at Medinet, itt leayourst, persistently attacked the garrison en March 19, but wore eventually driven off with four hundred casualties. The western Bedouin tribes have been warned that they must remain in their own localities and . will be punished if they move eastwards. A general warning has also been issued that if the railway line be damaged the neighboring village will be burned. ALLENBY WILL BE STERN, Cairo, Egypt, March 30. -General E. H. Allenby, the new commander- in-chief ia Egypt, told a gathering of Egyptian notables yesterday that he would be forced to employ ac- tive repression to restore order lu Egypte .Iie said it had been found hi/possible to restore order by • de- fensive measures. The polica of repression, the gen- eral admitted, would bring great suffering to the,people, and he ask- ed the Egyptians to devise measures to aehieve the desired results with a minimum of suffering. He concluded with this (aliphatic warning: "I in- tend to do my duty. It is 'for you to do yours." UKRAINIANS - SHELL LEMBERG Scores of Civilians Killed in . Bombardment. Negotiating for Armistice With Poles. ' • rails, March 30. --Lemberg was heav- ily shaeled by tho Ukrainians front Monday until Thursday morning, ac- cording to a Haves despatch from \Versate. Scores of alvilians were killed and hundreds wounded, St. George's cathedral and the Arelibish- .op's palace were badly damaged. READY TO MAKE PEACE. Berne, March 30. -The comMander cf the Ukrainian forces bee sent a message by witelerie tetegraahy to iihe Allied Uovernment +dating abet the Ukrainians are ready to enter fate negetiattens locking to a mention of hostilittee with the Poles on eondition that the Attlee set a line of demarta- tion itt aceordatice with tho present ;battle front, A high Ainerleati officer and his staff consequently have arriv- ed at Stanisiau, 70 milea south-east of Lemberg, to negotiate jointly with the members of the Aliied military mis- sion to Poland and the peoples Ukrain- ians at a eita ,south-west of Lemberg. HUNGARY FREES UKRAINIANS. Berne Cable The Huogaiaan Government lute reteaeed members of tbe Ukrainian mission arrested at !teletext...a' restored property bolonging to tho mission, valued et ono million crowns, and nutde en apology to almiogY te Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian pros bureau 'here, "RED" A.0.1.113LUS BARatElit. Loruliat Cable .- A apreelamation was issued last night prohibiting, ex- cept under license issued by the Treas- ury, the importation into Use 'United laineelem (if ali rouble note -.4 other than alive lemma by the financial depart. meta of the Provisional Government of North RUs:iia, at Archangel, • SHORT ITEMS Of THE DAY OrrrerrerrrirrIF irr•rr Geneva, Selected as ()facial Seat of the Le41441 'of Nations, LETTS OttEAT REPS AlUed Commander Deciares Fiume Tinder State 04,81#ger ; Orders from Tram -eland Roumania for farm implements have been re. ceived by Brantford illetOriesa The Montreal Herald hes appeared under new management and is to be independent of party politics, dereated to business interests. The commander °a the allIedetraeas has declared Fiume to be in a date of sloe% It is statej in a Paris despatch that Geneva has been definitely selected as the official seat of the League or Nations. • John Makeague, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, died suddenly at the town Pope Benedict has eet April 6 as the definite date for the canonleatton of Joan of Are, Col. Sacardeso has been ejiarged, saith the formation of a new Portuguese Cabinet. He is a. member or the De- mocratic party. Summer time in dm 'Itaited Kingdom began Sfinclay, Mardi 30. The clocks were advanapd one hour at 2 o'cleek In the morning+ . Major Barker, V. C., sails for Cana- da on a three -month's leave on April 15. He is stidrundea hospital treat- ment for his injured arm and. both legs. When shown a despatch that stated a general election would.be held in June.in New Brunswick, Preniter Fas- ter eaid: You may say for ene that the Goverainent atie ;net coaSidered the matter of a general electiata" Tim military pollee are holding RELY: mond Quinton, whose father is a well- known hotel proprietor in Sandwich West Township, on a charge .or being a, clesertee. • . • Ex -Emperor Cliarles of .A.ustria, who, with the ex -Empress, fled from Anstrta into Switzerland, is ill. The public has begun to agitate against Switzerland harboring royalties and thele suites when food is so scarce it has to be rationee. . Raoul Juillan, on trial before a French court-martial .cliargel with the murder oe Jean allures, the ,geeialist leader, on July 31, 1914, was acquitted this evening. Their $200,000, set esel buildhig pro- gramme for 1919 bloctied by Mayor C: 'R. Somervale's refusal to sanction the assurance of new debentures, mem- bers of -tem London Board of Educa- tion threaten to resign In ed 'reedy to bring the issue to a ehowdowila The city of St. Catharines was. eery - ed with a summons to attatal Division Court to defend a. claim feel $15 darn - ages to a residenttrousers ,adiased by barbed wire 'in front of the 'lawn at the residence of a city afield. .After a violent battle 'along. the Mitaa-Tukkum Railway, Lettish forces have defeated the Boisheviki and oc- cupied the towse, of Kammean. and Kainzem, a despatch from Libauesays. KaInzera is about 20 miles south-west of Riga. The Independent Socialists triumph- ed in the elections of the Berlin Work- men's and Soldiers' Council for the zecond congress of 'Workmen and Sol- diers' Councils by winning ninti seats to five for the Majority Soetalists and two for the Democrats: Minister of Defence Wise, 'ea' Aus- tralia, says -that under tb,e Defence Act employers refusing 'to relastate returned. soldiers are liable to, a fine of a 500, which the court may Greer to be paid to the employee not reinstat- ed. The British' Minter of 011110 and the Chilean Foreign Ministet aigned an arbitration teeato. It provides for the establishment of a peace dements- a sten to solve difficulties which; may arise between Chile and Great Britain and which bonnet be adjusted through diplomatio channelse.: • ei- That engineering scouts of thelltoyal Dutch Shell oil Co., whielt, it is re- ported, will be largely 'bought up by the British Government, have been looking over the Alberta oil fields with the view of developing any Pao - inking headings, is the rumor current. Additional German liners and: .othor large adman stetamefe, all sailing un- der the armistice flag, 'awe arrived off Deal during the week -end te be placed under Entente control. French pilots will navigate these, vessels IntO French ports. Most of them are to be taken to Havre. 0** SINN FEINIRS ESCAPE PRION Twenty Get Out of Mount Used Rope Ladders to Scale the Walls. rrror .4,roiegrinirr Dublin, March 30. ---Twenty Shin Feta prisoners, ineltiding J. J. Walsh, atom- bor of the Ilrltish Rouse of Commons, escaped to -day from Itionnt JOY SOIL Th0 Men uSed rone to clamber - over the walls. The priaotters were exereleing at about ,,o"elieek this afternooli when some a them turned on the warders and held them down while the ethers were arranging a rope ladder over the thirty-foet The Drat thing the oat:side public noticed was Um Mtn sliding down a rape from the Ian Wall to tile eaten.' lineal, People quickly eolleeted and helped the titititivess by 'Wilding the rope down 'which 'they were aliding As the military ,.(terd rarne to the aid ot the warders the escap-ed nrisoners dashed in -various dIrettions. e,