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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1919-08-21, Page 7'4qat MUST NOT STRIP HUNGARY, T. OR FIX REPARATION SUM Allied Supreme Council Is Explicit in Its Latest Reply to Roumania. Distribution of All Material Also Rests With the Entente There. Paris Cable - Roumauia will not. be permitted to strip Hungary, accord- ing to the draft of tae Supreme Comte elais reply to the Net taste from Bach - mesa which was corapleted at to -day's meeting cif the Council, The Buch- Arcata Government is Wormed that the fixing of the amount of reparation to be made by Hungany, as well as its! distribution, is a matter under centre' of the Allied and associated powers. and that until final decision is reached, all war, railway and agricul- tural material now In Hungary and !Mated to distribution will be under the common administration ofthe Allied powers, The text of the reply follows: "The peace conferences without re- l'artina to a certain number of points veniele call for correction, on its part Metes with satisfaction tbe 'Rouman- ian declaraticee that It intends, to Week a agreement with the policy as: an indication that Roumania, as . State participating in the conference. ea ea' !esammunicated through the mnitarY •ratession delegates to Budapest by the Onnreme Council. : '.'Directions sent three times by the 'eanference to the mission of Allied • st , at, xplicitly and in ggerals, and communicated to Buch- • have defined e detail the present policies of the Allied penvers toward Hungary, the disc./ma- n* Of Hungarian troops the main- tenance of order with the steeliest Pcnsible number of foreign etroops; the reanctualling of Hungary and the ab- stqation from all ineerference in the internal politics of ;Hungary, preserv- in, for that country a free expressiost ef " 0tthe national will. , The Supreme Council insists on the 'fact. that:final recovery of war, rail - Way or agricultural material or, of, cattle', etc,, gannet occur at naesent. According to the principles of the !We Conference, acceptedby all AIN Allies and applied in particalaa•in the treaty of peace with Germany; it is the Hata of the assembly of the. Allied and associated pewers alone to i1 taie re- paration to be made by Hungary, and determine Up0a Ito distribunon lunong interested states. Neither the Rou- manian army or the Roumanian!Gov- rnment has the •right itielf no fix fr. Roumania's share, assets of all Ulnas belonging to Hungary being a pledge hele by the Allied powers in commosi." Delivery of the Roumanian note, In which the Buelearest Clovernment claimed that the Roumanians in con- fiscating property in Hungary were "merely gotta% back their own proe perty," and iusisted that the armistice onalovember, 1918, "no louger exists," was delayed, according to a statement ramie by the Roumanian delegation. to 'day, because of its great length and the difficulty experienced in deciding its The Roumanian delegates taaelar- ed that they wished it to be under- stood that no ameadments to the note were added following its arrival here, NOT BACKING ARCIBMIKE. !Paris, Friday Cable - A forme1. dealal that the Roumanian Govern- ment favored the advent to power in Hungary orArchduke Jotseph was ie - sued to -day by the Roumanian Press Bureal. The !statement old in part: "The Archduke's alolent hostility toward the Roumanians is very well known. As commander of the Austen - Hungarian, troops in Transylvania, he permitted the soldiers to conanit atro- cities on the Roumanian population. When there was talk of deposing King Ferdinand the Archduke was • liee Principal Austrian candidate for the Remnant= throne." JUGOsSLANS ALSO OPPOSE. Paris Cable -(By the Associated Press), -The augoaSlay delegation here has issued a note elaborating its anessage to the Peace Conference pro- testing epeeist the, recognition of the regime of Archduke Joseph, the new head of the Hungarian Government. The note describes the • Archduke and his nupporters as "Magyar Qbau- esiniets," and declares that hie Orals:- tration would be a restoration of Hapsburg authorite,endangering Jugo-Slavits, and other' siatiope freed from .A.ustro-Hungarian donshintien. It recalls the fact that the Hapiliures "provoked the war in 1914 aes an un- just attack on Serbia," appeals for the entire dlearmameat of the Meg- yars, and asks that elections. for the Hungarian national wesembly be •lield under Allied control. - Germany Won't Recall Gen.• Von der Go it' , • Berlin Cable — (By the- Associated Press) -7 -The Aarellnan,Government has rejected the demand of -4Ehe Allies for ,the recall of General von der Goltz, com- lnander-in-chief Of German forces in the Baltic pro-', vinces. • Germany, in its Rote refusing the Allied demand to •recall General von der Gratz, the German commander in the Baltic, denies the charge that the German evacua- tion of Letvia has been delayed burposely, and says thai it has been proceedIng iii accordance with the plan ar- ranged at a conference between the German commander and the British ,General Gough, the Allied commander, on July 19. Germany, the not adds, cannot meet any demands - going beyond article XII. of the armistice. The demand for the recall of General von der Goltz, it is asserted, is an encroachment on the authority of 'Germany, which re- serves the right to rf,call the general when the evacua- tion of Letvia is sufficiently advanced. The note adds that great bitterness has been caused among the German Volunteers in the Baltic region by the failure of the Ullman Government in Letvia to grant Lettish soldiers citizen' ship to thosewho desire it. The German Government warns the Allies against increasing the .present possibilities of friction in Letvia by an over -hasty withdrawal of the .German trobps. onriit-oro-v•-qpire- • Ir•rwirirw-Irw,0 I - orensic Wit Humor eseere+440.41steasla*.ina++4-easeteee-aaa ' Lawyers. with sheepskins as yet *Metaled by time, are inclined to in- dulge be spread-Cagleism, It takes it bard -headed judge to squelch nen outburste, and then the crestfallen anvocate is In a bad way. , In a recent ease the attorrieys for the proeecution and defence had been allowed 15 minutes each for argument. The attorney for the defenceewho eisi- dently had been studying the "halide' guide book for orators'," had corn-- Mesteed hisatrgument with an allusion to the old farm. Ile told of the ties of home, the rellhig meadoene with their Wealth of semeittla and of gola, Of the pastures and the cattle stand - lag in the tsumraer pool, the twilight .ekorustrt Of the" tree-toada Mingling with the hytun of harvest home, of 'the old swimming pool where, as boye, the ereretal water— In the nada of it Ito was inter - tanked by the drawling voice of the atedge. "thane Oat, Chauncey," he galas Noest put On yeittr elethea Your 15 'Minutes are up." NO TIME roa nnwrornc. This is ettlegestiste Of a Winner Inen. dant that happened In Lancaster, county sante these MCO. "May it paeseas the eourt," said tt: Intakee lawyer, before a Pennsyleanite, Melt jraatiese wives prestded, "this le a easts egaestet, leettentenesseree -Visate tke Amereetsas eagle, whose eleopless eye Watches over the 'welfare of title sentikess_taisiseee ....morp•••••••••••••••••• mighty Republic and whose wings extend from the Allegheniess to the rocky chain of the 'West, was rejoic- ing in his pride of place— . "Sthop dare! 1 futy vot has dis suit to do mit do eagles? Dis has notin' to do mit de wild bird. It Is von sheep," exclaimed the judge, "True, your honor, but ray client has right." "Your gliant has no right to de eagle." "Of course not; but the laws of langas.ge--" "What do I eare for de laws of lan- guage, eh? I understand do laws of de State, and dat is enough for me. Confind your talk to de case." "Well, these, ray client, the defend- ant in this ease, is charged with steal- ing a sheep, and ---e" "Dat yin do! Dat VIII do! Your gliant charge mit etheallhg a sheep, just niste shillina De court vill ad - Pura." TIIE EFFECT Or PRAYER, In Little Rook, Ark., there used to be Avery powerful trial lawyer, whose name was Murphy. He was well loved in Arkansas because of his abhor and because of hits eteentrica ties. He was a power before a Juan On one °mai= in the trial of A case before a airy In a misonnotic dietrict of Arkansas, the justice was clearly spinet him in his rulings and Would take no cognizance en the ittest as Marpley read it to hint, Murphy wearied of this after a while, to he moon and deliberately picked tip the law books and flung them, one by One, out the open Window. "If ister doten't go here, weal try something elee," maid he. Thereupon • lee tanned to the jury, as* in a quiet volee "Int us kneel in prayer." • titirPhY got deseall on hill kne00, 40 did tbe "%rye Arta the alidge, atter hellitetIng a while, follewea sUlt. In a Ana Moment!! eVeryboay was On him knee°, and then altsrPan Made the Most eloquent prayer that probably was ever heard in Arltansaa. Need - thee to say, he won UN case. On another 'weenie:1 a young law- yer, opposed to MstrpitY, was. demon - Orating las knowledge befere att Ar- kansas jury, but the classics availen • but little when Maltby arose in re- ply. "Gentlemen of the jury, the young lawyer who just addressed you has roamed, witb. Itemolue, canted with Cantarides, ripped with Euripides, socked evith Socrates, but what cl,Otse he know about the laws of Arleen - sae?" MIXED IN HIS ANATOMY. During a criminal prosecution itt a craniaal court in New Jersey, Couns Beier Archibald, for the defence, was questioning a pollee officer, who testi- fied that he had fonnd the complain- ant lying in the gutter, badly hurt: "Now, officer," asked the counsel, "how badly was he hurt?" "Well," replied the witness, "I examined aim, and on his etoraach t found a severe scalp wound." During the trial of a suit setae tirae ago for damages growing out of the destruction of a building, due to the explosion of steam boiler, there was put on the witness atand a quaint old chap who had been employed as v. watt -inn= in the said building. When he had been sworn to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, and cau- tioned not to repeat aearsay, and told that his personal experience was the only testimony that would answer the law, the old chap shifted his tobacco end and looked very wise. "And now," proceeded examining counsel, "tell us what You known about this exploeion." "Well, sir," eaid the old chap, "1 taking a bit of a snooze in a chair when I hears a noise like an earth- quake, and the nurse says; "Sit up and' take this.' " Near Jamestown, N. Y., Mr, Olsen had a cow killed ay a railroad train. In clue season the claim agent of the railroad called. "We understand, of course, that the deceased was a very docile and valu- able animal," said the claim agent, in his most persuasive claim -agent -like manner, and we sympathize with you tied your family in y,our loss. But, Mr. Olen, you muat remember this: Your cow had no business being upon our tracks. Those tracks are our private property, and when she invaded them she became a treseasser. Technically speaking, you, as her owner, became a trespasser also. But we have no de- sire to carry the issue into court, and possibly give you trouble, Now, then, what would you regard as a fair set- tlement between you and the rail- road company?" "Vail," said Mr. Olsen, slowly, "Ay bane poor Sweee farmer, but Ay shall give you $2." Down in Maryland Rastas oat through the trial without paying a bit of attention to the arguments of the prosecuting attorney, or to his own defence, for that matter, and was "miles away," so to ;speak. The judge wanted to be easy on the old man, for it was his first offence, and dur- ing the courae of the argument, while the old man was dreaming away, un- mindful of what was going on around him, the judge asked: "Rastue, do you drink?" Restive tmenediately was all atten- tion: "Judge," said he, "can I ax you is dat an inquiry or an invitation?" Another pop -eyed negro on the witness stand had been content dur- ing his examination in chief to ans- wer "Yes" or "No" to all questions. but a controvero now arose between his lawyer and the lawyer for the other side. Wide -eared, he listened while they hurled long, jaw-brealting words and impressive -sounding Latin phrases back and forth between them. The opposing counsel turned on him suddenly. "Gabe," he demanded, "yeu have followed carefully this intricate dis- cussion touching on the various as- pects of medical Jurisprudence involv- ed in the issue we have leers before us for adjudication, and in view of that I now desire to know whether you do or do not find your evidence still coincides with the theory ad- vanced by my learned brother?" The witness cast a triumphant side glance at his own attorney. Thee he puffed out hie lips and his cheat. "Most doubtless!" he answered. -William McMahon, in Philadelphia Record. NEW REGIME FOR SCHELDT Belgians Ask Change in Treaty of 1839. ,Dutch Firm for the Old Boundaries. :Palle Cable -The Belgian dele- gates have finished the presentation of their case before the commission which is considering Belgium's' ee- ullends for a revision of the treater of 1839. The Dutch representatives are to be heard on the subSect August 20. In the meantime the commission will take a recess. Although nothing has transpired thus far concerning possible conees- dons by either Belgium or Holland, It ean be said on good authority thte the Eelg!arts still are firm en tneir demands for a new reglme for '.Ite Scheldt River, and are Hatay to re- main firm on that point, twin it later they may be dispesed to raedify their toritorial demands. The Dutch view is und :retina to be =chat gel regarding the Scheldt, which they are willing to free for navigation in time of pettee. only. They theist that they taenot tole - alder any revision of V13 treaty' in- volving modification af territorial boundaries. The final Maas probabla will mine • With the Belgians stoutly maintain- ing their demand for the opening of the Scheldt and the lautee, refusing . any eession of territory. A comero- mists between these two viewpoints, however', is totasidered probable, --4-sesee WHAT NEXT? Inaulaitine Old leadyeasand What de You cafl that? laan: Witts Glatt --434 careful, Meal; that is a hair trigger. • Inquisitive Old Lady -Mow wonder. • asell Wilk Of Oneisilast Part of a fires MTh out of human Mir! What will they get up next? SHILULAHS ARE FLYING IN THE "DISTHRESSFIJL MIL Nationalists and Sinn Fein. ers Fight at Londonderry, and in Counties Down and Tyrone. Londoadero Cable - The eoldiere used in suppressing riots between Nationalidts and -Unionists in Lon- donderry last night and early to -day were withdrawn flame the scene at the disorder at 4 o'clocn this morn- ing. numieer of rietere were aseured during °barges be' the police and son (A. P. Special Cable.) diers. A• police inspector was nnocit- ed down and kicked severely during a baton caarge. Londonderry, Ireland, Aug, 16, - Rioting and looting occurred N tale city during the past night and early this morning. Troops charged on mobs, but did not bre any shots, The soldiers, however, were met with a volley of stones when they attempted to break upaa Nationalist demonstra- tion, The manetary loses fro:u looting and from damage to property is esti- mated at thousands of minds by Police authorities. The trouble started when, National- ists ad fire to a large number of tar barrels which had been collected be- neath an Area:over which. was dis- played a pleture W Edward President fo, San tile `% fre !rl hug De vaiergi "9"Wilf and n on, sts fenstphoeuind!d by singing the National A One force of troops kept the crowds apart, while other deteclunents at- tempted to clear the streets, charniag upon the throngs repeatedly. Bricks and stones were hurled et the charging troops, one soldier being !severely hurt, The Nationellsts Were finally drivers back to their own guar - shops were looted by the crowds, and teiaWindows were smaehed and the city was in darkness the entire night. More rioting is feared to- night.. Although several revolver shots were Iteard, during the rioting, no reports of anyone having been in - Jared were received. The troops de- clare that none of thera flred any shots, and that when they drove bis.ele the crowds they advanced with their bayonets raised Nettie air. Belfast, Aug. 16. -Ten Nationalist excursionfits were injured during a fight Friday with Orangemen at Lis- burn, County Down, Serious rioting Talysroonoe.ccurred at Coal Island, COueny The trouble at Lisburn took place after the Nationalists had attended a "Lady Day" celebration at Louta. In the riot at Coal Island Beveral policemen and 'unitary officers' were Waxed severely. Soldier Lind I* ;lation in English Speokind Countries The • salient •features in connection with theanoldiey land settleraent legis - lotion ha English-speaking countries are outlined below. GREAT BRITAIN. The 'nether country proposes to make Mailable certain tracts of farm land, and the Board of Agriculture hes beTh empowered to spend no!), oo,octo 1 settling returned soldiers. The board has authority to pureluthe 60,000 acaes ia England and 20,000 acres In Scotlaaa. Pour small colonies totalling'6,000 aloes have been estab- lisbed. ease •settlement is followings largely tad plan or colouies divided into smallfarms with a central de- monstration three, which will supply instructots for the settlers na the Nen ony, and...Where implements for work- ing the landewill be available. An eduenticanal qualification is ex- acted. The .British scheme is designed to settle -nil ranks, providing they are os. eultabN educational promise. Allowance %mounting to $725 a year are'proviaea .for residential training Wita experienced farmers. 4. man wao has beeu 'a fife -long agriculturalist 'is required'. to put itt at least one season in this way en probation before' the board will setale him in a colony. • A longer period for less experienced turners Is prbvided. The Wan' does net contemplate ex- tensive efedit to the occupiers of land in soldier colonies. A co-operative credit bank isto be established In partnership with the state, and will extend caedit for the purchase of stock and equipment. It ntaas Le remarked that the difti- mite over subdivision of estates in the United .Kingdom will make this colony leantifficult to, put into opera, ti ms. AUSTRALIA. • The Commonwealth of Australia grants no free land, at leases its crown lands Mid as Well acquires privately - owned lands, and leases them to sol- dier settlers at a small annual rental. Advanees up to a maximum 'of $2,500 are made to settlers. There is sent() discussion now as to the ade- quacy of this amount, and it is likely to be raised to $2,750. Loans for per- manent improvements extend over a5 years; leans for stock and equipment from three to six years. The general line of policy adopted by the Com- monwealth may be aummarized in the renewing terms: "The land will not be given awase, but will be made avail- able on easy terms. Every acre of land will evensually have to be bought and every sum aavanted• to effect im- provements...or to lse ueed as working capital will have to be repaid. The idea is not to start off as land prot prietors, but to provide the Meting Sag earning it cosnfertable living and nit!. niately, owning a farm." Tt should be stated that the states turnieh the land and the Commonwealth loans the money to the Mateo, to be in turn loaned to the soldiers. As 111,'Cautula4 each applicant is re- quired teaemonssrate hi fitness and alai:rain for faun tnd those who require .fuither Wining will be given thN training Mins established in the different suttee, and allowances will be paid for stretenance during the perioll et 'Ts:r,ing. .11 its estimated that the sum oi • $200,000;000 will to requited for the establishment of soldier settlers in Australia. There are several feints' of land t611- 11re. 111 New South WaleseSouth Aus- tralia and Queensland no freehold • title is riven. Tlse settler pays a rental or about lat pee cenit of the value ot the land tan receives,. a per- petual lease, 'which Is inheritance. At periods varying from 10 to 35 years the laud is revalued. The soldier set- tlement policy of the Counnottwealth and of the States is a modification of the general settlement polio which has been in active operation there for many years. UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA, There is n special provision by Government authority in South Africa tor soldier settlers as detainee from 'civilian settler*. Under the Land Settlement Act of 1919. amended by the Act Of 1917, Crown land Is made mailable for Bettlefs in South Africa, tnd leiNed utatallY for fine Years% with an option of purchasing at the price fixed When the lease is made. No rent is payable during the find year, 2 per eta. of the vela(' of the land for the aecond and third years, 314 per eent. the fourth and 'fifth years. • If the lease is renewed at the end of five yeare, 4 per ceht. per 111111Ura is charged as rent, The purelmee Vita of the holding nuta be paid at alta tints pre/Ming that all renditions of tlx Nese have beent eomplied with; but, notwithstanding each mamma the settler is not =titled to obtain transfer of his holding into kiss name =ell atter * period of tem years front the coMMencentent of tap Issases. Settlers holding leases may Obtain assistance in tae way of an advance of• *1250 for stock, implements' and other equipments. These ;advances aie repayable' within five years, in. • terest being at the rate ot 414 per cent. To successful applicants, with- out mental, monthly advances not ex- ceeding $25 for purchasing food -stuffs • and other necessaries pend4ng the reaping of a crop, are provided by the Government, Provision is 'made ear the purchase of private lana selaoted by the settler u,p to $7,600, ,the. settler pay-ing 'onee fifth of the parphalfe price. • The cost of the transfer is borne by the settler, and interest at the Tette olae per cent. is charged. ;Repayments are sereed over 18 years in equal aalf-yearly pay- ments, the first payment being due at the commencemene.of the third year. In Southern Rhodesia the nritish South Africa co:,..puers 500,000 acres free to returnedenoldiers and sailors. The holdings, depending on, the fer- tility of the soil and local conditions, average between, 1000 Mal 2,000 acres, It 48 necessary thet the settler should be equipped with capital of not less • than t15,000 ftt addition to sufficient money to maintain his family, iintil his land is produoing. Leading farm- ers have expreseted a willingness to take soldief settlers as pupils me pay- ment by the applicant of $25 a month for board and lodging. No wages are paid. It is .provided that the applicants must be British subjects of European deseent from overseas, men who were not at the outbreak of the war domi- ciled N South Africa. This pence* is with •a *View to bringing in settlers from Britain and not to settle the soldiers of the colony. • 'UNITED STATES The Amerthan Republic is making provision for the reclamation of large areas of swamp Nada: 1teturne0 sol- • diers will be even employment oti these recthmatian schemes, and will • be allowed to select :farms on Which • they desire to settle. • The Government proposes, -with the aid of the wittier laborer, to ereate farms, build heases, barna and fenees• and get the land unaer cultivation. Up to date, howener, only preliminary survey work has be= done, and be- fore she dart develop adequate schemes, it -Will be necessary for Congress to Pato enabling legNiation. The aoldier settler will be eleargea 4 per cent. in- tereat on the actual cost of the farm and for stock ana eqaipment the pay- ments will be spread over a long term. • NEW ZEALAND. Land foe slisebetegata seldlere is divided into two Messes: (a) For general farming and Sheep e runs. (b) Small holdings near cities and towns for disabled soldiers. The Discharged •Soldier "'Settle- ment Act, 1915, empewered the Gov- ernor -in -Council to set apart mem ef !Crown land for the purposes of the Act, and in the new Act of 1916 the Government is empowered to compul- sory purehase land required for sol- dier settlers!. Finanelal assistance to the soldier settler may take the form of clearing, fencing, draining, erecting buildinge, purchase of implements, stock, seeds, plants, trees, and other farm equip- ment. The new settlers get the land at cost and finaneial assistance to equip is given to those requiring it up to $2,500, in most eases, but in spenial•cases $3,750. Lends leased. Or sold to discharged Boldiers are not traneferable pntil ten years after lease or sale. Five per cent. intros° is charged. advances for improYement are made up to seventy.flae per tent, et the value of the work done, - es • • CARNEGIE WAS DIFFERENT. (Philesdelphia Record.) The public generally Wraps together Carnegie, Rocketeller, Morgan and Astor, without thinking of the differ- ent ways they Made their money or the difference in their relations to tso- clay. Their wealth Was the only point ite cotronon, The Astors have been little more than rent chargers on the eity Of Nees York. They bay° made Only the =tallest contribution to the growth, and eottunercial prosperity of the me.- ropolis, but as fast as other people am these things they Marked up thesr rents and raked in the unearned In- erernent. Morgan made his torture in legitinutte banking. He was not it speculator, And be did not back speculators. On snore than one we.- sion the money he put into Wali, Street prevented or allayed a amide. linhike pretent and recent Asters ana„ Morgans, -Carnegie and Ratite - feller made tbeir own forturna. They began poor. They purottied veal alt - Went MOWS, The Reeketeller MCI* Wee to oombino competinic ammo and WW1 0=4'01 Pomo oleo, 0040$16111 1310tbod was to COIXIbtfla 010 non -001311)0114 MOM. ferMiag a !mices from the Ore and fuel to the complete product, and. reduee • Coate and neep hlraself 111 a paean= wbere he could, Undersell anybody and force the fighting all the tined. In- • stead of suppressing competition, he was always creating it. In the darkest time alter the panie of 1803, when the iron businese was as dead as a door nail, be built the • two biggest blast furnaces in the coun- try, at an expense of more than a • lion dollars eacb because they could • Preduee Pig iron a dollar a ton Cheap- ceorutihda. 11„ wbthe eSnaltablelesr teeelaRtianigt Pfuoornlaucnes_ • dertoole to maintaiu a fletious Klee for rails .Carnegie broke the pool by Cutting the price, and before the fight ended he staid he had net cut prices as MU= as he could; he could sell rails at $12 a ton without losing money. He began building mach the largest steel beam mill in the world for the Purpose of underselling the Steel Bann Pool. This alarmed the enter ateel interests, and It was felt necessary to Put a ring in Ins nose or get aim out et the business!. He had already built a railroad freers Lake Erie to his steel works to bring ere and carry back iron and steel, so that he could reduce coats and undersell his com- petitors, He neede arrangements to extend this road to the Delaware River, and the Pennsylvania Railroad • became as much interested as the steel interests in getting rid of Andrew Carnegie, who was described as a "disturbing element," • While Morgan did not back specue lation he dNapproved of cempetition • and price -cutting, and was ready to finance any sort of a combination. He helped -at great profit to himself -the Erie Railroad to acquire a large • coal company which was on the point of uniting with other independents to build a railroad to Kingston on the Hudson and escape the thraldom of the anthracite combination. When, • She corn crop was very poor and come • petition for cargoes was driving down ocean freights Morgan formed the In- ternational Mercantile Marine. So when Carnegie eves getting ready to break the Steel Beam Pool and parallel the Pennsylvania,Rallroad, Morgan or- • ganized the.United States teel Cor- poration. Carnegie refused to join it because he was temperamentally op- posed to combines. But the "disturb- ing element" had to be got rid of, and Carnegie was bought out at about twice the price at which he had a Year before given Frick and his asso- ciates an option, which fell threugh, Since then Ms...Carnegie bas devot- 'ad himself to philanthropy, founding libraries, endowing the Carnegie In- stitute, building Peace Palaces and printing pacifist literature, giving gifts to Scotland,- and thoroughly en- joying himself, ,and the indibitable jeering himselanand the indubitable 283-4 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE Is Preliminary Estimate of Canada's Fall Wheat. Hay and Clover Will Make • a Record., • Ottawa Despatch -The prelimindry estimate of tne yield per acre of fan wheat for Canada is 28 3-4 bushels, as compared with 19 bushels last year and with 22 1-2 bushels, the decennial average for the years 1909-191e The yield per acre far 1919 is the highest average on record, the previous re- cord being 28 1-2 bushels in 1915. Up- • on the harvested area of 797,750 acres, the total yield Is 22,875,800 bushels, as compared with 7,942,800 bushels last year and with 29,320,600 bushels, the record fall wheat yield of 1915. In Ontario, where the bulk of the fall wheat crop is produced, the total yield for 1910 is 21,762,000 bushels from t44,000 acres, an e.verege yield per acre of 29 1-4 bushels. Last year the Ontario yield was only 7,054,800 bush- els from 362,616 acres, an average per acre of 19 1-4 taishels. The total yield of hay and clover in Canada is estimated at 17,408,800 tons from 10,662,870 acres, an average per acre of 163 tons. The total yield is the highest on record and compares with last year's record yield of 14,- 772,300 tons. Of alfalfa, the total yield is 290,300 tons as against 446,- 400 tons last year. In consequence of continued drought the •condition of grain crops in Sas- katchewan and Alberta at the end of July was worse her from 8 to 10 pointe than at the end of aune. Thus the condition of wheat in Saskatchewan on July 31 was 7g per cent. of the decennial average, as against 91 per cent. on June 30, In Alberta the July Percentage for wheat was 70 as aim - pared with 80 in June. In Manitoba epring wheat, owing to a general out- break of rust has •deteriorated by eight points, eo that the condition is expressed by 92 per ceht. or 8 below average, as compared With 100, or the promise of an average yield a month ago. In the Maritime Provinces condi- tions continue favorable, the percent- age for wheat being 103 in Prince Edward Island, 101 in Nova Scotia, and 96 in New Brunswiek. In Quebec the conditiots of a month ago has been Maintained or even Unproved, wheat being 98 for both months, and oats being 102 for July, as against 99 for June. It. Ontario spring wheat is 95 in July ae.againet 87 in June and oats are 80 as against 85. 4, Old Mothar Hubbard, - Do you know who she was? SOntebody has been looking her up. And now We are told all about her., It !seems that her 'home was in Kit - - ley, Devonshire, England, "Old Mother Hubbard" was the house -keeper itt ti private home there The poem "Old Mother Hubbard" Was written over a century ago -in 180. The auther of it Wes rifles Sara Catharine Martin, who wrote Other verses abont Mother Ilubberd. There were 14 Versos and sketches In al: which Miss Martin called "Cenile Adventuress of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog," and Which she illustrated by aketehes :showing at the eloee the happy dog and hie dog bride. She-ensould you cheerfully walk ten milers for the 'sake of seeing me? llee- lasr-arelle-of course, love. She I'm No glad becauele I have just heard your lava ear gen-Edinburgh Seetemast. DRIFTS SIX MONTHS ON AN ICE FLOE du, Stefansson's Second in Com- mand }las Arrived at Edmonton, , Si.101114: ITEMS • OF THE NM • OF Tilk DAY British Monitors and Patrol Boats at Budapest to Guard Shipping. KEEiiAN LAND MYTH • LIONNING VICTIMS No 'Permanent Currents Ex- ist in the Arctic Sea, is Report. • Edmonton, Alta., Despatch - Bix montlse adrift on an ice floe in the anal% Sea, cut off from all civiliza- tion by miles as aeep water-suca was the experience . of Stoker T. Storkersen, -whet arrived in this city Net night from the great Northern wastes, Obeervations of great scien- tific *value were setae° while the party wason the ica floe, but thcee will not be fully discusseduntil atorkeraen • meets hie chief, Yilhjalmur Stefans- eon, in 'Banff next Saturday and pre- pares hie fall report, Stefaneson was taken ill at the last moment, and Storkersen, being sec- ond in command, was forced to take command of the party and emceed witheut the other ettplorer. So, in the =ring of 1918, after all preliminary arrangemente had been made, he set out. from Boder Island on March 15 with 13 men, 80 doge and eight Weds. The objeet before the daring little Party was to ether ter one year if pas- sible on an ice floe and drift during this time, They wished to determine the currenta_if any, in Beaufort Sea, to eake soundingend to discover any new land that might not have been sighted before, • - Four months after the party went adrift on the floe, ntorkersen wae taken ill with asthma, brought on by the extreme cold, and it was decided to return to shore, The rest of the party then being at latitude 74, longtitude 147 W., etarted again for the American 0ontleent and arrived at Cape Halkett on Nov. 7. Front Cape Halkett they. proceeded to Boder Is- land, where they fell in with Captain Anderson, from whom they got sup- plies for thewinter of 1919. The trip eras absolutely the first of its kind. No other living man has ever deliber- ately set himaelf adrift on an ice floe for scientific'. punpoees. Taking evert - thing into coneideration, • the journey • was most satnfactoey. NO fiERMANENT !OURRENTS. In the nisei -place it was found that there were no permanent cur- rents in the sea. The ice floe drift- ed with the wind and its course ap- peared to he determined by that agent alone. Owing to certaia phenomena ob- served by Mr. satorlsesen, he was in- clined to think that there was land to the north of the point reached. The reason for this supposition was .tlei fact that in stale six months the floe turned domPletely around. • The huge flee Wet seven miles in length and at lease fifteen miles in width, Seale, polar bears, ducks, gulls and land birele abounded on It, while ehrlinpe and small fish ap- peared to be the chief • food of the seals. KEENAN LAND A MYTH. Ats a result of the strange voyage, much important information was gleaned. Keenan Land, iwhiche was- suppoeed to be discovered by Cap- tain Keenan, was nound to be non- existent. At least there was no land on latitude 14 and between longtitude 140 W 52, which was where Keenan placed his find. In- stead of land was water from 500 metres to 4,500 metres deep. Mr. Storkersen strongly recom- mended the Governtnenta plan of commercializing the musk ox. THE fljTURE BRITISH ARMY Plans Indicated by War Secretary's Statement. :Composition of Defence Force., in 1920. London Oable-The statement of otWhnall tt1Sh thet e°iRhineChurchill, o Ministermwyouwould dfboee coafpaWt reducediaori; • to 5.000 men, has brought out some definite figures as to what Great Bri- tain intends to maintain in the way of a military establishment. According to authoritative informa- tion, the policy of the Government is to be rebuild the old pre-war volun- teer army, recruiting for which al - needy has reached 250,000. These men will be used to form 31 eavalry regi- ments, 264 batteries of artillery, and 154 battalions of infantry, which 'will constitute the defensive force of the British Empire at the beginning Of 1920. This latest decision regarding the re- duction of the army on the Rhine means that 170,000 men will return to England beaween this time and the end of October. The reasoh for !Inch a large reduction Iles in the fact that the work of eleaning up the devastat- ed regions of Frame and Belgium has •proceeded more rapidly than was exs peeted, and also that the offieials of the Allies are convinced that Germany intends to carry out the peace terms in good faith. British and American officiate who made it tour of the German arsenels reeently found that the Germans were powerlesa to resume Vie War. Great Britain to -day has 100,000 soldiers guarding 400,000 interned German prisoners in Englettd. While the euthorities are =Antis to rept- triate these men it Would have the et - foot Of throwing large numbers of ser- vice men back into GerMany, With the aecOmpanying potential danger of giv- ing tins (Seaman Government an est- euse ter it alower demobilization to the figures of lite pelted term. Great Britain to -day ham 1,200,000 men under sums In various part ef the World. e - easeee • - A fawning, tmealting and flattering hypocrite that 'will do or he anything her his sewn adventage.---fltillirtistleet. A gog, in Cold -Storage 26 Years, round in De- troit Probe. • Mr. John Mills, Toronto, died as the resut of his being etruck by lightning during the electric storm ot Satateney evening, Mtrate DerliSell, of TOroUtO, nouni‘ed on Saturday Vast reckless Me- ter drivers could no longer expect to get off with fines, but would be giv- en a Jail term in every case of con- viction, manyllie, was killed by lightniag while lida psed. lighting the lamps Safarday night, in the St, Lawrence, near Pierre Is- land, when a' barge and a yacht eel - Thos. Hottra Harbormaster at Bo -w- annest Pratte, of Sorel, was drowned TaYor, a farsner, of Wiarton, w nominated Saturday to join 11, F. O. and labor candidate for North Grey Guelph Junction Railway, the city's municipal road, has yielded a 12 per cent. dividend for the quarter, or $20, - Cholera is raging in mans:parte of China. Shanghai, Dairen and Tien Tsin have become infected, and there are numerous deaths. Brig. -Gen. A. E. Ross, M. P, P., are rived at Kingston from enemas. • The Australian Labor party bas ex - pelted everyone who participates in forming the new extremist Australian Socialist perty. • The rice situation at Amoy, China, is serious. It is estimated that leda than a fortnight's supply is available. It was announced at Lisbon that 21 German ehips now in English ports will be handed Over to Portugal. A fine bag, frozen hard, which has been in cold -storage for twenty-six Years, was one of the finds of a Fed- eral investigator in his search througla the plant of the Detroit Refrigerating Company Saturday. The body of Melville Young, who was drowned three weeks ago az Tor- onto harbor, was found at Port Credit In the Credit River at a point near the brickyards. A strike ef, French weitresses called upon to serve.German brides at the Y. W. C. A. hostess house in Paris, is an- nounced in the latest foreign news :re- ceived by the War Work Council of the United States Y. W. 0, A. " Former Emperor Williams who has been -living at Amerogen since his ar- rival in Holland, has purchased ehe estate and house of Doorn at the vil- lage of Utrecht, according to the Dag- biadh Te Italian Cabinet, the Poole Ro- mano says, has decided not to levy a Sax on inheritances at this time. In- stead the`Go,aernment will force weal- thy persons to grant leans to the Gov- erilment at a very low rate of bete -est. Several British monitors and two patrol boats have arrived at Budapest, Hungary, to guard Danube shipping, the crews being joyfully greeted by the population. Jame% A. Robb, M. P., Chief Liberal Whip, and member for Huntingdon, was married at Vancouver • Sattintay morning to Mrs. Mary Elizabeth We - tie, of Valleyfield, Que., formerly of Maple Bay, Vancouver Island, William Gardener, of Burnham- thorpe, was killed and his wife ren- dered unconscious, by a stroke of lightning that tame down through the chimney of his house during the storm of Saturday night, • King Alfonso signed tlee law auth- orizing adhesion by Spain to the 'aase- enant of tlee League of Nations com- prised in the treaty of Vereetillea, that part of the treaty paling with the organization of labor also being as- cepted by Spain. An amefulment to the •Comae:M.- wealth Immigration Act lute beeinin- troduced in the Australian. House of Representatives, providing that no per- sons.of fanner enema parentage or na- tionality shell be admitted to the Com- monwealth for five years, Presideht Ebert will take the oath under the hew eonstitutinn before the German National Asserably on Aug- ast 20th. Ile has withdrawn the de- cree which designates the Assembly see the "Reichstag" in' deference to Pro- tests from the Assembly. James de Rothchild, eldest on of Baron Edmond de Rothchild, was struck in the eye by a golf ball while playing over the links at Deauville. nattnee, uccoraing te Le acetrnal. Rio eye glasses were broken and it is be- lieved he will lose the use of the eye. An American caplthlist, the Inrench newspapers say, has offered to give the French Government an annual royalty a 1,000,000,000 franCS fOr the tobacto monopoly. Although this offer was 200,000,000 francs above the Menopoly, the Military Finance re - of returns to*,..b......_the ;GovernMnt from the fused it. LABOR'S ME1VIORTAL. British Party's Wise Plan for London. London Cable - (lleuter).--Great efforts are being Made 111 onftection with the memorial to freedom and eteate which the National Labor Party propose% -to erect in London in eornmenioratioa. of the killed, wound- ed and incapacitated eoldiers. Cir- culton are being issued to tradess an- tennas everywhere throughout the Brinell Nies, urging early attention to this matter, ill view of the thet that the enterprise is propoeed to Create worthy headquartere for labor, vehteh will provides suitable conference and office accommodation; a well -stocked library, eke It la hoped to begin build. Ng °Dateline early next year. When some Denote express a vilth it never °entre to them that they might prepay the expreesenne