The Clinton News Record, 1919-2-13, Page 3PROVISIONS OF LEAGUE QF NATIONS
ICLDI COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
Sexiei4 of Penalties Against Nations Provolcing War -Limitation
ration
Qk Armaments - ,Permanent Committee of Conciliation --
Secret Treaties Not Allowed.
Trent vides tar compulsory arlsitre
'tion:in all disputes without exception;
tine Imni•tation of armaanenta and a
series of peuallbi'ee against- nations
provoking war, and a detailed playa
;nee is made for the organization of
a Society of Nations, to which all
countries giving guaa+anteos of loyal
intention's are admitted,
The text of the provisions follow:
"FIRSTLY -To submit all disputes
arising between themselves to me-
thods of peaceful settlement,
"SECONDLY -To .'prevent of sup -
Press joilitly by the use of all =Gone
at their disposal any attempt by ally
etaite to disturb the poem of the world
by acts of war.
"THIRDLY-T•o estirbltah an intee-
nationad court of justice charged with
the duty of deoid'ing ad'1 justieleble
d'ispute's and to ensure the execution
of lbs decisions by all appropriate in-
ternational sanctions - diplomatic,
juridic, economiiie 'turd, if necessary,
military.
"FOURTHLY -(1) -To establish
an international representative coum••
ein Which .v41T provide for the devel-
opment of ,international law and nuke
common action in matters of general
concern.
"(2) -Tho representative council
tiwhioh will watch over the freedom pf
nations and the maintenance of Inter-
national order.
"(3) -Considering d'teelf invested
with. tho moral guardianship of un-
civilized races, the representative
counoil will secure the esecution and,
•ill case of need, promote the develop-
Mont of international covenants ne-
cessary for the p;otoe'tion and pro -
geese of those ewes,
„(4)-,-A permanent eonnmittee of
conoi'llitation shall take in hand all clif-
fore'n'cos between the A;seoriateil Na-
tions, The committee will act, in the
first instance, as eoneili'ator or Medi-
ator, and, if necessary, nL• will refer
the differences, according to their na-
ture, either to arbitration or to a
eoti t of justice. It will be charged
with making such enquiries as It con-
siders usefuland will 'determine the
necessary limits •of time and condi-
tions. In every and any state rofus-
ing to obey either the award of the
arbitrator or the deeision of the com-
mittee of appIdesition of appropriate
sanctions wilt be proposed to the rep-
resentatiVe council and the Ass'oei.ated
Governments .by the committee. These
sanctions 'shall bo obligatory in the
case of violence •or aggression.
"FIFTHLY -To limit and supervise
the armaments of..each nation 'and the
manufacture of all material and mun-
itions of war, having regard to. the
requirements of the league.
"SIXTHLY -To renounce the mak-
ing of secret treaties.
"SEVENTHLY -To :flaunt to the
Ieague on the basis of equal right be-
fore•the maw all peoples able and will-
ing to give effective guarantees of
their loyal intention to observe its
covenants."
POISON GAS STILL
DOES DEADLY WORK
•
Passengers in German Coaches
Handed Over to France Suffer
From Fumes.
A despatch from Paris says: -Two
trai1way coaches, recently, handed over
to France by Gacmany, played a most
important part in a puzzling •accident
on the Paris -Metz railway Pine on
Wednesday night in. which five per-
sons lost their lives. Sixteen persons
were injured.
Train NO. 47, bound for Metz, had
just entered the tunnel at Nanteuil
when the passengers occtipy'ing the
two coaches handed over by Germany
began to experience trouble in.
breathing and strong obnoxious gases
began to fill up the eoaohes.
The passengers smashed 'the win-
dows, but as soon as fresh 'air came
in contact with the gases the roaches
became a mass of firs. The passen-
gers, in terror, fled to the tracks in
the dar9t tunnel. A. train going in tho
yy_opposite direction crashed into 'them
and five were killed.
Of the 16 injured, all'of whom were
treated at the hospital at Chateau
Thierry, eight suffered only from the
effects of asphyxiating gas.
An ^official' statement given out by
the railroad company says: "The fire
in the coaches was not due to any
defect in the lighting or heating ap-
paintus, nor to a hot -box, The pres-
ence of the obnoxious ,gases is still
unexplained. Both coaches were con-
sumed by the flames."
THREE SHIPS SUNK BY MINES
WITH LOSS OF MANY LIVES
A despatch from South Shields,
Eng., says: -The British sloop Pen-
arth has been sunk off the 'l'yne
River by' a mine. Forty members of
the crew were picked up by trawlers.
The Swedish ship Sphynx, coal laden
from England, hit a mine off the
Scotch coast and went down with 17
of the crow. A Norwegian fishing
steamer was blown up outside the
Norwegian port of Stavanger and
eight fishermen were killed.
Full Will of the Allies
To be Imposed on Germany
A despatch from Paris says: -The
Supreme War Council will meet act
Versailles en Friday to take measures
to impose on Germany "the full will
of the allies," says the Matin, becatvso
of the cam=illingness of Germany to
carry out the armistice terms, except
under certain conditions. There has
been a change in bhe attitude of Ger-
many, according to the newspaper,
and it it being manifested by arro-
gance 'toward the Entente.
Germans Recapture Bromberg
In .Brisk Fight With Poles
A despatch from Amsterdam
says -The City of Bromberg, German
Poland, Ita•s been recaptured from the
Poles.' by Gernvan troops, after 'brisk
fighting, according to advices receiv-
ed her'e,
LONDON STRIKE
HAS BEEN SETTLED
Men on Underground Ry. Are to
Work 8 Hours Per Day.
A despatch from London says: -It
has been ;agreed, pending considera-
tion of general conditions, ecoording
to a press bureau strike bulletin is-
sued,' on Thursday evening, that the
ra'iiwaymen on the underground ser -
vim win wont for eight hours per
day, exclusive of meal time. The com-
panies, the bulletin adds, will otter
reasonable fa-aiil:Ms for the men
meeting thole ordinary physical
needs.
The Union of Locomotive Engineers
and Firemen issued notices at mid-
night ending the strike. Secretary
Bromley said all the mon would be at
work early Faiday. Ilo added that if
consideration had previously been
given to the physical disabilities • of
the men working in eontinuone ser-
vice the ets$ke never would ` have
.occuarecl,
TO WED ON FEBRUARY 27 '
Princess Patricia to be Married in
Westminster Abbey.
The King has settled with the Lord
Chamberlain's Depanintent the gen-
eral 'lines of the arrangements for the
wedding of ,Princess Patricia of Con-
naught to Commander the Hon. Alex-
ander Ramsay, R.N., at Weytminstex
J)sey on. February 27, says the Lon.
don Daily. Mail.
The original intention was that the
nialriage should make place in the
afternoon, but now pt has been de-
cided that it shall be a morning cere-
mony, probably at 12 o'clock or 12.30.
It was on December 28 that the
announcement was made that Prin-
cess Patricia was eneagecl to Com-
mander the Flom. Alexander Maule
Ramsay, brother of the Earl of DaI-
housie, who was personal aide-de-
camp to the Duke of Connaught
when .Governor-General of Canada.
He is thirty-seven and Princess
Patricia is thirty-two.
This wedding will be the first Royal
one to tape place at .Westminster
Abbey for at great many' years. Tho
King ansl Queen and Prince Arthur of
Connaught and the Duchess of Fife
were inaeriecl at the Chapel Royal, St.
James' Palace, The marriage of ether
members' of the Royal family, with
the exception of Pninees:s Beatrice,
who was married at Osborne, took
,place at either Windsor Castle or
Buckingham Palace.
DIRECT COST OF THE WAIt
PLACED AT $500,000,000,000
A despatch from. ondon says: -
Tho direct cost of the war 18
estimated at £40,000,000,000 in a
special article in the Daily Tele-
graph,,Tho author estimates
Me indiect cost of diminished trade
and financial disturbance at 850,000,-
000. "Vast sums," be says, "have
been usesl for eheer destruction and
vast public debts have been incurred
for svltldt there is no corresponding
praperty."
Markets of the 'vend
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Toro;itto, Feb, 11 Maalttobrt Wheat
No. 1 Northern, $2,24%; No, 2
Northern, $2,21.%; No, 8 Northern,
$2,17'%; No. 4 'wheat; $2,111;' in
store Fort William. •
Mltzritobat oats -No, $ G. W„ 05e;
No. 9 C.W„ 58e; e?ctea No, i feed,
00%c; No, 1 feed, .50c; No. 2 feed,
62i%c, in store Fort William,
1lbaeitoba barley --No, 3 O,W., 76%c
No, 4 0,W., 717',t0; rejeoted 651/40.1feed, 681c, in stove Fort William.
American corn -No, 8 yellow, $1.62;
No, 4 yellow, $1.49, pronrpb s'hipmen't.
Ontario oats -No, 2 white, 69 to
62o; No, 8 white 58 to Ole, according
to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
oar dot, $2.14 eta $2.22; No, 2, do„
$2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07 to
x$2.15 f.o,b„ shipping points, according
to freights.
Ontario wheat -No, 1 Spring, $2.09
to $2,17; No, 2, do., $2.06 to $2.14;
No. 3, clo, $2.02 to $2,10 f.o.b., ship -
,ping points according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $2,00,. according to
freights on'tside,
Barley -Malting 73 to 78e, n'ominel.
IBuekwheat-No. 2, $1.00, nominal',,
ye -No, 2, $1,26, nominal:
anitgba mous-Government stare
derd, $10.85 to $14.35, Toronto.
Ontario flour -War quality, $10 nn
bags, Toronto .and Montreal, prompt
l shipment.
, Millfeed--Car .lots, delfviceed Mont-
real freights, bags included. Bran,
837.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton;
good
HayouNo. 1,$ $2,4022 rp bag. ton; mixed,
$20 to $21 per ton, track Toronto.
Strew -Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton,
car lots. •
Country Produce --Wholesale
Butter -Dairy, tubs and eolis, 28 to
89c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery,
fresh made, solids, Sic; prints, 52c.
Eggs -New Laid, 45 to 46c, .
Dressed poultry -Sprang chickens
26 to 32c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to
30c; ducklings, 1.12e; turkeys, 40e;
squabs, doz.,. $4.50; geese, 25e.
Live poultry -Roosters, 20c; fowl,
24 to 30c; ducklings, lb., 36e; turkeye,
85a; Spring ehickens, 25c; geese, 18c.
Wholesalers are selling to 'the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Oheese-New, largo 271/•-, to 28e;
twins, 28 to 28e; old, large, 28 to
28%e; twin, 2811 to 29c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to
48e; creamery, sends, 61 to 53c;
prints, 52 to 54c.
Margarine -32 to 34e,
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 50 to 52c; new
Mid, 55c; new laid in cartons, 57c.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
32 to 38c; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl 82
to 36c; turkeys, 45 to 30e; ducklings,
lb. 85 to 38e; squabs, doz., $5.50;
geese, 27 to 29c.
Potatoes-Ontarios, f.o.b. track
Toronto, car lots, 90 to $1.00.
Beans - Canadian, Sand -picked
bushel, $4.50 to $5.00. Imported
handPpicked, Burma or Indiien, $4.00;
Lima, 15e.
Honey -Extracted clover: 5111. tins,
28 to 29e 1b.; 10 -Id. tins, 27 to 28c;
60 -Ib. tins, 20 to 26%e; buckwheat, 60 -
lb. tin, 21 to 22c. Comb: 16 -oz., $4.50
to $5.00 doz.; 12 -oz., $3.50 to $•1.00
doz.
Maple products -Syrup, per gallon,
$2.25 to $2,35; sugar, lb. 27 to 28c.
Provisions -Wholesale
Ssnoltel meats --Bass, medium, 86
to 38c; do„ heavy, 30 to 32e; cooked
49 t6 510; rolls, 31 to 32c; 'breakfast
bacon, 41 to 45c; 'hacks, plain, 44 to
45e;• boneless, 50 to 62e.
Carred meats -Long clear 'bacon, 28
to 29c; clew: bellies, 27 to 28c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 27 to 27%c;
tubs, 27% in 28c; pails, 2'"aift to 28'%c;
prints, 281/4to 29c. Compound,
tierces, 25% to 25V0- tubs, 25% to
261 e; pall's, 26 to 26',Lrc; prints, 2714
to 27"'c.
iljiontreal Markets
Montreal, Fob. 11. -Oats --extra
No, 1 feed, 14e. - Flour -New stand-
ard 'grime, $11.25 to $1.1.35. Rolled
oats -Bags, 90 lbs, $3.90 to $4,25.
Bran, $37.25. Shorts, "$42.25. Mouil-
lie, $68.00. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car
lots, $23.00.
Cheese -Finest easterns, 24 to 25c.
Butter --Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c.
Eggs -Selected, 560; No. 1 stock, 53
to 54e. Potatoes -Per bag, car tots,
$1.65 to $1.70. Dressed hogs -
Abattoir killed, $23.00. Lard -Pure,
wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 25 to 28c.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Feb. 11. -Choice heavy ex-
port steers, $15.00 to $15.90; do.,
good, $13.75 to $14.75; choice butcher
steers, $12.7`5 to $1.60; butchers'.
cattle, ohoice, $12,00 to $13.00; do.,
good, $11.25 to $11.75; do., common, •
$9,50 to $10.00; lulls, ehoice, 810.50
to $11,.00; do,, medium'bulis, $8.76 to
89.23; do„ rough 'bulls, $7.50 to $8.00;
butchers' cows, choice, $10.00 to
$11.00; dc,, good, $9.00 to $9.50; do,,
medium, $8.00 to $8.50; do., common,
$7.00 to $7.50; stockers, $8,00 to
$10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $12:00'
canners, $6.25 to $5.50; milkers, good
to 011010e, $00.00 to $130.00; do. cone
and med., $65.00 to $75.00; springers,
$90.00 to $130.00; light eves, $9.00
to $1.0.00; yearlings $12.00 to $12,50;
senting lambs, $14.50 to $15.75;
ealves, good to choice, $15.50 to
$17,00; hogs, fed and waterer, $10.00
to $16.75
Montreal Feb. 11. -.Best steers,
$12.00 Co $12.50; good steer's, $10.50
to poorer, $7.50 t $8.00 per
100 lbs.• choline cows and 'bull's, $8.00
to $9.O0; canners $5.00 to $6.00'
sheep $8.00 to $9.50; lambs, $11,00
to $18.00; calves, milk -fed, $12.00 to
$15.00 per 100 lbs.; hogs, 810.00 to
$17.00.
:razz Par ca- - 1G7 ' -
Bell From Enemy Sub -IL 11. S. Brolce has a brand new bell, It
was made from the lid of the torpedo tube of the German U,boat C-42,
which was rammed and ccunk by the British sea fighter,
TALE OF THE WAR
IN EAST A RAS A
'1,200 MILES THROUGH JUNGLE
TO WIN CAPITAL CITY
Evidence That Slave Trading Had
I Been Legalized by Germans, -
Valor of Native Troops.
In German East Africa the Ger-
mans made use of their empty beer
bottles by cutting them in two and
rasing the tops for electric wire insu-
lation, while they sold the bottoms
to the natives for drinking glasses.
The German beer drinkers patriotic-
ally kept up the supply.
Lieutenant Pierre Daye, of the Bel-
gian army, told about it the other day.
Lieutenant Days was on one of the
Belgian expeditionary forces which
penetrated into German East Afilca
and was at tate capture of the capital,
Tabora.
"We marchacl 1,200 miles, a journey
01 lifteeri months, 'through jungle and
what not;" he said. "We crossed and
recrossed the trail of the early explor-'
ors, and we came upon the stenos
marking the spot where Livingstone
met Stanley on the noted rescue ex-
pedition. It was jungle then. Now it
re on a. 'beautiful automobile highway,'
and about the little tablet has sprung
up a prosperous trading post,
"You can fancy out surprise after;
such a journey to be met by it terrible
artillery fire out of Tabora. Shells of
huge calibre burst aromtd us. We'
could not figure It out. At last wed
captured a, cannon of five inch cal'ilbre.
It 'was one, of three of suet dimension
the Germans had • et Tabora. They •
had 'taken them Irani their raider, the
IZo'enigsberg, and dragged them 900
miles into the country.
"We learned that thirty oxen 'haul-
ed each piece. It took us seven slays
to 'take the town.
"We forma how the Germans had
•used beer bottles to Make insulators
and drinking glasses for the motives,
tend we found evidence that slave tree- �
ing had been legalized by the German �
authorities before and after the out-
break of the war. The Belgian forces
-there were two expeditions in con-
junction with the Bretisbr, one under;
General Srnuts•-occupdod a territory
in Gorman Africa 'that was 'six times
assi asour of n t Bel ^iron
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NEW INDUSTRY •REALLY OLD
Spinning and Knitting of Dogs' Wool
May Become Important Handicraft.
To most persons the spinning anti
knitting of dog's wool seemed to be
an outgrowth of this war. But it ap-
pears that twenty years ago Princess
Victoria had the combings of her pet
brown spaniel spurn into yarn by the
Sandringham Village Industry, and
the Princess herself knitted the wool
into a brown shawl for herself. It
was at Sandringham also that the
first Borzoi wool was spun, King ltd -
ward making thesuggestion and clip-
ping the firet sample from his famous
Borzoi Alex for the test.
Twenty years before that the hair
of St. Bernards was 'knitted into mit-
tens and snufflers and ten years earl.
ier poodles' wool was spun and woven
into cloth that is to -flay as good as
when first made up, although tho cap
has been worn ever since. A waist-
coat knitted from the wool of skye
terriers has been worn constantly
for two winters and shows no sign
of its service. Even the hair of Per-
o sian cats has been spun into the
' loveliest wool by the British Dogs'
Wool Association. The wire-haired
Clogs have proven themselves real war
workers, also; for their combings
make ideal filling for pillows for
•
There is every prospect that the
spinning of dogs' wool can and will
be developed as a national handicraft
since much of tine spinning can be
done in country homes and no doubt
in these same' places .there will de-
velop some interesting work in weav-
ing and knitting. One very important
consideration is the fact that the yarn
s practically indestructible and of de-
lghtful texture, teras giving every en-
couragement to careful designing of
patterns in weaving.
$1,200,000 LOANED MONTHLY
BY BRITAIN TO ARAB RING
A despatch"- from Paris says: -
Great Britain Ioaneci 0220,000 'month-
ly to the Hedjas Government to en -
e'en It to take an active part in the
war against the Turks, according to a
;letter from Abexandnia, published by
the Temps. The letter adds that
£105,000 monthly 'teas paid. to Prince
Feis'a1, son of the King of Hedjas, east
a leader c1 the Arabian armies, who
is now in Parts.
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Sonne men make opportunities for
others to take advantage of,
A. Ruined Coal Mine -What the Huns could nob steal they ruined. This
is what'they diti to a coal mine at Doer'ges. Doeent of cases of this kind
explant why it le that, although France has recovered her stolen territ u•y,
she is suffering from a fuel farnine, The mines are unttorkabl'e.
CANADIAN VILLAGES
TO HAVE SOUVENIRS
Proposal to Distribute Captured
War Trophies Throughout
Dominion. -
A"' de3Pa't011 from Ottawa Baas; --
Tho Commission on Canadian War
Records end Trapiiies have, made a
report to the Government which con-
tained recommendations as to the col-
lection and handling of trophies cap-
tured by the Canadians during the
war:
"The trophies captured by Cana
diens form a most interesting end
practically an invaluable collection,"
nand General Cruikshank, "They
include practically everything.
from huge German guns of the /may -
tag type to badges and records. Some
of these trophies have already reach-
ed Ottawa and are stored here, There
will .be several shiploads in all, judg-
ing from the information we have re-
ceived so far."
"What disposition will be made of
them ?"
"Sitliicient will be reserved to make
an adequate and representative dis-
play in the Imperial War Illuseam
to be established in London. I should
then say that of the articles brought
to `Canada, it complete collection
should be retained in the war museum
to be established in Ottawa. It is not
expoete4 that the trophies will be ex-
hausted by the collections in Ottawa
and London. On the contrary, there
will be enough left to give practically
every city, town and village in the
country a war souvenirlo'.f some sort.
Applications for these have already
been received from hundreds of towns
and the requests run the entire range.
How these will be dealt with has not
been decided, but it is understood the
cm -emission will recommend that an
advisory committee with ono member
from each province shall be appointed
to pass upon the applications, and the
provincial representative's recommen-
dation will be taken as to the distri-
bution of the trophies."
CANADA ASKS
FOR COMPENSATION
Over $16,000,000 Are -Claimed
Against Enemy For Illegal
Warfare.
A desp.atalt from Ottawa says: -
Canadian claves for compensation
for losses deo to illegal methods
of wanton employed by the en-
emy during the war are meet-
ing upwards. Already a state-
ment of such claims totalling 816,-
( 000,000 has been :for'warded to
Faris Inc conaidera.tion with
sim,nex demands for repara-
tion by the Peace Conference.
Additional statements of claims are
daily being received by the Enemy
Debts Committee here.
The Enemy Debts Committee is pre-
paring five different lists of claims by
and against Canadians. First, is the
list of olaims arising out of illegal
methods of warfare; secondly, claims
by Canaellans for debts owed by cor-
porations and persons of enemy na-
tionality, and by Canadian holders of
shares in companies in enemy coun-
tries; third, claims by Canadian hold-
ers of Russian securities and owners
of property in Russia and by Cana-
dians having accounts against Rus-
sians; fourth, claims for damages
arising out of the allies' black list of
persons and firms with whom trade
was prohibited, and fifth, claims by
persons and firms in enemy countries
against Canadians and by enemy alien
holders of shares in Canadian cor-
porations.
In connection with the listing of
alien holders of Canadian stocks, it is
said that persons of enemy nationality
hold shares of the Canadian Pacific
Railway of a par value of $14,500,000
upon which some $7,000,000 of divi-
dends have accrued during the period
of the war.
ADMIRAL JELLICOE WILL BE
IN CANADA IN • OCTOBER
A despatch from London says: -
The Canadian Press learns that Ad-
miral Jellicoe, in the course of his
naval mission to the Dominions, will
reach Canada in the latter pert of
October, remaining there until Janu-
ary. Admiral'Jellieoe will leave Eng-
land on February 20 for India, when
he will remain one month. Then he
will spend four months in Australia
and New Zealand, afterwards visiting
Fiji, Samoa, Honolulu and San Fran-
cisco. From Canada he will go to
South Africa
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crops. If allowed 'to get wet, they
Lose much of their value.
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CANADIAN GRAVES
IN GERMANY
With Maple Trees.
Cemetery at Bonn to Planted
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A despateh from Ottawa ears: -
Fred James, offload correspondent
with the Canadian Corps, writes from
Bonn to the Director of Public ipn
formation to the effect that since the
1st and 2nd divisions and the corps
troops came 11140 Germany there have
been only 11 deaths, due to sickness,
mostly pneumonia, 'following in-
fluenza,
The bodies of Canadians who have
died in Germany are buried in Bonn in
a speoial plot set apart for Canadians.
.Arrangements aro now completed to
locate the grave of every Canadian
who has died as a prisoner of war in
the territory on both sides of the
Rhine occupied by the cos-ps and the
other British forces. As soon as this
is done the remains of the deceased
soldiers will be exhumed and re -
interred by Canadian chaplains in the
cemetery in Bonn.
Eventually that little hallowed spot
will be enclosed with maple trees, so
that the national emblem of Canada
will stance as monuments to the hon-
ored dead.
ALLIANCES TO REMAIN
AFTER thin LEAGUE
A despatch from Paris says: -Al-
liances between the various nations
will not be affected by the existence•
of the Society of Nations, now in
process of formation, it was declared
by Arthur J. Balfour to newspaper
interviewers hero. The British For-
eign Secretary was asked the direct
equestion as to whether the formation
of the world society would involve
the abolition of alliances.
"The constitution' of the League of
Nations," responded the Foreign Sec-
retary, "will involve no modification
of the treaties of alliance previously
conclsicled.
"As to the queston whether special
coalitions of two or severnl peoples
could be formed aside from the lea-
gue," Mr. Balfour added, "the confer•,
cues alone ma decide."
A MAN OF PRAYER
General Foch Finds Time for Devo-
tion Amid Stress of War.
A California boy -Evans by name
--with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France, has recently written
a Totter to his parents in San Bern-
ardino, in whish he tells of sleeting
General Foch at close range in
France.
Evans had gone into all old church
to have a look at it, and as he stood
there with bared head satisfying hie
respectful curiosity, a grey mall, with
the eagles of a general on the cellar
of his shabby engrain, also entered
the church,
Only one orderly accompanied the
quiet, grey man No glittering staff
of officers, no entourage of gold laced
aides were with him; nobody but just
the orderly.
Evans paid small attention at fust
to the grey man, but was cariouat to
see him kneel ,in the church, praying.
The minutes passed until full three.
quarters of an hour had gone by be-
fote the grey man arose from his
k.�ees.
Then Evans followed him down the
street, and was surprised to see sol.
diers salute this man in great excite-
ment, mid. women and children stop-
ping in their tracks with awestruck
faces as he passed.
It was Foch. And now Evans, of
San Bernardino, counts the experience
as the greatest in his Iife.
During the three-quarters of an
hour that the generalissimo of all 'the
Allied ,armies was on his knees 4n
humble supplication in that quiet
elumeh, ten thousand guns were roar-
ing at his word on a' hundred hills that
rocked with death.
Millions of armed men eroudhed in
trenches or rushed across blooct-
dronched earth at his command; gen-
erals and field marshals, artillery,
cavalry, engineers, tanks, fought and
wrought across the snap of Europe ab-
solutely as he commanded them to do,
and in no other manner, as he went
into that little churdh .to pray.
Nor was it an unusual thing for
General Foch to do. Thera is no day
that he clods not do the sane thing
if there be a church that he can reach.
He never fails to spend an hour on
his knees every morning that he
awakes from sleep, and every night
it is the same.
Moreover, it le not a new thing with
him, He has done it his whole life.
The Same Willie.
The Echo de Paris publishes a tole -
gram from Amsterdam on the sub-
ject of the Crown Prince's sojourn at
Wieringen. This is the picture given
of the one-time hope of the Hlohen-
zollerns: "The population reproach
him for his stinginess in the cafes of
the island, where he is trying to calm
his nervousness, The Crown Prince
is continually playing billiards with
the landlord of the cafe and his pot-
n1Rt1, Ito is a peer player, and bears
defeat badly, while he sometimes
cheats in the sears."
BRITISH SHIPBUILDi3RS TO
EXPAND CANADA YARD
A despatch from London says:• --
tinder the 'leading, "From Clyde to
Vancouver --Gradual Transfer by
Messrs. •Yerrosv,' the Times announ-
ces that thin widely known ehip-
buiiding limn internis to diminish ita ,
output at the mike in ScoLatewn, near l
Glasgow, and to increase the product.
tion of its smaller workrt lit Van -
newer, The main impelling reason
appears to be the incessant labor
troubles.
The latest• estianate is that 2,3,000
Cainulian soldiers have been niOPt'iei; -
tieeretas ninee the hegineleg of the ;
wet', ilwI that: so1din s' depeiedents •
and ethos Ganitd ens in Britatrl ng-
side of the nrilttttry whe rTrait to iy
t' rn l men r. nuin'litt 30,000, , ._ ...„..