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The Seaforth News, 1924-08-14, Page 27.7.71 OFFENSIVE AGAINST DISEASE MUST BE STRATEGY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE IN FUTURE Sir. David Bruce, President of Advancement of Science, Prevention A clespateh from Toronto says: Science plays an important, though, perhaps, secret part, in the life of every citizen, and it was in apprecia- tion of that fact that a large number of Toronto people turned out to Con- vocation Hall to accord a fine send-off to the inaugural meeting of the Brit- ish Association for the Advancement of Science, and to hear Major-General Sir David Bruce, president, give an outline of the recent advance of medi- cal science. Sir David's address was so exten- sive in its scope that it is impossible to indicate its content in a few words, but in addition to challenging modern medicine to take the offensive in the battle with disease, he stressed, among other things, the necessity of spending money to provide the inhabitants of modern cities with hygienic surround- ings; the responsibility of the indi-' vidual citizen to accept vaccination of his children; the importance of the widespread application of the new- knowledge ewknowledge about the life-giving vita- mins to diet, and the need for still, more energetic attacks on tuberculosis,' a disease which ho thought would be conquered ultiinately, given the whole- hearted 'co-operation of all health-, promotion forces. "Medicine in future must change its, strategy; instead of awaiting attack' it must assume the offensive," said! Sir David. "It must no longer be said that Idle man was so sick he had tot send for a doctor.' "The medical practitioner of the! Future must frequently examine people while they are apparently well, in! order to detect any incipient depar- ture from the normal, and to teach' and urge modes of living conformable to the laws of personal health, and the public health authorities must see to it that environment is in accord- ance with scientific teaching. "It may be a long time before the the British Association for the Gives Brilliant Address on, of Disease. change is widely accepted, but already enormous advances have been effected, and it depends only on the intelligence and education of the populations how rapid the future progress will be. Public opinion must be educated to recognize that most diseases are pre- ventable and say, with King Edward VII., 'If preventable, why not pre- vented?' "It is one of the first duties of those in power to see :that their people have, in addition to houses with plenty of light and air, a good water supply and a good drainage system," continued Sir David. "Money cannot be spent to better advantage than in the attain- ment of these three essentials to health." Dealing with still another subject, Sir David spoke of the need for x better understanding ,of diet as 'a means of preventing those diseases due to defective • diet. A diet was no longer recognized as complete if it contained proteins, carbohydrates, fate and salts. It had also to contain certain substances which were known as vitamins. Without vitamins the otherfour substances could neither Ua,nacla's auditor -general, Georges Gonthier, left recently for a well- earned vacation in Europe. The.camera caught hini just as he boarded the S.S. France. BRITISH BOYS ADVISED TO SETTLE ON LAND promote growth nor support life in- definitely. The natural fruits of the earth were not deficient in -these life-giving substances, but much of civilized man's food was deficient. "It is only when man begins by artificial means to polish his rice, whiten his flour, and tin his beef and vegetables that the trouble begins," said the president. I Sir David brought his address to a close with an eloquent plea for inter- national co-operation in the field of science. "Science, indeed, knows no boundaries of nations, languages or. creeds. It is truly international. In spite of interruptions, it is the duty. of science to go on steadily forward, illuminating the dark .places in the hope of better times.' FAMOUS INVENTOR ATTENDS MEETING OF SCIENTISTS Left to right: Col. H. Chase, commandant of the Royal 22nd Regt:, Quebec, with Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine. Deni inion News in Brief Charlottetown, P.E.I.---The Potato Growers' Association are taking steps' to secure a supply of labor to handier the greatly increased potato crop of, the Island, which promises to yield a 300 per cent. erop, as compared with, last year, on account of the increased acreage. It is expected that 9,000 acres of certified seed potatoes will be harvested. Halifax, N.S.-Greater Halifax has to -day the largest permanent popula- tion in its history, according to figures given out following a careful check for directory purposes. The total population of Halifax, Dartmouth and suburbs is 70,000, Halifax city alone having 59,575 and Dartmouth 7,647. I Woodstock N.B.--One log is t:•xfted, every two secs=ds throughout a nine-' hour day at the Nashwaak Pulp and Paper. Co. rafting grounds at the mouth of the Nashwaak river. A new' series of rafting records have been' established during the present season which aro believed to have eclipsed anything which has previously been produced by , a crewof similar size anywhere in America. A crew of twenty-five men are engaged in the actual rafting in addition to some sixty-five men employed along . the river. About twenty million feet of the company's limber has already been rafted this season and the total clean- up for the season is expected to •be' twenty-ninemillion. j Sherbrooke, Que.-More than 350 immigrants have been :located on farms throughout.the Eastern Town- ships since the first of the year. by the Eastern Townships Immigration So -I ciety. Most of the immigrants are English and Scotch, bill many come from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hol- land. Positions have been found read- ily available for all men secured. Gowganda, Ont. --There is probably greater activity in silver mining in this district and certainly more real 'mining development under way, than at any time since the discovery of the camp many years ago. For the time being the Castle Tretheway is the main 'producer with a small milling plant in operation. Production last month was at the rate of about '115.000 ozs.,. and ore developments continue good. Brandon, Man., --Fifty more boys from ail parts of the British Isles ar- rived here under the auspices of the Salvation Army and were placed on farms. This is the third party under the Salvation Army immigration scheme to arrive at Brandon, the first two aggregating some two hundred. boys, nearly all of whom are now set- tled on farms in the neighborhood. Regina, Sask.-Building construc- tion in Saskatchewan actually started during the month of June was valued at $674,000, an increase of 3114,178 over the month of :lune. 1923• Build- ing'premits in Moose Jaw for the first. half of the year totalled 5390 847, and in Saskatoon. to $930,130. Edmonton, Alta. -Successful straw-,. berry culture three hundred miles north of the international 'boundary, has been proven by R. A. Gordon, of, this city. One hundred plants brought out from Ontario -wintered well, blos- somed heavily, and produced prolifical-1 ly a well formed, colored fruit of fine, flavor and firmness. Mr. Gordon has likewise had much success with fruit) trees, cherry, wild plums, and crab apples. j Victoria, B.C.-Whaling operations this year, according to report, are very successful. Four stations and six or seven whalers are working. Some of the vessels have an average of thirty, Science Committee Finds a Wide Field for Them in Canada.. A d • espatch from Toronto says:-' An interesting report on the oppor-I tunities for immigrants in Canada, as viewed through the eyes of a special committee of the Educational Science Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, was pre- sented on Thursday, and the general trend of it is advice to immigrants to count upon going on the land instead of into industrial or commercial lines. The report stated in part: "While a boy is at school the prob- lem of his future career seldom troubles him; he is content to wait on opportunity when school days are over. Few boys up to sixteen have any definite ideas or desires on the subject. Unless their parents or friends have places already marked out for them, they tend to follow some prescribed course of study leading up to such examinations as offer certifi- cates qualifying for entrance into the various professions meinto commercial; life. Thus the school curriculum very, often determines t: boy's career. In the case, however, of the many boys who show no rpower or liking for any spe- cial school subject, their future occu- pation depends often on` some chance opening.. Banks and other offices are full of such young men, yet many of these would, from their character and physical qualities, be far better suited for the more vigorous and freer life on the land overseas." Ten Years Added to Life in. Last Half -Century In_ the midst of the dire predictions. of what is going to happen to the world, if the Dawes report is not adopted comes the comforting, assur•. once from the British Medical Asso- ciation that babies born to -day have an expectation of ten years more of life than had their grandparents., The' assertion is confirmed by insurance' actuaries, one of whom said: I "A greatimprovement in longevity_ has been noticed even in the last few; years, as was shown when the insti-i tute actuaries revised their table about two years ago. Accurate sta-. tistics show that the improvement of l mortality for men since 1890 is 20 per cent. and for women 22 per cent." The editor of. "Whitaker's Alman-i ack," moreover, is recasting the tables relating to the expectation of life,1 which he calculates now morethan tent years longer than was the case a few. years ago. Wheat Cutting Started in Sections of Alberta A despatch from Lethbridge, Alta., says. -Spring wheat cutting started on a 320 -acre field at Coaidale on. Thursday. The yield is estimated at 25 bushels an acre. Cutting has also started at other points in South- western Alberta and will begin next Monday, except in districts close to the mountains, where the crop is very head so far fur the season, and whale'heavy. ril is finding a ready market in Eng- . am...a.. The Week's Markets TORONTO. Manitoba wheat -No. 1 North., 31.53%; No. 2 North., $1.44%. :it ai,54'a'oatsc.-N ,. 3 CW, 53x• ; No. 3 sed, All the above,., bay ports. Am. corn, track, Toronto -No. 2 yellow, 31.28'x, Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, $37; good feed flour, per bag, 32.05, Ont. wheat -No, 2 white, red or mixed, $1.15 to 31.20, f.o,h., shipping points, according to freights. Ont. flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship - rent, $6.50; Toronto basis,' $6.50; bulk seaboard, 36.20. • Man. flour-lst pats., in jute sacks, 35.20 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $7,70. Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton, track, Toronto, 317.50; No. 2, 317; No. 3, $15; mixed, 313; lower grades, $10 to $12. Straw-Carlots, per tun, $9.50 to $10. Screenings -Standard, recleaned, f. o.b. bay ports, per ton, 322.50. Cheese -New, large, 18% to 19c; twins, 19 to 191c; triplets, 20 to 21c; Stiltons, 21 to 22c. Old, large, 23 to 24e; twins, 24 to 26c; triplets, 25 to 26c. Butter -Finest creamery prints, 37 to 38c; No. 1 creamery, 35 to 36c; No. 2, 34 to 350; dairy, 28 to 29a. Eggs -Extras, fresh, in cartons, 42 to 44c; extra, loose, 4u to 41c; firsts, 34 to 35c; seconds, 27 to 2 •'c. Live poultry -Her.., over 5 lbs. 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 15c; spring chickens, 2 lbs. and over, 46c; roosters, 150; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs, GOc. Dressed poultry -Hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 3' to 4 lbs., 1Sc; spring chick- ens, 2 lbs. and ,vex, 50c; roosters, 20c; ducklings, 4 to 5 lbs., 35c. priBmeans-es,Oo.Can. handpicked, lb., 6%e; Maple products -Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal. tin, 32.40 per gal.; maple sugar, lb., 25 to 26c. Honeyq-60-lb. tins, 11 to 11%c; per Ib. 10-1b tins, 11 to 12c; 5-1b. tins, 11% to 12c; 2'A -lb. tins, 12% to 130; ccmb honey, per doz., No. 1, 32.75 to 33.50; No. 3, 32.50 to 32.75. Smoked meats -Hams, med., 26 to 27c; cooked hams, 40 to 41c; smoked rolls, 18 to 20c; cottage rolls, 20 to 220; breakfast bacon, 23 to 27c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 29 to 31c; backs, boneless, 33 to. 38c. Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50 to 70 Iles., 317; 70 to 90 lbs., 516.50; 90, lbs. and up, $15.50; lightweight roils, in barrels, $32; heavyweight rolls 27. Lard -Pure, tierces, 17% to 18c; tubs, 17%, to 18%c; pails, 18 to 18%e; prints 201/4 to 20%c; shortening, tierces, 153s to 16c; tubs, 1611 to 16%c; nails, 16% to 16%c; prints, 17% to 18c. FRENCH, TROOPS TO EVACUATE THE RUHR WITHIN YEAR'S TIME Paris, Aug. '10. -Premier Bernet returns to London to -night, carrying the approval of the French Cabinet of his intention to settle the issue of the military evacuation of the Ruhr solely in connection with reparations and without regard for the security issue. At a meeting at the Elysees which elid- ed in the early hours of :this morning, no date was fixed for the withdrawal of the troops from the German indus- trial basin, but the Premier promised to keep them there until Germany had given a fair assurance ofher intention to execute the Dawes plan. It is be- lieved here it will be agreed to, bring out the Franco-Belgian troops some 'time in' 1925, The vote of General Nollet, the War Minister, is taken to mean that the Cabinet did not agree to immediate evacuation, and 11 is reported that a period of one year was set. London, -Aug. 10. -The news from Paris . that tho French Cabinet has 311.60; do, culls, 59 to 310; sheep, light ewes, 56 to $6.50; do; eu1ls, $2 to 34.50; hogs, fed and watered, $9.75 to' 310; do, f.o.b., $9.25 to $9.60; do, country points, $9 to 39.25; do, select, fed and watered, $10.70 td $11; do, off oars, long haul, 510.15 to $10.40. MONTREAL. Oats, CW, No. 2, 62% to 65c; do, No. 8, 61% to 63c; extra No. 1 feed, 60% to 6133c; No. 2 local white, 59 to 60c. Flour, Man. spring: wheat pats., lsts, 58.20; do, 2nds, $7.70; strong. bakers', $7.60; winter pats., choice, 37.25 to 37.35. Rolled oats, bag of 90 lbs., $3.10 to $3.20. Bran, $29.25. Shorts, $31.26. Middlings, $37.25; Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16.50 to 517. Cheese, finest wests., 17%c; do., easts., 17c. Butter, No. 1 pasteurized, '343%; No. 1 creamery, 33%c. Eggs, fresh extras, 40e; fresh firsts, 88c. Med. to fairly ggod veaisi 37; mixed lots of heavy drinkers and coni. veals, 35; grassers, $3.50 to 33.75; lambs, good, $12; do, com., $10; hogs, 39.75 to 39.85; cows, 35.50 to $6.26. Export steers, choice, $7.50 to 57.76, do, good, 36.50 to 57; export heifers, 36.50 to 36.75; baby beeves, 57.50., to 510; butcher steers, choice, $6.25 to 30.75; do, good, $0 to 56.25; do, med., 55 to 36; do, com., 54 to 34.5: butcher heifers, choice, 36 to 56.50; do, med., 55 to 35.75; do, corn., $3.50 to 54.25; butcher cows, choice $4.25 to 35; do, med., 53 to 54; butcher bulls, good, $4 to $4.50; do, fair, 33.50 to 34;. bolognas, 32.50 to $3.50; canners and cutters, $1 to 52.50; feeding steers, choice, 56 to 36.26; do, fair, $5 to 35.50; stockers, choice, $4.60 to 55; do, fair, 33.50 to $4.25; milkers, springers, choice, $75 to 390; do, fair•, $40 to 350; calves, choice, $8 to 58.50; do, med., 56 to $7; do, coin., $3.50 to 54.50; lambs, choice ewes, 1$12.50 to 313.50; do, bucks; $10.50to lend, whilst wlealc meat canned has be- come au ref abashed commodity along. the West cot of Africa, the entire British :Columbia whale meat pack of 'est year ',sae, sold'there. To Honor Royal Mounted by Fine Stone Memorial A despatch from Winnipeg says: --- On the site of the first Royal North- west .Mounted orth-west.lVlounted Police headquarters at Old Fort Livingstone, a memorial will be unveiled on Friday by Sir Freder- ick Haultain; Chief ,justice of Saskat- chewan. The memorial, which will take the form of a pyramidical stone column, with a bronze tablet suitably inscribed, is to be erected six 'miles north of Pelly Station, in .a National Park to embrace 900 acres. Sir Richard Paget Speciallet on the legal aspect of the development of inventions, of London and Somerset, who addressed the Bri- tish scientists on voice production. British Squadron. Seaman Drowned at Halifax IIs=lfax, N.S., Aug. 10. -Nora Shea 25, Halifax, and Leonard Hickman,, 33, electrical artificer of H.M:S. Re- pulse, were drowned in the Northwest Arm to -night when their canoe upset near the shore by the Pine Hill 'Col- lege. They had been making their way back to the Jubilee Boat Club in company with Madeleine James, of Halifax, and another officer from the Repulse in another canoe and became separated in the fog. Miss James and her escort reached the' boat house fin- ally and after 'a long wait, decided thatthe others had landed at another !boat house When Miss James reach- ed home she found her family mourn- ing her as dead, it having been report- ed that hes cloak had been picked up with cushions and paddlesfrom an overturned canoe. It transpired that eke had loaned the coat to Miss Shea. Calls for help were -heard from the scene of the tragedy, but when other bcats'reached .the spot their was no sign of life and only a few floating parts of the canoe's . furnishings- and the cloak, to indicate.what had. hap- 'oened. Hickman's home was in Gil- lingham, Kent, 'England. Square coins, made of a mixture of q copper and nickel, are shortly tobe issued in Spain. ; FAMOUS PROFESSO.RS`IN TORONTO FOR MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION Left to Right; Prof. A. S. Eve, of McGill University; D'AreyW. Thompson, professor of natural history, St. Andrew's University; Sir George Greenhill, only survivor oe the delegation to Torcnto in 18$4; Sir William H. Bragg, Qualn professor of physics, London University. ; 'y given its "full approval" to Premier Ilerriot's conduct of the negotiations in London encourages the hope of an ccrlyand successful conclusion of the, Allied Confer•once. What decisions the French Cabinet reached are :not :offi-, Melly divulged but it is reported here to have agreed to a military evacua-1 tion of the Ruhr in return for com- mercial compensations, and it is also) stated that the French have decided not to insist upon retaining the 4,000' French and Belgian railwaymen after, the experts' plan has been put into' execution, In' the natter of security Horriot seems to have been helped by the as- surance from MacDonald that no final decision has yet been taken or would be taken in the near future as to the withdrawal of the British troops from Cologne next: January. That appar- ently is to be wade dependent on Ger- many's loyalty in carrying out the experts' scheme. HON. FRANK CARVELL DIES•VERY SUDDENLY Chairman of Board of Ry. Commissioners Stricken While Inspecting N.B. Farm. St. John, N.B.Aug. 10. -Hon. Frank Carvell, Chairman of the Board of . Railway Comiiissioners of Canada, was suddenly stricken at his home in bushels was' made for the spring Woodstock on Saturday evening and was found dead on his farm shortly wheat crop. That is 28,000,000 bush- els more than the forecast last month. after 5 o'clock. He had arrived from Corn deteriorated much less than Ottawa at neon and was apparently,usual In Jul and while the conditi:n in the best of health, He sot out to y' walk through the fields, telling the of the crop three ..l is the lowest on. members, of his household that he' record, with three exceptions, since would return at 6 o'clock. As he did statistics were begun in 1363, a fore - not return they went to look for him cast of 2,576,400,000 bushels is made and found him lying as he had fallen, for this year. They believed him unconscious and a doctor was hastily summoned and said WIDER DISTRIBUTION that the position of the body indicated' OF BRITAIN'S PEOPLE that he had died almost instai.tly. Mr. Carvell's death apparently %vas due to heart failure. Re was a man Prince of Wales Advocates of great physique and endurance, but the Training of Boys and Girls for Life in the Dominions. A despatch from Toronto sayst- U.S. CROPS IMPROVE ' DURING PAST MONTH A Wheat Harvest of 814,117,- 000 Bushels for Year is Indicated. A despatch from Washington says: -Most of the country's crops improved substantially during July, and production prospects at the be- ginning of this month were consider- ably better than a month ago. The Crop Reporting Board of the Depart- ment of Agriculture issued forecasts for the principal crops, basing its cal- culations on the condition of the crops on Aug. 1. Wheat, corn, oats, barley, potatoes and rye all showed increases' over last month, but sweet potatoes, tobacco, rice, hay, apples and peanuts registered declines. A wheat crop of 814,117,000 bushels is indicated for this year. Winter wheat harvests' are considerably greater than expected, and 589,350,000 bushels are in the preliminary esti- mate. The unusually favorable weather resulted in exceptionally plump, heavy kernels of high quality, and an aver- age of 16 bushels per acre for the country. - Julyweather resulted in an increase. of 46,000,000 -bushels of winter wheat' over the forecast made a month ago, the major part of the increasebeing in ,Kansas and Nebraska. Spring wheat had almost ideal weather in Minnesota and in part of North Dakota, but farther west it was less favorable; and in Washington the crop is unusually poor. From Aug. 1 conditions a forecast of 224,767,000 to intimate friends within the last year or two he had intro at,d that he suffered a little from heart trouble. *When he left Ottawa on Friday last, however, he was apparently in good health. The greetings of the Prince of Wales Frank Broadstreet Carvell, in lois to the Association of British Scientists Parliamentary day one of the most were extended at the inaugural meet - aggressive and fearless of members ing at Convocation Hall when -the mes- in the Commons, was barn at Bloom - age was read formally. The Prince field, Carleton County, N.B., on Aug, 14, 1862. His father was A. Bishop said: Carvell, a native and a farmer of New Dear Mr. President: Brunswick, and cf. United Empire Will you be good enough to convey Loyalist descent, and his mother was to the members of the British Associa- Margaret Lindsay, a native of Ulster,' tion at their inaugural' meeting in To - Ireland. I ionto my cordial good wishes for a Mr. Carvell was educated ink the very successful session? public schools of New Brunswick and; My knowledge of Canada assures at Boston University; -from which he' me that your visit will be warmly obtained the degree of Bachelor of welcomed, and that nothing but good Laws, and, after reading law withl-can come of such a gathering, where Lewis P. FisherK.C., of Woodstock,! the representatives of the most ad- N.B., ho was calledd' to the Bar of his, vanced thought from the 010 Country Province in 1890. He practiced law1 will meet in discussion the equally in Woodstock for many years, keen and active intellects of the 'In 1899 he entered the New Bruns- Younger Land. wick Legislature for Carleton County, My interest has been particularly represenbing that riding one year, arreated by one item that is to come when he resigned to contest the same up for discussion, namely, the Educe - seat in the Federal Liberal interests. tional Training of Boys and Girls in He was defeated, but in 1904 he was this country for Life Overseas. The successful in his election effort and call of the Empire for a wider dis- remained as representative of the tribution of the home population, for riding until his appointment in 1919 men and women to open up the vast as Chairman of the Board of Railway uncultivated areas in the greatOver- Commissioners. seas Dominions is more imperative to- day than at any time in its history. I congratulate the Association on thus showing in its deliberations such tg-broad interest in these preb.orns, and S trust, and indeed stn confident, that the influence thus exercised may result in great and extended benefits to the Empire: SCIENTISTS PLEASED WITH ONTARIO APPLES At Ontario Government 'Re- ception the Visitors Were Presented With Several Specirnens. A despatch from Toronto ,says: - When the officers of the British Asso- ciation received official welcome f'r'om the Provincial Government at the Pa`I'- liament Buildings, they were intro- duced to one of the lesser-known won ders of the modern world -rosy cheeked Ontario apples, which had been kept in.cold storage from last autumn. They were inperfect condi- tion, and the Cabinet Ministers of Canada's banner province, who acted The largest railroad merger iii .hie - es hosts, received many compliments tory, involving combined capitalize - from the delighted visitors as they tion of more than $1;500,000,000 and carried off' a pocketful each. close to 11,000 miles of line, was out - Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Tined on Thursday by bankers asso- ciated with Orris P. and Mantis J. Van Swerimen of Clevbland, owners of the Niclila'Plate System. The consolidation, outrivaling -any- thing:done in" the daysof E. H. man and Jay Could, :cal s foi•'fite"foe- mation of a new company and the ab- sorption of four railroads by the New York, Chicago and St. Lopis. Control is to be exercised through exchange of ' stock and through lease' of physical properties. The railroads to be combined include the New York, Chicago and St.•Louis, the Erie,: the Pere Marquette, the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Hooking Valley. Close to 90 per cent. of Hock- ing Valley stock is controlled' by the Chesapeake and Ohio. Wheeling and Lake Erie, while not mentioned in the plan as given out; later maybe taken in, together with the Pittsburg and West Virginia. These last two roads, according to railroad experts, p its, sae. a logical part of the new Nickle Plate System. Yours truly, EDWARD P. WORLD'S LARGEST RAILWAY MERGER Over $1,500,000,000 Involved and Nearly11.000 Miles of U.S. Line Affected. A despatch from New York says: - Public Works, welcomed the officers on behalf of the Province, while other Cabinet - Ministers present were At. - General W. F. Nicicle, Hon. John S. Martin and Hon. W. H. Price. Prof. J. C. McLennan introduced each of the officers in turn. Polygamy in Turkey Forbidden in Principle A despatch ,froni• Constantinople says:=Polygamy, has been forbidden in 'principle in Turkey. A law has just been confirmed by Parliament to forbid marriage to more than one woman, except in unusual cases. These pew regulations only place the seal of legality• on: what has been the drift of public opinion in Turkey, for many years. While the 'Koran permits four wives,' most 'Turks have long been monogamous, partly for economic rea- sons and partly in principle. The, last Caliph has ,tine wife and two children.