Zurich Herald, 1919-01-17, Page 2ALLIES MUST COMPLETELY DEFEAT Mark,
THE RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIKI
Bang
t of a World Revolution, Says Former Danish Minister
Just Arrived in London From Russia.
A despatch from London say e: -
Mr. Scaveniuse former Danish Min- "
istee, who has just arrived in London
from Russia,, interviewed by Reuter's
correspondent, said that the situation
in Russia was hopeless as long as
the Allies took no .4tep8 to end Bol-
shevism, which was a real iuterna-
tional danger and growing stronger
every clay, for the Bolshevi is were
marvelous propagandists and were
working in all countries with the ob-
ject of causing a world revolution.
He was sure the Bolshevists would
win in Germany unless the Allies
took immediate steps to stop them
by supplying the Germans with more
food and sending a sufficient force to
expel the Bolshevists from Petrograd
and ilIoscow. Sueh a force need not be
big because the whole population was
opposed to Boshevism. As soon as the
Bolshevists were expelled from Petro-
grad and Moscow the whole move-
ment would collapse. IIe was sure an
arrangement could be made with Fin-
land to send volunteers for this pur-
pose. The great danger was that if
Bolshevism won that Germany would
join Russia and Europe would be
without peace for a long time. That
was why it was important to finish
with Bolshevism immediately.
BRITAIN RILL A
CREDITOR NATION
Motherland Not Weakened by
More Than Two Thousand
Millions.
A despatch from London says: -
The Observer, which is well informed
on financial subjects, publishes to -day
a significant article on post-war in-
ternational finance, which has direct
interest for Canadians. After re-
ferring to the "recoverable assets"
Britain has at command, the writer
goes on to say: "Behind lie the prob-
lems of the sum that will ultimately
be produced in repayment of our loan
to Allies and dominions, and of the
amount we shall get out of Germany
against our bill for damages. All
these uncertainties affect not only the
question of how much the Government srderations governing the return of
re to raise every year in taxa- these troops to Canada, such as
will'
tion, but also the larger problem of transportation, afloat and ashore, and
our position in international finance, 'the difficulties of securing the smooth
and of our power to maintain our upand expeditious return to civil cc -
prestige and to control of the ex- cations of these men without over -
change. , taxing the limits of the organizations
Discussing the question of "How arranged for that latter purpose.
we stand now," the writer says: During the winter it his possible to
"We are, en paper, still very much land troops only at two Canadian
a creditor country. The Chancellor ports, Halifax •and St. Jolm, and at
boasted, with very just pride, in his the latter part it is impossible to
budget speech last April, that all we
borrowed abroad • `ng the war
sa
0 our
own war cost we had been self -suffic-
ing. The figures officially published,
in so far as they can be understood,
more than bear out this statement "
The article suggests that Great
Britain should entirely wipe out her
loans to her Allies, Russia, France,
Italy, Belgium, Serbia, and others,
"making a present to our late bro-
thers in arms, much harder hit than
we are, of their promises to pay.
"We do not seem to have weakened
our international position to the ex-
tent of much more than 2,000 mil-
lions, by borrowing abroad and sales
of securities," says the article, "and
2.000 niiIlions is only half the sum
that was usually accepted before the
war as the amount of our overseas
investments. So that we are still
nearly half as much a creditor coun-
try as before the war, even after wip-
ing out our loans to Allies. Relative-
ly, of course, the weakening is great-
er, because America and many neu-
teals have increased their wealth very
rapidly during the war, while we have
beau losing; but there seems to be no
reason for the vier* that we are no
longer a creditor -country, especially
as we have another foreign account
in our claim on Germany."
CANADIANS HOME
BY END OF AUGUST
During Spring and Summer Will
Come at Rate of 45,000
a Month.
A despatch from Ottawa says: -It
is s'ta'ted ,in militia circles here that the
Mai of August next will see the return
to Canada of the last units of the
military forces of Canada now serv-
ing overseas in Europe.
For the present there will be no
speeding up in the return of troops
beyond th.e numbers already a es
ranged for, 20,000 ii January, in-
creasing to 30,000 in Feburary, but
in the spring and summer months the
number returning to Canada will rise
to 45,000 monthly.
Several factors enter into the con -
of the r 1
readstuffa
Toronto, Jan. 14. --Manitoba weat
No, 1 Noa tern, $`2.24%; N 2
Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Nott, t
ren,
$2.17%; No. 4 wheal, $2,11%: ''in
store Fort William, not including tax•,
Manitoba oats ---No. 2 C.W., 78niai
No. 3 C.V ,, 74c; extra No. .1, feed,
751st; No. 1 -feed, 71?3.e, in store
Fort William.
American cern- No. 3' yellow,
$1.75; No. 4 yellow,..$1.70, January
shipment.
Ontario oats, new crop --Ne, 2
white, 71 to 74c; No. 3 w'hite,70 to
73e, aceording to freights ou:bsia ..
Ontario wheat --No. 1 Whit ., er
,car lot, $2.14 to $2.21, leo. 2, 0.,
$2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do, $2.07 to
$2.15; No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17;
No, 2 Spring, $2.06 to $2..14; No. 3
Spring, $2.02 to $2,10 .f;o.b.,.Ship-
ping points, according to freights.
• Peas -No. 2, $2.00
Barley -Malting, new crop, '92 to
97c, according to freights outside.
Buckwheat -No. 2, 41.30. • -
Rye -No. 2 ,$1.54, nominal.
Manitoba flour -Old crop, war
quality, $11.35, Toronto.
Ontario flour -Warr quei1j by, . old
crop, $10.25, in bags, Montreal- and
Toronto, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car Trots, delivered Mont-
real freights, hags included. Bran,
$37.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ten. -
Hay -No. 1, $21 to $22 per ton;
mixed $19 to $20 per ton, track Tor-
onto.
Straw -Car lots, $9.50 to $t0.50,
track Toronto. __._
Country Produce -Wholesale
Eggs -No. 1 storage, 55 to 56c;
s'elec'ted, storage, 58 to 60c; cartons,
new laid, 75 to 78c.
Butter -Creamery, solids, 51 to 53c;
do. prints, 53 to 55e; choice dairy
prints, 45 to 47c; ordinary- edaary
prints, 38 to 40c; bakers', 30 to $3c;
Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to
34c.
Cheese -New, large, 271/ to 23c;
twins, 28 to 28%c; spring made, Targe,
28% to 29c; twins, 29 to 29%c.
Comb Honey -Choice, 16 oz., $4.50
to $5.00 per dozen; 12 oz., $3.50 to
$4,00 per dozen.
Maple Syrup --In 5 -gallon tins,
$3.25.
•
Provisions -Wholesale
Barrelled Meats - Pickled .porlc,.
$48; mess pork, $47.
Green Meats -Out of pickle, le fess
than smoked.
Smoked Meats -Rolls, 32c to 33c;
hams, medium, 38 to 39e; heavy, 30 to
31c: cooked hams, 51 to Mc; backs.
berth ships of the largest tonnage. plain, 46 to 47c; backs, boneless, 50
From each port the railroad lines to 52e. Breakfast bacon, 42, to 47p.
have a Unshed .earoa'et{.v 4,10 must Cottage rolls,.35 to- 36c..:
BRITISH PEACE
DELEGATES NAMED
Dominions to Appear at Con-
ference as Small Nations.
A. despatch from London says: -
Premier Lloyd George, Andrew Bonar
Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer;
A. J. Balfour, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and George Nicoll
Barnes, Privy Councillor, have been
appointed plenipotentiaries to the
Peace Conference by the British Cab-
inet, acording to the Express and the
Triad,
Sir Robert L. Borden, Premier of
Canada; William Morris Hughes,
Premier of Australia, and General
Louis Botha, Premier of the Union
of South Africa, will be colonial
representatives, who will have seats
when the congress takes up business
c•f interest to the dominions they rep.
P;rresent, it is said. According to the
'ixpi'esc, an important decision was
reached by the Cabinet in providing
that the dominions will appear at the
Peaec Congress as small nations.
The delegates will go to Paris on
Saturday for the purpose of at-
a rrltding: sitl,ings of the inter -allied
Conference,
provide far the regain• ,dery ices, paa-
senger and freight, in add.tion to the
additional tax on the .services by the
extra troop trains.
VTith the opening of navigation in.
the St. Lawrence, there will at once
be available additional ports at
which transports can dock and con: id-
erably increased railroad facilities,
both as to route and equipment, For
'instance, it will then be possible to
secure day coaches for the shorter
haus. In arranging for the return
of troops to Canada, each transport
has carried men for every mii:tary
district, so that the demands of each
section may be <lealt with fairly- and
proportionately. -
SUITABLE MEMORIALS FOR
THE EMPIRE DEAD
- A despatch from London says: -
At a meeting of tate Imperial Graves'
Commission over which Right Hon.
Walter Long, Colonial Secretary, pre-
sided, and at which all British over-
seas representatives were present,
the chairman states that all overseas
Governments had unreservedly agreed
to bear their share of whatever ex-
pense was involved in worthily honor-
ing the memory of their dead. . The
commission, therefore, was free to
discharge its task in no ungrudging
or niggardly spirit. The commission
adopted the recommendation that the
most suitable method of honoring
those whose graves could not be found
or identified would be to place a tab-
let, appropriately inscribed, in a ceme-
tery near the spot where it is believed
the men were killed. It is estimated
that there will -be at least a thousand
cemeteries, The commission decided
to ask the Indian Government to
formulate proposals for the establish-
ment of an agency in India for the
care of British graves there. The
commission also warmly thanked the
Union of South Africa Government
for its most generous offer to meet
the entire cost of cemeteries and for
the prevision of memorials to officers
and men of the Imperial forces dying
within the Union.
Three Canadian Delegates
At Inter -.Allied Conferences
.m,m.
A despatch from Paris says: -La
Liberty says it understands that
Great Britain will have throe special
delegates for each of its Dominions,
including Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and South Africa. The news-
paper asks why the French protec-
torates of Morocco, Tunis and possi-
bly Algeria, has no special. vepreseu-
d Wien.
Drq Salted Meats -Long
tons, 30c; in cases, 301/ec; Cleaeel-
lies, 28 to 28%c; fat backs, 25c.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 29% to 30e;
tubs, 30 to 30%i;c; pails, 301/4 to 30a4c
prints, 81 to 3114.c. Shortening,
tierces, 2511t to 25%sc; tubs, 25x'4 to
260; pails, 26 to 261r e; 1-1b, prints,
27 to 27?%c.
THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES
CENTRE OF THE WORLD'S INTEREST
There William of Prussia Was Proclaimed Emperor of the Ger-
man Federation on January 18, 187:1 -.-Scene o1
- Many Other Historic Events.
• Versailles, the meeting -place of
the Peace Conference, is about the
same size ae Leaden, Ontario, Twelve
miles southwest of Paris, with which
city it is connected by rail and -tram,
it is the Capital of the Department of
Seine -eta -Oise, and haws a population of
fifty or sixty .thousand. The town
is well laid out, and owes its existence
to the wonderful Palace built by Louis
XIV. (1643-1715). The ambition of
Le Grande Monarclue was to construct
a palace larger than' any contemporary
bending, big enough to be a residence
for his Court and a seat for his Gov-
ernment. Thereupon, lie erected this
great residence, using the old hunt-
ing chateau of Louis atiII. as• a ceutral
point. No fct}er than thirty-six
thousand hones were engaged upon
the construction o'° the immense
building, which is capable of accom-
modating; over ten thousand persons,
and cost over hundred million dol-
lars.
A.part from the Palace, there are
no
buildings of interest in Versailles;
the Church of Notre Dame, built by
his grandson; the Protestant Church
and the English Chapel being in no
way remarkable.
The celebrated tennis court (Jeu de
Panme), where -the Deputies of the
National Assembly took the oath
never to dissolve until they had given
France a constitnt:'ion, is now used as
a museum.
Bismarck and Th'ers. A little later,
Marshal MacMalton directed from
there the "Versailles army" of Gov-
ernrnent troops which suppressed
the Commune in Paris. Until 1879
Versailles was the seat or the French
Government.
Referring to the interior of the
Pa'lac'e of Versailles, Mr. Baldwin
says:
"Unless we Feasibly except the
Gallery of Battles, of all the apart-
ments in the Palace the Goferie des
G1.aces is the most : triking. Certainly
it i, the meet h,ietorie. This magnifi-
cent room is lighted on one s tie by
saventcen meet w.in:lows in white
marble arcades. On the other side
seventeen corresponding arcades are
fitted with avec three hundred. bev-
elled mirrors, Strengthened by their
white marble environment, they
dazzlingly reflect the light, and give
its name to the hall. Here it was that
a cynic once said of the assemblages
wli ch used to gather within these
wants: "Statesmen who sit in a glass
house should not be surprised if na-
tions throw atones." The great room
is further decorated by trophies in
gilded and chased copper. and on the
cerilin; are paintings t•ae ng Louis
XIV.'s military history, paintings
which took Le Brun four years to
execute. In the Grand Monarque's
time th; s hall must have been spe-
cially worth seeing, for all the furni-
Montreal Markets
Montreal, Jan. 14. -Oats -Extra
No. 1 feed 90c. Flour -New stan-
dard grade, $11.25 to $11.35. Roll-
e cants -bags, -90 lbs. $4.25 to $4.50.
Bran. $37.25. •Shorts, $42.25. Moullie,
$68.00 to $70.00. Hay -No. 2, per
ton, ear lots, $20.00 to $21.00.
Cheese -Finest e•asterns, 24 to 25c.
Butter -Choicest creamery, 52% to
5811 c. Eggs -Selected, 56 to 57c;
No. 1 stock, 50c. Potatoes -Per
bag, car lots:, $1.70. Dressed hogs
Abattoir killed, $2:5.50 to $26.00.
Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net,
81 to 32%c.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Jan. 1.4. -Choice heavy.
steers, $13.00 to $13.50; butchers'
cattle, choice, $11.75.to $12.50.; do.,
good, $11.00 to $11.50; do, medium,
:10.00 to $10.25; do, common, $8.25
to $8.50; bulls, choice, $10.25 to
$11.00; do, medium bul'l's, $9.00 to
$9.50; do. rough bulls, $7.50 to $8.00;
butchers' Bows, choice, $10.25 to
$10.75; deo. good, $0.50 to $10.00; do.
medium, $8.50 to $8.75; <lo. common,
$7.00 to $7.75; stackers, $8.00 to
$10.00; feeders, $10.50 to $.11.50;
canners, $6.25 to $6.50; milkers, good
to choice, $90.00 to $140.00; do. cone.
and med., $65.00 to $75.00; paring -
ere, $90.00 to $140.00; light ewes,
$9.00 to $10.50; yearlings, $13.00 to
$13.50; spring lambs, $15.50 to
$16.50; calves, good to choice, $16.00
to $18.00; hogs, fed and watered,
118.50 to $18.75; do. weighed off
cars, $18,75 to $1.9.00; do. f,o,b.
country poiinto, $18.25 to $1.8.50,
Montreal, Jan, 14. ----Choice steers.,
$12 to $13; good, $10.50 to $11.50;.
medium, $9.50 to $10; choice butcher
balls, $9 to $10; good bulls, 8.50;
medium, $7.50 to $8. Choice but -
Ohm cows, $9.50 to $1.0.50• good, $8
to $9; medium, $7 to $7..50. Can -
leers, cattle, $5 to $6. Sheep, $9 to
$11; lambs, $11 to $14; milk -fed
calves, $12 to $15; grass-fed, $6 to
$7. Choice select hogs, off ears,
$18 to $18.50; others, according to
gtiality, clown to $14.
People of Luxemburg Duchy
Want Republic Proclaimed.
A despatch from Metz says: -A
large crowd paraded before the Grand
Ducal Palace in Luxemburg on Fri-
day, requesting the abdication of the
Grand Duchess and the proclamation
of a republic. A committee on public
safety hes been appointed and quiet
is being maintained everywhere iu
Luxemburg.
ARCHANGEL FOE':
MAME OBJECT
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London, ,Jan. 11;-- Biyytish 'and Amer -
Ivan troops in and south of Arch-
angel are now •frozen in for the win-
ter, hut there is no anxiety about this
force because they are well equipped
with Arctic clothes and have plenty
of food. Troops in Murmansk, how-
ever, cue still aeee.sible. Food 'ship-
ped to Archangel dur•,ng the period of
occupation is suf icient fora the troops
as well ars the population of 170,000
Russians in an area of 40,000 square
miles which the British and American
troops occupy in Northern Russia,
The food for the civi::l population
was provided by the British, but the
expense was defrayed by America.
Great Britain, like America, is not
sending any more troops to Northern
Rueeia and in military quarters here
:t was said to -day that only a few
radio operators or a few doctors, if
requ'ire1, would go.
Small as the force is, it is contended
that their occupation of this territory
prevented the Germans establishing
a submarine base in the ice -free Arc-
tic parts, from which they expected
to attack American transports.
Operating with the Anglo-American
forces in the Archangel and Mure
maansk d'i'strict are 6,000 Rus'aians,
Iia:reclana and Finn-. To abandon
them, itis asserted, would be to leave
them et the mercy of. the Bolyltevik
forces. The present military etrength
of the Bolshevists is as yet unknown,
but great quantitive of allied aranery
ammunition, ae tze'i as guns and nta-
ter'iai-, left by the retreating Germans,
fell into their hands.• Many Rassian
officers heave been driven to enlist be-
cause of hunger.
A force of 6,000 pro -a'l'ly Rus,sans,
operating with the Anglo-Amer'cart
> forces have been responsible, it is
said, for preventing the Bolshevists
entering the rich Siberian areas.
EATEST•u
SHIP HANDEDOVER
Su.perdreadnought and Flotilla
of U -Boats Surrendered
Allies.
Gallery of Battles, Palace
Peace Conference.
of Ver-sailles, The Meeting Place of
the
Lours XV. (1715-1774), • who lived
and died in the Palate, contracted the
three treaties of Versailles with Aus-
taria there. Louis XVI. and his wife,
Yl.arie Antoinette of Austria, also re-
sided there.
With\the passing of years and the
French '` Revolution came Emperor
Napoleon I. (1804-1815), who visited
Versailles very infrequently. Then,
under the guise of restoring it, Louis
Philippe dismantled the Palace grace-
fully, but, paradoxically, he did re-
store it in general• to something of
its former splendor by converting it
into a museum. Ho collected an im-
mense number of paintings and sculp-
tures, which, aside from the historical
portraits in the Palace and certain
pieces of sculpture in the gardens,
have no great artistic merit. This
work of restoration cost $5,000,000.
To British and Amenican tourists
Versailles is most interesting as the
place where, on November 30, 1782,
the preliminary artiche of peace be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States were signed by Benjamin
Franklin. In the following year, on
September 3, Britain, France and
Spain ;signed the treaty which ended
their war, while on the sante day
Britain recognized the independence
of the United States by the treaty of
Paris, Benjamin Frankliri, John
Adams and John jay being the •sign-
ers.
02 especial interest at the present
tame, when the representatives of the
victorious allies are remaking the
map of Europe and considering the
fate of farmer Kaiser Wilhelm of
Germany, is tli.•e striking historical
incident of less than fifty years ago.
It was at Versa>ale.e during the
Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1$71
that Wilhelm I., Icing of Prassia, at
the head: of the Getman forces, had
his headquarters, and ,lit was there
that he was proclaimed Emperor of
Germany on January 18, 1871. There
also, on February 26, 1871, the pre-
liminaries of peace were signed be-
tween France and Germany after
roomy poignant intrviewa be'tween
ture-the tables and chairs and
stool's, the tubs for the orange trees
(which were his de'_ight), the cande-
labra and chandeliers --'were of solid
silver and enamel.
"It was in this room that the pre-
liminary agreement of 1871 was
signed, and here it was that William
of Prussia was proclaimed German
Emperor'. Perhaps in this very
place a new treaty of peace will be
signed which, while bringing law
and order to the whole world, will
signalize the end of the German Em-
pire. It thus will have found its of-
ficial beginning and official end in.
this place.
"For a time the great palace of
Versailles, and not Paris, was the
real Capital of France. To -day, fer
the nonce, it may become the Capital
of the world. Here and there work-
men are invading apartments which
hitherto have seemed to be inhabited
but by the ghosts of kings, Precious
tapestries and furniture, removed to
places of safety during the late- war,
are now being put back, In the gar-
dens the camouflage coverings on the
statues are being removed, and the
cruciform grand canal, three-quarters
of a mile long and its arms together
half a mile long, which had been
camouflaged in order to -prevent air-
plane raids, is being restored."
Navigation of the Rhine
May Be Internationalized
Paris, Jan. 12, -When the Peaee
Conference officially inaugurates its
work on Jan, 20, according to the Echo
de Pari there will be brought before
it for consideration a memorand'un of
a French demand for the Sarre Basin.
Tho memorandum will also include a
plan for the internationalization of
the navigation of the Rhino, with
special advantages fee nations bord-
ering on that river.
Do not add salt to the soup in cook-
ing until it is thoroughly skimmed.
The salt will prevent the team from
rising.
rived in Scapa Flow a
interned there with the other vesse s
of the German fleet. The surrender
of this warship was demanded in place
of the battle -cruiser Maekensen,
which was not sufficiently temnplet:id
to leave Germany.
The Baden. is a vessel of about 27,-
000 tons, similar to the Queen Eliza-
beth class, mounting eight 15 -inch
guns and steaming nominally 23
knots.
Another flottila of German sub-
marines, numbering 16, is to leave
Germany to -morrow for surrender to
the allies.
There are still seven submarines in
neutral waters which aro about to be
surrendered, and 44 U-boats in Ger-
man ports which must be given up.
Ono hundred and seventy are in var-
ious stages of building, but the maj-
ority of them are mere skeletons and
further construction work on these
vessels has beeu suspended.
Marshal Foch Will Consent
To Prolong The Armistice
A despatch from Basel says: -The
North German Gazette of Berlin says
that upon the request of Marshal
Foch, allied and German plenipoten-
tiaries will meet January 14 or 15,
at Treves, to discuss a prolongation
of the armistice. The Daily Citron-
icle urges the associated powers when
renewing the armistice to stipulate
for the right of occupation of any
strategical position they may desire
in order to preserve order and secure
their own safety.
SEND-OFF GIVEN
5,000 CANA'I)IANa
London,. Jan. 12.--A civil rend-otI
was given at Southampton to five
thousand Canadian troops leaving for
Halifax on the liner Olympic. Thou-
sands assembled at the quayside, and
scenes of great enthusiasm and much
cheering, both from the ship and
shore, occurred. The Mayor made a
megaphone speech, praising the
troops for their courage and rojok
ing in their wonderful victories. Hewished them "Godspeed.
BRITAIN ACQUIRES CF STORESO1tDNAN
A despatch from London says:
Canadian ordnance stores on this suie
have been sold to the Imperial authori-
ties under an arrangement insuring'
that the Canadian Government ahoulcl
receivo 100 per cent. on all nOW
.nuinmelit.