Zurich Herald, 1920-05-13, Page 3POLAND'S VICTORY 07 -ENS VAS
STORiS OF WHEAT IN UKRAINE
Fv wee Stands to Profit Vastly by Defeat of Red Armies in
Southern Russia.
Paris, May 2. -While the allies are
holding conferences in the West, his-
tory is being made in Eastern Europe.
In a whirlwind campaign of less
than a week the Poles have inflicted
the most serious defeat yet experienc-
ed by the Red Army. In the early
days of the Red struggles against the
White Generals they had bigger
losses on paper, but all that meant
was that masses of troops had chang-
ed camps without fighting. This is a
real defeat in battle by the hereditary
enemy. May 5 is the Poles' greatest
historical anniversary, and fired by
memories of the past, the Poles have,
momentarily at least, forgotten in-
ternal grievances in a burst of united
patriotic effort.
The real goal of their offensive is
Odessa, the most important port of
the Czar's Empire. The Poles do not
pretend to seize it for themselves. 13y
a clever arrangement -whose main
lines were doubtless dictated farther
west that Warsaw -they are now in
the position of protectors of Ukrain-
ian independence against Soviet tyr-
anny, The Ukrainian leader, Petrula,
will have vivid gratitude for the Pol-
ish help, and it will be to his very evi-
dent interest to remain friendly, and,
if he can, keep the Ukrainian friendly
with the only nation in Eastern Eur-
ope that has a powerful and active
Western backer.
For behind Poland stands France,
financially exhausted, it may be, but
possessing huge stores of arms and
ammunitions and possessing, too, able
and devoted officers to instruct and
to lead Polish troops.
The worst cause of France's finan-
cial weakness is the enormous excess
of her imports over exports, and the
biggest single import is wheat. That
wheat she must buy from countries
whose exchange is at an intolerable
premium, and that premium is ever
in ou.nting,
If Odessa can be securely held by
France's friends, the vast wheat
stores of the Ukraine, Europe's gran-
ary, would become available to French
shippers. Instead of paying in dol-
lars, France would pay in roubles or
in Polish money, both far below the
French currency.
NO ROYAL TRAIN
FOR THE PRINCE
He Refused to Travel When
T ranspo taf:ion Was Denied
the People.
Auckland, N.Z., May 2. -The Prince
of Wales resumed his tour of New
Zealand by train to -day, the strike of
the railway Wren having been ended.
This •afternoon the Prince reached
Taumarunui, having been welcomed
everywhere with enthusiasm.
An interesting incident connected
with the strike .is related. Prier to
the settlement of the walkout the
Prince was told there would be no
difficulty in :finding men to run the
Royal train.
"Will they run trains for the peo-
ple?" the Prince inquired,
"At present they will not," a rail-
road official replied.
"That being so," the Prince respond-
ed, "they cannot run trains for rue,
I am one of the people,"
The tour of the Prince through
northern New Zealand had been
abandoned owing to the obstinacy of
the locomotive engineers and other
striking railroaders, and the Prince
had arranged to leave Auckland yes-
terday on board the Renown for Wel-
lington. The calling off of the strike,
however, induced the Prince to alter
his program.
Price of Bread
Rises in Berlin
A despatch from Berlin says: -The
Berlin bakers announce a 10 per cent.
increase in the price of bread, etfee-
Live May 10, when the household loaf
of 100 grams, or roughly, four pounds,
will cost 41:4 marks. All bakers vales
have been increased proportionately.
It is explained that the increases are
due to higher wage., and taxes on
tight and power.
AWES LuETERMINED
Chas. McGill, Hamilton, M.P.P. for
Weyburn, who is the new Minister of
Agriculture for Saskatchewan.
Wireless
Alamo Bell Gives
Relief to Ship Operator.
Ordinarily a wireless message is
audible only in a telephone receiver,
making it necessary for operators to
wear their head sets continuously.
One of the large wireless -operating
companies has just completed a sys-
tem whereby an alarm bell is actuated
only by reception of a new form of
"S.O.S." signal, consisting of a series
of 130 dots a minute sent out con-
tinuously and automatically by a ship
in distress,
Greeks Massacred
by Albanians
London, May 2. -An Albanian ris-
ing against the Greeks has begun at
Epirus, according to a wireless mes-
sage from Moscow, and Albanian
bands are massacring the Greeks.
TO ENFORCE
THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES
"Great Britain Has Surmounted Her least -War Difficulties
Much Better Than Any Other Country,"
Says Lloyd George.
A despatch •from London says: -
"The minutes of the San Remo con-
ference contain a declaration by Pre-
mier Millerand to the effect that the
French Governmerttt and the vast maj-
ority of the French people are opposed
to the policy of annexing German
territory. I attach enormous import-
ance to this,"
Premier Lloyd George made this
striking statement in his speech in
the House of Commons in which he
explained how differences had arisen
between Britain and France, how they
were conciliated, and what the allies
decided at their Italian rendezvous.
The speech proved a notable
triumph for the Prime Minister. He
was cheered to the echo from all
sections of the House. In part, the
speech Was a reply to Lord. North-
{iifife's charge that the Premier was
fjeeoming friendly with Germany at
'rance's expense. Mr, Lloyd George
denounced the newspaper king as
".a reckless person fomenting trouble."
Most of what the Premier said was
identical' with his various statements
gat San Remo, rte reiterated that Eng-
Viand was just as determined as were
ler allies to enforce the Treaty of
Versailles,
Speaking of the allied invitation to
F. kiandley Page, who organized the
syndicate that bought the enormous
surplus air supplies from the British
Government. They consist of 11,000
aeroplanes and 30,000 engines. The
Government is to receive $5,000,000
and 5% of the profits the syndicate
make.
the Unitecl•States to accept the man-
date for Armenia, he said:
"It involves the employment of a
very strong and well-trained military
force, as it necessitates the conquest
of territories.
"England, France and• Italy are un-
able to shoulder the. burden. The course
which we adopted was to appeal to
the United States, wlio have not ac-
cepted any share in the responsibil-
ities for civilizing those areas of
Turkish territory and in protecting
the poor Christian population up to
the present, but I hope will do so,
"I am convinced they have real
sympathy, which is sincere and cap-
able of making sacrifices,
"If the United States do not re-
spond to our appeal, we ask President
Wilson to arbitrate the boundaries of
Armenia, . We would not carry it any
further. American representatives
were present at the conferences, but
they had no authority to participate."
In conclusion, the Premier enii:l !-
sized that Great Britain had ,sur-
mounted her post-war diffiet.h;es
touch better than any other country.
Ho added that Europe was still strug-
gling, although "the gaping wounds
are healing, and San Remo marked a
distinct stage in t1u eonvalescenee,"
Markets of the World
MEN AND MONEY AVAILABLE
TO BUB UP PALESTINE
Jewish Ambition is to Establish Great Democratic Republic
-Population of 5,000,000 in the Course of
Years.
Ten
London, May 2. -Four million Jews,
according- to Dr. Max Nordau, the
famous essayist and Zionist leader,
are now only awaiting for the British
mandate for Palestine to become ef-
fective before they emigrate there.
Dr. Nordau declared that in his opin-
ion the mandate would begin within a
few weeks. "We are waiting for the
British to open the frontier," Dr. Nor-
dau said to -day.
"The first settlers will be employed
in building houses and plowing the
land. To four million Jews the pro-
gram for the torn countries of Pales-
tine offers the only hope for a settle-
ment there. It is a matter of life or
death to them that the Arab popula-
tion of Palestine, numbering about
half a million, should be either friend-
ly or .indifferent to us. We have no
fear regarding our future relations
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, May 4. -Manitoba wheat --
No. 1 Northern, $2.80; No.' 2 Northern,
$2.77; No. 3 Northern, $2.73, in store
Fort William.
Manitoba oats -No. 2 CW., $1.111x4;
No. 3 CW., $1.08 Ye; extra No. 1 feed,
$1.081/z; No. 1 feed, $1.08; No. 2 feed,
$1.07, in store Fort William.
Manitoba' barley --No. 3 CW.,
$1.56 ; 4$1.62;
2rejected,
$1.56�; ed $1.6?,instorFor
William,
American corn -No. 3 yellow, $2.15;
nominal, track, Toronto, prompt ship-
ment.
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, $1.05 to
$1.07, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2 to $2.01; No. 2, do., $1.98
to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93, :Lob.
shipping points, according to freights.
Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, per
car lot, $2.02 to $2.03; No. 2 do, $1.98
to $2.01; No. 3 do, $L95 to $2.01, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, $3.00.
Barley -Malting, $1.85 to $1.87, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -No, 2, $1.75 to $1.80,
according to freights outside.
Rye -No.- 3, $2.15 to $2.20, accord-
ing to freights outside.
Ontario flour -Government stand-
ard, $10.50 to $10.65, Montreal or To-
ronto, in jute bags, prompt shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered, Mont-
real freight, bags included: Bran, per
ton, $51; shorts, per ton, $58; good
feed flour, $3.75 to $4.00.
Hay -No. 1, per ton, $30 to $31;
mixed, per ton, $25, track.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $16 to $17,
track, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Cheese -New, large, 281/4 to 29e;
twins, 29 to 291/4c; triplets, 30 to
304c; Stilton, 33 to 34c; old, large,
31 to 32c; do, twins, 32 to 321c.
Butter Fresh dairy, choice, 57 to
59c; creamery prints, 65 to 68c.
Margarine -33 to 38c.
Eggs -New laid, 53 to 540.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
38 to 40c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 35c;
turkeys, 53 to 60c; ducklings, 38 to
40c; squabs, doz., $6.00.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 30
to 82c; fowls, 35 to 40c; ducks, 35 to
40c.
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, bus.,
$4.50; privies, $3.50; Japans, $4.50;
Madagascar Lintas, lb., 15c; Japan
Limas, lb., 11c.
Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -Ib. tins,
27 to 28c; 10-1b. tins, 25 to 26c; 60-1b.
tins, 25c; buckwheat, GO lb. tins, 18 to
20c; comb, 1G -oz., $6 to $6.50 dozen;
10 -oz., $4.25 to $4.50 dozen.
Maple products -Syrup, per imp.
gal., $3.50 to $3.75; per 5 imp. gals,,
$3.25 to $3.50.•
Provisions -W holes aIe.
Smoked meats --Hants, medium, 40
to as follows:
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 28
to 29c • clear bellies, 27 to 28c.
Lara -Pure, tierces, 28 to 281e;
tubs, 281/4 to 29c; pails, 28% to 291/4e;
prints, 291/4 to 30c, Compound tierces,
271/4 to 28e; tubs, 28 to 281/c; pails,
2814 to 28%c; prints, 29 to 291/4c.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, May 4.--Oats-Canadian
Western, No. 2, $1,23; No. 3, $1.20.
Flour -Manitoba, new standard grade,
$18.40 to $13.70. Rolled oats -bag,
90 lbs., $5.50 to $5.60. Bran, $51.25.
Shorts $58.25. Hay, No, 2, per ton,
car lots, $33 to $34. Cheese, finest
easterns, 27 to 27%c. Butter, choicest
creamery, 62 to 63e. Eggs, fresh, 55c.
Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $5,75.
Live Stock Markets.
Teromito, May 4. ---Choice heavy
steers, $14 to $14,50; good, do, $13 to
$13.25; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.25
to $13; do, good, $12 to $13,25; do,
med., $11.25 to $11.50; do, com., $10
to $10,75; bulls, choice, $10.50 to
$11.50; do, good, $9.75 to $10,25; do,
rough, $8 to $8.50 • butcher cows,
choice, $10.50 to $11.510; do, good, $10
to $10.25; do, coni., $7.50 to $8• stock-
ers, $9.25 to $11; feeders, $11 to
$02.50; carters and cutters, $4,50 to
6.25; milkers, good to choice, $100 to
$165; do, cone. and vied. $66 to $75;
springers, $90 to $165; iambs, yearl-
ings, $16 to $20; calves, good to choice,
$10 to $19; sheep, $9 to $18; hogs, fed
and watered, $20; do, weighed' off
cars, $20.25; do, f.o.b., $19; do, do,
country points, ,$18.7.5.
IV/entree', May 4, --Butcher steers,
with them. The immediate need is
the replacement of the pi•eeent mili-
tary rule by a British civil adminis-
tration, which would throw open the
frontiers. We must settle Palestine
quickly. It is possible there would' be
enough Jews to give us a small maj-
ority over the Arabs, or at least an
equality.
"We hope that in ten years there
will be nearly five million Jews set-
tled there. Five thousand wealthy
Jews have already signified their de-
sire to remove to Palestine, and I am
informed that the Oriental -American
Society, recently formed in New York,
will invest $150,000,000 for the pur-
pose of establishing economic rela-
tions between America and Palestine.
This is not charity, it is business.
Ultimately, we hope to have a. Jew.ish
Republic established on the broadest
and most democratic lines."
LLOYD GEORGE OVERTURNS SCHEME
ME
TO GM CONTROL OF NEAR EAST OIL
Royal Dutch Oil Combine Attempted to Exploit Mesopo-
taxnia. Petroleum Without Adequate Compensation.
London, May 2. -"An extraordin-
ary and far-reaching attempt on the
part of a foreign oil trust to secure
control of the British petroleum sup-
plies in Mesopotamia has been defeat-
ed by the Allies conference in 'San
Remo, under the leadership of Pre-
mier Lloyd George," says the Daily
Express.
"The conference decided that the
Mesopotamian oil fields shall be re-
tained by Britain, and this tempor-
arily halts the menace."
The newspaper identified the trad-
ing company in question as an integ-
ral part of the Royal Dutch Combine,
and labels its alleged attempts as
"subtle efforts to spread the trust's
influence without adequate compen-
sation to Britain."
"The menace," the Express adds,
"might have become a reality but for
the firm stand of Premier Lloyd
George."
The Royal Dutch Steel Company, it
is understood, asked the exploitation
rights and management of the oil
fields for a period of years in return
for giving Britain legal control of the
corporation.
med., $11,50 to $12.50; com., $9.50 to
$11; butcher heifers, med., $10.75 to
$11.75; corn., $8 to $10.50; butcher
cows, choice, $10.50 to $12; medium,
$7 to $10; canners, $5 to $5.50; cut-
ters, $6 to $7; butcher bulls, good,
;$14L5014to $12; cont., $7.50 to $10. Good
veal, $14 to $15, need., $10 to $13.50.
Sheep, $11 to $12.50; young Spring
lambs, $8 to $12 each. Ewes, $11 to
$12.50. Hogs, off -car weights, selects,
$21.25; light, $19 to $21.25; heavies,
$19 to $21; sows, $17,25.
DEATH CLAIMS
CROWN PRINCESS
Wife of Crown Prince of
Sweden and Daughter of
Duke of Connaught.
London, May 2. -Just before a din-
ner party which was to have been
held on Saturday night at Clarence
House, the Duke of Connaught's Lon-
don residence, in celebration of the
Duke's seventieth birthday, the Duke
was handed a telegram. It announced
the death of his daughter, the Crown
Princess of Sweden.
The guests had begun to arrive, but
the festivities, which had been going
on all day, were immediately abandon-
ed. The Duke was heartbroken. What
had promised to be one of the happiest
days of his life had been turned into
one of despair.
Stockholm, May 2. -The entre na-
tion has been plunged into mourning
by the death yesterday of Crown
Princess Gustave Adolph of Sweden,
daughter of the Duke of Connaught.
King Gustave, who was hi Nizzi, and
Queen Victoria, who had just arrived
at the • bedside of her sick mother in
Baden, had been notified and are re-
turning for the funeral.
Margaret Victoria Charlotte Aug-
usta Norah was the eldest child of
the three children of Prance Arthur,
Duke of Connaught, and the late
Princess Louisa Margaret of Prussia..
She was born on January 15, 1882,
and was married to the Crown Prince
at Windsor Castle on July 15, 1905. In
addition to her five children, four boys
and a girl, she is survived by a bro-
ther, Prince Arthur Patrick of Con-
naught, and a sister, Princess Victoria
Patricia, familiarly known as "Prin-
cess Pat," who was recently married
to the Hon. Alexander Ramsay.
Iler husband is the eldest son of
Gustavus the Fifth, filth King of the
House of Ponte Corvo and great-
grandson of Napoleon's great General,
Marshall Bernadotte. The Crown
Prince and his wife had planned to
visit the United States in 1914, but
were prevented by the v:ai.
French Soldier _ No Longer "Poiki"
Paris, May 2.--Paiht ("the hairy
one") will no longer be the nit-kname
of the French private soldier.
The French War Department has
issued an order permitting soldiers to
be smootheltaven
MINIMUM WAGE
LAW FOR CANADA
Royal Commission Favors the
Measure as Applying to
Women.
A despatch from Ottawa says: --w'
Dominion -wide application of the
principle of a minimum wage and
forty-eight hour working week for all'
women and girls, excepting those en-
gaged in domestic or agriculture.] em-
ployment, was strongly favored by the
Royal Commission on the Unification
of Labor Laws at the session here to-
day.
Other important items at Friday's
session included the adoption of a,
notion that a committee of five be
appointed to report upon the unifica-
tion and harmonizing of law on in-
dustrial disputes within Canada, and
a further recommendation that all
laws at present existing in any Pro-
vince dealing with the improvement
of sanitation or the protection of
life should he made ,general to such
other industries as may be possible
throughout the Dominion.
' The five named for the Committee
on Unification were: Messrs. More,
Gillis, Coughlan, McNiven and Leckie,
with F. A. Acland, Deputy Minister
of Labor, ex -officio, The conference
will resume its sittings to -morrow.
The resolution dealing with the pay
and working hours of women came
from the Committee on lalinimum
Wage, and read as follows:
"We approve the principles of a
minimum wage for women and girls,
and recommend that a competent
authority be created in each Province
ie. the Dominion to establish a mini-
mum wage adequate to maintain self-
supporting women and girls, and such
authority shall be empowered to fix
hours of employment for such women
and girls not already provided by
legislation, and further recommend
that such hours of employment should
not exceed forty-eight per week, ex-
cept of employes engaged in domestic
or agricultural employment."
TAX PAPERS TO BE
FILED MAY 31
Income Tax Payers Have An.
other Month to Report.
A de•patch from Ottawa says: -
Orders have been sent out from the
Finance Department extending the
time for filling income tax returns for
the whole Dominion to May 31. Mr.
R. W. Breathier,. Commissioner of
Taxation, stated that this action had
been taken on account of the fact that
a number of persons liable to the tax
are absent from the country, and be-
cause greater time is needed to secures
returns from Great Britain, Holland
and other European countries.
It was impossible for many firm
with head offices overseas and brand
offices in Canada, to file returns by
to -day, and therefore the extension of
time has been granted. All the data
required to fill out the papers could
not be obtained on this side of the
ocean. Many insurance, mortgag,
and financial companies were in this
situation. The act gave the Minister{
power to extend the time if found
necessary, but if the returns are notf
in by May 31., Mr. Brcadner says that
the penaltie4' tlauc will be rigidly
enforced.
Manitoba Farmers Work
In many regiments moustache•? at Top Speed on Seeding
formerly were obligatory.
Hungarian Peace
Treaty Ready
A despatch from Winnipeg says:--'
"Seeding has become general through-
out the Province, and the farmers are
working at top speed." Icon. Valentine
Paris,May 2. -The tlocrnel] of Aur- Winkler', ?iliiei to of Agriculture,
biis has fixers Thursday next for stated on Thursday. Mr. Winkler said;
per -
the delivery of the treaty to the Hun -
ratted
the recent good weather had * delegation. The Hungarians
enitted the farmers to get away to s
gt good start, and that they were looking
will be allowed ten days for examin foi�tvard to a very good crop. Thera
Talion of the document before signing. .would be plenty of moisture in the
EN ONIT i
MAY LEM CANADA
ground this year, he said, because
of the fact that the spring thaw
had been slow and most of, the
"qua. prTylb umBERS THIS let Sruiming awav,r had enabsorbed The Min]tertstead. of
gave then
.a nt ( impression that the late spring haat
Y not delayed seeding to a material de-,
Thirteen Towns in Manitoba and Saskatchewan Will !Pe gree, stating that the conclusion of
Practically Depopulated if Exodus Carried Out. the seeming period for Ms.nitoba.
Julie 1; barley, June 10 to 15, and flax,
A despatch from Winnipeg' says: - inert made at the Parliament Build-
The
uil iThe Winnipeg Tribune says in part:
"Tiring of the fight to retain special
privileges in the conduct of their
schools, and fearing that publte opin-
ion will .eventually wrest from them
their exemption from military service
in time of war, the Orthodox Mennon-
ite Church community in Manitoba,
and Saskatchewan plan to leave Can-
ada this summer and establish a great
colony In the Mississippi valley"
"Bishop Wahl of Swift Current.
waited on the Provincial Government.
Thursday in order to find out if the
• grains was ,b!ay 15 for wheat; oat:4,
•Ings on Friday states, that there will June 26. There was still plenty of
not be official hindranee. from Can-
adian be Government authorities. Morel M ++a& Hobbs' Bounty
than 8,000 persons. equally divided 3 .
between Manitoba and Saskatcleewan, For Sinking a, U -Boat
will be affected, 13 or 14 prairie towns
will }3e practically depopulated, tem-; A.despatch fromLondonsayst-
penally at least, afid land holdings,; Majer. Basil D. Hobbs, D.S.O.,
highly improved, valued at more than; Sault Ste. Marie, has been awarded.
$1.0,000,000 will ^have to be sold for SO0 prize bounty by the prize court,
what they will bring. i for the destruction of the Gerinafa
"Attorney -General A. Mitchell Pale � Submarine UC -5 in September, 1917,
mer. Washington," Bishop Wahl maid, when commanding the American Settee.
:' s _, i 7 ," i �' submarine stmt with
"gave an unde.t.tanding that if the, plant, 8brt, The `
e rs Mennonite cotumunity settled in the the crew of 18, for each of tvhoeei
Manitoba or 'Ottawa authorities would vuited States it would be granted to- Hobbs was awarded :lib Hobbs, who,
attempt to prevent so large a concert- till immunity from military servi.:e, is also said to have destroyed a `cep.,;',
p , * . planned oth r submarines, is elle of
ed exodus of population taking plan. now and sr the future. It, is pelin, and e
The Bishop was assured, an announce- to complete the exodus by autumn." the most famous Canadian hilliness,