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Army Consistsof 400,000 in Addition to

e Forces. All Well

Equipped with Machine Guns,

planes, etc-

(Special to The Guardian.)

PARIS, Feb. l3.——'l‘he German army is still 400,000 strong, ae- cordlng to a report received bythc Conunittec ol‘ Foreign Affairs to- day from General Nhossol, ltciul of the Baltic mission. in addition there are 100,000 policing forcos, ol‘- flcers and non-contrulssiottotl (ilflc- ors. (lcruutny also is well suppliotl

llllaclfetizie King

Addresses Grocers -

(Special to The Guardian.)

OT'I‘AWA, l-‘oh. l3. An luuuctli’ ale dmvuwartl revision of llu- tar- iff on footlsluffs as well as on ma- chinery, to bring about greater production ill (lanada, together with au t-ltortgt-lit- czuupaigu lo got people hack to the land, ft-atorirtl lho itddrcss of the lion. W. L. Atac- kenzlc King, Lctldol" ol‘ the Liberal Party, to the Ottawa lictail Llroc- ers at their annual batnquet hors- tonlghl. Any revision of the tar- iff, however, Mr. King declatotl, must be carried out with the in- tersst of all sections ol‘ thecom- munity in view. Only in that way could the present unduly high cost. ot‘ living situation be overcome.

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Council Considers Important Questions

(‘Special to The Guardian.)

LONDON, Feb. 13.——'l‘he Council of Wemiers. today was to take up the Turkish and Adriatic questions, considering two of the most ‘per- plexing of the problems growing out of the war.

last several days, possibly a fort- night. after which the council will adjourn to its perlnunonl. fiend- quarters in Paris.

international Court of Justice.

LONDON, Feb. l3.——'l‘ho council ol‘ the Lcugtto of Nations is t10l1sitl~ oring tho appolnttuctil ol‘ iatovcn jurists ol‘ lule-ritzttitlfutl 1‘(*lllll2lll(ll’l to conlpost- u utluuuitlt-c for an lu- torluttlottttl court ol‘ justice, it was learned illlllifli‘llilllllt‘l)‘ lodztgc.

Bolsheviki Now

Consideration ot‘ - .these questions was expected to

in North Russia

(Special to The Guardian.)

LONDON Feb. 13.- The put-suiting the cxticust-s of the girls

_ - ~, ', pthis country‘. by the Bolsheviki m ‘he '°“'“~‘.'.‘.§in the institutions is a llli‘()t!-_\'(‘iii‘

of General Denikincs forces t

' i ll l ‘ll f z - ‘he Cllmol w ‘mum ng o mfiipaitl $25 a month; thc socond _vear

qop$30 a month and the third year

peeled Red attack on the N0 Russian front in the Dvlnn sec and the conclusion ol‘ the Lettish tiporutlons against the Reds, are pointed to by the ulilltary observ- ers as the most silent develop- ments of the past. week's ()|lt‘l'ii- lions in Russia as reported to the war office here.

1100 Freight Cars Frozen in St. John

(Special to The Guardian.)

ST. JOHN, Fob. ill.~-~More than 1100 freight cars are still fixed hard and fast in tho ice in the Canadian National Railway‘ ds ltcro today, whore they were frozen in during Illg gangs of men with ltoavy duty locomo- tives and snow plows are working tiny and night freeing the cart-abut they have several more day's work attend of them.

Germany Will be Firm

(Special to The Guardian.)

PARIS, Feb. 13.—The new Aili- ed note to Germany on the deliv- ery of wsr guilty. reported to have been decided upon by council of Frontiers in London yesterday op- ens the gate for a new discussion. according to tnfornutlion in French circles. While the note will be firm in tone it was said it will foi- lnw out in part. the 51110195110" "f Premier Lloyd George which he urged because of the political situ- ation in Great Britain.

Sir George Buster Has a ShghtCold

Special to The Guardian.)

Q AWA, Feb. lit-Owing to a fpthmflbiid cold, Sir (leorse F0!- ggg- has been compelled to cancel hi; prflpOflbd visit to New York- He was to have addressed the

All Well Aero-

Forces.

with tanks, machine guns and air- planes. in the neutral zone alone on the right bank of the Ilhiue the policing forces number 15,000.

General Nlessel adds that lhc Gorttiatn Minister of lit-fence Nosko is in the hands ol‘ tho gcitt-ral staff and that the (iormatt government is capable, it‘ willing, of tibtttiitiftg execution ol‘ the treaty clitssos by lito country.

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Rumor that Sir Rob-

ert will be Made Chairman of the Saar Valley Commission, Which Office Has

Been Promised to

(Special to The Guardian.)

O'I‘TA\VA, Feb. l3.——Sir Robert llordt-lt, it is stated here, will sail for New York on Morality, where he ._wlll ulcct Lady lint-don. lloth will tin-n go south tor a few tuonths. _

An interesting rumor that Sir Robert Borden

hero is may be

umtle chairmatt of lilo. Saar Valley-I

llotne Rule Bill .

Next Week;

(Special to The Guardian.) _ LONDON, Idol). Iii. - Preuliot" Lloyd (icorgo told the lloust- of Commons today _lhal ht- hopcd to llllltbtltlttf‘. llu- Irish lloulo liulo hill lu- tho House next wot-k. Nt-r.oti:t~ lions are being resumed by tho peace coithercuce hero concerning thc pcatso lroaly with 'l‘urkoy, Pro-

luler Lloyd (it-urge also slated.

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Canaders Offer Cheered in House

(Special to The Guardian.) LONDON, Feb. l3.—»l’articulitrl_v ltoarty cheers were given in thct [louse ol‘ Commons uuniglti. when Austen Citautberlain, Chancellor‘ of

Coalition Candidate Wins in Ashton

(Dom. Press Special.) AlSll'1‘ON llNillfilt LYNit), l2l.~— Hlr Walter di- IPrt-orv, all

Fob.

i'll't'lt',| ntotubt-t" of |)ii|'llllllit‘iil from | to Par“

tui1llott-| ,\[|.j\v 1l.l"11ll'l““| milllillifl’. haw been (‘humbr-|'s, (lllllltlf, i-tliltlr. who wt-nl

a Canadian.

(Joni (louuuission, which will ad~ luinislcr that coal area, originally’ Gerumn, for the benefit ot Franco and according to the terms ol‘ the peace treaty. ll is known that Sir ltubcrt, in conft-l-cltce with thcliri- lish tfabinot, - cured the pro- inisc that the. reprostwnlalivo ol tho British limpiro on tho (fitllillt. ' will be a t-ltlftatlian. 'l‘l".o sat understood to be 1510,0011 a

Noted Publisher Died of Flu

(Dom. Press Special) YOltK, Fob. l2l.~--.Iulilts

‘sion

in [SR7 and cslablisltt-tl

Ashlotl-llutle-r-Ljvltt- district, Pulllll-g,‘ n“. pmqs 0.1311,,“ M- l)“. y.“ ym-p-

ill the l)yt‘~l'll'('lltl|l ltmk [flat-t- Jau- uary ill. Sir \\'.'tlt<-t' “'41,, tlu- cot-ll- tiou candidate and rt-ct-ltijwl X11134 Volt-s; ltulllllsou, Lnhtlrito, l'l't'.t lvt-tl

lloraltl. tilt-ll last night. llt- had

been iii with put-timouitl for :;t-v<~l‘~

ul days. _-.-_~_-<e

8127 alld Sir Arthur Alztrshall,

oral got ‘.1511.

Irish Barracks Blown Up

(Dom. Press Special) .. llllll-LlrN, Fob. l:i."~/\ band of

Police httrrzlcks at Aliihies, killing

the Exchequer, intimated that the (Janadittn tloverntttcnt

one policcttttttl and iuJuriItgscvot‘

Trade with Russia

(Dom. Press Special) BERLIN, Feb. 13.—~Gt-rtuany' is preparing to exchange goods with ltllssial, it was lcartte-tl authoritativ~ uly lit-re tonight. Tho economic

urmod men blew up our cud of tl\t-,,nin1g|.-,-_ it was 531d proposes to

exchange only goods for goods. lu accordauet: with tho Russian plan

OOF-lftdl "Mal, according to word received ltoro ' 4, Suvipt “mm, 1,. in Bel-H" ‘wrung.

make a contribution toward lhc rc-Hmtfly; ‘\l]lhi(.s is m, g._.idi.yun.,gu]‘lng “upthmls U; barter‘ Russia “A.,.

lief of Central Europe.

Ontario Imports Scottish Nurses‘)

(Special in The Guardian.)

TORONTO. Feb. lit-Hon. Ilarry C. Nixon has hit upon n plan to secure nurses for the provincial hospitals where staffs are at pre- sent greatly underntanned. I-le has ltad the Bureau of Colonization make arrangements to procure pro- i bation nurses from Scotland] through the Ontario Agent General‘ in London, England. 1t is the in- tention to bring 100 ol‘ tho [IP01]!!- tlont-r nurses to (lanada at once. Au advance party ol‘ 50 will sail from Staotlantl on lilo Mt-lagaltltt on Mart-h 2, and an additional party‘ ol‘ 5O will follow on March l!) on tho Cassandra. Ilolh parties will be coudtlctetl by govoriluueltt offirl als. All tho girls havi- been care- fully stalocted and their roll-famous. indicate that. they are of tho higlr ost type. Tho govorntnont is pa_v-, to The training cottrst»

one. The first year they will be

$35 a month. Tho course includes some instruction in general nurs- ing, bnt they specialize in caring for fecble-lnlnded patients.

Canadian Millions in N. Y. Stocks

(Special to The Guardian.) '1‘OllON'l‘O, Feb. lit-AA! least $Zitl,tl00,ll0t) m" s-lttoottotltl has sono

out ol‘ Canada to the New York stock uutrltct since Scptctttber. 1010. Not less than $12,00tl.lllllltll‘

$l5,000.0tl0 has gouo from 'l‘oroutil to cover margins on 'I‘oronto hold stocks in the last three years.‘

lot ol‘ the money came into bana- da froln the New York stock mar- ket ln the boom period. A lot uioro of tlte ntoncy 11112140111! out ol‘ (lanadtt to tho New \ork stocn market. Millioils of Canadian mo- ney travelled on a one-way ticket with no stub-over or return ur-vll- egos. _,

Kolchaks Death is Confirmed

(Dom. Press Special)

-L()N’DON, Feb. 13.—-A despstch to the Central News today said it had been definitely confirmed that Admiral Kolchak. former head of all Ilussinn antl-Bolshevik Govern- ment un his Premier were shot and kllle when prisoners at lrku- stsk, following conviction by mill- tury courtmurtlul presumably by their own troops.

German War Guilty Fled to Holland

"ms HAGUE, Feb. tar-Grand Duke of Hesse and eight other Ger- mans named in allied list of war guilty, have arrived in Holland to seek politics-l refuge. it was report- ed here today. Several Generals are included in the German partt .

Canadian Society ill N11." \'°"k-

it was nsld.

point of lrclautl. ctst of Cork. Several Slnn Feiners Arrested. (Dom. Press‘ Special) _ DUBLIN, Feb ilk-Several Stun Fclners were were arrcstctl in tho course of a round up by military forces ltrthis city early today.

Condensed Telegrams

NO JUGO-SLAV FRENCH AL- LIANCE.

(Dom. Press Special.) _ PARIS, Fob. 1.'l.—~'l‘ht: ‘French foreign office today tit-flied a dc-

spalclt published in-a ltouu- news‘

paper asserting couvt-rsatlolt had bot-u started hcltvotut Jugu-Slatv and Franco reganlltlg an alliance. -?<0>-i_- GERMAN FOOD PRICES

DOUBLE IN 3 MONTHS‘ l

lllCltlilN, Fob. lil.-—-'l‘ho. lit-w year lifts brought llill‘tlt‘l‘ limos for tho hungry. ‘The. prices of bread, po- tatoes, legumes, itiartttalatle, but- tcr amt margarine have been raised this utoulh; and the statlcticltnts llgtlre out an increase on 1111381.‘. llolus alone of 114.50 per cent. in the cost of living this year 1'01 each person. The price oi’ beer. too, which is classed atmoug foods

by the Germans, has been raisctL!

it probably will bo put higher again, for tho government is lloltiiug back

barley till it secs how much ls nocd-i

H5111? U" lllt‘ 0111110111’ sllllllllhTslPrll titlaulitlt-s of hides, oils and olhol‘

raw utatvrials rtwly to t-“haugc for (it-rmau mauu lclured protlttcts.

t‘ Booze Ship Sails

For New York

(Dom. PresrSpeclal) NEW YORK, Feb. 13.——Dospite trrcdictittns from tho local weather bureau that the ‘storm would hit ltlflorlda coast making is way north ward before night, the Black Star liner Yartnotith. latieu with $4.000,- O00 worth of liquor was on the high tseas today bound for llavalta. The

flmozc-sllip sat-led yesterday.

Alleged Agreement 0a Adriatic Dispute

Dom. Press Special)

‘AitlS, Feb lil.—.t\ lt-logralu ro- Jngo-Slttvlzt lt-gation in |l’:lrls today‘ front lllelgratlo said |JHgO<S|ilV political leaders had found grounds for agreecutent with Italy in the Adriatic dispute. (lrountits for agrecutetit, according to the telegram, were based on the Fretted-British proposal of Jan. 20 lwhich has been accepted by Jngo- Slavia with a request for slight changes chiefly on the continuity of tlttallttxt lllcrrilory with lllume and ratification of the border to , the cttst ol‘ 'l‘ricslt-.

Jugo-Hlttvia accepts

rolvctl at

tho propos-

ed tfor bread; and the price of hops! mo" ‘for zmtnnmny mr Flume mm.

has risen to 3,000 mitt-kt. the bun- dredwclght.

Besides tllo ltigltcr prices, the supplies oi food are growing visibly shorter. 'l‘l1ls weck the eily govt-ru- mcut, owing lito the failure to po- tato supplies, introduced turnip cards again, and it now looks us, if the country might have. a ropoll- llou of tht- famous "turnip wilttcl” of 1916-17, which gill] lingers as a‘ horrible experlcttcc iu the utemory of every German.

———<-o&i-- THE WEATHER TEMPERAJI‘ U RIC TIDE, MOON ETC.

‘FORONTO, Fob. winds and galcs. Northeast Blast with snow or ralu.

The lowest registered Thursday night was 17 ticgreos above zero and at nine Friday tnorulttg it was 26 above.

The highest yesterday was 24 above and at 9.30 lust night it was 28 above. . _

The title will be high this after- noon at 5.38 tomorrow at 6.48 and Monday at 7.52; it will be high to- morrow morning at 7.52, Monday at 8.48 and Tuesday at. 9.3L’).

‘Sun sets this afternoon at 5.25 tomorrow at 3.27 and Monday at 5.28; it rises tomorrow at 7.02, Monday at 7 and Tuesday at 8.68.

Last quarter moon Wednesday, Fob. 11, at 4.49 p. m. .

New moon Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5.115 p.m.

-—---Qo>——-- ANNOUNUEMEN _5. COMING EVENTS. MEETINGS, ETC.

"The Ilvfurshfield Ladies Insti- tute will hold their postponed Val- entino Tea at Mnrsllfieltl llaii, on Wednesday the 18th. 7033.

and

Zara undcr thc League of Nations, provided the diplomatic representa- tion ol‘ tho cities also is under con trol of the League.

IMPORTANT CHANGES EXPECTED. LONDON, Feb. ‘l3.——’l‘ht§ Parlia- meutary rcpt'oscltl:tti'.'es of‘ the Pall M11‘, Cazctta, (iiscusshtg lm pending it‘.,ll‘<lli1ll0ll withrcgartl to control of zhc liquor tralltc, says today tlm’. the fnlutsuros at prsatut cnntculplatcti art not calcnlotr-tl to rouse any grout fooling in the coau- try. 11c points out that tho Gov

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14.—Strollg|erntucnlH-a plan lllTlVlilGg for strict

limitation of the hours of sale, but involve only minor ehatiges in the present. hours, which are really a cotttiutltttion of the hours ill effect under war restrictions.

One of the main features of the scheme is for intproventent of tho saloons, the correspondent says. The number 0f licenses will be re- duced In certain (lislrit-ts. No al- tempt will be nradc to provide local option lult the future of this ques- tion will dept-nu largely on the rc- sult of tho Scottish experiment this year.

Freight Congestion

Mr. L. S. Brown, Traffic Man- ager st Moneton, reports under date of Feb. 13th ns followsz~Am pleased to advice that accumula- tions of freight on the ntainlanil for tho Islam is decreasing rapid. ly. This morulng down to 01 curs."

Being Reduced‘

(Special to The Guardian.)

\\'1\SlllN(1’l‘()N, Feb. 13.»- |donc0 that l6ut'ope's tuonota

(Ioufi- * pro-

‘was expro sod today by Secretary of the 'l‘r tsury llousttxu. in a |'t--|

situation. 'l‘he Fnilt-tl States is t-oltstanliy ._ furnishing liurupo capital with

which to roeoltstruct the cconoluiti, life of ltalions there, said .\lr.| llouslolt, explaining that advanees|

llUNElllHY Plllllllllllfi Will BE Slllllllllllfilllillllllll

U. S. Secretary of Treasury Takes Optim- isticVicw of Situation. Still Assisting‘ Europeati Nations.

Declares U.S. '

are being tuade in tho same way

that i-Juropt: aided this country in‘, limes of depression in the [last byi government loans, as much as by,

loans, sale ment and lllt- absorption of

of surplus/tum)’ equip-t ltigh

view ot tin.- llttcrualiottal finautriatl grade invcstntont securities offer-till Jill)’. 1110111151)’ U111 261115

t-d_ in markets bore by European,‘ ltolders. Thi- Secretary- csliuizllctl that l-Itlrotlo had i'i‘('f.‘l ed ztpproxi-l lualcly‘ $»l,000,tl0tl,(ltlll from the Fn-i itod State-s since the armistice wast signed. ~

Company Burned.

MONCTON, Fob. 1il.—-\Vortl that:

lug in tht- tit stock, N. 11., l-octrivotl in blanc- tou at an teary pour this tnorllitlg.

A utcssage to tho local sup-riu-g

serious blaze lnld broken out tin-rt;

FOUR FIREMEN KILLED 1 AT WOODSTOCK FlREi

by Flames.-

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last night mid that aluoung thel

wit-k 'i‘olcpltoite (Yo. Exchange op‘ erators in thc latter _o'.llce were

ing. Four flrclueft were killed.

Business Profits. Tax Likely» to C0

(Dom. Press Special) O'l"l‘./\\\'A. Feb .13.-—='i~‘inanelalt

fiscal year have not yet, been cun- sltlcreti by the‘ government but will be shortly. There is a growing impression that the business pro- fits tux will not be renewed. lie- presentatious are coming from malty quarters that it operates as a ltandlcap ou business and indus- trial cntelrprise, 'l‘here will be n0 otiliclal tillilfllllltfullllrill ol‘ course till tho budget speech is delivctt-tr iu April. —i¢o§i-—-

THUNDERSTORMS IN

SUN MAY EXPLAIN

WIRLESS PUZZLE.

-l'Alll.*‘-, lib-b. l2. Fri-itch utili- lzlry wireless t)|li'l‘illi1l'S have (E-lillt: to tho ooucltlsiolt after co-ortliuatt-tl study that. the famous wireless tuossagt-s front Mars" are llutndcr- stortns in the sun. Since the ques- tion of unit" ublo and uudcciplter- able lucssugtas was opcnctl they have kept a (rlosc watch at all the receiving stations, working on the basis that if Mars was sending out Il0l'iXl1ll1.\\'ilVL‘s they would reach all the earth stations simultaneous- ly. llul they have found‘ that these mysterious troubling tucssagcs do not come sinuiltauc.otts1y or last thc saute length of little. 'l‘hcrefore they conclude lli(‘y lift‘ ltot. sent otlt by atny- instrument or tiovwr res- embling the hlurcoui installation.

0n lilo other baud they ltavc found that over certain areas what are called parasitic waves disturb tucssagcs when luagllctit: storms arc going ou. caused by sudden activ- ity lu lito sun.

"Whoa a slat‘ that lights 11]) tho t-arlh indulges in any of its trt-uu-n- dous eruptions," one authority says “it scents to send out ‘waves into) inter-planetary splice. When these reach our atmosphere they sot up a ltmgtwtit: disturbance which pro- duces uttrectlgi zublo dots and (lashes on tho lliarcuui instrulucttts.

“it would’ be soutcthing extra- ordinary." they say, “if we could hour the pocple of Mars or any other planet trying to talk to us, but surely it it; wonderful enough that “we can hear a lhumlcrstortn going on lu the stln some lutudretls of tuillituts of miles away. lillllflltlvl“ int: tho force of the sun eruptions necessary to lrtlvktl the distance, it is certain that we should never bo able, without burning up the earth, to reply to any messages from Mars.“

The Forward Movement

iltvports received by Mr. Stden- lus, Provincial Secretary of the 1n- terJChurclt Forward Movement. give Princfc Edward island's col- lections up to Thursday night st

$62,103.

= The reports by province; up to Wednesday night are as follows: Ontario, $3,149,830; Quebec‘, $663,

‘350; New Brunswick, $138,565: Nova Scotla, $311,878; Manitoba, $226,061; Saskatchewan, $248,259; Alberta, $40,253; British Columbia, $135,718; l‘. E. island,(up to Thurs- _day night, $112,103. Grand total.

\Hung~ary Asks , ' For Plebiscitcl,

I the British War dffice today admit-

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(Special to The Guardian.) PARIS, Feb. lit-Jfho-llungarlau

the Secretary of the peace confer- ence a mcnioranduui outlining the (losires of ilunnary. ll. insists up- on tho maintenance ol‘ historical Ilungatgv. and asks for a plebiscite in the disputed districts.

Couffice to Consider Exchange Situation

(Dom. Press Special)

LONDON, Fell lli.~~~'l‘ht>. council of lito Loagntqnf Nations this af- ternoon was ta tuko up interna- tional t-xt-hautzc situation and cull an iult-rvtatitlual fiuauro t-tlttfrercu- co, it was lt-arnod authoritatively.

THE ELLIS CASE

The Ellis case was restlmed yes tcrday mortiiug. The only witness examined was Austin Squarebrlgz-s. (‘ouslabltx Hc identified a number 0t‘ zlrtlcles ‘found in the room of the deccttsctl, iucltldlng at utlrror, bed clothes and etc. ,

The case was then adjourned till Tuesday, 24th inst.

BOLSHEVlK "BREAKERS

OF MARRIAGES"

GENEVA, Feb. 1L’.—(‘ountcss de llo|1riclle.u,a lucmbcr ol‘ the Russian colony at lllonlroaux, and fortnerly ulald of honor to tho dowagt-r cm- press of ltussiu, ltas committed‘ sul- cide by drowning in Lnkc tit-nova. llor body, still docked in valuable’ jewels, was found floating in the; lake. ‘

ltnsslatls who ltavo arrlvcti‘ here rcccutly by way of Sweden and Gcrtuany’. say a fortucr lulnlster of justice, Spltzberg, has been install- cd in Pelrograd as “breaker of ntarriages." Ho is said to be gran.- ting from 500 to 600 divorces a. wreck, no investigation being neces- sary‘. All that ttppears to required in the signature of the person de- string froednln from matrimony.