Brains abate aah YEAR 56: NO. 15 CREAT POLITICAL BATTLE WAGING The Straggle AL Pars Cates Upon te HOW WILL NATIONS VOTE? BRITAIN'S ASIATIC POLICY OB. SCURE AT PRESENT. There Are Three Groups Under the Influence of United States, Great Britain and France. Paris; Jan. 18,---The greatest po- litical battle of modern times is be- ing fought out here. This struggle centres on the Russian situation. The general question at stake is the right of a people to self-deter- mination. The specific question is the application of this vital principla to Russia. | PROHIBITION MEASURE roeeensicoes INDROKEN FRONT T0 THE ENEMY The Vital Importance of Tis Recognized By te Med Mitr. AL QUESTION AT ISI TO BE SETTLED BEFORE ENEMY DELEGATES ARRIVE, » A - KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 919, PAGES 18 Vomtes On Agenda For Coming Session of Parliament--Lively Fight Is Expected. Ottdwe, Jan. 18.--A measure of national prohibition will be submitt- ed to parliament at the coming ses- sion, and if there were any doubt on that score, they are removed by the striking unanimity of the different states in ratifying the bone-dry con- sututional amendment. The argu- ment already is being advanced that whiat the United States has done, Canada must do or become the mecca of thirsty mobs from gross the bor- der. As matters now Btand, all the Canadian provinces, except Quebec, are dry. In that one province a pro- hibition law becomes effective next May, As the provincial enactments were good, so far as they went. but were not considered as going far enough, the -Doutinion governmen: stepped in last year, banned Interprovincial traffic, which the provinces were un- able to do, and, what was more cffec- tive, stopped the importation and manufacture .of liguor. It was done as a. war measure particularly to pro- With nized. (Canadian Press Despatch) 18.---~The assembling of the first full session of the peace congress to-day with the prospects assemblage of states- men making rapid progress with' its work, seems enhanced by the*appar: ent defeat of Bolshevism Paris, The Russian Bolshevik Government Wants to Open Peace Negotiations ge Entente and to be Recaog- Jan. of a notable (UNIVERSITIES WILL EDUCATE RETURNED MEN The Government Is Requested to Foot Expenses of the Universities. Ottawa, Jan. 18.--Every univer- sity in Canada which is entitled to representation in the Conference of Universities of* the Dominion is ready to assist to the utmost of. its ability in providing educational facl- lities for all returned soldiers who desire and are capable of taking ad- vantage of such facilities. ' The universities are of the opin- fon that the Dominion Government should become responsible for. the expenses incurred by the universit- ies in giving the returned men then education, or in completing courses | Which-were interrupted by reason ot the men enlisting. These facts were brought out at an informal meeting held at the headquarters of the Repatriation Committee, which was attended by the peads of Canadian universities including Principal R, Bruce Taylor of Queen's, The problems raised have all been submitted to the Government for consideration, A committee was ap- POLITICAL POT BOLS AT QUEBEC A Rumor That Sir Lomer Gouin May Enter Federal Politics. GOSSIP NAMES HON. DR. BELAND AS QUEBEC PREMIER. Whatever the Changes They Will Likely Occur Soon as the*Legis- lature Meets on the 21st. % Québec, Jan. 18.--The political pot is boiling in the Quebec Provin- cial fipld, and rumors are floating around as thick as a Picoad{lly fog. Of course it is hard to tell yet what sort of a stew is to be scooped out of the pot when the time comes, but politi¢ians who are well posted have the same Cie Baily Briih Wa LEARNED A , OF THE GERMANS British Know Much About Teuton "Key" Industries Before the War. London, Jan. 18.--Sir Eric Ged- des, Minister wighout portfolio in the new Cabinet, in an address before the Associated Chambers of Commerce. said the Miggest thing that had been learned in the war and the greatest benefit that could he gotten from, it was that the British people had dis- covered as a nation what they could do if they pulled together. They had improved machinery and methods and also electric power, the great modernizer of industries, They had learned much about German "key" industries and the way the] Germans controlled British Industry before the war, NY As ay instance, Sir Eric mentioned Speiter and tungsten, which, though controlled through Germany, came almost entirely from the British Em- pire, while the whole monopoly of magnete manufacture, indispensible te modern development, in steel plants, was held back by the dump- ing Of pieces of apparatus, such as crank- castings, on the Type and the LIQUOR SYSTEM CHANGES MAY | Th Disrbating Genes ve Net Lk st. LAST @DATION ---- : WILL LIKELY: BE APPOINTED AGENTS ON SALARY. -Eare 18 0 Be Taken to Prevent Dis- honest Medical Men Continmiing to Issue Unnecessary Prescriptions For Liquor, Toronto, Jan. 18.--Details of the plan under which the Government will carry on the sale of Mquor for medicinal and ether necessary pur- poses, when it takes over complete control of the business, have not yet been completed by the Cabinet. Con- sequently there is much speculation many, thus opening the way to 'the very interesting and at Clyde at prices Jower than the cost as to the course to be pursued, not : . It was explained y@yterday that the matter of sending an Allfed com- mission to investigate Russian con- ditions. is being held in abeyance | because of the sudden realization in | cortain quarter that such a move would mean at least partial recogni- tion of the present Russian Govern- ment. Unless the delegates are able to devise somie foram of inquiry that would elituinate all possibility of its being construed as any form of re- cognition, it # possible that no in- vestigation of Russian problems will be undertaken until after the full Peace Congress votes on it--and then only in case the advoeates of an inquiry out-votd their opponents. "Russia's case puts on trial at the outset of the. conferences the prin- ciple of self-determination, and it is certain to be a bitter fight, since it involves the question. of the right of any nation to launch an entirely new form of government; in this instance in industrial demoeracy. How Will Nations Stand? How will the twenty-eight nations represented at the Allfed Conference line up when it come to vote? Na- turally no one can foresee with cer- tainty, and much depends upoa the particnlar issue inyolved. Generally Speaking, three groups may be peor- hed under ne influence of the States, Bn and France, respectively, while Italy i Japan stand alone. * « : 'Ie the group - with the United States are Brazil, . China, Cuba, Gutemala, Haitia, Honduras, Li- beria, Nicaragua and Pangma. With Britain are Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Bel glum, Portugal and Siam. The com- position of the French group is less certain. France throughout the war has been endeavoring to acquire di- plomatic influence over the Balkans and also in the nations of Central Europe. France will therefore pro- bably support the maximum claims of Poland, Greece and Rumania, Jugo-Slovaks may join the American group, and-Greece may join Britain. As France has been the strongest Supporter of the Jugo-Slavs, they may reciprocate by supporting France, ¥ -- The Polish Question. With regard to Poland the whole dispute as to whether the Pilsudski Government or .the Polish national | committee will be recognized as the real Government seems to, be based oh & struggle on the part of France to rotain. her influence over Poland through the Polish national com- Mitte. i he aoukyhl. Govern- ment should finally recognized by the Allies, Poland ons be expected to join the British or American group rather than the French. Italy and Fiance have some points in common, but they differ: funda' mentally on the bitter isspe of the 'Juge Slave. Japan - may support cols phan, programme if Japan in Asia programme of ted by the United mdte national economy, and the ten- ure of it was for the wag and a year afterwards. Doubt as to the constitutionality of the latter provision will necessi- tate the validation of the measure in the coming session of parliament, hut in all probability it will be presented in.a new form, going further than amplifying the existing provincial enactments. There is also under con- sideration, as part of the prohibition legislation, a natignal referendum when the soldiers are back and things are stabilized to determine the per- manency of the measure. Latterly there has been talk at Ot- tawa of the restrictions producing a reaction in the country and of a consequent tendency towards modif cation. What is being done in the United States, however, undoubtedly furnishes "ain immense stimulus to the movement for a bone-dry law in Canada, and it is thither that things are drifting. Complete pro- hibition will not be enacted without a full discussion "however, and the opponents of it are preparing to put up the best figst they can, though the real battle would probably come at the time of the suggested national plebiscite, oe Enron 8 SRS . Marshal Foch Will Break Off Armistice if Terms Are Not Fulfilled. {Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Jan. 18.--Marshal Foch, ac- cording © Le Matin, will immediate- ly break 'off the armistice with Ger- many if the conditions of the armis- tice are not fulfilled. The Allied commander-in<chief, the paper adds, does not believe that the Germans exaggerdte when they cry "famine." The situation of the populations of Austria and Prussia, the marshal is quoted as saying, is near the starva- tion point. Gergiany still possesses an army, Foch declares, but the Al lies hold the Rhine, which constitutes a formidable strategical barrier. Marshal Foch is said to have declared that he Md not: believe that the Bol- shevik invasion through Germany to France was possible. THE FIRSY SESSION Takes Place in Paris at Three O'Clock Saturday After=- noon. " {Canadian Press Despa a an and Japanese gations alliance with entp: vik and the ber An stabilizing of 'the Government prospect of its being able to send responsible representatives to peace conference. expected to mindedly to the creation of a league of nations, and the first steps wards the formation of that league, it is understood, will be taken to- day. Al quedtions at issue, of what- ever kind, will be settled before the enemy delegates arrive, Allied mini- sters recognizing the vital ance of presenting an unbroken front §@ to the enemy. London, Jan. ster Litvinoff of the Russian Bolshe- perty and money be recognized as lawfully-enacted measures. Jamaica May Build Great Sugar Face Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 18.--The Legislature yesterday debated question of establishing darge Government sugar factory at an approximate cost of received from the British Empire Producérs' Organization. "In reply to your letter of the 19th of November the terms of the letter from the Prime Minister to myself, which intimates that we shall free to give preference on all duties . which for our own purposes we have and the | of The congdbess ts] F® devote itself single- an to- import- Bolshevik Want Peace. (Canadian Press Despateh) 18. ~--Foreigh : Mini- Government has made several through the medium of a intact, that their confiscation of pro- tory Now. the the first £300,000. In course of the debate one mem- read an extract from a letter just . belo tatives pointed to bring together represen- profession interested in the problem "WHEN WILL ade?" Herr Erzberger asked. fopd conditions in Germany are daily growing worse and hunger will pro- duce a mental 'state which the Al- lies cannot desire. themselves are not proof against a f every organization and education, consisting of Sir Robert lconer, Dr, Bruee Taylor, Dr. Mec- Lean, Dr. C. C. Jones, W. D. Tait" d Tom Moore, head of the Domin- fon Trades and Labor Congress. Norte mens THE BOGEY OF HON DELEGATE proposals on behalf of the Soviet re-|. { . gime friendly emissary, for the opening of peace negotiations with the Entente, according to the Evening Standard to-day." None of these propositions, however, | has "been substantial en- ough to receive serious consideration either in Paris or London. The main conditions of the Bolsheviki are that their regime be maintained BUTS QUESTIONS TO" Foc YOU RAISE THE BLOCKADE?" Mathias Entered Protest Against the Status in Which Germany is Left During the Armistice. : Amsterdam, Ja ing hegween Marshal F German' delegates 'was featured by protests hy Mathias Erszberger, re- ipresenting the Germans, against the status in which Germany was left during the period of the armistice The "fihancial and economic dicta- torship of the Eutente" was theme of his main protest. 18.~The meet: the 'When will you raise the block- "The Your peoples rid revolution." 'Will the Entente," he continued, which meets on EE imposed covers the case of sugar."" iin Biniem, DIDN'T TRY. TO ESCAPE. "undertake binding obligations re- specting the return of the German prisoners of war? When will you be in a position to conclude a prelim- inary peace? Germany has asked six times for negotiations for a prelim- Said That Liebknecht Was Deliber- London, Jan, Socialists 1 Karl Liebknecht, who was shot and killed on Thursday, did not attempt to escape from the escort of troops, but was shot th at un few paces by guarding him, according 16 a Copen- 'hagen despatch. The Frefheit upon the workers there to begin gemeral strike, #t is reported. and London, Jan. 18.--A ular aerial passenger service on London (Canadian Press Despatch) 18.-- Independent 'at Berlin assert that Dr the forehead soldiers' of Berlin 1 calling a WINGING WAY TO PEACE. Aerial Service Is to Join London Paris. an between on in will be introduced the Fenowal of fusion | approval of the Allied | inary peace, but has received no re- ply." 0 . a Pi ' irr an n Press > is, Jan. EL agreement for of peace, subject to the Governments. Ar time plausible tales. J One of these says that Sir Lomer Gouin, the present Prime Minister of Quebec, is to leave the Provincigl arena to enter the Federal field. Some g0 as far as to say that Sir Lomer Gouin would become the leader of the Liberal Opposition at Ottawa, replacing Sir Wilfrid Laurier, but this is not considered as serious in well-informed circles, Sir Lomer Gouin would become a urember of the Liberal Opposition at Ottawa for the present. Now, as. to the leadership of the Quebec Provincial. Liberals, rumor has it that the Hon. Dr. Beland would take ity resigning his seat in the Federal House to this end. But this will not meet the ideas of all the Liberal leaders im Que- bec, as there is a strong indication that Hon. L. A. Tascherean, as pres- ent Minister of Public Works and La- bor in this province, has an eye on the Premiership of Quebec, and he has strong support among a certain element, both in the House and also in the ring of political workers. At any rate, what changes are to be made in the political world of Quebec will, according to every in- dicatiom, occur within a very short time, probably soon after the ses- sion of the Diy sincial Legislature, uesday next, Jan. ¥ ae ts Raa of the/raw material. CONTRACTS ARE LET FOR 160,000 HOUSES British Government Assisting in Reconstruction of Na- tional Industrial Life. London, Jan, 17.--Regarding the Government's building programme of 500,000 houses, Sir Eric Geddes de- clared yesterday that 160,000 had already been arranged. for on finan- cial terms agreeable both to the lo- cal authorities and the Local Gov- ernment Board, and it was hoped that the remaining 340,000 would come along very fast. It was antici- pated that these houses would cause a great deal of competition in subsid- fary trades, such as house furnishing and fitting, 'and Sir Eric. hoped that they would be able to assist in the reconstruction of national industrial life, SAILOR'S VIEWS OF "FREEDOM OF SEAS Admiral Sturdee Says They Should Be Protected in War as Railways. - BL ei tiie TRAVEL TO EUROPE Is Rapidly Increasing Despite the Re. strictions,, Ottawa, Jan. 18.--Civilian travel to Europe has opened in earnest. The department of external affairs is flooded with applications for pass- ports. They are coming in lately at the rate of well over a hundred a day, and there is an accumulation of about a thousand with which the off- glals of the department have been unable to deal. Seq far as the Do- minion Government is concerned, no passport is required for a person wishing to leave the country. Bat on arrival overseas the traveller must produce a passport as evidence of his bena-fides before hé will be permitt- ed to land. Before any person can leave the United Kingdow), permis- sion must be obtained from the for- eign office. Most of the traffic from Canada to Europe, apparently that of soldiers' relations. NINE BIG BRITISH BOATS Are to Bring American Soldiers Back From f New York, Jan. 18.--Nine British vessels with a total carrying capacity of 27.750 men have been placed at the dis 1 of the American Gov- ernment for the transportation of troops home, it was announced here today by British Ministry of Ship- ping. These vessels are the Caronia, Adriatic, Minnekahda, Celtic, Canop- ie, Saxonia, Pannonia, Cedric and | Orea, S In addition, it is announced, the three of the " British troop '~| ships, will bring additional Ameri- can {roops home February, ing last night on the league of na- tions and the freedom of the . seas, said: "The British Empire consists of a series of islands connected by seas which form our lines of communica- tion that we allow everyone to use in peace time, and ought to be allow- to defend and protect in the same ay that railway communications are defended and protected in war. This is what I call freedom of the seas." ¥ -p | TWO GIRES MURDERED Shain Within Week--Left Hand Glove Taken From Each, Olympic, Mawgpiania and Aquitania.} during a The Olympic and' Aquitania have New York, Jan. 18.--The best de- tectives in the city are bending every energy to the task of finding the man who killed Miss Marie Elizabeth Riddell, 17 years old, on Wednesday evening near her homg, at 1839 Briggs avenue, Richmond Hill, and who also probably murdered Mrs. May Southland in a vacant lot near her home in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, last week. The two crimes were 80 similar in their details that the de- tectives believe that if they find the njurderer of ohne woman they have the man who killed the other. In each case the victim was struck down with a blow on the back of the hegd with seme blunt instru- ment, causing probably instant death. In each case the left glove of the vie- tim was carried away by the. murder- er, : . Miss Riddell's body was found early in the morning in a vacant Jot only 150 feet from her home, to which she was returning from busin- ass. She was attacked about 7 o'clack on Wednesday evening. The girl's which she received on Wednesday, was takep from her handbag, & i New York, Jan. 18. The hot- Doveton Sturdee, victor in the naval] battle of the Falkland Islands, speak-| openly weekly pay of $20 as a stenographer, 4 ohly in Government circles; but also in the minds of the public gener- ally. \ It is considered likely that the change from private vendors to com- plete Government control will go in- to effect on May 1st, the beginning of the license year, [t is doubtful whether, as has been suggested, sev- eral more liquor stores will be open- ed in the province in addition to those already in existence. At pres ent there are seven vendors. Some of these men may be retained on - salary" by the Government to man- age the stores. If more than seven stores are opened the inorease will be only a 'small one, = One of the principal abuses of the existing system which impressed the Government with. the need for a change is the freedony with which a few doctors have fssued prescrip- tions for liquor. . There have been several prosecutions of medical prac- titioners for 'violations of the O.T.A. and heavy fines have been imposed, but this has not had the deterr influence expected. Much care will be taken by the Government on account to prevent dishonest medi- ¢al men continuing te issue unneoces- Tidings From All Over Told In a Pointed and Pithy Way. The strike in Peru has Been set- tled and the situation is again nor- mail. 3 3 Nikolai Lenine, Boldhevist premier of Russia, is reported to have landed at Barcelona . The 'Roman/ Catholic Stiegl at Chicoutimi, in the Lake St. John dis- trict, was destroyed by fire. 5 Siam is to have two representatives at the Peace Conference. This is due to her active participation in the War, A counter-revolution has The Baptist convention tu Toronto decided in favor of a minimum sal- ary of $1000 and a free house fora Baptist minister. Dr, Alfred Zimmerman, formerly German foreign secretary, res the British blockade won the war. He does not expect the German colon- one to ten