|SCOUR CANADA- OR eer] ONTARIO, TU ES DAY, BOSE REVOLUT TON ARY SOLDIERS TRAIN JANU ARY 919, =, FELL as VICTIMS OF OWN TACTICS BRITAIN HST 0 10 COS A MISSIN R Evi, . GUN ON CROWD FROM 8yracuse Attorney Will Go to! MACHINE THE ASSEMBLY OF * Death of Spartacan Leaders the % ~The Measures They *y % ES x \, seditious and in direct violation of 3} 5 ly, do not contemplate violence. r 'DAIL | EREANN" Which is the ih Gt Gat For the Meeting' ul lish Parla Parlament.. Sa IN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC IS WHAT THE £ PROMOTERS ARE | SEEKING TO REALISE, Propose Ave! Purely Seditious, Yet the Law" hel, Not to be Invoked Yet----Irish | Language to Imellsed---What is on the Programme, {Canadian Press Despatch) Dublin, Fan, 21.-~Probably country except Ireland could pre- gent an episode as remarkable . 'as "the assembly of the "Dail Eireann." which is Trish Gaede for an "irish Parliament," which will be called to order in' Dublin's ancient Man House this aftermcon to pro- ireland an independent ro- publi¢. About half of the Sinn Fein- ers elected to membership in th? British Parliament will participate, over half being ip" various English prisons charged with = sedition, cor merely heélon suspicion. The Sinn Feiners will meet under the shadow of 'Dublin Castle, where presides Field-Marshal Viscount French, the first Viceroy 'in many years to give Ireland a purely military govern- ment. 'They will meet with his full knowledge and tacit consent to take measures 'which are purelf no | sion claim explicit law, To-day's programme wil be car- vied out in the Irish langhage, which is virtually a dead tongue, so dead that Sinn Feiners have been obliged to rehearse their parts and will be compelled 'to lapse occasion- ally into boycotted English terms because they cannot {ind Irish words to. fit modern parliamentary procedure. Th items dre) ex- pected to consti e body of the programme, declaration of indepen: uence, & message to the 'free na- tions of the world" and the ap- pointment of delegates to the Peace - Congress. Ireland fa a country of sieFpect- ed doings, but no one predicts any trouble or disordek. The revolu- 'tionary flag floats quite freely over the homes of Stan Feiners in Dub- lin. Memjers of the party expect protection from the authorities of the nasion whom they are detying. They do not talk of, and, apparent- a ia hs SOLDIER ENDS HIS LIFE. Shoots Himself at Briar Hill---Be- : longed to 156th. Brockville, Jan. 21.--Bvidently morose at the prospect 'of extended treatment in military hospitals for a | and, Brockville -- To. Award Estate of $40,000. Bykac ie N.Y. Jan 21. --Armed Lo ih asiginal crayon portrait of {a woman, Swhich' 'hung for years in the home of Augustus Pettis, the wealthy Fayetteville farmer, Attor George B, Cole started for Brockville, Out., yesterday, to {ry and locate. the | daughter, heiress to the 'estate of 1840,000 left by Pettis when he died fat the Hospital of the Good Shepherd 'a few days ago. It may prove an unsolved mystery ior the coneluding chapter of a long- | buried. romance. More than twenty] years ago Augustus Pettis went" to i BroekvilTe 40 work. There he met a charming young girl married her, and a daughter was born to them. At | the birth of the baby the mother died, crushed with grief, Pettis re {turned to his father's farm. He nev- {er.told any of his friends or relatives | oF his marriage, and, the only remind- er was the big erayon portrait hang- ing on the wall, After his death it was learned that this either had been taken away or dé ved. and the Brockville police were unable to get any information. A few days ago, however, the or- iginal photograph was found. among some old papers, and believing that | the daughter would resemble her | mother or that some oné might recall the young bride of Pettis if they saw the picture, Attorney Cole is making his trip to Canada. PROSPECT GOOD FOR STABLE GOVERNMENT Germany May Have a Fair Ad- ministration at an Early Date. (Canadian "Press 8 Despatch) Panis, Jan. 21.--~Early returns from the German alections are in- terpreted here to signify a promising prospect, for the establishment ofya fairly stable German administration at an 'early date. The majority soc- jalists and German democrats, who are successors of . the old 'radical party, apparentlf will go. into the constituent assembly With a big lead over 'the independent socialists, Friedrich Von Payer, former vice- chancellor and leader of the. demo erats, and the socialist leaders, Eb- ert and Scheidemann. demonstrated their ability to work together in: the old reichstag., They ¢éan also count on Konstantin Fehrenbach, centrist leader, as an ally in their efforts to Ansjitute 4 government 'with the basis of, popula: support. MONARCHIST MOVE | © ; REPORTED 'A SUCCESS Portugal Revoitin Favor of the Return to Government . by King. . (Canadian Press Despatch.) Madrid, Jan. 21---The Monarchist movement in Portugal, headed "by Palva Coneeiro, has been successful in northern Portugal, and the Gov- ernment has beem formed at Oporto, according tp a report received by the WINDOW "OF PALACE IN BERLIN Soldiers of the revoluticnary regime firing a machine gun' from a wine dow of the Imperial Palace, which was taken over by the revolutionists as their headquarters. Members of the the progress of the fighting. a BOLSHEVIK LOSE IN BIG BATTLE Esthontan And Finnish Troops Win 3 Very Notable Sussess. * LEON TROTSKY WAS THERE HE FLED AFTER TROOPS MET DEFEAT. * igi io, BUT HIS The Success Was, Won North-east of Lake Perpus--Town of Narva on Pevah-Petrograd Railway Line Taken, : (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Jan. 21.--A notable stucedss has been won against the Bolshevik by Esthonian troops ope- rating to the north-east of Lake revolutionary committee are watching THE BOURGEOIS PARTIES RULE Toe Lid Wil il Hare a Majority In German National ational Assembly. EX-CHIEF OF * orice HAS BEEN ISSUED. 3 It is Said That There are Charges Against Him Which May Send. Him to Prison for Fifteen Years. (Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, Jan. 21. While thé ma- jority Seclalists will have the as- cendancy over another single party, the results indicate that' the Bour- geols parties together will have &« majority in the national assembly. A-WARRANT-FOR-FIOHIORN "Some ernavion oes. MAINTAIN FLEET To Resist Unjust Aggression, Ex-President Taft Declares in Toronto. DISARMAMENT T0 DEPEND UPON SUCCESS OF THE LEAGUR OF NATIONS. 'Mr. Taft Says That Canada and the United States 'Are an Example to . the World as Regards Peace. t Poronto, Jan. 21 "England's supremacy of the seas--if you like that expression---in time of peace has always meant equality for al! nations and, in times of war, Bri- tain must maintain her fleet to re- sist unjust ° aggression. . If she didn't she would starve in a week" So declared Hon. William How- ard Taft, former Presideat. of the] United States, in a vigorous and studied speech before the Empire Club in the King Edward Hotel yes- tepday afternoon. 'The question . of disarmament," concluded Mr. Taft in ringing tones, "must depend upon the suecess of the League of Nations and its de- monstration that it can furnish that insurance which nations can now gpecure by navies and armies for their self-protection." "You have now a representative in the.Congress of the Nations, and you are there as a member of the British Empire and entitied to be heard. ¢ "Our two' gountries -are an. ex- ample to the world," continued Mr. Taft, "of what can be done towards the maintenance of peace. Our hundred years of peace is somes thing the world ought to cherish as something that can be done towards peaceful international relations.' "I therefore felicitate you firstly on the fact, that neither you nor your neighbors will ever forget the record you have made. And se- condly on the great future that you have before you. You can't grow too fast or too prosperous for us. "This ,war has made the feeling between the United States and Can- ada much closer." Always Half-Starved and Un- der the Constant Stimulus . of the Lash. London, Jan. 21,--Of the'2,000,- 000 Russian prisoners attered throughout the Central Empires, 1.= 000,000 died in eaptivity, according to the Morning Post. Repatriated British prisoners of war have brought reports of the inhuman treatment meted out to Russian prisoners in the concentration camps of Germany and Austria, and | these stories have. been borne out by a report recently received by the Luxemburg fell own Scheldmann, Affairs in speech at Cassel to-day. waerts, lynching of the Spartacan leaders, also sees tural to the lowest passions and violence. abouts of the bruised, bullet-perforated body of Rosa Liux- emburg, chief Dr. Karl Liebknecht, Spartacan tragedy porary halt all Spartagan and sheviki activites in Germany military authorities gating the action of the command- ing officer assigned to the car which the woman halted just lang enough to permit a stranger to: jump on the running board 'and fire the fata) shot, whiely- other seized body of Dr. been, décided upon, ed to-day leader would not be buried in B lin. tempt to make his funeral the pre- text for a big dempnstrajion would meet wi military present is prohibiting all street par ades. THE WORLD'S TIDINGS burg is reported. cases have occurred, "Phe Ebert Government is evidently]: md Jority in the Na-f tional Assemb Says. ahandoned off Sable Island, Halifax, a week ago, gone down. find any trace of it. BURN CZAR'S BODY Natural Result of Victims' Appeal. 'Liebknecht and as vietims of their tactics," aid Philip Secretary for Foreign the Ebert Cabinet, in a Berlin, Jan. 21° terrorist The Socialist while Vor- the newspaper condemning the victims' in their deaths result of the na- appeal At a late hour Monday the where- battered and lieutenant of the late leader of the forces, continues to he most puzzling feature of which brought to' a be the Bol- The are still \investi= motor carry which was supposed to the jail to and after persons rushed up, the body and disappeared. The date of the interment of the Liebknecht has not yet but it was stat- that the dead. Spartacan er- It jis not unlikely that any at- prompt opposition by the overnment, which for the Y IN BRIEF FORM Tidings From All Over Told in a'Pointed and Pithy' Way. Canada, has sold 17,000 war horses to Belgium: The peace conference will make proposals for the stability of Russia. The Soviet Government at Petro- grad discusses surrender to the Al- Hes, The war savings and' thrift stamps are hereafter to be printed in French ag 'well as English, The Ontario Government will soon call tenders for hundreds of miles of provimeidl highways, An outbreak of «cholera in Hdm- Seventy fatal d Wy a b , a Berlin despatch The steamer' Castalia, which was near probably has Tugs are nable to IN BAKER'S OVEN Austrian Diplomatist Says Rus- sian Roya) Family Victims Bolsheviki. Copenhagen, Jan. 21.--In a spe- tem- HOUSING PROBLEM Ie aly Couneil pots a Commitice to Make An lovestgation. MAYOR AND CITY SOLICITOR INCREASED RATES TELEPHONE ©0, TO OPPOSE FOR BELL Major Lawrence Lockett Appointed to the Board of Hducation--<A Pa- triotic Committee Appointed. The first regular meeting of the City Council of 1919 was held on Monday evening, and the business was completed in three-quarters of an -hanr.. The housing problem is to be early dealt with, as the following resolution, introduced by Ald. Sim- mons, wis adopted: That Alds. Lit- ton, Wright, Corbest, Peters, Patter- son, Rodger, White and the mover be a committee to give careful consider- ation to the housing problem in Kingston and ascertain if it is neces- sary to tgke immediate action, to secure full Information as to what the Government is prepared to do, and to bring in recommendations and sufgestions to the method which should be adopted to allow op- erations to begin when spring opens, and report to Council as early as possible, Ald. "Rodger moted, seconded by Ald. Mills, that the Councik petitfon the Dominion Government to deport all interned alien enemies as soon as pegee is declared, and that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to all municipal councils, suggesting sim- ilar action. The resolution was adopted. Mayor Newman was authorized to attend sudh conventions or meetings as he way copsider important, at the city's pvt gy This resolution was fnade by Alds. Chown and Corbett. / The mayor and City SoHeltor Whiting were instructed to proceed to Ottawa to oppose, along with the representatives of other mundoipal- ities, 'the request of the Bell Tele- vhone Company to increase its rates. as nn The Finance These of the - Finance Committee were presented: That the election expenses account amounting to $365, be paid. That the following temporary ap- propriations be made: : Board of Works . ... «.i.. Fire and Light .. City Property and Markets | City' Health ... ... RE Parks . .. Contingencies and Printing. | . 1504 Home for Aged 500 That the mayor, Alds. Wright and Kent be a sinking fund committee with authority "to purchase deben- tures with the moneys in said fund, + fleg shattered by enemy shell fire in | parce, Pte. Charles ; McKenzie » Campbell, aged 23, of the Military Hospital Command, Kingston, and a former menjber of the 156ih and the 38th Battalions, 'shot himself through the heart at Briar Hill, near "Lyndhurst, Sunday at 4 o'clock and succumbed at 9°9'clock at night. That { the shooting waz premeditated is evident from the fact that Campbell Full wesult8 from the German 8 are not expected to be wn beforel Friday. The count is proceeding slowly, "in some polling mittee on finance and accounts, That the resolution of the city Calgary, regarding the Indemnity for Canada, be approved, That the, application. of the Great War Veterans, for the refund of rént of the City Hall, be not granted. That the resignation of Lieut. San- ford from the Board of Education be * accepted, and that Lawrence Lockett be appointed as representative from the Council. cial to the National Tidende it 'is reported that an Austrian diplo- matist now in Bergen, coming from Ekaterinburg, says he is sure that the ex-Czar and his family 'were murdered. The murder, he says, took place at the family home. The Bolsheviki entered and called the Czar from the room, and, when he came, shot him ' with a revolver. The Czarina and her daughters were next shot in their rooms, and International Red Cross from some of its delegates who have just re- turned from Germany. According 'to these repore€, the Russians were subjected to terrible brutalities and were forced to do heavy and degrading work, whether gick or well. They were always half starved and were under the constant stimulus of the lash. Some 800,000 of the Russiang still re- main in Germany. subject to the approval of the coms Spanish Government, . Hehaie ho " The report adds tha shon - lieved to have joined in the fove- 4 ment. Wireless despatches from Lisbon received in J.ondog yesterday reported the breaking out of a yevo- lution in Portugal. Ex-King Mahuel, however, was déclared to have sent a telegram fo the Portuguese Govern- ment asserting he did not counte- nance the movement in his behalf. em ey Peipus, according to an Esthonian official statement received by wire- less at Stockholm to-day and trans- mitted here. They have taken the, town of Narva, on the Reval-Petre- stations in Berlin Jirge numbers of grad railway line, together with a |ballots were It is large number. of prisoners. Finnish: probable that troops co-operated with 'the Is-|ice Richhorn and Hugo Haase, for- thonfang, 'the statement zsays. A | men secretary of fareig offairs in quantity ¢f booty fell ~ into the the Ebert cabinet, have bh elect- el i shown a marked liking. Campbell 'equally betWeen his sister, Campbell, and the child of Garfield |. had made his will: shortly before shooting himself, and this was found in the pocket of his tunic. It is.sin-{~ - derstood that the will divided his es- Yate, of approxibately $1,100 in cash, Daisy Beerman, for whom Campbell had returned from Aversela a few weeks REO. a HOLLAND WAS SPARED ------ Because the Raiser's Gold Was Amsterdam, 21.--Holland was not invaded ro Belgium, cause it had been made MUST CHECK REGIME "OF RUSSIAN TERRORISM Necessity For vr Allied Interven= tion Pointed Out by Danish Minister to Russia. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Jan. 21.--The Russian question was again taken up by the supreme council of the peace confer- ence when it met for today's session. There was a full attendance of mem- bers of the ¢o; for this mebting, Vittorio ee be- ing present for the first time since hig recent trip to Rome, Harold Scavenius, Danish minister to Rus sia, even more emphatically than did hands of the victoFlons forces, in- cluding. guns, provisions and ar- mored trains. © The prisoners in- cluded a division .and regimental staffs. Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik war minister, it is said, was present in< Narva during the fighting, and fled after the Bolshevik defeat. L - v The Swedes to Help. (Canadian Press Despatch) - Stockholm, Jan, © 21.---Swedish niilitary missions, which have re- turned here from Lithuania and Esthonia, have reported favorably regarding the sending of a volun- teer military expedition into Lithu- ania, where Lithusnian forces are |b! unable to stem the Bolshevik ad- vanee. ' The first Swedish detach- ed to: the National Assembly, The returns are coming in very slowly, and the results, even in Berlin, are ) as yet uncertain. - Berlin newspapers gunounce that y a warrant for the arrest of . Eich) horn h been issued. It is said that vi us charges, proof of which, would 'lay Eichhorn liable to punishment for fifteen years, have been issued. : : The - combined Bourgeois parties in the kingdom of Wuerttemburg and province of Hohenzollern, Prus- sin' elected ten delegates to the Na- tional Assembly. The majority So- cinlists . seated seven and the inde: | pendent Socialists none. The com- was 506,000 and parties. 920,000, A BIG INCREASE. Advance in Wages Would Increase = Price. of Coal. London, Jan. 21.-Thirty per cent. advance in wages demanded by thé Miners' Federation means an increase of £40,000,000 ($200,000,~ 000) annually to the wages now paid. This difference, if met by an increase in the cost of coal, would mean a rise from 76 cents to $1.25 a ton. The mines are at present under Government control. "It is officially stated that Canadian troops are still at the Rifine. on the head. burned in a baker's oven in order to leave no traces. FOUR SPECIAL SHIP OT FOR DEPENDENTS Canada Has A the heir to thé throne was last to be killed: He was sitting in his room, reading, and was killed with blows from the butt of a revolver The corpses were for Four Steamers to Bring Civil Ottawa, Jan. 21---The Depart- ment of Immigration and Coloniza- tion, had arranged for four speeial ships to bring soldiers' dependents, who are overseas, back to Canada. That the application of J. A. Fer- guson for refund of bildard license be granted. That the mayor and ¢ity treasurer be authorized to take chasge of the city's insurance and pay premiums, That the following be a patriotic: oo ittee: Mayos Newman and Kent, tt, 'Stroud, Peters; ° A Minnes, H, C. Nickle, W. R. Givens, C. A, Macpherson apd J. G, Elliott, . AM. Stroud moved in amendment, seconded. by Ald. Mills, that the rental of the City Hall for the G.W. V.A. concert be remitted. He claimed that the veterans were trying to raise money to help returned men, and, furthermore, that the G.W.V.A. had not long ago given the eity the use of its rooms free of for an emergency hospital during the influ- ment Brshahiy will start for Liban | this week. i These special shipg will earry no troops except the soldier htishands and the soldiers' dependents from |t points in Great Britain and France | m to the port of embarkation d from the part of disembarkation their destination in Canada. The soldiers' dents who + thave never been In Canada will he f treated the $ fame ag those who have. 5 r will be in charge. | Ambassador Noulins yesterday, de- Suet yous fiog clared that intervention In Russia} 'was necessary to check the regime of {terrorism "there. - did not have, ane , the yording, of of the' clause in the report to read "be granted.' These commun ; ferred to ommitoy Executive of the foal Counoil dof : {oom Strike. Despatch) New' Yor York, haan ah Thousands 'of girls paraded on Fifth avenue to~| i day after they had walked {rom sev- erat Burdred of the cit al Kingston be represented at the meet- ing in Ottawd to oppose the Telew dis iphone Company's iopiication for tar 4 crease in rates. i In attendance were Maye