WII Bg | 14 PAGES FAI etd ttt ddl tried YBAM 86: NO. 20 CERMANY MUST PAY INDEMNTES In Addiiop te fil Cost of Repara [SENTENCES REDUCED. VERY CONSIDERABLY {On Toronto Men For Having Banned Literature in Their Possession. ' {Canadian Press Despatch) Toronto, Jan. R 24 --Word was re- ceived this morning from the Secre- tary of State, that the severe sén- fences imposed on Charles W. Wat- son afd Harry O heeseman, for having banned Hterature in their possession, have been materially reduced. The sentence of three vears, 'with a fine ? KINGSTON, + ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AN "ASH CAN" JAN UARY 24, 1919, Y |LEGISLATURE SHOULD ADJOURN BY EASTER Mt Is Expected That Pre-War Social Activities Will Be Resumed. Toronto, Jan. 24.----Af ithe com ing sestion of the Ontario Lagisia- ture legislation will have to be. in- troduced by the Government to pro- vide for the land settlement scheme for soldiers, which is being worked" out jointly with the Federal Gov- ernment's desire that the Ottaws measures be definitely in shape be- fore ca Ti PNR Ani His Associates Discussed By Ihe Sa Va Gr. OF THE KASER ing 'the Legislature. While the war is over, the Gioy- ernment does not expect an unusual Session this year. An effort is al- ways meade to finish the business be- fore Easter. ~ This holiday being late this year it was possible to postpone the opening of the house, but with the date fixed for the "25th, only seven weeks is allowed to transdet the sessional business. Before the war the sessions sometimes lasted beyond the seven or eight weeks, but not so for the last two or three YGATS. It is expected this session that the pre-war social aétivities 'will be "Pe- sumed, and that teas and dinbers will--be--e order. 'The Speaker, Dr. Jamieson, has been in the city all week ant will remain here perma- nently now until after the session. During the war social functions were taboo. - NEWSPAPERS ARE NOT ENAMORED OF PLANS|' To Have a Conference of Allies With the Varied Russian -"Eléments. of $500, against Watson, is brought down to thirty days, and that of Cheeseman, which was six months, is made fifteen days. These sentences, whih were imposed on Watson and Cheeseman, on the 9th and 16th, re- spectively, caused considerable agita- tion in labor circles, and were the subject of largely signed petitions to Ottawa. A SPECIAL CONMSSION CONSIDER, THRE 3 CULPABILITY. PRESIDENT WHSON AGREE THIS PRINCIPLE BEFORE | SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. 10 IS LIKELY 30 GERMANS The Predent Detailed Plan Concerns ing Russih Is Great Britain's-- British Delegates Reconcile Fran Towards Soviet Goverment. Paris, Jan, 24. Punishment' for the Kaiser and his associates was formally discussed by the Pupreme . War Council yesterday. . The belief prevails hy certain quar- ters that the council will adopt some form of the programme suggested by the American delegation in this re... gard. The appointment of a special commission to investigate thorough- ly the culpability of all those respon sible for the war, from the Kaiser don, 80 that none might escape, It is expected thi the various forgs of punishment to be meted out will be taken. wp simultaneously, that nothing may be overlooked in 'the way of affording a warning for fu- ture potential warmakers, In connection with the discussion of responsibility and punishment for individuals, the penalty for the Ger- man natiog, is also being. considered. It i§ now accepted that indemnities will be limited to reparation for mages, but the huge sum these are expected to amount to will constitute a national peniiity, nevertheless. Other matters considered by 'the "steering eum ittee' were inteapa- tional labor legislation, the procedure under which territorial questions will be taken. up and the fnternationgl status of "ports, waterways and rail- ways, The action of the associated pow- ers in regard to Russia signalizes tlie end of efforts to dictate that country's affairs and the beginning of an effort to understand what the Russians. are doing far themselves, This decision was not arrived at without a struggle. but the Allles are finally meeting what Presid Rusein is Great lod wlan Wilson in. sisting only on carrying out ithe broad principles involved. @ P ior Lloyd-George and the other sh delegates first bronight forward the idea of making certain concrete con cessions, and have since endeavored to persuade Fratice; to-accept it. It was not until yesterday, however," that thoy succeeded in reconciling France's bitter feeling toward the oviet Governmeht and Ber fear that dealing with the Bolsheviki would be apt to result in too large a degree of recognition, \ Discussion Hegan on Questions of Abolition of Conscription and General Disarmament, at Instance of British, (Canadian Press Despatch.) + Paris, Jan. 24.--During the dis- cussion of the question of repara- tion at the meeting of the war coun- 'ell yesterday, the Paris edition of the Londoh Daily Mail says: Presi-| dent Wilson agreed to the principle that Germany must be made to pay indemnities in addition to the full cost of 'reparation, At the instance of the British re- presentatives, the paper adds, a dis- cussion was also begun on Questions of the abolition of conseription and general disarmament. When the second plenary session of the Peace Conference is hold will -be invited to approve of a r= i Siupla being tired manent League of Nations, and ap- they had complained of being tir physically and menially, point a grand committee to examine aE propodals on the subject offered by < SO . M oo the British, French and erican No SE RET o A ws delegations. President Wik will move a resolution: to that effect, | , "which will be supported. by one] ° French- apd one British delegate, unless Clemenceau; 'as president, decides to submit the motion him- self, in which case either Lloyd George or Balfour will speak for the British, and Wilson for the Ameri- cans, The British scheme has two fun- daniental objects in view--to check ambitions for territorial aggrandize- ment, and to limit the face of arma- ments. It js Brogoséq to form a permanent touncil of the league, consisting not of second-rate diplo- wWatists with ill-defined powers, but of the premiers, presidents . and foreign ministers, who would be able to take immediate decisions practically binding - "their respective | 4 Govesnmunts. HR ---- Wilson o For Permanent commission Paria: Fan. 2 EN TesIont Wilson is likely 'to be offered the presidency of a permanent commission of the league of nations, the Boho de Paris zays today. By a commission of a league of nations is probably meant a permanent executive body for the conduct of the proposed league af- fairs. RED CROSS SISTERS JUMP FROM STEAMER N » Two New York Girls Suicide They Were Tired Physi- cally and Mentally. e--p-- (Canadian Press Despatch) Bordeaux, Jan. 24 -- Misses Gladys and Dorothy Cromwell, Red Cross sisters of a prominent New York family, leaped from the rail off the {French steamer Lorraine, bound for New York, to-day. Both were drown- ed. The bodies were not recovered. A Jetter found in their state room and addressed to the command- Ing offider of their Red Cross unit, informed him of their intentiom "to end it all." They had spent much time at the front, ahd friends said Thas Y gum, used m the U.S. navy, allows two depth SEVERE DEFENT |-- = cr FOR BOLSHEVI The Lithuanians Took 6,500 Prisoners Be- tween Kovio And Vilna. ADVANCE TOWARDS VILNA LITHUANIAN LOSSES ARH REPORTED LIGHT. charges to be released at once. SHALL POWERS TAKE OFFENCE Jealousy Develops at Peace Conference Over Dominance of "Big Five." WHY 1S JAPAN INCLUDED AND SMALL FIGHTING NATIONS GIVE EN SECONDARY PLACE? Officer Tells of Her ghoughtfulness For Others, (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Jan. 24.-- The newspapers here comment Jnkewarmly on the plan for uw conference between an Al- lied commission and representatives of the various governments in Rus- sia. The Post sarcastically condems the proposal saying, among other things, that "it displays more than Christian meekness." The Times, while not enthusiastically in favor of the-proposal, hopes it will work and Says that even if it does not the hands of the Allies will have been strength- ened by the failure. J. Dillon, foreign political expert of the Telegraph, writing from Paris, says the Prince's Istands plan caused consternation in Russian cireles in Paris and adds that he is authorized to declare that the governments of Omsk, Archangel, Crimea and Yeka- terinodar will absolutely refuse to send representatives to any confer- For Prisoners Have Existed in Ger- many, "Tis Said. « Hnadian Press Despatch) London, Jan. 24.-- The Bureau annuunces that the inter- parliamentary committee on prison ers of war announces that the Ger- man authorities have assured" the Netherlands' minister at Berlin that no secret prisoner: camps now exist or have ever existed. The Nether. lands' minister states that there is no evidence of their existence. Search parties are still in Germany seeking! THE prisoners whose whereabouts are un-L disclosed. . bhi bhi ot fbb wry ie LAWN BOWLING IN WES! EEN: ONTARIO, Press Revival of Talk Regarding the Rights and Equality of the Little Nations---Belginm and ' Serbia Voice Protest. : Paris, Jan. 24.--There is already - [considerable rumbling «of discon- . Holsheyiki = Hear -, edary, Jtent among" the Fepresentitives = of about midway beérween Kovno and [the small nations at the Peace Con- Nilna, according to repofis from - w---- w--- v {Terence because of what théy con- Kovno received to-day. The casuai- sider the too great predominance of ties of 'the Bolshevik were heavy, LATE BDITH CAVELL. tne tive 'big powers in the plan to and they are reported to have lost of Ottawa, Jan, Jo Aether sury.| jarrange all questions before . they 6,500 men in prisoners. The Ljthu- played by Nurse Ethel Cavell, even are 'submitted to the full conference anians are said to be advancing to- [in the hour which preceded her ex- [for 'final decision. It is. assumed ward Vilna. Losses of the Litini: |ecution by the Gernvams, i told bys that this final decision will be ne- anians are said to be slight. Captain Rob. "Aghia g 2g pe? Po cessarily a' mere perfunctory appro: Esthonian officials claim that the from a front." The story was re- lval by the other nations of what Jefeat of he Balshevida after the ljated to Captain Pearson by nurses iAmerica, England, France, Italy and ea e & amoun 0 a A o jated with Miss - complete rout, according to a Hel: i en ee tor write a let. | 2pan lave already de terinined up- singfors.despateh to the Daily Mail 1100 10 a young woman who had be- [OT and that any attempt todo any- Esthonian advance guards are now i > of drugs, [thing but approve' will be futile. In- comg addicted to the use 8 i eronty ile " Petrosad, and whom she was endeavoring to cidentally, there is some curiosity a W capture prisone letter Miss Cavell ad- & arms and ammunition, their booty ip oki Rh to conitinue her az 10: Who is dominating What and including an armored train. struggle against the habit. The let- [denly became the "big five" instead It has been learned that the Es- ter, Captain Pearson's. informants [of the "big four." thomans intend to push as far east [iuded, had proved eificacious, At the outset of the preliminaries he Luga and Plusa rivers, | "oo bt "poyrion, who was well it, was only America, France, Eng. i will enable them to encircle |xpown as a football player 'at. the [land and Italy that counted. And the city of Pskov. It Is sald to be [yniversity of Toronto, fit his student then, without explanation, Japan surface cars aid automobile busses| impossible for them to attack Petro- gous js a Methodist clergyman. He [gots added ty ths Hoe ion, big are affected. The strike is apparent. grad without outside help. enlisted in the overseas forces, NOW; powers. This fact has added much well" organized, and not a whee = ever, as a combatant. A year ago [to the resentment of some of the turned up to half-past eight Te wis Ciotted owe of he ir small nations who' suffered most ing beach with bath hsusea and all o'clock, STATEMENT SOON © {members of the Alberta Legislature. {from the war, and who took a far na Dioap pen a heel, a pace, Premmasow ENEMY ALL He left the Canadian forces at more active part in the*war. The! - 8 Terris 'w rv ine ood So Doctor Left Estate of $241,911.86. ° ON ENEMY ALIENS |. © ' Tetum to Canada. objétion on the part of the small Found, ocean wave, dano Bg yaition, Hamilton, Jan., 24.--Letters of = nations '"'oppressed'"' = and other- ; administration have been applied for| Government Has Been Consid- 3 wise, is to. the principle of the | 280 Allen L. Welt purchased land in 'by the widow, Mrs. Florence C. Balfe, ering What to Do With DECORATE | INE thing. None of them contends that | the Sandy Beach vicinity, with the in connection with the estate of De. ose Interned 48 YEARS every question codld he thfashed | idea in view of perfecting some such Ar e bill. T,. H. Balfe, who succumbed to in Th In - lout in a full meeting of the more | Project as is now under way. increased by the --- it ir sol to x o - @ conferees agri uenza a couple of months ago. The ad a cognition Brave 'than sixty delegates of all the na-| An effort is being made to form a Beision. : to Sues is Toined at $241, 911 85, the Ottawa an. rs he re nh of Brave tions; but those who are dissatls-|stock company to provide funds for pesctnd ari Som 10 rary per widow receiving $75 000, his father |the course it will purine in dealing {fied with the present an _helieve | furthering the project. Mr. Welt is | Cg) and mother, Thomas and Mrs. Balfe, [with the enemy aliens now detained there should be so middle | owner of the New Ogdensburg Hotel, ; . Smith's Falls, $2,000 and his fivelat the four internment camps in jground, and insidentaily there . = ~ Rench vo. children $20,000 each. The Ontario|Canada, and will, it fs understood, Official Some 1% A . SCOMEIRE Lhe Galt, Jan. 24.-1t was announced jGovernment will "receive about shortly issue a statement on the Fights a ua oT ma me. last night at cAtipalgn headquart- $14,000 in succession duties. ' |subject. There were recently 2,217 ine 8 sort ers that Galt's objective of $5,000 Honor et was shown just before the opening of ill dollar fund enemy interned in the Do- th 7 te; 'when Belgim. and for Salvation million ar China Will Teutons, inion, of whom 1.898 wera i e sonference, 8 has been attaified. mans, 486 Austro-) ngarians aid 18 Turks and Pekin, ~ Jan. 24.--The Chinese Serbia were credited with only two {wood sawing machine. with David Government has desided to seques- y in delegates cach, and, in spite of their! alone and another helper were en-} yi ions of mighty atreraft soar, same time there were ¥1,395 roloat. Serasronte She. conducted: at tl ; [ing over Ana "as ed' on parole to accept employment, peril of her: fo. on September ft a t of an ex The Esthonians to Encircle Pskov-- They Require Outside Help to Attack Petrograd. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Jan. 24. Lithuanians es inflicted @ severe defeat on, 4 Tillsonburg, "lan. 24---Spring has come. The evidence local- ly does not dopend on the early robin, the sprouting lilac bud, + the running sap, or the melan~ cholia of hockey 'and curling #nthusiasts' It is much more convincing. - Lawn bowling has started. Président A. S.° Rennie and Vice-president T. W. A. Taylor, with enthusiastic rinks of. local bowlers, invaded the green on Monday and played the first games of the season of 1919. The lawns were in very good shape, mand a_ keen contest, worthy of midsummer form, resulted. + ress : ~Madrid Jan, 24. <A monarchy * has been proclaimed in Lisbon, % the Portuguese capital, accord- 4 ing to a telegram received from # Valenea, on the Portuguese + border. A widely circulated ru- #% rumor that the former King % Manuel of Portugal was about % to land on Portuguese territory * is ait present premature. X- % King Manuel was still in Lon- + don today) +» ALND ISLANDS WOULD SWEDEN N WITH CONSENT OF PEACE CONGRESS. +» * * +» +> * * * + + & * - PRLEBEPFIRP AIP OER EOI b gb BLEEP I ERIE +* JOIN TO HAVE RIVER RESORT. * Sends Deputation to Paris te Pro. test Agminst the Seizure of Coun try by Finland. Paris, Jan. 24.-~The Aland Is- lands, an archipelago belonging . to Finland in the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia, has sent a deputation -lo Paris, consisting of two members of the general douneil of the Archi pelago, and M. Sundlom, deputy the Aland Island te the Finnish Diet. When Finland became indepen- dent the Aland population asked the King of Sweden re-establish' the ancient bonds ting the Aland 1s- , lapds to Sweden. The Swedish Gov- ernment proposed ta Fiuland that a plebiscite be taken to settle the questioyg, which then "could be sub~ mitted tosghe Peiice Congress for . ratification. % The depitation expresses itself strongly against the Finnish Gove ernment's treatment of the islands in sending Military Governor von there J Finnish-speak- $ ial Flour Permits Granted, Otfawa, Jan, 24-~The Canada Food Board has notified .all millers in Canada that speckal permits will now be granted for those applying allowing the separation of flour into patents, clears, low grades and othér flour extractions, provided such flour is only sdld, outside of Canada, te West Indies, Central and South Am- erica. Permits for the export of flour to these countries' will be freely granted for straight run flour or any of the separations gbove cited, Miniature Coney Island Proposed on Bank of St. Lawrence, Ogdensburg; N.Y., Jan. 24.--It is reported here that Ogdelfshurg is to have a miniature Coney Island on the banks of 'the St. Lawrence in - the vicinity of Sandy Beach during the approaching spring. It will be in full operation next summer. . It is proposed to have a fine bath- TRANSPORTATION STRIKE Declared in Parid--Not a Wheel Turnéd Frida! ° (Canadian Press Despatch) * Pare Jan. 24.----A general trans: 'portation strike was declared in Paris this morning. Subway lines, Will Not Inercase Taxes. ; Washington, Jan. 24.~Taxes on amusement admissions will not be Romantic F Woman's : of Fr Paris, Jan. ,24.~<The Journal publishes a nomination' 1 tite Kygighthood ie Legion © ah orey-cleht Killed by Bursting Machine, Perth, Jan, 24.---A fatal accident occurred at the home of John Close, in the township of Darling, on Tues- 'day. Donald Melnnis, who owns a category with Slam. That was re- r Cidse a weighbor; when the sa oi 8 into, frigments. Balai been { wag Ty cut abbut the head: er " atiotted to Brazil, upon the insist-leacetand almost instantly killed; Mr. Sard his of the United States, because | afelnnis had one of his hands severed apt is the largest South American fond otherwise severely. injared, and ed "ariiipeting In the Conte: | ihe third man, of the same locality, i At 2 Taceived alight IujuHes. trate all enemy property in China on war sufferings, "put in the same kaged sgwing wood at the home of of whom 4,660 were g freight equal to the contents of twenty trucks- are conjured up by the "not- es on airships for commercial pur eh issued by the Britian. alr er vtitmed | reposts i EAE e | the repatriation of enemy : #ltizens '| will' become effective March 1. The only sxtoptions will be doctors, in- & are sli péraons. over 80 Jan age. February 12th. 'Dhe law calligg for were aire: interned