i SN . ASK 150 PERCENT. INCREASE IN" PAY "Sian Fen Controled Wish Trades Union 10 Hold Convention. GRAVE APPRENENSION FELT FORCES AT WORK TO CREATE STATE OF BOLSHEVISM. TI HOLD LINE Unt te Army is Re-estabished on fhe _ Voluntary Bass AGE AND LONG SERVICE TO DETERMINE SELECTION OF MEN TO STAY ON SERVICE. Official Announcement Made by See. retary For War--The Remainder of the British Army to Be De-| "mobilized. London, Jan. 30.---The regulations governing the armies 'of occupation are dealt with in an official state- A Situation That Arouses the Grav. est Apprehension--An Attempt will be Made to Get a Hearing at the Peace Conference. Dublin, Jan. 30.--An Irish Trad- 900,000 BRITH 1° es Union Congress, Myptealiod by the most extreme Sinn Reiners, will convene on February 8th next. The purpose of the congress is to make an all-round demand for a working week of forty-four hours and for an all-round inerease of 160 per cent, in wages, with a minimum of $12 a week for all workers instead of the present minimum of "$5. Un-} less the Republican Parliament en- dorses this. pregramme, labor may demand ft. The situation arouses the gravest apprehension, for it is felt that forces are at work, both in labor quarters and among the Shan Felners, to create a state of Bol shevism. . Meantime the Republican leaders say they feel certain they will get ¢8 hearing at the world Peace Con- ference, probably through delegates from America, including Dr. Me- Carten and Jeremiah Lynch, The leaders are positive that their dele- gates, if not admitted directly to the conference, will be heard by its commission for ports and water- .ways and that for industrial and labor matters they have | already drafted the heads of thelr pro- gramme and in this connection they are in the hands af Irish labor lead- ers of Soclalistic Bolshevist sym- pathies. s The 'Socialistic principles sub- sciibed to by the Republican Parlia- ment at its first meeting were, ac-3 cording to some Sinn Fein leaders, made necessary by the threat of labor to repudiate it at its very be- ginning. a" ment issued last night by Winston Spencer Churchill, Secretary for War. The statement says: "The British military commanders are of the opinion that 900,000 men are sufficfent for this transition per- iod. All the rest will be demobilized as fast as possible. "The new armies will begin form- ing Feb. 1st and will be composed, in the first instance, of those who have. enlisted since Jan. Ist, 19186, and who do not exceed thirty-seven years of age. Volunteers will be ac- cepted for ome year's service from among men otherwise entitled to re- lease, while sixty-nine battalions of young soldiers now on home service will be sent immediately to help guard the Rhine bridgehedds and re- lease the older men. "The men of the new armies will be paid bonuses ranging from 4en shillings and sixpence per week for privates, to forty-two shillings" for colonels, in addition to the ordinary army pay. Leave will be granted on as generous a scale &s possible, "The occupation armies will be the home army, the army of the Rhine, the army of the Middle East, a de- tachment of the Far North, and gar- risons of the Crown colonies and In- dia. "These arrangements seem to be the best devisable for the yéar 1919. During this year, however, we must remake the old' British regular army, 20 as to provide, on a volun- tary basis, overseas garrisons and foreign stations." MUST BE MODIFIED ~IF NOT TORN UP Britain's All Acceptance of Wilson's Plan the 'Enemy Colonies... (Canadian Press Despatch) Loudon, Jan. 30.--Great Br w's reported . acceptance of Pre. nt Wilson's theory of internationslize-] tion as applied to the capture of en- emy colonies, says the Paris Corres- pandent of the Daily Mall, in a late edition of that paper to-day, involves the admission that treaties with Jap- an regarding islands in the North: ern Pacific and with Arabs regarding Syria and an understanding with (Gansaian Press Dospatih) London, Jan. 30.----The "situation both on the Clyde and in ° Belfast where strikes are in ress with widespread alysis of ustry, be- came more serious today. In Bel: fast, manufacturing firms which ware generating thelr own electric current for power purposes, had to . close down thelr plants as workers in private electric. installations joi ed the strikers." Blacksmiths, bollers makers and shipwrights demand an increase of thirty per cent. in gross earning powers, Kamerun must be arbitrarily modifi- EL g ed, if not torn up. 3 * Jbl to Sota, Es, a Ca n Press r 0 ; Paris, Jun. 30.--The Beitien und PAY CLAIMS WITH COLONIES. French governments have accepts n x principle President - Wilson's plan Sap Desires iho. Retain Scined Gere concerning the mandatories from the ines. ; Paris, Jan, 30.---Finaneial consid- ES Pe A qiscussion of the internationalization Somi-ofcii a duted fi Soda. of the German colonies, which have to Iparning under what ' conditions assqt for iar ded seftiing nd the plan will be carried out. claims. While Japan has made Xt ; > clear that she is willing to return the onld Not Answer. Ww teh) (Canadfan: Press Douph actual territory included in the Kiau Paris, Jan. 30.c--Interviewed by Chow concession to China, she desires Reuter Hughes of Aus-|to retain the German railways, mines tralia Bo 3 of New Zea- test reluctance and other valuable concessions in ttitude of the meace Shantung province to reimburse her conference' towards the German for war expenses . Australia has advanced a similar lonies, f to the guestion, poy ] in ssey and yourself reason for elaiming the New Guinea] Islands and New Zealand for claim: ) position," Mr. ' pause replied: . "1 r : ing Samoa. po Sorawail WAR TIME BREAD PRICES '| They Will Prevail For the Next Picton, {Canadian Press Despatch) Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 30.--War bread : France ag to the future status of the Aet. a PAGES 18 HN TON, ONTARIO, THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY GV Despatches Tat 'Come. From Near fod TINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESENTED IN THE BRIRFEST POSSIBLE FORM. The Whig's Daily Condensation of! the News of the World From Tele graphic Service and Newspaper Ex. change, Strikes and troubles in the Brits ish Isles continue. 5 Charged with performing an illeg- al operation, Louisa Simmons, Tor- onto, was taken into custody. i Brockville and points along the] River St. Lawrence fear an ice fam-| ine. There is scarcely a vestige of ice in the big streams which this time last year was frozen solid. General Ludendorff, former chief quartermaster-general of the German army, has returoed to Berlin and is Mving in a small villa in the Grune- wald district under an assumed name, The 3rd and 4th Canadian divi- sions are coming home first, because they did not go to the Rhine, AlN Canadian troops will come home via England, so they may visit friends there. : Partial results from the Prussian elections show that the Majority So- cialists have won twenty-eight seats in the nel parliament but there will not he a Socialist majority in' the parliament : The coal miners of . Fifeshire, Seotlang, by.a majority of 700. out of 16.000 'votes cast, voted to return to work. . The miners, 'who number 24,000; went 'on strike Tuesday. The Government has appointed George H. Gooderham, MR.P,, as ohe of the representatives of the province upon.the board of the Tor. onto General Hospital. The German goverdment contem- plates strong measures to combat the growing strike wave there and will soon bring forward bill compelling men to work and severely punishing strikers. A fine of $1,000 without costs was imposed by Magistrate Kingsford, of Toronto, on B. F. Planz, the young German farmer from Neustadt, who was convicted on a charge of failing to report under the Military Service It is probable that the Roydl Commission which will enquire into the complaints of the Toromto police force, the Toronto Police Commission and police conditions generally throughout the province will meet next 'week. Tield Marshal von Hindenburg, according to the Echo de Paris, is endeavoring to bring about the re- turn of the former Emperor William after the meeting of the National Ase sembly. - . Canadian pulps are reported to be fifteen to twenty per cent. chemper than the Seandinaviap product. Can- adian sulphite for newsprint and me- chanical pulp is likely to be freely imported in the near future. . An.amengment to the Provincial Elections Act of British = Columhig is to be introduced to the Legisla- ture at the forthcoming session, will be designed to disfranchise deserters in the province of Bri- tish Columbia. Lr South African Government has to Christian De the Nationalist deputation appointed to go to Paris, to lay before the congress proposals . South Africa. AIN'S DELEGATES TO THE lin prices of eggs, butter, and, | some instances, Wet and Pieter Grobler, members of be als for an dn-| rom Joft to ri GN. Barnes, Dr. EO of ine. Premier Lioyd George, Bonar Law, Arthur d Balfour, FOOD PRICES DECLINE "AS STOCKS INCREASE Chicago Dealers Find Butter, Eggs, and Meats Too High " For the Public to Reach. Chicago, Jan. 24--Big reductions in of meats brought joy to the Chicago housewife. The decline in prices which has been in progress for a week Is heralded as the preliminary' step in a general lowering of household commodities. Buttér to-day took another slump of 3 cénts a pound, making a de- cline of 19 cents wholesale since Jan. 13. Egg prices followed in the smash at the high cost of living and were quoted from 2% to 3! cents a dozen lower, a drop of from 13 to 15 cents within a few days. Retailers, however, were charg- ing from 67 to 80 cents a dozen for eggs, and their butter prices were only 5 or 6 cents under the top prices charged a week ago. Meat prices have also tumbled. Pork, which was selling at 30 cents a pound, dropped to 22 cents. Veal and lamb are from 3 to 4 cents a pound lower, : Various reasons are assigned for the slump, but the one that makes the housewife most cheerful is that the goods were not moving, which meant that prices must fall, which goes to prove that when prices get to a point where thé public cannot purchase the dealer must let go apd stand a Joss if necessary. "The public could: not buy id and eggs at the prices asked," sa one i to-day. "What with paying for Liberty bonds, thé®gene- ral high cost of all foods, aud men and women losing their war-time wages, they could not pay the pric- es and the stuff was not moving. The butter and egg market is para- lyzed, and Will drop still lower." LET'S SETTLE THE TROUBLE The great mass of the people, who ardentlywong for peace, regard the strikes and rumors of strikes with growing alarm. Every effort ghould be made to settle amicably each industrial or labor dispute, It is a serious reflection upon present day institutions to admit that we cannot adjust a difficulty by peace. ful, common sense means. - ~3The city is now face to face with a grave tion The proposal has been put forward that a gene ral strike of all unionized labour shall be called In case the trouble at the local mil of the Dominion Textile Company is not adjusted within the next few days. This move, It adopted, would not only paralyze all business in the eily,~ but it would necessitate the break- ing of sacred dontracts madé be- tween employees and employers. It wolild heto put it plainly, adopt- ing the Prussian. example to treat signed. gugrantees mere "'seraps of paper." Caiiiian soldiers suf- | fered aud died by thousands and tens of thousands to combat just such injustice, If they see it stil carried on in Canada will they: not justified in asking: "Was our worth i THURSDAY, JANUARY 39, 1919. PEACE CONFERENCE! GERMANS THINK FRENCH CRUE It Making Such Harsh Demands Upon 3 ig Se J. Da NAY DECIE 0° CGE THE ALLIES' PRACE TERMS IF TOO HARSH. Mention Made of France's Fear That Vanquished Germany Might be Resurrected and Cause Trouble. s ) Berlin, Jan. 30.---Public opinion In" Germany is very much irritated over what the newspapers describe as "unnatural French cruelty ex- erted in demands not justified by the terms of the armistice." General von Winterfeldt's resig- nation from the Armistice Com-: mission has been hailed with ap- proval by many persons who do not realize the possible consequences Until late this evening the Foreign Office had received no news as to whether von Winterfeldt had eon- sented to withdraw his resignation as chairman of the German come mission. Erzberger begged him to remain, and the Government has al- 80 asked him to do so, it being as- serted that his "tactful and ener- getic work" has been greatly valu- ed. The Neue Berliner Zeitung, a rather. sensational new. publication, talls attention to thefact that Ere berger himself did" not resign as chairman of the commission, from which, it says, one must conclude either that there 1s § wide difter- ence of opinion between them re- garding Marshal Foch's demands, or that Erzberger loves his place better than "Germany's dignity." © paper states unreservedly that what is really at the bottom that Erzberger was not informed concerning Winterfeldt's intention, because they did not like each oth- er. This version, however, is dis- credited not only by the fact that BErzberger himself urged = Winter- feldt to remain, but also by the views of officials who certainly ought to know. ; Doubtless such rumors are being' gpread by jealous ex-diplomats of the old regime, who, while them- selves incompetent 'to take over the thankless job of German armistice commissi w. Would not hesitate to intrigue against those serving their country in this unenviable Lapacity. Theodor Wolff, in his weekly re- view, deplores that Gormany shows too little backbone in the Spa nego- tiations. "France knows but one péliey to- day," he says, "namely, to ald those who ruthlessly take possession of Germ territory. . With the trium- phant flourishes of trumpets there constantly mingles the apprelien- sion that vanquished Germany might be resurrected. s - ------ eas ON PEACE LINES, Makers of Machine Guns Change to Loko Sewing Machines. on, Jan. 30.-From 'machine guns to sewing machines Is the mod- orn rendering of the quotation: 3 y shall beat their swords into pruning he a Aitkin a mbt n 0oks." = Within a mon of the a B.. - nf of the armistice the 'Maxim. gua, 10 HANDLE WA DEBTS OF EMPIRE ting Premier of Australia Proposes For. mation to Save Millions. ALL ONE COMMON ST EACH GOVERNMENT WOULD PAY A FIXED ANNUAL SUM. -- " The Combination would Result Pa Saving Millions to the Empire Debts Liquidated Refore the Close of the Present Century, Melbourne, Jan. 30---Australia fn order to better absorb her return- ing fighters, is planning ' to extend industry along new as well as ex- isting lines. W. A. Watt, the: act ing, premier, in making this & an- nouncement at the conference of twenty-four federal and state mini- sters to consider the question of re- patriation, added that Australia would look to America and other countries for capital, and would encourage investments in ~ Aus- tralia. The federal government has decided to invite all the state gov- ernments to study a programme of public 'works and finances. With reference to the 'indebted- ness the empire had - incurred through the war, Mr. Watt propos- ed the formation-of a British Em- pire: war debts commission to take over full control of the war debts of the United Kingdom, Canada, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, India, South Africa and other parts of the Em- pire, Such a combination Mr. Watt be- Heved, would be powerful beyond anything hitherto attempted in the financial world, and would result in the saving of millions of dollars to the Empire. He suggested that each of the Dominions and depen- dencies should be represented on the commission on a debt or popu- lation basis. . Mr. Watt said that the commis- sion should be ereated and _pre- pared to take over the control of the various = debts by December, 1919, and that all interest should he paid by the commission after that date. | Under the plan proposed by Mr. Watt, debts as' they mature are. to be converted into one' common stock, but the commission will be able at its discretion to establish more than one common stock, and to convert any loan before its: ma- turity.. Each Government will pay a fixed annval sum tg the commis- sion, consisting of the interest on Its debt and its sinking fund con- tribution. It is estimated that a sinking fund of one-fourth of one per cent, per year would liquidate he debts in seventy-two years; but ince' the commission undoubtedly would effect a considerable redue- tion in the interest * charges, -this saving could be added to the sink- ing fund. Therefore, the debts would 'be liquidated before 1991. At its discretion the commission could float any - additional loans found necessary going into foreign countries, in order to secure money at the lowest rate of interest. CALL DAYLIGHT-SAVING MEASURE A DETRIMENT Lincoln County Agriculturists # Ask For Its Repeal, Giving Reasons. (a coln County Board of formally declared the daylight saving measure "a detriment to the agricul- tural and fruit-growing interests of this county, in view of the fact. that on. account of. weather condigions about half the time of each forenoon has been wasted, and farm labor has been disorganized, some laborers commencing operations Qn the old time and others on the new time, thus causing dissention between the farmer and his help." The meeting asked for the repeal of the bill in view of the great effort on the part of farmers and fruit-growers wards increased production, and in the interests of starving bumanity. 3 s PRIVAT Jsent an official Jaa nation," 8t. Catharines, Jan. 30.~~The Lin- Agriculture) LAST sDITION GRANGE 10 BE FREED Ss Ontario Liccase Board Takes Action fo Have Him Released DEPUTATIONOFTHEG.W YA, \ SUCCEEDS IN ITS MISSION TO TORONTO, : J. B, Filavelle and His Associ- ates Consider Inspector Exley of Napanee Lacking in Discretion. Almost exactly twenty-four hours after they left Kingston for Napanee to investigate the case of Frederick Grange, the deputation ' from the Kingston branch of the G.W.V.A. were assured that immediate Steps would be recommended to secyre this man's release; and that in two or three days he would be a free man. The deputation, on reaching Toron- to, lost no time in taking thelr case to the proper authorities, through the introduction 'of the Toronto branch, G.W.V.A., and the Soldiers' Afd Coms mission. The private secretary of thé attoruey-general granted an inter- view, and the case was fmlly explain. ed and discussed, and on the recom- mendation .of the attormey.general's department, it was carried to the On tario License Board, which fortunate ly was sitting in the parliament builds ing at the time. The Kingston G.W.V.A. represen- tatives explained the case fully, and Placed the full statement of the ima vestigation and at the trial case with the deputation. After ev- ery point had been taken up, the board agreed that the sentence passed on Grange was excessively 'harsh, and that there was grest doubt as 10 Whether the soldier really was drunk. Under the circumstances, they assur- od the deputation that they would immediately" set the n chinery in motion to secure id of Grange, and that i thfee days he would bé set at They considered that the three. he has already served in jail is' than sufficient to meet the two sively proved. They also stated that di action would be taken i Inspector Exley, whom they consider to be lacking in discretion = in his, treatment of the returtied soldier Population of the district. They thanked the G.W.V.A. ves for having brought this case to their notice. War Outcome of Ohurch's Adoption of Science, Says Divine. Toronto, Jan. 30.--Rev. Dr. 8 D. Chown, 'president of the M General Conference of Canada, has manifesto from Eng- land lo the Methodist membership of Canada, calling upon them to pra. pare their minds for t adoption of the spirit of brothe among nations. "No mechan{ arrange- ments for the convenience of any Dr. Chown sdys, "should be permitted to interfere with this." ; The manifesto will be published immediately in the official Methodist publications of the Dominion, ? Rev, Dr. Chown says: "I favor the calling of: an ecument council - of Methodism fn 1921 that the unified voice of our church #8 a world force in reconstruction may be heard and her appropriate activities may be stimulated e ; "The attack of the church 40 years ago upon the doctrine of evolution thru the survival of the fittest' was vehemently resented, and she was haughtily rebuked in the name of * science for her narrowness and bigo-