RS | PAGES 3 ¢ YEAR '84: NO, 9 NO. HUN COURIERS AT VERSAILLES n Nive of he Geman Deegan io Peace Conte Conference. oe HOPEFUL FEELING ITALIAN PREVAILS AT THE HEADQUARTERS "¥is Said That the Tialion Difficulty May night. (Ciinadian Press Paris, April 25.--( couriers, jn advance of the delegation to the Faeepatcn) pe Settled Within a Fort ch) erman official German peace CONgress, arrived at Versailles to-day. A distinctly more hope ful ane jasd irresistible feeling prevailed at Italian headquarters longer was there talk of bre to-day. No ach wiih 4 'the peace conference, but instead it Ee i to be introduced in the House was sald, "All may be sett! in a fortnight. Premier has gone to Rome to consul ment. Thereafter we ghall ed with Orlando t Parlia- see." The plenary session of the peace conference will be held Mowday draft consider the revised to of the Yeague of nations' covenant and al- so such portions of the poace treaty as may The session will be open to He. It is. understood covenant is approved, diately be made public. it wi U.S. Ambassador Resi {Canadian Press Despatc Rome, April 256.---The It that be completed by that time, the pub- it the 1 Imma ch) alia says that because heAvas acquainted with President Wilson's views on ian claims, Thomas Nelso the Ital- n Page, American ambassador to Rome, offer ed his resignation. There was great excitement among the members of the chamber of de- puties and the senate to-day situation in Paris. Many expressed the opinion should warn Great France that they cannot peace without Italy, accord treaty binding the allies, that Britain and over the members, Italy conclude ing to a STOOK MARKETS. Quotations Street, New York Stocks. 923 46% 160% 828 Agchrison rene B&O... GRR ae Reading ... .. Southern Pac. .. So. Railway St. Paul... 3} Union Pacific .. Atlantic Gulf . . Marine . . ais Marine, pfd. .. #5 Gen. Motors ©. 17 Studebaker .. Ah BBO, oven Baldwin Loco. .. Am .Smelters ..- Anaconda .. .. 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Branch, hue April 25.--At a general meeting of the local branch of the rohit * Association , Delors oe following eon for the year President, H. 'Pearce; Vice . Guy CA be Daily itish Whig = KINGSTON, ONTARIO. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1919, LAST EDITION CHINESE SAVAGES e-- With Knives, Then Roasted Before Wife's Eves. Marseilles, April on board. Several of the ror reigned. their maltreatment they declared, the resorted to the use the most savage of being used. man named Saviski, Cronstadt, all over his body and then compelled to sit on a pan of hot coals. He was burned to death in the presence of of Bolsheviki of Chinamen, these Other Chinamen, the men related, dug holes, landowners were buried alive. land owners were drowned, having been tied about their before they were thrown into water, Any person suspected anti-Bolshevik tendencies down in the streets by it was declared. repatriated Other stones necks the AMERICANS OBJECT TO PROSECUTIONS of Those Accused of War Offences.. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, April 25.--It has become known that the American delegates have'been unable tc agree to centain portions of the repcrt adopted by the majority of the commission on the responsibility for the war, and, as presented to the council of four, the report contains a memorandum set- ting forth American reservations, They objected to the principle that persons acoused of offences against the "laws of humanity," should be subjected to criminal prosecution, contending that the laws and prin- ciples of bumanity oonstituted a standard too uncertain to be rightly applied in legal proceedings. , NICKLE IS CHAIRMAN Of the Committee Titles. (Canadian Press Despatch) Ottawa, April 256.--W. F. Nickle, Kingston, mever of the titles reao- lation in the House, which resulted in the appointment of a committes to consider the question, was eleet- ed chairman at the first meeting this morning. He stated that the premier was anxious that the com- mittee proceed with 'the enquiry to Report on "| without delay and make a report to the House. The whole subject of titular _distinetions, including _ the recognition of war services, would be considered. A general discus- sion made it clear that the com- mittee is almost unanimously of the opinion that, apart from distinction for those who have meritoruous war service to their credit, fitles should be abolished in Canada. The only definite conclusion reached was that heraditary titles should cease with the death of the present holders. Another meeting will be held mext Wednesday, when the committee ex- pects {0 make a report. 1 orl ncrirens PUBLIC MUST CONTROL, Fielding Makes ¢ Strong Protest Against Government Plan. Ottawa, April26.--Parliament should control every pefiny of expenditure by the Canadian National Railways, which, in the very near Tuture, will be the largest system of its kind in the world, with over 20,000 miles of lines, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This was the contention of the Hon. W. 8. Fielding, whose powerful protest against the proposed setting at de- fiance of the Consolidated Revenue Act was the outstanding ure of another all-day fight in the Commons over the bill to incorporate the Cana- dian National Railways. ° rr ee. WHY THIS ITEM ? anation Ottawa, April tor-general's not been received." explanation, 3 SINSIDE. AND our. \ {1/Islet, and' all four, Hie wo bo wnd'ste gin, ate hearty. HELP BOLSHEVIKI Cronstadt Engineer Slashed 25.~The steamer Souriah has arrived here from Odes- sa with 450 Freneh civilian refugees repatriated men said that when they left Odessa ter- In the carrying out of the people, had people It wus asserted that a an engineer, of was slashed with knives his wife, who latter died from shock. | in which of} was shot] the Chinese] Under the Laws of Humanity late: last might Opposition Members Will Ask Ex of Entry. 25,--Opposition members are showing great curiosity 4s to the explanation of an item for '$119,000,000 appearing in the audi-| rt for the year end- : ing Mirch 31st, 1919, as the ex- Rouditures of the Overseas Depart {spewc. of Militia. The reason for |Spence, their curiosity is that this great sum appears as one single item, with the addition, "vouchers for which have'of It is eertain there is some explanation of the non- 'receipt. by the auditors of these but questions will be asked |! in the House in order to get "a CERMANY AGAIN Coal Mints Stikers Arc Returning fo Work in Large Numbers. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD TION, An Increase in Coal Production Noticeable--The Efforts of the | Communists to Continue the Strike Fail, (Canadian Press Despatch) Berlin, April 25.--Almost as sud- denly as the recent sarikes Dbegau, Germany appears to be quieting | down again. Coal miners in the Ruhr distrigt are returning to work in Increasigg numbers, and yester day those in the: Dussburg and Muehlheim digtricts, ag well as hall | a dozen other places, returned to the colleries. The fact that tha men dre resuming work jis remark- {able because communists at recent moetings have urged a continuation {of the strike. Men who formerly heeded this appeal have rejected it almost unanjmously. A big factor in the situadhon has been the distribution of food, which has proven a special attraction to the laboring men. An increase in coal production. is already notice- able similarly in upper Silesia, where the situation has been im- jority of depositions ef mine direc tors. NN ITALY IS TO MAKE APPEAL TO ALLIES Make No Separate ith the Teuton Enemy. That The Peace Paris, April 25.--It is expected that Italy will make a final appeal to Britain and France, taking the posi- tion ti the 'no separate peace' pact sighed by the Aldes at London in 1915 is no *'serap of paper" which can be ignored. Against this view- point it is srged that the "no. sep- pate peace' agreement was nullified, first when Russia broke it, and again when the armistice was signed, since it was devised only for the duration of the war. The general opinion is. that the Germans will be immeasurably strengthened if Kaly really quits the Conference, and with Japan threat- ening to poll out. The latest indications from Berlin are that Germany will consent to Dantzig becoming an international port, 'but will concentrate her objec tions wpon the Saar Basin and S8il- egla, declaring the allotment of these places to France and Poland, respectively, specifically violates the "fourteen points." "SHORTENS WORK DAY. Port Figin Firm Adopts Nine-hour at Same Pay as Ten. Port ey April 25.--The ' Ste- vens-Hepner Company has amnounc- ed to its employees that beginning this week it would inaugurate the shorter work-day of nine hours at the same rate of pay. The company manufactures brooms and brushes and has a pay-roll of 180 employees. The announcement was received with a great deal of satisfaction by the staff PARTICIPATED IN IN CAPTURE, Of Vilna By Polish Troops 'From Bolsheviki. (Canadian Press Despatc "Geneva, April 26 ~The botish agency at Lausanne states that some units of Gegeral Haller's army, which left France last week for Poland by Way of Germany, participated in the capture of Vilna by the Polish troops from the Bolsheviki, Argues His Own Case. Toronto, April 25. The Rev. Ben , secretary of te Dominion Al- liance, 'was at last in the police court yesterday, in hid trial for a reach of the Order: publishing @ argued that the publication was): ing han sily SOustES Sur QUIETING DOWN IS A BIG FACTOR IN THE SITEA- | proved by the nullification of a ma- { ai Tio To had ever spoken 3 BREWING COMPANIES DEFY American Companies Will Sel Beer Stron Than the Regulatidns Allow. New York, April standing 'the fact that *he revenué collector's offic to sell them revenue stamps cohol, the Hoffman Brewing counsel for the ers' Association, | as containing a erage. ! ernment's decision that cating beverages must not alcohol. further labeled with an to the effect that "the internal venue tax of .Feb. 1919, revenue for the Fdistrict posited to his credit with bank, thus keeping the tender good. dersigned." BUDAPEST WILL Are Advancing in Hungary. ---- OF THE ENTENTE ACT AS RU- MANIAN RESERVE. ---------- ¥ Unfavorable Panic Said t0 Reign in Budapest. trom Budapest, therefore, are CoD- tradictorys but all indicate that the situation is grave. The days of the Soviet government are perhaps pum- bered. 'The Enteiite powers are sald 10 have 60,000 colonial troops in Neu- satz, which are advancing as the Ru- Czecho troops are manian reserve. believed to be préparing to attack. sures § Panic is where the said to of the Bourgeoisie. sed by the Soviet Tegime. id to reign in Budapest, , -- Budapest Will Soon Pull, (Canadian Press Despatc! Geneva, April 25.--C troohs are said to be aiding the Ru- ing to Vienna. Hungary, acco! ceived here from ie itd TACTFUL HUN GUARDS. Searched American Red Cross Train For Ammunition. Berlin, April 25.--The guards stopped an saw and searched it for ammunition. They brought guns to bear on the anit n aboard, but the train wis] obliged to return to TR, that it might continue to Warsaw thelpy another route. AUTHORITIES 25.:4-Notwith- internal ad declined for beer containing 2.76 per cent. of 'al- Com-~ pany and the Gambrinfus Brewing empany, following the advice of Elihu Root and William D: Guthrie, ited States Brew- ve begun to dis- 3 that propor- als being labeled intoxicating bev- The inscription violates the gov- non-intoxi- contain more than one-half of one per cents According to the advice of counsel and to avoid seeming to defy gov- ernment authorities, each barrel is inscription res | by Section 603 of 1 a not , has been duly tendered to the collector of internal of. ~--ey and upon his refusal to receive the tax and issue the customary stamps the full amount of the tax, was de- if. an attempt be made to seize this beer, telephone or telegraph to un- SOON BE TAKEN Ruma, Gch Sork AR Fra Fores 60,000 COLONAL TROOPS Hungarian Borders Sealed to Prevent News Escaping----A . ' (Canadian Press ch) Berlin, April i rat ia London, April 25.)~Hungary has hermetical: ly closed all her borders in an effort to control the Rumanian invasion and prevent unfavorable news from es- caping from the country. Reports The people of Transylvania have revolted and are advancing with the Rumanians because of agrarian mea- mmunist authorities are uthlessly arresting 'scores cho slovak forces attacked the city of Waitzen, twenty miles north-east of Budapest, which is expected to fall soon. French manians in their advance in Eastern advices Te- threatened to fire it. the There was no am- NICKLE'S DIVORCE BL. PRESENTED BUST OF PREMIER BORDEN IS THE SUBJECT OF ENQUIRY BY MR. PAPINEAU. J. K. L. Ross, Chairman of the Pen- sion Board, Has Left Ottawa-- j Desired to be Relieved -of Posi- tion. Ottawa, April 25.--In.the House yesterday afternoon, W. F. Nickle, Kingston, introduced his bill re- specting divorce. By this new biil the Supreme Court constitute the divorce courts for the provinces, and the Exchequer Court the di- vorce court of the Dominion, The House then todk up the act to incorporate the Canadian Na- tional Railway Company, Why Bust of Sir Robert? Ottawa, April 25.---Major Power has given notice that he will move in Parliament for correspondence and documents relating to the dis- missal of Major J. T. N. L'Hereux from the Camadian Expeditionary Force, and the striking off of = his Bame from the Canadian Militia Mr. Papineau is solag to inguire if the Government has purchafed a marble bust of Sir Robert Sx and, if so, "uid was the urgendy or necessity for e expenditure thexe- for during wartime?" Has Left Ottawa. Ottawa, April 25.--J. K. L. Ross, chairman of the Pension Board, has left Ottawa, given up his suite and taken his belongings. If he has not actually resigned it is well under- stood that his connection with the board is only nominal pending the selection of his success. He has long been anxious to 'be relieved of the position. EXPRESS # SYMPATHY Lady Laurier Recipient of 4,000 Let. ters of Ottawa, April 25.---Almost four thousand letters of condolence from all parts of the world have been re- ceived by Lady Laurier since the death of Sir Wilfrid. The task of reading and answering these has been a tremendous one, byt Lady Laurier has done most of it herself. The majority of the correspandents have been personal friends, The widow of the late Liberal leader is now alone at her residence on Laurier avenue, with the excep- tion of a nephew, Mr. Robert Laur ier, who has just finished his course at Osgoode Hall. He is a son of a brother of Sir Wilfrid, who was a prothonotary ut Arthabaskaville. Lady Laurier will probably spend at Arthabaskaville, but will be in Ottawa for some time yet. aris: RELEASE STORED BUTTER. Goverment cola Storage Expected Ottawa, gr SMF. Jacobs brought up the question of butter prices, in the Comnions. He said that reports of cold storage companies showed that there was forty-eight per cent. more butter in store than last year. "Is it the Intention of the Government," he asked, 'to do any- this : butter for public consumption in Canada." Hon. C. C. Ballagtyne sald the Government was now building a cold storage warehouse in Mantreal. When fi , he thought It would meet the situation. Zeitung y 2 5 J am Mittag reports from Landsberg- | . on-the-Warthe that German frontier an American Red Cross train carrying food to. War- News In Bulletin | Premier Orlando left Thursday night for Rome to place the Adri- atic. question before t Other Italian delegates will remain in Paris. : The council of five foreign mini- sters met Thursday night in Paris to consider arran ents for giving the Alles the ie. am of flying over Germany after peace is signed. Germany will be allowed no recipro- Mi is, of Toronto, just 4 re- aie gs, ot 7 in a to - jthie British War Office, says Boi- Ee Hote statement Thursday : |denies positively any secret BRITISH-AMERICAN PLEDGE SUFFICIENT French Journalist Says Per= petual Alliance Should Not Be Expected. Paris, April 25.--The best defini. tion yet made of the protective guar: antee which France wants from Great Britain and America appears in the Paris Midi to-day. Tho arti- cle is signed "Diplomat," the pseudo to represent one of the best informed and best known French journalists, whose acquaintamce 'with England and the United States has been util- ied by the French Foreign Office dur- ing the last three years. He says: "There are good but rather ner- vous Frenchmen who insisted that the word 'alliance' be pronounced be- tween us and our British-American fiends,! Above all, they want this alliance proclaimed perpetual, and shudder at the thought of its one day being absorbed in a League of Nations. "But it might be said that alliances are never perpetual, All that can reasonably be asked of Great Britain and the United States is to bind themselves to-us in view of the actual gituation. Both these great demo- cracies would willingly agree to prevent a brigand from pillaging a coach, for that is a moral and clear- ly defined agreement. ' "But they will never accept that the coach drives ean count on their support in all his cares, even if he took it on himself to kill his passen- gers out. An unconditional alliance in the old sense of the word they do tot want. "But they offer; us something bet ter---a promise, guaranteed by their honorable past, that they will take up arms if Germany tries to begin again. This promise would have for them the value of an oath on the Bible, and though Governments might change at London or Wash ington, this pledge would remain in- scribed in the national conscience. That is enough for us." HOMAGE BY RANGE TISH FLEET Tribute Inspired by Visit of Squadrons, Part of Im- penetrable Shield. -- ; Paris, April 25.--A high-placed personage in the French Ministry of Marine has communicated the senti- ments of the minister and the navy, inspired on the occasion of the visit of Admiral Beatty and representativ- es of the British Navy to Paris. He says: "France is happy and proud to pay national homwmge to the sailors who have been France's allies from the beginning of the war. The British navy was the impenetrable shield of victory. It had the same the summer months at the old home|. thing "towards obtaining release of |; part to play in the gigantic struggle by sea as the French armies had to play on land. To the glorious names of Marne, Yser and Verdun, the Bri- tish Nayy has added Jutland, Zee- brugge and Ostend." The speaker referred in eulogistie terms to Admiral Beatty, whom he described as the great trainer of the British fleet, one who understands how to communicate to it" his own indomitable courage and confidence, 'Whose pame will be inscribed in the annals of the war alongside the names of Joffre, Foch, Petain and Haig. Admiral Touchard, who-will de- {iver his wddress of welcome to the naval visitors at Sorbonne, he said, would regount the British fleet's ex- ploits and its incessant work day and night agaihst German submarines, without which the victory of the Al- lies would have been practically im- possible. FREIGHTS TO STAY HIGH High Prices For Wooden Ships " Qonsidered Proof. New York, April 25.--Attention has been called in the shipping world to the fact that the purchase of the Emergency Fleet Corporation's wpod- en ships 'at' prices which are gen- erally considered high, is a logical argument that their purchasers felt assured that all kinds of bottoms will be scarce for some time to come and rates will stay up. In support of this some shipowners say that it is logical to believe that the men who bought the wooden ships have sub- stantial reason to believe that they will make such profits from the car- goes carried in them that the cost of the boats themselves may be written off comfortably even though the vea- gels have to be sent to the junk pile when ocean freight rates Avally come down. CASE OF CANADA FIRST. First Steamer to Cross Atlantic Left Montreal. ok London, April 25.--Professor W. t 'has H. Vandersmissen, of Toronto, ONTARIO NURSES HOLD SESSIONS A Pl Neti i Comocatin fol a Tharsday Evening. : DOES NOT MEET WITH THE AS- SOCIATION'S FAVOR. A Memorial For Nurses Who Died in Service During the War--Ad- dresses by Col. Biggar and Rev. Dr. Wilson. ; _~ A public meeting of the Graduate Nurses' Association of Ontario was held in Convocation . Hall, Queen's University, on Thursday evening. Most interesting and instructive ad- dresses were delivered before a large assemblage. Lieut~Col. D. BE. Mundgll presid- ed and filled the duties In his usual graceful manner. He Introduced Mrs. Tiley, 'of Brantford, who read an excellent paper on "Child Wel. fare' that was prepared by Mrs. J Frances Robinson of the Royal Vie: torian Qrder of Nurses, Kingston: A mbst exhaustive review of the science of nursing was given, show- ing that while it is a comparatively modern profession, European coun- tries and the United States have made rapid advances, while Canada is far behind owing to the failure of the people to recognize the need and value of the nurse in relation to<the welfare of the family. 'In conse- quence of this condition infant mor- tality Is abnormally high, and there is a prevailing ignorance among young mothers on matters of hygene and the proper feeding of infants' The Victorian Order of Nurses, or- ganized dwenty-two years ago, was the fifét attempt to provide quali- fied nurses, but the system must be extended. Wetu-- Address on Pensions. Col. Biggar, of the Board of Pen- sion Comm ers, Ottawa, ve an address on 'The Disability Pon sionérs."" At the outset Ne stated that he served as a doctor with Canadian nurses in the Canadiaw Expeditionary Force, and he holds, in consequence of that a deeper feeling of respect for Can- adian womanhood. Nothing was more appreciated by -the Canadian soldiers at the front than the mini- . strations of the nurses. He describ ed the pension board as a purely: civilian organization. Pensions were not given for service, for wounds, or disease, and this was an important thing for the Canadian people to properly understand. The returned soldier is not supposed to be discharged from a hospital until he is fit, and he described the means employed to render him fit. The making 'of a soldier tuto a pension er does him a grave injury, but the aids to re-establishment help to make him an independent citizen. He explained how ons were computed, and compa ada's system with that of oth niries and showed it to be the most gener- ous and most scientific, He incl. dentally paid a tribifte to W, PF. Nickle, M.P., for his share in' assist- ing to establish the basis of the sys- tem. Any man who served In the Can- adian army who has a disability 1s pensionable. He is pensioned for the loss of power resulting from the disability. His pre-war occupation, or the occupation he may follow af- terward has no bearing upon 'the amount of pension he may receive. The same standard scale is applied to every case. . Col. Biggar stated that it the nursing association = dhought | scale of pensions for ci yas: fhe right," it might petition for justment. It hed prvi Gong that as nurses were engaged Government in thelr pratessional capacity there might . some ground for an aausiment of of the amounts given. Their wis different froin the rest of The the Can- adian lores. In the United States ty. cent. of all crippled ak" Ware er self-supporting and twenty j cat were not. Five per eent. better