y B SALE --l FELT HATS AT sano Collier's Toggery LANT EONTION T0 FMINATE . QUEEN'S STUDENTS We have just received a special order of Swiss Silk Neckwear, woven in the University colors. | Collier's Toggery ail KINGSTON, "ONTARIO, The | potntment of Mrs. Easson to this po- sition was passed. The comrades pre- YEAR 88; NO. 26. | { ment felt that seeing a woman wes to | be appointed there could mot have KINGSTON CWYA am AID TO THE ARMENIANS MAKES REQUESTS: cer maces oom | rms mi : ON U. 8. ATTITUDE | survived Turkish crueltiss is desorib. Passes Retutions 4 Be Subut 10 De Provincial Convention, APPROVES THE SELECTION | Respecting the League of Na~ Relief Headquarters by CO. B. Viek- tions--He Explains the rey, executive secretary of that or- OF MRS. EASSON AS PUBLIC SCHOOL: ATTENDANCE OFFICER American Hesitation. organization, who Bas just concluded Three Delegates to Attend the Pro- (Canadian Press Despatch) a tour of 'Western"Asia. His cable- gram says: vincial Convention to be Held in Poterboro, March 17th to 10th. Fitish Thi "Ag ter the SHUTS: any who might be of service to the Turks were taken over as slaves and the re- niainder left to care for themselves as best they might. Men who had not béen previously deported or kill- ed were forced into the Turkish army." gE, It is to remedy such conditions as | these that Armenian relief workers, in the Near East are establishing or- phanages for the children, houses of refuge for outraged women and hos- pitals for the auffering. It was to be expected that the destitution would be even greater as winter came EERE A DATRONGE the Next Consus In Can- Ma. London, Jan. 31.--Viscount Grey occupies two columns of the Times with a letter on the attitude of the United States and the League of Na- tions. He carefully explains that he is writing simply as a private indiyi- dual, making an earnest attempt to foster the friendMness of the two democracies by explaining to Eng- lishmen certain aspects of American hesitation to accept the league, which |is not due to hostility to principle, "Have just returned from interior of Caucasus, where milliong of Christian refugees and other Armen- fans have reached a state of destitu- tion that beggars all description. Most of the able-bodied men have already perished righting for the Al- | lled cause. "The remnant, chiefly wo- | on than it has been in the past, and men and children, are surrounded by | in consequence preparations wera SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1920. | COMMITTEE: ACTS WV | ON SIMS' ADVICE | 1 { { Rear-Admiral Willlam S. Sims that Venizelos Fears For Power if Seizure of the navy was not prepared to enter in the Taking of Turkish Oty is Delayed. | ted by the Senate sub-committee al- | | ready entrusted with inquiry into ! has been criticized by the same offi- cer. Acting on a written suggestion | of the naval committe, asked Secre- BELLENIC OCCUPATION MAY | BY Daniels today to submit full in- i oy : NOY * LEAD TO BLOODSHED. | navy just preceding the entrance of THE M. P'S the United States into the world war, . Suong Resistanco--Yhe Whole | Page amplified charges he had made Next as Takes 1 Ia ; { befors the &ub-committee inves'igat- Fabric of Power in Greece Rests ready Being Made For It. Ottawa, Jan. 31.---The nest de- SHYRNA Pp Daniels For Full | Washington, Jan. 31.--~--Charges by | | the war in 1917 are to be investiga- | the navy's conduct of the war, which | ---- 32 OTRONE NOT POPULAR == asic ec secon ogmuiclON 0 APPOINT | formation as to the condition of the THE ENUMERATORS For There will Undoubtedly Be Very | Admiral Sims' letter to Senator June 1921--Preparations Are Al- | ing the nmval decorations contro- | Upon' This Accomplishment, | versy. After conference with Sena- The G.W.V.A. met Friday evening with a bugper crowd in attendance. Comrade' J. W. Connor, vicé-presi- dent, occupied the chair. Some very important business was transacted, and a series of resolutions passed, to be forwarded for discussion at the provincial convention and dominion convention of the G.W.V.A. It was sanounced that the pro- vinelal convention will be held in Peterboro on March 17th to 19th, and the dominfon convention at Montreal on March 22nd to 27th. The following three comrades were elected to act as delegates to the Provincial convention: M. M. Hood, E. Warburton and W. Bowker. The weekly financial statement was adopted as very satisfactory. The following resolutions were Passed, to be submitted to the vari- ous conventions, by the Kingston "delegates, 0 Resolutions to be Submitted. Vocational Training: That In view Wf the fact that many students tak- ing vecational training have to fin- ish their courses in a certain time, Which fs not sufficient to give thent & full knowledge of the line in which they are being trained, the Kingston branch of the G.W.V.A. urges that Vocational courses be extended to Ineet the requirements of the particu- lar line of work which is being tak- on up by each individual student, tha that stricter measures be taken £0 ensure that each student shall ho: given the course best fitted to his ability and .education, and that where a man has shown special abil- ity during his course his salary dur-| ing the first year of employment be subsidised by the government, so as to bring it up to a good living wage, | 88 several men after finishing voca- tional courses have to-aecept employ- "nent at a low rate of salary 'until they become efficient producers. Department of Industry: That this sociation urges that representi- tives be made to the Dominion and Ontario Provincial' governments to establigh a department of industry, such as Has been established by the British Columbia' Provinedal govern- ment, which provides for financial as- Sistance to representative bodies of veterans for the purpose of estab lishing: industries, and thus creating employment. Housing: That tfe government be again urgently requested to deal at once with the housing situation, and to provide direct measures of assist- ance to veterans to build homes, by neans of long term loans, indepen- dent of the action of the municipal- ity In which they live, and that the resolution passed by the Kingston branch on September 15th, 1919, be brought forward at the Provineial and Dominion conventions, ° : (a) That the Pro- ent he memorialized legiates made free in- to all classes. (b) That University facilities be 80 as to provide for ample oapacity for all students who desire to attend, and that assistance be gi- yen to all university courses. : (c) That the school age be raised ne 18, a t a more extensive system 'technical education be inaugura- ted so as to increase the number of skilled workmen and eliminate the unskilled labourer as far as possible amongst veterans. : __ (#8) That assistance be given to the who have given of soldiers their lives in the service of Canada 'to enable them to obtain the fullest nal privileges. Insurance: That the be urged to provide a | th JMiNTLYS0 for all men dis. active service, as outlined previous resolution passed by That the Pro=] requested to de. ballot null and void, owing the doubtful and ambiguous Ot the question as to mem- | but to. constitutional questions and tion. . The reservation respecting the six League, Viscount Grey thinks, must | give rise to difficulty, but | the dominions nor Great Britain, he |says, can admit the qualification here. It must not be supposed, he says, that in the United States there is any tendency to grudge the fact that Canada and other British do- minions have votes, but it is easy to realize that the feeling has béen British Empire has six votes and the United States one, Viscount Grey does. not discués the adjustment of this problem, which, though a power- important in practice. PUTS BLANE ON * INTED STATES World's Exchange. 'CAUSES 'GRAVEST CONCERN { EUROPEAN CONFERENCE COULD DEVISE PLANS | To Save the Countries From the Am- erican Squeeze -- Meantime the US, Expresses Unconcern. London, Jan. 31.---The Daily Bx- press understands that the Chancel lor of the Exchequor has agreed to meet the organizers of the recent memorial whic { an international conference to dis | cuss the financial chaos of Europe. The present view of the treaty, says the Express; is that the only way to overcome the difficulty is by increas- | ed production 'and reduced expendi- | ture all round and then any artificial | control would have only temporary | effect and lull the people into a false | sense of ease and security. The Daily Chronicles city editor, writing bn the same subject, says: "There is no disguising the fact | that the disorganization of the ex- change is causing gravest concern in international finaneial circles. Every day the situation ETOwWS more seri- ous. What city people most fear is the total breakdown of the exchange, which would have the effect of bring- ing international trade to a stand- otilk From the point of view of this country, the depreciation of the pound sterling tn American currency is naturally 'of the most serious mo- ment. The depreciation is more pro- nounced than it otherwise would be, because we have to finance not only our own purchases of raw materials and food from the United States but also to a large exfent those of our European Allies and to some extent those of Germany, "It is urged in some quarters that the position will right itself gradu- ally as the countries whose curren- cles are depreciated get to work and produce exportable commodities suf- cient to pay for their large imports. The difficulty is, Bowarar: that with e exchanges so heavily. against them the raw materials necessary to increase Production are costing these countries such ruinous sums." "~The Dally Express under the head- ng of "America's financial hostility," continues to express the view that the chaotic state of the world's fin- ances is due to what ft describes as "America's colossal Hg It says in its editorial yeslorday : "A European conference could de- | in- | vise plans to save us all to some extent rom the squeeze which Amerl- ca seems determined to put upon us. America, hides winnin possible effects which compel cau- British votes in the Assembly. of the neither created by the statement that the ful factor in sentiment, will not be (For the Preseat Chaotic Condition' of the h_ urged the, need. for. hostile Turks, Kurds and Tartars, {made to redouble the work for Ar- and face almost certain extermination | menian refugees. this winter unless help on a large| Additional subscriptions received scale comes. by the Whig are: Previously acknowl edged ... vids vs .3204.70 Sydenham St. Methodist Church (in part) ... 183 .0iivv va Mrs. and Mrs. Btinson Mrs, J. J. McKenzie .. . Returned Soldier ... .. James Craig ... "In Memory of Our Son" Mrs. J. F. Tisdale .... Percy B. Chowll ,.. aes C. M. VanLuven, Batter- Corpl. Midland W. F. Nickle . .. A. Mackenzie A Friend Jack Kinnear "These people, universally recog- inized in normal times as the most thrifty, industrious and prosperous | people of Western Asia, have . now | beew for four years exiled or fugitive | from thelr ancestral homes. Their {last vestige of negotiable property | has been sacrificed for foqd and pro- tection. Repatriation this year is utterly impossible--the Turks still {hold thelr homes. Attempted return | means death. . "Thousands of women and child- ren hdve but a'single garment to cover their nakedness and to protect them from the bitterly cold winter on the high plateaus 'around Moun: Ararat. Empty flour sacks bearing the names of well-known firms are improvised as clothing for children. Rage are used as shoes, All flour jand food staples come through Ar- menian relief, but the total supply in prospect will last only a few weeks at most. Hundreds of tons of cast-off clothing could be used immediately. Thirty thousand tons of foodstuffs, in addition to the present supply. must be provided or this winter will bring the greatest harvest of death from famine that has yet been known' | by this martyr nation." A recently returned Near East Re- lief worker 'aids THE HON. ARTHUR MEICHEN ADDRESSES CANADIAN CLUB ON| Becretary, Thomas W. Mills. FRIDAY EVENING. ; cu committee -- M dis Nokle dudes Laval X Crywior aE 3 Tr «M, Cam A Rév. Dr. W. G. Jordan Elected Pre- W. Savary Colin Macph a, Capt sident of the Club--Report on the john Donnelly, Principal Dyde, Prof. Work Done During the Year. |McClement, H. N. Robertson, R. The annual meeting of the Kings- Paston Burns, R. J. Rodger, J, F. ton Canadian Club was held in the Rowland, J. oR YO Faaout ol assembly room of the First Congre- py » A. J. Macdonell, treasurer, show- { gational clureh, on Friday evening ed receipts of $526.31; 'payments, [at 6.30 o'clock. The reports of the $588.33; deficit, $62.03. | secretary and treasurer were pre-! -J. G. Biliott, the retiring presi- sented and the: officers were elected dent, in a few brief words introduced for the ensuing year. The special the new president, Rev. Dr. Jordan, speaker secured for the occasion was 737.40 ce sev es 10.00 Ww. J oa 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Tee we 5.00 5.00 65.00 5.00 5.00 50 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 T 1.60 1.00 tee wise ce wre see seane ---- Miss M. Tisdale ,....s A Friend . "avis Miss A. L. Minpes .., Mrs. R. N., Erinsville .. J. McBwen ... M.W. a Mrs. A. G. Masters ... W. R. Campbell ... ... A. Macfarland .. Mrs. Thomas @arsline, R.1, Newboro vues 1.00 1.00 1.00 50 Miss Mary Bolger ,.. «+ A Friend doe sme mon a 1st vice-president, J. M. Hughes: 2nd vice-president, J. M. Farrell. 3rd vice-president, T, J. Rigney. Treasurer, A. J. Macdonell. Hon. Arthur Meighen was intro- visit to Kingston, and large numbers he saw in the present condition of Thomas Mills presented the secre- rovalut "Reflections." Such a man the fees to $2. Canada is still feel- our own time. There was an un- tion. The work of reconstruction 18 true of Canada is true of the other sistence that was evidenced in the graphic 'account of economic condi- and heal the troubles that are the | production. ism and Canadian hopefulness and population, the aggregate debt being a: war, confront members passed to his reward. We °° that must convince each all faithfulness and distinction. He was: into all the We have a membership of 160. who was received with hearty ap- plause, Hon, Arthur Meighen, Minister of | wT Intérior in the Dominion Union Gov- Hon. Mr. Meighen's A ernment. It was Mr. Meighen"s first duced by Dr. Jordan, and in opening his address on "Some Views on Pre of the club membership were present 5e0t Day Public Life," he stated that to hear him speak, as his platform {the world a parailel with the events ability is well known. immediately following the French revolution, and recalled Edmund tary's report. There were ten meet- was needed as a steadying influence {ings, with addresses of decided in- to-day to prevent a repetition of the terest. It was decided" to increase aftermath of that great revolution in ing the results of war, and Is bearing settled state of mind everywhere, and urden with in Canada its intluence was shown in wonderful aptness and 'determine- {il-informed censoriousness. What is calling for earnestness, patience and countries of the world, and we little devotion, the problems being many realize what other nations are going and complex. The courage and per- Mr. "Meighen gave a Canadian forces in the war can also tiong countries of Europe vitalize Canadians at home to solve Which were suffering from under aftermath of all wars. The mem- Reviewing. our financial osition, bers of the Canadian Club ean still 'zp Meighan said our bt a pre- ald In keeping alive Canadian ideat gent was $226 per head of our helpfulness in the many Issues that approximately $990,000.00 are sure to arise. against $285,000,000 before Dufing the year ona of the valiant! We have here something refer to the late Walter H. Macnee, 1 She pocumiy af sett ting down to hard a member of the executive fom- | n yay off our debt is mittee, and one who served with service noble-hearted, loys! and earnest as a citizen, and these quali he re- flected In his work in the elu ' The following gentlemen have ap- plied for membership in the club, and are recomm: for e = Paxton Hibben in Chicago Tribune, Smyrna, Jan. 31.--All indications | are that Greek forces will shortly | endeavor, to pull off the same coup in | Smyrna as the Italians 4id in Flume, | declaring annexation of the entire vil- lage to the Hellenic kingdom, thus confronting the big three with a fait accompli under a decision respecting | [Be disposition of the territory in| question is reached. | Even the Greek Inhabitants of the | villayet are uneagy over this pros- | | pect, remembering the bloodshed ac- | companying the first landing of the | { Greak men and not believing the | | Greeks have sufficient force to effect a | seizure of the villayet without resist- | ance, | A Greek occupation is far from | unanimously. popular, even with the | local Greeks, and certainly it {s bit- | terly opposed by the Turks, whose | dally treatment at the hands of the | Greek military officers is too bad to | dispose them favorably to Hellenic sovereignty. | [Partisans of Venizelos, however, | appreciate that the Cretan states- | man's whole fabric of ~ power in { Greece depends upon the realization | 0i the promises that Greece would receive the entire villayet and Thrace with an attendant increase in the number of jobs for office leaders wherever they held his supporters together since the spring of 1915, | + Recent revelations of the existence lof' a widespread organized plot | throughout Greece to break the Cre- tan's power and to restore the former king to the throne is taken as a de- monstration of the seriousness of Venizelo's position unless he can make good on the greater part of his promises of immense territorial gains so long held out to the people. The Turks are said to be lacking - too fudifteront No omar serious barrier to of the entire villayet, but local opin- lon does not share this view, It is nervous over the possibility of fight- ing, the outcome whereof is consider- ed uncertain, SHEA CHARGES PLOT TO REDUCE WAGES Chief of Firemen and Engine= men Alleges Trickery in Cummins Bill. New York, Jan. 31.--Direct char ges that 'certain railroads" were planning to reduce wages as soon as the roads were returned to private ownership were made by Timothy Shea, acting president of the Brother | hood of Locomotive Firemen and En- | ginmen at the twentieth annual meet i ing of the National Civic association ! Mr. Shea denounced the Cummins | bill and attacked the compulsory ars bitration clause, "This bill," he sai, "s the out-| come of a congpiracy to reduce wages | below their present inadequate level | when the roads are returned to pri- | vate ownership." The alleged conspi- rators, he continued, proposed to | make a cut in pay, and, if a strike | followed, attempt its suppressions by | wholesale prosecutions." COUNTRY CHILDREN DIE THAN IN CITY City Baby Has Five Times as | Many a Yong Country - New York, Jan. 31--The "poor little child," who Kas the misfortune to be born In a city has just five times as good a chance of reaching maturity as his country cousin, ac- cording to Dr. Thomas D. Wood of 'Teachers' College, New York. Speak mittee by the ee smoking in tor Hale, chairman of the sub-com- mittee, Senator Page wrote Mr. Dan- iels asking that he transmit a detail- ed statement showing the location of the American warships two months and one month prior fo the declara- tion of war, and their loeation upon the actual day this country éstered the war. In addition Senator Page asked for the names of the ships | ready for distant service when war was declared and the names of those not ready and the reason for thelr unpreparedness. JAPAN MAY CONTINUE OF ERATIONS IN SIBERIA | abolition of political patronage point' - Minister of War Unable State Definitely That Forces Will Be Withdrawn. Tokio, Jan. : 31,--Major-Cen. Ta- naka, minister of war, in reply to an interpellation in the lower house of parliament today by Baron Sakatani. former minister of finance and 'at present financial adviser to China, sald he was unable to state that the Japanese expeditionary forces would be withdrawn from Siberia after the withdrawal of the Czecho-Slovaks, Viscount Uchida, the foreign min- ister, speaking with regard to the sit- uation in Siberia, said' that negotia- tions between Japan and America were proceeding in a most friendly manner. Speaking on the Russian situation, Viscount Uchida declared the allies! did not intend to recognize the Bol- sheviki. That was a question of the utmost importance to Japan, he as- serted. gy 22 DEGREES BELOW ZERO Saturday was the coldest day for two years. The offi: Rolph was 25 degrees below. fe LUNCH ROOM EARNINGS $33.77 A SHARE Last Year by Far Plggest One in History of This New York, Jan. 31.--Childs com- pany, operating'a chain of restaur- ants throughout the country, set a record for earnings in the year end- ing November 30th, 1918, the total net' profits being $1,668,005, ac- | cording to its annual report made public today. Lhis is more than triple the com- pany's earnings in the "lean" year of 1918 when the total was $415, 109, and represents Linings of $38.77 a share on the cothmon stock, after deduction had been made to cover dividends ofA preferred stock. }-1t was announced that $1,190,658 of the earnings had been placed in the surplus fand, bringing that fund up to $2,126,269. PRETTY HIGH PRICES. Europe Owes America $325,000,000 In Interost. Washington, Jan. 31.--Accrued interest in loans to European coun- tries totals approximately $325,000, #00, according to a table submitted to 'the house ways and means com- department, which plans to defer collection for a few years pending reconstruction. Great Britain owes the most in- terest, the total on loans to that coun try being $144,440,837. Interest ow- ed by other countries is: France, Joeostinss jaa p3i4a50,08), Russia, $16,832,662; um, ~ 083; Serbia. SoiT 08 ia 083; % 19; | nia, $609,873 and Liberi, fsa ------------------------ Smoking Room For Women, Chicago, Jan. ' 31.--A "Chicago theatre yesterday announced it had opened a sn room for women. d Bie. found than | jie Works, is, $1,867, rove 18 | by, jcennfal census enumeration takes | Place in June, 1921, and already the | department is making preparations j for it. In the last census 9,703 en- | umerators were employed, and mext {year the number will probably be | Breater, Appointments to this work | days of political patronage | &n easy way for members of {ment to discharge political obliga- | tions, but hereafter it will probably | be handled by the Civil Service Com- | mission, Those who object to the complete in the roved [to this as xn example of how the Sow system often wprks cumbrously While the member for the offstitu- {oncy would appear to be the most suitable person to whom to apply for information as to suitable men, | that is now expressly forbidden by | the Civil Service Commission Aet, even though his recommendations { should be non-partisan. The Com- | mission must hunt out its own men | without reference to the representa- ® in Parliament. The old rate of payment for the { work varied according to local con- | ditions, the gemeral rule being that | the enumerator got 5 cents per name { with 23 cents for each farm, al- though where the country was spar- sely populated he was usually paid by the day. -------------------------- | AN OLD STRUGALE REVIVES IN FRANCE Anatole! France, t Resumption of Relations With the Vatican. Paris, Jan. 31,~--~Resutiiption of di- dlomatic relations between France {and the Vatican is opposed by Ana- tole France, Ra D110 io asser ol bY Italy despolled the Vatican of its temporal powers," he continues, 'and the sending of an ambassador to the Holy Sea would be to recognize offi- cially the Pope's spiritual power. In. this case, there is no reason why France should not recognize the oth. er great 'ritual powers of earth, and, amo other missions, send one to the 'Court of Humanity" which the followers of Comte erected in Rio Janeiro." Former Premier Clemeéncean's op- position to resuming relations with: the Vatican is said to have cost him many votes when he was candidate! for the Presidency of the Repubile. -------------------- $700,000 Y LOST - FAILURE TO SIGN. Influenza and Death Prevents i Oomplution of Big Risk New York, Jad. 81.--Tufiuensa not a Saused the oath of Rieh- mon vering, w y oll operator, | at his home here early today, but de- prived his estate of $700,000 fner-| ance because of bis failure to sign and pay premiums on policies f that amount, which he had contract-' ed for before he was stricken. i Some time ago Mr. plied for insurance to the Bquita-|- Me Lite Amunanca soclety and d)/ @ necessary phywleal ex aminations. » - to Mr. Lever! ; afternoon "8 Fw § - 1 "The" "Westminster Fresh -| church on Bloor street, Toronto, destroyed by fire Fridey night, The lowe is $100,000, ou The The Russian Soviet Governn. sent $150,000 to the United States couriers, M. Tukeft, tormer Minister of wh was assassinated st So. The bubonic plagus and inf Levering ap-: