ALLEN TO-DAY Norma Talmadge in "THE WONDERFUL THING" ~ BY-ELECTION IN JANUARY The Railway Issue is to Loom Large in New Parlia- ment. Ottawa, Dec. 12 Alexanaer Smith, authority on election law, says there is nothing in the present aot to prevent the by-elections tor King ministers being held in Janu ary. In the general election at least forty-five days had to elapse be- iween the issue of the writ and the! date of voting, but Mr. Smith points out this Is not necessary if there is in existence a list prepared with two years. As lists were preparea over Canada for the general election, the writs can be issued at any tim: after the King cabinet is sworn 1n. The writs will state the day of nomi- nation and a date for the election two weeks later. Probably a notice of | from ten days to two weeks would be allowed before nomination, so that the whole thing could be over easily | within a month after the issue of the writs, But even so, with this interruption ! in the course of public business, it is | scarcely likely that the next session c all | British be Daily hidus (SEVERE FLOGGING URGED FOR BANDITS | [The Canadian Bankers' Asso- ciation Will Pursue Relent= lessly All Cases. 12 two Montreal, Dec Discussing the sentences given bandit , Sir Frederick Williams Taylor g al manager of the Bank of ! Montreal and president of the Cana- dian Bankers' Association, said: "A severe flogging is whi back at men of this stamp deserve and need, and it | vill of interest every bank | taroughout Canada know that | t efforts of the have | resulted in their conviction I may ! say that the Canadian Bankers' fully every be to to association tion I closcly up similar and make every cffort to see that | perpetrators ! outrages | v punished.' { ick O'Hara and Albert Slade, wanted Hamilton, | e neéd by Chief Justice De- | carde to seveh ars' i risonment | with fourteen strokes of the "cat-o- | j rine-tails,"" ends to follow case, | wil] | the |are of these also in |BRIBING WITNESSES | FOR MR. STILLMAN harges Corruption in Quebec to Gain His Divorce. His Wife C of parliament can be called before | the end of February or the beginning of March. When the session does open it expected it will be shorter than us al. The new finance minister will want time to take a survey, of the entire business of the dominion bi- fore making a complete revision of the tariff, ard all that will be at tempted in the way of new buagot | proposals will be to repeal the cus toms laws regarding valuation of de- preciated foreign exchange for duty purposes and the marking of country of or'gin, in order to remove the con- ditions most obviously irritating and interfering with trade at present, add to make such changes as are urgeut- ly needed for the welfare of the community. The nmratiway question will be different matter, al*hough there will be a desire to study it at first hand for some time, so as not to have pre- a Poughkeepsie, NY: Dee 12. Charges that agents for James A. Stillman, New York banker, attempt- ed to corrupt and bribe prospective | Witnesses in the trial of his divorce | suit against Mrs. Anne U. Stillman | {Were made Saturday by defence | counsel in a hearing before supreme Court Justice Morshauseer. The charges were made by John | {| F. Brennan, of Yonkers, chief of | Mrs. Stillman's counsel, in applying {for a order to take testimony at | | Montreal where, he said, allegations | could be supported by Thirty-three | witnesses. Asked by Outerbridge | Horsey, éounsel for Mr. Stillman, to! name the agents charged with at- { tempting to suborn Canadians, Mr. | {Brennen said he could mention out | [two at this time, Francis Lajoie an {J. Albert Lafontaine, both of tue | | province of Quebec. | After short debate, Justice | | | | Mor- | months ago, in succession to the late {at his {of PASSES AWAY WHILE ASLEEP The Sudden Death of Ho Thomas W. Crothers at Ottawa. Ottawa, Dec. 12-- Hon. T. W.| Crothers, former minister of laber | n the Borden cabinet, and who was to the Senate about two in ippointed W. C. Edwards, died suddenly home on Carling Avenue, Ot- Saturday evening The late Crothers, was 71 years of | had been in poor health for | some months, but not until a couple! veeks ago had his condition given to any serious fears "hen his wife went to call him | meet an old friend who had call- had Hon tas M was ' rise { 0 ed at the house she found died in his sleep. he Funeral at St. Thomas. | St. Thomas, Dec..12.--The funeral | of Hon. T. W. Crothers, former meni- | ber of Parliament for West Elgin, | will be held in this city on Tuesday, | interment to be made in the family | plot in the St. Thomas Cemetery. | The body will arrive in the city from! Ottawa Tuesday noon. | The late Mr. Crothers was a bro-| ther of H. Crothers, Earl street, | Kingston, and the uncle'of Mrs. Ar-| thur Lingham, Gore street, and the children of the late W. J. Crothers. REFUSES ADJOURNMENT. | { } \ | Frank | Of Bell Telephone Company's Roe quest for Toll Increase. Ottawa, Dec. 12. Hon. Carvell to-day refused the applica- tion by Assistant Attorney General Bayley of Ontario for an adjourn- | ment of the hearing of the Bell Tele- | rhone company's request for permis- sion to increase the tolls, He told | counsel that a two- months' adjourn- | men bad alreudy been allowed to get | evideice from the company. R. A. Reed, also for the Attornev- | i aa pt | Genera!, demanded a stay until the ciplate action. The fact that it had |schauser granted the application «0 | sheén originally intended . year will give the new cabinet some- thing to consider right away, . ESCAPE OF MURDERER CALLED A "FRAME-UP" Chicago Chief Orders His Men to Get Him Dead or Alive. Chicago, Dec, 12.--Chief of Police Fitzmorris characterises the escape | from jail of "Lucky Tommy" O"Con- nor, gunman and killer, who was awaiting hanging Thursday, as « frameup, and has ordered his men to bring him in dead or alive. It is sald that all jail rules were violatede "in handling the prisoners, and three guards have been suspended. Four others escaped with O'Connor When the police arrived they found the tip false and Bishop Charles Anderson inside the door of the house. The chief of police has promised promotion to the police- man whq brings in O'Connor's dead body and threatens to suspend any one who tries to capture the gun- man alive. Police Use Tear Bombs. pointed shortly. Thijs, will be' the first time since the beginning of the trials that hear- | ings have been public. |OPPOSES JAPANESE | IN SUPREME COURT | British Columbia Attorney-| General to Seek Ban on | Liquor Import. Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 12.--Attor- | ney-General J. W, De B. Farris left | i for. Ottawa last night, where he 18 "0 | appear before 'the supreme court to oppose the claim of: the Japanese for | the privilege of working on crown lands, forests and contracts in Bri'- ish Columbia | Mr. Farriss will confer with Hon. | W. L. Mackenzie King in an effort to | secure renewal of the present spec | levy on liquors imported here, a juo- {turn to the provinee, whole or part, of cus'oms duty levied by the ate | government, and also tightening up of dominion regulations so to pro- hibit any but the British Columbia government for importing liquor into { the province. i | THE NAVAL RATIO. Chicago, Dec, 12.--The police are ! using tear gas bombs in an attempt to dislodge the escaped gunman and killer, O'Connor, from a house in the south side where they believe he is hiding. reer P errr 3 {All That Is Awaited Now, Is Japan's Acceptance. | Washington, D.C., Dee. 12.--The fifth week of the armament confer- lence opened this morning with the {question of the naval question to the fore, and the general impression pre- vailing is that this vital point is on | the verge of settlement. Acceptance | | thousand wives and relatives of appeal whic pen ade > to merge | shift the trial to Montreal, at an open | Bp Thich his heen o> le or fo | the Grand Trank with the Canadian commission, to begin sessions Janu- [one . de: as 2% National lines at the end of this ary 11h, the commissioner to be ap-| . rates increase, could ho! brought before the new cabinet to be formed. It was also refused. Craig Meets Ulster Cabinet in Belfast | Belfast, Dec. 12.--It is expected | that Sir James Craig, wha has re- turned from London, will summon the Ulster cabinet to-day and lay be- | fore them developments in the Irish situation, stressing their importancy | to Ulster. It is said that Premier Lloyd George entered into all phases of the situation with him in don. Lon- | MAYOR CHURCH TO RETIRE. andidate for Mayoralty in 1922, Dec. 12.--Mayor T. L Church, who was elected a member of .the House of Commons for To- ronto on Dec. 6th, announced at a meeting of the city council that he | would not be a candidate for the mayoralty for 1922 His worship | has had twenty-three years in pub- | lic service, first as a school trustee, | then five years as alderman, five | years as controller and seven years | as mayor. ! Will Not be Toronto, | Relatives of Strikers Prevented Return of Men Pittsburg, Kansas, Dec. | 12.--A | mab of women estimated at two the | striking coal miners, stormed the | mine of the Jackson Walker Com- pany this morning and prevented | j cers of the company could no* prev- | Toronto to attend the meeting. It was | an impossibility to notify them of tas | arrangements had already been male | to br'ng them { ready on 'he way. { He considered :t would be quite usa- | | is too bad, for it creates a distrust all | over the country, and is an aggrava- j tion | been attained." TUN. UNTARID. MONDAY, DEC. 12. 1921. ------ KINGSTO i One of Napanee's Most --_-- lh) TREAT Business Men Passed Away. ! (From Own Correspondent) i Napanee, Dec, 12.--The citizens | {of Napanee were shocked on Satur- iday to learn of the death in King- | iston, of Charles A. Anderson, one of | | Napanee's most prominent business | men. Mr. Anderson was taken to! | Kingston a week ago suffering from Anglo-Japanese Alliance Cov- jgoitre. An operation was Geeiged ered By Quadruple Pact on and performed on Thursday last. | . on Pacific. { The operation was apparently suc- | cessful but after twenty-four hours Washington, D.C., Dec. 12.--The far ns conference Saturday approvea the patient took a turn for the worse and died at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Deceased was about |, comprehensive and sweeping pro sixty-one years of age and leaves a gramme for preserving the peace of widow and one son, Harold, who is the Pacific and the far east. The associated with him in the McLaugh- nine powers in the conference gave lin automobile agency. For many ears Mr, Anderson conducted a liy- ery and was well and favorably known throughout the county, The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon from the residence of his son, Harold Anderson, Dundas street, { N. { | fe | Pacific treaty of the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France, {which scraps the Anglo-Jr.panese al- | lance. ! The new treaty was completely and officially accepted by the four powers when Prince Tokugawa stated Japan had approved it. America's assent was given by Lodge in presenting the treaty, France by Viviani and Great Britain by Balfour. When Lodge finished reading the fourth article of the treaty providing for scrapping of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, applause broke out fron Loth galleries, and was taken up by the spectators throughout the hall. Again, when Lodge assured the con- ference that nothing in the treaty called for use of force or bound the ther applause. tor was speaking through ference to the Senate. LATE SENATOR T. W. CROTHERS Former nber of Borden and Mei- Cabinets, who is dead in Ottawa FARMERS RESTRAINED FROM HOLDING MEETING Injunction Prevents Annual Meeting of United Farm- ers' Co-Operative. Co. gehen J. Balfour said that the fourth clause of the new treaty abrogating the Anglo-Japanése alliance of greatest interest to his country. "I am aware," said Balfour, "that the 'reaty between Great Britain {and Japan has caused much search- ing of hearts in the United States. "I am aware," said Balfour, 'that greatest interest to the country, was Toronto, Dec. 12.--Justice Middie- Removes Misunderstandings, ton on Saturday granted the injunc- tion sought by A. E. Ashton, a dirsc- tor and shareholder of the United Farmers' Co-operative Company to restrain the company from hold- ing their annual meeting on Tuesday Dec. 13th. Mr. Ashten's contention was that insufficient ice of the meeting had been gives by the dic- eclors. The judgment came as something of a shock to the directors of the company, but Secretary J. J. Mor- rison said on Saturday that the offi- understandings, if she renewed the treaty, or if ehe denounced it. "The new treaty," Balfour said, "I believe will for all tme insure per- fect understanding in the region to which it refers." Nothing, he said, could better "pave the way for that diminution of naval armaments which 1 hope wili be one of our greatest triumphs." Prince Tokugawa replied Japan: He spoke in English. for ent the shareholders from coming to {all Japan will approve the consum- mation of this pledge of peace in the Pacific ocean," said Tokugawa, He, like Balfour, in bidding farewell to the Anglo-Japanese alliance, said it had been an agency for preserving peace, new turn in the situation and speciel in fact, were ai- to Toronto; some of the shareho.ders Mr. Morrison pointed out that the annual U.F.0. convention is to be [Nine of Twenty-Four held in the city on Wednesday next, | $0 that the coming of the shareho! i- | 1 + in} ers De altoge 3 1 am.-| 4 vo ; rs would not be altogether in vain } Toronto, Dec. 12~--Nine out of | Ontario's twenty-four cities went Lib- |eral lest Tuesday. Returns which |are not in every case official, but | which may be taken as approximate- (15 correct, since the following votes in the city muncipalities: ess to attempt at this late hour to eend out -notices of cancellation or the business meeting to the 20,000 shareholders. "It is a great mistake," continued Secretary Morrison. '"'for the man who has brought the injunction has defeated the very ends that he wanted, that is, a full meeting of shareholders. When the meeting is held, there will be no'hing lke the number of shareholders on hand that there should be on Tuesday. It 181,611 146,244 62,734 10,347 Censervatives Liberals | Labor and Progressive . [Other Candidates ces { Prohibition For Germany. Berlin, Dec. 12.---Prohibition is be- {ing urged for Germany, The second {largest political party, that of the {Independent Socialists, has put be- | fore the reichstag a resolution de- jmanding that the German parliament | immediately investigate the result of prohibition in the United States with ia view to passing a law permitting {the sale of alcohol for medical pur- i poses only. which recoils on averyone for the manner in which the obpeet has Japan is Good Customer. Victoria, Dec, 12.--Japan is the principal buyer of British Columbia lead and smelter, as well as British Columbia's second largest buyers of general approval to a new quadrupls | nations to go to war, there was fur- | It was clear the sena- | the Yon- Speaking for Great Britain, Arthu "It is needless for me to say that | Ontario Cities Voted Liberal NEWS OFF THE WIRES IN CONDENSED FORM | ------ | Tidings From Places Far and Near Are Briefly Recounted. | | Versailles, Henri Desire Lar dru, convicted Bluebeard of Gam- bais," is dangerously ill in his cell | The total number of {in France who are receiving assist- the government 12,- At unemployed {ance from is 500. | |are estimated by the Monetary | | Times, Toronto, at $1,818,750, com. | |pased with $2,199,700 in October {and with $2,769,800 in November last year Former cabinet ministers, nearly {all the party members in the last | Ii arliament, a majority of the newly- {elected members, and even defeated |candidates, are all pressing for post- tions in the King cabinet | ~ It is understood that the Irish of- | fice will shortly disappear, and that | ! Sir Hamar Greenwood will be given {another cabinet post, with a peerage |later on. The creation of the Irish state will probably also lead to the formation of a new dominion office {in the British government DEFINTION OF BOUNDARY {Between Canada and New- foundland in the Labrador Peninsula. St. John's, Nfid., Dec 12 The | question of the location and defiffi- | tion of the boundary as between Can- {ada and Newfoundland in the labra- dor peninsula, is now before the Privy Council of the Empire for de- | cision, and Hon. W. R. Warren, min- ister of Justice, presenting the case for the '"Ancient Conoly." Some surprise was caused here by a press despatch quoting Bram Thompson, barrister of Regina, Al- | berta, and editor of the Canadian is | Great Britain, he said, faced 'mis. |-aw Times, as saying that Newfound- | and had never been given any rights of ownership to any parts ol Labra- dor, but was, "as a matter of admin- istrative expediency, given adminis- trative control of the country." Mr. Thompson was further quoted as say- ing that the whole of Labrador be- longs to Quebec. To this, Alfred kb. Morine, a prominent local lawyer (formerly of Toronto) replies that,---- "nobody has ever claimed that New- foundland had any right to owner- | ship in the soil of Labrador, for she p' in her own soil. 'has no 'ownershi is in the crown. |as most lawyers |vore. The title It is not, however, understood here | that Canada or Quebec is disputing { Newfoundland's jurisdiction over the | | Labrador coast line from Blane Sab- lon about midway | Belle Isle north and west as far as { Cape Chidley. What is disputed, Newfoundland"s claim to a portion of the hinterland, contained in a strip lot territory extending inland from [cape Ch¥rles to a depth of 300 miles |and from Ramah to a depth of 225 | miles, inclding about oné half of the |country washed by Ungava Bay Some years ago Canada combatted the right of Newfoundland to col- lect customs duties at the bottom of [Hamiiton Inlet claiming that thi [ indentation 8&xtends so far inland {from the major coastline that the | territory forms part of néw. Quebed | However, Newfoundland continued t |collect customs duties there, F. i Berteau, who was Newfoundland's {collector of customs for the whole of | Labrador north of Red Bay from 1881 to 1889, collected customs (duties not only at the bottom or { Hamilton inlet, but also at the bot- tof of Ungava Bay, which is west and sonth of. Cape Chidley, the western is 0 {termination of the Labrador Penin- | Whig Fire losses in Canada in November | understand that | ALLEN Tro-DAY Norma Talmadge in "THE WONDERFUL THING" LANT ERITION. UP TO IRISH 10 SETTLE Since Britain's Compromise Offer of Peace It Is An Internal Matter. London, Des. 12.--Britain has | he attitude that the Irish set- taken t tlement now is a matter of internal almost sure suc Irish with cess In The press éxpressed confidence the politics view treaty would be ratified Lord Curzon has invited [eran orator, Lord Morley, to give the {reply to the king's address in the honse of parliament on, Wednesday, when the will be considered. Morley was Tor Ire land and of home rule the vet- treaty twice secretary a staunch advocate Predict Valera's Downfall, Dublin, Dec. 12.--The power ot Eczmonn de Valera, 'president of the Irish republic," was slowly but sure- ly ebbing as the political forces of Ireland mobilized for battle on the Anglo-irish treaty. | Even in extremist circles the downs, fall of the Irish president is predict- {ed as the result of his stand against the peace pact signed with Britain {by the Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries. Michael Collins, as de Valera's pepularity wanes, is coming to the {fore as the "father of Irish free- dom." The ordinary man end woman on the streets of Dublin want peace badly, and it is almost certain their ctittude will prevail when Michae. Collins, who seems to have rallied the majority of nation behind hu, | 80ces before the Dail Eireann Wed- nesday to present the pact. Only a n.ost unexpected reversal of attitude can now thwart wholehearted ac- | ceptance, it is believed. the -- New National Hero, | Collinge seems to have gained the sympathy deValera has lost He m3 |a national hero. Crowds cheer him {as he walks aiong the street and | gatherede in front of his home for |a glance at him. He is already be« ing lpoked upon as the 'father of bis country," * In all political circles the increase in his power is being realized. His alignment of the two doubtful cabi- {net members, Barton and Cos- | graonve, on the side of the treaty, al: ! lowing it a 'majority of one is regard- {ed as a master political stroke. He | is about the only politician exceedin- | ly popular. Most of the are greeted [with cold stares by the crowds whicty [#tand in front of the Mansion 'House of the straits of yh the scurrying of the poljti- But when Collins appears there is wild aeclaim. Ship Wheat via Panama, | ** Vancouver, Dec. 12.---Pifty thous sand toms of wheat have been book- from Vancouver to the United | Kingdom by way of the Panama Canal for December and January shipment. There is a very large and continually growing volume of wheat business which hitherto proceeded to the Great Lakes for shipment on the Atlantic, and is now finding its way | for shipment to the United Kingdom I by way of the Pacific and Panama jC anal. STINNES HOLDS A CLLB OVER HEAD OF CABINET (Tries to Force Railway Policy on Government by With ed !sula. During the nine years Mr. Ber- | {teau says that the only protests he | holding Credits. QUEBEC WELCOMES MARSHAL FOCH | of the ratio proposals by Japan is al {that is awaited for announcement of Berlin, Dee. 12.---~Hugo Stinines | continues to apply 'the thumbscrews ireceived were made by Mr. Fortes- | |cue, then Chier Factor of the Hud- | 'son Bay Company at Rigalet, and this the men employed returning "0 | copper and pulp. | work. | Lower Hotel Rates, 12.--Marshal Montreal, Dec, 12.--Acting upon Quebec, 'Dec, Foch was welcomed municipal authorities 'and' national societies here this morning, He was met at the Palais station by General Landry, Premier Taschereau, the cabinet, and civic offi- cials, and acclaimed by a mass of citizens. by the C4420 00% 400000 » PEPE PPIIEILIEIILILT HUSBAND AND WIFE. ' My wife has taken up olassica: dancing. --H.A. / What Does Your Wife Do ? 4 io * * + | Beneral agreement on the point. Beer is Plentiful. i Toront», Dec. '12. --The plentifal {supply of beer which is plainly not {of the home-brew variety is giving *! considerable worry to provincial of- ficers. Ralds and seizures made re- cently show that from source, not yet traced, blind pigs, hotels, 'ec., are | | setting a good grade of beer tnat| {bears all the marks of - brewery | | manufacture, although the bottles in | | witich it is found are no' labelica. | So -------------------- "Gifts of Marys fo Princess. London, Dec. 12.--A committee | bas been formed for the purpose oi collecting contributions from the | {Marys in the various parts of tho | British Empire for a wedding pros i ent for Princess Mary. The subscrip- | tions are to range from sixpence to | | ten shillings, and will be received by Mrs. Hope Morley, Connaught Plgcs, London. -------- Masked Negroes Steal 70 Cents' Windsor, Dec. 12.--Seven'y cents and a worthless tin watoh and | chain comprised the loot which two {Dake negro robbers obtained from a trio whom 'hey held up in Lans- | peary park, Giles boulevard, shortly |beforo midnight Friday. Baward Haire, Charles Sawyer and Walter | Greenwood were the victims, | { | { { Made an Average of Over 110 Miles an Hour San Francisco, Dec. 12-- "Jimmy" | Murphy established a world record | Saturday when he won the 250-mtie international sweepstakes automo- bile race at San Carles speedway by | making an average of 110 6-10 miles | an hour. i Hope For Their Support. Dublin, Dec. 12.-- The board directors of Trini ten representativ of the imperial southern Irish in Ir: of | ty college has writ-| es of the university| parliament and the parliament, express- | g hope that they will support the: ish treaty, 3 A -------------- : The Progressive Leads, i Port Arthur, Dec. 12. --With one poll 0 hear from, Kennedy, Progres- | sive, has 3.750 votes and Keefer, | Conservative, 3,638. era declared that plenipotentarios | had been chosen on the understand- ing thet any treaty they might ne-| gotiate would be subject to raiifica- tion by the Dail. Seven are dead es the result a train wreck caused by a landsiide near Abesdeen, Wash. In a statement on Monday de Val- % Sir Robert Borden, Canadian dele- | gate to the Washington conference, | the suggestion made by the Commer- is confined to his bed with a severe leial Travelers' Association, the man- cold. |agement of the Queen's Hotel has an- The war debt must July, 1947, says a Washington ges- patch. per cent. in the charges for meals and a reduction in the charges ot rooms. It is expected that the other hotels in the city will shortly follow suit. Canadian Ties for China. Victoria, Dec. 12.--Order for 1%,- 600,000 "feet of ties for the Pekin Mukden Railways, Chine, has been Columbia, delivery to be made in spring. More Wheat is Sown. Lethbridge, Dec. 12.--The total area sown in fall wheat this yea: 11 southern Alberta is estimated at | 842,400 acres, as compared with 792,200 acres sown in 1920 for 1921. Miss Agnes McPhail, M.P.-elect for South-East Grey, decided some {weeks ago that, if elected, she would not wear a hat in the house. "I don't want to grow bald," she re- marked. ; Miss Molly Kingston, practiging, | rifle shooting, fatally Sheets Bereuit at Newcastle, N.B. 3 f Geant, SIR ARTHUR PEARSON lish publisher Noted Eng 5 a rand * be paid by | nounced a reduction of twenty-five | | received by various mills in Britisu | PTésent dispute is due to the estab- {Edwards and t | Protest was more In the nature of » j Joke between friends than a serious | objection. i Mr. Berteau points out that in the | Case of goods shipped from Montreal {or Halifax to Ungava or North West River at the bottom of Hamilton In- { let, Canadian Customs officials issuea i certificate addressed to the'New- foundland Customs authorities, thus recognizing Newfoundland's jurisdic. | tion in. districts now claimed by Que- bee. According to Mr. Berteau, the lishment of lumber mills and new fur trading posts, the former by W.C. he Benjamin Company, end the latter by Revillion Freres, at the bottom of the Hamilton Inle. Newfoundland was given jurisdic- | tion over the coast of Labrador as far back as 1763, and originally it haa control of the Labrador gliore on the littoral of the Guif of St. Lawrence south and west of the Straits of Belle | Isle. Sometime after Quebec became & possession of the Crown by con- Guest; the administration of this coast was handed over to the Quebec authorities, because it was felt they would be more in sympathy with the inhabitants who were mostly - or French origin, {to the government in attempting to {force it to turn over the rallways to {private owners. His latest move has i been to compel a score of the big gest German banks, including the Deutsche Bank, the Dresdener Bank, | the Disctonto Bank and Bleichroder's | Bank to hold out against granting {the government long time credits for {the next indemnity payment uniess the government reorganizes thé rail Way system as suggested by the cen- | tral league of German banks, whick | Is controlled by Stinnea. | Although the Wirth cabinet is op= {posed to yielding in this matter it |is generaily expected that when the | eleventh hour games, the Germur {government wil] give in as it usually | has done in the last few years i spe hemo |. FOX RANCH IN SCOTLAND win Be Stocked With Prince Ede i ward Island Foxes, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Dec, 12. | W. K. Rogers, one of the silver black [fox kings, Is to extend his kingdom {into Scotland im conjunction with § | wealthy capitalists of that country. | He is to build a ranch in the north of Scotland early next year and stock it with Prince Edward Isiand foxes, !