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the series of penalties against mations provoking war, and a detailed . sion is made for. the organization'of| a Society of Nations, to which all countries giving guarantees of loyal intentions are admitted. ii The. text of the provisions follow: "FIRSTLY--To submit all disputes arising between' thénisélyes .to we thods of peaceful settlement. "SECONDLY--To. prevent or sup- press jointly by the use of all means at their disposal eny attempt by any state to disturb the peace of the world by acts of 'war. "THIRDLY~To establish an inter. national court of justice charged with the duty of deciding all justiciable disputes and to ensure the execution of its decisions by all appropriate in- ternational sanctions -- diplomatic, juridic, economic and, if necessary, military. "FOURTHLY----(1)--To establish an international representative coun- cil, which will provide for the devel- opment of international law and take common action in matters of general concern. "(2)--The representative council which will watch over the freedom 'of nations and the maintenance of inter- national order. "(8)--Considering itself invested with the moral guardianship of um- civilized races, the representative of Armoments.Permanent Committee of Conelliation-- 0 ~ Secret Treaties Not Allowed. It provides for ory arbitra-| council will secure the execution and, Some: N tion in all-dispubes- "promiote-the develop- | 52ie; in store Fort William. limitation of armaments and al ment of inwrnationsl Sovenianta ne-| Manitoba barle No. 4 CW.,' 7 b{ 63%%e, in fo A HEY "22 r No. 8 C.W., 7 65 i ey 0, , $1.49, Ontari No. 2 , 69 to the differences, accordify to their na- $2.11 to $2.19; No. 8, do., $ 2.15 Jou, shipping points, ac court' of justice. It will be charged * ture, either to with making such enquiries as it con- siders useful and will determine the No.3 necessary limits of timo and condi- ping points according to 3a $2.00,7 acco Barley--Malting 73 to 78¢, nominal. Buckwheat--No. 2, $ 0 mon em No. Ni nomi resentative council and the Associated toba, Flour. Governments by the committee. These, 45 $10.88 to $14. tions. - In every and any state refus- ing to obey either the award of the freig arbitrator or the decision of the com- mittee of application of appropriate sanctions will be proposed to the rep- sanctions shall be obligatory in the case of violence or aggression. "FIFTHLY--To limit and supervisa the armaments of each nation and the manufacture of all material and mun- itions of war, having regard to the requirements of the league. : "SIXTHLY--To renounce the mak- ing of secret ireaties. "SEVENTHLY--To admit to the league on the basis of equal right be- fore the law all peoples able and will- ing to give effective guarantees of their loyal intention to observe its covenants." POISON GAS STILL DOES DEADLY WORK Passengers in German Coaches Handed Over to France Suffer From Fumes. A despatch from Paris says :i--Two yailway coaches, recently handed over to France by Germany, played a most important part in a puzzling accident on the Paris-Metz railway line on Wednesday night in which five per- sons lost their lives. Sixteen persons were injured. Train No. 47, bound for Metz, had just entered the tunmel at Nanteuil two coaches handed over by Germany began to experience trouble in breathing and. strong obnoxious gases began to fill up the coaches. The passengers smashed the win- dows, but as soon as fresh air came in contact with the gases the coaches became a mass of fire. The passen- gers, in terror, fled to the tracks in the dark tunnel, A train going in the opposite direction crashed into them and five were killed, Of the 16 injured, all of whom were treated at the hospital at Chateau Thierry, eight suffered only from the effects of asphyxi TUB ews ent given out by railroad company says: "The fire in' the coaches was mot due. to any defect in the lighting or heating ap- paratus, nor to a hot-box. The pres- ence of the obnoxious gases is still unexplained. Both coaches were con- sumed by the flames." -- THREE SHIPS SUNK BY MINES WITH LOSS OF MANY LIVES A despatch from South Shields, Eng:, says:--The British sloop Pen- arth has been sunk off the Tyme River by a mine. Forty members of 'the crew were picked up by trawlers. The Swedish ship Sphynx, coal laden from England, hit a mine off the Seotéh coast and went down with 17 of the crew. A 'Norwegian fishing steamer was blown up outside the Norwegian port of Stavanger and eight fishermen were LONDON STRIKE HAS BEEN SETTLED Men on Underground Ry. Are to Work 8 Hours Per Day. A despatch from London says: --It has been agreed, pending considera- tion of genera] conditions, according to a press bureau strike bulletin is- sued on Thursday evening, that the railwaymen on the underground ser- vices wili work for eight hours per, day, exclusive of meal time, The com- | panies, the bulletin adds, will offer | reasonable facilities for the men Bromley said all the men would be at work early Friday. He added that if the men working in continuous ser- vice the strmike never would have occurred em ree DIRECT COST OF 17iE WAR PLACED AT $500,000,000,000 A despatch from endon SAYS i-- he. direct cost of the war is estimated at £40,000,000,000 in a special article in the Daily Tele- graph. The author estimates the indirect cost of diminished trade and financial disturbance at £60,000, 000. "Vast sums," hé says, "have been used for sheer destruction :and vast public debts have been incurred for which there is' no corresponding prope: or RAS-- SY BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS TO EXPAND CANADA YARD A despatch from London says:-- Under the heading, "From Clyde te|. Vancouver--Gradual Transfer by Messrs, Yarrow," the Times announ-|E, ces that this widely known ship- building firm intends to diminish its output at the works in Scotstown, near Abult Glasgow, and to increase the produc- tion of its smaller works .at Van- conver. - The main impelling reason appears to be the incessant labor troubles. [rsC-- FRANCE LOSES 51 GENERALS ON BA ! ELDS OF WAR o oats--No. 62¢; No, 8 white 58 they ruined. This Dozens of cases ; ed her stolen territory, The mines are unworkable. DIRECT FROM CITY 10 CONSUMER Municipal Stores to be Establish- ed Throughout Paris. from "Paris says:-- A Ruined Coal Ming--What the Huns is what they did to a coal mine at it is that, although Fra she is suffering frcm a fuel famine. Ontario wheat--No. 1 § $2. L143 $2.10 f.ob., ship- nce has recover: $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to canners, $5.25 to $5.50; milkers, goo to choice, $90.00 to $130.00; do. com. and med., $65.00 to $76.00; spri $90.00 to $130.00; to $10.00; yearli spring lambs, vi $17.00; hogs, fed and waterer, $12.00 bo $12.60; Ontario flour--War bags, Toronto and Montreal shipment. (pm Millfeed--Car lots; delivered Mont- ncluded. - 'Bran, $37.26 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton; good flour, $2.40 per bag. Ha pe: g n, track Toronto. r lots, $10 to $11 per ton, ortly throughout Paris in .00; | which foodstuffs will be nsumers. M. Clemenceau, Country Produce--Wholesale Butter--Dairy, tubs and rolls, 28 to 89c¢; prints, 40 to dle. resh made, solids, b1c; prints, 52c, Eggs--New laid, 45 to 46c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens 26 to 82c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to 80c; ducklings, squabs, doz., $4.50; a edies to be applied in ameli- oration of 'the situation, that this be taken. The delega- prefect of the ALLIANCES TO N A R THE LEAGUE tion comprised the : Department of the Seine and mem- ous nations hers of the Chamber. d by the existence under discussion were of the Society of Nations, now in of the bill i A despatch from Pari liances between the vari geese, 26c. will not be affecte: ters, 20c; fowl, lings, ib, 86¢; turkeys, will be several shiploads in all, judg: g ing from the information we have re- ceived so far." hc "What disposition will be made of « h play in the Imperial Wags en to be established in London. I hould then say that of the articles bro ht to Canada, a complete . colle should be retained in the war museum SR to be established in Ottawa. 1t is not expected that the trophies will be ex- heusted by the collections in Ottawa and London. On the contrary, there will be enough left to give practically every city, town and village in the country a war souvenir of some sort. Applications for these have already been received from hundre of towns and the requests run the entire range. How these will be dealt 'with has not been decided, but it is understood the commission will recommend that an it was declared which demand J. Balfour to newspaper in The British For- | the direct that goodd a he ation fixed by the of 'the world society would involve the abolition of alliances. "The constitution of th Nations," responded' the Foreign Sec- "will involves no modification f alliance previously ing chickens, 2bc; geese, 18c. Process of Tostuation, Wholesalers are selling to. the re- tail trade at the followi Cheese--New, large, 27% to 28¢; twins, 28 to 28%c; 28%%¢; twin, 28% to 29¢c. Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to 48c; creamery, solids, prints, 52 to bdc. Margarine--32 to 84c. Eggs--No, 1 storage, id, b5c; new laid in carto interviewers here. life, - told the delegation eign Secretary was asked be colt at ; M. Clemenceau 1 would a Food Ministry. He to have the work of the ancient fortifica- Paris commenced ible, thereby ameli- yment situation. d, large, 28 to e League of tions surround as soon as possi orating the unemplo of the treaties o whether special | 70 wED ON FEBRUARY 27 "Ag to the queston coalitions of two or s could be formed aside fro gue," Mr. Balfour added, "the confer- ence alone can decide." to 86¢; turkeys, 46 to 5 Princess Patricia to be Married in Westminster Abbey. The King has settled with the Lord (Chamberlain's Department the gen- eral lines of the arrangements for the wedding of Princess Patricia of Con- naught to Commander ander Ramsay, R.N., Abey on February 27, says the Lon- don Daily Mail. The original intention was that the marriage should take place in the afternoon, but now it has been de- cided 'that it shall be a morning cere- mony, probably at 12 It was on Décembe ammouncement was made that Prin- cess Patricia was engaged to Com- The | mander the Hon. Alexander Maule brother of the Earl of Dal- rsonal aide-de- of Connaught General of Canada. He is thirty-sevet and Princess Patricia is thirty-two. This wedding will be the first Royal one to take place ab Abbey for a great many years ht and the Duchess of Fife were married at the Chapel Royal, St. The marriage of other members of the Royal family, with t| the exception of 'Princess 'Beatrice, who was married at Oshorne, took place at either Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace. SA N meeting their ordinary physical Toronto, car lots, 90 to §1 when the passengers occupying the | needs. Beans -- i The Union of Locomotive Engineers bushel, $4.50 to and Firemen issued notices at mid- hand-picked, Burma night ending the strike. = Secretary Lima, 1 'No Emoluments 3 Arab King or His Son Extracted clover: 5b: tins, oe wa Borie: sent. 00: + ? / 1b, tins, c; buckwheat, 60- | consideration had previously been 1p "tin, 21 to 22¢. Comb: 16-02, $4.50 | given to the physical disabilities of to $5.00 doz.; 12-02. $3.50 to $4.00 A despatch from . Paris | semi-official denial i Friday with regard that the King of the H ceived subventions from Great tain for taking part in the was stated that a to the King of the were -purely for m order to sustain which had a great part | throw of the Turks the German troops. ngements, the statement any emoluments at Westminster to fintimations M $2.25 to $2.85; sugar, Ib. 2 rr Hedjas by the allies ilitary purposes.in the King's power, Provisions--Wholesale : o'clock or 1280, © yim oe Smoke] meats--<Hains, fiedium, 30 the %o the chocelaie, Uiscuit and -confec- to.88¢c: do., heavy, 30 to 82¢; cooked 31 to '82¢c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 45; backs, --Long clear bacon, 28 9c: clear bellies, 27 to 28¢. rd--Pure, tierces, 27 (to 27%¢; tubs, 27% to 28¢; pails, 2%3 to 28%¢; , 28% to tierces, 26% to 26% 26%c; pails, 26 to 26 0, and also in the said, did not contain housie, who was pe for the King of the Hedjas or his son, isal, when Governor- Compound, a ; tubs, 36% 101 ¢; 909,000 LOANED TO ARAB KING - ------ \ from Paris says:-- treal Mark Montreal Markets ned £220,000 month- 11.--Oats--Extra Flour--New stand- edjas dhs it to take an active part in the war against the Turks letter from Alexandria, The letter adds £108,000 monthly was Feisal, son of the King 68 a leader of the Arabian armies, is mow in Paris. ; ir lent Full Will of the 'Allies To be Imposed on Germany Paris says:--The , according to a .00. Cheese--Finest easterns, 24 of Hedjas, and] METAGAMA HAS S i 00 ON BOARD Livé Stock Markets | : Toronto, Feb. 11.--Choice heavy A. despatch from advisory Eo ith one meshes sof: each province Shall be appo to pass Li the a and the provincial representati mmen=- dation' bo taken. pple distrie bution of the trophies." MARKET FOR CANDY New Export Company is Send Representatives to Europe. &. A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Canadian manufacturers of chocolate, biscuits and confectionery will send agents abroad without effort to secure export trade. W nesday representatives. of f met in 'Montreal and organized chocolate, biscuit and = confectionery industries of Canada. A number of those firms have now united to form an export company. The export company will be pre- pared to assist other firms belonging tionery industries of Canada. Of the latter organization Mr. Bodley has been appointed: secretary. He wil} open an office at once in Toronbo. BE aan AMERICAN LOSSES 'HEAVY IN THE ARCHANGEL REGION A despatch from Washington says:--Total casualties. in the Am- of Russia up to and imeluding Jan 81, were 180 killed, died of 'wounds sickness or from other cause, or miss- ing in action, and 229 wounded or in- . ured, making a total casualty list of 409 out of a force that numbered 4, 925. This information was contained in a cablegram from Archenge}, dated Feb. 4, and made public of ? IN CANADA IN OCTOBER A despatch from London says:-- The Canadian Press'leatnis that Ad miral Jellicoe, in the course of his naval mission to the Dominions, gp : reach Canada in the latter part of October, remaining there until Janu- ary. Admiral Jellicoe will leave Eng: ADMIRAL JELLICOE WILL BE