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Rhine Consists* of 264,000 France--10,000 to Aid in Adjusting Trouble Between Italy and Jugo-Sla : despatch from London says:-- approximate distribution of 'the 000 troops: which Great Britain to keep under arms until the . world is again at was explained by War Secretary' Churchill im the yusé of Commons recentiy. I retary said, would be as follows: In Great Britain, 176,000; in France, 0,000; army on the Rhine, 264,000. Italy and adjacent regions, Mr, urchill added, there would be 10,000 en, in order to adjust the'lamentable erences which had arisen between Italy and the Jugo-Slavs, saying: ¢ "We are keeping small forces of British troops there in many locali- ties where the troops of no other na- tion would be welcome. We have 'been asked to do this in conjunction 'with our allies, because it has been found that these troops could prevent troubles between the lotal populations merely by their presence during the period we are trying to settle things." This was, of course, continued the Secretary, done at the request and by the desire of both parties, who felt that otherwise there might be a grave political situation, and there were no troops' anywhere engaged on a more mérciful and beneficent task. In the Middle Fast and the Caucas- us there were 75,000 men, and he hoped that they might be substantial- ; ly reduced in the near future, These pi: troops had been there to expel Turks ® and Germans, and were there now merely to keep the people from flying at each other's throats until decisions "The distribution of troops, the Sec- : . . 120,000 in VS. had been reached at the Peace Con- Ce. Y In Mesopotamia, Great Britain had 30,000 men, After emphasizing the smallness of the number of troops actually in Russia, Mr. Churchill said that if Russia did not exist the bill would still be necessary. In North Russia and Siberia there were some- thing like 20,000 men out of a total of 859,000, British troops comprising the contemplated army of occupation in the various areas during this trying period. From these 859,000 men it who were not combatants in any sense. "To secure peace and tranquility throughout the immense regions that have fallen into our hands during the war and to secure fulfilment of the peace treaty and to enable us, in con- junction with our allies, to influence a settlement in Europe," said Mr. Churchill, "the total forces we pro- pose to keep at' our disposal are thus approximately 650,000 men." Referring to a speech by a Deputy who had attributed. the situation in ypt to the military Government of the country, Mr. Churchill remarked that, whatever might be said, British soldiers and British generals were more. in demand in every country of the world as law-givers and pacifiers than the soldiers of any other coun- try. As a matter of fact, British rule under which Egypt had prospered so enormously, he asserted, never had been military, but civilian. : Of course, in time of war, exceptional steps had to be taken, but the country had been administered through civilian authori- ties. ' Markets of the World Breadstuffs. Toronto, Ap. 8.--Manitoba Wheat, No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 North- ern, $2.21%; No. 8 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store, Fort William. Manitoba oats--No. 2 C.W., 72%¢; No. 3 C.W., 69%¢c; extra No. 1 feed, 69%c; No. 1 feed, 67%¢c; No. 2 feed, 643c, in store Fort William. Manitoba barley--No. 8 CW $1.06; No. 4 C.W., 99%c; rejected, 97c; feed, 96¢c, in store Fort William. American corn--No. 8 yellow, $1.80; No. 4 yellow, $1.77, track To- ronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oats--No. 2 white, 70 to 2c; No. 8 white, 68 to 70c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat--No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.20. No. 2 do, -2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.0.b. shippin points, according to freights. ntario wheat--No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 8 do, $2.02 to $2.10 f.o.b. shipping points, according to freights. Peas--No. 2, $1.70, according to freights outside. Barley--Malting, 93 to 98¢, nomins a Buckwheat--No, 2, 95c, nominal. Rye--=No. 2, $1.65, nominal. Manitoba flour--CGovernment stan- dard, $10.76 to $11, Toronto. Ontario flour--Government stan- dard, $9.66 to $9.75, in bags, Toronto v and Montreal, prompt shipment in jute bags. Millfeed--Car lots, delivezed Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, $42 to $47 per ton; shorts, $44 to $47 er ton; good feed : flour, $2.70 to $20 E Dag. $ $ ay---No. 1, $24 to $26 per ton; mixed $22 to $23 per ton, track To- ronto. Straw--Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton. Country Produce--Wholesale. Butter--Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36 to 88c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery, fresh made, 'prints; 56 to 58¢. . Eggs--New. laid, 40 to 42¢c. Dressed poultry--Chickens, 26 to 84¢; roosters, 26c; fowl, 28 to 83¢; ducklings, 32¢; turkeys, 46¢; squabs, doz., $5.00; geese, 25¢. - 28 to 390 a Tinga, Th S5or 5 ig ; ducklings, 1b., ; turkeys, '80¢ chickens, 27c; geese, 18, 75 ¢ Chotsers Now, large, 28 to 28%c¢; twins, 28% to 20c; triplets, 20 to » ; Stilton, 20% to 30c; old, large, fo 80c; twin, 30 to 80%e. ¢ jlesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the followin $ Butter--Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to ; Créamery, solids, 58 "to ' 60c; 7 Th to 62¢c. f to 8de. } 5 New laid, 46 to 46c; new in cartons, 47 to 48c. poultry--Chickens, to to. 85 87 85 to 88c; squabs, doz., $6.00; geese, 28 to 30c. Potatoes--Ontarios, fob. track Toronto, car lots, $1.10 to $1.15. Beans -- Canadian, hand-picked bushel, $8.26 to $3.15; primes, $2.50 to $3.00; Imported, hand-picked, Bur- ma or Indian, $3.25; Limag, 14c. Honey-- Extracted clover, b 1b. tins, 25 to 26c 1b.; 10-1b. tins, 24% to 26c; 60-1b. tins, 24 to 25¢c; buckwheat, 60- Ib. tins, 19 to 20c. Comb, 16-0z., $4.50 to $6.00 doz.; 12-0z., $3.60 to $4.00 % doz, Maple products--Syrup, per wine galon, $1.85; per imperial gallon, 3250; per b gals, $2.40; sugar, lb, to 28ec. rn Provisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, medium, 86 to 8Sc; do, heavy, 30 to 82¢c; cooked, 49 to bic; rolls, 81 to 32c; breakfast bacon, 41 to 46c; backs, plain, 44 to 46¢; boneless, 50 to b52c. Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 28 to 29c; clear bellies, 27 to 28¢ Lard--Pure tierces, 28 to 28%c; tubs, 28% to 29¢; pails, 28% to 29%; prints, 20% to 30c. Comp. tierces, 26% to 26%c; tubs, 26% to 26%c; Pails, 26 to 26%c; prints, 27% to c. - ssi Montreal Markets Montreal, April 8.--Oats--Extra No. 1 feed, 81%c. Flour--Spring wheat, new standard grade, $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled Oats--Bags, 90 Ibs., $3.60 to $8.75. Bran, $42.25. Shorts, 44.26. Hay--No, 2, per ton, car ots, $26.50 to $27. Cheese--Finest easterns, 24 to 25¢c. Butter--Choicest | creamery, 60 to 6lc. Eggs--Fresh, | 47c. Potatoes--Per bag, car lots, | $1.50. Dressed hogs--Abattoir kil- led, $27 to $27.50. Lard--Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 80% to 32c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 8.--Good heavy steers, $14 to $16.75; choice butcher steers, $13.25 to $13.76; butchers' cattle, choice, $18.60 to $18.75; do, od, $12.60 to $13; do, medium, 11.50 to $12; do, common, $10.50 to 11; Bulls, choice, $10.76 to 11.76; do, medium bulls, $9 to $9.25; do, rough bulls, $7.75 to $8.25; butchers' cows, choice, $11.50 to $12.50; do, good, 10.25 to $11; do, medium, $9.25 to .60; do, common, $7.50 to $8; stock- ers, $8.76 to $11.50; feeders, $11.50 to $3250; auness 214 Sustens, $5.50 to 3 milkers, go e, to 160; do, oom and Sed A springers, to $ ewes, Sees to $13.50; yearlings, to $14; spring lambs, $16.50 to 50; calves, good to choice, $14 to $17: hogs, fed and watered, $20.35 to $20.50; do, weighed off cars, $20. to $20.76; do, f.0.b,, $19.35 to $19.50; 19.26. oes] Joints, Butch ; on , Ap .--Butchers' cat- tle, $10 to $12; butchers' bulls, to $11.80: choice - calves, $10 AH ; mi would be necessary to deduct 208,000, 50; | able to state on the highest authority Le 65 | Council of Four. ALLIES HOLD THE MURMAN RAILWAY Six Weeks Now Improved. - A despatch from London says:-- News has reached London that a de- tachment of Admiral Kolchak's Siber- fan forces has succeeded in 'getting in touch with a ddtachment of allied forces in the region of Archangel, The position of the latter is anxious, but the allied troops command the Mur: man Railway and, consequently the western ports on the White Sea, and it is believed there should be no dif ficulty in getting reinforcements there by the middle of May. The recent re- verses to the Bolsheviki are held to have improved the allied prospect of holding out. em Exploring Party Drifted 9 Months in Arctic Circle A despatch from Fairbanks, Alas- ka, says:--Storker Storkerson, Arc tic explorer, probably will arrive this week at Fort Yukon, Alaska, on his way to the outside from Herschel Island and the Arctic Ocean, accord ing to word brought here by Captain Alex. Allen, Arctic trader.and navies gator. Storkerson and four men recently landed on the northern Arctic ooast after drifting nine months on an ice- berg. They set out with the hope that the ice-pack would carry them west to the low Siberian islands. In- stead, it carried them about in a circle and landed them 78 miles from their starting poifit. Storkerson was a member of Stefansson's party, and took command of the expedition when illness forced Stefansson to leave the north. lnm NATIVE LEADERS IN EGYPT APPEAL TO THEIR FOLLOWERS. A despatch from Cairo, Egypt, says: --The native leaders appealed on March 27 to Egyptians to abstain from outrages, keep within the law and to place no obstacles in the way of those lawfully serving their coun. try. They also appealed to thé not- ables of the country to do all in their power to prevent anything that may lead to injury to the country. This appeal was distributed broadcast by airplanes. vd 5 ; TREATY READY FOR SIGNATURE BY WEDNEDAY OF NEXT WEEK A despatch from Paris says: -- The opinion was expressed on Friday by a responsible Britfeh authority that the peace treaty would be ready for signing by Wednesday next. The Paris correspondent of the Lon. don Daily Telegraph wires that he is that by next Sunday a complete agree- ment will have been reached by the i | -- te 43 3 Steadfast in adversity, wounded] with a thousand wounds, Britain's hammer blows have never weakened roosters, 28 to 30c; f Cockers, 46 to Soe; duck iin AEYS, edi to $10; select h Defi, Fd $1 re Hs The -above photographs show the F2A"flying five is carried, two pilots, an observer, an engineer and 7 ; shows the "bird" while in the air, with a Somplote wing spread of 98 feet. On the right'is a pho hydro-plane at rest. Inset is a picture of Li after seeing service with the North Sea Patrol. Fl 1 M A. ~ Joint Industrial Conference of Employers and Workmen Had -:. Settled the: Question of Untest. A despatch from London says:-- An optimistic view of the work of the industrial conference, comprising. re- presentatives of the employers and the trade uni of the United King- dom, was gxpressed at a joint meet- ing of that body held on Friday to dis- cuss a secret report made by the Com. mittee of Ten that had been appointed to make recommendoaions as to an adjustment of the outstanding difficul- ties. Arthur Henderson, the labor leader, in speaking of the result of the de- liberations, sald: "We got along well: we do not an- ticipate any disagreement." While Sip' Alan Macgregor Smith, chairman of the managing committee of the Engineering Employers' Federation, said the employers were prepared to honor. the report immediately the trade unions accepted. The sécret report, ¥ is understood, recommended the following immedi- ate reforms: A 48-hour week with a scale of minimum wages to be applied univer- sally. oe / Trade Boards for organized trades, The wages and hours recognized British Flying Boats. boat, the latest thing in Brit id a wireless operator. ardiner, R.A.F., who has just returned to Toronto, | e photograph on the left ph of the L » and the émployers to be applied to all other workers and employers. Trade conf ces to be held on future war bi of the unemployed, and old-age pen- sions. \ At the joint conférence Mr, Hender- son moved a resolution welcoming the report of the Provisional Joint Com- mittee and agreed to submit it for aec- ceptance. The Government, Mr. Hen- derson said, had declared its readiness to proceed at once with legislation and other steps necessary to carry the recommendations into effect. #e add- ed that the Provisional Joint. Commit- tee would remain intact until a stand- ing committee were brought into be- ing. Sir Allan Smith; representing the Engineering Employers' Federation, seconded the resclution"ofi behalf of the employers. He said the details of the report would be observed strictly, both in letter and spirit, and that he had no doubt as to the future of the industries of the country The resolu- tion was carried. Minister of Labor Horne promised that the report would receive sympathetic consideration by the Government. Interior of Farman Aero Bus Between Paris and London ~~ An ifterior view of the comfortable passenger quarters in the Far- man Aero Bus, which is now in opération between Paris and London. In its initial flight between the two capital cities, and carrying fourteen ple, the giant aeroplane "Ihe Farman Goliath" made the flight to don in the remarkable time of 160 minutes and returned in 190 minutes. It may be recollected that prior to the war the fastest train and boat service between the two cities was six hours and forty-five minutes. All . with their experience. ag the nel the machine flew at a Reight of 1,600 meters. Dinner was served aboard the machine and the passengers spent the cards, Mr. Farman, the originator of the air route, is studying many new air routes and one of the first which will the passengers were deligh nor fa Pershing. | BRINGING UF FATRER between Pal - j) MINDED! ISNT 17 TOO" BAD : THEIR 4 1S WEAK: ® BUT THEY ARE RICH NO ONE WILL EVER NOTICE | THAT. _ oe ; ~ K ov Si 50M KNOW a [ HOW DO You KNOW THEY BARE RICH Morocco, via Biarritz an Eo the Chan- yemaining time playing tly be inaugurated will be | ation: with the French f y 145 miles southeast. of es, the maintenance |. » 8 LOORA THE FINE | MARBLE SCARE - = 4a CROW THEY HAVE - Sl uw " by the allies, lessen the chance for a Russian Bolsheviki union with the ex: tremists of H 7 'who are evinc- nga p profound inclination for good re. lations with' the Entente, The Roumanian armies, in co-oper- 'at Arad (Hu s Suduport), have received orders: cupy the.new line of fixed by the Paris conference, accord.' | ing to-an announcement issued by the | Roumanfan Press Bureau, s : EE armies have been received. enthus tically by the various populations who * are living in constant fear of a Bol- sheviki invasion, - GEN. ALLENBY RESTORES ORDER IN EGYPT. A despatch from London says:-- General Allenby, who js now in charge of the situation in Egypt, where dis. orders have been occurring, reported that order had been restored in Cairo and in Bellal. Twelve military col umns are in operation in upper and lower Egypt, the General's report add- ed, and the complete restoration of law and order was only a matter of time. an Mie ii GERMANY ABLE TO PAY 6,000,000,000 FRS. IN CASH A despatch from Paris Says:-- Regarding the subject of the financial | demands to be imposed on Germany, The Echo de Paris says that the Coun- cil of Four believes that Germany will be able to pay immediately six billion francs in money of various kinds. De-. liveries of raw materials and manu- factured goods from Germany; it says, will reach an undetermined sum which some 'optimists estimate 'will amount to thirty billion francs. ------pp rea. Queen Mary Awarded Medal By the French Government " ¥% A despatch from Paris says:-- The Official Journal prints several pages of names of persons to whom I'the French Government has award- ed medals, Included in the list of 24 persons: to whom silver or gilt first- class medals are awarded are Queen Mary of Great Britain and the King of Spain. ree lee AUSTRALIA WILL DEPORT TEN BOLSHEVIST LEADERS > ---- A.despatch from Brisbane, Australia, says:--The military authorities here have initiated prosecutions with a view to deporting ten Bolshevist lead- ers, The returned soldiers according- ly decided to-discontinue anti-Russian demonstrations pending the (overns ment's early replies to resolution previously mentioned, er - : USTRALIAN TROOPS TO MARCH THROUGH LONDON 5,000 A i S-- x A despatch from London says: On Anzac Day, April 25, there will ba'™" | a triumphant. march of Australian troops through London. The detach- ment, to the number of 5,000, will. 'march from the west end of the city, passing the Mansion House, where the Lord Mayor will take the salute. Aeroplanes are the modern magi. carpet of the world.--Mr, 'Handley Page. ' i Flossie Gay--You'll never. catch me again going out to dinner with an editor!" Her Friend--"Was he broke?" ° Flossie--"¥ don't know whether he was broke or not, but he na blue pencil through about half { ~ J