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treaty itself. o tim® has been fixed for Ger- many's entrance into the League of Nations, but if she conforms to the conditions, it is expected that she 'will be represented at the first meet- ing of the assembly. These condi- tions are: 1st, the establishment of a stable Government; 2nd, the sign- "ing of the Treaty of Peace; 3rd, the loyal execution of 'the Peace Treaty. A proposed fourth condition, relative to Germany's abolishing compulsory military service, was finally omitted, 'as _it was considered that the treaty sufficiently Provided for Germany's dirarmament. e serious differences, in" the Council of Four over modification of the: German treaty have yielded to the spirit of compromise, . The treaty will be, unmodified except in minor details, but the German plenipotenti- aries in the final communication from the. powers will get certain assur- ances designed to remove: their ob- "jections .to what they termed impos- gible conditions. : The amount of reparation is not fixed, but the Germans will be told that the allied Reparations Commis- sion will 'consider representations from the: German Commission as to for its maintenance. A despatch 'from Coblenz says:-- The movement of war material by the Germans from territory beyond the occupied territories continues, ac- cording to German newspapers. e beginning of this withdrawal was made several weeks ago when ther was a hitch in peace negotiations. ~ The withdrawal of troops from vari- ous sectors opposite the allies' bridge- heads is also reported. Several days ago the removal of material from the ankfort area began. The most © is going in the direction of Cassel, but there are no indications that it ig being unloaded there, that city being on a line over which the allies would advance should they be ord- ered to move further into Germany, Beyond the Coblenz bridgehead much war material has been with- drawn for a distance of more than 60 miles. In the Ruhr district the military retirement is virtually com- plete. Markets of the World Breadstuffs. Toronto, June 17.--Man. Wheat-- 0. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 Northern, $2.21%; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store Fort William. Manitoba Oats---No. 2 CW, T8%¢c; No, 8 CW, 76%c; extra No. 1 feed, T6%c; No. 1 feed, 7d4%e; No. 2 feed, 695%c, in store Fort William. Manitoba barley--No, 3 CW, $1.30; No. 4 CW, $1.25; rejected, $1.15; feed, $1.15, in store Fort William. American corn--Nominal. Ontario oats--No. 38 white, 77 to 79¢, 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. 8 do, $2.07 to $2.15, fob, shipping points, according to rei; . * Ontario 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, nominal. Barley---=Malting, $1.28 to $1.32; nominal. Buckwheat--No. 2, nominal. Rye--No. 2; nominal, Manitoba flour--Governmant stan- dard, $11, Toronto. | Ontario flour--Government stan-; dard, $10.75 to $11, in jute bags, To-, ronto and Montreal, prompt ship-| ment. Millfeed--Car lots, delivered Mon- treal freights, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, $44 per ton; good | feed flour, $2.80 to $2.90 per bag. | Hay--No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton; mixed, $20 to $24 per ton, track, To- ronto. | Straw--Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton, track, Toronto. 3 Country Produce--Wholesale. i 'Butter--Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to 40¢; prints, 40 to 42c. Creamery, fresh made, 'solids, 50% to. 61c; prints, 51 to 61%ec. ! Eggs--New laid, 40c. Dressed poultry--Spring chickens, 60c; roosters, 25c; fowl, 32 to 35c; ducklings, 82¢; turkeys, 856 to 40c; "sguabs, doz., $6. 4 ! Live poultry--Spring chickens, 50¢; 'vopsters, 25¢; fowl, 32 to 36¢c; duckl- ings, Ib., 3b6c; turkeys, 30c. + Wholesalers are selling to the re- tail trade at the following prices: Cheese--New large, 28 to 33%; twins. 33% to 34c; triplets, 32% to 83¢; Stilton, 34 to 3bc. i Butter4-Fresh dairy, choice, 47 to 4Bc; creamery prints, 54 to BSc. Margarine--385 to-38c. legs New laid, 49 to 50c; new h cartons, BE 20 uc. pick y pou ting chickens, De; Posters. 28 to 80c fowl, ; turkeys, 40 to 45c; duckl- b to Jes squabs, doz., $7; : Ontario, fob, track lots, $2; on track out- sadian, hand-pick, bus. 50; primes, $3 to $8.25; \and-picked, Burma or "Limas, 12¢. A "Extracted clover: 5 Ib, tin, | $7.75; butchers' cows, choice; $10.50: as the "Big Four," will hereafter be 25 to 26¢ 1b; 10 1b: tins, 24% to 25¢; 60 1b, tins," 24 to 26c; buckwheat, 60 1b. tins, 19 to 20e.; comb, 16 oz., $4.50 to $5, doz.; 10 oz., $3.60 to $4 dozen. Maple products--Syrup, per imper- ial gallon, $2.45 to $2.50; per 5 im- perial gallons, $2.35 to $2.40; sugar, 1b., 27c. Provisions--Wholesale. Smoked meats--Hams, med. 46 to 47¢; do, heavy, 39 to 40c; cooked, 60 to 62c; rolls, 36 to 36¢c; breakfast bacon, 47 to 50c; backs, plain, 650 to blc; boneless, 556 to 57c; clear bellies, 33 to 3be. . Cured meats--Long clear bacon, 32 to 88c; clear bellies, 31 to 32c. Lard--Pure <ierces, 35 to 35%e¢; tubs, 36% to 37c; pails, 36% to 37%ec; prints, 37% to 88c. Compoun tierces, 303% to 31c; tubs, 31 to 31%¢; pails, 81% to 81%c; prints, 32 to 32%ec. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 17.--Oats, extra No. 1 feed, 89%ec. Flour, new stand- ard grade, $11 to $11.10. Rolled oats, bags 90 Ibs, $4.10 to $4.25. "Bran, $41 to $41.50. Shorts, $44 to $44.50: Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $40 to $41. Cheese, finest easterns, 28% to 29¢. Butter, choicest cramery, 556 to b6c. Eggs, selected, 54 to 56c; No. 1 stock, 51 to 52¢; No. 2 stock, 48 to 47c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.90 to $2. Dressed hogs, abattoir killed, $30 to $30.50. Lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 87c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 17.--Heavy steers, $13 to $13.25; choice butchers' steers, $12.50 to $12.75; butchers' cattle, choice, $12.25 to %12.76; do, good, $11.26 to $11.75: do, medium, $10.50 to $10.78; do, common, $8.75 to $9.25; bulls, choice, $10.50 to $11; do, med., $9.50 to $9.76; do, rough, $7.50 to to $11.25; do, good, $9.75 to $10.25; do, med., $8.50 to $9; do, com., $7.25 to $7.50; stockers, $8.70 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $13; canners an cutters, $4.25 to $5.75; milkers, good, to choice. $90 to $150; do, com. and | med., $65 to X75; springers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to $12; yearl- ings, $12 to $13; choice lambs, $18 to $19; spring lambs, $11 to $14; calves, good to choice, $15 to $17; hogs, fed and watered, $22.50; do, weighed off cars, $22.75; do, f.0.b., $21.50, Montreal, June 17.--Choice steers, $11.50 to $14; commoner quality, $9.50; butchers' cattle, $7.50 to $12; calves, $6 to $12; choice select hogs, $21 to $21.25. -------- ee The, "Big Four" Hereafter To Be Styled "The Big Five" A despatch: from Paris says:-- Baron Makino, Japanese delegate, to- day joined Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando, and Presi- dent Wilson and the Council, known styled the. "Big Five." The decision r Baron Mak to the Council is éxplained by the fact that his Goy- ernment must be' given an opportun- this material}. THE WRONG MEDICINE. A COMMUNITY is no better than the men and women who live in it. SUFFERS. Rut it is useless to I Who are able to KILL or CURE. Ths WhONG Afanioimedy. But the TONIC that cures is the PRACT practice and preach "TRADE AT HOME." The If YOU and I do ILL our' Community REMEDY is pear at hand. It is We WRONG MEDICINE kills--the medicine that bears the out-of-town label. CE of "trade-at-home." Let us all--each one of us--from this day on -{ and if 'the answer is in the have to be revised > Counci _ leading plepipBtentiaries, and _ that the say whether they will sign" or not,| y_ whether. they ign on tive it. will probably be June 30th be-| : fore the formal ceremony of signing takes place at Versailles. - ENDS IN FAILURE Postal Situation Practically the, Fr Only Unsettled Element. A despateh from Calgary says:i-- With the postal situation 'practically, the only unsettled element of 'the! CANADA AND SHIPPING. Tansportation is the Vital Question of the Moment For British Empire. The "Daily Express," of London, England, recently. under the heading of "Inter-Imperial Shipping: Plea for Building Under State Aid and Cons trol," contained a statement from a "prominent Canadian business man who just arrived in Londoy," He stated that in his opinion the vital question of the moment was tonnage, and that Canada was. unable to send. to Europe all the urgent materials she ¢an supply for purposes of reconstrué« tion if shipping is not available. , He added: -- "As a nationalization of shipping would mean England's doom as a mer- chant marine power, we must look to some other method of control such as subsidy or reduced taxation for ships trading inter-imperially, but in order to give effect to our imperial pro. gramme something more solid than high-sounding phrases and copy-book platitudes such as 'Trade follows the flag' must be used as the real connect- ing link. 8 Practice must follow, and, indeed, ought to precede phrases. The Em- pire's resources are boundless, and we ought to harness them by action rather than eloquence. 7 "Britain's financial burden has been the greatest in the war, and in order that she shall quickly recuperate the trade of the Empire must be develop- ed. "In developing our land areas in. Canada we have had to link up place to place with railroads. That was vital to the development of dominions overseas. These .rallroads nave had to be built with Government aid and under a certain amount of.Government | guidance and control. Just ;as inter- nal transport was needed and must increase, so external transports js now of vital'and urgent moment. Hdw this is to be attained must and should be'| the work of legislation without delay." oN Api BRITISH HOLD OESEL ISLAND, A despatch from Paris says: --The Council of Four has sanctioned the; AFGHAN-APPEAL FOR /' SATE SAIC A despatch from' London says: --| A graye situation has developed i connection 'with the Afghan war. Tt] Js suspected that the appeal. of. the Amir of Afghanistan for an armis- tic was simply a ruse to gain time for the c@mpletion of Afghanistan con- centration, for incitement of the tribes of the northwest frontier of India, and for the arrival of assist- ance of various kinds from Russia. It is certain that the Amir has en- tered into close relations with the Bolsheviks .. Turkestan, and pre- sumably, those of Moscow also, Rus- ARMISTICE SIMPLY RUSE TO GAIN TIME Amir Wished to Complete Concentration:-and Await Arrival of Russian Reinforcements=--Bolshevists Taking a Hand : in Eastern Uprising slin emissaries have been sent-intd Afghanistan, and an extensive propa- ganda is. being carried. on throughout that country, } : eu. The fact that the Bolsheviks are behind the Afghans is considered in competent circles to open up serious possibilities for the future. It is be- lieved that Moscow---<which means Lenine, of course--sees in the Afghan conflict unique opportunity for em- barragsing the British Empire and for spreading Bolshevik doctrines throughout all the inflammable popu- lation of the Near East and widening the basis of its dwn influence. BRITISH SQUADRON 4 BOMBARDS KRONSTADT A despatch from Stockholm says:--A British 'squadrgn bom- barded the Bolshevik base at Kron- stadt with heavy guns, according to a report published in The Aftonblad on Friday. The Bolshevik batteries, however, did not reply to the British fire. The Bolshevists have 'placed floating mines in the nearby "waters. ; < " The report suggests that the Bol- Fshevists are trying to evacuate the town, hd > i MP ny Negro Laborers to be Interned Until Repatriated A dspatch from Liverpool says:-- It is announced that as a result of a conference held between :representa- | tives of the Ministry of Labor and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and: the ef of police of the city, it has been decided to intern the negroes from Africa and other countries, brought to Europe to serve as labor battalions, in the war, pending their repatriation. occupation of Oe: Island, whic commands the entrance to' the of Riga, British. troops. = Th Esthonian ernment agreed on thet cently' there have been race riots 'in England and Wales due to the presence of the negroes. § occupation as a guarantee for the] ity - for full concurrence, if full ad- herence is expected : payment gt financial ' aid to ay PARLIAMENT TO FINISH 3 BY THE 1ST OF JULY A despatch from Ottawa anys: --It is expected that Parliament will pro- rogue. by July 1. Morning sittings commence on Monday next and the House will sit this Saturday. Siti At Hooked! The widow was fair, though faded, 'and the mother of a charming daugh- ter. "Do you know," she told the young map, "my gear girl is greatly impress- ed with you?' "Really!" exclaimed the, ardent, middle-aged swain, who - loved . the daughter much. "Then you think there is a chance for me?" "Oh, yes," murmured the widow coyly. ' "Only the other day she said to me: 'Now, that is just the sort of man I'd like' for a stepfather." She'll be so pleased, dear. Kiss me, George, and then we'll go and tell her!" "Trade opportunities offered the overseas Dominions are yaried and Compu | Bk anwar no 88 age 'that a far larger share of the 2 's financial burden could "under normal conditions, and the pos- sympathetic strike in 'Calgary, the strike here is regarded as-a failure. Express. business in "Calgary is now, going forward 'as' usual, the Domin= ion Express workers being all-on the' job with the exception of half a. dozen, The Canadian Northern Ex- press workers voted: to. geturn to work, were on the job" as usual on Thursday morning. ' Press - telegraphers have returned, freight is being handled with dispatch PF - tal employes, who were served with notice of djsmissal, by the Govern-._ ment for going on a sympathetic strike, are now making a strong. fort to get their positions back. The postal strikers have set forth the terms on which they were will- ing to return to work, and it is said they représent a big baekdown from' their first pesition. eT TWO MILLIONS INCREASE JN DOMINION REVENUE A despatch from Ottawa says:-- Dominion" revenues for the month of May were $25,553,309 as compared with $22,768,912 in May, 1918. The total net debt of the Dominion on! May 31 was $1,678,832,332, as .com- : pared with $1,144,235627 on May 81, 1618, Expenditure of consolidat- ed fund account during May was $25,-! 967,710 as compared with $7,681,673 in May last year, id el 36 Arrangements in Progress For the Prince's A despatch from Qttawa. says:--| So far as official advices are con- cerned, there is fio intimation. the proposed visit to Canada Prince of Wales is likely to be A poned, ~ Arrangements for the visit] are in progress. The Prince is ex- pected to arrive about the middle of| August. Visit 3 % ---- i Rounding: Up the Aliens , 3 In the Manitoba Capital a : A despatch from Winnipeg says:-- Special police officers arrested Carl Boisse, a" Russian Pole, who is be- lieved to Wave been one of 'the alien ringleaders responsible for the riot- ing which tock place on n Do-| last week. be THINK. YOU TO'GET OUY FOR A MINUTE: ---- he SIR. SIMRIGHT 19 CALLING + |] ONL UD TONIGHT SO DONT | x ARE GOING (~ HELLO. NES OH! 15 THiS SIR. 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