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A despatch from London says:--Thé allies have decided to occupy Constan- tinople, the Daily Express learns, he Daily Telegraph on Friday o a feature of a report that the "have decided on the military and naval occupation of ~Constanti-| nople in consequence of the treatment of the Armenians by the Turks. The newspaper's version of the re- "© port represents Great Britain as de: . termied to occupy the Turkish capital, and says she has favited France and Italy to co-operate, and that their re- plies are awaited. A despatch from Parls says:--On proposals 'by Premier Venizelos, . of Greece, the Supreme Allied Council has decided upon energetic action at Constantinople, backed = by military measures, says "Pertinax," political editor of the Echo de Paris. He says orders- appear already to have been given British military and naval forces in the vicinity of the Turkish capital. A despatch from Constantinople says: --Turkish Nationalists are ex- pected 'to' be prominent in the new Cabinet, and it is probable such .pro: minent figures as Roulf Bey, Deputy for Sivas, and even Mustapha Kemal, Nationalist leader in Anatolia, may have places. It is considered prob- able the new Cabinet will: strongly op- | 'ratification' of a peace treaty 1 Nationalists. Allied high commissioners here have been insisting the Cabinet should bet] ter conditions in since recent disorders at Marash and ernment has been virtually powerless, as Mustapha Gemal has been in full control.in Anatolia. = While the announcement tat the Turks will be left in Constantinople has been welcomed especially by the Sultan's supporters, it is daily becom: | ing clearer that Mustapha Kemal's forces' in Asia Minor will not accept peacefully the partitioning of Asiatic Turkey which the Supreme Council {s believed to contemplate. It is univer- sally conceded Mustapha Kemal re- presents the real power of Turkey. Through their cantrol of the Turk- ish Chamber of Deputies, it 1s assert- ed, Mustapha Kemal's Nationalists virtually dominate and laugh at the 'allied threats to the Sultan and al- lied naval displays in the straits. The real Government is at Angora, beyond reach of naval guns, and the Nation- alists boast the allies cannot recruit armies and raise sufficient money to carry on war in the interior of Asia Minor or retain occupied sections. EXCHANGE SITUATION ; IMPROVES Remarkable Recovery in Ster- ling and Canadian Dollar, A despatch from New York says:-- \The remarkable recovery that occur- red on Thursday in sterling exchange was the dominating influence on the market. The rate, advancing 121% cents. over Wednesday's closing, touched $3.68%, the highest since January 28. Since the best price of the year to date was $3.79%, and the worst price $3.18, considerably more than half of the great decline which culminated a month ago has been re- covered: On the Exchange Market it was re- ported on Thursday that buying of ex- change in London was exceptionally active, and bills were not offéred free: ly. ' Rates for exchange on Other Buropean markets moved simflarly in their favor. Financial men here state that the rapid recovery in sterling--it-has ad- vanced 23 cents almost within a week --i8 partly reaction from a much-over- done speculation for the decline. Sales of securities by London in New York have also cut a figure. It is admitted, however, that the movemént has a deeper significance. Economically and politically, the signs in Furope have been encourag- ing enough in the last few weeks to put some quietus on the pessimistic talk about Europe with which the American market has been favored. It ia also belleved here that recent in- dications of probable steps to save Germany from bankruptcy have had something to do with increasing fin- ancial confidence. Canadian dollars were af 88 at mar- ket closing, a very considerable im- provement over recent quotations. eg tris Wild Geese Made Mistake in Forecasting Weather A despatch from New York says:-- Thousands. of half-famished wild geese cover the ice in Great South Bay, along Long Island, seeking food at. water holes, according to reports from the game wardens. The bay, a favorite spot for wild fowl, is covered with fce three feet thick, an al- host unprecedented condition for 'March. Residents along the bay shore and others are feeding many of the © fowl. ; 1 SERRE Te British Feod 136 Per Cent. Over Pre-War Rates A'despatch from London says--The .- cost of all principal articles of food in © England rose in January to 136 per cent. over the pre-war level, and is 126 per cent. on rent, clothing, light 'and fuel, according to statistics pre- by the American Chamber of Commerce' in London. 5 57,702 IMMIGRANTS : DURING 1919 9,914 From British Teles, 40, 715 From U.S. A despatch from Ottawa says:--A total of 57,702 immigrants to Canada during the last fiscal year is reported in the annual report of the Depart: ment of Immigration and Colonization, tabled in the House of Commons, Of these 40,716 came from the United States, 9,914 from the United King: dom and 7,073 from other Hiuropean countries. This compares with immi- gration in the preceding year of 71. 814 from the United States, 3,178 from the United Kingdom, and 4,583 from Continental countries. ~The decrease in.the immigration from the United States is therefore 48 per cent. over that of the preceding year. The immigration of unaccompanied British children is expected to be re- sumed this year, after being suapend- ed since 1916. Since then 29,634 ap- plications have been received, chiefly through children's' homes, for permis- sion to enter Canada. pines LIVING COST Increase of 50 Per Cent. Ow- ing to New Transportation Rates. A despatch from Paris says:--The cost of living in France has jumped 50 per cent, as a result of the passage of a law increasing by from 40 to 100 per cent, the cost of transportation, i railroad, subway and taxi fares, and | the prices of gas, electricity, bread, refrigerated meat, postal rates-and municipal taxes. Hconomists estimate that the pur. chasing value of the franc, reduced four-fifths since 1914, may be reduced still further as soon as the Federal Income tax, the percentages of which is yet unsettled, is enforced. A i AA TURKS KEEP SACRED PLACES ONLY The Ottoman Empire to be _ Stripped of All Other" Territory. A despatch from London says:-- Turkey is stripped of virtually/all her territory In Europe, but retains the sacred places, by the treaty now be- 'ing completed 'by the 'conference of Foreign Ministers and Ambassadors, it became known on Thursday. Thrace has been awarded to Greece by the Peace Conference, but the pre- sent conference is charged with the 'task of working out plans whereby the. Turks will keep control of the sacred places and Adrianople. Smyrna will be placed under Creek "control: pose x it does not recognize claims of the, 2 tol, | 'especially | in Cilicia. The Constantinople Goy-| HIGHER IN FRANCE, The Canadian farmer today. wants reasonable proof that any increase he makes in live stock will find its mar. ket. That is the crux of five stock farming. 'The farmer wants & return {for his investment of capital, labor and" care. Month by month the evidence is dc- cumulating that there is a market which the Canadian can reach of "| which the fringe has scarcely been y= touched. Prospects for exports of meats become clearer every month. Devastation of war in Burope left 'a deep cut in the supplies which will take years to restore, if indeed, they will ever get back to a pre-war Yevel. A able compiled for the Internation- al Institute of Agriculture by Mr. T. K. Doherty, LL.B, given in the "Agricul- tural Gazette," shows that, excluding Rusgia, there was throughout Europe between 1914 and 1918 a drop of six million head --in cattle, 9% million head in sheep, and the enormous total of 241 million in hogs, The last named 18 a loss of almost 50%. Des- | pite material increases in some' column. tries, mainly on the American conti nent, in that period there was a world decrease in swine and sheep, though a net Increase of 7% in cattle. Thére is another factor which. will have a more direct appeal to the far. seeing farmer. It is that for yea before © the war «the decline "int world's supply of live stock had been proceeding so steadily and irresistibly as to amount to little less than "slow starvation" in meats. This was not confined to ome: country; ' it was uni versal. Our Canadian position is typical. Between 1908 and 1415 sheep and cat- tle declined from 20% to 26% and hogs: remained about the same for the nine years. ticeable in the United States, where between 1908 and 1917, despite an in- crease in swine, there were marked decreases in-cattle and sheep. Put in plainest English, this means that there has mot been in the world for several years a sufficient number of meat providing animals to meet. the . demand. Especially is the demand for A similar tendency was no-| meat. great in: Great Britain which 'turing country, = Precisely there our Canadian meats, 'notably already won a high place; the duct is preferred and the access to the market is easy. The léscon is obvi ous. More live stock should be pro- duced on Canadian farms for export to a-market 'already waiting for out supplies. These meat exports will be ka. factor of increasing importance in maintaining the general prosperity of the Dominion. | The two simplified tables below show the quantity and value of farm products exported in the five-year period, 1914-1918, and give an outline -of the trade which could be 'done were the right type of live stock produced in sufficient. numbers within the Dominion: Canadian Meat . Exports, (In 'millions. of pounds) BaEoR" ui viva 653 214 41 "58% 41% 1914 Total all meats ie... ve 1,027% (Value in millions of dollars) 1914-1918 142% Canned Meats .......0 0 a, Other Meats .. 5 cil, LER ar PENN Bel: avi iii Hams .....000 shams vEe Canned Meats ,...4 Other Meats | .... i. 0 Total all meats ...... ETE * gre ------ Immense Sugar Deliveries A despatch from Berlin says:-- Japan has succeeded in delivering forty million pounds of refined. cane sugar to Huropean Mediterranean ports in the last two months, accord: "ing to 'the Allegmein Zeitung, which 'declares the feat ome which formerly was believed impossible of accompligh- ment.. Most of the sugar confes from _ "Here 'you are; nix it yourself! oe gg FE & a Java refinery, the newspaper says. | Tat gre more and MOLE. &. Biiir td pro- |. "191419019 To. : ob. shipping points, | ard, $10.80 to $11.00," Montreal; From Japan to European Ports | "21 to'3%0c;" =f to 40c; id ] Hi Congress of Red Breadetuffe. 3 a ; Toronto; Mar. 9.--Manitoba w No. 1 Northern, 8. Northern 3 OW, Sakic extra No:-1 feed, atc: No. 1 feed; 9 0. 2 teed; 92% in store Fort' William. : Manitoba barley--No. 8 CW, $1.78; No. 4 CW, § rejected, $1.86; teed, $1.36, in st e Fort William. American corn--No, 3 yellow, $1. No. 4 yellow, $1.90, = track *Toronto; prompt shipment; Ontario 'oats --No. 8 white, $1100 do $1.02, according to Ireights outside. Ontario wheat--No. 1 Winter, per car Tot, $2.00 to $3.01; No. 2, do. §1.98 to $2.01; No. 3 do, $1.92 to $1.93," t.0.b. shipping point, according to freights: Ontario 'wheat--No. 1 Spring, per car lot, $2.02 10:35, 03% No. 2 do, $1.93 $2.07; No. 8, do, $1.95 to $2. a according hits. na No. 2 cording to Buckwheat-<$1.65 to $1.60, ac00rd- ing 'to freights outside, "- Rye-=No. 8, $1.77 to $1.80, according to trelghts outside." Manitoba flour---Government ij in Jorenta, in jute' bags." Prompt. ment. | MLE $45; shorts, per ton, $52; good Hay--No. 1, per ton, $27 to $28; Pmixed, per ton, $25, track, Toronto. Straw--Car 10ts, per. ton, $16 to $17, track, Toronto. ton, {feed flour, $3.60 to $8.75. Ra ----. Country Produce--Wholesale, - Eggs--New-laid, cases returnable, 61e to 62c. Butter--COreamery solids, 56¢ to 58¢; do., prints, 57¢c to 6%¢. Honey--White, per 1b; 68h. tins net, 21c to- 22c; 10-1h, tins; gross, 21%c to 22%c; b5-lb. 'tins, 'gross, 23¢ to 24c: Live poultry--Buyers prices deliver: ed Toranto Heng, 'over 6 lbs, 40c; hens, 4 and 5 Ibs, ee rons. Jude 4 H ckens, spring ans, a hp By 8be; rooste; 3 duckimgs, 40c; turkeys, 806; Geese, Dressed poultry--Hens, over 5 1bs, A "hens, 4 and © bs; 37¢; under 4 1bs., 85¢; spring chickens, 30¢ pi ir chickens, milk fed, $e rs, 30¢; ducklings, 40c; turkeys, BSc; geese, 24c. _Cheese--Large, 2944c to 80c; Erinn, 30¢c to 30%o0. = OF PREPAREDNESS World-Wide Scheme. for Red ~ A despatch. from Geneva' : Sve -- in "session here autho! mon Rad Department of the Inter- I SEE You ATE SOME. { OF THE 941 $3.0 Barfey--Malting; Hu "+t to $1.77, ac- tan outside: hens, | to od. the Ad: » League to proceed |* "Sinexe d. meats--Rolls, 80c-to- S¥esf ams, madiun, 35¢ to 36e; heavy, 33 Sy B1en 'cooked hams, 49¢ to ble; plaig, 49¢ to 50c; backs, bone- iy rhe to-560; breaifest hacon to 48c; cottage rolls, $30 5° 34 % Barrelled meats --Pickl ted pork, $46; 1 ness pork, $45." : Green meats--Out of plekle, 1c Tess 'than smoked. = § Dry salted meats= Tiong "ciears, in # tons, 823g; in cases, 280; «cleat bel Hos, 270" .to. 28%c; fat backs, 326 to 3c. Lard--Tierces, 80 c¢ to 3014e: tubk, 80%c to 8lc; pails, 30%oc to 81c; prints, 3114¢ to 32¢. Compound lard, tierées, 27%¢ to. 28c; * tubs, 28c 'to 2840 7 pails, 28%c¢ to 28%c; prints; 30¢ to 0-30%c.. SrA 1 pata kets vin ki = Hay-No. 2, per $29. 'Cheese~~Pinest Prion 2615 4 27e. aloes creamery, '61 to 62c; seconds, 58: fggs--Fresh, -88¢; 'selected, 570. tae por bag, car lots, $3.90 00. ; eod---Oar lets~Deliveréd Mont: |= real freight, bags included--Bran, per Mar. 9=~Choice Heavy | ateors, : $13.25 to: $13.60; good heavy steers, $12.50 to $18; butchers' cattle; "choice, $12 to $12.95; do, good, $11.50; do., medium, $10.25 1081 to. $8.60; bulls ., medium, $9. do., common, $7.7 choice, $10 to $10.50; $7 to $7.50; s, choice, §10 to $10.50; to §9:50; © do, Tough; butchers' co do., good, SD to $9.6 50; d0., medium, $8.50: to $8753 do, common; $7:ta. $7. 25; 'stockers, $7.60 to: $10; feeders, $10 to $11; eanners and cutters $6 to 6; milkers, good to choice, $110. to $165} do, com, and med., $65 $75; apnea, $90 to $16! end wa tra off "cars, ness; & Moan $12 to iE ET to §1 ood; 7 me + | common, $9 to tcher hi fi [nedium, ew ah "comaion 3 7.51 butcher cows, medium, § da scanners, $5, 50; cutters; Josie: bulls, common, $8: to. 39 ro. 'butche: fo 2 to $12 $18; common, $17; hogs, i cat T welghts, ; ous commanitios would be tal and everything placed in readl instant use in the event of: 'trou plan / suggested would 'include physicians, nurses, social workers, canteen work-