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A despatch from Yarden says! the second reading of provided, with ota paw-| the on ey enabling it to hold an. election t the e 'moment. atories of. the treaty," he said, Sinethe an Irish Republic had been set up by the Irish people at the elections and that the Republic could only be con- verted into a Free State by the de- cision of the people. We don't rec- ognize the Irish Republic and never iL" The objets of the proposed election, added the Secretary, were to secure an adequate constituent assembly, and | "a fresh, normal, and, if I may say so, sensible Parliament in Ireland." Of the present Irish Parliament Mr. Churchill declared that it was not chosen 'because of the fitness of its members to govern, but because they were thought to be most obnoxious; 40 Great Britain and men who hated | England most, The Irish Minister must know where he stood. Some peo- ple felt they -had waited too long already, but in any case the sooner Bn election was held the better. The * success of Mr, de Valera at the elec- tion he chapacterized as 'an ugly hypothesis." "It is perfectly clear that the re- pudiation of the treaty by Ireland would free all parties from their en- gagements," ! the Secretary continued, greatest weakness and ditty, absolutely isolated from The ut the world and "All the en ate information led it to feel that such an assumption} as the success of de Valera was in- correct. "In any case," added the Sec-| retary, "it would be a pity for us to] go threatening and blustering' at this} stage and give the impression that the Irish people were being made to] vote under duress or at the point of] the bayonet. If this were indulged in it could afterwards be stated that the vote had been given under. duress,| tending to impair the authérity of the| Alluding to the report of a coup} | decision." d'etat to overturn the Provisional Gov. ernment, Mr, Churchill said: "There are those who think that the Provie| sional Government may be overthrown), by a coup d'etat and a.red Soviet Gov- ernment get up. The British Govern- ment does not think that at all likely, but if it were, it is quite clear that a Soviet Republic would ruin. the Irish cause for a hundred years, while not in any respect impairing the founda- tion of the British Empire or the security of Ulster. No people' really are less likely to turn Bolshevist than the Irish." | Greenlanders Object to Radio Station EE re I ARE ARRESTED Becretaries of the Sindii Lan-} 28 gress and of io Caliphate A despatch 'from Irchuded says: The secretaries of the Sindh Congress and of the Caliphate Committees and eleven other Mohammedans have been arrested at Karachiri, according to a Bombay message to the London Times. The arrests come 'as a conse- quence of the excitement 'due. to Tu-' Kidnapped U Ulstesites Set ree by Provisional Govern- 'ment. ; A despatch from London says:-- Mr. Churchill told the House of Com: | eC mons that, according \ formation; 28 of the" ists had been reléased through the! , exertions of the: Provisional Govern, ment. He said both the. Northern and, better, ea 2, 78 to 80c. eX . 2,86 to 88c. . Re Sool ts, $740; ficha 4 190, exten, tot to trelbes : A despatch from from Washington | mors of the ill-treatment in jail of says:-- 'Greenland probably will | the Ali 'brothers, Moplah leaders, ar- have a high-power. radio station | rested some time ago by the British in the near future, but it will sulhosities. & aed ha Southern Government had agreed that there should be an impartial in:| Stray vestigation of last Saturday's shooting Unofficial a at 3 Sommer EE No. eat, $1. 2 to $1.30. bring no joy to the hearts of Greenlanders or the Danish of- ficials administering the coun- try. They much prefer the A Calcutta despatch-to the London Times reports that the post office at Kheri, United Provinces, has been burned. Deputy Commissioner of Police peace and quiet of the long Arc- | willoughby, of Kher, in the United tic Winter, when they are cut | Provinces of India, was murdered re- off from the outer world for | cently, according to a despatch" from eight or nine months at a time, | Lucknow. Trouble for some time past and. they never long for nerve- there is reported as an outcome of the shockers." This statement was | Preaching of the Caliphate Committee, made by. Dr. Morton. Persid; Seen chief of the Danish Arctic sta- Oo Supply of Money tion on Disco Island, Greenland, the most northern scientific in- Brings Bank Rate Down A despatch from London says:-- stitution in the world. - pe BEF After having remained at 5 per cent. Anti-Morman Agitation from "November 8 last, the Bank of "in Englan d England rate on Thursday was reduc- ; ed to 4% per cent. The reasons for A despatch' from Lendon says:-- |the present reductions are not far to The savage agitation against the|seek, and in many quarters the fall Mormons here has resulted in several was regarded as overdue. Owing attacks on members of the creed." "Al largely to the depression of trade, T. B. Macauley President Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, under whose 'direction the company has just completed the most profitable 'year in its history. RED IS REPLACED fi verre] he had notified them that' the Imperial Government would place" &t their disposal any suitable 55 judicial' officer on whom they might tons," agree, who would coiduct a public in- quiry, "The Farmers' Course. The Short Winter Farmers which has been going on at the University of Toronte.for the past to two weeks seems to have been even duektin a greater success this year than last.| geese, Two Jundred and twenty-five men and; women of various ages, but mostly in} their "twenties, have been hard at 0c; new laid, in work taking notes on lectures, asking | The students) are representative of ; thirty-four counties. in the 'Provinee; Map questions engaging in discussions. | one comes from Rainy. River and one from Manitoulin. The women in the course haye been particularly pleased 41 to 43c; No.1 to 6¢; coo Course * for| {$3.30 to $3 gal, $2.60; per 6 Lich ) Jare, ipl, 2 He "old, 0 21 25 to 25% £6 26%; tri lots, in new, 24' to | diy hae, ps La o dic 5 No. 3 ae pou chic] 80 to 38¢; poem cn fo 128 to 82¢; ducklings, 32 to 88c; turks eys, 50¢; geese, | Liv Butter--F 30c; creamery, 1,540 ring alsiokens; 22 ; fowl, 20 to 280; 830; turkeys, 40 o. ! Margarine--20 to 28¢. Eggs--New laid straights, 48 cartons, 60 to 52¢. hand-picked - bushel, | 50; primes, 3 I pe 5 $340. 1 19 t 0 320. be 3h e sugar, 1b, oney--60-80- i. "is, 14% to 1bc 1b. 5-23%-1b. tins, 17 to 18¢c per i Ontario comb honey, yer doz., ©. 28¢; rooster Beans--Can, vy Maple pi BY EMERALD GREEN Color Scheme of New Irish Government. A despatch from Dublin says: -- number of women recently. confronted | there has been almost a superabun- to have the opportunity of receiving a Mormon: elder, knocked off his hat, and tore up his tracts. One night four large stained glass® windows of the | Mormon headquarters were smashed iin with a hammer. So great has the dant supply of money in the market, with the result that very low rates were quoted for loans in Lombard Street, and the discount rates for bills; had fallen in compan, so that last! Green will be the color scheme of the! hostility grown that the Home Office | week the Government placed Treasufy new Irish Government, although the' design for the flag is as yet undeter- says that if the anti-Mormon senti- ment continues the Mormons would hills' by tender at only a shade over; 61 shillings per. cent, mined. All the post boxes, the postal ye compelled to leave England for| The bank rate; therefore, was shite) wans and the messenger bicycles, now. wed, will soon be repainted an emerald | greeh. The British Royal arms and the lettering "G.R." for George Rex, will be obliterated and Goelic inscrip- tions substituted. In adopting . the color, the . Post- master-General was unintimidated by their own safety. ----------lp edn Usiique Wedding Gift of Historic Football title A despatch from London says:-- | One of the most eurious gifts ever Parnell's version of green and his presented to a bride-elect was includ- superstition that a change from the ed in Friday's presents to Princess old Trish® blue as the national color Mary, namely, an historic football, would be fatal to Irish freedom.' decorated with portraits of Princess Parnell held to the end that Ireland Mary and Viscount Lascelles. The ball out of touch with market rates. Jo} addition, ~the improvement of pound sterling in America has heined the position here. pti Cattle 'Bbatgo Probe Cost £3, 1004 A despatch from London says The Minister of Agriculture, Sir up-to-date instruction in 'Household Science. The complete range of sub- jects is as follows: English; Economics, | 53 "History, Public Speaking, Commercial os "breakfast bacon; 29 cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 36 to 37 Smoked meats--Ham 29 2 s oe ed ham; 0 to, y meds. 20, , 24 to-26¢; rolls; ok os Geography, Hygiene, ' Biology, ' Psy-| backs, honeless; 33 to 87c. chology, - Engineering; 'and Household Science. with the lectures have been several social functions intended 'to' relieve Architecture, the "strain of hard study." The uni- b versity authorities = speak highly of wholesome type of student atterid: Te this course and. of the earnest | do work that is done. Memorial Site a Park Cored meats--Long clear Jacon, 161 Interspersed | to Bes Sloar bellies, [7 to 19¢ ierces, 1 tb, 1 16% to 16%e; als, i to. Ake] rin! 17%g¢. - Shorte ts, "IT: chile do, ned, 4 $410 86; i $7; do to 430 $5 to 86; do, tc 38¢; spe- 5 Some senty Stennis s ing, | the ice 58; 78! To S850] doh butch hs choice, Ei b F » at ort Prince of Wales moet od SoS do, feeder, good B63 mie Fort Prince of Wales, a at the 0 to Whe: ' Nicholson, who saved the Punjab for the Empire, in the Indian' 'Mutiny; and fell in the Homing of Delhi,' was _ veiled recent! The latest reports {ro The Sous are to. the eff: hat States steame tons each Dutcher cows, chee, 'famine-s would remain nationally unlucky until came from the inhabitants of Ash-|in the House of Commons that the it reverted 'to the old color, The first issue of Irish postage stamps, with the overpnint, "Rialtas Sealadack Na Bircann," + meaning "Provisional Government of "Ireland," was available to-day. Lines of. visi-. vors besieged the principal postoffices' for hours, but supplies Squatied the! and. bourne, Derbyshire. "It is similar to those used in a strange game played at Ashbourne each Shrove Tuesday ginee the year 1200. +. costs of the hearing by a Royal. Co mission of evidence concerning the embargo against the. importation of Canadian eattle was £2400 parks for the purpose preserting it: as. an historic' memorial