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if It _ r. in. " A (launch from Paris "tvst--.One of the flrst consequences of the re- occupation of Alsace-Lorraine has been the snooreasiou of the Custom line of the Wares. A deem appear- " in the OHM-l Joann] "ine the French Custom line along the hon- ',iers of 1870. The German Customs Igenta have been dismissed and In uni-cement has been made with sun. [ wland for opening the frontiers. I FRENCrt t ESTOMS LIN“. FRED ALONG FROSTIERS OF 1810 Lowther will be n-ekcted shah; of the House. A thspateh from London "rt.'-- .'l'ho new British Parliament, accord- ine to present plans will meet on February II, with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Andrew Home Law, .the Government leader in the Home of Commons. attending. The time used in giving the oath to members will be shortened. and it is expected that an hour after the session both: both housea will assemble to hear the speech from the throne. Sir James BRITISH PA RNA MENT army who will be retained until a Donor Mutiny: again is ruched prob- .th will be twenty-one shillings . werr and food and lodgings. accord- im: to a wtatcment made by W. A. Appleton, Swromry of the General deeratirn of Trade Unions, to the Daily Mail. Ty 'ro PA) ptr t,000 m was birth mt in tho hi Hm Ibo IN;t, pm: "If British Calvin”: is to darn her timbc hadndhon I "an of all a". w sizes. than; Iner- chanublb. but not the lowest grades, mun. be dealt in. nr nix." of lumber dimm- morally hon this side of the Atlantic. “Au hr at British Cdunbia G roneerned." my: the “lament. "the bulk of lumber heretofore Imported by the United Kingdom has been in the form of largo timbers of the {rude known u ‘merchnntable,’ for any structural work, or for runw- in; Into any special lite. “011' t A deep-uh from than --- That the Canadian [like trade will experience some dillculty in leew- inc it. share of olden for neon- uruction work in Europe mule-e no" “tuition is paid to the ruminants of the overseas market, is a tuning given by the Commission of Conser- Te.tion to Canadian, exxorten Met bet. "tamber from Russia and 'wed, en. it is pointed out, conforms more to the size requirements of the British market. and the chief difb culty Canadian dealers must over- come " the one relating to the "eant size" of lumber shimmmtn gr-roll,, A dog “but! Canada Should Endeavor to Meet Requirements of Em dogma-h from London 'ttrs."-- pny of the soldiers of the British r rho. will be retained until a won may pow ates Dr. ' vars BIRTH RATE LOW EST IN HISTORY " m of SUMMERS 21 SHILLINGS WEEKLY m " on record in this respect. tin birth rate was 15.8 t prrtutkttion, and the death 1.90. Thr smallness of the (11mm was unprecedan 'r.\' of Suzi-M ". Caleb W. Saleeby. thel nist, on the authority ot, vitel autistic: mat to' agma-m- Genercl. They " the whole of England, _', t year's death 1'.th » be found to he high- :1th rate. The year ii) I record in this respect. from London "YS."-. ti.is!a.tn_u_dtemsamr, TO MEET FEB. ll 9' Many times on a train or in an office it is impossible to find a lrink- ink cup. Here is a little cup that can be made from any ordinary sheet of writing or typing paper. Take on eight-inch aauare of paper and fold it diagonally into half. Fold the two opposite ends over each other into the middle, then bend back the two centre triangular pieces left. On opening you will have a nice little drinkingI cup. '3 A despatch from London "rib'.-- I The British contribution to the allied armies of occupation in the Rhineland, _ says the Times, will be less numeric- ally than that of either France of the United States, consideration having been given to the part played in the war by the British Navy and to Brit- Iisxh responsibilities in other parts of {the world. m hum. NOT CALL on GERMANY TO PAY ALLIED COSTS or WAR 9 A despatch from London "ri'."-- The Peace Conference has settlnd one important point with regard to the indemnity question, the Paris corm- non'len' of the Evening Standard say: he has reasons for reporting. Tho Conference. he decims. has ehimimst.., ed any intention of earning upon Ger-1 many and her associate: to pay the; ailied countries the coat of the War or to impose heavy indemnitiea upon the enemy nations. _ 1 All the xheltcrs are now on the re- li' tired list, and the suggestion has ' been made that something should be " done to commemorate their war eer- Evicc. Nothing very extravagant, of :course; but it is urged that a neat inscription put up in every shelter _uatine its record and how it heIned the nation would be an inexpensive , and at the same time iittintr way of Tremgnizinz he-part played by Lon- ldon'a "halls of safety," which saved _ so many lives. l, Future Army of Occupation Largely French and American .b' u--""----'.-..; auW.ai'r=L- It is a big business. There on tons of land to be moved and carried away to corporate depots, and thou- sand: of sandbox: to be emptied. Brick and concrete shells, which in many instances encased the protect- ing bags, are being knocked down, and London will soon t'ettmt to be an armored city. I: on the basis Ellie): haa tit.ecrtonid. viad. in Quads or the Thgtted Std... Hence if prices in the world nut-t should suffer an only decline both countries would he eah'od to In“. good their guaranty». It is tttated haze, hmever, that there is no moon to anticipate that the Camdian Gov- ernment win find itself obliged to and bursa money to bring the price paid for Canadian grain in the world Inn'- ket up io the guaranteed fixed price based on 32.24%- a bushel for No. 1 Northern. It is believed that the present suspension of buying in due to congenial: in Ggeert Britain, that the British Wheat Export (loamy will resume buying; and wird likely do so 0 n tic-pawn from Ottawa 'sit-hs. wnuch u the Canaan thrmemt-t has ”unwed the wig. of M of the crap of 1918 and the -irw coon thereof, it is simply interested in the dUpovition of the expat-tau. min remaining in the country. It is cat'mated that that exportabu mm plus of wheat new mum: to hum 00,000,000 to 70,000,000 bushels. Atl present the British and dlicd Govmp‘ mems are not parchuing grain either Hum-Made Drinking Cup. Surplus of Sixty lingo- Bake]; in Canada Witt Sell NOL05$0NWHEAT A dettte2t Aets ottamraara t.'?itruititxc' THF, SAND A despatch from London trays."-- The Admiralty announces that pend- ing the conclusions of the Committee of Enquiry on the subject, it has been decided to increase the pay of all naval men, ranging from an extra shilling per day for ordinary seamen to six shillings for captains and high- er ranks. with similar increases to the Royal Marines. This extra pay, it is declared, must be regarded as a bonus, 1 and not as representing an increase of the present pay, which may ulti- mately be considered a just and equitable rerumeration. Victims of The Huns-his photo mph of human skeletons in that of a batch of British prisoners just after their release from the German pri- son camps. They were hitenlly starved alive. s INCREASE TO BRITISH NAVY TO BE REGARDED AS BONUS "The East abounds in the ruins of the last vestiges of once glorious civilizations which have been over- thrown. Y-pres will stand for Centur.. ies as a reminder that civilization itself cannot be overthrown and a: a monument to the generations ruterWs ed in its defence." l "Ypres will be a memorial," says the Westminster Gazette, "in which I future generations mar learn the hor- rots of war. There is nothing more impressive than the sight of the stricken city with the skeletons of its once wonderful buildings rising gaunt into the sky. dh a sense there are few things more beautiful. To patch it up would be impossible. Every- one, therefore, will welcome the de.' cision that the remains of the old city shall be left intact instead of, being cleared away. I A despatch from London "rv.- The decision of the Belgian Govern.. ment to maintain Yprel, the scene of several battles between the British and the Germans in its present condi- tion " a permanent memorial, is en- dorsed heartily by British press and public opinion. Will Stand as a Reminder of the Horrors of War to Future YPRES RUINS TO BE LEFT lN'l'AC'l' - -rind pelin. Aaitimn/tesGmaiaed. Hit By 3epreWatr-1t has only been lately that the British censor has anowed any detaiii to is. published of the damage done by the various 'lappebin raids over landon. Now that all danger is ended, the curtain ha been lifted and the ptalrtimtiims of Mtotoemp% is permitted. This is ahtnmeineseweatenditrumdoriArhtih wash-it b.vabombtrcma Zep- mlin All " L__A-- ------ 1.93-4 EBagBara!tirqat.araitirq' UP xaus.umarxui' Generations. In connection with the foregoing ! the Ministry of Labor announces 1 that no further application for release l of individual officers or men on pivot- '. al or special grounds can be consider- I, ed. . "These nrraneements seem to be the best devisable fotrthe year 1919. During the year, however, we must remake the old British regular army, so " to provide, on a volun- tary basis; overseas garrison! and foreign stations.” "The occupation armies will be the home army, the army of the Rhine, and the army of the Middle East, a detachment of the Far North, and garrisons of the Crown colonies and India. "The men of the new armies will be raid bonues ranging from fen shillings and Sixpence per week for privates, to fort.v-two shillings for Colonels, in addition to the ordinary army pay. Leave will be mnted on as generous a stale " possible. I "The new armies will begin form- ‘ing February 1 and will be compos- '; ed, in the first instance, of those who have enlisted since January I, 1916, and who do not exceed thirty-seven years of age. Volunteers will be ae. cepted for one year's service from among men otherwise entitled to re- lease, while slxty-nine battalions of young soldiers now on home service will be sent immediately to help guard the Rhine bridgeheads and re- _ lease the older men. l "The British military Commanders are of the opinion that 900,000 men are tsufficient for this transition per- iod. All the rest will be demobilized as fast as possible. €900,000 Hold Lines in Germany _ During the Transition Period. The regulations governing the armies of occupation are dealt with in an official statement issued by Win- Mon Spencer Churchill, Secretary for War, says a London despatch. The statement says: BRITISH ARMY lllilliiBlluliI) Lieut. J. A. Kirk, killed in action. was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk, Gal- loway street, Maxwellton. Lieut. Douglas Culdre, of Bath- gate, who joined the army in To- ronto. Canada, is reported wounded. Dr. D. D. Brown, superintendent of James Murray's Royal Asylum, Perth, has been appointed superin- tendent of Aberdeen Royal Asylum. The engagement is announced of George F. Barbour, Bonskeid. and Helen Victoria, daughter of Colonel Scott, Master of Polwarth. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fell, of Bew- die Mains, Lillislea, have serving in the army four sons. eight grandsons and forty-six nephews. Major Duprez, i relative of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, has pur- chased the residential estate of Beech-Hills. Haddington. The Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honor has been awarded to Lieut.-Col. John Alexander Stirl- ine of Kippendavie. Sir William Robertson, Lord Lieut- enant of Fife, estimates that there are nearly six hundred Fife men in the hands of the Germans. The death in .action is announced from Vancouver of Arthur Laidlaw, a brother of Mr Robert Laidlaw, Wolfelee. Hawick. Lieut. John Davidson, of Crosslea, attached to the Beoto Franco Motor Ambulance Corps, has been swan-(lei the Croix de Queue. The death is announced of Andrew Ballantyne, town eUmberlain of Galashiels, and president of Galashieh Liberal Association. Robert Hunter. who has been as. tfmtant teacher in Kirkconnel Public School for seventeen years, has been appointed headmaster. N. Kemp has been elected to fill the vacancy in Galaahiels Town Coun- eil conned by the death of Councillor Thomson. "“!"W‘ -.v... ..._ “““ ‘" "“"-""" to: car lots, 22.00 to 28.00. the 11nd: of Kirkland, and the farm, 'l,/:i.e1C'..1tiyiesi': 11,it,',,'i2," 24 to Me. of JedderfieIdts. Bucro--ehoierart mamery, " to 54c. Captain Percy Mackenzie, killed in titr,ga--sei!c-rted, 57 to 58e; No. 1 stock action, was the eldest son of Count lit, to le. Po:ato-.-rscr Edit. cv and Countess de Sierra Largo, of 1f.'ric11.,,fiy.t/,r. 3L7.”- Dvea-.ed ham“ 'Nrlottie, Domoch Firth. Mfg“: Killed, t23.tl? ll' "28.M. The town of Peebles Council has acquired from the Earl of Wemys: the lands of Kirkland, and the farm of Jedderf1ehhs. 1 Sam Brown, a rmlidirnt of Stone ghuven. has grown a potato which _wtirryAFo and one-half pounds. Licut. Arthur D. Binnie, son of Mn, 7 M and Mrs. Thomas Binnie, Longiddry, Montreal, was killed as the result of an aero- 'teyed gr plane ancident. {timid 1sfts The Town Council of Cried has decided to erect a memorial to the men from the burgh who have fallen in the war. Major R. o. Irving, no. calm- diana, killed in etion, was a son of Henry Bell J,','itl'," Millbank, Locker- ble. _ Major-General W. H. Rycroft. Ardgairney, has had the Hellenes Order of the Redeemer bestowed on him. -- Midshipman Archibald Douglas Muir, R.N., killed in ution, was the Ian of J. W. Mair, Dunmar, Alina. D. M. Lamont, M.A., Bo’neu Aca- demy, has been appointed classical master in Vale of Leven Academy. Major Francis Roy Tarleton. who has been awarded the Military Cross, is , son of Mm. Wile, Dunk. Dr. Josephine Cairns has been ap- pointed interim medical officer for the county of C1ackmannnn. Provost Aikman, of St. Andrew's, Us given notice of his intention to retire from the civic chair. John Given, the oldest postman in Stirling, he: been unrded the Im- perial Service Medal. Mr. Laidlaw, the father of Piper Dan Laidlaw,. V.C., has passed away at his home in Doddington. The Military Service Medal has been awarded to Pte. James McNee, Black Watch, Canipsie. Captain H. H. McKee, Hardin], Badman, has been awuded . bar to his Military Medal. During Y.M.C.A. week in Dun the mount realized was £10,200. “chemo-ammu- .tndLmrt-iAtrtd $t8mltB or must not: um um AND was. Mill OLD SCOTLAND TORONTO "The jury In all temporarily inaanet" A jury recently met to inquire into a can of suicide. After sitting through the evidence the twelve men retired, and, after deliberating, returned with the following verdict: A despatch from tendon "IW'.-- The Air Force for the urmiel of oe- cupation, says an otrlei:d announce- ment, has been selected on the same basis and with the lame emoluments as the other branches of the service. six thousand fire hundred ctti- cers and seventy-tive thouund men will be retained out of approximately three hundred thousand. _ 80,000 OF AIR FORCE $16.50. $7.25 to $7.50; do. Common, $6.25 to $6.75; sstoekeru, $8.00 to $10.00; feeders, $10.50 to $11.50; Gunners, $6.00 to $5.50; makers. good to choke, $90.00 to $130.00; do. com, and med., $65.00 to $75.00; sprinters, $90.00 to $180.00; light ewes, $9.00 to $9.50; yearlingis, $2.00 to $12.50: spring lambs, $14.00 to $14.60; tmt.ves food to choice, $15.00 to $15.50; hog. ed and watered, $16.00 to $16.25. Montreal. Feb. 4.-Cannerip cattle, $4.50 to $6.00: butchem' bulls and cows. $9.00 to £10.50; lambs, 312.50 sheep, $8.00 to $9.50; milk fed eFlves, f1??? to $16.00; choice new hon. - v, V-.-» w 7...". u‘t-;:w . 'P"-- ‘At-at:;.'r killed, $23.00 to £23350 Ire,atr,u-z?uto, wood pails, 20 lbs. ts" f Toronto. de. 4.--icae heavy steers, $13.00 to $14.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $10.75 lo $11.25; do. good, $10.00 to $10.50; do. cannon. 88,50 to $3.75; bulls, choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do. medium buns. $8.50 to 89.00; do. routh 1:121:13, $7.25 to $7.75; butdwn' emu, choice, $9.00 to 89.50; do. good. $8.00 to $8.50; do, medium. £332 to $7; 50; u'oayerytton, $6.25 to 28 to Mk Montreal, Feb. d.--$lour--New standard grade, $11.25 to 811.35. nailed 1sats---eNta,' 90 lbs. $4.00 to $4.25. Bran. $37.25. Shorts, $42.25 Mouiilie. $68.00. Het-No. 2, per totEcar icty, $22 .00 to $28.00. i W210. l w. " to 66et Tum 'tore, 58 to tiOe; among. new-hid. 66 to 67e. ) Butte-Creamery, solids, 51 to We; do, prints, 53 to 66e; choice dliry prints, " to Me; ending duty prints, " to 40rct bakeu', to 88e; gimgarim, (gent grade). " to 1%sese--Ntnsr, Inge. 28 lo 28%e; twins, 29 to 29%e; wring mm, lam, 28%e to 29e; brim, 29 ta 29%e. Comb ttenev--iiee, 16 on, “.50 to 85.00 per dozen; 12 02., $3.50 to $4.00 ?ff, dozen. MARIA. gnu; In KJIJLLW. 47“... on se Made "maxilla ti-gayarn Gas, $3.15 IQ” . Ha. r-C-tlo. -i,' £22 ’8' iii _ TG" ar,: mlax'trGrto1'd,f1,tg't"i',J'ferA',tli onto, 3gikWci-aa"r' IdtiriiiiiGmd Mont- real fruart 5.5, bags inehad ed, Bun. $31.25 ter my; 5-13.21. ”$25 per ton. l American eorw-No. 2 yellow. $1.46; No. 4 yelkm. $1.42: Juan-y drip- H"du,.,, terr-cy. 2 oata, new o. white. 69 to 62e; No. 3 white, " to 6ie according to {with ,yAi...e. . “A I 0min --ia, t up, a: ear lot, $2.14 to $2.52; Na. 2, 82.11 to 82.19; No. 8, de.,' 82.07 to 82.15 to $2.15; No. 1 Sprint. 82.00 to 82.17: No. 2 Sprig, 8S.06 to 82,14; No. a Spring. $2.02 to 32.10 f.o.b.. shbping points. according to heights. Pearr---No. S, $2.00. l Barler--Naiting. new crop. " to 78c; aceordirg to ircights outside. I Buckwheat-L-No. 2, " nominal. I Itre--No. 2, 81.25. nominal. I Manitoba ttour-Old crop, war qrayty, $11.35, Tommo. Ontario flour-War quality, on crop. $10.00, in bag, Mound and Tcht.r.t.ty, Ptxeyrtyshitep.t. - -- i 1 Tomato. Fab. (FM VH3 Fr" -- ........ “w‘” *MMN ---Ne 1 Noah-m. 3.245; No. a; qu. m In mom Non-hem. 82.8%;110. I NM; 1'a"lti/it'; 4 “as? $2.11“. an" -- in not . mm. oeato--No. 2 'IN., exam! “am" " the tamd n" “In! No. 8 C.W., 57%c; extm Nts. 1 fed, 'hqeea" In It. Contact. '1',','tid,.t'; 1 feed, tmies In can: dc Wall. “his of the 1hrhl.ltfiEilBt0lgliliattig 8tew--car los, $10 to $11, trad: Country 1'reduers-Wh- Live Stork Markets Of One Mind. M min-at Marketa WILL BE RETAINED .o'o;' chagrgxzzt‘ionw’: of one mind-... ?"'tf 1buds--"Yea, air. Will w. M " m " or eltattiM tkwttt" 0m (to company is temporarily “out to m m. which ut, been "trtteted 'tttr-o-om" two will re- lllin he, I“ K than is In explosion ffl', Et!! Now a “Hi. You under "Denritur. Tiii/dir mum; er. Tell aautgie. Yumgll.” V If you ttnd yourself with nothing; 'o write. do not rive ouynclf m) to thr, situation or wait until someone forrv, you In“. like the English soluivr. who-mot lusting written to his m» that in two years. Although he had in that time been about constantly in the treneutr--w" and by the clum- lnin of hi. realism: to mite I lea r home. Be domed with the matter for two Week. and "altr composed th, to!” Haul-[c col-dc: I The death I: annoum-M M Catn- [hum of Canon Fund. J, Roe. Tn.- lthirty-nine your: rhan‘ah at the ”"3- (tret. " Foot Gnarls De-tot. ' Sir Edward fetortt h"! mm " (Move for 't 000 to the Mnemmm ' . Mmmtui. Kinm‘nnd rout! T.'edon, it memorv of Constanse. Lad" Smut. Fir Edwin Luh'vms has IMO" a.nknl to “tenure a Jon“?! tov. a "armament uhrino tor "vie Park. rmM‘izing my triumph of light over Might. The dam”! has taken "hire at Frr- ham of Sarmnt Lanniuw. fre mnnv - inrtruetor at the Rovnl loud n Ettoinrerirte Chum. The death took Maca- rovcrtly at Rove of Oahu! W. A. Bruce, I well- kmwn Enclish cricketer. Th. rMMm ht '6mrttvrmheriand elementamurhoo'l hive sul'scr‘h'a'l over 268.000 in War Saving Cert.) when. Brittutt mm and rri'dren who are in the Unitad sum-u mav new rp- turn homo but not skinner-s. Fer "minim: and "tetrtee tho ration book of Mt mat. PER" Gutmm‘mr was fined £90 " North Lnnr‘or. The troona of Aldershot have saved seventeen tt"ttdredsve'vrht of mm - per thou.nrd men in can month. In a thanku'ivinc nrocusivn he” in Shemo‘d fourteen thousnn4 children took but. A mull farm of Utirfv-one acru "I sold " Chelford. Cheshire, for 22.200. One hundred hunmlnwa f"r diu- nbled men are Who built at Hackney It 11 mt of 280000. Joseoh Wu‘ton, a chief enAneer in the mercantile marine. has been awarded by the Kim? with the Silver Medal for uvimt lite at sea. Ernest amnion. twelve yams old, of Wombwellrhu been Iva-Med th, Royal Humane Sodatv'u Huh! fer rescuing a child from drownigm. A motor omnibus. to run on fem- nreued an, nu exhibited at the British tkimtttfie Exhibition, hcld in London may. Queen Mary has lent two auto graph letters and two oil puimings m herself. to the Women’l Artixe '3cr, Vice Club, Elston Square. A walk M'by command of Henry WL in mid recently a! Shotheby‘a for mo. Joseph Henry. the new Lord Mayo" of Leads. to n boy stood in a quout‘ with charity tickets and a pail to obtain noun for himself and lvroihrrs. Euclid; town. Min Jackson. the Mayorsss of Roda-tor. hu tive brothers who haw been at some time the mayor of m The Town Council of Tomes, Dov, onlhlre. has conferred the freedom of that city on Geneml Sir William Birdwood. The Duke of Connaught has “My: ed the one. of Lord High Stcwuzd of Wokinglum. Berta. “in Allan Tub-Ia mutated a re- pr-tttatt" gathering of Pole. at - mt. London, with a rilk banner in the Polish national comp. Mug Halal Edi-MI. of Halvorn. lent - dimet to hia Majesty the King for his fund for thc Ditu.bh,d Soldiers and Stile”. The War M Derartenent has my mined that export trade other than cotton and wool with Holland may now be resumed. General Townshend, who was awarded the KGB. in October, 1916. was kniettNd by the King recently at Buckingham Paine. The next incl-ll annual Winning: orthe Institute of Metals will be the Brst N41... gathering of the in- stitute in titre years. 'he drnth in um eed of the Very Rev. lulu A. 1'lllr2S, of Das in line. 1003, at the age of sew-my- seven. - . A has number of Brixim crisot- £1!th xylene! m Ml‘s'mn- lone In Smyrna. TM I." 11 Depttonl hm gn'cn throe pig-l b the berrrouea council to eat the m from thy national m:- an. New: Pn- the Front. 3033M Muse. al 103x tggtxt-ttqvAettquqtet Conundrum-gout winged”. 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