St. John's Daily Star, 1920-05-19

              The St. John's Daily Star  hcz,mn i i • " i in ii i. i i ■ i J. »■'.'' i ■ ■ ■ ■ i i .ii -_-_-__-_-__, - „, , f„ , . -—__________. ■ | ——--— ■ .„ * ■ »——-_-»-———-_—_—__——_———_—_———_—_»_——»————»——_—__——————__—_——_—_—__»_—_—_—_—__________«____—_»_—»_—_—_—.__—»_»__——_._—«_————————VOL. VI. (PEICB: OneCenVK WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1520. Annum.), No. 114 Soviet Trade allegation Arrives In Gt. Britain French Are Dissatisfied With Hythe Decisions SOCIALIST REBUFFED LndTells Radial ity France Will N<t Nationalise Util(r ENT ABOUT IE CONFERENCE May 18—The government's ction on the reconvening of lt "after a week's holithe presentation by Yv( s sr, minister of public work;,;, ovemment's lajj? for the reorganixation g as promised to the striking ,en. The latter, howevef, anded that the form of na,on framed by them be sub-5r5r the government measure. r Miilerand said he would : present time make a stateicerning his conference" at th Lloyd George. He dewas ready to answer ihterwhich the chamber, agreed : consolidated into one and ed by M. Taitinges, repubo began with the question ationalization of industries ;rs. Troops Now Out of Frankf-rt i. May 18—Reports receiv- Mayence state that all roops which have been in and other centres, hacl to Mayence Bridgehead at xk yesterday morning. No or disturbances were reirkig the day. Hungarians Will Sip " Allied Peace Treat] Budapest, May 18—Hungary will sign the peace treaty presented to her by the allies, it was_ indicated here today. Count Albert Apponyi. 1! who strongly opposed acceptance of : j the treaty, has resigned .rom thi peace cfelegation. .. 1 am 9 REDUCED TO LIMIT > British Admiralty Absolutely Refuses Further Cuts in Estimates for the Navy. : MAKE WAY EASY j FOR PROMOTIONS lONDON, May 18—Navy estimates for the new financial year, under discussion in the house of commons yesterday, endured a running criticism from a comparatively small number of members anxious to secure a reduction of various votes. Right Hon. Walter Long, First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply, declared that no other department showed the same reduction as the admiralty, but the government was determined to do nothing to risk the navy being brought down below the ■ margin which the admiralty had laid down for the countrys' safety. He also said the admiralty was considering removing the obstacles in the way of promotion from the lower deck to comi-sssi to which George Barnes, former labor ' member in the cabinet, retorted: j "The lower deck,boy has _Jk *awh " c_ange o' ' getting  rank as I ! ive of entering the Kingdom of Hyven." ..' •"  *_ '—:—.  CANADA'S FINANCES i Revenue for Fiscal Year 1919-20 is Greatest Ever s Collected in the Dominion. J r CANADIAN TRADE MUCH. INCREASED Drayton, minister of finance, presented his first budget to the house • today. Prior to stating his taxation ! proposals, Sir Henry gave an extensive review of the financial and economic position of the dominions. The duty today, Sir Henry declared, is not only to carry on the government of. the country without additions to the debt, but, on thje other hand, to promote measures which will reduce the nation*, indebtedness. The task, while heavy, was not so severe as the obstacles which Canada had overcome in the five years of war and stress. Canadian trade figures showed advances in value of production and exports. But the-fact, must not be lost sight of that these figures were based on inflated values now prevailing. Expressed in quantities, the production of the country last year as indicated by the tonnage carried by the railroads instead of increasing had actually decreased. There had been an extraordinary increase • m imports from the United Kingdom. The revenue for the fiscal years 1919-20 would reach approximately $388,000,000, the largest .revenue Canada had ever collected. It was no less than $255,000,000 .greater than that of the first year of the war. Consolidated fund ordinary expenditure for 1919-20 would be approximately $349,000,000.. ; ■. , For investment and capital outlays beyond the (Ordinary current expenditure of $349,(JW.d00, an expenditure of $187„8_6,991 wo* estjmoted: ,_' The resultant total of 5!_5,741,--110 represented the'outlay of Canada for all purposes apart from the war during the past year. ■, «_i ■ :—. • r MEXIC6 ClTY—General Pablo s Goniales. long regarded by Carranza as his stancheet supporter, . has. according to report, joined in the Obregon revolution. _» Poles Beaten Back Bolsheviki Report London, May 18—Successes against the Poles in fighting on the northern port of their front are reported by the Russian soviet government in an official jnessage from Moscow dated Monday. The Poles were forced back ovejr the  j at one point, it is claimed. ■ m m Chicago Con Market ] Down With a Crash Chicago, 111., May 18.—Prices crashed down in the corn market today as much as seventy cents a bushel. Failure of two Kansas banks embarrassed by unwieldly loans on grain did a good deal to bring about the selling stampede which took 1 place and which attained an almost HITS BACK AT THEU.S  Carson Says It's Time tc Quit Quoting America ir Connection With Iris* Problem. 2 UPPER HOUSES IRISH PARLIAMENTS lONDON, May 18—During the de bate on the Irish Home Rule Bil in the House of Commons today Walter Hume Long, First Lord of the Admiralty, who is a member of thi cabinet committee on Ireland, an nounced that the government pro posed to adopt the principle of a sec ond chamber for both the northen and southern parliaments. The bil as at.present constituted provides foi separate parliaments and a sihgli central council. Referring to an allusion to the United States, made during the de bate by General Seeley, Coalitior member for the Ilkeston division ol Derbyshire, Sir Edward Carson, Unionist (leader, said: "I think it is high time that America should be dropped out of these discussions. Those who are pretending to speak for America should learn that we ai_ I still a great power and not subordin' ate to America or any other power/ Labor to Oppose Bill London, May 18—The home rule debate, in house of,commons today had two -important results. First the government's concession of two senates for Northern and Southern Ireland respectively, and second, decision of the Labor Party, announced i by John Rabert Clynes, tp vote _ against the first clause .j^ilj., *M i  ■ cUssioh, following the example of we Nationalists and to a certain extent of the free Liberals. Henceforth, -i therefore, the bill will meet with «erious opposition only from the gowStnment side of the house. ' Important Policy Changes London, May 18. — Important changes in the government's policy of Ireland were decided upon as result of a conference between Viscount French, Major General Mac- Cready and government officials in London last week, and,experiences of Sir Hamar Greenwood, Irish Secretary, in Dublin, according to The London Times. The government, says the paper, was so impressed with the gravity of the situation that it resolved to use every weapon in armory of state to crush terror before it was too late. On the other hand, continues The Times, restrictions which irritate the whole community will be removed "and a more tolerant regime for the people as a whole will be adopted. An attempt to suppress crime will be carried out by troops operating in flying columns from series of garrison posts. These will relentlessly pursue terrorists. ■■ - i ■■—- an 9 THE HUMAN ROULETTE WHEEL Railroad Labor Board Hears the Wage Demands Of Two Million Workers May 17—Hearings on the wage demands of two million railroad workers were opened here today with representatives of the railroad managers appearing before the railroad labor board. A statement signed by the heads "of seventeen railroad unions was issued last night declaring that the "question of the breakdown of the transportation system of the natifen rests jrith ihe railroad labor boarjl." Both railroad and representatives of railway employees expressed confidence , that the board would arrive at a just and equitable decision with all possible speed. .•m • . , Soviets Had Planned { To Seize French Gov't. Paris, May 1.8—Soviet rule in 1 France was to have been established 1 if the revolutionary strikes inaugurati ed on. May Ist had succeeded, ac; cording to the French police, who '• sod today they had obtained com■ | plete evidence of this form documents *they have secured. t~ INDEMNITY DISCUSSED - jPrior Payments From Amounts Received from Germany for Reparation . to Go to Belgium. 1 FRANCE IS ASKING j| BIG CONCESSIONS i  ; most (important o_ *he t Anglo-French agreement reached at , Lympne, is that which says that ex pertsi will "establish conditions for * the between Allies of the payrrjents made by Germany in accordance with agreements which, in t the |ase of certain allied councils, have; already been arrived at*,-#nd which, remain to be definitely settled in the case of other allied coun_ Iries. ' It may be recalled that some eight months ago the, allies agreed that Belgium should have a priority and should receive the amounts that Ger: many pays up to the first 100,--000,000 sterling. After that, it was , also agreed that of all the other oay: ments over and above that amount, i | France ■ should receive 55 per cent. i Great Britain 25 per cent, and the remainder, 20 per cent., should be j alocated by the allies from time to : time as agreed. [ "Riat agreement ( will still stand, j i Its importance lies in the fact that the French had put forward and | j came here with the proposal that France should have a priority for \ /reparajtioms up to certain amount after the Beligum's hundred millions have been paid. This is a great con- j cession to France and the arrangement commends itself tto all who! were at Lympne. Experts will begin | work, at once on details. At Spa the j premier will put forward the agreed, result and, in any case, will ask Germany for her plan. ■ — ■  Crest of High Prices Reached in America New York, May 18—Telegraphic reports of The Evening Sun from leading industrial centres, where necessaries of life are produced, are to the effect that the crest of high | prices has been reached in the United j States, and in many instances passed. i Nowhere is there found an indication , thaf prices will be higher next fall and winter than they are now. and in most places it is indicated that a reduction is certain to come. ."he !main reason for the prediction is that the people have finished their era of extravagance and are not buying without regard to price as in the past. ■ m* ■ Dines Diplomatis.  Paris, May 18—Premier Miilerand last evening. gave a dinner to diplomatic corps. Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, German charge d'affairs was among.those present. a*:. 9 aw. ■ . The Digby arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning and is expected to leave there the 21st May. NOTATALL SATISFIED l French Dissatisfied Because: i They Were Not Given *t il -Prior Claim td Reparation Money. i> . . IS TO BE DEV<lfTED I TO WAR PENSIONS -— * f- % *.« ■ J IONDON, May 18—Sterol mes* sages from Paris indicate disapt;pointment among the Fffcnch people •that the meeting "betyfcen Lloyd " i George and Premier M$Icrand at ! Hythe was not productive of the re-■ cognition of France's cjkim to priority for reparations f01: devastated . districts. It is asserted t[|at* the Brit'■ ish pemier objected to Khe earlier claims of France on t|is account, 'his objections-being inspired particularly by British dominions attitude, especially Australia, whjch strongly; holds that before material damage is atoned for, reparation be ' made to dependents of Jiose killed. | ! Hon. W. A., Watt, Ausjralian com-: monwealth treasurer, nqjjv here, is said to confidently expert some in-1 stallment of this sum eat y next year I with which to pay pensions. '  ■ m » — Zionists Are Arrested g j By Russian Government1 — I I ! lyioscow, May 18—fieventy-fve delegates and alternates|to the *H- Russian Zionist which ifet here late in April,.have b«f|n arrestied, j according to a statement issued by' an extraordinary commission. It is asserted the extraordinary secrescy! observed regarding the fneeting of. [the congress, and the  large proportion of the(|e pres«Sit; i were not connected with fthe Zionist , movement led to the arnjsts. n\ • • i_ _ A_ l_:Hfl_j «.  riain side won tne Dimtra tournament in the B. I. S. rooms which were held during the .winder months 'A dinner has been a r ran 'Bed to tale (place on the 27th which till be pm--. 1 vi___>d for by the losers. 4 MUCH DISCUSSION ON THE DISABILITIES BILL Opposition Use the Occasion In Renewal of Obstruction sistent Objection to Con perarily, of W. fl Cave as i OPPOSITION CONTINUE TO WITH MULTITUDE OF q I YESTERDAY'S performance by thej gentlemen of the opposition was I the real vaudeville stunt, with all its > varied acts from light humour to. heavy melodrama. | The only fault to be found with the various actors is that they seem-. Ed not to know when their little piece | ' was finished. It is recommended that one of the pages be given a "hook," to use on such occasions. The performance of yesterday mignt very aptly be called "much ! ado about nothing." All the talk • of course was simply of the obstruc- j tipnist order. It was too monotonous ! to be interesting, to stupid to be i| entertaining, and too manifestly in-1 sincere to be anything but disgusting. The object of the opposition is too f thinly disguised not to be seen thru,i J and the more they talk the more '' plainly it is shown that their object | " is the most discreditable, just a piayv mg af politics; just a fiddling "while Rome burns." The lack of intelligence displayed > is the best indication of what the , game is, each obstructionist is to ' talk and talking against time. Each in order of rising goes over the 'same ground turned over by the ' others who went before him, vairying j the tune only a little. After the first I speaker the others might rise in turn and save time by saying only "ditto." As it is there is nothing but a'tuning of fiddles and no music. It takes the Cashinites as long to tune up as it would take-.another to play a tune. Mr. Higgins was most painfully labored in his remarks, though he now and then struck a spark approx: imating to wit. Didnt Object Then The subject for debate of course was the disabilities bill, the govern- I ment moving some amendments there- I to, to permit Mr. Cave, the hon. nunister of shipping ,to remain in office jtill the end of the year, when that ' office is to be discontinued. A most reasonable and sensible | act ,this, for why send Mr. Cave back j to be re-elected when in a few months | the office goes out of existence, or j appoint another in his stead for so j short a time merely to confdrm to a j regulation which is neither here nor there? , It Is surprising to find the oppo- ■ sition so sensitive now on a tpoint . that only a little while ago gave them J such small concern. To keep Mr. | ■ Cave in office were a crime against I the constitution, according to the I "purists" of today, but those same I zealous gentlemen saw Sir Edward ; Morris debauch the rules of parliament and make a scrap of paper' of the Placeman's act, to give positions}' of emolument to his following, whenj almost every mother's son of them i. was given what Sir E.dward very inelegantly called '.oft johs." Mr. Higgins was a party to that. Sir J j Michael was a party, Sir John was jl fa party, Mr. Walsh also was a party j1 as Opportunity For Indulging »Tactics—Raise Strong, Per itinuance in Office, Even Tern Minister of Shipping. Ipester government questions on everything Ito it, Mr. Bennett was also blind ; and could not sec the beam in his own eye, while he now" sees the mote in his neighbor's eye. j Mr. MacDonnell was rather slow yesterday and confined himself main-Ily to ditto, but his ditto was spread \ over quite a surface, which goes to j show how malleable a ditto really 'is in the hands of a skillful smithy. He spoke also in terms of an algebric formula, wherein X. is an un* known quantity. Sir John Crosbie introduced the truly dramatic and went flying off into space, having a surcharge of (Continued on Page 8) REDS SEND DELEGATES Two Soviet Representatives Reach London to Open Trade Negotiations With Britain. MANY OBSTACLES j . MUST BE REMOVED •  lONDON, May delegates, commissioned by the Russian soviet government to negotiate with the British government for the resumption of trade relations with Russia in accordance with the decision of the supreme economic council last Thursday, have arrived in London. They are now faced with the question of guarantees whereon it, is stated, they cannot commit themselves owing to the unsettled state of Russia, inadeqate facilities for the transportation of goods and the question of full reciprocity on their part for goods exchanged.There are also four important factors which will have a direct influence on the negotations, namely, delay in the full repatriation of British prisoners in accordance with the facts made known by O'Grady and Litvinoff to give adequate information to the government on the condition and release of British prisoners on the Serbian front and the continu ance of a policy of agression against the Allies by a large section of the bolshevists populations. The British government has pledged itself to safeguard the interests of British traders desirous of i reopening negotations with the Soviets and strict guarantees will he enforced. Want British.Exports The delegates are*able, says The j Daily Mail, to offer advantageous terms to British exporters on the Baltic, the principal c_ief commodity being grain, their part being to seek, to arrange an exchange of the following articles: locomotives,- wear--; ing apparel, boots, leather goods, J motor lorries, wagons,, ironi steel 5 railway 'rolling stock, manufactured j goods, motor accessories. The whole future -system of Rus- j sian distribution is to undergo a { drastic alteration following • the despatch of railway and.rribtor mater- 1 ials. Ports will be reopened »a_d ef-! forts be made to bringl large stocks >f grain and raw material to tho :oast from the interior, where they] ire now in the hands of peasants. J A further difficulty is the condi-r :ion of the Russian cooperative sp-:ieties, who undertake to guarante be distribution of goods from 3ritain. Before the Bolshevist re-f pme they had a membership of rwenty-five millions with branches all over country. They will need $0 >c reinstated on a much stronger, md more responsible basis, with offi:es in London and Palis and this will Form one of the guarantees given by be deleaation* _...* . - * «_• -.. ___, --. I . THE DAILY STAR NOW ' BOWRING'S I IS THE PLACE I TO GET A PAIR Of The BEST FOOTBALL j BOOTS EVER MADE I ALL MADE FROM A SELECTED ARMY LEATHER I INSOLES ABSOLUiELY SOLID SOLE LEATHER I UNBREAKABLE TOES WITH OR fTHOUf HEELS I Price Only $10.00 Pair. I ALSO JUST OPENED MORE NEW LINES I MEN'S, WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S : I AMERICAN FOOTWEAR | I ALL STYLES AND PRICES TO SI)  i*ll; j ' ' - » :| [ . I iawaifmA I V.X Lw I - . V" i jia=—— \_ ■* : Wanted One Foreman Car- ] I N' f Pwter> 75 cents Per : \ ■ l Ao**r. Ihree Journey \ I men ; f •' I cents per hour. ; B | Constant employment : t and overtime I «;:J Applykatoncetta * m ■mT».mT\~. mf. t .„ J;< a I C. A. LEVIRM__ _ SONS, I CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS, | Walna. Street Halifax, _T. S. __. . ... ._.----_- - - - - -L ---.-._.«-..... . . .: