the
battiefield.
There
was
a
number
present
representing
regiments
associ-
ated with Wolfe’s campaign,
or claiming
connection
with his fellow offlcers.
Lieut.
General
Sir Edw. Hutton
gave the
toast
of
the
evening,
which
was
drunk
in
silence.
A ecablegram
of greeting
was
sent
to the Mayor of Quebec.
Washington,
Jan.
sth. —The resolution
adopted
today by the Far
Eastern
Com-
mittee
of
the
Washington
conference
with
respect
to
withdrawal
of
foreign
troops
from China,
follows:
‘‘Whereas
the Powers
have
from time
to
time
sta-
tioned
armed
forces,
including pelice and
railway guards
in China,
to
protect
the
lives and property
of foreigners
in China,
and
whereas
it
appears
that
certain
of
these
armed
forces
are
maintained
in
China
without the authority of any treaty
or sgreement,
and
whereas
the
Powers
have
declared
their intention
to
with-
draw
their armed
torces
now
on
duty
in
China
without
the authority of any
trea-
ty or
agreement
whenever
China
shall
assure
the
protection
of
the
lives
and
property
of
foreigners
in
China,
and
whereas
Chine
has
declared
her
inten-
tion and capacity
to
assure
the
protec
tion of the lives and
property of foreign-
ers
in China,
now to the
end
that
there
may
be
a clear
undersianding
o.
the
con-
ditions
upon
wuich,
in
each
case,
the
official execution
of those intention
: must
depend,
it is resolved
that
the
diplomatice
represcntatives
in Pekin
oi
the
Powers
now
lin
conference
at
Washington,
.to
wit, the
United States
of
America,
Bel-
gium,
the British
Kmpire,
F'rance,
Italy
‘he Netherlands
and Portugal
will
be
in-
structed
by their respective
Govis.
when-
over China
shall
so request,
to
associate
ihemselves
with three
representatives
of
the Chinese
Govt.
to conduct
collestively
q full ard impar‘ial
inquiry
into
the
is-
sues
raised
by the forz2going
deciarations
of intention
made
by the Powers
and
by
China
and shall
thereatter
prepare
a full
and
comprehensive
report,
setting
out
without reservation
their findings
of fact
and
their opin on
with regard
to the mat-
ter hereby referred
for inquiry
and shall
furnish
a copy of their repor.
to
each
of
the nine
Govts.
concerned,
which
shali
severally
make
public
the
report
with
such
comment
as each
may
deem
appro-
priate.
'he
representatives
of
any
of
the
Powers
may
tnake
or join in minority
reports,
stating
their
differences
if
any
f-om
the majority
report,
that
each
of
the
Powers
above named
shall
be deemed
free
tu accept
or reject
all or any
of
the
findings of fact
or opinions
expressed
in
the report
sut in nn 2ase
shall any
ot the
said
powers
make
its
acceptance
of all
or any of the findings of fact of opinions
either
directly
or
indirectly
dependent
on
the granting by
Chiva
of any special
concession,
favor,
benefit,
or immunity,
whether political
or econnmic.
Washington,
Jan.
sth.
-The five
great
naval
powers
of
the
world
decreed
to-
day,
as between
themselves,
abolishment
S
d:
LB
LR
R
ViS5
of submurine
warfare
aga‘nst
merchant
ships.
To purge
the
seas
forever of this
hidden
menace
to peaceful
folk and ships
the
world
is
asked
to subsecribe
to the
decree
as
a
new
principle
of Interna-
tional
l.aw.
As
adopted
by
the
naval
committee
of
the
arms
conference,
the
resclution
proposed
by
Mr. Elihu
Root
and amended
by
Mr. Balfour
to become
immediately
effective
between
the
sig-
natory
powers
runs
.as
follows:
On
the
signatory
powers
desiring
to
make
more
effective
the
rules
adopted
by
nations
for the proteetion
of
the
lives of nation-
als
and
non-cembatarts
at
sea
in time
of
war,
declares
that
among
these
rules
the
following
are
to
be
deemed
1
es-
tablished
part of
International
Law:
A
merchant
ship must
be
ordered
to
sub-
mit
to a
visit
ard
search,
to
determine
its character,
before
it
can
be seized.
A
merceantile
vessei
must
not
be attacked
unless
it refuses
(o submit
tea
visit and
search
after
warning,
or
to proceed
as
direc’
_d after
seizure.
A merctant
ves-
sel
must
not
be destroyed
unless
the erew
and
passcngers.
have
first
been
placed
in
safety.
(2)
Belligerent
submarines
are
not
under
ary
ecircumstances
exemt
from
(he universgl
rules
above
stated.
If
a
sabmarine
cannot
capiure
a
mer-
chant
vescel
in
conformity
with
ihese
rules,
the existing law of nations
require
it to desist
trom attack
and
irow: seizure
and
to
permit
the
merchant
vessel
to
praocecd.
(3)
[The
signatory
powers
in
vite all
civilized
powers
to express
their
-assent
1o the
foregoing
statement
of
es-
tablished
law,
so
that
there
mu«%
be
a
clear
puablic
understanding
throughout
the
worid of the
staudara
of eenduet
by
which
the cublic opinion of the worid is to
rass
julegment
uwon future beiiigerents,
These
signatory
powers
recognize
the
practiezl
ilmpossiblity
of
usitg
sub
marines
as
commerce
destroyers
with-
out
violating,
as
they
were
violated
in
the
reecent
war
ov
1914 1918,
the
re.
quirements
universally
accepted
by
civi-
lized
nations
for
the
protection
of
the
lives
oi
Treutrals
and
non-combatants,
and
to the
end
that'
the
prolibition
of
the
152 of
submurires
as
conimerce
des-
trcyers
shall
be universallp accepted
by
part
of
the
law
oi
nations,
they
row
accent
the
proposition
as
henceforth
binding
between
themselves
and
they
invite all other
naticns
to adhere
hereto.
i'he
decision
is regarded
everywuere
as
the
inost
significant
naval
achievement
since
wi.e
capital
ship
agreement
came
out
of an animailed
mecting of
the
2irms
co:
lerenece
naval cominiitee,
it
was
taken
in @ny quarters
as
torecasting
lavour-
abie
actitn
temarrew
on
the
further
pro-
posal
to make
vielations
of
the rules
of
warfare
by
subroarine
conimanders
ae's
of
pivacy.
The
commitiee
adjourned
until January
Bch
1922
at
11 a.
m.
Dubiin,
Jan.
6th. —Ufficial
announce-
ment- was
made
.his
afternoon
thac
Eamon
De Valera has
resigned
the
presi-
9ency
of the -l'i?‘l‘l Republie.
London,
Jan 6th. —Eamon
De Valera
has
resigned
and
a
new
Dail
ministry
will te formed,
says
a Central
News
des-
patch from Dublin this afterpoon.
Caones,
Jan.
6th.—M.
Briand
this
morning
formally
convened
the
Allied
Supreme
Council
for
the
conference
which
is
to
consider
measures
for
the
economic
restoration
of
Europe.
The
Council
today approved
unanimously
the
calling of an
international
economic
con-
ference,
to
be
participated
in
by
Ger-
many
and Russia.
The
conference
was
in
session
slightly more than
two hours,
it adjourned
after having appointed
two
commissions
one
on reparaticns
and
the
other
on
the
economic
situation.
Both
commissions
were called
to meet
later
in
the day.
Cannes,
Jan.
6th.- Mr.
Lloyd . Geoge
has
declarcd
there
can
be
no question
at
this
time
of
a
formal
glliance
be-
tween
France
and
Great
Britamn,
it
is
said
on
gnod
authority,
but
has
held
out
the
prospeet
of sufficient
guarantee
to
#ll
France
if
she
is again
attacked
as
in
1914,
under
certain
conditions
these
are
it
is said,
that
France
co-
operate
with
Great
Britain
in
the
econ-
omic
restoration
of Europe
and
consent
to modifications
in the
repavations
pay-
menis
by
Germany,
on
the
basis
of
the
suggestions
made
in
the
recent
Lon-
don
conferences
of a
haif billion marks
n cash.
Paris,
Jan.
6th.--Disappointment
at
the failure of the Allied
Supreme
Coun-
cil
to invite him
to
Cannes.
Dr. Walker
Rathenau,
German
ccocomice
negotiator,
who has
been
in consultation
with
repa-
tion officials
here,
wili
leave
for
Berlin
this
evening.
Dr.
Rathenau,
when
he
arrived in Paris,
caused
the
Allied Govts.
to be informed
that
he
was
prepared
to
go
to Uannes,
to place
before
the
Coun-
cil the figures
oe
the
cash
payments
Ger-
many
was able
f¢
xake,
and
the
dates
upon
whie - the payments
could
be
mads
So sure
was
he
“hat he woul
! receive
an
invitation
to proceed
to.Cannes
that
he
reserved
hotel
accommodation
there
SPHOIAL
Dublir,
Jan.
Tth.—
'he
Dail
Eireann
adjourned
this
afterncon
until
7.30
o’clock, it
is
expected
that
the
vote
on
the treaty
will be i+ken
at
9 p.
m
Dublin, Jan
Tth.
--Flash
ball:iin.
(As-
snciated
press
)
the
Dail
Eireann
o-
night
voted
for eatification
f the
Anulo-
Irish
peace
treay
~r2aing
the Ivish froo
state.
I'he
vole
was
sixty-four
to fifty-
s:ven.
NEwW YORK,
dJanaary
Tti
Flour, Blen
.
I
’i2.is®t.
Lawrence
I-rand
.
b,
bri.
$6.00,
Meal
Kilni:2l
yer
loobs
$1.95
New
seasor’s
“ork per brl. $37.00
Heavy
Mess
Pock
per
bbl.
325.00
Sugar---Crystais
maxinum
per
100
lbs.
33 42
Molasses
Sugar
89°
test,
no quotation.
Cotien,
siiddiing
Upiaand,
ut- idverpool
:
v
<per
Ib.
11 4-100¢.