becomes
Cnal22llor
of the Duchy of” Laa-
caster.
I'ne
darl
of
Crawford,
Chan-
cellor
of
the
Duehy
of
Lancaster,
be-
comes
irst
Commissioner
of
Works.
Mr.
Frederic
G
Kellaway,
head
of
the
Overseas
[rade
Department,
be
comes
Postmaster
Gzneral.
Charles
A.
Macuriy,
former
Controller,
be-
comes
Joint
Parliamentary
Secretary
to
the
[reasu-;.
Major
Sir
DPhilip
[loyd
Georze
Parliamentary
Secretary
to the
Boarc
of
Trade
becomes
Direc-
tor of Oversras
[rade.
.
Dublin,
April 3rd.—The
opinion
was
expressed
today by compeient
observers
that
the Irish Situation
had undergone
a
considerable
change
for the
better
since
St. Patricks
Dy.
Lloyds
declined
to ac-
cept
bets
offered
during
the
week
cthat
peace
would
be
brought
about
before
August.
Havana.
April 3rd. —Fernandez
Quin-
ones
National League
Candidate
for Gov-
ernor of Havana
Province
in the
Novem-
ber
elections,
was
shot
and
almost
in-
stantly
killed
last
evening
by
Ernestc
Colledo.
Liberal representative
for Santa
Clara Province.
'lThe shooting
took piace
at
tne
corner
of
Prado
and
Vertudes
Street.
[Political
differences
are said
to
have led to the tragedy.
New
York,
April 2nd.—lncreases
in
freight
rates
on
merchandise
consigned
to
several
points
on
the
Atlantic
Sea
Board
of Kurope
were
made
effective
today
by
transatlantic
Shippping
Com-
panies,
after
an
agreement
had
been
reached
to discontinue
a rate war,
which
was inauguraied several
months
ago.
The
increases
in
some
cases
range
from
200
to 300 percent.
Washingion,
April 3rd.—Senate
pro-
ponents
of
an
immediate
peace
with
Germany
by congressional
resolution
are
understood
to be standing
lirmly by their
intentuon
to
prevent
such
a
resolution
promptiy
on
the convening
of
the
extra
session
of Congress
a
week
from
today.
information
that members
ot the
Seuate
favouring
a speedy
peace
by
resolution
had
not
advanced
their
previously
an-
nounced
Intention
was
obtained
last
night after
a nctable
day of White House
conferences
at
which advisability
of
«
congressional
declaration
of
peace,
to-
geiher
with other
questions
irvolved in a
peace
setilement,
were
understood
to
have
been
discussed.
Constantinople,
April3rd.—The Greeks
have
been
completely
detfeated
by
the
‘Twwks
m the battle of Eskishehr,
says
a
communuicatrion
issued
by the
headquart-
ers
of Mustapha
kemal
Pasha,
the urk-
ish Nauonaiists
leader.
Mustapha
Kemal
Pasha
has
issued
a manifesto saying this
1s
the last
war tor
the
preservation
of
the Empire.
Every
Turk must
enroll or
be executed
as
a traitor,
lhe Allies
wiil
refuse
the Greeks
permission
to
trans-
port
their troops
in Lhrace
o the
battle
]
front in Asia Minor byway
of Constanu-
nople
or
to use
the Iswid
Railway.
The
& 5 LMyt
&
& ¥
o 5
Italians
have
protested
that
a
Greek
patrol
nas
held
up
the -S. 8.
Cleopatria
in
the
Black
Sea.
The
Allies
have
in-
formed
the
ureeks
that
they
must
not
blockade
the
sea.
The
Greeks
are
re-
inforecing
their army.
They
now
have
three
new
divisions
in
Mudania
with
whieh
to
érndeavour
to
overcome
the
Turks
victory.
The
entire
Greek
Mer-
chant
Marine
has
been
mobilized
as
transports
and it is expectcd
the
Greeks
will be able
to put
an
army of 200,000
1n
the
field.
[lhe size
of
this army
is being
viewed
with alarm
by the
Serbians
and
Bulgarians.
L ondon,
Apri! 3rd.— Fhe
departure
of
King
Constantine
for
the
fighting
front in
Asia Minor and
a change
in thé
Greek Premiership
by which M.Gonnaris,
the
Minister of War,
succeeded
M. Kari
Ogeropoulos
as
the head
of the Govi.
are
reported
in semi-official
Athens
advices
received
here.
King
Constantine
was
accompanied
by
Prince
Nicholas
and
Prince Andrew,
it is
said in
the
advices
which
quote
the semi-official
organ Prote-
voussa.
London,
Aprii 3rd.—The
Council.
of
Ambassadors
today approved
of the line
recommended
by the Allied
High
Com-
mission i the Rhineland
for the
collec-
tron
of Germar.
customs
duties
as
pro-
vided
for in the
penalties
decided
upon
by the Allies in
the London
Reparations
Conference.
The
Commission
now
has
fuli authority
to
enforce
the
penalties
established
by the conference.
iondon,
April
3rd —The
Board
of
Trade
issued
official
orders
today ration
ing and
reducing
coal
tor
the
British
Isies.
llluminated
signs
are prohibited,
the
regulation
being
virtually identical
with those
issued
during
the
strike
lin
1911.
Sunday
was
given up to meetings
of
the
miners,
railwaymen
and
trans-
port
workers
throughout
the
country.
Meetings
were
called
for the
purpose
of
giving directions
for_the
triple
alliance
conference
on
Wednesday.
Judging
by
the resolutions
adopted
and
the speeches
delivered
a strong
teeling
prevailed
in
favour
of
the strike
of
the
railwaymen
and
transport
workers
to
support
the
miners.
Secretary
Cramp
of
the
Na-
tional Union of Raiilwaymen
at
Birming-
ham,
however,
uttered
a
warning
that
such
action
must
be
absolutely
united
and
whole
hearted,
otherwise
it
would
be
useless.
Success
would
be
impossi-
ble ilf one
seciion
of the
tripple
alliance
stood
out.
While the withdrawal
of the
pump
and engine
men has
placed
many
of the coleries
in Scotland
and
elsewhere
in
a critical
condition.
[l'ne
first
case
of
intimidation
reported
in
connection
with the
coal
miners
strike,
which
be-
gun
at
midnight
on
Thursday
was
re-
ported
yesterday
from
a
South
Wales
district.
The miners
at Rhymney.
after
a prolonged
meeting proceeded
to
Pront-
lottyn
and the officials who
were
work-
‘ing pumps
and doing other
maintenance
work,
were
told
that
uniess
they
ceasc
they
would
be
forced
to
do
so.
The
management
thereupon
ordered
the mine
ponies
brought
to
the
surface.
At
=
mass
meeting of the
miners
at
Noat i
was complained
that
non-unionists
work-
ing in
a
certain
colliery
and it
was
de-
cided
to
hold
demonstrations
at the
col-
leries
on
Monday to make
the
men
cease
work.
In
order
to
get
the
industrial
crisis
brought
by
the
coal
strike,
the
Union
organizatien
among
the
middle
class
population
is arranging
for the
in-
stitution
of
a volunteer
service
to
assist
the
authorities
in
maintaining
supplies
of food and essential
commodities.
London,
April 4th.—Despatches
from
Vienna,
byway of
Berlin
to the Times,
report
that
ex-Emperor
Charles
is
seri-
ously ill, that his throat is
inflamed
and
his fever high, caused
by
over
exertion.
Vienna, ‘April4th.—~The
Austrian
Govt.
has
notified
the
Hungarian
Govt.
that
unless
an early
time
is_set
for the
cer-
tain
departure
of
ex-Emperor
Charles
the Austrian
Govt.
will cancel
his
safe
conduct.
This
notification
has
evoked
a promise
from
Hungary
that
Emperor
Charles
will leave
the
country within 48
hours
from Sunday night.
Paris,
April Ist. —Resolutions
demand-
~
ing the
arrest
of Count Andrassy,
a
sup-
porter of
former
Emperer
Charles,
and
‘
General
Lehar,
Governor
of
West
Hun-
gary,
have
been
adopted
by
the
Hunga-
rian National Assembly,
it
. is reported
to
newspapers
here.
A Prague
despatch
to
.
the
Petit
Parisien
state
that Dr. Henes,
Foreign
Minister
to Uzecho-Slavakia,
has
-
declared
that if former Emperor
Charles
~does
not leave Hungary
before
April 7th
~
the
little ‘‘Entente’’ will
intervene.
A
~
Vienna
despatch
says
ithe
Hungarian
.
Govt.
has fixed August
12th
as
the
date
-
upon
which
a King will be elected.
;
Paris,
April 4th.— Official
circles
are
.
extremely
well pleased
over
the
United
.
States
Gevt’s.
declaration
concerning
-
Germany’s
war
responsibility.
Such
.
a declaration
was
anticipated,
but
the
French
feel
that the
United
States
view=
-
could
not
be
more
ciearly
expressed
'
nor more
to the liking of the French
peo-
ple.
The
French
Govt.
is
also
highly
.
satisfied
over
the
splendid
reception
.
which
has
been
given
to M.
Viviani
in
'
the United States.
|
Trin dad,April sth.—At
the Inter-colo-
'
npial
Education
Conference
now
being
'
held
in
Camera,
the
following resolu-
.
tions were passed
at yesterday’s
meeting:
.
1.
That this Conference
strongly
recom-
|
mends
the
passing
of
an
ordinance
in
.
each
West
Indian
colony
for
the
pur-
,
pose
of enforcing
compulsiory
eduecation
.
and
that
compulsios
be
gradually
en-
{
forced,
beginning
first
in
Urban
dis-
|
tricts.
2.
That
in the
opinion
of
this
.
conference
child
labour
during
the
'
school
going
age
is
undesirable
in
the
.
interests
of
education,
and
should
be
'
made
the subject
of legislation.