ter
announced
in
the
House this after-
noon that Mr. E.
M. Mc Donald, member
for Pictou,
had been
sworn in as member
for the Privy
Council for Canada.
Mr.
Mc
Donald
took his
seat
on
the
front
Government
bench.
. Mrs Mec Donald is
now
a
member
of the
Cabinet without
portfolio.
:
.
Dublin, April
12th.—Six
columns
of
Free State troops,
under
General
Prout,
are scouring
the mountains in
Tipperary
for Eamonn DeValera,Dan
Breen and the
other republican
adherents
who escaped
the
national
troops
when
Liam
Lynch
was fatally
wounded
and
captured
the
day before yesterday.
This
operation
is
the best
organized
effort
y&t
made
to
eapture
De
Valera.
The area
in which
the
troops
areé oparatingis very moun-
tainous,
and little
information regarding
their
operations
is
coming
through.
Thos. Keating,
one of the
Southern
Irre-
‘gular- leaders,
died
today
from
his
.wounds
in
the
Dungarvon
Hospital.
Keating,
with a party of Irregulars,
was
surprised
by
troops
operating
at
Cool-
nasmear,
near Dungarvon,
County Water.
ford.
The
Irregulars
were
fired upon,
Keating receiving
amortal
wound.
He
was
one of the most
active of the
South-
ern Irregulars.
London,
April
12th.—The
agreement
with
Canada
under the
Empire
settle-
ment
scheme
of
emigration
Las
been
signed
by
the
[Cuke
of Devonshire,
in
his
capacity
of Colonial Secretary,
but
the
terms
have not been
disclosed.
Mr.
W. J.
Black, Deputy
Minister of
Immi-
gration. for Canada,
who
has
been
here
in
connection
with
the
negotiations
be-
tween
the
Canadian
andßritish
Govern-
ments
for
the
emigration
of residents
of
this country
to
the
Dominion,
sailed
today
for
home.
With
refergnce
tc
the
outcome
of
the
negotiations
Lieut.
Col.
Albert
Buckley,
Secretary
of
the
Department
of
Overseas
Trade, §in
reply
to
a
question
in
the
House
of
Commons
on Monday,
said
he hoped
it
would
be possible
to
make
a
statement
before
Mr.
Black
returned
to
Canada.
The Canadian
Press
understands
that the
agreement
provides for the
immigration
of children
up to
the
number
of 5,000
under
14 years,
4,000
women
and
in ad-
dition married families
to
the
extent of
3,000 people.
These numbers
are to con-
stitute
the
maximum
of emigrants
for
the first year.
The agreement
is renew-
able annually.
It is understood
that the
“Salvation Army is ready
to fend
to Cana-
da 2.000 women and 1,000 children forth-
“with,.
.
A
.
+ Rome -Aprit-12th.—The
Ipternational
- Olympic Committee decided today that it
~would be inopportune
to invite Germans
to 'take part
in
the Olympic games
at
Paris next year..
Therequest
from the
‘Russian expatriates
that
they be admit-
-18 to
the.
games
as
a separate
entity,
distinct
from
any.
team
from
Soyviet
Russia,
was
denied,
but
hope
was ex-
pressed- that
soon -all the Russians
would
ST
LBV AV IS
be able
to
participate,
Before
the
war
three Germans had
places
on
the
Inter-
n: tional Committee.
These
men
would
ha.e
had the right
to sit
at the present
sessions,
but all three
of them
died dur-
ing the war.
Nc move
will be made
to
fill their places before
the
next
games.
It
was
decided,
however,
that
Austria
migl . parti"icpate.
Rules
for regulating
the particip.tion
of women
in the games
were
deferred for discussivn
at the meet-
ing to be held in Prague
in %Q?é.‘ffinland
was awarded
the Olympic Cup_far
mak-
ing
the
greatest
progress in athletics
since
' ‘the last
games.
" The
committee
decided
to acce pt no
more
challenge
cups
for competition
i1
the
games.
London,
Apri
13th.—=Great
Britain
purposes
enteripn,
an
(nergetic protest
against
the
granting
by
the
Turkish
Nationalists
of--eertain
concessions
in
Anpatolia
to
United
States
interests,
headed
by
Admiral
Chester,
if
these
concessions
are
found
to
embrace
the
Mosul
oil Fields,
it
was
declared
here
today.
It
is generally
behevedin
Lon-
don that in its
present
form the’ Chester
agreement
with the Tui«s differs materi-
ally from
the
original
Turco-American
convention,
although
no
exact -detail
have
been
received
from Constantinop’ |,
British
information is
that
the
pres
¢t
United
States
plan
is
concerned
ch’
..y
with
the
opening
up of Anatolia
by
an
extensive railway system
and the
grant-
ing,
as payment,
of property rights
upon
a large scale.
In_view of the official pro-
test
already
made
by
France
against
these
-commitments
to
United
States
citizens,
as being
in
contravention
of the
Franco-Turkish
railway and
-orts
agree-
ment of
1914,
it
is
cor
.ered
certain
tne
whole
subject
will bg
aired
at
the
aporoaching
peace
conference
at
Lau-
afile.
Paris,
April
13th.—France
is
prepar-
ing to protest
ta the
Near
East
Confer-
ence,
when
its sessions
‘are
resumed
at
lLausanne
on April 23rd,
acains®
the
con-
cessions
recently ratified by
the
Turkish
National
Assembly
in
favour
of
the
United States
interests
headed
by
Rear
Admiral Chester.
‘lhe Government
has
already handed
the
Turks,
through
its
High
Commissioner
at
Constantinople,
a note setting forth its objections
in
de-
tail.
The note contends
that the conces-
sions
granted
the Americans. yiolate
a
Franco-
Turkish
agreement
reached
in
1914. In that year the Turks were given
permission
to fluat
a lvan inParis_ in
re-
turn for a written
gonvention
in which
they
engaged
themselves
to
permit
French companies
to_pursue
certain
de-
velopments.
A
i
Lonavn, April 14th,—Despatches
from
India report
trouble at
Amritsar where
serieus
disturbances
occurred
in
1919.
The present
unrest is attributed
to
ten-
sion between
the Hindus and “Mghamme-
dans,
as
a
result
of proselyting.activi-
ties on the part of both.
A riot occurred
en
Wednesday,
in which
a
score
of .per-
sons
were
injured
and
British
troops
were called
to support the police.
Street
fighting
between
the:
rival
factions
against
broke
out
yesterday.
British
cavalry
and
armoured
cars
have
been
brought from
Lahore
to
strengthen
the
local troops.
-
Nome,
Alaska,
April 13th. —Captain
Amundsen-expacts
to
leave
here
today
by Dog Team for Wainwrizht,
on the
Ar-
tic Ocean,
500 miles north
of here
in pre-
paration
for an’ attempt
to
fly
over
the
north pole to Norway.
Captain Amuncsen
plans
to
fly from
Wainwright
to Point
Barrow,
75 miles
north
of Wainwright,
in the
plane
that
he
left at Wainwright
throughout
the winter,
with Lieut. Oscar
Omdal,
aviator
and
to stop
off at Point
Barrow for the leap over the pole.
London,
April
13th.—The
Bishop
of
London
is trying
to solve
the problem of
the-city churches,
which
ave
so
sparsely
attended,
by
establishing
a
~grand
jury’’ to
try
them
in
the
London
dio-
cesear
magazine,
the
Bishop
says
this
grand jury will regresent
every po:sitle
interest
and
that its
c¢onsent
will be
ne-
cessary
befo e
any
churches
are
pulled
down.
The chief
purpose
of his propo-
sal
is to
consolidate
some
of
the
forty-
seven
churches,
economizing
in
both
money
and
man power.
Dublin,
April
13th.—The
arrest
of
Count
Plunkett
by
Free
State
troops
is officialy confirmed.
Itis
believed that
the
report
of
the
arrest
of
Countess
Markievicz and
Mary Mag Sweeney
is
al-
-80 accurate,
Berlin,
April
13th.—French
cavalry
patrols
have
crossed
the
border
of the
territoey hitherto unoceupied,
near Hamm
according
to
a despateh
received
by
the
Achtuhr Abendblatt
from its correspond-
ent in the Ruhr.
He
adds
that
itis not
known
whether
this
move
is preliminary
to
an
actual
extension
of
the occupied
area.
Riga,
April
13th.—A
great
memorial
service
has
been arranged
to
take
place
tomorrow
for Viecar-general
Butehkaviteh
of Russia,
who was executed
by the
Sov-
iet Government.
_
London.
April
13th.—The
building
trades union federation,
whick up
to the
present has
argued
that
the
employers
terrns violate the
existing
agreement,
has
now
decided
to
ballot
the
men
on
the subject
of submitting
the
whole
is-
sue
to arbitration.
:
Riga,
April 13th.—Reports
from
an
authoritative
source
are
that
the
third
international
is
trying
to effect
a series
of ''‘putches’’
(revolts)
in
Germany,
with the intention
of establishing
socia-
list
Governments.
The
corn
which the
Russians sent
to
the
Ruhr,
extensibly
for the workmen,
ic described
in
the
re-
ports
as intended
to
form
a
socialist
re-
serve fund,
‘‘thus proving
Trotzky’s
re-
cent
declaration
that
during
Kurope’s
revolutionary upheaval
Russia
will feed
Europe.”’