the
new
conditious’’.
General
Smuts,
in
the
course
oi
this
interview,
appar-
ently
made
no
statement
concerning
the present
poiitical
sitaation
.in
Sonth
Africa.
Berlin,
June
3rd.—The
‘‘Tagebiatt”
pu -lishes,
under
reserve,
sensational
reports
of
a
concencration
of Bavarian
treops
in
the neighbourhood
of Potsdam,
and
that. Prince
August
of
Prussia,
fourth
son
of
ehe
formerg Emperor,
is
playing a conspicuous
pari
in the
move-
ment.
It
also
publishes
a
rumour that
the
autnorities
intended
on
Sunday
to
arrest
anti-Pacifists
and
a
number
or
prominent
members
oi
the
Lefi Party.
Mexico
City,
June
3rd.
One-third
of the
houases
in Vera Cruz
wili be
barn-
»d because
of the
bubon:e
plague,
it
has
peen
decided
by
tae
citizens of that eity,
according
to
the ''Bxcelsior’’ today.
Londoa,
Juaaz
4:h
--The
renswai
oi
tune
Anzio-Japancs=2
Alliance
1s
being
snarpiy
=crigiciz>]
by
the
Augstralian
Press,
says
tine
Meiboucsns
despaten
to
the
txenaange
(leiegrapn
Compay.
It
i 3 suggestad
chat
the
ierms
of
the
alli-
auce
snouid
inciude
a
provision
whaiceh
would prevant
Great
Britain from
being
dragged
into
a
possible
war
between
China and
Japan,
and
the
newspapers
tnere
are
Insisting
upon the rignt of Aus-
Lrabians
w contrui
doumestic i€gisiatio.
Vancouver,
B. C.,
June
3rd.—-M. Pain-
live
of
France
arrived
here
yesterday
morning
en
route
to
China.
‘'Tae
ob-
ject
of
my
mission’’,
he
said,
"‘is
to
bring Cuina
and france
closer
together.
We
wiil act
as
technical
and
inteliectual
guides
for the
Uhinese
and
in
turn
we
will taie
back
some
of
China’s culture’’.
He
is accompaniad
by prominent
French
educational
and
technical
representa-
(lves.
;
Vienna, June
4iih.—7The Austrian
Govt,
has
asked
Hungary
for
an
immediate
explanation ofa monarchial
plot
which
has
been
discovered
in
development
on
cne Hungarian
side
oi ths Eastern
fron-
cier.
it
1s regarded
as
the
most
serious
pioet
yet
uncovered,
The
reply
of the
Hungarian
Govt.
1s
awaited
with
keen
anxiety,
as
it is believed
the plot
threat-
ens the
peaceful
relations
between
the
two countries.
Washington,
June 4th.
—lrish
suppor-
ters
were
contfronted
yesterday
in
the
House
wich
a
refusal
by
the speaker
to
grant
the
floor
1o
any
member
for the
purpose
of
calling
up
a
resolution
ex-
pressing
sympathy
for Ireland,
because
of
lack
of
time.
The
resolution
had
been
favourably
reported
by
the
for-
eign
affairs
committee
and
had
been
turned
over
to
Representative
Ma-
son, Republican
of Illinois,
who
was
to
handie
it oa
the floor,
Mr. Mason,
ina
letter
to
the
Chairman
of
the
Foreign
Atfairs C mmitiee,
in
returning
the
re-
solution,
said
the
speaker
nad informed
him that
he or nobody
else
would be
al-
lowed
to bring
up
the
resolutior.
[he
House
is
speeding
up
business
undera
s
LU ROIL
X
A VIS
suspension
of the rules
and
as result
the
speaker
is in
absolute
control of the sit-
uation.
New
York,
June
4ih.--Professor
De
Valera,
President
of the
so-called
Irish
republic,
yesterday
gave
up
his
apart-
ments
1n the
Waldorf Astoria
Hotel
and
leparted
for the West
for the first time
since
he magle
his
headquar.ers
at
the
Waldorf.
Ottawa,
June
4th. —ln the long history
of the Rideau
Hall
Garden
Fetes,
that,
was
given
yest®day
by
the
Dukeend
Duchess
of Devonshire
in honour of their
Sovereign’s
birthday,
will: always be
re-
membered
as
one
of
the
largest,
happi-
est
and
most
brilliant of
its
kind.
Over
three
thousand
invitations
to
the
Fete
were issued
and
among
those
who
at-
tended
were
a number
of
the
Delegates
from the
West
Indies,
who
are
here
1
conier with the Dominion
Govt.
~
London,
June
4th.—Persian
officials
here
announce
that there
s
no
truth
in
the recent
reports
that
Bolshevik
forces
had occupied
Teheran.
Berne,
Ja:ae
4th.—According
to
Ukra
nian
officiai despatches
eighty-seven
Bo!l-
--shevik
Emissaries
and
Uommissioners,
who were
taken
prisoners
by
Galicians
and Ukranians,
were
condemned
to death
and
shot,
it
being
alleged
that
they
tad
Comimitied
~Xiraordinairy
atrociiies
against
the population.
Melbourne,
June
4th.
-The
Prince
of
Wales
was
given
an
enthusiastic
wel
come
on his arrival nere
today,
when
he
drove eight miles through
the gaily deco-
rated
streets
of the city
the
route
being
lined by vast
c¢rowds.
London,
June
5 h.—A
wireless
des-
patch
from
Berlin,
received
here
last
night, reports
encounters
between
Ger-
man
and
Xrench
soldiers
at
Liegnitz,
Silesia, which
resulted
1
a number
on
both sides
being injured.
Pekin,
June
bth.—China
has
sent
a
note to
Great
Britain protesting
against
the
renewal
of
the
Anglo-Japanese
al-
llance
without
China having
been
first
consulted.
Vera Cruz,
Mexico, June
sth—Six
new
cases
of bubonie
plague
were
discovered
here
yesterday.
:
NEW
YORK,
June
ld4th
1920.
Flour,
tlencdad
Clears St. Lawrence !rand
pr. brl.
$14.00
Meal, &ilndried per
100 Ibs $4.60
New
Season’s
Pork
per brl. $42.00
Heavy Mess Pork
per bbl. $42.00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
lbs
$20.07.
Molasses
Sugar
89°
test,
no
guotation.
Cotton,
Middling Upiand,
at
i.dverpooi
:
per
Ib. 27 36--100 d.
mxchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
- days’
sight $3.89
Exchange
New
York and
London,
sight
$3.93%
LONDON, June
14th
1920.
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals,
(iree
of Govt.
con‘rol) duty paid
per
c¢wt. 1455,
od.
150s.
od.
Sugar
Muscovado,
(free
of Govt. control
price for June) duty paid per
ewt.
1425. 9d
German
Beet 88°/. f.o.b.
no
sales.
White
Java
sugar
cif United
Kingdom
115s. od.
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good Middling Red
pe
ewt
130s, od.
1355.
od.
:
Cotte
Medium Fine
Sea
Island,
at Liv
erpool per
Ib. nominal
‘Bank
of
England
rate
of Discount
per
cent.
1.
Consols
47.
Three per
cent
rentes
in Paris
Fes.
56.75.
Moscovado
Govt.
controlled
prices
so
June
duty paid
1375.
9d.
Moscovado
free
of
Govt.
control
duty
paid
110s.
od.
120s.
od.
THE ILLICIT BSTILL,
NEVER
STOPS
AND NEVER WIL?I,
But,Courts
and
Fines
and
Durance
Vije
Give Some
a Chance
to Rest
a While.
The
Federal
Court
this
week
took
cognizance
of some
50 cases
of violations
of the prohibition
laws,
the
majority
of
them
being
for
the
running
of
illicit
stills, while the remainder
were
for
un.
lawtul
selling
and
transportation
of
liquor.
Os
40
infurinations
presented
to
the
court,
ten
defendants
peaded
guilty
and
were
sentenced
with
fines
of
$lO
and
costs
to
SSO
and
costs,
including
sentences
of 30
days
inprisonment
and
cost, while
one defendant
was
sentenced
tc
30
days
imprisonment
for
contempt
of
court
by
offering
false
testimony.
The remaining
cases
in
which
pleas
of
not
guilty
were
offered
will
be
tried
during June
and July.
These
complainis
came
from all.parts
of
the
island
and
were for offences
committed
during
the
last
three
months.
There
are
many
other
cases
of
viola.
tion of the
liquor laws
upon
which
the
U.
8.
Commissioner
has
not
yet
filgli
reports.
According
to
the
Commissioner,
the
fines
imposed
are
Jdighi
ior
the
reason
that
the
law
intended
light
sentences
for
first
oftences.
The
penalties
{or
subsequent
offences
are
more
severe.
Porto Rico Progress,
June
4th.
THE EASIER REPLAZED.
M. A~|
am
going
to
gei
a
di
voree.’’
Mrs
B— &an't
you
pet
along
with
your
husband?”’
Mrs.
A— Yes,
but
the
cook
cap’t”
Boston Transeript.
—lbid.
A FINAL ARGUMENT
Sh‘:‘ ([(Jd(‘“[is'
lUV(:l')"‘”M(l[h(‘»l' will
not believe
that
1
come
here
abou:
my
teeth
so often.’”’
He ~*''l
will send
her
a bill tomorrow
’
[bid.