It :was a guestion in which any action must:: depewd upon that of other nations and as other countries continued to de- velop «this mattér of warfare the safety of:the:British fighting services. would be . seriohisly -jeopardized by lack of similar developiments here. The subject he added, would of course have to be recon- sidéred when .the League of Nations made:its:< expected pronouncement. chemi¢al:-research as related to dye- stuffs is one that has been greatly agi- tated cin &séetien of the press since the W&e subject was not' men- . tiomad in cohnection with the interroga- tion'today. It had beeb agreed that Germany;by her exténsive dyestuff fac- toriea and her enormous chemical re sources for ithe purposes of chemical warfare and it has been contended that Great Britain gught therefore to develop her dyestuff industryte the utimost. London; 'Nov. “16th.—The House of . Lords today read the Home Rule Bill for vthe?nt tire. A S i SR " New: ¥York,:Nov: 13th.—The market ‘for-rawsugar is agkin demoralized, weak and declining.c2Af the‘slose of Thursday -the.'Bpot :priée was: 7.20c. - duty paid. Yesterday ‘motning there .was bukmess at .a-3c. “declingiand stilllater another deciime -of ‘a-e reported. - The early sales ‘include 1,600 bags San - Domingo’s afloat; @ Bic.-eff‘ahd 5:000 bags Porto Rieo’s, prompt sshipment, @ 6.77c. cif, both transactions tobe federal. Later _ there:-was a sale'of ?‘,booo;bags Porto Rico’s, due omorbefore Nov.21st, @ 6.51c. cif, equivalent to?e{?seuba' s, bie. for full:dnty paying sugars and g duty paid at 8blo:, a new lowrecord for the seas- on.%. Ak the closedf the niarket further aiiagige .at these m:ius remained un- Atheil Nov, 16th.—Premier Venize- los’ Cabinet vesigned ‘early today and Admital: Coundouriotis, the regent of _Greece, has sent forM. Rhallis, to whom n iséage'et‘ed ‘willbe entrusted the form- ation of & new ministry. M.Rballis had refused to undertake the task ard it was believed that formier Premier Gournaris wonid head the new Government. ‘New -York,Nov. 16th.~~The Weather Bureay kexqmda& issued the following storm warniong: “Northwest storm warn- ing 9.30'a; m; Cape May, N. J., to East Port Maine. Southera storm increasing rapidly- in intensity and moving north- ward. Increasing northeast winds, -be- coming ‘gales with -raip- ¢vd- probably snow.of: New Englaod sud middle Atlan- tic coast; ©Dangerousfor all shipping. Genoa, *Nov; 168, ~M. Hymans of Belgium - was gledted -pormanent Presi- dent of‘the m&‘m\'&‘""at the - first seasivn; ;,..; 86 vétes, to 4 votes-for Preside i’Motta’ of -Switzer- of Swatgériand, -and M-Beurgeois of ' Frasts SMSatrid_were representod &M he mesting. - Canada s delegation 1s compesad-ofSir ‘George Foster, Mr.” C. st CRUEX A'Vil S J. Deherty ‘and”N.“W. Rowell. South Afrs#d was ‘représentea by Lord Robt. Céeil, wiiowas pot selected by Mr. Lloyd George as" ond-of Britain's representa- tives. The: Ugfidd; States was not re- presented officialfy,but throughout .the session there “will-be present Uniled States obsérvérs who willkeép Washing- ton tully informed of developments. Lisbon, Portugal, November 16th. ‘'he Portuguese Cabinet has. resigned. - Paris, Nov. 16th.—Reports' that Pre- mier Venizelos met defeat in the elec- tions “held on Sunday came. as an‘ un- pleasant surptise te Paris, Newspapers here agree that Great Britain and pro- bably France will forbid the return of former King Constantine to Greece. Hope :8 expressed ?‘f’ert?nax”' politi- cal editor of: the-Echo de Paris, that even a compromise of-placing Prince George, th%s@ son of ‘Constantine on the throne will® not' bé sanctioned by the Entente. * Most widters fear the’ result of the eleetion,“if*#t brings about the tall ‘ot M.VenizZelod; will 'stil further complicate ihe al_i'é'dtfy‘di?ict?t situation inTHe'Nole Fh7 7 s . London, Nov. 16th.—Great _Britain, - France "and thé Unitéd- States have through their- dinbassadors expressed satistaction” with tHe settlement of the Adriati¢ question “feached at Rapallo, {laty); last week; Premier Giolitti of lialy‘announced at a Cabinet meeting yes- terday, says a despateh from the Stefaui News® Agerncy, a sethi-official Jrganiza- Fitime, Nov. *I6BB. —The hostility of- - U’Annunzig, insurgent lalian - commander at Fiume, tothe settiément of the Adriatic Qué‘s"‘tji{ipreached between italyand Jugo Slavid'at Rapalio was an- nounced tbday at a® session of “the Rec- torsioi the Fiume Kegency, summoned by the- commander:” The reasons why the settlement was objectionable were set forth in'a commuticaticn, which says, “The Government oofthe [tzhanjßegency’ of Quarneru is unable o fecognize the’ right of the delegates ‘whomet at Rapallo tc determine the confines of the Regency without the admissioni of deiegates from that Regency. T.e Regency therefore de- cides that the findings o1 the Rapallo Conference are ”-un;afpeptablg and ille- gal”’. Meanwhile D’Anninzio is calling councils of war anG, proceeding with the- occupation ‘of ter‘rito;x’i’.ceded to the Jugo- Siavs by the Rapallg agreement. . - Paris, Nov. 16th.—Soldiers ot Gabriele - D'Anvunzjo. have taken possession of thie cuasi #d MonnyLuban 10 the east of Fiumé, ‘says s Romie despatch today. ‘quoting the Fiume correspondentof the "“‘Messagéro’”. The troops, says the des- pakeh, have occupiedall localities of the didtrict of Castua :without struggle or incidenc .« o T : . NEW' YORK, 16th Nov. 1920. . ilour, Blengad Clears St. Lawrence Irand e p ey BN BOEL. . ‘Meai, Kilndried pei 100 fbs $2.50 New Season’s Pork per bréé{szog g Heavy Mess Pork per bb1:"532,0¢6 ° Sugar---Crystals maximum per jsgo?ibs Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upland, at Liverpool per ih. 14 15-100d. Exchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $3.864 Exchange New York and London, sight 4 $3.404 LONDON, Nov. 16th 1920. * Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll- ed price. duty paid 1295. 9d. " Demerara Crystals free of con- - trol, dyty paid, 78s. -83 s. ‘** Moscovado Govt. co*';trolleg(??ce,' duty paid, 1245, 9d. o 2 free oi contro! duty paid S 5 fine Tos. . German Beet 88°/¢ f.o.b. no sales. : White Java sugar. cif United Kingdom nominal 80s. od. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red wo- minal per cwt 80s. od. o - Coftst Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv- erpool per |b. nominal’ © i - Bank ofEngland rate of Discount’ per Consols 441. ' O Three per cent rents in-Paris Fews: 55.25. All prices subjecet to correetion. “EPIGRAMS AND WITTY SAYINGS.™ When a poor man marries a rich girl ‘everybody knows that be married B?% her money. But when a poor girl mar- ries a rich man she married him for”m: How romantiel 1! woil v Tle About the only thing that you can gef - for the asking vow-a-dags is trouble; and’. you don’t have to go far for shat. ° - Without woman the world would be a° poor place indeed. = Quite so, but withoyt man to advance -the money the’wopld would be completely bankrupt. Divorce is getting to be so much m: vogue that soon we can expzet to héar of “‘Divorce Coupons’’. Alas! Alack! A “good thing vever lasts. .™" .o y 43 S § 35 s . Whena wgmgn calls you-a fool ‘you¢an'* rest«-.assure& doesn’t mean- it. It’s only-oneof hér numerous ways ofpaying. .. compliments. s S G ~ On a busy day- when yourwife ealls you ‘‘dearie’’, ete. -about tha@; way to get it over is to ask her how much she wants angd open up your¢ When-a girl cares for a mah she mkes him believe: that he is. nwm~ But when. she batesa man s '}WZ tells him so. and :she doesn’t mince mat- ters neither. N hmre .