beliaved are too long. Further, behind the strike, the committee found, was "‘a considerabic e'ement, of revolutico- ary Radicalism, of which it is said theve is no question but that William Foster, Secretary ol che general strike committee, was a leader, Washingt)n, Nov. 10th.—Solemn warn- ing was given the United Mine Workers of AAmeriea tonight by Attorney General Palmer, that resolutions of conventioas and orders of officers of organizations, are not above the law.. A formal coal strike was announced by the At- toriiey General while officers of inhe micers organization at (ndianapo.s were struggiing with the question how to answer che courts blunt and per- emptlory command to rescind the strike order. Desecribing the strike as a plain violation of a Federal stutute, Mr. Palmer, speaking wirth the authori.y of tane Government, announced tnat all the pover of the United Staes would be used o enforce the manda e of the ecourcs. Alithougn o 0 refercnce was mad- in the Atiorney Generals statement to iie proanincement of organized labour sup oriing e ainers and d2mandirg the withdrawval of injunction procee:i- ings, it was evident that Mr Pualmer hed that document in mind. Oificcal Wasa- ington, accepiad his declarato to meen that the refusal of the miners to cane:l their strike order would mean a fizot to tne diitter end Indianapolis, Nov. llth.—Tae Urited Mine Workers of America, through lis general comiudiie, decided today Lo obey the rlaaadate f aistricc judge snderson, which mean: the reail of the order fcr a strike of 425,000 bituminous coal miner s of the nation, the decision was reached at 4 10 tnis morning atter move than sev enten hours discussion. The conference then adjoarnad un il cwo o’clock this al- ternoon. {,cadon, Nov. 10:h.—Tne Empire press meeting provisionaily suggested ghat re- prescatation at thz press confefce (o bo hoid in Canada next year goud b divided as follows. Australia rree) deleraces. New Zealand eignt. oui. Atfrica pine. India six, including four Anzlo Indians and ¢wo Vernacular press representatives., The proposel repie sentation fron Great Britain is Northern newsvapers 2ight, svuthern four, lrish four Sectottisn silx, also one each frowm the institute of Journalists and the Na- tiona! Union ot Journalists. This leaves sizte=n places stili to be filled. 'he £m- pire press union suggests that the Daily Hera:d, whicn is a newspaper represent- ing the exireme labour view poinis, should be in¢iuded. Further representa- tion suggested, is one delegate each irom Ceylon, Malay Pepinsular, West Indies and tae far east. Washington, Nov. 10th. —Plans of the union of Russ'an workers to bring about an overthrow of. the Government 8. R Mg 4 N 15 ' throughout America was revealed in . documents seized in the nation wide raids of Federal authorities on Friday and Saturday night, and made public by Assistant Atorney General Garvan. With the Government overthrown and every- thing wiped from the earth that is a - reminder of the right of private owner- | ship of property, the Russian workers, aceording to their manifes:o '‘loocked for- - waid to the magnificent, be utfu formu- i ;:(1 withou: a God, wirhout a mas:er and | {ree of authority. The documents and | publications obizined in rvaids, officials | . said today, are of the mi st inflamma- | tory nature and make no e¢ffort to eon- | ceal the union’s proyramm> of destruc- | tion and manner to achieve its end. : Much of the material maude pubiic is of | such a nature as to cause ordinarily any | newspaper reprinting it tobe barred frcm ‘ 19ae inails. lbundon, Nov 11'h.—The West [ndia } committee has issuad an anp=al for con- | tributions towards an endowmen: tund { of at least £2OOOO to provide develup- | ment "\V«’)i‘i{tor the West iadies 1n maay | directions. Seven ii]w?:uui Ive hgndred | and eighty nine poundS hav:aireaiy been | subseribed. | London, Nov. 11th.—Mr. H. A Coiter, ' Deputy chairman of ihe West India com- ' mittee, sinze May 1917 has oeen selecied - by Ih:—}.cnur! of directors as eputy oov- . ernor of the Bank of Knuzland. | London, Nov.llth.—fhe House of Lords committe, which has been conduct- | ing an enquiry into allegztions that . girls of the woman’’ Koyal Air Foice | Sorvice, at the Hurst Park Camp, bad | not always conducted tnemseives proper- ly. concluded its work tocay. Lord - Wrenbary, the chairman, announced that - the co'u mittee unanimousiy fonnd the alle- gations of immorzlicy absoiu ely unsup ~ poried by any of tne testimony present- ei. Tne House oi Lords today rejectod ti:e clause in the bill for "he removal o Bix qualificptions, wnich wouid permit women %o sit in the House of Lords, The clawse in the form of an anendment was added to the bill by tbe Louse ot Commons. Dublin, Nowv. ,ilth.—lne sinn Fein Parliament was raided by the authorities and nine membegs of it wera arrvesied. Thnose taken in custody incladed O. W. G. wiahoney, J. Hayes and ‘rank CLaw- iess, Sinn Fein members o the Sritish Eouse (f Commons. Many documents were seized by the raiders. Washington, November 11 .a.—rlaving forced the miers to call off ri.e coal strike the Government set out i(oday to help them negotiatea new wuape agre-ment. Aiter the announcemen: nat JFederal judge Anderson =t Inditnanniis bad av proved of the order by the United mine workers of America rescindi g the strike notice, Secretary Wilshn Irvited repre- sentatives of the miners and op2ra- trrs from all the fields ilnvolved in the walkout to meet here on Friday” for the purpose of negotiating a basis for setttlement. “"The miners accepted. Mr. Wilson had received no formal reply from the operators, but was unofficially advised that they would comply with lis request. The Secretary was assured by the opera- tor and miners that they would endea. vour faithfully to frame a pay secale that would send the 425,000 strikers back to work willingly an i atonce. Mr. Thcemas T. Rrewster, head of the operators asso- ciation of the Centra! Competitive field. who arrived here during the day from Se T ouis, to take an active hand in the situa- tion, made publie tonight in a telegran; to Mr. lewis, acting President of the Miners Organization urging 'pron pt re- sumption ¢f negotiations.”’ NEW YORK. Nov. 12th 1919. Flour, Biendad Clear St. Lawrence !rand pr. bl 811 .00 Meai, Kiindried per 100tbs $3.80 New Season’s Pork per brl. $45.00 Heavy Mess Pork per obl. $46.50 Sugar---Crystais (Confirmed by Brokers) per 100 Ibs. $7.28. Molasses B)” test pr 120 Ibs. no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at i.iverpool per b, 24 80-100 d. rixchange, New York and l.ondon. 6y days’ sight $4.10 kixchange New York and London, sight bl LONDON, Nov. 12th 1919. Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. ixed by the Royal Comniission per ewts 665. od. -965. od, Muscovado, 89°/- basis, floating terms in bond, Ditto duty paid. 635. 3d. Blls. od. German Beet 88~ /¢ 1.0.b. no further sale- during vhe war : Java 90~/ Gibraltaror Channel for Urders foating terms, no quotations. Demerara Eum, per gal. nominal. I'rimdad Cocoa, Good Middiing Red por ewt 120 Ud. 1308 od. Cotto. Medium {'ine Sea Island, at Liv ¢roool nominal per b, Bank of England rate of Disecunt per cend 6. . Consols &0 . Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 61.05 Aliprices subjeet to correction. , Cacao Compe. ition. ‘f'acobjec orthis competition is also detaniad{- the 4gri- cultural Department report 1916-17. and is to improve the general condition o bearin cacao plantaiions among the peasants. [t is open for a perind of one year (0 persons owning noi more than 20 acres of land. : The number of persons who culered this competitien was eleven. 'T'he plotg were visited, and cuitural instru«tion gjy- en to:the growers on the spot in the same way as was done in the Lime ecowm- petition. Eight " these growers worked in 4 more or less satisfactory manner ihrongh- out the competition. —Agricultural News.