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enter azain into o wotiations with the the Entente’’. Heisingfors, Mareh -17 ch. ~Kronstadt has surizadered (0 the Soviat forees. This announcement is made by the Re- volutionary Committee of Kronstadt, which has arrived in {iniand :accom panied bhv 800 soldiers. Before retreat ing tfrom Kronstadt the revolutionists bl-w up the warships Petropavlovsk and Szbastopdl. General Koslovski, leader of.the revolufionists, has also arrived in Finland. Havana, March 17th. —The first game for the chess championship of the world between Jose Casablanca of Cuba and Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Germany, resulr- ed i a draw last night after 50 moves. The game was nlayed on two successive nights covering a period of four hours and two hcurs and forty-five minutes respeetively. Play will be resumed to- morrow night. Ruenos Aires, March 18th. —tor the first time since 1914 the pound sterling was yesterday quoted at a premium in the exchange market here. The cable rate on tondon closed yesterday at 46-58 which was equivaleni to a premium on the pound amounting to two per ceut, New York Mareh 17th. -The raw su- oa. market was un~hanged early today. Caban grades are more or less nominal. There were sales of various full duty sugars afloat at 6.97 for centrifugals. Refined was steady at 8 cents for fine granulated. [utures opened irregular at 3 points advance ‘0 4 decline, but sub- stantiaily eased off uader increased offer- ings from outs:de sources Prices at midday were 7 points net lower for active positions. Condon, Mareh 17th.- Introducing the naval estimates in the House of Com- mons today Sir James Craig, the Secre- tary of the Admiralty, emphasized the economics effected, which, he said, was not a matter for the Admiralty, buta policy which the government had deli- berately adepted. Lord Lee. First Lord of the Admiralty, in his speech of yes- terday had done his utmost, the Secre- tary, declared, not exactly to hold out the olive branch to the United Stetes, but at all events to show that ‘‘in our policy we are not confining ourselves en- tirely to his maintenance of the one power standard, a highly efficient one sueh as would maintain the old tradi- tions of the British Navy’’. In order to- effect further economics said, Sir James, arrangements have been made to restrict to the greatest possible extent consistent with efficiency, the steaming of the various squadrons, and if political conditions did not make such calls upon the navy as to prevent this, it was in- tended to reduce'the full allowances to a degree which would enable the Admi- raity to show a saving of 900,000 pounds. Besides rep acing iour obsolete vessels with new capital ships of the Hocd class embodving all the lessons of the war, the g1 Bt 1& & VIB Admiralty propose to build a submarine mine layer c¢ombining all the latest de- velopmants. The views of the navy staff cezarding the capital ships as the units of sea-power remained unchanged. [f th» House of Commons authorizeda vote of 2,500,000 pounds for the new ships, said the Secratary, all four would be laid down in the next tweive months, but it would be impossible to get very far forvard with them until late in the Autumm, and §rhere would be not any supplementary estimates. Aircraft, he asserted, were more dangerous to the submarines than the battleship. For instanee, although the Allies had five days in which t) bomb t e German cruis- er Goeben when she struck a mine at Gallipoli they only managed to hit her twica, Paris, March 17th.—The decisions of the London reparations conferznce, the occupation of Dusseldort and o her Ger- man cities. and the application of the Allied economie penalties were approv- ed by the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon by a vote that was practical- ly unanimous, except for the Socialists and Communists. The vote as officially given out was 491 to 66. New York, March 18th.-—General Per- shing, speaking be‘ore a crowd which nackea .‘adison Square Garden tonight at one of the greatest patriotic. demon- strations here sinee the signing of the armistice, bitterly derounced. persons of toreign birth who seek the freedom 5t the United States to spread political and warlike oropaganda to weaken the ties of friendship between the United States and her Allies in the late war. ‘The mee‘ing was held under the aus- pices of the American Legion and oth- er patriotic societies as a _protest against the recent mass. meeting arrangedto vouice objection to the presence of French colonial troops in occupied Germany, described as the ‘Honor of the Rhine’’. Fifteen minutes before the meeting was called to order by Colonel Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion the Fire Department officials or- dered the doors of the garden closed to bar further admission. More than 14,000 persons were the: packeu into, the his- toric structure, while thousands of iess fortunate ones were swarming- arounc the building in a frantic endeavour to enter. General Pershing, paying tri- bute to foreign-born citizens who serv- ed him in the Phillippines, Mexico and France, declared it was entirelv proper that foreigners should ecling to the folk lore, literature eond music of their birthplace, but he assailed those who seek to decide questio's and po- litical nvpolicies in this country by the standards of their fatherlard. We object to the foreign born citizens who attempts to determinea policy of this country because of fOreign\preju- dice, whether he, be German or Irish, Italian, Hungarian, or Russian. I bitter- ly resent the abuse of United States citizenship or residence for the purpose of political or warlike propaganda in foreign countries. In the United States there can be no place fer those who, claiming equal citizenship with us and enjoying its privileges under our flag, yet continue their allegiance to another country. ~We welcome all those who desire to become citizens and adopt this country as their own, but we abhor the intriguer who at the same time would secretly plot against our interests. Are we to forget the vews of yesterday. Is the wanton destruction of France and Belgium and on the seas to be condoned? shall subtle propaganda again lift its poisonous head to weaken our friend- ships? The United States shall remain steadfast in her attitude against agres- sinn, and insist that outlaw nations to be held to full responsibility and pay their full penaltv for their misdeeds, to the end, that, in the future, all nations may know the cost of such misd:-eds against civilization. Similar sentiments were expressed by other speakers. Lettersen- dorsing the meeting wer2 received from President Harding and patriotic organi- zations from all parts of the United States. Hamilton, Bermuda, March 19th.—In the House of Assembly yesterday a pro- posal that the colony endeavour to nego- tiate a reciprocal treaty with the United States was made, but was defeated by 14 votes to 13. NEwW YORK, March 17th 1921. Flour, Blended Clears St. Lawrence lrand ‘ : pr. bri. $8.60. Meal, Kiindried per 100 ths $2.10 New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $29.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 1060 ibs. ; $6.02 Molasses Sugar 89° ftest, maximum 8% Cotton, Middling Upsand, at i.iverpoo! ' per th. 736-100 d. xchange, New York and l.ondon, 60 days’ sight $3.85 Exchange New York and London, sight : $3.904 LONDON, March 17th 1921. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, Govt. controll- ed price, duty raid 1295. 9d. *“ Demerara Crystals free of con- trol, duty paid, 595. 625. ‘“ Moscovado Govt. co trolled price, - duty.peid; 1245. 9d. £ - free o1 control duty paid -40 s. -~ 50s. : i fine 755. German Beet 88°¢ t.o.h. no sales White Java sugar cif United Kingdom 395. 6d. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red no- minal per cwt 60s, 625. nominal. Cotte: good Medium West Indian Sea Isiand per lb. 28d. nominal. _ Bank of England rate of Disccunt per cent. 1. Consols 47.