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Balfour said that the speeches of Mr, Harvey and the Japanese Ambassador credited the feeling that success of the conference was assured, for they reveal- ed that the spirit in which the United States and Japan were entering the con- ference was the same as that animating Great Britain, and he was cgn?dent it would be the common c<pirit of all the nations participating in the corference. Mr. Balfour regretted that the{ was very little expectation that Mr.\Vloyd George will be able to take afu »nart through the whole conference. T Vi- ted States Ambassador, he addeu, vi : the coming conference as ‘‘an ordeal, of battle, but of faith’’. the underlyiv purpose of which was not more a chai- lenge to the League of Nations fhan it was to the Monro: Doctrine. The Ambas- sador reviewed the action of the United States Congress respecting the limita- tion of the arm - and the reduetion of naval appropriations, which, he said, gave conclusive evidence of the United States Govts. confidence in the outcome of the conference. The real quastion confronting the conference is not wheth- er the nations nf the earth can be brought into agreement upon all things, but whether they will reach an understand- in = with respect to anything. He said"’it is to be a great test, not of the sincerity of peoples, but of the ecapacity of cxisting Govts. to sitisfy the universal longing for peace, prosperity and happiness.”’ London, Nov. 2nd. -Mr. Balfour, head of the delegation to the Washington Con- ference. left London this morning. He will embark at Liverpool this afternoon on the Canadian Pacific Railway Liner “Empress of Franee’’ for Quebec, from which city he will go direct to Washing- ton. Accompanying Mr. Balfour were six members of the British Secretariat, chiefly experts in Fo- @ostern affairs. They were General the _.... of Cavan, Sir John Jordon, Vice Air Marshal Major General Higgins, Mr. Miles Lampson and Lieutenants (Gage and Littie. Mr. George Harvey, the United States Am- bassador., Mr. Wheeler, Councillor at the United States Embassy, Baron Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador and Lord Desbor- ough, were at the station to bid farewell to Mr. Baltour. Malta, Nov. Ist. —The Prince of Wales on his way to India on the Battle Cruiser ““Renown’’ opened the new Maltese Par- liament today. The event marks the in- troduction of a new type of Government in Malta, based upon the principle of self-Government, subject to definite limi tations laid down in the interest of Im- perial security. The main principles are the establishment of two concutrent Gov- ernmental systems, one for local affairs under the complete legislative and ad- ministrative control of the ialtese peo- ple, and another for matters of Imperial eoncern, taking orders from the imperial Govt. ’ Rome, Nov. Znd.—Solemn reierence S LlA v by King and peasant was paid to Italy’s unknown soldier, symbol of her five hun- dred thousand dead. when the body ar- rived in Rome this morning and was transported on a gun carriage to the churceh of Santamarigmdegli Angeri. It will there lie in Statw‘t antil its final inter- ment on Friday inYthe ‘‘Altar of the country’’, under the Victor Emanuel Monument. Indianapolis Ind. Nov. 2nd—Work in the Indiana coal fields was practically at a standstill today as a resuit of walk outs of twenty thousand men employed at approximately 300 mines in the state, according to early reports received at the union headquarters at Terre Haute. St. Johns, N F. Nov. 2nd—At last the storm which for three days held Newfoundiand in ifs grip has abated, and from all sections of the colony come reports pt damage wrought, property damage is estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars. Repairs are be- ing made to telephone and telegraph lines and the railway lines are stillin a bad shape. A small schooner with four men on board, which was driven out of Conception Bay.jon Sunday, 18 stil! reported to be missing. Karacse india, Nov. 2nd.—lmprison ment for two years has been imposed or Mohammed Ali, Shaukat Ali and Dr. Kitchley. These men were eonvicted on the charge of atiempting to cause disaffection anong the troops ard of sedition. The Ali brothers were associ- ated with the movement of the Indian leader Gandhi. London, Nov. 2nd William Mayfield, first Viscount of Sandhurst, is dead. Montreai, Nov. 3rd- A special des- pateh from London to the “'Gazette” says Mr. Lloyd George has definitely and ragretfully abandoned all nopes of at- tending the inaugural sessions of the Wa. hington onference and has cancel- led his passage on the Aquitania. The next few days may bring about his re- signation as Premier. Kverything de- pends on the turn which the lrish Con- ference may take. Trinidad, Nov. 3rd—Mr. E. Tripp com- mercial agent tor the Dominion nf Cana- da and Hon. Secretary io the Associaied Chamber of Commerce died here today from pneumonia. ‘ Washington, Nov 2nd.—Mr. Harding celebrates his 56th birtuday quietly at the White House, no special programme having been arranged for the oceasion. He received scores ot congratulatory tel- egrams and letters. King George cab- led: On the oeccasion of your birthday, Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to offer to you my heartiest good wishes for your heaith and happiness, and so assure you of my cordial friendship and esteem.’’ : Paris, Nov. 2nd.—lt is regarded in French officiat circies as alinost ceriain tnat the Aiued Supreme Council wiil have to meet early 1n Lthe coining year - to take up the question of reparation, as the result of the default of Germany, - now expected in those circles, in the - payment of the second billion gold marks on her reparations account. Such a meeting, called for by the situation in- . dicated, would require the presence in - Europe by the end of the year at the latest, of both M. Briand and Mr. Lloyd - George. : ; London, Nov. 2nd.—Mr. Winston . Churehill, speaking at the annual meet - ing of the Empire Pariiamentary Assoc | ation, said. This country could n . possibly cont'nue execept in cooperat’ - and association with those great c ' munities which had sprung up ur | the British Crown, although for m . years the title deeds of the Empire . be deposited here He said the Bri ‘ - were bound step by step to attune t ' poliecy to the wishes and deeds of . . overseas dominions. ‘T cannot dou - the year before us will witness favour- able developments in the unity of our ar flung race. 1f we move on that road there are no limits to the peaceful prosperity and security which the Em- pire may enjoy. If we were trving to stana by ourselves, we could never meet the great sister nation which speaks our language on those terms oi perfect equality which alone can be the founda- tion for a still higher and more imp« ant destiny.”’ f Washington, Nov. 2nd.—Arr’ | Day, November 11th, will be a 1 - | holiday in honor of the unknown | of the United States to be buried or . ! dsy in Arlington. ; Liondon, Nov. 2nd—The N-*shal Frqe ' Chureh Couneil of P.gland in | cooperation wi*', «ne Federal Counec | the Churches of Christian America, ' offer prayers in all the chuches of . ecountry next Sunday for the succe | the Washington conference. Carc Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster ' issued instructions (0 tLe “atholic cle cf his diocese to offer up special pray on Sunday. He als: has appealed to a.. the Roman Catholic Bishops in Great ~ Britain to do iikewise. NEW YORK, November sth 1921 ' ~ Flour, Blen® !Zlears St. {.awrence {-ra’ ' X, byl %6 1, 4 . Meal Kilni-izd per 100bs $1.95 New Seaso:’s Pork per bri. $37.00 ' . Heavy Mess Porn per obi. $25.00 ” | Sugar---Crystals taximum per 100 lbs. ‘ $4.06 | Molasses Sugar 89 - est, no guotation. | Cotion, Middiine Upsand, at liaverpool 1 pep Ih, 42 11 104, | Wxchange, New Yorwn ant iLwndon, 60 i days’ sight $3.904 | Kxchnange New York and london, sight | $3.943 LUNUON, Novermber sth 1941 Qugar, Demerara Crystals, per cwt. 38s. od. —42s. (d. ** Muscavado per cwt. 255. —-30 s. \ " (German Beet 88° f.o.b. no sales.