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Paris, Marcn 3rd. —Germany’s deliv- eries appliable to the repagations ac- count, Inci§ding war anaceri;} are esti- mated at ex‘;,x:i.mliion marigs, it was an- nounced by the Alli- neparation Com- mittee nere today™ This would leave twelve bililon marks of che first twenty billion marks Germany will pay under | the Versailles Treaty. Berlin, March 3rd. -Banking circles . gave no indication of apprehension re- garding the further progress of the Reparation Conference in London, nor is | there any apparent. uneasiness lin the bourse. Quotations on the bourse were | remarkably firm yesterday in the face of a flood of alarming reports from London | and Paris, and there was lively specula- | tion in foreign exchange. The manner in which the German counter-proposals were formulated came in for a measure of criticism, notwithstanding the fact | that experts of the foreign financial and economic departments had been engaged | with the Cabinet for a week or more | before the German reply was draited. » After Mr. Lloyd George nad finished, Dr. Simons said the intentions of the German | Govt. had been misunderstood. The * German delegation would reply at noon. In our opirvion, he added, no ocecasion | will arise for the actions set forth oy the Allied Powers. Dr. Simons said the Germans would examine the British Pre- mier’s speech and the Allied documents most corefully. | London, March 3rd.—Urging that the Imperial Govt.,stake an immediate state- ment of its,naval intentions, Admiral | Adair,- speaking in the House oif Com- | mons iast evening,- declared that with | the exception of Auvstralia and New | . Zealand, no dominicn was making an " adeqguate contiibution to the raval de- | fence of the empire. 'Lhe dominions he said, ought to conltribute two-fitths of | the cost of the empire’s navies, but lndia | contribuied mighty little, Canada’s Navy was a lamentable {ailure, and Soutn | Africa’s contribution was ridiculous in | view of her trade. Ihe Under-Secretary to the Admiralty said no staiement on | the naval pians of the. Govt. could be | made until tne estimates were preseated. | Liverpool, Mareh 3rd. —The discovery | of a new wireiess invention by which | ships may be guided during dense | fog was annonnced here last night by | Mr. Marconi, at tike annual Briush ship- | master’s dinner- 'his inveuntion, ne said, | had not as yei been ip operailon any- where, andis based on a principle by | which electric waves may be direcied in any definite direccuion, iike flashes from a lighthouse. ie deciared these waves | wouid take the place of leading lightsin thick weather, and would prevent colii- sions of vessels during fogs. Washingion, Mareh 4th.—Mr. Warren | Har?g was inauguiated President of ! the Unired Staies today. ihe President | 1n his Inaugural address declared that | the United States ‘‘seeks a0 part in di- S i, Rl & 8 Y iLa recting the destinies of the old world “‘and 1s unwiliing to become entangied in Buropean policies.”” Nevertheless speak- ing 1n behalf of the people of the United States, he expressed willingness to asso- ciate with the other nations of the world in seeking agreement for the reduc:ion of armaments, in suggesting plans for mediation, zonciliation and arbitration, 10 clarifying the :aws of the internation- al relationship, and in establishing a world court for the disposition of justice- able questions. ‘‘l'oday, better than ever before, we know the aspiration of human-kind and share them, he de- ciared. The recorded progress of the United States, Mr. Harding said, proved Lne wisdom of-the poiicy of non-i .volve- ment in old world affairs. Confident of our ability to work out our cwn destinies and jealously guarding our right to do so, he coatinued *We seek no responsibility, except as our own conscience and judg- ment in each instance may determine. Qur eyes never wili be blind to a devel- oping menace, our ears never deal to the cail of eivilizaiion. We recognize, the new order in the world, with the closer contacts which progress has wrought. We sense the call of the human heart for iellowship, fraternity and co-opera- tion, we crave friendship and harbour no hatred. Bui America can be a party to no permanent military alliance. It can eater into no political commitments nor assure any economic obligations or sub- ject our decisions to any other than our own authority, I am sure our own people will not misunderstand nor will the world misconstru. We have no thought to impede tne path to closer relationship. We wish to promote understanding, we wvant to do our part in making offensive warfare so hateful that Gevt. and peo- ples who resort io it, must prove the rigiteousness of their cause, or stand as ou.laws before the bar of civilization. We are ready to associate ourselves with the nations of the vorid, great and small, for confereace or council, to seek tne ex | pressed views of the worid opinion, © recommend away to approximate dis- armament and relieve tne crushing bur- | dea of military and naval estatlish- | mzanis. Weelect to participate in sug- | gesting plans ror mediacon, conciliation | and aroicration, and would gladly’ join | in that expressed conscience of proziress, | which sceks to elarity tue dispositions of | sach justiceable questions as natioas are | agreed to submit thereto, in expressing aspirations in seeki_ng praciical pi.ns, in | translating aumaaity’s a2w ¢orneeption | of vighteousness, and justice and its ha- | tred of war, into recommended actions, } we are ready most neariliy to unite hut ! every commitmeni must be nade in the | exercise of our national sovereignty. | Since freedom impelled and indepen- | dence inspired, and natiorahty exaited | a worid, Super-Govzrnment is coalrary | to everyihing we cherish and cun nave | no sanction by our republic. This is not l selfish; it is sanctity. It is not aloffness, it is security. It is not suspicion of oth. _’ ers, it is patriotic adherence to the things | vhich made us what we are. | London, March 2nd.—The leading | bapers in London insist thit if ecricket | matches between Ecrgland and Australia ' are to be conducted under proper condi- | tions, the whole practice of players | writing articles for the newspapers, | criticizing the game, must stop. This | recognize practice is undoubtedly largely | responsible for the scenes at the last . test matches in Sydnev when Wilson and ~ Fender were continuously “‘barracked’’ i of hooted. | London, March 3rd, —Sir Arthur Gris- | . fiths-Boscayen, the ngwly appointed Min- - ister of Agriculture, was defeated in the . Dudley bye-election, the result of vhich . is announcei today, *y J. Wilson, La- ' bour candidate. The voting w:s Labour - 10,244, Coalition Liberal 9,968, majori- | ty’s against 276. The defeat of the Govt. candidate, is mainly attributed to - the Controversy over the question of . embargo on Canadian cattle used as an . argument by t e opposition, who aserib- ~ed to this cause the high cost of meat in . Great Britain. Lord Beverbrook took - this position and flooded th- constituency . with copies of the Daily Express, owned . by him in which he siated that “Every . vote for the Govt. candidate was a vote E for dear meat’’ Dudley is a large work - | Ing class constituency. i NEW YORK, March 4th 1921. . Flour, Blencdzad Clears St. Lawrence Irand ; pr. brl. $8.60. o . Meal, Kilndried per 100 tbs $2.10 . New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 - Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $29.00 . Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 Ibs. - $6.77 Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotating, Cotton, Middling Uiiand, at iiverpool l ver ih. 6 56-100 d. | tixchanze, New York and London, 60 ; days’ sight $3.87 i kxchange New York and London, Sivht | 13 904 | LONDON, Mareh 4th 1921. | Sugar, Demerara Crysrals. Govt, controll- | ed price, duty -aid 1295. 94. '* Demerara Crysials® free- of con- | trol, duty paid, 595. 62: ! " Moscovado Govt. co trolled price, ! : duty paid, 1245. 94d. | 14 : iree i control duty paid ’ E 40s. SHOs. | ! ine 755. beGGEraan Bet 3877 £aih, no gk | White Java sugar cif United Kingdom ; 40s. od. (seilers) ! Demerara boum, res gai, rgt;kx'einai. ! Trinidad Cocoa., Good vddiing Red no- | minal po- et 625, 665. | Cotie Medium Pine Sea island, at Li:- | criool per th, 28d. nominal, | Bank of tingland rate of Discount per r chßt T | Consols 464, ' Three per cent renis in Paris Fes, 38,925,