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line’’, North Isiand, is in a state o erup- tion and belchimg forth dense :smoke. The eruption is described as the grcatest outburst in five years. Paris, Jan. 11th. —The Palatinate ques- tion has been much to the fore iu nego- tiations between the British and I'rench (jovernments in the past ten days. In the exchange of views between M. De- perette De La Rosca, director of politi cal affairs of the French Foreign Office, and Sir Eric Phipps, the British Charge D’ Affaires, in the absence of Lord Crewe it appears that the British Governuient 2omblained that the French occupation authorities in the Palatinate had becn encouraging the Separatists, instead of maintaining absolute neutrality. The French replv was that the French autho- vities nad mereiv insured the mainten- ance of luw and order. The British have proposea an inquiry on this subject and the ¥rench are understood to have agreed provided the inquiry be under- taken oy the inter-Allied Rhineland Com- niissien. Quebec, Jan. 11th.——Hon. Narcisse Perodean was sworn in at noon today as Leeut.-Guveranr of the province of Que- bac. New York, Jan. 11th.—While not very active, ra'’ sugar was f{irm-teday with spot Cub:’s holding at 6.33 duty jaid. LondonJaa, 11th. -=-The fact th-t M. Asquith’s medieal advisers aie 1 sainyg datly bul'ctins in guarded lang wag. , con- cerning the conditicns of his hea h, s causingz some ?nxiety as to weeth r tne illness is not more serious thar adr Itted, especially as it has forced tie |atient into retiremen: at a eritical mcment. ‘Today’s bulletin says, “"Mr. Asqui h bad a good night, but owing to the catarrhal condition of bis throat it is not ad» 2able {or him to leave his roem, or recei. e any visitors’’. Paris, Jan. 11lth.—Lieutenant Crena- dan, Cotmapder of the iilfated z rship “Dixmude’’, had repeatedly criicized the faulty constraction of the dirizibie, and ecomuplained of the inefficieney of the French technical service as atl cting her, according to the Matin today. It de- wauds fall pabticity for the latz Com- mander’s letters and reperts, and asks why the Government had permitt-d the airship to start her tatai trip with Liea- tenant Grenadan’s eamplaints before it NEW YORK, Jan. 10th. Fiour, (hard winter clears $4.90. **° pard winter straights $5.50 Meal, Kiledried per 100 pounds $2.20 New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $26.00 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $6.28 Mclasses Sugar 89° maximum 5.25. Cotton, Middhing, Upland, at Liverpoel per Ib. 19 35-100 d. Exchange. New York and Londen, 6€ . days’ sight $4.26 Exchange New York and London. sight $4..8% 5T ftH ity & ¥ X LoNDON, Jan. 10th, Suxar, Demerara Cryvstals, nominal per eyt 675. od. —7os. od. . Musca\'ad\nun‘.i::ai per ewl. 435. 4855. od-——-s. od. ** White Java’s cif United Kingdom 30s. 9d nominal. Demerara Rum per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per cwt. 50s. od. Cotton, good medium West Indian Sea Island at Liverpool, per ib. 24d. nominai. Bank of England Rate of Discount per 4 Consols 45. Three percent. Rentes in Paris Fes. 53.10. JAPAN TU ADOPT TRIAL BY JURY. Tokio, December 3lst. ln additien to manhood suffrage.the Yamamoto cabi- net purposes to bring into forcs next year a jury system and a system of industrial insurance, A number of men will be trained as jurors: jury trial courts will be established in different parts of the coun- try and men versed in law will be sent to America and Europe to study the jury systems there. Under the industrial insurance scheme wockmen and women earning not more than 1,200 ven ($600) a year will be ben- efited, pavm=otof a small sum our of thzir wages entitle them to compansa- tion in ¢l2e of illness,casualtie s, or unem- plaviment, and .providing for payment o their relatives in ease they die. In the case of women the insuranc- plan will provide for :liness incident to childbirth, Boston American, D cember 31st. 1933, GERMANS CURSE INVENTOROF PA- PER mONEY Leinsie, December 3lst Chinese finaneiers sre cursed by Gerawan pabli- cists for having dsvised p=per money and made 1t possible tor the modern world to be flooded by the valueless out- put of overworked money-presses. John Pa mstruck, the Sweedish banker who is credited with having tirst1 itroduced this Chinese invention into Barope shares the denuneiztion poured out upon tne almond eyed finunciers. 'he statement of a French financial expert that "‘paper money 1s the means of making bankruptey without explain- ing it,”” is freely quoted as is Goethe’s declaration in Fausc that “"paper money is an invention of the devil.” Professer Thedore Sommerbial contri- butes an article on money to the Leip- sig llustiated Jourval calling the pub- lic’s attention to the {tfact that metal money also shares the tendency of paper money to decline when it is not backed up by gold. When Babylonia first popu- larized coins in tae Western world, be- fore the timz= of WChrist, things went well according 0 Professor Sonmer- blad till the demand for coin became so great th=t the gold prcduetion did net equal the demands of trade, ard nations tegan to mix tte c¢c'd with base metul, kood prices immediately ros: and five centuries before the Christian era there was a situation similar to that under which Furepe is now suffer- ing. —lbid. TEACHES PUPILS HOW TO MAKE MCONSHINE. Spencer. La., December 31st. —No - stitution of learning, teaching the higher education is located in thiscity, but olc- timers are winning degrvees of *'C, P, B. '’ richt along, if the words of officers of the law can be believed. €. P. B’’’ means 'certified private bootlegger’’, and it weans a mouthfull te the thirsty. According to the inio:- mation reaching - cfficers here, ar ol Keniveky moonshiner has been conduc- tire schools in distilling in various spo's arcund the surreunding countryside, and bis pupils are anxious to stay in after school. The cflicers declare the o!d man, who learned bis profession from generations back, visited many homes near hore, tanght the men to concoct necter and of- - remained from four to six weeks in one home. To palates which had been burned, broiled and scorched by the pro- duects of the new school of bootlegpers the mountain dew was as spring water to a country scheol boy. The old gentleman was invited to stick around for life. The constabulary, now, is investigat ing, and the alumni are not boasting of their alma mater at present.-=lhid U. S. FLEET PLLANS ‘WAR’ GAME LLos Angeles, Dec. 81.-—-It was an ncunced aboard the flagship California that the Winter maneuvers of the Pacific and Atlentie fleets at Panama and Cule bra Bay will approach as near to actu | war conditions of hostile combat as pos- sible. The Bureau of Supplies is working en plans for the maintenance of 3R 000 en listed men of the navy, and 3 500 marines are to tage part in the maneuvres. it will be necessary to provide for these 41,500 men who, it is assumed, will be serving under war conditions for two months and a half. In the matter of foodstuff alone the quauntities are imposiog. Some of tle principall items that must be provided are: 9,700.000 pounds of vegetables, 5.000,000 ponnds of meat. 3,900,000 pounds of flour, 1,900,000 pounds of fl'l]it 1.400,000 D'Jllnd.\‘ of sugar, 5()(),0(}() pounds of evapoiated milk, 463,000 pounds of butter and 435,000 pounds of coffee, tea, and cocoa. Roughly about 13,000 tens of provis- jons will be consumed during the Win- tor maneuvers,— [bud.