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posals. ['ney take the ground that the | gold is not only the property of a pri- | vate bank, but that its removai from | Berlin under the conditions named would | result in the collapse of German cur- | rency at home and aboard. l Pars, April 20th.—Reports show that | ihe military class of 1921 ealled to col- ours duriag April has yielded 210,000 men, which is more than 75 percent of youth of 20 years of age who are | subjeect to mititary service. This is the | first time that such a high percentage | of effectives has been szcured. | Postdam, April 20th. —Amid the tol- | ling of belis, which marked the solemn hyuar Friscal sarviees for ths -éx Mim- press Augusta Vicioria were held yes- terday in ths Royal Suburb of Berlin | whica has witnéssed 0 many scenes | of spledour in the departed days of | Hoheazollern rule | London, April 20th. —lt is practically cortain there wili be no settiament +f the | coa! strike before next week. The Min- | ers federation has decided that the ne v ‘ proposals made public by the owners are too vague to afford a jbasis for negoti- atioms. Both sides, however, continue to display a desire to get together, if a n=gotiabie basis ean ve tound and should Mr. Hodzes succeed in the admiralty hard task of swinging the delezates con- ference i'riday to his side. it is believed that another joint conference will assem- ble, possibly on Monday. Melbourne, Australia, April 20th.—The Governneat of Mr. Hughes was given an emphatic endorsementin the House of Representatives today with a two to one vote in its favour. Resolutions which # citerate confilence in the Govt. and de- clared in favour of Mr. Hughes repre- senting Australia at the coming Imperial Conference in London, were up for con- sideration and they were passed by a vote of 46 to 23. The motions wereesub- mitted by the Govt. to clear up the situ- ation caused by a vote adverse to it last Friday, which was agreed to have been purely accidental. Loadon, April 20th.—Owing to the in- ability of Mr. l.loyd George to leave the country during the preseut industrial crisis, M. Briand will cross the channel next Satirday for a preliminary confer- ence at Hythe, prior to a discussion of the “Allied plans on the question of Ger- man reparations, and Jtaly and Belgium | have been invited to send delegates. | Constantinople, April 21st.—The Greeks are delivering a heavy counter-offensive against the Turks near Ushak, to prevent the I'urks from eapturing the towr. The Greeks corntinuz their preparations fora formidable offensive, which is expected to commence in a few days, probably in an effort to reach Kwtayah. The Turks | are bringing up the last of the conscripts from the interior tribes, which, together with the army of Kiazim Kara Bekir, form anjarmy of 100,000. The Turkish | communication isswed yesterday says SE URULIX AVID i that five memobers of the womew’s batta: - liyi nave beea killed, i i.o2don, April 21st. -Sir James Craiy. . wh) was elected two months ago to suc- | c220 Sir Edward Carson as leader of ! the Ulstar Parliamani, left for Balras: | last night to complete arrangements ' {or the opcning of the imaugural sss- - sioa ol the Norcazrn Chambar, whicn takes place early in May, followisg | Line elections which will be held May 3rd. | The event will mark an epoch in tne | history of Ireiand, said Sir James, and - I for one am optimistic that a new era, . whiehh will eveniually lead to settlement . and harmony will b 2 begun The exact date of the inauguratiy)n nas not yel been . decided but probably both the King and - Queon as well as the Prince of Wales, ' will be present at the ceremony. W ile - (e activites of the Sian Feiners show . a great slowing down during the last | moath, yetitis anticipated there will be | a 2Zeneral r-uading up of rebel leaders | before the royal visiz. City dall, Bel- ’ tast, which is to be the meeting place of the Northern Parliament, is considered | on of the most admirable buildings in . the whole British Empire for such a pur- - pose. The coming ianauguration is ex- . ciung the livliest interest throughout ire- . land, but it is not thought that the event | will be niarked by any startling an- | nouaccment.” It is_ probable faat the ! sprech trom the throne will consist | largeiy of a call from the King for unity i and parmony apd loyalty to the new | Parilamert, outlining at the same time | the domestie policy to which the new- | ly eizcied memb-ors will address them- '+ selves and emphasizing t e necessity . for conciliation to secure a harmonious . working censtitution. So far, the Sinn . Fein "has shown no disposition to take any -part in tke elections for the South- ern <Parliament, and unless at &the ele- venth hour they change tazir attitude, | tne rateful day set for the eiections wili . pass without any aellon bzing takea to - ~ ensure tne election of any parliameatary . representatives. | Dublin, April 2lst.—Official iists of - candidates for ene north of Ireland Par- . liament, which has been created by the - Irish Act put into operation April 19th, nave been comvleted. There are 42 Unioaists, 14 Nationalists, and 19 Sinn - Pain candidaces selec:ed, and from them - will be elected the occapants of the two ' seats in tne Parliament. Mr. Jos. Deviin ' “nas been chosen for the West Beifast coun- 'ty Armagh constituency, but in the event ' of his electionhe he has pledged to ignore the sunmons to attend meetings of the ' ~ body. Donegal, the most northern coun- ~ ty of Ireland, has been the first to select . a candidate for the South of Ireland ~ Parliament. Heis Major Moore, master -of the Londonderry Orangemen, and - he was selected yesterday as the official Unionist nominee. This seeming singu- ~ larity of the situation is exolained by the ' faet that Donegal, altheugh its borders extend further north then those of any other County, is not included among the Bix counties named by the fHome Rule Act to put up what is knowntasj' ‘North- ern Irelan!”, which el®ctsi§a fsecarate Parliament. These six counties are Antrim, Armmagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tvronne, twith the boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry. Donegal thus is left for inclusion for Government purposes with the south group of counties. *® v Berlin, April 2ist —The ermarn Govt. has formally asked the Praesident of the United States to mediate in the repar- ations questions. ‘Lhe note embodying the request was forwarded on Wednes- day by Mr. Dressal, the United States commissioner in Be ‘lin, to the State Dept. in Washington. It was signed by Herr Fehrenbach, the Chancellor, and Dr. Simons, the Foreign Minister. Th. ap- peal pledges Germany to accept the mediatiom without reservation. and to tulfil - 4bsolutely any award. President Harding may make after cxawination and investigation of the subject, The text of the ncte so President Harding tollews:—*'ln the name of the German Govt. and the German -people, the un- dersigned, notwithstanding the still ex. isting technical state of war, respectfully petition the Przsident.of the United States to mediate in the reparation question and to fix the sum to be paid by {er- many to the Allied powers. They earnest- ly urge him to secure the consent of the Allied powers to such mediation. They solemnly deckire that the German Govt. is ready and willing to agree without re- servations or qualifications to pay to the allied powers as reparations such sum as the president arter examination and in- vestigation, may find just and v oht. They formaliy pledge themseives to ful- fll in the letter and in the spirit all prc- visioms of any award that may be made by him abiding faith in the righteous- ness of the request and with undeniable sincerity of purpose, the German penple through their constituted Govt., submit their appeal to the President of the Uni- ted States with a corfident hope that it will be granted, to the end that a fipal award may be made in accordance with right and justice to meet the heartielt wishes of all civilized nations to avoid the immeasurable consequence of the im- inent coercive measures and to prcmoie the peace of the world. : Paris, April 2ist. The German Govt. has refused to transfer the gold reserves of the Reich’s Bank, the Germnn im- perial bank, tn the Cobleng and Cologne branches Athens, Aopril 21st.—A Bill wWhs in- troduced into parliament yesterday pro- viding the collection of a 50% levy on German commodities cxported to Greeege. London, April 21st.—A conferesce of Jewish urions of England is being held today with the object eof helping the striking miners,