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monstration was carried out in the stres: before the Parliament building for the purpose of securing the release of a man imprisoned for refusing to perform mili- tary service. Several persons 'vho at- tempted to stop the Royal carriage were arrested, and military shouts were raised in the Parliament hall itself and the r2ading of the speech from the throne momentarily was drowned in the tumult. Boston, Sept. 21st.—The S. S. Mont Carroll of the United American Line, from Hamburg to New York put in here with a leak yesterday and landed her 597 passengers and proceeded. 200 of .hose aboard were German immigrants. The Captain said he encountered 4 storms on the way across and last Friday, in a hurricane, the decks were swept by great seas, while the wind blew 100 miles an hour. The vessel was strained, water came in through the forepeak and the double bottom, and the pumps were started. With them the crew kept the water from gaining and the passengers were not *old of th2 trouble. Gairloch Sentland, Sept. 21st —Mr. Lloyd George and his cabinet discussed the Irish situation tonight. It is ex- pect=d that the delay in the Premier’s reply to Mr. De Valera is due to the desire to avoid the use of phrases that might be loosely interpreted, or give any opportunity to saddle the Prime Minister with the blame in the event ofa rupture of the negotiations. Itis stated that the Prime Minister’s sole desire is (o leave no stone unturned to bring about a conference. Optimistic views are rzported from London tonight and there is a strong belief that the | next exchange of communications will | result in a conference, | Berlin, Sept. 21st—The Ludwigshafen | correspondent of the ‘‘Allegemeine’’ | Zeitung’’ says that the disaster at Oppau | was caused by the explosion ofa nitro- | gen tanrk, after which four other tanks | exploded. In the building at the time ' were 800 workers and all of them, it is feared, perished. Pieces of machinery weighing half a ton were hurled into Ludwigshafen. The correspondent says he learns that a new process of manufac- ture was being tested in the laboratory. The bourse committee has decided, in view of the lack of details concerning the damage to the Badische Anilin Fabrik Plant, to omit its stock from the official list. Philadelphia, Sept. 21st.—The second day’s play in the Philadelphia vs. Eastern Canada cricket matchées was called off today when there was no cessation of the rain which prevented the resumption of the match this morning. The contest was declared a draw, as the visitors were unable to remain over tomorrow. Hon- ours were about even at the end of yes- terday’s innings and a half of play. New York, Sept. 21st. —The raw sugar market was quiet early today, uncon- trolled centrifugal was quoted at 4.00 S 3. LR X A Yis cents and Cuba’s at 4.86. Raw sugar - futures were easier, with operations in- clined to hoid off and await development. Prices at midday showed declines of 3 to- -4 points. Refined sugar was unchanged at 5.60 to 5.65 for fine granulated, with a moderate husiness reported. Refined futures were nominal. NEW YORK, September 22nd 1921. Flour, Blendad Clears St. Lawrence Isrand pr. brl. §71.26. Meal Kilndried per 100 tbs $1.95 New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $25.% Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $4.00 Molasses sSugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at [.iverpool . per lbh. 14 68-100 d. Exchange. New York and LondonT 60 days’ sight $3.71 Exchange New York and London, sight : $3.74 . LONDON, September 22nd. 1921 Sugar, Demerara Crystals, per cwt. 425. —47s. '* Muscavado per cwt. 275. 28s. (zerman Beet 83°¢ f.o.bh. no sales. White Java sugar cif United Kingdom 225. 6d. September shipment. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. - Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red ver cwt 5H6s. 58s. nominal. Cotto ~ood Medium West Indian Sea Island per Ib. 26d. nominal. Bank of lngland rate of Discount per cent. b3. Consols 48. Three per cent rentes in Paris Fe 5.56.60. AN AILL-AROUND MAN. The ‘‘Youth’s Companion’’ relates that= traveling mar visited a certain small town and sold the proprietor of its general store an order of jewelry. When the jewelry arrived it was not as represented and the merchant conse- quently returned it. But the wholesale house nevartheless attempted to collect the bill and drew a sight draft on the merchant through the local bank, which returned the draft unhonored. The wholesalers then wrote to the postmaster, inquiring about the finan- cial standing of the merchant, and the postmaster replied laconically that it was O. K By return mail the whole- salers requested him to ‘‘hand the in- closed account to the leading lawyer”’ of the place for -collection. This is the reply t ey received. ““The undersigned is the merchant on whom you attempted to plan off jour worthless goods. The undersigned is President and owner of the bank to which you sent your sight draft. The undersigned is the postmaster o whom yoa wrote and the undersigned is the lawyer whose service you sought to ob- tain for your nefarious business. If the undersigned were not also pastor of the ghureh at this place he would tell you where to go.””—The Bulletin Sept. 15th. PLAGUE AND CLEAN STREETS For the benefit of those who must leave Porto Rico, if not those who live in San Juan, it would be something of a convenience if the bubonic plague, which has long been with us, could be stamped out. Just when she last case of plague was discovered and where we do not know, but Porto Rico is still looked upon with suspicion by other coantries and at New Yo:k passenger ships are required to stop at Quarantine although travelling from one American port to another. ~ Possibly the plague could be stamped out more quickly and more certainly it living conditions were not made so at- tractive for the rat.! In San Juan, at least, there is no high cost of living for the rat. There is a great deal of the city constructed so as to harbor rats and great quantities of food—garbage, it is sometimes called —is left in the streets. There is either an inadequate numtker of garbage wagons to keep the city clean or else there is a degree of indifference on the part of those who work on these wagons, that does not tend to the good health ¢f the community. Just "how general is the custom of not cleanipg the streets is not known but freqdently in various sections of the city it is not uncommon to have the fact re ported that there has been no garbage removai for two, three or four days. Not infrequently the appearance of streets is the best evidence of the fact. Dirty streets are about the most un- pardonable jthing of which a city may be accused. They not only give a slovenly appearance to the city but are a constant menace to the health. And the health ot a city is somewhat more important than its appearance. San Juan with a little effort might be made a spotless town.—Porto Rico Pro- gress Sept. 9th. CHARLES WANTS CROWN BACK. It was reported that Charle:, former emperor of {Austria-Hungary, will make a formal request of the council of the league of nations for the restoration of the throne of Hungary. Many rumours were current that he planned a second coup to regain the throne but it appears now that he hopes toreceive it on request Through the failure of a Zurich bank where Le had his money deposited he is said to have lost most of the 31,000,000 crowns he smuggled into Swirzerland during the war. He was recently com- pelled to sell a private villa near Vienna to a rich Spaniard for 460,000 pesetas Under the present agreement he will be allowed to remain in Switzerland until the end of Octcber.—The Pathfinder.