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County Cork, a short distance south of Queenatown. Four constabl's were at: tacked, two of them were shot dead and one was seriously wounded. The other escaped. Another big attack occurred on Wednesday evening wher 100 armed men attempted to rush the Rat cormac Barracks. near Fermoy. The police, using rifles and bombs, beat off their assailants. No casuvalties have been re- ported. New York. Feby. 3rd.—The raw sugar market was unchanged at 34 for Cuba’s, * cost and freight, equal to 4.52 for cen- trifugal, which sales of 10,000 bags for first balf February. The demand for refined continues light, with fine grade granulated quoted at 6.85. Futures | were firmer on covering and prices at midday were 9to 11 points net higher, | although trading was light. ' Brisbane, Queensland, Feby. 3rd.—ln a sp2ech here today, Premier Theodore declared that anyone who doubted that Australians would soon be called upon so defend their homes against Asiatic - inva- sions, were living in a fool’s paradise. Asiatic ideals and aspirations, he added, | were a menace to the ideals of the Aus- | tralian Labour Party. | London, Feby 4th.—The British draft of the Mandate for Paris. Palestine which will be-submitted 1o the Council | of the League of Nations al its next | meeting in Geneva, provides in its first | article that the Mandatory nation, Great ' Britain, shall have all the power in the Government of a sovereign state, i according to the text of the draft, print- | ed by *he Jewish Chronicles here to- | day. | London, Feby. 4th.—The Daily Gra- phic says ‘foday that seeret gervice | agents Ciscovered a plot to blow up | oOld Scotland Yacd in London which is | being used as a recruiting depotr for ! the Irish Constabulary. The pian, the the newspaper deciares, for the conspi- rators to pose as recruits and leave their | overcoats in which powerful time bombs | were to be concealed in the buiiding, | but according to reports the courage | of the plotters failed at the last momgnt. | London, Feby. 4th. —The joint La ‘ bour Committee’s second interview re- | port made public tonight recommends | a capital levy on possessions exceeding | 5,000 pounds ranging from one percent | to fifteen percent on the largest for- | tunes. The report claims that this | would yield 4,000,000,000 pounds. The . report further urges the abolition of ! all taxes on foodstuffs, reducing of the | tobacco tax by half and higher death | duties, it ands the suggestion that on ’ each successive transfer of inherited | wealih the duty should be increased to | a point where ultimate extinction would | result. l London, Feby. 4th.—Reports it new cases of sleeping sickness have been made by physicians in this city, and | throughout the country quite an alarm- g1 RytX AV S ing spread of the disease is being shown. chere are now more than 100 cases In London, and 321 in England and Wa'es. loronco, Feby. 4ta —lt has een launched, I's functioning agencies are complete and itis on a (rial before the world as 10 experiment waiea has be hind i the hoves and tne vrayers of the vast majority of the world’s Yumanity. {'ans did Sir George Foster emphasize at tne luachzon of the Empire Club yes- terday. tae fact that the League of Na- tions is ncw an estabiished tact beyond the bounds of dre:ims, tancies, and ihe theories The cruz of Sir George’s ar- “gument was that the League represents the expression, in so far as it has oeen possible io make it so, ¢. the age-iong idea of an international court of justice which it is not uureasonablé to expect may s¢ function as to abolish forever war as a neans of setrling dispnutes be- t een naiions. The alternative of this w s the aceeptance of a system nver six thousand years oid that culminated in the '‘Unparalleled war of 1914-18 ard the unparallcled disaster which resulted from rhat war.’’ Surely, he thought, there could be ro hesitation in the mind of any man in deciding on which side he stood. Pa-is, Feby., 4th ——The conference of experts which was to have been beld in Brusselis has been postponed, it was offi- ciaily announced yesterday. This action was taken because Karl Bergmann, un- der secretary of state for the treasury and chiet of the German mission to the Reparations Committee in Paris, inform ed the French Foreign Minister that the German Govt. would not send to the Conferenrce in view of the changed cir- cumstances. Washington, Feb. 4th. —The President, acting on -the recently communicated request of Mr. Harding, yesterday issued a proclamation cailing a special session of the Senate to convene on March 4th. The session will act on Cabinet and other proclamations by sr. Harding, and prob- ably wiil ast nnly a short time. New York, Feb. 4th. —Raw sugar was firmer at 3 5/8 cents for Cuba’s cost and freight. There were sales early of ten thousand bags or Porio Rico at 4.51 for centrifugal and sales of Cuba’s were later reported at egual to 4.68 for centri- fugals. The market for refined was un- changed at 6.85 for fine granulated with the demand light and of a ‘*Hand to mouth’’ character, Futures were un- settled and prices were irregular al- “thoungh trading was less active. Frices at the opening were three points lower, ander the realizing but rallied on cover- ing and at midday were one to five points net higher. London, Feb. 4th.—''The last fime[ vent to South Africa was (0 meet ene- mies this (imeIgo to meet “‘Friends’’, declared Lord Haig today before sailing to attend the Empire Conference at Capetown at which it is proposed to institute an imperial orean to safeguard the interests of ex-service men Melbourne, Feby. 4th. Australia has cabled a challenge to the United States for the Davi- Cup, the International Lawn Tennis Trophy, reeently won by - The Unit~d States team. | Washington, Feb. 4ih.—-A severe ~earthquake shock which began a* 318 "~ and lasted until 4.45 this morning was ~ reported by ‘Father [onder. director of ~the Georgetown Seismoiogical Observa- ~ tory, the disturbances were indicted by . the instruments as bning 2.200 miles | south of Washington and reached their ' highest intensity at 3.48 the sesmograph | record indicated a disturbance ever | more severe than ‘hat recorded on De- ' cember 18th. The scene of the Decem- = ber disturbance was never definitely es- . tablished. Father Tonder estimated that | today’s distu:bance was in South Amer- I lea. * GREECE | i Diplomats Ignore King. Nhen King | Constantine :ppeared before the Greek ~ assembly to read his first message not 2 ~ diplonat vas present from any of the . allied countries. The Am rican minister . likewise remained away. Only six Ven- \ ezelist representatives arpeared, 90 ab- | senting themselves. The King recom- mendedin his message (he populariza- tion of the constitution and the ecreation ofa senate. Now Greece has but one legislative chamber - rhe ‘‘boule,”? The aiplomais from the allied coun- tries denounced the use by the reek ' government of 200,000,000 drachmas of . paper currency printed without th: eon- ' sent of the loan ¢ mmission. The minie- . ters ave also declined to visit the pal- | ace of the king. —7The Pathfinder. | JUGOSLAVIA ‘ Communists Malming T'rouble. All | Jugoslavia is being threatened by the 1 activities of the'commum_su, who are seeking to establish a soviel regime in ! the countrv. At'Belgradea great clash ' occurred in front of the ¢ornmunists’ } meeting hall when the police tried to suppress demonstrations. More than } two hnundred were wounded in the riot- . ing, during which the communists threw | stones and the police us:d bayon:ts. It was found that many of the leaders ‘ of the disturbances were Russians -Ihid. } ee e et ———————————————————————————— ; TN P, g - For >ale. { THE Estates Lt. Princess, Golden | Rock, Bellevue, Mt. Welcome and Eliza’s Retreat. For particulars apply to EM. E] SV.TZER. Lt. Princess, 20th January 1921*