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Deputies has passed a Bill giving Italian women the right of suffrage. Capetown, Sept. sth.——There has been 50 material changein the Cabinet port- folios as a result of- the change in Pre- miership owing to the death of General Louis Botha, excepting that General Smuts has also taken the portfolio of Foreign Affairs in addition to that of Finance. Washington, Sept. 6th.——An earth- qiake of moderate intensity was recorded by the seismograph at George- town University, today, begining at 826 a m. and continuing for fifty seconds. It was believed it was in South America about 1,600 miles from Wash- ington. Vancouver, B. C.. Sepnt. sth. —A spe- cia! cable from Sydney, N. S. W., says: “*Unless the United Kingdom and the Dominion are prepared to put their hands in their pockets, it will not be pos- sible .to retain for the Empire that sea suapremacy which every citizen of the Empire knows in his heart is vital to its existence’’, said Admiral Jelliche in a torceful specen delivered to a large and influential audience here today. Lord Jallicoe went on to say that he was o° the opinion that underiying Lord Kisher’s demand for the scrapping of the present British navy, was the idea that a bigger and more modern navy should be built. London, Sept. sth.—The daily ex- penditure for the navy now is half of that which it was on the day the armis- tice was signed, according to an an- nouncement made today by Mr. Thomas V ecNamara, financial Secretary of the Admiralty. Mr. McNamara said the parsoane! of the navy had been reduced from 400 600 men to 170,000. Os more than 1,000 naval eraft mostly small ves- sels which were under construction on armistice day, work on 584 had ceased, saving nearly £45,000,000. Ninety-eight of the older ships have been sold and 15,000 trawlers restored to their original uses. Ottawa, Sept. 3rd.—The debate on the address was opencd in the House of Commons yestgrd®, but quickly gave way to a discussion of the treaty of peace. Sir Robert Borden bv unanimous ccnsent presented his motion for the ratification of the peace treaty. Sir Robert discussed in detail the provisions of the treaty with the accompanying covenant oi the league of nations and the labour convention. He spoke of Cunada’s new status in the family of nation , as exemplified in representaticn at the peace conference and in the coun- cil of the league. ‘‘On behalf of my coantry’’, Sir Robert declared, ‘I stood firmly upon this solid ground. that in this the greatest of all wars in which the worlds liberty, the worlds joustice in short the worlds future destiny, were at stake Canada led the democracine of both the - American- continents. Her 2 F LBV L x ANV IR resolve had given inspiration, her saeri- fices had been conspicuous, her effort was unabated to the end. The same indomitable spirit which made hear eapa- ble of the effort and sacrifice, made her equally incapable of accepting at the peace conference in the league of na- tions, or elsewhere, a status inferior to that accorded to nations less advanc- ed in their development, less amply en- dowed in wealth resources and popula- tion, no more cdmplere in their sover- eignity and far less conspicuous in their sacrifice.”” Sir Robert added, ‘I com- mend this treaty to the consideration and approval of the Canadian Parliament, claiming not indeed, that it has not imperfections, but that it does in truth embody terms consistent with hon- our and justice, and that the most earn- est endeavour of those §who framed it, was to endure the future of tke world.”’ There was a short but animated dis- cussion when the Prime Minls.er con- cluded. Mr.Fielding (who has now taken his seat immediately to the left of Mr. Mackenzie, the latter occupying Sir Wilfrids old seat) wanted to know what the effect would be if Cauada refused toratfy. Sir Robert sharply replied that it would mean the defeat of the 7jovt. presenting the treaty for ratifica- tion, that Mr. Fielding'and his colleagues would be called upon to take their seats on the Treasury benches. Canada tor would stand out from a treaty assented to by the rest o1 the Empire. Although the discussion “was brief it was evident hat an - opposition will centre around the 10th. articl: of the league covenant. Under this membeis of the I:ague under- take, ‘"to respect and prescrve it against external aggression, the torritorial in- tegrity and existing political indepen- dence of all members of the leaguz’’ h.th Mr. Lapoint and Mr. Maclean urced the importance of this article. There was the question how far it bound Canada tc engage in further wars and members urged that time should be given to stuly the provisions of the treaty. Eventually the House adjourned until Thursday. NEw YORK, Sept. Bth 1919. Klour, Blended Clear St. Lawrence I-rand pr. brl. $10.25. Meal, Kilndried per 100 bs $4.70 New Season’s Pork per brl. $52.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $56.00 Sugar---Crystals (Confirmed by Brokers) ; per 100 ibs. $7.28. Molasses 89 test pr 150 Ibs. no quotation. Cotton, Middling Upland, at liverpool per Ib. 18 1-100d. gxchange, New York and Lordon, 60 days’ sight $4.114 kixchange New York and London, sight i $4.144 LONDON, Sept. Bth 1919. Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixed by the Royal Commission per cwts o7s. 9d. -88s. od. Muscovado, 89°/- basis, floating terms in bond, Ditto duty paid. 555. 6d. —76s. 9d. German Beet 88°/¢ f.o.b. no further sales during the war Java 96°/ Gibraltaror Channel for Orders floatiAg terms, no quotations. Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red per cwt. 1255. —-d. 1275. Cotton, Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv- - erpool nominal per lb. Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. b. Consols 51 Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 61.10 All prices subject to ¢ rrection. STARTLING SHOOTING TRAGEDY IN CHRIST “HURCH. Respectable Woman Shot Through The Heart. At 7 o’clock uvn Sunday night last, the quiet tenantry of Applegrove, Christ Church, was thrown into dilirium when it becyme known that Mrs. Anna Bec- kles, wife of Jeremiah Beckles, an ex- Sergeant of the British Guiana Police Force, had been shot through the heart. Information to hand is to the effect that about 7 o’clock on the night in question, Mr. Beckles was lounging on a couch in the drawing room, and Mrs. Beckles and one of her daughters were sitting on chairs in the same room carrying on a conversation, when suddenly, the sound of ashot from a revolver pierced the stillness of the night and Mrs. Beckles collapsed with these words: ‘‘Lord have mercy, I’m shot.”” The bullet proceed- ed straight from the assassin’s hand - chrough a jalousie window and lodged - itself into the heart of the roor woman, - who expired shortly after. Deceased was 65 years old, and the mother of 12 children, 6 of which are dead. It is ~ alleged that she was astrict religionist ' ond that she had one enemy in the wide ~ world, that person being, it is said, one of her sons. a young man named George . Beckles, who quarglled with her and ~left home some time I&st year. Grave ' suspicions point in a certain direction, | and the Police are quite alive to the . satisfaction that would result to the public if the hand that fired that fata] . shot was put in handcuffs. Mr. Beckles, - senior, is the owner of several acres of - land in the village, and has an imposing | two-storey building in which he lives, | An inquest was held by Dr. T. A. . Herbpert, Acting Coroner, and a jury, at noon next day, at the house of the de- ceased. Dr. Mortimer Johnson, Govern- , ment Bacteriologist and Pathologist, per- formed the autopsy, and, although the enquiry has been adjourned for a week for the purpose of awaiting further developments, the Doctor gave it as his ovinion that death was due to a bullet wound and was instantaneous.—Barbados Agricultural Reporter, 23rd Av .