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a Britlsh air expert and that the diregi- ble 436 will. be used. The cost of the project is estimated at 5,000 pounds ster- ling, Itis suggested that the start may be from Putney and it is estimated that the round trip can be achieved in four days. London, Feb., 22nd—In the presence of Queen Mary at Universily College here last night Ur. Scton, deiiveringa lecture on Scottish history, stated thut while the Prince of Wales held that title by royal creation, she was Prince of Scotiand by rigcht of birth direetly his father became King. This had the precedent of centuries, the lecturer said. London, Feb. 22nd.-—The voriee of in- sulin has been reduaced from 12 shillings and 8 pence, to 6 shillings and & pence per bottie of one hundred units. This biz reduction in price is the outcome of less than a vear of production of insulin on a large scale, New York, feb. 22nd.--Today was observed thrcughout the United Staies as a pational holiday, George Washii 2- ton’s Birthday. All schools and m:.r- kets are closed and 1o many cases puo- lie bodics had patriotic exercises, Otrawa, Feb. 22nd--Ihe condition of the Hon. W. S. Fielding, Finance Miunis- ter, ceniinues about the same, it was stated at his home last eveninz. lle js able to get up for a tine eaci: day. Paris, Fed. 22nd. —Mrs Corey, divore- ea wite of Wm. K Corey, ex-head of the United States Steel Chrporation, is en- gaged to Pritce Luis Ferdinand, son of the Due Di’Galliera, who i: first cousin of King Alfonso of Spain, says the Her- ald. The newspaper gives Corey as authority for the statement. The Prince is thirtysix years old. Versailles, Feb, 22nd--The two French- men Charles and Noivain, who were con vieted as having stolen tapestries from the Versailles Palace last Autumn, have been sentenced to five years im :rison- ment. The tapestries taken from the palace were made in 1674 and forinid a part of a Louis sixteenth coliection. One of them represented the scige of Douia ald the other the entry of the Kingz iato punkirk. The tapestries each, valued at one million francs, were sto.ea at pight by the two men who eitered through a window, Shortly after the robbery the art treasures wzre found by the seeret police. One of them had been cut into twelve pieces. Montreal. Feb.2lst——The purchase of the Bangque Nationale by the Bank of Hoche- laza was vatified by the shareholders of the latter at a general meeting today. Discussion was brief and the vote unami- mous. A much more warmly d-bated question was that of a possible change of name, on which sentimental opinion ran strong. The Secretary reported that the meeting represented with proxies 30,000 shares After a long debate, the quesduon of the bank’s namz was closad by the carrying of a motion to leave the matter ST2 YL to the discretion of the board of direct- -01, Qnayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 23rd.—A v.ry stroug earthquake shock was felt here last night, the populace are panic stricken, Paris, Feb. 23rd.—The Chamber cf Depu‘ies approved M. Poincare’s entie taxation and economy plans this mornin 2 after an all-night sossion the vote wia 354 to 218 Tarbes, Franca, Feb. 231, —An earia- quake yester.iay afternoon at 33} p. n. rocked buildinzs here and at Bagno- res, Cauterets and other places. The wails of buiidings were cracked, while doors were tarowa op2n and furniture was hroken. The phenomeni lasted ten seconds. I'ne earthguakes was particu- larly severe at Bagneres, where a num- bor of bullings were badly shaken. Chimneys were threawn dowvn and the populace, panie sirvicken, fled from their homes. Nobody was injured and the property damaze was relacively shzht, London, Feo. 23rd. —Thz2 Parliament- ary vaeancy in the Abbay Division of Wesiminster, arising fron the d ath of the Conservative candid«te Brizadier- Goneral Nieholson is being bromad Ly Mr. Winston Cnureaili’s poiitical and nawspapar friends as an opportunity to bring abouc his rvetura to Parliamont, T'nere has baen inuen gossip of late aoout the probahility of Me, Churcitli rejnn- ing tha Conservativas, but the suz os- tion pow is that he contest the vacaocy as an Indevendent anti Socialist. Paris, February 22a0d.—1ihe Austri- an Minister has returned to France the keys of whe City of Lyons seized by an Ausirian army in 1810, VFae purpose of the affair is to demonstrate Austra’s gradtude for financial assisiance sccord- ed her by the League of Nalivus wiih France’s permission. Piymouth, Feb, 23rd.— Naval auathori- ties ianded 4,379 bags of Awmerican mail from the liner Minuehada today, aiter labour union officials had indue.d the crews of the mail ienders to reifuse to handie the bags, L'ne mzii was laken o ithe Davonport Navy Yard. NEwW YORK, FFeb 220d. Flour, (nard winter ciears $1.9). . hard wiater straights $0.40 Meal, Kiipdried per 100 pounds $2 35 New Scason’s L'ork per barrel $57.0J. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $26 00 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $7.28 Mclasses Sugar 89 maximum 6.25. Cotton, Middiing, Upland, at Liverpool per lb. 17 65-100 d. Exchange. New York and London, 6C days’ sight $4.294 Exchange New York and Loadon, sight $4.313 LoNDON, Feb. 22nd. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, rominal per cut 625. od. —oss. Ud. ““ Muscavado nominal per cwt. 525. 565. 0d *“ White Java’s cif United Kingdom 345. 0d Demerara Rum per gal. nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per ewt. 575. od.--58s. od. Cotton, good medium West Indian Sea Island at Liverpool, per ib. 24d. nominal. ICELAND. TUCKEYD AWAY IN FRO- ZEN NORTH, VOTIED DRY—BUT SPAIN KEEPS IF WEI. By MILTON BRONNER. Londo, Jan. 2).—''We have no very rich peoble and very few who are very poor. We have no peopie who are Job less. We have no drunkards and few eriminals. We have jails but few lu- mates. All our people can read and wriie and practicaliy all of them are good Cheistians who not onlv ge to ehurech, but lead Christian lives.”’ Ihiat sounds aimost ke Utopia, but it is the deseription of his country given me by Siggurdar Eggerz, who is the prime minister cf ‘‘the land of old yes- terday and new tomorrows’ '—lceland, the smallest kinedom 1n the world, The population of this iittle nation thuching the Areiic circele is 100,000of whieh 20,000 is centered in the cuapitsl city of Reykjavik. “During the war we voted ourselves dry’’, said Eggerz. ''But Spain inter- vened. Spain happens to be our best customer tor our chief product, fish. She threatened to close her doors to our fish if we closed our doors to her wine. 8o we have to admi. the wine to pieserve trade. Byt beer and whisky are un- known in leeland and everybody is cor- vinced that prohibition is a good thing.”’ “leeland is not as cold as some parts of the United States 1n winter,”” he con- tinned., ‘lt is true the thermometer never soars in the summer—but we man- age to get along quite happily.”’ Although no money is spent in Icelar for armies or navies, and few goverr- mental oilicials draw salaries, the naton- al debt is approximately £5,000,000. fceland is now a sepurate kirgdom ine stead of a deperdeney of Denmerk., Ihe two countries are united by the fact thai the king of Denmark aisu is king of Iceland. **Ne have a congress called the ‘‘Al- thing’’, said the prime minister. ‘‘The house of representatives is made up of 26 members elected for terms of six years by universal suffrage. The senate is made up of 14 members, six of whom are elected by the people by a system of proportional representation. The remain- der are chosen by the lower house. ‘‘lceland was settled by the Vikings a thousand years ago— that makes it the ‘land of yesterday’ but it is also the land of new tomorrows’ because through our undeveloped water power we hope to electrify the entire island’’, —Porto Rico Progress.