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aithough featured in the news columns of the morning nawspapers receive very little editorial attention. This pechaps is because, in view of the obviousiy eri- tical situation, it is thought that the less slid the better. The Times, however, takes cceasinn, in an editorial. to recog- nize the French peint of view and at the same time to express a great fear that France will act swiftly in event & dis- agreement ils reached when the Council of Ambassadors moets again. The nowss- paper says that even if from the French view point the situation arising from events in zermany is as grave as it is . represented in Paris, precipitate violent action can only increase the danger. ‘'ls it pussible”” the newspaper states, ‘‘that thie people of France should be eager to plunge deeper into the morbid confusion of Germany, when serious difficulties are mulitiplying in the Rhineland and the Rubhr. We would say we are alarmed at the prospeet of French isolation. It is not good for FKurope that Franee should be alone. It isß dangerous for France, far more dangerous than the ravings of an exbhausted Germuny.”” The "'Dai- ly Telegraph’’ prints a statement, by an urnamed British St<teman, to the effect that the situation 1s far more eri- tical than the DBritish people imagine. The danger, says this eomuaentator, lies not in a brezk between Great Britain and Frarce, but in the memace of a final break tetween France and Germany, in which case further French miliary op r- ations would become inevitable and would bring tumbling down the whoie shaken struciure of Germany, precinitating Cen- tral Europe intoturmoti. ‘lne only way to prevent such a calamity, the state- ment asserts, is fur Creat Britain to con- trol French action. 7This can only be done by maintaining the Entente, but without actively helpir g France, New York, Nov. 17th,—There was an advance in the raw sugar market today and a little better inquiry was rejorted for full duty sugars. Frices are now quoted at 7.16. duty paid. Fales includ- ed 2,800 bags of Peru’s at 7 09, duty paid all for early December arrivals. Futures were firmer, leflecting the advance in the spot market. The close was at about the best at two to four points net higher on active positions. December closed at 5.88, March ,at 4.34, May at 4.43 July 4.63. Athens, Nov. 17th.—Mr. Henry Mor- genthau, Chairman of the Greek Land Settlement Commission, established by the League of Nations, is conferring - with Colonel Piastiras and representa- . tives of the Near East relief, relative to the work of finding homes for one mil- lion Greek refugees. . Spezia, {taly, Nov. 18th,— Kirg Alfen- «Pof Spain, accompanied by Q:een Vie toria and a numerous entourage ¢f gran- does, Admirals, General and Statesmen, arrived here tonight on beard the battle- ship Jaime on his way to Rome, where s L ROlx A VIS Le is to visit King Victor Emanuel, and pay Lis respec's to His Holiness Pope Pius. Following a formal welcome by distinpquished Jtal'ans, the Spanish Royal Party proceeded to a special train ard s “rted for Rome. whici will be reached {CL.OYTOW morning., Washington, *ov. 17th,—The Presi- dent has given his approval to treasury plaas for expansion of the Coast Guard for prevention of liqguor smuggling. The plans contemplate an expenditure of $20,000,000 for new crafts and addition- al personel, New York, Nov. 18th.—Mr Ottn H. Khan, International Banker, told the Foreign Policr Association yesterday that it was the cuty of the United States, to determine what should be done in the Franco Germsn erisis. ‘'l will not criti- cize the policy of the United States’’ he said, ‘'but certainly it has not been an all-blooded one. Tha United States shouid determine first in its own mind what should be done, and when the pub- lic shculd be taken into its confidence. Let it then, state openly what the issues and cireumstances are under which the United States would help” Ottawa, Nov. IT'h—There was an in- cregse of nearly $173,000,000 in the to- tal trade of the Dominion duri g the flrst seven months of the fiscal year, accord- ing to returns made public todey b tle Department of Customs. There were in- creases in both export and imports, but the rise in imports was much greater than in the exports. Thet tal trade for the period under review the seven months ending with October was $1,004, Hed-000 for the eurrentjvear, as compar- ed with $921,699,000 for the year previ- ens, Canpad:ian imsperts rose from $l3O. 000,860 to 540,000,000 while exborts of Canadian proauce increased trom $499, GOO,OOO to 553,000,000 London, HMov. 18th.—Mr. Winston Churehill has consented to stand for West Leicester, where in the last Parlia- mentary elections a Labour candidate "was returned. While there is still no definite arrangement between rthe Liber- al and Labour Parties for allocating seats 1t is extremely likely that Labour will put up a candidate to oppose Mr. Churck.- ill. In this case an excitinZ contest may be expected, as Mr.,Churchiil heés a.- ways stoutly denouncéd what he des- cribes as the Boishevik (endencies of the Labour Party and bas strongly op- posed a capital levy. Berlin, Nov, 18th.—Chancellor Stresse- manp, addressing a meeting of the Ger- iman Peoples Party today, declared acainst a dictatorship. He announced also that Germany would reject any de- marnd for the surrender of the ex-Crown Prince. Berlin, Nov. 16th.— In a speech te the party leaders today, Chancellor Stresse- mann siated that his policy had succeed- ed in brirging both the Anglo-Saxon race and May into closer line with Germany. F:ance, the Chancellor declared, wou'd fiad that her positon eventuaily would become -impossible and a new chapter in history wouid be opened. The speech is regarded in pohitical ecireles as having greatly strengthened the Chancellor’s position. : Warsaw, Nov. 16th.— Polard will make reprisa's against German subjects in Po- land, if the German and Eavarian Gov- ernments do not act upon the energetie representations made by the Polisn Gov- ernment agaiasy the persecuiion of Jews according to a statement made by For- eign Minisier Sevda. The statement was made to the commiltee on Foreign Af- fairs of the Diet, in reply to an interpel- lation by Deputy Reuch, a member of the Jewist Parliamentary Pariv, 4 Moscow, Nov. 18th.—Tl'he news that Maurice Conradi, the Swiss engineer, had been acquitted in Lousanne of the assassination of M. Vorovsky, the Sovi- et Plemputentiary, was greeted with indignation in official cireles in Moseow The Russian Press deeleres the trial and the verdict constituted a (ravesty of justice. SHOWERS AROVE—-FINE BELOW It may seem singular, but it is true, that showers of rain ocet r without a sin- gle dop reacking the earth, 'This |ap- pens when the rain fslls from a hich cloud, and meets on its downward jour- ney a layer of very warm air. This warm air causes the rain to evaporate long before it Las the chance of getting even into the lower levels of the atmos- phere, say, as low down as ten thousand feet avove the greund. Sometimes these overhead showers are distinctly visible from below, as a sort of durk {rinze toa still darker eloud, Often the f{ringe takes a twisted form as though the elond were tnoving forward and leaving the lower part of the shower behind. In the same way a snowstorm fre- quently oceurs in the higher regions of the atmosphere wiihout a single i{lake reaching the ground level. The snoy Las melted and the moisture haa evapor- ated in mid air. These overbead snow- storms are not to b 2 supposed us occur- ing only in thegwinter time, or at a very great height above the earth it is always “*winter’’hence an overhead snowstorm may be seen, even in the height of sum- mer, taking place five miles, or even fess, above the earth.—Everyd iy Life. e g FOR SALE One Only Upright Piano Horace Wat~rs make Apply to A 810. No. 19 Prince’s Street.