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and con, the council concluded that, on the whoie, the petier course for achiev- ing the common end, was to retain the Turk in the capital on the Bosphorus. Referring to the agreement made early in the war, under which Russia was to obtain Constantinople, he said this agree- ment ended, as far as Rassia was con- cerned, by tne revolution in 1917 and the peace of Brest-Litovsk. He reiterated his pledge that ihere would however be a different porter at the gates. It would be the height of folly again to trust the guardiansihip of these gates people who had betrayed cheir trust, he declared 2and never again would those gates he closed by the Turks in the face of British ships. The influ- ence which had decided the Peace Con- ference :o retain the Turks in Consfanti- novle, the Premier continued, had come from India, the two peace delegates of India at Paris, neither of whon was a Mohammedan, having dec'ared that un- less the Allies retained the Turks in Constantinople, their action would be regarded as a grea\ brcach of faith on the part of the British Empire. Without the aid of India, he pointed out, Turkey could n,t have been conquered that nothing could be more damaging to Brit- ish prectige in India than the feeling that Great Eritain did not keep her word He pnronised, however, that when the peace terms vere disclosed they would be found dasti® enough to satisfy Turkey’s birteres' so:. The main aims regarding Turkey are. firstly, the freedom of the straits, secondly, the freeing of all non- Turkish coiramu -ities from the Otto- man array. and thirdly the preservation ior Tuirks of self-government in com- munities whieh are mainly Turkish, supject 0 rieost important reservations. He exp ained that the freedom of the siraits would be assured because ail Turtey’s forts wonld be dismantled. She wourld have no troops within reach, and world not be permitted to have a navy, while the Allies would garrison the straits. The only alternative, he said, wus au international Military Gov- erament of Constantinople and ail the surrouncing territory. whicn vould be verye unsatisfactorv and costly to the Al ies. : NEW YORK. March 2nd 1920. Kiour, Biend 2d Clear St. Lawrence ;'rand : pr. brl, $11.75 Veal, Kilndried per 100 Tbs $3.65 New Secasor’s Pork per bri. $43.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $41.00 sugar---Crystals maximum per 1) Ibs $10.54. Sugar---Crystals minimum $10.24 Viotasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middiing Upiand, at i.iverpool per lb. 29 43--1004. v)xchange, New York and London, 60 : days’ sight $3.42 Exchange New York and London, sight $3.45% : ILLONDON, Marech 2nd 1919. 53, .omelX A\ ]-= Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. ; fixed by the Royal Commission per cwts : ; . 1005..0d. --106 s. sd. . duscovado, 897/~ basis, floating rerms in - bond, Ditto duty free. 90s. od.—9ss. od. ' German Beet 88°/c f.o.b. no further sales during the war White Java sugar cif U. Kingdom cif without engagement. 86.0—87.0 Demerfira Rum, per gal. nomirthl. ; Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red per cwt J4is, od. 138s. od. Cottc Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv- erpool nominal per lb. Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. 6. : Consols 49 Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 58.55. All prices subject to change. FORMER KAISER GROWS STOOUT. The Hague correspindent of the Tage- blatt givesa rather unusual picture of the former German Emperor in a lengthy article which he contrihuted regarding the personal appearance of the former ruler and his future prospects. ““The Kaiser himself, the Kaiser grown much older, has been struck in his vital | strength, says the corespondent. The . trembling right arm and leg, which ear- . lier was onlv just noticeable, has so in- . creased that it is apparentat a giance . and dominates his. entire appearance. | ..T'ne Kaiser has become very corpulent,® ' though he eats little. | “"The Kaiser's attitude is still soldierly, ' but he appears to have grown shorter. . It is noticeablz how siowly he speaks in contradiction to his old babit. He livens - up only when remembrances of the old . days eome to hiri. This o‘ten occurs in the middle of a conversanon. Only ity can be felt for the Kaiser on such ocea- sions. No one who has seen him at - Amerongen and 1s capable of responsible impressions believes that this nian, whois sprritually torn, and suows it in his body, will ever play an active rol- in any form whaisoever. By the grinding experi- ences of war, the blow of a breakdown . and worry about his future which corn- . stantly torments him, the de¢ per Imnpuls- es of his wiii are dulled. In rhe opinion of the correspondent, . the former Emperor hias purchasad Doorn . House, as proot that hz has given up ; anyvt_hough'ts of reiurning to viermany. | “"He ro longer exoresses the wish to | return to Germany,’’ says the writer. | He believes Germany is los*. More thun | ever he believes he has beon betrayed by | his counsellors and the wnoic people.”’ I The former ruler’'s le ters are eensored ( by the Duteh. who are declared to ba not inconsiderate and not paturally se- vere. T e correspondent makes an appeal for the former Kmpero saving: "1t depends upon -Amerongen beiny | left quiet and forgotten. THe last as- ~ front that threatens its resident can thus { v ' be most casily avoided.”’— Barbados . Globe. > Wood aleohol poisoning: “‘When a - man will drink enough bay rum or lemon . extract or aleohol to get drunk, he isn’t ~ close enough to the normal tvpe to be . considered with the average -citizen.”’ | —Collier’s Weekly. j Recent ‘borings made in the asphalt . lake on the island of Trinidad have . reacheda new low level record of 150 feet. The asphalt is found to be of uni- . form character throughout. Signs of the | Thimes ‘ Lord Fisher, admiral of the British fleet, says, ‘One of the fearrul things of the late war iis that we had no admi- rals or generals shot—we only promoted | them’’—Leslie’s Weekly. | The largest and most powerful wire- . less station in the world is being com- | pleted at Bourdeaux, : rance, by the American navy. The aerials of the station are swung upon eight steel . towers, each about 900 feet high, almost - equaling in altitude the famous Eiffel Tower in Paris. It is expected the st tion will be of such power that any - amateur or professional station In the - world, regardless of static conditions, . wil be able to pick up its transmission. - The electrical installation is entirely modern, and the station conceals secrets . that the French government is guard- - ling closely--Torsnto Globe. Tea and enffee planters of India and . South America say that prohibition has ' distinctiy improved their business Stgns of the Times. That prohibition is responsible for the remarkable decrease in number of ar- rests 1o this eity, during the last year is the opinion of Superintendent of Pol- ice Robinson. During 1918, there were | 94,195 persons arrested. Police figures { made public yesterday show that 75,827 | arrests were made duriny the year just i ended. This is a reduction of 18,369 | arrests over the preceding year, and | the polize point out thar che arrests did ! not show a marked decrease in 1919 un- j til atter July 1. “'Prohibition without | 1 doubt is responsibie for this happy re- t duction in all eclasses of offenses. The | majorlty of arrvests made during a year | are for offences of disorderly conduct, | drunkenness, and oiher less serious vio- ! lations of the law,’”’ said Superintendent i Robinson. ‘'T'his cluss or offenders has | been rapidly disappearing since the ad- ' vent of prohibition, and itis to be ex pected that a further decrease will take - place as intoxicating .iquor becomes - more difficult to obtain.’’—Philadelphia v edger.