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true, as thz Allies have resolved not to recede on the question of the Island of Cestelorizo and other territorial pointe. Sir Horace Rumbold, Higk Commissioner at Constantinople, will represent Great Britain when the Peace Conference is resumed at Lausanne on April 23rd and if a successful issue is reached, Lord Carzon will go there to sign the treaty. It is expected that the invitations to the Conference will be issued within a few days. Dublin, April 10th.—Importance is at- tached to a meeting of the Irish hier- archy, here today. Cardinal Lodge, Primate of London, presided. It is un e stool that a resolution, having an Laiportant bearing on peace, was carried. Ottawa, Aprii 10th. rhe most distin- ¢uished exponent of a great ideal, which h> declared with right use would bring peace on earth, Lord Robert Cecil in his speech on the League of Nations, under the auspices of the League of Nations So- ciety,attracted here Jast night anaudieuce which for size and distinction was a very remarkable tribute both to the man and his subject. On the platform were the Prime Minister, the leader of His Ma- jesty’s loyal opposition, Cabinet and ex- Cabinet Ministers, representatives of both races. ot labour, of the army and all local organizations, save for a moving reference to the anniversary of the tak- ing of Vimy Ridge, the speaker kept to the League of Nations. [t was a straight- forward, simply toll message of the great Statesman’s method of actiev- ing world peace. The cause of war must be nipped in the bud and the League was the logical maechinery to do the nip- ping. It is impossible for those who have not seen the works of war to feel deeply what a curse war is, or what is meant by the waste of war, said Lorc Robert Cecil. Dublin, April j10:h —Liam Lynech, Chief of Staff of tne Irregular torces, wounded and captured by [Free State troops this moraning, died at 8.45 to night. Eamonn De Valera, the Countess Markieviez and others prominent in the {.epublican movement arve reported to have been with Lynch when he was shot. The pursuit of these leaders is being continued and thé belief is ex- pressed that their capture is imminent. The capture of Liam ‘ynch is regarded here as heralding the final collapse of the Irregulars. London, April 10tk. —The Governnient sustained a surprise defeat in the House of Commons tonight, by a small majori- ty, on a mere technical point. This in ordinary circumstances the Government might Iguore, but in view of the fact that once more during its brief life the § ministry had a narrow escape in the House, in addition to several bad re- ® verses in bye-elections, it is impossible to say at the present time what attitude the Ministers will take with regard to thia defeat. The debate on Imperial =S U293% AVI trade had ended and a question arose concerning the salaries paid to former service men entering the civil service. The '.abour leaders were displeased at the G. vernment’s siand on the question and as a protest upposed the motion that the speaker leave the chair to enable a discussion of the estimates. This motion, usually carried as a matter of course, was to eve' body’s surprise, defeated by 145 to 138. The figures were greeted with intense excitement and there were la- bour shouts of ‘‘resign’’ ‘‘send for the Premier’’. Most of the Ministers were absent. When the excitement subsided Mr. J. Ramsay M-~ Donald, the Labour leader, asked what the Government proposed to do an? suggested that the proceedings should be adjourned. Mr. Neville Chamberla thereupon moved the adjournment o. the House, which was carried amid® derisive opposition c¢heers and a renewal of the 3cenes which greeted the original announce- ment. London, April 10th.—By an arranee- ment , which the supporters of the Gov- ernment regard asobvious commonsense and which their opponer ts deelare to be mere juggling with words, the Govera- ment will continue to funetion with no more serious consequences than a day or two of delay in Purliamentary busines: The Cabinet miniaters, according tot bast informed lobbyis)s, found salva..un in the word ‘‘now’’. The moticn on which the Goverament was defeated was that the sveaker do now Jeave the chair and the Ministers have decided after a conference with the speaker that ‘‘now’”’ on Tuesday nizht s not 'now’ another night, in other words, that the House of Commonc ~nly nega- tived the motion fr one particu- lar oceasion and .uat the motion ean e supmitted again. Undoubtedly when the motion is agaic submitted it will be hotly erntested by the opposition’and the opposition will be mustered in foree to vote it down. As far as can be foreseen the incident eventually will pass more or less quietly into Parliamentary history. NEW YORK, Ap:il 10th. Fiour, (Blended Clears, St. Lawrence Brand) du'y paid pr. brl. $5 10 Meal, Kilrdried per 100 pounds $2.15. New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. §27.25. Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $7 66. Mclasses Sugar 8 no uotation. Cotton, Middling, Upland, at Liverpooi per lh. 16 24-100 Exchange. New York and London, 60 days’ sight $4.63% Exchange New York and London, sight $4.65% LoNnDoN, April 10th. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, per ewt. 545. od. —s7s. od. *“ Muscavado per ewt. 485.0d-505.0d. ““ White Java’s cif United Kingdom May and Juase sellers 31s. 6d. ' Demerara Rum per gal. nominal. | Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per ‘ cwt, 565. od—sßs. od. : Cotton, gcod medium West Indian Sea | Island at Liverpool, per Ib. 23d. Bank of England Rate of Discount per | cent 3. I Consols 594, -~ Three per cent.Rentes in Paris Fes. 59.65. . 1S A BEAUTIFUL BABY, BAID THE | QUEEN. | . | London, March 10.—The harmless bro- . mide that kings and queerns are human . just like anybody else, was worked over- . time in the dzys that followed the ad- . vent of Princess Mary’s new born son. . People wondered whether King George - and Queen Mary Lad acted like ordinary . expectant grardparents, and whether . Lord Lascelles bebaved with the usual | pre-paterral nervousness and then, up- . on hearing ‘‘its a boy,”” had burst foith . with pride. People learned that it was so, and they were happy. From the few chosen mortals privi- ledged to be in Chesterfield House, the '« town residence of Princess Mary, on the ' birthday of her son, there h:s emanated | slowly but surcly details of how the . royal kinfolks had condiacted themselves. Lord | ascelles stuck around the house all day, pacing from rcom toroom. In the afternocon thelr majesties paid a visit - and then motored back to Buckingham . Palace. After dinner they came again. At 10.30 o’clock Lord Lascelles inquired " how everything was going,and Dr. Simson told him *‘everything is quite normal,”’ For the next hour and fifteen minutes the king betrayed corsiderable appre- hension. Then came the news that the . baby was born, and that it was a boy. | ‘Iam a grandfather,”’ the King re- - marked. *But 1 am a fathcr,”’ ssid Lord Lascel- les and congratulations were exchaneed Then the Queen declared, ‘'l do not care if lam a grandmother or not, but it is a beautiful baby.”’ And the next day baby talk was the language of the kingdom.—Porto Rico Frogress. HE SHOULD WORRY. Buddy was up before the disability board. The pompous alieniist was asking him a long string of questions to deter- mine his mental condition, and Buddy was rapidly getting disgusted. ‘‘Quick’’ shouted the celebrated doe, ‘‘tell me this: How many legs has a lobster?”’ Buddy lorked at him crushingly before replying. “For the luvva Mike’’, he said, ‘s ‘that all you got to worry altout?”’—The American Legion Weekly.