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chased from the India Office and the I War Office, between thirteenand fifteen million yards of flannel, wortn one | million five nuadred thousand sterling. ‘ It is stated that the flannel will be ex- | ported from the United States. A ru- | mour was current at Br dford some time | ago that a syndicate of West Riding | manufasturers were negotiating such a | transaction. { Madr:d, Febh. 2lst.— 'ne Spanisn Min- | istry resigned today. g | Washingion, Feb. 21st —A cabie mes- sage received at the offices of the Amer- ican Relief Administration for European Children, from represzatatives of the | organizatina in Vienna, celis ol condi- tions of firancial chaos and extreme | want and suffering rampanc there. T'ne | crown 1s quo-ed at less than half a cent. | The message stated thac the people are | badly ciad and walk miles to th-ir work, | Viznni is deseribad as ca 2 pictur: of das- | olation aad almost hop2less musary. | Las) Aucamn, tweaty two tnhousand was { 4 fair estimate of the numbar of unders- | nourishad children in Vienna, while to- | day, 1t 1s believed that three hundred | thousand would be more eoarrect. "'We are intormed”’, the messa e cantludes. | ‘‘that the cicy has sufficient foodstufts to last for only one month, even at the | preseni starvaiion raiions’’. | Paris, B¢b. 20th. -M. Caillaux, For- | mer Premisr, took the stand today, when his trial before the Sznate, sitting as a High Cour., on a charge of having intrigu:d ¢ bring about a premature and disnonourable peace with Germany, was resum:d. He was examined with regard to n.s trip to South America and his reiations with Mr. Louis Swift, of Cnicago, who, in 1913, was interned in the Unit:d States, as an allied enemy. He suid that his pre-war policy, whicn wus being termed by his enemies as "‘a peace at any orice policy’’, was not that but was a ooliecy of European concilia- tion. He «d=clared he had never heard of Count Von Luxburg, the Forme -~ Ger- m+n Minisie® to Argentine, until five da’s be ore he left on his journey to South Ameica, While in Sout Amer- 1, he said ha had always told them around hira that the Berlin policy was impudent and unmanneriy. In defence, he argued that there had be n 2 mis- trenslation of the phrase “‘(apture un- desirable’’, in the telegram sént by Count Von Luxbucg, to the Berlin Gov- ernment byway of Washington. waich had been construed to mean that Ger- many did not desire to interfere with the former pramier’s movement. It was argued by the attorney for the accused tht this message was mistranslated in the United States and that it really read ‘‘Ruptur= Very desirable,” Chicago, Feb. 19th.— “‘President Wil- son, because of his illness, should retire i now, under the advice of his physicia-, tamily, and friends,”” Dr. Devan, For- ' mer President of the American medical el o SURE OGE 1o g T ’ association and vprofessor of surgery at . the Rush Medical College, stated today. ~ Dr. Devan said ''The President has had a stroke, with resulting paralysis o the s-de of his brain, with the plugging up of the arteries which supply that part of the right side of his brains which control his left arm. The disease of the arteries is in a parmanent and not a temporary condicion, in other words, the President has a permanently damazed br in H-is evidently slowly recowering from the paralysiseof his arm, but the diseceased arteries which were responsible for the stroke, and .the damazed brain remain, and will not be raecovarad from’’. Or. Devan concluded by stating t at the patient in this condi- tion should, under ro zircumstances, be perwitred to resumec the work of such a strenuous position as that of President. St. l'homas, Feb. 27th ——Cable com- munication with Antigua and St. Kitts practically suspended owing to a bod fault in tae cable, preventing work. Traffic .wiil be forwarded by all oppor- tunities. London, Feb 23rd.--In an article in the Ksening Standard today Lord Robert ~ Cecil gives it as his opinion that the Turks must leave Constantinople, on the © ground that maintenance of the Turkish . Sovereigniy over inat cily wouid ve a ' menace to tranquili'y, the first require- . mens, he says that the policy of the Al- | lies towards lurkey should be just, and | he could conceive that anyone could ' doubt they were justly entitled to re- ' move the Government fiom <onstanti- . novle. He leclared that every one of the . Armenian massacres and other Turkish outrages had be~n carried out bv direct ' orders from that citv. As to the alleged danger of oifending the Musselmen of . {ndia, he expressed the view that this danger is very greatly exaggeraied. {.ondon, Feby. 23rd.--The Prince of ~ Wales will leave on his trip to the Anti- . podes on March Bth on H. M. S. “‘Re- nown’’ from P-ortsmouth. According to the official itinerary which has beep given ' out, he will arrive at Barbados on March . 19tn. and at Colon on March 23rd. The . next day will be occupied in the progress | through the Panama Canal, then she . **Renown’’ will turn north-ward, touch- | ing «t San Diego, California, on March | 31s-. From this point the trip across | the Phacific will be begun, and the sche- ! dule provides for the reaching of Hceno- lulu on Ap-il 6th. and ~nd on April § 17th., calling at Fijl en route. | Chicago, Feb. 23rd.—General Leonard Wood will enter the I'linois Presidential | race, it was announced* today by Mr. ' Proctor General Woods, National Cam- ' paign Chairman. f Jeru aiem, Feb. 23rd. During a re- ' cent snows:orm the famous tree named " El Budnia, :n the Garden of Gethsemane, ‘ was blown down. According to tradi- ’ tion this tree would fall when the ''ark- ' ish Empire pad fallen twice. It was bound round with iron bands to prevent it from ralling. , London, Feb. 23rd.-——Mr. Bonar Law in the House of Commons today said that no intima‘ion of the decision of the Netherlands Govt. regarding the {ormer German Emperor had as yet reached the British Govt. He mad.: statement in reply to a question as to whether Holland had decided to keep the former Monarch in Curacao. Rome, Feb. 23rd. Despatches received Lere report the occurence of a great earthquake in the district of which the town of Gori is the certre. There have been namerous casualties and serious damage. Montreal, Feb. 23rd.—The adverse rate of exchange between Canada and the United States today brought about a new development in international af- fairs, when an order was issued by the Canadian railways, which becomes ef- fective on March Ist, whereby railway agents are ordered to reduse to accent prepayment of shipping charges on ship- ments irom Canada to the United States, excepl In the case of certain kinds oi goods on which prepayment is required by the tariff rules. This means that ship- ping charges will be collected at the point or destinarion and 1n United States funds, instead of in ('anadian funds. Coluinbia, Feb. 23rd.--Major General Leonard Wood filed his declaration of candidacy tor the repubiican presidential nomination yesterday. London, Feb. 23rd. Consecription wiil be abolished in Great Britain on March 3lst., and within one month from that date the last conseript will be entitled *o ke released was announced by Mr. Win- ston Churchill in moving the army esti- mates in the House of Commons today. London, Feb. 23rd.-——Much intere:t centres ir. the Turkish decisions, public sentiment 1n Englard against allowing the Turks to remain in Constantinople growing rapidly. The question will arise whether it will be possible to revise the Supreme Councils decision after it i.as already been announced oficiallythrough- out India by the Indian authorvities The Secreiary tor India and the Indian Govt, are being blamed for undue haste in this maftter. London, Feb. 24th.—Sugar in stoek on the 21st. inst. was 50,000 tons last year 134 060 tons. NOOSE FOR PROFITEERS. - Bohemian Dealers Cut Food Prices When Led to Gallows. Geneva, Switzerland, Jan. 19.—The populace in Prague erecred gallows in the principal street, whither they conducted fifty-seven food profiteers and threaten- ed to hang them unless they swore to re- duce prices, says a dispatch from that eity. All took the oath.--Saturday Blade.