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word. The German counter-proposals created nothing short of amazement in | Fr_e;nch Officinl and diplomatic circles. s Advance information regardirg the | propositions to be submitted by Dr. Si- | mons, the Germawf‘af‘é"ign Minister, | was to effect that the proposals were reasonable and might form the basis | of discussion. The concensus of opinion this evening, however, was that no | discussion was possible French offi- | cials cannot hide th: feelinj?f satis- | faction that the German attitude should | “‘show that the French view point had E been correet from tne first. That Ger- | many was unwilling to face the respon- | sibiiities, and also prove to Great Bri- | tain and the rest of the Allies and neu- | tral world that Germany will under- | stand nothing but the application of | force, a~d that it is-useless to deal with | GGermany ina spirit of justice and fair- | ness. Managua Nicaragua. March Ist—Costa Rican forces numbering 2,500 have been sent to the Panamanian frontier by the | Govt, the act of which, in connection | with the controversy with Panama have | been approved by the Chamber of Depu- I ties it is said in despatches from San Jose. A mob in San Jose has torn down the conat of arms from the Panamanian legation and has trampled it underfoot as a reprisal for asimilar action on the part of a erowd in Panama. Panama, March Ist.—One person was killed and four others wounded when. | the Presidential guard fired upon a mob whiceh broke into the executive mansion here yesterday. United States troops arrived at the home of President Por- ras just in time to save his life. Barbados, Mareh Ist.—At yesterday’s neeting of the House of Assembly a message from the Govt. was represented transmitting copy of relegram received through the Governor of Trinidad from the Secretary of State for tne Colonies on the question of calling for tenders £or.a transatlantic steamship service. In conneciion therewith, the followinz re- solution was passed. Resolved that the Assembly aceept tne principle of contribu- tion 'o the cost of a steamship servie@i providel the conditions of the same are satisfaetory to this Colony, and the amount of the conrribution is with- in che financial power of the colony but they must await further particulars pefore determining the definite exten® of such contribution. : Antibss, France, March Ist.—King Nicholas of Moaienegro, died here today. Tne Queen of Italy, daughter of King ' Nicholas has been advised of the death of their father, she and King Victor E.anuel are expected to come here for the funerai. [Lne date of the funeral has not yet been fixed. Paris, March 2nd. —Newspapars of this city are united in declaring that Ger- many’s proposals, submitted to the Supreme Allied Council in London yes- 1 51 ki 2 &Y 1 8 terday, were unacceptable. Germany’s ludicrous offer’’’appears to sum up the view of the majority of journals in this city and the remark of Mr. Lloyd George. ““We had better adjourn quickly or we will finl we owe the money’’, finds im- mense favour. Prerrier Briand's news- paper, the ‘‘Eclair’’, says: ‘'France hitherto has shown the utmost patience, but if Germany compeis her to do so, she will use her strength remorselessly in full agresment with the Allies’’. The Petit Parisien, which has the widest circula- tion of any Paris newspaper, says: “‘Faced with the German proposals which insult the misery of the populations of our devastared regions and which mock all the Allies, there is not a single one of our young soldiers, who if the nation should require it, will not readily go and mount guard in the Ruhr region’’. M. Rafville, the wi ely known writer on foreign topies, says in L’Action Fran- caise. ‘lt is the good fortune of France always to be able to count on the clumsi- ness of the, Germans. Ther eternal blunders save us from our own’’. London, March 2nd.—This morning’s newspapers were unanimous in declaring the German offer of the equivalent of $7,500,000,000 in reparations, was wholly inadequate “‘lmpudent. ludicrous, fan- tastic and grotesque’’, were some of the adjectives the principal newspapers used in commenting on the German terms. liven the pacific ‘‘DailyNews’’ confessed it was at a loss to understand the German mentality. ‘'l'he Germans’’, the newspaper said. '‘Truly astonished the world by an absurd offer, which was utterly inadequate and frankly unac- ceptable: (Unless Dr. Sinions returns to realities, ‘lt is good bye to a just setfle- ment and a solid European peace.”” It is not easy to speak with patience of this combination of business cunning, chicanery and sheer impudence,’”’ assert- ed the -'‘Times’’, ‘‘Doubtless the Ger- mans are armed with a whole series of successive schemes, each giving a lirtle more than its predecessors, bu‘t when her bluff is called she will abandon it.”’ ‘Shadow, ludicrous andillinformed as Dr. Simons may have been,” said the B¢Merning Post,”’” “‘itserved to unite the Allies, It was tragie, becavse even now Germany does not realize her infamy.”’ The Daily Telegraph declared, nobody was prepared for such a fantastic offer and adds, ‘‘Great Britain must support France, whether naval action or econo- mic pressure, should be decided upon.”’ ““No trace of loyaltyv or good faith’’ the Chronicle asserted, ‘appeared in the offer, which was intended as an evasion of the Versailles Treaty. London, March 2nd. —Replying in the House of Commons last night to a ques- tion by Sir Frederick Hall, as to whether the terms of the Anzio Japanese alliance preziuded the possibility of Great Britain being compelled to furnish asristance to Japaun in the case of a conflict batween that country and the United States, Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, under secretary for foreign affairs, said that British relations with Japan had so arranged themselves that Great Britain would not be involved in such a struggle Sir Frederick further * asked wherher assurance of this state of affairs had been given to the Ulnited States in. connectior. with its naval con- struction programme, to which the un- der-Secretary replied that ro official com- munication had been made, as there was no reason to believe that the re- sponsible parties were in any doubt re- garding the truth of the matter. Berlin, March 2nd. —The ‘‘Zeiturng Ammittag’’ in its edition yesterday, said it had been informed that the London Conference was to be opened with re- ligious services conducted by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. The text of the Archbishop’s sermon, the newspaper added, would be foand in the Gospel of St. Matthew, fifth chapter, twenty-sixth verse. The verse in St. Matthev. re- ferred to read as follows-"'Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the utter- most farthing.’’ Kingston, Jam ica, March, 2nd. -The Jamaica Govt has decided to przsent a bill to the Legisiative Council to make Kingston a free port of call. It is hoped that under this mea urea considerable volume of business will be ob ained from vessels passing ithrough the Panama Canal and stopping at Kingston. HOW TO LIVE FOREVER Eat nothing but stewed parsips. Drink- nothing but cold water. Go to bed a: eight every night. Get up at six everv morning. Don’t smoke, chew or piay poker. Go to church every Sunday mourning. Split three cords of wood a day. Walk 19 miles before breakiast. Ride horseback two hours every day. Play golf the remainder of the afternoon. Don’t kiss the cook or anybudy eise. Shun the public drinking cups, Keep out of crowded cars. Now comes tne most important instrue- tion, if you would live forever: Don’t lie.—The Gentlewoman. LOOK FUORWARD TO 1922 K¢ LIPS A total eclipse of the sun is seheluled for Sept. 20 1922. Astronomers are looking eageriy forward to tmis event as they expect v 10 present ravorable conditions for further tesiiny the Ein- stein theory. Already the field of stars that will surround the orb at that time has been photograpned and a diagram has beepr prepared. The Maldive islands and Christmas island it is believed offer the best available sites for the observa- tion of the phercmenon.- The Pathfind- er. &