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for another election immediately. It was stated that the Liberals would be prepared to give the Labour Govervoent 4 flee band, ''so iong as their executive offorts should be confired to praciieal rolities’”’, the Mail says. The Maii, whiecn for weeks now has consistently cevoted its main editorials to beseeching Mr, Asquith to keep the Sceialists cut of nower, brings up a recolution passed at a socialist conference last year, affirming that the time had arrived when the State “should provide ail persons genuinely out of work throueh incapacity, arisihg out of siokness. accidents, okl sege. biindness or failure 1o secure emulovement, with an adequate income to sustain lile', this. ueceowding to the Muail, would con- stitute pensions for all and would cost not merelv ndilions, but tens of milliens, or even hondirecs of mitlions of pouands. Mr. Ram-say Mac Donaid in his :peech st gt 'in avierring ‘o peh- sions, however, mentioned old age pensions, and he did not elaturate his party’s intentioms regarding them. W1 atever he micht everinasily dojit is al m st ceraip that thisicitial effort vwould be eoniing4 merely to the abolivton of the injusiices existing in conneetion with the old #ee pensicns, under 'he provisicas of which old 1 enple are docked a porti n of their pensions if they earn a few shy lings q weck by such pror work as needl work or chopping wood. Every memboer of Pariiament genuinely sywpathizes wiin this aspiration, New York, Jany. 9th- Anstralia, re- garded as the United States most formi- dable challenger teday filed its cfficial en- try in the 1924 Davis Cup tennis cuntest. The Antipodeans who captured the Aw erican competition and defeated [rance for the right to ecnallenge this countiy lust vear, expeet to send another sivong team linto the lists, London, Jan. 10th—An Admiralty mes- sage savs tne Briush snbwarine L 24 bas baen lost off Pordand in a coilision. [t is fea:el the entire crew perished, London, Jan, 10th—Unusually seveie storms, accompanied by intense cold and heavy soow are sweeping Lurope this winter., Oltf the coasts of Spain and France the disturbances bave proved a seljous mepanee 1o shibping, while 1 ihe North Sea and in Scandinavian walers the ice flors are o heavy that pavigaion in many plazes is difficu.t. Paris, Jun. 10th -Ine tidal wave that ravacced the Atiantie coast ot Frauce yesterday is believed to hiave been of volesnie orizin, sines it was accompinied ia many piaces by a siunt cartnguuke. Puris, Jan. 10in.—A udal wave and storms yesterday wrought havoe dong the Frencii Atiantic coast, {rom linis- terve to (L 2 Basque country. A bu nber of lives were los: and im nense ma crial damage reeulted. Reports frcm Biar- vitz, Quiniper, Saint Malo, Parame, La Rocheile and Les 3Sables D’Clonne, on the Bay ol Liscay, indicate that ali «nese £YT CEOULx VS places were hard hit by the elements. Despatches from St. Y&ezrxire say that numerous smail boat§ were thrown avainst tne walls of tne embarkments and destroyed. At Les Sables D’Olonne a nuraber of vessels were torn from their anchorages. One of them, a fishing boat, was sunk and its ¢crew ol six men per- -Ished. Colonea, Jan. 10th.—The River Maine i 3 completelv froz-n ne2ar tn> bridge ar Mavenee and the lee 18 of suce> thickness that *voff> can eross 1, 2 ~ireamstancs never hefore krown within iha lite time of the proverbial videst Iha i and. Aacona, lialy, Jan. 10th.—In conse- gaenze of the torrential rains many houses in the village of Mondoifo are he- ¢rHming unsafe, while frequent earth shoeks adid to the distress ol the papula- tion and incecase the damage to proper- tv. Even the hospital 1z in danger of collapse. The Governwment 1s sendiug as- sistance, Bereamo, Italy, Jan. 10th,—Snow a foot deep covers this eitv, blocking the tram lines, some villages in the province of Bergamo being repocvted entireiy huried as a result of the heavy storms, London, Jan. 10th.—The assassination of Herr Hertz, President of the antono- mous Government ol the Rbhevish Palan- nate, is reported in a Berin despateh to the Dailyv Mail, Aceording to this des pateh, President Heriz was dining w2 restaurdal at s;?«'_‘.&'!‘ when wouanded., A Mayence lespateh deseribing the assassi- ration, says that three men enlereq the restaurant and shouted ““hands up’’. Al- maost immediaiely they opened fire with aatuimatie pistols, mortally wounding President Heriz and aiso arother man. The issassins escaped aud the pohice and occupation authorities ave crdered thorouch searveh of the town, |he ¢nme is atbhibuted to a German Nattonanst organization. Vicioria, B. C., Jan. 10th.—A small pox epidemie is raciug in toong hong and Kowloon and has c¢laimed huedreds of vietims, according to advices received here irom the 'Yokohema Maro'' In bound from the Orient to Seattle. People are dying in the streets, Losgitals are filled with dyving and thousanos eflicted 10 lesser degree, ave tne detans toid by th- passengers and crew of the ''Yoko- hama Mare’’ who I:nded yesterday. Vizorous vaceination campalson has re- sulted in 230,687 persoss cecciving mmjec- tions. A distress nz fosiure Is Lhae iign mortality amoogs: lofanis. NEW YORK, Jau. 10th. Fiour, (nard winter clears 51 .90, i hard winier straights $5.50 Meal, Kilediried per 100 pounds $2.20 New Season’s Pork per barrel $57.00, Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $L6.00 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 10U {bs. 6 28 Meclasses mugar 89 maximnm 9,25, Cotton, Midding, Upland, at Liverpoai per ib. 19 35-1004. Exchauge. New York and London, 6 davs’ sight $4.26 Exchange New York and London, sichi $4.284 LONDON, Jan. 10th. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, nominal per cot. 675. od. —7os. od. ‘“ Muscavado nominal per ewt. 48s. 48s. 01--51 s. od. “* White Java's cif United Kingdom 30s. 9d nominal, Demerara Rum per gal. nominal, Trimdad Coeoa, good middiing red per ewl Sk Od Cotton. eond medium West Indian Sea Island at Liverpool, pesr lb. 24d. nominai. bßank of England Rate of Dicount per 4 Consols 45, Three percent, Rentes in Paris Fes, 58 10, OLD BAD CHECK GAME IS GIVEN NEW I'WISY. (hiravo, Dec. 31.—At leas: a score of icop merchants, according to-- Detee- tives Noounan and Trant, are grate:ul for the arrest of a bright voutn who signs “‘Douglas Langtord’’ when he \\'l'!h~‘g‘§)%il:l;~, zh‘;;;n Do savs hs reil name 1s Lhomas Crittead =n. “"His yane said Trint, was new, Firs: he denosited SSO in 2 savines bank aad wreate '’ in front ol the Bo’ so 1 lhoked as it he had a ballance of $750. I'nen he bouzkt a five insuianee polie’ on the house at 7115 Langisv av, where he used to live, though he never owned the property. “With the bankbook and the poliey in his peceket he went out to do s Christmas shovping, carrying a muni- bar of bundles. Everywhere he went he woutd sudd=aly remember sone hide gift that he still most buy and then discovor that he nad speat @l his eash. “*Would thev mind casning a cheek? Invariably th? baoktook and the insur- ance poitey were ace pted as ampie avi- dones that he was a subsiantial business man. “Only -he tried it once too often. News of him had reached a department store ahead of him. So when ne cailed there he was cordially invited o wait. Noonan and [ got bun.”’ Anciher aileged paper of bad checks was brought back 10 Chicago ifrom New York yesterday. H: gave the name of Edward Aaron and said he was a nep- hewv of E. A Aaron, rich South Water strect commissiun merchant. He is accused of passing bad checks aguregating about SIO,OOO. One of the vietims was A Lipman, jJeweller, 28 North Deaiborn street, who says he lost s2,4oo.—Boston American Dee. Jist. “I’ve just kicked that young man of yours into tue middie of veXt week I “*Oh, 10w careless ol you faiher. We halarro oz o 4 w get married on Monday.