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‘including the tariff and the enforcement of prohibition. Througout Great Britain the UUnited States elections have attract- - ed widespread attention. Paris, Nov. 9th.—The situation be- tween the Keémalists and the Allies - onstantinople remains very serio- . . 3 out any new development, a. _.rd- Ing he Tatest messages received to- day by . . Foreign Office. Ismet Pasha is now # Constantinople awaiting word legarding the bholding of the conference before fproceeding to Lausanne, where he is to®e the principal Nationalist dele- gate, anj a delay in starting the confer- ence wolld result in his return to An- gora., THMis in the opirion of French officials, Vsill be almost certain to cause trouble. o : . London, Nov. 9th.—(New York Herald despateh). §ne’akinq at the annual Lord Mayor’s banquet at the Guildhall tonight, Mr. Bonar Law dealt with the foreign policy of his Gogrnment and laid special emplkasis on the ?ct that British foreign policy - must have the support of the Dominions throughout the Emypire. ‘‘The fact is’’, said the Prime Minister, “‘that in the war the Great Dominions sprang into manhnod in their relations to the viother Country, and-there were changes in that hour. They will never be the same again. As Lord Curzon said yester- day, in all our policy we have to think not only of public opinioa at home, but have to use exery means in our power to make certain that we have the support of public opinion throughout the Empire. I think also it is' not disadvantage not to put it any higher than that just at the time, when these Dominions have reach- ed manho~d, a man born in one of them, should be Prime Minister.,” Referring to conditions in the Near Kast, Mr. Bonar Law said.” ‘‘You know the position at the moment in Constantinople. I cannot tell you anything new, except this. That so far, all the Allies have acted with complete harmoay and without animos- ity. Isay this also, that [ have every reason not only to hope but to believe the difficulty will b 2 overcome. Taere is only one way at this moment by which peace can be secured and the troubles of Europe overcome, and that is that the Allies, who won the war together, should ast togteherin securing the peace whica they alone can secure. If [ speak of only two of them it is not because I do not think of others, but bezanse thzas» two are specially interested in the trouble in the Near East. [ snill sp2ak ficst ot Italy. We donot forzec that [taly came into the ‘war at the most critical time of the war. We do not torzet that she has suffered as much probably, as any other nation and that it was precisely thez in- vasion of ltaly by the Garmans five years ago which made the clouds look so black. Tne people of this country an not furgscg these things, and whatever' force at taz surface, at the heart there will be a deep sense of comradaship with the nitivas si.CRUIIX A YIS that plaved a part. And what about Frarce? As his Excellency was speak- ing, I recalled with no small pleasure that it was I who was privileged, when M. Paul Cambon gave up his post as French Ambassador to Great Britain, to propose his health at a meeting convened for that purpose. You may find what you like in French and English newspa- pers, but this generation, at least, will never forget the part we played together ir the greatest crisis in the history of the world. (cheers) All these things are not to be forgotten. There is only one way, by which the best results can be secured, that is by unity of purpose. That may not be always essy. It was not easy during the war. I had myself opportunity for knowing how therée were difficalties which seemed ..., "~ihle to overcome but were overcome. _..nd there were two reasons, because there was goodwill and because there was the certainty that wiihout it there would be ruin. It is the s? 1e now, whatever the diffieulties may . the Govt. start with this great ad- vantage. We start with good will and we start also with the knowledge as strongly I am sure as the Frenth ¢ Italian Govts. or as ourselves that you cannot have unity in one part of the field and discord in another’’ the Prime Minister said he wished to correct mis- apprehensions entertained by France and to some extent by the United States as to Britain’s firancial conditions. ‘[hey look at our exchange’’, he said, ‘‘ar’ say how will the pound compare witt: the dollar, and they say that is proof of the little suffering we are enduring be- cause of the war. We here know tha* that is far from the case. The financial strength of the treasury is due to sacri- fices on the part of industrials in the nation which have never been equalled and which have their bearing upo the industiial posit on at home, and a° the cause ofa large part of unemploy ent. It is very unsafe to assume that b caase of the essential financial position being stronger, the great body of the people have not suffered or are not suffering quite as much, as any of our Allies. There is another' misconception. 1 have often heard it said in difference: which have taken place in the past with the Frepch, for example, about reparations, that we has been too lenient with Ger- many because of our selfish interests. We depend wore than any nation upon foreign trade and therefore tie recovery of Germany with the recovery of trade with Germany is se'fish advan- tage for us as compared with other nations. That is a complete delusion. It 1s true, in away, that for the interests of the world there should be a recovery of Central Europe. lam not talking of what s supposed to be by my greatest weszkness or strength, the financial posi- tion, but I say while Germany is a great consumner, she is a great rival and so far as mater.al interests are concerned, the recovery of Germany, from that point of view, would be quiet as useful to France. as it could possibly be to us. We start with goodwill, which we know is felt all around. We start with the desire to meet our allies with the knowledge that they feel as we do. They must agree or chaos must follow. Just as we agreed in the war, so I hope we shall find it pos- sible to agree to a sattlad peace.’”” Com- ing down to the elections, Mr. Bonar Law referred to the ‘‘fighting labour party’’ and said everyone must recog- nize that not a hand was raised against labour. *‘None of us is fighting labour’’, he said, *'lf we did, none of us could be returned’’. The Prime Minister then referred to the heartfelt gratitude, which he said he must always feel to the work- Ing men for what they did at the front. “‘One thing more’’ said the Prime Minis- ter, *‘l'here are some people, who are despondent. I read a speech delivered the other day by one of the ablest men I know, whose hooks have charmed ilac again and again, Mr. H. G. Wells, and he ecame to the ronclusion we were going straight up to hz2aven. Do not agree with him. But think they are signs of things not getting worse, but getting better and when we remember that the new gereration is composed of the very same, who so freely and so nobly risked and gave up their lives, when we realize that that is t1 » new generation, I for one can look forw. to the #utrre not only with hope, b. with complete confi- dence’’. Constantinople, Nov. 10th,—The Al ned High Commissior »rs have handed a note to the Angora Gowerment renr-esen- tatives here demanding the r of all measures relating to “he s, the public debt and sa. . other services which conflict v . capitala- tion and the stipulations of the Mu- dros armistice agreement of 1918, Other- wise, says the note, the commissioners will be compelled to refer their inten- tions for necessary action. The Allied Generals also arranged a meeting with Rafet Pasha, the Nationalist Gevernor here to whom they will submit minimum demands with a view to insuring the satety of the troops and efficient control of the police and gendarms. The com- missioners will also discuss the situation at Chanak consequent upon the Kemal- ist encroachments upon the neutral zone. London, Nov. 11th.— Among dissolu- tion honours appears the I.ame of Major Sir John Robert Chancellor, Ex-Governor of Trinidad, who received the honour of G.C. M G. NEW YORK, Nov. Ilth. Flour, (Blended Clears, St. Lawrence - Pvand) br. bel §7.50. Meal, Kilrdried per 100 pounds $2.20. New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $29.50. Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $5.53. Mclasses Sugar 89- no quotation.