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Londca, March 3rd. The King is con- | fined to Buekingham Palace sufferiny froma cold. On the advice of his physi- cian he has cancelled various important | engagements he had made for tie present | week. ? Paris, March 3rd.—A final agreement has been arrived at by the Reparations | Committee and Dr. Schacht concerning | the form of the new gold bank which the | Prasident of the Reichbank proposes to | sot up The exp2rt committee will re- | commend that thz bank of issue b 2 lo- | cite:l in a4 neutrai enantry, probably Hoi- land the Hague be2ing favourad as the | seat. Ottawa, March 3rd.—A copy of the | treaty between Great Britain and, the | United States in regard to the search of | vessels susperted of carrying on conira- | band trade in liquor, was laid on the | table of the 'lhouse of Commons this as- | ternoon by the Premier. By this treaty | the long standicg prineiple of the three | mile limit for national jurisdietion is ’ maintaired generaily, but it is modified | ‘n ragard to ships engaged in the contra- | band liguor trade, sv as to allow seizure | within a distance that can be covered by | . vessel in one hour. 7This is the treaty | that is some times referred to as {ixing | a twelve milz hmit for the seizare of | v ssels suspected of being engaged in | this trace, but that limit is not specifleal- lv me ticned in its terms, the puipose b:ing sccured by the hours saiiing peri- | od mentioned above. - London, Mareh 3rd.—Cardinal Bourne, Archbishiop of Westminster, in a pastor- al to the Kom:n Catholic of his arch- bishoprie, reminds the people that there is a wide gap to be brideed hefore the union o1 the Christian Chureh can be ¢iTected. He «ays the Cathuiic clergy .re willing to make unlimited {saciifices in order to achieve the great aim of re- | storing Kngzland to christian uaity. He however declares that papal infallibility | is the fundamental doctrine of tne Catho- | lic Choreh and a'l discussions on union | are useess and a mere wasie of ume until that doetrine is accepted hy the | other churches. London, March 3rd.—Wales defeated | England in their Internatiouai Soceer | match teday two goals to cne. 'lhe | game wa3 played at Blackburn. ; Washington, March 3rd. —Widespread | confusion in Honduras due to revolu- | tions in behalf of at least three lead- ers who aspire to the presidency was in- | dicated today in advice received by the State Department from the Uniied Siates Consul at Ceiba. The U. §, cruiscr at “‘Denver’’ after being at Ceiba for seve- ral days, has now been sent to Tela which on Saturday was reported to be occupied by revolutionists. 'The s.tuution at Ceiba, according to advices dated March 2nd, was temgporarily tracquil, while & new Governor has been »ppointed | and was said to be doing his best to pre- | serve order. Nevertheless the military, | 5 Bolx %%15 marines and sailrs, who were landed last week at Cerba to guard the U. S. Conslate and protect llves and property rematn at that city. Paris, March 4th.—-The new poison gas developed in Germary embodies carbon- monoxide in the opinion of the French chemist, Dr. Retim, writing in the Matin The German chemists, he savs. probably have succeeded in getting solutions of metallic earbonyls, the mieroscopic par- ticies of which are.capable of penetrat- ing the fillers of gls masks and then giving off earbon-monoxide. This gas is not only colourless and odorless, but is one of the deadliest known to science. Washington, March 4th.—A sweeping investigation of the United States Ship- ping Board was authorized today by the House of Representatives. Four Repub- licans and three Democerarts, to be doesig- nated by the Speaker Gillet will serve on the committee. London, Mareh 4th.—"Declarations of the Premier in the House of Commons have made it appear thatithe idea of an ultimate disarmament conference was an important facior in nis letter to M. Poincare. In a speech yesterday Mr. McDonald srated that the Labour GGov- ernment intended to pursue policies, which he hoped would lead to ihe gen- eral limitation of =2rmaments, both In aerial and land forees. ‘lhe Premier declared that the preseat moment was not suitable for an mdepeacent step in this direction on the part of Great Bri- tain, due to the fact thar the League of Nations was at present considering the wiicie quesiion, but said his Government was interestedty waiching all develop- ments. “‘lhese things are not done by throwing schemes at the heads of other Governments, but by careful prepara- tion making possible such -proposals’, the Premier declared in commentisg on disarmament plans. san Jose, C. R., March 4th,—A series of eartinshocks, the strongest felt here in 25 years, beginning at 4 o'clock this morning, damaged fully haif the build- ings of San Jose and caused a number of casuaities, Communication wiih neigh- bouring cities i 3 entirely cat off. San Juan, Porto Rico, March sth —Mr. Cyrus Zimmermar with an all-steel flving boat left Laracoa, Cuba, yesterday morn- ing. He carried four passengers besides himself and a mechanic. Capetown, S, A. March 4th—Reuters, The Legislative Assembly yesterday pas- s-d the thkird reading of the industrial concuation bii, which aims atestablishing machinery whereby employers and em- ployees may gather around a table and settle any dispute which comes up in any industry. The industrial conciliation bill carries out recommendations made by a roval commission which was appointed afier the disturbances whiech arose in connection with the strike of minersin the Rand in 19223 London. Marcn 4th —The acuteness of the present epidemic of influ 'nza in this country is attributed lar, ely 'o the sev- ere and highly variable w.ather condi- tions, inclading rain and snow. The ep- idemic has reacheda stage where itis overwhelming the doctorsin attendance on the patients, Although the present influenza, is of a comparativ. ly mild char- acter and not at all comparable to the deadly influenza epidem¢ experienced here a few years ago, one London doctor says that the number of persons affected i rapidly approaching the fipuresof the 1918 scourge, so far as lis cwn general praciice is concerned. tneir majestics have eancelled engagements because they both are suffering from influenza, bu. the King was a good deal better today and was able to receive visitors at Buek- inghaw Palace, He was out in the pal- ace garden this morning taking a walk in the sunshine. Copstantinople, March 4th.--Abdul Musjid Effend:, the Caliph, bead of the Mussulman See, expelled fron” Turkey by order of the Turkish National Assem- bly at Angora, left Constantinople today for exile in Switzerland. Quebee, Marceh 4th.—Extending over an area of about fifty miles between the Laurentide Chains and the St. Lawrence River a severe earthquake shock was felt here at two fifteen o’clock yesterday afternoon in Les Eboulemonts and at Tadousace east of the Sagcuenay. Theve was no damage reporied, bat the tremor lasted for one minute and a half, with more or less intensity. The region has been accustomed to freguent shocks, but accordirg to old residents they have been mora numeroas in recent months, espe- cially since the Japanese catastrophe. Yesterday’s was an unusual one in re- gard to viclene2 and length of time. NEwW YORK, March sth. Flour, (hard winter clears $4.90. " hard winter straights $5.40 Meal, Kiirdried per 100 gounds $2.40 New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $24 50 Sugar—uUrystals: maximum per 100 ibs. 3718 Mclasses Sugar 89 maximum 6.15. otton, Middhng, Uptand, at Liverpool per ib. 16 36-100 d, xchange. New :ork and London, 6(C days’ sight $4.27§ ixehange New York and London, sight $4.293 LoNDON, March sth. Sugar, Demerara Crystais, nominal per eyt 625. od. —6ss. od. ‘“ Musecavado nominal per ewt. 525. 56s 0d ““ White Java’s cif United Kingdom . ) 335. 3d Demerara Rum per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per ewt. 575. od.—sßs. od. Cotton, good niedium West Indian Sea Island at Liverpool, per lb. 24d. nominal. Bank of England Rate of Discount per 4