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oditorials. ealling atteniion to the denials | of both the King and Lord Northciiffe. | The ‘ Times’’ in an early edition assumed | that the reporter who took the alleged | interview ‘was ‘‘misled by ignorance of | British constitutional practices, but | dramatiz d the corversation with such | cechnical skill that the Govt. was induc- i ed to accept this version of a purely | imaginary conversation between the | King and Mr. Lloyd George’. The | i,ondon '‘Post’’ says: ‘‘LordNorthcliffe’s | mind is clearly over-strained. It is a | cas2, not for the politicians, but for the ' doctors. There is a point at which | mecaiomania becomes dangerous. The | patienc must either b 2 persuaded to rest, | ar his friends must fearjthejworst.”” The | ““Daily Mail’’, suggesting that the whole | affair nay prove to have been a hoax, | 2ddeds’”” a joke in these serious times may be exceedingly serious and exceed- ~ngly costly.” Both Mr. Lloy¢ George ..nd Lord Northeliffe are censured by ’ ihe "‘Herald”’ whieh says, ‘‘lt is a di- | verting piece of ‘‘low comedy with two i great demagoguzs as the back-chat co- | mediand. The whole siily squabble is just a wmusic-hall turn. put opo for two ourposes. First to gratify the vanity | ol these t.o worthies, and second, to | divert tne peoples mind from things 1 that reaily matter. | Washingion, Juiy 3lst.—An -execu- i tive order promulzated today provides that citizens of Canada, Newfoundland, Bermuda and Bahamas Islands,” St. Pierre anu sliquelon may enter the Uni- ted States from those Couniries without | presenting passports. The order also discontinues the issue of border permit cards i~ Aliens either for departure from the [United Sta‘es or for entry there- in through Canadian border ports. | Paris, July 31st.—Lord Hardinge, the | Britisn Ambassador, gintormed M. Bri- | nd, late on Saturday that Great Britain willingly agrees to the proposals con- tained in the Freneh Premier’s latest not relative to troop reinforcements for Upper Silesia. The British Ambassa- | dor at Berlin has been instructed to join | his French and Italian colleagues in the | command that the German Govt. facili- | tate by all possible means transport | of ;Allied troops across Germany when ever the situation in Upper Silesia rend- ers it necessary Marquis Curzon the | Britisa Foreign Secretary, in the note } which Lord Hardinge handed M. Briand | proposes August Brh as the as the day | ter the meeting of the Supreme Coun- | cil, as the Italian Premier is unable to | attend sooner. Mr. Lloyd George w:ll | attend, if t.e French desire his pres- | ence. The British reply is extremely | cordial Lord Hardinge expressing satis- | faetion over the dissipation of the recent misunaerstanding. ; Riza, July 30th.— "he offer of Her- | pert Hoover tu aid Russiain relieving | suffering due to famine, on condition | that all ecitizens now held prisoners in 5. LEBU LA & ¥ B Russia be released, has been accepted | by the Russian Authorities, who sug- | gest immediate negotiations in order to | realize speedy assistamce, according to | a despatch from the “Rosk News Agency | of Moscow, received here today. ' NEW YORK, July 30th. 1921. | Flour, Blendad Clears St. Lawrence Brand : pr. bri. $9.00. 5 Meal, Kilndried per 100 Ibs $1.95 New Secason’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $24.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 1090 lbs. $4.86 : Molasses Sugar 89° tesi, no quotation. | Cotton, Middling Upiand, at Liverpool i per ib. 788-100 d. 1 £xchange, New York and London, 60 | _ days’ sight $3.53 | Exchange New York and London, sight $3.56 l LoNDON, July 30th 1921. f Sugar, Demerara Crystals, per ewt. 455. | —bls ** Muscavado per cwt. 375. 0 -465.0. ! (zerman Beet 83°¢ f.o b. no sales | White Java sugar cif United Kingdom | 275. June shipments. ' Demerara Rum, per gal. ncminai. 1 Trinidad Cocoa, Good Midding ied no- | minal per cwt 565. 58s. nominal. Cotto. good Medium West Indian Sea | Island per lb. 26d. nominal. | Bank of Engiand rate of Discount per | cent. bi. ' ! Consols 49. | Three per cent rents in Paris Fes. 56.50. | Clippings. ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN IN- | DEPENDENCE. ' The principles of ecivil and religi- | ous liberty set forth.in the Decla- | ration of Independence makes it pe- culiarly appropriate that the one hun- dred and fiftieth anniversary of the | adoption of the Declaration of Indepen- ! dence, falling in 1926, should be marked | "by a suitable celebration to bhe held in | the City of Philadeiphia and to have participation from the nation and the j several states. Such an oceasion could | be :made a demonstration ot American { history, patriotiem, moral and social pro- gress, and material achievements.- I “Stroe FKindings’’, July 4, 1921.-—The | Bulletin, July 19th. i The great battleground of Armmaged- : don, or Medgiddo, in the plain of Jezreel | is to be excavated by the University of Chicago, for which purpose John D. RockefellerJr. contributed $60,000. Here it is said was fought the first battle re- corded in history. Later it was the scene of important and sanguinary engage- ments. Here occurred the victory Barak over the Canaanites,jof Gideon over the Midianites, the invasion of the Philistines in which Saul lost his life. and the inva- sion of the Egyptians resulting in the death of Josiah. : In his Sunday-school :class Bobbie had been told all about creation. Then they told him how the Lord had taken oue of Adam’s ribs and made Eve. The little chap was greatly interested and when he got home explained ;it all®to his mother. That night he woke up with a pain in his side. His mother asked him what the trouble was and between sobs Bobbie re- plied: “‘Oh dear, I guess lam going to have a wife.”’—Pa. A report from the middle of April from Barbados says that the cane out- look is much better than it was a year ago. Then there was a great drought in the land. This year the rainfall has been an inch and a half and the you cane is growing lustily, and thongh é rain is not as great as last year yet has been distributed more evenly. Most of the factories in Christ Church and St. Philip have closed their campaign. In the province of St. Joseph some of the tonnage of cane ran to 36 tons per acre. Men who knew the situation there say that every one would love to see the amalgamation of many of the small sug- ar factories and the building of one or more big centrals. Barbados reportsa shortage of fertilizer— The Louisiana Planter, July 16th. PIRATE TALE ALARMS SHIPPING. Shipping circles have heen stirred by yet unfounded reports that pirates may ke responsible for the mysterious disap- pearance of several American vessels within the past few months. These stories are fournded on wild ilumors which range from possible Bolshevik ac’ tivities to those of a former German sub- marine. Their origin no doubt had some connection with the finding of certain papers in raids conducted on the radicals’ headquartaers in New York about a year ago. The documents taken are said to have disclosed plans to seize American vessels and take them to Russia. Several vessels have disappeared off Cape Hatteras. The weather burea: has evidene that there were no serious storms at the time the vessels vanished and the navy department scouts the idea that stray mines might have sert them to destruction. 'The rumors gath2.ed such weight that the state department sent out word of warning that a myste- rious raider—a 20th. century submarine ip fact—might be lurking along the Car- olina coasts. The bureau of navigation added to the alarm by publishinga list of ships which have not been heard from. All vessels have been asked to keep a strict watech for possible indications of some common enemy - The Pathfinder July 16th.