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to ratificati :n ot the Peace Treaty con- taining the Covenant which creates the League. Should the Senate ratity the treaty in time to permit delegates to ar- rive for a meeting in November it proba- bly will be held then, but if the discis- sion is much protracted, the meeting time is expeetad to go over until some time in January 1920, the first mecting of the League Council, however, can be called any time after three of tae principal powers have ratified the reaty. It is expected o be held immediately afier such ratification unless tne Senate has ratiied the treaty by that time, the U. S. would not be represented at the meet- ing which wouid be aeld in Paris or Lon- don. Germany already has ratified, and France is expected by observers to ratify it some time in September. [taly gener- ally iz expected to be the nextin line and Japan is expected to accept during the next three months. Great Britain has acted on legislation ecarrying the treaty into effect, but has not formally ratified it, probably waiting until after the Ca- padian Parliament now in session, bhas acted. Premiers Lioyd Georze and Cle- mernceau, both have promised to atiend the first meeting. Domestic conditions warrant their absence from home. Lord Robert Cecli is regarded as certain to be one o: the British delegates. Meanwhile delesates from all over the world have been making tentative arrangements to come to Washington in October on the hasis of ‘the first announcements, and they are now waiting to hear of a definite meeting time. : Rotterdam, Sept. Bth.—A fire on the Docks here destroyed a great quantity of corton. It is estimated that $1,000,000 worth of products was burned. Havana, Sept. 10th. A cyclone passed over Havana yesterday withoutdoing any serious damages, or anywhere in Caba. The storm centre moved ontc the weost- ward leaving Havana unscathed except for floods near the warer front caused by waves breaking over the sea wall. Many trees were uprooted and the ground floors along the water froat flooded, the police and firemen having to take people out of their houses in boats. One little girl was drowned with a chauffeur who was at- tempting to rescue her on Marine Street. Stoekholm, Sept. Bth.—From two to taree hundred persons are dying daily in Petrograd from cholera, according to advices from that city. Owing to the lack of medicines and food, many of the hospitals have been closed, sanitary conditions jin Petrograd are hourly be- coming more intolerable, th2 advices adds. The Govt. has issued a decree ordering all hospitals managed by Sis- ters of Merey to discontinue their work. Melbourne, Sept. 9th—Premier Hughes in a speech said that Australia must have a Govt. that had a clear and direct mandate from the people. Referring to the General political outlook he de- clared that whatever became of the moi oLt X AN LN other Lecague of Nations, the league of the British Emoire would never perish. Paris, Sept. 9th—Dr. Karl Renner, the Austrian Chancellor and head of the Austrian Peace Delegation, who is to sign the peace treaty tomcrrow for his nation, arrived in Paris from Vienna this morning. i.ondon, Sept. 3cth-—The Archbishep of Canterbury has rececived a despatch from Archangel, signed by th: Bishop ana Clergy appealing to British chris- tians against the "withdrawal of Briuish troops, which they assert, would leave Archangel to the norrors of Bolshevik evil. Montregl, Sept. 9th—After a series of meetings with about 80 icading news- paper men of Montreal and Qu:zbee pro- vinee, Sir Henry Dravton, Miiis er of Finance, launched the Final anadian domestie loan tonight at the Ritz Cari- ten. Characterized as the last sweep of the broom in cleanirg up 'he war. Both FKrench and English speaking journalists promised thz full support of their papers in makinz the 1319 loan a coinplete success Paris, Sept. 9th —The Russian Bol- sheviki have proposed peace to the Lithu- arians, according to re orts from Polish sources. [t was reported on September 2nd. that a foree of Bosheviki was sur- rounded on the Lithuanian frontier, and was offering to negotiate with the Lith- uanians. The next dav a Berne despatch stated that i rmal! proposals has been made by the Bolsh-viki but no eonfirma- tion of this roport has as vet been re- ceived. Ottawa, Sep:. 9th. -Canada continues to lead in the important work of the in- dastrial training of disabled members of the forces. Today there are in Canaila 11,616 disabled men undergoing industii- al retraining under the direction of the vocational of the depot branch of soldiers civil reestablishment, while .he number of the disabled men in training in the United States is 6,677. In each instance the figures have been obtained from offi- cial sources. New York, Sept. 10th.—The stock market was closed today on account of the celebration in honour of General Per- shing. Bournemouth, September 9:h.--A sci- entific history of the war is expected to be one of the developments of the an- nual meeting of the British Ass)ciation for the advancement of science here this week. Among the lecturers will be cener- als, poets, and a good many women which brings the prophecy that it will be the most popular as well as the most scientific meeting the association has ev- er held. Engineers, chemists, physieians, geographers and even such une:pected persons as archaoelogists are to detail for the first time what wonders Britisn force- es wrought in France and in the East. How they caught uv with the Germans and passed them in optics, photography telegraphy and the chemistry of explo sives, and how they are turning their discoveries and inventions into agencies for peaceful reconstruction will form the principal part of the week’s recitation. Geneva, September 6th.—The city of Kiev, which recently was captured from the Bolsheviki, has not only been entire- ly eleared of Bolsheviki {orces, but the Ukranians have advanced more than 30 miles northward. The Ukranian Press Bureau here announces the Red troops are being pursued by the Ukranians a- long the River Dnieper Cleveland, Ohio, September 9th.—A sharp inerease in the basic wages of coal miners in Canada and the United States, the six hour day and the thirty-hour week are written large on the programme for the internaticnal convention of the unit- ed mine workers o America which opens here today, recommendation that these de- mands be submitted to the operators at the coming conference at DBuffalo on September 24th., will go before the delegates upon assembling today, and the temper of the arriving delegates, nearly ali of whom are already here, presages the acceptance of the recom- mendation. Unless granted by Novem- ber Ist, the date contemplated in the recommendation, a continent-wide strike in the collieries is recommended. One of the big questions to come up before the convention is the nationalization of the mines. ‘‘The coal miners of \meri- ca look forward to nationalization as an ultimate solution of the coal problems’’, said Mr. William Green, Secretary and Treasurer of the‘organization. A policy committee of the international coganiza- tion has had the question under consider- ation for several weeks. and is expected to recommend that the Government take over the min s. l.ondon, Sept. 9th. The following is the result of the St Leger, run today: ist. "Kevsee’'. 2nd. 'Dominion’’. Srd. “‘Buchan’’. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 10th.—The tropical hurricane &idently had little ef- fect on southern Florida, advices here report today. ‘‘Trains running or over- seas extension and combvaraitively little damage anywhere’’ St. Lucia. Sept. 11th.—Lamport and Holt Liner ‘‘Vestris’> New York to Brazil put in here yesterday morning with fire in No. 3 Lold. Efforts are being made to smother it. She is in port and no danger reported. Paris, Sept. 9th.—The reply to» be made to the German note regarding the Allied demand for the suppression of article 61 of the German Constitution. which provides for Austrian representa- tion in the German Parliament, was again discussea by the Supreme Counecil at today’s session. No agreement was reached to the terms of the reply, but it is expected that these will be framed to- morrow.