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to sul mit to the conference that it sup- i Tt their poliey respecting imerial pee fee=nga. Tho dooaiation alss discasszad with Mr. Ormsby-Gore other matters affecting the welfare of the West Indics. Westbury, N. Y., S:2pt. 20th.—The American Mezdowbrodk Polo Team yes- terday won th2 International saries for the National OQpzn Champidasiip by d:- feating the Hurlington Club of Eagland, 11 to 4, eliminating the English team from 'h2 tournament. Landon, S»pt. 2)th. —Eamon Dz Valera and some of the other Irish Repubiicans will be brought to trial at an early date, aceording to a report in Dublin quoted by the **Daily Mirroi”’ The newspaper adds that De Valera is beinz continuiliy re- ove!l from one military prisnn to anonth- e, in order to avoid th2 possibiiity of an a tempt at rescue. London, Sept. 20ih. —The Council of the National Farmers Unieon has appoint- ed a deputation to wazit on the Premier in tegard to the ‘'plight’ confronting agriculture. The President of the Uni n addressing the Council yesterday, de- clared that agriculture in Great Britain h:=d reached the most critical stage in lis history. Askhabad, B. 1., Sept. 20. h.—A severe earthquake was experienced at Bujurd, Persia, on Monday morning, says a des- patch to the Pioneer from Neshed. No details are coniained in the despatch. Simultaneously slight shocks aisy were felt on Monday in the Goveinmental dis- triect of the Amur region and in Turke- stan. The earth is reported to have cracked at several places, No deuths or material damage have been revorted. Berlin, Sept. 20ih.—A semni official statement, referrinyg to reports current in Paris of possibie Franco-German nego- tiations, makes it qniie clear that no practical results can be obiained without the restoration of normal econnmnie aztivi- tias in the Ruhr, with amnesty. and per- mission for those expelled (o return, ad that the-adminisiration must be placed in the hands of the German oilicials and freedom of traflic between occupied and unoccupied Germany restored. [he statement declares that such conditions would permit reparations payments, com- mencing with the evacuation of the Ruhr, but that (Germany can never agree to recognize in any form the legality of the occupation of the Ruhr. Geneva, Sept. 2)th.—Major Gecrge Srephens of Montreal was elected today by the Council of the League of Nations to succeed Mr. Waugh, Winnipeg on the commission governirg the Saar valley. The vote was 20 to 9 in favour of Major Stephens. Dublin, Sept. 20th.—President Cons- grave today placed the make up of his ’ew Cabinet before the Dail Eireann and ‘eceived the approval of that body to his Qlections. Kelvin O’Higgins remains as Minister of Home Affairs and Richard Mulcahy as Minister of Defense,with Prof.- 1 R EX RVIS John Mae Neill as Minister of Edueation and Desmond Fitzzerald as Minister of Foreign Affairs. An important change is the abandonment by President Cros- grav- of the porifolio of finance which he had , “eviously held. To this post he named Ernest Blythe, previously Minis- ter of Loecal Government. : Paris, Sept. 20th.—M:. Bald xin pz2id a brief coutesy visit of farewell to M. Poinea - ecarly this evening. It was stated that o politivs were discussed on the occasion. Tokio, Sep. 20ih,--Nine battleships have been witadrawn from the Japanrese Navy, in accord: I@e with the t:rins of the Washington M wal Agreement. Sofia, Sept. 20th.—Sanguinary fichting ils reporred from FEastern Roumelia in Bulgaria where bands of Communists at- tacked the police station and barracks at Stara Zagon, Mova Gazora, and two villages, with the object of liberating a number o their ecmrades arrested ten days ago. ‘i'roops were calied out to dis- perse the. Communists. SiXx commnists were kiiled and six wounded at Arara Zagor and one soldier and a civilian spectator were injured. Loundoen, Sept, 20th —C-neral Giardine Military Governor of Fiume, has expel- led 4 000 unemp oyed irum Fiume so as to save the large sums the Government has been spending on doles. aceording to, a despateh to the Central News isor Rome. Those expelled were not eili..ens of Fiume. Berlin, September 20:h.—That Pel- gium is attempting to mediate in the wthr conflict 1s admitted at the For- eign Office, where it is stated the Belgizn Minister bas been a {r.quent caller of lare and has candidly discussed the s tuation with Chancel'ur Stresse- marnn in what is considered to be some- thing more than a merely informai man ner. she Government also is repoited as being prepared to cffir F.ance an carly, if not imme licte, cash payment in the event ot iis plan ¢of hypothecating German private properiies is acee pted as a basis for new repsrations. In such a case, Germany wouid be in a pesition, by virtue of its lien on tke holdings of ir.dustrialists, banks, commerce and agri- cuiture, to mobilize sufficient ready cash to appease the French demand for scme- thing tangibie at the earliest poscibly date, as it was Germany’s desire to give concrete evidence of her good faith so soon as the Ruhr conflict was adjusted. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 20ith.—The Cansa- dian Facific announces the dates for the two cruises of the *'Empress ofßritain’ to the West Indies, Panama and South America next winter. The s'eamship is due to sail from New Yok on January :2nd and February 23rd and in addiiion to the usval eall at Cuba, Jamaica, Para- ma, Venczuela, Trinidad, Barbados, Mar- tinique, St. IFomas, Porto Rico, Nas- sau, Bahamas, stops will be made at Catagena, Coloembia. and at Curacao, Duteh West Indies. Each cruise will occupy 28 days. ' Beilin, Sept. 20th.—Since the Covern- ment formally announced its inability further to financegthe passive reosistance in the Ruhr and Rhineland, there has bcen a marked cooling of the ardour in the ranks of the resistersjand one of the nnmediate effects of the withdrawal of official eredits to the industrialists, em- ployers and labour organizations, is re. fleeted in th2 groxing incliration of many workers to return to their former post. The altered mental attitude in the occupied areas is not asecribed to waver- ing patriotic faith in Germanyv’s cause, but is explained on the ground of wide- spread convietions that the social chacs which followed in the wake of the pas- sive cambaign, now has reached propor- tions which are making life unhearable. Especial reference is made to the ip- terruption of such ordinary converioneos as the posts, telegraphs and railwavs and the further realizaticn that cold weather is' not far ahead and there is immediate neezssity for making provi- s.ons for the winter. London, Sept. £oth. —Reuter’s limit »d says it learns the Bulgarian Minister of the Interior has made a statement a Sofia on the recent Communist aciivi- ties, which be said originated from tae veport of an outbreak, cr revolution. He added that the documents seized in the hands of arrested cormmunisrt jeaders proved that a coup d’etat had lLeen plan- ned for September 16th, in conjunction with the Agrarian party. lie Minister also claimed to possess documentary evi- dence that the Moscow ®Government. in conjunction with Bulgarian Communists was 'rying t» ferm-nt dist u t in Jugo- Slivia of then w Bulgarian overnment, \\'it)‘\ the view cos provoking an armed cor¥ «t bhetween the two count: e, It is a' sricd that ihe Minister had zdmitted s at there had been some casvalties in connec ton with the arrest of Commun- ist: and secireanes of Communist head- quar:ets. Wionnip:g, Sept. 20th.—-A blinding sunow storm wi h ground, trees, and gar- dens covered with more tkan an inch of snow greeted the September morning to- day in Edmenton, Alberta., While the harvesting was practically over the snow will hold up threshing snd may have a serious effect on the patato crop in North- ern Alberta. NEW YORK, Sept. 20th. Flour, (hard winter clears $5.50. - hard winter straights $6 00 Meal, Kilndried per 100 gounds $2.25. New Season’s Pork per barrel $37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $24.75 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $6 78 Mclasses Sugar 8 maximum 5.7. Cotton, Middling, Upland, at Liverpool per lb. 18 8-100 d. Exchange. New York and London, ¢0 days’ sight $4.52% $6 78