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aie whizh was recontly offered him ac- cording to "Le Matin’’. : pondon, Dz:eember 27ch.—Telegraph- ing from Cairo on Tuesday, the ccrres: poadeaat of the Daily Maii savs the Silian summoned the Councll of Agzan Urniver- sitv and remonstrated wicth its- men:bers ror issuing a document saving that Bri- tish soldiers had profaned the Mo gue. {f'he incident is important becausc the Saltan thereby defined his posirion. Pittsburg; P.A.. Dee: 27th.—5,00( bar- reis of whisky were being loaded here last nignt in the hope that they right reach the sea board in time to be sh:oped on board before national prohijitior: be- comes an accomplished faet on Jan. Ist. Distiilers said it was the first of a large amount of liguor held ‘in this ditrict which had been sold in Europe, but they had little hope of geitinggmore than one- tenth of it out of the country. More than 10,000,000 gallous, it was stated, were stiil in various warehouses in this vicini- £y, London, Dee. 28th.—Mr. Lloyd G :orge speaking at Llanystymdwy, Wales, yes- terday defended the voting arranger ients of the League of Nations. He said that Austra.ia lost as many men as the Caited States 1n the wat and had as much rigit to voce as tne United States. This vote, however, he added. would not be usd on any quesiion arising oeiween areal Britain and the United States. ['resi- dent Wilson recoznized ‘‘the jus: ness and {airness of the claim put forard on behaif of tnc British Empire’’, said the Premier. He recounted the fight ir. the United States on the Treaty whiel he termed ‘‘the folly of Americans ent sing upon party warfare when trying to set- tie the diffienlties and trouble en:uing from the great war. Fiume, Dee. 27th.—Association Fress. Gabriel D’Annunzio made the annot nce- ment today that he would resist any es forts that might be made to expel him from Fiume. He said that he had ome to the conelusion that the guarantee: of- fered by the Government were insuffi- cient to warrant his leaving. That his troops be let off without punishment for joining his erusade is one of the dem inds made ®y D’Annunzio in raturn for his de- parture, as is also the rehabilitation of Fiume. The absolute right to resid» ia Fiume, or any part of Dalmatia, witicut restriction or passport authority, to «:- cide the time and the manner of the de- parture of his forces from Fiume and of- ficial recognitioa of the medal he corfer- red on his legionaries are among the other demands by the insurgent I:ad- er. Paris, Dec, 26th.—Floods along the Rhine and the streams flowing into it are higher than they have been for thkirty years and great damage is being done by the inundation, according to a Mayence despatch to the ‘‘Petit Parisien.” Rome, Dec. 28th.—Italiar and Jugo- Slav delegates, meeting at Laibach, have S RO Ll oANID reacned an sgreement concern'ng posts, telegraphs &nd customs, according to a Trieste despateh to the “"Epces.’”’ Wasaington, Dee. 28th.—England is confronted with one of the most critical chipping situations the couniry has ever known desp te the increase in the num- ber of ships fl ing the ‘Briiish flag, the Secretary othe Port and fransit gommit- tee ofelLondcn, informed the Departme®it of Commerce, labour trouble and the chortage of railway trucks, the report said, are h»iding up the movement of cargoes and nave created such congestion at the docks, that some ships are aliowed to lie in the harbour from seven to eight days ‘befor: discharging their cargoes. {ncreases in the prices of toodstuffs and raw materisis result from ihe heavy de- murrage churges. The shortage of rail- way trucks is estmated at three hun- dred thousand. London, Dec. 28th.—In a despaten dealing vitii the Sinn Fein vroblem lin [re- land, the Dublin correspondent of the “‘Standard’’ say it is ne secrais in Dublin ~hat the aut lorities are determined to han- dle the situition with a cercain amount of ruthlessnes arnd apply drasiic remedies to what they c¢onsider 8 dargerous disease. The corvesp rndent added tnat 1t s stated in quarters whieh have the repuration of being well informed, that (he steps con- Lempiated by the Viceroy, Lora french, and his advisers, for res.oring normai conditions include the arrest of every known active Sinn Fe:ner throughout the country. The writer continues. “‘Con- sidering tnhe strength of the Sinn Fein movement, this in itseil, is a gigantic task, and one which the authorities 2. advised will be difficult of perfor- .mance but the advccaies of a clean sweep policy kelieve 1t can effective- lv be done and refuse to be diverted from their p.an by any cousideration of the political or other cffect in Ireland or. outside.’’. ‘I am assured,’’ ccn- tinues the correspondent, ‘‘that Lord French, despite his own experience, is still an unrepenting believer in the good sense and the good will of the majority of his coun rymen. He holds that the I-ish bill ou:lined by the Premier has ail the elements of a permanent settle- ment for Ire and if the country gets the opportunity ¢f working it.”’ : St. Thom:s, Dee. 3lst.—The cable- ship ‘‘Relay’, chariered by this Company for the repair of its interrupted cables arrived here today for a supply of cable and will proceed with the work of re- pairs as pron ptly as possible. Halifax, N.S. Dec.—llt is unofficialy re- ported that Viseount Jellicoe will recom- mended thac the Canadian F'leet be com- posed of six cruisers, five destroyers, twelve submarines, several seaplanes and a small fleet of torpedo boats. New] York, Dec. 29th.—Eighty-four persons have died during the past forty- eight hours and scares of others.are suf- fering from paralysis and blindness, due to drinking wood aleoh'l whiskey, ac- cording to reporis received from several cities in the East and Chicago. The toil {rom poisonous liqucr is highest in New England, where sixty-five deaths are re- corded. London, Dec. 30th.——Colonel Amery, Acting Secretary of State for the Colonies, presided on the ninth instant at a meet- ing of the Royal Society of Arts, when Sir Edward Davson, President of the Associated West Indian Chambers of Commerce, read important papers on “‘the problem of the West Indies’’. The lecturer dealt with the growing need of the federation improve.uent in education, sanitation and mail and cable communi- cation, and alsoa customs union, and like- wise with trading relations with Great Britain and Canada, advocating increas- ed recinrocity on as enduring a basis as possible. He warmly approved of the Press comments and ridiculed irresponsi- ble suggestions of parting with the Colo- nies. He advocated the development of imperial trade. stating that preference was a new and definite conception of imperial unity which, he hoped, wold be established once and for all. Preference, he said, was not only a matter of cus- toms, but should include every other sphere of imperia; activities which meant the conversation of economic energies within our Trontiers. Other speakers, in- cluded Mr. Gideon Murray, Majors Bur- don, Mr. Cle' “2nti, Dr Sambon and Sir Sydney Olive . ' NEW YORK. Dec. 27th;1919. Flour, Blencdaed Clear St. Lawrence ['rand pr. brl. $11.90 Meal, Kilndried per 100 bs $3.92 New Season’s Pork per brl. $45.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $47.00 Sugar---Crystais (Confirmed by Brokers) : per 100 lbs. $7.28. Molasses 897 test pr 100 Ibs. no quotation Cotton, MiddlingUpland, at Liverpool per Ib. 26 68-100 d. Exchange, New York and London, 60 days’ sight $3.75 Exchange New York and London, sight $3.78% . LONDON, Dec. 27th 1919. Sugar-Demerara Crystals duty paid price. fixgd by the Royal Commission per cwts ; 665. od. -975. od. Muscovado, 89°/ basis, floating terms in bond, Ditto duty paid. 635. 3d. —B6 s. od. German Beet 889/ f.o.b. no further sales during the war White Java sugar cif U. Kingdom ecif without engagement. 8.50. White Java Sugar, cif Uunited King- dom if arrives before 27th December 85/ Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red per ewt 128s. od. 130s. od. Cotton, Medium Fine Sea Island, at Liv. erpool nominal per lb. Bank of England rate of Discount per cent. 6. ‘ Consols 50% Three per cent rentes in Paris Fes. 60,00