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stores and tforeing the cancellation of open air amu .¢ments -’ Paris Aug 2nd.-—Th2 resumption of diplomatic reiations between France and the Vatican has been formally effected by the arrival in this eity from Rome of Archkishop Cerretti, who will act as pa- pa! Nuncio. This morning newspapers emohasized the importancz of coming to Paris, and devoted considerable space to the Govt’s. rengaition of the Holy See Sinee 1904 France has b=en un- oificiaily represented at the Vatican. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 2nd.—Elimina- tion contests preliminary to the Davis Cup tennis matches to he played at Sowickly, Pa. I'nursday, Friday and Sat- urday of this week, are expected to be completed this morning. Indieations print to the possibility that F. G. Lowe, British Veteraa, will play in the sio- oles. Anderser and Hawkes are said to be equal favourites for the Australi- ans. Woosnam and Turnbull are ex- pected to play the doubles for the Brit- ish isi»s, while it 18 understood that Anderson and todd will play for Aus- tralia. Practicallv every detail has been completed for the matches between the Australians and their British opponents. The big stands accomodating about 5,000 have been completed New York, Aug. 2nd.--The raw su- gar market was quiet early today and no new business was reported. No changes oceurred in refined sugar, with fine granulated quoted at6 cents. The demand was less active owing to the fact that beet sugar is being offered telow this level. Washington, Auz. 2nd.—Ameriza is to be represented officially on the re- parations commission, it was stated to- day on high authority. [lhis is expect- ed to be a development of the treaty hat Mr. Hughes is now working out beiween she United States and Ger- many. London, Aug. 2nd.—-Mr. Austen Cham- berlain stated in the House of Com- mons today. that Mr. Lloyd George, and Mr. De Valera agreed at the recent London conference that if negotiafions collapsed there should be 2 reasonable notice of termination of the truce. Budapest, ;Aug. 20d.—Hungary is still suffering from the intense heat wave which began several weeks ago. Many crops including beans and potatoes are declared to be ruined by the warm weather. London, Aug. 2nd.—Confirmation of recent reports that M. Zinovieff, Gov- ernor of Petrograd had severed relations with the Soviet Govt. was given In the House of Commons today by Major Sir Phillip Lloyd Graems parliamentary secretary of the board of trade. Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 2nd.-—The date for the Victoria state elections has been set for August 30th. Dissolution followed the defeat of the Govt. of Mr. Lawson, when it failed to pass its s 1. LUI X A VIS compulsory wheat pool legislation, the “Country or Farmers’’ party voting with the labour opposition. The legislative assembly is made up of this single seat constituences with a total adult vote enrolled of 816, 162. There is an upper house somewhat answering to the Cana dian Senate, the elective onsisting of 34 members being 2 members each from the 17 provinces of the states half of these retire every third year being elect- ed for six year tern. - Cowes Isle of Wight, Aug. 2nd.— The King presided tonight at the annua! din- ner of the Royal ‘Yact Squadron. The nmonarch was accompanied by the Duke of Connaught. A brilhant company sat down to the table among those present being Vice-Admiral Niblack, commander of the U. S. forces in European waters. [.ondon, Aug. 3rd.—Sugar in stock on the 30th ult. was 167,000 tons. Last year 165,000 tons. ; London, Aug. 3rd. —After an all night sitting in the Hous> of Commons give the third reading to the much discussed licensing bill regulating the sale of intox- icating ligoors in England and Scotland. A new clause was added providing that certain liquors not gontaining :nore than two percent of proof spirits snould not be treated as intoxicating. Li an exeise license was nnt required for iis saie, the Attorney-Gen-zral did not object to this clause. He gave it as his opinion that the making ot light beers should be en- couraged. Despite considerable opposi- tion an amendment was passed fixing the number of hours for the sale of in- toxicants under t e bill at 8 outside of the City of l.ondon. NEwW YORK, August 3rd. 1921. Flour, Blendad Clears St. Lawrence Isrand pr. brl. $9.00. Meal, Kilndried per 100 Ibs $1.95 New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $24.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. $4.86 Molasses sSugar 89° test, no quotation. Cotton, Middiing Upiand, at i.iverpool per Ib. 8 27-100 d. tixehange, New York and London, 60 ' days’ sight $3.54 Exchange New York and London, sight £3.56% LonDON, August 3rd 1921. Sugar, Demerara Crystals, perscwt. 455. —b2s ** Muscavado per cwt. 375. 0--465.0. (German Beet 83°¢ f.o.b. no sales White Java sugar cif United Kingdom 28s. June shipments. : Demerara Rum, per gal. nominal. Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middling Red no- minal per ewt 565. 58s. nominal. Cotto good Medium West Indian Sea Island per |b. 26d. nominal. Bank of KEngland rate of Discount per cent. D#. Consols 493. Three per cent renis in Paris fes. 56.50. SEIZE 10,000 DRINKS NEAR YAUCO Ten thousand drinka of rum—>soo liters ~-probably the biggest single capture made by the officers enforeing the Vol stead Law were captured last Sunday on one of the coffee plantations of Luis Natali, near Yauco, by oficers under the direction of M. R. Pesquera, the new prohibition director. The Volstead officers had information . that there was a considerable quantity of rum being stilled near Yauco and that Natali was the chief distiller. He is said to have a dozen or mor coffee fincas and his operations were carried on first on on® ‘nea and then on anoth- er. The officers were successful in find- ing 500 liters of prohibited liquors, part of which was newly d:stilled and part was ready for distribution. . “1 do not expeect tu make Porto R. absolutely dry,”” said Mr. Pesquera, “but [ believe I can reduce considerably both the manufacture of rum in the is- land and the importation of liquors into the island. Itam here to enforce the law snd am going to do my best to en- foree it '’ Porto Rico Progre:s, 22nd July. REMOVE AMERICAN DEAD IN GER- MANY Berlin, July 10.— The work of exhum- ing the bodies of the American soldiers who died as prisoners of war in Ger- many has developed such difficulties that some uncertainty attaches to the identi- ty of the few which have been unearthed from among the unnamed Germans and other dead in the cemeteries near the old prison camps. Many of the graves were unmarl@ed' and the names of the men were buried in some places were unknown, so that much guesswork entered into the task of the American Graves Registration ser- vice, in charge of two American army officers, which has superintendent the operations. “The bodies exhumed comprise what are thought to be the remains of Ameri- can soldiers who died in Germany’’, said a member of the Registration Service. “We have sent 15 from Leipsig to Ant- werp for transportation to America. To exhume and remove the single sol- dier buried near Hindenburg—in a flow- er-covered grave shaded by chestnut- trees—it was necessary to obtain per- mission from the Interallied High Com- mission at Oppeln, the Polish represent- ative there, the head of Germaw Self- Defense organizations, and the leader of Polish insurgents, for the grave was in territory held by Polish insurgents and the trucks of the Americans had to pass between lines of fighting Germans and Poles. A member of the American military mission in Berlin negotir ted and obtained assurances that the A can party would not be molested.—