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its soil or a tittle of its ~ight so an insidi- ous bloody (e, and when the time comes let us be ready a3 one man to strik~ for the protestant faith, liberty, King and country, and the land of Uls.er will de- liver such a buffet to our enemies that these people will carry its mark to the scaffoidand the grave’’. - : : New York, Fedb. 9th.—The week in the stock market openel with a firm un- dertone the gains outnunbering the losses, the few exczeptions being changes confined to fractions. Several of the ¢i's and spoacialties advanced from one anl a half poins, with mod:rate react'ens in shipping, motors znd equipments. Rai's as a cluss wus steady, probzbly s a re- sult of dzvelopm:nts in transportation legislatior over the week end. Foreign exchanze as registered by rhe London rate, also imnroved. Zurich, Fz2b. 9th. —The newspapars oublish this evening what is an Hfficial or semi-official note, saying the Govt. would refus2 to have ‘ha Germans ac- cused of war crimes by the Allies trie| in Switzeriand. in the event of this be- ing proposed by Germany. The view is held here that rerminy may sugges: this in her reply to the ntente note. Paris, Feb. 9th.—More prominent ~ hames oD the extradition list were pub- lished by tie newspzp2rs yestorday. Mos: of the 11 adopta pessimisiic aiitude regarding tte probability of Germany giving the accused persons and virtually all the papers dwell upon what one of them terms '‘ the harge in policy of Lloyd Georze’”. The ‘'Matin’’ says: ‘““Agking ior the extradition: of the Genera issitad, the former Chancel lor and Admiral. is an act which the High Allied Commanc wou.d probably not have sub-cribed to, ualess the cdeliv- ery of the iormer Kaise " s ellectec fron Hollanc. Ven Hindenburg, Betlmann Hollwee and Von Tirpitz zan hide behind his responsibility end Germary ean plead her inability ©o arrest the culprits. L’Homelibr2™’ says that tkis is the most eritical phzse in the ex2cution of the treaty ith t Lerman resistan:e 1s assum inz an intensity here ofore unk sown. L’Heure conaents terse y upoa the illied Governinen.s hesitating.y requiestii g ex- tradition and Germanys uniesita ingly refusine it. It is certa.n, says the Petit Par sien, that as long as the officers and diplomats of the former regime remain all powerful in Germany we cannoi hope for sincere adhesion to the treaiy of Versailles. _ Trinidad, . feby. 15th.—The U. 8. S. “Utah’’, ‘'Fiorida’’, and ‘'Delaware’’, arrived from (aanianairo at 1 p. m. yes- terday. ‘frinidad, F~b. 10th.——The H. M. 8. ““Constance’’ arrived at Poiato-a-Piere Oil Depct at 2 p. m. yescerday. ondon, Fab. 10th. -London today witnessed, for the first time since i914, the aneiant c:remcny of <he state -pen- ing of Parliamment with all tradiuonal ET. Lol X AV 1S pageantry. The King and Quecen, and the Prince of Wales, who accompanied the Royal Coui¥e for the first time at surh a function, proceeded trom Buck- ingham Palace to Westminster in state carriages, escorted by mounted life guards. 7The Royal Party was received by the members of the twa Houses of Parliament, and in the House o” Lords, where the King read his speech from the throne. Serious consideration of the econcmie sitvation throughout the coun- try, was urged in the speec 1. The King councelled patience in the passage ot far-reaching reform, which Hi- Majes- ty said was necessary to meet the abnor- mal conditicns. Better educational fa cilities, the sertl>ment of the Irish ques- tion, the adjustment of the coal mining controversies on pending basis, and the regulation of the liguor traffic were asked tor by the King, wno also advocated the passsge ol measures tor stimulaiing the growth of more foodstuffs at home. {.ondon, Feb. 10th.—Mr. Thon as, the Railway workers' lcader, says that the state of the world is such, that unless sornething be done speedily. the erash wi!l come when nobody will suffer more that the workers. British werkmen, he says, must work one quarter paraer than before the war, the French twice and the Germans e:ght times harder, adding that ~ the Labour Party’s difficulties arose not \ because of other parties belng clever, ~ but ibrough the damnavle jealousies in | its own rarking. | Washingion, Feb. 10th —incications | that Eng and’s ‘inability to purchase | American ¢ouvon because of the exchange situation, mzy mean the viriuval cutting | in haif of the -United Statez expcrt trade in cotton, are shown lln statistes issued | yesterday by the Department c¢f Com- | merce, as raore tnan fifty per cert ot the cotron exporte. by the Uritea Srates | during the five montns ending with De- | cember, went to Ensland. | - lLondon, feb. Wih Kgypt is bursting | with wealth accumulated from colton, | says the correspondent of the *'Daily | Express’ trom Cairo. llliterate natives ' living in mud huts, have made twenty | thousand pounds sterling out o1 cotton i deals aud som= ten thousard pounds. | They are baying land at inflatec prices ' and paying off morigages wlicnh were . regarded as family herrlooms. Gne offi- | cial says the country has made at lcast | ¢ne hundred million pounds. | New York, Feb. 10th.- Plans for an | aerial circuit of the Atlantic Ozean wei= ~ announced tonight by the Aevo Club of . America. Prizes for the event will reach a ~ total of more than one hundred thousand ; dollars. The Aero Clubs of 17 countries will compete. Starting at New York - City, or at Lime Rock, New Yor. City, the competi:ors will fly southward, stop- ping at the prineinal cities on the Atlan- tie seaboard, thence to Cube, Haiii, Por- to Rico. and Pernambuco, and acroass the Atlantic to Dakar on the West Coast of Africe, and north along the Afri- ean Loart to Grea: Britain, vis Poriugal o1 Spain. Steps wiil be made in France. as arranged by the aero clubs in France in Great Britain, as selected by the Royal Aero Clab of Great Britain and in Scandinavia. Stopping peints will be selected by the aero clubs of those countries. Competitors will cross the At- lantic to New Foundland. returning to their starting point via Halifax, Portland, Maine, and Bosten. The Atlantic may be croszed either by airplane or dirigible. Warsaw, Feb. 10th.—The Red Cross officials have been asked by the Polish Government to rush doctors into Southern Galicia. where typheid {ever is raging in economic form. Since the epidemic began it is stated that one hundred thousand deaths have occurred. lLondo:, Feb. 10th. It is officiallystat- ed that there is no truth in the statement attributed to M. Joffre. the head of the Soviet deiegation which negotiated peace with Esthonia, that peace negotiations are proceeding between Great DBritain and Soviet Russia. | l.ondon Feb. 10th.--Various means whereby the value ot the sovereign can be restored in the United States continue to he the subject of lengthy discussions in the newspapers. The decision of cotton | imDOI‘I(— s e Suspond pl])‘(’hages of raw . materialin the United States has caused ' as much surprise here as it apparently ' did in the American market. ‘lhe Lon- don ‘"limes’’ Manchester correspondent says that now will begin a salient strug- gle to determine who isß in the . stronger position, the American sellevs | or the Lancashire buyer and whoever holds out the longer, wili oblige the other to bear the loss on a fluctuating rate of exchange. The position here agpears to | be strong. _ Berlin, Feby. 9th.——The Comniittee on Foreier Affairs of the National Assem- bly will meet today tc consider the ques- tion of extradition. Washington, leb. 9th.--Recr Admirsl | Robert teary, the famous Arctic ex . plerer anc discoverer ot the North Pole, . who is a patient in the_naval hospiial \. here, suffering from pernicious anaemua, | yesterday underwent a successful trans | fusion of blood and was said today to be much imvroved. | NEW YORK. Feb. 9th 1920. Flour, Blenced Clear St. Lawience ['rand | pr. brl. $11.956 Meal, Kilndried jel 160 tbs $8.75 . New Season’s lork per brl. $46.00 . Heavy Mess Pork perhbl. $44.00 | Bupar---{ Iystais maxinum jei JLC is ‘ $13.04. | Sugar---Crystals minimun: $12.79 . Moiasses sugar (Confonea by krokers) | ; ¢8 12--100 d. | Cotton, Middlirg Upland, at Liverpcci jer L ity no glolalicn | Exchange, Nevw York and Lorndon, €0 ? days’ sipht $3.35