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ing unempioyment and the consequent industrial unrest, also tue position of a -ricalture and the demand of th2 farm- e® for fi-cal changes to meet their grow- ing difficulties, Londson, Sept. 25th --Sugar in stoek on the 22nd inst. was 97,00) tons. Last year 90,000 tons London, Sept 24th.—The revolution ia Bulgaria hss burst into full flame and the whole country is in the hands of the rebels, according to a despateh to the Llorning Post fron Boigra:le to:day. The despateh adds that Sofia is blockaded. King Boris has offered to resign, but this offer has not bheen accepted. Thne insurgents are said te have destroyed all ineans of commuaication and the new Government has lost eonnee.ion with the provinees. The situation of the capital is eritieal, it 1s blockaded both in a mili tary and economic sense, being short of provisions and threatened with attack. The despatch to the Post says Premier Ziakoff is reshaping and reinforang the Cabinat with adherents of General ‘Theodore Alexandrod, the M:cediniin lecader, who has become Minister of Po- lice and holds the whole city un fer miii- tary dictatorship. Bulgarian Chrmmun- ists have held up the Orient [Sxpress near the Turkish fronticr, says a des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph from Constantinople. The despatch adds that Turkish communications is interrupted, Sofia, Sept. 24th.—A semi official state- menpt issued this afternocn says that the Communist moveme: t has been suppres- sed at two points in Southern Bualgarie, and that peace has been restored. Sev- eral cen‘res of communist disaffection still exist in the North, tie statement adds, but attempts 1o create sn vprising have been fully suppressed and have not succeeded. Paris, Sept. 24th. Premier Zankoft of Bulgaria in a statem-nt i the Le Joue- nals Sofia correspondent says that north- ern Bulgavia was calm and that order has been restored in the south, though not without resistance The Communists, he assertee, lost heavily, while five or six mmen of the Government forces were kill- ed, As we haveonly a small voluntecr army, '‘the Premier continued, "‘we judge 1 it pruden: to oroctaim martial law everywhere, but that was only a tempor- ary orecaution, datifas. N 8 Sept. 21h.-H. M. 8 “Constance’’, of the North Atianti: Squadron, arrived in port yesterday afternoon at four o’clock auad prozeeded to tne doek yard. Paris, Sept. 24th.--M. De Lasteyri, Minister of Finarce, in an address before the Chamber of Commearee Dep rtment dwelt upon tle excellent situation in France from a ficancial and economic wiawpoint. He produced figures ‘o-show nat for the first time since 1914 the srench budget balarced. The Minister said that France in the pas: four vears without receiving aid from Ge nany had S kL A accomplished the enormous task of spending one hundred billion frares in the reconsirucion of the devastated re- gions and in the restoration of th» coun- try’s finarces. ThLis was made possibla by v¢ ing eight biilion additional taxes, the cd'lection of which was intensified, so that without an inerease in customs tariffs or linavy r:ceints were raised from 15,000,053 000 in 1920, to 19,756,000,050 in 1822 _; 1921 there were 63,963 idie workmen 1 France, while on August I.t 1923 enly (12,075 were unemployed in France, of whom 130 lived in Paris. Ottawa, Sept. 24th.—The value of Canada’s total imports for August ex- celled the value ' the total imports by over two and a ! aif million dol'ars as shown in a report compiled by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. Brussels, Sept. 21t;.—The Internation- al Balloon Race for .he Gordon-Beénnett Cup developed intu an international dis- aster. Aliready five men Lave lost their livas, one is believed to be fawally in- jured an- no less than six balloons were destroyed or badly damaged. Some of the contestants have not been heard from. 'They may have escaped the tury of the storm or met the s~me fate as the British ba'loon “‘Marguiet’’, the latest to be reported, which fe!l into the sea off Denmark. Tfhe casuvalty list is as fo!- lows. United States Army $-6, siruck by lightning and burncd. Lieutenant Olmstead and Shoptaw killcd. Tle Spanish balloen *Poiar’’, eaught fire from a hebtning bolt and fell near Heystgood, pilot Barea Kkilled and his wSsistant bacly injured. The 'Geneva’’, Swissz, struck by lightning near Beverloo and burned in midair. Her pilet kiiled. “Ville De FPruxelies’’ De.gian, dana.ed before starting end withdra ,n. ‘‘Mar- garet’’ Briuish, fell into the sea near Skagen, L'enmerk, pilots Allen zud Berry saved., Saint louis,’”’ United Stules, burst before start, so {ar as reported late tonight the fol'lowing bal.oons had made safe -andings. Urited States A 6699 landed at Patter, Heiland. ‘‘Ferpan- dex Dieo,”’ Spain, at Schrycek, Holland, ‘‘Banshee,’’ British at LEersel, Hcolland, *‘Zurich,’’ Swiss, at Eersel. ‘‘Savoie,”’ French, at Turnhout, Eelgium. Fernan- de 11,77 French npear Ailneir, The “‘Belgica,”’ Belgian, is reported (o have lanced, but this is not confirmed. A message from the Belgian ""Prince Leo- pold’’ reported '‘all well.”” The ''Pi. cardy,’”’ French, the '‘Helvetia’ Swiss, and the ““Esperia’ Spani:b have not been heard from. Dusseldorf, Scept. 24th.—The seizure of 118,560,000,000,6¢0 marks, a sum val- ved at a half million dollars at teday’s rate of exchange, was reported toFrench hcadquarters today. The whole seizure was effected in ore cperation by the ['rench custioms post at Brackel, on the frontier of the ceenjied region, discover- ing the huge pile of paper mcney in the false bottom o¢f an automobile truck, which was ostens’h'v hau’ing white pa- par for the R-ichsbank priating office at Do:tmund. St. John. N. B . Sept. 24th. - H M & “Cinatown’’, flagship of Vies Admiral Sir Mickael Cilme-Seymour, arrived here this afternoon. Hurdreds of citizens lined the piér to wateh the arrival of the “"Cape‘own’’, the first warship that has vizsited these waters for several years. Lhadon, Sept. 24th.—-President Ebert, aceordinz toa Central News despateh from Berlin, had a long consultation with Gustav Roske, the Chief of Police, to- night and encrzetic measures were dis- cussed and will be submitted to a confer- ence of the Foderal Premiers tomorrow. The corraspondent says it is reported that should the Bavarian Nationalists mare trouble, tie Cabinet will resign and Roske will be appointed dictator., Oklahoma City, Sept, 24th.—Adjntant General Marehan tonight was ovdared by Governor Waltoa to *‘use all force ne- cessary’’ to prevent the session of the lower honse of Oklahoma Logislature, catled for noon on Wednesday., All eiti- zoens, soldiers of the state, between the ages of 21 and 45 were directed in the order to hold themselves in readiness, with such arms 2s they possess or can obtain, to come to the assistarce of the sovercian state of Oklahoma when order- ed to do so by the Governor. Asa pre- caution azamnst any attemnt of the legis- lators to meet elsewnere, shouid they be barred from the hcuse chamber at the state capita!l, the Governor also directed Adjutant General Marchan to disperse the meetinr at anv othes time, or place, in the State of Oklahoma, The Adjutant General was ordered to ygse all titary fo.ces of the s*ate, if necessary. to dis- pa.ose the assembly. Governor Walton re- iterated his charge that the yproposed meeinzy would be an unlawful assem- by’ dominated ard e¢~ntroiled by the so- calied invisihie Empire, commanly known as the Kiu Kiux Klan. *“‘He declured that sinee the Kiu Klux Kian was pro- c.amed an enemy of the State of Okla- homa and his martiai law proetamation of Sept. 15th., the session, theiefore, wouid be in deitance of the laws of the state and an attempt to break the peace. The troops will b 2 crdered to shoot and kitl, if that is necessary to prevent the assembly, Governor Walton told news- papermen. ‘I hope, however, that no such measures witl be necessary’’, Comstantinopie, Sept. 25th.—The dis- covery of a hitherto unknown ciiy in Thessaly has been officially reporied. A large number of rities have already heen unearthed. l'he viains belowo to the ear- ly Byzaniine poried and were discovered by Soiiriou, who stated that further ex- plorations would canse a big sensation in the aichaelogical world. Pointe a Pitre, September £6th,-Fair- ly strong shock earthquake of short dura- tcn felt heve at 11.30 p. m. 25th.