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Montreal Markets Montreal, Feb. 11.â€"-Oatsâ€"-Extra No. 1 feed, 74c. Flourâ€"New stand- um sxgde. 51.1.25 “1311;85‘ 1391M Null-Bug's Beans â€"- Canadian, hand-picked bushel, $4.50 to $5.00. Imported handâ€"picked, Burma or Indian, $4.00; Lima, 15c. Honeyâ€"Extracled clover: 5-11). tins, 28 to 296 1b.; 10-i'b. tins, 27 to 28C; 604%). fins, 26 to 261;“; buckwheat, 60- lb. tin, 21 to 22c. Comb: 16-oz., $4.50 tin $5.00 (102.; 12432., $3.50 to $4.00 Provisionsâ€"Wholesale Smokel meatsâ€"~Hams, medium, 36 to 88¢; (10., heavy, 30 to 32¢; cooked 49 to 51¢; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast. bacon. 41 to 45¢; backs, plain, 44 to 45:3; boneless, 50 to 52¢. Cured meatsâ€"Long clear bacon, 28 to 29c; clear halides, 27 to 28¢. prinfs, 28% flames, 25% 2635c; pails, Butterâ€"Fresh dairy, choiee, 46 to 48¢; creamery, soliids, 51 to 53¢; prints, 52 to 54c. ' Margarineâ€"32 to 34¢. Eggsâ€"N0. 1 storage, 50 to 52¢; new laid, 55c; new laid in cartons, 57c. Dressed poultry~Spring chickens. 82 to 88c; roosters, 28 to 30¢; fowl 32 to 85c; turkeys, 45 to 50c; ducklings, 1b. 35 to 380; squabs, doz., $5.50; geese, 27 to 29¢. Potatoesâ€"Ontarios, f.o.b.‘ track Tel-onto, car lqts, 90 to $1.00. Cheeseâ€"New, large, 72311;?»ntv638c; twins, 28 to 28‘)“; old, large, 28 to 28k“; twig, 28% to 29c. Live poultryâ€"Roosters, 20c; fowl, 24 to 30c; ducklings, 1b., 350; turkeys, 852; Spring chickens, 25c; geese, 18c. Wholesalers are sehling to the re- tail‘tmde 1.312 the following prices: Country Produceâ€"Wholesale. Butterâ€"Dairy, tubs and rolls, 28 to 89¢; prints, 40 to 41¢. Creamery, fresh made, solids, 51c; prints, 520. Eggsâ€"New laid, 45 to 460. Dressed poultryâ€"~Spring dhickens 26 to 32¢; roosters, 25c; fowl, 27 to 30¢; ducklings, 32c; turkeys, 40c; sqygbs, doz_., $4.110; geese, 725C. ' StraWâ€"déi‘ldfgflbâ€"g $_1v1- Earton car lots. Markets of the World Ontario flourâ€"War quality. $9.75 in bags, Toronto and Montreal, pmmpt shipment. Mildfeedâ€"Car lots, delivered Mont- real freight-s, bags included. Bran, $37.25 per ton; shorts, $42.25 per ton; good flour, $2.40 per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1, $22 per ton; mixed, $22to $21nper_ tonhtrack Toronto. Peasâ€"No. 2, $1.75 to $1.80, accord- ing; to freights outside. . arleyâ€"â€"Ma]ting 73 to 78¢, nommal. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, $1.00, nominal, Ryeâ€"No. 2. $1.25, nomfinal. - Manitoba Flou â€"Government stim- dafid, $19.8§ to $ 1.35, Toygn‘lmf Breadstufi's. Toronto. Feb. 11.â€"-Manitoba Wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.24»? No. 2 Norflhem,._$2.21%;- No. 3 Northern. 82.17%; No. 4 wheat, $11156. in store Fort William. Am nations joining the League must' agree to suhmit matters of dispute; between them to arbitration or to the] Executive of the League. They will! not in any event resort to War as against a member of the League, which complies with the award of the‘ arbitrators or the recommendations, of the Executive Council. In the:i event of any nation refusing to do so, the other nation which is party to Manitoba oatsâ€"No. 2 C. W., 6834.63 No. 3 C.W., 619m; extrp No. 1 feed, 6356.0; No. 1 feed, 59%c; No. 2 feed, 55%.}, in store Fort William. V Mahiltoba Vbarleyâ€"iâ€"No. 3 c.W., 81%c No. 4 C.W., 765/“; rejected, 69%c; £0951, 69%c, in storg Fort jViLliaqn;_ Onta'nié‘ oa'tsiixié." ‘ékfihitie, ‘57. to 60c- No. 3 White, 56 to 590, accordmg to A mights outside. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.22; No. 2, do., $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3, do., $2.07_to $2.15 f.o.b., shipping points, accordmg to freights. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2, (10., $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3, do., $2.02 to $2.10 1.01)., ship- p‘ir'l‘g poings accqrdu‘ng to freights. Ainerié'an' yellow; $1.50; No’: ygll‘ow, $1.47, pi‘ompfi_slxipment. At a plenary session of the Peace Conference the proposed constitution of the League of Nations was preâ€" sented by the Commission to Which the work of drafting had been enâ€" trusted. /' The constitution definiter places control of the Executive Counâ€" 0‘31 of the League in the hands of the Five Great Powersâ€"Britain. France, the United States, Italy and Japanâ€" who will have one member each, w’hil’e 31-1 other nations mm have four cho- sen from among them. CONSTITUTION OF THE LEATIIIE I 0F NATIONS MADE PUBLIC The following;- is a summary of the constitution of the League of Nations as contained in a. despatdh from Paris:â€" Matters of Dispute Between Nations to be Settled by Arbitration -â€"Five Great Powers Have Control of the Executive Council. Maple productsâ€"Syrup, per gallon, .25 to $2.35; sugar. lb. 27 to 286. ar .â€"l’ure, 90 lbs; $9.90 150 $458!; tsâ€"L‘ong clear bacon, 28 belxldes, 27 to 28¢. 3. tierces,‘2'7 to 27%“ 28c; pails, 2‘% to 28%“ to 29¢. Compound, to 25%c; tubs, 25% to 26 to 26%c; prints, 27% was pre- bo Which been enâ€" definitely ive Coun- dis Of . France, I Japanâ€" . $9.25; do., rough 'bu1,l~s, $7.50; to $8.00; lbutchers’ cows, choice, $10.00 to $11.00; do., good, $9.00 to $9.50; (10.. medium, $8.00 to $8.50; d-o., common, $7.00 to $7.50; Shockers, $8.00 tb $10.50; feeders, $10.50 to $12.00; canners, $5.35 to $7.00; milkers, good to chodce, $90.00 to $140.00; do. com. and mod, $65.00 to $75.00; springers, $90.00 to $140.00; light Wes, $9.00 'to $10.00; yearlings, $12.00 to $12.50; spring lambs, $15.00 to $16.00; calves, good to choice, $15.50 to $17.50; hog-s, fed and watered, $17.50 .to,$16.25. A despatoh from Washington 68. :-â€"Tha total cost of the war to all be ngrents, imhxdr‘mg the Central wen, was placed at. 193,000,000,000 fisomtary Baker > an 331de i Covenant-breaking nations are to We subjected to a rigorous economic lboycott, which will cut them off from xa‘ll other nations. The Executive of ‘the League, moreover, may call' upon [the nations to provide military and lnaval forces “to protect the coven- ants of the League." ‘ There are no provisions against compulsory military service. The question of the reduction of arma- ments is remitted to the Executive for Such action as may be considered possible, "consistent With national tsafety." BRITISH DRAFT IS BASIS ON WAR COST ALL POWERS 193,000,000,000 DOLLARS Relief of Armenians and Peoples of South Russia Will Be Important Outcome. Washington, Feb. 16.-â€"â€"T‘he Dar- danelles were thrown open to Ameriâ€" can trade interests Saturday for the first time since the world war began, by action of the War Trade Board, following cable advices that an agr v ment lied been reached by the Suv preme Economic Council in Paris whitfih Would make such a step pos» sibl-e without destroying- the effective- ness of the ’blockade of the Central Powers. It is undenstood here that the trade and shipping interests of Great Britain and other foreign in- terests will receive the swne privileg- es from their Governments and that rate schedules will be announced soon. The agreement carries with it a resumption of trade relations with Turkey and Bulgaria1 with which Great Britain and the allied nations of Europe ‘are still, theoretically at least, at war. It also “has the efâ€" feet, the importance of which .is point- ed to as not to be overlooked, of aid- ing in the relief of the Armenians and the peoples of ‘South Russia. A despatch from London says:â€" ‘mxe Cbmmission «healing with inter- national control of ports, railways and Waterways has begun work on the basis of a draft prepared by Great Britain, according to The Daily Mail. hogs, $1,750; Montreal, Feb. 11,â€"Best steexs, $13.50; poorer, $8.50 to $10.00 per 100 lbs; choice coWs and bu'l‘ls, $10.00 to $11.00; canners, $5.00 to $6.00; sheep. $10.00; lambs, $14.00; calves, gnflkâ€"fgd, $112.00 to $16.00 per 100 1m; Cheeseâ€"~finest easterns, 24 to 250. ButteréChodcest creamery, 51 to 51% Eggsâ€"Selected, 50c~ No. 1 stock, 47 to 54¢. Potatoesâ€"I‘m- bag, car lots, $1.75. Dressed hogsâ€"Abattoir kil- led, $24.00. Lardâ€"Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 25 to 28c. Live Stock Markets Toronto, Feb. 11.â€"Choice heavy ex- pox‘t steers, $15.00 to $16.75: (10., good, $14.00 to $14.50; Choice butcher steers, $13.00 to $13.50; butchers’ cattle, choice, $12.00 to $13.00; do., good, $11.25 to $11.75; (10., common, $9.50 to $10.00; bullls, choice, $10.50 to $11.00; (10., medium bulls, $82757t0 lie, $68.00. Hayâ€"No; lots. $23.00. DARDANELLES OPEN T0 WORLD TRADE Bran, $37 . 25L Shogts, Germany is not expressly barred from the League, but “no State shawl be admitted to the League unless it is able to give effective guarantee of its sincere intention to observe its in- ternational obligations.” This phrase shows that Germany must sit for a while on the stool of penibance. the dispute binds itself not to resort to way until three months after the award. Similar provisions are to be applied to disputes between nations that are not members of the League. W ATER‘VAYS $42.25. Manil- 2, per ton, car Basie, Feb. 16.â€"The armistice has been extended indefinitely, according to a Treves despatch to the Havas Agency. The Gemmis are required to cease their offensive against the Poles and carry out the previoug terms of the armistice until com- plebed. Answelkgfi Erzbergor’s counter-de- rpmld, Mars 81 Foch said the new armishke terms had ‘been fixed by the heads of the Associated Govern- ments and that he was unable to alter them. Germans Must Cease Fighting Poles and Carry Out the Armistice Conditions. Copenhagen, Feb.\ lGâ€"Replying to a Tequest by Mathias Erzberg'er, head of the German Armistice Commission, for a delay in the signing of the armishice tenms until Monday noon, Marshal Foch declared that the armis- tice expired at 5 o’clock Monday morning, and that the last hour for signing Would be 6 o’clock Sunday afternoon in order to be able to issue the necessary orders to the troops. If not signed then, Marshal F h said he would be obliged to leave eves and the armistice would no longer be in force. A despetch from London says:â€"â€"The British delegates at the Peace Con- ference have been definitely instructed to claim an indemnity which will in- clude the cost of the war as w‘ell as the damage actually caused, it was announced in the House of Commons on Thursday by Andrew Boner Law, Government leader in the Commons, in reply to a question. A commission Is now considering the amount to be claimed, the method by which payment should be made and the means of enforcing the payment, Mr. Bonar Law added‘ Canada has a direct commercial in- terest in the impending settflement, because there is an und‘m'stranding that 20 per cent. of the meat products shipped to Germany from the reserves in Great Britain are to be replaced by purchases in Canada. ’ths the expected submission by Germ-any as to the conditions will mean the shipâ€" ment in the couple of months of the bacon sm‘plus which has accumulated ARMISTECE TERMS EXTENDED BY FOE}! BRITAIN WILL DEMAND . INDEMNITY FROM GERMANY In addition, Germany will require between March and Augutslt, 400,000 tons of Wheat, with large quantities of other grains, maize and foma-g'e. Germany's urgent food requirements is an (inducement which wihl compel he; peaceful acceptance to the new terms to be submitted. ' - A despatch from Paris says:â€"- There has {been a tentative agree- ment “between the allies and German representatives as to furnishing food to Germany, ’but this arrangement is conditional upon the acceptance by the Germans of the terms “be be sub- mitted. Germany wants immediatdy 30,000 tons of pork: stuffs and 250,000 cases of condensed milk. F Mowing this there will be a second order four 200,- 000 tons of wheat and 25,000 tons of pork products. CANADA WILL SUPPLY 20 PER CENT. Office or; the Bpehing day of the Peace Congress. The Smile of Victoryâ€"Premier Lloyd Georgâ€"{e and Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour photographed as they were about to enter the French Foreign Dominion Has Commercial In- terest in Settlement With Germany. Colonel W. A. Bishop, Canada’s pre- mier “ace.” who holds the world's war record for birdmen,-predicts the early wiping out of distance by the airplane. He says: “As soon as the weather be- comes suitnbleâ€"about April 1. I think â€"-â€"an airplane will cross the Atlantic; and not one, but dozens, for on the first favorable day there will be an in- ternational race to accomplish this feat. The winner will probably start from Newfoundland and land in Ire- land, making the flight in quite a bit under twenty-four hours, and Without lthe necessity of coming down. It is gentirel'y possible to carry sufficient pet- ' ml and other supplies to do this, and the Newfoundland \iogs, about which more or less has been said, {von’t bother. for the aviator will quickly rise above the fog belt at the start.” L In a statement to The Transcript I l London, Feb. 16.â€"â€"'Dhe Government has d’ecided to convene, probably wiftln'fi the present month, a national conference of representatives of capi- tal) and labor "to seek a settlement of the present industrial unrest. It is understood that reya‘ésentafix'es of the employers and all the leading trade unions will be invited and that the Premier is devoting himself ac- tively to the promotion of 612:3! coh- fetrence, which will be the most; im- portant ever assembled to deal with lahoa‘ problems. Capital and Labor tovMeet To End. Industrial Unrest A despatch from London says:--The British Air Ministry announces that a French service machine (in Wednes- day made a. record flight between Paris and London, coyeriug the dis- tance in one hour and fifty minutes. The distance covered was 270 mfles. “Conditions in Petrograd,” he said, “are beyond belief. The suffering of the people is so terrible that it can hardfly be imagined in England. “I often asked the people Why they didn’t overthrow the Bolsheviks and the reply I got was: “We can’t. If we lift a little finger that will be the end of us.’ “Russia has passed beyond the “Russia has passed beyond the sphere of politics. The question is now one of humanity. People are gly- ing wholesale of starvation. The po- pulation of Petrograd has dwindled from 2,000,000 to [about 600,000. Thousands have been killed or have died from the‘ effects of starvation. The reign of terror extends to the country dis-triom. There, however, the people are not starving.” “Machinery for food distribution has completely broken down and practically all 'bhe workers in the city are suffering from sheer starvation. They have passed the stage of semi- starvation. I have seen people liter- ally dying in the streets. At.night Petrograd was like a city of the dead. FLEW FROM PARIS TO LONDON IN ONE HOUR FIFTY MINUTES Sufferings of Petrograd People Terrible Beyond Description. A despatch from London says:â€" There has just arrived in London an English trade tinionist who has lived in closest contact with Russian work- ers in different parts of the country for the past five yeam. He has come direct from Petrograd, and in the course of an interview with a London Daily News representative he des- cribed the terrible conditions of life in Russia under Bolshevik rule. NEWFOUNDLAND T0 THOUSANDS DIE IN THE STREETS IRELAND BY AIR A despatch from London says:â€" The total' number of Canadian Chap- lains now serving in the overseas forces is 436. The number of honors ained include five C.M.G.’s, nine D. .0.’6,. thirty-three mentions (in mili- tary despatc‘hes and thirteen brought to the notice of the Secretary of State fox; W35 ‘ CHAPLAINS’ RECORD IN OVERSEAS FORCES A despatch from London says:â€" The first details of the construction of the British super-Zeppelin which, her builders assert, is capable of a nonâ€"stop round trans-Atlantic voyage. are published in the Daily Mail. Sh“ was built sea‘etly. The ship’s length is 670 feet and her diameter ‘79 feet Her weight in flying trim will be more than 600 «tons, including a carrying capacity of between 27 and 30 tons. For war purposes she was to have carried four 580-poun‘dr and eight 250- pound bombs, also machine and other guns fore, aft and on top. «despatch from London sayszâ€"A new'4petrol tank. which will neither leak nor catch fire when perforated by incendiary bullets, the Daily Mail says. has been added to the list of wonder- ful war inventions. These tanks were being built and fitted in British air- planes as fast as possible when the armistice was signed. Had the fight- ing continued British pilots would have been immune from one of the greatest causes of casualties. This invention is to be applied to commercial air. planes. A despatch from Ottawa says:â€" Canada’s claims against Germany, in- cluding war expenditure to date, now total over eleven hundred and forty million dollars. War expenditure alone from the beginning of the wax- to the end of last month, totalled 3,132,000,000. This represents ac- counts which have passed through the books of the Finance Department. In addition. claims for actual enemy dam- ages against Canadiansâ€"claims for Two Chaplains were killed, one died of Wounds, one was drowned on the Llandovery Castle, which was sunk by a. German submarine; two died of when, and 21 were wounded. Series of Scholarships and Facul- 1ies Established in Great ' Britain. cier, has p} tees half 1 for educati the followi eduéation in Workers’ Ed any ot'her a proved by th THLRULXâ€"‘Thc promomon of the higher education of women by assist- ance to colXeges for women. FOURTHLY~The promotion. of the study of foreign languages. FIFTHLY~~-Towards the establish- ment of a fat'urlfy of commerce in the University of London on such terms as the trustees may approve. ‘ A despatch from Paris sayszâ€"Tlhe newspapems unanimously approve the decision of the Supreme Council re garding Germany, and rejoice than! the aihlies reached a complete under- standing as to fihe terms to be sub mitted to Germany on February 17. The Petit Parisiengsayis that Germany milst take a decisfive attitude within the next few days, because she will have to realize that despite apparent differences of opinion, the alliance among her conquerors remains intact $2,509,9fi9 REQUEST HER EBEICATEW coumgi or bheix GERMANY FORCED TO TAKE DEFINITE ATTITUDE NO“ BRITIQH SUPER-’ZEPPELIN MARVEL IN ALL RESPECTS démages by submarines and in other waysâ€"now total about $19,000,000. MORE THAN 10,000,000 ALIENS RESIDENT 1N UNITED STATES CANADA’S CLAIMS AGAINST * GERMANY $1,140.000,000 CANADA' CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY $1,140,000,00C A despatch from Washington sayszâ€"Approximately oneâ€"tenth of‘ the population of the United States is composed of unnaturalized aliens»; according to Raymond F. Cnist, De-‘ puty Commissioner of Naturalization, who declared that such a condition would not ' : permitted by any other country, and appealed to American citizens to help in making citizens of alien residents. He said there were 10,500,000 persons in this country who still retain their allegiance to the land of their birth. SECON THIRDIA' FIRSTLYâ€"T despnt 5&8 DI trustee 1tional H the ll? Ml om 1011 D01]? [on hips for ion of adulrt with the sociation or ‘1' body ap- [10' sa ys sterling ticuxlarly 'orkmen the 111-