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min SEND luv EQUNTERTTREATY: Ul'l‘llllATlllll DEhAllllllltl Account British Cabinet Takes Serious View of the Situation But Will Oppose Any Further Concessions and Refuse Consent to a New Conference. London, March 4.â€"â€"-The Turkish, Premier in future dealings with the Government has virtually decided tol'l‘nrks. However, the Foreign Secre- send- a new counterstreaty to the Al-;tary finds little or no support in the lies, with an ultimatum demandingi Government for weakening in the face acceptance. . of the Turkish manoeuvres. The ultimatum will fix a certain: Of course, there are all kinds of ______â€".â€"- Felian luring Silms‘or NATlON WITHIN THE Bill'l'lSH EMPlRE Signing of International Fisheries Treaty With the United States by Canadian Minister, Apart from British Ambassa- dor, Marks 3. New Departure in the History of Canada as a Self-Governing Dominion. ' Washington, March 4.â€"â€"The treaty between Canada and the United States to control halibut fishing in North Pacific waters was ratified by the United "States Senate to-day just beâ€" i to have the treaty signed by the Can‘ adian Minister was reached after sev4 eral official communications passed ibetween London and Ottawa and Washington. It is known the original date and if the Allies have not swalâ€"iulitmntums, and the allies have come Bowed the new treaty ‘by that time“ or agreed to call I peace conference, the Mudania armis- tice agreement will be denounced: changing their minds at the last min- Turkey will then resume a technicali_ state of war with Greece and the Al-' in preparation is taken much more lied powers. I Such is the startling tum which the debate on the Lauisanne treaty has‘ taken. Information to this effect is an entirely new‘les; dangerous than the others be‘ to look upon the. Turkish variety as cause the Turks have a habit of ute. Nevertheless the new ultimatum seriously because of the latest details of the Angora discussions. Ism-et Pasha, chief delegate at Lau- ,s-anue, has been reduced to the rank contained in confidential messages'of a mere expert on territorial and reaching official quarters to-night. military questions. The voice of the The Cabinet takes a most serious moderate party has been drowned out View of the situation. Premier Bonar by the extremists. That portion of fore adjournement. It had been block-. expectation was that the treaty would ed temporarily last night by Senator: ‘be signed on the part of Canada by Jones, Republican, Washington, but' both Ambassador Geddes and Min- was approved to-day with an amend-I ister Lapoinrte. : ment by Mr. Jones providing that its; On Mr. Lapointe’s arrival in Wash‘ restrictions against Canadian halibut ington he was met by representatives fishermen should apply to all other of the British Embassy, and proceeded British nationals. I at once to a conference with the Brit‘ The treaty establishes a closed hali- ish Ambassador, where, it is believed, but season from November 16 to Febâ€" communications from the British Gov- ruary 15 and creates a joint commis- ernment were awaiting him authorizf ' sion to regulate North Pacilc halibut ing him to be the sole signatory on be« fishing. half of Canada. United States Secre< When Hon. Ernest Lapointe, Can-l tary Hughes likewise paid .a visit 130 adian Minister, signed with United the White House, and conferred with Law and most of the other members the Laus-anne delegation which favors of the Cabinet, with the backing of war is in the ascendancy, while the the Admiralty and Colonial Office, treaty advocates are in the back- have decided finally to take a most ground. firm pOsition. They willoppose any Riza Nur Bey, the strongest opon- further important concessions, and cut of the Armenian National Home, under no condition consent to a new. has been left to deal with the minor- full conference. :ities’ problem. The famous lawyer, The Angora messages convey the Tahir Bey, has argued against any information that Fevzi Bay, Turkish special judicial regime for foreigners. Chief of Staff, who is dominating the Hassan Bey declared Turkey would debate, announced in the Grand Na-f settle all questions of concessions and tionia‘l As-sembly that the General economic Stafl’ had ordered large military'treaties with the powers. movements and preparations in thei Officials here explain the Turkish direction of the British position at propensity for minil changing- inayiworks at Friedrichsh-afen, according. modify this new ultimatum or bury it' {0 a (lgspatch fmm Berlin. Mosul. Foreign Secretary Curzon is less altogether, but the whole trend of. ppsfinve in his attitude and there are the Turkish Government is now to- olg-ns he would go further than the word a more warlike position. FRANCE OCCUPIES_ THREE MORE CITIES I Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Darmstadt Taken Over as i Counter-Sabotage Move. Paris, March 4.â€"-â€"Th2‘ee great Ger- man cities with nearly 1,000,000 ‘inâ€" habitantsâ€"Karlsruhe, Mannheim and Darmstadt are now as good as occuâ€"i pied by a French expeditionary force.i At the Foreign Office this afternoon‘ the correspondent was informed thel advance was a counter-sabotage move. i The Darmstadt railway centre and; the Karl‘sruhe and Mannheim ports, were taken over yesterday, althoughl the cities themselves had not beeni occupied. l Troops headed by armored automo-, bikes and cavalry moved forward at‘ dawn across the Rhine, meeting Onlyi a chilly, sleepy welcome. Not more: than 1,000 soldiers were engaged for the occupation of each strategic point. The occupation of the cities them- selves, demanding the use of at least twohddvis'ions, can be only a matter of tune. In order to fill the gap be- Strassbourg, via Frankfurt. hmd, as thefie “OOPS 81‘0 brought up, do this it will be necessary to occupy i(galored soldiers are likely to be moved Frankfurt. In some quarters it is asserted theI gian Governments have agreed on a new Fh'ench advance has not got so settlement with Germany which 36111:: “EndoGMCh turning tllfilmlli- would render the Versailles Treaty erm-any, as m i c ec - v ' . " 2 ' mating the reiterated refusal of Gen- (gills-t dlidst:l;iifml oral Godley, British commander, at concerned. . Cologne, to allow the French to usei the main left bank Rhine railway" through the British area. Six Million for Agriculture Hon. \V. ll. Motherwcll, Minister of Agriculture. llzls had estimates total- ling $6,085.500 passed in the Dominion ‘ House for his department. o 0 Devon, N.B.â€"Various lumbering in- i terests are said to be behind a project Dl‘iVilegt‘S With S91331'at‘elThe construction of the new Zeppelin But t5; It is reported here French and Bel-‘ Buys Quest" for Canada. Capt. Bernier, the famous Canadian explorer, has purchased Shackleton's famous ship, “The Quest," and thus indicates that Canada is once more to enter into Arctic exploration. He will bring the ship to Canada in the spring. 0 o United States Navy Owns Biggest of Zeppelins i i A (lespatch from London says:â€" {ordered by the United States Navy, ",wi‘ll he finished soon at the Zeppelin ‘ The air- ,ship will be the largest ever con- structed and will start from Berlin for Chicago early in June. It will fly under the American flag, but operat- ed by German mechanics and airship experts. The trial flight will begin ,in April and several over ,the Alps States Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes the international fish- eries between Canada and the United States a new constitutional departure was made, under which Canada takes a position of autonomous nationhood within the British Empire. Hereto- fore such treaties and conventions have been attested also by the British Ambassador. It is understood that the decision Toronto. 351.24%. - Manitoba oatsâ€"â€"Nominal. Manitoba barleyâ€"Nominal. All the above, track, Bay ports. American cornâ€"No. 3 yellow, No. 2, $1.23. Barleyâ€"Melting, 59 to 61c, accord- are proposed. When everything is perfected the airship will start for Berlin, where the final preparations for the trans-Atlantic flight will be made. ' o Ice-Shooting Started in Niagara Gorgei i l‘ A (lespatch from Niagara .Falls, Out, says:-â€"Icc-shooting for the; gspring has commenced in the Niagara ‘River gorge. Employees of the Nia-: :gara Gorge Railroad Company started lihcir annual work of dislodging over- -hanging ice. from the walls of the. j gorge. ‘ The ice during the early thawing {weather is dangerous to traffic on ‘the trolley tracks at the foot of the. 1clifi’, and all masses that appear to!! ibe loosened are shot with a heavy; iriial'ge of explosives. ' {csidonts at the north end of the, lciLy consider the shooting one of the ihesi signs of spring. o .0 Receives Coke ' France ing to freights outside. Buckwheatâ€"~No. 2, 78 to 800. Ryeâ€"~No. 2, 84 to 86c. Peasâ€"No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Mililfeedâ€"Del., Montreal freights, bags included: Bran, per ton, $26; shorts, per ton, $28; middlings, $28.50; good feed fiowr, $2.00. Ontario wheatâ€"No. 2 white, $1.14 to $1.16, according to froi-ghts outside. Ontario No. 2 white oatsâ€"-48 to 50c. Ontario corn-Nominai. Ontario flournNiil/ety per cent. pet, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $5.10 to $5.20; Toronto basis, $5.05 to $5.15; bulk seaboard, $4.95 to $5.00. Manitoba flourâ€"1st pats, in cotton lsacks, $7.10 per bbl; 2nd pats, $6.60. Hayâ€"Extra No. 2. per ton, track, Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; clover, $3. Strawâ€"(Jar lots, per ton, track, To- ronto, $9.50. Butterâ€"Finest pasteurized cream- ery, solids, 50 to 51c; prints, 51 to '52c; ordinary croamery solids, 46 to 48:; prints, 48 to 49c; dairy, 29c; cooking, 15 to 18c. Eggsâ€"Fresh gathered, 37 to 39c; held. 26 to 29c. l .H Live po'ultrthhit-kens, milkâ€"fed, over 5 lbs, 25c; do. 4 to 5 lbs, 22c; From Czecho-Slovakia l s l A despatch from Vienna says: ~~Or.c.f . . 1 ,thousand tons of coke are being Sill])-; lpod from Czecho‘Slovakin over Ans.-. ,triu to France daily, and the Austrian? lGove-rnmont has ordered raill‘i‘mds to; lexpcdite the shipment. It is said,| 'Anstr'm fears sabotage by railroadi men would lead to unpleasant com-i l It is stated that with the further} to establish a large mill to handle the: plicafions. move forward to Marbur-g' it “ill be‘ hardwood products, including floors. possible for the French to organizc' This will open here in the early spring. o direct railway system On the right; Hardwood products are now being re- bank of the Rhine from Essen to' ceived from Ontario by builders. l POINCARE ADOPTS tint nuns 0F DEALlNG Willi RUE-ill llliFlCillll’ â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" iinl mobilization or me of a Czech miners who \vere'bcing trans- , ported to France, and who were held, up in Austrian territory, were allowed to pass upon the Government's order.l i Should Austria provoke them to it, ' the (‘zechs might cut oil" her wall 1 supply. , do, over 5 lbs, 22c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c; do, 2 t0 4 lbs, 15 to 18c; hens, over 5 lbs“ 250;?10, 4 to 5 lbs, 18c; do, 3 to 4 lbs , 15 to 18c; roosters. 12 to 15c; ducklings, over 5 lbs, 25 to 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs, 2'2 to 25c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. ind up, 25c; do, old, Dressed poultryâ€"Chickens, "' milk-‘ fed, over 5 lbs, 30:; do, 4 to 5 1‘bs., 26c; do, over 5 lbs, 26c; do, *4 to 5 lbs, 24c; do. 2 to 4 lbs, 22c; hens, over 5 lbs, 25c; do, 4 to 5 lbs, 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs, 22c; roosters, 22c; 15c. \.-y Potaiomâ€"nOn track, Toronto, 75 to 80:: per 90-lb. bag. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, med... 26 to 280; cooked ham. 38 to 40c; smoked The Week’s Markets Manitoba wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, 91c;‘ M... A despalch from Paris says:â€"â€"l’rc- i mier Poincare has decided upon three important measures to subdue the Ruhr. They involve: 1. Infiiction of the death penalty -â€"â€"by arrangement with the English â€"â€"upon all Germans responsible for fatal railroad accidents. 2. Imprisonment. of all dcfuultcrs of . the 40 per cent. coal lax until they 5733’- 3. Movement. of hinct from Ruhr. Theso steps have not beer. decided upon without grave deliberation. and the decision regarding colored troops is said to be due to the insistence of Marshal Foch that the C‘UlOXlldiS have been absorbed to such an extent in the French army that there is no ren- lon why Momccans and Annsimites should not be used for purrosxis of occupation. Several of the Ministers have sug- gested that keeping the 11“” clnss “colored” as dis- “black” troops into the ~ h the colors will be sufficient. but the troops of occupation. this idea has been out-voted. and the i Olternuiive presented was either path ‘beuriug on the administration of the in: necessary powers to the Frown-h decisions the Interâ€"Alli , roads along the left bank of the Rhine ,is .m'ned over formally to the army « 7 ~' ‘ ‘ » '53}. Tll' alct'lf \‘.nl‘hv;l‘~ \hi “’1'. ti ‘3"‘[“~“”199v Paw." as a l'l‘t‘CautlutJ‘Jl‘ x- - i . 1 . v . '\ 1. 3‘1 ,1» y cl}. “r; ._. . . y .3, “Wililll'l‘ 1’0 guarantee the safety at ‘ f‘ “ f ' x 4. mix n i 5w“;- M the charts made to \\l‘;.~'l British is not included in this order., colm‘oil troops. Partial nmliilizziiiwn would imperil the Poincare Ministry. En vieu' of the Premier's statement on the day the Ruhr was occupied :had no sol- dier or railroadnum would he mobil- ized. so colored troops are apt 10 be used. A dispatch from Dusseldorf >‘.l_\’~2â€" Two decisions having an imporlant Rhiucland and the Ruhr by the Allies ure announced at French headquarters litre. The first is the lit;le step in giv- uni Belg.:m comnuudei's to aimin- "‘91‘ the German railroads uni second provides for the collection of an internal revenue tax on and alcoholic beverages. In the decree promulguz‘u‘ t!u~:-(~ 1 High (‘onn 17.6 the im- {011311-30 THE US. SHlPS GOL 'Vt‘ missions right to ope ruil- I, hills? i lieuz. u viva-rm: sigh mm l Hind minim '.~ again being si The (‘0'.- gne bridgehead urea ocu-upied by the . ‘vh S financiers at“? urtislicd that l; ’ rel-mils. to 1119 crmmm‘cr- of the world. D BACK TO BRITAIN. I for lix‘itd'l‘. 7i) w." the int i1i~l,‘ " Iw‘k Lil'i‘v'>-.\ . : :l :Ivld bricks. i. London. in _ fir-m the British capital, pf‘siiiou is a: :Er‘le‘e as ever it was in l l - of the will _$T.lll; President Harding in relation, it is lunderstood, to British messages anJ [noun-cing that Canada would deal de ‘rectly with the treaty through heir.J ‘ own Minister. I ' As this is a change in the attitu-d heretofore followed [by the Britishi Colonial Office, it is interpreted by‘. ' officialdom here as marking a new de-‘, ip-ar‘ture in the history of Canada as a: self-governing British Dominion ' l l H. H. Stevens, M.P. ,' In reply to queries in the House at: Ottawa made by Mr. Stevens, Dr. Bel- und stated that Canada has 9,500 drug addicts. Prince Edward Island is the. ‘ only spot in the Dominion free of drug peddlers and addicts. Thirty China- men have already been deported and, two hundred more are, in custody" charged with handling ,druâ€"gs. rolls, ‘26 to 282; cottage rolls, 32 to i35c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 33c; 826-; cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 to 3815;; backs, "boneless, 34 to 40c. i ' Cured meatsâ€"Long clearlbacon, 50' ito 70 lbs, $20; ‘70 to 90 lbs., $19; 90 ,lbs. and up, $18; lightweight rolls, in, 'bbls., $38; heavyweight rolls, $35. Lardâ€"-Pure tier-cos, 16%c; tubs, il’ic; pails, 1714c; prints, 1835c. Short-I pening tierces, 1455 to 15c; tube, 15' to,’ 1151,13; pails. 151-“; to 16c; prints. 17% Ito 18c. ‘,- Heavy steers. choice, $7.50 to $8; 1butcher steers, choice, $6.50 to $6.75; do, good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5.50 {to $0; do, com., $5 to $5.50; butcher iheifeis, choice, $6.25 to $6.50; do.» med, $5.50 to $6; do, com., $5 to $5.50; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.25; [(10, med, $3 to $4; canners and cut», .ters, $2 to $2.50; butcher bulls, good,; $4 to $5; do, ccm., $3 to $4; feeder-é steers, good, $5.50 to $6.50; do, fair, 84 to $5; Stockers, good, $4 to $4.50” do, fair, $2.50 to $3.50; calves, choice. $12.50 to $13; do, med, $9 to $11.50; do, com., $5 toi milch cows, choice. $70 tol $90: springer-s. choice. $80 to $100; lambs. choice, $13.50 to 531:3; sheep, choice. $7.50 to $8; do. culls, $3 to 34:1 hogs, fed and watered. $10.50; do. (.01).. $9.75; do. country points, $9.50; Hogs quotations are based on the prices of thick, smooth hogs. sold on a graded basis. or selects, sold on the graded basis, bring a premium of 10, per cent. over the price of thick, snmoth hogs. Montreal. Corn. Am. No, 1/. yellow. HR to Die, 'Oats, (‘31:. west. No. 2. 64 to 053; do, No, 3, 50 to HIM; extra No. 1 feed, 56. lo 57c: N0. ‘3 local white, 54 to 55C.‘ Flam, Man. spring wheat. p:ii~,., lsts, Zn<is. $1360; strong bakers’, $0.40; winter puts. choice, $6.50. Hi " »:i not», bag 90 l113., $3.15 to $3.25. 31' l. 520 to Shorts, $28 to 330.1 Mi... lugs. Q to $3.3. Hay. No. 2, per, :v M. cur ' 5‘14 to 315. v Butler, choicest creamer)‘. 521.2 to’ Eggs. fresh. 470. Potatoes, per’, bag, car lots, 51.0.7 to SllO. ’gh: butcher steers and heifers,. $5.50; «‘l‘, ' e baby beef. :37 per cwt.;.’ good fa: dairy cows. $4.50,- do, com, 83 U) S: .25: thin heifers and steers, 33' to "“ 30: canners and cutters, $1.50 to good heavy bulls, $5; do, med.._ $4; do, com. bolognas, $3 to $3.50;- go»,:d reels. $10; med. lots, $9.30; com, ones, 38. Hogs, selects and good} quality butcher hogs, K11; thick fat, cornâ€"fed hogs. $9.50.