-._-srigzreygr-i - rf' *fr* ' i -'°'.*.‘_. " r \ r . l M "W . V ‘ ; l -i f Y YY Y _itz _ ki (N EVN" U l.).1B87. `|ll::r\lrig Drill' Foundlgd lar" or inrs-fear _ 'ro ciiriiuluis Sir Hairy ltitviinson, British Reprcsirntativc in. Supreme. War Cer.-iocii Was Associated With Canadians at Nsuvc Chappelle, _ . on ` ' H 5 s ' 'f . f i I ' l \ is ==-“»~====e=l==f';;i ti L... - _ _ . . - - - ~ - --_ 2]’ $2.50 Per Year (Mailed) lu Advance ln Carrldd Ind-#SMI _ _ _ ' $3.50 Per Year (Delivered) in Advert” far U. 3. (Special to the Guardian) failuilia to take Lille, but was exon- Umfe and was Hal 's chi " - 'roaoN'r0. Feb. zo.-Tho appoint, ent in the som... d§|,,.,, ,°,f,f,"§{',ff§1 ment of General Sir Henry Rawlinf lthat he 'once' refused to carry out son as British representative in the iorders given by Field Marshal French Supreme War Council is , of some _‘considering it a hopeless mission and 51196191 ll1t.8\'6Bt to Canadians inns- thai his decision was afterwards ad- much as when the C. . wsr`e`in (mit ed to be wise by French him. General Alienby's corps they were in _self. Ruwllnsonis a scientific sold- oenerai Rawiii1i§i‘0n's division after 'ier and has proiitcc from close oem- t the battle of euve,-Chappelle, Raw-_ paigning association both with Kltch- | llnson was recalled to England for ener and Roberts. Q__ illad -::'_ ...M -- --__J _ ..._ __ 115’ 11% ' ...-.j Food Board proposes sbopping allilobstsr canning-during the war to save tin plate for necessary foods and- to divent the labor en; ssgod- into production of. neces- sities. There are strong ren- sons apart from the obvious need for the protection of- fisheries. Wire whether canneries in your district have cans or tin plate on hand for next season. and if so. to what extent. Also your rc- conimendatlon keeping lu view serious condition of the lobster fishery.” (Signed) W. A. FOUND lVli'. Gallant. alter conferring with he local packers forwarded the fol- owlng telegram: "Lobster cans all niiido und _._ _.~.-~.~. V. »-.-~ ~- . ~-.~_ _~_-_~_~_-.-_-._ slr viiiisosriusoii retires As ci-ner . nuj . i - - --.__ .__,_._._--. ..~.-.-_-_-_-_ _-_-.-1 -».~ __-_-_-_-_-. .»- OF GENAERRL STAF F Distinguished British Soldier _ Practically Dis. missed by War Cabinet Although Official Announcement Says LONDON, Feb. ltr.-General Sir William Robertson. Chief of the im- porial General Staff. has resigned, it was officiall aiinouiied last evcn ng. oensillii wilson, .sob-chief oi-I htaff. takes the vacated place. Ge- neral ‘Robertson was unable. thc statement says, to accept the posi- tion as militar representative on the Supreme Villar Council at Versail- les. or to continue as Chief of the lm- perlnl General Staff with limited po- wars. The official announcement says: "The extension of-the functions of the permanent military representa- tive decided on by the Supreme War Council at their last meeting ut Var.- sailles has necessitated the ` limits, lion 'of the special powers hitherto exei'ciee'd1r'"tlie_Chief of the' imperial General -Sign’ 'by virtue of the Order- in-Council of January Z7, 1916. “In these clrcumstaiices the Go- vernment thought it right. to offer Sir Wlilllsm Robertson the choice of becoming the British military repre- sentative ou the Supreme War Coun- cil at Versailles, or continuing as Chief of the -imperial General Staff under new conditions. "General Sir William Robertson. for reasons whlcll_ will -bo explained in a statement wh ch will be made by the Prime Minister in the House of Coln~ mons as e_erly ns possible in the co- ming week. did not see his way to accept either position. and the Go- vernment have. with much regret. accepted his resignation. "General Sir Henry Wilson has ac- cepted the position of Chief of the imperial General 'Staff. The ap, Dolntment of the British permanent represeiitative at Versailles will be announced in a few days." HE HAS NOT RESIGNED. The weekly newspaper. the Na,-` tional News, says it has been inform- ed by General \8_ir William Robertson, whose resignation as Chief of the British Imperial ‘Staff was officially announced last night, that he has not resigned. _ General _R bertson. interviewed by ii representative- of the 'Sunday Times at his, residence at 8 o‘clock last night- said: "I have not resigned. The only statement l have to makc is that lt is quite true that l will not accept cither position," referring to the posts of Chief of. the ‘Imperial Gene- ral 'Staff and British representative on the Supreme War Council of _Ver- sailles. The political correspondent of the Sunday Times says: “General Ro- bertson conllders he has been dis- missed. I hear that before the suc- °‘1iiSl0il (on 'the imperial General Staff) was given to General ‘Sir Hen- i‘Y Wllson.`-it was offered to and do cllned by General`_Slr Herbert Illu mer (Commander ofthe British for ces in ltaly),.ir.ud, it is anticipated that- othcr mettibers ofthe military lllerachy will follow General Robert- son into retirement. _ SAYS GEN_IRALS “REVOLTBDV The Generals have in fact revolted iigalnst the Clblnet, and the lrqvily 'il their action can hardly be over-es tlinated. The weakness of the -soi- riiers' position is that they cannot. “Bree among themselves. it ls, noi “niicinatea that the usreciion of. the Generals will. wreck the Government. 5°- “Dart from the comparative small section oi' milltarists there is nc '-"ali sympathy with the attitude ui the soldiers." The correspondent adds that the Earl of Derby may resign as Socra- *-'if.V of State for War. PUBLIC NDT- SURPRISE()- Most of the London morning DG llilrs fall to comment edltorislly or the official announcement of Ganeri’ S" William Rtglertsorrs resilnltiilii HB Chief of the ' rltlsh Imperial Staff. °"iI1s to the tact that it was n\1b~ lished at sueli a late hour lest even- iul. However. the news oolumnr l ; s ii .Canada should be conscrlpted for in- - 'l‘EMPER.A'TUItE He Has Resigned. .inler's audience with thc King ycs terday was regarded as pressing sllcl action was liitllnuteii by ouc of th' evening papers in at late odlilon which, after roi`erriiig i.o the an dience. concluded with the piira graph: “lf coincidences go fo’ anything. it was on Saturday morn ing that Lord l\‘isl|er (First. Sei Lord). resigned," Parliament will untloubtedly be i. storm centrc i'or thc next few days Whether 'the storm will begin to morrow, or not until Tuesday. whei the military estimates is the order -of business and when it is believer' the Premier will take advantage o' the occasion to make his promisef _.statement remains to be seen. intrigues and Gabals. The views of several papers, not ably the National News and the Sun day Times. which publishes state ments to the effect that General Rob erlsou did not resign. further con fuses tliesituotiori. Indicative of the feeling which thc incident is apt if cause, the National News, in iti leader today. which apparently war written before the announcement o General »Robertson’s resignation ani is headed “Our Chief of Stuff." says after referring to intrigues. cabal: and conspiracles which "in somi quarters are developing dangerous dlmensions”: "'l"ha,nk God for lt, the effort to _drive out from the service oi the State the Chief of. the lmperla' General Staff, Sir William Robertson has failed of its purpose." 'I‘l1e_ paper adds .that any though; of changing General Robertsonfi position or curtailing his powers should be put out of mind at once. Cannot Conscript; Alien Labor on Farms U’i"l‘A\VA. Feb. 19-fI‘_lie Govern- ment has issued a statement regard isigj the many proposals and demands tint during recent months have been made upon. it to the effect that aliens and allen enemies re l ent in dustrlal and agricultural purposes or that they should. be compelled to ment says that at recent conferences ii. was clearly ilemonstrsted that con- script alien labor could not he utiliz- ed on the farms except in cases where the conscrlpts could work in large numbers under military discip- linef It concludes: "To withdraw any largc numbers of laborers i`roin the eidsting supply of labor for this purpose would not relieve the situation, bu_t rather ng- gruviite il,"_ ,_ __ _ _ THE WEA'l‘]:IfER. ' 'l‘IDE, MGON, `E'l'(’._- 'ronAv is 'rr-is izaui oAv or” CANADNS PARTICIPATION IN THE WAR. TORONTO. Feb. Hi.-Straus Wee- terl winds. fair and cold. The highest temperature recorded yesterday was 41 degrees above. At 10 is, ni., lt. was 41 above. At 9 p. in., it was 37 above. The lowest tho previous night was 33 above. The tide wi-li he high this morning. at 8:02 and tomorrow at 9,05; it will bu high tonig-ht nt 6.54isnd' tomorrow at 7.58. The sun sets this attemoon at 5.55 and tomorrow at. 5.58; it rises tomor- row morning at 7.07 and Saturday at .05. 7 The moon sets' tomorrow morning at 5.18. The first quarter of the moon was on -Sunday. Feb. 17th, at 7.57 m. The moon will be full on onday. Feb. 25th at 4.85 p. . .. . largely diistriibutcd io the cau- neries. Preparation for canning well advanced to the packers and fishermen. Nino months' no- tice should be given before clos- slng canncries. Would noi. rc- - commend closing lobster facto ries. Your telegram has paraly- zed business. 'fclegrupli decl- sion. (Signed) S .T. GALLANT. Uli to it latc hour lani night no reply had been received from Otta- wa. in view of tho fact that sup~ plies for the coming season are al- ready on hand it is not probable that the order will apply to this seasoifs Bshlil8. although unytbiug is possible ln war time and iii view of thenoces- , _ ~' _ _ _ _ __-_ He is probably- thc .iblest stratu- gist in the British Empire, it pro--. tego of the late Lord Roberts and of Kitchener. As lieuil of the Stull' College he did everything possiblc to have his country :idopt compulsory _|nilitury_iralnini;- ll is sold that Iii was his plans that were carried ont. when Great Britain sont hor ox-l lledltionury forces into lielgiuiii. iiiiil it is also said that Wilson had pi--1: 'illctcd some half, dozen yours ago that such an expedition would foil because of the cheese-paring tactics adopted by the -British -Government . These tactics mean ihni an ciipedfl ltionary force would be sent out with ibpecral to the Guardian) IUNDON Feb 20 -The ueiiiiau liiiiepondeiil Lwutinilsts aiu .iiianglllg lol ilci|iuii~=llativi‘ stiiliv iii tho iiiiiiii limi iiiitoiivs cl llic iflinpiic coin iiioniziiig Mulch -lst. aci:oi'dliig to in- iorinutioii received froui Berlin itiid `or\varilcil by the Aiiisterdani cor- i'espoiidehi.o1` tho Exchange Tele- graph Company. Zlll SlilllliRS ;insufllc_ient guns. Wilson wont ig.; tile- front and served under l3‘i'encli.. but found it difficult to work with! that leader and shortly nftei'vvarii:’, RHURN lil lllllllillll (Special tu the Guaydiaii) TORRONTO, Feb. Z0.-Two hund- 'ecl :mil one returning soldiers have ?_:’_§‘_?g to be relieved Ui' lilli i~'0iil-iigft Qiilebcir iuiil orc cxpectetl at Like so many of ilic British lijlii iigglldul-?,l,;"'l‘li,,h-`-<(i,,yIi,,,l:;ggLi:‘ some Dire's greatest -fighting men, Gciiei-ul' _ J . Sir Henry Wilson is an lrlsliniaii Now ‘ld he is the son of James Wil LONDON. Feb. 20.--A tieiinau raiding attach on British positions ue-or Arieuxcii-Golii_-lo<~. eziiuili of Lens. was wiililisoii las! nip-lil by ilu.-, British, it ls niii.u\iiii:oil officially. The static- nieiit follows: "After ii lii-ttvy pris- liruiiiury boiiibnrilniciii thc i-iicuiy ui- teiiiplcil io raid our lliic last night emi of .\rlcllxe|i~(lotlilco. The ai- tackilig party was <'oinplut|.>ly ro- plilsotl by our troops wiip ihr: loss ol` a iiuilibi-‘r ul' Lloi‘iliitii.~; killetl or iaikcii pri.\ioiior:¢ _ SEVERAL PRISONERS CAPTURED (Special to the Guardian) A stlccessful local enterprise wars uairieil off early lust night iiortlic.a.st c-t' \\’}icliileto. Several prisoneres were itaptured by us. Except l`or some puirol activity iiortlicast of Ht. Quentin nothing i‘||ril1i_‘.r oi' special in terest. r""\ii`reil_ UPNDCIN. |“`cli 20.-~Al\ official [Giii..\iiiSiN liiilni FIRMS _3R|T|3|-| gfpplgg A Fisheries Department at Ottawa: _l_h` S . €n_iainy |;rogert_y, Governor Harrison oa'sezs nneG" l‘A<~ ` triany rliins iii Miiiiluelixgiiilliigargiie - ~ » _ . tish and eight tmcrlcaii re'elvers. ' ' ' ' ' _ ~ i c|||_\Q5|'_ The provisional bbraiiclie s df these_ | ____ houses were closed and placed in the _ hands of the constabulary pending Many Dead and Prisoners. A ` General Sir Henry Wilson. K.(‘. B., “CHO” by the |”e°°lV"f5- v~\_-~ W rg; USO wllo is to ie late Gcucia *-*'*--*-- * -*_* -I ` U' ' ‘ l _Robertson as Chief oi' tho imperial H .. General Staff. is ut present the Bri- J l _ (Special to the Guardiani ineii. “Over five- tons of bombs wel# tisl; representative on tho Supreme \ - » ~ - ' ~ ~ - Aiiisu wer council, and is one or tht' couiitry's most tiistinguisheil sol - . _ dlers. _ - i dropped on various targets," the iitatinenl says: "There was much air fighting l-‘ourteen German machines' were brought down and seven- others were disabled. while British antircradt guns shot down t-wo other maohlulll. one of which. alarge bombing rnach~ inc, fell inside the British lines; itz four occupants were taken prisoner. "Another German aeroplane, mak- ing the seventeenth accounted for during the day, in addition to those disabled, landed near a British air- droine. its occupants were captured. Five ’Hritisli machines apo u.ilBs,ll1¢. "During the night of Saturday-Sup- day, our machines dropped 400 bombs on hostile airdroipliesg in the neigliborhood of Ghent. ournai and Loon. The railways and sit_l_ipg§ at Conflans also were successfulibomb- _od All our inacliines returne _’ - _ . rnorsxv s AGREEMENT _Berries Am/Amos tri PAl_Es1iNi=. ww” GHMANY (Special to the Guardian) `”°"" (Special to the Q_uugdian) siati~i'iiciii says "i'c:itcrday iiiorulugl LQNDON- Feb' 20'°°A d-“Vatu” iq “C ,,d,.¢,,,L,.d M, H... _.lim , ‘thc fimes from Petrograd unrfer date sity for cons_er_vatlon not only of tin but of foodstu fs .,. .;............;i$5ll.llllll FIRE IN Hllllilli work for soldiers pay. -The state, f . Until a definite reply has been re- ceived, speculation as to what may Edgeworthstown, ireland. and mar-l ried one of his countrywoin_ch, bliss or may not happen would 'be. useless. E5 - f llll§_liil='lllllll:`llSl (Special to the Guardian) TORONTO, Ont. Feb. 19.-An im- portant conference was held at the Toronto Military District lieadquari- ers this afternoon for the purpose of General Logie, Lieut,-(Joi. James Geo- rge. Major T. P. Grubbc. Douglassl Kerr. Commissioner of the Domin- ion Police. and the Ontario registrar Glyn Osler. ` ' It was decided to place dsfaulters detachrnents at various points. Offl- cials will be ou hand to medically ex- amine prospective drafters. If found physically fit they will he hnstleil off to heo.dquari.ers. I i "`_`_`°`”_` i nussui siinus 5 utriuaiuu 'ro ‘ noun/u_N|AN oovr. LONDON. Feb. 19-The Russlan| Government has sent an ultimatum io the Itoumanian Government demand- ing the evacuation of Bessarabla by the Rouiuanian and counter-Revolir tional' __ troops and the right to trans- port iiussian troops through Ronma- nian and Bessarablun territory. The‘ ultimatum, according to the report.‘ was to expire on 'February 18. i The ultimatum also demands the extradiction of Lieutenant General Dmitri -Stclierbatcheff., Comuptiider ol' the Russian Forces in Ronmanla, who recently was declared an out-law by the Bolshevikl as an enemy of' the Russian people. Roumania is ordered, to hand over the “murderers of Rus- sian-soldlers and sailors." - Mlnnrd’a Linlment Curefgiphtheria. C00" Mail’ Wray.. 0|` Artli|ainonn.l i' _ Douegal._ l-le_ is o. Lieuienniit-Gciicr~f S _ _ _ _ _e-___ .HL fl i§nii;bt Lonipanion oi the noth.l .,,0,-,.;,.g .,,, -\-,,,,.,,- W,,,e,. S,,.e,,, ""`_`°‘ l IIALIF.-\.\', Feb. 19.-Tho iicresi irc \vliicl\ has ingcd in lizilifnx for oino liiiiv took pinot- curly yestoriiay ‘ ' ‘ -_ . - ' 'lt in a i‘ront‘ _ _ " of fiftecii miles cast of Jerusalem. Oi Feb- 15 ¢i“°¢99 L°°|1-T*`°l-.5|5¥» th* By evening ull objectives had been l3015h9"lkl i0i@l§ll i1llUlBt°.\'- 9-S d.9‘ secured to an uvcragc depth of two LONDON. l<`cb. iii.-Gl'r.-ul aerial activity' ou Saturday is the subject of an official report issued tonight con- ciariug in his report upon the ending miles." of negotiations at Breslt-Lltovslo that the German terms included the 're- tention of Poland, Llthunia, Riga and Moon Island and an_ indemnity of ‘fr"'.' ,. _iii D-_b___ _general staff oillcer oil when tho building occupied by thc _ I ie li L l5llgdi|€» -iilil _WHS dii`C¢l0i‘ lvlui-i_iii~-Si=.iioi|r l'iiiiii. company, und _of military operations oi army lieiul- , . ._._ , .- . -_ . ' ` ` lo c- - - - - - _. - _ ' _ ill ilu- =.i.oi.l< voir- ioiiipletely tltstioy qualtell’ ‘mm 1910 ul’ U10 b sd, willi .iii .igi.'.|ci.:¢il.i property loss; ol glnnlng of the wail' about 5$70.i_»ii0. Tho unusually large cerning the operations of British air $800,000,000, presumably in gold. -.,..v...,.-,.,.,.,.~.~.~., .~.,..~., .V NH oe- ,..- .~_-_~.» .~_~. - »~v _-_-_-_-_-x .-_-f _-_~_~_~.~_~_<-ff-==~ A--14:- -‘-'-'-‘-2*-`-'ff-T A Fine Career. His career from thc beginning Iih:~ been one of distinction :uid c.\i:f_~|i tional gulinnty Ili- was cduoatcvl | - _ ' - " of it but the walls. discussing matters relative to tliczat iMarlborougli College anti gratluui- rounding up oi' thu defaulters. Am-'cd ui.‘tlie staff college, after which ________ ong these in attendance were Major-‘be entered the iRoyal irish Reg! iueni. This was in 1884 Iii the same year he i.r§l_1sferreii to thel Rifle Brigade, wei1t'to India and ser , his first active service in the Burinai campaign of 1885-87. in wh!ch'!1e` was wounded. A further two years' period of active service won him medal with two clasps. Then he was brought back to England, was an ii.~ structor at the staff college from. the. liitelligence. division during Ilici next. three years. When thc .\i0i|r|,; African VVar broke out lic tool: piiri| in the campaign as Bi‘lgailc-~i\l:i]or of the Light Brigade and scrvcd in-il liantly for over two years. durini:' which time he won the Uisiiiisguislioil. Service Order, was four limos nicii iloned in dcspatchcs. was u\vai'ilc-il :i modal wltli fivo clzispsi. :iiiil iiitulc :' Brevet-Colonel on his promotion it 1892 to 1394_ and .1 staff captain i|i:gest city bakers in 'Tensile for the stock ui' paints and oils, valucil at approxiinatoly 5530.000 or $40;000. made up the bulk of thu loss, thc rc- iualiider being ilaiiiiigc to the build ing. which was owned by the Furness \\'itliy coiiipaiiy and insured _to the extent of $17,000. Nothing was left Profits oi Cana- - dian Bakers Are Nut Excessive _rearis 1il1.'i to 1910 sltows that th: earnings on ii capitol of $1.250 (tilt amounted in an average of iiftocii pe: cent., iiftci' all interest. and iieprecia- tioii clinrgi-til ivvrc moi. :.ii:i'ording ir ti report lssiicrl io-tiny by W. l". 0'( on nor, noting ifosi of l,iviiii_: ifiiiiiiiiir. sluiier. “i rio noi." says thc coniiiiissloiioi “i:oiislili.~i‘ ilicse excessive profits. I must be i‘eluembereti tliui link l Major. ]iiig plant s iirv expensivi: in iirs' From 1902 to lii03 lic cuiiiiiiniitleii cost. and iii renewals. Ons iiiiiiiii|`i~.i' he Ninth Provisional Battalion, aiidltiirer shows it larger prulit iliuu stat in the years that followed was as ed above in the early days_of the sistant Adjutant-General ai. army war. due to the fact that he purclins hisadquarters-. Assistant Director of ed extenelvtly before the price oi Staff duties at the War Office. and flour advanced and had low manage commandant ol' the 'Staff College. Hrlnieiit charges. The net earnings of got his Knightliootl for distinguished many' of the smaller bakers are les: ser vices in the present war and is than the profits shown above. owini also ii. grand officer of the Legion oi' to the smaller volume of productioi. Honor. In spite of his years hc is and less oiliclciit methods. Whll" tho picture of -lltnoss and vlrlllly. liiluicii with limited capital :_-an cutei peace times hc was fond ol` liuni-liho bakery business :ii any time lhor: ing. shooting. polo and tennis. l-li' is general active compeiltioii in ilit has country places ai. Edgoworllis- trade wliicli it-lids io control prices. town, ireland, at Grove End. in Oirtlie wholi-. l limi no present i-vi l Surrey. and also lins at town liouso in fashionable Eatoii Place. ilonuc of unftili' ilcallng on the |io.|'i ol thc bakers. Greek and Russian. the vlnlnliy. `_ ____V___;_____ ___1_________. __._1_____._____._.____,,_________1___~,_,_,»_~_~___~___-_-_-f_-_-,_-_-_-,-_-_-.-_-; -v ,,,, - 1- V:.-;.=e-.-_----.vw A Study In Comparative Culture The two documents below form a striking contrast. One- le the official proclarriatlon ui’ Genera! Alleuby. the British Commander-in-Chief in Palestine. upon the occasion of the British entry into Jerusalem; the- other p in;ths_ official proclamation issued by the headquarters of the German Military Goveriiineiit at Udine to the Iii- habitnuta. remaining -in the conquered ifalliru territory. - il fresh proof is needed of the dlfisrent manner in which Great Brit.-» be found In ri perusal of the proclamation; eldo by aide. _ Proclamation of General Allenby read by the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the steps of the Citadel. in Arabic. Hebrew. English. French. Itallaii. To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Blessed and lbs people dwelling iii The defeat inflicted upon the Turks by the troops under my comment. .-_-_-_-..- ,-.-1-_-_-_-.~,-_-_ .__-,».~.-v-.~,...,., ,.~,»~\~.»-,~.,. 4 BRlTISll AND GERlVllilt P-llillillll/IATIUNS has resulted' in the occupation of your city by my forces.; I, therefore here aiiu now, proclaim it to ibe undier msntisl ln w. which form of administration it will remain so -long as military conditions niske. it nieces:-ai y. However. lest any of you should be alarmed by reason of your experience at the hands of the on enmy who has retired,l hereby inform you that it is my desire that every per son should pursue his lawful 'business with out. fear of Interruption. l"ltrtherniore. slnceyonr city is regarded with nifection by three of thi- great rellg-ions of mankind. and its soil lies been__consecrated by the players and pilgrimages of devout- people of these three religious for many centuries. therefore do l make it known unto you that every sacred building. monument. holy spot, shrine. traditional site. endowment. pious bequest.. or customary place of prayer. will be maintained and protected according to the exir-lim: customs and beliefs of those to whose faiths they are sacred. Guards have been plncedut Bethlehem and at ltuchel's tomb. The tomb at Hebron has been placed under exclusive Moslem control. The hereditary custodians of the Wskf at the gates of tho Holy Sqpulchre have been request- The repgth- ol bod?) will be ten- lioure and forty seven minutes. virtually all the lt' will not Bllrlirile the ‘That the Prem ed tp inks up thslrsoeristonieddnties in remembrance of the megnanimous not of the Celiph Omar. who protected that church. l l »r ami Germany wage wat. it can _,D . _ The one and oul_v question of dispute STATEMENT BY MINOR British Public Await-A _ saillcs Council. Noi' at the Main Thing. L~O!\IDOI\`-_ Feb 19 -The `i`imes`| parlianientary correspondent sayszi “The debate on tilt' z1fifi1‘r\~‘,.°. ramp tol an cud on 'l`liui'silii_'.' iiiglii wiliioiii' prodiiciug tiny official auiiiouiicciiiciiil on the \-'<\|~.~;nilIi~.~: mgiiiiizaiitiii uuily ilu, pnrlii1iiieiitui'y statciilmil, llierii-_ fort: posts-.ilyle |icl`oi'|» lvlondity_ '|`l\o ric- Iay docs the govornirieiit liuriii, l`or_l it suggests ai pospuiiiiioiii ol' lliev-, ltitble rol`oi‘ii\s iivor rclutivoly minoif pe.i'so\ial details. Something must bc conceded to illeiii for the difficulties intl’otllit'iril by inisrlilovuiis aitemf-itil to make pulitirul rtipitnl out oi' the Allied decisions; someiliing als-I must be izoiicerleil for the prime min- lster's rcal iiiilispositiuii riuriilg thc whole of the present week. but. H plain statement. is already overdiie As to the merits of the recent cun- troversies, which have been virtually confined to the canvassing of the in- dividual claims. there has been EFOW' ing ii smilie thai ihf_=_v are missing tht-. real ‘heart ol` the business. The one point that iiiati.ers is that Ilie de- |_-lgiom; of thi- Versailles council should lic given the fullest possible support as these decisions represent the unanimous views of t-he four Alli- ed government concerned and assent bled, with all their military advisers. on the be-st means of meeting this critical stage of the war No one, all sgyently disecnib, owen thc iiiiiiority een the subject of so much ruinor has been the filling of this and that appointment and it is hardly surpris- gng that public opinion at home should become impatient. and that the Allies should show certain be- wilderment over this apparent ODP* osition to thc ilevisioii iii \vlilL'll fill 0! hem are equally couccriicd _Ally absention or whittling down Ui 'lie Versailles council would iw real dis- aster io thc alliance 'Pliers-. sro signs, however. limi the Pr-ooltsmstlou issued by the head-l <.|iiurter of the German Military Gov uriiiiioht at Udiile to the iiihabiiaui<'. of couqueretl italy. i A house tn house search will br- iiiailc for all coiicceled arms. weapor1'~ iiiul uuiniuiiilloii i All vii~iuuls.re|niilnlng in the house must bc delivered lip. l Flvery citizen must obey our labour regulations. . I All workineii. wnnren. and* cliildieii iivcr iii years old. are obliged to work Iii ilio fields every tiny. Sliiidayu in vluded. from 4 ii. iii. to 8 p. ru. Dlsobedieiiue will bc'piinislw»| in ibe following manner. - 11.)' Lazy worlrnieii \v|l| be arcuin puuied ir- iheir work :mil watciieil br ilermans. After thu harvest they will he ilu prisoiieil for il runiiths, and every lhlrtl rluy will bo izivnrr nothing liui broail hurl \v:il<-.r. i (2.) liuzy women will lrii obliged in work. and after thc harvest receive ii month‘o lmprisouinoiii, l (3,) Lazy cliilrlren will lic punish- cd by heating. Thu cominuniiunt res- erves the right to punish lazy work- men with 20 lashes daily. coaiino EVs1\"r=i. ANNOUNCEM15_‘i'1`S. MEETINGS. ETC. "Kingston Situ' Dirisloii. intend ioldiug an eiiterialiimeiit in ilie hall. i Kingston. on Wednot '~_". Feb. ':7ih. nl seven iliiriy. in aiil of Red iq-iss-_t work. inuuo made candy for solo. Admission 1551. and lb-‘. l_fl10i in-.f~ rhf- mliiwiiiix night 2*>43Pii ,r '*l.in