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DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH TROOPS TO MAIN TAIN THE WORLD'S PEACE Army of the Rhine Consists of 204.000 Menâ€" Over 120,000 in Franceâ€" 10,000 to Aid in Adjusting Trouble Between Italy and JuKo-Slavs. A desualcU from London siiys: â€" The approximate distribution of the 650,000 troops which Groat Britain proposes to keep under ;irms until the world is again at peace was explained by War Secretary Churchill In the HuuHu of Coninums recenliy. The distribution of troops, tlin Sec- retary said, would be as follows: In Great Britain, 176,000; In franco, 120.000; army on the Rhine, 204,000. In Italy and adjacent rcKlous, Mr. Churchill added, there would be 10,000 men. In order to a<IJuHt the lamentable differences which had arl.^en between Italy and the Jugo-Slavs, saying: "Wo are keepinK small forces of British troops thero In many locali- ties where the troops of no other na- tion ^^onld lio welcome. Wo have been a.sked to do this in conjunction with our allies, because it has been found that these troops could prevent troubles between the local populations merely by their presence during the period we are trying to settle things." This was. of course, continued the Secretary, done at the request and by the desire of both parties, who felt that otherwise there might be a grave political situation, and there wore no troop.s anywhere euKaged on a more merciful and benellcent task. had been reached at the Pence Con- ference. In .Mosopotamla, Great Britain had 30,000 men. After eniphasiztng the smalluess of the number of troops actiiully in llusaia, Mr. Churchill said that If Kussla did nut exist thu bill would still bo necessary. In North Russia and Siberia there were some- thing like 20,000 men out of a total of 859,000, British troops comprising the contemplated army of occupation In the various !ire:is during this trying period. From these 859,000 men It would be necesaaiy to deduct 208,000, who were not combatants in any sense. "To secure peace and tranquility throughout the immense regions that have fallen into our hands during the war and to secure fulnlmont of the peace treaty and to enable us. In <:on- Junction with our alliea, to influence a settlement in Kurope," said Mr. Churchill, "the total forces we pro- pose to keep at our disposal are thus approximately 650,000 men." Referring to a Kpeech by a Deputy who had attributed the situation In Kgypt to the mllitai-y Government of the country, Mr. Churchill remarked that, whatever might bo said, British soldiers and British generals were more In demand in every country of the world as lawgivers and pacifiers The Latest in British Flying Boats. The above photographs show the F2A flying boat, the latest thing in British seaplanes. A crew of five is carried, two pilots, an observer, an engineer and a wireless operator. The photograph on the left shows the "bjrd" while in the air, with a complete wing spread of 98 feet. On the right is a photograph of the hydro-plane at rest. Inset is a picture of Lieut. M. A. Gardiner, R.A.F., who has just returned to Toronto, after seeing service with the North Sea Patrol. , ,, ,,, , ,, than the soldiers of any other coun- In he Middle Last and the Caucas- try. As a matter of fact, British rule us there wore 7;,.000 men, and he under which Egypt had prospered so hoped that they might be substantial- enormou.sly. ho asserted, never had ly reduced in the near future. These been military, but civilian. Of course, troops had been tXere to expel Turks i i„ time of war, exceptional steps had and C.prn.ans, and were there now | to be taken, but the country had been merely to keep the people from flying I administered through civilian authorl- at each other s throats until decisions ! ties. Markets of the World Breadstuffs. { Toronto, .Ap. 8.â€" Manitoba Wheat,! No. 1 Northern, $2.24 V4; No. 2 North- ern, $2.21Vi; No. 3 Northern, $2.17V6;| No. 4 wheat, $2.11%, in store, Fort Wr illiam. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., 72%c- No. 3 C.W., 69%r; e.xtra No. 1 feed', __ 69%c; No. 1 feed, (;7%c; No. 2 feed,i*° 5^^^ '^°'^i 12-oz., $3.50 to $4.00 64Hc, in store Fort William. [ ^'"'• Manitoba barley â€" No. 3 C W ! Maple products â€" Syrup, per wine $1.05; No. 4 C.W., 99'Ac; rejected, 1 f^""""- $1-85; per imperial gallon, »7c; feed, OOc, in store Fort William. I ''-••''^; P®'" ^ Ba's-t $2.40; sugar, lb., American corn â€" No. 3 yellow, 27 to 28c. 35 to 88c; squabs, doz., $6.00; geese,' 28 to 30c. I Potatoes â€" Ontarios, f.o.b. track ! Toronto, car lots, $1.10 to $1.15. | Beans â€" Canadian, hand-picked,! by the middle of May. The recent re- bushel, $3.25 to $3.75; primes, $2.50 verses to the Bolsheviki are held to ALLIES HOLD THE MURMAN^RAILWAY Prospects of Holding Out For Six Weeks Now Improved. A despatch from London says: â€" New.s has reached Loudon that a de- tachment of Admiral Kolchak's Siber- ian forces has succeeded in getting in touch with a detachment of allied forces In the region of Archangel. The position of the latter is anxious, but the allied troops command the Mur- man Railway and, consequently the western ports on the White Sea, and it is believed there should be no dif- ficulty In getting reinforcements there GREAT BRITAIN HAS FOUND SOLUTION OF GREATEST OF ALL PROBLEMS Joint Industrial Conference of Employers and Workmen Had Settled the Question of Unrest. to $3.00; Imported, hand-picked. Bur- ma or Indian, $3.25; Limas, 14c. Honey â€" Extracted clover,' 5 lb. tins, 25 to 26c lb.; 10-lb. tins, 24V4 to 25c; 60-lb. tins, 24 to 25c; buckwheat, CO- Ib. tins, 19 to 20c. Comb, 16-oz., $4.50 have improved the allied prospect of holding out. Provisions â€" Wholesale. Smoked meatsâ€" Hams, medium, 36 $1.80; No. 4 yellow, $1.77, track To ronto, prompt shipment. Ontario oatsâ€" No. 2 white, 70 to 72c; No 3 white, 68 to 70c, according I to SSc: do, heavy, 30"to' 32cT"cooked" to freights outside. | 49 to 5lc; rolls, 31 to 32c; breakfast Untario wheatâ€" No. 1 Winter, per , bacon, 41 to 45c; backs, plain. 44 to car lot, $2.14 to $2.20. No. 2 do, -2.11 45c; boneless, 50 to 52c to 52.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.o.b. | Cured meatsâ€" Long clear bacon 28 - â-  - • •• ... L.l,. _ .^r, . ...^ ' Exploring Party Drifted 9 .Months in Arctic Circle A despatch from London says: â€" An optimistic view of the work of the industrial conference, comprising re- presentatives of the employers and the trade unions of the United King- dom, was expressed at a joint meet- ing of that body held on Friday to dis- cuss a secret report made by the Com- mittee of Ten that had been appointed to make recomniendoalons as to an adjustment of the outstanding difficul- ties. * Arthur Henderson, the labor leader, in speaking of the result of the de- liberations, said: "We got along well: we do not an- ticipate any disagreement." While Sir Alan Macgregor Smith, chairman of the managing committee of the Engineering Employers' Federation, said the employers were prepared to honor the report Immediately the The wages au^ hours recognized freights outside Barleyâ€" Malting, 93 to 98c, nomin- aL Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 95c, nominal. Ryeâ€" No. 2, $1.65, nominal. Manitoba flour â€" Government stan- dard, $10.75 to $11. Toronto. Ontario flour â€" Government stan- dard, $9.65 to $9.75, in bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment in jute hags. Millfeedâ€" Car lots, delivered Mon- treal frp,!ghls, bags included. Bran 27 He. Montreal Marketti. Montreal, April 8.â€" Oatsâ€" Extra No. 1 feed, Sl'^c. Flourâ€" Spring wheat, new standard grade, $11.10 to $11.20. Rolled Oat.sâ€" Bags, 90 lbs., $3.60 to $3.75. Bran, $42.25. Shorts, $44.25. Hayâ€" No. 2, per ton, car lots, $26.50 to $27. Cheeseâ€" Finest easterns, 24 to 25c. Butterâ€" Choicest creamery, 60 to 61c. Eggs â€"Fresh, $42 to $47" pe"r tonT'shortR,"$44 to '$4'/ i!'";^ Potatoes-Per bag, car lots. per ton; good feed flour, $2.70 to $2.90 per bag. Hayâ€" No. !, $24 to $26 per ton; mixed, $22 to $23 per ton, track To- ronto. Strawâ€" Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton. $1.50. Dressed hogsâ€" Abattoir kil led, $27 to $27.50. Lardâ€" Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, SOMs to 32c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, April 8. â€" Good heavy' steers, $14 to $15.75; choice butcher steers, $13.25 to $13.75; biUchors' ; Country Produce â€" Wholesale. Butterâ€" Dairy, tubs and rolls, 30 to 3«c; prints, 40 to 41c. Creamery, fresh made, prints, 50 to 58c. Eggs-New laid, 40 to 42c. :$11; Bulls, choice, $10.75 to 11.75 -do Dressed poultryâ€" Chickens, 26 to medium bulls, $9 to $9.25- do rouirh 84c: rooster.i, 2.5c; fowl, 28 to 33c; , hulls, $7.75 to $8.25; butchers' cows. ducklings, 32c; turkey.s, 45c; squabs, choice, $11.,50 to $12.50- do good doz., $5.00; geosc, 25c. j $10.25 to $11; do, medium, $9.25 to cattle, choice, $13.50 to $13.75; do, i "I'l'^al was distributed broadcast by good, $12.50 to $13; do, medium, ' airplanes. $11.50 to $12; do, common, $10.50 to! ^ TREATY READY FOR SIGNATURE BY WEQNEDAY OF NEXT WEEK A despatch from Fairbanks, Alas ka, says: â€" Storker Storkcrson, Arc tic explorer, probably will arrive this ! trade unions accepted, week at Fort Yukon, Alaska, on his! The secret report, it is understood, way to the outside from Herschel ; recommended the following immedl- Island and the .-Vrctic Ocean, accord- ' ate reforms: ing to word brought here by Captain ' a 4S-hour week with a scale of Alex. Allen, Arctic trader and navi- ; niinimum wages to be-applted imirer- gator. I sally. Storkerson and four men recently , Trade Boards for organized trades, landed on the northern Arctic ooast | after drifting nine months on an ice- berg. They set out with the hope that the ice-pack would carry them west to the low Siberian islands. In- j stead, it carnied them about in a| circle and landed them 73 miles from I their starting point. Storkerson was ' a member of Stefansson's party, and took command of the expedition when illness forced Stcfansson to leave the north. NATIVE LEADERS IN EGYPT APPEAL TO THEIR FOLLOWERS. A despatch from Cairo, Egypt, says: â€"The mitivo leaders appealed on March 27 to Egyptians to abstain from outrages, keep within the law and to place no obstacles iii the way of those lawfully serving their couu- try. They also appealed to the not- ables of the country to do all in their power t'. prevent anything that may lead to Injury to the country. This and the employers to be applied to all other workers and employers. Trade conferences to be held on future war bonuses, the maintenance of the unemployed, and old-age pen- sions. At the joint conference Mr. Hender- son moved a resolution welcoming the report of the Provisional Joint Com- mittee and agreed to submit it for ac- ceptance. The Government, Mr. Hen- derson said, had declared its readiness to proceed at once with legislation and other steps necessary to carry the recommendations into effect. He add- ed that the Provisional Joint Commit- tee would remain intact until a stand- ing committee were brought into be- ing. Sir Allan Smith, representing the Engineering Employers' Federation, seconded the resolution on behalf of the employers. He said the details of the report would be observed strictly, both in letter and spirit, and that he had no doubt as to the future of the industries of the country The resolu- tion was carried. Minister of Labor Home promised that the report would receive sympathetic consideration by the Government. „oV''ooP"",'''{r^^°''ll*'^l' 21J<:: ^wl.; $9.60; do common; $7.50 to '$8; stock- The opinion 28 to .X-lc- duck ings, lb., 35c; turkeys, "». I«.75 to $11.50; feeders. $11.50 to : by a rosoo 30c: chickens '.'If irt<e>aa la,. itt^f^n. »a.,n„.. .._.! ...i.i.__ ..r ,.„ . "' " leapo despatch from Paris says: â€" was expressed on Friday ............0, 27c; geese, 18c. " 1 $13.50; canners amVcutters; $5.5o" to i ^k'* V""''''"''''!'^ ."''""'' >'»t^orlty Cheeseâ€" New, large, 28 to 28>4c; $7; milkers, good to choice $00 to!. ^'®'*'"® ''"•'"'*' ^^'""'^ ^^ 'e^dy twins, 28Mi to 29c; triplets, 20 to $150; do, com. and me<l., $65 to $75. 1 '"'â-  ^'Kning by Wednesday next. 29^c; Stilton, 'jgMi to 30c; oM, large, | springers. $90 to $150; light ewes' I ''"*"' ^'"'"'^ corre.spondent of the Lon- 29"^ to 30c; twin, 30 to 30V4e. | $12,.'-.0 to $13.50; yearlings. $12 tdl''"" "ally Telegraph wires that ho is Wholesalers arc .selling to the re- .$14; spring lambs, ?1C.,50 to $U)..50; ! "ble to state on the highest authority (calves, good to choice, $14 to $17; 1 that by next Sunday a complete agree- '«"nrn . ""'I ^vatercd, $20.35 to ment will have been reached by the f ion^r''"-.'"-.'^'';'''."''^ ''''"• ^'-'C.OSj Council of Pour. to $20.75; do, f.o.b., $19.35 to $19.,50- ' do, country points, $19.10 to $19.25! 1 "* ~* Montreal, *pril 8.- Ihitchers' cat- tle. $10 to $12; butchers' bulls. $7 to $11.50; choice calves, $10 to $13- medium, $7 to $10; select hogs. $20; sows, $17; .sings, $16. tail trade at the following prices: Butter- Fresh dairy, choice, 46 to 48c; creamery, .solids, 68 to 60c; prints, 60 to fl2c. Margarine--32 to 34c. Eggsâ€" New laid, 45 to 46c; new laid in cartons, 47 to 48c. Dressed poultry -Chickens, 35 to 40c; roosters, 28 to 30c; fowl, 37 to 38c; turkeys, 45 to .''.Oc; ducklings, lb Steadfast in adversity, wounded with u thousand wounds, Britain's hammer blows have never weakened nor faltered.â€" Gen. Pershing. Interior of Farman Aero Bus Between Paris and London An interior view of the comfortable passenger quarters in the Far- man Aero Bus, which is now in operation between Paris and London. In its initial flight between the two capital cities, and carrying fourteen peo- ple, the giant aeroplane " ITie P^.rm.an Goliath" made the fl'ght to Lon- don in the remarkable time of 160 minutes and returned in 190 minutes. It may bo recollected that prior to the war the fastest train and boat service between the two cities was six hours and forty-five minutes. .All the passengers were delighted with their experience. Crossing the Chan- nel the machine flew at a height of 1,500 meters. Dinner was served aboard the machine and the passengers spent the remaining time playing cards. Mr. Farman, the originator of the air route, is studying ftiany new air routes and one of the first which will shortly be inaugurated will be between Paris-Morocco, via Biarritz and Madrid. SMUTS TO DEAL WITH HUNGARY Indicating That Talliing, Not Fighting, is Required in Enemy Country. A despatch ^om Paris says:â€" The departure of General Jan Chrltlan Smuts, member of the British League of nations Commission for Budapest, instead of General Mangln. of the French army, who was first suggested as the allied representative to inves- tigate certain problems In Hungary arising from the armistice. Is regarded as an Indication that talking, rather than fighting, will take place In Hun- gary, where the situation is believed by the allied officials to have improved greatly. The Roumanian victory over the Bolsheviki on the Bessarabian border and the fact that Odessa Is being re- victualled, and is not being evacuated by the allies, lessen the chance for a Russian Bolsheviki union with the ex- tremists of Hungary, who are evinc- ing a profound inclination for good re- lations with the Entente. The Roumanian armies. In co-oper- ation with the French forces at Arad (Hungary, 145 miles southeast of Budapest), have received orders to oc- cupy the new line of demarcation as fixed by the Paris conference, accord- ing to an announcement Issued by the Roumanian Press Bureau. The allies armies have been received enthusias- tically by the various populations who are living in constant fear of a Bol- sheviki invasion. GEN. ALLENBY RESTORES ORDER IN EGYPT. A despatch from Lor.don says: â€" General Allenby. who is now in charge of the situation In Egypt, where dis- orders have been occurring, reported that order had been restored in Cairo and in Belial. Twelve military col- umns are in operation in upper and lower Egypt, the General's report add- ed, and the complete restoration of law and order was only a matter of time. GERMANY ABLE TO PAY e.ooo.ooo.coo frs. in cash A despatch from Fittis Says: â€" Regarding the subject of the financial demands to be Imposed on Germany. The Echo de Paris says that the Coun- cil of Four believes that Germany will be able to pay immediately six billion francs in money of various kinds. De- liveries of raw materials and manu- factured goods from Germany, it sa.vs, will reach an undetermined sum which some optimists estimate will amount to thirty billion francs. 9 Queen Mary Awarded Medal By the French Governmcn* *A despatch from Paris says:â€" The Official Journal prints several pages of names of persons to whom the French Government has award- ed medals. Included in the list of 24 persons to whom silver or giit first- class medals are awarded are Queen Mary of Graat Britain and the King of Spain. AUSTRALIA WILL DEPORT , TEN BOLSHEVIST LEADERS .\ despatch from Brisbane. Australia, says: â€" The military authorities here have initiated prosecutions wiih a view to deporting ten Bolshevist lead- ers. The returned soldiers according- ly decided to discontinue anti-Russian demonstrations pending the Govern, meut's early replies to resolution previously mentioned. * 5.000 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS TO MARCH THROUGH LONDON A despatch from London says: â€" On Anzac Day. April 25, thero will bo a triumphant march of Australian troops through London. The detach- ment, to the number of 5.000, will march from the west end of the city, passing the Mansion House, where tho Lord Mayor will take the salute. Aeroplanes are the modern magu carpet of the world. â€" Mr. Handle? Page. Flossie Gay â€" '"You'll never catch, me again going out to dinner with ar editor!" Her Friend â€" "Was he broke?" Flossieâ€" "I don't know whether he was broke or i\ot, but he ran a blue pencil through about hali my order!" iitaixrenwrc* X7i» i'je^^jcjt3LX2:ss. UOOKA THE F\fSE il