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british policy to render irak self governing arabicspeaking community to control equal num ber of nonarabs bagdad british expenditures in irak at the timo sir henry dobbs became british high commissioner for irak was cs009000 a year when ms predecessor sir percy cox first took charge the british military and civil expenditure was 37000000 a year sir henry is leaving bagdad when the whol cost of irak to the british exchequer comes to 650000 a year these vast reductions best indicate th british policy in irak it is clear ly the intention of downing street that this ancient land stould stand on its own feet moreover the coun try is today the laboratory where the capacity of an arabic speaking com munity for selfgovernment is being tested the british are aware that not arabs alone are being put on their mettle but a country which though predominantly arab comprises at leas one nonarab for every arab kurds and they are the most numer ous minority turks persians jews syrian christians armenians and yejids together make up a number as large as the total number of 1500000 arabs the signature of an agreement with the anglo persian company for the dredging of the bar at the month of shatelarab so as to allow vessels ol heavy draft to enter th basrah the first step toward providing the basis for iraks economic and politi cal stability the second was tho signature of a trade transit conven tion with syri the third was the produce quotations i toronto wholesale dealers tire pay- i ihg the following prices delivered toronto eggs ungraded cases returned port of j fresh extras 7 to 88c fresh firsts regarded by sir henry as 35c seconds 25c pullet extras 25c butter creamery solids pasteur ized no 1 101i to 40vic no 39- to 39 ic churning cream- special 13c no 1 lie no 2 41c cheese no 1 large colored paraf- raded 20i grant to the turkish petroleum com- j fined a government pany of a concession for the develop- to 21c raent of oil throughout the bagdad provision prices and mosul valleys and the fourth was the signature of longterm contracts prince of wales arouses sympathy with his usual tact th future king takes vital interest in the helping those in trouble xmsessj4ritt toronto wholesale dealers are quot- ls the following prices to the trade with some hundred lntish advisers smoked meats hams mod 29 to and officials 1 31c cooked hams 40c smoked rolls with these and similar measures 25c breakfast bacon 30 to 34c do initiated tho british are willing not fancy 37 to 40c backs peamealed 2s to retire for irak is too important ajto 30c do smoked 30 to 33c link in the chain of airways over- cured nnats long clear bacon 50 to 70 lbs 21 70 to 90 lbs 19 90 land and sea communication with l inn up ig r- ht luaia but to sit back and give a olp- 1 ro in barrels 91150 heavyweight lug hand only when a definite bid rolls 3850 per bbi is made for this help provided all lard pure tierces igc tubs ways such assistance does not involve 16 pails 17c prints isvj to 19c the british in additional expenditure shortening tierces 144c tubs 1491c this policy was made clear when pas 154c tins 17ic prints lgmc the question of conscription arose i f lons n rk slioul- ders 19c pork butts 21c pork hams compulsory military service the bn- 93 no new role london with the prince of wales decision to make an informal automo bile tour of the principal coalfields to observe for himself the distress among tho 300000 jobless miners and their families the heir to the throne in tho consensus here is again to set a record for his instinct for doing tho right thing word of the ivinces forthcoming visit has been received with tho deep est satisfaction by the population ot tho stricken areas who from botu an economic and a human viewpoint con stitute ono of tho stlffest postwar problems this country has to faco the priuco plans to visit the poopla in their homes to view the derelict collieries and to obsorve tho wholesale stagnation into which tho industrial areas havo sunk and then to use his knowledge of the situation in a further effort to concentrate national sym pathy on the miners plight creates national sympathy ever since the prince made his memorable dash from the heart ol australia day exactly 141 years ago there was j africa at the critical stage ot king founded the colony ot new south georges illness he has been deeply wales the first of a number of small j concerned about tho people in the long british settlements scattered around sllont mining valleys in north eng- the fertile outer rim of australia i land and it isnt too much to say that since then the settlements have since his returi to englaud no single grown prospered and federated until m has done more to bring homo to canadian airmen in recent romance of the north after flying 2000 miles in biting cold weather up the coast of hudson bay captain ii a oaks and pat reid have proven that year round flying is prac tical in this country the two aviators left rem lake on december 0 to bring out xame prospectors along the coasts of james ami hudson flying hazards were great along the entire rente in upper left the photo graph shows a group of prospectors brought out they are in typical north- j era garb picture in upper right illustrates how the engines of the planes were protected from extreme cold while at rest lower left is a map show- ing the route taken by the aviators and capt ii a oaks is shown at lower right in the centre is a view of one of the party partaking of emergency rations today they figure in the world as the beginnings of a great nation al ready operating on a continental basis a territory that is half the size of south america thus australia day which is observed on january 2g looks back on a great achievement but it also looks forward upon an un limited vista of developments to come in a peculiar way australia stands j a pound sterling from the national ex- for the youth of the empire large- 1 chequer for every pound contributed ly free in its geographical isolation i by the public bays j from foreign entanglements and bej the prince of wales has always ginning its main period of growth with shown deep interest in the coal ininiut all the modem devices of rapid trans- industry in 1919 he made a tour ol tho nation the sufferings of tho unem ployed miners and to stimulate prac tical expression of public sympathy in the message broadcast through out tho nation on christmas day he made eloquent appeal on behalf of the lord mayor of loudons miners dis tress fund with the result that the total with the government granting lish are aware would be opposed by the shiah moslems if irak is able to enforce this measure by itself well and good but public opinion in eng land would not stand for a resisting population being conscripted with the help of the british air force both iraki and british spokesmen wheatf 99c feed wlleat 95c ci f hope the auxiliary treaties will soon goderich and bay ports price on be signed fixing the amount irak is tracks lc higher than above to pay toward the british air force i man oats no 1 feed g3kc no stationed there and the amount it is 2 feed g0c cif goderich and bay to repay the british treasury on acjlts count of tlu railway and harbor at m- cor 0- 2 yellow kiln dried grain quotations grain dealers on the toronto board of trade are making the following t quotations ar car lots i man wheat no 2 north 131 i no 3 north 128 no 4 wheat 122 no 5 wheat 114 no g basrah both built during the british military occupation british institute students double london the number of british students under the auspices of the british institute in paris nearly doub led in the last term of 192s as com pared with tho previous year it was announced at a meeting of tho com mittee of the institute held here the secretary reported that all the universities and university colleges of britain also the universites of dubln and belfast are now supportng the institute financially as an experi ment evening classes in french and english are to be started 3 yellow kilndried 4 yellow kilndried mansnext great war will be witli insects who evor heard of a war without them 112 no 109i no 105 millfeed del montreal freights bags included bran per ton 3425 shorts per ton 3425 middlings 3925 ont oats good sound heavy oats in car lots 52 to 53c fob shipping points ont good milling wheat fob ship ping points according to freights 130 to 132 barley malting g7 to g9c buckwheat 88 to 90c rye no 2 110 man flour first pats ir jute 740 toronto second pats in jute 680 ont flour track montreal car lots 90 per cent pats per bbl 570 hay and straw local wholesale hay and straw dealers are making the following quo tations to farmers delivered at to ronto no 1 timothy loose per ton 18 to 19 no 1 timothy baled nominal no 2 do do 14 no 3 do do 13 lower grades 8 to 12 wheat straw 10 oat straw 9 seed price quotations the following range of prices fob shipping points in ontario is being offered alsike no 1 97 per cent purity per bus 10 no 2 90 per cent pur ity per bus 9 no 3 95 per cent purity per bus 750 no 4 90 per cent purity per bus 0 red clover no 1 grade per bus 11 no 2 grade per bus 950 no 3 grade per bus 8 alfalfa no 1 grade per bus 14 no 2 grade per bus 12 no 3j grade per bus 9 sweet clover no 1 bright quality from machine per bus 180 no 2 off color from machine per bus 125 livestock heavy beef steers choice 950 to 10 butcher steers choice 9 toi 950 do fair to good 850to 875 j do com 750 to 8 butcher heifers choice 9 to 950 do fair to good 850 to 9 do com 750 to s butchers cows good to choice 7 io 8 do com to med 550 to 650 do canners and cutters 4 to 5 butcher bulls good to choice 7 to 8 j do com to med 0 to 7 do bol ognas 6 to 1375 babv beef 1050 to 13 feeders choice 9 to 950 do fair to good 8 to 875 blockers 750 to 855 calves choice 1050 to 1750 do med 9 to 15 do grass- ers 750 to 8 springers 100 to 130 milkers 75 to 100 lambs per cwt 1450 to 1475 do culls per ewt 9 to 13 buck lambs 1050 to 11 sheep choice 650 to 750 do med 525 to 6 do culls 3 to 4 hogs selects woc 1150 do fob selects 1050 ko fed and watered 1120 do thick smooths fob 10 bah i 1st chukch burns million dollar edifice built by rev j frank morris fundamentalist pas tor and crusader in forth worth choice 825 to 350 do fair to good texas wardeveloped radio compass proves its value in peace times port and communication at its dis posal it has had little of the usual restraint imposed upon its experi ments in politics and economics it has made many discoveries and not a few mistakes and learned valuable lessons from both during the past months after a period of characteris tic venturing iu expensivecheiues of irrigation and railway building and in blazing new trails of industrial pro gress the young nation called in the mature experience of the mother coun try and the economic experts sent out have counseled a return to cau tion steadiness and economy but if the advice has been a timely reminder that consolidation in tho rear must follow each forward move the fact remains that australians from the moment that governor philip landed in the new colony have been hreaving new ground at every turn i in climte soil and configuration a tralia is as different from other lands as its social and industrial conditions are in many ways unprecedented there has been no readymade copy to follow yet it is clear that austra- i hans are planning their continent with a keen eye to their future needs just as they have already planned their leading cities on a scale of magnificence expressive of tho place they may be expected ultimately to hold no visitor lauding on australian shores can doubt that here is a vigor ous young nation with a lively concep tion of its mission and well able to plant secure foundations for the great race that must be counted on some day to occupy its soli the two recent invalids seen together instrument that enabled captain fried to find and rescue crew of lost ship when others failed invented by dr kolster we found the florida solely by uso signals visible so they can be read of the radio compass which showed i acres stho room and a dummy com- the sinking ship to be 130 miles from its reported position this is tho tribute capt george fred ot the ss america pays in tell ing how it was possible to find the lost ship and rescue every inombcr of its crew after two other vessels had given up the search this compass invented by dr f a kolster chief research engineer of tho kolster radio corporation was first developed in 1915 when he was in charge of the radio division of tho united states bureau of standards the government kept it a secret dur ing the world war and used it to lo pass above the receiving set across which is suspended a wiro tho wire is directly attached lo the shaft which turns the receiving coll on tho roof when a small hand- wheel on tho shaft is revolved tho loop on tho roof is turned and the wire over the dummy compass swings around with it all radio compass bearings are taken in respect to i ho ships head that is either tho signals are coming in from dead ahead of they are so many points to one side of the ships course according to the number of points indicated on the dummy corn eals enemy submarines who sent pass by the suspended wire the radio messages to their bases ships courso is then altered in tho the receiving coil of he radio com- direction of the radio signals to find pass is mounted on the roof of the j tho distressed ship pilot liouso protected from strong t if the skipper is not answering an winds and ice by a sturdy housing inside the housing is an oval receiv ing coil on ballbearings it is con nected by a shaft with tho rest of the oompisi in tho pilot houso horo is tho blnnnclo which contain a nonsl sos but is charting his own position ho listens to a shore beacon station marks the line of us incoming signal on his chart from the beacons chart ed position listens to a second beacon station and does the same thing and tiro oght lima receiving net oar- where the two lines crm at sea is phone a hghl which nukes tho radio tho location of his ship the rhondda valley of south walei and went down the cymmer pit when he saw every phase of the miner life here in one of the tunnels miner had written on the wall wei come to our soldierprince long ronj he live the prince asking for 5 piece of chalk immediately wrote tin derneath thank you edward prince aided miners during strike during the most critical period ol the coal tieup iu the spring of 192g which led to the general strike at tho time when it called for considerable courage for any public man to let it bo kuown lie was assisting the fol lowers of a j cook red miners secretary the heir to the throne sent a check to aid a particularly forlorn group of miners two years ago during a tour of the northwest counties the prince de scended into the halg pit of the whitehaven collieries and rode ill a miners tub through the workings and at a point a mile uuder the sea ho passed an hour at the coal face familiar wit lithe coalfields in their time ot prosperity he will now tour the stricken are when the colliery engines lire no longer running when the miners are to lie found congregat ing in the streets around the labor exchanges when the children are tramping to school often cold and hun gry and when desolation and despair rule everywhere tho princes visit will undoubtedly help edward p ap preciated his responsibilities thankscivlnc s3 unusual picture of two werlcl figured aitr who is on the road to recovery from severe illness id recove ky of both hrlckch ill hcan attack 1 king leorgo worlds boy scouts now total 1800000 chief scout reports london there are now 1800000 scouts iu the world sir robert baden- powell chief scout declared at tho twentieth annual meeting of tho coun cil of the boy scouts association held here jan 25 altogether 19 countries have taken up scouting and progress throughout the world is steady and satisfying tho number of scouts in tho united kingdom in 192s increased by 32006 in the dominions by nearly 10000 and in india by 28000 south african scouting is going ahead with british boers working together a splendid thing every member of the royal fanily sir robert said is one way or another connected with the move ment governors views on indian states bombay referring to the place the indian states will occupy in tho in dian commonwealth of future genera tions sir malcolm ilailey governor if the united provinces speaking at a state banquet at benares obsorvod that it must depend less on tho in terpretation of treaties or formal articles of constitution than on tho development they may attain undor their own rulers sir malcolm added that so long as the rulers of indian states oxor- clse the privilege of serving thtelr own poplc in a right spirit they may bo well assured that neither from inside nor outside their states will thcra bo any desire to attack their rights or invade their status