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If '; RUSSIAN FAaiONS REFUSE TO MEET ALLIES TO DISCUSS TERMS riun Dtclaicd lo be Imprafticable--lJkiainian Government Asks For Hecognltion and Seeks Alliance With France. A despatcli from Tokio ^-.xys:â€" (Jen. Ilan-ath, in'.crviewod in Viadivoatok cetrawlinjr the Pcaco Coiift-vcnco plans lor all the dt-!o;r.itei of tho Hu.ssian fartiuns to mtt-t on Pr,inc©s' lifand, Raid it was im;>»»»;'«Ie to conclude an armistice witli tho Bo!ihc\-lki, who •vsodd not rcii)€et it even if it were ^ made. He rcgr-inls tlu> plan as practi- j ally impracticable on this account and al»o lx)cai:i5a travi'l conJiitions would I !|>rc\-ent the tleUful^s from veachinB| tlie d<.>3i^natrd conference p'lacc by I'lO d^y sjXioiii^'J. A.«!e9patch ffirin P*ris gays:â€" The IJkitiniar. Clovcrnmir.l wiil refuse to take part !7i Use confcrv-'ncp on tlw Princes' Islands, RccortUnu to an in- toi-\'iewr g-iven to Petit Journal l>y M. Sedorsivko, MiniHter of Internal Com- munications in tho now Ukrainian Government. Sodoreiiko has liegun parley* with tho French Crovermnent to obhiin the admisaion i^f tho Uki-aine to the Peace Ooiiferenco. Tlie only claim which has counti-y will put forward will be for recognition. If this is gpranted, according to tho intervic\\', the l.^riilmo will propose an alliance with Fi'ance on tho basis of the former al- I'ihnco with Rirb«".a, and will take over purl of the Russian debt, France lak- •in^ paym«!it in TWirt in wheat. MUST STUDY LUMBER MARKET Cnuiidn Should Endeavor to Meet Kequlrenients of European Trade. A despatch fi-oni Ottawa says: â€" That tho Canadian iLmber trade will ertpcriencc some diClculty in secur- ing its share of ordprs for recon- struction work in Iluropc unless more , attention is paid to the requirements \ of the overseas niarkc'., is a warning , given by the Ctimrnission of Conser- j vction to Ciinadir.n co.porters of lum- ber. Lu.-nbcr from Uussia and Swed- ' rn, it is poiiittid ou^, conforms more i to tho size roq^iirrmonts of the ; Britioh market, and the cl'^ief di.Tl- culty Canadian donlcr.i m'ist over- come Is the one relntinp to the "cant s!:;e" of h:nibcr shipments generally from this !>idc of the Atlantic. "As far as Pritish Columbia is con"ornfd," rrvs the statesnent, "the hnU: of lunibii- heretofore imported by tho United Kingdom has been in the form of larpe timbers of the irrade knovn as 'merchantable,' for heavy structural work, or fur rcsaw- j incr into any ppecial size. j "If British Columbia is to enlarge her timber trade, then a ranpe of all R-raries nrd iizes, including mer- i rhantnble. b"; r.ot the lowest griides, must be dealt in. "If Cnrada." the report continues, "ean deliver lumber in the various eradps sawn to T'.riti^h standards at Swedish standards, then she can do business in a broad and general way." This, it is pointed out, ifl practically^ in)p^ssible wd|;h_ freight Tiftes !>t the present' ftigh level, but In two years freijrht rates may go low enouKh for (Canada to competa with Sweden and Russia, provided v/e mannfacturo to the requirements of the British market. NO LOSS ON WHEAT IS EXPECTED Surplus of Sixty Million Bushels in Canada Will ScU Readily. A despatch from Ottawa .-ays: â€" In- r..src\ich as the Gan.idian Government has guaranteed tho price of Wheat of the crop of 1918 and the carrying costs thereof, it is deeply interested in the disposition of the exportable grain rctr.Tining in the country. It is csti'maleu that that exportable sur- plus of v.licat now amounts to from tin.OOO.OOO to 70,000,000 bushels. At present the British and allied Govern- ments are not purchasing grain either in Canada or the United States. Hence if prices in the world market .'hould suffer an eaidy decline both countries would bo called to make good their guarantees. It is stated here, hovvevor, that there is no reason to anticipate that the Canadian Gov- ernment will find itself obliged to dis- burse monwy to bring tlio price paid for Canadian grain in the world mar- ket up to the guaranteed fixed price based on $2.24 Vi a bushel for No. 1 Northern. It is believed that the present suspension of buying is due to congestion in Gi-eat Britain, that the BritLsh Wheat Export Company will rcsu-ino buying ar.d will likely do so on tlie basis which has luitherto pre- vailed. Hit By Zeppelinsâ€" It hiis only been lately that the British censor Ua3| allowed any details to bo published of the damage done by the various Zeppelin raids over London. Now that all danger is ended, the curtain has been lifted and the publication of photographs is permitted. This is a hcusc in the west end of I.,ondon which was hit by a 'bonib from a Zep- pelin. AH it inmate.-, v.-crc kii'led. INTRKAPE TO HKH IKH NAVY TO UK RE(;ARbi;u AS BONUS A despatch from London says: â€" The Admiralty announces that pend- ing tho conclusions of the Committee of Knquiry on the subject, it has been decided to increase the pay of all naval men, ranging from an extra ahilling per day for ordinary seamen to six shillings for captains and high- er ranks, with similar incrca.scH to the Koyal Marines. Thisi extra pay, it is tlcclared, must be regarded as a bonus, and not as representing an Increasa of the prcbcnt pay, which may ulti- matel.V bo considered a just and equitable remuneration. ENGLAND'S niHTII KATi; LOWEST JN HISTORY A despatch from London eays:- â€" England's population is decreasing. Ho states Dr. Caleb W. Salecby, tho famcus eugenist, on tho auUiorlty of iinpublishod vit.iil etati.stirti sent to hi'm i>y the Registrar General. 'J'hay Bhovv that, for the whole of Knglund Rnd Wales, last year's death rate would, probably, be found lo ho high- er tlian the l)irtli late. Tho year was the v/orst on record in this respect. In I/onion the birth rate was l.^i.S per 1,000 of population, and the doiith rate was 18.00. The smalliieas of the birth rate figures was unprecodentcd in the histoi-y of Fnglun<l. I I 'I WILL NOT CALL ON GERMANY TO PAY ALLIED cbSTS OF WAR A dmpatch from Ltmdon says:â€" Tfife Peace Conference has settled one important point with regard to tho inde-mnity question, the Paris corres- pondent of the Evening Standard says ha has rciisona for reporting. The Conference, he declares, has eliminat- ed any inlcntion of ailling upon Ger- many and her aHsociates to pay the al!i*^l countricK the cost of the war or to impoao heavy indemnities upon the enemy nations. ^_ . rO PAY SOLDIERS 21 SHILLINGS WEEKLY A despatch from London says: â€" Tho pay of the Holdiers of the lii'itish army who will be retained until a, peace footing again Is reached prob- ably will be twenty-one shillings a week and food and lodgings, accord- ing to a statement made by W. A. Applelon, Secretary of the (ieneral Federation of Trade Unions, to tho Daily Mail. FRENCH Cl^STOMS LINK FIXED ALONG 1 RONTIERS OF 1870 A despatch from Paris sayt: â€" One of the first conKCtiuence.s of tho re- occupation of Alsace-Lorraine has been the supprcsr-ion of Ihe Customs lino of the V'osf-.es. A decree appear- ed in the Ofncial .Journal fixing tlie French Customs line along the fron- tiers of 1870. The Oenr.an Customs agents have been dLsmiHsed and an agreement has been made with Switz- erland for opening the frontiers. nRITISII FLAG Fl.O.ViS OVER KlUASIiOUKG A despatch from Strasliourg .'lavs:â€" Two British gunboats arrived hero- on Friday. The British flag now floats over the city. yPRESRUSNSTO BE LEFf INTACT Will Stand as a Reminder of the Horrors of War to Future Generations. A despatch from London says: â€" The decision of the Belgian Govern- ment to maintain Ypres, the scene of several battles between the British ; and the Germans in its present condl- ^ lion as a permanent memorial, is en- dorsed heartily by British press and j public opinion. "Ypres will be a memorial," says â-  the Westminster Gazette, "in which future generations may learn the hor- rors of war. There is nothing mon.» ^ impressive than the sight of tho stricken city with the skeletons of its once wonderful buildings rising gaunt into tho sky. In a sense there ave few things^oce beautiful. To patch it up would be impossible. Every- one, therefore, will welcome the de- cision that tho remains of the old city shall be left intact instead of being cleared away. , "ITie East abounds in the ruins of the last vestiges of once glorious civilizations which have been over- . thrown. Y;nc3 will ?tand for centur- j ies as a reminder that civilization itself cannot be overthrown and as a inonmnent to the generations sacrific- ed in its defence." «k -_ 1,000,000 iHFN WILL OCCUPY RHINELAND A de.^patcIl from Paris wayf: â€" The number of American, French and Brit- ish troops to be maintained in the occupied regions along t.e Rhine will be limited to 1,000,000 men, accord- ing to The Echo de Paris. AIRPLANES TO CARRY * FOOD TO BELGIUIVI A despatch from London nays: â€" The Govornniont has allotted a squad- ron of military airplanes to convey foodrftufl's to Belgium for tho relief of tho population. The SiTvice, which is to be daily, will begin immediately between l''oll:('stom! and Gh'.'nt. BRITM ARMY >»EMODELLED 000,000 Hold IJiics in Germany During the Transition Period. The regulations governing the ar.Tiies of occupation are dealt with in an olTicial statement i.ssued by Win- ston Spencer Churchill. Secretary for War, says a London despatch. The statement says: * "The British m.ilitary Commanders are of the ophiion that 900,000 men arc sufficient for this transition per- iod. All the rest will be demobilised f.s fast as possible. "Tho new armies will begin form- ing February 1 and will bo compos- ed, in the first instance, of tlioso who have enlisted since Januarj- 1, 1910, and who do not exceed thirty-seven years of age. Volunteers will be ac- cepted for one year's service from among men othorv.ise entitled to re- lease, while sixty-nine battalions of young soldiers now on home serviic will be sent immediately to Ijelp guard the Rhine brid.toheads and re- lease the older men. "The men ot the new armies will be pflid bonnes ranging from ton shillings and sixpence per week for privates, to forty-two shilliiia-s for Coloncl.=!, in addition to the ordinary army pay. Leave will bo granted tn as generous a scale as possible. "The occupation ai-mios will he the home army, th.e army of the Rhine, and the army of the Rlidille East, a detachment of the Far North, and gaiTisons of the Crov,-n colonies and India. "These aiTangeii^ents seem to be the best devisable for the year 1910. During the year, however, we must remake the old British regular army, so as to provide, on a volun- tary basis, overseas garrisons and foreign stations." In connection with the foregoing the Ministry c/ Labor announces that no further applii'ation for release of individual officers or men on pivot- al or special grounds can be consider- FROM OIJ) SCOTLAND NOTEkS OP INTEREST FROM IIEU UANKS AND BRAES. Wbat l« Coins On In the HixhUnds ud Lowland* of Auld Scotia. During Y.M.C.A. week in Dundee the amount realized was £10,200. j Captain H. H. McKeo, Harthill, i Bathgate, has been av.arded a bar i to his Miiitai-y Medal. The Military Sendee Medal has been av/arded to Pte. James McNec, Black Watch, Campsio. , John Given, the oldest postman in Stirling, has been awarded the I.ti- perial Service Jlcdal. | Mr. Laidlav.', the father of Piper j Dan Laidlav/, V.C, has pns.sed away j at hia home in Doddington. i Provost .\ikinan, of St. Andrew's, i has given notice of his intention ta | retire from the civic chair. : Dr. Josephine Cainis has been ap- | pcinted interim medical onicer for the county of Clackmannan. j Lieut. J. A. Kirk, killed in actio:i, ; was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk, Gal- > Icway street, MaswcUton. i Major Francis Roy Tar'eton, who • has bcci r.v.Tird-id thi Miiitai'y Cross, ; h a son of iMrs. V/ise. Dairsie. ' j Sam Brovvu, a risident of Stone- j haven, has tjrov.n a potato v;hicli weighs two and one-half poi'nds. } MidsJiipman Archibald Dougle..^ Moir, R.N.. I'.illed in action, was the son of J. Vv'. Moir, Dur.rnar. .•Mica. i D. M. Lament, M.A., Eo'r.esa Aca- demy, has beon appointed classical niacjter i'.i Vale of Leven Academy, j Lieut. Douglas Caldre, of Bath- giitc, who joined the army in To- ; route, Canada, is reported wounded. ; Major R. 0. Irving, M.C., Cana- | diaus, killed in action, was a son of , Henry Bell Irving, Millbaul:, Locker- '. bie. Miijor-Cfeneral W. H. Eycroft. Ardguimey. has had the Hellene', j Order of llie Redeemer bestowed on ! him. I Tho Tov/n Council of Crief has decided to erect n memorial to tho men from the burgh who have fallen in the war. Lieut. .Arthur D. Binnie, son of Mr. ] and Mrs. Thomas Binnie, I,ongiddry. was killeJ as the result of an aero- plane accident. Tho town of Peebles Council has acquired from the Earl of Wemyss the lands of Kirklands and the farm of Jeddcrfields. *> â€" â€" â€" « ALLIES LOAN TEN BILLION FRANCS TO THE BELGIANS A despatch from Paris says: â€" Ten billion francs have been advanced to Belgium by Great Britain, Franco and the United States, this amount to bo deducted from the first instal- ment of the war indemnity to be paid by Germany, according to a Havas despatch from Brussels. The despatch adds that the amount will be raised either by an inter-al- liid bond issue or by a German loan having priority over all other loans. Markets of the World Victims ot The Huns â€" This photograph of human skeletons is that of a batch of British prisoners just after their release from the German pri- Riin camps. They were literally starved' alive. BRITISH PARLIAMENT TO MEET FEB. 11 A despatch from London says: â€" Tho new British Parliament, accord- ing to prejcnt plans will meet on Febrr.ary 11, with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law, the Government leader in the House of Commons, attending. The time used in giving the oath to member.s will be shoriened, and rt is expected Jhnt an hour after the session begins lioth houses will assemble to hear tho speech from tho throne. Sir James Lowther vill be re-elected speaker of the House. C» Future Army of Occupation Largely French and American .'V. despatch from London says: â€" Th<' Briti-h contribution to the allied armies of occupation in the Rhineland, siys the Times, will be less numeric- ally than that of either France of tho United Statos, considt'Caticn havin-^ been given to the part played in th^ war by tho British Navy and to Brit- ish responsibilities in other parts of the world. â-  Bread-ituffs Toronto, Feb. 1. â€" Manit^oba wheat â€"No. 1 Northern, $2.24%; No. 2 Northern, .^2.:;i'/i; No. 2 Northerrt $2. 171^ • No. 4 wheat. %2.lV/i, in ators Fort Vvilliam, not induding tax. Manitoba oatsâ€" No. 2 C.W., fin^e; No. 3 C.W., 57% c; extra No. 1 feed f;0S4c; No. 1 feed, GtiVsC, iu etori I'ort Wiriiaui. AmericRn cor:i â€" No. 2 ycUow, $1.45; No. -1 yeilow, $1.42; Jar.uary ship- ment. Ontario cats, new croj) â€" No. J whi-ta, 59 to C2c; N i. Z white, 58 to CI? according to freights outside. Ontario wheat â€" No. , 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to <?-J.22; No. 2, cfo., $2.11 to $'J.19; N^%. 3, do., 512.07 tc $2.15 to $2.15; No. 1 .Spring, $2.0G to $2.17; No. 2 Spring, ?2.08 tu S2.14; No. 3 Spring, $2.02 to $2.10 f.o.b., rhippiiig po'nts, according tf freights. Peasâ€" No. 2, ?2.00. liariej- â€" Malting r.cv/ crop, 73 tc 78c; according to freights outoide. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, !>1, noini-nal. Rye -No. 2, $1.25. ncnrinal. Slanitolxi florur â€" Old crop. -.vaj qualitj', $11.3.">, Toronto. Ontario Hour â€" War qualit>'. o'.c ."Cop, SIO.OO, in bag3, Montreal ano Toronto, pi\.>mnt shipment. MilL'ced â€" Car !-jt3. de'ivered Mont- real freights, b.igs inchided'. • Bran. $^7.25 per ton; s-hortS', $12.25 mr ton. Hayâ€" No. 1, $22 to $23 per ton; mixed, $20 to $21 per ton, track Tor- onto. Straw â€" 0ax lots, ?10 to ?11, track Toronto. Country produce â€" Wholesale Es-jf-v â€" No. 1 storage, 55 to 56c; Ec'.octed, stnraga, 08 to GOc; cartons, i!ow-;aid, C.5 to i'7i'. Butter â€" Crea.niery, f clids, 51 to 52c; do, prints, D3 to 5.5c; choice daii'y prints, 53 to 55c; ordinary dairy prints, 88 to 40e- bakeri', 30 to 3oc; oleoinargarino, (cost grade), 32 to 34c. Chee-e â€" New, largo, 28 to T&VzZ', twin?, Z9 to 29\ic; snring miire, large, 'l^^zt to 29c; t'.v-ins,"29 to 29^3C. Com^j honey â€" Choice, Ifi cz., $4.50 to $5.00 i:er u'ozen; 12 oz., $3.50 Uj ?4.00 j^er dozen. Maple syrup â€" In 5-garlon tins, §3.15 to $:i.:j5. Montreal Markets Montreal, Feb. 4. â€" Flour â€" Nc.v ttnndard grade, §11.25 to $11.35. Ilo;:<sl oatsâ€" Bags. 90 lbs. $4.00 to $4.25. Bran. S37.25. Shorts, $42.25 Mouiilie, SOS. 00. Hay â€" No. 2, poi ton, car lots, $22.00 ts $2."!. 00. Cheese â€" Finest east.orn.5, 21 to 25c. Butter â€" choiccs't crc-amcry, Vi to 54c. Eg^s â€" Selected, 57 to D8c; No. 1 stv>ck 53 to 54c. Potatoes â€" Per bag, car lets, $1.G5 bo $1.70. Dressed hogsâ€" AbattciV killed, §23.00 to $23.50. Lai-d â€" Pure, wood pails. 20 lbs. net, 28 to 30c. I Live Stock Markets I Toronto, Feb. 4. â€" Choice heav? steers, S13.00 to $14.50; butchers' ; cattle, choice, $10.75 to $11.25; do. [good. SIO.OO to $10.50; do. common, |$8..".0 to $8.75; bulls, choice, $10.25 to $10.50; do. m«ii\im bulls, $8.50 lU $9.00; do. rough bulls, $7.25 to -1:7.70; butchers' cowa, choii-^, $9.00 to $9.50; do. good, $8.00 to $8.50; do, medium, $7.25 to $7.50; do. cowmon, $li.25 to $tj.75; stockers, $8.00 to $10.00; feeders, $10.50 to iSll.50; canners, '$5.00 to $5.50; milkers, good tc choKC, $90.00 to $130.00; tio. com, ana med., $05.00 to $75.00; spiinii-er* $90.00 to $130.00; light Cive.---, $t>.0fl to $9.50; yeaa-liugs, $12.00 to $12.50; soring tombs, $14.00 to $14.50; CR.lvej } good to choice, $15.00 to $tii.50; l.ogn fed and watered, $1(5.00 to Slf..2.'>. ! Moi^itrc-al, Fob. 4. â€" Canners' cattlft $1.50 to $6.00; butchors' bulla unfl I cows, $9.00 to $10.50; lambs, $12. bC sheep, .'?S.OO to $9.50; milk f.\l calvca, $12.00 to $16.00; choice teleiit hojs $H).50. 80,000 OF AIR FORCE \ WILL BE RICTAINEIl A despatch from London says: â€" The -Mr Force for the armies of oc- cupation, says an official announce- ment, has bcL-n selected en the same basis and \ '.th the same emoluments as the other branches of tho service. I six thousand five hundretl ofTi- ! ccrs and seventy-five thousand men [will be retained out of approximately three hundred thousand. GERMAN I'OMBS KILL TWO BRIITSH SOLDIERS I A despatch from Mens, Belgium, says: â€" Two British soldicra were kil- led and several injured on Friday by the explo-iion of bombs hiddcrv un.^er conl abandoned by the Germans. The soldiers v.'erc engaged in removing tha coal when the explosion occurred. â€" â€" »â€" â€" Iâ€" B Esaeta-iwca-acasrcfr "ui* i-ua^TiHCitJDEfc