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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1920
Page
2
Ottawa introduces a contentious franchise bill for British citizens aged twenty one and over with residence rules for Canada. It allows provincial lists to form Dominion lists, updates registrars, abolishes the clerk of the crown in chancery, and creates a chief electoral officer to oversee elections.
Dispatches from diplomatic sources report Turkish bands have besieged Armenian villages in Silicia including Zeitun for ten days. Armenian defenders are said to hold firm. Zeitun lies in Aleppo province, about 20 miles from Marash where massacres were reported. Paris dispatches note allied military commission members at Breslau were attacked. police intervention saved them from injury as they were hooted and stoned.
Washington reports say Earl Curzon placed blame for the Turkish settlement delay on the United States. State Department officials say they were uninformed of the London supreme council decision and were not asked for their views. France sent a copy of the Turkish settlement to Ambassador Jussarand for American presentation, but it has not yet reached the State Department. A statement of the U S position was prepared for allied governments once official terms are received.
Earl Curzon, the Foreign Secretary, told the House of Lords that delays in framing the Turkish peace treaty are largely due to the United States. He expressed hope that once new states are formed in Asia Minor, the United States would aid Armenia in the settlement process.
Ottawa announces reorganization of the infantry of the Canadian Militia to perpetuate overseas battalions that Canada contributed to the war effort. The plan covers three military districts: No 3 with Kingston as HQ, No 10 with Winnipeg, and No 11 with Vancouver.
In the days of King Alfred England measured hours by how long a wax candle of fixed length burned. The practice linked time to the candle’s burn rate, providing a rough temporal standard in early medieval England.
Ottawa reports Admiral Jellicoe outlines a potential Canadian fleet mix for port protection and empire cooperation. He proposes options from a 25 million to 50 million pound fleet, detailing costs for battle and light cruisers, destroyers, submarines, and support ships, and notes air power importance.
Lord Colwyn reports to the Manchester chamber of commerce three inflationary war fortune examples. A 1914 millionaire saw sixfold growth, a three million holder five to six times larger, and war era aliens in the city increased savings from about £10 000 to a half million. Sir William Pearce cites a worker who offered his entire war wages savings of 90 pounds in recognition of sacrifice.
Ottawa reports the new parliament buildings have cost 6,954,116 dollars as of February 28. Contractors earn eight percent on up to four million and seven percent on the next million, with no extra beyond five million. Architects take five percent on work of reconstructing, up to five million.
Police report a series of violent incidents across Ireland. Nazera, a sergeant, was shot and killed. Constable Doyle wounded at Rathekeale near Limerick. Inspector Mc Donough was badly wounded in Cork as crowds attacked him and another officer. Constable Murphy ambushed near Limerick, and Durrow Castle in Kilbeggan was raided by armed men who smashed the door to seize arms while the family was away.
Fifty two members of the Egyptian legislative assembly met at Said Zagloul Pasha’s house, head of the Egyptian mission to the peace conference, and adopted a resolution proclaiming independence for Egypt and Sudan. The group protested the suspension of the assembly and denounced the British protectorate.
Figures from Manitoba legislature estimate completion cost at $8,075,418 as presented by Hon. H A Grierson minister of public works. The appraisal board awarded $1,207,351 against original contractors Thomas Kelly and Sons in the proceeding.
Word from Philadelphia reports the United States Navy plans a new dirigible larger and faster than the British R-34. The craft would surpass the R-34 in size and power after its recent flights to England and back to New York.
A Mississippi inventor patents a springboard mouse trap that clamps to a table. When a mouse steps on the board its weight tilts the device and drops the animal into water, then swings back into place ready to catch another rodent.
Premier Drury told 230 Dominion alliance delegates that the Ontario Temperance Act should be made effective with swift but deliberate action to avoid reaction and safeguard temperance. The Ontario alliance decided legal obstacles must be cleared before a provincial plebiscite is sought.
A Czech Polish coalfield strike in the Teschen district state union workers arms and red flags at pit shafts as 26,000 miners walk out. The protest targets a plebiscite commission replacing local workers with bourgeois members amid clashes and grenades.
The Journal notes Dominion secret service police investigate Red activities in Ottawa. A stranger's visit to Rev George Bousfield's house allegedly aimed to enlist aid in removing a prominent Canadian. Incendiary literature circulation is also mentioned as a focal point of the inquiry.
The chief cadet training school at Grosslichterfelde in Prussia was closed under the peace terms. A large ceremony followed with officers in gala uniform, including Gen. Ludendorff. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg telegraphed that the cadets services would never be forgotten.
A new wireless receiving device lets people on the street hear conversations from a navy biplane and a motor truck at Broadway and 42nd street during an exhibition. Passengers in the gas bag car could be heard at ten to fifteen feet, via the recently devised apparatus.
Ottawa reports January war costs for Canada at 43.8 million dollars with 15.3 million spent on demobilization. The month’s debt increase reached 62.0 million dollars, as presented to the house.
The Prince of Wales is understood to have accepted a position as honorary commandant of the Canadian Mounted Police, announced from London with confirmation of this ceremonial leadership post. The move signals royal support for the RCMP and its national duties.
Paris reports the conference of ambassadors will send a firm note to Germany demanding immediate penalties for outrages against officers of the inter allied commission in the Baltic evacuation. It also repeats the demand that Belgrade order the evacuation of Radkersburg held by Jugoslavs against conference decisions. The control commissions are instructed to visit all German fortresses despite Germany contesting access.
Admiral Sims testified before the senate naval committee outlining a July 10, 1917 cable from the navy department. It stated the aim to avoid disintegration of the main fighting fleet and to send minor forces abroad only as needed, maintaining the battleship fleet together unless emergency required cooperation with allied admiralty councils.
The Prince of Wales starts his official journey to Australia this week with plans to visit major cities and meet officials, marking the royal visit's kickoff amid ceremonial duties and public engagements.
Ottawa reports that Canada is named a first class member of the League of Nations. Under the peace treaty Article 6, Canada’s annual contribution is tied to the universal postal union budget and adjusted by the number and class of member states. For the year ending March 31, 1920, the fixed amount was £16,2 or about $64,043.15 at the February 13 exchange rate.
The interior department annual report shows ample land for settlers likely to arrive, with strong activity by surveyors in Northern Alberta. Land near railways is diminishing while returns for occupied homesteads remain strong. Returned soldiers receive accessible land, large tracts reserved for them, and irrigation and drainage projects will expand, with water power development重点 next year.
London dispatch reports the Prince of Wales toured the United States and Canada at a cost of 35 000 with treasury allowance of 125 000. He paid hotel bills for a dozen officers, covered accommodation for his suite, bought wines for them, and gave tips and gifts totaling 10 000.
Secretary Houston announced that the allied governments will receive no further loans from the United States government, marking a shift in wartime financial policy and signaling a halt to additional credit beyond existing arrangements.
Eight men believed to be French aviation commission members were attacked by villagers near Potsdam after entering Wernitz by car from Berlin. Four surrendered, one died en route to a doctor, another escaped, and a fourth later gave themselves up. The incident report was sent to the French chargé d’affaires by an allied officer. Admiral Sims testified that Britain’s 1917 thanks to the U S Naval Department masked politeness for six destroyers sent. He faulted U S navy delays in joining the war, saying they cost lives and funds, including half a million deaths and trillions in costs.
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