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X A oo A4 e 76TH YEAR. THE 3T. CRIIX AVIS i is printed and published daily (Sundays | and Holiduys excepted) by G. Johansen | at the Avis Office. ; T 2 2 MS---50 cents monthly in advrnce. . 2 cents per single copy. i Watered s second-class matier Yay | 26th 1917 at the Post Office at "'hristien- | sted, St. Croix, V. L. of the PSB " wn dér the Act of March 3. 1879. 1 Coniribation to this paperwill beglad- | ly received when the same aeals with mat- ters of general interest, and is aceompa- aied Iwith the author’s mame, as a quar- .| antee of yoodejaiih. The editor cannot be | responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. X Sl e T | TELEGRAMS. | 1. CROIX STATION. ; New York, gpjanuary sih.—Raw sugar | was steady todav at 48 cts. for Cuba's | cost and ireight,eyaal to 5.26 for cen- | txfugal. Ne sales were reported with | fine :canuiaied, and listed at 790 gnd | 8.00 ronawed seiiing pressure appeared ! in sugar futures and prices at midday | were 15 to 17 points lower. Business | was unusually active but most of it was | in the form of switching. | Angora, Asia Minor, Janaary sth. | Mustaph: Kemal Pasha, the Turkish Na- | ional icader, has sent an ironical mes- | save to My Uloyd George thanking the ! Britsk Gove, through the Prime Minister for ze-isting the Nationalists. Great Bri- | taip bad in fact done so, Mustapha Kemal points out, by furnishing the Armenians with 40,000 rifles and considerable war | material which the Armenians, be says, | surrendered to the Nationalists under the | peace treaty they had concladed. The | Nutional Assembly here bas created | Mustapha Kemal u Field Marshal of the | Turkish army in recognition of his ser- | vices. London, Jan. sth.—Sir Donald Mac | Master, the well known Anglo-Canadian | ' member of Parliament for Chertsey, ig seriously ill. Munich, Bavaria, Jan. sth.—Admiral | Vor Tirpitz, who was the German Naval | - Secretary for the first two years of the var, does not believe ‘‘a kindly fate will give Germany 200 years to revive as | after the Thirty Years War, because of theé surrounding hostile nations’’. He | makes this statement in an article writ- | ten for a South German publication. l ‘While arguing that Germany’s situatior | seems hopeless, the Admiral writes: “It CHRISTIANST&ED V. 1. U.S. A., MONDAY 10tH JANUARY 1921. must be said that ihe 80,000,000 Germans in Middle Europe can be an invincible pow- er it they hang toge ner and are willing (o sacrifice for nation | unity. If they separute, nothing but dreams will remain for them.”’ Rome, Jaa. sth. —The Pope today re- ceived the Roman aristecracy, headed by Prince I2lonna, assistant to the Pontifical throne who delivered the address for the New Year’s greeting. The Pontiff ex- pressod his satisfaction that the aristo- cracy had followed his advice of last year in opposing immodesty of fashions. He spoke of Catholic activities, declaring that in this field the aristocracy was called upon to exercise the important | work of direction, advance and example. The Pope recommended especially the | reading and and popularizing of the \ Gospel. Addressing the women, he praised the work they had done. London, Jan. bth.—Ulster men are preparing to make the opening of the pariiament for Northern Ireland as pic- turesque and imposing as possible, en- deavouring to obtain the consent of the King to personally open the first session or to have the Prince of Wales do so it the King is unable to be present, says the London Tlimes. 'lhe newspapers adds that stariing the Uister Parliament is a fairly simple proposition but the ciux of the gprobler. would be met in Southern Ireland. it says, however, that the Government has virtually de- ¢ ded upon a bold course. Final deci- sion has not yet been Laken but, accord- ing to the “*Times,”” the Lovernment has practically resolved to reject the ad- ‘vance of cautious advisors 10 defer elec- tions tor the Southern Farhament until the results of the Ulster experiments are seen and bring the act into opera- tion in both areas simultaneously hold- ing elections lor the two Farliaments concurrenntly. ~Apparently the Govern- ment is prepared to run the risk of con- siderable Sinp Fein abstentions, the pa- per asserts, to secure the vote of the moderate elements including the old con- stitutionalists under the leadersiip of John Dillon. For Sale. Wh*t L‘ delivered in Chris- It€ LIME tiansted at SI.OO pr. barrel from 10 January 1921. PHILIP SAMUEL. No. 7. ~ Publicats FOM THE POLICE. } LL owners of dogs are enjoined with- ? in the ending of January month to | procure trom the Police Office (for | Kingshill District from Kingshill Police St tion) the sizns fcr dogs prescribed by . the Police Regulations, which according | to same must always be worn by the ' dog, and for whick Franes 10.00 must be . paid for dogs in town and Francs 2.00 ' for dogs in the country. After said time dogs met not wearing | the sign for 1921 will be caught and | brought to the Police Office (Kingshill Police Station) and detained for 3 times l 24 hours, when it will be killed, unless | the owner appears to claim the dog, pays | fine of Francs 15.00 and eventually i procures the required sign. | Christiansted’s Police Gffice, St. Croix, { the 29th December 1920. F. COULTER. " Publicati RPROM THE POIICE. N accordarce with the Ordinance of | 14th November 1908 £ 3 all owners of . ‘ firearms in Christiansted’s Jurisdietion | are hereby notified that a new sign mmust . be taken out for 1921 before the 15th of . February a. c. Christiansted Police Office, St Croix, ~ the 29th December 1920. | F. COULTER. | NORTHERN - Assurance Company | | ® L 3 | Limited | OF LONDON ~ GEO. L. MARKOE ] Agent for Frederiksted’s District - ERIK R. STAKEMANN | Agent for Christiansted’s District - Policies are not subject to average.,