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is taken from one of today’s pews- papers, ‘‘Chamber of Commeree”’ a sHhecial meeting of the council of this Chamber was convened at 11 a. m. vesterday to counsider the gquestion of sugar preference and to send a teie- oram to the three leaders of the House of UCommnons viz Right Hon. Rumsay Mac Donald, Rt Hon. H. H. A:quith Right Hun, Stanley Baldwin, after some discussion ilt was agreed to forward the following telegram. ‘‘Barbados Cham- ter of Commerce and Agricultural Queiety express conildent hope in event your fortzing Governmett. ycar AMinis- try will carry out recommerndaticus jor imperial prefererece put torward at Lo verial Conferenee. Consider 'le dopt- jon ihis poliey essential to gevera wel- fare o 1l e uncient loyal colony. Demerzra, Jany. Yth.—Sir ¢ rthur Everett “hipley 0. B. E. Chairn.:n of the governing body of the In senial College of trepical agriculture [rini- dad lesterday deiivered to a large ani representative audience a lecture on the aims of the coilvge und ampealed for a «ub idy fiomn Ihis eolony towards the funds of ths imstiwt:on. Mr. Aspinal C M. G. Secretary W. L. C. also spoke. Hon. B E. Brassington M. U, 8 in proposing a vote of thacks said no ore would deny that it.was of great im- portance that this colony if possible should help in supporiing the colleze although he could not be too optimistic as te the extent he was prepared to voie in favour esa small sum that would not increase taxation in the colory. London, Jan. Bth. —lln a great demon- stration in the Albert Hall tonight,theIa- bour Party celebrated its victory in the re- cent general elections and pledged its unit- ed efforts in constructive attempts to- wards the rehatilitation of Great Eritain Europe and the world at large, if ealled upon, as seems certain within ten days, to ussume Lhe task of governing the Unit- ed Kisgdom. '‘We have been in the battle and we have brought back the trophies,”’ <aid Mr. Ramsay MacDonall, the party leader ard principal speaker, as he turn- ed to the plaiferm behind him wheve most of the 192 Labour members of the House of Commons were seated. The great doned batl echned and re-echoed with the cheers of neariy ten thousand voices. As the meeting progressed the enthusias.ic rank and file of the Labour- ites cheered themselves hoarse when election battles were reteld aud the re- presentatives of Labour presented them- selves. However, on the whole, the dom- inan spirit of the leaders in their publie utterances since the elections wis pot one o¢ jubilation but of seriovs roaliza- tion of the heav)’ responsibiiities that will confront the party when it iverits what Mr. MacDonald term-d, ‘‘the bankrupt estate’’ es the present Gov- ernment. For a meeting of what has been considered In the past as Great Britain’s revolutionary party, to- S 5 =BtX AN 15 nitht's demonstration was a tame affair. It bevar with the singing of the “Marseillaise’’ and Wicsed with a o voci- ferous renditicn of the "'Red Flug’'. The labour adherents failed, among other things, to chant or sing the Natiornal An- them. Nevertheless, the speakers in- dulged in little radical talk, and made no predictions of the approaching millenium. In fact they gave every evidence that Labour does not intend to turn England upside down. Mr. Mae Donald uvieaded with the press for {airness it iabour as- sumed power. Th: erowds cheered ap- provipngly while he mild.y reproved about fifty reporters, grouped avound the table beiore him, for their reporiorial short- comings in chronieiing Labour news, and said,- ‘Icapital leaves the country, it wiil be because of the punic mongers, and if Parhament is blown up, meta- phorically spreakine, the headguarters of the modern Guy Fawkes wili be in the offices of the newspaper conbines, nos at Jabour headquarters iln Eceleston Square.’”” The only opportunity for a deimmonstration on the part of the Radicals with Russian leanings came when Mr, Mac Donald sa'd that one of the first acts of Labour wouid be to end tne pompos {okly of aloofness, Scattered shouts of aj- vroval burst from widely separated sec tions of the erowd, but it was nothing o compare with that ovation later accorded Miss Margacet Bondiieid, a firail lhttle woman, whose voice earried to the lott.- est galieries of the buldings She seem- «d to toweh the hearss of the whele audi- ence and everybodyv there joined in uap- planding her simpie recitation of the story of “‘a man named Jesus’’. whose creed was (ke Dbrotherhood of man. The lLabour Party, she sa'd. wanted- to walk in lis footsteps. In addition to Mr. MacDonald, who had a tremend- ous receptivn, the speakers acluded, John Rebert Clynes, James Henry Tnomas., Robert Smiliie, George Lans- bory and others who are likely to ngure as olinisters in Great Britain’s first La- bour Government. Declaring the first great duty would be to establish peace amd create conditions of peace, Mr. Maec Donald declared. “‘There is not a capl- tal city today but contains embers which a frezh biowmng .wind will scatter over the inflammabie material 1 Europe and start a new war. My parity de- sires to enter office with a broad foot and a big heel to stamp upon every one of these embers. Whether we are in office six months, or siX years, we are resolved that there shail not be in any corpers of the world fires which can be fanned into great flames to in- vo: e the worid in pew wars.”” He then referred to the deplorable misunder- stunding hetween France and Great bri- tain “'pin-prick irritations unworthy of both countrizs and whieh do not Issue froon minds of the good peop:e of either couatry’’. It would be a good thing, to put them all behind us and establish with France, Germany, Italy, Russia and all other countries ap understarding without the rivalry of military forees, but an un- ders aading of human mennuil women baving no cause for enmity. | believe that a Labour Party ceccupving Downiny Street and staffing our government Is the one thing required to give strength to the morally courageous and power to the foreces of all sections of Isurope.”’ Asserting that he would use the Laague ot Nations fer this purpose to the utmost Mr. MaeDonald referred to Russia, de- clarine. *The pompous folly of stand- -Ine aleof {rom the Russian Governmenpt will be ended’’. He explained that he would reeoznize Russia, not because ho agreed with what the Russian Goveru- ment had done, burt because, as he ex- pressel it¢, 'l want trade, 1 want nego- tintions, ! want settlement from the coasts of Japan to the coasts of lreland. If 1 have to protest against what is being d e in Afghanistan, how can [ protest uniess [ possesses channels to use lor my protest.’’ NEwW YORK, Jan. Tth. Fiour, (hard winter clears §4.90. o hard winter strajohis £5.50 Meal, Kilrdried per 100 pounds $2. 22 New Season’s Pork per varrei a37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per bri. $26 00 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 Ibs. $7 03 Mclasses Sugar 89 maximum 6.00, RUM SWELLS TIDE uF CRIME IN 1. 8. DAVUGHERILY BAYS. Washingtoa, D. C.. December 4. —An inerease of 15,839 cases for violation o the prohibition act was noted 1o the an nual repor. ot Attorney General Uaugh erty, made to Congress vesteoday. There were 46.479 actions disposed of and 27.116 are still pending, mdiecating thai the Federal Courts are flonded with booze cases, which torm a large part of the department’s work. “The most gigantic eriminal problem the United States ever faced is lum sniug- oling.”” said Mrs. Mabel Walker Wilie- brandt, Assistant Attorney General in charge of pronibition and tax cases, “and our coast guard is pot adequate to pro- teet the Pacific and A lantie coasts.™’ More than $7.000,090 worth of rum has been smuzgled nro this country from Nassau alone since January last, ic is estimated.— Daly News. NAVY MEN DROWNED. Two navy men, Norman Vreeland, ol Belleville, and Leonard ,Crain, of Ga.va, 111, were overcome with pasnline fumes and drowned in a foOT of water as the - val torpedo station at Dahlgred, Va, Vrecland became unconscicus while working in a pit and Crain went to his aid and was overcome also.—T%hr Path- finaer.