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Kingston Jeca., Nov. 2bth.—Heavy shoek of earthquake cxperienced King- ston at 1.18 p m today. . London, Nov. 25th. Princess Mary yesterday made her first public appear- ance with Lord Lascelles, her financee, since their betrothal, when the twodeft Buckingham Palace in an open carriage with the Queen, for a drive through Hyde Park. Although the news that they were to drive out only became kpown shortly before their departure, quite a large crowd assembled in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace and cheered the Royal party heartily as the carriage drove away. Crowds quickly oathered along the route and made the drive partake of the nature of a trium- phal procession, much to the pe reeptible embarrassment of Princess Mary and the apparent satisfaction of the Queen and Lord Lascelles. The Queen and the Prineess lunched with Lord Lascelles it his home, Chesterfield House, which will eventually be the home of Princess Mary. It is reported that invitations will be issued to seven European Mon- archs to attend the wedding, Spain, Nor- way, ltaly, Denmark, Sweden and Bel- gium possibly will aftend. New York, Nov. 25th. -M. Briand was o passengeron the 5.8 ' 'Paris’', sailing today for Havre on his trip home. Guacemala City, Nov. 26th. >everal sarthquakes have occurred in this eity during the iast few days. None of them however has caused any damage. Loondon, Nov. 25th.—All the men in the Crown Mines have struck, Reuters Joharnesburg correspondent cables. The Compeny has issued a notice discharg- ing the strikers and stating that unless ihe men return to work before aext Monday, the management wiil be com- velied to cios2 the mines and that the services of all the men and contiractors on daily pay will no longer be required and be considered terminated as from Tuesday. I'rieste, Nov. 25th.— Bomb explosions, attributed by the authorities to anarchis- tic elements, have been recurrving for the past few days in various pai(s of the city. One explosion nccurred yesterday in the gardeu of Senator Uccelli, Mana- ger of a large company here, and anoth- or bomb exploded in the home of Sena- tor Pollich, Manager of the Trieste Navi- gation Company. In addition, Senator yiiler, P'resident of the Trieste Typo- graphers Union, was killed in an attack by the Fascisti.” Senalor Miller was biumed by the Fascisti for preventing the publication of newspapers London, Nov. 25th.—The Labourites are siill forecasting an early general election with great persistence. Mr. Thomas M. P. and leader o the railway men’s organization, repeated the predic- tion in a speech at Derby yesterday, but thoughtya general election at a {ime when mb Premier said there were signs of ttad revival, woald be mere eriminal 3 1. EROULILXE B VIS folly. They ecould not have an election on the Irish issue alone, he said. The House of Commons could give a suffici- ent mandate on the question as to whe- ther Irel:nd should remain part of the empire. but with the status of a nation. Mr. Thomas advocated cancellation of war debts bétween nations to assist trade recovery. This policy is now ra- pidly becoming an orthodox tenet of bo.h the iabour parties. Dublin, Nov. 25th.—Oninion here to- night is that a critical point in the Irish negotiations have been reached. A full meeting of the Dail Eireann Ministry was held this afternoon, but no state- ment was issued beyond the formal notice that the meeting was held and that the situation is considered too deli- cate for public siatements. Arthur Grif- fith, of the Sinn Fein delegation, will carry with him when he leaves for Lon- don tonight the decision of the Dail Eireann Ministry. His visit to Dublin was unexpected and was taken to indi- cate that new proposals were submitted by the British Govt., which necessitated an authoritative answer on behalf of the Eireann. Calais, Nov. 26th —Seven officers and thirty-six privates, the last of the four and a half million men constituting the British Exveditionary Forces, have e- barked for England alter an absence of 7 years. No oficial ceremony attended the departure The ['rench Govt. had sug ested a send off celebration, but the War Office decided otherwise. Private farewells on the quay however were ex- tremely cordial. The last British army motor car and the last lorry were turmed over to the disposal board here, to be sold at publie auetion. i.ondon, Nov. 26th.—Unemplovinent depressisr. censinecs ve deepsm 1w Lhe Lancashire mill districts. An increase of 18,000 unemployed was registered at the labor exchange tor the week. A change for the worse is markedly notice- able iu the cotton trade and in the en- gineering plants and there is no indica- tion of early activities. Nevertheless the tramway workers, who of course are on regular woik, are repeating their reiusal tec werk on Christmas and the following day. Some local authorities announce that it this refusai is persisted in, suen workers wili lose the two days summer holiday, shich in the past had baen granted wich tnil pay. London, Nov. 26th. —The ‘"Daily Gra- phic’’ this moining says itis extremcly probabie that Mr Lloyd George will go to Washingron shortly, as 1t is said thati his presence wt ihe Armament Coufer- ence there has become necessary. . London, Nov. 26th.—Princess Mary and h~- fiancee, Viscount Lascelles, were given ua tremendous popular ovation to- night wi_n they attcnded a charily per- formarnze at the hippodrome. Tiae King and Qucen and other royalties, including the Queem cf Norway, were in the reyai box ‘'vith the engaged couple. The en- tire audience stood and sung the nation- al anthem as the royal party was seated. Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles also were wildly cheered by masses of the people while going to and coming from the performance. Tokio, Nov. 26th.—A cabinet council held yesterday, according 10 the news- papers, resulted in a deci‘ion to instruet the Japanese delecation » Washinrgton to do their utmost to maintain a 70 per- cent ratio with regard te naval army- ments. [.ondon, Nov 26th. —Reuters corres- pondent at Melbourne cables®that there will be 83,000 miles of orzanized aria) highways in Australia shortly. The Aus- tralian Federal Government has just ae- cepted tenders for aerial mail services from Adelaide tc Sydney and from Syd- ney to Brisbane. London, Nov 27th. —-Answering the French note on the subject of the (reary recently negotiated by France with the Turkish Nationalist Govt. at Angora, to which Great Britain has taken exceytion in some particuiars, a British aote was handed on Kriday night io the Freuch Ambassador here. Ottawa, Nov. 27th.—Admiral Earl Beatty scored his first Canadian tr'umph when he took the capital by storm this morning. Thousands of people jammed the central station and the streets leading to the City Hail to cateh a glimpse of the famous sea-fighter, and to cheer. ‘''The fact thatI am here today and am able to accept your invitation is indication tnat all goes well at the conferenca at Washington’’, so declared Earl DPeatty, addressing the Ottawa Canadiau Club on Saturday. NEW YORK, November 26th 1921. Fiour, Blen22d Clears St. Lawrence [:rand pr. brl. 56.75. Meal Kilni-izd per 100ibs $1.95 New Seasoi's 'ork per brl. 537 10 Heavy Mess Porg per dbi, $20.00 Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 ibs. $3.98 Molasses sugar 89° test, no guotation. Cotton, Middling Upiand, at .lLiverpool per lb. 11 64-100 d, t;xchanse, New York and tondon, 00 days’ sight $3.958 kxchange New York and L.ondon, sight $3.99 onbDoN, November 26th. 1921 Qugar, Demerara Crystals, per ewt, 38s. 6d. “-I@‘*. Od. ** Mauscavado per cwt. 2bs. —aos. German Beet 83-¢ 1.0.0. no sales. White Java sugar cif United Kisedom 19s. 64d. Demerara itum, per 2al. nominal, Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middiing Keu por ev't Dds. ais. Colto cond Mediur. Wost Indian Sea island per |b. 31d. nominal. Bank of England rate of Disiount per cent. 5. Consols 495.