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: TELEGRAMS ST, CROIX STA:ION. l.ondon, Sept. 12th.—Wireless sta- tions 2,000 miles apart will link up the whole British Empire if the Govern- ment adopts the reports of the Com- mittee. ['he reports recommend that Africa be firs. linked up with England tnrough radio stations, then india. Sebastepol Sept. 13th.--The battle for the possession of Taurida ended in the total defeat of the Bolsheviki. Ob- servers sa. that a4 ne v element has been introduced in Russian war’are by en oral Weengel namely Strategy carried out by disciplined troops. They say also that Wrangel’'s front is expected to be now stationary uniess the Bolshe- viki bring up reinforcements from remnants of their armies on the Polish front. Tokio, Sept. 12th.- -Fifteen thousand cholera cases have been reported oficialy from Korea with six thousaad deaths in the present epidemic. London, S:ept. 13th. Mr. MacSweeneay was in o state of eollapse and exhaustion +his morning. The oleven hanger strik- ars in the Cork jail were still alive ioday but allof tham were materially weaker. [wo of th: striking nrisoners Buarkes and Kenny collapsad twiz2 during tha night. Sinrla Indin. Sep*. 13th. —H 18 an- nounced that three Europesn and seven Infian regiments will embark in a few davs for Mesopotamia to reinforce the Brirish troops now there. Londo::, Sep:i. 12th. i.ondon is threat- oned with a general strike nex: 3atur- day ot all the electrical engineers which would mean the complete tie up of all the tramwayvs and under-ground raii ways and industries dependent on elec: trical power. Twenty-five thousand men are involved. The Electrical Union yes- rerday handed in a saven days’ sirike notice in sympathy with the emplovees of an electrical machinery works, who are out owing tn = strike in a Sheffield factory. The strik: is in protest of the cont'nuation of the firm’s employmert of a man, who upo- his promotion to fore- man resigned from the union. Aix Les Baines. Sept. 13th.—The Fren~h and lralian Premiers neid their long gwaited conferenee here yesterday They Mmet ir the marning and diseussed international qu-ostions for seveval hours. T'he most imvortant decision reached by the Premiers is reported io have - | been the postponement or definite aban doument of the Geneva conference. At rhe conclusion of the first session the Wrench Premier said to the cor- | respondents : "‘Our interviews have been most cordial and confident. Na turally we have agreed tha. an ac- cord between Italy, sreat Britain and France is indispensatle, not only in the interest of the three allied powers, but for the maintenance of world peace. The rreaty of Versailles must be enforced as well as that of St. Germain as well as others because they constitute an entity and one of them cannot faii. lam abso- | lutely in accord with that :point upon the formula zccepted at Lucerne. The treaties must be applied with moderation hy victors and with loyalty by vanquish- ed. We also discassed guestions of the Soviets. Evidently each Govt. consults its international policy before adopting *a precise attitude. You know what the Frzoeh policy is. The policy of our allies does not appear to be different in principle from others. The settlement of tne Adriatic question occupied some of our time, our position is unequivocal, ‘sreat Britain and France at San Remo and«nyself before and after San Remo have stated that nerther Britain nor France has the right to interfere between two parties when the questions concern them alone. London, Sept. 13th.—Great Britain is willing to submit the Irish question to | Supplement to sl. Croix Avis, No. 216, 18th September 1520, the League of Nations, was the official statement at the Foreign Office. If the Cox election in the [United States will put no stone in the way of settlement along the lines he suggested and' if a settle ment is not reported by the November election, we are willing to put the entire situation up to the l.eague and abide by its decision.. Great Britain is now will- ing to give southern lreland a most liber al form of Home Rule, control of cus- toms, excises and even mails and police, providing she agrees to it without co | ercing the six northern counties of Ulster which must have its own Parlia- mentary ‘Government. : London, Sept 13th. —The ‘Times?’ this morning says the Ku'sian Soviet | (rovt’s. placing of 75,000 pounds of 80l shevik gold ir the hands of the Herald, the Labour organ, temporarily has | wrecked the work of the Bolshevik com- | mercial mission in London at a momen! when Krassin and Kameneff, the® com missioners, had high hopes of immediate results. They had an appointment with Mr. Lloyd George on Friday aftzrnoon with the purpose of notifying him of the progress of certain trade negotiations and the prospects of establishing trade | relations, but on arriving at Downing Sl:'(?i%i. the Préeniiels oflicial tesidence, : they were politely informed that the Herald’s annoucement that it had in its possession the Soviet gold had entirely altered the situation and until it was explained it would be impossible to deal with any other subjeets in view of the understanding given some time ag» that while the mission was in this country no propaganda was o be attempted. i.ondon, Sept. 13th.—Seven persons have beer, killed and fifty injured in [rieste during the pas: three days as a result of the Nocialist revoiution, says a despatch to the HKxchanpe [lelegraph { ompany from Rome. Hundreds of per- sons, mostiy Slavs, have been arrest-d there. Quebec, Sept. 12th.—At the close ot the second Imperial Press Conference which has brought to Canada six score newspapermen from-every part of the world, Viscount Burnham, Chairman of the “onference, said tonight on the eve of his departure ior England:- ~"We go home convinced of the heart whole good- will of the people of Canada and of their fixed determination to remain within the empire oo equal terms. We also see the signs of growing sHlidarity of Canadian interests in the face of the Bolshevism which is being carried out in every coun- iry by a widespread and insidious pro- gramme. One thing we hope very much to see accomplished, the Canadian news- papers are admirably clearly and inde- pendently written but we want to see a news service which gives a fairer repre- sentation of British policy. I allude par- | ticularly to the recent episodes in regard to the Irish tragedy. We believe thata | better understanding of our point of view will prevail in Canada and we are quite | sure that in the Overseas Dominion {a- ‘ nadian problems will be better under- stood and the colossal resources of the Dominion will be better appreciated if a direct cable news service can be estab- iished between (Canada and Great Bri- tain. We wish to take leave of Canada ' in the spirit of friendship and heart- whole gratitude for the universal hospi- tality which we have received in which | there has been no difference between | province and province from coast to coast’’. ' Quebec, Sept. 13th.—The Princz Frie- derich Wilhelm arrived at Quebec this morning. Ou board were the delegates to the Ninth Annual Conference of the Empire Chambers of Commerce whaich | is to be held in Toronto on the 16th. inst. and following days. The party includes many men in industrial and commercial line of the British isles Another dis- tinguished voyager is Major Seelv, who commanded the Canadian Cavalry Bri- ~ gade during the war and who since then has been in command of the force in Kngland. Portland, Maine, Sept. 14th. Maine gave an overwhelming plurality to the Renublican ticket in the state election vesterday with a total vote larger by 99, 000 than the highest ever previously re . corded in the state. Parkhurst of Ban- <o was elected governor by a margin of " 5,000 over his Democratic cpporent Me Intyre of Norway. The plurality was 17 000 more than the largest obtained by . any other gubernatorial candidate in the history of the state. Four Republican | congressmen were elected by larger plu ralities. Every member of the State Senate will be a Republican while of a ' membership of 151 in the House of Re- ! presentatives the democrat succeeded in electing only 13. In the last legislature there wére two Democratic Senators and 41 remocratic representatives New York, Sept. 13th.—The Governor announced tonight after conferences with the striking employees of the Brooklyn . ~ Rapid Transit Co. and with the Federal Jadge, legal custodian of the comipany. . that his efforts to bring about a set tiement ot tha strike had tailed. Paris, Sept. 13th.—The Foreign Os- . fice annocunced today that the Allies . have acceded to the request of the Li ~ thuanian Government that they send . representatives to the conference be . tween Lithuanian and Polish delegates to consider tne boundary dispute. The : conference will be held in the near fu- ture. New York, Sept. 13th.—The Arbuc- kle Refining Company today reduced their price list of fine granulated sugar from 17.10 to 15 cents a pound. All refineries in the market are quoting this price. Toronto, Sept. 13th. —Fears that an- other epidemic of influenza will s/eep through North America this Autumn an 6Vinter are expressed by Dr. Bibbs of Fort Dearbornn Hospital, Chicago. Dr. Bibbs is visiting Toronto and says that there are 400 to 500 cases in Chi- cago at the present time, mostly among the stock-vard mployees. Boston, Sept. 13th.—Efforts of the officials of the longshoremen’s Union to induce participants in an unsanctioned strike against British steamers to re- turn to work added a few men to the longshoremen’s gangs today but sev- eral ships were still without dock crews and others had only skeleton forces, Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. l4th. - The (yanadain West Indies agreement will be considered by the legislature when it meets on October 12th. The “‘Gleaner’’ newspaper favours direct steamship communication between Montreal and Jamaica during the Summer, and Hal ifax or St. John during the Winter months, with regular sailings. The tariff proposals with the excepiion of sugar are regarded as satisfactory Edi toriais strongly protest against the re tention of the Duteh standard and differential tariff which, it is claimed, is caleulated to bolstes# up monopoly of Canadian refiners. Feeling is that Jamaica high grade sugars should go right to Canadian consumers as in the case of KEngland and America instead of being forced to refineries as called for in the tariff agreement which if enacted, will compel Jamaieca produe ers to turn out dark and common su gar to suit the purposes of the Canadian refirers. The ‘“‘Gleaner’ urges to join Trinidad in the same objection taken in sending a protest to the Dominion Government. London, Sept. 14th.—Sugar in stock on the Illth. inst. was 135,000 tons. Last year 54,000 tong.