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LOCAL " The s. s. Parima from New York via St. Themas arrived at Fredeiiksted at 11 o’clock last night with 15 bags mail for Christiansted, 9 bags for Frederik- sted and the following passengers for this island from the States:—Mrs. Elsie Fleming, Frederick Fleming., Mr. and Mrs. G. Latimer, Miss D. Miller, Misses E. E. and L. Tyler, Mrs. Tyler and Master G. Tyler, Mrs, M. Larsen, Mrs. J. Larsen, Mrs Beje, John Flem- ing, Mr. E. Miller, John Reilly: and from St. Thomas, Messrs C H. Payne, Cor- nelius Pentheny, and Misses Luey Gillette and Caroline Williams. : St. Thomas News Thers is some move about the town now and we are glad to announce that the long expected meetings will be held. We hope that all the gentlemen asked wil be prepared to give their facts ard make their first meetings productive of some decided results, The movement has our fullest coopera- tion and the Mail Notes will give public- ity to any plans that the Municiyal Com- mittee or the townsfolk may hand in for publication.—St Thomas Mail Notes, Oct. Blst. Seventy-five years ago, upon this is- land, the Church of All Saints’ was found- ed, opening another ncuse of worship for the rapidly swelling ranks of Christians. YAnd significant enough th. church was tounded at the very time of the emanci- pation of the slaves It took to its bosom many of thosz who were seeking spirit- ual fcod in that try ng time and it taught them the ways ot Christ, On its roll of honor are many illustri- ous names, at the read of which stands the late Ven. Airchdeacon Hudson who did so much for the Charch and tir the people, both for their spiritual and tem- poral welfare. After seventy-five years we have a ®:hance to observe how the institution has hecome firmly entwined in the heart strings of the commumty end we see what a grand and enncbling thing 1s re- hgion. : = Unlike more worldiy associations, des- pite changes it has withstood (he test of Time: and, today, while the Anglicans wre celebrating, we think it fit to extend our sincere goud wishies for the contint ed vrowth and presperity of the church.-- St. Thomas Mait Notes, Nov. Ist., TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX S 'ATION. Washi. gton, Nov Ist.—Press reports of the Foreign Uflice view cume as a surprise to officials here, who kad been under the impression that the Freoch Promier Lad : e, cu the exper. cemmit- €T LRI A V.l & tee’s plan with only the reservation of all French rights in the Treaty of Versailles and insistence that the _ommittee func tion under the Reparation Commission. To what extent the limitations upon the scope of the commit'ee’s inqulry, read by the French Foreign Office into the Premier’s speech, acecording to press Id- vices will influence United States parti- cipatios, was not indicated. It was made very plain that the United States would look upon any plan that did not provide for a full and free examination by the experts of Germany’s capacity to make reparation payments, as an ‘‘abor- tive’’ effort to solve the problem. 'the Urited States Government has stressed the necessity that the committee shcu'd be purely advisory and tha. ‘ts proposals, based on a fu!l study of the situation in Germany, should stand or fall on their merits when presented to the Govern- ments for consideration. It was indi- cated ulso that the United States does not sha:e the ‘view attributed to M. Poincare in the IForeign Office summary, as carried in press despatches that Ger mat;'« debts to ,the Allies have bheen fixed for all time and cannot be changed. In this connection, attention was called to paragraph 2, znnex 2, chapter V of the Treaty of Versaiilzs, which sets out the conditiens under . “ich a wnanimous vote shall be required by the Reparations Comimissivn. One of the subjects spevi- fically named amongz these, en which tie CHhmmissiorn must record unanimity, Is any proposal to reduce German ob iga- tions. It was said authoritatively tha: the restrictions cutlineddwere not in ac- cordance with the suggestion {or an ex- pert commission put forward by Secve- tary of State, Hughes, and there was every indization that if France insisted upon a formula that would prevent a full and complete inquiry into Germany’s capacity to make reparations payments, the success of the present fnegotiations wou'd be seriously jeopardized in the eyes of Washington. Paris, Nov. Ist.--M. Poincare made a speech at Nevera today in whi. h, as in- terpreted by the Foreiga Offize, he re- coznized four points as within the juris- diction of the committee of exper:s, which is to make a reparation inquiry as a result f the recent ncgotiations ct the Furopean Chanceilors and the Washing- ton Governmeni, The Premier, by this recognition, it is held, excluded consider- ation of any other point. The four points indicoted are 1. Germary’s pres- ent ecapacity for nayment. 2. New methods of p.yments. 3. The renova- tion of Germ.n finances. 4. A new monetary system. This programme, tne foreign Office maintains, is in line with th .t indicated in the United States to L ndon, M. Poiacare, it is declared, con- sider’s that Germany’s debt to the Allies was fixed and cannet be changed, any more than the total amount advanced by tie United States to the Allies during he war can be ctangec. M. Pcincare’s Mevers speech is regarded in political circles here as more for home consump- tion than as a reply to the Washington and London suggestions regariing a con- ferencz of experts to consider Germany’s capacity for the paymesnt of reparations. The Premier’s speech is censidered ta be the first gun in the electoral eampaigm for 1924. It was pointed out that for the first time in 8 long serics of speech- making, inaugurated early in the sum- mer. the Premier spoke ina radical-so- cialist department bes-re an assembly presided over by a depu'y from the left groups. he having heretofore restrizted his activities to sclid Socialist centres in the Marne and the Meue and other varas or departaments, Thefradicals are jubilant over the tone and spirit of the Premier’s address, especia‘ly his elesirg words: “'We covet no teiritery, we re- spest he liberty of the peogles, we de- sire to retain with our Allies the most amicable relations, we ask ;fcr nothinx better than to resume vw.th Germany t!'e intercoure of good ne gh ows’. This s the whole programme of tte left groups, the radica's point out, and they express the hope that the Premier will | e severe in his goad desires. London. Nov. 2nd The Prinee f Wales will represent the King at rle funeral of Mr. Bonar Law, it was a:- ncunecd tod y. I'he Prinee also wili acc as one of the principal pall bearers. Fhe funeral will be on Monday in Wes:- minster Abbey. Jorusalem, Nov Ist.—Arab labourers excavating ncar the river Kuiron, on the outskirts - Jerusalem, hava unearthed a tomb coawairing four caskets which archaelogists declared contained the re- mains of Jewish priests of the Maecabee or Haameniie period. The Hebrew in- seriptions on the caskets wore dee vherel as BEliezer Joshua, Simeon and Shalom Zion. Officials of the National Conneil of Palestine Jews and of the chief Rab- binate are arranging for an official re- interment of the remains. Berlin, MNov. 2nd. —Chancellor Strese- mann inforined the Socialist leaders this afternoon ti.at the maj- itv of the mem- bers of his cabinet have rejected the demands which the Socialist made the condition of their continuance in the Min- istry. The Coalition Socialist members are expected to withdraw from the Government in the e¢ourse of the after- noon. . London, Nov. 2nd.—ln the EnglanA- Wales vs. Scotland-Ireland International Rugby game, played at Rugby yesterday afternoen, the scores were: England- Wales 21 points, Scotland-Ireland 16. Paris,. Nov. 2nd.— France accepts with cordiality th> contemplated collaboration of the Unitel States in u conference of experts to study Germany's capecit® t& pay reparations. She demands, how- ever, that it should be clealy understood that the proposed inquiry should bear