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75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED) V. 1. UB A, MONDAY,. 15vu SEPTEMBER 1919 ® IHE ST, CRIIX AVIS is printed and publisned doil; (Sundays aind Holiduys excepted) by . Johanse: at the Ams Office. ; TR VS---40 cents monthly 1n advance, 2 cents per svngle copy. Enterred as second-cluss matter May * 2iath 1917 at the Post Ogiice at Christian- wied. St. Croie, V. L el the U, 5. 4., ¥ der the Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution *o this paper will be glad- ly received when the saume deals with mat- ters of general 'nterest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, s a quar- antee of good faith. The editor caniot be responsible jor tie views of ks correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. e EGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Gilascow, Sev:. 9ih.—The cooperation vith international labourites in the camairn 1o procure Germany’s admis- sion to the Leazue of Nations, and for an immediate revision of ‘‘the harsh rreaty provisions which are inconsistent with s atements made on behalf of the Allies at the time of the armistice’’ was overwhelmingly pledged today by the Trade Union Congress in session he;'e. ‘"he resciution was moved by delegate Mr. Williams of the Transport Workers Union, who is a direct actionist who urged as the first step for the reconcili- ation of the peoples the inauguration of a new era of international cooperation and goodwill. The champions of direct acting today won a clean-cut victory by the congress votiny to refer back a por- tion of the parliamentary committee’s’” a report, owing to the failure to explain the Committee’s reason for refusing to call a special conference for the pur- pose of discussing the advisability of employing direct action to secure aboli- ion of eonscription and the other ques- ticns. The vote to refer bpack .was 2586,000 to 1,670,000 agsinst. Before the vote was taken, Mr. Dunning, the presiding officer, warned the delegates ihat reference back would be considered as a censure of the parliamentary com- mittee. Chairman Brownlie, of the Ex- ecutive Council of the Amalgamated En- gineers, addressed the Congress on the question of increasing the i.ndustria}l out- put. He declared it was imperative to maintaimn production, Mr. Smillie ob- jected to a “‘leetare’’ being delivered by the speaker, which Mr. Mills of the en- cineers said that Mr. Brownlie had tra- duced the workers. Ihe Congress took no action on the zupje °t. Winn peg, Sept. 9th.—A large and en- ihusiastic erowd greeted H. R. H. the Prince of Wales 'v\ihen he arrived in Win nipeg today on Ris speecialt ain with a distinguished entyyirage. A civi: holiday has been procioimed, and the streets which were 2ay with bunting, were thronged witii people. Auckland, N. Z., Sept. 9ch.—Reuter’s. Admiral Lord Jeilicoe declares that the forecasts recently made of che conteuts of his report to the Commonweaith Govt. are quite incorrect. Washington, Septembher 9th.—Coun- selior Debuchi, in' eharge of the Japan- ese Embassy, today authorized a categor- jeal denial of a statement attriouted to Bolshevist sources in Moscow, that Ad- miral Kolehak had appealed to Japan for help, offering in return the northern sortion of the island of Saghalien and the Ussuri Valley on the mainland of Siberia. News York, September Sth.—C-rdinal . Mercier, Primate of Belgium, arrived here today. The Cardinal was met down " the bay by the Mayor’s Committee oi . welcome and church officials aboard the ~ police patrol boat. ’ London, September 9th. —Mr. W. Prin- | gle, formerly Liberal member for north- . west Lanark, has been adopted Liberal candidate for the Rushelme division of . Manchester, left vacant by Mr. R. B. Stoker, deceased. The election will be ' notable as Mr. Pringle professes to be l “‘a straight liberal,”” having been an un- | compromising opponent of the csalition ~ government. The conservative candi- ~ date has not yet been announced. , / ,«»jé \ { /‘V\I . , ~,,//:;f \\ 2 / ; '_ 7 ( {9 .é \ /\i _ \/\ 6\(\ 4 \l/ |/ \ !‘p’/\), \‘4 \ {0\\\ ; N No. 211. :' Y FC'TYY A v ™¥ = 1 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE : A W s : 4 3 # ; T - ' 8.30. MONDAY EVENING 8.30 “-G O THE RING.” &'.—,...S ‘\‘ gl O .AJ A : @ EPISODE 7: (Chapters 13--14.) EPISODE 8: (Chapters 15--16.) . EPISODE 5: (Chapters 17--18.) -« Last Monday not iess that 7 (sevan) errors in the 3 Episodes shown was pointed out by MKR. BORHANM jun., thus making this gentieman a fine No. 1 for the time being; Have we not more Ladies or Gentlemen with so sharp eyes as Mr. Borham ? Look out ‘or next three Episodes. ' ADMISSION. ADULTS Reserved Seats 49 cents, teneral Entrance 20 eents. CHILDREN —Reserved Szats 20 cents, General Entrance 10 ~ents. i.ondon, September 10th.- The Ad- miralty has given orders that the home flect of battleships stationed at Portland and the Fourth and Fifth Destroyer Flo- tilla bes reduced to a reserve basis on October Ist. The Twentieth Flotilla will iikewise be reduced on completion of its service 1n the Baltie. The reconstructed Fourth Destroyer Flotilla and the Second Light Cruiser Squadron, fully manned, will join the Atlantic Fleet. The sub- marine flotillas attached to the Atlantic I'leet will be reduced to three, namely, | seven each of the "K”’,l*“B’’and “H”’ | classes. fiondon, Sept. 10th.—— Colonel John Ward, Labour Member of the House of ' Commons, who has just returned from Russia, in an interview said that, tc . desert the Russians, who had rallied to | our standard will make our name stink in the nostrels of every non-Bolshevik ' Russian. We went to Russia to prevent ' the Germans frore transferring men to the western front. Are we now to say to those who rallied around us ‘‘you have served our turn we are going to wish . you luck”’? ‘‘That,”” said Colonel Ward, 1s unthinkable. It would be black treach- | ery to leave them to face the enemies - they have made for our sakes without . anything more substantial than ‘‘our - good-will.”’ ! Leamington, Ont., Sept. 10th.—Tobac- , co-growers of Kssex and Kent countries . and the adjoining districts are busily at | work on the bharvesting of the biggest . and best tobacco crop they have ever | raised. They estimate that this year’s . yield will total over 16,000,000 pounds of ] all varieties, with an aggregate value of ' over $4,150,000