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AT the request of Lawyer STAKE- € A MANN on behalf of the Board of Directors of :HE ST CRUIX CLUB will be offered for sale at a publie auction to be h-ld on the premises of the said Club at No. 59 King Street in Christiansted, on March 19th 1921 at 2 o’clock p. m. THE FURNITURE belonging to said Club and consist- Ing principally of CHAIRS, TABLES, PICTURES, GLASSWARE AND ALSO One Billard Table with balls and cues. Christiansted’s Vendue-Office, St. Croix, March 10th 1921. WILH. JENSEN. Fee Fr. 10.00. Say ten Francs. ) LOCAL. ' The murder ecase which aroused so muech interest in the proceedings of the district court was postponed yesterday for April 10th. The prisoner in his tes- timony before the court disclaimed the responsibility for the murder which was | not caused by the blow he inflicteds bnt by subsequent battery by Mr. Martin he alleges. The Midnight Man wound up in quite | a pleasing manner last night and those | who had been following up this serial | are sorry it is ended so soon. 5 The 8. S. Guiana arrived in Frederik sted at 6 p. m. yesterday and the mail | by her for this end was received at 8.40 | this morning. ‘ i The Vixen presented a new yachtlike | appearance yesterday when she called a | trederiksted, being now vpainted over in | white witn yellow smokestack. | TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, March 7th.—The negotiations Sl, LUI X AN 1P over the German :nde noity were brok- en off today. Action comes tomorrow with the march of British, French &and * Belgian forces iath Germany anl the occupation of a large seciion of her vl n- est manufacturing country. KEven now the Allied troops are on the move, for a late Rerlin d»sparch states the Krench troops who will occupy Dusseldori have advancad to with*x6 miles of that ei- ty. The Allied uitimatum was fore- closed apparently with reluetance by the British Prime Minister. The French do not appear to ve regretful. while the Ger mans left Lancaster house, where the con- ferences have been he! ! plainly depressed, to take their train for home tomorro /. Two long sittings of tae 2oafereace thresh out the final breck before Marshall Foen and Fieldmardal Wilson wrote telegrems . ordering the commanders at the front to execute their orders already given tnewm. Dr Simons, the German foreign Secty., presented an alternative plan wher2by Germany agreed to pay the annuities for the first five years d:manded in thz Pa- ris plan and also the equivaient of the proposed 12% tax on exports, but :ling to the conditions for the retention of Uo- per Silesis and wide world freedom of German trade. Mr [ loyd George deliv- ering judgement for the Allies said that they deeply deplored th® necessity of the deczision while Dr Simons clung to the last to the conientiou that tne Paris demands were inpossibie “or Germany to fulfill The Allies regard the German course as strategy for delay and the latest plan as one whereby the whole treaty would have to be reeonsidered and deba- ted after five years when Germany might hold a mofe ravorabie position. Dr Simons asked for further time in which to consult the German Cabinet. This was denied. The Frenca army will f ir- nish the bulk of the forces for the new march into Germany. Great Britain’s contribution in mza will pe only large enough to show her solidarity with the Allies. [l'he United States Govt’s. acti- tude towards tne ne.s enterprise is awaited with interest. [l'he w<eneral feeling in Great Britain appears to be one of relief without enthusiasm. [he Prime Minister explained the position to the Hous2 tonignt in which there was no note of jubilation. The wmajority of British newspapers have taken the line that the most imporiant point involve| is that the Allies should stand togetner while the Frenca press has voiced irs fears that Mr. Lloyd George miznt desert France. All recognize that if .M. Briand returned to Paris bearing the burden of a concession to Germany his Premiership was doomed. Mr. Lloyd George in his speech announcing that the German progosals were not aceepia- ble said, ‘“‘we all deeply deplore having to come (o this uaecision in the inter- est of the peace of the worid, and de- spite the fact that our action is liable to a good deal of misapprehension in our own countries we have made an effor: to secure a batter und2rsianding anl it is not for lack ot effort and discretion chat we have now to announce on behalf of the Allies this failure to come to anything like an approximate understanding with Germany’’. Explaining why the latest proposals cre inadequate, Mr. Lloyd eorge said it vas esseatial in the inter- est of foe peace of the world tha: there shouid be a definite sattien'nt of ouat standing questions batwaen the Allies and Germany. Germanv, the Allies and - neutrais urged it “‘thatis an appeal o common sens2’’ he continued, ‘it is per tectly true that the exparts, failing to come (0 any agreement, made some sno gestions about (rying to acree for 5 years, but tha was not a plan whieh was adopted by any conference of states men. We want each of us to know where we s‘ood’’. The Prime Minister poirted out that Dr. Simons aceaptance of . Paris proposals for syears was apparent, not real. it was subjzet to conditions which might make it uncer- tain and which might terminate in a few years. It was subject tu the plebiscite in Upper® Silesia. if the plebiscite were adverse to Germany, he would be justified in saying ‘“‘Germany is deprived of territory upon which she depended to pay (hose annuities and therefore the agreement made at wofdon is at an end. Mr. Lioyd George continued "‘the German propo- sals are perfectly vague. There is noth ing the Allies, especially those who want te raise money tor repairing their ravayg ed countries, could raise one paper franc upon, let alone a gold mark. Lne propo- sal that Germany should pay annuities for 5years not out of revenue, but by means of a loan. is disquieting. She is thereby morigaging her income for the years that come after, ian order fto pay the annuities o the firsc 5. There are certain sigaificant sentences us2d by Dr. Simons which show rthat Germany has not yet taced her problem.’’ The Prime Mimster spoke of the erormous sacrifices it would “be necessary for Germany (o make in order to pay the annuities of the first 5 years, and added Upper S!lesia’. ils torn from the side of Germany, the latter wiil have a population whicn will be ten million of Great Britain, includine Ireland. This year we haye a million unemploved as a direct result of the war, but we have to find away for beéying our debt charges and pen- sions and disability allowanes, five hundred million sterling. If Ger- many carries out this year the Paris pro- posals she will have to find one hundred and twenty million sterling, one fourth the sum Great Britain alone has to find. France, in addition to war ‘charges and for pensions, has to find twelve billion - franes for repairing her devastated areas. Germany therefore will have t 5 find this year one ninth of what France has tofind and we are told that the effort Germany