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%| | (/'! ( N{( eT3\\ &s =t Crotx Avs o i\ >@ \ aw;M’ » . KLY@ f@,\\ g | 76TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS 1s printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. T RMS---50 cents monthly in advance. 2 cents per single copy. yntered as second-class matter .Viay 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian sted: St. Crovr, V. L. otlhe tl. 5. A & der the Act of March 3. 1879 TELEGRAM -. 81. CRUIX STATION. London, Feb. 18th. Mr. Lloyd Genrge declar=d in the House of Com nons to- day that he stood by his pladge ihat Germany must pay to the limit ot her capacity [he Premnier was discussing the (32rman r2olrations qu2stion in an- swering Mr. Boitomley’s arraiznment of the Govt’s policy of alleged inaptitude vith regard to forecing Germany to comply with the reparations demand. “There was a great difference’’, conrin- ued the ovremier, "‘beiwaen Germany paying for the whole cost of the war and ‘paying to the limit of Ger- many’'s capacity.’’ he said "'Tas Al lies nad tak:n tne best advie2 avaiia- ble and summor.ed the ablest men to b= found upon w~hase advie> th2 opresent demands had been made, and tne Aliies wer:2 carryinZ out th2 peac2 i2rms to rae utmost of their powar., ‘2rmany, he nointed out. had delivered brnds to tha Allies, but ine value of these bonds d-- pended upon the valu- of the German securities at the present moment. Raw material, ihips, property of other sors, and c¢oal also had bz2en delivered.”’ said the Premier, ‘‘and the quesiion wa: what was their value.”” Mr. Lloyd Georze laid stress upon tanz difficubies of exaciing an indemnity in another country and securinZ ics paym=znc¢ hara, iondon, FKebruirv 18th.—Mr. Lloyd George explained in the House of Com- mons yesterday why Russia will not be represented at the London Conference. In replving to a question as to whether Russia had been invited to send a repre- sentative 1o the Conference on the Turk- ish Tredty. ihe Premier said. ‘'Russia having foolishly deciined an invitation to the Conferenc= of rthe Allies in London last Summer to settle all outstandiag questions, because it would have involv- ed arresting the march of her invading armies in Poland, we do not propose to renew the invitation.’’ Paris, Feb. 19th.—The promotion of GGenerals Franchet, Despereyv, Lyautey CHRISTIANSTED. V. K/J. S. A., FRIDAY 25tH FEBRUARY 1921; and Fayeile as Marshalls of France was announced today. London, Feb. 19th.—Th2 Foreign Office today announced that the arttitude of the Govt. with regard (o supgestions tha: araxt @ridin furn over “ha Hel- risn West Indies io the United States in return for the -canceilation of war debts had not chang:d from that o a yeir ago, at which (me the Premier Mr. LLloyd George, declared that G -eat Britain haa not the slightest intention of bartering or seliing dny part of the West [ndies. This statement was made in commenting .on the resolution intro- duced in the United States Senate yesterday by Senator Reed of Mis- souri eoncerning possible negotiations for such an exchange of the British Wese [ndies for the wiping out of Great Britain’s debt to the United States. Cardizan, Wales. Feby. 19th. -Mr. Eruest Evans coalition liberal, who was supporied by the prime minister, has heen elected o the "House of Commons over Mr. llewellyi, Williams, indepen- dent | beral, in the bye-eleciion held to fii! the seat vacated by Mr Vaughan- ' Davies, who was elavated to the peer- ave. Lhe vote was announced today, - Evans 14,111, Williams 10.521. Seventy . seven percent of the electors voted of | wh0m'14,323 were wonen, | . San Salvador, Feb. 20th —Denial was . given today to a report that the British Cruiser Cambrian had been sent to Sal- vador because of the failure to pay the inter=st on a loan made to the Govern- ment by the-Bank of Canada. It is said the Government has had no dealings with the bank ilenial also was made to a statement that the Foreign Minister had refused to receive : ‘aptain Blake, Naval Attaca> of the British Embassy at Washington, Captain Blake was duly received in audience by President Melen- dez and the Foreign Minister and is said to have expressed his pleasure at the courtesies paid himi. The Cambrian, it - was stated, cane to Salvador on 2 friend- ly visit. The reports denied in the fore- going despatch were circulated by Hearsts News Serviee during the latter part of January. . | ondon. Feb. 20th.—Mr, Asquith in a - sp2ech at London yesterday. severely ~attacked the Irish poliev of the Govt, and ~iis failure to publish the Strickiand re- - port. He declared that the hideous suc- cession of blunders and c¢rimes commit- ted during the last'six months were the biackest in the annals of G >ai Britain’s reliations vith Ireland and that never in No. 44 the lifetime of the oldest amongst them Great Britain sunk so low in the mnoral had scale of nations. Mr. Asquith described the Paris agreement on reparations as impossible of fulfilment, and he added that it was an extraordinary paradox, which would be comie, if it were not serious that'the people, who were pro- posing the anti-dumping bill 0 ex~lude erman goods from the British market, were in the same breath asking Germanv to pay the indemnity in goods. Montreal, Feb. 20th. —-Two boys were drowned. damage estimated at over SIOO,OOO was done, 30 families were rendered homeless and 28 parsons were taken to the Montreal Hospiral, as the resuit of a burst high pressure water main, feeding the east end of the city, which occured at the corner of Strubain .and Dorchester streets early this morning. New York, Feby. 20th.—The belief held by many tha: the winter climate of California had moved to fthe eastern United States was rudely disalaced early today, when the first important _snow- storm_of the season descended apot New England, New York and ihe east- ern states. Tonizht 7,000 men were at work in the city alene, endeavourinyg to keeo th? main arteries of traffic clear, Surface and elevated iransportation was badly disrupted from early morning, many lines having discontinued the struggle entirely. Trains arriving in New York wer: reported fairly well on time, as the ¢nire of the main blizzard was New York City and its vicinity, other distriets reporting mueh lighter snow falls. The storm passed off at New York, at 10 o’clock, leavinyg 4 snow- fail of 124 inches. About an hour later the stcamship Coal Harbour, which ran aground a° Coney Island, was refloated with the aid of tugs and a risine tida, Western vassachusetts traffic in rural and paris of subarban disiviets was par- alysed. Only a few of the tran iin-s in Springfield were runniny night. [n Boston the snow was light, dry and to- night transportationth2? not been ser ously hindered, but the fali was; eontinu. ing, and the transportation companies looked for trouble before morning. Points in the state of Pennsyivania re- ported a snow-fa’'l, branch lines of the railroad ~ere having serious irouble keeping traffic on the move. Delaware breakwater reported a gale of 54 miles an hour. A number of ships were an- chored inside the harbour wa ting for the storm to abate. L