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S on ot e XA Y], CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE 8.30 THIS EVENING 8.30 “The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin.” 8 Reels. . (Arriving by extra Sloop.) Secure your tickets this morning. To-Night there willbe none left. ADMISSION. FVCROTVEBIEBeRtE ... ...i e e e R ".'-}eingvr‘"a? Entranco i .25;(‘3..‘ - Just In Time For The Season a fine ana varied assorstment of LADIES TRIMMED and UNTRIMMED HATS also FLOWERS, FEATHERS and a few GENTS' WHITE TROPI- CAL HELMETS. J, C. CANEGATA’S Dry Goods Store. There was a fine show at the theatre last night, and a still better one will be on this evening when the extra clas-y picture ‘‘The Beast of Berlin’’> which has been delayéd and is expected by sja- cial boat, will be shown. The ceating room of. the theatre is already well dis- posed of the manager says, and there seems good reason to believe that it will prove a successful exhibition. Ihe mail-boat sailed for St. Thomas at 8 o’clock this morning. The s. s. ‘‘Copmersville’’ arrived here Tuesaay afternoon with a cargo oi bricks for the St. Croix Sugar Factory, and is expected to leave for Martinique by noon to-day. TELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. London, Dec. 6th. Lady Beaverbrook, who, before her marriage to iord Beay- erbrook, was Miss Drury of Halifex, N. S., bhas bzen invited by the Unionists of Ashton Underlyne to stand for the House of Commons for the seat of Sir Albert Stanley who is vesigning his seat and is expected will be elevated to the Pesrage, London, Dec. 6th.—ln view of the German Government’s denial of respon- sibility for the sinking of the Garman warships at Scapa Flow, the Admiraly has publishied a number of documen's including all cthe secret instructicns of the German Admiral, Von Reuter, to his officers, on the preparation for and the method of scuttling of vessels whenever the signal to do so, was given from his | ship, the Emden, his intention being to | send veszels to the bottom, should the | British attempt to seize them without | the consent of the German Govt. Re- | ferring to the possibility of Germany | agreeing to surrender the ships, Admiral | Von Reut 'r said in one of “he documents | “‘then the saips will be handed over to the lasting disgrace of those who placed us in this position’’. The weightiest | document the Admiralty discloses, is a letter from Rear Admiral Trotha, Chief of the German Admiralty, written to Von Reuter,dated Beriin, sMay 9ch and marked ““Most Secret’”’. It was found in the safe of the Emden at the time of the salvacing of the cruiser. This letter discusses at considerable lencth the | negoiiations then proceeding at Paris | regarding the date of the German ships. | There are no instructions for the scut- | tling of the vesse!s though one sentence | runs: ‘‘Their surrender to the enemy re- i mains out of the question”’. The Ad- | miralty does not claim this as pioof that | the German Government ordered that | the scuttling of the warships but it | claims that the latter provides that the | German Government was able to com- | municate with Von Reuter. Moreover, | it says, opportunities were avai'able %or | such communication notably on the ar- | rival of the two German transports, the | Bardcnia and the Schleswig, on June i 17th, bringing provisions for the Ger- | man ships end taking away the surplis | crews.”” ‘“‘lndeed’’, says the Admiralty, | ‘““June Tth was the date of Von Reu l t -v’s secret orders to his officers con- | cerning the projecied scuttling’’. | Paris, Dez. 6th.—ln a Note drafted by | the Supreme Council, it is demarded that | Germiany sign the Protocol, providing | for tae carrying out of the Prace Terms, | failing which the Allies, itis set forth, | will be obligred to have recourse to miti- | tary measures. The utmost seerecy is be- ; ing cbserved regarding the, terms of the | Note, which was unanimously adopted ! by the Courcil this morniag, but it can l be suid that it is worded so firmly, that | conference circles expect the discussion | with Germany regarding th: putting of E the Treaty into force willbe finaliy closcd. | The Note recalls that naking the Tioa.r effective, means the iminadiate releas: of the German prisoners. It leaves the reply to the German representation regarding the c¢.aims for the sinking of the German Fleat at Seapa Flow to be dealt with in a further special Note. The Note closes by directing Germany to sign the armistice protocol, failing which ac- tion, the Cnuncil declarss, it will b= con- straired tb adopt measures of coercion of a military order. Owing to the import- a2nce of this-Note, M. Paul Dutas:a, the gg¢neral Secretary of the Peace Confer- ence, will personally hand the Note to Baron Von Lerener, head of the German Mission. Notwithstanding the discus- sion of preparation forth 2 military evenbually, th: impression among tha Peace Confrrence delegates is that Ger- many willsign the protocol. The view is taken shat the German Jovernment hav- ing been waiting for an ultimatum before yieiding, will aceent tHe situation now that the ultimatum has been presented, and will sizn the protocol under duress. Marshal Foch’s militarv programame, ase- cording to the “'lntransigeant’’ is the one approved in June 1918, by the Allied Com- manders, comprising oceupation of the Ruhr Basy and Frankfort. The news- paper says that heavy artiliery has be=n going tahrough Strassbourg and across the Rhine since yesterday. - London, Dee. 6th.—Captain Howell, who left the Hounslow Field, just out- side London, on Thursday on his flignt to Ausiralia, arrrived at Pisa, Italy, yes- terday. Captain Howell is making the flight to Aastralia in an attampt to win the prize of £IO,OOO offeced by the Cam- monwealth Government for the feat. London, Dee. 6th.—A review ¢f eon- ditions in Central Europe was given to- day by Sir William Goode, British Diree- tor of Relief in Eurcpe, who has just returned from a sojourn there. Czecho- Slovakia, Poland Hungary and Austria, according to Sir William, are all confront- ed wiih great food chortages. In the case of Hungary, he estimated the short- age belore the next harvest would reach a million tons. He .said he found half® a million fatherless children in Serbia suffering from mal-nutrition, and learn- ed that 397 of the population had tuber- culosis. IMore than 2,400,000 tons cf foodstuffs costing nearly 100,000,000 pounds, had been delivered for European relief since the armistice was sigded. Chicago, December Tth.--The propo- sal prosented to Jogn L. Lewis, acting President and W. M. Green, Secre- tary of the United Mine Workers of America, by Fresident Wilson and At- torney General Palmer in Washington last night included a 14% wage in- crease to miners and the employment of a Commission to study wages, profits and all conditions surrounding the indus- try upcn resumption of work by the strik- ing winers, according to private advices from the pnational capital, received by the