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the manager, but we would appreciate some improvement in the matter. : Very truly yours BUSINESS MAN. - TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, Dec. 9th.—20,000 French sol- diers, who died in Germany as prisoners of war, are to be buried in a great cemetary at Sarrbourg near the frontier, according to an arrangement concluded by the Minister of War with the Municipality. Sofia,” Bulgaria, Dec. 10th. —Bands of Turks have destroyed the railroad near Dedeagateh, in Western Torace. Loudon, Decenber 10.h. —The Duke of Abercorn has been appointed Governor of Northern Iraland oy the King. Pekiu , Dac:: 10th —The province of Shantuig was restored to China at noon today by the Japarese. London, Dee. 10th.—Unemployment eyatinues to increase in Lancashire, well over a quarter of a million bave regis- tered, with 8,000 persons working short tima. Chorley and Preston are the conly cotton towns whnere unempioyment is not extensive. . . Lausanne, Dec. 10th.—"roof that Bol- shevik Russia is highly dissatisfied with Turkey because Ismet Pasha has aban- doned the- Russians on the question of the Dardanelles, was feund yesterdav when M. Tchitcherin, the Soviet Foreign Minister, issuad an® urgent invitation to the jourralists and in the course of a Ihne speech warned them of the dangers in plaeing their trast in the Allied Na- tions. M. Tehiteherin did not want” o say anything in the way of ecritieism of the Turki* Plenipotentiaries, but thought the “Turkish people at hame should know the trand of thiigs at Laus- anne. He had a distinct impression, he said,that war batweenTurkey and the Po- wers was still goingon. Usually wars were rought on a battlefield, but at Lausanne, the war was being waged around the green table and the goal was to separate Turkey from Russia; afterwards the Great Powers would dafeat Turkey and Russsia separately. M, Tchitcherin charg- ed.that France had abandoned Turkey in favour of England, and the consi feration was probably some concessions of tne_ reparations problems from England, “*But it remains to be seen’’, he contin- ued, ‘‘how France and Bugland "will axree when the Bruss:ls conference_is hold’”’. He rejoiceds that Tuckey and Russia had finally con= “tozether, bo- cause they were important. to each otn-. er, thejr interests were the same. “"I'ne independene and strength of Turkey is security tor Russia, he added, '‘and Tur- key cannot be strong and independent unless the Straits are closed”. ‘l'urning his attention to lngland, M. Tchitcherin ioid the Turkish correspondents that Great Britain had her eye on Norihern ST. CROII X A VIS Persia. The way to Northern Persia was through the Caucasus, the way to the Caucasus was ‘through the Darda- nelles. He asserted that the Russian programme at Lausanne was based on a community of interests between the Rus- sian and Turkish people and he hoped that the end of the conference would find the two countries nearer togethoar. If the Turks insisted on their right to fortify the Straits and. defend Constan- tinople, Russia would feel secure and could take up with the neighbouring states on the Black Sea the question of demilitarizing the water. g Dublin, D2e.”loth. —Free State forces re captured Kanmare on Waldneslay last, it is learnad. The [rrezulars holling the plac2 were dafeated after an enveldpiag moavemant both by land and sea. Kea- mare has b2en oane of tha strongholds of the Irish rebols. A Duablin despateh on D:eambar 2nd reported that the British d:stroyer ‘‘Vansittart’”’, lyingin the river aboyt 15) vards fron tha town, was at- tacked from tne snor: by the rebels, who” raked the craft with riil: fice. Dablin, Dee. 10ih. —H indhills were posted yesterday ann» uncing taat a tu- neral processioa -in manxy of Rory O’Connor, Liam 4:2lloves, Joseph MeK 2}- vey and Richard Barrett, th2 repadlicans execated on Frilay, would b 2 held this afternnin, fourempy ¢»firs to b 2 boraz in the procession. tne handbills, which were wrirten in ink and posted on the tramway standards, were torn down dur- in2 the morning. A letter purporting to have com 2 from repabhean quarters, ordering Martin Fitzz2rald, propristor of the 'reeman’s Journal,and some membears of his staff to leava Iraland by noora Fri. day under peaaliy of d2atn, was publisn- ed in that newspapar Siturday. The letter said. Mew Fitz zarald hal been warn- ed some time azo eithar to conduct the Freeman’s Journal as a free newspaper or turn it over to the i'ree State Govarn- ment'to he retained by ity Mr. Fitzgerald, the letter ad.dz=d, failed to do either and persisted in a ‘‘campaign of misrepre- sentation’’ against the Ivish R:pubiican army. : Dublin. D2c. 10th. —The oppoaants of the Irish Governm?ant resu.ned thair re- prisals ag=inst Free State officials to- nizht. Attacks with bombs and gasoline were mada on the residence of Mr. Walsh Postmaster General and others identified with the Goverament. ‘T'ne Walsh resi- dence, which is in Frederick Street, was not bad.y damiged aud tae promptaess of the firemean and neizhbours prevented the spread of the iire in cevery case. A- -was thrown into the shop of the Irish Produce Comany, owned by Mrs. Wyse Power, re::ntly nominated by ‘ President Coszrave as Scuator—The hous2 of Joha MeGaery, Dubiio member of tre Parliament, eame in tor Special atte Ition of the ineendiarties and bis wife and two childeen were siigeuy burced. The children were removed to a hospital. The residence of Postmaster Walsh’s Secretary was raided by an armed band. Gasoline was sptinklied about the house and furniture and other belopgings set on fire. Christiannia, Dee. 10th.—The Nobel peace prize today vas presented to Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. The ceremony tork place in the Nobel Institue in the pre- sence of King Haakon, Crown Prince Olaf, the Prime Minister and Cabinet officials. The award was made for Dr. N=ansen’s work in relieving the starv- ing povulation of Russia and Asia Minor on behalf of the League of Nations an® for his endeavours to promote a brother- hood of nations, London, Deec. 10th.— Mr. Bonar Law caused a sensation at the secord ses- sion of the Allied Premiers’ Conference yesterd:y v, hen, in the eourse of his reply to M. Poincare’s moratorium plan, he gave clear indication of that the British Gov’t, would ke quite willing to consider the guestion of cancellation of the French debt, provided such a step was imade possihle by a reparation settlement satis- factory to GGreat Britain. Mr. Bonar Law had previously intimated that the United States insistence on the payment of the British dept had made it very difficult for England to discuss remissin of the French war debt. J'he Prime Minister’s declaration in the afternoon greatly en- couraged M. Poincare, who was extreme- ly pessimistic early in the day over the outcome of the conversations. While the Premiers are far from an aczord, yet, it was said by the French delegation last evening that Mr. Bonar LLaw’s pronounce- ment on the debts had made an agree- ment much more likely. Mr. Bonar Law bagan by saying that the Balfour note mo longer existed for his Govt., and that he was free to cousider the whole question, ‘Iam prepared to reconsid: r the question of cancellation of debhts,”’ he went on, ‘'if such cancellation would insure a settlement satisfactory to the British Government’’. M. Poincare expressed deep pleasure at the British attitude. The Prime Minister briefly outiined the Kkind of settlement he desired, a moratorium sufficient for Gei- many to re-established her finarces and credit and stabilized the market, no military action of any character by the French and a reduction of the indemnity to between 30 and 40 biiiion gold marks. This statement ils expected to have the effcci of inaging M. Puincare more cou- ciitatoty and less inclined to talk abuut milicary measures, although he himself beideves thal mititary measures would not prove very etfective. Another new element which may help the conference to an agreement developed tonight when it becane known that Karl Bergmann, Gerinan Reparations Cnief, had arrived in i,onden with Chancelior Cuno’s new sch gie for a settlement,