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LOCAL , ! We have been asked to mention that the Native Brass Band will give a con- cert on the wharf tomorrow gternoon | and the Industrial Brass Ban? in the | evening, - | The s. s. ‘‘Surinam’’, taking the place | of thes.s. ""Bolivar’’, was expected to | leave New York on Thursday. i At 430 p. m on Thursday, 21st, His | Fxcellency Governor Williams, press re- presentatives of some hundred and odd | newspapers from 30 States of the union, | and naval officers of the fleet now in | these wate/s, including Admiral Coontz, | met the Colonizl Council at Government | House. The Chairman of the Couancil | welcomed the visitors to St. Croix, and outlined conditions as they exist here | at the present time, following which | speeches werae made by the Governor, | the chairman of th=: muanicipal commiutee | and one of the piress representatives, | Copics of a historieal sketeh of the island | in pamphlett form _were distributed | among the gpewspaper men, A letter | frotn Counciliian Berg offering photo- | graphic contribution to rhese gentlemen | for use with their newspaper matter about the istands was read during the | meeting, ‘Lhe visitors with the council | members and speciators were phoio- | graphed on leaving Government House | by Mr. Anselino Fabio, local pihoio- | grapher. The party returned to Fred- | eriksted from the wharf where the numerous cars that conveyed them to this town were drawn up. | Among the visitors who paid the island a visit on Thursday was Dr. Jenkins | who it will be remembered served heie | as municipal physican some years ago. The Native Brass Biand rendered a fine program in the bandstand last night (Washington’s Birthday) whiech was much enjoyed by a large gathering, | The Junior High School pupils in their new unitforms paraded yesterdayv morn- ing, excrcising on the wharf under direc- tion of Principal Rivera and thence went for a tramp to Lt. trincess bay. The costumes of the boys consists of khaki | long pants, blue shirts and black ties. The zirls wear white miadies and blue serge skirts., Diothuse wiite salior hats. While being looked for tomorrow the | s. s. Catherine arvived yesterday, notice | to this effect haviog belag received trem the agenis at & p. m. too late for an- | rouncement in Thursday’s paper. Due | at Ip. m. the steaner arvived at Freder- | iksted around 3 p. m. and ihie lails for Caristiansted were not land2d for ua ST CLOIY A NS , hour and a half which caused it to reach ! Christiansted so laie in the evening that . there was no general delivery. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Tokio, Feb. 16th —Discovery of a well formulated plet to form a Communist Government in Japan, supported by Rus- cian Comimunists, has resuaited in the in- dictment of 30 Japanese Communists on a charge of plotting to form a secret party, sccording to the published an- nouncement of the results o an exami- nation conducted by the Tokio District Court, and details printed by verazeular newspapers here, Munieh, IFebk. 18th,—Dr. Von Kahr, the Bavarian Military Dictator has re- signed. Geneval Ven Lossow, Corumand- er of (h4e Bavarian Reiehswebr, has also t ndered his resignation, Lo doa, Feb. 18th.. The Rev. G. K. A, Bei, resident ehaplain o the Archbishop of Canterbury, bas been appointed Dean of Canterbury. in sueeession to The very Rov. Henry Waece, who has been Dean since 1893 and is now in his 87th year. London, Feb, 13 h —-The qi2stion of recogpition of tre. Mexican {Govern- ment by Great Britain was rais d by sev- eral members io the {{ouse of Commons this afiernoon. The Premier reptied that the recognition of Mexico had raised com -plicated issues whieh could not be very well dealt with in questions and answers, the Government had the matter before it, he said, and would loose no time in de- cidine one way or the other. Asked by Viscoant Curzo)n whether the position was more conplicated than in tae case of Russia, Mr. Macdonald ¢:used laught- er by reulying that as it happeoed 1t was very much more so. London., Feb. 19th.—Suzar in stock 0. the 16th inst was 37,000 tons. Last year 134,000 tons. London, Feb, 19th.—The dock strike became fully effective yesterday in peactically all the ports except London, where a emsiderabio number of dockers are still workiny. The employers assert that 3.000 additional men have volunteer- ed to go to work op the employers terms offered yesterday, on condition that thay are provided with poiice protection. Up to the present the chief inconveni2nce experienced by the general puplic arises the disloeation of the mails. Speculators in food and other necessaries also have ceized the opportunity to advance prices, although the s trike c:nnot huve really aifocted food prices. The Government has lost no time in taking action. The Premier, imnediately oa his return from Chequers Court, went into consultation with the Minister of Labour and others and as a resalt the Minister was able to announce in Pariiamant th2 appointment nf a comnirtee of three members to make 2a report on the cause and circum- -s.a.¢cs of the dispute. Itis Lo. aua are bitration court and its decisions are not binding. It will begin sittings tomor- row and Mr. Bovin, Seeretary of the Dock Workers Union, has already eon- sented to give testimony. The employ- ers also are expected to make sta’ements before the committee and the aspects of tha problem inciuding decasualization, will be investignt~d while the employers probably wiil be called upon to give il2- ures of their profi's in order to aszertain their capacity. to pay increassd wages. The Prime Minister presided at a Cabin- et Council this evening which bhad M. Holman Gregory, Chairman of the so=- cial Committee, in consuiiation regard- ing the strike and the Council d=2cided to certain emergeucy measures for ensur- ing food supplies, shouid the strike be prolonged. After this conference tpe following statement was issuec. from Downing Street. ‘'The Cabinet has in- formation from various parts of the coan- try that meat prices and other prices are being raised from 33 to 50 percent. Lhere is no reason for this inercase excop® the power of the profiteer to eziraet ey the public unjust prices. Tae Cavinst hopes that this notice will have the eil-ct of stopping these inereases, but 1o the meantime it has asked th. law officers 1o consider the powers of tne Goveram2ot in this maiter and to drart suzh emnr. gency measures as m=y be necessary o pravent tne exploitation c¢f consumers owing to the present sirike.”” This prompt action by tne Government to stop unjustifiable proficeering wili be varmly weicomer: bv the pablic. Siill anoiner step in the direction of finding a seiil - ment has cecn tagken by ibe Council of the I'rales Union Congress, which wiil meet tomHrrow as an emergency comnit- tee, as it did in the recent railway sinko. teady to mediaie at any favourab'2 op- vortuniiy. Uo to the present no dis- ordars of awy kind, bacaus2 of the sirike, are reported Loadon, Feb. 12 h.--Five thousand hags of mail stackea in tenders ai Piy- mouth, bad not been movad up to noon todiy and weare still lying covareld by tarpaulins ouly a few yards from the railway. Postal oificials say there are a0 prospecis of the immediate removal of the sacks and thoy are still doudtful whetier the maits for Canada, the Uni- ted States, New Z:-liland, Costa Ric: and Jamaica, which are booked for the liner Olympie tomorrow, will b 2 placed aboard. Londor, Feb, i9th-——ihe Premier an- nounced in the House of Commons that there was no pres=ut intention on the part of the Goveranment to ntroduce a bill to reform the ilouce of Lords. Grimsby, Feb. lo.h—lhe fish trade of * Grimsby, source of London’s vast fish supply, has been brougiat to a standstiil, by a strike of the railway men velenging to the Nationai Uuion of Rail vaymen, who are employed in checking the ean- signments of sea tood into rail way trucks for shipment to the Metropoiitian dist-