USVI Public Records

Document text

approximai 'iy 3.000 men, mostly from the ranks ¢t the strikers, reported for work but so- the most part the marine ie- up remaincd unbroken as a result of the derision of cwenty locals not to deal with the nationa adjustment commission, but to negotia e through the concilliation committee, of which Major Hytan is a member, London, Qect. 24th. - King Alfonso of Spain, whcse regular visits to England were suspended during the war, arrived in London last night. He was met at Victoria ste tio by Lord Stanmore repre- senting the King, Princess Beatrice and the staff ¢f the Spanish colony. London, Jct. 24th.—(Qppositionto any change 1o the fiscal policy of Great bri- tain and & plea for careful consideration of the situition now beiore the country, were expr«ssed in the House of Lords yvesterday kv loid Milner, Secretary of State tor :ine Colonies, who replied to criticisms { the Govi. by Lord Buck- master. who introduced a resolution call- ing attention to the gravity of the finan- cial position; ard suggesting the necessi- ty for the immpositon of additional taxes. "'l depreca e panicky views which are prevalent rogarding the < country’s finan- cial positior.””, said. L.ord Milner, whose statements vere considered as the Govt’s. view of the situation. ‘'The position, though era:e,is far less serious tian that in any cthe g¢reat country with the pos- sible exception of the United States and Japan. 1 certainly does not justify any rash changes in the fiscal system, and no proof has been given that additional taxes is necessary and nothing should be done until after leliberate and carveful study. Irreparable mischief might be done ‘o the recover of trade and industry by re- course to s: ch an expedient as a genet- al capital le y, which has been proposed by Lord suckmaster’’. lLord Milner warmly d. ‘ended the Govt., against charges of 1 eglect to care for the finan cial status o the country. ‘‘There have been a nun; er of adverse circumstances, such as the ‘elay in arranging the terms of peace, t oubles in Afghanistan a d Bovpt and unsettled conditions in the near kast, v hich has prevented the cur- tailing of e..penditure’’, he said. “‘Our position is 1 :grettable, but it is rot ca- tastrophic, ind the proper way 18 to regard this year’s deficit as part of the war burden. 1t is quite certain we shall receive several hundred millions next year from he liquidation of war assets and the de ts of our dominions may bhe regarded a: good debts. The amounts recoverabie ‘rom foreign countries and Germany, a: : certainly speculative but it would be b eposterous to suppose that foreign cou: tries are goiny. to default in their obligaiions, such an assumption would be an .nsult ‘to our greataliies. Washingte I,Oct.24th—What may prove one of the ¢reatest industrial battles in hictory, is believed by some observers here to be forecasted by the announce- 81 L RO LX AN ]IS ment today of Mr. Gompers, Fresident of the Americau Federation of Labour, that a contorence of the heacs of the 112 international unions, affiliated with the American Federation of Labour, would be held in Washington, in ihe near future, to discuss present and im- pending disputes. Co-operation of the four big railway brotherhoods of the farmers of the ecuntry, as well as the labour organizations oi Canada, probably would be sougnt, it was said, In turiber- ing whatever programme the union chiefs decided upon. Paris, Oect. 24th.—'‘German unity lis fietitions’’, said General Margin today. ““Force alone was the bond of German unity. ‘That unity ceases whan force disappears. A unified Germany will al- ways be a peril for Europe. A federalist Germany is the only form compatible with the nacification «f Lurope. the in habitants of the Rhincland do not want to be Prussians. It is in our interests not to ‘orce them to become so, We ought to encourage the sympatny of the Rhine anders, for ¥rance could not dream of dangerous annexation, and to contri- bute to the ereation of a buffer state be- tween France and Prussia.’”’ General Man- oin, who has been selected as the head of the inter-allied commission to the Baltic tc supervise the evacuation of the Ger- man troops, asked what he was going to do In Rtx%sia, replied:. ''l dont know yet, but I kncw very well what there is to do one has only toread of the confidence of General Von Der Goltz to understand that France can no longer, without danger for the future, disregard what is happening in Russia.’’ Montreal, Cet. 23rd.—One of the firs. large subsecriptions to the 1919 Canadian Victoiv ‘Loan to be made publie, is thal of the New York Life Tnsurance vom- pany, the Manager of which institition here, Mr. Pelion, stated tonight (hat he had been advised by the New York oilice that it had been decided 'to subscribe $5,000,000 to the new loan. Montreal, Get. 23rd. - Sir Henry Dray ton, Minister of Finance, tonight iaunch- ed the Victory Loan campaign at the Windser Hotel here lhe outstanding feature if the speechesaccompanying the opening of the campaign were soeeched by Sir Henry Drayton, supporting the ac- quisition by the Govt. of the Grand Trupk Kailways, and by Mr. Beatiy, President of the Canadian Pacific, opposing it. These and other speakers, however, agree in disassociating the scheme en- tirely from the Viciory Loan, and urged that Montreal, as in former years, should **9o over the top’’. Sir Henry Drayton gave a general assurance that not a cent of the money raised through the loan would be used in the Grand Trunk purchase and earnestly asked that opposition to the Grand Trunk pro- jeet should not be allowed to influ- ence support of the Victory Loan. Cansda, he snid, needed a ‘barrage of silver dollars, te enable her to keep faith with her soldiers, eacour- age trede and provide eredit tor Great Britair and allied nations, and for expan- sion of export and import business. Mr. Beatty, in outlying the position ot the C. P. I&., said its subseription to the loan would not be influenced 1n the slightest degree by the company’s opposition to the nationalization of railway. Pariz, Oect. 24th.—Official publication this morning of the Law declaring the state of war to be at an end, fixes today as the date irom which, will run the time-limits on moratoriums, excepting those which may be further prolonged by decrees. The publication ends the state of war only as far as concerns the internal atfairs of France. The nation remalns in a state of war with Germany until the Treaty of Versailles becomes effective through the deposit ol retifica- tions at the Foreign Oiiice. Paris.-- Oct. 24th.— Bulgaria’s reply to the peace terms oi the Allies and As- sociated Powers was handed to Secre tary lutasta of the Peace Conference this morning. The time-limit so: the presen:tion of the reply expired today. The answer comprises three phamplets, the first relating to the political and la bour clauses, the second to the ter-ito- rial provisions, and the third to the mii- itary, naval, aerial and reparation terms. The Stpreme Council it holding roses sion to lay. It will meet tomorrow, how- ever, und, take cognizance ten of the reply. Mavenee, Oct.24th.—General D2goutte, who co nmanded the army which attacked from the Qureq to the Maine in the great ccuntei-attack in July 1918, today took over ¢hmmand of the inter-allicd troops ol oceupation on the Rhine. H+ succeeds Genera: Eayolle, who it is understood, will be placed at the head of the inter-al lied cornimission to supervise the disarnia- ment of Germany. Brisbane, vet. 24th. (Reuter’s). Ade putation of returned soldiers waited upon the Premier and requesied him to have the Government deport all Germans from the plantations in German New Guinea. Mr. Hughes promised that if at the com- ing eleztions he was returned to power, he wounid visit New Guinea and then decide. ftondon. Uect. 24th.- Bir "homas Lip ton, clallenger for the America Cup. will saii forr New York on the liner Car- mania omorrow. Sir Thomas pians to remain abroad for ten or twelve days for the purpose of making an inspection of his yacat ‘Samrock IV'’, with which he hoves to lift the cup. , Honolula, Oect. 24th. —Lenine, the Bol- shevik Premier of Russia, has been cap- tured by anti-Bolshevik forces, according to a wit *less message picked up by the Japanez2 ship Tonko Maru in the har- bour here. The message gave no fur- ther details of the reported capture of Lenine. :