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ScHOOL ATTENBDANCE REPORT NoO. 21. Week Endirg Jar, 18, 1923, Munieipality of Bt. Croix. Fer- Percent of ecen? of Pupils not Attend- Sehaol Class tardy. ance. Christiansted Jr. High 98 81 100 00 L.a Vallee Rural 100.60 100.00 Frederiksted Public 94.65 99.84 Frederiksted Jr. High ORSK9 99.72 Christiansted Public 9386 98.30 Diamond Rural 100.00 9%. 14 Peter’s Rest Rural 100.00 97.55 [.a Princesse Rural 98.62 96 81 IFriedensfeld Rural 45.20 9370 LOCAL The s. s. ‘‘Guiana’’ will leave New York on the 30th inst. Rainfall measured at the Fort yester- day morning and this morping amounted to 13 lines. The s. s. Catherine arvived at Freder- iksted en Saturday afternoon bringing the usual mails and sailed again yester- day. The U. S. S. Antares arrived at I'red- eriksted on Saturday night baving been delayed, as is understood, through some accident to her steering gear. She re- mained the night over and sailed for St Thamas about noon yesterday. A party of her crew was given shore liberty in Frederiksted vesterday forenoon. Peo- ple in Frederiksted had prepared to en- tertain the erew of this ship as was also the case in Christiansted, and the Fred- eriksted Theatre planned to give a show, but regretably all these expectations fell short, owing to the ¢narge in the boat’s movements. The s. s. Bolivar from New York arriv- ed at Frederkisted last night and will call at this port today. Mails close here {or the islands at 10 a. m. His Excellency Governor Williams and family returned to St. Thomas yesterday on the Antares via Frederiksted. Mr. J. W. Smith sustained an occident to his Co-Elk-Hart car yestarday after- nonn motoring to Frederiksted, a fore wheel being broker. [t is learned that Miss Latimer who was with him received injuries. The Navy Band sailed on the Grebe which docked here on Saturday after- noon and returned yesterday. Owing to the inclemency of the wea- ther the Native Brass Bard did rot give its promised concert last night. ey LI O X %15 TELEGRAMS. 'ST. CROIX STATION. Lakehurst, N. J., Jan. 16th. -The world's largest air-hip, the navy dirigi- hle Shenandcah whiclh twisted inose from her meoring mast and was !}»:mpt along the Atlantic coast by a gale that reached 72 miles an hour, was gallantly fighting her way home tenight with her crew of twenty one officers and men. For more than an hour officials at the Maval Air Station held out litt'e hop 2 that she ever would be brought back safely. Finally, however, wireless messages indicat=d that the ship was under control anid would ride out the storm. London, Jan. 16th.--The Separatist movements in the Rhineland and Bavaria Palatinate are not spontaneous and not represent the prople, but have baen engineered ir the ‘opinion of the Govern: ment. Thi< deelaration was made in the House of Commons today by Mr. Ronald Me Neill, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in answer toa query in regard to the situation by Mr. Lloyd George. Owing very largely to the influence which the British Govarnment was able to biine to bear, supported by Belgium, he added. the Separatist ia the greater part of the Rhineland had come to 4 natural end. In the Palatinate it had assumed rather graver propoctions and at first it seemed that it might prove (o be a genuine movement, whatever 1t micht have been in the beginning, was not genuine. (Great Britain had proposed to send her representatives from Cologne to the Palatinate. to glean the facts and report independently, so that the British could form a better judgemeat as to the policy to pursue. Franee, for reasons which he could not umdertake, though he thought they were foolish objected to Britain sendine representatives and we later dropped the proposal aad sent Mr. Olive, the DBritish Consul at Munich, to make a report which was awvaited. Mr. Me Neill said this matter bad undoubt- edly caused a certain amount of addition- al frietion between Greai Britain and France. The Chancellor eof the fux- chequer, replying to a qu=stion from Mr. Lioyd George, said the sovernment had protested twice to the German Gov- ernment on account of the latters ce- fusal to reimburse the German Govern- ment or the German exporters for the 20 percent export duty on account of re- parations, which duty therefore fell upon the British importers and as a re- sult Germany was sending a delecate to England to discuss settlement of tha dis- pute. Sir Philip Lloyd-Crea:n, replying to another question put by Lleyd George, disclosed that the Governmeul had ex- phaticaliy represented tio France that Great Britain must be consulted in the event of there being any dumping Rere on a large scale of the steel obtained ander the agreement between the French and German industriaiists. France had agresd to a sort jof mixed commission which? weuld dinvestigate ,the matter in the occupied territory with an idea of forming something i the pature of an inter-Allied Dispo-als Board for the most convenient disposal of such steel in a manner undetrimentzl to the varied Al- lied interests. Lendon, Jan. 17th.—Another labour amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the Throne, besides that of the want of econfidence amendment of the Labour Leader, Mr. Ramsay Mae Donald. emanates from 14 Scottish la- pour members of the House of Commons who demand Home Rule for Seotland, This amendment“is regarded as in the nature of a manifesto, since all the Scot- tish Jabour leaders tavour Home Rule, but the Labour Party as a whole has not vet adopte] the poliey. London, Jan. 17th.—Mr. Baldwin’s Conservative Government this eveping received its death sentence at the bands of the Opposition in the House of Com- mons. This came when the former Pre- mier, Mr Asquith arose and amid the cheers of his liberal followers and the I abourites, announced that he would vote for the Labour motien of no ‘‘con- fidence in the Government, presented by Mr. John R. Clyres, and would advise all his friends to do likewise., Nothing short of » political upheaval, namely, the wholly imprcbable de-ertion of =n large nun.ber of the wembers te tie Conservative flag. can save the G- ernment, which will go to the guil- lotine on Monday, according to the present programme. After introd:cing the ‘‘no confidence’” motion in the form of ap amendment to the aadress in eply to the King’s speceh, Mr. Clynes scored the Tory regime, both for what it had done and what it tiid not do during the last twelve months. The speech ‘rom the Throne, be dec:ared, was inaccurate in stating that Great Britain’s rela ions with foreign powers remuined frierdly If the relations with tussia were triendiy he asked, why had not Russia been recogs- nized. *Was it because Russia had not un- dertaken to pay her debis? If that wasto be a bar to recognition, huw was 1t that France had a represeatative in Loodon? Our position abroad is weuaker than ever hefore’’, he asserted, '‘our irfluence in foreign affairs{has almost disappeared. When France needed our aid, it was giv- en without ;stint against Germany. Our claim now to influence the peace policy is justified by the sacrifices we made and by our genuine desire {or the future security of France herself. The lgreat war must be madea imeans to a great and eonduring friendship in Europe. This is only posssibe if Germany and France are at peace. 712 treat Germany now worse that Geamany treated {France fiftv years ago, is to make monstrous preparation for the next great war. Therefore we cannot longer merely watch and wait, our acts must be govern- ed by the urgency of a real settlement in