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The labouring class who were loyal and suppcrted to the lefter the seifish plat- form aimad at destruction, race and class hatred, must realize ere this, that part of the misery which they are made to suffer is due to this most stupendous fol- ly. The time is NOW, when they should start over again, and in choosing a lead- er, be sure that he is. broadminded, unselfish and free from the things that contribute to a dismal failure. There are many who in thanking Mr. Merwin isalso due him an apology. for out cf the great future which his efforts will bring to the islands. it is ciear that after all the white man is not as much an enemv to the laboring eclasses, as their selfish leader woild have them to believe, I am of the opinion that when the motion was passed to rise for a standing vote of thanks, these who supported the platform of the impossible, must have locked e¢n with shame to see their hzughty bigot listed among the nmbter. I am, Very resp. ¢ fully ASHLEY L. TOTTEN. SPORTING NEWS Football. A foot!all mateh will be played on the Holger | anske Ground tomorrow after- noon at 4 15 o’eloek between the Dread- nouzht and Native Stars Footbail « lub | Good news once more to Football Lovers who were longing to see both eluobs ap- pear for another contest. May the Dreds be succes~ful, aithough in a weak coundi- tion. -Cont. TELEGRAMS. ¢ ST. CROIX STATION. 7R RS ARTN% AR RN S s Washington, Feb. 6th. Withoat poap, yet with the highest honours in the pow- er of the nation to bestow upon a private citizen, the body of Woodrow Wilson, wartime president of the United Siuates, was laid to rest today in the quiet lit- tle Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul. Twenty carriages composed the funeral coriege, wuich moved slowly through a thickly popuiai- ed suburban section of the Capiral. Yet the entire route was flanked by dense masses of people, who stood in sitent tri bute to the man who had l»d the United States through the Great War. Conuress stood idle in horour of the dead. I'ne great Government departments had closed for tae day,and in many States, as the funaral service progressed, the wheels of com mercial industry ana manicipal and State Government halted tfor a few nnuo- utes in tribute. Bl L1 01X XV ¢; Southport Larecasher, Fng.., Feb. 61F— The North of Erngland Wemen’s Hockey Teem defeated the United States Girls Touring Hockey Players here this after- noon, 11 to 1. Paris, Feb. 6th—Cgies '‘of resign re- sign’’, greeted M. Po?‘c‘are this evening after the tumultuous termination in ti o Chamber of Deputies of a test vote n the powers, demanded by the Govern- nent to effect economies by decree. 1 o vote in favour of the Goverasment on tie proposed rejection of the article 1n the bill giving the powers asked for was le-s than half of the full strength of the Chamber as now constituted, and a quo- rum was barely attained. The vote was by roll call, on demand o{ 50 members. This procedure is rare in the Chamber and the rule is that the members demanding the roll call shall be counted in tite quorum. whether voting or not. Thus the vote was valid and the motion of M. Herriott, the Radiecal leader, to reject the Govern- ment’s demand for full powers was de- feated, Pandemonium reigned after the announcement, th~ Radica)s, Social- ists and Communists veliing in chorus, "'no quorum, no quoram.’” Comparative quiet wasgfinally established, permitring the Premier to explain that tne reduced vote was due to the tact that many wmeni- bers had leit the Chamber, tired out by the ail day discussions of the amend- men's, in the eourse of which the Com- muniats and the Sociaiists vied wi. h each other in obstruciive tee Ics. The Presi- dent of the Chamber ceciared that a quo- rum bad been attained and tnaat the mo- tion was rejected, whereon,th.e Chamber adjourned un 1 tomoriow. r.ondon, Feb., 6th- lte newspapers are making a sensation out of Mr. Liovd George’s statement, Ina recevt interview on Sunday last <hat an agree jent exist- ed between Mr. Wilson and 01, Climen- ceatl regardiog the Frenen occupadon of th: Rhineia d of which the then Premier was unaware until the Fieuch Govern- ment scuzht permission to publ sh the memorandumn. The Evening Standard, in a doub e colum: story, retfersto Mr L oyd oeorge’s stalement as a discelosure which could not easily have been made public during Mr. Wilson’s lifetime.”’ I'he Foreign Otlice, however, which is preparing an explanation, sthrows coid water on the story by saying that the socalled secret agreement gwas nothing more than a routine memorandum whicn the Freneh Government was seeking to publish in the ordinary course. Officials expressed the beliet toat Mr. Lloyd George’s statement has becomez greatly exagzgerated since 1t was first made. They pointed out that the document io which he referred as having peen secret is only one of many inemorandums ex- e¢hanged among the Big Four during the portraciea negot.atiors regarding the Rbineland. wach of ine Allied Premiers outliLed his views on the Rhineland issue at the time and ex- changed memorandums ‘with their co!l- --leagues, It was during this period that the Premier returned to Loadon to lock after important political developments The theory is advanced tnat in the multiplicity of documents he was called upon to consider Mr. Lloyd George failed to remember specially the memorandum respecting an oc~upation of the Rhine- land which passed between M. Clemen- ceaun and Mr. Wilsou. The subject arose while Mr. Lloyd George was discuss- ing Mr. Wilson’s character. the diffi- culties in Pavis and how events trapspived to eause him at times to sacrifice idealism for Ailied agree- ment on various ciauses of the treaty, One such instance h-d jrost come to his attention, Mr. Llovd George said |t was an agreement between Mr. Wilsey and M. Clemencerau vegarding the occu- paiion of the Rhineland the details of which, he said, he had never been ac quatated with, in fact he never knew that such a memorandum had passed be- tween Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenceau on that subject until the previous day, when he had received an enquiry from the Foreign Otlice seeking permission, on behalf of France, for publication of the memoranduin., A c¢opy of the memo 15 question accompanted the inguiry, Mr. Lloyd George said that this was the first intimation he had that a Rhineland understanding betweenr Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenceau had been embodied on naver. That he knew ol the existence at leastt of a verbal understanding be- tween Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenceau on the Rhineland question was amuvly borue out by the [aet that such a stipulation suhs(_*mk'n('s_\' was lm'\‘r:';w)";n('(! in the Versailles Lreatv. At the Foreign Oflice tonight 1t was stat=d that only Mr. Lloyd George’s permission was awaited before assuring the [Freanech Government that there was no British objection to pubii cation. According to otheral enveles the - ¢an be no question ot the Fieneh Gov- ernment’s intention not io publish the memorancum until Mr., Wilson’s death. The French reguest for permission tu publish, in event of Mr. Wilson’s death, was in Mr. Lloyd George’s hand the Fn- day before Mr. Wilson died tieneva, Feb. Gih.-—hussia has ncti- fied tnhe League ot Nativns that she ac- cepts the invitation to the Naval Cor ference, unaer the auspiees of the Le: - gue, to meet in Rome on Feb. 14th for extension of the principles of the Wask- ington Naval Treaty to the other powers. Rome, Keb. Tth.—A commercial tieaty between Italy and Russia was signed here today. The sizning by representa- tives of the Italian and Russian Govern- ments of the ecommercial trea'y, in con- formity with Premier Mussolint’s previ ous decision, established d» jura recogni- von of Russia. lhe lialian Govern- ment will immediately appoint an Ambas- sador to Moscow, thus restoring diplo- matic relations. Py e