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ine Police officer brought in four re- volvers and placed them on a table. Tue Court then asked the witness if he could recognize the revolver in ques- tion lying among those on the table. Witress promptly selected a revolver from the lot on the tab'e and swore to its ilontity as being the very revolver he ha! seen in Jemmott’s premises in the month of October, just about two months previous to “he shooting incident. This witness on being questioned by the learned counsel for the defence cor \ob ratad all the testimony he had® pre- biousiy given Flave, Fer is aged 22 years, testified on oath that sometim> in the month of July last the accuse 1 offered to sell him a re- volver. He, the accused, showed it to him holding it in his own hand. He offered it to witness (or ten dollars but witness refused to purchase as he said he did not want a gun. The next witness Viecror Ferris tes!i- fied, that he saw accused with a zun about the montk of Juiy. This witness could not explain cicarly to e satistae- tion of the Court why he was quite sure that it was during the morth of July that he had seen accused with the fire- arm. After much patient effort on ine part of the Court to secure a lucid =rate- gent from the witness who yonained somewhat confused and embar cassed was dismissed trom he Witness Stand. The next witness gave her name as Millicent Benjamin and testified, after being sworn, that she lived at home of accused for abou. two monihs. During that time she saw a vevolveron a shelf in his house. 3She further testified that the accused had aimself, showed her the firearm. On her len B Lel LDE revolveg®ln the ©ourt, she said ithet the one s#2 had secen was ahout thz size of thos# on the table, not bigger. : ‘his closed the evidence produced by the "eople. The Jufge remaurked, that it would seem from the evidence before the Court that there is probable cause so guilt of the accused, and on that account it was the Court’s intention to hoid him bound to the Distriet Court. Attorney Noli, for the defence, at this juncture, asked for an adjournment of the Court urtil 2 p. m, as it was the in- tantion of the defence to produce some testimony. The court remarked, that there was every willingness to giye the accused every possible chance to ¢ ablish his innocepnce and accordingly ourned the vestigation until 2p. t, to give ac- ied an opportunity to produce ‘vit- ‘es or to make a statement.— West News, Dec 20th. ‘ (To be continued) S ILI o 8 NI TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIIX STATION. Washington, Dee. 18th. —The proposals made by the French delegation on Thurs- day to the Naval Committee of the Ar- mament Conference, included a definite schedule of cor truection which contem- plated the replacement y 1941 of the present French battle fleet by ten new ships totalling 350.000 ions. The pro- posals and the accompanying schedule of planned construetion were presented with the full authority of the French Govt., it was learned on the best author- ity tonight. and were not as indicated in some quarte:s inerely ‘‘tentative depart- mental plans’’. Authoritative Frenck opinion as obtained tonight, was that the plan and its resulting ratio forFrance were entirely reasonable. It was made plain that there was no disposition to modify the proposais in their vital fea- tures, or to accepr the 174,000 ton ration proposed by ihe United States delegation. The first new ship would be laid down in 1926, under the French plan submitted to the Jommitcee, and each year the kee! of an addirional ship woald be laid to graduallv replace and augment the pre- sent capital ship ronnage of France, which, ila the opinion of her Govt., 1s aptiquated in design and inadequate to prop:rly protect tne Nations inteiests. i'"ve Naval experis of 2 Freneh dele- tion estimated that the ila~t of new .lips would be ready for service "~ 1941, or not beafore ten years after the , '2d of the nivil hoiidey eontemplated in the limiiation agreement” now before the Conierenee, [lhe essential features of the pian were submitted in committee in a tabie lus:irating the prposad construe- tion as Hllo vs. Year 1926. Capital ships tonnage all oid dr adnoughts 164,000. 1931 T wvo new. six old 200,000. 1936. -iJIlk T el oW ;.,‘:,"fuu. LU-;.L. O new droadnouzh.s 350,000. An analysis of the table, it was explained, would show theot the French navy at the end of ten years would figure about 200,000 tons of ecapital ships, including two new dreadnoughts and that would be only 60,000 tons, representing approximately the tonnage of the two new ships, over the allot nent made to France under the Hughes plan. Th: members of the dele gation are confident that the more the figures are examined, the less they will be opposed by either the United States Govt. or the United States publie opinion but even if they were found unaccepta- ble, they declared it is not seen how they could be reduced materially, having in view, the strength ¢ the Colonial party in France. If public opinion is to be the guide for the French delegation, it was pointed out by Its members, French opinion is the only one that they can follow. While much regret 1s ex- pressed over the impression that ap- pears to exist among the delegates of the three major naval powers that France has surprisea them by asking more than hkad been expected, members of the French delegation consider this as in no sense their responsibility, because they gave their figures as soon as they were asked to do so. M. Briand’s accep- tance in principle ol Mr. Hughes plan, according to French circles, was it is in- dicat=d, not an acceptance of the status quo of navies, but an acceptance of the principle-of naval limitatior. The notes of the speech in the French text, it is averred, showed that this was the case «nd that all of the ecriticism of France, outside the Conference, as having changed her attitude since that speech, is due to a misconception of what he really said. Although the French naval plan itselt stipulates that nc new capital ship shall be laid down before 1926, the view of the French Govt. it is af- firmed, is that building can be begun in that year and regularly continued, be- cause by that time it is expected that French finances wi'l have recovered suf- ficiently to permit this expe.aditure. Ottawa, Dec. 17th.—-S(atistics have been compiled by the PRureau of statis- tics to show six months operation of the Fordney emergency tariff on sffec- ted Canadian exports to the United States the U. S. Emergency Tariff act was passed by Congress on May 23rd, signed by the President on May 27t® and became effective on May 28th. The Emergency tariff has therefore now been in operation six months and the statisties compiled by the department compare this period with corresponding period of last year. For the month of November, 1921 the value of Canadian exports to the U. S affected by this tariff was $8,528.963 as compared period June, November $25, 928,059 as compared with $93,454,446. Trinidad, Dec. 18th.-—-A fire broke out at 2 a. m. this morning which complete- ' Aactroyed the Dry Goods Messrs Sal- vatori Sceott and Co., and the Hardware Store of Joseph Gonsalves both situated on Marine Square between Frederick and Henry streets. Messrs Arnolt Lam- bie and Cos. Hardware and Eleetrie sup- plies store was alsn seriously damaged by fire and water. Cause of fire unkrown Estimated damage elg hty thousand pounds said to be all covered by insurance, London, Dz2c. 17th.——An Indian office statement says the position of the princi- pai Moplah Rebel leader in Malabar and their followers is becomi:¢ desperate. There are increasing signs that the rebel- lion is collapsing, at least s 0 far as active resistance is concerned. The remainder of the fighting gangs are penned in the hillside by the troops. The steady stream of surrender continues. Dublin, Dec. 16th.—1'he vote on the question of ratification of the peace treaty between lreland and Great Britain will be taken at a pubiic session of the Dail Eireann on Monday, according to an announcement made public tonighc sign- ed by Eamon De Valera and Arthur Griffith.