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;s T » ST oI s 75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V.I. U.S. A., WEDNESDAY. 24tH DECEMBER 1919. THE ST. CROIX AVIS IHe 51. CROIX AVIS 18 printed' anl published daily (Sundays “and Holidays excepted) by G. .Jol.ansen at the Avis Office. ; TERMS---50 cents monthly in advence, 2 ¢ nts per single copy. | Entered as second-class matter May | eth 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- | sted, St. Croix, V. L of the U. S. A.. un- der the Act o1 March 3. 1879. | Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received wi.en the same deals with mat- ters of genercl interest, and is acco npa- nied with the author’s name, as a cuar- antee of good faith. The editor canr.ot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily.endorsethem. - TELEGRAMS ST. CR®AX STATION. London, Tlecember 19th.—The digh Commissioness of Canada, Austiralia, New Zealand and South Afriea left for | Paris today, where they wil! sign the | protoco o the Peace Treaty. The for- mal signatures of the Commissioners will be appeuded on Saturday and they will | return the sane evening. ’ Paris, December 19th.——M. Alevandre Millerand, ex-Minister of War. = >re- sent Go.erno-of Alsace, will, : ing to reports, succeed M. Clemenzt i~ as Premier of I'rance, says the ‘' _ )de Paris’’. Tt is asserted M. Millerza 1 vill, | in add‘tion to being Premier, in! the | portfolio of [Minister of KForeign A I.irs. | M. Pichon, Foreign Minister, is ¢n s der- | ing retiring 'rom the Cabinet because of | his health, it is said. ¢ | Dublin, Dec. 19th.—An attempt was | e made at one o'clock this afternoon to | assassinate Viscount French, the Lord | Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord French | was drivihg between the Ashton Gare of | Phoenix Park and the Vice-Regal Lodge | when a shot was fired. A civilian pear- | by was struct and instantly killed by the | hullet. A policeman was wounded at | the same time. Lord French, however, | escaped the fate evidently intended for | him. : Paris, Deec. 19th.—(Havas.) M. Paul | Deschanel, President of the Chamber of | Deputies, speuking at the opening of the | Chamber yestarday, welcomed the depu- | ties from Alsace-Lorraine. He said the | first duty of Alsace was to stabilize diplo- | matie, economic, and financial situations. | M. Deschanel declared that France de- | sired a foreign policy worthy of her sac- | rifices, declaring the country would not | yield any guarantees neeessary for her No. 296 secarity, her in‘@rests, and her richts, under strict execution of the Ticaty of | Ve sailles. He said it was necessary to reconstruct propérly the devastated re- | gions, develop the colonies and institute social reform legislaticn In conclusion, | M. Deschanel said: ‘‘To do good work, think always of t?)ose who fell for their country.’’ ' lL.ondon, Deec. 19th.—The High Com- mi:sioner of New Zealand announces the | general election: results as Reformers | 48,000, Liberals 18,000, Labour 10,000, Incependent 4, which gives the Govern: ment fifty seats and all other parties combined thirty. Sir Joseph Ward, Sir James Carroll, Mr. G. W. Russell and Mr. David Budde were cefeared. Licen- sinz returns are incomplete, but prohibi- tior seems to be carried. The results | carne as a surprise to New Zealanders here. Sir Joserth Ward on his return from the Peace Conferences broke with the Ward-Massey Coalition. It was gen- | erally believed Massey ha“® 1 st the elec- tor's confidence, jbut the poll has entirely | cor founded the prospects, Massey hav- | ing swept the country and Ward himsel™ | fai ed tosecure election. If prohibition | proves to have Been carried, the result | wil entirely be’ the reverse of a few | moths ago when Wets won, mainly through fairly sdlid soldier vote. Ward | has the liquor interests solidly behind | hinr, although it'seems he received the | prolibition voteg. Ward advocates Irish | Hoine Rule, and Massey is an Ulsterman. | V’ashington, ‘Dec. 19th.—The heavy | discount rates against foreign exehange | is un ‘‘impenefrable bargier’’ making | impracticable ‘the . paying in dollars of | interest owed thé United States on war i loars to Great Britain, France, Italy and | other foreign cowntiies, Secretary Glass | saic today in a letter to Represeutative | For iney, Repubféan of Miehigan, Chair- ‘ mar of the House Ways and Means Com- mitiee. The current. interest is $475,- | 000,000 a year. Payment of the interest in depreciated ¢oin, instead of on the dollar basis, Secretary Glass said, would be useless as the Treasury at present **has no use for any ronsiderable amount of these currencies.” ‘‘While 1 fully real ze the desirgbility of collecting this ! inte-est and ofdecreasing at once by a | corr:sponding amount, the taxes which ! we must collect, the Secretary wrote, The Brass Bullet. "I should be most reluctant without specific instructions from Congress (o the conrrary, to demand the immediate payment of interest which would oniy seriously retard the economic restora- tion of these countries, without which they will be unable to pay the interest and the principal of their debt to the United States, but which would also des- troy their power to make ne~ded pur- chases in our markets.,, London, Dec. 18th.—Continuing a speech in the House of Com.nons yester- day ir regard to the présent European situation, Mr. Lloyd George referred to the assistance the Allies were rendering Austria in food, coal and other supplies. which he described as a mere soup kitchen policy to mitigate a situation requiring larger methods, ‘‘But’’. the Premier continued, ‘‘England already is severe- ly burdened and cannot undertake the task of restoring the shattered world, and I fail to see what can be done unless America comes frankly with us to take a fair share’”. Mr. Lloyd George defended the delay in making peace with Turkey on the ground of the necessity to know what the Uniied States intended to do, France and Great Britain, he declared, already had heavy burdens, while the United States was under no great bur- dens, and had her gigantic resources. It would have been precipitate, and led to misunderstandings and suspicions, he said, had we not av;aited America’s de- cision, ‘““We are now entitled to say that we have waited up to the very minute we promised America, and there is no prospect of America coming in. Mr, Lloya George declared that without any disrespect, and without wishing to de- prive the United States of the honour of sharing in the guardian of Christian countries, the Allies had decided to make peace with Turkey at the earliest possi- ble moment. He contended that the Government had shown perfect sincerity, and had carried out every obligation in favour of the League of Nations, which, hz declared, was vital to the world’s peace and must go on and become ageali- ty. The Premier concluded by insisting on the need for Great Britain to make her own position secure until the League was firmly established, with the nations of the world, including the United Siates, working in it. ; e