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The meeting adjourned close on to 6 p. m. We have beea having light showers durirg the last two nights. Tney help to keep down the dust and render the mornings delightful. The U. S. S. Grebe with the Govarn- ment Secretary and members of the council of St. Thomas aud sr. John ar- rived here at noon yesterday bringing also St. Thomas mail and returned at 9 o’clock last night from Frederiksted. The s s. Catherine is due as usual to- dav. ha+ing some 90 bags mail for Chris- tiansted and 18 tons of cargo for this island. Coilege Scholarship Four vears at college withla!l expenses paid is 'he inducement held out to high school & udenis of the United States for the bes: essay on the subject “‘lhe re- lation of improved highwavs to home life’”. All students of high-scioool grace are eligible to compete. The esszys to be written must not exceed seven hun- dred words in length, and the ciosing date on which essays must be presented to the Viirector of Education is April 21, 1924, Four students are row in cellege as the result cf their participation in previous contests The first successful pupil was Miss Katharine F. Butterfiela, Weiser, Idaho. She will be graduated this year from North-western Universi'y Evans- ton, Illinois. The second to win this nationai honor was Miss Gariand Johu- son, Bridgeport, West Virginia, now at- tending the University of West Virginia, at Morguntown. A young man was the winner of the third contest, Karl G. Pearson, of Kansas and the District of Columbia. His essay was written on the subject "*How good roads are developing my community’’. He is a student at George Washington University, Wash- inzton, D. C. The last winner was Miss Dorothy L. Roberts, Harlan, Kentucky, in the heart of the Kentucky nountains. Miss Rcberts, daughter of a Methodist preacher, wrote on the subject "*TILe in- flience of highway transport uporn the religious life of my community’’. She is attencing school at Marietta Coliege, where h r father has been transferred as pestor o 0 a churceh. Lhus : ‘xteen thicusand dollars alieady h-ve bee » approvriated by the donor for the edue :ion of young people who have pbeen su c2ssful 1n these competitions. Tre seho arship this ye.r is precisely as offered 'n the past, which is inteaded to deiray all expenses incident to tuition, rocom, toard, books, and speciai fees of the successful student at ary coilege or unive 'sity in the United States he elects to .itend. The c.aracter of the judges who re- 51 CHBHODISs A YNY]S view ti:e essays is the highest to obtain. Last year, for instance, the national judges were the Secretary of War, John W. Weeks: Dr Albert Shaw, editor of the Review of Reviews; and Bishop William F. Anderson, Methodist Episco- pal Church, Ciacinnati, Ohio. Any information desired on the contest will be gladiy supolied by the Director of Education, St. Thomrs. TELEG%AMS. ST. WROIX STATION. Paris, April Ist.--The new govern- mant received its first attack by the Chamber this afternoon, when a dis- cussion of the interpellations by the opposition of the government’s gener:l policies took place in the new eabinet, Aflter the cabinet council, M. Poincare announced that if the Parliamentary situation warra ts it, Parliament wiil be dissolved. Seattle Washington, April Ist.--The American Army Airmen who are to at- tempt an around-the-world flight will be unable to make a start from this city hefore the latter part of this week, ac- cording to the commander of the air- plane, Washington, April Ist.—The U. S. gunboat '‘Tulsa’” will be relieved from duty at Progresso, Mexico by the light cruiser Cleveland at present at Puerto Cortes, Honduras. London., April Ist——The affair which occurred sometime agH, resulting in the American Consulata lat Newcastle being clos: d by the Government, has been satis- fac' ril s ttled it was announced yester- day. Paris, April Ist—The report of the Committee of Experts which nas been in- vestigating financial conditions in Ger- many, has been comopleted and copies- of the report are now 1o the hands ol the members, who are carefully scanning them for any possible loopnoies in the agree- ment. The committee hop=s to hand the reports to the printers on Wednesday. Vienna, April Ist I'he Russian dele- gates declare that they do not under- stand the American's fear of a piebiscite if they are so sure that Bassarabia de- sires to be under Rumanian sovereignty while on the other hand the Rumanians claim that if the plebiscite was taken and should by chance result unfavourable to the Soviets, the Russians wouid tind some pretext which would bring up the ques- tion at a future date. New York. April Ist—The reported negotiations for the establishment of a credit of between iwentyfive and silty million dollars for Belzium. to be used in stabilizing exchange through the opera- tion of a similar loan recently granted to France, resulted in a sharp rally of sev- enty-five points in Belgian francs which sold above five cents. London, April 20d-——Mr. Ponsonby. mo- ving the second reading of the ol 1o ra- tify the treaty of Lausanne, in the House of Commons ted:y, pointed out that the present Government was in no wayv re. sponsible for the provisions of the troaty but nevertheless they were anxicus that all formalities should be accombli-hed, thus permitting the resumption at ih: eariiest possible moment of normal polit- ical and trade relations with Turkey. London, April 2nd.——Lloyds publishes a report from Port Sudan stating that the British Stecamer “‘lFrangestan,”” with twelve hundred pilgrims on beoard brun i for Jeddah, has wirelessed that there is 1 serious fire in the cotton cargo stored in the hold between decks and that itis spreading. Siie is due to arrive at Port Sudan on Thursday and meanwhile oth- er vessels are standing by. Rome, April 2rd. —ln the Chambar of Deputies the Minister of Public Works has asked for a ev=dit of fifteen miilion lire as a first grant towards revairing the dumage caused by the Amali di. saster, to be used not only for publie works, but for assistance for private citizens and the erection of temporary sheiters. Warsaw, April 2nd. —M. Grabski, Pre- mier and Minister of Finanee, announced vesterday . that the financial §situation in the country bad so muen improved, that the Polish Minister at Washington had been instructed to make arrangements for the payment of Poland’s debts to the United States by installments, the first of which, amounting to five hundred thousand dollars, is ready for immediate payvment. New York April 2nd—New hich ree- ords for the year were azatn reached by Krench and Belgian Franes at the open- ing of (he exchange market rtoday. French franes advanced w 583 eents and Belaians went to 5.10 London, April 3rd.—uermanv and Russia have made a compact not to enter the League of Nations unless they are admitted together, the Daily Herald says it learns trom a ‘'Lizague of Nations’ source.”’ Londsn, April 3rd.—A strike of work- ers employed 1n the ecomstruction of buildings at the British Empire Exposi- tion at Wembley has been settled and the men returned to work this after- noon, thus removing fears that the ex- position opening, set for April 22nd, would be delayed. Alexander, Egypt. April 3rd.—The British steamship Frangesian has been abandoned on fire in the Red Sea and the 1200 Piigrims aboard ber transferred to to the steamer Clanmaciver, says a mes- sage to Lloyds agent [rom the latier ves- sel. The Clanmaciver is proceeding wiih the passengers to Port Sa d. Vienna, Avpril 2nd. The Russn-Ru- manian conference ior the settlement of question pending between the two coun- tries broke up today over the insistence by the Soviet representatives on a pe bi-crie 1a gessarabia o deiermiue the d.soosition o 4 Le territory.