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on the subject, as he is the local ageit underwtiting hurricane insurance. 3rd Member for Christiansted Town {Alexander) remarked: Mr. Chairman. I rise to a point of order which I did not care to raise while the Honorable 4th ap- pointed Member was speaking. Some time ago while speaking on the two judge qguestion in this Council a Memker of this Council said that 1 was reading my remarks instead of speaking from memory. That part of the rules of Busi- ness where it says ‘"No speech must be read from a manuseript’”’ should be amended. I am in sympathy with the amend- ment, and 1 am glad te see that this Council has now to go back on its own work. When the Code of Laws was placed before this Council I was nota metnber of this body, but this commu- nity thought it was too drast.c for this island. As1 said before, lam in sym- pathy with the amendment, andI will vote for it, and [ hope when other 'amendments ‘whieh might be deemed necessary, are brought before this Coun- cil, Members will see fit to pass them also. Government Secretary (Gaffney) re- marked: Mr. Chairman. Government is not prepared to-day to g into the possible effect this amendment might have on the Code of Laws, and there- fore ask that it be continued until fur- ther. (To be concluled.) lOCAL. The S. S. ‘*Marina’’ is due here at 1 o’clock, having seven tons cargo for Christiansted and twenty tons for Fred- erikst®d. The S. S. **Martinique’’ sailed from New York on Wednesday evening the 'vd inst. having 81 tons of cargo for Frederiksted, and 83 tons for Christian- sted. There will be a Foot Ball match on Parade Ground between the Excelsior No. 1-and Red Sox No. 2. On Sunday 7. Game commences at 4 o’clock sharp. A baseball matech will be played on the Parade Ground between the Native Yanks and the Stars. Game starts at 1 o’clock sharp. . TELEGRAMS. : ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, April 30th.—It is semi officially stated at the Foreign Office that there is complete agreement between Premier DPoinecare and M. Barthou concerning the stand taken by the French delegation at Genoa. The cabinet, which met to- day to discuss the latest despatches from the delegatica, expressed their entire approval of all M. Barthou’s actions, the ST R 12 AVIS Premier personally adding his congratu- lations to M Barthou for the manner in which he had safeguarded French inter- ests. Tientsin, April 29th.—1It is reported 1 that at Machang thure has been severe artillery fire for tt. past twernty four hours. Peking, Avpril 30tL —-The fighting raged all day long today from Machang to Changsintien, twelve miles to the south west of Peking. Notwithstanding 2 slack- ening of the finng » nightfall appreach- ed, Gereral Wupeifu, apparently in an effort to drive G-neral Changtsolin from the ncighbouihood of Peking, was re- ported to be bringing forward reinforce- ments from the Yangste region. ! Londen, April 30th.—Despatches to the Times from Warsaw, dated Satur- day, say it is reported that a Russo- German military agreement, signed at Berlin on April second, provides that the Soviet Government shall give Ger- many twenty warships and maintain a certain number of troops opposite the - Polish frontier, Germany is to deliver to Russia arms, munitions. eguipment and instructions for poison-gas warfare, airplanes and wireless equipment. Tondon, April 30th—A despatch to the Times from Geroa says it is believed that the legal advisers of the repara- tions commission will report that they find nothing in the Russo-German irealy inconsistent with the treaty of Versaitl- les, subject to satisfactory replies being received from the Germans regarding certain points. Peking, April 30th—Martial Law was declared here today. A Government communication favs hat its troops have proved vietorious in the fighti~g around Changsintien and Maehang. The United States Legation has requested Washing- ton to send another warship to Tientsin. Qeranton, Pa May Ist. —The end of the Arst month of the anthracite coal suspen- sion showed ro sign of work being re- sumed in the near future. Up to date the men have lost approximately twenty five million dollars in wages. | Galveston, Texas May Ist.—The British steamer ‘‘Victoria De Larrinaga” wzs wrecked on the Muchoir Reef, sixty miles off the north coast of Haiti, on Aprilge twentieth acecording to s message from the master of the United States Steam- ship ‘‘Lake Fairlie”’ to the Lone Star Steamship Company of this City. Washington, May Ist.—The political recognition of the new government of Russia must await the establishment of sound business and social conditions there, Qecretary of State Hughes declared today in response to 2 petition presented by a delegztion of women, who asked United Jtates aid towards Russian rehabilitation. This declaration by Mr. Hughes is the first formal announcement of the policy of the United States regarding Russia since the recognition of the Soviet Repub- lic became a matter of prime importance at the Genca Conference, and in view of the pending negotiations at that meeting Mr. Hugzhes statement is of special signifi- cance in diplomsatic circles. S e L POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WEFK. May Ito 6 SHOW THE PURILIC AND THE PUB- LIC WILL HELP. This is the last of my notes for Postal Improvement Week. 1 have embraced the opportunity offered by the campaign in telling you some of the things I believe would improve the posial service of Saint Croix. There is much that could still be found of interest to discuss, but time and space are limited. The newspapers of this town have bs 2:n more than acecomoda- ting in placing t' eir valuable columns at disposal during the past days. and I de- sire to thank them very heartily for their cooperation and interest, which I know will be appreciated by the Postmaster General and withcut which publicity ne- cessary to any success for the week couid not have hcen attained. Postal Improve- ment Week is over; the privilege of ad- dressing you under this caption is gone, but the effect it may have had for goed will remain I trust, and bear fruit. Pos- tal Improvement Week has been a good stimulus to us all, to the workers in the post office and the patrons outside. Let us not forget it. In order that its memory may be kept fresh and the spirit of it perpetuated, I propose to issue a weekly post office letter to appear in the local pa- papers about every Thursday, to cover an interesting field of activities in our work with you, along those lines where®you will, if you have not already begun to do so, develop some personal interest in what’s going on behind the screen as well as in what you see outside. Hitherto the laying down of suggestions and ideas {or improvement has been from our side only. We want to hear from you. Let us have the benefit of your opinions, let us know what you think would be przeti- cal, what would add some benefit to pre- sent methods and rules. Anything that is humenly practicable and permissble according to law, will be given careful cor.sideration and if it cannot be put into practice you will know why. Let us get your suggestions. Perhaps you have some better ones than we have. This postal service is yours. The Postmaster General says it was established and is maintained for the benefit and use *‘ofthe people, by the people, and for the people.”” Come fortzard and air your grievance whenever yna have one or think you have one. A better understanding between the service and the public should have the effect of a better and more harmonious operation; let us give it a fair trial. Live up to the motto at the top of this letter, B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster.