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With a favorable wind behind har the sloop "“Mizpah’’ with mails and passen- gers left her yesterday afternoon for St. Thomas. Tha s. 5. ‘‘Baracea’’ sailed from New Yo~k on 3Saturday evening, having 12 tons of cargo for Fredarikstad, and 62 tons for Christiansted. CORR®CTION. In yesterday’s ‘‘personal’”’ the word formerly should read form ully. The Lutheran Church Picaic By REUBEN J. BRUN. On Easter Monday, April 21, 1924. one of the brightest sunny days, the Luther- an Church held its pienie, as announced. At about 11.15 a. m. the procession headed by the Native Brass Band, wend- elits way from the LitheranChurch down King’s Street, up Prine2’s S:ceet, turn: ing Company Streat, un Hosnital Strear, whiere it proceeded to the Estate, known as Mt. Welecom2, where a most hanpv time was sp2at by the congregation as weil as friends. As I entered the estate at aboat 1.45 p. m., my eyes beheld the children with their respective teachers sitting under the shady trees enjoying their meals and the beautiful scenery around, while the Band kept them in the bast of spirit with some lively rags, etc. Later in the afternoon there were soma sports including tug-of-war by members of the Band and others. [ left about 4.45 p. m. after spending a few happy hours. In coneclusion, I wish to say, much eredit is due to the Conmittee in mak- ing the picnica success and feel quite sure that all went away feeling satistie ', Such outdoor sports are encouraging Lo the children at times. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Tokio, April 17th—The American Bap- tist Mission of Japan today adopted a resolution condemning the proposed ex- clusion of Japanese from the United States as unnecessary and unchristian, Cairo, Egypt, April 17th. —~Stuart Mac Laren, the aviator, reached Cairo this afternoon from Athens, having safely negotiated the Trans Mediterranean passage of his attempted globe encirel- ing. Mainz, Germany, April 18th, - Five of 22 ermans, who were tried by a French coart martial on charges of sabotage in Mayv and June 1923, were convicted and sentenced today to serve terms of 20 years each at hard labour. Three were sentenced to 10 years each and three to five years. The leader of the band Otto Horder an ex-Lieutenant on the German =3l, Ll x avis battleship Breslau, was sentenced to serve 12 years. Nine of the other de- fendants received shcrter jail sentences and one was acquitted. Two death sen- tences werve passed by defaunlt upon de- fendants whom the French police failed to arrest. Washington, April 18th.—The exten- sion of the immigration quoto restrictions to all countries of North and South Am- erica was rejected by the Senate by a vote of 69 to 12, The amendment of the pending bill, seeking such extension, was offered by Senator Wiilis of Ohio, Repub- lican, who declared without it the bill would leave the bickdoor wide open. It was opposed by administrat-on leaders in charge of the bill as destructive of the whole theory of Pan Americanism. The Amendment proposed by Senator Sterl- ing, Republican. South Dakota, which would have divided the quota of each: for- elgn pation in proportion to the racial groups comprising the population of each nation, was then taken up and defeated without a roll ecail. Washirgton, April 18th.—The Immi- gration Bill of 1924, carrying substantial- ly the same provisiens relating to Asia- tic exclusion and other important chang- es in basic policy, recently approved by the House, was passed tonight by the Senate by a vote of 62 to 6. The final vote in the House was 322t0 71- As it goes to conference, the new bill contairs few changes which are expected to pro- long discussions. Attention, however, has been called to the possibility of im- portant changes being worked out there, Sitght ditferences in phraseology exist between the House and Senate drafts in many sections, one of them, the vital “‘Javanese exciusion’’ provision, and while no evidence has been shown on either side of the Capitol or a disposition to recede in the slighitest degree, obser- vers called attention to the possibilities offered for moditication in conference. White House spokesmen declared the Pres.dent had no comment to offer upon the Senate’s action, nor upon the situa- tion which has growo out ot the failure of Congress to accept the advice of the State Department agairst bringing the Japanese into the definitely excluded classes, Tokio, April 18th.—A talk of Military action as a result of the United States exclusion legislation, is ridiculous, how- ever much Congress has wounded Japa- panese pride, Lieut-General 1 Chisuke Tsulo, Vice-Minister of War, said in an interview today witn the newspaper Tomiuri. ‘lt would be folly at this Juncture to tollow the Chinese example and throw siones at the United States Embassy. This would be a boomerang to Japan. We must take this experience as a bitter hut beneficial pill which may cure our internal ilis and distinetion. Definite reaciions are coming from busi- nessmen, whose views on Japanese ex- clusion in the United States were - . pressed by the action of the Tokio Chan - . ber of Commerce yesterday. ‘Resolutior« | of the Tokio Chamber were addressc ; not only to the united business bodics | but also to the Government. They urgoid . further efforts to conciliate the United | States and cause a reversal of Congres ' sional action on exclusion.. The Tokio ' Chamber is drafting resolutions and a . programme for presentation to the pexi . meeting of the Chambers of Commerco . at Kyoto on April 22nd. ’ ; London, April 19th.— Violent earti . tremors were again reported today in rhe - Midland colliery district between Alver- | ton and Sutton in Ashfield. They lastet . but a few seconds. The characteristics ' of the disturoance and those of the re | cent quake were alike, "ut it was of less L sevenity. Little material damage wus { reported. e Paris, April 19th.—France will givo | up none of the means of pressure oy ' Germany which she now possesses, un- -1 less the Allies agree to replace them n . pre arranged concerted action between them, fixed in advance and to apply au- tomatically in case >f a new default by uermany. ; Paris, April 19th. —Marquis Racel ' Pascara the Argentine aviator invento:, | is beginning to roap the rewards | perseverance in his experiments wii | the Helicopter. Yesterday he flew his ~ strange looking machine more than | bhalf mile, keepinz at a uniform heigi | of seven feet. The test was carefully i timed and controlled by representatives . of the aero ciub. | Softa Bulgaria, April 19th.—'‘If the - negotiations recently concluded, or now approaching counclusion, are successful the danger of war will be averted in the Balkans for many years,’” declared For- eigzn Minister Kallo. “Lhe latest of these agresments, that with Roumama, wi be signed in two or three days. The preliminary agreement already signed provides tor joint action to prevent in cursions across the Roumanian frontier with two mixed commissions sitting. A blanket agreement covering all points of possible aispute, including pavme by Buigaria tor the war seizures, is practically completed, only a few de: tails remaining to be settled.”” The agreement with Jugo-Slavia i 3 working out well. The situation between the two countries is considerably easier. The negotiations of the mixed commissions regarding Greece are proceeding wiih excellent, prospects of early agreomeni. The cries difficulty there, is the gues- tion of repatriating and reestablisiins the refugees, but that does not apj -u. insuperable as only retugees of [ul- garian and Greek npationality are in- volved. Cairo, April 19th. —A wireless messaoe received later in the day said the avia- tor had successfully crossed the licad Sea on the way to Ziza, which is absut 225 miles beyond that body of water.