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I do not believe that there is anything further to say, the Committee Report to- gether with the ordinance is sufficient to take care of the matter. 4th Appointed Member ißlackwood) remarked: Mr. Chairmrn. The Speak- er did not read the minority report (the Member read the report and said,—l wish to express it still further by saying that a macadamized road could be built with less money. I have been handed a tax-payers memorial which I wish to read to the Council. - 2nd Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata) remarked: Mr. Chairman. I rise to a point of order. According to Section 14 of the Rules of Busi- ness the Member is wrong; a three- quarter vote of the House must be ob- tained before the memorial can be read. The Chairman read to the Council the ~ paragraph cited by Member Canegata. 2nd Member for Frederiksted Country Distriet (M. M. Skeoch) proposed that the matter be put to the vote as to wheth- er the memor.al should be read or not. 2nd Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata) said, —Mr. Chairman. [ am not opposing the Honorable Member, but things should be done here in the regular fashion. The rule- provides that such a matter must be placed on the table two hours before the meeting. I move tha in consideration for the Hon- orable Member that the rule be waived. {t was put to the vote and carried that the memorial be read. (To be continued.) TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Rome, April Tth, —A semi-official vati- # can statement says the appointment of Lord Edmund Talbot, as Viceroy of Ire- land has produced a good impression because of the abrogration of tle unjust law which prohibited a Roman Catholic from becoming Viceroy over that Catho- lic population. regarding the effzct this act of the British Government may have on the present situation inlrel and it is impossible to make any predic.ion. : " Berlin, April Tth.—Germany will sub- mit to the Allied Supreme Council spe- cial proposal for the.reconstruction of the devastated region of northern France in a note which is now being prepared and which will be despatched before May Ist, it was announced officially to- day. The note will reiterate Germany’s desire to see the regions reconstructed as quickly as possible and will offer German labour and material to this end. Budapest April 7th.—The ministry of Count Paul Teleki has resigned. The collapse, it is understood, was brought about by the firm attitude of the small farmers against the legitimists insis- tence upon an anii-Carlist Govt. Constantinople, April Tth.—The Bol- sheviki have occupied Erivan Odessa and ’the district for 50 miles around that ci- S i, Llt 2 & ViS5 ty however have been freed of the Bol- sheviki. London, April 7th. A comnvlete break- up of the conference between represen- tatives of the miners, the owners and the Govt. with the view to settling the coal strike was announted.in the House of Commons by Mr, Lloyd George this afternoon The failure of the confer- ence Mr. Lioyd George declared, wasasa | consequence of the refusal of the Min- | ers Federation to allow the punpmen | to work until the miners condition of a national wage system and national pro- fits pool had been: aecepted. The Pre- mier added, that since it had been ! made clear the miners federation would not consider any settlement ex- cept on the conceding of their demands in full, the Govt. relying upon the as- sistance of the great mass of peoble, must take every means inits power to meet the -situation. The view of the | miners federation, Mr. Lloyd Geoge as- serted, was that to permit the pumpmen | to return was to relinquish the weapon with which the miners hope to bring the Govt. and the mine owners to a speedy acceptance of their terms. Amidst { cheers from the Govt. benches the Pre- | mier declared that the issue raised was , much wider than that of wh't wages | should be paid. The Govt, he said, has | always kept an open mind on the ques | tion'of wages angd was prepared to use | its good offices in reaching a solution. | He regretted extremely that the miners | had taken so grave a decision involving 1n- 1 jury and misery to their-fellow citizens | throughout the country as well as to ; themselves. The Premier’s speech was | followed by a general debate in which ! Mr. Clynes, chairman of the Parlia- | mentary labour party, and others plea ‘ ded with Mr lidloyd George to bring | the owners and miners face to face ' without conditions on either side. This | evoked cheers from the lahour members. Mr, Finney a labour member and mem- | ber of the exeeutive body, declared | the miners were willing to meet the owners without conditions on either | side, " with "4" view' 'to arriving at a | friendly “settlement In the debate in | the House of Commons, Mr. Asquith | made an earnest appeal to the miners | to reconsider their dicision. He ar- | gued the import: nce of their securing | the support oi public opinion. If they | were willing to waive the point con- | cerning the pumpmen he was extre- | mely hopeful, he said that a settlement ! would result. : ; London, AprilBth.—Great Britain to- | day appeared to.be face to face with an | industrial crisis of unprecedented pro- | portion when the Nationa| Union of Rail- waymen and the Federation of Trans- ’ ports workers decided to strike in sup- | port of the miners who have been out since early this week. IJopes that the miners and the owners of the coal pits ' might meet without officials, to discuss: ' means of settling the strike were appa- rently blasted shortly after noon, when it was announced the mineowners refus- ed to meet their employees. They based their refusal upon the fact that the min- ers had not accepted the Govt. proposals of a conference on condition that the striking pumpmen and engincers weuld return to work at once, pending negotia- tions of the difficulties which caused the strike, Pee g wi s London, April Bth.—Representatives of the striking miners this afternoon refus- ed to accept Mr.Lloyd George’s invitation to meet the owners of the mines on the conditions proposed, which were that the return of the pumpmen and engineers to the pits would be the first matter settled at the conference. The mineowners, who had waited upwards of an hour for the appearance of the striking coal diggers, left the Board of Trade at one o’clock this afternoon. The miners declared they wished to meet without being ham- pered by any restrictions on the subject of their discussion. They said they wished the meeting to be entirely free from lim- itations, especially regarding the ques- tion involving the return of the pump- men to work. London, April B&h—The Mineowners this morning conditionally accepted Mr. Lloyd George invitation to conFer with Leaders of the Miners Union relative to a return >f the pumpmen and engineers to the mines, pending negotiations for a set- tlement of the coal strike. The mineown- ers stipulated that the matter of the pumpmen returning to work must be the first question settled at the proposed conference. . Fredericton, April Bth.—A resolution providing that a preferentiz!| trade agree- ment between the British West Indies and Canada that is about to be completed by the Dominion Parliament, should be limited as soon as possible only to such importations as come through Canadian ports, was passed by the Legislature to- day, after fears had been expressed that retaliatory measures would be taken by the United States. ‘‘Directitnportations through Canada ports is what we wants’’ declared Mr. Magree daxter leader of the oppositiol, in seconding the reso- lution said it was a declaration of open door for the Empire, but reserved for our own people. The resolution was adopted without discussion. ON terms or for cash One Set (six books) New Students Re- ference Work. - For further particulars apply at the office of this paper