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0 ) o B ~‘ %W a 7L- g e & | : i\\\ \\‘(\ I’_'.s ’;;j’ (' 3| \ _~' \\B '\" ,\f\’) )3 \ /‘\“o . ‘N J@ ‘R‘u \: sNt g A S i f AL B b =N | | P ' ol |V - - o(¥ 8 g = )} A X ‘/ I ' & g L/{%‘ —. ‘B A R L . g S ' Bl Mo\ n 8 ¥ & . s o 4 s Ruor B Y QYN Ny VY YW r e :‘/ a\\ .’ “« N v S : . o - 51TH YEAR! chilsTl ANSEPED. V. I.U. S. A., FRILAY. 81st OCTOBER 1919. with the coming ‘into force of that in- strument, will be carried out between Novenber sth. and November 10th. acco:ding to ''Lig Liberte’’, th2 same » paper states that the ratiremen: of Gen- "eral Mangin as neai® of tke inier- allied mission to the Baltie, ir it becomes effective, is due to Genl. Mangir’s desire, the General 'naving manifested oreferen- ces whien the Govt. took into ~onsidera- tion. General Franche Desperey, former- iy commander of #he Allied fore2s in the near 2astmuy succeed Genl. Mengin, ac- cording to reporigin scveral gagers. t.ondon, Oct. 268h.—Viscountess Astor has consented toj be the coalition eandi- date for the division of Plymouth, re- presented by her husband until his sue- . cession to the Peetage. Iveryoie agrees that she has a great chance of heing the first woman to sit in the House of Com- mons. ' Berlin, Oct. 26t0.—The Foreign Affairs - Comnfittee ¢f the Assembly has concurred to the decision to decline pariicipation in the blockade ag.¥nst Russia. - All the party committees have taken tie same standpoint unanigously. The German answer to the Erntente will deelive that Germany reruses any intercourse with ~ Soviet Russia, bu is forced to refuse en- __?L_'lge,,t;ix:ally to take part in such terrible -Injysiice against #ay people. Wahingtan, vet. 26th.—Fresident Wilson has decid~d to cali a new confer- ference tocontinue the efforts toestablish industrial peace. It willconsist of fifteen of the most prominent Americans with- out division into groups, nd the cabinet will reconimend numinations (o the Pres- ident. . : Domini a, Oect. 28th.—His Hoaour A. W. Mahaffy, 0.8.E., Administrator of this presidency diéd heie yestercay a:ter a short illness: pebding the appcintment of Mr. Mahaify’s successor, the Govr. of the presidency will be administered by tße Hon. Dr. B A. Alford Nicaolls, C. M. G, Kingston, Ont.,Oct. 26th.—The Prince of Wales a fortnight hence will begin a visit to the United Stares and will re- turn formally, on behaif of thz2 King, the visit which President Wilsor paid 0 Windsor. The President’s illness de- layed somewhat the completion of ar- ~vangements for the entertainment of the Prince in America. Details will shortly be forthcdming from Washingtcn as (o what functions wili follow ‘the arrival of the Prince and his suite at Warhington on the morning of November 11ti,, which will be a national nhoiidav in America. THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holideys excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office.: : T RMS---40 cents monthly 1 advance, 2 cents per single copy. kntered as second-class matter Hlay 26th 1917 ar the Post Office at Christian- sted. St. Crvoix, V. Loithe U. S. A., yn- ler the Acl of March 3. 1879., Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received vnen the same deals with mat- ters of gen ral interest, and is accompa- nwied with -he author’s name, as a quar- antee of go. 4 faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor do 28 he necessarily endorse them. P GRA M ST. CROIX SEATION. Berlin. (et. 25th. -In the course of a long address before the National Assem- bly, whicli zonsisted mainly cf a protest against re.ent -addresses by Premier Clemenceai. and which was called the “Militaristic Tean‘e-cy’’ of KFrance to- werd Gern:ary, as well as the inconsist- ent spirit snrewn.in the formation of the f.eague ol Nations. Foreign - Minister Muetler insisted today upon the: pecessi- ty for Geirman evaeuation of Lithuania and Letvia, he said this step was neces- sary to convi ee'the world of Germany’s desire for peace. The German Govern ment disavproves of the telegram sent by Geaeral Von der oltz recent- ly, conzratlating Colonel AvaloffBer- mondt ‘on iis success in the fighting near Riga, he declared, ‘‘and 1 hope this will‘be the last case of a Prus- sian General meddling in polities”’, we are not friends of the Bolshevik. Foreign Mirister, Muller, said in advoca- ting good reiations with all border States, “‘But we protest in the sharpest manner against thé blockade of Soviet Russia proposed 7o 18 by the Entente, because it is not the leaders who suffer by such a step, but th: masses of the Russian pro- ple, who wi| suffer the greatest misery. The unemp oyment and hunger which such a block ade would foster ave just the things to plomote Bolshevism. Madrid, C :t.. 25th.—The Queen left to- day for Eng and. She will go by the way of Paris, stcoping at San Sebastian for a few days’ visit to the Queen Dowager. Paris, Ocr. 25th. —The military mea- sures deeide1 upon betwean the Supreme Council ana Marshal Foch to carry out provisions of the peace treaty coincident No. 251. The Prince’s stay in Washington will probasly be of about three days’ dura- tion aad from there will gc to New York to emhark on H. M. S. Renown, remain- ing in New York for a few days and living on his ship while there The Renovwn will put into Halifax enroute to Enzland to enable the Prince to say goodbe to Canada. The Hague, Oct. 26th.—1lhe entive Dutel Press joins in scathing criticism of an aiicle advocating the surrender of the former German Emgperor for trial which appears in the weekly Journal ""New Amsterdam’’ in the article, the editor Prof. J. A. Hamil, the Duteh pub- licist who was selected by Sir James Erie, Drummond, Secretary General of the League of Nations, as head of the legal Dept. of the League,argues that the ques- tion ¢f the extradition of the former Empeor should not:be treated as a pure- ly legal matter. It-should instead be re- garded from the point of view of the. ew jurisprudence belonging to the new era and formal judicial obstacles should not be permitted to stand in the wav of the extradition of Wilhelm ~f Hohenzollerns. New York, QOct. 25th.—''Seotland is going dry next year’’, according to the Rev. Dr, Jowitt, who sailed on the Ad- riatic or England today after pieaching a month 1n his pulpit at the.Fifth Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, °'lt will sur- prise wany’’, he said, ‘'That I make the assertin that Scotlond next year will vote to go drv for I do not believe it is realize{ here how far the temperance movemant has progressed in the British Isles a country which has prohibition will become 80% more efficient than one which bhas noiy, and drink-ridden coun- tries zcross the sea will have to folilow in tlie footstep of the ). 8. or fall be hind ir the economice race. London, Oet® Zoth. —Heavy fighting is going ¢n along General Denekine’s entire front. The fighting extends 700 miles from lartizy on t> Kiev. The (Chiel of the :3ritish Military Mission with Gen- eral Dcaekine reports under yesterday’s date tkat the battle so far is going suc- cessiul'y for the anti- Bolshevik forces - | FOR SALE in, t l‘c aelivered in e LAIIME (own from Estate southgate Farm at 60 cents pt. barrel. 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