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In God’s Name, ‘‘Let all bittervess and wrath, and anger, and eclamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with ail malice, end be ye kind one toano her, terder-hearted, fergiving one another, evep as God for Chuiist’s sake hath for- given you.”’ TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION London, May 6th.—Labour’s first bud- get remained unchanged fonight after the House had voted four times on amendments (o alter its provision for redueed duties on teu, cvcoa, ecfice, chicory and sugar.: The bitterest de- bites were on the sweetest subjeet, suver. Lhe Conservatives, harping on their re; ated schemes for lpen fal pre- feience, preposed a ten years pre-fer- opce for suear from the British West Inilies »td other possessions. If that were not acceptable, their speakers av- YUi d lhat at the very leust the sta- tus quo of a littie over four shitlings preference per hundred weight ought to e maintained, instead ot . Chancellor widen’s proposey preierence of alittle un ler two shillines. The House of Com- nioas. hhwever, supported the Chancellor rej ¢ iny an ameodment uffered by Sir W Aitenell Thomson to stabilize the pre- ference on sugar at four shillings, by 243 voies 1o 182- The Government, with the support of the Liberals, had a slightly laruer majority «in defeating the other amendments. Oue of them was for a re- due ion in the duty of Empire tea to two peuce per pound, another to eliminate all duty on Empire cocoa. The bugaboo of the United States dumping, so eloquent- ly used by those who foresee a flood of automobiles entering England when the Mckenna duties are lifted, was likewise utilized in the debate on sugar. Mr Wil- lam Wmsby-Gore asserted that a com- bination of traders in the United States was being formed in order to murket sur- plus sugar in Europe and that Chancellor Spowden was placing consumers ir Great Britain urder the heel of sugar export ¢ rporations in the United States at the very mement when he had a chance so increase enormously British sources of supoly. Furthermore, Mr. Snowcen was re) udia:ing a bargain made with the Col- onies a' the . lmperial Conference. In reply, tie Chancellor presented figuves to show that the West Indies, under pre- ference, had been producing less than be ore and so far as brezking faith was concerned, the speaker again reninded the Conservatives that they had asked tke ccuntry for a verdict oo protection ard the country had tuined tlem down. He declared that the sugar amendment was proposed in the interest of the West Indian plapters and at the experse of the consumers in Great Britain. He szid that Empire production ot sugar bad increased only I€o,ooo tons under five years of protection- In the West Indies 21 B 0 AN N preduction fell from 191,000 tons in 1919 to 159,000 lasty vear. Every penny of preference, hd centinued, bas gone to ireressed profits for the West Indian planters. It was simply a subsidy given bv the taxpayers of this country for the West Indian plantation and has not achieved the purpose for which it was intended. If figures mean anythirg at all, it has had the disastrous effeet of reducing the peoduciion of Empire sugar at 25 per cen'. Mr. Snowden told the siembers of the Ilcuse they might take it for granted iu 01l future debates on an anendment for the reduction of taxation that if coneeesions were givep, he might fird compensation by not repealing the McKenna auties, Paris, May 6th.— France, if today’s press correctly interpreted her attitude, sees in the result of the German elections a fading out of hope Jor the early fulfil- ment of the Dawes-Young plan. The Pa- ris morning papers declare the outcor e, with gains regisiered by tee German Na- ticnalist Party, renders hepe of fulfil- ment illusionary, althotgh none expect open resistance. Nothing will succeed acainst Germany except force, Pertinax, writing in ‘the Echo De Paris. deciares, He peintscut the difficulty of understan i- ing where a sufficient majority will be fourd to carry on a 2overpment. Le Ma- tin {orecasts that the general attitude of any new Germar Government will be re- sistance to treaty obiigations. Lenden, May 6th. —The twelve mile liguor treaty between Gr at Britain tand the United States, bearing the King's sigrature, was despatehed to Waskingten teday where ratifications will be e xehang- ed, it was learned authoritatively. The treaty was pot presented to Paraament, l)l Caline “S (.‘L'dl(i(.'("l Was nope-conLiovet - sial. Lorden, May 6th.— (United P'ress) The Foreign ( slice and the Russian Embasey both issued denials yestarday cos reports circulated during the week erd to the ef- fect that the Anglo-Russan Confevence bad brcken down. It is asscrted that progress is being made slowly aund the job pow is chicflr ip the expert stage. On the principal questions at issue no details are given, and the fact ap- pears to be that tae sub commis- sion on claims and counter-claims is near 2 deadlock in its sessions. The Russian tactics appears almest comie to a luyman, but cfiicials are inciined to believe they are meant in all serious- ness. Th:y have prepared a big list of counter claims to jresent to England, as a balance for Russia's acknowledged debts, so if the present negotiations end in Russia’s acknow lcdgement of its obli- gation, Ergland will itsell owe money to the Soviet. The Russian claims are ¢aid to be as follows. Losses by Great Britain’s support of Admiral Kolchak ard other warlike adventures of the Whites 12,213,€00,00C gold rubles(£l,22l- - The question of transport dur- ing the bloek-de and the’expenses of the Plussiar: Civil War, alleged to have been ercoursged by London. 11,271,000, COO gold rubles, (1,127,100,000 pounds) Lesses by reductiors in ipdustry and agriculture 11,200,000 pounds. Lendon, May 6th--Mr. Kellogg, Unit- ed States An.bassador, made a short speech this ufterrcon at the Admiralty in presenting a picture depieting the Sixth United Siates Lbatile Squradren joinirg the Grard Fieet during tl e nar, the gitl of thevlflcere a1 @ nen of that squaadien to His Mzicsiv’e Acminabiy Board., lte Enlascsecor suid ile gifl was interded 8 a recognition by the United States of iis acdmiration for the Eritish Seamen in the war., lord Clemstord said it would sl- ways brirg tothe niind of the admiralty Board wlat they ccisider the greatest compliment ever paid them, namely, tie placing of Acmiral Recnian’'s fleet at the unteserved cenmord of the Admiralty, This large hearted decision, he said wus cne the like of which bhad rever before been kuown in the nsval bistory of Great Britain ard was cemenstrative of the spirit of the United States in the war., Lord Beatty said that with the arrival of the tquadion there wes no remaining doubt as to the outecn e of the raval erd of the war. He wished heartily that they bad had a fight together. b picture, which was painted by Buriel Pcole, will cover the whele end wall ol the Board Reom, It showsall the bag tieships of the Unned Stetes Squadron, led by Admiral Reanan’s Fiagship, steaming thheugh a heavy sea toward the assembled Grand Fieet. Qanealvedir, Muay Th ~A treaty of peace was signed tcdey at Amapala by the thice ciscordant pulitieal factionsin Henduras and represcutatives ot the Cen eral American Natiors. iLe treaty was signed on board the United States eruiser **Milwaukee.’ lLonden, May Tih.—''lf we had the ccurage ana vision to develop it as we should, th2 Anglo-Caredian shipping trade alene could be made far greater than the whole worid shippinrg of the British Empire at the present time, dc- clared Lieut. Col- Amery exFnst Lord of the Admiralty, at the anpual wecting of the Mercantile Marine Service Asso- ciation in Liverpool tast might, Havana, May Tih.--The levolutionary movement, which stavied last week in the provinee of Santa Clara, has spread to the province of Oriente, according to an official announcement today. Chignik, May Tib.— Reports sent in by scaich parties and by patives and trap- ¢ pers bciween Clignik apd the Behring Sea make it appear certain that Maj ¢ Frederik Martin Commander of the Uii- ted Siates round-the-worid fliers, wio has been missing since last Wednesdny| flew from Chignik northeastward t- ward Bebring Sea and made a {oiced larding on the Behrirg coast, He hus not, however, been found yet.