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"R,’-» ~\ § Y “ i :: g A eSS 3 e RTE ALA ey Y ) RB e e ,}l SEE R ‘ i ¥E-”- | vRS e & 78 Wey % t)‘\‘. %x %& Wy L B LA ‘@! gj \ \/\\/ Japmiantl TRISHw| A [&- = g eKoBOB BB AR o e L Y gy Y\%@ G ,@’ & % ’{f\@4 » 4 78tH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V. L U. S. A., FRIDAY, l4ta MARCH 1924, advantages at Lausanne for a Turkey which now reveals liseif as gone ‘‘red.”’ Aligarh 2lndia. March 9h.—Moham- med Ali, the well knowa Indian Mosiem Leader, addressing a congregaiion at tie Moscue here before pravers today, vigo- rously protested against the action cf the Turks in banishing the Caliphate. The speaker said his anzuish was the greater because a blow to lslam had heen struck by its own his.oric cham- pion. Washington, March 10th.—The House today passed the MeKenzie bitl provid- ing for the acceptance of Hency Ford’s offer for Mussei shoals. Mr. Ford bad informed the committee he would accept the terms of the MeKenzie bill, which now goes to the Senate. The vote was the first action by either tne House or Senate of the Detrnit manufacturers bid for the QGovernment’s vast power and nitrate projects on the Tennessee River which has been pending for more than two vears. The bill dirce's the decreta ry for War to seil nitrate plants nunmbers land 2 and Vaco Quary, to Mr rord and to lease dams 2 and 3, including power statioas, to him for 100 years. Londen, Mareh luth The deaie in the House o1 Commons ionight provided in- teresting Incidenis. Conservative mem- bers ciualienged the Government, v (he vote ior the civil service estimuales, to disclose its poiicy with respect to 4 reme- dy for unemployment. ‘The Labour Min- isters, Mr. Shaw in replying made a spir- ited opening deciaration that un2mpioy- ment was a national respoasibility which the nation must snouider to wne iullest dewree, cven 1f 1t m=ant heavy payments on the part of those possessing means Lo pay. Arguing ibat tne Government had been iu odice only six weeks and could not be expected to produce a definite scheme as yet, the minister advised his chailengers to “'wait and see'’. He then vroceeded 0 outline e number of teniative proposals that boresu h a sirong resem- bieance to the proposais previously made by Mr Baldwin’s admitistration that the Opposition burst into ivonical cneers ard laughter which provoked Mr Shaw to ex- cluii, ‘does anybody expect that after six weeks we can produce schemes like rabbits out of a huteh? This also evoked ironical cheers, O:her interesting inci- dents were the maiden speeches deliver- ed by the sons of Mr. Lioyd George and Mr Hall Caine respectively. Mr. Lloyd George was sitting Lwo seats away and watehed his sens performance with intent THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Hol:days excepted) by G. Jchansen al the Avis Office. TER ils:--50 eants moathly in advance, 2 cents per single ¢ py. Enterci as second class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Ofice at “hristiar- sted, St. Craix, V. L of the U. S. A. un- der the A of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper w il be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompe- nied with the author’s name, 13 a guar- antee of good faith. The editor canaot be responsibie for the views of his correspor.- dents nor does he necessarily encorsethent. TELEGRAMS. | QT."CROIX STATION. | Londen, Mare!: 9th. —Little political im- portance 18 att2cned by the press (o | the abolition, by the Kamalists of the | Caliphate, so ar as Great Britain is | direeily concerned, thouzh itis exieeteld to knock the bottom out of tae Khilafat | azitation in India, which reunited tne Hindu and the DMoslem 1n a common discontent. The effect of the Kema- lists move on Turke;, however, is quite a different matter. Itis aenerally anu- | cipated here that fthis actoa by her national extremisis will coasid-rably woaken her position and presic:ge in the world, removing the ground oi her aslasim to vank as a great power. There are suggestions lin ‘he press thar the Arab Nomination of Kingz Hassen of Hdjuz. as Caliph, is Likely toprove tae beginning of an exaiting connee- | tion amonz a number of higanly paced | rivals. Quoe paper points oui ‘nal Egypt | which will eertainly be opposed to the | appointment of King Hussein may put 1 forward King Abhwed Fuad, whiie, a0 Afghanistan, is another possible elui- mant. It is expected also tnat f'rench | influence will be brouzht to bear against | King Hussein, whom France cons ders | is a British protege. It is affir ned here | “here, however, that Great Britain will | observe strict pneutrality in the struggie | for succession to the Caliphate. i'he | Daily Telegraph terms the aection of | ,Angora as the most astonishinz act of suicide and recklessness 10 the history of modern times and deciares that the position of Indiao Moslems in regard to the Caliphate is intolerable. Ibey have been cheated and used with Jincre- dibje cynicism as a cats paw to secure - Ne. 60. - solicitude. Hall Caine Jr. in op2ning his ~ speech, said he weuld like to congratu - lute his “'tellow maiden’ on his very ex- - cellent speech, which showed signs that the younger Lioyd George would follow ' his very distinguished father. Rome, March 11th.—-King Vieter Eman- uel and Queen Helena will probally ar- | rive in London on May Z6th, to retuin. | the visit of the King and Queen. [t ;s | stated that this date has been fixed defi- . nitely between the two countries and it . is probuabiy that the Crown FPrince will . accompany the Sovereigns ‘ L:ubiin, Mureh 11lih.—Iree Siate Ar- . my Headquarters announced this morn- i ing that tne situation foliowing the ye- | cently reported mutiny was “‘absolutely - normal on all commands.”’ | Washingion, Mareh 11th.—A rather . ‘'severe earthquake’ about 4,000 miles from Washington, in 4 southerly diree- | tion, was recorded early today on the - seismograph at Georgetown University. ' The tremors becan about 5.51 a. m. and | contingeo until shortly aiter 7 o’cloek, | resching maximum intensity beiween 567 and 6.01. Father Tondorff, the seismologlsi, said the record was less ' cear than usual because of the sterm in | the south and that rherztfore his estim- | mates of the distertance and the dura- | tion ol the quake were uncertain, | Paris, Maich 10ik—An attempt to reach an agreement by which daylight ' osaving would begin on the same day in F'rance, treat Britain, Belgium and Hol- | land was made at a meeting yesterday at ' the Ministry of Public Waorks, but tailed. | Franee, Belgium, acd Holland decided 10 . make tne change on the vight of Macen i ¢29tn, but the Briush ave preeluded hy | law irom chanuing before April 12h, ' however the Biiiish will request the lai- - 3 ways to a:iter between M:xieh Suth and | April 12in. The ruunng sebeaules or | uiains conneciing with the continent, and allthe delegaics agreed v suggest that ~ their respective governments make pro- ' visicns Irom now on to set the clocks ahead on the first Sunday in April. i Londoun, March lith—A treasury min- ute just publisbed aiscioses the fact that the I'reasury proposes, subject to Par- liamentary approval, to commute Lord Rodney’s pension of 3,000 pounds a year., The capital fsum to be paid is 42,000 pounds, being the total of the pensions over a perioa of twenty one years. The orig- inal perpetual pension was awarded in ( #—_—_ } (Continued on 4th page.)