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e i Y Y /mk /\ N. k ; (‘ Y ‘ .A\ A 25 /& 2 o @ ki| & L SB9 @&) O \N\ /L\ j;,‘f-; | (VS (’Q i\¥ | | & g it YEAR, CHRISIIANSIED, V.l U. S A, TUESDAY. 19 JUNE 192 THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS:--50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second class matter Muy 26th 1917 at the Fost Ofice at Christian- sted, St. Croiz, V. L of the U. S. A. un- der the Act of March 3, 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- | nied with the author’s nmame, as a guar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be | responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. | TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, June 12th.—A Bulgarian volun- teer army,” now numbering 100,000 men and steadily increasing in size, is preparing to punish the usurpers, says a statement given out by the Bulgarian egation here today, summar zing an official despatch from Duskald =~ ™' garian Minister at Prague. The state- ment adds that these troops are guard- ing the frontiers and the suburbs of Sofia. London, June 12th.— ['here is no sign tonight that the British efforts to act the the part of conciliatory between France ad Germany have yet met with success. There was no further meeting of the cab- inet today, but pour parlers were be- lieved to be aimed at some formula, “‘Amnesty in the Ruhr’’ is the phrase met in the press of London and it is be- lieved that the British effort is to rer- suade the Government to get back to the original idea of civil as opposed to military occupation of the Ruhr, as the only basis upon which Great Britain could again join France and Belgium in a joint note sceking to have Germany abandon passive resistance. The gov- e'nment never acquiesced in the mili- tary occupation of the Ruhr. The Ger- man contention is that even if Berlin, as France desires, r:zscinded its orders for passive resistance, the Ruhr work- ers in the occupied region would con- tinue their resistance. The idea is that amnesty in the Ruhr might lead to aban- ®donment of resistance but the difficul- tv is that Poincare, by dropping his mili- tiry measures, would be admitting fail- ure of the occupation to achieve the de- sired resuits. If this difficulty could be No. 140. - ST. MARY’S MOVIES Tuesday, June 19, 1923, 8.15 P. M. ELLIOTT DEXTER IN “THEWITCHING HOUR” 7 REEL DRAMA. £. General Admission ... .. Le R B surmounted it is thought it might be easier to reach an allied conference 1.- cluding Germany. Manchester, June 12th. - The Govern- ment is seriously near a break with France on the reparations question, ow- ing to the French refusal even to consid- er the German note until Berlin under- takes to terminate the Ruhr passive re- sistance. The British affirm that this is more than any German Government could attempt and survive. The British think this offer is a good enough ap- proach for a discussion conference, with all the allies on one side and Germany on the other side. France is anxious not to merge individualism in her demand The only way of healing the ovrea. seems to be a conference of allied ex- perts to consult with Germany as to how it would be possible to improve the offer to the acceptance point. When an agree- ment is in sight, it will then be pessible for the British to urge Germany to caim the Ruhr sitvation, pending, and for the sake of, final agreement. I{ France ac- cepts this compromise, there will likely be a united reply to the German note. Belgrade, June 12th.—3w~eeping down on Sofia from the northern field, fierce peasant bands, numbering between ten and fifteen thousand, are launching a strong revolutionary movement against the new Government according to dis- patches from the Bulgarian Capital. Roughly clad, bhard riding hill tribes have joined the standards of the deposed Stamboulisky and threaten to topple the three day revolutionary regime, before it is well estab.ished, reports indica‘e. Jugo-slav political circles understand that the counter revolution is likely to succecd. Already the Stambolisky out- number the small forces of the Zankoff Government, and the peasant party that can claim eighiy-five percent of all Bu'- garia il it succeeds in geiting under way, wpears due to return to power. King i ‘s the youthful Bulgarian Monarch who gave the new ministry his approval, is likely to lose his throne anc possibly his head if the peasant drive reached the capital, for i* is now understood that he connived with the conspirators who over- threw Stombolisky. Belgrade, June 13tn.—Despatches to Jug~ Slavia newspapers from Tsaribrod : / report the existence of a state of « war throughout the great}part of Bulgaria. Former Cabinet Ministers Oboft and Douparinoff are said to have been killed during an engagement with revolutionary troops. King Alexander has returned hurriedly to Belgrade and a cabinet meeting was called for tonight to consider the Dulgarian situation. - @ Publication. OTICEis hereby given that the sum of N Franes 330 70, income on their Roval Highness Crown Prince FREDELIK and Crown Princess LOUISE’S Silver Wedding Memorial Fund, wili be available for distribution on the 28:h of Juiy 1923. Applications, for participation in this distribution, duly certified, should be for- warded to the undersizned on or before the 20th day of July 1923. Despatehing Secretary’s Office, Chris- tiansted, St. Croix, V. 1. 15 June, 1923. R. E. BARRETT. Despatching Secretary.