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s & 2 2 A o A [T Ea: % Gaid St Lroix AOS . X | SN -y W & b _7STH YiEAR. THE Si. CROIX AVIS 15 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. T's [ MS---50 cents monthly in advance. 2 cents per single copy. Wntered ws second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sfted, St Craix, V. I ofthe U}, S. A., un dvr the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this puper wili be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s nume, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responstble for the views of hes correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. iondon, July Bth.——The House of - Commons was greatly excited last even- “log ove the statementy M Churchill U.at the Army Council *had agieed with the decision of the Indian a‘g_th_ormes condemning General Dyer for NFIDg OD the meeting of natives at Amrit-3!" and dechring that > must - po further employed Bro .were rais- ad an@ viic. % e House of Commons 1 ne bud- gel proposals 1n -the 7l The Chnancellor has stuck to ni. ~us success- fully agamnst some opposiiion, the m~st important coneession being the reduction of fifty per cent of the increased duties on sparkling wines to 33 /3 Z. L%gdom July Bth.—Princeton defeated Oxford in .heir dual track and field meet at the Queen’s Club here today. Prince- ton won six of the events while Oxford was victorious in four. London, July Bth.-—President Wilson has accepted the invitation of the League of Nations to cail a meeting of the As- sembly of the League early in Novem- ber, it was announced in the House of Commons today by Mr. Cecil B. Barns- worth, Under-Secretary for Foreign Af- fairs. ‘ London, July Bth.—The statement of the Board of [rade for June ,shows the following changes: Inports increased £4,761,700. Exports of British products increased £51,790,000. Re-exports in- creased £8,160,000. Total export in- creased £59,950,000. Excess of imports decreased £12,333,000. Washington, July -Bth.—Guided en- tirely by radio comp- ss signals ‘he Navy Seaplane F-51 left Norfolk and flew 95 miles on a beeline tc pick up -the battleship ‘‘Ohio’” at sea with no know- CHRISTIANSTED. V. 1. U. S$A.. WEDNESDAY 14t JULY 1920. ledge at the time of taking the air of the vessel’s location. The seaplane then navigated its returneto Norfolk by radio compass. United States Navy Depart- ment nfficials to whom the flight was re- ported, said it was the first time a radio compass a paratus had been used to direct aireraft to a ship. Leamington July Bth.—The Miners’ Federation in session here today adopted a resolution providing that if the Govt does not withdraw the troops from Ire- land and cease furnishing war materials to enemies of che Bolsheviki a general strike of all unions shall be calied. There was only one vote against the resolution, which will be presented to the Special Trades Union Congress which will meet in {.ondon next Tuesday. A conference of delegates representing 900 000 yesterday adopted a rvesolution demanding that the Govt. concede an advance in we,"es of two shillings daily and immediat ::- reduce the recent ad- dition of 14/ ner tor,to the price of do- mestic coal. Proposals for a five day week and to give the Executive Commit- tee of the Miners Federation power to call a strike with a ballot of the mem bers were defeated. For the present thereis no threat & a suike but the action taken was intended to strength en the policy of forcing the Govt. in nationalizing the coal mines, Berlin, July Bth. -Tne Polish fron from the Pripet to V.Y Carpathians has completely collapsec . and the situation is most serinus, the semi-official “'Allege- meine Zeitung’’ says it learns authorita- tively. The Russian push southward from Kiev and Rovno has met with only sl ght opposiii?l‘u A Warsaw despatch to the '‘Frankiort Zeitung’’ says the Bolsheviki have bogun an offensive on the north front of the Molodechno-Po- lotsk Railway but their first attempr to break through failed. London, July Bth.—Louis Brandeis, As- sociate Justice of the United States Supreme Court was elected President of the National Zionist Conference which convened as the first Zionist gathering in several years to formulate a noliti- cal programme which will be urged for Palestine. Dr. M@xnordau of London was chosen Honorary President. ondon, July Bth.—A meetingof Un- jonist members has passed a resolution urging. the Govt to bring in a resolution measure legislative and administrative for England, Scotland, and Wales. Warsaw. July 9th.--Russian Bolshe- viki forces have broken through the Po- lish lines south of the Dvina river n a i3, 160 i e ei2 e S ee+t s ) e e ' drive designed to over run Lithuania and ' form a contract with KEast Prussia, ac- ! cording to an official statement issued here | last night. The Soviet army is using in- i fantry, cavalry, artillcrv,_ airplanes and | tanks and the Poles are fighting desper- \ ately to check the advance along the ‘ northern front against which the enemy is throwing crack divisions. On the } southern front General Budrny withßov- no in his possession is advancing in the I direction of Lemberg which is about 180 | miles from Warsaw. l Quebee, July 9th. —The Hon L.. A. Tas- | chereau, Attorney General of the Pro- | vinee, has been sworn in as Premier of ' Quebee, Sir Lomer Gouin having resigned Paris, July 10th.—Polish forces are . withdrawing from Brestlitovsk, Vilna | and Pinsk as the result of the great Rus- . sian Bolsheviki offensive, according to ' a telegram received by the newspaper . L’lnformation the morning. The evac- | ution of Bres'litovsk, Vilna and Pinsk . would seem to indicate a general with- | drawal of the Poiish line to the frontiers # of that new republic. 1 -London, July 10th.—Admiral John A. . Fisher, First Baron of Kilverstone and . former First Lord of the Admiralty died | this morning. Lord* woaunder Lent a | serious operatio *and failed to | rally. -He hoo seriously ill since | early in Ma, .uen he underwen: an op | eration. Lord ishe: who was 79 years | of age, is survived by one son and three i daughters. Uttawa, July 10th. —The Hon. Arthur | Meighen w:is sworn in 2s Prémier at ’- 10.54 this moining. 'The Hon. C. C. Bal- lantyne was sworn in as Minster of Ma- ! rine and Fisheries and of the Naval Ser- | vice. Mexico City, July 10ch.—The Govt. has decided to reject peace proposals made by Francisco Villa, General Her- rano, Under Secretary of Warand Marine, told the Associated Press today “‘On- | ly unconditional surrender,’”’ he declared : would I{)e accepted. | Washington, July 9th. —An inerense o | 280,000,000 bushels in the United States | wheat crop as compared with last month | with a total forecast of 809,009,000 bush- | elsa prospective corn crop larger than las: year’s and larger crops of oats bar- | ley, wheat, potatoes, tobacco, flax and rice | than were grown a year agce were the ‘ features of the Govt’s. July erop reports | issued today by the United States De- | partment of Agriculture, | Dominica; July 10th.-——H. E. the Gov- | ernor left for Antigua by Chaleur last L pight.