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given Attention as soon as possible. 1 am ir structed to introduce the bill to that effe ¢, _.ne Chairman remarked: Honorable /‘;embers you have the Committee Re- port before you, I would like to know if Members desire to have any furth discussion on it before I take the vote as to its adoption. ~ No one requesting the word, 2nd Mem- ber for Christiansted Town (Canegata) moved that the Report be adopted. The Chairman put the motion to the yvote. It was unanimously adopted. '{l9 Chairman would like to. know wh¥tber Member Fleming desires to make his motion upon the Bill, now that the Committee Report had beer adopted? 4th Member for Frederiksted Country District (Fleming) said he wou'd have no objection if the Council so desives. 4th Apfeointed Member {Blackwood) read the Committee Report and said,— According to the wording of it he sup- posed that it is the intention that no further "discussion should be had on Bill No. 14. 9nd Member for Christiansted Town (Canegata) said,—lsn’t it a fact that as the Council accepts the Committee Re- port that suspends action on the Biil? The Chairman answered yes, if no objection, action on Bill No. 14 is sus- pended until after final action is taken on the Committee Report. 3rd Member for Freaeriksted Country District (M. M. Skeoch) said he did not see the sense of holding up Colonial Council Bill No #4. 3rd Membe. lor Christiansted Town - (Alexander) woWld like to know as the Council accepts the Committee Report whether that does not dg aw:y withy Colonial Council Bili No. 14. The Chairman answered: No. 3rd Member for Christiansted Town (Alexander): The Speaker of the Com mittee Report reports that the Commit- tee doesn’t consider the bill favorably. Doesn’t that do away with the Bill? ond Member for Christianstec Town (Canegata) in answer to the last speaker said:e The Speaker of the Committee bas not ?borted the bill unfavorably, but recommends that action be suspended on it. 3rd Member for Frederiksted Country Distriet (M. M. Skeoch) remarked: Mr. Chairman. When these little mys- terious things take place those of us who . know nothing about it must ask for explanaticn, ‘ (To be continued.) S e ILOCAL. : The S. S. *‘Marina’” is due here at ik lock today, having 12 tous of eargo ¢ Christiansted and 35 tons for Fred- -ksted. Schooner ‘‘Vigilant” sailed for St. AT g3l W ; Lok O S T.(. R A“. v 0 Thomas yesterday noon. Mail was for- warded by her. z The S. S. ‘‘Guiana” arrived at Fred- eriks* Xat2 p. m. Yyes.erday and sailed for the Islands at 5. She brought only twelve bigs of mail of which seven for this town ware received and delivered at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. ~The Native Rrass Band delivered a lively concert in the band stand last night. A larze gathering was as usual present and fully effjoyed it. TELEGRAMS. ’ ST. CROIX STATION. Genoa, April 25th.— M Techitcherin de- clared this jmorning to the ‘‘Associated Correspondent that the lesistance of the Allies to the principle of Russian nation- alisation was preventing the ennference from coming to a close and he added that the only serious obstacles to peace with Russia anu a2 fgeneral reconstruction are the pretentions of some former Russian landowners, whose claims for restitution carnot be granted except in accordance with the sovercign' laws of the country. The members of the French delegation say the last Russian proposals resembhle the propagaj da memorandum which was rejected by the confereuce. We must know exactly where we stand, said M. Barthou, o herwise it is useless to coo- tinue, if tle Russians continue. If the head of th. Russian delegation desires to continue the discussion on a reasonable basis, all will go weli, otherwise the del- egates might just as well go home an resume the discussion later on. The gen- eral impression amoug the representa- £ _ oowers is that it is absolutely vi . for Russia to obtain SGnancial assis- tace from sume direction and that Ger many alone is not in a pesition to give it. In t-is connection France considers that if Germany czn lend the money she should hard it to the Reparations Commission and pot to Russia. The Boisheviki, said a French delegate, are trying to make us believe they can extricate themselves from their difficulties without us and want to haggle, and the representatives of the Soviets speak of giving foreigners the right of joining companies, but we have yet to learn what are the industrial and political laws of the Soviets. Any day they may turn out the mumnority from {heir councils and while they do not wish to hear anything about capitalists coun- trirs., they nevertheless ask them for capital. Genoa, April 25th.—In DBritish circles here stupefaction has been caused by the fa-t that M Poincare delivered his speech ot Bar Le Duc vesterday without eonsult ing the Allies. The officizi opinion is that he was led 1o deliver the speech in the nolief that England was pegotiating se- cretly with the Russians, without consult- ing the Allies. The ltalian delegation thinks the wave of pessimism which has swept over the conference is not abso- lutely justifled and that all will eventue'- ly be arranged. London, April 25th.—A Central News despatch from Genoa states that M Bar- thou, head nf the French delegation, re- ezived instructions this morning by tel- egraph to insist before the conference on the terms named in the speech of M Poin- car eat Bar Le Duc. The French dele- gation, the despateh further stuties, de- clared it would send Russiaan ultimatum within 48 hours, or leave the conference. Paris, April 25th.—In official circles it is'stated that M Poincare has not adop ted any plan providi: g fora new mili- tary occupation of Germany in the event of that country failing to make the re- paration payments due on the thirty first May. The speech by the Prime Ministar yesterday, in which he declared that France would if necessary, under- take by herself the cariy.ng out of the treaty of Versailles, was delivered, it is said, with the object of clearly expos ing the attitude of the Government an to put an end to the criticisms whir were asserting that I‘rance was pu suing an obscure policy. There is tin to study the question of what is best way to compel Germany to fulfil b engagements and M Poincare wishead play with his cards on the table before . decision had been taken by the Genoa conference on Mr. Lloyd George’s propo- sal to promise all the peoples of Kurope not to encroach on the territory of neigh bours in any circumstances whatever. ! is said that the French Prime Mini . believed it was necessary to let the a- .rence become aware of Francesa’ ude before it had taken a decision wl . the French delegation could not a »rove, The views expressed by M Poincare in his speech have been confirmed through- out France by the principal public men and by the General Councils of the De- partments, one of the most remarkable of the uttarances being that of M Jonnart who declared it was no longer the time to discuss the question of reparations with any one,fbut that the time had come for action. The press, with the exception of the Comrnunist and Social organs, ap- prove unreservedly the Prime Ministers statements, and the Monaichists have placarded the wall of Paris with demands to march on Berlin. The officials sur- rounding M “oincare reject the idea that he wi!l take any sudden decision, but think he wiil make every possible effort to find away to put pressure on Germany without using armed force. They an nounce that he wi' invite the Allies to act in concert, and ° England declines, he will declare that France finds herself oblized to'extricate herself alone from a situation in which no one wishes to help her and carry out the treatyiof Versailles. If France is obliged to make use of her army, they say, she will try to put an end to the qguestion, which means she will occupy more than the valley of the Ruhr. :