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Have A Good Smoks - Just opened up a.fine assortment of Pto. Rico and Jamaica Ci- gars. Secare in time your Supplies for Christmas. Christiansted, 17’ Dec. 1920. A. R. Mc Intosh. §EOCAL. A very lurge mail was received yester- day from the States per 's. s. ‘‘Guiana.’”’ ! MUSIC NOTES. . The Naval Band presenis another brand new program this week. Three of the tunes hayse strange names, but they ar= all new'to Christiansted’s music public. The march B! Pecit Majars, is a Porto Riecan march and means: ‘The Lit- tle Major. lhe overture L 2 Domino Noir in English would read The Black Domi- no. It is written by a French composer who lived in the sevenfeenth ecentury and is best known (0 the musical worid as Daniel Auber. I”Addioc Napoli is simply, ¥arewell to Naples, = The concert for last Sunday night did not rove obe the last, soit isn’t wise to predici again. This week we have new moon, the weather promises to be fair, so there’ll be no exeuse for not coming on the whari, o heai another brand unew - program; for good music puts sunshine into the heart. ‘ M. N. TELEGRAM -. BT. CROIX STATION. London, Dee. 15th. =Mr Llovd George - today senrt a reply to the recent request by the Rev. O’Flanagan, acting President of the Sinn {ein, that time be accorded in which tc consult with Professor De- Valera and Mr Arthur Griffith, founder sos ihe Sinn Fein and now under arrest, respecting the endeavours being made, to bring about a fruce in Ireiand. The Premier in his reply informed Father O’Flanagan that facilities would be offer- ed him for seeing Mr Arthur Griffith. - Regarding Professor De Valera he wrote, *‘The ordinary methods of communication with America are fully open to you” Continuing, the Premier said, °‘‘l sin- cerely trust tnat as <he outcome 0! activ- ities of all men of peace and goodwill, the policy of those who seek to attain their political ends by violence will be fully abandoned and the people of Ire- land will be free to return to those con- _ sfitutional methods by which alone their reasonable aspirations can be attained. [ am heartily at one with you in hoping Sd e AV that the comirg Season of Christmas will aliay the passions which are produc- ing the present hideous and unchristian strife and so pave the way for ffank and peaceful discussions with the selecied representatives of the llrish pevple, which are esseniiai to a just and reason- able settlement.’”’ . London, Dec. 14th. —ln the House of Commons today in the course of the de- bate on the defense estimates, Mr -Lioyd- (George announced that whatever the changes in the Greek Government were, the guardianship of the Dardaunelle Straits would remain under eontrol of Great Britain, France and lialy, regard- less of whether ex-King Constantine re- mained in Greece, or 3. Veaizeios came back. Replying to eriticisms on the ex- cessive cost of the oeccupation of Mesopo- tamia, the Premier chalienged anyvbody to say that Grear gritain oughi to abandon the mandate for Mesonotamia. He de- clared that having accepted the mandate, Great Biitain was bound to shoulder the initial eost and added we have made it quite clear that if rien deposits exist there it will be for the betterment of the whole worid and we wiii hold the bal- ance quite fairly between all nations. Geneva, Dee. 16th.—China today took rank among the principal powers di- recting the affairs of t‘he world through its entry intc the council of the l.eague ¢ 1 Naticr:= in suecession to Greece. The selection of China had been discounted lurgely, since the Assembly had previ- ously adopted the recommendations that another elective member be allotted to Asia. It was doubtiu! up to the last moment, however, whether the member who for the past few days had been ad- vocating Slav or Scandinavian represen- tation, would not sueceed with fheir argu ment that the Asiatic races could not expect two places on the Council, while two important European countries were not représented at all. The majority of ihe delegaies, however, held to their implied promise, but the success cf Chi- na was iargely due to the perscnal strength which DLr. Wellington Koo of the Chirese delegauion has acquired in the Assembiy. Won.an made her debut in the League of Naticns today and was cordially received and welcomed in the Assembly. In the discussion c¢n action to suppress white siave tratfic, Mademo:i- selle Forthaumer, a substitute for Den- mark, took the floor and in the purest English gave the delegates an exampie of clearness and conciseness which, if 1t bad come earlier, might have shortened tne meeting of the Assembly. Austna was electéed a memkber of the League of Nations by the Asgsen:bly tcday. The elec- tion of Austria was without ofposition 35 votes were cast in favour of her admission, Two memkers were sbsent and four abstainea from voting. Tlhe vote for the admission of Austria came after an unexpected passage at arms between M. Guiseppi Motta, Switzerland, and M. Viviani, representing France. M. Motta speaking for the commiitee re- called the rejection of Germany’s ap- plication tfor admission by the Peace Conference, saying that Switzerland had alwavs regretted it and that therve was now three places vaeant in the Lea- gue which ought to be filled by the Un- ited States, Russia and Germany. At the mention of Germany M. Viviani sprang up and asked for the floor and at the eonclusior of M. Motta’s speech, in which the the Swiss delegate appeal- ed to the Assembly for justice, M. Vi- viani mounted the tribune and launched into a fervid defence of the French view point. It was soon apparent that the Assembly was with him and hiz+¥emarks were greeted with frequent applause. When he descended from the tribune he received the greatest ovarion of the Asaembly. The oting for the admission of Austria, whi-h immediately followed was by nomieal roil call the delegates being asked whether they were in favour or against adniission, some answering .in French and som in English. London, Dec. 14th.—1In the Scottish prohibition vote, which has been going on now for spme weeks, Aberdeen has given a majority in favour of ‘‘no change’’ in 18 wards. The exception to the general rule is Scotiznd was turnish- by Rahaen where the fishtng population of the place carried a ‘‘no license’’ ma- Jority by dd to 29. Therve is oniy one license in the parish. The ''No chonge majority at Fraserburgh was only 40-75. “"EPIGRAMS AND WITTY SAYINGS.”' The man who believes that all women are saints 1s not as likely to believe that all men are fools, for the just and suffiei- ent reasoml §hat he 1s one of them. A cat has claws to seratch, a dog has teeth to bite;-but a woman relies on her eyes. Just a word to the wise. Never by any.word or action show that you have the least bit of intelligence. Alwsvs.re- member that the foot was one of the wisest in the king’s retinue. AT Alsrge Sicek {r "% o) Kew Lolnbia Fecords 4 & :-"/1' ‘ls @5 on sgke JOHN ALEXANDER. COLUMBIA DISTRIBUTORS. : &