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time this evening. Mails close at 4.00 p. m. As regards the commuaication with Porto Rico being taken care of by steam- ers of the Bull Insular Line, Postmaster Larsen tells us that he interviewed the director of the company at San Juan and was shown evidence to the effect that the business done w'th St. Croix has al- ways been at a loss to the S. S. Co. for which reason itiz immaterial whether the importers of this island particularly Christiansted, withdraw their business when the mail boat, the s. s. Cath- erine is put on the route. This boat displaces 3,200 tons, measures 261 feet over all and dra s 17 feet when rot loadad. For this reason it is not con- sidered safe to attempt to enter this bar- bor, apart from the fact that no captains in the company’s service will assume the responsibility fce the ship if ureged to call here, and tie insurance companies will not insure tk e boat it she is brought iato this harbor. Besides this th2 coa- tract with the Post Offic2 Depariment does not require hat a stop be madz at Christiansted and this is coneluded alrea- dy ¢o there’s notning to be done about it. The Director of the Bull Line at San Juwn is willing to hav? tha st2am2r come off the port and discharge the mail to a boat which may be sent out for it, and a repor. and recommendation to this effect is being submitted for the econsideration of the Wasnhinzton au- thorities, The s. s. Cntherine will have elaborate passenger and ample freight accommodations and it is hop=d that the inclimation to travel between the islands will be stimulated and busines possi- bilities thereby opened up and developed. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. B. R. Larsen r.tu'ned by the Ro- manita from San Juan wheve he under- went a nasal operation wi h encouraging expectations. We are pleased to learn that Mr A. Lang’s operation was successful and that ho is doing nicely. Two new clerks Charles R. Brown, aad Hilmar Olser, have been taken on at the West India and Panama Tel. office here. One of the staff, Christian Peter- s'n, recently le't for the S'ates and a wther is about to leave it is urderstood. TELi.GRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION, Q iebee, Sept. 12th. —Lord Renfew (the Frree of Wales) today enjoyed the first d iy ashore of the first holiday he bas had s ne: the war. 1o his delight and great- Iv to that of his staff, the Quebee people a.g the visitors it the hotel acceded in - .n and spirit o his expressed request ti «c ne be regardad simply as a private c.izen on holiday. He moved around S ¢t 2 S freely, geing for a walk along the ter- race in front of the hotel, doinga little shopping and taking his lunch with the Hon. Martin Burrell in the main dining room, entirely at his ease. Never had his Re al Highness looked happier and more boyish. He was evidently in the highest spirits and looking forward keen- ly to paying his first vis? % the ranch in Alberta which hLe negetiated for on his return journey from the West in 1919 #nad afierwards purchased, but which he has never seen. Madrid, Sept. 13th.— Army officers at Barcelona have : »volted and martial law has been deciarca The rank and file of the ariny have joi 'd in the revolt, but the navy personne. s quiet. Barcelona, Sept. 13th.—A state of siege was proclaimed here this morning and the Catalan military authorities took possession of power in tkis ecity. The main telephone exchanze here was ocecu pied at four o'ecloek this morning by a band of revolutionaries, who are report- ed to be led by Captuair Generai Egrime ] Rivera. It is believed that the movement wiil signalize an outbreak in others of 1 the chief town in Spain. A document . addressed to all Spapiards and signed by ! Captain General Rivera was publi-hed this mworning. It criticizes the present ] Government and stigmaizes the profes- sional politicians for sciz ng the power and annibilating the will of the King. Owing to this situation, thef document continues, the military authorities will take the direc:ion and responsibilities of the power to govern either directly or through civilians. Ar the moment of declaring a state of siege, asserts the | documert, the military authorities will deprive the present civil ofhcials of their power and assume their finctions. It will seize all means of comumunication and so bid cireulation except for business | or family reasons. The authoritizs of the | new regime, continues the prodlamaiion, will oceupy ti e headquarters of the com- | munist and revolutionary associations, | the nprisons, the banks the electric power station and the points at which | the water supply is controlled. All sus- | pects will be arrested. [n addition, de- | clares the document, the leaders of the | movement will seek to maintain the normal life of the country. The pro- | clamation ends with an appeal to the | patriotism o! the population, entreating the military forces to give their lives to the country if necessary. It is stated here that several garrisons, notably those in Madrid, Saragossa and Seville, havead- | bered to the military movement, which | now must be recognised as a regular | coup d’etat. The pormal life of Barce- lona is proceeding, although the state of siege has existed in reality since three o’clock this mcrning and a censorship has been established under the military authorities. A sitting of the Cabinet, which was held in connection with the preelamation issued by the Captain Gen- eral of the Bareelona district, lasted un- til the early hours of the morning, when a statement was issued to the press. "“The Captain General of Barcelona’’, it caid,”“'last night proclaimed on his own responsibility a state of siege in that dis- trict, seized the communication and in- vited other distriets to support his ac- tion. Inforder to explain this step he published a manifesto to -the country de- claring that the ‘army ecalled upon the sovereign to save Spain and asking for the dismissal of the present Miristers, In certain districts it appears the military forces are disposed to concur in this atti. tude of rebellion. The Cabinet isin per- manent session and will maintain its position, which it will abandon only un- der force, should the promoters of this sedition decide to follow up their policy with all its consequences. The King will arrive in Madrid ,today’’. A com- munication issued by the military savs: “Proceedings will be brought againat the Minister of Forcign Affuirs and the President of the Council, the Premier and that a Guvernment will be es tablished under the military 2zuthori: ties’’. The movement, the communique declares, is loval to the Kiang, being direc'ed not against the sovereign but the Government. It is reported that Santiosgo Aiba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is under arrest at Sanseb - stian. The actual beginning of the revolt oc- curred when General Lossada, under orders from Captain General Primo Revera, (ook the government of the Pro- vince of Barcelona, dismissing the former Governor. In th2 other Catalan provinces the military a®horities have taken possession of the Government. The movement does not seem to have met with ditheulties in the Catalan re- gion. lts fate in the rest of Spain is not definitely known., The police, the civil guard and the other pub’ie forces seemed to have accepted the new order of thing Y London, Sept. 13ih.- Prof. Gilberg Murray, rezins professor of Greek at Ox- ford University and aember of the League of Nations International Com- mittee on intellectual cooperation, in a radio despatch to the League of Nations unions in London d-seribes the Fiume situation as very dangerous. Dr. Murray say s that unless the leazue of Nations intervenes. general hostilities involving Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hun- gary are certain to commence on Sepiem- ber 16th. He adds that some of the mil- itary plars of the Ba'kan powers already have been lecided upen. The Foicign Office expressed entire lack of agreement today with the Idea expressed by Prof. Murray. 7The Foreign Oflice authorities scem tothink that the Fiume and Corfu situations will be settled amicably by {urther diplomatic discussions. The Gov- ernment, it was declared, has not, us le- poriad, suggesteda definite date to the "Italians for the evacuation of Corfu, that being ift to I'reinier Musseolini himself.