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anticipate arguments that would be used in the Imperial Parliament in discussing these questions. He asked the Ulster- ites to trust their leaders wno he hoped would lead them once again. Milnethorpe Westmoreland England, Nec. 12th. —Mr. Richard Bagot, the au- | thor died at his home here. Washington, Dec. 12th.—The contro- versy between Japan and the United States overr the island of Yap has been settled and the terms of the settlement will be announced later. The agreement | which is in the form of a treaty includes all the islands over which Japan has the mandate, in addition to Yap London, Deec. 11th -A Reuter cable ‘rom Lucknow, India, says that Lucknow | cave the Prince of Wales a great recep | tion. Following the usual official recep- | tion and the inspection of the guard of | honour by the Prince, a procession was | formed by a strong escori of the 16th | Lancers. The scene enroute was r2ally | remarkable. A strike had been proclaim- | ed by the dislnyal element, but the popu- | lace clearly disvegarded it. Behind the | lines of British and native troops guard- | ing the thoroughfares were massed un- | broken erowds, squatting and standing | scores deep. While bursts of cheering | were chiefly eonfined to the Buropean | quarters, the whole demeanour of tue | natives was oge ol friendly curiosity, ©v- | idently the ac:ion o the Indian Covt. in taking <teps to put an end to intimidation | by the Extremists was pleasing to the | native mind, which loves pageantry. | Strike orders have in the past been obey- ed, it is believed, more from fear than conviction. Obvious precautions were taken to prevent a recurrence of what happened at Bombay when the Prince was there, but proved to be quite unne- | cessary. Washington, Dec. 12th. —All the Bri- | tish delegates to the Armament Con- | ference, with the exception of Sir Auck- | Jand Geddes, have arranged to sail for | home on December 3lst, on the S. S. | Olympic. | Washington, Dec. 12th.—New ma- | chinery to expedite final action on naval | armament limitation agreements was | set up today by tiie arms conference. | ‘The former commitiee of exverts was “serapped’’ in favour of a committee of | fifteen, including both plenary delegates | and civil and nava! experts of the | five powers. The whole subject of | naval limitations, inciuding the corner stone ‘‘s-5-3’’ ratio, was turned over | to the naw committee to be put in final | shape for the conference. Mri Balfour | head of the British delegation, Lord Lee and Rear Admiral Chatfield were named as the British members of the Commit: | tee. It was stated this body would take | up the proposed naval ratios for France and Italy and also in all probability sub- | marines, The "'‘Big Three’’ of the naval | conference, iSecretary Hughes, Mr. Bal- | four and Admiral Kato, met today and | 51 Lo 1X A VIS are understood to have considered the naval ratio problem, but no announce- ment of what occurred at the meeting was made. They will confer again to- morrow and it was regarded as probable i that they were shaping up the pro- " gramme {or deliberations of tbe '‘com- mittee of fiiteen’’. | Dublin, Dec. 13th.—It is officially an nounced that 25 convicted Irish political prisoners have been released from Mount Joy and Galway prison | Belfast, Dec. 13th.—Mr. Llovd Geor. e i has informed Sir dJames Craizg that in view of the latters statement ir the | Ulster Parliament yesterday on the . ~ correspondence regarding the Irish Con- . ference he proposes to publish the cor- . respondence immediately. } Meibourne, Dec. 13th Australian | newspapers welcome the four ower treaty : on the Pacific. Mr. Hughes ‘n a state- | ment ‘‘cays the treaty isa magnificent | achievement. It is especially signifi- | ecant for Australia. It ensures our secu- | rity. The Irish settlement and Pacific | treaty make the week one of the most . momenious in the history of Civilization. Quebee, Dec. 13th. A sensation was i caused yesterday at the Chateau Fron- | tenac Wwhen Ilarshal Foch, after being . officiatlly received by the Civiec authori- | ties, repited to a request made to him by | the Avchpriest, M. Mighiran, represen- | tative of His Girace the Armeno: Catholic | Patriarch, to save the Armenians. The | Marshal replied, e cannot save a | country if they do not inake their own | defense. The first thinp is 1e take up . arms anddight, and we do not negotiate | with enemies’’. The Marsha! said he | would note the request never .heiess. | Allahabad British lndia, D-e. 12th.— | The Prince of Wales, arriving here this | mornine on what was deseribed as an | informal visit, found thc ecity practically | deserted and the wost effective “"Hartal’’ | which has been carried cui anywhere | sines his arrival, is in full force. Alight- . ing from the Royal train at the small . outlying statisn of Prayag, the Prince | drove through vacant thoroughtares into | the city, where the sfre<ts were festoon- | ed and garlanded, but silent and empty | and without traffic. Haidly a single na- . tive was anywhere visible and the ' Prince passed without encountering any ' sori of a welcoming demonstration. In- " deed, but for the Euroveans and a com- . paratively small number of higher class " Indians, the ecity of 150,000 inhabitants . might have been a city of the dead | London, Dee. 13th Reports from India . show that the situation daily increases in . gravity, over six hundr>d non ~ooperato:s ' are now in prisoa. During the last few " daysa number of agitators have betn | arrested at Allahadad, where the Prince " of Wales visited yesterday was aimos® . eomnletely boyeotied. The chairinan of . the Allahabad Municipality has been sen- ' tenced to eighteen months inprisonment | and to pay a fine of 250 rupees. The edi- tor of the ‘‘lndependent sentenced to twenty one months imprisnnment and a fine of 2000 rupees. Other messages mention arrests at Rangoon, Delhi and Amritzar of 145 men arrested for pick- eting at Calcutta, one has been discharg- ed, cight sentenced to small fines' and ‘he remainder to six months imprison- 2nt, New York, Dee, 12th.- The failure Os the Allgemeine Bank Verein Dussel- dorf, involving over 130,000/000 marks ard the second big Geiman Bank sus- pension within a week, makes the posi- tion of the others in Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne doubtul, STILL THERE, “It is indeed a pleasure,”” remarked the man who approves of prohibition, “'te be able to walk the streets without seeing a saloon on every corner.”’ ""And yet.”’ returned the unregenerate one, "'it’s a great comfort to know they are there, even if you don’t see them.”’— New York Sun.— Ibid. LXNUAL RED GROSS MEETING i T three o’clock Friday afterncon, De- A cember 16th, the annual meeting of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the Ameri- can Red Cross will be held at the Fred- eriksted High School. At this meeting officers and executive committee will be elected for the following year. Director of Police Mr. Frank Coulter, who r pre- sented the Red Cross Chapter of the Virgin “Islands at the recent convention of chapters at Columbus, Ohio, will give an account of the meetings, which are reported to have been the most inspira- tional of any of the kind ever held in the States. « It is hoped that every mem ber of the Red Cross, 'vho possibly can, will be present. LIST OF UNCLAIMED MAI'Y, FOR THE WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 10, 1921. Mrs. Wilhelmiua Boyee, Hill St. No. 41, Mis: Wilhelmina David, Alexander Dowling, Mrs. J ohn Maria Emanuet, 52 Hill St., Viiss Alice Heyliger, Mr. Joseph Holst, Hulalie James, 10 Hospital St., Miss Margaret Martin, Mr. Wiiliam Pemberton, Mr. Donald Kock, Mess Hill, Mr. Charles Samuel Mrs. Sarah Samuel, W. L. Sperry. (2) Mrs. Hermina Thomas, Darly Hill, dt. Pellier. Post Office, Christiansted, Virgin Is- lands, December 11, 1921. B. R. LARSEN, Paogtmaster.