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presiding member said that the Ameri.cans were making no'secret of their intention to use the whole of the cotton ~crop produced in - America, which, he declaved, . would be a serious thing for | the textile trade of Great Britain, unless steps 'vere taken to obtain raw cotton | from other sources. Another member ‘said that the price of cotton was so high that wool was being used and was found to be‘cheaper in the manufacture of "some' materjai; ' 2 e AT kg ; London, Feb. 27t".—Announcement has been made by the Air' Minist~y that | the London ‘‘Times’’ aeroplane, flying | - -rom London to Capetown, erashed while | attempting to effecta ldnding at Tabera, ! South of Lake Victoria, Canada, where it | ar.ived on Thursday. The pilot and the | mechanic ave safe, but the machine was | irceparably damaged. : | Paris, Feb. 28th.—An order was sent | out during the night by the Ezecutive | Committee of the National Federation | of Railwaymen for a general strike e | ~ all railwaymen on all the routes in France, | according to information received by the | Petit Parisien. Washington, Feb. 27th. —Formal inquiry was made by the British Embassy at the State Department tcday as to the acceptability of Sir Auckland Geddes to | be Ambassador to the United States. ‘ Washington, Feb. 27th.—The Senate | today passed and sent to the House the | Uadervood Joint Resolution, creating a | Commizssion to deal with Canada for the i abrogation of the restriction of the ex- | pore of pulp wood and paper.. Mr. Un- | derwood told the Senate that some action | was imperative, ¢s the newspaper pub- | lishing industry in the (Jnited States almost faces extinction because of the dwindling news print supply. . .ondon, Feb. 27th.——The Daily Telegraph says that serious information was rcceived here last night regarding the | situation in Japan. ‘No details are given. | London, #eb 28th.-Regarding New ° York despatches telling of the work of | the Cunard Line forming a great British | sh ppinz enl2rprise, designed to capture | Germany’s former traffic in_emigrants | and freight between Central Europe and | Amoarica, che Daily Mail’’ 33ys the iine | negotiating for the purchase of large 1 doek space. and sheds at Hamburg, l formerly , occupied by the Hamburg Armerican Line and will open the new .| service with the liner “‘Saxonia’”’, which | wiii inciude Hamburg on iis Eastern trip. 3 . London, Feb. 26th-—The law of proper- | "ty Bill, introduced’ in the House of Lords by the pord Chancellor is the'most im- bi . po:tant ‘'meusure of land law reform for | the pas_&,{g().()i ‘years' and is of manmmoth | . .size, containing .no less than 178 clauses | "and 16 schedules_and, ‘altogether. 260 | . pages, Its real object, is to make the | tefif ‘estate, and personal estate laws -} alike and to chat'end it simplifies convey- | ancing, without ‘however abolishing the - 5.8 Ll X A xlb powey to setile land or *déscéndants orto despose of it undex will, | | Panama, Feb. 27th.—Two United States Army- Avigtors, - careying - mails, - | ~ were killed when-‘their planes erashed | ~ from a height of 500 feet at Aguadulce. 1 | London, Feb. 27th.--In the Héuse of | Commons last-night Mr. Bonay, Law de- | ~ clared that he could not imagine anything | more caleylated tocmake the League of | * Nagjor s a failure at the outset t{pn im- | ~ pose upon it the burden of' the Turkish | problem. Mr. Wilifams; Liberal, asked * | - whether the Govt. has any intermation | ~ that a report had reached the: g;x'm_e,nia_n . delegation in London to ‘the effect -that - ..twenty thousand: Armenians had. alveady ~ been slaughtered in the evacuated district’ | ~ -.of Maciasha,.that a4 large--Lurkish forces' | ~ was menacing Mersina, and thatthe whole * of :%e@iciar was in danger of massacre * The Premier replying, said that up to the = ~presgnt he had pot heard .apyrhing to in- '| dicate that this deplorable rumour was™ | ~ true, and he added that if sueli news ‘| ~ came to the conference they would have to consider ‘what steps were necessary to | arrest horrors of ‘this kKind. - 3ig " London,*Feby: 28th. —The Internation~ al Association Football Match ketween | ~ Seotland- and ‘Wales'resulted: inia draw. ~each country seoring oae goal.” ¥ | " Ottawa, Feby. 28th.-—Control by the Board of Commerce of € nada of the | price of sugar ‘was abolished “today tor | the ‘s,peciged'f purpose of proving ‘wheth- | i er or . not control “tiad 'been effective® | ' in_keepiug down .excess profits and | the fixed-price of 16 cents’ per pound at | ~ the refineries no ‘longer cbtained. | | Washington, Febv. 28th—By virtue of | . a unanimous vote_ the Senaté® has readopted the Republican Peace Treaty | ~ reservation relative :to mandate ~ atter | Mr. -Hitehcoek:had : arnounced on the floor that the adwministration would rot oppose it. The rdservation, under which | ~ ho mandate could’be accepted by the - Country'without the-action -of Congress, | ~ was unopposed. on the Demecratic side, | ~ Mr. Hiteheock, said, - because it merely | recites the ‘clear meaning of the Treaty. | It was the first time a reservation had | been adopréd with® the ‘acquiescence of | - . the Demoeératie Party: .- 5 . : e T OSER TR %y 30, - | I«; . : g Byt PR { - .St. Thomas News. | o3ey AR oo i ooy gl | . ‘DEPARTURE OF THE AIR-BOATS. | Frer Coatibds B Ge o i s4o L ' v+ Much’interest -having ' been evinced in | -<the “flight: of the air-boats, - whigh .since Saturday the 14th, had heen gracing our | f harbour, and a keen desire for.an exhi- 7! ' bition -having been’ voiced by the popu- - lace; we made this‘.desire of ihe people *"known: to:fihe’autheritifs.thx&gshzour col- + “oamasy: bt with no. particiar: suecess. .| . On Saturduay morning; however,. aid be- .. ‘fore largk erowds d@ssembled on: the Pier -and adjacent wharves and points of vantage, the boal§ underwent a series of manouvres, first in the'water, and later in the air.. It was truly a pretty sight to- see these ‘‘leviathans of the air”’ _skimming gracefully along the surface of the water, to the incessant drumming of the fans, and then taking the incline gently, ascend into the air. Ascending one after another with an intervening ‘lapse of about eighteen minutes apart, the first 2 cireling sea.wards, sailed over the Marine Station ~at *East ‘Point; flying gracefully and gradually, ,while two other two sister plaies floated westward. But say: do vou see that flash tight from the clouds? The ‘‘Vixen’’'is also sending out a ‘‘feeler’’, -while' the' *‘Shawmut’” has run up some flag'signals! ‘What s it? Why, one of the boats sailing so gracefully westwards, aver Orkansshiillet Island is signalling in response to a call sent out by one of her'sisters, (doubtless the damaged one) : who despite the racing up and down through the water. is unable to ascend: for soon in response to the ‘*Shawmut’s”’ signals, she is-lying snug and safe alongside that vessel., Four of them have no» - winged their flight Jamaiea towards. "leaving ‘but two othérs to follow, and ~which did so «n Sunday morning at 9.40 o’clock. o T "It was indeed a treat to witness the flight of these "‘unnatural birds of nag sage’’ through the air. Os course, by means of illustrated papers and magazines, as well as through the medivm «f thé Cine, we had gained some conception as to their appearance &e : but had not the least idea that we would so soon, have had an opportunity of seeing the real stuff.—Bt. Th ‘mas Mail Notes, Feb. 24th. During the handling ot some ecargo yesterdav afternoon on board the - ‘*Manoa,’’ " one of the ecargo-men, Isaac Linnard, suffered some pretty severe injuries to the head, through -the. falling of a barrel of cocoanuts upon him from the sling. He was taken to ‘the: Hospital, where his wounds were “immeciately attended to.—St. Thomas Maal Notes, Feh, 25th. : * The Quebec liner ‘‘Manoa,’’ Captain Moorehouse, from Windward direct, arrived here yesterday at noon on her way to new ~York, 'and after di charging some overcarried “stuff and taking n a " supply of ‘coa's and. water, proceeded in “the evening on her destination, Or. her way up from Guadeloupe to Martinique and when about 20 miles off the shores of the tormer. island, one, of-the steerdgße passengers -:an. American—having died ihe day previous, the last rites were s saidwover; bim by the Captain, and his . remains; in the sight of the other passengers, -consiged to the billowy deep. - Ibid. Lie