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g, tzke a prominent part in the coming elec- tions, Mr. Thoinas Johnson, secretary to the Irish Labour party, announced in a speech here on Saturday. lLabour had de- cided, he said to seek representation in the Irish Parliament, because it had a dafinite social, economic and industrial programme to put through, and the la- bour party stood independent both of the Free State and republican parties and went forward un its own program ue, de- voting its ererzies tc the workers inter- est. Other speakers expressed the hop- of the eventual establishment of a come monwealth. Genoa, May 14th —France has appeal- ed to the United States to participate in the proposed international commission to investigate th2 Russian situation. Tne United States Ambassador informaed the Rapresentative of the Associited Press last night that such a proposal had been s:bmitted to him by the French Delega- tion, and, as ne undzrstood the Fronch proposal, it suggested that the Jited States. if the iivitation was aceapted, would have a dominant voice in thezetion of the com mission, but that she wonlid not be bound by her acceptance toa ;r:2to any deéisions of the commission of which she did not approve,and that if the United States accepted the invitation, France would agree to the Russians beirg re- presented on the ommission. London, May Ibsth.---The five years campaign on behalf of temperance by the ecrmbinad religious bodies took a for- warl step yesterday when the President of the Wesleyan conferenc2 entertained a number of Anglican Bishops, thz Pre- sident of the Baptist Union, Pres- | yterian Moderators, Salvation Army leadersgand others. Extreme measires woare distine ly eschewed and proh.bition was not a lvocateld,the points emohasizad being local option, the prevention of the sale of liquor to persons under eigzhteen years of age, Sunlay closing and the ex- tension of the licensing law to clubs, and on these points it was considered that every shade of religious opinion could be uaited. While this gathering was in prr- gress in London, there was a gathering at Manches:er to protest against tae price of beer. This mecatitg was called by the district licensed trade, but its promoters declared it had been called because their customers had constantly asked for an opportunity to protest against the heavy taxation on liquor. London, May 15th. Canada, Australia, 3Jouth Afriea, India, The British West Indies and other colonies and also the Royal Colonial Institut=, were represent- ed in one powerful deputation of the Empire sugar producers which waited upon Major Wood, under Secretary, Os State for the Colonies, for the purpose of urging che necessity for increasing the imperial preference on sugar. Major Wood replied sympathetically. but made nothing in the way of promises. He ad- mitted the strzngih of the argumentis ad- S 1. U413 2 Y vanced by those cclonigs who had given a preference *o Great Britain, but said that the Government had not seen its way clear to double the existing prefer- e. ce on sugar, but would promise to eon- tinue the existing preference for at least ten years. By not reducing the gross duty, the British Government was he de- clared, making a valuable concession, which afforded the ground for a confer- ence which should direct!ly assist the in- dustry. Barbados, May 17th. By the S. S. “'ln- goma’’ His Excellency Sir Charles O’Brier: K.C. M. G. andfamilyleft for England yesterday. Consequent on His Excellen- cy’s departure on leave Honorable W. E. F. Jackson, C. M. G. Colonial Secretary was sworn in Acting Governor by His Honor the Chief Justice at 2.30 p. m. yes- day ‘n the presence of.the members of the Executive Coun ' and Executive Committee. : Barbados, May 16th. A mist which is said to have comm 'ncec on Sunday con- tinued over the island yesterday. Dis- tant objects couldnot b learly perceived and over the sea the s. _ conditions ex- isted. Washington, May 1((th. Tte text of the State Departments! message to Am- bassador Chiid furthei said.:''The ines- capable ultimate questipn would appear to be the restoration of(the productivity of Russia, an essential eordi‘ion which is still to be secured and must in the nature of things be provided for within Russia heraelf’”’”. The communicatiocn also said that the American Government had al- ways been ready to join other govern- ments in arranging for an enguiry by #x pertsinto the economic situation of Russia and the necessary remedies. Such a.; en- quiry, it addad, could deal appropriately with the economic requisites for the re- storation of Russian production, without which sound basis for credits would be lacking. London, May 16th. Mr Lloyd George, in a message given to the Genoa Corres- pondent of the Yorkshire Evening News says, ‘We have reached a uvew phase of Western Civitization. There have been wars of Religion and Dynastic wars with which to nourish trade and commerce, but the new phase is theinterdependence of Europe and the whol2 world. No mol ern nation ~an exist by itself, it is de- pendent upon other nations, whether’ ncighbouring or remote, and "a pact of non-aggrossion is fundamental to econo- mic lecons ruction. Every nation of Ku rope must reecgnize the sanctity of its n-ighbours boundaries, and frontiers witl th=n become open doors to commerce and not barriers.. Peace is essential. Loadon, May 16:h. Great Britain has asked for the ronpoaration of the United States, Franc: 2pd fta'y in investigating recent atrocitics by the Tarks on Chris- ‘tian ninorities in Asia Minor, as reported by the American Relief Administration rec..ail), it was announced in the House of Commons yesterday, the announce- ment being made by Mr. Chamberlain, who said that Lord Curzon was request- ing the French, Italian and United States Governments together with Great Britain to designate a careruny selected officer to proceed to Trebizond, or some other Biack Sea port, with the view of an investiga- tion The question was brought before the House by Mr. T. P. O’Connor, who asked if the Turkish authorities over the murder of ten thousand Greeks, followed by the seizure of their widows and daughters for transfer to harems and the starving of their child-en to death. Mr. Chamberlain said that confirmation had been receivea of the sta'ements made by a Major of the American Relief Administration, indicating deportation by the Turks in a deliberate plan to get rid of the minorities. Witnesses had szid that the Turks used winter weather in preference, for driving deportees to the mountains and that fifteen hundred bod- ies had been counted on the road, while two thousand persons had died on anoth- er. The Turks, continued Mr. Chamber- lain, had epeatedly been warned that these atrocities, now extending over sev- enty years, would adversely affect the Aliied poliey, but repeated warnings and protests had been entirely without effzct. The PBritish Government, which in the propesed terms of peace had assumed re- sponsibility for the protection )f the mi- norities, could not. he a lded, allow such reports to remain uninvestizated, or such incident to continuz uncheckeu. Brussels, May 16th. The German Gov- ernment yesterday deposited with the Belgian Treasury the f{inz2l payment of fifty million gold marks under the provis- innal moratorium gr.ntel by the Repa-a- tions Committee. Genoa, May 16th. Signor Schanzer, upon learning from the Associaied Press, at an early hour this morning, the decis- ion of the United States Government not to jo'n the preposed commission on Rus- gran wffairs at the Hague, expressed great surprise, especially at the rapidity with which a decision was taken and which may have great iafluence on further dis- cussions at Genoa. Great disappcintment at the decision of the United States is expressed generally in conference circles as the belief had gradually been forming here that the Uniteu States was ready now to join the other powers in dealing with Russian economic problens. Houston, Texas, May 16th.---More than a miliion acres of crops have been des- troyed hy flood waters from the Colorado Tirinity, Brazos, Neches and Sabine Ri- vors, and approximately twenty-five thoasand families will need help to re- pl lot their crops. (aenoa, May 16th.---The Poles and the Germans yesterday signed the Upper Silesia Treaty in the Council Chamber of the League of Nations, many spectators being present. :