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TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STA SIUI\’. {Delayed in transmission.) London, April 12th.—The Stockport bye-election, in which there were seven candidates, resulted in a victory for Ilr. Greenwood, Coalition Unionist. The polling was as follows: Mr. Greenwood, 22,846. Mr. Eields, Coalition Liberal, 22,286. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, Labcur, 16.042. Mr. Percy, Labour, 14,445. Mr. Rindell, Independent, 5,644. Mr. Ter rett,lndependent, 5,444. Mr O’Brien, Workers Kepublican, 2,336. London, April 12th.—The following is the result of the poliiig in the Dart- ford bye-election: Mr. Mills, Labour, 13,610. Mr. Wing, Liberal. 4,562. Mr Miller, Coalition Unionist, 4,221. Mr. Apolin, National Party, 2,952. Mr. Fehr, Independent, 1,802. London, April 12¢n. Speaking with reference to the Anglo-French situation, in the House of Commons, Mr. Bonar Law said he ventured to suggest that it would be very undesirable to have any discussion on the subjee:r, eicher in de- bate, or byway of question and answer. It is hardly necessary to add, that there is no truth whatever in the statement made in certain sections of the press that there are differences of opinion in the British Cabinz2t. He was bombarded with questions on various aspects of the situation, and sevaral of the queriss sug- gested sympa hy with the French view- point. The Government leader however, refused to be drawn into a discussion, declaring that any statement made in the House by a member of the Govt., which would seem to justify the British attitude, might have the appearance of criticizing the attitude of Great Brifrain’s allies, and also that any statement of the kind might have the effect of conveying to the German Govt. the impression that there was not comp'ete agreement among the Allies regarding the importance of the Versailles Treaty. Answering a question, he said he did not believe there was a shadow of foundation for the sug- gestion that the German army, including the Reichswehr, militia and police, num- ber two million. New York, April 12th.—The railway strike and another flurry in money mili- tated against the conservative side of today’s stock market, another disquiet- ing influence being a further acute de- pression in French, ltalian and Belgian remittances, forcing those countries to new levels of discount, while the British also reacted. Washington. April 12th.—Republican resolution to end the war with Germany, adopted last night by the House, was transmitted to the Senate today and referred to the Foreign Relations Com- mittee without discussion. London, April 12th.——Two hundred persons, injured in the explosion of an ammunition dump at Kitenstein, East 51 bRI kN R NS Prussia, yesterday, have been rescued. according to a Berlin despateh. The ex- plosions are eontinuing and the rescuers are able to approach the siene nnlv in armoured cars. The fuses were being removed from a number cf big calibre §hells in the dump, when one became ignited in some way and thirty tremend- ous explosions followed, wrecking the dwellings over a wide area and shatter- ing thbusands X window’ in the city. Washington, April 12th.—Legislation to deal with the railway strike was pro- posed today by Senator Poindexter, Re- publican. who with Senator Frelinghuy- sen, Republican from New Jersey, and others, charged that the present walkout of railway employees was nothing short of Bclshevism. Senator Poindexter in- troduced a bill proposing ten years’ imprisonment and a fine of ten thou- sand dollars for any person who ad- vises, solicits, or persuades others to Join strikes which iuterfere with inter- state commerce, while persons using force, violence or threats against others remaining at work moving interstate commerce, wouid be punished by fifteen years imprisonment and fifteen thousand dollars fine. The measure was referred to the interstate commerce committee. London, April 12th.—The elimipation of Germany as a North Atlantic carrier and the increased cost of operating, offer a possible explaration of ihe fifty per cent advance in freight rat2s. Shipping men point out that competition is now entirely removed, the North Atlantie Con- terence having incladed in its combine even such a small line as the Swedish- American. The President of the Cham- ber of Commerce, discussing the matter, declared ‘“"We do not want to condemn the shipping companies unheard, but we shall await tieir explanation with great interest. It certainly seems inexplica- ble, in view of the fall in prices of bunk- er coal, and it 18 bound to have an effect upon the price of food’’. The Daily Ex- press says “‘What does the Govt. propose to do with regard to the monstrous ac- tion of the Cunard, White Star and other North Atlantiec shipping companies in raising their freight rates fifty per cent, they are not going to do anything and they will break the hearts of all their strongest adherents and supporters’’. PORTO RICO HEADED FOR THE TINNED COW SAYS MILK MAN. If Hizh Sugar Prices Continue Islinag Will be Dependent on Mainland for Milkand Beef. If sugar continues around 10 cents per pound Porto Rien will soon have nothing but tinned milk to drink, is the opinion of Charles N. Shacoff, export represen- tative of Nestle’s Food Co, of New York. Mr. Shacoff says th:|t the increased planting of sugar eane 'n the island dur- ing the past two year als resulted in the killing off of miik ¢o vs with a consequent | abnormal inerease in the consumption of . prepared milks. In addition to this the . hi her scale of wages now generally be- ' ing paid throughout the island has made .1t possible for thousands of : eople to buy - canned milk who pre-iously did not earn enough money to be consumers of evap- - ~ orated or condensed milk “"The increase in consumption of tin- . ned milk in Porto Rico has been so Jarge in the past year that we were unable to - account for it until an investigation was . made,’’ said Mr. Shacoff. ‘‘We findl two reasons, the planting of sugar cane in . . lands that were formerly used for pas- . turage and the fact thar more people are financially able to buy milk than ever before. One of the reasons for the pres- ent high prices of tinned milk is the high | cost of sugar. Sugar is a very large item in tinned milks and as long as su- ' gar is high, milk prices will not come down. If the planting of sugar cane 1s - extended more in Porio Rico the island Is going to become almost wholly depen- ' dent on the United States for its milk - and keef.”” Porto Rico Progress, March | 26th. THE GUAVA. | (The Agricultural Notes.) ? What the apple is to the North the .~ guava is to the South. This delicious iruit grows in Porte Rieo and while it is delicious and much relished both as a fruit and as a swect we look upon it as something given us from the hands of Nature and have made no effort to im- prove It. There are some execellent varieties of the guava grown in other countries and which should be introduced into Porto Rico. There is no reason why we should continue to pick the smali undeveloped fruit of the wild guava when we can so easily grow the improv- ed ones. lhe cultivated applei; entirely different from the wild o» crab apple and so the improved guava shonld noi by any means be compared to the wild fruit in yield and size. We should not forget the role that even our wild guavas played during the war and the excellent wovrk done by the ladies of Porto Rico under the Red Cross in making a.d shipping to the soidiers in the hospitals and in the camps abroad tons of guava jelly. ‘ Os the various improved varieties of guavas the Br. zilian is one of the best, growing to a large size and of delidious flavor. It can be eaten out of hand and also is excellent for preserving. The ex- periment station, Mayaguez, now lias 2,000 little trees of this guava. We are anxious to have them pianted in all see- tions of Poto Rico and will forward to anyone wi hing the same some ten of the little trees ifor setting out. As the guava thrives on most any soil and es pecially those that are the least produc- tive, we hope that the planting will have a wide extension. —lbid.