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TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. - Washingion, 6th.—The final session of the arms conference was called to or- der this morning to hear a farewell ad- dress by President Harding and for the signing of the remaning treaties. The final session brought out the largest crowd of the couference. As the promi- nent delegates arrived, the spectators sp- plauded. Mr, Balfour. head of the Brit- ish delegation, got particular attention and many of the delegates were busy signing autograph albums amid applause, Secretary Hughes announced that the Shangtung treaty between China and Japan- had been signed on Saturday. ““The treaties will now be signed, an- nounced Secretary Hughes, and the United States delegation filed around to the font of the big green topped table of the Secretary Genzaral’s desk inside the enciosure and began signing. 3e cretary Hughes compieted his signature at 10.12 oclock. The signing was in this order. United States, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, The Neth- erlands, China and Portugal There ~as prolonged appiause as the seven British delegates marched around to the signing place. While the British delegation was signing, motion picture photographs were taken. Sir Robert Bnorden signcd for Canada. London, Feb. 6th.—lreland’s Provi- sional Govt, faces difficulties which are somewhat acute, it is declared by the Dubiin correspondents of newspapers here. The complexity of the situatien there, owinz to the boundary question, the railway strike and the postponement of the annual convention of the Gaelic League of Ireland, was discussed this morning and some correspondents de- clared the provisional government would be forced to obtain endecrsement from the people throug a general election, bafore it would be able to solve the pro- blems before it. ‘‘The country hope to- day’’, said the correspendent of the Times’”’. Is based upon Michael Collins proposal for a discussion the constitution by the Parliamsniary representalives of all Ireland. He and others, how- ever evidently think there is little likelihood that this suggestion will bear fruits’’. The same newspaper points out that Northern Ireland would confer with the Southern only upon the basis of an imperial constitution and that one difficulty lay in the fact that nearly one half the Southern repre- sentatives were pledged to the policies advocated by Eamgon De Valera. ‘'The difficuity’’,he continued, might be over- come, if an election should be called in Ireland soon, and should result in the re- turn of a substantial majority of Free State candidate. It was said that some believed Sir James Craig might. in such a case, agree toa conference. The necessity for an early election was constantly be- coming more apparenf, the newspaper 1. L 8 11X A vl s asserted, as th: provisional Government has as yet failed to establish its authority in any striking fashion. London, Feb. 6th. —Cardinal Marini, according to the :Rome correspondent of the London Times, died in the Vatican before the election of the Pope Cardi- nal Marini was suffering from influenza when he entered the conciave. London, Feb. 6th.-Me. Asquith siipped tonight and twisted his knee. He will be unable to attend the opening of Parlia- ment tomorrow. Rome, Feb. 6th.— The coronation of Pope Pius XI will take place Feb. 12th it was officially announced this evening. Cardinal Gasparri, who served as Papal Secretary of State under the late Pope, has been retained in the same office by Pope Mius XI, it was announced tonight. Washington, Feb. sth.—The Washing- ton conference on armaments and Far Eastern problems will come to an end to- morrow with a plenary session given over to the formal signing of the treaties and a farewell address by President Harding. Demerara, Feb. 4th.—Yesterday Major Wood spent a crowded day receiving ad- dresses and deputations representing the Farmers conference Labour Union and Indian National Congress. He also met representatives of the Chamber of Com- merce and sugar planters association at a private conference where it is under- stood matters relative to sugar and de- velopment of the colony were discussed; todav Major Wood and party are visiting Bartica and the Penal Settlement. Dublin, Feb. 6th.—The railway strike is to be extended to the Macroom Line tonight, isolating the Central Park of Cork County. London, Feb. 7th.—Parliament, which was prorogued on December 19th to await actior on the Irish treaty by the Dail Eireann, was reopened today with the reading of the speech from the throne by the King. Regarding the Irish treaty, the King said they would be called upon to consider suchk meas- ures as may be necessary to give effect to the agreement, He also touched up- on the negotiations for the pact with France to guarantee action in the event of an unprovoked attack by Germany, and paid high tribute to the accomplish- ments of the Washington conference. London, Feby. 7th.—Sir Alfred Bird, member of the House of Commons for West Wolverhampton since 1910, was struek and killed by an automobile here yesterday. He was 72 years of age. T.ondon, Feby. 7th.-The Popular Board of Guardians, local officials responsible for levying and distributing relief for the poor in the Metropolitan Borough of Pop- lar, were locked in their Board rooms last night and held prisoners until foue-thirty this morning bya crowd of unemployed persons, who demanded larger doles a number of newspapermen shared the im- prisonment of the guardians. The cap- tors effectually prevented the use of the Maiis Close forth [lslands by s/s Martinique at 4p. m.togßy. o Lo = ~ telephone, or other means of communi- cation, to summon relief. The guardians recently doubled the doles, but the Min- istry of Health promptly notified them ~ that this was illegal, and they reverted ~ to their former rate of payments. Their ~ plea of government pressure was reject- . ed last night by the unemployed, who . seized the entire building which houses . the Board had hoisted a red flag . on the roof, declaring they would not . gwe up until their demands were grant- . ed. Poplar is a remote section of East . London and it has not been learned how . the release of the Board was effeeted no . violence was reported Washington, Feb. 6th. —lts covenants . finally signed and seal~d, the Washing- . ton conference was passed on to history . today by President Harding, ‘as an ex- - ample to imbue with new hope all that | were in apprehension. Speaking before . a plenary session, which brought to a . close the negotiations begun twelve weeks | ago. at his invitation, the President de- . clared the record of achievement voiced . in courageous tone first deliberate and | effective expression of great powers in . the consciousness of peace and of wars utter futility. Before him, as he spoke, lay newly signed the treaties by which the predominant nations of the world ‘ engage to puta limit to the navies, to | guarantee a new deal for China and to set up an international concord to keep the peace in the Pacific. The President delivered his address to the delegates as soon as the formal signing of the treat- | ies had been concluded, and when he finished, the conference closed as it had opened cn November 12th, with a pray- er. Within afew hours some of the delegates already had left Washington* ‘ and most of the others will go tomorrow. Paris, Feb. 7th.-Foliowing the adjourn- ment of the Washington conference, the disarmament commission of the League of Nations has decided to meet in Paris on February 10th, for the purpose of dis- ! cussing further means of bringing about ~a reduction in the implements of war throughout the world. | Rome, Feb. Tth.—lt was reliably stated ~ today that Cardinal Marini had been seen ~ during the morning, and that he was scemingly tully recovered from his recent indisposition. This followed despatches to London stating that the Cardinal had died in the Vatican during the conclave. London, Feb. 7th.—The India Office Issued an official communication this eve- ning, indicating that it was the intention of the Government to adopt stern meas- ures to suppress the campaign of eivil disobedience in India. It adds that no Government could discuss the ‘demands contained in tne recent manifesto of Ma- hatma Ghandi, the Indian nationalist leader.