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716TH YEAR CHRISTIANGALELD. ¥. |, I 8 A, WEINESI'AY 23rp NOVEMBER 1821. : FfHE ST. CROIX AVIS ! s printed and pu*lished daily (Sundays | and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at | the Avis Office f TERMS---50 cents monthly in advance, | 2 cents per single copy. ' Entered as second-cla . matter May | 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian sted, St. Crowe, ¥. L ofthe U. S. A.. un der the Act of March 3. 1879 | ee RS L ; Contribution to this paper will be glad- | lg receiwved when the same deals wih mat- | ters of general interest, and is accompa- | nied with the author’s name, as a qguar- | antee of good faith The editor caunot be | responsible for the views of his correspon- | dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem | TELEGR - MS. | ST. CROIX STATION. | London, Nov. 18th—Four policemen | were killed and thirty seriously injured ! constitued the casuaities in yesterday’s rioting in Bombay. according to an offi- cial communication issued by the Indian Office today which adds that the situa- tion was well in hand this morning in { spite of discrders in the centre and | north of the Cirty. Although details | are lacking, the casualties among the | rioters are believed to be as -great as ! those suffered by the police force. The | eommunication says that the rioters | were chiefly Mohammedans. Most of | the mills were idle today, and lsrge | arods were moving about, but their | ..menour was less hostile. Another ' communication issued by the India Office this evening reports much anxiety in (alcutta over the activities of the non- cooperatives who are bringing pressure on the Moslem members of the police force, by intimidation and molestation to resign. Moslems wmake up nearly one quarter of the police force. The Gov- ernment of Bengal has announced its intention of proclaiming the Bengal non- cooperative voluntezrs and other simi- lar bodies illegalassociations. : Mayence, Nov. 18th.—The iron and steel workers in the Dusseldorf area to the number of 60,000 have struck for an increase in wages amounting to 100 per cent. The masters have declared a lockot. Washington, Nov. 18th—China is op- wbosed to the renewal of the Anglo-Japan- @se alliance, and also desires the nullifi- cation of the Lansing-Ishii agreement, | it was state? authoritatively today at the headquarters of the Chinese delegation to the WNashingion confeirence. These questions will be anong those to be treated under the third of the Chinese points, it was said - Washington, Nov. 18th. —The Pope, in a cablegranmi to President Harding, has expressed the hope that Almighty God may grant a happy issue to the initia- tive taken by the chief magistrate of th» great Ancrican republic tc tranquilize the trepi ation of human- ity. The messages ¢i tne Pope, togeth: er with communieztions from a doz- en rulers and cfficials of various Govis. received by President Harding in connection with the assembling of the conference, we e made public today at the State Department. Others from whom wmesseges were received include King George. King Albert of Bel- gium, President Millerand of France, the Emperor of Japan, the Presidents of China,7 Costa -Rica, Cuba, Haiti, and Uruguay, the Chambers of Norway and Sweden and tae President of the Peruvian Senate ard Chamber of Depu- ties. King George in his message said, ““On the occasion of the opening of the international coaference at Washing- ton 1 again send ‘0 you most sincere wishes for the success of its delibera- tions. The sympathy and goodwill of the whole British people will be with the conference in its labours for assuring the maintenance of peace’’. To this President Harding replied. ‘‘lt is difficult to express to you the measure of my appreciation of your message on the oceasion of the op2ning of the confer- ence at Washington. The renewed as- surances that your Majesty and the Brit- ish Empire are in sympathy with the results hoped to be accomplished in the assurance of an endiring peace increases my confidence that the labours of the conference will attain this desirable end”’. Emperor Yoshihito of Japan in his message referring to the ceremonies; for the United States unknown soldier, expressed the hope that the sacrifice of those gallant lives may, in the inscruta- ble workings of Providence, lead to a better and more fraternal era for the World’’. The President, in thapking the Emperor for his cablegram, said, '‘he valued it very highly’’. Washington, Nov. 18th—Peace be- tween the United States and Austria was declared formally in a proclama- tion signed today by President Harding. Tokio, Nov. 18th—With the fading of the first enthusiasm ovey the antici- -~ ¢ N » ® Ne. 272 pated relief of armament burd=n, a spirit of caution has developed in Japan with the inclination to ¥look ¢for a possi- ble advantage to the United States in the proposal for a ten year naval holi- day and limitation of navies. Expres- sions favouring a more equal balance of power have become the conspicuous note in public expression concerning the scheme with the probable disturbance of labour as a secondary consideration. The sac- rificing of warships aggregating 450,000 tons by Japan, would be equal to the scrapping of 1,500,000 by the United States, Japanese analysists declare cn the ground that in an emergency the United States could replace her lost ton- nage within a third or even a fifth of the time required by Japaw with her limi‘ed facilities. Neither do the exper:s believe thata full estimate of strength can be reached on a tonnage basis, but by considering also the speed of the vessels and their age. It is pointed out that the Hughes proposals would leave the United States five capiial ships con- structed between 1914 and 1916, and while with the exception of the Negato, Japan would all be of the period prior to 1913. Washington, Nov. 18th.—The decision by Great Britain to stop work immedi- ately on her four capital ships of the super-Hood type was heard with satis- faction today by members of the United States armament delegation. They regarded the order for cessation of work as indicative of the whole hearted espousal by the British of the principles of the Hughes naval reduction program- me. Congressional leaders declared to- day that there was little prospect of any action in either the Senate or the House on resolutions designated to stop the United States 1916 programme, until the results of the conference are seen. Tt was pointed out that under authority of an amendment to the 1916 naval ap- propriation bill, the President, in event of international agreement, has author- ity to stop the present building pro- gramme without further authorization from Congress. For Sale 1 Folding Koda olding Kodak In gcod condition / 11y at this office.