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LOCAL. : The motor schooner Mystery arrived at Frederiksted yesterday aftarnoon. No mail. : _ Postmaster Streich of St. Thomas was a passenger by the Mystery on a visit to our island.. The Vixen is expected to arrive at Frederiksted somg time todzy refurn ing later to St. Thomas. The District Court reopens today and will probably be the centre of attraction as on Thursiay last when the crowd was 80 overwhelming that all availabe space within the Court room and surrounding ground was filled hours before the ap- pbéinted hour. It is very much regretted to mention that Mr. J. F. Henry, clerk of the court, met with an accident while walking out -east on Tuesday afternoon, and bare- ly escaped being seriously run over by an automobile. It is hoped that he will soon be all right again, and that this accident will be a further warning to preclude disaster of the kind which, while in this instance there is no report that reckless driving or speeding is in- strumentalikin the result, is courted by vnnecessarily fast driving. A reasonable speed limit is o%ly too advisable in the interest nfipublic safety, especially when it is borne in mind that there is scarce- ly ever any occasion for extraordinary hurry in this place, and that when some hustling is required nobody seems ready to get a move on. Anart from the civie pride that should deter the throwing of offal on the public streets there is evident danger created in the littering of thoroughfares with banana and other fruit peel, and the attention of parties guilty of laying these traps for their fellow citizens is called to the improper practice of making garbage heaps where people must walk. The number of skins about the streets ia2di- cates that very little thought is given to this matter which is of considerable importance. Patrons of the theatre will note to- night’s programme attractively displayed in this issue. Secure tickets in gocod time and spend the usual enjoyable hours in the only place nf public amuse- ment. St. Thomas News. Yesterday afternoon while in the funeral procession of Mr. Carl E. Clep. dinen, Miss irvina Meyers, Teacher of Bjerge Gade School, took ill ard wag obliged in a home near by. from whence £r U Lulx AN IS she was carried to the Municipal Hospi- ! tal. She was found to have heart trou- ble. We are able to report that Miss | Meyers is a trifle improved today. We 1 wish her further improvement.—St. Tho- | mas Bulletin, March 7. We are sorry to have to mention the | death of Mr. Carl E. Clendinen which | took place March 6th after dn illness of | some months. The deceased was a na- tive of St. Croix, being a resident of this | island for a number of years, Carly as | he was known to his [riends and the public in general was a well knowua shop- | keeper; failing health compelled him to ratire from bisiness. As a taunch mem- | her of Old Unity Lodge, he took great | interest in all concerning its affairs and | was sne of the members who reorganiz- | ed the society when it was threatened by going out of existence here. tis funeral was attended by a large number Os friends as well as the members of Old Unity and Househoid of Ruth. [he buvi- | al serviee of the Odd Fellow’s rites was performed by Brother w. Robles, the ora- tion by Brother L. Roberts, when atter | called on Brother A Benjamin to give the benediction. To his surviving child- | ren we beg t¢ tender our condolence on theitr sad bereavement.—lbid. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, March sth.—Mr. Davis, the retiring American Ambassador, took offi- cial leave of King George today, he and Mrs. Davis lannched with their Majes- ties in Buckingham Palace, where final farewells were said. The withdrawal of Mr. and Mrs. Davis has been attended with the most cord al expressions of es- teem and regard from all quarters. Boston, Merch btn..—The Continential products corporation, nolding company for several large sugar concerns, filed a volun®ary petitionin bankruptey today. Liabilities placed at $392,288 and assets at $684,837. s London, March 3rd. —Mr. Lloyd George’s speech today to the Germon Reparations Delegation was translated to both German and French and occupied two hours in delivery. The Prime Min- ister. started hy saying Dr. Simons (The German Foreign Minister and head of the delegation) statement was “‘Adirect chalienge of the fundamental conditions of the Treaty of Versailles’’. “‘The Allies, he continued, ““Came to that con- clusion not only from the character of the counter proposals, but from the speeches Dr. Simons had made in Ger- many’’. One of the most serious state- ments made by him, ‘‘Said Mr. Llovd George’’, was contained in his speech at Stutgart; when he repudiated German r:sponsibilities for the war for the allies the responsibilities for the war are fund- amental therefore the Allies had take, into account that fact and trigr the Ger- wan Govt. withgthe aprarent upport of the German pecple was challfneing the very fou?stions of the Trfaty, ‘‘said the PrimeSMinister’’. The«%erman peo- rle are undér. the imp. on that the demands of the A,. cepresent intoller- able expression, designed to destroy their conntry and people, ‘said Mr. Llnyd George’’. ‘‘Let me say’’, he add- ed, we regard a free, prosperous and contented Germany as essential to civili- zation. We simply ask Germany to discharge the obligations she entered into, to repair the injuries inflicted by the war, which her Govt. is responsible for provoking.”” We are not asking for the costs of the war. The charges on the Allies were so numerous it wouid be m- possible for to aska single country to bear them’’ we simply have insisted thar Germany pay reparations with respect to the charges east upon the respective countries by material damage and in- juries inflicted upon the lives and limbs of their inhabitants. Mr. Lloyd George gave figures ot the budget of the Allied Countries and asked ‘‘What is there comparable in the German budget to this?”’ He said he believed that when the German people realized the extent of the devastation wrought, their atti- . tude would change. An incredible | amount of damages had been done de- liberately, with the view of destroying the essential means of production of France and Belgium,®‘‘therefore unless reparation is made by Germany, it means the vietors will pay the price of defeat 1 and the vanquished reap the fruit of } : ) , jla victory. He also referred to the killing of Belgium workmen, the destruction o mercantile shipping, the loss of life and the erippling of multitudes of youngmen The casualties he said, represented 1 merely a loss to the countries strengtn | and capacity for wealth production, but a heavy annual burden on the resources” of the countries in pensions. ‘‘France and Great Britain, alone. in this respect, each bear an annual burden, which 1s almost thrice the amount oi the whole payment now offered by Germany tc meet our claims of reparations for damages of all kinds’’. The loss of Ger- man lives and the destruction of Kast Prussia were trivial, he asserted, as compared with that inflicted on France. What Germany offered was not one fourth the sum required to re- pair the damage. If Germany came with a proposal which indicated a sincere de- sire to discharge its obligations, it would be considered. Th: Aliies were prepared to make allowances for ihe difficulties under which Germany and the other countries labour, as a result of the war, but these proposals frankly are an offense and an exasperation and a deplore that they were put forward as they indicate a desire not toqperform but to evade the obligations w&h Ger-