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Govt. can afford. On this position they I must guard themaelves against any pos- | stble doubt, 'There is no purpose to be | served by any further interchange of ex- | planatory and argumentative communi- | cations upon this subject. Th2 position | taken up by His Majesty’s Govt is fund- amental to the existence of the British | Emnpire and they cannot alter it. My ! colleagues and I remain, however keenly anxious to make, in cooperation with your delegates, anothar determined | effort to explore every possibility ofa | setftlement by personal discussion. The proposals which we have already made have been taken by the world as proof that our endeavours for reconciliation | and settlement are no empty form and | ve feel that conference not correspon- | dence is the most practical and peaceful | way to an understanding such as we . ardently desire to = achieve. We | therefore send you herewith a fresh | invitation to a conference in London Oct- ober 11th where we can meet your dele- gates as the spokesmen of the people whom yvou represent with a view to as- certaining how the association of Ireland with the community of nations known as the British Empire may best be recen- ciled with Irish pational aspirations. 1 am, Sir, Yours faithfully (signed) Lloyd George. | W:shington, Sept. 29th. Five large collieries in Northern Engia d have giv- en notice that the mines will close in the near future, Mr. Page Commercial At- tache at London, cabled today. The action oi the mineowners, attributed to the Chaotie condition of the markets, have caused widespread distress among the miners. Mr. Page reported there | are already mere than 50,000 unemploy- ed miners in that section. | New York, Sept. 29th.—The raw sugar | market was stealy early today at 4.13 for contiolied centrifugal ani 4.23 for | Cuba’s, with no sales recorded. Raw | sugar futures were firmer and prices at ! midday were 1 to b points net higher | on covering ard trade buying. There | was no change in detiner {prices, which ‘ were listed at 5.50 for fine granulated, | bat the demand seems to have tapered | off a little. Refined futures were five | points higher at midday, with trading | confined to October positions. | London, Sept 29th. - *'Wholly concilia- | tory’’. is the view expressed both in | London and Dublin of Mr. Lloyd George’s l latest note to Mr. De Valera, in which | the Prime Minister invites the ieader of | the Sinr Fein to a conference in London on October 11th, in an endeavour to | cettle the Irish eontroversy. Mr Lloyd | George makes as the basis of the note, | the holding of gconference “‘with a view | to ascertain t\%' the association of Ire land with the%Wcomiaunity of nations, | known as the British Empire, may best be reconciled with, in regard to Irish | national aspirations’. It is understood | that various members of the British | S LU 2 &Yy 18 ! Cabinet are of the opinicn that there is .~ notliing in the communication to prevent ' the proposei conference. This certainly . appears to be the belief held by the Lon- . ~ don public and press, and the comments . thus far received from Dublin speak of “‘the extreme gratification the communi- . cation is causing there.”’ | NEW YORK, September 29th 1921. . Flour, Blendad Clears St. Lawrence [*rand | or. bri. $7.25. ' Meal Kilndried per 100 tbs $1.95 | New Season’s Pork per brl. $37.00 Heavy Mess Pork per bbl. $25.4 - Sugar---Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. | $4.13 . Molasses Sugar 89° test, no quotation. . Cotton. Middling Upiand, at liverpool § per ib. 15 25-100 d. | Exchange. Naw York and London. 60 i days’ sight $3.69 i~ Exchanze N:w York and London, sight : $3.71% LoNDo, September 29th. 1921 . Sugar, Demerara Crystals, per ewt. 42, —46s. "* Muscavado per cwt. 275. 38s. German Beet 887 f.o.b. no sales. White Java suear cif United Kingdom | 21s. 6d. September shipment. - Demerara Kum, per gal. nominal. | Trinidad Cocoa, Good Middiing Red per | ewt b6s, HBs. nominal. | Catto ond Medium West Indian Sea | Island per ib. 29d. :ominal. . Bank of England rate of Disecount nor ‘ cent. D, ; Consvls 48%8. J Three per eent rentes in Paris Ke5.56.60. | | o o | TROPICALSTORM DAMAGE EXTENT ‘ STILL UNKNOWN | s - Communication with Other Islands Sti!! | Interrupted ané Details of loss are Lacking COFFEE CROP HERE Is HURT Probably Greatest boss i1 Island Wili be Feit by Coffee; Small Shipping Suffers Reports are Incomplete on the amount of damage done throughout the West Indies by the storm which first made its appearance last Thursday in the neigh- bourhood of Barbados and worked its way north and west passing ou’ into the Atlantic on Mpnday evening to the north of Haiti. Aithough the storm center passed t. the south of Porto Riev, rioviag north and westward, considerable damage was done in the island, particularly to coast- wise shipping, and to the coffee ciop. To what extent the coffee crop, now nearing harvest, was damaged nas not not yet been leainad aithough first re- ports, especialiy fron the Mayaguez section, suggest the damage has been rather severe. Warning of the approach of the storm was sent out last 'l‘hurs*ly afternoon by the Weather Bureau afler advices had been received from Barbados that the storm was forming and heading in this divection, Shortly after first advices were received the Weather Bureau here was able to give information that in all probability the storm wroper would not strike the island. Nevertheless the warning, together with abnormal weather conditions caused considerable alarm in the island wh ch lasted from Thursday afternoon until Sunday. The south side »f the island, all the way from Humacao on ihe east to Maya- guez on the west, felt the nearness of the storm and its effects to a greater degree than the section of the island to the north of the central mountain range. The mountains seemed to check the foree of the storm and shelter the northern half of the island. Both at Humacao and a*" Mayaguez there was considerable damage done to small shipping, and the loss of three lives as a result of the storm were re- ported, DAMAGE AT MACORIS The S. S. Marina, which arrived Wed. nesday from San Pedro De Macoris, re- ported that there were 22 lives lost and heavyv damage to coastwise shipping at Macoris during the height of th storm there on Sunday. A seore or moie small { vessels either seeking sheiter in the ' harbor, or attemptiag io get Iwto the hirbor, were reported as sunk and the lives lesi were from among the crews of these \\’t“?'St’lb. - According to incompiete information received here the storm passed 10 the south of Santo Domingn, going west to- ward Jamaica, but ai the western end | of Haiti turning more or less abruptly ‘ w 0 the north and passing cat into the | Atiantic. What damage mav have been | dene in Haiii and Santo Lomingo has . not beea learned here tor cable con:. munication has been inteirui ed and de- tails are lacking. It is beiieved, how- ever, that the storm.changed its course betore striking Jamaica and thai the ef- feet of It did net reach to Cobu, Its path 1s believed to have been over the western portion oif Hailti. linformacion vegarding the siorm in Porto Rico was difficult to obtzin because of damage o the ielephone and icle- graph lines which vemained out of commission for some time. [l'rior to the storm >h€ Fl'th"!}l C‘ri‘!')i(f :!!if‘b We s not + working and the storm stopped commu- nication over che Knglish cable so t{hat for some days ithe oniy cable in the is- land working has been the All Anieriea Cables. With the exception of damage to the coffee crop other crops in the island are undamaged by the sioim.- Porto Rico FProgress. Sepi. 16th. ¢