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Ny A% , %t @J? iix Abi St Croix Auns . A A 1Y 75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V. 1. U.S. A., THURSDAY, 26tH FEBRUARY 1920. | pects were good. If the e»untry was | . carefl, its resourcés were sufficient to | | face its obligations, establish its equili- | ' brium, pay its way and provide a sinking | . fund and make - substdntial reduction | | in outstanding liabiiities In conclusion ! . Mr. Chamberlain pointed out that Anglo- | - American exchange was really Eurovean | American exchange nd tliat Great Brit- ~ain’s task would b= lightened or render- - ed more difficult, thaugh its accomp.ish- ! - ment would not be prevznted, according ~ to rhe wisdom other#ise with which oth- er veople. as well as those of GGreat Rrit- ~ain, conducted their affairs in these diffi- ~ culc*davs. The amendment of Sir Arthur ~ Steel-Maitland was rejected by a vote of 188 to 44 and the House rthen adopted - the address ; | London, Feb. 14fth. The Council of | ~ the League of Natioas transactedits first international busines: in St James Palace - yesterday. with the saming of Mr. Elihu | Root as one of the fwelve international jurists to be invited to forni a commitiee ~ for planning the organization of a world 4 ~ court of justice, The United States wa: | | not represented at the Council meeting, | . which was for thv.i purpose of mak- ~ing pablicand openly, ratifying the results of the councils secret deliberations. Mr. Balfour, who presided, said he anticipated the League’s futume with the utmost | confidence, if the 2xperiences of | ~ “the last few days were any indication of" what it will do if the nations of the | world can all ascemble and discuss ques- | tions in t e future iy the same business- | like, friendlv and coneciliatory spiric mark- ~ing proceedings. Hedec!ared he could not doubt the _&'vice wl'i;:]b the League was | capable of rendering ' manking, and which was almost incaicu?able M. Bourgoeis, | of Fraanec=. in rev'ieil‘:'ing the previous | attempts to establish an inter iational | tribunal capable of settling amicablv, disputes between nations. said: “'ln | spite of its title, the Hague court is not a court of justice and still less. | a permancotl court. 1t is for the League | ~ nr Nations, as an cutcome of the war | ~ of the nations, to sestablish a perma- | nent court, and this league will he set | —sfree from all national pre-occupations for | ' the exercise of its sovereign jurisdiction, | . which will be calculated to rem>ve anxi ~ eties, avd 1t will guarantee against all . attack, the principles 0. the cquality of- - nations”’. : | | Ponce, P. R. Feby. 21st.—Four U. S. ! | Naval seaplanes ar ived here at 10.30 to l . 11 a. m., alighting in the harbour. .; ~ Washington, Feby. 15th. -Mr. Lan- THE ST. CROIX AVIS | .8 printed and published daily (Sundays | and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen | at the Avis Office. | TERMS---50 cents monthly wn advance, | 2 cents per single copy. | T R Mye | Entered as second-class matter May | 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Croiz, V. Los the U. S. A., un- | der the Act ot March 3. 1879 | Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general imterest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, Feb. 13th —'The debate on the | address in reply to the King’s speech from the throne, was continued in the House of Commons today, when Sir Ar- | thur Steel-Maitland, Unionist, moved an amendment to the address, regretting | the Government’s expenditure had been | allowed to continue at so high a rate, | wvith consequert depre-iation of the na- tional credir and increase in the cost of living. Mr. Chamberlain, replying said the worla’s sugar production was short, and beeause the United States, was “‘dry’’, it was using much sugar. "‘To add to the miseries of the world, the United States goes dry’’, he declared. A laboer mem- ber interruoted with ‘‘for the banefit of | the world’’, to which Lady Astor added “*2nd humanity asa whole’’, these inter- jections calling forth laughter and cheers. Mr. Chamberlain coniinued that be- cause the United States no longer drank | alcohoß it wanted an immenselyincreased | amount of sugar to compensate. Hc would not say that the United States | should not have gone dry, but the effeci was distinetly uufortunate, ard he thought t at a moderaie drinker iike himself, who seldom touched sugar, bu | got his own sugar out of alcohol h¢ drank | was a good citizen. Enumerating the | condition: necessary to better the state | of things, Mr. Chamberlain said that the first was increased production through- | out the world and he declarel that man- ufacturers must use improved methods to increase production. He expzacted that | the financial year would end rather more favourably than he believed when ha pre- | sented the revised budget last autumn. | Revenues were coming in well and pros- No. }5. | sing’s forced resignation continues to | hold the attentention of officials at Wash- | ington. : | Weshington, Feb. 14th.——Mr. Lan- | sing’s action during President Wilson’s ' illness, in calling sittings of the Cabinet . withcout authorization from the President, . and tor which he was rebuked, resulted . in his retirement tnday as head of the - State Department. Mr. Polk, Under See- ' retary of State, became Secretary ‘‘ad interim’’, and will serve until Mr. t{.an- sing’s; successor is appointed. While the names of several were mentioned today in coinection with the office, officials con- cedec that their suggestions vere more -guess work. Mr. Polk was regarded as the lc gical selection, but his friends said - he would not consider it, because of the . condition of his health. The announce- ment of Mr. lansing’s resignation was made last night at the State Department, - wher: copies of the ecorresnondence cox- chan;red between the President and the » Secretary of State were made public. Both the letters of the Presi ent and those of ® Mr. Lansing disclosed that differences . between them began at Paris during the - Peace Conference. The Pres dent said, "*Wh le we still were in Pans, I felt and . ~ have felt increasingiy ever since, that - vou accepted my guidance and directions on questions with regard to which I had .t instruct you only with increasing re- luctance.”” Mr. Lansing in his reply . said that ever since January 1919 he " had keen conscious of the fact that the . Presilent was nc longer disposed to wel- come his advice in matters pertaining to . the n-:gotiations in Paris. to rhe United - State; Foreign serviee, or to Inteination- . ~ al affairs in general, adding, that had he ~ follovied his personal inclination alore, . ~ he would have resigned while with the . Presilent ai Paris, but he had not done . so, as he regarded it as his duty not to . cause Mr. Wilson any embarrasment in . carry ng forward the great task in which . he w:s then engaged. E Lor don, February 14th.— The afier- ' noon London newspapers print the . news of Secretary Lansing’s resigna- tion under a variety of prominent capticns, such as “‘United States Po- | litical Bombsheli’’, "‘Washingion Sen- . satior’’, "Great United Stales Sensa- tion””. ete. The ‘‘Pall Mall Gazetie™ ip its ar icle, says that President Wilson's ! return to polical aciivity has heen an- -1 nounced by a sensational stroke. Lurnng l his illaess, the newspaper says, all kinds | [Continued on 2nd page.|