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OCAL The postmaster advises forpublic in- formation and guidance that under the provisions of amended Seection 879, Pos- tal Laws and Regulations, indemnity for the eutright loss, rifling, or other im- proper treatment of registered letter- mail ha- been Increased to SI6OO on pay- ment of a registry fee of 20 cents. The registry fee covering indemnity up to SSO remains unchanged, 10 cents. The s. s. *'‘Guiava’’ from New York is due at Frederiksted at 4 o’clock this afternvon and will leave shorily after for the Islands. The variety entertainment staged in St. John’s School House last night by the Amateur Club of this town was well attended considering the inclemeney of the weather and that there were other public attractions, and everybody appear- ed to spend the time enjoyably. The programm: was commendably carried out, all the performers doing their parts crelitably. The farce entitled ‘'The Great Medical Dispensary’’ elicited con- tinuous laughter througzhout. It was announced at the close that the-enter- tainment will be repeated for the benefit of the church next Wednesday night, April 11th. The sloop Mizpah has not yet returned {roa St. Thomas. The wea‘her has been rather rainy since Tuesday. The rainfall measared at the fort this morning is 11 lines. The Luthér League Social which was to have been held at the Parade Ground was on acecount of the weather, held at the parsonage last evening, where an en- joyable pastime was spent with games and refreshments. Theatre goers will remember that the Sky Rangers will be continued at the theatre this evening. See ad on previous page. TYLEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Moscow, March 31st..—The death sen- tence imposed on Vicar General Butchka- vitch, communication of which was de- nied by the central executive commune has not yet been carried cut, it was un- derstood this afternoon. New York, March 3lst.— Lord Robert C:cil, who recently arrived here from London, has given a statement to the Jewish press, which appeared in the **New Palestine”’, organ of the Zionist organization of America, in its issue fto- day. The statement says the British Government and the -responsible right- thinking of England are for the estab- iishment of the Jewish National home- eT ill X & VID land in Palestine. ‘‘Great Biitain will never withdraw from her promises’’, Lord Cecil is also quoted as saving: “'l balieve that wheh the history f the war comes to be impartially writt n the two greatest results will be the e cablishment of the National Jewish h me and the creation of the League of Nations. The two are noc really diseor ~ted. They represent ths twe great ideais for which we fought and bv which we conquered, the ideals of nativnalism and internation- alisth’ ; . L:ondon, AprilIst. —Forty:seven thou- sand miners in the Rhondda District of Wales will strike on Tuesday with the object of forcing ive ‘thousand non-Uni- onist miners to join the Miners Federa- tion.- The trouble has come abont through the surfact mer. and stokers organizing themselves into a-union which the Fed- eration refuses to recognize. - Y ondon, April-lst. Mr. Coldie, Brit- ish Vice Consul at Naples, has died of injurizs inflicted’by a man who attacked the official while he was visiting a grotto near the city in comrany with his wife, according to a Central News d-spatch from Naples. ) ' Sofia, Bulgaria, April Ist.—All the members of the Radoslavoff Cabinet have been found guilty of the eharge of hav- ing brought their country into the world war on the German side. All of them have been sentenced to imprisonment. Brussels, April Ist.—The annual con- oress of Belgian Socialists opened yes- terday and will econtinue for three days. The programme calls fer discussion of international politics; with the Ruhr pro- blems foremost, and the question of wo- man st “rage. Rome, April Ist.—The Vatiecan issued a categorical o *hia! that the Pope had taken any steps to intervene in the P . situation. because such a rumour is des- titute of any truth. London, April Ist.—Mr. Asquith, lead- er ot the Independent Liberty Party, in declining the invitation from the Liber- als of Leeds to meet Mr. Lloyd George, l.eader of the National Liberty group, at luncheon, as’ a means of assisting the plan for a reunion of the Liberal Wings, expresses the opinion that it would be better ‘to postpone the funec- tion until progress has' been made with active Liberal cooperation in the House of Commons and the constituencies, which he is most confident can be ad- vanced a further stage. Mr Asquith says past experiences has shown that consoli- dation upon specific issues of grave and vital principles is the pest cement for party unity. He heartily sympathizes with the objects of the Federation and greatly regrets his inability to accept the inviration. Berlin, April Ist.—The Govt. has in- strueted Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau, Ambassador to Russia, to use his influ- ence informally with the Russian Govt. towards securing amelioration or revoca- tion of the sentenees imposed by the Moscow? Court upon the Catholic pgflates, it was semi-officially stated todgy. It was added, however, that GCermany would not make a formal protest London, April Ist.—A despatch to the Times from Constantinople says the Na- tional Assembly at Angora today unex- pectedly, on a proposal made on behaif.* of 2.000 Kemaiist deputies, vored by a large majority in favour of immediate elections, so that the new assembly would be ready to ratify a peace ‘reaty if une is signed. The despatch adds that Ismet Pasha expressed his approval of* the plan, Essen, April Ist.—Four directors of the Kiupp works were arrested by the French military authorities today charged with iuciting the attack by the (serman workmen on the troops o1 Saturday, which culminated in the killing of wnine Germans und the wounding of thirty- four others. Paris, April Ist.—Prince Naruvhisa Kitshirakawa, brother-in law of the km- peror of Japan, was killed in a motor ac- cident at Bernay today. Ottawa, April Ist. —Revenue received from Customs and excise during the fis- cal year 1922 1923, which ended on Sat- urday, amcunted to $274,655,739, an in- crease of $44,855,465 over the previous fiscal year, tor wnich the tcial revenue was $229,800,274 Kxcise tax collections showed there was also a marked increase in the revenue derived from Customs im- nort duties. London, April Ist. —The Foreign Office has issued the text of an identical note} from the Allies addressed to [smet Pa- sha, head of the Turkish Delegation which has the Near East peace proposals in charge, inviting the Turks to a re- sumption of the peace conterence at Lau- sanne. The note excluded from the dis- cussions any new proposals involving substantial modification of the territorial provisions already agreed upon, but of- - to aceept in principle Turkey’s pro- posal redrafting the convention relat- ing to the judicial status of foreigners in Turkey, in order to meet Turkey’s ideas of reciprocity to such an extent as may be considered practicable. The only stipulation is that the powers can- not be regarded as pledged to any changes in the Lausanne treaty as re- cently suggested. With regard to Ismet Pasha’s request that the economic clauses should be detached from the treaty and negotiated subsecuently be- tween the interested parties, the note says explicirly that these economic claus- es must be rediscussed at Lausanne non- committally, but adds, the inviting pow- ers believe 1t should be possible in the course of the mew negotiations an}by means of some mutual concessiongg to arrive at an agreement upon clausdS of this nature 10 be inzerted in the treaty. The note proceeds to explain, withrefer- ence to the securing of foreign capital