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FOC AL, There was a public leeture on the wharf here last npizht by Lawver D Hamilton Jucksos, the subject of which was 4 discussion of Sepate Bill 2875, iis constitutional features as involving civil Zovernment for these isiands, and its be ing bascdon the fundamental principles of the Deciaration of Independence which was read and deliberated upon by Mr. Jackson. Hen. H. Berg, member of the Colonial Council, also spoke on the sub- Ject cf eivil government and so did Mr. Kalph J. Bough, a pat ve of St. Croix, residing in Santo tominko and here on vacation, There was a goodly gathering of people who cheered the speakers, while the auro horns tooted approval. Commenting on the fact that there may be need for amendiaents in the bill, Mr. Bere coneeded that there are discrepan- cies in it, “'hut we are not going to look at the hole in the doughprut’’ said he, “we are going to fook at the doughnut.”’ It wiil be remembered that today i 3 known as (Holy Thucsday), formerlya boliday. To keep up the regular custom charca gocrs will assemble in their re- specltive places of worship this evening to receive the Holy Communion. Tomorrom, known as Good Friday and & lezal bohday, there will be no issue of this paper. The sloop **Mizpah’’from St. Thomas has not arrived up to time of going to press. The postmaister asks to give pub- licity to the foliowing: In accordance with authorizod prac- t ce toclose the post oftice on holidavs, local or continental, on which there 1s no demand for post oilice service, the post othice in Chnistiansted will be closed on the 13th instan', Known as Good Friday, and on the 21s¢ instant, known as Easter Monday. The receipt of the bulk of this week’s New York mail by the “"Parima’’ sometime Thursday, should so lessen the regular dispates from San Juan that there could be an unusually early de- livery of the same on Saturday evening when the post oifice will be kept open a reasonable time to meet the public need in that rvespeect. If tull advantage is taken of this it wili not be necessary to request service on Nunday morning which could have bean obtained the pre- vious day. The demand for post office service on Sunday morning is oftea so continuous #s to become a nuisance to the employees who are on duty expressly for the making up of the outgoing dis- pateh and for no other purpose.- The purchase of stamps, money orders, ete., the registration and insurance of mail and business of ‘hat kind should vosi- tively be expedited by Saturday 4.00 p. m, ST LRI 8 Y 0 i TELEGRAMS. St. CROIXSTATION. London. Apri! 14th. —The first session of a conferenee called so settle the out- standing questions betwe:a Great Bu- . tain and Soviet Russia, was held today | at the Foreien Office. with Me. Mac { Donaid oresiding. The Russian delega- | tion arrived at r‘e Foreign Office un- . der special police proiection and went | into session with the Premier at 11.30. | After formal opening speectes by the ! Premier and M. Coristian Rakovsky, the . chief Soviet representative, plans were { made for the formation of tae various ' economic and political commiitee which { wil earry on the work. Tre delegates | then adjourned to Number 1€ Downing | Street, where the Russians nad luneheon | with the Premier. Police were present . throuzhout White Hall discriet and the { vicinity of Downing Street, as a_przcau- ; tion avainst any untoward incident, It | was understood before hand that the | meeting would be more or less forimal, ' actual business not bezinninz until to- | morrow, when the permaonent officials i of the Foreign Otlice take over the con- | duet of th2 British side of the n2goii- | alious. Although newspapermen will not be admitted, a revort of caen dav’s t proceedings will be furnished otheially. ( According to the Daily Telegraph, the ' Soviet Delegation has two sz2ts of in- struetions, one ol a formal nature, firom ' the Moscow Government, ayd the other " from the Communist Iniernationale. The ' latter, the paper says, str:3s2s among . other thiags, that no treaty must be con- ' ¢luded unless very ftavorable to the I Saviet, but tnat every etfort be made ! to strengthen the existinz ies betv:een . Moscow and the Commuuist urzanizations | in Great Britain. It is stated from the | same source that the Comrunist Inter- ' npationale warned the delegates thattie ' British police are not to be trusted and ' that while asking protection :gainst coun- " ter -revolutionaries the delerares should themselves organize a guiwrd of their Communist friends. ‘the aiti'ude of the ~ Briush Press towardjihe delegation can . scarcely ope called cordial, even where ~ Mr. MacDonald’s action in s-eking an arxreement with Russia is conecrned, and ? there isa thinly veiled strain of suaspi- | cion i* most of the referencis to (he 1 ilussian aims, in some cases s suspi- cion 1s outspoken. | Paris. April 14th.—The M aistry of . Marine announced yesterday that it had oflicially given up as lost tho steamer Port De Brost, which sailed from Bor- ~ deaux on February Bth for Dakar, Sene- gal, It is believed that all ovn board in- ; cluding 37 officers and men, went down ~ with the ship, when she foundered, ~ probably on February 13th, 13 a hurcri- cane ofif Cape Finisterre. Warsaw, April Idth. —Archbishop Zep- liak, head of the Roman Catno e Chuich in Russia, arvived here todsv irom Riga on his way to report to the Fope regard- ing conditions in Russia, The prelate was met at the station by prominent churen- men and delegations from various socie- ties. Outside the station the people took the horses of the prelate’s carriage out of the harness and dragzed the carriage to the valace of Cardinal Krakowski, where Monsigner Zepliak is a guest. New York, April 14:h.—The Davis Cup Commitiee of the United States TLawn Tenris Association on Saturday took the first stey toward defence of the Internationai team trophy this year, when it was anroureed the szlection ol a csquadron of ranking stars as eligibles for the 1924 United States Team. The plavers selected are. Willian Tilden, Philadelphia, Willlam Johnson, Howard Kinsey and Robert Kinsev, San Francis- co, Vincent Richards, Yonkers, New York, Carl Fischer and Walluce Johnson, Philadelphia, Francis Honter, Frank Anderson, Dr. George King, Watson Washburn and ilugh Kelegher, New York, Harvey Kodeers, [Losangeies and Clarence Griffin, San Franciseo. The committee made it plain, however, that while the defending team in all likeli- hood will be closen frem among the plavers named, its selections are not necessarily confined to the list, Toronto, Aprii 14th.-A few minutes after he had refused to give evidence be- fore the public accounts conmittee of the legisiature early this afternoon, Mr. Pe- ters Smith, Provincial Treasurer in the Drury Government, was arrested by the provinciai police un a charge of conspira- ¢y to defraud the Ontario Government. Ottawa, April 14th--llt is learned from official cireles that Mr. James Robb, Min- ister of Finance, will anncunce that a change will be made in the collection of Income Tax, whereby the amount ot exemption, for each child under eight will be raised from S2OO to SSOO. Washington, April l4th—llhe Immi- ogration Bill, as puassed by the House of Representatives, dees pot apply the quo- ta law to Canada, but makes a change in the present law in that it requires that any person admitted to the United liates from Canada shall have resided in Cana- da for ten yearsor more. ‘Lne present law requires five years residence. The House made no cerious artempt to applv the quota law to Canads and rcjected amendmenis to the bill which would have made the quota law applicabie to s the countries oi the Western Hemis- phere. The Senate, however, is expect- ed to give the qucstion serious atteation this week, when it reacties the amend- ment to the Serate llmamicration Bill which would apyiy the quota law o all the nations of the Western Hemisphere- Even if the Senate accepts the amend- ment, theie will be opposition by the House, which it is =aid wil{reject it. Washington, April 14th.—'l'ne Senate answered Ainbas:ador Hanihara’s pro- test ncainct Jar-pose axelusion legisia- tion today by voting 76 to 2 agaiusi re-