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gan to show “‘Serials’ in 1918 the prices were 40 and 20cts. and they have never been raised i the times when everything went upward, even not when the ex- change on local money weant up to 284%;. The film rental is always paid in U. S. Currency and the Serials now exhibitedin the theatre are 50% more expensive than any Serial formerly exhibited here. It mus: also not be forgotten thatl have to pay the rental for the films for tnree weeks in order to be able to show them ONCE, while theatres other places pay the rental for three cays and show the same film ten to fifteen times. If it should be possible by the expira- fion of the present film contract to se- cure film at a lower price than the present I shall only be ton glad to reduce the prices of admission. A renresentative for the film company who deliver the film is shortly expected here in St. Croix and I shall certainly not let the opporiunity pass to secure the present kind of film at a lower rental and thus lower prces of admission to Christiansted Theatrce. Respecifully EINAR SVENDSEN. WANTED TO KNOW. If the Red Cross is herz for the sur- pose of sucecoring rich people who lose their property by fire against which they have canceled :heir insurance pelicies ? If in any part of -he civilized world it is the praectice for fire brigades to ¢o out into the country to extinguish fires; also if it is not the practice of sober-minded farmers to provide vroper fire extinguish ing appliances to protect their property ? JOHNNY. TELEGR s MS. SF. CROIX STATION. Richmond Va. Feb. Tth.—Six known dead, thirty reported missing or unac- counted for and 28 known injured, was the total of a fire early today which start- ed from an undetermined cause in the basement of the Lexingtor Hotel, which quickly spread through the four stories of the structure and then spread to other buildings, sweeping ralf the city before it was checked London, Feb. Bth —Sugar in stock on the 4th inst. was 50,000 tons. Last year 204,000 tons London, Feb. 7th.—Speaking at the opening session of the House of Com- mons this afternoon Mr. Ciynes, Labour- ite, expressed the hope that further con- ferences would bring not orly the limita- tion of armaments, but the actual dis- armament of the Worid. In his opinion, the Washington conference kept "‘rather too closely’’ to the arithmetic of the in- strument of war. He did not believe there was any chance of maintaining the peace of the World by any process of measuring the weapons of war. Mr. S Utx ANV Clynes asked what wus the Jovernment’s attitude toward the French policy, de- claring that the Labour Party b lieved In no pact or aliiance which held out merely the prospect of maintairing the security of one country and notof all. The Labour Party was prepared to give the Government every aid to complete the Irish settlemont and he suggested that if the boundary guestion eould not otherwise be se tled, a plebiscite shonld be held. Sir Donald Ma~ Learn, Liberal, alludirg to th» Washington conference, hoped that the United States would be brought into eloser relations with Eu- rope. Nothing could be more disastrous for the geueral peace of the Werld”’ he added ‘‘than that the United States should maintain her traditional atiitude that she had no resporsibility, nor could render &ny useful service- by entering into arrangemeants with the old World”’. He hoped that the United States would share with great Britain ‘he burdens of the World as a whole. Mr Lloyd George replying to a ecriticism by Mr. Ciynes, Chairman of the Parliamentiry Labour Party, that the Washington conference only dealt with the arithmetie of peace, contended it was only when such pro- posals as were before the zonference were reduced to arithmetic that they began to do the busin2ss of peace. [he dague conference, said the Prime 4linis- ter, had passed gieat rvesolutions which were never swept aside, not retarding for asingle moment the mareh of the armies. Arithmetic on this occasion, add>2d the Premier, would have the effect of saving millions of pounds in this year’s estimates. New York, Feb. Bth. Asserting that the Washington armament conference had contributed largeiv to a victorious peace, without which civilization could not endure Mpr. Arthur Balfour, head of the British delegation, today sailed with his party on the Aquitania. Vir Balfour issued a formal statement just before the ship cast off, expressing the delcpations appreciation of the cordiality of their receplion in the United States and their satisfaction at the outcome of the con- ference. The statement follows. ‘‘The kindness with which I have been welcom- ed, and the unbounded hospitality extend- ed to my c~lleagues of the british Empire delegation =nd to myself, would in any case have rendered our visit to the Uni- ted Statesa most memorable 2vent bt I carry away recollections of even great- er interest. For through: laborious months I have joined in the work cf fulfilling the proposition originally laid down for us by the President. [t has been our priveiege 'o share in a conference whuse collective effort have surely ieft the World better than they found it. They have diminish- ed national armaments and increased natio= il security, they have removed jong-standing causes of offense, and substituted goodwill for suspicion. They have made peace less costly and war less | probable. {o have taken even he smal- I est part in such a work must constitute . for us all an unforgettable experience, . which will in some measure justify the | regret with which we leave your friend- ly shores. 1 will remember the last oc- . casion on which [ left the United States | for Europe. Then s now,I had been | entrusted by my ccuntry with a most | lmportant mijssion, then as now, it con- . cerned, not alon2 the United States and ! the Rritish Empire, but the interests of | the World at sarge. Then as now, the | collaboration of-our countries was fruit- | ful of great resuits, but whereas in May | 1917 the war was in its most critieal state | February 1922 found the nations still I struggling with the yet hard problems | of peace. If -ecivilization is to stand, we must be as victorious in the second of these great enierprises, as we were | in the first, and I cherish the firm cop- . viction that the conference at Washing- t ton has made no small contribution to this desired consummation. It is in this spirit that I say farewell to al! mv Amer- ican ‘triends’’. Lord Lee of fareham. first Lord of the Admirally, who with Lady i.ee accompanied Mr, Baifour, de- clined to say more than ““We have h:d a jJolly good time, what else is there ‘o | say now”’? London, Feb Bth—Former Premier ;- lando of Italy has accepted the invitation of.King Vietor Emmanuei to form a new ; (‘abinet to succeed that of Premier Bc. i womi which resigned last week, says an kxcharge ‘'lelegraph despatech frem Rome today. London, Feb. Bth Confirmation was given today of the report that a note had been received from: the KFrench Govern mwent making strong representat ons for ! the postponement for Unwe months of | the Genca economic coriferenco, i Cork, Feb. Bth.-—The erisis in the Cork I railway strike was expected to be reach- ! ed tonight, the sivikers having announe- ed their intention of taking charge of l the lines affected and running then . themselves.: “outh Munsteris virtually - izolated from the rest of the country, and the fairs and markets are hard hir. London, Feb. Bth. —Sir James Craic ~announced last night that he would hold l no further conferences with Imperinl ~ Government, but wou'd stand firm on his ~ letter to the Prime Minister., {n this |l t- ter he said Ulster wou'd insist on the ap- plication of the terms of the Government of Ireland act of 1920, uniess boundary adjustmeats could be made invougn mi- tual acreements. Sir Ja:nes, it was learn- ed today, has obtained impo tanit conees- sions whereby a substanual portion of the claim:z for compensation for malicious injuries committed in Northern Ireland, will be ‘net by the linperi | exchequer, the first payments 1o be malde in May The reassembiing of th> Northern parlia- ment has been postpoved until March 14th.