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Grand Hotel.—St. Thomas Mail Notes, Dec: 14th. - : i Four new bath hous2s have recently been erected at John Brewer’s Bay for the use of the service colony.— The St, Thomas Times, Dec. 16. b The Tennis Club is preparing invita- tions to a social and masqu:rade to be held in"¢lub grounds on Monday night, 1 January. —llbid. : Bl It is understood that there will be a small reception and dance at the: govern- ment house on Christmas Evening. Invi- tations have not been issuel as yet.— Ibid. v, e g : _,'L $ 5 .A.‘_._ ““The U.-'S. S. Grebe, which left the Portsmouth 'Navy Yard on Sunday, the 10th December, was compelled to -put bick tothat yard on aceont of machinery troubles.—lbid. : ~ His Excellency the Governor and Mrs. Hough entertained at dinner on Monday, 11 December, for Commander and’ Mrs. Shiffert; Lieutenant Commander 'and Mrs. Gaffaey ‘and Lieutenant and Mus. Steiner:—lbid. - 3 . ; ; ‘1 5‘ o et T e ) Nohgd o The resignation of August Burnet as a member of the Colonial Council has been accepted by the Governor. Elections wil! be held diuFing the first.week in January. e iy BT, CROIX STATION . London, Dee. 14th. —Germany is very near to complete collapse, Mr. Bonar Law told the House of Commpons today. He declared that this was the only - informa- tion he could give the House on the subject of reparations. : Loadon, Dec. 14th. Germany s very near to..complete collapse, Mr. Bonar L.aw told the House of Commcns today. He deelared that this was the only infor mation hecould give the house on the suaject ofreparations. . e London, Dec. 14th.-The Duke of Devon- shire in a speech at the luncheon given by the Nigerian dinner club yesterday, said his one desire at the moment, was to be able to .pay legitimate attention to the legitimate affairs of the Col- onial Office and not to those rather extraneous matters which the possibly somewhat voracious .appetite of his predecessor (Mr. Winston Churchill) had succeeded in bringing into the Colonial Office. It was his desire that the Colo- nies should regard him, not merely as head of an: office, but in the truest sense of- the word, as their friend, and added, “:ifyou had any anxiety. in the past. you can now rest assure that: Ido not intend to interfere withthe man on the spot, wheré I“know he is doing admirable. work. It willbe my duty to watch, not merely as an onlooker, but with keen ST U1A A YLD and,.l trust, not unintelligent interest in the work you are‘doing.”’ . : . Lausanne, Dee. 14th.—The United - States ' Ambassador’s frank talk with ‘lsmet: Pasha yesterday-on the subject ‘of minorities residing in Turkey, made a good impression in Turkish circles and exercised a calming influence:-on the - " ‘entire Lausanne conference, which nerv- ously saw danger of a breakdown of all the negotiations, because of the threat- ened rupture over ‘the treatmentof the Greeks and Armenians by Turkey. The friendly intervention of the United States Ambassador at the right moment, has ~convinced the "Turks of the immewmse ~ strength of world “opinion -and the need for a settlement of the minority problem. The ‘Ambasacor tirged Ismet Pasha to reconsider his position as to the Armeni- ans and other disloged populations, point- ing out'‘that United States contiibutors to relief work ip the Near East, desired tc know that their®gifts would he'p the refugues in Asia'Minor to settle in per- manent homes. % - ‘ London, Dee. 14th.—An attempt has been made to assassinate the Home Sec- " retary by ‘means of poisoned chocolates sent through the mail. The chocolates arrived-at the Home Office yesterday and the police found they contained arsenic. It is understcod the' police attribute the “act to the same ‘person who recently pois- oned Sir'W.' Horwood; head of Scotland Yard, in the same manrer. Investiga- ‘tions, it was said, today have led the ''police so the' contlusion that the work was probably that of ‘an untalanced woman who has’ some real or fancied grievance - against Scotland Yard and the Home Office. “All the other Ministers of the Govt, have been warned to be on guard against similar attexpts. Washington, Dee. 14th.—According to one of the foremost of the administration Senators today, the shipsubsidy bil{ is dead. It would be impossible to* force it to a vote before this session ends and that whenever agricultural credits legis- lation was brought up the subsidy would be laid aside. He said actual discuassion of the bill would doubtless run .on for weeks, but he says no hope of passing it is in sight. : - Dublin, Dec. 14th.—With bands play- ing, banners flying ‘and bayonets fixed, three British regiments marched out of Dublin and embarked at the Northwall for England. This marks the beginning of the final stage of the British evacua | tion of Free State territory, which will be completed by next week. Thorpe, Wis, Dec. 14th.—One train man was killed'and two others were badly in- jured and about fifteen passengers. more. - or less seriously hurt.early today when a "Minneapolis St. Paul ‘and Sault Stemarie ‘passenger train fromxChicago, Minneapolis. collided with a (freight train near here. London, Dec. 13thi—Cambridge de- “feated Oxford two geals to nil in the an- ““nual soccer football game at the Crystal Paiace today. ' = London, Deec. 15th.—Parliament was ~g‘rorpgued today until February 13th, ' The -programme for the adjournment "went through without a hitch, despite the widely heralded efforts of a small ‘body-~f the left wing lLabour members to prevent the rising of 'the House of Commons until a remedy <« as found for the unemployment situation. The King in his' speech for the prorogatic. stressed the need for the economic re- habilitation of Europe, asserting that the task of restoring conditions that would be favourable to economic stability was causing deep concern and could only be overcome by co-operation among the nations primarily affected. The ques- tion of unemployment which bas given rize to sn, much heated debate, received special consideration in the speech, the King stated that the Govt. would do all _in ils power to aleviate, the conditions against which the Labourites have pro- tested. The King expressed the hope .~ that t'e Lausanne conference would soon be abhle to solve the probiems affect- ing peace in the Near East. Maranhao, Brazil, Dee. 15th.—The sea plane Sampaio Correia 2nd arrived here yesterday from Braganea,thus completing another leg of the flight from New York to Rio Janeiro being attempted by Lieut. Walter Hinton and his ¢ompanion. Nome, Alasks, ‘Dee. 15th.--Captain - Raold Amundsen, Lead of the polar expi- dition that left Seattle 4w June, arrived here late vesterday by‘Bogteam. Captain Amundsen rame from Wainwright, near Point (Barréow, where he is wintering with the plane in which he "hopes in the spring to fly over the North Pole. Pacis, Deec. lEth.—The Franco-Canadi- an commercial- treaty was ‘signed here today. The new treaty, to which were attached the signatures of M. Poincare, Lucien Dior, Minister-of Commercc, Lord Harding, Ambassador to France, Mr. W. S. Fielding, and Mr. Ernest La- point, replaces the pre-war arrangement between France and Carada. It gives Canadian commerce new advantages in several hundred articles and places France on the most favoured nation basis with Canada. Ottawa, Dec. 15th.—Canada’s import and export trade for the month of No- vember this year was $6,108,781 greater in value than for November 1921. Shanghai, Dec. 15th.—The Russian - Refugee fleet of fourteen ships load.d with the destitute remnants of the white guard forces of. Vladivostock, which ai- rived here a tew days ago out of fuel and provisions, still is lying at anchor in the river. unable to proceed further &snd bar- red by the Chinese from landing its human freight. In the meantime differ- ent local organizations have contributed funds for the relief of the more immedi- a'e needs of the homeless wanderers, who are hoping something will turn up so that they may continue their voyage to Hcngkong, Mapilg or some other warmer and more hospitable country,