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LOCAL Sloop Mizpah with return mails from St. Thomas docked at this port at 1 p. m. yesterday. The weather was agreeably rainy yes- terday, some lovely showers falling al- most throughout the afternoor. The Fort records this morning 4% lines, at Kingshill 102 lines and at Frederiksted 84 lines. We congratulate Mr. Arthor E. Lind- borg on the appointment mention2d un- der official notes and frust that this is- land will be favored with as popular a successor as himself whom we regret 10 lose. A football match will be played at Parade Ground on Sunday, the 10ih. inst., between two teams picked from the Alert club, under the names of Eagle and Amherst, captained by O. Larsen and F. James respectively. The game will commence at 4.30 p. m. sharp. S, s. Bridgetown from New York via Frederiksted ariived here at noon yester- day, bringinz 61 bags of mail for this town, much of it being parcel post which cur merchantile element is employing as cheaper and safer than freight. She sailed at 5 a. m. today for St. Kitts car- ring mail for that f§island, Antigua, pominica, Grenada, Barbados, and Trin- dad. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. ' ondon, June 6th.—At Lords yester- day Middlesex completed their second innings against the touring West Indian cricket X1 and were all out for the small score of 82. Individual scores of the M:ddlesex team were as follows. Dales 3 e 12 Hearne 2 Hendren 25 Maunn 19 Crutchley O Hill 1 Cuthbertson O Mur- rell 1 Fowler (not out) 6 Durston O ex- tras 13, to al 82. Bowling for the West Indians, Johu ok four wickets for 35 runs and Kraucis six Zor 34 runs. In their second irrings the West Indians were disposed of for 85 runs, thus losing the match to Middlesex by 70 runs. In- dividual West Indian scores were as fol- lows. Nunes 5 Holt 4 Challenor 20 Small 93 Ince b Constauntine 10 Dewhurst 8 Pascall (not out) 2 Franeis 3 John 4 ex- tras I, total 85. As on the previous day Tarilton was prevented from playing owing to illness. Paiis, June 4th.—A gereral strike of the stokers and firemen on the steam- ship Lafayette, sailing {rom Havre for New York on June 9-h. and on all other #rench ships scheduled to leave for the Unirted States after that date, is threat- e®od unless the men receive assurances that the litres of wine to which they are entitled under the French Merchant Ma- ST U1 2 Vls rine Law, will b 2 forthcoming whiie they are in N-w York harbour. This decisfon was reached at the headqiar- ters of th2 uainion of seafearing work- ers today. 4 Dublin, June sth.—The Republiean army is disbanded, the rebaliion smashed and D 2 Valera has vanished from pubdiie life, butythe Republican Party, on a re- organized basis, is getting ready to play an active oart in Irish polities. I's leal- ing fizures are the mon why opposad the absperate irregular policy and the party as reorganized will not aceept De Valera as its leader. The Government notwith- standing its victory, is far from popular. Its lack of magunetic leadership and Its policy of executions, ,while it hastened the end of tha2 rebellion, lost it many friends. The most active fores at pres- ent is the so-called ‘‘business party’’, which is appealing to the saner elements of all factions to eombine for the com- mercial salvation of Ireland. This group is growing rapidly and has good pros- pects of leading the field at tue next elec- tion. Few of the present Dail members hav~ sufficient confidence of election to induce them to accept reno.nination. Tokio, June sth.-—~More than 100 prom- ineni com:nunists and socialists were av- rested early today, the police charging that they were engaged in a plot to or- ganise a communist state. Liverpool, June sth.——While it is still hoped that some satisfactory solution can be found for the United States ban on liquor eon vessels entering United States ports, it is understood that the North Atluntic steamship owners have decided that outgoing liners will carry only sufficient liquor to last on the voy- age outward, thus complying with the new law. London, June bsih.--Replying to a question in the House of Commons today Lieut.-Colonel A. Bucklev. S~cretary the Qverse~~ " .o peparument, said the tos~' yumber of emigrants from the uanited King lom to the Dominions in the six months ending Mareh 3lst, was 55,739, compared with 71,485 in the six months ending March 3lst 1914. The former figures included 19,977 assistant emigrants, 13,674 of whom had procecd- ed under schemes arranged with the Governments of Australia, New Zealand and the province of Ontario. L.ondon, June s:h.—The House of Lords yesterday unanimously adopted the second reading of the indemnity bill, dealing with the Irish deportations. Viscount Grey intimated that on the third reading he would move to affirm the long established principle of the con- stitution that the Executive should not without previous and especial auttority of Parliament, exercise ils powers to arrest persons without bringing them to trial by dve process of law. Lord Cur- zon, Foreign Secretary, expressed ap- proval of such a motion and said he woull be prepared to agree to its incorporation in the wotion for a third reading. the motion, however, not to be incorporated in the bill. New York, June sth.—The early raw sugar market was quiet and no sales were reported. Prices were unchanged at 6 for Cuba’s, cost and freight, equal to 8.03 for centrifugal. The raw sugar futures market opened three to seven points sower, u2der liguidation but ral- lied on covering and renewed buying for outside aceount prompted by the continual warm weather. Prices at mid- day were unchanged, to five points high- er. There was a fair enquiry for refined sugar, but it was still disappointing for this season of the year. Prices were unchanged at 9.75 10 9.90 for fine gran- u'ated. London, Jure sth.—Sugar in stock on the 2nd instant was 100,000 tons. Last year 121,000 tons. Barbados, June 6th. —At yesterday’s meeting legisiative council a message was received from the Goverror inforn:- ing the council that the House ¢f Asseri- biy bave agreed to vote a ecntribution of £3,600 to tL.e British Empire Exhibition and the Governor asks the ccuncii o an- point two of its members to cerve ina representative committee to make re- commendations as to how the money shou!d be spent. Berlin, Juae sth.—French troops to- v ceenpied the railway stations at . ne, Wanne, Gelsenkircten, Kartern- beryx and Alternessen and closed them to trafiiq thus throwing out 0? operation the ludt important railway in the Ruhr. MosdH w, June sth.—Russia’s reply to Lord ¢ urzon's latest memorandum on Anglo Russian relations was foerwarded to ! adon today and will probably be ' yvered by Leonid Krassin on Thurs- The dccument is of co'idembfe len.gh and is understeod to be a not un- qu;ai)'v(i acceptance of the British de- mand® though 1t 1s generally coneilji- tory. Tok¥o, June 6:h. - The Cabinet has de- cide fto submit to Mr. Joffe, the envoy of .ussia. who is now in Japan, condi- t" 1s under whieh the Imperizl Goverr.- ment is willing to resume negotiations with the Soviet. l.ondon, June bth.—A Copenhagen despateh to the "'Times’’ says the Da - ish Government has forwarded a prote:t to Washington against the United Stat s liquor law 4s relates to foreign shipping. It is econtended that this law is contrary to interpnational regulations. London, June sth.—A Cologne des- pateh to the Times says that the Com- munisc hopes of provoking serious trou- ble in the British area were {rustrated today when the trainm:n returned to work. 7The s'rike at Dusseldorf, how- ever, continues and also the strike in the industrial areas just -out side the Ruhr.