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=t (0 ratx Abls g I'\ k/@ \‘Jg% riy“, )&}7"(®&’ ‘;@, "\ = 4@ 76TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS = ‘ is printed and published daily (Su ndays l and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen | at the Avis Office. ‘ TR MS---50 cents monthly i advonce. ‘ 2 cents per single copy. | atered as second-class matter 'ay 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Chiristian i sted. St Crone, Voo Lol the U, 5508. v | der the Act of March 3. 1879 | 'ELEGRAM . | ST. CROIX STATION. ‘ Montre .1, Keb. 18th. —T'hat the phe- | mo nenal success of the Canadian Govt. t merchant inarine force in_ opening up | new trade routes and overseas markeis | for Canada will b= duplicated this year | is the sealing of Canadian merchants | marine offic als operating here. New York, Feb. 2lst.—T:..e Ameri- | can Woolen Company, the largest pro f ducer of woolen goods, today named | prices for .the autumn of 1921 on a | basis ranging from 45 to 50 percent be- low price levels of last antumr, | Constantinople, Feby. 21st. There | still is no accurate news hereg concern- ! ing the fate of Tiflis. The Bolsheviki | wireless from Baku to Moscow, and also | tne British wireless fromn Tiflis, dated | last Saturday, give detaiis oi n avy figat- ] ing at the Poili Bridge, on tne Dakun | railway, east of Tiflis, where the Georgi- | ans defeated the Bolsheviki, taking 4,000 | prisuners, and also at the town of k- ' stala to L e east. | condon, Feby. 21st.—The opening of a new offensive by the Turkish National- | Ists against the Greeks, on the Snyroa | front, is exyected, says a Constantinople despatch to the ‘‘Evening News’’ today. | The Nationalists are concentrating in | great strength along the front, the des- ' pate adds. | Paris, Feby. 21st.—Questions »f great | importance to the Aliied and former ene- | my nations were laid betore the Councii | of the League of Nations when it met | here today. Lhese problems included the Allied actitude toward Danzig and Arme- nia, the proposed plebiscite in Lithuania, | and plans for the relief of Armenia. In | addition, a commission to study the | amendments to the Covenant of the | League, which were proposed at the meeting of ne League Assembly at Ge- neva, was to b 2 named. [aree of (hese | amendments were especially important. One was introduced at Genzsva by Mr. Doherty, Canadiaa Minister of Justice, and one of the delegaies representing . CRHILISTIANSTED Wi O % 2 SATURDAY 20t FEBRUARY 1921 i I T S EEEEEmmmn T | | the Dominion proposed rnat article X, | aboat whizn sioras of opposition have | ragad, shouid: b 2 aliminaz:l from the | (Covanant. ['wo others were sponsored Loy Dr Pisyrredon, Argentine M nister. | One would proclaim as members of the | Leazue all natioas waoien have not an- ‘ nouancad their d2sive tH r2main oucsida. | and toe wber would provide that all ] members of the ieaguz Joancil should | be elected by th: Assembly. It was | forecasced that the Administrative Com- | mission for the Sarve Valley, would be | re-appointed. The Council met at the . Petit Luxemburg Palace, residence of . M. Bourgeois, Presidant of the French | Senate and tormer President of the . Council Dr. Gastsa Da Cunha, Brazili- an Ambassador to France and President ~ of the Council. was in the chair. M. . Bourgeois represented France, Mr Bal- | ‘four was the, British delegate, while " Jtaly, Spain, Belgium, Japan and China were represenfed respectively by Mar- . quis Imperial Di Francavilla, Count . Quinones De Leon, M. Hymans, Vis- crunt Ishii, and Dr- Well.ngton Koo. It was stated by officiats charged with the ~ organization of the work of the conter- | ence, that it was hoped the discussion . of the agenda. would be completed by . Mareh 3rd. SQwitzerland’s refusal tn . allow League contingents ‘0 cross that country on their way to Lithuania, would be discussed ea(ly during the meeting, | it was declared. Whnile announce ments ' have stated thart the calling of mneetings in this city, instead of Geneva, was not ~ influenced by Switzerland’s refusal, it is ' known there has been considerable feel- No. 45 N ANS ~ )o QM B H EA:ET = . ;B' 5, £ . | PR Ges s AN : ‘, DR A %7\&;:,_;,‘)@g ; PR R FOR. RED:BEOOD; STRENGH ISTRIBUTORS: APOIHECARY HALL, ST. THOMAS ing in the Council. one member having refused to o to ieneva, while ir was not expecied the Council woald act uvon suggestions thai the capital oi' the Lea- gue be removed from Geneva, sueh ac tion 1s being discussed in League cireles. One feature of the question is the diffi- culty of securing hotel accommodation in Geneva for the next meeting of the Assembly to be neld in September. San Juan, P. R., Feb. 21st. Altogeth- er there have béen soar cas~s suaspacted to be plague revoried. [wvo of th: fear have b=en eonfirmed.. Une oi the two, the first case died early tnis morning. The legislature has voted two hundred thousand dollars [or cleaning up pur- poses. The town is being cleaned. Svdney N B W._. Foh 99954 -_lha match between the visiting English cricket team and New South Wales was left drawn. England scored 420 and 381, and New South Wales 447 and 151 for two wickets. ; San Juan, Feob. 22nd —lp an official proclamation Governcr Yager has an- nounced the presence of bubonic¢ plague in San Juan. The Governor said ihere had been two cases of ine disease, one death and two suspected ca:es. Delhi, Feb. 22nd. -Resolutions urg- ing the Viceroy in India to ratily the [ abour convention adopted at the La- bour conference held in last October, were adopted by the Legislative Assem- bly bere yesterday. The assembly de- cided to undertake the passage of legis- lation giving effect to the conventinn including the eighty hour week,