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St Crotx Avis £ l\ @ @/\ / /-f@ © % 75TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS s printed and published daily (Sundans and Holidays excepted) by (i. Johansen | at the Avis Office. | TERMS---40 cents monthly in advance, | ‘ 2 cents per single copy. ; Entered as second-class matter May | 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christicn- wed. St Crowe, ¥ 1 ofthe U. S. A, un- der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nted with the author’s name, as a quar- antee of good faith. = The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorse them. PRILEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Montreal, Sept. Ist.—A strong father- lv warning against strikes and the strike habit was given tothe labouring people of Mnntreal by His Grace Archbishop Bruchest speaking last night in Notre Dame Church at the usual religious ser- | vice held on the eve of Labor Day. ‘A | sirikeis a fight’’, said His Grace, “‘and as | a result of strikes labour, industry and | commerce are disorganized. It is another | aspect of war between employee and em- | pioyer. All wars must end in peace. | Peace is bronght through negotiation and | sometimes through arbitration. Why not negotiate and arbitrate before the ' war instead of after. War should not be the only way through which peace may be attained. | London, Sept. Ist.—Hopeful auguries of inereased production by British in- dustries and the return of more nor- mai conditions ot labour are based on | certain recent nuppenings here. One | of these is in the nature of a letter writ- ten by Chazirman Brownlee of the Ex- ! ecutive Council of the Amalgamated En- | gineers to Chas. W. Bowerman, Secre- | tery of the Parliamentary Committee | of the Trade Union Congress emphasiz- | ing the gravity of the present econo- | mic situation and urging the Committee as the most representative and respon- t sible body of Trade Unionists in the country, to take action to alleviate the situation. Mr. Brownlee cited Herbert Hoover’s warning of political, economic and moral chaos in Europe unless pro- ductivity be increased and added his own arguments in support of this. An- other important incident is the decision of the Amalgamated Engineers and Al- lied Unions to defer their demands for a 44-hours week pending the result of CHRISTIANSTED. V.. U. S.A.. SATURDAY, 6rH SEPTEMRER 1919 a joint investigation with the employ- ers into the relation between produe- tion and the hours of work here and else- where. Interest is further attracted by a magazine article in which W. M. Brace Labour member of Pariiament and leader of the Welsh miners, pleads for the resumption of piece work, in- steac of day wages. Washington, Sept. Ist Korean inde- pendence was deciared in a proclama- tion to the ‘peopies of the world"’ is- sued here last uight in the name of the Govt. and the people of the Repub- lic of Korea. The proclamation was signed by Dr. Syngam Rhee, President of the Republic, and J. K. Kimm, Chair- man of the Korean comsmission to the peace conference Declaring that Korea was denied freedomm as ‘‘one of the aliegea autonomeéus units of a Jepan- ese mock federatinr,”’ thie proclamition said Japan’s recent pronise of reforms in the Korean Government ineant only a «wew form @&f cruel denationzliza- tion and dechrisfianizing procedure. London, Sept. ¥st.—Reuter’s. The Pen- insular and Oriental British India and Welil Lines announce their vessels will load at Humbu.g and Bremen. Copenhagen, 8 ) ember Ist. Lettish and Lithuanian troops have driven the Bolsheviks from Nevo Alexandiovsk, 15 miles south-west® of Dvinsk, according to a statement issutted by the Lettish Press Bureau here. It is said that the neigh- bourhood has been cleared of the enemy and that a large number of prisoners and guns have been captured by the advancing i.etts and Lithuanians. Cork, Ireland, September Ist.—Sus- pected of carrying munitions t¢ the 3Sinn Feins, the steamer Hampshire Coast was seized by a destroyer yesterday and has been brought to Cork. The steamer left London for Ireland on Wednesday. The authorities have not indicated what action they will take in connection with the seizure. London, September Ist.—(Reuter’s:. A War Office communication says: ““Fighting on the Archangel Vologda railway continued all day Saturday for the possession of the village of Emptza which changed hands several times. No British troops were engaged iq the fizht- ing. Our airmen bombed Plesotska heav- ily, Russian troops attacked and captured Hadish, 15 miles ease of Emptza on Fri- day, taking 90 prisoners and one gun. London, September Ist.—An official statement issued by the Bolsheviki Govt. at Moscow and received here by wireless, declares that Kharkov, 115 miles north- No. 20 east of Yenateringoslav is preparing to surrender without fighting. The state- ment claims that the Bolshevik have oc- cupied Sugja, 90 miles north-east of Khar- kov Obojan, 8¢ miles north of Kharkov and Balkkley. In the region of Orep burg the Bolsheviks capiureda sharl: shooter battalion of 800 men and a ecos- sack regiment of 500, the *statement as- ser:s. London, September Ist.—(Reuter’s) General Ironsides in a communique, re- ports that Russian troops supported by two companies of the Royal Fusiliers and many Australians attacked the Bolshevik on the Archangei-Vologda railway, south of Obozerskaya on Auvgust 29ths The at- tack was completely successful. All our objectives were gained andy all the ene- my’s gun positions and the village of Emptza and station fell inpto our hands. After the capture of Emptza the Bolshe- vik ocounter-attacked with several ar- moured cars, regaining the village. A further attack by the Royal Fuileers re- captured the village which is now in our hands. Aireraft cooperated in the attack, bombing barracks and armoured trains. So far ten guns ineluding a six-inch how- itzer, many machine-guns, five hundred prisoners, have been captured. Our casu- alties were slight. Mexico, City, Aug. 30th.— Important concessinns made by President Carranza today, in issuing a decree amending the reclamation law. Briefly they are as fol- lows. Claims for damages may be pres- ented not only for losses during the re- cent two revolutions ending with the in- stallation of the present Govt. on May Ist. 1917 but for those sustained since then in various regions where revolts are still smouldering. Damages by rebels or outlows to person or proper- ty are subjer’ fio occlamation when such damage if found 'to be the result of negligenc2 on the part of consti- tuted authority. A commission on in- demnification'will -admit any means of proof ‘‘humanly reascnable.”” The claims commission can consiaer all cases but the president has the right to arrange con- ventions with any foreign power for a mixed commission to handle claims of citizens of that power. Claims by rail- way companies and other public utilities taken over by the Govt., wiil be arrang- ed either by the Federal Claims Commis- sion or by agreement between the com- panies and the Secretary of the treasury. The most important amendi.ent, it is considered is that relative to the Presi- dent’s power to arrange conventions for mixed commissions with Foreign Powers.