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St Groix Aus v > “ A @\ = ‘(\‘. 75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V.. U. 8A. WEDNESDAY 19tk MAY 1920. injurdd the chauffeur, but thé Minister escaped unhurt. A university student standing near the scene was’ mortally wounded and died this morning. Other students were slightly wounded and were placed under arrest. The student who was mortally wounded was supposed to be concerned in the plot, but he declared he was innocent. London, May 10th.—Queen Alexandra, it is learned, is prostrated with influen- za, which has swept through her house- hold. She has been confined to bed for several davs. but her condition is not regarded as~b‘<€§rious. O There is some anxiety howel@r, on allount of her ad- vanced age. Paris, May 10th.—Seven German Zep- pelins have been seen going east over Warsaw, according to newspaper reports from the Pclish capital. They are be- lieved to be going to Russia from Germany with military instructions. London, May 10th.—The death is an- nounced of the Rt. Rev. Handlev Carr Glyn Moule, Bishop of Durham. Washington, May 10th.—With Mexico City, Vera Cruz and Tampico in the hands of the revolutionists, American destroyers were en route today to Mexi- can waters to await eventualities and afford protection to American lines in the Mexican Gulf ports. Tampico, the im- portant oil town on the Gulf of Mexico, capitulated to the forces of General O’Bregon yesterday, without serious dis- orders. Presicigt Carroeea cannot be found. he ' Toronto, May 10th. —The greatest Jew- ish demonstration that has ever taken place in this city, was staged in an im- mense parade through the streets yester- day afternoon, and a meeting last night in Massey Hall, which was attended by about three tl.ousand five hundred per- sons. The demonstration was_meant as an expression of gratitude to Great Bri- tain for the decision of the San Remo conference tn restore Palestine to the Jews. In the parade were about thirty thousand Jews. Ottawa, May 10th. —Before the end of this month eight more vessels will have been added to the Canadian Govt’s. ma- rine, increasing the number of ships built and delivered to thirty-four. Before the end of the fiscal year it is expected that the Marine Depts. Ship Building programme will be practically complete, as eight of the vessels contracted for will then be delivered and the remaining 80 will be well on the way towards compie- tion. THE ST. CROIX AVIS vs printed and published daily (Sundays wnd Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS---50 cents monthly vn advance, 2 cents per single copy. Entered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Crove, V. L ofthe U. 5. 4.. un- ler the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad 1y received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied 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. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STALION. (Delayed in transmission.) London, May 7th.—ln the course of a debate in the House of l.ords yesterday concerning conditions in Ireland, Lord Birkenhead, the Lord High Chancellor, said it was intended to continue the pelicy of giving the Irish Exzcutive all possible assistance and support, adding that in no conceivable circumstances would the Govt. concede the demands of the Sinn Fein, and the proposal to invite the Sinn Fein to another Irish convention was wholly out of contact with any living reality, whien this coun- try would be well advised to realize. He continued, '“We are faced by a body of desperate, well organized and ablemen, handed tog_ther to challenge the British might and to shrink from no means caleulated to secure what they call seli- determination and independence.’’ They nad, he declared, declined every con- cession and had staked their all upon obtaining what the Empire would never concede to them. Every sin- gle motive which led the United States to resist the attempt at secession, should remind the Sinn Feiners that the race which had resisted the might of the German Empire would not yield to a sec- tion of desperate people in Ireland. El Paso, Texas, May 9th.—General Obregons forces are in comple e posses- sion of Mexico, according to an official statement made at Juarez late today by the revolutionists. Cairo, May Bth.—Bombs were thrown at the Minister of Public Works as he was motoring homewards from his office on Saturday evening. One bomb struck the gasoline tank of the car and slightly No 114 London, May 10th. —Mr. Charles Sand- bach Parker died yesterday at the age of 56, after a long illness, dating back to February last. Mr. Parker, who was educated at Oxford, was a memberof the West India Committee since 1903 and >ne of the original Directors of the Dem- erara Company. Besides being associate ed with many other important societies, he held the membership of the most ex- cellent order of the British Empire. He was one of the essential fighters for and continual champion ot colonial sugar and other affairs, and his personality and use- ful ess will be greatly missed. London, May 10th.—An amendment to the Home Rule Bill, offered by Mr. As- quith, providing one Parliament instead of two for Ireland, was defeated in the House of Commons this evening, after a short debate, by a vote of 259 to 55. Mr. Asquith’s amendment provided for one Parliament, with County option for Ulster, for a period limited to six years, as was proposed in 1914. Bristol, Rhode Island, May 10th. ~The first trials of the sloop ‘'Resolute’’. a candidate for the honour of defending the America’s Cup this summer, were held in Narraganset Bay yesterday and gave complete satisfaction, according to the experts on board. Washington, May 10th. —Mexico's lat est revolution, after getting under way witha remarkable absence of fighting, has apparently not been without the usu- al tropical season of blood letting, as trom benind the veil which obscures the events of the last few days are beginninyg to tricke stories or wholesale political executions and counter-attacks. Presi- dent Karranza is variously reported as captured, in flight, or in hiding. Candido Aguilar, his son-in-law and the Minister tor Foreign Affairs were execcuted, with the Commander of the Garrison of Mexi co City, after a wholesale slaughter of political prisoners, including fifieen min- erals. The 100) torces oi the revolu- tion are in control of the capital aud most of the metropolitan cities while Ameri- can warships and marines continue 1o move IMto strategic positions these being the foremost fearures of t days news ALL kinds of artificial tloral ae- signs for funerals and weddings; such as wreaths and bouquets, can be had on short notice from C. A. GENROW, Floral Artist, who lives upstairs of the old Armstrong place in Queen’s Street.