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measures pending. Congress ended its six months session in an atmosphere of controversy and tavmoil, characteristic of the bitter dissension which has marked its procead- ings from the start. Among the mea- sures which failed in the final crush of legislation when the session ended au- tomatically Saturday evening at seven o'clock were the bill authorizing the con- struction of eight new cruisers and the modernization of the battleshigs and the deficiency appropriation bill earrving funds to begin operationa on the bonus law. * * * ¥ * The President signed the bill for the purchase of grounds to erect and repatr buildings for eustoms and warehouses 1n Porto Rico.-The Timzs. Qhe (referring to the rain) Oh dear its beginning to come duown. He (absent-mindedly Would a safety pin heip? Song: Take back your golden garter m’ calf Is turning green, Hot? Boy in the country where | came from it got so hot that it popv:d ine pop corn tnh the fieid. A team of mules saw it, thought it was suow and Livze to death. Tim.—'‘What’s the matter you look so blue? Stim —*'l"ve just been radioed.” Radinein?. My girl turned me down and gave me the air, - What's that got ta do with radio: | was broad-casted.”’ Some girls will and some girls won't Some girls do and some givis don’t Others micht and possibly wouid Sevaral may and no doubt shou'd WEAR LONGER DRESSES. (. With apologies to ‘Wiz Bang.”’ —-Bulletin TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Victoria, B. C.. June 22nd.—Present- ing the shining example, the living symbol of the sea power of the Motber Country the Special Service Squadron in command of Vice Admiral Sir Fred- erick Field K. C. B, C- M-'5. beaded by the greaiest of the modern battle eruis- ers, H. M. 3. Hood, passed up the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Saturday morning dropping anchor off the harbour here and received a royal welecome. The squadron will remain here unril June 25th, wher. +he Hood, the Repulse and other smziler craft will proceed to Vancouver, to re- main there until July fifth. A great pro- ¢ ramme of entertainment has been pre- 5 Y L1612 ANV pared for the oflficers and the five thou- sard men of the squadron during their sojourn hefe. Accompanving the fleet is a representative of the fleet of the sis- ter Commonwealt” of Australia. Philadelphia, June 22nd.—With the arri.al of the fleet of the 8 S. Sar Gil at port Limon frow this port, the United Fruit Company, it was reported bhere, begins a monthly passenger and freight service, between Costa Ricaand Avon- niouth, England. the eorpany using two of its fruit carivirg ships in the service the San Gil and the San Blas, .oncon, Jupe 22ad. —~The British Com- monwealth Labour Conference, the first of its Lind. will be held in London be- ginninz August isth. Mr. MacDonald will preside at the opening session. It is heped hat the conference will be attend- ed hy representatives froum: the follow- ing countries. Australia, *l abour Party and Crade Union. Capada, Trades and JLahour Congress of Canads and the Ca- nadian Labour Pariv. India, Trade Uni- ons. lreland. Irish Labour Party und Trade _nivn Congress., Newfoundian i, Fishermens Proteetive Union. New Zea- land. Labour Party and Alliance of it . bour. RhodesiaLabour Party. DBrii-h Guiana. Labour Union, South Ahiea. Labour Partv. Cape, Federation of Trades and Labour Unions and the As- sociate 1 Trade Usniors in the Transval | The provisional agenda of the subjec:s for diseussion ineludes the relatious of narties nd trade unicns wiihin the Brit- . ish Corimonweaith to one another, inrer- i\ Common vealth relavions, political and economric, the maipter.ancee 0. world peace ~migration, r:eial questions, and indus- ' trial co drtions and legislation. The luo- ‘ ‘.Ci'zlizfi\'-ndi Federation of fl'\:':u!e Unions | and tha Labour snd Sesiaust Interna tional v:iil esch be iovited 1o send ira- ternal veicputes. ‘ london, June 23rd —~As purt of a cam- | palgn tH drouse the Governmeant on the gnempi yment question, the Independ- . ant Laoour Party held deicgate conter . ence in forty different parts of Great | Britain yvesterday. The susgestions did L Bt lack definitences, whatever inight be | thought of their soundness, Mr Noit Ma- | Clean, *;lasgow, M. P, advorated a new { highwa’ from Ulasgow to fnverness alr, | Hardie, another Glasgow nember, sald the Government shouid take over the big . factories and manuiacture g ods in com- petition wiii private enierprise. e © Williams, M. P. at Sheffie'd said move ' pay and less hoars for workers was the ~solution of the gnemployment, more pay would enable the workers to purchase . move soods and less hours wouid enubie | more workmen to be employed. Colon- . el Arthur Lyneh, at Ishington, fuvoured giving tie Russians eredit for five milliorn pounds 10 he expended 1o buying maehin- ery froni this country. These proposals are typ cal of the resolutions passed at the forty conferences, all of which are boing passed upon the Government. Lardeo. Texas, June 23rd—United Presss Mr Cummins, British Agent in Mexico City. made light of his situation when he arrived here vesterday, but de- clared he had acted cnly In behalf of the British Citizens whose property had been confiscated without redress. "'The situation arose out of the Govern ment taking away property belonging to British subjeets without payment”’ he eaid. *'lt is merely @ passing inc dent ard 1 hope that the publie will divert ity attention from me to the many thousands of Mexicans who are now sufferineg. L regard to the Kivens case, he said '‘the Mexican fiovt, has deelared that a settie ment was impossibie on account of nov presence. Now that [ anp gone, if the Mexican Govt. 1s sihcere in its state- ments, it will have complete liberty to make 2 settlement and payv Mrs. Evars for her property. Thke Agrarians are in possession of Mrs, Evans property avd there is corn nearly four feet high now She has never received a eani for the proverty confiseated.”! Mr, Cummins deelar:d that when he left Mexico iy be had besn oiven a4 great demonsira lion and had be=n encered by all the so: elgn lecations. London, June 23rd. —~United Press Germany must pay and mnst halt her al. ledged illegal increase of armaments This is the dominant note of the editori ala in the morninzg papers her®on the Herriot=MacDonald conference ot *"Che- juers UCourt.”” The Daily Express zibes «t the lLeagcue of Nations, suggesting that perhaps the attendance of Premiers Maedonald and Herriot may give some streneth and prestive to that “‘august bat weal pulsed organization.”” The Morning Post scoffs at the Idea of gener- al disarmament. ‘Lhis journal claims, on the contravy, that settlement of Eu rope can come only from an Anglo- Freneh alhance supplemented by the former Allies. Such an arrangement, | is claimed, would ensure peace, because “*Germany weould tear such an agre:- raent and what she fears sne respects. Paris. Juase 23rd.—lhe newspapers commment this morning on the outcome of the Premiers meating at Chequers Court runs along Pariy lines, except that the Miristerial Press refrains (rom discus:- ing the matter with any fulness, The Opvosition Press accuses M. Hervriot o! oivipg an entirely fresh direction to France's policy, declaring he has thrown to the Winds the conditions whieh M Poincare set to Kraoce’s acceptanceé of the Dawes plan and has bound himselfl nnreservedly to the proposals of the fux- pert Comm ttee. Os the neutral partic . some express the heiief and others t e hope that Germany wili be Impressed 1y the insistence on complete accord be- ¢waen France and Great Britain express ed in the communigue given out after the Chequers Court Conference.