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: 4 | & 7~ : i (B i—' |(l l e %/jN QT ’\\N/ r { ‘%?7 ; . LR s \ NG ).) i : Q- !/}4 I l P /\\ \ ',’-H—\\ | & N ATTR @’\/% \\}:Tff’” ’2B !’% ’(Q‘ %? ' /@*\/~ ’/‘”\‘?'4 76TH YEAR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS 18 printed and pu*lished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS---50 cents monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copy. Eintered as second-cla - matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian giect. St Crogr, V. L orthe 11. S. A un der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- lg recerved when the same deals win mat- ters of general interest, and 1s acrompa nied with the author’s name, as a quar antee of good faith I'needitor caunot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, Jany. 12t~.—The King has goranted a general amnesty ‘‘in respect to political offences commit.ed in Ireland prior to the operation of the truce last , July”’, it was officially arnounced today. The release of prisoners will begin at once. The text of the proclamation which was issued by Mr. Winston Churebill, reads: ‘‘The King has beea pleased, at the mom=nt when the provisional Irish Govt. is due to take office, to grant a general amnesty with respect to all offences committed in Ireland from poli- tical motives prior to the operations of the truce of July 11th. The release of prisoners, to which the amnesty applies, will begin forthwith. It is the King’s confident hope that this action of obli- vion will aid in powerfully establishing relations of friendship and good will between the people of Great Brit- ain and Ireland’’. Figures given out in Dublin on Wednesday night showed that 1010 perscns who probably would come under the classification of po- litical prisoners were still in con- finement, this number inciuded twenty charged with murder, 121 attempted murder, 478 possessing arms and 226 with climes of violence, the others being held on minor charges. A few Sinn Fz2in prisoners are under sentence of death, according to recert Belfast ad- vices, including the sixteen men in jail there whose execution had been set for the latter part of January. The men under confinement in the Irish internment camp were released in December. Washington, Jan. 12th.—Mr. Arthur CHRISIIANSTED. V.I. U.S. A. WEDNESDAY 18tH JANUARY 1922 Balfour, head of the British delegation of the arms conference, reiterated hLis supvort of Zionist aspiraticr in an ad- dress last nizht at & reception in the British &nbassy to the Zionist organiza- tion of America. Referring to his decla- ration in November 1917 as Secretacy for Foreian Affairs, the support of the British Govt. to the establishment of a Jewish national hemeland in Pales tine, Mr. Balfour sdid’’ I stand now whore Istood then. You must do your wori here.”” He declared ‘‘rhe ixitish Govt. is doing its work in Palestine The two must cooperate, they must snow diplb>macy. They must show no undae haste and there must be no mo- ineats of <lackeningin th: endeavour to ¢o nplete the work whien arfter all we must frankly azree i only just begun.”’ St. Vincent, Jan. 12th. Major the Hon. Eilwvard Wood received deputa tions of the unofficicl members of the Legislative Council ofSt. Vincent Cham- bor of Agriculture 2ad Commerce, and th2 Citizens Committie with whom was associated the St. Virzent R. C. Associ- ation, in the Council Chamber today. He afterwards addressed a publie gath- ering in the grounds 2/ th2 Court House. The deoutations were accorded a most cou-teous hearing, zad the Under Sec- retary in his replies nromised to give the points raised his utmost consideratinn. Atl p. m. ne was the guest of the citi- zens at a lunch at the Jarnegie Hall and after this function the Citizens Com- mittee took the visiters for a drive along the windward coast where at several points arches and addresses of welcome marked the route. H. M. S. '‘Valerian’, leaves for Barbados conight. London, Jan. 12th.—fllowing tele- gram from the Pope to King George, congratulating him apon the conclusion of the Anglo-Irish treaty, was made pub- lic here tonight. *'Overjoyed at the agreement happily reached regarding Ireland I congratulate your Majesty warmly on having contributed effective- ly to this great work of peace.” ‘I thank your Holiness warmly for the kind message which afforded me sincere gra- tification’’. , Geneva, Jan. 12th.—The dispute be- tween Poland and Lithuania over Vilna, came pefore the Council of the League of Nations today. The situation in Al- bania and Danzig also was on the pro- gramme, bu: the _Vilna problem held chief place. It is one of the most diffi- cult problems confronting the council. London, Jan. 12th —George’s Carpen- No. 13. tier, the French heavy weight Champion, tonight knocked out George Cook, the Australian in the fourth round. London, Jan. 12th.-M+. Thomas Lough former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, died today. New Items On Postal Affairs;j FURNISHED BY THE POSITMASTER AT CHRISTIANSIED. The issue of $5 war-savings stamps, and thrift stamps was discontinued on December 31, 1921, and their sale ceased on that date. The 1922 issue of Treasury-savings certificates will take the piace of war savings and thrift stamps, and may be obtained in denominations of $25: $100: and $1000; at S2O; $80: and SBOO respective- ly. A new stamp of $1 denomination, non- interest bearing,known as a Treasury-sav- ings stamp is also for sale, and when 20 of these stamps are affixed to a Treasury- savings card, the same will be accepted in exchange fora $25 Treasury-savings certificate All in‘ormation relative to this subject wiil be furnished by the postmaster who invites public interest thereto. The FPost Office Department is willing to establish the Postal Savings sys- tem at Christiansted il there is any reasonable field for it here. The Post- master will be pleased to furnish all elucidations as regards its operation, and to hear from any patrons of the office who are interested in this branch of the postal service. [he Christiansied Cooperative HAS MUTTON ON MONDAYS PORK ** TUESDAYS and SATURDAYS VEAL every day in the week except Mondays, and if the public so desire, it will be there Mondays too. N. B. To be sure to get the right cut, call up the Dairy the day before and Mr. BRYAN or Mr. HILL will note down your order.