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whole, resolutions declaring for with- drawal of foreign Post Offices from China use of foreign radio stations in China. The appointment of an expert committea to consider the question of Chinese fiscal autonomy. Received Chin- ese ‘‘Ten points’’ daclarat on, setting forth the views of the Chinese de- legation a3 to the principles which should be laid down to govern relations between China and other powers. Sev- eral of these are comprised in matters dealt with, while others have not ‘:t been taken up by the conference. I\ - bated the proposal that foreig® troo be withdrawn from China. Remainin on the Agenda are the questions o Siberia, Yap and Shantung. Siberia® will bring before the conference several questions of the same nature as were met within the case of China. The is- land of Yap bas been the subject of neuotiations between the United States and Japanese Governments which were entiraly apart from the Internatione¥ Conference These are said to be prac tically completed. Setiiement of the Shantung question has be:n undertaken in a sep-rate exnference of the Japanese and Chinese delegates which has already resulte] in agreement on many important det ils. London, Dec. 12th. —The ratification of the four power treaty, relative to insular possessions in the Pacific, which was an- nounced on Saturday, is believed to be assured when the convention is submit- ted to the United States Senate, in the view of newspapers, here. Today’s Journals, which have been commenting favourably upon the proposed treaty, greeted the terms of the coventionn with enthusiasm, and based their forecast of ratification upon the fact that United States Senator Lodge. Presented the treaty at Saturday’- -~ of the con- ference on limitation . wimaments. The apparently impossible is in effect an accomplished fact, said the Tele- zraph. ‘‘Our alliance with Japan has passed out of existence upn the only terms whlech Japan could regard as satisfactory and which we feel to be honorable. By this achievement alone Mr. Harding’s administration has fully justified the bold and magnanimous stroke of statesmanship by which it amazed the world a few months ago’’. The newspaper concluded by paying a war, tribute to Jepan’s generous and far-sighted policy through- out the proceedings. In the opinion of the Westminster Gazette the one weak- ness of the treaty lies in the fact that it does noc guarantee the integrity of China, but with that exception, the newspapers declared today, it regarded it as the ‘‘ldeal Soluti/f ’. It remarked that the provision of §.e convention that a threat by one power should be the business of all, contained the spirit of we League of Nations, adding, “‘we - omerged from a nightmare of mis- > 1. Uil 2 A YLD Mr. Harding has earned the good-will of the world by his initiative. Under the caption °‘‘the rezl thing at last”’. The | Morning Post expressed hope that op- | timism regarding the action of the Uni- ted States Senate on the treaty, was well founled [t reiteirated its opposition to the L.ecague of Nations saying’’ article 2 | of the new treaty is a much surer gnar- | antee against” 4 “breach of the peace™ | than all the .debates and the edicts of | the machinery of the League at Geneva. | The world at last is returning to common | sense’’. Great Britain will be immensely | benefited by the treaty while Holland also | will gain through it, declared tke Daily | Chronicle, which especially rejoined that | the bond hetween Great Britain and Jap- 1 an has not been severed, but only ¢n- larged so as to bring in other friends. It expressed gratification over the prospect of closer and definite cooperation with the United States, saying it would ‘‘corres- pond with the dominant politiecal instinct of all British democracy’’. Reports that a world economic conference will probably follow the parleys at Washington were referred to by the Daily Express, which said '‘this is the best news the world has had in many years. j PRESIDENT APPROVES REILY’S AD- MINISTRATION Despite Many Reports that he is not to come RBack, Gov. is Exp. ~ted Here About January 1. Arrival of Governor Reily in Washing- ton where he conferred with President Harding and was his luncheon guest following which the President announ- ced his approval of the Governor’s ad- ministration; the statement of Cordova D--"~ in Washington against the Gov- erno: and his administration; the ari.,. in New York of Antonio R. Barcelo and his delegation to prefer charges against the Governor. and Mr. Barcelo’s an- nouncement that he is not for independ- | ence—these have been the outstanding | developments of the week in the island’s politics. ; Announcement of Mr. Barcelo immedi- | ately before his departure that Governor | Reily would not return shows every evi- | dence of being a mistaken prophesy. The | Governor is expected to return to San | Juan about January 1. It is not believed possible .that he can return in time to ; spend the holidays here with his family. | The Governor is now in Washington and probably will be for a week or so after Congress convenes on Dec. 5. After that he plans to go West for a week or more, returning to Washington for a few | days just before Christmas. [ Despite the fact that there is every | reason to believe the Governor will re- f turn according to his plans made before going to New York, there have been serious reports, circulated and printed | slemlt- the week tending to create a con- trary impression. One of these has been the report that Governor Reily shortly would resign to becomne third assistant secretary of the treasury. At least one newspaper has published the names of possible successors to Governor Reily. - Nuring jthe week Mr. Barcelo and his fcllowers definitely ecarried their fight against. Gov. Reily {to Washington and possibly to the Prasident, although up to yesterday no definite word had been re- ceived that Mr. Barcelo had arrived at Washington or that arrangements had been made for him to confer either with Secretary of War Weeks or President Harding. Aside from the general news dispatches that the administration of the Gover- nor had been approved by the President, Roberto H. Todd. immigration Com- missioner, this week cabled Leopoldo Feliu, Secretery of the Republican Ter- ritorial Committee, that additional sup- port of the Governor from the island was not needed in view of the Presi- dent’s approval. No announcement has been made when commissioners who went North with Governor Reily will return.—Porto Rico Progress, Dec. Ist. ANNUAL RED CROSS MEETNG )GROSS MEETL T three o’clock Friday afternoon, De- A cember 16th, the annual meeting of the Santa Cruz Chapter of the Ameri- can Red Cross will be held at the Fred- eriksted High School. At (this meeting officers and executive committee will be elected for the following year. Director of Police Mr. Frank Coulter, who r.pre- sented the Red Cross Chapter of the Virgin Islands at the recent convention of chapters at Columbus, Ohio, will give an account of the meetings, which are -~~orted to have been the most inspira- tional of any of the kind ever held in the States. It is hoped that every mem- ber of the Red Cross, who possibly can, will be present. LIST OFUNCLAIMED MAILFOR THE WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 10, 1921. Mrs. Wilhelmina Boyce, Hill St. No. 41, Miss Wilhelmina David, Alexander Dowling, Mrs. John Maria Emanuet, 52 Hill St., Miss Alice Heyliger, Mr. Joseph Holst, Eulalie James, 10 Hospital St., Miss Margaret Martin, Mr. William Pemberton, Mr. Donald Rock, Mess Hill, Mr. Charles Samuel, Mrs. Sarah Samuel, W. L. Sperry, (2) Mrs. Hermina Thomas, Darly Hill, Mt. Fellier. Post O ffce, Chiistiansted, Virgin Is- Jands, D ecenker 11, 1921. R. R. LARSEN, Postmaster.