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speaker shouted the following: We don’t want Hall #nv more, to he Union Doctor,,he must go, he must not stay longer {han the end of the month, which was March, we are now in April, and the gentleman has not yet gone, for he is still seen on his job. Since he should have gone from the end of March, and he has not yet gone I go so far as to ask, why hasn’t he taken farther steps in seeing that he go? I again ask, how does he feel to see that this man who he shouted must go, is still filling-the same job, and still doing the same work as sick Superin- tendent nf the Labor Union. Mr. Speaker, doesn’t he laugh at you - when he passes you? Well, he is good if he don’t. Since that I have been hearing that Granady, who is werking as Attorney for the Union, is to go too. If they didn’t succeed in getting Hall to go, are they going to succeed with Granady? Thanking you for space. I am, ' Respectfully, ). 0. HALL. St. Thomas News. The case of Josz Soto and Jose Lo- pez vs. Government of the Virgin Is- lands was argued before the U. S. Cir- cuit Court of Appeals in Philadéelphia on April Bth. by Dallas .. Townsend of the New York Bar. » It is expected a decision will be hand- ed down within a month.—St. Thomas v Mail Notes April 20th. Government has ordered that Elsa M. Govine placed on trial before the Dis- trict Court of St. Thomas on a charge of at:empting to poison by using sugar of lead. Government Attorney Horvan will prosecute and Government Attorney Williams will defend. —lbid. TELEGRs MS. ST. CROIX STATION. London, April 19th. —A Beriin des- pateh to the Daily Mail says that the May- or of Emmerich, near the German-Dutch frontier, placed on the coffin of the form- er German Empress a wreath of thorns sntwined with laurels, symbolizing the sadness whieh overshadowed her last days. Paris, April 19th.—The Allied repara- tion commission arnounced today that it has given Germany until April 22nd to transfer the gold holdings of the Reiseh Bank, the German Imperial Bank, * o the Coblenz and Cologne branches of the bank. If Germany refuses to com- ply with the ultimatumh the commission, it states, will require the Immediate de- . livery of the goid to the commission ) itscif. In the event of the transfer of ' the gold to the branches, the sum ‘may 5553LEU LA A VYIS continu2 to figure as part of the balance of the Reichs Bank, the commission ex- plains, but the German Government would have no right to dispose of it with- out obtaining previous authority from the eommission to do so. The German Govt. recently declared the demand to be unacceptable under any circumstances. The latest figures ‘on the gold holdings of the bank, contained in its statement for April Tth, show that on that date there were 1 091,602,000 marks. London, April 18th. - The cricket team vhich toured Australia last winter arriv- ed home this morning. Capt. Douglas said the Australians put up better teams. He <aid he had every hope that the posi- tion would be altered in the series of test games to be played by the Australian team in England this Summer. The Australian team, which traveled from Au- stralia on the same boat as (he Engiish team, left: the sship at Monte Carla, where they will stay a few days before proceedaing to England. New York, April 19th. -The feature of the raw sugar market today was the announcement that the Cuban commit- tee had sold 20,000 tons of Cuba’s to the United Kingdom at a price said to be equal to about 43 cost and freight. The committee also reduced their prices here to 48, cost aaxd freight., equal *o 5.54 for centrifugal, or as on the same ba- sis as uncontrolled sugar. The market for refined sugar as unchanged, to 25 points lower, with fine granulated now listed at 7.65 for hard grades, while sev- eral refiners offering solt 2rades at 7.50 Ottawe, April 19th.—The House of Commons today gave the final reading to a Bill which ratifies the trade agree- ment between Canada and the West Indies. Criticism of the agreement was of a friendly nature and no serious clash developed. Sir George Foster, Minis- ter of Trade an Commerce, explained the terms of the agreement. The Do- minion would givea preference of not less than 59% on the majority of arti- cles imported from the West [ndies. The West Indies would give a prefer- ence to Canadian gonods ranging from 50% i the case of certain islands to 25 percent in others. Improved steam: ship faci.ities and consequent increasing passenger and cargo business between ("anada and the West Indies were pro vided for in the agreement, which has been approved by scvers of the isiands and alse by the British Government. London, April 19th.—The Prime Min- ister defends the Governraent’s policy in Ireland and cites the United States civil war as providing an exact parailel for the situation there, involving the fuodamental issue of union or session, in his veply today to the recent memo- rial sent nim by nine Anglican Bishop and tine heads of the principal non-con- formist churches in Great Britian. [n this memoriai the siZners endorsed the Archbishop of Canterbury’s protest in the House of Lords against repris; |« in Ireland and pieaded for a truce Among other things t®e menorial (¢ clared that the Govt’s, policy in Irelai.. exposed Great Britdin to misunderstas « ing and hostile criticisms, even of 1. friendliest of the world’s nations. London, April 20th.— Demsnds 1:; the establishment of a National Wag Board and a National Wage Fool, ha« been re-affirmed by large majorities 11 district committees of miners througi. out the country, it is claimed by ti “Daily Herald”’, the organ of labou: The newspaper claims that these mee! ings which were held preparatory 1 the conference of the Miners Feder: tion of Great Britain here on Friday. stood 14 to 1 in favour of the demand.. of the Union. The statem:nt w: s issued by the Miners Federation last night, de- claring that Mr. Lloyd George’s addres in the House on Mo. day did not carry the possibility of a settlement any furth- er than it stood last week. The state ment declared Mr. Lloyd George ‘‘Ha: not yet grasped the essential features of the National Wage Pool’” and that he . "‘Obsessed by the view that the miners demand a pool of profits”’. 1t is sug- gested that there shall be levied a certaip amount on each ton of coal, this money being used for the purpose of establish- ing the wage pool. It is proposed that the sum levied, shouid be figured as one of the elements of the cost of produc- tion. The statement asserts that this method of providing {unds for the pool, is perfectly feasible, but hat the mine owners have refnsed to accept it, on inadequate and mistaken grounds. Brit- ish mine owners who met in this city yestercay, announced last night that the meeting had completed proposals. whieh wowld be submitted, in an effort to se- cure a seitlement of the roal strike. These proposals, it declared, met many of the demands of the miners, and would care for men who were inadequately raid. It is improbabie that the-mine owners and the coal diggers will meet betore EFri ay, ard in the meaniime the coal snortage is becoming acute in Lon- don and other large cities in England. London, April 20th. An echo of the Prime Minister’s famous speech, accus- ing British labour leaders of revolution- ary designs, was heard at Bedford yes- terday, when Mrs. Lloyd George, who is speaking iu the interest of the new Post- master General in the Bedford Lkye-el¢ tion, said, "‘We have beaten Prussianism, we must now prepare to beat Russian- ism., The disciples of Lemne and Trot- sky are among us, bent on destroying our cherished institutions and bringing disaster upon the nation’’. . London, April 20th.—All ‘he Salvation Army officials imprisoned in Kussia have been liberated, according. to z despatch received by General Booth from Salva- tion headquarters at Helsingiors, Fin- lanc. g