orly 53 are employed. 1 think my- celf if there is a depsriment needing revision it is the Eduen‘ton Department; some teachers are poorly paid while the sala:ies of others are too high. (To be continued.) FOCAL On Sunday evening the Fiiedensthal Moravian Chureh wound up its annual missiona v festival aith a publie mis- cionary mee ing at 8 p . Ihe Chureh was erowde=d with people of al denomi- nations. The choir was at i's best with i's able orpanist Mr, . A Smith. lhe speakers were Revds. Christensen. As- hoe and Bartels, Revd. Allen presid d. Floguert addresses woere delivered by Rovs. Asboe and Christensen. Rev, /I'en gave the people to know of the re- moval of Rev. Bartels to a new niission fie!d. . : ['he farewe'l missionary address deliv- cred hy Rev. Bartels was of a different voinre to thosa delivered by the previous & e.kers, it was an explanation of the disecovery ofa diary of the Emaneipation in 1848 giving a fuil accourt of the riot whieh took place at that time for free- dom. 1t vrov d to be very interesting for when we lock at the moral Improve- m nt of the penpie of theislend today we fori proud to lvok at the ovecurrvence of 138 The sleep Mizpah wiil leave for St Thomas at the usual time this afternoon, The sloap Carib left yesterday after- nocn for Porto Kiceo. A correspondent writing frem New York on ihe 3rd instant, says: *1 know vou will feel happy in learn- ing that your tale ted countryman, Bandmaster Alton Adams, U.S.N., had the honor of being guest conduetor of the Gnldman Coneart Band--the officral Bind of New York, anl em rised of the loadinz symptony Orvenvstta men and S uz s Band, Prver ete., on ''The sall”’ at Ceniral Park on July 2nd. There was a gatheriagz of over 4).000 and the ap- piuse giver Bandmas:er Adam: was dsafening. In front of this :nm'ns2 gaihering Ghldman——the great Gold.nan —siyled our young covntryman as 9 wondertful Masician '’ 1 was proul to hoar such an expression from a great man lo a great gatherinz. Th: Bind- master conducted the playinz of one of his oxn compositions—the “"Virzia [s- lands March,”” and at the end of it he was given a deafenicg appiause and en- cored. The Goldiman Bind is malde up of s2venty-tive artists ineculing a bharp, [ don’t know how may of your cour- trymen were present, bat 1L was a 2io- rious moment for Mr. Adams. Anld now I have been set to thinkinz as o how long can St. Thomas told our exuatry- ST. !..: !: Ll \. .l\ \ ! S man. It is too smal!, the world will soon demand him and if vou had been on the edoe of that bir oatherinex on the 2nd of July and hcard the con nents and seen the recep.ian given tiin you would eom> to the same ¢nelusion— that be is forth: Wil nav. —St. Tarmas Bulletin, 12ih July. TELEGRA MS. SF CHOLIX STATION. London. July 17th— e position of Se- nator Bele wart of Qttawa a.thouzh armed with fuil eredentials Issu2d under a new ordei iu esuaeil by the Canwdian Govern- ment, as Minister Picuipoientary in the intei-Allied Conference, is stiil undefinod and the question of Canadian represcnta- tion in these meetings still unsettied. There is a wide culf of difference be- tween the proposal, of the British Gov- ernment and the suzgestion of the Cana- dian Government, wih tha attitude and difficals si aztion of the Fren2h Pre- mier as thie real 'stumbi ¢ bioek, Cana- da insists that the Vorsailles precedent should be foliowed. hen each Dominlon had its own reprasentative at every B¢s- sion and Canada mainiuins that this is her right on thig occasion as a sister na- t:on within th: British Empire. M. Her- riot cpposes this system on the grounds that the increased size of the empire del- egaticn, thus eanstituted. wili weaken his position « hume and give ex Promier Poincare further opporiuaity tH attaek him and possibla to defeat him in the Chamber. In consideration of M. Herni- ot’s nositior ‘ue Forcizn Uffice wants the Dominions to be represeated by a pannel system which will allow ounly one dele- gate from the Dominions to sit at each session, thoeidea being that eaeh Domn- icn shall aliernate in this vepresentation, Loadon, July 17. h —ll'b2 American ar- my world fliers, who reached C ovdon yesterday, honpel off this morniag for Brough, near Huil, wiere the plane will rest for a wwek or ten days, while pon- toons are being fitted 10 vrepivation for thenr jump to the O -kuey fsiandis. Hall a dozan Knglish planes were in the air when the United States airinen took off and ae- ccmpanied them part of the distance as a courtesy escori. I'he pilots ot the round the world planes will remainin Brough about two days. They will ther return to London while the machines are being overtiauled. The mechanies will stay in Brouzh t) supervise the renovation. Standerton ‘lransvaal, .uly 17th. Cunadian Press. teneral Smu's ad- dressing his constituznts yesterday, suid that white not wisning 1o minimiz2 the importance of his party’s defieat in the recent elections, he would point cuc that 153,000 votes were cast for the African, or Smuts party, 111,000 for the Nationalists and 42,000 for Labour, yet despite this the Natiora'ist Labour Pa-ty, had a majority of 28 seats in the Houase. Thne truest reflectiri of public opinion was the number of votes cast for each purty, said General Smuts, and the vote ladicated that half of the South African Yoion siiil steed behind the South African Partyv. Moreover the Por- tv had pollad 13,83) more than ian 1921 election. Ottawa, Julv 17th, A vote ol $56, 004, 000 to the Canadian Naticnal Rallways and another $9J0,000 to the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, to cover the vear's bond commitments and defi- cits were passed by the House of Coni- morns just betore midenight, after several hours debate in which severil progres- sive members eriticiz»d the Senate bitter- ly for throwing out some of the pro- posed branch ines on the National f_{_:(lil.\‘;n's. Dablin, July 17. h - Eamonn De Valera released from a Free State prison camp yesterday is expeeted by his followers to plunge immediatelv into eleetioneering. Thiee imperiant bye eiection s are pend- ing in which the insurgent t=ader is ex- pected to participate. ipon his release | De Valera was silent as to his plans, say- ine he might have scemetbing to offer la- | ter. He walted about Dublin visiting friends a» would visit bis wife and chil- dren. 1 e o weie borfires and demon- strations 1, ¢iff - nt pares in the South last night, irdicating that De Valera still commands the attention of several follo- wers., lelegrams of congratulations pour ed ip upon the insurgert chief at his Du- blin lesidence. Loundon, Ju'y 17. h-~ The Experts Plan ' for a reparation deal, intended to be de- ' void of sentiment and political national- | istie fezling, is geing through the most " eritical period of s existence under the [ serutiny of the exper's ¥ho spent the se- . eond day of the imter Allied Conference | at work in the commitiee rcoms in the | Downing Street, lonight it was author- | itatively stated that the Prime Ministers | of Great Britain, France and DBoelzium { were highly satisfi:d with the progress | =made Ihe Biitish were said to be par- | ticularly n.eased beeause ol deliberations ! are keepiag close to the purpose flor | which the eonference assembied. rhat ~f , adopting braod, sweeping measures for ~ making the experts sche ne workible, | London, July 18 k.--The Government . was defeated in the House of Commons | today, 171 to 149, on a vote on a pro- ~ psed amendment to the Unemployment In-urance Bill. ‘The defeat was due to ~ many Liberais voting against the Govern- " ment. ‘The Government’s reversal is ot eonsidired important and there is npo question of the Prime Minister’s re- } signing. % Tokie, July 18th.— Major MacLaren, ! mis ing British world flver, was found today safe on Urupu Jsland 10 the Kuri- les Group. north of Japan. The aviator had covered about half the distance from ’ Ho'kaido to Paramustiru Island when ~ {forced down.