town
was
arhused
by
the
alarm
of fire
which proved ) p= just
outside
the
tonn
on
esta'e
‘‘Concordia.’””
About
three
acres
of
canes
wece
damaged,
we
hea..
Cane-fires
seem
to
be frequent
thir gs in
the crop seasnn.
West
End
News,
Feby.
18th.
TELEGRAMS.
ol OROIX STATION.
Barbados,
Feb.
18th. —The U.S. ['attle-
sbips
North
Pakata'.
‘Utah’” 'Fiy
rida,’’and **Delaware’’ gone
“‘olon 7a.m
London,
Feb
ifith.—Sugar
in stcck
on
the
Tth
instant
was
51,000
tons.
Last
year 213,000
tons.
iondon,
Feb.
11th.-
In
the eourse
of
the King’s
speech
on
the
openiig
of
Pariiament
His Majesty stated
that
the
Prince
of Wales
will visit the
We.t
In-
dies
on his return voyage
rrom Aus ralia.
London,
Feb.
10th —Lord Charnwood,
seconding
the
address
of thanks
in
taz
House
of Lords
for
the
King’s
s)eech,
expressed
approval
of
the
recort
let-
ter
of
Viscount
Grey
with
reg:rd:
to
the
American
position
on
the
Peace
Ireaty,
and
said:
‘‘We must
allo'v
the
American
people
to
choose
their
own
path
and
am
convinced
that,
despite
recent
misieading
appearances,
w: may
confideatly anticip:
te
interested
ovartici-
pation
by
the
U.
S.
in worid
afiairs’’.
Lord Cuarzon concurred
with Lord ’harn-
wood
and
said
that
although
Viicount
Grey had acquaintad
him with his
inten-
tion
to publish
the leiter, it was
:either
inspired by
nor submitted
to the i)vern-
ment,
and he added,
"'l consider
trat
the
letrer did
not favour interferenc-
in the
aomestie
affairs of the United Stai»s
and
I
feel
no sentiment
but
.bankst.
Loril
Grey’’.,
He
thought
tke
Margais
of
Crewe
right
when
he said
that
&
gcod
deal
of
the
Peace
Treaty
migh:
have
been
re-written.
None
of
its
ajthors
claitned
that it was sacrosanct
and
1 Gar-
many
shows
a- dispositian
to
fai hfully
carry
out hor obligations,
he add:d.
we
will
do
our
best
to
aid
her
in
ful-
filling them
and
resuming
her
place
among
civilized
countries.
Ailuding
to.
the
delay
in
the
Peace
settle-
men?
he
referred
to
the
Europ-aa
an-
xiety that the United States
shouli share
in a settle
nent
in
these
regions.
Thais
anxiety,
he
said,
is
quite
uvnse!fi.h and
sincera,
and
[
bzalieve
everyone
)
tae
Great
Powers
would have abandon:d
the
greater
part of its industrial
ambi
ons it
it ecould
be
persuaded
that
the
Jnitoed
Srates
would eome
in and
bear
her
sheore
of the birden
as
the mandatory
ifor
the
whole of the Turkish Empire.
Cont.nuing
he said, I wili not say
a word in eriticisin
and sti.l less
in derogation of the
a titude
of the United States.
We may fe2i disep-
pointed,
but the United States
has
a
tra-
ditional policy which
we ought
to<ndeav-
our to understand
and respect.
She
de-
sires to keep free from
e tanglement
and
she
is
the
best
judge
of her
own
poli-
5
L. e RGO T
8
AV IS
¢y
but
hervefusal
has
undonated-
Iy
increased
the
responsibility
of
those
left.
If th:
mandate
is
con-
fided
to
Great
B.itainl
think
it
too
late to talk of limitilg our executives
in
Mesonotamia
to the villayet of Basra
and
bear
10 share
in the future controlof Bag-
dad.
lam
convin
ed
that
any attemp-
to retire
thence
we illd
be received
with
absolatggdismay
in
heeourtry itself.”
Washington,
Fel.
10th.
-Rear
Adhi-
ral
Sims,
speaking
bafore
the
Senate
Committee
for the
Investication
of Na-
val decorations,
de ‘ended
himsel
today
agains.
charges
tiat
_ne
had
sougat
to
belittle- the
part
o' the American
Navy
and Army
in the
var.
Three
members
of the Unitel State
Coegress
had
visi-
ited him in France
during
the
war, and
it
was
to these
trat
the
naval
officer
was
suppesed
to lave
made
the dispa-
raging rem:rks.
J.epresentative
Byrnes
who
was
‘called
Is/a
witness
today,
reports
that
Ad nital
Sims
stated to
him
that tne Armis
tige
had
been
forced
on the Allies throu 'hTthe
‘allure of the
American
troops
()
break
through
the
German
lines, this| eing duc
to the break-
down¢f the Amerie nsuppt
service.
Mr.
Brynes
said
he
r ported
this
to
Presi-
dent
Wilson.
Ac niral
Sims
on
the
stand
denied
tha
@i
had
made
such
a
statement
Bexcept
in
repeating
the
rumeurs
of
suck
whnich
were
then
current
in France
and
which
he
warn-
ed
ais
hearers
agt
to
believe.
He
further
denied
tiat
he
had
told
Mr.
Bry-es
that the Arierican merchant
mar-
ine could
not
be
de seloped
and
that
the
seas
sanul
! be left ta Great
Britain.
S:n-
ator ‘zlass,
who
w:
s.a
member
of
(Con-
gress
at
tne
tim
:,
was
another
wit-
ness.
He said
he
o erste)d
the Admriral
in telling what he
lad, rep riing
matiers
vhich
he
believed
obe
be
rueand
not as
almingo discredi
ine
Arieriean
effort.
Adn:iral Sims decl: red
tha.
his
remerks
"had
been
misunde
srood
or
else
con.used
with
statements
made
by
otpers.
He
had
sougnt
to
dis.ble
the minds
of
his
visitors ot
the
bel ¢f that
the Americans
were winning the
w~ar,
bceoause
that
was
not
irue and
was
¢ urting
us with the Al-
ltes.
All Americins
who
visited
nim
abroad,
he
added,
were shocked
at
what
ne
nad
o tell then
of the reladve
amount
of work
done by
¢ a#
forces
and
he
de-
clared
that
the Af:drican
nress
nad
ios-
tered
a disproporti
raie
id-a
of the part
tne United States' as playing in the war.
St.
Thomas,
Fek
Bth.--Mr. Algerron,
S cretary
of the
W sst Indian
Commit cee,
is a passengzer
by tl~ S.
S.
“‘Guiana’’ for
Barbados,
which
le {: yesterday.
l.ondon, Feb.
10: I.(e ayed in trans-
mission).
In
the
House
of
Commons
tast night
Mr. Llo 'd
Georze
announced
that
the
British
:orces
are
evacuating
Baru
:
NEW YORK
Feb.
11th
1920.
- Fiour, Blendzad
Cie: v St. Lawrence
I-rand
:
pr.
brl. $11.75
Meal, Kiindried
pers
100 ths $3.55.
New
Season’s
Pork
per brl. $46.00
Heavy
Mess
Pork perbbi.
$43.00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
lbs
$15.04.
Sugar---Crystals
minimum
$12.79
Molasses
Sugar 89°
test,
no quotation.
Cotton,
Middling Upiand,
at
Liverpool
per
lb.
28 12--1004.
rxchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
days’
sight
$3.33
©Uxchange
New York and London,
sight
$3.36%
LONDON, Fab.
11th
1919.
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals duty paid price.
tixed by the Royal Commission
per cwts
106s.
od.
-109 s.
od.
Muscovado,
89°/“ basis,
floating terms
in
bond, Ditto duty free. 955. (d.
-975. od.
German Beet 88°/., f.o.b.
no further sales
during
the
war
White
Java
sugar
cif
U.
Kingdom
cif
without engagement.
90.0
White
Java
Sugar,
cif Uunited -King-
dom if arrives
before
27th
Dccember
85/
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good
Middling
Red
per
cwt
128 s.
od.
130s.
od.
Cottc
Medium Fine
Sea
llsland,
at Liv
erpool nominal
per
lb.
Bank
of
England
rate
of
Discount
per
cent.
6.
Ounsols
453
:
Three
per cent
renies
in Paris
Fes.
58.70.
All prices
subject
to change.
?
e
®
" üblication
FROM
THE POLICE.
:
MHE attention
of all owners
and drivers
T of vehicies
1n the
Island of St.
Croix
is hereby
called
to the observance
of,
and
compliance
with,
Paragraph
27 of
the Police
Regulations
for
St.
Croix of
30th
January
1915 and
the
Supplemen-
tary Regulaticns
thersto
of 24th
Febru-
ary
1915-viz-
Paragraph
7.
“*All vehicles
when
in
use
between
the
hours
of
sunset
and sunrise
shall
be
pro-
vided
with
a lighted
lantern
on
either
side,
or at
least
in
front
on
the
right
side’’.
Supplem _ntary Regulations.
“lor all ,automobiles,
a
disti
guishing
jetter and nuimber
shall
be prescribed
by
the
Police,
and
no automobile
must
be
used
upon
public
roads
without
being
provided
with
two
signboards,
ome
in
front and
one at the back of the car,
con-
taining
these
distinguishing signs,
easy
to be read
at a distance
of 75 feet’’.
“*When in use between
sunset
and
sun-
rise,
the
automobiles
must
be
provided
with a lighted
lantern which clearly
illu-
minates
the hind signboard.
JOBN 1. CIIBRY.
Director ofPolice.
Frederiksted
Police
Office,
February
13th
1920.