animals
on the farms.
Last year
while
on
a visit
to
these
islands
Mr.
Denby,
Secretary
of the Navy, promised
to
send
down
a
man to help
improve
our
water
supply for drinking purposes.
He did
so.
He
madea further
promise
thata
man
would be sent
down to
search
for
wa‘er
for irrigation purposes.
He
did
sc.
Af-
ter
the efforts of these
gentiemen
have
been
accomplished
the
subject
of water
supply
will be
disposed
us,
at
least
we
will
learn officially what
we can
expect.
and
hereafter
consider
the
water
prob-
lem
solved, for better
or for worse,
and
g 9 to sieep.
Since
the
American
occupation,
our
present
Governor,
who
is with
us
here
today,
has
proved
to be the
most
practi-
cal man
sent
down here
as
Chief Execu-
tive of
tnese
islands.
Governor
Hough
has
done
a
great
deal of good, and
we
appreciate
him
highly,
but
Governor
Williams
has
shown
himself
quite
ca-
pable
of coping
with
the
situation
&nd
in helping
us
to solve
our
problems,
aud
showing
up
as
the
Constructive
Guv-
ernor.
To be continued.
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
Scuthampton,
Feh.
23rd.—The
Cunard
Qraff
unloaded
the
muails
and
bagzaaye
from
tre
huer erengaria
which
zrrived
at midnight.
London,
IFeb.
23rd.—The
dockmen’s
strike
which
is hanging
over
the
week-
end
with
no definite
assurance
of
settie-
ment
as
yet,
has
caused
s2rious
incon-
venience
fto
the
first
class
passengers
from
the liner
Berengaria
which arrived
at
Southampton
from New York
at
mid-
night.
They
arz
here
today
without
their baguage
and without
much
hope
»f
getting
1t
soon.
despite
heroie efforts
of
the
white
collared
baggag2
smashers,
who left their desks
in the
Cunard
Offices
to unload it from
the
steamer
to th= bag-
agze
cars
of the
boat
train
for
Loudon.
The train proceeded
a hundred yardsyr
so
from the Southampton
Station,
whon
the
engineer
refused
to run it
further
until
the three
baggaze
cars
had been
d-tach-
ed because
they had
been
loaded
by
non-
union labour.
Delhi,
Feb.
23rd.—Fouarteen
Akalis
or
Sikh
fanatics,
were
killed
and
31
wounded
in
a
collision
recently
in
the
Sikh State
of Nabha
between
a force of
Akalis raiders
and
a
party
of Naohaha
or Nabha
troops
under
the
British
Ad-
ministration,
according
to
advices
juast
received
here.
The
raiders
were
met
by
the
administrator
with
a
force
of
Nabhaha
troops
They
cefused
1o
re-
tire it is
claimed,
when
called
upon
to
do so
and
then
became
aggressive
and
opened
fire,
wounding
a
villazer.
Tho
Adiainisirator, the reports
stat>,
ordered
the
troops
to
fire six rouads,
to
which
the
Akaiis replied
and
then
attacked
the Nabha ferces.
.
Lahore, B. 1. Feb. 23rd—The
outbreak
321
L4012
A VYIS
among
the
Akalis fanatiesin
one
region
of Jatni is growing in proportions
accord-
ing to
advices
received
here,
which say
the excitement
among
the Sikhs is
inten-
sive.
It
is
understood
that
a
further
band of one
thousand
men
is jolning the
raiders
and that this band
is being
orga-
nized
to pratced from Amritsar
as
scon
as possible.
Washington,
Feb.
23rd =Chairman
A-
-of the R=publican
National Commit-
tee,
last
night publiely joined issue
with
those of his
party lead:rs i 2 the Sena:z2
who are demanding
the
immoadiate
resig-
nation of
Attorney
General
Daughe:ty.
**This is
not
the time,’”’ he
said
in
a for-
mal statenent,
tovield
to the threats
of
those
who
are eonducting
the
campaign
of political terrorism,
or
other
demands
of those
who are frizhtened
by such
met-
hods’’.
The Republican
Party
organiza-
tion, he deelared.
wil
insist
that
no
ver-
diet
of guilty shail
be
pronounced
until
indisput:ibie
evidence
of guilt has
been
produced.
Victoria,
B C,
Feb.
23rd —Details
of a
pian
under
which
huadreds
of
hard
Scoteh
fishermen
from
the
Hebrides
would
come
to
British
Columbia
to
en-
pagze
in the fishing business,
in
the place
of Orientals,
bave
been
laid
before
rhe
Provinecial
Government
by
Capt,
Mae-
Kerzie,
| iberal
member
of
the
legisia-
ture tor Vancouver
The Britlsh
Govern-
ment
wou.d
pas
the
cost
of bringingZ
the
Hebrideans
nere.
Capt.
Macmenzie
isaid,
and
he
suuzgosted
that
the
Provincial
Government
maike
arrangem2n.s
for md-
iny the
settlers
to
establish
themselves
on their arrival.
Sosion,
Feb.
23:d. —The British
Team
defeated
Providanc2
f{ive
matches
to
none
in
the
Interaational
S3iuash
R ic-
quet
Tournament
whien
bezia
here
to-
day Providence
won
oaly
one
gewe
iln
the contest.
London,
Feb.
23rd. —A journey
across
the Atiantie from
the Fulham
A-rodrome
to New York within twelve
hours,
is
the
possthility ereated
by
the
perieciing
of
the
newest
type
of
airplane
engine,
which
is
now
being
constructed
by
the
British Air Miaistry.
Although the first
tria's
are
to be held
in
a very short
time,
the bench
tests have already
been
made
and
these
proved
entirely
satisfaciory,
sarprising
th>
moat
sanguine
aaticipa-
tions of the ereators
oi th2
n2v
enzin2,
The engine which is of
the
six
cylinder
type,
is
generally
proclaimed
as
a
tri-
umph of British ingenuity and
engineer-
ing
practice,
three
of
these
engines
developing 1,800 horse
power
and
being
capably of earryinz
one hundred
passen-
gers
across
the Atlantic
in
less than
12
hours.
London, Feb.
24*h.-There
are
rumours
ofa Cominunist
revolution
in
Bulgaria
and
the
establishment
of
a republicin
that
country,
says
a
Reuter’s
despa
ch
from Athen:, quoting
local
newspape:s,
The
despatch
adds
that
it
is
reported
King
Boris
has
been
sent
into
‘‘rural
seclusion””
and
that
the
Premier
and
some
of
his
ministers
have
been
mur-
dered,
but
no
confirmaticn
of
the
ru-
mours is obtainable
in official quarters.
Berlin, Feb,
24th--The
Cabinet
has
de-
cided
to dissolve
the
Reichstag,
in
the
event of a corflict between
that body and
the Government
over
the continuance,’or
discontinuance
of the ‘'state of emergen-
cy,”” which has
prevailed throughout
Ger-
many
since
last
November,
when
proc-
laimed
by presidential
decree.
Ronie,
Feb.
24th—The
King vesterduy
signed
the ratification
of Jugoslav [talian
Convention
concerning I ume,
while
eown-
fined
to his bed with influenza.
Rome,
Feb.
2ith--Spiin
has
with-
drawn officially from the
Naval Disarma-
ment
Conference
because
she
was
not
granted
the tonnage
che reqguested,
She
will remain
an observer
of
the
proceed-
ings.
London,
Feb.
24th.—There
seems
every
prospect
tonight
that
the
strike
of the dock
workers
will
b 2 settled
to-
morrow
and
that
work
in {the
ports
will
b>
resumed
on
Tuesday.
Mass
meet-
irgs
of dockers
were
held
today
at all
the ports
in the
British
isies
to
discuss
the terms
of
the
settiement
accepted
by
their
delegates
in
conteience
with
the
employers.
At Liverpool, Glasgow.
Bris-
tol,
Hul! and
some
of the
smaller
port-,
the dockers
ail voted
strongly
in favour
of acceptance
of
the
terms.
A
meeting
of 3,000 London
dockers
also
voted
for
acceptance,
but
the
attitude
of
ail the
London
men
is
less
certain.
The
Biue
Union
men
held
meetings
at
which i
was resolved
to
continue
the
strike
for
a
half-crown
a
duy advance
in
wages.
It
is
said,
bowever,
that
the
action
of
the Blue
Union
will not
nrevent
a
gener-
al settlement
ol the
trouble,
should
the
men
in
the
remaining
ports
come
inio
line.
The
terins for
the proposed
settle-
ment
are
considered
very favourable
(o
the
men.
With
the
additional
shilline
a
day
to
be granted
them
next
June,
the,
will be earning
twelve shillings daily, and
there
will
be
no
reduction
in
this
sum,
even should
the cost of living drop.
More-
over,
the agreement
is
no
limited
in au
ration, but
it r.ay
be terminated
by er her
side
on
giving
one
month's
notice.
A
committee
will be
appoiaccd,
with anin-
dependent
chairman
to be
nominated
by
the
Minister ¢f
Labour,
to
develop and
extend
the
plans of
registration
and
de-
casualization,
which
were
recommended
by Lord Shaw’s
commitee
of enquiry in
1920,
but
which
never
were
put
into
effect.
Washington,
Feb.
24th. —With all hope
abandoned
that
Congress
will
approve
the Navy’s Air Expedition into the North
Pole regions
in time for the projeect
to be
lauoched
this
Summer,
Rear-Admirzal
Moffett,
Chief
of
the
Navy
Bureau
of
Aeronauties,
began
yesterday
to map
out
with
ex-Commander
Zachary
Lands-
downe,
commander
of the dirigible Shan-
andozh,
pl!ans for the
future
use of
the
big craft.