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TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROiIX STATION.
London,
February
11th.
-Admiral Ko!-
chak
was
executed
by
his
own troops
to prevent
his
rescue
by
White
Troops
moving
in the
direction
of Irkutsk
for
that purpose,
according
to a Coperhagen
despatch.
‘The
Moscow
Soviet
Govern-
ment sent
a wireless
message
asking
his
captors
to spare
his life,
but
t
e
appeal
was
too late.
“he
Moscow Government,
or
January
thirty-firsi,
transmitied
an
extract froin
an article
from
the
oificial
Bolsheviki
organ,
the
‘'Pravada’’, which
said
that
oniy
a
few
days
ago
the
su-
preme
rul r, Kolchak,
was hoisted
on his
s_idiers’
bayonetrs.
London,
Fe¢b.
11th.— The first race
for
the American Cup in the regaita
between
Sir
I'nomas
tipton’s
yacht,
''l'he
Sham-
rock Fourih’’, and
the New
York
Yacht
Club’s
‘‘Uanamed
Defender’’,
will
be
sailed
on Thursday,
July Ist., according
to
an announcement
made
here
today,
by
the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, of which Sir
®* ‘homas
is a member.
Toronto,
feby.
12th. —lnfluenza
is
rag-
ing throughout
the provinee
ot
Ontario,
few sections
having escaped
the epidlemic.
In this
city it
is
spreading
rapidiy,
all
lines
of
business
and
every
proiession
being affected,
and school
attendance
is
gradually
lessening
in
every
city
and
town in the province.
So far, the disease
is of a mild type,
and
not
so many
deaths
have resvlted
as
during ‘the epidemic
of
1918.
|
London,
Feb.
12th.—The
Council
cf
tte League
of Nations
formally
coened
its meeting here at
noon
yesterday,
Mr.
Ralfour assuming
the
Chairmanship
on
the suggestion
of M. Bourgeois,
tne
re-
presentative
of France.
[n the course o
his speech
of welcome
to
the
delegates,
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.l U. 58A..
WEDNESDAY,
26ta
FEBREUARY
1920.
¢
)
3
|
M* Balfour said there
wus orly one
blot
|
on the meeting,
nd
that
was,
that
on-
|
ly
eig<t
natlens
were
represen
ed,
|
Instead
of nine.
He said it was
not
de-
|
sirable
to touch
on :he
avsence
ol
the
|
United
States,
but
hie
referred
toit as
'
marring
*he
symmetry
of
the
original
|
pl
n
of the
Leaguc.
M. Bourgeuis,
re-
|
plying,
added
a
word
of
regret
that
|
the naticns
represeaied,
were only eight
.
in number
|
Washington,
Feb.
11th.—The
abrog-
|
ation
of
the
‘lreaty
with
Great
Bric-
.
ain, establishing
the
Canadian
Boundary
Commission,
w
s
propo:ed
in
a
resolu
.
tion
today
by.
Reoresentative
Smith,
'
Republican.
The
resolution
declares
that
there
are
,not
sufficient
disputes
between
the two countries
to justify the
continuance
oithe 'lreaty.
St.
Thomas,:
Feby.
20th.—The
U.
S.
Naval Seaplanas
have
cancell
d
their
in-
-
terded
visit
t¢ Maranique
and
‘l'rinidad
|
on
account
of weather
and leave
here
for
Ponce,
P.
R. thmerrow.
London,
Féby.
10th.—(Delayed
in
.
Transmission);
At
the
request
of
Mr.
"
Llcyd
George,
Mr. Balfour,
Lord
Presi-
'
dent of the Cctineil.
..as
consented
19 act
pre visionallya‘g
the pritish represer
tative
on the Exeeutive
Council of the
Lesgue
of Nations.
|
Washingion,
Feby.
10th.—President
Wi.son
had hbefore
Lim tonight
a
cable-
~
gram
from Friedvich
Wilhelm, the
rorm-
er crown Pr};’lxce
of Germaay.
The atti-
tude of tne
Fresident
on
he
cablegram
has
not been
discloscd.
Ihe follecwing is
.
the text of
the message,
which
was
al-
-
so
sent
to the
Kings
of Great
Briain,
.
Belgium and Italy, the Emperor
of Japan
.
and
the President
of France.
'‘lhe de-
maad
for
the
delivery
of
Germans
of
every walk
of life has
again
confronted
|
my country, sorely
tried
by four
years
.
of
war
and one
vear of
severe
internal
.
struggle,
witha
crisis
that
is
without
.
precedent
in the history of the
world,
as
|
affeeting
the life of the
people.
That
a
|
Government
can
be
found in Germary
|
which would carry out the demanded
sur-
.. render,
is out of the question.
The
con-
.
sequences
to Europe
of
an
enforcement
.
of the demand
by violence
are
incalcula-
'
ple.
Hatred and
revenge
would be made
|
eternal.
As the foimer
successor
to the
|
“throne
of my
Fatherland,
iam
willing
!
at ihis
fateful
hour
to
stand upfor
my
|
compatriots.
If the Allied and
Associa-
i
ted Powers
want
a victim,
let them
take
.
me.
instead
of
the
900
Germans,
wno
'
have
committed
no vffense
other
than
|
tha: of serving their country
in the war.
'
Wiihelm, Wieringen Island.”
No.
44.
Lcndon, Feby.
11th.——The
War
Office
anncunces
tha.
the
Bolsheviki Arniy in
Soutaern
Russia
has
crossed
the
Sea
of
Azov
from Taganrog
an
has
succeeded
in
gaining
a footing
on
the
Southern
Coast,
between
the Don and
area
rivers.
l.cndon,
Feb.
11th.——Announcement
has
been
made
that
Jan.
10ih
was
the
official
date
upon
whiech
the
war
with
Gerniany
terminated.
This
date
was
fixed by Royal order.
London,
Feb.
11th.-—-The
meeting
of
the Council
of the
League of
Nations
is
being
held in the historic
picture
gallery
ot
S
. Jawres
Palace:
:
New
Yorki Feb.
13th.—Demand
bills
on
tae pound
sterling
were
quoted
just
beiore
the closing of the
market
today
at
three forty one
and a quarter,being
a
new
high record
for
the
upward
mcvement.
Franc
cheques
were
quoted
at a
rate
of
14.2:
for the dollar,
and
the
Italian
lire
at 17 77, each
being
slightly
in
advance
of
rocent
prices.
The
discount
rate
on
Canzdian
money
this
afternoon
was
thirteen
three eights
per
cent.
Berlin, Feb.
13th.—-General
Rainjard,
Com:nander-in-Chief
of
the
German
forces,
has published
an
order of the day
sayirg that the Germans
regard
the
sur-
render
of men
accused
of the
war erimes
as
&¢n
Impossibility,
an
opinion
with
which
the army
agrees
and
will in
no
case
abandon.
.
Paiis,
Feb
13th.—Premier
Millerand,
who
s attending
a
meeting
of
ilhe
Su-
prem:
Allied Council in London,
is
ener-
getically insisting
upon
the
execution
of
the
e traordinary
clause
of the Versailles
Treary,
and
urging that
if the
Germans
refus:
to surrender
the
men
accused
of
war crimes.
they may
be tried by default,
says
the ''Ec
o
de Paris’’.
Washington,
Feb.
13th. - Mr. Lansing,
the S:eretary
of State,
bhas resigned
and
President
Wilson
has accepted
his
resip-
nation.
The
correspondence
leading
'to
the resignation
was given out tonight
by
the
Siate
Department.
lL.ordon. Feb.
13th,
The
news
of
the
execution
of Admiral Ko:chak,
the
form-
er head
of the
All-Russian
Government
has
b :en officialiyconfirmed
Admi al Kol-
chak
ind one
of his ministers.,
M. Peplei-
azme:t,
were shot
at Irkutsk at
5 o’clock
on th: morning of February
seventh.
Ottawa,
Feb.
13th. —Renewed
ureent
representations
were,
it
is
understood,
made
to the
Imperial
authorities
today.
against
the
agreemer.
to
any
Peace
Trea:y reservations
which will effect
the
statu:
of
the
voting
of
Canada
in
the
League of Nations.