The labouring class
who were loyal and
suppcrted
to
the lefter
the seifish
plat-
form aimad
at destruction,
race
and class
hatred,
must realize
ere
this,
that
part
of
the misery
which
they
are
made
to
suffer
is due to this most
stupendous
fol-
ly.
The
time
is
NOW,
when
they should
start
over again,
and
in choosing
a
lead-
er,
be
sure
that
he
is.
broadminded,
unselfish
and
free
from
the things
that
contribute
to a dismal
failure.
There
are
many
who in
thanking
Mr.
Merwin
isalso
due
him an
apology.
for
out cf the great
future
which
his
efforts
will bring to the
islands.
it
is ciear
that
after
all the white
man
is not
as
much
an
enemv
to
the
laboring
eclasses,
as
their
selfish
leader
woild
have
them
to believe,
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
when
the
motion
was passed
to
rise for a standing
vote
of thanks,
these
who
supported
the
platform of
the
impossible,
must
have
locked
e¢n
with
shame
to
see
their
hzughty
bigot listed
among
the nmbter.
I am,
Very resp.
¢ fully
ASHLEY L. TOTTEN.
SPORTING
NEWS
Football.
A foot!all mateh
will be played
on the
Holger
| anske
Ground
tomorrow
after-
noon
at 4 15
o’eloek between
the
Dread-
nouzht
and
Native Stars
Footbail
« lub
|
Good
news
once
more
to Football
Lovers
who
were longing
to
see
both
eluobs
ap-
pear for another
contest.
May the
Dreds
be succes~ful,
aithough
in
a weak
coundi-
tion. -Cont.
TELEGRAMS.
¢
ST.
CROIX STATION.
7R
RS
ARTN%
AR
RN
S
s
Washington,
Feb. 6th.
Withoat
poap,
yet
with the highest
honours
in
the pow-
er of the nation to bestow
upon
a private
citizen,
the
body
of
Woodrow
Wilson,
wartime president
of the
United
Siuates,
was laid to
rest
today
in
the
quiet
lit-
tle Bethlehem
Chapel
of
the
Cathedral
of St. Peter
and
Paul.
Twenty carriages
composed
the
funeral
coriege,
wuich
moved slowly through
a thickly popuiai-
ed suburban
section
of the
Capiral.
Yet
the entire
route
was
flanked
by
dense
masses
of people,
who stood
in sitent
tri
bute
to the man who had
l»d
the
United
States
through the Great
War.
Conuress
stood idle in horour of the dead.
I'ne great
Government
departments
had
closed
for
tae day,and
in many States, as
the funaral
service progressed,
the
wheels
of
com
mercial
industry
ana
manicipal
and
State
Government
halted
tfor a few
nnuo-
utes in tribute.
Bl
L1 01X
XV
¢;
Southport
Larecasher,
Fng..,
Feb.
61F—
The North of Erngland
Wemen’s
Hockey
Teem
defeated
the
United
States
Girls
Touring Hockey Players
here
this after-
noon,
11 to 1.
Paris,
Feb.
6th—Cgies
'‘of resign
re-
sign’’, greeted
M. Po?‘c‘are
this
evening
after
the tumultuous
termination
in ti
o
Chamber
of Deputies
of a
test
vote
n
the
powers,
demanded
by
the
Govern-
nent
to effect
economies
by decree.
1
o
vote in favour
of the
Goverasment
on
tie
proposed
rejection
of the
article
1n
the
bill giving the
powers
asked
for was
le-s
than
half
of
the
full
strength
of
the
Chamber
as
now constituted,
and
a
quo-
rum
was barely attained.
The vote was by
roll call,
on demand
o{ 50 members.
This
procedure
is rare in the Chamber
and
the
rule
is that the members
demanding
the
roll call
shall
be
counted
in tite
quorum.
whether
voting
or
not.
Thus
the
vote
was valid and
the motion
of
M. Herriott,
the Radiecal
leader,
to reject
the
Govern-
ment’s
demand
for full
powers
was
de-
feated,
Pandemonium
reigned
after
the announcement,
th~
Radica)s,
Social-
ists
and
Communists
veliing in
chorus,
"'no quorum,
no quoram.’”
Comparative
quiet wasgfinally
established,
permitring
the Premier
to explain that
tne
reduced
vote
was
due
to the
tact
that
many
wmeni-
bers
had
leit the
Chamber,
tired
out
by
the
ail
day
discussions
of
the
amend-
men's,
in the
eourse
of
which
the
Com-
muniats
and
the Sociaiists
vied wi.
h each
other
in obstruciive
tee
Ics.
The
Presi-
dent
of
the Chamber
ceciared
that
a quo-
rum bad
been
attained
and
tnaat
the
mo-
tion
was rejected,
whereon,th.e
Chamber
adjourned
un
1 tomoriow.
r.ondon,
Feb.,
6th-
lte
newspapers
are
making
a sensation
out of
Mr. Liovd
George’s
statement,
Ina
recevt
interview
on Sunday
last <hat
an
agree
jent
exist-
ed
between
Mr. Wilson
and
01,
Climen-
ceatl regardiog
the
Frenen
occupadon
of
th: Rhineia
d of which
the
then
Premier
was
unaware
until the
Fieuch
Govern-
ment
scuzht
permission
to publ sh
the
memorandumn.
The Evening Standard,
in
a doub
e colum:
story, retfersto
Mr L oyd
oeorge’s
stalement
as
a
discelosure
which could
not
easily
have
been
made
public
during
Mr.
Wilson’s
lifetime.”’
I'he
Foreign
Otlice,
however,
which
is
preparing
an
explanation, sthrows
coid
water
on
the
story
by
saying
that
the
socalled
secret
agreement
gwas
nothing
more than
a routine
memorandum
whicn
the Freneh
Government
was seeking
to
publish
in
the
ordinary
course.
Officials
expressed
the
beliet
toat
Mr.
Lloyd
George’s
statement
has
becomez
greatly
exagzgerated
since
1t
was
first
made.
They pointed
out
that
the
document
io
which
he referred
as having
peen
secret
is only one
of
many
inemorandums
ex-
e¢hanged
among
the
Big
Four
during
the
portraciea
negot.atiors
regarding
the
Rbineland.
wach
of
ine
Allied
Premiers
outliLed
his
views
on
the
Rhineland
issue
at
the
time
and
ex-
changed
memorandums
‘with
their
co!l-
--leagues,
It
was during
this
period
that
the
Premier
returned
to
Loadon
to lock
after
important
political
developments
The
theory
is
advanced
tnat
in
the
multiplicity of
documents
he
was
called
upon
to consider
Mr. Lloyd George
failed
to remember
specially
the
memorandum
respecting
an
oc~upation
of the
Rhine-
land
which
passed
between
M. Clemen-
ceaun
and
Mr. Wilsou.
The
subject
arose
while
Mr.
Lloyd
George
was
discuss-
ing
Mr.
Wilson’s
character.
the
diffi-
culties
in
Pavis
and
how
events
trapspived
to
eause
him
at
times
to
sacrifice
idealism
for
Ailied
agree-
ment
on
various
ciauses
of
the
treaty,
One
such
instance
h-d
jrost
come
to
his
attention,
Mr.
Llovd
George
said
|t
was
an
agreement
between
Mr. Wilsey
and
M. Clemencerau
vegarding
the
occu-
paiion
of
the
Rhineland
the
details
of
which,
he
said,
he
had
never
been
ac
quatated
with,
in
fact
he
never
knew
that
such
a memorandum
had
passed
be-
tween
Mr.
Wilson
and
M.
Clemenceau
on
that
subject
until
the
previous
day,
when
he had
received
an
enquiry
from
the
Foreign
Otlice
seeking
permission,
on behalf of
France,
for
publication
of
the
memoranduin.,
A
c¢opy
of the
memo
15
question
accompanted
the
inguiry,
Mr. Lloyd George
said
that
this
was
the
first intimation
he
had
that
a Rhineland
understanding
betweenr
Mr. Wilson
and
M.
Clemenceau
had
been
embodied
on
naver.
That
he
knew
ol
the existence
at
leastt
of
a
verbal
understanding
be-
tween
Mr. Wilson
and
M. Clemenceau
on
the Rhineland
question
was
amuvly borue
out
by
the
[aet
that
such
a stipulation
suhs(_*mk'n('s_\'
was
lm'\‘r:';w)";n('(!
in
the
Versailles
Lreatv.
At the
Foreign
Oflice
tonight
1t
was
stat=d
that only Mr. Lloyd
George’s
permission
was
awaited
before
assuring
the
[Freanech
Government
that
there
was
no
British
objection
to pubii
cation.
According
to otheral
enveles
the
-
¢an
be
no
question
ot
the
Fieneh
Gov-
ernment’s
intention
not
io
publish
the
memorancum
until
Mr., Wilson’s
death.
The
French
reguest
for
permission
tu
publish,
in event
of Mr.
Wilson’s
death,
was in
Mr. Lloyd George’s
hand
the
Fn-
day before
Mr. Wilson
died
tieneva,
Feb.
Gih.-—hussia
has
ncti-
fied
tnhe League
ot
Nativns
that
she
ac-
cepts
the
invitation
to the
Naval
Cor
ference,
unaer
the
auspiees
of the Le:
-
gue,
to meet
in
Rome
on
Feb.
14th
for
extension
of the
principles
of the
Wask-
ington Naval Treaty
to the other
powers.
Rome,
Keb. Tth.—A commercial
tieaty
between
Italy
and
Russia was signed
here
today.
The sizning by
representa-
tives of the Italian
and
Russian
Govern-
ments of the
ecommercial
trea'y,
in con-
formity with Premier
Mussolint’s
previ
ous decision,
established
d»
jura recogni-
von
of
Russia.
lhe
lialian
Govern-
ment
will immediately appoint an Ambas-
sador
to
Moscow,
thus
restoring
diplo-
matic relations.
Py
e