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«BELEGRAMS
ST.
OROIX ST ATION.
Londcn,
October
17th.
General
Lord
Byng
who at
one
time
commanded
the
Canadian
army
in
Flanders,
receiving
the freedom
of Colchester.
said,
'l have
no special qualification.
1 make
no claim
to have
invented
the
tank.
I make
ng
claim
to
having
writien
reminiscences
10 which
abuse
of one’s eollcagues
form
a promilent
part.
ihere
1s
the
simple
fact, [ have
served
my country.’’
Chicago,
Oct.
17th.—Mr
Julius
H.
Barnes,
United
States
Wheat
Director
gave
public
notice
last
night . that
he
would
cppose
any attempt
to extend
to
another
crop
the
present
Government
policy ofa
¢uvararteed
price on
wheat.
The
anaouncement
was
made
ata
din
ner given by riie Directors
of the Chicago
Board
o7 I'rade.
tondcn,
Oct.
19th.—1Ina
speech
adt
Snefield
last
nighce
Mr.
Llhyd
Georgze
attributed
the delay in
the
conelusion
of
the
Pazee
[reaty
with
Turkey
to the
un-
certainuy
as
to rhe attitude of the
United
States.
It
was
impossible,
he
said,
o
settle
‘ne
destiny
ot
turkey
before
knowiay
whether
tae
Uniied
Sta.es
was
going
to
share
tne
burdens
of
ecivilization
ouiside
of
tae
United
Staies.
“During his rererene>
on [urkeay,
M»r Llosd
George
twurncd
to
Ameri-
can
Amwnbassader
Davis
who
was
prss-
en:,
anc
said ‘[am glad
o
sez
that
we
are brought face
to face with
the
Amer-
ican Anbassador.
We
are
undertaking
a areat
civilization
duty
at great. cqgst
to‘our country.
Providence
has
sent
this
mission
to
our
race.
We
beg
our kith
and kir i Ame=rican
to join us
in this
task.
Unless they do so, Ido
not
know
what will happen
to parts of the Turkish
Empire’’
The Pr ;r«ei?'mis
er in a further
reference
(o Turkey
®aid.
‘the
p omle of
Tuarkey
im e beer
figdng i
that
shadow
of a
greac
tyran.y #r
certaries.
They
are
appeaing
tc
ABerica
for
Relp.
1
hope
that
the appaal é&\'ill not
he
*n vain
Such
a remark
m ghi§ sound
mperiinent
from
a British
M nisger,
bat
we
a2 u
-
dertaking
simila:
#@spon
ibilitics
our-
seives .nd
find that
we are comin
z to the
limit of our stren
:thand
that
it is unwise
for us
1o
go furth ’?
:
St
Kitte, Oct.
WA
-
rW.
E
Vdéira,
prominent
merch:.nt
%of this
Island,
died
here
yeste
“day.
%
:
Vienna,
Oc:
18:h.
% [he
Austrian
Ma-
tional Assembly
tasé
ratificrd
the
peace
treaty
of 3:. Ger uam.
Tle
rat fication
was
voied
wichou:
debate.
The
'3erm
.n
party
alone opposed
favourable
action,
that
parry being
1 unit in ¢pposit
on
London,
Oect.
16tha—~Hen
vy Irving,
the
actor-manager,
d ed in Lordon yesterday
aiter
a
ilong
illn:ss.
due
0
a
nervous
bre:zkdown
¢
Londgn,
QOct.
18th —ield
Marshal
Viscount
Allenb’
has
bcen
aypointed
British Hizn Com missioner
(¢t Egypt and
the
Suddn.
Vis:ouut
Ali:nby succeeds
General
Sir R.
W ngate.
:
New
York,
O:t.
:18th. —Desyite
the
vote
of some
of theglocal
union:
o
re-
turn
(0 work the
nggsho;emcn’s
strike
continues
virtually to tie
up
the
port
of
New York.
Officals
of th 2 intesnation
g
s
LR
:
al Mercaniile
Mrvige
scil
that
thirty-
eight big
zargo slips
were lying
cle
and
tnat despite
the
Union leaders’
ciaims,
none ofthe strike
's had retarned
s work.
Washington,
O:t.
17th.
"The
last:
of
the fall
amendments
(0 the
peace
treaty
t?\ S/e
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PUBLICATION.
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lis
here:y bro.gng
to public
nodice
(nat
che
crad2-mack
shown
belov,
which
was
regisceed
dm the
@niced
States
Patenc
Office,
Washington,
D.C..
October
31,
1905,
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s.
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2
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in the nzrge
of
k‘.g;‘i}ocu
Cola
Ccmpany,
a corpocation
organized
under
the
laws
of
the
State
of Georgia,
anef
trace-n
ark
certificate
No
47,189,
Issued
therefor,
has
this
date
been
.regi:cered
11 spgoffic:
o1
tte
Government
Secretary
of the Virgin Islands
of the
United
Suites
at
Stg@non.
s,
in
accordance
w
ch’
the
provisions
contained
in
the
Gov-
’
-1
.
¥
1
yry
ernor’s Puolication
of*August 14,
917,
.
.
.
e et
S
Ll
:(Dca-
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4
.
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Qo
U g,
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Govacament
of
ca@B
Vie vin
[slends
of
che
United States
St. Thomas.
October
1,
1919.
By dirzction of the Governor.
\
;
.
:
C.
C. TIMMONS,
'
-
Government
Secretary.
designed
$o
curtail
the
power
of
the
A meriean
representative
on the
repara
tion commission
were
voted
down
today
by
the Senate.
There
was
no
roll
call
on either of
the other
two
amendments.
their
supporters
conceding
their
defeat
and’'ngt
asking
for the nayes
and
aves.
Berlin,
Oet.
18th.—Indignation
was
exXpressed
by members
of thetbudget
com-
mission
of the
National
Assémb’y
when
the
National
['reasurv
anns
nced
the
cost
of maintaining
the
KEnten.e , armies
‘of occupation
and
various
control
com-
missions
waould
be
from
2,500 006,009
%0
3.000,000,000
marks
annualiy.
.
Halifax,
'‘Oct.
18th.-
It*
is
afinourced
that
German
emigration
gocieties
have
acquired
in Paraguay
and.the
nearby
re-
gions
in
Northern
Argentine
extensive
land appropriate
for
coi¥nization
by
Ger-
man immigeants.
The
republies
mention-
ed,
1t
1s stated,
fawoured
the
acquisition
of this
land
because
of
their desire for
the speagly’ cullivation of
vast
undevelop-
ed strétehes
of country.
.
e
NOTICE.
,N account
of
there
pot being
‘a
quo-
-0
rum’ at
the nmeeting“of
the
HIGE
#
*
SCHOOL
at
Midland
I\fforam
School
House.
on Thursday
the
16th
at
3.30 p.
m.,
a Meeting will be‘held
ip the
HIGH "SCHOOL
HOUSE:
(Bay
Bir.)
Frederiksted,
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