TELEGRAMS.
SI. CROIX
STAT
Lausanne,
Deec. %th.—L‘:g Asf,lgf?ied
Irreguiar Kgypuan
delegation
has
been
walling
In
Lausanne
for
more
than
a
montih for permission
to be
heard
by the
conterence
and
voice
demands
for
the
independence
or
kgypt
and
complete
withdrawal
of
the
oriusn
army.
In
consequence
of the
[urkisn protest,
the
officiali
meeuing
of
the Wb'commi’ssion
was ;postponed
and
the
representatives
of
tne
nviling
powers,
Great
Britain
france
and
ltaly,
sitting
alone,
lis.
tened
to
the
Armenian
spvKesman.
who
suggested
that
a
home
be
establ.ished
in tne northeast
ot ‘Lurkey
which
should
include tne historic
Mount
Ararat
and
a
section
of Ciilcla.
L. was
impossible,
he
declared,
lor
ine proposed
Arme'nian
nume v amaigamaie
with
the
Armenian
Kepublic oi wrivan
which
had been
taken
over
by the
Moscow
Soviets.
‘f'he Arme-
nians
wouid
willingly accept
the
same
reiauonsnip
with
lurkey
as
the
Domin-
ions witn Great
Britain.,
1a copelusion
ne
asked
tor
exemption
from militar'
service
for
the
Armenians
and urgp?
maintenance
ot the
orthodox
partriarch
i Uonstanunopie.
Hop.iul progress
was
made
today on
ine probi-in
o1
the
Greek
patriarca.
Lhe
liencn,
as
a
possible
solution,
suggested
that
permussion
be
granted
the patriarch
to remain
in
Con-
s.antinople
a8 au autonomous
Archbishop
with the understanding
that
he would in
no way represent
political or
administra-
tive matters,
or voice the ambition
or
as-
piration of Greece.
He
would
exist as
a
religious
figure
only.
The
French
ar-
gued
that
the
brusque
removal
of
the
Christian
leader wou.d cause
an unpleas-
ant feeling abroad towards the new Turk-
ish
State.
The
Turks
later
will
‘give
their views on this suggestion.
Lausanne,
Dec.
27th.—T'hrough
Lord
Carzon
Great
Britain
informed
Turkey
t, Jay that the British will never abandun
the Mosul oil vilavat as
requested by the
Turkish delegation
and that
no prolonga-
tion
of
the
Near
East
conference
can
influence
the
British
Govt.
to
recede
from the
position
it has
taken
on
this
matter.
The British position is
outlinad
in a letter sent
by Lord
Curzon
to [smet
Pasha
covering
the
formal reply
of the
British
delegation
to
the
Turkish
note
of Sunday last, which insisted
upon
Mo-
sul
belonging
to Turkey
Lord
Curzon
said in his letter
that
the
British Govt.
had expelled
the
Turks
from
the
Mo-
sul area and
occupied
and
administered
it.
The
British
had
taken
a pledge
to
free the Arabs from Turkish rile and
es-
tablish the Govt. of the
Iraq,
and
Great
Britain since then
had repeatedly
given
her word that
the
Arabs
would
not
be
interferred
with.
Lord
Curzon
added
that Great Britain had given
her
solemn
pledge
to let no foreign
power
take
any
part of the territory and
that
she
would
steadfastly
adhere
to
her
permission.
He said
however
that Great
Britain was
Supplement to St. Croix Avis, No. 299, 30th December,
1922.
prepared
to
have
her
experts
meet
the
‘Turks
to
define
the northern
boundary
of
the
Iraq.
The
British
delegation’s
formal reply to
the
Ottoman
note
ques-
tion the
reliability of
the statistics
put
forth by the T'urks to justify
their claim
to Mosul.
Although the Turks ruled this
district for centuries,
they
never
collect-
ed exact
information, it was
pointed out,
and no evidence
could
be
placad
in
their
statistics,
Montreal, Dec.
28th.—A
London cable
to a
local pepel
says:
At leastb
steam-
ers
are
believed
to
have
been
lost
as
a result of fierce
gales
and
tremendous
seas
that swept
the
Atlantic
around the
British lsles during the Christmas
pericd.
Two ships
recently
docked
report
hav-
ing received
some 8.
O.
8. signals
from
four
different
vessels,
the
wireless
of
which became
silent
after
a while.
The
operator
of
the
New
Columbia
which
was compelled
to
put
into
Cork
stated
that he had received
calls
for help from
three steamers.
He had
replied but had
heard
nothing
more.
Information
con-
cerning the
ships
feared
to
have
been
lost is slight, but it is thought
that
one
of them is the Maid of Belos,
as
a
quan-
tity of wreckage
and
a life buoy
marked
Maid of Belos
were picked
up near Linn-
l.y Head.
London,
Dec. 28:h.—The
financial mis-
sion to the United States,
headed
by
the
Chancellor of the
Exchequer,
sailed
for
New York this morning on
the
Majestic.
Besides
the Chancellor
the party included
Mrs.
Baldwin
and
daughter,
Montague
C.
Normon,
Governor
of
the
Bank of
England,
Rowe Dutton,
financial adviser
and P. J. Grigg, of the
Treastury.
It is
expected
that
the missioft will return
about
the
end
of January.
In a
state-
ment
to the
‘‘Evening Standard’’
foday
Mr. Baldwin pointed out
that
under
the
present
arrangements
Great
Britain’s
payments
to
the
United
States
would
amount
to
between
sixty
and
seventy
million pounds
annuzlly.
We
hope
to
fund
this
debt
and
get
the
burden
of
the interest
eased.
If it
is
successful,
I hope the United States
will be
kind
to
a
mueh
more
important
mission
which
Mr. Bonar Law is shortly
to
undertake.
The ‘‘Evening Standard’’
says
this
let-
ter refers to reparations
settlement.
The
Chancellor added
that
it is of supreme
importance
to
Europe
that
the United
States
should
have
her
say
as regards
Europe’s financial problems.
London,
Dec.
27th.—Despatghes
from
Egypt
to the newspapers
today lay stress
on the
growing
anxiety
of foreign
ex-
plorers
over
the
new
law,
which
M.
Lecau,
the Egyptian Govt’s.
conservator
of antiquities,
is
drafting,
providing
that
all
relics
henceforth
discovered
shall belong solely to the
Govt. and
that
the
discoverers
shall be denied the right
to share in them
as
heretofore.
United
States explorers are represented
as parti-
cipating
in
opposition
to
the
law and
are said
to have signel
with the
British
.a joint
document
of protest
which will
be presented
to King
Fuad,
the
Egypt-
ian Cabinet,
M. Lecau
and
Viscount
Al-
lenby.
The
archaeologists
are
quoted
as
predicting
‘that
the
adoption
us the
law will terminate
exploration
in Ek{'p't
inasmuch
as the British
and
the United
States public, whose
contributions support
the work,
will be
likely to discontinue
their help
unless
they
see tangible
re-
sults for their respective
museums.
New York, Dec.
27th.—The
early
raw
sugar
market
was
firmer,
and
prices
were
3
higher
with
spot prices quoted
at
3%
cents,
cost and
freight,
equal
to
5.65 tor centrifugals.
There
were
sales
of 24,000
bags
of
Cuba’s for December
shipment.
The raw sugar
futures market
was
firmer reflecting
the advance
in the
-spot market,
and prices
at
midday
were
three
to six points
higher.
Wall
Street
and
trade
interests
were active buyers.
There
was
no change
in refined sugar and
only
moderate
inquiry
was
reported.
Prices
are
listed
to
7.00
cent
for
fine
granulated.
Refined futures
nominal.
Paramaribo,
Dutch Guiana,
Dec 27th.—
Diamonds
have
been
discovered
at
Brownswet
about 80 miles from thiscity,
according
to
the
members
of
a local
syndicate
whose
prospectors
have
just
brought in seven
stones
after a search
of
only a few weeks.
Thée district in which
the diamonds
were uncovéred has yielded
gold for the last, forty-seven
years,
but no
systematic searth
for precious
stones
has
heretofore been conducted.
The place is
easily
reached
by
rail from Paramaribo
and
a
rush
of
diamond
seekers
is
ex-
pected.
HIS is a
reminder
to all roadholders
T that
the
annual
inspection
of the
Public
roads
will take place in
the
month of January
1923.
The repairs shoula
be completed before
the
81st
Dec.
1922,
when
all bridges,
side-walls,
etc.
shall
be
whitewashed.
Special attention
should
be
paid
to
the
“*Quarter
Jobs”’
completed
within
the
past year, and when
nececsary,
re-whaite-
washed,
Up
to
the
present,
with
the
exception
of the
weeding of the
roads,
very
little has been
done,
and
itis
im-
perative
that
all
holes
in
the
roads,
especially
the Center line,
should be im-
mediately
filled:
much
harm
has
been
done by the late
showers
and neglect
of
attention
to this special work.
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