LOCAL
We have
been
asked
to
mentien that
the Native Brass
Band
will give 3 patri-
otic
concert
on
the
wharf
to-morrow
nizht, (Armistice Night.
The
s.
s.
“"Bogota’”” from
New
York
is due at Frederiksted
this morning.
St. Thomas News
-
Last Night's Mzeting
Last evening
a vary
interesting
meet-
ir g was held at the
office of the
Colonial
Council and
many
prominent
people,
re-
presenting
comm:ree
and shipping,
were
present.
Mr. Corneiro,
who is chairman
of
the
Muricipal
Committece,
read
the
leiter
from His Excellency,
the Governor,
and
briefly explained
the object of th:
mezet-
ing.
Mr. L Levi, asked
the Chairman
to de-
fine
the position
of the
Municipal
Con-
mittee
which Mr, Corneiro did;
and Mr.
Sixto discoursed
about
“‘our status.”’
Captain
Andersen
in apointed
speech
explained
the handicips
we
were labour-
ing under where th: quarantine
s rvice
is concerned.
There w:8 much
discus<ion
and
many
speeches
and
the
foundation Ind
for the
memorandum.
Am:ng
the
pertinent
speakers
were
Messrs.
Hestress,
L. Levi
and Captain
Andersen
who
concisely
de-
livered what they had
to say.
*
Much is expected
from these
meetings
ard
the
spirit
of
unity
shown
in
Jast
night’s
meeting
is proof that
the people
are working seriously
toward
gn end.
Some
more
interest
should
have
been.
nianifested
by the
men
who are
vitally
concerned
in the island’s life.
Had there
heen
more people
at the meeting
it would
have added
to its force.
'The program
of
the Citizen’s Committee
covers
adequate-
ly
every
point
to
be
considered
and
¢ While,
in parts,
it
could
be
modified
or
enlarged,
it is
an admirable
summing
up
of
what
Congress
can
do
for
us.—St.
Thomas Mail Notes,
Nov. 3rd.
The
second
of the
series
of hearings
betore
the
Municipal
Cammittee
held
last
evenuing
was
very
successful.
The
hearing
was dedicated
to agricultural and
labor matters.
IThe attendance
was large,
and
great
interest
was
maniiested
by
the audience throughout
the entire
hear-
ing
which
lasted
from
8 o’clock
sharp
until
11
o’clock.
The
statements
and
propositions,
both oral and written show-
ed
considerable
pain-staking
and
study
on
the
part
of
the
speakers
or
propo-
nents,
and the
harmony prevailing
was
such,
.
that
at
(he close of the hearing
a
vole of thanks
and
cenfidence
to
the
Municipal
Committe
was
provssed
and
adopted,
the audience
stauding
to
vote
i F Uaix
AL
a8
84 further mark of esteem.—The
Bulle-
tin, Nov.
6th.
'
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX S"‘.‘ATI(I‘\I.
Rome,
Nov. 6th: —Sir Erie Drummaond,
Secretary-Generalof the League
of
Na-
tions,
who
was
freceived
yesterday
by
Premier Mussolini,
met
the
representa-
tives of the Italian Foreign
Press
today
and gave
chern
some
details
of his
con-
ference.
'‘l am
happy
at
the result of
the -meeting”’,
he/ sid.
‘‘T'he Premier
assured
me
that Italy had
no prejudice
whatever
against
the
League
and
that
h= himself favoured the rrinciple
of
the
League
as
an
association
>f
nations
so
effect the peacetul
settlement
of disputcs
and promote ¢roperatlon
in
technical
in-
ternational
fields.””
Premier
Mussolini,
however,
informed
the Secret
ry Gener-
al that
T-aly required
th=t
her
position
as
one of tho
great
powers
and
one
of
the founder 0. the League and
a principal
signatory
of
the
Treaty
of Versailles
should
be
“"adequately established’” ltaly
holds
that her wposit
on
is
insufliciently
recogn zed and that if Italian rights
were
secue|,
Italy would b 2 ready
to
partici-
pate fullv, and
fu ther,
taat
the
popu-
larity of the
Leagne.
ith
Italy
would
d~ubtless
greatly
i.crease,
Sir
Eric
as
ured
the
Premier
that he
recogn
zel
Italy’s claims
as just
and
equitable
anl
that he personally
was
endeavouring
to
insure
the principle
of national
equality,
which
was .he
underlying
spirit
of
the
[.eavue.
He
expressed
certainty
that
the requirements
of
Italy,
as
explained
by
Signor
Mussolini,
would
bz
under-
stood and appreciated
by the other
mem-
bers of the League with a desire
to effect
them
in the friendlies'§spirit.
Atam
e:-
ing of League
sytapathizers,
the
Sccre-
tary General
declared
that
the
obstacle
to a popular
understanding
of the J.eague
was lack of knowledze
of what
has
b:en
achieved
and
aiso
the
impression
here
that Italy’s positien
has not
been
recog-
nized, which
vicious civele, Sir Lric
add-
ed,
he
would
do
his
u most
to
break
down.
:
Jerusalem,
Nov
T7th.—A sarcophagus
inscribed
with
the
name
of
Pharion,
unecle,
of
Herod
the ‘Great,
has
been
uneartnzd
by
the
excavators
who
have
been
working
at
Beisan,
Palestine
the
Bethshean
of
the
Oud
lestament.
The
workmen
alsy frund
o finely
-carvzd
ba-
salt
stele
of King
Seu
lst
of Egypt,
which mentions
the
name of B:isap and
describes
the Pharaohs’
military disposi-
tions in Palestine.
London,
Nov.
Tth.—lt is
understood
the
Government
is
willing to
permit
Canadian
apples
and
canned
salmon
io
enter
the British market
free,
while for-
eign
products
will "b 2 dutiable.
The
Government
offers
increased
preference
to the Dominions
by
tile addition
of
a
numberof articles.”
Honey
is
tobe in-.
ol .ded.
L
%
Mt
‘Mew York,
Nov.
7Tth,—Demand
st-r-
--ling touchel
another
new
low
piice for
the year in
the
foreign
oxchange
mar-
ket today
being
quoted
at
one
time at
$4 444, where it
was
nearly
two points
below~
Monday’s
price.
Bankers
said
that the market -was
heavy,
because
of
the offering of an
unusnally
large
num-
ber of sterling
bills.
They
stated
there
was
little rallying pewer
at
this
time
and that any offerings
of stacling
bills
influenced
a downward
trerd.
Calexico,
Cal.,
Nov.
Tth
—An errth-
quake,
even
more
severe
fhanm that o!
last
Monday,
rocked
this C.ty
at
fiu-
p.
m.
today.
The
tremors,
travelling
in a Northwest
and Southwest
direction,
continued
for twe
minutes.
Inhabitants
4bandened
their homes
in the
rush
for
safety.
Cracks op2ned
.n b:'llings
by
Monday’s quake
were
wiicnz2li
and
win-
dow displays
in
stores
ware
thrown into
disorders.
No
injuries
were
-reported.
A fire which brok2 ou during
the giake
was extinguished
without damage.
London,
Nov.
Tth. --Canadian
Press.
“‘A very stiriking fact about
our
exports
to
the
Dominions
is
that
nearly
all of
them
are
manufactured
goods,
employ-
ing
a
larze
am unt
of labour
in their
production,”” ceelured
Me. Newille Cham-
berlain
last night.
~ The
one thing keep
inz up
the
Dominions
from
developine
their territories is the
uncertain‘y
as
to
what
they would
be able
to
sell
if they
developed
them,’”
the .Chancellor
said:
“*l'he
"certainty
we
have
now
offered
them."
he added,
relerring
to
the
pre-
ference already announced,”’’ is the
secur-
ity of the¥
-itish
m rket,
thich
is
the
finest in the world.
It will enible
them
to place
orders
with
us
for
locomotives
and machinery and
to take more
settlers
from Britain.”’
Barcelona,
Nov.
Tth —The
Acad:omy
of Science
announces
that
all
the
seis-
mographs
ir the institution
reccorded
an
earthquake.
The
shock
was felt . t Sitges
Tremp and Candosa,
respectively
in
the
provinces
of Catalonia,
Lerida
and
Ter-
ragona.
The
gereral
direction
of“the
quake seemed
to
be
the
Mediterranean
Sea
and the Balearie
Isles.
‘
Washington,
Nov.
Tth.— Earth
shocks
of moderate
intensity
were registered
on
the Georgetown
University
seismgraph
tonight, starting at 7.11
aund
continuing
untit 724
o'clock.
Father
Tondorf,
in
charge
of the instrument,
estimated
ths
centre
of
the
disturbance
as
at
least
1,200 miles
away.
Meibourne,
Nov. Tth.—Th2 Legislative
Assembly
today bya
vote
of
38
to
19
passed
the second
reading of the public
safety bill.
The bill would give the Gov-
ernment
exceptional
powers
in dealing
with disorders.
-It would prevent
intimi-
dation,
restrict
public assmblages
and
the
sale
of liquor and prev2nt
the gc?-
mulation of un on funds for the use of the
striking policemen,
‘l'he labour members
in-the assembly
will fight the bill
to the
U motin t'ecomaiitdee.
They contend