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75TH YEAR.
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.I. U.S.
A.,
WEDNESDAY
27rH
OCTOBER
1920
destroyed.
There
had
also
been
an
or-
ganized
attempt
to
boycott
the
police
and
their relatives.
Sir
Hamar
said
he
could
not
detail
the
steps
being
taken
to deal
with
'‘this
campaigh
of murder
and
outrage’’,
but
he
assured
the
House
that the
means
of
dealing
with
the situation
were admittedly improving.
Mr.
Shortt,
the Home
Secretary,
when
questioned
with regard
to
the
possible
release
oo°
Lord
Mayor
MacSweeney,
declared
the Govt.
had
not
altered
its
policy,
thac
convicted
men,
or
those
awaiting
trial for serious
offenses,
would
not be releasedjbecause
of hunger
strikes.
All the
men
now
striking
came
within
this
category,
the
ITome Secretary
de-
clared.
Michael
Fritzgerald,
who
died
in Cork, added
Mr. Shortt,
was
charged
with
wurder,
and
there
was
decisive
evidence
against
him
The
Home
Sec-
retary
asserted
that
none
of the
prison
authorities
had
fed
Lord
Mayor
Mac-
Sweeney.
Athens,
Oct.
20th.—King
Alexander
passed
a
better
night
and
a
slight
im-
provement
was noted,
it ‘vas
announced
here
today.
New
York, Oct.
18th.—Saturday
was
a (quiet
day
in
the
sugar
market,
and
after
the
various
cisturbing
develop-
ments
during the
week
buyers
and
sel-
lers
were
disposed
to
await
further
changes
in the Cuban
financial situation,
which
was
believed
to
be
gradually
showing improvement.
Ottawa,
Octuber
20th. —At the inquiry
being
conducted
in
the
sugar
situa-
tion
by
the
Govt,
the Prime
Minister
announced
that
the
order
ia
councii
suspending
the
Board
of
Commeree’s
decision,
limiting
the
importation
of
sugar,
would
be
maintained.
That
1t
would
be
for
the
sugar
refinery
in-
terests,
opposed
to
the
action
of the
Govt.
in
suspending
the
order
of
the
Board
of
Commerce
respecting
the
maximum
price
and
importation
of
sugar,
to
show
cause
why
this
should
nt have
been,
was another
pronounce
ment
made
by
the
Premizr.
‘'Should
they fail to
make
a case,””
Mr. Meighen
said,
‘‘there
will
be
no
reason
tor hear-
inganything
more.”’
.
London, Oct.
20th.—iLcrd
Mayor Mac-
Sweeney
suffered
a third
but the mildest
attack
of delirium
this
evening,
accord-
ing to the League
builletin.
London,
Oct.
19th.
48
enemy
steam-
ships
aggregating
247,409
tons,
have
been
soid
by
i.ord
Inencape
who 1s
In
charge
of
the
disposal
of
the
vessels.
The
sales
were
made
to
Oritish
pur-
chasers
and realized
£4,786,975,
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TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STA lION.
|
London,
October
20th.—Lord
Mayor
|
MacSweeney
suffered
a serious
attack
of
’
extreme
delirium shortly after ten o’c’ock
|
this
morning,
said
a
bulletin issued
by
the
Irish Self-determination
League
this
!
afternoon.
London,
Oct.
20th.
-The
Archbishop
|
of Canterbury
opening the Church
Con-
|
gress
at
Southead
indicated
that
the
chureh
authorities
would issue
a
formal
|
invitation for
a
conference
on
reunio~.
|
He
stated
that
this
would
be
no
more
|
following of
an impulse of goodwill, but
a
definite
and
corporate
act
authorita-
|
tively
arranged
and
coanducted.
The
Archbishbp
added
a warning
against
im
|
patience
ino such
matters.
!
Milan
Oect.
2J)ih. —Th2
police
have
|
gathered
evidence
demonstratinz
that
|
anarchists
nave
beaen
plaaninga
series
of terrorvisiic attacks
on different
public
piaces
here.
Aboua:
130 anarchis:s have
|
' been
arrested.
|
Paris,
Oeét.
19th.—A
despateh
to
the
Hava’s
Agency
from
Copenhagen
says
|
a
report
has raached
rthe Danish
capital
|
that
a state
of seige
has
been
proclaimed
in
12 .Rissian
departments,
includiny
Moscow and Petrograd.
‘
L.sndon,
Oect.
19th.—The
Govt. intends
|
to proceed
with the Govt.
of Ireland
Bill
|
it
was declared
by
Mr.
Bonar
Law
in
|
answering
a
questicn
in
the
House of
Commons
today.
The
announcement
was
greeted
with
cheers
from} the
coalition.
|
Sir Hanar
Greenw2od
stated
that
since
|
Jaguary
Lst.
policomen
to
tae
number
!
of 110
with
18 oF the military
had
bzea
|
killed in
Iretand.
and
160
of
the
police
|
and 66 of
the military had
beea
wound-
|
Ld.
Police
barracks
to
the
number
of
867 had b2>: attack>l,
lad
na3t
ol
tazn
No.
249.
London,
Oct.
20th.—A
big
Increase
|
in
emigration
to
Canada
may
be
one
|
of
the
results
of
the
strike
of
British
.
coal
miners.
Reports
received
from
Morriston
near
Swansea,
Wales,
this
-
morning
state
that
many
of
the
steel
.
workers
there
who
have
been
made
|
idle by the
strike
have
decided
to emi-
|
grate
to Canada
at an early
date,
|
London,
Oect.
20th.-
-The day
brought
-
no
new developments
in
the coal strike.
.
Neither
side
of
the
dispute
made
any
'
approach
to
the
other
and
no
outside
mediation
was instituted.
New York, Oct.l9th—A
press
despatch
from
Washington
yesterday
stated
that
a
group
of
prominent
American
bankers
had
agreed
to
finance
the
Cuban
government
and
to float
a bond
issue
in
the
United
States
to
tide
the
Cuban
Govt.
over
the
present
ecrisis.
-
It
is
understood
however,
that
there
-
are
no
measures
under
way
looking
to
.
the
purchase
of
the
remaining
unsold
portion
of the
Cuban
crop of
this year.
|
At any
rate
this
news
seemed
to
stiffen
|
up the
tons
of
the
local
raw
market
|
and small
busines
was done mostly
with
|
operators
at advancing
prices.
i
Lordon,
Uct.
21st.—The
Irish
debate
|
in
the
House
of
Commons
last
night
|
resolved
itself
into
a duel bet
veen
the
|
opposition
and
the
Govt.,,
the
former
|
demanding
and
the
latter
refusing
an
|
independent
inquiry
into the
reprisals.
|
London,
Oct.
21st.—Fire
which
started
|
laté
last
eveningin the
Hop
Exchange
|
in
South
Street
in the Borough
distriet
|
was
still
burning
this
morning.
Some
|
estimates
place
the
loss
at
1,000,000
g
pounds.
-
;
London,
Oct.
21st.
The
coal
strike
.
situation
took
an
unprecedented
and
i
grave
turn this
aftecnoon
when
the rail-
|
waymen
and
transpori
workers
an-
|
nounced
that they would
strike
in
sym-
|
pathy
with
the
miners
unless
the
min-
.
ers’ claims
are
granted
or
negotiations
|
resumed
by Saturday
which
will
result
|
in a settlement.
The railwaymens
dele-
|
gates
issued
what
was virtually
an
ul-
|
timatum
tot
¢
Government
that all
the
|
members
are
to
cease
work
on
Sunday
|
at midnigiht unless
action
is taker.
bod
e
e
e
; DHI&VEKY
of coal
and lime irom
Richmond
Penitentiary
is
tem-
porarily suspended.
|
L. ESPERSEN.