For
the
benefit
of
all concerned,
we
here makea public statement
that
much
race hatred has
been
taught
us,
to
our
detriment.
Hereafter,
we
will
use
our
own
brains
and
our
own discretion
in
any movement
among
our racg.
MEMBERS OF ST. CROIX LABOR UNION.
John
J. Davis,
Umbrias
Williams,
Joe
Williams,
Wathoniel Alleyne,
Samvuel
Boyce
Jas.
A. Richards,
G.
B.
Edney,
Thomas Hapris,
John
“ornelius,
Jacob
Edwards,
Abrah. E. Williams,
John H. Plaskett,
Charles T.ewis.
TELEGRA MS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Belfast,
Feb.
17th,—The
executive
of
the Sinn
Fein i belfast,
after
a meet-
ing iast night,
sent
a3
telegram
to Prof.
John
Macneill, speaker of the Dail Eire-
ann
in Dublin, as
follows.
‘‘On
behslf
of
the
religious
and
political
minority
in
Belfast,
forming
a
hundred
thou-
sand
citizens,
we
protest
against
the
misleading
and
lying
statements
con-
tained
1n
a
telegram
addressedby
Sir
James
Craig, Premier
of Ulster.
to the
Premier
of England,
in which he
states
that
the recent
murderous
atrocities
to
which
our people
ave
been
subjected
were
the outecome
of the
raids in Tyrone
andlFermanaghland
the affray at Clone’s
station.
We
assert
that it can
be easily
proved
. our people
were
being murdered
almost daily for a week before
either of
the occu
rences
mentioned.
Fuarther-
more
we
are convinced
that
Sir
James
Craig
deliberately
made
this
misrepre-
sentation
for the purpose
of excusing
or
justifying the
cruel
ard
cold
blooded
murders
being inflicted
on the
minority
in this
city on whose
bpehalf
we speak’’.
London, Feb.
19th.-A
bye-election for
the Parliament
seat for the Glayton
divi-
sion of Manchester,
rendered
necessary
to fill the
vaecancy
due
to
the
death
of
Dr.
Hopkinson
Unionist,
resulted
in
a
severe
reverse
to
the
Government,
that
is Mr. Sutton (Labour) polled 14,662 votes
against
11,933
for
Mr.
Flanagan,
the
Unionist
candidate.
Mr. Suatton’s
¢
m-
paign
was fought largely
on the evidence
of
much
unemployment
in
Manchester
and criticism of the recent
report
of
the.
Gedde’s
economy
committee.
Manchester
is traditionally regarded
as
indicative of
the tendency
of the whole country.
Belfast,
Feb.
19th. —The
football play-
ers of the Irish republican
army,
recent-
ly captured
at
Dromore,
have
been
or
dered released
by
tae Viceroy, according
to an
official
announcement
issued
this
evening.
The
announcement
adds
that
Michael Collins,
head
of
the provisional
Government,
has given assuranczs
of the
release
of additional kidnapped Boyalists.
London,
Feb.
19th.—A
despatch
to rhe
“‘Daily Mail’’from Cairo says
that
a pro-
clamation
has
been
issued
under
martial
law, ordering
all
possessors
of fire-arms
~ surrender
them
within
four days.
In
Y9l U1
R
A VIS
case
of refusal
to do so
persons
holding
fire-arms are subjel*
to court martial and
the penalty
on
cor,iction
is death.
The
despatch
adds
that
the
police
are
now
carrying rifles and
have
been ordered
to
deal
summarily
with
persons
attacking
them.
~
Delhi, Feb.
19th.—General
Rawlinson
explained the
military
situation
to
En-
glish
and
Indian
journalists
today
and
gave his reasons
for the necessity
of hav-
ing armies
of greater
strength
both. for
the frontier and internal def:nce.
Gener-
al Rawlinson
declared
that the tribesmen
if they combined,
could
raise
some
130,
000 splendid and well armed fighters.
He
said that the troops had
been
decrezsed
and the Indian cavalry reluced from for-
ty to twentyone regiments.
During Jan-
uary
eight
battalions
had
assisted
the
police in enforcing order and in February
the military had been
called 24 times for
similar purposes.
-
'
Moscow, Feb.
19th.—A Russian
repre-
sentative
of the
Bairen
coaference
has
presented
to the Japanese
delegates
So-
viet-Russia’s
final reply
to the
proposi-
tions in
which Russia
insists
that Japan
carry
out
her
promises
regarding
the
Far East
which she
made
at the
recent
Washington
conference,
says
a despatch
received
here yesterday.
Cairo,
Feb.
18th.—Mr.
Brown,
Con-
troller General
of the Ministsy of Educa-
tion, who
was
shnt
last
week,
has
died
from
the
results
of
his
wounds.
I'wo
effindis who
unsuccessfully
tried
to cap-
ture
Mr. Biown’s
assailant
were
fired
upon.
New York, Feb.
17th.
- Strikes
in the
South African gold fields have
brought
Great Britain’s
ready supply of
the
pre-
cious
metal
so
low
that
the
ULited
States
bankers
have
stepped
into
the
breach
with gold shipments,
it is
learn-
ed
today.
Loc
1 banks
today made
en-
gagements
to ship
eight hundred
thou-
sand dollars in
gold bars
to Bombay,
In-
dia.
Gold
- exports
from
the
United
States
have
been
practicaily
nil
ior
some
mcnths.
London.
Feb.
19th.—Princess
Mary’s
honeymoon
will
be
spent
at
the
Villa
Medicea
Florence,
after
a
compara-
tively
short
stay
at
Weston
Park,
the
home
of
the
Earl-and
Countess
of Bradford,
according
to
the ‘‘Times’’.
The bridal couple will visit
Paris
for
a
few days on
their way
to Florence.
The
Lord
Chamberlain
has
announced
that
owing to the serious
illness of
one of the
occupants
of St James’
Palace,
the King
has commanded
that the
afternoon
and
evening
parties
arrangzed
for
February
22nd and 23rd, shall
take place
in
Buck-
ingham
Palace.
Only
a
portion of
the
wedding
presents
will
be
transferred
before
them for public view.
Rome,
Feb
19th.
- The
Cardinals
of
the
American
continent
have
formally
asked Pope
Pius
to alter the
constitution
of
the conclave,
lengthening
the
period
that
must
elapse
between
the
death
of
the
Pope
and
the convening
of the
con
clave
in
orier
for
them
to
attend
th.
Papal
elections
in the
future.
The Pop.
has
received
the
request
favorably
and
according
to reports
in Vatican quarters,
will
extend
the period
from
ten
to
fif-
teen
days,
deemipg
it unwise
to
leave
the
church
longer without
a head,
espe-
cially
because
during
the
interregnum
the Cardinal who takes
the
Pope’s place
has
purely
executive
and
legislative
powers
Quebec,
Feb.
19th. —Major
Gener
|
Sir
David Watson
died
at
his
home
on
Saturday
night
following
a
paralytic
stroke.
Montreal,
Feb.
19th.—Major
General
J.
Lyons
Biggar,
V. D. C. M. G., one of
the
older of the distinguished
Canadian
militia
officers of the
past few
decades,
died
here
on Saturday
morning,
follow-
img the breaking
of a blood
vessel
in the
brain.
Christiania, Norway, Feb.
19th.—Har-
old Stroem.
the
Norwegian skater,
set fa
new
world’s
record
yesterday
for
the
five
thousand
metres.
He
covered
the
distance
in eight minutes
twenty-six and
a
half
seconds.
The
former
amateur
record
made
by
Harold Stroem
last
year
was eight minutes
twenty-seven
seconds.
London,
.'eb.
20th—""e
Time
says
that in the interest of economy
the Board
of the Admiralty proposed
to reduce
the
active
list
of flag
officers
at the
begin-
ning of August from 92 to 57.
Washington,
Feb.
20th.--Business
throughout
the United
States,
progress-
ing through
well defined
circles,
is near-
ing the point of the upward
swing of the
economic
pendulum,
according
to the
an-
nual report
of the United
States
Federal
Reserve
Board
transmitted
today
te Con-
gress.
‘“'There
are
these’”’,
the
report
said,
“'who believe that the
beginning
of
revival is not far
distant.
When it does
definitely set in it will be
follewed in due
course
by a new war of prosperity’’.
London, Feb.
20th.--The
King’s prin-
cipal wedding gift to Princess
Mary is a
handscme
piece of
Jewelry
which
bhas
already
been
given to her,
says the Daily
Mail.
She will receive
another
present
from hey
father
before
her marriage
to
Viscount Lascelle,
Washington,
Feb,
20th —-Sever
thes-
tres, including two of
the principal play-
houses
in the
city,
were
ordered
closed
last night by the board
of commissioners,
the
Governing
body
of
the
district
of
Columbia.
The order
was issued after an
inspection
of
playbhcuses
in
the
distriet
had been*completed
by
a
board of five
engineers.
The inspection
grew outof the
lecent
collapse
ot
the
Knickerbocker
theatre,
which cost
the
lives
of
ninety-
eight persons.
The report of the engine-
ers
was not
made
public,
but
members
said
that
‘in
most
cases’’
structural
weakness
and inadequate
fire protection
had
been
disclosed
by their Jinvestiga-
tion.