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CROIX
AVIS
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TELEGRAMS
S7,
CROIX STATION.
Dorpat,
Nov. 20th.
Letvia and
Lithu-
ania
have
definitely
declared
to
jon
Esthonia
in“faviting
the
Rus
ian
Bol-
shevik
to send®a
delegation
to Dorpat
to
begin
peace
negotiations,
1t
was
an-
nounced
after
the tinal
adjournment
this
evening of the
Baltic
States
Conference
with Bolsh
vik representatives
over the
exchance
of
prisoners.
The
invitation
to the Sovie:
Govt. wili
specif - Decem-
ber Ist. as
the
date for the proposed
con-
ference.
t2e announcement
states.
Washing
on, Nov.
2ist—State
Depart-
ment offici: is in
discussing
the
Mexican
situation
t>day,
disclosed
that
3
years
ago
the
Army
General
3taff
estimated
that
an
art iy of 450,000
men and 3
years
would
be
-equired
for
complete
inter-
vention ir
Mexico
by the United
States,
Montreal
Nov.
21st.—Mr.
J.
Crowe
of Toronto
wasin
the
city
yesterday
on
his way to
VYew Foundland,
ho
has
been
in
tne
Wesr
Indies,
New
Foundland,
and Canadz
and
his
work
attracted
in-
terest
throughout
the islands.
‘'The im-
portance
of the
trade of
these
islands’’,
said
Mr. Crowe.
‘‘is
not fully appreciat-
ed in Canada.
To
approximately
gras=p
its worth,
it
should
be
borne
in
mind
that (‘anadians
at
present
are importing
$108,000,000
worth of
tropical
products
yearly
ard
the
major
portion
of these
from the United States,
which
is
piling
up the
exchange
against.
We
are
im-
porting direct
from
the
West
Indies
only about
$22,000,000
worth
annually.
Political and
commercial
union
between
the
British
West
Indies and
Canada,
permanently
establishing
- free
inter-
change
of products
between
these
coun-
tries,
would
not
only
give
Canada
a
convenient
market
for
her surplus
pro-
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.I. U.'§ A.,
FRIDAY,
28tTH
NOVEMBER
1919
duction
but
also
pelp
to
more
evenly
balance
our trade with the United States’’.
Paris,
Nov. 21st.—The
Supreme
Coun-
eil
decided
this morning
to give
Poland
2
mandate
over
KEastern
Galicia
unier
the League
of Nations for a period of
25
years
as the end of that time
the League
is
to determine th&
future of
the
terri
tory.
#
London,
Nov.
22nd.—British
capital
has launched
into the glass industry,
with
the
intention of captiring
a large
share
of the world’s plate
glass
business.
lne
Rritish
Window Glass Company
has been
formed
and
an offering
ot
300,000
pre-
ferred shares,
recently
wax largely
over-
subscribed.
The
company
is
¢ ntrolied
bv
the
British
Glass
Industries
Lud.,
which has manufactured
glass extensive-
ly.
London;:
Nov.
22nd.—The
airp'ane
Kangaroo,
under command
of Captain
G.
H. Wilkins, and cafrying
a crew of four,
left for Hounslow
airdrome
this morning
on the first leg of a journey
to Austraiia.
London, Nov. 22nd.—A
group of finan-
ciers, including Mr. Solomon
J. Joel,
mem-
ber
of
the
firm
of
Barnato
Bros.
and
directors
in
numerous
mining enterprises
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DISTRIBUTORS: APOTHECARY HALL,
ST.
THOMAS.
in South Africa,
has
bought
out
the busi
ness
of the famous
cotton
manufacturers
Horrockes
Crewdsen
&
(ompany
Ltd.
of Manchester,
says
the Daily Mail.
New York, Nov. 22nd.--The
release
¢f
the embargo
on
wheat
and flour announe-
ed by the United States
Grain Corporation
a!so permits
Canadian
wheat
and
wheat
flour
to enter
American
markets
free
of
duty under raling of the custom’s
service.
AT ESTATE ORANGL GROVE
The undersigned
desires
o sell
the
fol-
lowing articles
before
December
Ist.
3 SMALL TAPLES,
1 LARGEMOSQUITO NET,
DISHES,
COOKING
UTENSILS,
KITCHEN
TABLE
LAR«EICE BOX
IRONING GOOSE,
TIN OVEN,
SMALL MIRROR,
PINE BOARDS.
A. C. WITHERSPOON,