with
one
of its
excellent
concerts
la t
nizht, and
a tramp
.up
town
after.wvards.
The sloop ‘‘Mizpah’has probab!
- been
held
up
in
St.
Thomas
by
this
wvindy
weather
we have
had
the past
few
days.
The
s.
s. “‘Catherine’’ will be
one day
behind
schedule
time,
Minimum cabin
passage
rate
from
Irederiksted
rto|St.
Thomas
and
vice
versa
will be $6.00.
United
Siales
Fleei
Saiis
for
These
Waters
on
iils Wiater
Cruise.
Washington,
Jan.
2ad.—More
than
one
hundred
warships,
constituting
the
o) eatest
armada
ever
to
be gathered
un-
der
the
United
States
Flag,
left
their
stations
yvesterday
for the winter
man-
oeuvres
at Panama.
When
assembled
in
Southern
waters
the fleet
wiil consist
of
15
battleships,
4
light cruisers,
63
des-
trovers,
11
submarines,
one
airplane
carriev,
one
airplane
tender,
four
des-
troyer
tenders,
threa
submarine
tend-
ers,
five mine
layers
and 33
train
ves-
sels,
including
rzpair,
fuel and
hospital-
ships.
The
fleet will be under the
com-
mand
of Admiral
Robert
Coontz
and
at-
tached
to it will be 87 airplares.
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIX STATION.
Brussels,
Dec.
30th.— Cardinal
Mer-
cior fears
public
discussion
m-y iripede
the
progress
of
the
negotiztions
for
a
reunion
of the Anglican
and
Roman
Ca-
tholie Churches
and refuses
to mak=2
any
statemeni
with
regard
to
the
privale
conferences,
which
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
recently
disciesed
had
been
held
at
Malines.
Cardinal
Mercier says
that
discussion
of
the
subject
al
this
time
would
involve
too
great
a danger
of
misrepresentation,
interfering
with
the conferences,
which
he
points
out
are
dealing
with
a
most
del eite
sudject,
His secretary,
Dean
Dessart,
in
making
this
known, explained
further
that
the
Cardinal
was
not
authorized
to disclose
the proceedings
of the conferences.
Washinzton,
Dec.
Slst.—The
Govern-
ment
has
agreed
to
sell
a
quanuty
of
war maerial
to
the
Obregon
Guvern-
ment in Mecxico.
The decision
was
reach-
ed aftera request
for
such
action
had
been received
from the Obrecon
Govern-
ment,
which is faced
by
an
armed
up
rising.
Although
details
of
the
trans-
actions
are still pending
before
Secreta-
ry Weeks
the
material
involved
is
said
to include military
rifles
now
stored
at
Fort Sam
Houston,
or other
army
depots
neacthe
border
and
ten
military
air-
planes.
Itis probable
that
ammuaition
for the rifles
and
other
equipment
are
included.
:
Paris,
Dec.
31st.—The
Foreign
Office
at the heginuing
of (1924
fieds
itself
in
=1
L
UFYr2x
A
YVd
B
the
presane2
of
two
grave quostion ,
Fi.st:
Whether
the
British
policy
is
to
remain
moderately
passionate
itoward
French
aims
in
Germany,
or
become
actively
hostile,
and} the
sccond,
the
economic
and poiitical
ia¢mposiiion.
London,
Dee.
3lst.—[g
not
Decause
my eyes
have
failed
me®hat
am
rslin-
quishing
the
Ambassadorship
at
Wash-
inagton, but because
physicians
have
in-
formed
me emphatically (hatlf
my
eyes
are again
subjected
to the intense
strain
which
1s
unavoidahle
in
carrying
out
diplomatiec work[ may
lose thus
2of
them
completely
and
permanentiv,
BSir
Auckland
Geddes
thus intor:ed
the
As-
sociated
Press
correspesndent
at
the
hom2 of a relativa
in Wiadleim
London,
DNae
3lst.-—lhe
Kine
has
teiegraphed
President
Mitlerand of France
a
message
of
symnathy
on
the
loss
of
th> Dixmude.
Marseille,
Dece.
3ist.—The
Gresk
s.
s.
Andros, lving the British
flag
with
M
Veniz=los
aboard,
satled
yesterday
for
Greece,
notwithstanding
the
bad
wea-
ther
prevailing,
M.
Venizz2los
who
1s
returping
to his homeland
lin
an
endea-
vour
to straighten
out the political situa.
tien,
went aboard
'ast
maeht.
lie
decid-
el
1o
see
any
persons
except
inthnate
friends.
itlankow
China
Dee.
21st.—[t
is
re-
poried
here
thar
bandite
have
caotured
three
Lu beran
Missionavies
at
I's.
yvang,
Mr. Holf
bis
wife and
Mes.
Kitlen,
8,
and
Mrs. I ff are
said
to
e
woeunded,
Another
report
says
turce
misslonaries
were
Kitled.
London,
Uec. 3lst.--With approximate-
ly 600,000
acres
which
came
ou
the
pro-
perty
market
in
1923, slightly
over 6,000,
000
acres
1 Seotland
have ehangd
hawds
since
the beuvinning
of the big
ina
sid-
ing campaign
at
the close
of
1913,
repre-
serting
almost
one
third of the
wand
area
of tire country
and
involving
something
ke
£70,000,000
in
sales.
Sales
for one
vear 1923 will show
an
incerease
of about
100,000
acies
oo
the
.otal
of
1922
and
almost
double
the
1921
total.
Prices,
however, have deciined
considerably
simce
1920.
London,
Deec.
31st—Great
Britain
is
closing
the
year
1923
wiith her foreign
trade
larger in amownt both
as
to ‘mports
and exports thao for
the year
1922
Im-
ports
in eleven
months
of
1923
exceed
imports
in the
same
peried
of
1922 by
80,000.000
pounds
and exports
were
more
than
55,000,000
pounds
greater
in value.
In
two
features
of
thkis
years
foreign
trade
Great
Britain
has
surpassed,
ot
only last year
but bhas gone ahead
ot pre-
war
figures.
Coal
exporis
during
the
presept
year
(January-November)
have
amounted
to 73,575,713
tons,
or 175,000
tops
better
than
the best
record,
which
was
173,400,118
tons
exported
im
12
months
1913.
Tonnage
of shipping
en-
tering and leavisg British ports
as
cargo
was
also larger
this year
than in either
1912 or 1913.
London,
Pee.
3ist—Mr.
Bald win is ex-
peeted
te
return
to
London
from
hbis
Xmas
hoiday in
the country
today
and
an early
meeting
of the
Cabinet
to
eom-
plete
the Wine's
speceh
for
the cpening
of Parliament
a week from
tomorrow
1s
foreshadowed.
‘The
rivai political
writ-
ers
affirmh and
deny
that the speech
will
inciude
a dee aratioy
of the
Copservative
Party’s
adhesion
to
a jritectionist
pro-
gramnie;
tut
the
Conservaiive
leaders
give
no
c¢lue
to thetr plans,
Papers
whose
avowed
object
is
to
provert,
if
possibie
ithe
instaliation
of
a
Sociaiast
Govern-
ment,
ronew
stories
today
to the effeet
that
a consilerabie
section
of the
lLiberatls
1s dissatistied
with the attitude
of Mr. As-
quithand
other leaders
and is working
tor
an
arranzement
amounting
to
a fusion
of the Liberals
and
Conservatives
to sup-
port
the
Baldwin
Ministry
on
some
ag-
reed
non
party
programme
to
kKeep
the
Socialist
vui.
The
Times
professes
1o be
able
to correet
these
points.
the
gist of
tie
newsvapers editoriat
being
that
Mr.
Ramsav
MacDonald
will
iake
over
the
Premiership
before
theend
of .!'wu;uy
with
the
full
consent
Os the
Conserva-
tives and with the
assistance
ot the
Liber-
ais.
,
London,
Dee.
38lst.—Assuming
that
a Lapour
Government
wiil
be
in
power
pext
March,
when
itlie
budget
state-
ment
must
be
presented
to
Parliament
1.1 s gencerally
aonouneed
tnat
one
of
the
greatest
didiculites
for
the
new
mini-ters,
mexperienced
in
the
art
of
Goveroment,
will
be
connected
with
the nations
finances.
here
have
been
statements
that
the
DBaldwin
Govern-
ment
ia
the
last
budget
were
unduly
opumis
e
(‘:mum'nil)!_:'
the
coming yvears
veveniae
and
that
there
is
likely
to be
a laree
detcit
in
the
next
buduet
state-
mient.
Reiurns
issued
by
t-e
Treasury
tonignt
seein
to beor
out these
fears,
for
they
show i
the
first
nine
months
of
the
financial
year
a
deercase
of
more
than
£50.000,06G¢
1n the notions
revenue,
as
compaved
with the
satge
period
last
year.
Under
the pecuiiar eircumstat
ces,
as
the
Labour
administration
will
oniv
have been
in office
at
the
most
about
or
e
month
before
presenting
the budget,
the
new Govern
nent
voiil necessarily
be
com-
polled
to present
a statement
largely pre-
pared
by its predecessors
and
the
perma-
nent
officials,
there
being
no
time
to
draft an entirely
new budget.
London,
Dee.
31st—Lord
Ineheape,
one
of
Great
Britain’s
noied
ma2rchants,
is
made
a Viscount in the list of New Years
Honours,
made
public toright,
-
The
Rt.
Hon.
Frederick
Geo.
Banbury,
member
of Pariiarent,
Sir Charles
John
Darling
and Sir Herbert
Jessel,
who
was
connec-
ted
with the Ministry of Supply
during
the war,
are made Barons.
London,
Jan.
Srd. —Sugar
in
stock on
the 29th ulto was 52,004
tons.
Lart year
125,000
roa=,