elemants
v izh it would
not
seem
possi-
ble
to ignore.
iy r:gard
to therelin. uish«
ments
by Tuvkev of her rightsin
A eso-
potamid,
Avabia, Palestinesp
Syria
and
the
Islinds,
the
reply
continues,
this
Govt. suggests
that
the method
resorted
to
in
the
case
of
Austria
should
be
adopted,
namely,
that
Turkey
should
place those
provinces
in the hands
of the
Great
Powers,
to
be
disposed
of
as
»
those
Powers
determine.
-~
London,
March 30th—Mr.
Asquith
in
the House
of Commons
today
described
the Irish
Home Rule
Bill as
a
eumbrous
duplication
and
multiplication
of
insti-
tutions
and
offices,
adding
that
from
the
viewpoint of efficiency
there
is
no-
thing
to
be said for
it.
He recalled
the
fact that
in
nineteen-fourteen
he
gave
a pledge
that
Ireland
should
have
one
Parjiament,
and
declared
that
he
ad-
hered
to
that
view
now,
He disagreed
with those
who believed
there
could
be
no constitutional
changes
until ord~r
was
restored,
and
asserted
that
the
root
of the
trouble
could
not
be
srrived
at
until
there
was
a
wide
reform
in
the
Government
system.
The
substitution
of the
Bill for
the
measure
on the
sta-
tute books,
he continued,
took
from the
Irish people
what
the
majority of
them
wanted,
in
one
form
or
another,
and
attemp-ed
to forece
on
them
something
the great
majority disliked,
and
wculd
always
refuse
to accept,
and
he
advo-
cated
the
amending
of
the
nine-
teen-fourteen
Home
Rule
Act,
and
the
enlargening
of
the
powers
of the
Irish
Parlian.ent
and
Executive
so
as
to
give
them
to
all
intents
and
purposas
the
status
of
a
Domirion.
He
furth-
er declared
that
he still favoured
‘‘Coun-
ty
Option
for
Ulster’”’”,
whereupon
Sir Bdward
Carson
asked
the
speaker
if
he
favoured
‘‘County
Option’”™so
the
Souch
of Ireland.
Mr. Asquith
answer-
ed
in
the
affirmative.
“‘Then
we
can
have
a
Sinn
Fein
Country,”
retorted
Sir Edward.
Mr. Lloyd George changed
his plans for entering
the debate
decid-
ing to reply
tomorrow
to Mr. Asquith’s
attack
upon
the
Bill.
.r.
Bonar
Law
foll'wed
Mr. Asquith in *today’s dcbate,
declaring
that
if
the
Liberal
leader
provosed
to amend
the
existing
law
as
® indicated,
his
proposal
‘would ‘be
con-
demned
unanimously
by the
represent-
atives
of Scuthern
Ireland,
as
is the
pre-
sent
Lill.
He
asked
what
Mr. Asquith
mean.
by
‘‘County option’’, whet
er
he
meant
thai
any
coun‘y
could
refrain
from joining the Govt. until it was ready
to
come
ir:
The
Govt,
leader
said
the
new Biil was not the result
of free choice
on
the Govi's. part.
It recognized
that
when
the last of the
Peace
Treaties
was
signed
the existing
law for Irish
Home
Rule
would~bocome
effective
and
this
wouid
nave
meant
that Ulster wcerld
be
forced
to
join
the
Dublin
Parliament
against
its
wili, whieh
"was
something
the
~Govt.
would
rot
attempt
to
carry
through.
There
were
four
al-
Rk
U
B
X
A
]
ternatives,
he
said,
the
first
was
the
repeal
of
tae Home
Rule
Bill Aot.
Secondly,
to
establish
Dominion
Heme
Rule.
Third,
to give
seii-determination
to the
Imsh
people,
which
would
m-an
an
Irish
Republican
and
fourth,
to
give
Ireland
the
largest
measure
of
Home
Rule
conpatible
with
national
security.
The
pledge
that
had
boen
given last,
he d<clared.
was
whar
it
«as
intended
to eive througa
the pre: n
Bill and
the
Gc*t.
spokesman
challe
g-
ed the labour party
to say whether
it .as
ready
to
grant
an
Irish
Republie.
It
was
a childish.
mistake,
he
added.
to
ass
'‘me
that bercause
Irejand
was
se:
r-
ated
by
a sheet
of
water,
thit
she
is
in uny
degree
:ss
essential
than
if
:he
were part
of the British
[sles,
and tl.se
who were advocating
seli-deterniina
ion
might
clearly
see
where
they
were
o
ing
wrong.
It
southern
Irel nd
.as
compozed
of
paople
satisfied
with
oo-
thing but
a repubiie,
then
no setilen
ont
was possible.
London,
March
3815t.-—~The
House
of
Commons
passcd
the
second
readine
of
the
Irish
Home
Rule
Bill
today.
The
vote
was 346
to 84
Panama,
March
81st.—The
prominent
.members
of the British Colony
here
wil
present
an addrbss
to the Prince
of W iles
ap
board
the
‘‘Renown’’ and
the
-est
of the day will be spent
in sigh:
se¢
ng.
In the
evening
the Panama
Govt.
wil
givea
state
banquet
in
hanour
of
the
Royal
Visitor,
which
will
be
fofic ved
by
o
reception
and
formal
ball.
{he
“"Renown’’
wil
sail
on.
Thursday
for
San
Diego
aiter
taking
two
thou-and
barrels
of oil at Balboa.
..
London,
Mszrch
3lst.—During
the
Home
Rule debate
in
the
House
ye:ter-
day many
referénces
were
made
to
-
minions,
particularly
in
regard
to
the
statement
by
Mr.
Asquith
that
he
would give Ireland
in
effect
the
status
of
a
Dominior.
My,
Bonar
Law,
re-
ferring
to.this,
pointed
out
that
‘he
existence
of the KEmpire
depended
upon
the operation
of
the
principle rtha:
the
Dami
ions
shall
decide
their
own
disti-
nwes.
KEveryonz,
he declared,
recogr
zed
that
the
connection
of
the
Domir
ons
with the Empir2 depended
uvon this.
..nd
that if one
of
them
chose
to
sav
to or-
row
we will no longer remain
part
o1 :he
British
Empire,
no
attempt
would
be
made
to
force
‘hem
to make
a
diffe
2nt
move.
Mr. Asquith
had complained
be
said,
that
poor
commurities
woul:
be
burdened
with two Parliamen
s,
but
.re-
cisely the same thing
was
seen
1
Cunea-
da, not only in prosperous
provinces
like
Ontario
and
Quebee,
but
in
the
.est
where
the popu.ation
was
poor.
NEwW YORK,
March 31st
1920,
Flour, Blencad
Clear
St. Lawrence fiand
pr.
brl. $12.00
Meal, Kilndried per
100 ibs $4.20
New
Season’s
Pork
per
orl. $43.00
Heavy
Mess
Fork
per bbl.
$41.00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
lbs,
$13.54.
Motasses
Sugar
89°
test,
per
100
lbs..
:
$13.29.
Cotton,
Meddling
Upiand,
at
Liverpool
per
lb.
27 63--100 d.
Exchange,
New
York
and
London,
60
days’
sight
$3.84
Exchange
New
York and London,
sight
$3.864
LONDON,
Mareh 31st
1920.
Sugar-Demerara
Crystals
prices
fixed
by
the
Royal
Commission
per
cwt.
100s.
;
od.
-nomnial
Sugar
Muscovado
prices fixed by
Royal
Commission
per ewt.
90s.
od.
nominal
German
Beet 882/ f.o.b.
no
sales
during
the war
White
Java
sugar
cif
U.
Kingdom
ecif
without engagement.
83s.0d—84s.
od.
Demerara
Rum,
per gal. nominal.
:
Trinidad
Cocoa,
Good
Middling
Red
per
cwt
1445,
od.
Cotte:
Medium Fine
Sea
Island,
at
IL.iv
erpool nominal
per Ib.
Bank
of England
rate
of
Discount
per
cent.
6.
Consols
46.
Three
per cent
renies
in Paris Fes.
57.00.
All prices subject
to change.
We
are glad to mention
the
return
of
Mr. Fortunato Beretta
who
arrived
here
by the schooner
Virginia two weeks
ago
Our not being posted relative to his early
arrival
is the cause
of
our
lateness,
but
having been
interviewed today,
we
take
this medium
of welecoming him back home,
This voung soldier
who from the outbrezk
of the war had been fighting on the Italian
front. and by rendering
invaluable
service
ip the cause
of the Entente
Allied
forces
is
the
proud
possessor
of the following
Lonors
;
1
Italo
Austrian
Campaign
1915
with
three
stars.
:
2
Cross
of War.
3 Volunteer of War,
4
Civil Services.
5 Interallied Medal,
6
Medal for assistance
to refugees
of
war.
We
beg
to
congratulate
him for
the
bravery
which
must
have
won
these
honors
and
also
the
Beretta family for
having
so deserving
a son and brother,
St.
Thomas Bulletin, March 31st.
The Rev.
J.
F. Pilgrim, of All Saints’,
was
a
passenger
for
Windward
by
the
8.
s. "Guiana’’ on
Tuesday.
During
his
absence
the services
will be conducted
by
the Rev.
Theodore
Branch.—St.
Thomas
Mazl Notes, April 3rd.
OPTICAL AID.
YOUR prescription filledsame
day
,
as receifved,_]repairs
dispatched
by
retrn
of
mails.
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