that
an old
woman
who
had
been
stand-
ing there a
long time without being
dis-
turbed by
the blows.
and possibly
with-
out being aware
that work
was going on
at all,
fell
to
the ground
and had
to be
assisted
by
the
unfortunate
swinger of
the
sledge.
Ne would
suggest
that
a signboard
be
stuck
up, informing the
public that work
is
going
on.—St.
Thomas
Mazl
Notes,
Dec.
9th.
I'ELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
Melbourne,
Australia,
Dec.
Tth.—Aus-
tralia rejoices
for Ireland’s
sake,
for her
own
sake
and
for
the
Empires
sake’’.
vr.
Hughes
cabled
the
message
of
the
Prime
Minister
on
th:
success
of
the
negoiiations
on
Ireland.
Cheers
were
raised
by
the members
of the House
of
Representatives
when
a cablegram
irom
Mr. Lioyd
George
was
read
announcing
the irish
settiement.
The National
An-
thein
was
sung,
the
visitors
in tne
gai-
leries
joining In.
The cneering
was
re-
newed
when
Mr. Hughes
describod
lre-
land
as
‘‘Our new sister
dominion, wiiom
we
heavtily welcome,
£nd
to whom
w:
wish prosperity’’.
The
newspaper
com-
ment
is
a chorus
of
jubilation.
In
the
Senate
there
were
scenes
of enthusiasn,
similar
to these
enacted i the House
of
Representatives.
Many
speeches
were
delivered
by
Senators,
expressing
grati-
ficatior
over
the settlement
of
the
con-
troversy.
All
the
state
Premiers
have
issted
statements
expressive
of satisfzc-
tion over
the agreement.
St. Johns
N. F.,
Deec.
Tth. - All today
reports
have
been
reaching
St.
Johns
over
the
wires
of
awful
damage
done
on the
Newfoundland
coast
by
a
storm
which
sprung
up suddenly
on
Monday
ni ht,
and raged
for hours
with
almost
unprecedented
violence.
The
tenor
of
the reports
to haud
rouses
apprehension
that
scores
of lives
have
been
lost at
va-
rious points.
So far as known at present
the death-list
totals
165.
Although,
as
sailors
say,
‘‘the bottom
fell
out of
the
glass’’ in
this city on Monday
night and
an
unusually
low
barometric
pressure,
followed by
a rapid
rise,
gave
warning
of a strong
blow, the
storm,
that follow
ed
was short-lived in this
section
and
be-
yond
knocking shipping
in
the
harbour
about
a bit
and
blowing
down
a
few
chimney
tops
and telegraph
poles,
it did
comparatively
little
damage
in St. Johns
or its environments.
Loondon,
Dee.
Bth.—The
Archbishop of
Canterperry
writes.
‘‘Tens of thousands
of Christian
folk today are thanking
God
for
ibe
nearer
approach
of
peace
and
goodwill
among
the
people
of
Ireland.
Mach
has still to be examined
and fested
ere
we
reach
firm
ground
and
we ask
for the spirit of wise counsel and strength
But today the note is one of thanksgiving
and it should
ring
out
publicly and pri-
vately,
as
opportunity
may
be
given.
S
L. Ly
2
A N
:'i_l‘he
Duke
;o1
Northumberland
says,
‘I. remain
of the
opinion that the settle-
ment
will fail’’.
The
Bishop of Clogher
in\an
interview
said.
‘lt
seems
to be
ans
excellent
settlement.
I
hope
the
northern
counties
will throw in their lot
with the_rest
of
Irziand.”’
Washingion,
Deec
Bth.—The
Japanese
Government
has
accepted
the
proposal
for
a
quadrupie
understandirg
in the
Pacific,
an
authorized
Britislr
spokes-
man
said
today.
The
British
spokes-
man
said
the
''s-5-3’’ ratio
proposition
with regard
to
capital
ships
was
in
snme
way
related
toa
complete
settle
ment,
and that
this
proposition
had not
yet becn
accepted
by
the Japanese
Gov-
ernment.
London,
Dee
Bth —Aeccording
to
a
Reuter
cable
from Bikanir,
the Prince
of
Wal-s
who yesterday
said
"‘Good bye’’ to
that
state,
achieved
wonderful
popular
ity there,
largely attributable,
according
to a court
official, to his
gracious
courte-
sy.
The
natives
of
Bikanir
invariably
s2luie
persons
of high
rank
three
sue-
cessive
times
and
Kuropeans
commonly
respond
only
once.
The
fact
that
the
Prince
never
fails
to return
each
saluta-
tion had
made
a profound
impression
on
the
people,
with
whom
such
apparent
trifles counts
far
more t.an
is generally
realized.
Rangoon,
(Burma,)
Dee.
Bth.—Speak-
ing
to
the legisiature today,
Lieut.
Gov-
ernor
Sir R
H. Craddock
condemned
the
efforts
of what
nie
termed
‘‘a dissatisfied
cligue’’,
.o organize-
a
boyeott
on
the
occasion
of
the
visit
of
the
Prince
01
Wales,
by
means
of
intimidation.
The
Lieut.
Goverpor
announced
that
in order tq prevent
a
recurrence
of
the
violence
which
oeccurred
during the stay
of
the
Prince
in
Bombay,
it
had
been
decided
to
intern
the
leaders
of
the
movement,
here.
He
expressed
con-
fidence
that a majesgy
of
the
Burmans
would
welcome
th&¥Prince
as
cordially
as he had
been
weldomed
in
other
com-
munities.
-
Grenada,
Dec.
Téh.—French
warship
‘“‘Jeanne D’ Arc’’ Tarrived
here
at
10. 30
today.
Jamaica,
Dec.
Bth.—lt
has
been
de-
cided
that
Jamaica
shall
be represented
at
the
forthcoming
West
Indian
Con-
ference
in Trinicad
and
three
delegates
have
been selected
by
the
Legislative
Council,
viz:
Hon.
J.
H. Phillips,
mem-
ber for
St.
Thomas,
Hon.
A. ('. Nash,
member
for Manchester,
Hon.
H. A. L.
Sompson,
O.
B
E.,
member
for King-
ston.
London,
Dec.
Bth
An
interview
be-
tween
Mr, Lloyd George
and representa-
tives
of
Ulster,
for
the
elucidation
of
certain
paris of the new lrish agreement,
has not
been
definitely arranged, but it
was considered
quite likely at 10
Down-
ing Street
this morning
that 3ir
James
Craig,
Lieut. Col. Spender,
Secretary
for
the Ulster Cabinet,
and Sir Ernest
Clark,
Under
Secretary,
would
cross
from
Ire-
land tonight
and
see
Mr. Lloyd
George
tomorrow.
London,
Dec.
Bth—Mr.
Arthur
Grif-
fith, head
of the Irish
delegation
in the
settlement
negotiations,
writes
to
Mr.
LLloyd George
that
at
a meeting
he had
with
Southern
Unionisis
he agreed
that
a
scheme
could
be
devised
to
give them
a full share
of representation
in the first
chamber
of the Irish parliament
and
that
as regards
the upper
Chamber
‘' e will
concult
them
on its
constitution
and
un-
dertake
that their
interests
will be duly
represented’””.
1
wish
further
to
say,
adds
Mr.
Griffith,
‘“‘that
we
desire
the
willing
co-operation
of
the
unionists
in common
with all
other sections
of the
Irish nation,
in raising
the structure
and
shaping
the
desiiny
of
the
lrish
Free
State.
We'look
for their
assistance
in
the
same
spirit
of understanding
and
good-will
which
we
ourselves
will show
towards
their traditions
and
interests’’.
A
pathetic
visitor
at
Downing
Street
vesterday
was
Viscount
L.ong.
who
bhad
been
a
strong
suppoiter
of
Ulster’s
views
He
was for a time
Chief
Secre-
tary for
llreland, bui retired
from
Gov-
ernment
office.
Ee
is
now
crippled
through
illness,
but
came
to
cosgratu-
late Mr.
i.loyd George
on
his
success
in
the
Irish
negotiations.
Mr.
O’Connor
Donalist
member
of parliament
for
Liv-
erpool,
rejoices
at
the peace
settlenient
‘*as bringing
with it incalculable
resuits
in the relations
between
the
Irish Com-
monwealth
and
the
United
States,
and
in
so doing
helping every
movement
for
future
peace
of the world and
the disap-
pearance
of
the butchery
of war as
the
sole
arbiter
between
nations’’.
New York,
Deec.
Bth
-
There
was
re-
newed
weakness
in
the local
sugar
mar-
ket today and
continued
iiberal offcrings
of uncontrolled
new erop,Cuba’s
sales
de-
clining to 2 cents
cost
and freight, equal
to 3.60
for
cenrtrifugal,
or within
& cent
of the lowest
price
ever recorded,
Washington,
Dec. Bth.-Complete
aban-
donment
of all forms of cheniical
warfare
is understood
to have
been
recommended
to the United
States
Armament
Conier-
ence
delegation
by
its
official
advisory
committee.
Cairo,
Dee.
Bth. —Adly Yeghen Pasha,
the Premier,
resigned
from office today.
Washington,
Dec.
Bth.—The
prelimi-
nary
draft
of
the
proposed
fowr-power
Pacific agreement
is understood
o include
four
clauses,
the
first
of which declares
that
the
agreement
shall
serve
as
a sub
stitute for
the
Anglo Japanese
Alliance.
Allahabad,
Dec.
Bth. --The police
to-
day
arrested
a
number
of
prominent
nationalisc
leaders,
inciuding Pundit
and
Motifal Nebru,
his
son
and
iwo
nep-
hews
and the
editor
of
the
"‘Allakabads
Independent.”’
London,
Dec.
Bth.—The
Irish corzes-
pondent
of
the
‘'Pail Mall Gazette’’
as-
serts
that
the
Dail
Eireann
has given
orders
for
the
immediate
demobilization
of the Irish Republican
army.