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.
ST
YEAR.
THE
ST. CROIX AViS
is pirtnted and
publish2l
daily (Sundays
ond Holidays eccepted)
by G. Johansen
at
the Avis Office.
TERMS:-—SO
¢2nts
mo
-thly in advance,
2 ¢ :nts ver single copy.
Enterel
as
scocoed
elass
inalter
May
28th 1917 at the
Pysi
()hze
as Chriztiai-
-Btad
ot Urne
V.
1L of Hicll. 5 A,
an-
der the Act of March 3,
1875.
Contribution
to this
npapzr
will be
glad-
lg received
when
the same
deals
with mat-
ters of general
interesi,
and
is
aczompa-
nied with the
auwthoi’s
name,
as
a
guar-
antee
of good Juith
Theeditor
eannat
be
responsiole jor bie vicws of nis
correspon-
{onisnor docs lie necessar
lyendorsethem.
TELEGRA MNS.
SEUROIX
STATION,
Ottawa,
May
17th
—Additional
facili-
-123 for the port of Halifax
will
be
pro-
vided
at
an
early
date,
to
equip
it
to
sqare
in the
exnaut
of
grain
which
will
How
over
tne
Canadian
Natioaal
Lines
¢y ihe seaboard.
It is
learned
here
that
‘he building of a
gra‘n
elevator
at
that
par.,
which
the Board
ot
I'tade
and
ship-
hine
interests
there
have
been
urging
coon
the Government
supported
by
the
e
nhers
for
Hilifax, Messrs
Mace Lean
wnd
Finn,
sod
olher
Nova
Seotia
repre-
arntatives,
has
been
decided
upon
and
(hae
an aporopriation
for its construction
wiil
aopear
in
the
supplementary
esti-
mates
which
tbe
Minis
er of Finance
will
brine
down
after
the
badget
debate
is
finished.
The erection
of
a
grain
eleva-
tor at Halifax will add
an
important anit
-5 tae equivmont
of the
port
as
a
Trans-
A laatic
termaus
and
is
expected
to be
q s
an
important
facicr
in
developing
trafic
on
the
A.antic
region
of
the
C,
N B
Loandon,
May
17,-
Leonid
Krassin,
Tiussian Soviet
Comimissaire
for
loreign
t-ade,
bad
a
two-hour
conference
with
dargues
Carzon
at
the
Foreign
Ofice
today, eoncerning
thie
recent
exchange
of
notes
by
the
two
<overnments.
ioth
gides
axreed
to
reveal
nothing
publiely
regarding
the
nature
of diseussion
and it
is
apparent
from
‘he
extreme
secrecy
ohserved
1n the
other
governmental
de-
navtments
that pord Curzon
is
determin-
cd
pothing
shaid
be
announced
regard-
ine
the
decisious
taken
until
the
con-
versaiions
are
conclnied.
The
Russians
Trads
Delezation
¥as eqally
uneoqn
nu-
CHRISTIANSTIED.
V. L
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A.
WEDNESDAY
93ip
MAY
1993
nicative,
as
soon
as M. Krassin
has
eom-
municated
ford
Curzen’s
view
of
the
Soviet Government
and received
a
reply
he will have another
confervence
with
the
Foreign Seererary.
Optimism
is express-
ed in offieial cireles
that
the
negotiations
with Krassin
will resuit
in
an
amicable
solution.
"
London,
May
17th.— Discussion
arose
in the
House
of Commons
today between
the government
spokesmen
and
the La-
bourites
as
1o the
actual
significance
of
the lepethy weeting
between
the Foreign
Secretary.
Marquis Curzon
and
M. Kras-
sin.
Ihe latourites
made
evident
their
fear that during the
Whitsuntide
recess
the
goverpmwent
mizht
take
some
siep
acgainst
Ruassia,
without
pariiamentary
consent.
Reolving
to
the
debate,
the
Linder-Secreiary
tor
Fovoien
Atflays,
Ronald
Mr. dieNeill
contended
that tie
Fritish
vliiimaium
to
Moscow
stiil
stood
nd all that
had
been
done
was
to pive
time
1o
khvrassin
v
whieh
to communil-
cate
with
hes
goverament.,
Mr.,
Ram-
say
Me Dona.d
ivsisted
that
the
House
inlerpreted
last
Tuesday’s
debate
as
imi-
plying that
the
uitimatum
was
held
in
abeyance.
hbe
expressed
dissatisfaction
with Mr. Mcleiil’s statement,
which he
took
to
intimaie
that
no
further
noie
would be received
from
the
Soviet
unless
it
was
in the form of an aceepiance
of the
British
demands,
[Finally.
appeal
was
made
to Mr. Stanley
baldwin,
as
leader
of the
Houze
and
acting
Premier.
7.
Baldwin
supported
Mr.
JMceNeili’s
view
and declared
that should
it become
obvi-
ous
that
no agreement
was
possible
with
the Soviet,
the Government
cou.d
not
be
tied In
its
action
by
the
f{act that Pac-
hament
was
not
sitting.
At
the
same
time,
he
was
hopeful
of
a
favourable
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EIKAE
SVENDSEN,
issue.
Uuon being closely pressed
by Mr.
MeDonald
he admitted
that
this
did
not
necessarily
mean
acceptance
of the
Brit-
ish Gltimatam
word
for word and
conmma
for ecomma,
but
general
satisfaction
of
the Liritisi demands,
London,
May
18th
Mr.
FPonar
Law,
who has
returned
to
London
atier
¢ com-
paratively
brief
rest
trip
udroad.
was
seen
walking about
London
as
usuul
Ves-
terday.
His
physisal
condition
appears
to be
somewhat
improved,
certainly it is
no worse
than
when
he
went away,
.y
3
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due
here
on
or aiot
the 2/th inst.
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