LOCAL
The
s.s.
Parima
from
New
York is
looked for in Frederiksted
today.
This
evening
the
concluding
parts of
Atlantide will be screened
at
the
Chris-
tiansted
Theatre.
This fine picture
has
won the
admiration
of all
who
saw
its
first presentation.
A
boatload
of
the
favourite
Jacksis
being eagerly
bought
up
this
morning.
A contributor
of
an
acrestic
inserted
in
this
issue
essays
to scor2
a point
at
the
expense
of the Avis.
Why shouldn’t
we let him have
this pleasure?
It would
he
like taking candy
from
a
kid
to
de-
cline
his
artiele.
''A’’stands
for
many
other
things
than
what
he
names
of
course,
such
as ass,
ape,
and also
abbre-
viation —in
this
case
an
abbreviation
of
good judgment,
as the
result
of the elec-
tion wiii thow.
Contribution
from
the
Polili-
cal Poet
C
stands
for
the
candidate,
the
one
that is fit;
:
()
stands
for the order
of
men he will
hit,
R
stands
for the right he
will always
pursue;
T
stands
for
the
thinking he will do
for vou,
I
star}ds for
infllexible
man
that
he
is:
N
stands
fol
the
number
of
votes
th it are his,
A
etands
for
Antediluvian,
Auntie,
and
Avis,
TELEGRAMS.
ST.
CROIIX STATION.
Rome,
Sept.
2nd.—The
Stefani Agency
the
semi
official
news
agency
says
de-
monstrations
against
Italians
have occur-
red
on the island
of
Crete.
It
is
alleged
that the populace insulted the
Italian flag
and
that the persennel
of the Italian
Con-
s ilate
was endangered.
Dnblin,
Sept.
2nd.—Finai
figures
in
the
ballotting
last
week
for
members
of
the
Dail
[irearn
were
made
public
today.
Thes2
show
that
the polling
by
parties
was
as
follows.
Government
415,843,
Republicans
286,161,
Labour
142,388,
Farmers
125,972,
Independents
24,291.
The
aggregace
vote
cast
was
1,003,955,
The
governmental
statistical
department
in
a
statement
today
says
the results
show
that 75
per cent of
the
voters
supported
the treaty
and
are
pre
pared
to
work in
Parliament
under
the
conStitution.
St. Johns,
N. F. Sept
2ad. —The Cana-
dian press
is inform2d
by
the
Hon.
W.
R.
Warren,
Prime
Minister,
that
the
Secretary
of
State ¥or the
Colonies
has
$ ¥ (1lx
Vls
assented
to the request
of the New Zeal-
and Government
for
the appoiatment
of
a cammission
hera tp conduz:
an
invesu
gation
of
the
charges
that
led
to
the
resignation
of
the
Premiership
'y
Sir
Richard
Squires
a
few
wecks
ag
.
Mr.
T.
Hollis
Walker,
K C
B:ncher
ol the
Inner Temple,
L don.
and
recorlderof
Derby,
has
been
ncminated
and
i:ex-
pected
to arrive
here
about
the middle ol
Uctaber,
*
Copenhagen,
Sept.
2nd —The
tourist-
cteamer
‘‘Freya’’, which
broke
from
her
moorings
near
Hoejer
in
the
hurricane
which
raged
alonyg
the
coast
of Jutlaund
on Thursday,
has
land -1 her
200 passen-
gers safely.
New
Orleans,
Sept.
Ist.-—A
bulg2 of
ssa
bale,
the
most
. important
rise
in
weeks,
was recorded
in
the local market
today
in
discounting
the Sovernment’s
report
on the growing
cotton
crop,
show-
ing a conditioa of 54.]
percent
of normal
on August 25th and irdicating
a
yield
of
only 10,788,000
bales.
.
Minuneapolis,
Sept
Ilst.—Repeating
his
eriticisms
of Mr. Wordrow
Wilson,
made
first at Williams:to~vn,
Mass
, Lord
Birk-
enhead,
formuerly
Loard
Coancellor
of
Great Britain, yesterday
ald:d
that
"‘we
could
not teil
ydur
President
his creden-
tials
were
unaceeptable
when
he
came
to the peace
table,
although
we knsw
the
Ameriean
peopie
would not back
his high
sninded
but idealistic plan,
and
we found
our jgdgement
sustained
when
the issue
was placed
before
the American
nation’”.
[T+ said,
howevef,
that
former Piesident
Wilsono
lived far in advanee
of the
politi-
cal life of th2 United
States.
Lord Birg-
enhead
spok:
before
a
luncheon
of
the
Rotary and Kiawanis Clubs
oa
the
Ver-
sailles Treaty
an«d
the Leagnue of Nations
“Without ¥resident
Wilson
many
of
the
elements
of the Lesgu:
of Nations
would
never have b2en
written into
the
treaty
and most certainly article
10 would never
have been knewn’’,
he said.
The
gather-
ing stood and sang
''God save
the King”’
for Lord Birkenhead,
who
was
the
hon-
our guest
at the
luncheon.
Paris,
Sept.
2nd.—The
French
press
is aroused
by
the
landing
of
Italian
troops
at Tangier,
which
is
considered
especially
significant,
following an
offi-
cial
announcement
from
London
and
Madrid
that the Home
Government
has
just
intimated
its
interestedness
in
the Tangier
problem.
Heretofore,
only
France,
Spain,
and
Great
Britain
have
taken
an active
interest
in
the
Tangier
question,
being
represented
at
a confer-
ence
in London last June,
which
is sche-
duled
to
be
opened
this
September.
Paris
newspapers
point
out
that
the
whole
imbrogiio,
inclulinz
tha
Greek
ultimatum,
is
a
desperate
attempt
by
italy
to play
for the
mastership
of
the
Mediterranean
against
France,
with
Great
DBritain
as
Premier
Mussolinl’s
ally.
Osaka,
Japan,
Sept.
2nd.—ln
Yoko-
hama
alone
there
have
been
10) 002
casualties
from
Satur
ay’s
earthquake
=nd
fire,
according
to
a
radio
message
from
the
Government
of
Yokohamu.
Tidal
waves
also
di f great
damage.
D -
rect communication
with Tokio is still
cur
oi.,
but it
is reported
enormous
damage
was
done
there.
The
Prince
Regent
is
reported
to be safe.
Yokohama
was still
burninz at 8 30 o’clock on Saturday
night.
At
the
foot of
Mount Fuji
several
vil-
lages
were
completely
razed
and
hun-
dreds
of lives lost.
At Atami
alone,
sixX
hundred
persons
were
killed.
Tn 2 Gov-
ernment
of Yokohama
makes
an
urgent
appeal for food
for
the
people.
A des-
eriptive message
from the Reuter
corres-
pondent
at
Tokio
says
that
from early
morning
a strong
wind had been blowing
and
the
waather
was
cloudy
and
hot.
At noon
an appalling
earthquake
oce.arr-
ed,
followed
by
more
than
ten shocks.
Dwellings were either completely
or
par-
tially destroyed.
A
meassage
from ok
reports
that
martial
law
has
been
pro-
ciaimed
there.
The
Nagoka Naval
Divi-
sion
is preparing airplanes
to fly to
Foki
to ascertain
conditions
thece.
Tae
Con-
mander
of
the
Kure
Naval
Station
has
received
a
wireless
message
re
ordng
a
serious
conflagration
at Yokosuia
one
of
Japan’s
important
naval
statioas
not f r
from
Yokohama.
The
naval
buildings
and hospitals
have
beren
destroyed
The
people flod
fromn
their
hom2s,
jamming
the sirects
and
op2n
spaces.
Interm
t-
tent
shocks
continued
until
sundown,
Fires
broke
out
everywhere
and
tne
flames,
fanned
by a strong
wiand,
spread
in
ail
directions.
It
was
impossible
t)
eontrol them,
as
the
water
supply
failed
at the
crit‘cal
moment.
When
the
cor-
respondent
left
at
nine
o’cloek
in
the
evening
many
of
the
Government
offices
had
been
burned
down,
including
the
Home
Dapartmen:
and
the
Meatropolitan
Police
Station.
Tne
correspondent
esti-
mates
that 200,000
houses
were
redueccd
to ashes
and
the fire
was stiil burning
ac
many
places.
Estimates
of the casualtiss
for the
moment
are
uncertain,
but they
are
believed
to
have
been
enormous
Troops
and doctors
were
doing splendid
work in rendering
first
aid.
Many work-
men
were killed,
or injured,
in the
Gov-
ernment
printing
offices.
Six hundred
persons
were
killed
at
the
Nihokienki
elzetrie
plant.
Amid
the
slimes
of the
hurning city the
citiz2ns
of
lokio were
seeking places
of safety.
:
.
San Francisco,
Cal.
3e2pnt.
3cd.
—Tokio
is afire,
many
buildings of the
city
have
collapsed,
the
water system
1s destroyed,
loss of life heavy,
all traidis
has
b22nsus-
pended
and flames spreading
to the
sur-
rounding towns,
uccording
to
messages
received
iast night fron
the
Radio
Cor-
poration
Superintendent,
stationed
at
Tamiocika.
He said he obrained
the
in-
formation from a-newspaper
at
Senni,
a,
large
secacoast
town
100 miles
north
of
Tokio.
London,
Sept.
4th. —A ericket
match
was playel yesterdiy
be
ween
the
West