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TELEGRAMS.
8§ mcpAsy
STATION.
Spa,
July
9th.—
... . v's
delegates
signed
: 11.45 o’er
&
ths
morning
an
agra:ment
accept’z
the
terms
of
the
Allies’
note
relative
to
disarmament,
presented
yesterday.
This
action
was
taken
under
protesc
by
the
German
re-
presentatives..
the
Allies’
note,
which
amounted
virtually
to
an
ulumatum,
demanded
that
the Germans
accept
the
terms
presented.by
noon
today,
and
stipulated
that
1n the event
of
the
Ger-
maans failing
to earry
out
the
provisions
of the demands,
Allied forees
would
occu-
py par¢s
of the German
empire.
The
Ger
mans
protested
in
sigainkyy
th-~oengage-
ment,
toat
!hgtguzuiy
e
_«tles
did
not
oblige
tagh.
o acq¥¥see
in
further
territoriai
occupativas
exc:pt for
failuve
to
fulfil
the
:reaty
terms
regarding
reparations.
i'ne
decision
of
the
Ger-
man
Uabinet
to
obey the
Allied demands
was
reached
at
an
early
morning
scs
sion
today,
the
vote
being
unanimous.
The
vote
was
taken
after
a
telephone
commun®ation
. with
Reichstag
leaders
in
Berlin,
approving
the
acceptance
and
comimunicating
the
desire
of
the
Reichstag
and
party
leaders
for
the
cabinet
at Spa
to
use its own judgement.
o
unanimous
vote
was
also
taken
by
the
cabinet
that
the
Allies
should
be
informed
that
Germany
could
not
ac-
cept these stipulations concerning possible
cecupation
of the Ruhr and other
territo-
ries provided
the
disarmament
was
not
exceutedt
according tc?t"ne Allies’ judge-
meg.
it was
held
the
German
Cabinct
was’ precluded
by
constitutional
reasons
" from
entering
into
agy
such
arrange-
ment
without
the
amrity
of
Parlia-
ment.
Hence
the
%?le@
aré
requested
to sirikesthis
paragraph
from
their
de-
CHRISTIANSTED.
V.
1. U.
S.
A..
TUESDAY 13tH
JULY
1920,
mands,
it being said
that
. therwise
the
(Germans
might
not
be
able
ta
continue
the conference.
London,
July 9th.- -The
Council
of the
League
of
Nations
met
in
orivate
ses-
sion
1n
St.
James
Palace
today
with
re-
ferenes
10
the:
f3i998
of
the Aland
Is-
lands.
Washington,
July
9th.
Hearings
lln
deportation
proceedings
against
Ludwvig
C.A K. Martens,
Soviet
agent
in the Uni-
ted States,
have
been
postponed.
London.
July 9th
—Lord
Dewar
when
leaving
tfor
the
America’s
Cup
races
made
the
Interesting
reveiation
ihat
Sir
Thomas
Lipton
has
imade
provision
in
his will for the struggle
for the cup
to be
continued
17 he did
not succeed
1n
restor-
ing the
trophy
to
England.
New York,July 9th.--The
inauguration
ofa campaign
for
a
Federal
Constitu
tionai
amendment
making
divorce
Ini-
possible
in the (inited States
was announec-
ed today by
the Rev. pi, Waker
Gwynno,
(General
Secretary
of the Society
for
the
upholding of
the
sanctity
of
marriage.
A
vigorous
propaganda
will
be
-~arried
on,
sald
Dr. Gwynne,
to extend
the
mem-
bership
of
the
organization
to
every
Christian
denominavion
in
the
United
States
and
ministers
¢f every
creed
will
be urged
to refuse
to perform
the
mar-
riage ceremony
for any
person
that
has
been
divorced.
NEW
YORrK.
Jgly
6th
1920
lour,
Blendad
Clearsist.
Lawrence
Frand
px* brl.
$13.50
Meal,
Kilndried
per
300 Ibs
$4.30
New
Season’s
Pork
per bri.
$39.00
Heavy
Mess
Pork ;)e,ti?;_‘:i.
S3B. 00
Sugar---Crystals
maximum
per
100
lbs
$18.56.
Molasses
Sugar
892
test,
no
quotatior.
Cotton,
Middiing Upiand,
at
i.iverpool
per
Ib. 25
12-100 d.
:
mxchange,
New
Yorkk
and
London,
60
days’
sight
$3.89%
mxchange
New York and
London,
sight
$3.94%
LUNDON,
July 6th
1920.
Sugar,
Demerara
®rystals,
Govt.
con-
trolled price
for sely.
Duty
paid
per
cwt. 1465.
3d.
Sugar-Demerara
Crys:iais,
(free
of Govt.
conirol) duty paideper
ewt.
150s.
(cd.
Mosc'gv_go
Govt.
eontroiled
price
for
. Juf?y
duty paid
141s.
6d.
Moscovado free
of Govt.
controi
duty
.
paid 110s.
od. 1%03.
od.
Sugar
Muscovado,
(free’
of Govt. control
price for July).duty paid
per ewt.
150 s.
0d
German
Beet 887/¢ Ko.b.
1o
sales
White
Java
sugar-eeif
Unites
Kingdon
% lv.').
159
.
1295.
00d.—1308.
Od
Demerara
Rumn,
per
gal.
nominal.
I'rinidad
Cocoa,
Good Middiing
Ked
y¢r
cwl
abs
Od.
Us:
Od,
Cotto
Medrum
Fine
Sea
island,
at
1
¢rpooi
per
Ib.
nominal
Bank
of England
rate
o1
Discount
yar
cent.
7.
'
e
‘Lonsols
474,
Tnree
per
cen:
renies
in Paris,Fes.
56.75.
All prices
subjeet
to correction.
°
" üblication:
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:
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L1
e
li
ils
hereby
brought
to public
no
tice that the Government
has,
this
date, authorized
Rev.
WALDEMAR
IVAN
RUTAN
to
perform
civil-
religious
functions
in the Municipal-
Ity of ot. Croix.
izovarnment
of
the
\/er‘gf'il'x [slands
of
the
United
State®
St.
Thomas
R .July
1920.
C. C.
TIMMONS.
Government
Secretary.
PURSUAE\"{'
to
Ordinance
of
August
-
19th
1874
it is hereby
made
known
that I have
received
announcement
from
Mr. Robert
1.
Merwin, of
Frederiksted,
who
is doing
business
under
the
Firm
name
of Robert
L.
Merwin
& Co.,
that
during
his
temporary
absence
fro...
the
island
he
‘has
appointed
his
son
Mr
Miles
Mer&:n
of
Frederiksted
to
:zet
as
his
Attorney
B
The:
Police
Office.
Frederikst
d,
St
Croix,
July
9th
1920
WILH.
JENSEN.
000
STNHIET
K\)UMQ 10 Lkl
at
Mrs.
VIGO
SHELE’S
Property
No
17 King’s Street,
“'hristiamsted.
APARTMENTS
ON TOP-FLOOR.
1 Bedroom,
sarge
Parlour.
Dining Room,
Pantry—iceluding
facility
of
rain
and
well
water,
«
’.M.¥
9
ENT
el
o
.
TEN
X1
Y
.
9
§
Thh
otore of No. 41 King’s
Street
at present
occupled
by the
firm
of
Mr.
O.
Creque,
will be
vacant
o
i
a
i
on the Ist of August.
For particlars
please
apply
to
.
B SVITZER