’; T = / //;:Rx ' (a \ ‘L.) o / { .LY ‘\\\/Q\ 8 7 \\Q ~\\ <. , i‘-?t'f’? . By ‘ L LN SN B STH YEAR CHRISTIANS?ED. V.l U. 3. A., MONDAY 31st MAY 1920. No. 123 THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundoys wnd Holidays excepted) by (. Johansen at the Avis Office. 7 RMS---50 cents monthly wn advance, 2 cents per single copy. Kntered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- ated. St. Crote, V. [ ot bhe U. 8. 4., un der the Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution to this paper will be gliad- Iy received when the same deals with mat- ters of general interest, aid is accompa- nied with the author's naime, us a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STA +ION. (Delayed in transmission.) W eaw. Mae 15th Assaciated Press, The route of tne tenth Bolshevik divi- sion in battle in the region of the mouth of Beresina River is reported in an offi- cial communication issued yesterday. In attempting to escape acress the Unieper the rempants of the division were killed or captured. The:" fighting lasted two days and the Poles also cap- tured four Bolsheviki Dnieper monito- ries fichting for the bridgehead contin- ues. The communique announces that the Bolsheviki have been ordered to re- take she ground east of the Dnieper at any price, but that all Bolsheviki attacks have been repulsed. Much anxiety is felt in Kiev regarding 67 hostages, mostly Pcles, taken by the Bolshe viki during the evacuation of the city and eight or ten hostages picked up by the Bolsheviki since. The hostages were taken across the Dnieper by t-e Belshe- v'ki in the retreat from Kiev. It de- velops that Prince Stanislau Radziwill, personal Adjutant to General Pilsudski, who was reported to have been Killed by a sheil from an armoured' train dur- ing a Bolshevik counter attack _early last week in an aftempt to take Ma- lin. was taken priscner by Cossacks after he was wounded. Prince Radzi- will was taken to the house of a peasant and later killed by the Bolsheviki. His body was covered after the Malin bat- tlo-field had been cleared of the Bol- sheviki. Peasants related the story of his death. ~ London, May 16th. —Associated Press. The King at Buckingham Palace yester- day received Lord Licutenants of Coun- CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE eL Lk D 4 %A ?‘i A } - 5 &.30. THIS EVENING 8.30 §¢% . 1 oy 6 a0 5 iarie Walcamp” In “The Red Glove Episode 9: “A LEAP FOR LIFE". This episode shéws in fu'l extent the jump made by Billie from the 01l derriek o the roof ot a nearby house. Billie learns from Mason North that she has inherited o fortune and that her real name is Willa .Murdau‘gh. Before going to ¢'aim her for tune she has further exciting tilts with Wiley over the Red Glove and narrowly escapes denth from an explosion of T: N. T. on a barge where she has taken refuge. Episode 10: “OUT OF DEATH'S SHADOW” After the explosion of T. N. T. on the barge Billie swims with her rescuer tw safety. She goes to claim her fortune and meets her cousin, the Halsteads, who give her a rather cool reception, since she is dresse_d n over_alls. Wiley determines to marry Billie, and this brings the »nmity of her cousin Angelica Halstead. The plot develop ments areinteresting and the episode closes with an execiting plunge from a bhigh cliff into the sea. .Show concluding with a 2 reel comecy ADMISSION: Reserved eto ™ < ig- -. s o LBL . 40¢. Twn first and two last rows of reserved seats i 30¢ General Entrance........... . Uhs : “hildren 20 and 10g. _ ~ =~ FRESH SUPPLY OFCHOCOLATE ARRIVED. ties, Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts to whom His Majesty had issued his call for the reconstructicn of the territorial volunteer army. The King said in part: ““The formation of a volunteer citizen army is indispensabl2to the safety and freedom of the Empire. No more valu- able proof of our peaccful strength and the soundness of our nafional life and character could be given to the world. Setting an examplé to many nations ana giving proof of confidence and good will to the whole world, we have aban- doned the principle of compulsory mili- tary service to which we were forced to re- sort in the hard times of the war and have returned to the purely voluntary system. The foundations of that volun- tary principie must ea territorial army strong enough to enable the regular forces to move about the Empire as ecir- cumstances require. It must be strong enough also, if new dangers of a most serious kind confront us, to secure us the breathing space aecessary to_ enable the full strength of the people of the Empire to be organized for its defence’’. It has been asserted recently that recru- iting for the territoriai army has been proceeding slowly thlgughout the coun- try. Mr. T.- Winston Churchill, when questioned in the Commons, gave qualified assgertion that the proposal was turning out satisfactorily. [.ondon, May 16th.—The Central News says that an agreement was reached on the coal question at the FKraneco-British (etiference in Hythe by which France will receive 45% of the coal exported from KEngland. The rate will remain unchanged but a scheme of freightage and certain economies will be effeeted. London, May 16th.—The Hor. W. A_ Watt, the Australian Treasurer ncw vic iting London, has an article in the Sun- day Times declaring the Australian con. ception of Empire is inseparably inter woven with not only fuller and more in- terdependent commereial intercourse he- tween the Mother Country and the o- minions, but a readiness to promote this by fisea! adjustment: Citing the Federal Tariff A