IAICRE.
The public is encouraged
to participate
in the diversion
offered tomorrow
as per
program
for boat
races
which
may also
be supplemented
with
athletic
or other
contests.
It is seldom
that
any sport for
general
benefit
is convered
in the towns,
and
it is believed
that many canenjoy
a
pleasant
afternoon.
:
Tomorrow
being
a
legal
holiday there
will be
no issue
of this paper.
Mr. Fred.
H. Howard,
manager
of Es-
tate Morning Star
died
there
last
night
aftera short
illness
from
which
it
was
understood
he
was
reccvering.
.
it
is
requested
mentioned
that
th®
Post
Office here
will be
closed
at 9 a.
m
ot.
Washington’s
Birthday,
tomorrow
22nd.,
and
unless
mail from
St.
Thomas
aryive that day
there
will be
no dispatch
to or from Frederiksted.
There
will be
a regular
meeting of the
Home
Service
“ommiitee
this
afternoon
a
330 o’clock.
NEWS
NOTES.
A subscription
dance
wiil
be
given
at
the Serviee
Club,
Christiansted,
on
the
nigcht
of
February
22nd.
Dancing
will
start
at 9 o’clock.
i
o
.
St. Thomas News
At 5 P.
M.
on
the sth
inst.,
the Com-
mittee
eiected
by
the
Colonial
Council
at informal meeting
previously
reported
by
the BULLETIN,
met
at
the
“om-
mittee’s
rooms
The Tth elected
member,
Jorneiro
pre-
sided.
Presant
were
meinbers
Francis,
Holst,
Moorebead and
Staikemann,
form-
ing the Committee
in its entirety.
The
Chairman
laid
before
the
meet-
ing
th2
advisabiiity
of
e»asuiting
ine
St.
Uroix Jouncil
as
the
initiai.
nove
to°
be
taken,
advancing
the
argument
that
a joint 2ccion
by both
Legislative Bodies
would
certainly
give
more
weight
to
whatever
pl:a
or
vleas
might
be sent
North.
All the
members
concurrved,
and afier
a beief
diseassipa
it was
decided
to ask
tue Chairman
of
our
Council
to
solicit
the
¢o operati®n of St. Croix.
A leiter
to&he aboye
menuened
effect
was accordinzly
sent
the
nex!
day
(Feb.
6) to the
Chairmaun
of the
St. Uroix Joun-
cil,
and
an
answer
has
been
receivaed,
stating
that
a
caucus
of the
members
re-
veal
the
faet
that
our
move
has
toeir
sympatny;
a suggesrion
was offered
rhat
a joint commiitee
trom botn
bodies
con-
fer
with
the
Jovernor
before
taging
action:
and,
depzoadent
on
turther
ad-
vices from
us,
such
a Committee
wotld
s
by
A i
he
appointed
at
a
meeting
on the
12th
wisl
On the receipt
of
this
answer,
which
was
by cable,
the Chairman
of the
Coun-
cil and Committee,
G.
C.
Thiele
and
.C.
Corneiro held
a conference
and
the
lat-
ter was authorized
t
draft and
dispateh
a su
table reply,
which
he did,
a‘cepting
the suggestion
already
stated.—St.
Tho-
mas Bulletin, Feb.
14th.
TELEGR ~ MS.
ST..
CROIX STATION.
Beriin,
Feb.
15th.—The Reichs'ag
to-
day voted confidence
in Chancellor
Wirth.
The
vote
was
230 to 185.
London.,
Feb.
15th.—While
there
has
been
little
alelloration
of
conditions
in
Belfast,
firing
at
intervals
throughout
the day havimg been
almost
as serious
as
vesterday,
adding
consid~rably
to
th=
list of
casualitiez,
the
general._situation
appears
rmuch
more
promising.
Mr.
Winston
Churchilt
was
able
to give
the
House
of Commons
important
news
that
on his suggestion,a
joint commission
had
been
agreed
upon
to investigate
the facts
of
the
border
conflicts.
Lord
Birken-
head,
in the Houst
of Lords.
in making
a
similar
announcement
added
the
opinion
that
he
was not
too
sanguine
in
detecr-
ing in this step,
hope
of rurther
coopera
tion between
Sir James
Craig,
and
Mi-
chazl
Coliins
affording
a
prospeet oi a
Pacific
settlement.
A
fe:ture
of
the
announcements
of both
Mr. Churcaill
and
Lord
Birkenhead
was of
the strong
de-
sire
to
afford fairplay o both Sir
James
Craig and
Mr. Collins who
were declared
to be
acting
under
most
dificuit circum-
stances.
Another
satisfactory
incident
was
the release
of
26 of
the
kidnapped
captives
through
Mr.
Collins
eftforts,
while, according
to Mr. Chu:chill’s state-
ment
in
the
House,
the
Government
evidently
desires
that
the
Northern
Government
should
liberate
the
ftoot-
ball
players
whose
deiention
probably
is the only reason
why
some
of the
kid-
napped
ciptives
are
still
beld.
Mr Col-
iins
had
a
long
conference
with
Mr,
Churchill this
evening.
LLondon.
Feb.
15th.—-Feeiing”
01
th2
continent
is
running
high
against
the
English football a<sociatim
1n ernnection
with th2ir split witn
the
rench
federa-
tion on
the
question
of
the
iaclusion
of
Englisti professionals
in the international
game
against
France,
schedued
v
be
held
at Paris
.'ebruary
23th.
Last
Satur-
day
the
football
association
received
a
letter
from
the French
association,
stat-
ine that it was inopporiane
for France
to
meoe:
a mixed
team of
a naieurs
and
pro-
fessioaals
with
a
e
m of
Frznch
ama
feurs and expressing
ine
desire
to have
the
above
match
wpostponed.
I'he
Bel-
gian football
association
nave
instructed
their ~lubs
to refuse
engazements
with
any ciub connected
with
the
English
as-
sociation
and have
unanimously
resolved
to support
the
French
body.
On behalf
|
of tke English
body it is pointed out that
!
their wish is
(0 send remesentative
teams
|
irrespective
of the
status
of the players
|
and it
the
continentdi
tleam
refuse
to
l
meet
them it will be
continental
fcotball
|
-that
will suffer.
|
London,
Feb.
161bh.— The
West
Incia
.
Cor mittee
state
that
Mr.
Aleck Hamlyn
'
has
been
appcinted
Heonorary Correspon-
|
dent
to the
(Committee
at
Trinidad.
Sir
|
Gilbert
Grindle,
of
the
Colonial Cffice,
|
was entertained
at
dinner
by
the West
'
India Club last night, the
function being
|
presided
over
by
Mr.
Robert
Ruther-
|
ford, Chairman
of the
West
India Corm-
|
mittee
|
New York, Feb.
16th.
The
early raw
!
sugar
market
was
firmer
and
prices
ad-
|
vanced
:o
the
basis
of
2.1/8
cents
for
!
Cuba’s
cost
and
freight,
equal
to 3.756
.
for
centrifugals.
There
were
sales
of
14,000 bags
of Porto
Rico’s late yesterday
+
at 3.54 and
today 91,000
bags
of Cuba’s
|
February
March
shipment
were
taken
|
by
a local refiner
at
3 75.
'The
strength
.\
of
raw
sugar
led
to
a renewed
buying
'
by Wall Street
and Com.nission
houses
in
.
the
raw sugar
fealures
market
and prices
"
at.
middays showed
advances
of
4
to
6
%
points
with
tracing
fairly active.
The
|
marker
tor
refined
was
unchanged
at
|
5.00
cents
for
fine
granulated
There
.
was said
to be fair export enquiry.
Therve
|
were
no transactions
in
refi :ed
futures.
1
London,
feb
18th.
Questioned
in the
'
House
of
Commons
tuday
regarding
in-
.
creased
charges
of British ships entering
-
Portuguese
ports
Mrv. Harmsworth
said
representations
have
Leer
made
to
the
Portuguese
Government
calling attention
to vhe
injury its
legislation
would
bhave
.
on British
shippinz.
Retaliation
in
the
"
form of increased
charges
of Portuguese
ships
entering
Britich ports
was imprac-
ticabie,
he said,
in view of article
13 and
15 of the Anglo-Portuguese
treaty 0f1914
|
whieh provided for reciprocal favourable
|
treatment
in
shipping
inatters.
Mr
|
Harmsworih
understocd
that British ship
’
owners
were
required
ic
pay
duties
in
|
gold,
but
he declined
o
answer
a ques-
[
tion
as
to
whether
(German
capitaiists
|
were
behind
the Gove nmient
to purchase
i
Portuguese
shipping
an¢
whether
t'at
|
had
anything
to
do
with
increased
du-
|
Lies.
:
l
Washinzgton,
Feb.
16th.
—An
earth-
|
quake,
described
as
very severe,
was
re-
!
corded
!ast
nigh:
at
ihe
Georgetown
|
Seismograph
Observatory.
The tremors
|
begar
ai 10.30
last
night
and
lasted
until
|
11.10
with maximum of intensity
ai 10.32
The
Rev.
Faiher
icondorf,
director
of
the observatory,
estimuted
the
centre
of
the
disturbance
to have been
two
thou-
sand
miles of Washigton.
Paris,
Feb.
16inh —Appropriations
of
over
e¢ight
billion
frunes
having
bheen
voted under
the spzeial
1922 budget,
for
expenses
roecoverabie
under
the varicus
peace
treatics,
the
Chamber
of Deputies
today begun
a
discussion
of how the
ne-
cessary
funds should be raised.