, 1912-09-18

officially informed the West Indie Com
mittee that the Governments approval of
the Reciprocity agreement between Cana
ia and Trinidad, British Guiana, Barbados,
ST. Lucia, ST. Vincent, Antigua, st. Kits,
Dominica and Montserrat has been cabled
TO the Government Of Canada.
The people of Belfast are in a ferment
over Home Rule and religion, and the least
thing is liable to cause a conflict. The
Military have been confined to barracks
as a precautionary measure.
The Times recently sent a special cor
respondent to Panama, who reports that
the present insufficient scheme of fortlf-
cation is for the purpose OF guarding the
neutrality of The canal, but that the canal
will only be neutral when the United
States is not a belligerent, and If weakly
fortified will invite attack from any power
fishing to deal the United States a sud
den blow. He also points out that a hos
tile feet could be hidden safe from
American guns behind the islands of Ia
booa and T~aboguilla at the Pacific entrance,
and if a hostile feet commanded the sea
even temporarily, it would have no Difficult
ty in landing troops and attacking some
par, Of the Canals long line, hence 1t IS
elem mat the Qualifications have to be
LARGELY extended and the Uuited States
ragy made strong enough to obVlate all pos
al ility OF losing the command OF the sea.
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain denies the
4Iarmist reports in circulation regarding the
health of her husband.
Alvices from Grenada in Andalusla state
tEa m earthquake has been experienced
Tia ", ~ which a number OF houses were
damaged.
St. Johns, N.F. Sept. 17th-Captain Bart
lett. who formerly accompanied Admiral
D.o,, oo I;o Arofio ayna1itJOn and recently
headed a gold hunting expedition to Balm
Land. has returned, his steamer tue "Alge-
rine'. having been crushed IN the ice and
lost. The ships company walked forty miles
over ice foes to a depot, subsistlng during
the noxt two weeks on four biscuits each
daily, until picked up at Button Point IN
seventy degrees Moth latitude. They found
no gold, but discovered extensive coal de-
posits.
New York, Sept. l7th-A peach orchard
OF 1925, 900 trees has been cut down at Anne
ricus in Georgia, and thousands OF bushels
of fruit wasted on account of romuneratlve
prices being understandable. The stumps are
now being burned, and the land will be used
for cotton cultivation.
London, Sept. 17th-Sugar in stock Oh
the 18th instant was 80, 900 tons. Last year
$4,000 tons.
10 a. m. Barbados, bar 30.15 E. fair.
Dominica, bar 1894 E. clear.
st. kits, bar 1896 N. Z. fine.
~. m. Barbados, bar. 3O,08 E. fair,
Dominica, bar. 1855 e.. N. E. fair.
st. Kits, bar. 29.89 n. e. partly cloudy.
New York, September 18th.
Flour, Winter Clears per barrel @4.25-4.5O.
Meal, Kindred, per barrel $4.25.
New Seasons Pork 10 quotation.
Heavy Mess Pork $20.-S2O3
Crystals per 1OOtbs. 1896
0"6"i' Muscovado 50 test 1OOtbs. 3.06
Molosses Eng, Islds. per gal. no quotation.
Liverpool Cotton, middling Upland, sgd.
Exchange, New York &London, 60 days sight
1929
Exchange New York and London, sight 1852
London, September 18th.
Dem. Crystals los. 3d.-l7s. I'd.
Muscovado, floating terms in
sugar bond, 9s. 9d.-10s. Cd,
German beet SO t. o. b. IFS Sd,
Java Sugar 5000 Gibraltar or Channel for
orders, floating terms, lis. ID.
Demerara Rum, Is. dds. 55d.
Tyiuidad Cocoa, good middling Red,
ar, 100