, 1912-06-01

most untavourable. Senator Smiths reports
are termed bombastic bosh, and British opin-
ION should await the findings Of Lord AIer-
eeys inquiry. AS an example of the exception
the Daily New regards the statement of
facts irresistible, and, as other British ships
must have S mi!ar faults, the proudest Brit
lsh institution needs overhauling.
Copenhagen, May 31st.-The King has
signed the ST. Thomas Harbour Bill.
The East Asiatic Company, upon the occa-
SION OF the Kings death, presented five hun
bred kroner to the Sick and Children Nurs-
ing Association, ST. Croix.
The West Indian National Bank has de-
clared a dividend of six per cent, selected
Administrator Schmiegelow a Member Of
Council and elected Bank Director Clausen,
vice Geheime Etatsraad Larsen, retired.
Judge W%eIlejus leaves for st. Thomas on
the fifth by Sachsenwald.
The death is announced of Professor and
Medical Historian julius Petersen.
The st Thomas leaves Portland to-day.
London, May 31st-The shipowners have
declined the invitation Of Mr.. Buxton, Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, to a conference
with the strikers. Their answer recites that
last Autumn two agreements and one award
were reached, Ministers signed one agree
ment, work stopped Immediately after the
FIST, agreement the award was ignored and
the second agreement was only tacitly ac-
Cppted. All three agreements are now annull-
ed and q strike ordered without notice to en-
ployers; and shjpowners have no confidence
that present negotiations will be any more
useful. Apparently the s~hipowners are re-
solved to rely upon protection for strike
breakers and ignore the Unions, and the
London Chamber of Commerce has resolved
that such action is desirable, the Corn and
Baltic exchanges also,
The Chairman Of the Shipowners' FEEDER
ton in an interview sad eve are resolve ed
that the men must work upon our toms not
we npon theils." Mr. Goslin@, on behalf Of
the strikers, is equally determined, and Will
pay no attention to to-day,s conference unless
every owner is represented. The docks are
quiet and the food blockade has been brok-
Ell without opposition except jeers. Mr..
Costing addressing ten thousand strikers on
Tower Hill, SAID the mass meeting approved
Sir Edward Clarko's report, but reiterated
that Unionists would not work beside non
Unionists.
The Manager of the Leyland Line denies
the report from Boston, Mass, that Captain
Lord had been dIschaI ged on account Of his
not rescuing the Titanic vjctims,ond explains
that Captain Lord has been relieved
from command Of lhe Californian to attend
Lord Mlcrsey's inquiry.
The operation upon General Booths eye
has been unsuccessful, and he is now totally
blind.
Mr.. Lloyd George, in an address at Swan
sea, repeated his remarks regarding discs
tab|lishment, and accused Welsh landowners
Of turning adrjft nonconformist tenants,
which would be impossible even in Russia.
The matter with England is, there are ten
thousand little Cars holding autocratic sway,
and we must examine into this" The fight,
he added, was full of hope for democracy.
At Il convention of the All for ireland
League at Cork, Mr.. William OBrien, in an
address, declared his readiness to bury The
Ratchet and join the Redmondites in com
pe!ling the Government to make Home
Rule acceptable to Ireland. Mr.. Timothy
Healy stigmotized the financial provisions
of the Home Rule Bill as fraudulent.
Mr., Walter Long will tour Canada in the
Autumn to explain the Unionist view Of
Home Rule.
The Duke Of Fife bequeathed one million
pounds, but details are not published, his
will being treated as royal.
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