, 1913-12-13
ST. CROIX STATION.

the R0VAl PrluC6S Witnessed tue paraio u
the First I3fantry Battalion on the one hun
dred and fftieth anniversary of its creation.
The deaths are announced Of Inspector Of
Copenhagen Prisons Grooming. AMI former
member Of the Landsting Herr Simmons Yes
terguard.
Tue King paid a visit to Kjerteminde on
the five Eundredth anniversary of its founda-
tiOn.
The "Bintang'' left PorIli nd on the eighth,
and the "St. Croix' left London yesterday.
London, Dec. 12th-Mr. Samuel, Post
Muster General, ia the course OF a speech at
Lotus, stated that there was great danger
ia the next general election OF three corner
ed contests, and he therefore suggested that
the various parties should agree upon an
allotment to each other Of certain DIVISIONS.
The international Conference on safety Of
life ut sea hus not approved OF the prlnclpIe
0. boat s for all. The committee proposes to
tie congress that boats for three quarters OF
lno maximum number aboard should be car
RED and that RATS should be provided for the
rest. The British Seamen's Union demands
that two able seamen he allotted to each boat
and opposes q compromise suggestion allowing
lie boat crews to be taken from any part of
the ships %personnel, arguing that stewards,
cooks, and tiremen are incompetent for such
duty. 1t is, however. claimed that two sea-
men for each boat would overman steamers,
especially if passengers were few.
The death is announced of Mr.. Standby
Toughton, the well known dramatist.
The submarine c.. II sank in Plymouth
Sound, following upon a collision with q
barge this being the first submarine sunk
without fatality.
Advicps from Belfast state that the Gus
toms officials of that port and at Fleetwood
have male many seizures of arms, ell route
from Bremen aud Birmingham to Ireland,
including one consignment of fifty thousand
rounds of ammunition. Every package and
even women are being searched.
The Euphratos' barrage, comprised in the
Mesopotamia Irrigation scheme of Sir Will
liam WIlcocks, is to BE- opeued to-day. 1t
is designed for the conversion of Mesopota-
mia into a Sc onl Egypt, restoring the ferti-
lily OF the traditional garden of Eden.
Advlces from Paris state that NJ. Doumer-
gue's Ministerial declaration does not refer
to the new ioan, except to say that taxation
upon democratic principles, tnc.ullng u tax
upon acquired wealth, Will be subnltted,a and
that tie income tax will be levied upon
every source Of jnco ne, including Rentes.
The three years military service law will be
enforced. It is expected the Ministry will be
shortlived.
Telegrams from Christiauia state that the
Nobel Prize for 1912 has been awarded
to Mr.. Root, United States Senator, who has
also been selected as a member of the Court
of Arbitration to "djudicato upon the Brit
ish, French and Spanish Claims regard
ing damages by revolution i'll Por-
tugal. The Peace Prize for 1913 has been
awarded to Senator La Fontaine, Of Bel
gium, who was formerly President of the
Peace Bureau. At Stockholm, King Gustav
presented Nobel Plizes TO three Professors,
namely NJ. Ommes, of Leyden, for physics,
Nj. Richet, OF Paris, for medicine aud Herr
Werner, of 2 lr,ch, for chemistry.
Dispatches from Madrld state that SPANS
second most important bank, the HiSplno
Americana, is embarrassed, largely by It's