SQLite query error?

Question

Java

I connect the database:

class.forName("org.sqlite.JDBC");
Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlite:/root/dir/plugins/file/base.db";
Statment st = c.createStatment();
System.out.println(st.execute("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS a(name TEXT NOT NULL)")) ;

Returns false. What to do? The table created in the first.

UPD: the base is located along the path: /root/dir/plugins/file/base.db.