fe/r
moments
on what
the
Honorable
(/nairman
has
said
regarding
the
occa-
sion of my Twenty-Fifth
Anpiversary.
1
want
to
say
to you
that it would have
been
a pleasure
to Mrs. Kittelle and
my-
self to have
many of our
friends ir
this
island
present,
but
sorry
it couldn
e
made
possible
as
a
recent
drastic
order
from Washington
made it impossible
for
me ‘e use
the 'Vixen’’on such occasions.
I regret
that that intention could
not
be
carried
out—to send
the **Vixen’’to
ca:-
ry
as
many
as
could
come.
However,
the Colonial Council was
represented
by
‘1
member
and the public by another
gen-
tleman.
I thank you for the
warm
pro-
testations.
I
am
looking forward
to
your
work
with much interest
on the tax bill.
I had
the pleasure
of sending
to the
President
recently
the
tax
bill as
passed
by
the
St.
Thomas
Colonial
Council
Human
work isnot certeir,
but
1
have
told
the
President
that
1 was sure
1
would
send
him one from St. Croix at an early
date.
Ithas
been placed
before
you
for
some
time
now, but | know the problems
here
are
different to that of St. Thomas.
1 have very recently
finished
the
pre-
paration of the budget for the coming
fis-
cal vear and
the
Government
Secretary
is preparing
to forward iv to you through
the
usual
channels.
As you know
this
is a hard year; the Income Tax
has
fall-
en forty percent
in the United States
be
low
what
it
was,
here
it
is
even
more.
Taxation
is
a
disagreeable
sub-
ject to all of us.
Howeverit was
a great
pleasure
to
to be granted
permission
to
pay
mvyf
ncome
tax
into
the
local
Treasury,
ch is a help to the revenues
of
the island® though I do not draw
one
cent from the island.
You
may
have noticesl recently
that
I
issued
an
executive order
to
teach
the
Constitution
of the United
States
in the
schools,
[ want
to make
swe
that
the
coming
generatior
understands
the
in-
strument
upon
which
our government:
is
based.
From
a few
straggling
colonies
on the sea
coast
we have
grown
to be
one
of the greatest,
if not the greatest
pow-
ers.
There
is- not
a single
nation
that
cgpd
say that the
United
States
is
not
{zir and
just to all.
We have
our faults,
and many of them, yet we are
doing our
best
where fairness
and justice are
con-
cerned.
There
is a great
deal of unrest
throughout
the world; monarchies
have
heen
overthrown
in Europe and that bas
resulted
in the destroying
of farms
and
the
starvation of children;
this is due
to
a
communist
form of Government,
the
teaching
of which is spreading
through-
out the world, soI consider
it
necessary
to give special
aitenticn
to
the
teachirg
of the Constitution
of the United
States
in the schools.
.
I found
when
I came
here
that
the
duties
of the
Executive
Department
of
the Government
and its various branches
were
not
clearly
defined
so
I
iesued
an executive
order
defining
these
cu-
STAoA
v
ties,
1
also
issued
an
exccutive
order
e:tablishing
the
Department
of
Public
Welfare, I did this so that
all
minor
de-
tails mightsbe ear=d for.
lam
going
to
_«d
to
yvu
the
order
which
you know
very well (His Excellency read
an extract
from
an
executive
order
regarding
the
Department
of Public Welfare)
und
con-
tinuing,-—What I want
to
ask
you
gen-
tlemen is, that you do everything in your
power
to assist
the gentle ran
in
charge
to carry
on his
work.
1 won’t keep
you
any loncer, I thank you.
Tne Governer
then
left
the
meeting.
(To
be continued.)
PLOCAL.
On
Wednesday
April the
26th,
the
Despatching
Secretary
Mr.
C. E.
Rap-
polee,
on behalf of the Roosevelt
Memori-
al
Association
of America,
presented
to
each
classroom
of
the
Frederiksted
Publi~
Grammar
School
a
beautifully
framea
Hieture of ex President
Theodore
Rooseveit
In
making the
presentation
he gave
a shoft aldress
on the life of the
President
to all the pupils
assembled
on
the school grounds,
touching
very vivid-
ly
upon
his
characteristics
as
a
states-
man.
sollier and
stucent.
Mr. Fappolee’
also
ccmplimented
the
children
and
their
‘eachers
upon
the
exceller ; appearance
of their school.
We have been
asked
to
mention
that
the Native Brass
Band
will give
a
con-
cert
on the Wharf tonight.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
_ar-ie-duc,
France
April 24th—M. Pc-
.neare
announced
in a
speech
today that
if
the
French
delegation
could
not
go
ahead
with
its
work
under
the agreeu
condititions,
France
would
regretfully
have
to cease
participation
in
the Genca
Conference.
Genca,
April
24th—Telegraphing
to
the ‘‘Times’’ after recounting
Mr Lloyd
George’s
utterance
of Saturday,
to
the
effect
that he
was getting
tired of crises
ard that if they
continued
he
would be
forced
to
explain
who was
responsible
for them,
Mr. H. W.
Steed
said.
“'Con-
versing with some of the delegates,
Mr.
Lloyd
Ceorge
declared
that
if
France
broke
up
the
conference,
she
would
bring on
an European
war and
England
would
take
no part
sand
France
would
end
by teing
crvshed.
He
was
deter-
mined
to show
wheie
the blame lay.
It
was
peinted
out by Lim
that this wes
a
catastreple
policy
¢rd
thet
if France,
Englend
and ltaly and the little Entente
hold
together,
they
were strong
encugh
to
detach
Geimany
ircm
Russia
and
ultimately deal with the Russian
questicn
on its merits’’.
Bar-Le-Due,
France,
Agrril
24th.—-
Fr:nce
will,
if
necessary,
undertake
alone
to see
that the treaty of
Versailles
is” executed,
if the
Germans
defr
* in
their reparations
pay nents,
M
Poiucare
intimated
in an
important speech
before
the general council of the
department
of
the Meuse here tolay.
The 31st of May,
when
the
Germans
must
either
accept
the
conditions
laid down
by the
repara-
tions commssion,
or default in their pay-
ment,
is
an important
date
for
France,
said
the Premier.
It is France’'s du'y
he
added,
in
full
independence
tn
assune
the duty of maintaining
the
integrity of
the treaty.
‘'All we have ever
asked
and
all we ask today is
the
execution
of tle
treaty’’, said
M Poincare,
‘‘and
that
wt
must
have and
shall have it.”” The future
and
our national
prosperity
depend
upon
it. It is not by precip tate
action
or
by
decisions
without reflection
that
we will
obtain
it
It is by
persevering
and
meth-
odical action.
But }f ~»st be done’’.
Tb
premier declared
he
ardently
hoped
the cooperation
of the allies, in case
many defaulted,
‘‘tut according
tc
treaty’’ he added
"‘each
may
in
ce
need,
take respectively
such
measv
are deemed
necessary,
and
we sha
suffer
our
unfortunate
country
tc
cumb
under
the
burden
of
repar
alongside Jof
a
Germany
that
dos
make
the necessary
effort
or
disc.
her debts.
We shall defend
in full
1.
pendence tte French
cause,
and
we sh.
not,?bandon
any
arms
the
treaty
gives
us.
'
Genoa, April 25th.—Mr. Lloyd Ge
cge
asked
the English
press
to
advis
eir
public
not
to put
any
faith
ir
.atit
reads
in
the
‘‘London
Times’
)r
the
‘‘l.ondon Daily Mail’’ on
the
sject of
the Genoa Conference.
The P
ne Minis
ter affirmed that
the
‘‘Daily Mail’’ had
published
a
statement
saying
that
he
had conferred secretly
with Leonid Kras-
sin,
one Jof
the
Russian
delegates,
and
had promised
hitn to
cancel
the Russian
war debts.
This
statement,
with much
more
of the same
nature,
which MrLloyd
George
declares
to be false,
has appeared
in two papers.
Warsaw, April25th.—The Russian
Sov-
jet Government
has
sent
a note
to Poland
asserting
that
Poland
has
violated
the
traaty of
Peace
with
Russia
signed
on
the 18th March,
1921,
at
Riga
and
the
agreement
of the
Baltic
Entente
signed
at the sane
place
on
the
30th,
March,
1922,
by participating
in
negotiations
at
Genoa
questioning
the
right of Russia
to
negotiate
treaties.
New York, Aoril 24th.—Messers
J.
™.
Morgan
and
C
mpany
announced
late
today
that
they
would
offer
tomorrow
a
one
hundred
million
dollar
Govern-
ment
loan for the
Dominion
of Canada.
The bonds,
which will bear
five per cent
interest
and
will
run for
a thirty year
period,
will be offered at
par and the in-
terest
from the proceeds
will be used by
the Canadian
Govt to
refund the debt of
the Dominion
Govt.
B
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