gramme
wi!l be presented,
and is expect-
to attract
a full house.
Frederiksted,
Oct. 4th
1919.
The
Mail schooner
‘'Virginia’’ arrived
here
this
morning
at
2
o’clock,
with
about
18 bags
of mail
and
the following
passengers:
From
Forto
Rico
William
Brown.
From
St. Thomas:
James
Brown,
Wal.2r
F. Horton, Charles
Small.
The
S. S.
“‘Parima’’ arrived this after-
noon
at
one o’cloeck
from
Winward
Is-
lands
with the fcllowing passengers:
From
Barbados:
Mr. and
Mrs. Elliot,
Mr. and
Mrs.
Drayton,
Mr. H.
N.
Dix.
From
Dominica:
Mr..
W.
F.
Gonda,
Mr.
M
Gilberg.
From
Guadeloupe:
Constatine
Kefalor.
From
St.
Kitts:
Mr.
F.
A.
Burt.
Margaret
Bailey,
Er-
nest
George,
Mary Caines,
Louisa Hazel,
and
2 children.
To Th> Editor The ‘*Avis’’.
-
Dear
Sir!
:
Do vou not
think
the
‘‘Th~
Herald’’ is exceedingly
and unjustifiably
pessimistic
over the Sugar-question,
when
taking into consideration
the
actual
con-
ditions
existing,
and
the
resources
we
can
positi-ely
build
upon
for
main-
taifing our local supply for the next
two
and
a half or even
three
months?
In the
op nion
of
many
persons
fully
acquainted
with the situation
and
having
the experic Ice whereby they can
be
con-
‘sidered
as
compz.ent
judges;
the
Edi-
tor of ‘“The Herald’’ has
gone
the
wrong
way
to
hep
the
cause
he is seemingly.
desirous
to help; and has really damaged
it, by opening
the eyes of
the
unserupu-
lous high profiteering
shopkeepers,
who
as
soon
as
his gloomy idea
of
the
condi-
tions prese.ted
a chance
to
them,
went
at once
to vrork, took advantage
of
what
they
consic
ered
their
opportunity,
and
advanced
ti.e price of this article of food-
stuffs.
There
arc two reasons particularly, why
there
shoul | be
no fear
of Sugar
reach-
ing
so
exobitant
a
figure
as that
pre-
dicted by ‘' The
Herald’’.
The
first
is,
that Decem
jer is only two months off, and
the
unprec:dentedly
favorable
weather
we
have
bh2en
getting during the
past
four
months,
has
so well advanced
the
growth of
our canes
that
sugar-making
must
be started by that time.
The
sec-
ond
reason
is, that
our
Sister-Island,
Porto Rico (which should
be glad to help
us in Sugar
whilewe keep
in live stock for
their
meat aeeds)
is still fairly supplied
with Sugar, and
is indeed
now
helping
us
as recent
receipts
from that place can
prove.
Porto
Rico also
begins
crop
in
December.”
Where: then is the likelihood
of such
a shortage occurring
during
the
next
two
or
three
months,
and
what
then
is
the reason
for
fearing
‘what
““The Herald’”’ would scare
us with?
.
Some
over.ons
areof
the opirion
that
the name
of the writerof a “contribution
to a
newspaper
is at all times and
under
all
ecircumstanees
absolutely
necessary,
sl. Rl
iX ANV ]S
and
they
unwisely
desire
to
maintain
that
no matter
how
well and
truthfully
a
matter
may
be argued,
it
is cf no
ac-
count except
substantiated
by
signature
of
the
real
name—while
others
look
chiefly upon
the matter and care little for
the
name.
Often
it has
occurrad,
that
the
writing
over
a4 ‘‘nom de
plume’’ is
of some
weight because
the writer has
his
subject well-handled,
and
manitests
his
knowledge of it while
on
the otker hand,
the man who
so delights
to see
the effect
produced
by
his
name
on
the public,
is
afterwards
more
ashamed
thaa
other-
wise
of what he elicits
for
his embition.
Yours faithfully
A CONSU MER.
Christiansted,
Oct. 4th.
1919.
-
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX
STATION.
Berlin, Oect.
Ist.——The
German
Nation-
al
Assembly
re-opened
here
yesterday
and passed
the emergency
budget through
all
its
stages
without
debatc.
Gustav
Noske,
Minister
of
Defence,
-old
the
Committee
on
Military Affairs
that
the
German
forces
which
were
recently
about 400,000,
are being rapidly
-educed,
as enlistments
are forbidden,
aid-many
soldiers
are
leaving
the
ranks,
finding
opportunity
for work.
The tudzet
com-
mittee’s billsncluded
the apvlication for a
fresh
ecredit
of 15,000,000
mark; for the
execution
of
the
peace
trea'y,
and
1,439,000,
marks
for
the
army.
Herr
Noske
pleaded
events
in the
East
was
the
rcason
for
not
reducing
expendi-
tures.
Paris,
Oct.
Ist.——The
Jugo-Slas
Press
Bureau
in Paris
says
it is
auth-ized
to
declare
that
contrary
to
the
assertions
of
Gabriel
Dannunzio,
the
Jugo-Slav
Government
never
intended
t>
enter
Fiume
by
force.,
and
never
m:de
any
military preparations
to
that
end.
It
adds
that Danrunzio’s assertions
are
the
merest
excuse
for consumption
alt road.
Paris,
Sept.
30th.—The
blocliade
of
Germany,
which
was threatenzd
by
the
Allies
n case
the German
troops
of Gen-
eral
Von
Der
Goltz
were
not
r2moved
from the Baltie region,
begirs today,
ac-
cording
to
the
‘‘lntransigeant’.
No
food-ships,
it declares,
will be
permitted
to start for Germany
until furthe:
orders
are issued.
Vessels
now
on
the way
to
Germany,
however,
will be
permitted
to
proceed
to their destinations.
Basle,
Sept.
30th. —The
efforts
>f Gen-
eral
Von Der
Goltz to
‘‘make hi:
troops
evacuate
the Baltic
having
failed’’, says
a
Berlin
despatch
received
here
today,
“The
G rman
Government
has
Jlecided
to recall him definitely’’.
Washington,
Oct.
Ist.—The
State
De-
partment
‘last night made public
tae text
of the
note of
the
Supreme
Council
at
Paris,
calling
on
the
German
Govt.
to
comply immediately
with
the
order of
Marshal Foch,
requiring
the
eva:uation
of all German
troops
now in
the
Baltic
provinces
under
the
penalty
of the
im-
niediate- restoration
of
the
German
blockade.
The note follows:
It its note
of Sept.
30th.
the
German
Government
ende~voured
to
evade
the
engagement
above referied
to by
pretexts
which
the
Allied and
Associated
Powers
were
un-
able
to consider
the Allied and Associated
Governments
do
not
admit
that
the
German
Government
can,
in
order
to
avoid
responsibility
ircumbent
upon
it,
shield
itself
behind
alleged
inability
to
enforce
obedience
of
its
orders
by
troops
in
the
Baltic
regicns.
They
therefore
request
the
German
Govern-
ment
to
proceed
without
delay
to
the
evacuation
of the
German
troops,
staffs
and services
in¢cludea
now in
the
Baltic
provinces.
The
German
Government
will
immediately
take
the
necessary
steps
to
withdraw
from
the
aforesaid
boundaries
all
German
offlcers and
sol-
diers
who
have
enlisted
since
the
de-
mobi'ization
of the Russian
corps
organ-
ized.in
the
said
Baltic
provinces,
and
withhold
authorization
for
and
s‘rictly
forbid
enlistment
in
said
corps.
The
evacuation
must
be started
immediately,
and
must
continue
without
interruption.
The
Allied and
Associated
Governments
hereby
notify that unless
they are
saus-
fied
their demands
are being
effectively
executed,
they
will
not entertain
any
of
the
applications
put
forward
by
the
German
Govt.
for
the
supply
of
food-
stuffs
and
raw
material.
They
have
consequently
given
instructions
not
to
proceed
with the
examination
of
any of
these
applications
in
the
event
of
nen-
compliance
on
the
part
of the
German
Goverrment,
the
Allied and
Associated
Powers
will take such
measures
as
they
shall
judge
necessary
to
enforce
the
aforesaid
terms
of the armistice.
Washington,
Oct. 2nd.—President
Wil-
son
was
not
so well
this
morning,
and
Admirial
Grayson,
his
personal
physi-
cian, has
called
in consultation
Dr. Der-
cun,
a Neurologist of Philadelphia.
Ad-
miral Grayson
issued
the
following
bul-
letin at 11 a. m.:—'“iLhe President
had
a
fairly good night but his condition
is not
at all good this morning.
Cincinnati
Ohio.
Oct.
2nd.—The
Cin-
cinnati Red
tightened
their grip
on
the
World’s
Series Fiag
today
by defeating
the
Chicago
White
Sox
by
d4to
2
As
they also won the opening
game
yester-
day, they need but three
more
games
to
land the series.
New York, Oct. 2nd.—King
Albert
of
the Belgians, Queen Elizabeth
and Prince
Leopold
received
a
noisy
welcome
at
New York when arvused
at
dawn
by the
firing
of
salutes
and
the
blowing
of
whistles
as the
transport
George
Wash-
ington
steamed
past
the outer
harbour
for directions.
New York,
Oect.
2nd.—Admiral
Lord
Beatty will visit the
United
States
soon,
according
to
Captain
Geoffrey
Blake,
Naval Attache
to the British
Embassy
at
Washington,
who arrived
here
today
on
the steamer
Royal George.