marble building which stands
as
an ever-
lasting memorial
to the heroic
women
of
the Civil War.
He was
met
and
accom-
panied
to Assembly
§Hall
by the
Chair-
man,-
Judge
Payne,
and
Miss
Mabel
Boardman
where
the entire
audience
of
delegates
and
Headquarters
personnel
stood
to receive
their
President.
Show-
ing
somewhat
the fatigue
and strain
of
these
Conference
weeks,
the
Presidert
wore
a happy
but tired smile
as
he
said:
‘1
think
this
is
the
first
occasion
I
have nad to
turn
to the Red Cross for re-
lief.
lam very sure
that I did
not know
until I was walking up the steps
with my
good
friend, Judge
Payune,
that I would
be
asked
to
say
anything.
But,
I
should
be very much
put out with myself
if
T
could
not
say
a word
of greeting
from
the heart,
without
premeditation,
to such
a body
as
this.
[don’t
know of
any
re'ationship
which
comes
with
the
Presidercy
of the Republic which touches
the
heart and
apreals
to the
inner
man
more intimately than association
with the
American
Red Cross.
““I wish
I could
speak
a
little
more
knowingly
of the work but I
am just
as
proud
of what
the American
Red
Cross
does
as
though
[ were
an
inmate
and
active participant in all its program.
Its
work
is one of the finest
manifestations
of
tihe better
side
of America
that
has
ever
been
shown
to
ourselves
or to
the
world’’.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London, Dec.
31st. —Reports of an
ear-
ly general
election
have
received
great
stimulus
by
the
widespread
publication
of apparently inspired
statements.
That
subject
was the
sole
topic
of
conversa-
tion at a recent
dinner of Cabinet
Minis-
ters, including
Mr. Lloyd George.
The
tide of opinion
now
seems
set
towards
February
as
the
probable
date
of
the
elections.
Political correspondents
almost
unanimously
assert
that all the
principal
Ministers, except
Lord
Birkenhead
and
Mr.
Austen
Chamberlain,
favour
that
date,
the principal
arguments
advanced
being that the last measure
of the Govt’s,
last election programme
will have
been
put into force.
The
Irish
question
wiil
have
been
settled
and
the Washington
Conference
will have added
to
the
pres-
tige of the Government.
London,
Jan.
2nd.—That
Mahatma
Gandhi
remains
the
dictator
of India’s
national
aspiration,
*and
that
his
non-
cooperative
‘‘ponvilence
programme’’
will be
carried
out
during the
ensuing
year, despite
his
failure to
obtain
Home
Rule)
is
the
outstanding
develcpment
of the all Indian
Congress,
which closed
its sessions
at
Ahmadabad
vn December
29¢h according
to
official quarters
here.
Where
the
reports
of the
Congress
and
its
general
effect
on
India’s
millions
are
being
estimated,
it
is
stated
that
Gandhi,
having
remained
consistent
to
s
L. UIV
R
A YIE
his policies,
has
defeated
the
Extremists
of the left, typified by the
Ali Brothers,
and also that
he has been
victorious
over
the right wing element,
which advocated
entering the local
Councils
and
furthe:-
ing the Nationalist
aims
by
constitution-
al
methods,
a
motive
which
had
been
gathering
force, particularly
in
Madras.
Besides
Gandhi’s
dictatorship,
new
as-
pects
of
“he
Congress,
were resolutions
passed
to ‘“‘concentrate
on
civil disobedi-
ence’”’
and
an
attempt
to
define
the
meaning
of
‘‘Swaraj.””
Officials
here
claim
that
both
resolutions
are
confus-
ing, the former
seems
to
be carrying out
of experiments
of non-payment
of taxes
and
volunteering,
as
was
advocated
at
last year’s
congress
in Delhi,ywhile the
latter
is
considered
to
be
Gandhi's
an-
swer
to
the
charges
of
his critics
that
his programme
is entirely
negative,
offi-
cial circles interpret
the home rule
move-
ment
as
an
expression
of
a
desite
for
India to iemain
within
the
British
Em-
pire,
if the British
obey
the
all
India
conceptions.
Otherwise,
a demand
for in-
dependence
is to
be
made.
The officials
point out that
the
question
of an
alterna-
tive
Govt.
in} India
remairs
unanswer-
ed.
The resolutions
concerning
‘Swaraj’
is as follows:
As
doubts
have
been
ex-
pressed
as
to the
precise
meaning of the
term Swaraj.
The Congress
declares
that
in the event of the British people making
common
cause
with thegpeople
of
India
in
securing
redress
of
the
Punjab
and
Halifat
wrongs
it does
not
wish
to
de-
clare
complete
independence,
but if
the
British Govt: remain
hostile the congress
willstrive to oppose
all
connections
with
the :English,
and
will
declare
complete
independence.
it
was
assured
by
cffi-
cials
closely
conneccted
with
the
India
Office
that they
depreciated
statements
made
by ‘‘lndian Propagandists’’
in
the
United
States,
concerning
events
in
In-
dia,
it was impossible,
they
declared,
to
send
code
messages,
such
as that
made
public
in Washington
irom
India.
The
storm
of
the
declaration
of
an
Indian
republic
was based
on the
opening
ad-
dress
at a Moslem
conference
in
session
at
Abmansbad,
where
the
advocates
of
violence
voiced
a
programme
which
the
all Indian Congress
rejected.
Dublin,
Jan.
2nd.—One
of
the
nar-
rowest
majorities
in favour
of ratifica-
tion
of
the Irish
treaty
was
recorded
on Saturday
by the
Cork
Council,
which
voted
15
to
14,
at
a
meeting
specially
summoned
by
the
Lord
Mayo:
after
a
ratification
resolution
was
carried
by
the Donegal
County
Council,
one of the
members,
Mr.
Duffy,
formally
pre-
sented
his
resigna.ion
saying
he
was
unable
to
accept
the
treaty,
but
rea-
lized
that a great majority of his
consti-
tuents
desired
- ‘"“cativn.
The
Cavan
County Cer
IV, and the
™nrerary Council
were an...
J'PS
majori
,
bodies
adopt-
ing resolutiu:isi favorr of ratification.
Owing
to the uncertaintyof Ireland’s
future,
recruiting
has
been
suspended
temporarily
to
all
Irish
infantry
regi-
ments
except the Irisk guard.
London, Jan.
2nd.—ln
the list
of
New
Year
honours
British
Honduras
figures
with
Sir Eyre
Hutson
as
K.
C. M. G.
which honour is also bestoved
upon Mr.
Grindle of the Colonial Office.
Cannes,
January
Ist.—Mr.
Winston
Churechill,
Colonial Secretary,
was
a vie-
tim
of
Mr.
Lloyd
George’s
desire
for
seclusion
yesterday
when
he attempted
to
enter
the
Viila Valetta,
having
an
appointment
with
the
Prime
Minister.
Gendarmes
stopped
him as
he
was
walk-
ing through
the
gates.
Five
minutes of
vain discussion
ended
by
Mr. Churchill
returning
and
telephoning
Mr.
Lloyd
George,
who issued
ins'ructions
that the
Secretary
of the Colonies could
come
and
go as
he please.
-
Paris,
Jan.
2nd. —Commenting
on
the
remarks
of Lord Lee of the
British
dele-
gation before
the conference
on the
limi-
tation
of
armaments
and
Far
Eastern
affairs
at
Washington
‘‘La Liberte’”’ in
an editorial says:
‘‘Lately we have been
witnessing
a series
of
manifestations
in
the English
press
among
the
politicians
tending to represent
us
as
nothing
less
than
unchained
imperialists
capable
of
resuming
submarine
warfare
in
German
fashion’”’.
The editorial finds
Great Bri-
tain “‘over quick to take oense
in
mak-
ing capital
of
an
article
published
in
France
in 1920,
and in assuming
what
is
termed
an isolated opinion ,as
represent-
ing that of the French
Govt.
N
ICE
OTICE.
FROM
Sunday
Bth
i_nst.
Fresh
meats
will
be sold
at
Steele’s
Butchery
at
the following prices
viz:
Veal at
14c. pr.
Ib. for Steak & Roast
T s
O
Shan
& Blow
Tork
' #e
T
Christiansted
6th January.
A. STEELE.
BOXING NOTICE.
SEE
CONTON
in
his
training
camp
AT THE
Christiansted
Theatre
Tuesday
Evening
Jan.
10th
AT 8.15 O’CLOCK
In the final he will box six rounds
with
E
Elliott sparring partner.
GET YOUR TICKETS FARLY.
PRICES::
Reserved
5eat5.................50c,
General Entrance....:
........,25¢.