ed
to the Harbor by officers
of the Navy
who
had
been
stationed
here,
ma"ing
‘special
mention of
Admirals Oman
and
Kittelle,
Commander
White
and
Lieut.
Timmons.
After responding
to
several
inquiries from the visitors,
Mr. Corneiro
gave
place
to
Mr.
Leroy Nolte,
of
the
Committee
of
the
Council
who
had
framed repcrt
on
Harbor
matters
also.
Mr. Nolte preceeded
the reading of his
report
by
an address,
in which
he
most
appropriately
included
words
of hearty
welcome
to
the
distinguished
guests,
whose
visit, he stated,
was
sure
to bring
ahout
beaefits
to the islands,
and took
oc-
casion
to
info'm
his hearers
that
little
he=d
should
be paid
to the
propazanda,
abroa
1 against
tne ad ninis'ration
by
Na-
val oficors.
He
then
read
the
report,
a
cortain
paragraoh
of
whien
he
asged
to
be incerpr :'ted
as
a
vote of econfidznce
in
the
almiiistration.
Voried
and
many
were
the querries
then
put
to Mr.
Nolte,
but
he
dispas>2d
of
them satisfactory
to
tie
purpose
of the
report.
Oneor
two
questions
coicerning
irrigation
were
asked by
a visitor, and
re:ponded
tu
by
M . Boschulte.
Member
Pail.
Gom~z also
gave valuabie
data.
Owing
to
the limited time,
the
paper
introduced
by Mr. Nolte was the only one
read
of
the
many
prepared
by
the
St.
Thomas
Council,
copies
ot each,
however
having
been
furnished
every memoer
of
the Party.
The efforts of
both Councils
were
well
sustained
and furthered byt
e Governor,
wno at
one time seam=a
to be
a *arget for
tne inquairies of the
Senators
and
Repre-
sentatives.
The
Governor,
with wonder-
ful aceuracy,
answered
a number
of ques-
tions,
and brilliantly defended
the appeal
from the islands.
The
Governce's
attitude
won for
him
the gratitade
of all
vresent,
a sentiment
that
surely
finds
echo
in
the
heart
of
every
native
Judge
Curry,
of St. Croix, who
took a
strong
stand
on
the unfairaess
ot
apply-
ing
tne 18th amendment
down
here
and
snstained
a brief,
but
lively
debate
on
tne
question
with
one
c¢f
the
Senators,
was
followed
by
Capt.
Blackwood,
on
the same
subject,
the
Captain being
the
last of she
Councils’ speakers.
After
some
very
encouring
words
had
been
expressed
by
a
Senator.
whose
name
we cannot
recall
at this
moment,
the meeting closed
with expressions
from
the Sceretary.
The Bulletin, April 9th.
TELEGRAMS.
ST. CROIX STATION.
London, April 10ch.—Sir Phillip Lloyd-
Greme
President
of the
Board
of
Trade
s, aking in the House
of Commons
to
a
motion
for fostering trade with the British
Dorwinions, pointed
out that British
trad-
ers
had
a great opportunity to trade with
Canada,
as
against
the
United
States,
owing
to
the
economic
conditions
pre-
2 F {ll
X A VIS
vailing.
The United
States
was
hound
to
discover
that
ir
was
impossible
to
ad ot
a
policy
of
absolutely
exclusive
pro.:ction
and
at
the
same
time
do
a
great export trade,
and
if in
addition
to
a high tariff the United
States
was
the
fortunate recipient
of gold, through
debt
payments,
there
w#s
no
pessible
doubt
that
sucii
a
country
was
in
the
worst
possible
condition
to
do
a
large export
trade.
Therefore,
the
minister
conten-
ded,
it
was
a
vital
momen:
for
mer-
chants
to
seek
a
wav
into
markets
in
which
there
had
been
United
States
competition.
The
fact that Great
Britain
was payving her debt
to the
United States
enjoined
thar
sh.
shoiaid
draw
to
the
yrmost
her
raw
1
aterials
from
within
the Kmyire and
as «ttle
as
possible
from
tae
United
States.
Sir
Philip
espeecial-
lv emphasized
that
the
present
position
of d2pendenca
on
the
United
States
for
cotton
supplies
coild
not
be allowed
to
continue.
Great
Britain
had
ready
to
hand
in the
Empire,
soil
on
which
eot-
ton
could
be
grown
and
he
referred
to
the
bill
to
pronote
cotton
grow-
ing
within
the
[Empire
by
means
of
a
levy
on
trade
and
laid
stress
on
the
additiona!
nece2ssity
of
developing
transport,
irrization
and
all
sourc
and
facters
required
in
th2
growi
of
cotton.
The
general
spirit
of
Ine
Government
sp2akers
in the
debate
was
that
the
matrer
was
a
subject
for
dis-
cussion
at
the Imparial
Conference
next
Octover
and that
the
Government
while
whelly in sympathy
wich the
aims of the
motion,
did
not desire
to
go
in
advance
of the conference.
Sir
Pailip
=<aid
that
the
Governmeant
policy
was
couparaie
with
the
Dominions
in
*.aemes
whicen
would accelerate
development,
give open-
T
-~
saw - gigration and
lead
to a general
a-velopment
of the inter-imperial
trade,
with the help of British credit.
The
de-
bate
also
revealed
an aim on the
part
of
the
Government
o
make
stronz
efforts
to develop
the Crown
Colonies
and
to
in-
terest private eaterprises
in
such
devel-
opment,
presumnably
with
the
assisizace
of
British
ecredit.
Mr.
Ormsby-Gore,
Under-Seeretary
of
the
Colouial
Dept.
announced
the intention
of
the
Govern-
ment
to appoint
a committee
to
Investi-
eate
how far it would b
possible
to
In-
terest
private
interests
in
tne
develop-
ment
and
culuivation
of
raw
inateriais
the Empire
mostly
neads,
such
as
flax
and
cotton.
The
strongest
eriticism
came
from
the Labour
benches
and
was
directed
against
the
idea
that
the
un-
e nployment
probiem
could
bz
remedied
by emigration
and 2omplaiining
that
the
Government’s
policy
in
Inda
and
tre
Near East
tended
to destroy
these
mar-
kets for British commodities.
Dublir, April 10th.—Six
men
were
ex-
ecuted
tnis
morning
at
Tu.m,
County
of Galway,
says
a press
association
des-
pateh
from that town.
London,
April 11th.—Sir Gradner
Eng-
leheart,
the
oldest
Engiish
Barrister,
died vesteirdav.
He celebrated
his
100th
birthday
in February.
London, April 11th.-The
Pzll Mall Gaz-
ette yestercay
said it
learned
authorita-
tively that''although
the general health of
Mr.Bonar Law gives
no cause
for anxiety,
the specialists
who
have
been
called
in
hold out
iittle
hope
for
early
improve-
ment
of the stubborn
throat
trouble from
which
he is suffering.
He has
been
ad-
vised
to
give
his
threoat
compleie
rest
and
although
he
hopes
to
be
able
to
answer
important questions,
which
mav
be
addressed
to
him
in
the
House
of
Commons,
he
will
be
unable,
for
tle
present,
to
take
part
in
the
debates’.
London, A:ril 11th.—The
Premier
of
the Australian
Common-wealth
has
an-
nour.ced
that
he
does
not
intend
to
ap-
point
& resident
minister
at
Washington
considering
1t preferable
to have
Austra-
ha’s
diplomatic
representations
mace
through
Creat
Britain,
says
despatches
from
DMelbeurne
todey.
The
Govern-
ment
wiil shortly
appoint
a Trade
Com-
missioner
at New York, but
the appoint-
ment
of a political
representative
is
not
contemplated.
Washington,
Apnl
11th
--The
Gov-
ernment
again
has
made
manifest
its
deep
resantment
at the political
methods
of Lenine
and
Troizky.
As
an
avowed
protest
against
the
execution
of the pre-
late Butehkaviteh,
put
to
death
because
he
opposed
the
revolutionary
doctrines
of the Soviet,
the State
Department
has
withdrawn
the authorizati®
under which
the
wite
of
tne Russian
President
had
planned
to
pay
a
visit
to
the
United
States.
Washington,
April 11th.—New
meas-
ures
to flight the
ram fieet
liquor
smug-
glers,
hovering
off the Atlantie Coast,
it
is learned,
are
being planned
at
prohibi-
tion headguarters
here
and
with
Federal
and State
officials of New York and
New
Jersey.
Use of Naval vessels
and
other
nearby
sources
of iliicit
supply
is
under
consideration
and
upon
the
return
from
Panama
of
the
Naval
Secretary,
Mr.
Denby,
the plan
is
1o
be
discussed
by
the
Prohibition
Comnissioner
with
the
President.
Brussels,
April
11th.
The Government
has
decided
to
adopt
Summer
time,
sim-
ilarly
to Great
Britain,
the cleeks
being
advanced
one
hour
on April 22nd.
London
April
11th.
The K nz has
ap-
proved of
the
plan
to
bestow
the
foun-
ders
medal
ot the Roval Geographical
So-
ciety
on Knud
Rasmussen,
the
Dainish
explorer for his explorations and
research
in the past
25 years.
Dublin, April 11th-—Maude
Gonne Mac-
bride,
one of the
most
active
of the
wo-
men republicans,
was
arrested
together
with
three
other
republicans
today,
while
engaged
in
arranging
a
poster
parade
as
a demoastration
on
behslf
of
hunger
strike irregulars
held by the Free
State.
Mrs. Macßride
and
her
compa-
nions
were taken
to
Kilmainham prison.