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mime,
as
a quar-
antee of good faith.
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iresponsible for the views of his coirrespon
dentsnor
does
he necessarily
endorse
them.
THE
GERMAN U BOAT
Fread
from
the
fear
of
the
official
whip,
the
German
publicists
are
now
giving out information which
would have
deprived
tiem
of
hberty
and
possibly
life less
than
a
year
ago.
Among
the
revelations
are
those
referring
to
the
lorges
amonyg
the
German
submarines
during tne
war.
One
of
the
leading
Berlin
papers
states
that
Germany
lost
198 submarines
daring
the period of hos-
til:ties, Inclading
7
interned
in
neutral
ports
and
14
destroyed
by
their
own
crews.
This
means
that
177
were
sunk
by
the
Allies
or
lost
at
sea,
together
with the three
thousand
men who
rgan-
ned
thenr.
It may
be
stated
here
tnat
the Allied claims
regarding the
destruc-
tion of these
boats
are
greater
than
the
German figures,
in fact they
are placed at
250. But the
most tragicjthing of thewhole
matter
is
the
confession
that
several
thousand| sailors.in
yhis terrible
service
went mad and wdre
committed
to
insti-
tutions for the
insane.
No doubt this is
one of the ezplanations
of
the
mutinous
spirit which spread
through
the fleet and
destroyed
its morle.
The
defeat
in
the
Battle of Jutland at once and
completely
remove
all possibility
of
another
action
nn the open
s=ea,and
the
best oificers and
sallors
were
drafted
for
the
undersea
service.
As the horrors
of
the
submar-
ine life became
known,
the
men
begun
to refuse
service and
at lengtn
all
disci-
pline failed and the Hign Sea Fleet had no
figat ieft in,it which accounted forits
late
surrender
without striking
a
blow.
'The
submarine campaign
was lost long before
the Germans
signed
the Armistice.
The
relentless
pursuit
by
the
Allied Fleets,
the testing devlces,
the depth
bomb, and
the deadly
guns of the destroyers
which
CHRISTIANSTED,
V.
1. U.S. A.,
WEDNESDAY,
I¢ra
SEPTEMBER
1919.
swarmed
the high seas
everywhere
made
the servicea terrble on beyond express-
ion and finally dried
up
the
couvage
of
the German
sailor until h 2 refused
to
tac-
the foe under
any circumstance.
['hen
as
a matter of raz:
no vietocy could
ossibly
have
been
more
decisive
then
the Juciand
Battle proved
to be.—Acadina
Recorded.
GOVERNANCE OF THE CLERGY.
At
a
reeent
sitting
of
the
iocesan
Synod
the
question
oif disciplining
the
Clergy
w~as
discussed
when
the
foHow-
ing resolution
was
passed:-If
the Bishop
shall
have
reason
to
believe,
or
it
be
represented
to
‘him
in writing by
two
or
more parishoners
complaining
there-
of,
tnat
any Clerk-in-Holy
Orders
may
have
been
guilty of
pneglect
of duty,
or
of ab.se
of his
minmsteral
authority,
or
of de!iberate
refusail
toobey
the Car.ons
of
the Diocese
and
the Constitution
and
Rules of
the Sypod,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Bishop
m?his
own
motion
or
on
the
application @
writing of two
or
mor2
parishoners
gomplaining
(hareof,
in iicu
of aetion
under
claus:s
£2-60
of
the
Angliean
Church
Act,
to
summon
such
offendirg
Clerk
betore
hin
sicting
with the
Dean
and
Chanter
as
assessors,
and
to hear.
de.crmire,
and adjudge
the
case,
and it shall
be lawtul
for
him,
if
the charge
be proved,
t¢c admonish,
cen-
sure,
or suspend
for
a month
the offend-
ing Clerk.”’
It was
proposed
as
an amendnent
by
the
Rev. A.
B.
Williams,
seconded
by
the
Rev.
W.
G.
Hutchison,
that
thie
Synad
Council
should
be
the
Bishop’s
assessors
of
Counsellors
in sach
enquir-
les
instead of" the
Dean
and
Chapter,
but the
amendment
met
with little sup-
port and
was subsequgnt'y
withdrawn.
-
Barbados
Globe, Aug.
25th.
"
X
Executive Order No. 4.
HEREAFLER
in sales
of
aleohol
ard
Bay Rum,
the seller
must fully satis-
fy
imself
as
to the ideutity of the
buy-
er.
Section
5 of Executive
Order
No.
1
and Section
5 of Executive Crder
No. 2,
regarding
records
in
sales
books,
are
hereby amended
accordingly.
Government
of the
Virgin Islands
of
the United States,
St.
Thomas,
Septem-
ber, 3, 1919.
J.
W. OMAN.
Governor.
e
No. 207.
Be
1t resolved
by
the
Colonial
Council
Jor St.
Crewr in Session
assembled:
“HAT the
name
''SAINT
CROIX”’
is
.i
the
official
‘name of
this
island
and
the
name
"MUNICIPALITY OF
ST.
CROIX’’
shall
hereafter
be
used
in ’
officially
designating
this
municipality
in any
public voucher,
contract
or docu-
ment.
Thus duly passed
at the
2nd Ordinary
Meeting
of
the
Colonial
Council,
held
Monday,
August
18,
1919.
Christiansted,
August
19,
1919.
D. C. CANEGATA,
RKOBT.
1.. MERWIN,
Secretary.
Chairman.
The
above Resolution
is
hereby
sanc-
*ioned and approved.
Witness
my Haind
and
the Seal
of the
Government
of the Virgin Islands
of the
United
States
at
St. Thomas,
the
27th
day of August
in the year
1919.
J.
W. OMAN.
(GGovernor.
.. URSUANT to Ordinance
of
19th
Au-
=
gust
1874
it
is hereby
made
known
that I have received
announcement
from
Mr. HANS BOJE
that
he
has
purchased
the Firm of JEAN PETERSEN
with
the
Frederiksted
Apothecary Store
and estab-
lishment
and
the
mercantile
business
-
heretofore
carried
on
and
ecombined
un-
der said
firm; that
he will continue
the
said
Apothecary
Store
and
Establish-
ment
and
mercantile
business
under
the Firm of JEAN
PETERSEN
and that
he is sole
owner of the firm
and the only
one
entitlied
to sign
the
firm.
Mr.
A.
E
SCHRQDER,
at
present
residirg
n Frederiksvedy
is empowered
to sign
on ‘behalf of the
firm,
per
pro-
cura.
The
Police
Office,
Frederiksted,
St.
Croix, September
sth
1919.
D.
NOLL.
URSUANT
to
Ordinance
of 19th
Au-
Pgust
1874
it
is
hercby
made known
that
I
have
received
annaquncement
from
Mr. HANS
BOJE,
of
Christian-
sted,
carrying
on the
Christiansted
Apo-
thecary
Store
and
Establishment
and
mercantile
business
in
the
Town
of
Christiansted,
that
he
has
empowered
Mr. A. E.
SCHRODER,
at
present
re-
siding
in
Frederiksted
to sign
on
his
behalf,
per procura,
in all matters
touch-
ing his said lines of business.
The
Police
Office,
Christiansted,
St.
Croix, September
sth
1919.
D
NOLL