From
another
officer of
the
I.:ague:
dated
5/4/.9;
“"We also
intend
making
public
the
names
of 4.l
womzn
of
the
better
elass
who associate
with
mavines’'.
..
..
T'he above
correspondence,
and
espe-
cially the last guoted,
male
me
(o
look
cn
the activities of the Leag
'e
wi:h sus-
picion, fearing lest
a wrong
step,
hough
well mzaning,
should injure
the
e:
use of
tae
ceople,
whien for
four
vears
[
had
labored
quieily
but
s-eadily,
dav
and
night,
to make
worthy of rceognit n.
Then
again
the
newspaper
r:ports,
containing overdrawn,
and,
in
mayv
cas-
es,
false
statements
which
I couid
not
Lonestiy support
with my testimory.
Tlo
show
what
!
mean,
I
shall
just
quote
from
the tolowing uncontralicted
repyc
12 the
New
York Call
of
ths
28t»
July
1912.
This
paper
was
sent
me
oy
the
President
ot
the
League.
Here
is
the
extrac::
“"Last Fourtli
of July,
many
natives
were
arrvested
and
fined
by
the
slands
couart
for not celebrating
the holide y. .
..
[his nearly took
my
breath
away,
as
saca
was unknown
to
me,
and
tie
re-
cord
oi the Courts does
not show it hence
when
1
was
asked
to furnish infor nation
I was
celuctant,
for
the
simple
reasoa
taac I id
not want the facrs
distorted
at
nmy
exjans:e.
[ have
always
mad 2it
a
print ) stick
to
faets
as I
know
them,
and
stiite
tuem honestly
to
the
bost
of
my knowled z 2 and beli+f.
and woud not,
even
tirougzhi be the injuced party
try to
s.ate
a falsenood
to injure
thoyse
wao hal
harmed
me.
There
is
no
intention
here
to
accerpt
any of
he
<o called
chuallengas
.he:
have
been
flaunicd
in
the press,
nor
lave
any in ention
to
take
notice
of any
sar-
castic
calunry
that
seems
to
pack
the
haud-t2g
of
the
Delegates;
I
nerely
want to show
up the hypoerisy
exiiibited
ty
the
delezates
when
they
now
want
to take
their stand
on
race-hatred
in St.
(roix.
where.
as
a
matter
of fzet
at
lcast
on the
Hart of the native popu ation,
no such
thing
exists,
and where
things
have b:en,
up to the time
of the
arrivel
o’ the delevates,
working smoothl:',
ani
changes
for the bett
r taking plaz¢
grad-
ually.
Wha:
is taught
here,
and
what
has
bz2en
t: ught and
will ever
b 2 tausht,
is
RACE CONSCIOUSNESS,
waich
15 mak-
ing beter
ciiizens,
of the
veople a that.
Tae
trcuble is,
the
dele rates
1o no
seem
to
hav2
been
abe
to
diserimina
e
be-
ween
ace-hatred
and race consciri
sness.
To my mind,
and
to
the
ininds of the
irajority of
:he
populaion,
more
harn
than grod has
becn dore
oy the
visit o
rhe delegates
here.
Th2 entre
ficid had
aiready
been
covered ani there
was
noth-
ing left for tnem
to do but te
attac
the
leaders
of the
people,
ior the
benefit of
i few.
D.
HAMILTON JACKS/)N.
Jan.
20th.
1920.
=
L
A 8y
&Y 1s
TELE sRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.
Irinidad,
Jan.
1!&1.
—H.
M.
cruisers
“Calcutta
’
and
""Goinstance’’
will leave
here
tomorrow
to act
as
escorts
to H. M.
S.
"'New Zealand’’,
arriving
here
from
Jamaica
on Saturda:’
with
Admiral
Vis-
count Lori
Jellicoc
and
Sir R. Borden,
Prime
Minister of C inada,
aboard.
Trinidad,
Jan.
I°th. —H.
vi. S.
‘New
Zezland” arrived
at
9 a.
m. this morning
ana Admiral Jellicoe
landed
at
11 a.
m.,
beiag
rece
ved
by
he
Mayor ot Port
of
Spain
at tie
landinr
stage,
who,
with
the
Colonial
Secret
iry and
many
promi-
ner:t citizens,
weleco
ned
the
Admiral
to
|
Trinidad.
Fifty
m:n
of the Royal Sus-
sex Regiment
tormad
a Guard of Honour
anc
a detachmont
f police,
with
their
bard.
wer: alsc
pr
sent.
The
Admiral
drove
to
Governm:nt
House
through
gal.y decorated
and
2row..d
streets.
and
|
had
an
en husiastic
recepcion.
He
wili
be present
to-night
at
a dinner
given in
his honour
by
the Univa Ciub,
ar
which
|
H.
©. the
yovernor
wviil preside
and i: is
hoped
Sir
R.
gocden
will be
able
to at-
tend.
The
Club Ho se
is waily decorated
and
will be
brillianc!y
illu ninated
for che
occasion.
Riode Jaaeiro,
jan. 17th.,
—Admiral Lord
Jell:icoe ha: received
nstructionsto
return
iv Lingiand
his
visi
to
Brazil
and
the
Argentine
Republic
laving been
eancell-
ed.
This ainouncemnt was
made by the
Minister o1
Marine, (ollowing the rec-ipt
of & messaze
trom [ ord Jellicoe.
London,
Jan.
17t}
—While
seemingly
the eis
no dispute r>garding
the
menace
|
to f’ersia
and
the neighbouring
countries
by
‘he Red Armies,
there
is said
to be
no
direcc military menace
to India at present.
The main canger
to
{ndia lies in
the
ve-
ligious
ana
politica
propaganda
which
the Boisheviki
ar>
s)reading
among
the
Extremists
there for the purpose
ot start-
|
ing a revol:.
Paris,
Jan.
17th. -M. Clemenceau
has
beel
defeiated
in
tie
caucus
o1
both
Chambers
‘or
the
Fresidency.
M.
Paul
Deschanel
led
the
Fremier
by
nineteen
votis.
This
means
the
elimination
of
M.
Clemenceau
fr-m
public
life.
M
Deschanel
was
elected
President
of
|
Fraace
by he Natioial Assembly
a:
Ver-
sail
es by 734
votes.
|
Paris, Jal.
17th.— 'he
Supreme
Coun-
cil’s letter
to
the
Duteh
Government,
demanding
the extr:dition of ex-Emper-
cr
William
has
beer
sent.
It
was
for-
ward d otfizially dur ng the day.
S:ockhel
n,
Jan.
Tth.— Many
mines,
whizh were carried
Iway
by
the
heavy
storm prevailing
in
the
North
Sea
for
sev.ral
darss,
are
foating
through
the
wac2rs of
3candinatvia.
Washing on,
Jan.
7Tth. —United Staies
|
Marines and Haytian Gendarmerie
yester-
day repelled!
an attack
on Port-au-Prince,
by a force
<f more thin two hundred
ban-
dits,
more tian half fwhom
were killed,
|
wouaded
or eaptured
after
being
pursu-
ed outside 7’ the ecity.
The total casualties
among
the
marine:
was
two
privates
wounded..
U. S. NAVY PRESS
NEWS.
January
19,
1920.
WASHINGTON:
In
a letter
to Chair-
man Page
of Senate
Naval
Affairs
Com-
mitiee late
last
night
Secretary
Daniels
denied
éver having
said
to Rear Admiral
Sims,
""Don’t
let
the
British
pull
the
wool
over your eyes’” which
Sims
stated
betore
Committee
were
the
instructions
he received
at Navy
Department
before
leaving for Europe
before
war
was
de-
clared.
Secretary
tells of irstructions
he
gave
Admical Sims
and
caution
he
also
gave
him.
Says
this letter
was
sent
now
because
nf
bearine
this
statement
ot
Sims
has
on international
matters.
Com-
plete investigation of Admiral’s charges
agalast
Navy
Department’s
conduct
of
war
will
be
made
by sub-committee
no.v
‘nvestigating Naval awardsitwas offi~jal-
ly de.ided
by tull committee
today.
Will
be
done
after
present
investigation
is
completed.
Believed
this
will take
ten
days.
To
newspaper
men
this
morning
Secretary
Daniels
said
he would
be
very
glad
10 have Senate
investigate
and stat
ed
that every order
and
every
letter
is
open
to inspection.
He stated
that if Sen-
ate
did not investigate
that
some
oth-r
Tribunal
will take up question of whether
Navy did its full duty.
Declares
that Ad-
miral 3ims
must
be required
to
establish
every criticism
he
made
of
the
Depart-
meni.
Sub committee
this afternoon
con-
tinued hearings
on
award
with Admiral
Sims
on stand
but finished with him
and
adjourred
un
i! tomorrow.
NEW
YORK:
Army transport
‘‘Por-
satan’’
is in distress
about
seven
hun-
dred
miles
east
of New York. It was
re-
ported by
wireless
today
that
although
she
was
leaking
and
boiler
room
was
flooded she
was in
no immediate
danger.
Tug is standing
by and
when
sea
calms
passengers
will be
transferred.
Reports
indicate
‘‘Porsatan’
will reach
Halifax
safely.
WASHINGTON:
Validity
of
Federal
Prohibition "t is
to
be
determined
by
the United States
Supreme
Court
which
today granted
State of Rhode Island
per-
missio.
to
institute
original proceedings
to test it and enjoin enforcement
in
that
State.
BOSTON
Britisk
freighter
‘“‘Yar-
mouth’’ carrying
cargo
of liquor
valued
at two millions
last night reported
*y ra-
dio that
she
was
sinking
off the Coast.
Was
carrying
cargo
of
wet
goods
to
Havana.
Three
vessels
went to her assis-
tance.
PARIS:
Hoiiand
is toidin
the
allied
note
demanding
extraditi-n
of former
Emperor
that she
will not
falfill her
in-
ternational
duty if she
refuses
to
associ-
ate
herself
with
the Entente
Powers
in
chastising
crimes
committed
by Germans
during the
war.