EDITORIAL.
f
,
In this
number
there
appears
a
com-
|
municié;on
from
the
President
of
the
St.
Thomas
Chapter
of the American
Red
Cross correcting the number
of members
|
enrolled
during
the
late
drive
to
850
|
instead
of
500.
It
is
with gratification
that this information
is
received,
and it
is sincerely
hoped
that
our
own
island
|
campaign
will prove
no
less
indicative
of local
interest
in
the
worthy
move-
‘ment.
However,
it
should
not
be
.
omitted
to
mention
that
the
figures
published
in issve of the
21st.
ultimo ap-
peared
in
an
article
contributed
to the
‘paper,
and
does
nos
bear
any editorial
responsibility
whatever,
LOCAL.
Rain,
and more rain,
is
the weather
re-
port.
The
elements
are
furnishipg
us
with a lavish supply
of
water, an(?it
is
to be hoped that this rainfall at the
open-
ing of the
year
will prove
an
index
to
proper
seasonable
falls
thvoughout
the
erisuidfg months.
The
guage
at
the fort
records
this morning 5% lines.
The town
was
very
much
stirred
yes-
terday while the witnesses
in the Anduze
case
were heard,
the grounds
and
street.
corners
near
the
Police
Office
being
thronged
with
a
crowd
eager
to
learn
facts.
So far it is
understood
that
one
man only has
been
arreste-,
the
others’
dismissed,
one
on bail.
There
are
various
reports
in circulation
but nothing authen-
tic is known
as yet.
.
The
new serial
presented
at the
thea-
tre last night
was
well rece.ved
and
may
be
recommended
as
a
highly
atiractive
film egual to any of its predecessors.
CORRECTION.
~
In Editorial of December
31st.
last,
the
word agriculture
is corrected
to
agricul-
tural,
and
toward
the end
of the
para-
graph the
word
and
preceding dangers,
to any.
-~
Correspondence.
Charlotte: Amalia,
.
.
St. Thomas,
V.
1. U. S.
A.
Cg
Deceraber
3t,-1920.
To the Editor of the St.
Croix Avis.
Christtiansted.
Dear
Sir:—
I notice
in
your
description of
the Red Cross
meeting
held
t
the Fred-
eriksted
High
Schcol
on
Tuesday
De-
cember
the2lstthat
the statement
was
made
to the
effect that
in
St.
Thomas
the Roll eall campaign
resulted
in almost
500 members.
Permit
me
to
correct
this
statement,
and
I will be glad
it
vou will
X
N
.
¢
£
sl
1 Ol x
ANy
1
only
publish
the
correction.
The
’latest
information
from the treasurer
puts
the
|
result of the drive
at over 850
members,
with
applications
still
coming
in.
We
|
are
optimistizc
and hope
to
secure
1000
members.
The
wmost
satisfactory
fes-
|
ture of
the drive is th®fact
that
almost
all
the subscriptions
have
been
for
one
dollar
membership.
A
very great
deal
of
the credit
is
due
to the
faithful and
|
~
conscientious
canvas
of . the
town
afid
|
~
country
made
by
the
ladies
and
others
|
~
who undertook
the.soliciting.
i
|
Thanking
you in
advance
for kirdly
i
publishing this statement,
and
express-
|
|
ing
the wish
that the
Red
Cross
eam-
|
paigp
in St.
Croix may
provs
as
success-
|
.
ful and gratifying as
our own.
.
|
|
I am,
dear sir,
|
;
Yours
very truly,
:
|
E. C. GREIDER,
|
i
President
of the Si. Thomas Chapter of
|
the American Red Cross.
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TELEGRAM:.
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ST. CROIX STATION.
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London;, Dec. 28th. —Never
since
daily
.
newspapers
came
into being has Lendon
.
been
without news
as
this ('hristmas,
all
.
sources
of news having
been
dried
up
'
for three aays
and ail the
news
services
.
disorganized.
The
experiment
has
not
.
been
regarded
as
a
success
and the
pub-
i
lic
have
certainly
not
enjoyed
their
|
strange
experience.
'
'
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London,
Deec.
28th.-—~The
labour
com-
\
missions report
on conditioesin ireland,
|
issued
tonight,
ridicules
the official con-
teptions
that
Sinn
Feiners
themselves
'
burned
and destroyed
property
in towns
{
of markedly
Sion Fein sympathy
as
‘‘un-
.
reasonable
and indeed
stupid”.
A min-
'
utedesecription
is given of all cases
inves-
¢t
tigated.
One interesting point
is that of
"
thecase
of the Croke Park tragedy,
when
1
'
on
November
21st.
numpbers
of
persons
'
werekilled or injured 2t a football game.
|
The report
absolves
the authorities
from
.
anything
in
the
natur~
of premeditated
|
|
reprisal.
The report
testifies
to the diffi-
.
cuity of gathering
information
owing to
.
the
terrorism
eXxisting,
eyewituesses
be-
|
"
ing threatened
even
with
death
if they
|
divulge what
they
have
seen.
It
des- |
|
cribes
minutely
the
character
and
or- |
'. ganization of all the ciown forces.
Deal-
|
.
ing with th> consiabulary,
it says:
‘‘We
i
.
feel compelled
to exprass
the opinion that
|
.
a
by
no
means
negligible
proportion of
|
~
tne men as
at
present,
constituted,
are
|
'
men of intemperate
habits,
utterly
un-
|
|
suited
to
their
duties’’.
The
strongest
|
.
condemnation,
however,
is reserved
for
!
|
the auxiliaries,
who,
it is
declared,
evi-
|
dently
enjoy
suppirt
and
powerful
|
.
protection.
1
'
Fiome,
Dec. 29th. —=Gabriele
D’
An-
|
.
__nunzio
early
today surrerdered
ali
his
|
powers
to
the
Fiume
Communal
Coun-
!
~cil,
A conference
for
the
purpose
of
arranging
the
final
cessation
of
hosti-
lities between
the
regular
Italian forres
of
General
Caviglia
and
D’Annunzio’s
was
set
for
this
morning.
Meanwhile
all
military
operations
have
been
sus-.
pended.
The truce
was arranged
during"®
the night and will continue
until the
con-
clusion
of the
Conference.
The
Mayor
of
®iume
and
Captain
Hostwenturi,
in
whose
hands D’Annunzio placed
the
de-
fence
o! the city, will be the
spokesmen
for
Fiume,
D’Annuzio apparent
being
ignored.
.
- New
York,
Dec.
28th.—The
New
York
World in the second
of a series
of
articles
advocating
disaimament,
today
publishes
cable
mcssages
from
a number
of leaading
men of Europe
The
follow-
ing are
excerpts
from
a
number of tho e
messages:
Lord
ieverbrook.
Great
Britain,
Japan
and
America
ought
0"
agree
on
a naval
holiday
during
which
no
ships
could
be built
and they
should
insist
upoen
the
smalier
naval
powers
foilowing suit.
The Daily Express
will
urge
this plan with
all its energies
and
press
the
necessity
for limiting
arma-
ments
on the Britist
publie and
Govern-
ment.
Lord
Buckmaster.
‘The path
oi
international
disarmament
is the
only
one
that can
lead the
world
to
safe:y.
Conpetitions
between
nations
in
arma-
ments
is a race for
bankruptey,
a
race
which
those
who win 'and
those who lose
alike will zain
the prize.
If the common
gense
of mankind
ecarnot
agree
for
its
mutual
protection
common
folly
wilk
work its ruin.
lord Bryece.
It
is to me;
rather
doubtful
whether
good
wili
be
dore
in the United States
by expressiens
of opinion proceeding from
England
on
the
question
of
disarmaments,.
but
I
hope for a nearby opportunity of expross?
ing
my
owan
feelings
on
the
subjeet
in
Parliament.
Cardinal
Gasparry.
Papal
Secretary
of State.
I must
remind
yu
tnat the first proposai
of thi§ nature,
the
pontifical
appeal
sent
on
August
16th
1917
to the heads
of the
belligerent
na-
t'ons,
looked
to. simult
neos
diminu-
tion
of armaments
and
the
substitution
therefore,
of the principle of arbitration.
In
view
of
the
fact
that
the
Holy
See
first set
forth such
a
proposal
aad
officially urges
it, you can imagine
with
what joy it would hail the realization.
e
Tours,
Dee.
28th.—The Frenci
Sociai-
ist
Party,
tonight
by a
large majoriiy
voted
in
favour
of absolute
affiliation
with the Moscow
internationals.
"
Dublin, Dec.
29th. —The military today
made
extensive
raids
and searches
on
residences’
and
business
establishments
throughout-
Dublin.
In Rutland Square
alore
500 soldiers
'nade
a house
to house
inspection
and
about
a
score
of young
mer
were
arrested.
~
Rome,
Dec.
29th.—D’Annunzio
has
issuzd
a proclamation
declaring
that it
is not worth
while (;;mg*f()r Italy,
He
said he
was leaving
Fiume
by
airplane.
This
was
semiofficially
announced
hers
this
afternoon
together
with
aun
an-
nouncemen:
that
the
Fiume
agreement