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was Mr. H. L. Roper, clerk in the West India and Panwna Telegraph Co’s office in this town, who is being transterred ~ to St. Thomas. During his sojourn ir st. Croix Mr. Roper proved himself a very amiable young man and made many friends with whom we join in offering him good wishes. Our readers are reminded of tonight’s show at the theatr: when ‘‘Peg O’ the Ping”’ will be continued with 6 highly praised chapters in episodes 4, 5 and 6. The sloop Carib for the safety of which some anxiety was felt aiter her depart- vre from Frederiksted just before the scorm of last Tuesday, arrived here on Friday, all well. OFFICIAL NEWS. Ensign Storer G. Deeatur, U. S. N. R. 1., personal aide to Goveranor Oman, vho went to the States on leave via the {]. 8B 8 Kittery on Augist 4, 1919, has niade a reques: o be placed on inaciive duty ard wiil pot return to St. Thomas. Fe is at present at his home in Kittery Foint, Main-, - Passsed Assistant Surgeon Paine, U. S Pubiiec Health and Marine Hospital Sarvice, the chief quarantine officer of S.. ihomas, cailed cn Governor Oman «.this morning. Dr. Paine and his family will sail for the Stztes via the 8. S. {yulana next Tuesday. The 1. B. S. Kittery arrived this norning with wieut. J. W. Whalen, M.edical Corps, U. S. N., and Mrs, Whal- en, Ensign V. Bentley, U. S. N., Mrs. S.onroeder, Mrs. Geverts, 44 enhsted mwen and 88 tons of cargo on hourd. The il 8 8 Guliport will arnive at ot Tiomas next Tues:ay ana will sail tkence ior New York. ~ The sloop ‘'Carib’’ from St. Croix is reported -to have put into iattle Cruz Bayv at St. John with a broken bowsprit. | SN - Lieut. C. C. Timmons, Supply Corps, U S. N., and Mrs. Timmons arrived by the ‘‘Kitiery’”at West End on Satur- dezy night. They are visiting the Des- pztehing Secretery and Mrs. U’Hagan. Lisut. Timmouns is on duty in the office of ‘the Government Secreiary at St. Tl.omas. WEATHER REPORT. 8t Croix, Bar. 30.00, Ther. 86, E. partiy cloudy. - RQaintall for past 24 hours, 7/8. ['o Editor St. Croix Avis: Dear Mr. Kditer: We have read Father Daily’s letter in . today’s paper, and before go- ing further beg your permission to say » L. L.80l3 &V 1L that we accept the explanation he offers. We have no animosity against anybcdy and juaging other by ourselves, we glad- ly withdraw our objections to his remarks now that he states cur conclusicn diffors | trom his meaning. However, in respact to the logic intenéded to offset our vers.on oi his saying thé title was used to ea ch the people, we cannot agree with him. Let us examine the comparison Father Daily has sketched for us: let us see | whether therc can be any anulogy be- tween the case before .s, and the cateh- ir.g of fish by bait. {Caiching fisa by bait presupposes certain fixed theories, among the principal beine tha: the fish we de- sign to catch, like the bait we intend to use, will readily recogn:ze it, and there- fore bite at it and be caught. We can- not leave out the speculation »f securing | bait that the fish will recognize as some- thing they like. Even artiiicial bait made up for convenience. is so preparad as to pass for the real bait it resembi»s. That some fish wilt not bite, even when the hest bait is used, is not due to any fault in the bait, but must be attributed to the fact that the bait contains a hook which is to result in the destruction of the fish, which fact many fish know. Failure to make a baulis, therefore, shown to be due, not necessarily to lack of poiency in the bait, but (0 superior_intelligence i, the fish. And fishermen with any ex- porienep wiil subsiantiate this and tell you that they do not waste their time in experimenting to haui these wise fish, : bui <o where the fish do not know of the hook and will bite at the bait and be caught. Now iet us supyuso the litiein quzstion | is offered as a bai: whies those who offer it believe the peopile will like; what harm can it do if the people do | no: like it 7 Ana if it is quite sare the ! people do not like it there is no necessity to be anxious for fear they wvould cotos-e it For instance, suppose you had a peid | with some fine fish and you saw an an- gier throw in his line with a stcne or a piece of wood on the hook, would ycu | grow very nervous tha: that man was | going to catch your rave fish? Certainy | yvou would tell yourseif that there 158 1o | iear, because the fisi. don’t like stone and | wood and recognizing them as such | wiil not bite at them. Furthermore | how can we consider the title a bait | any longer when we are old at ore time | thet it carried ‘'a promise of something | emphatically salacious’’, and again that ' “‘birth’’is a sterotyped word whica when linked with ‘‘eontrol’”’ takes on a very | specific meaning 7 Surely a bail 1s an aillurement, something w 0 deceive; well it the title disclosed so <mphaticaliy what it really carried behindit, and the | words used in the utle give such a spec - | sic meaning, then the title ceases to be a l bait in the common sense of the word, | and the people had a right o feel ‘ that it had been said they couid be indueedto go to the theatre be- cause something clearly vulgar was advertised there. Tither the insinuation taken oftence at is really expressed. or it is implied that the people are very stupid. it's just the lopie we are for, we all feel there has been ‘‘much ado about nothing’’ when the whole thing is boiled down. We theretore bow off, forgetting that this incident ever oc- curred. SEVERAL SUBSCRIBERS CELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. London, Sept. 2nd.—The Times which prints a vigorous plea by Lord Fisher for a recuction in naval expenditure, does not support him entirely in its editorial comments, thinking that his inference that the peace cost of the navy is too enormous, 1s unjust and liable to be mis- understood. Recent additions to the pay of officers and men, says the '‘Times’’, were delayed till the last moment and even now do not err on the side of liber- ality. Naval supplies bave doubled. Toe British Empire after all proceeds the iimes, is ar association of states, whose highways are ocean highways Lord Fisher of course knows this well but the letter which his zeal for economy has dictated may tend to obscure the minds of men less wise. The peace pro- biems of the Navy involve both sea pow- er in the Pacific and the development of the Dominion Naval forces. Both are *in suspense until Lord Jellicoe makes his repori, but they suggest that the disap- pbearaace of the German Fleet is not an enc o. all things for the British Navy’’. Paris. Sept. Ist. Cardinal Merecier who lcaves today tor the U. ~ has been entrusted wi'h a delicate Mission in that country by the Hoily See, according to the Journal. The newspaper says that the Cardinal will lay before President Wilson his views concerninz the League of Nations. Coblenz, Sept. 2nd.——Wrench troops are incomp:ete in the control of the situ- ation at bLudwigshafen where an at- tempi to csiablish an independent repub- lic in the FPai»‘)nate, appears to have come tn a head early Yeste~day according to {rerman newspapers, a number of ad- herents of Dr. Haas of Tandau attacked the Post Office at Ladwigsnaten and Bl- ter a four hours fight suceceeded in over- powering the resistance of ihe Post Otiice Officials. Two persens, the Postmaster and another official aoe reported to have been kilied duriny the fightirg. Winnepeg, Se¢pt. 3rd" News of an- other sensationa: gold strike, this time In the contract Bay District 70 miles fram Kenona was bronght to Winnepeg yesterdao by Robert Wazhma. a Chicago saleman who claims (o have made the find. The strike, according to Wachman, isa pay streak containing $200.000 (o $300,000 goid to the ton, surrounded by ore that will mill more than SIOO to the tons.