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f\‘)/ v /¢ L~ =l St Croix Auvis =~ SV} §|} P ¥| 5. TSTH YEAR Ids 51, CABA AVID iS pronted wnd pavlished daily swndays and Aoliduys excepted) by 5. Johansen at the Avis Uinee. LS-=-40 cents smorthly tiv adedrnce, 2 cents ver single copy. wnternd 48 sgcond-class natier Hay 2040 1917 b tite Post J Rice al o invivian Stod, 31 ot Yb nr N 8 - det the Lot 0 drch 8. 1844 Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the samme deals with mat- ters of general interest, and s accompa- nied with the author’s nime, as a guar- antee of good raith. 71he editor cannot be responsitblejor the views of his correspon- dents nor aoes he necessarily enaorse them. 'ELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Mexico City, Sept. 18th---The Secre- tary of the Treasury has been ordered to make immediate payment to the Uni- ted States Govt. of 10,000 pesos, repre- senting th2 sum paid to obtain the ran: som of Lieuts. Peterson and Davis, American aviators, who were captured by Mexican bandits in August. The money wiil be delivered by a speciai messenger for the Treasury Department. Vienna, Sept. 18th.—A Budapest des patch says that as a result of the efforts of the inter-Allied military mission the Rumanians have agreed to return the materials seized by themn in Hungary, and abide by the decision of the peace conference regarding dis‘ribution. This is not tonfirmed from any other scurces. Paris, Sept. 18th.—The situation in the Baltic region, which has been com- plicated by various factors recently, in- cluding the difficulty of the withdrawal of General Von Der Goltz’s German troops, desired by the Allies, was taken up by the Supreme Council at its session today. Regarding the Ealtic situation, the Council heard the report of Major General Hubert Gough of the British Army, allied military representative in that region. Marshall Foch attended the session. London, Sept. 18th.—There has been no new development or change in the British policy regarding Russia, the As- sociated Press was officially informed today. British troops have began to evacuate the Caucasus, it is announced, detachments having left Tiflis. London, Sept. 19th. —The organization of a Polish Navy to become operative CHRISIIANSTED. V.I.U. S. A., TUESDAY, 23Rp SEPTEMBER 1919. with the ratification nf the Peace Treary, is proceeding rapidiy, according to ad- vices from Polish svurees. The fleet will consist, gecordi..g to the bvresent plans, of four armoured eruisers and 12 large torpedo boats. It will have a personnel of 3,500 Inciuding 110 officers probably under the command of Admial Porebski. Keywest, Fia., Sept 19th. Embedded in quicksand under 40 feet of water, off Rebecea Shoais lighthouse divers today found the huik of a vessel believeu to be the Spanisn passenger liner Balbanera which has been missing since the KEast- ern portion oi the Gult of Mexico was swept by a hurricane ten days ago. The divers employed by the (‘uban Consnl here, after the sunken wreck was dis- covered by a . S: coast guard vessel, reported that the name Valbanera could be made out clearly but no trace was found of the 35 passengers and 150 mem- bers of the crew reported aboard the Spanish Liner when she left Spain for Havana. The steamer was found off the Rebgecea Shoals ‘lightnouse whieh is 40 miles from here, the di\ers said. Budavest, Sept. 18th.--Revort indicate the continued withdrawal of the Rumani- -an=, who are taking with them almost everyihtng movable on whieh they can lay their bands. [t is learned from the lines, that they have bern seizing jewel- ry from ‘he women and cnildren and confiscaiing live stock, fodder, and agri- cultural implemenis. Whnat appears to be rfhe gravest aspect o the situation how=aver, is the great number of locomo- tives and cars the Rumanians have taken away, practically stripping the country ot tue means of railway iransport. They have also seized an enormous amount of artillery, ammunition) airpianes and oth- er material. New Yeork, Sept. 19ch. Announce- ment that the ex-Hamburg American Line steamship “‘lmpera.or’’, one of the laigest ships in the world, has been acquired by the Cunard Steamship (o. Ltd., from the Ministry of Shipping, was made here today. The “'lmperator’ which stayed at Hamburg during the war and was used for carrying home American troops after ihe armistice was signed, is now docked here, being refit- ted for passenger service. She will be used with the ‘"Aquitania’’ and ‘‘Maure- tania’’ in providinga weekly service to Sherbourg and Southampion. . Washington, Sept. 19th. -The state- ment was made here that the I[*alian Govt. had put into execurion a land and sea blockade against Danaunzio and his force which has taken command of the No. 218. situation at Fiume. The Govt., it is understood, expects by this means to starve the city and Dannunzios troops into submission. The use of troops a- gainst him is not contemplated by the Govt. although Dannunzio himself and the soldiers following him will be deait with under the military law if the move: ment fails and they are bronght withjn the Italian military jurisdiction. There is no intention to take any measures against cthe city it-elt, the whole affair being lefr for lwaly tc solve, so it is said. Paris, Sept. 19th. M. Merrihem, Sec- retary of the Metal Workers’ Union, created a sensa‘ion at the Lab~ur Fed eration convention in Lyons yesterday by dencuncing ‘‘The wave of immorai- ity which threatens to submerge all classes of society. the working classes more than any other’”’. M. Merrihem, who 1s one of the Socialists who con- ferred with German socialists at Zim- mernall, Switzerland, during the war and who formerly was one of the most aggressive labour leaders in France. took the floor to defend the executive committee of th> Federation against critzcisms by the extremists for the fiasco which marked the proposed strike of July 21st last. He ridiculed the extremis's of lLabour organization who talked of such plans as a four-hour day and said that wha: organized labour needed was to get work. “‘Yau talk of a revoiutionary situa.ion,’’ ne said, ‘‘'But left to itseli the proletariat could accom- plish nothing. The war has sharpened all appetites and provoked all sorts of covetousness in all cireles, even among workers. Idealism has founded under the base, material preoccupation. Money is everything, no one wants anyrhing but money. We must save the working class fromw that wave, of immorality’’, M. Merrihem’s speech Sveech made a deep impression on the Delevates, which was evidenced 1n a great ovation as he left the platform General Superintendent’s office St. Thomas, V. 1., Sept. 20th.—Owing to the services of the French company cable- ship being unavailable for som< time to some for further operations on the com- pany’s system, negotiat ons for the char- ter of another repairing ship were being conducted and were ~pproaching comple- tion but we are today advised that she has been withdrawn for the purpose of repairing interruptions of her o~n com- pany’s cables caused by the recent hurri- cane on the American coast. It is hoped that the charter may be arranged shortly.