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down in submission to the will of Al- michty God and to pay out of tull hearts the ho naze of love and reverence to the m mory of the great and good President whose death has so screly smitten the N:tion. In witness whereof 1 have hereunto s-t my hand and caused the seal of the U ited Siates to be atlixed, irone at the City of Washington the £ urth dav of August, in thg vear of our L rd one thousand mnwe hunived and t veeniy-three, and of the independenee of the United States the one hundred a d forty eighth. CALVIN CCOLIDGE: | By thie President: CHARLES E. HUGHES, Secret ry of Stat>. The Po:'al Bullet n, Aug 7th, 1923. NEGLECTED ISLAND WARDS. We bouzht the Virgin Islands of Den- mark to prevent their falling into Ger- many’s bands during the war. When the war was ended nur interest in them appears to have lapsed. The Danes governed the islands softly. If ot prosperous,tie natives at least had sow seriots complaints und r Daii.bh rul-, This is vot true now. From St. Thou = as the natives are emigrating at the rate of 500 a vear. In twenty years this rate would depopulate it. Unskilled laber, which can here get $6 a day, receives but forty cents in St. Croix. Masons, who here receive §l2, Lhere get from eighty cents to $1.25. Drought, dechine in the sugar market and the diversion of shipping bhave pro- cuced economic paralysis, Arnd rothing 51 1 L 8 1z 3 Ve 4 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE Bethleiiem Tteatre Sunday 7.30 p.m. THIRD INSTALMENT OF¥ 7 REELS OF “THE HOLY BiBLLE” 28 REEIL.S PRODUCED BY THE SACRED FILMS CORPORATION “FIRST JOURNEY OF JOSEPH’S BROT{ERS”. “SECOND JOURNEY OF JOSEPH’S BROTHERS’’, *THE EXODUS". - THURSDAY (August 23rd) 7 REELS. «CONT!NUATION OF THE EXODUS”, “RU TIPS BOOK” “THE PROPHECY OF SOLOMON” Securc your tickets in time for these exhibitions and avoid the rush iy the vening AUMISSION Reserved Seats.. . ... 250 General Entrance ... .., sil ISilaiean ... .00 00 . , ‘IHU: ix done to help. Even the government of the islands i: aromalous. Congress has neglected to devise a plan of permanent adming - tration. Meanwhile the navy doces the b-st it ean, : Its best is not sufficien to cope with utter prostration of insular industry. Correetive legislation will be requir soon if acu'e misery is not to b 2 the per- manent fate of men and women to whom we ow 2 fair play.— New York Americ i, Aug 7th. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Berlin, Aug. 14th.—The new cabinet, by Chancclior Stressemann, was give a vote of confidence today by the Reici - stage, 240 Deputies out of a total of 2 1 balloting in favour of the Governmen , Seventysix 10 es were cast in oppositio 25 D 'puties, rupposed to be of the Bave r an People’s Party, abstzined from VOt ing The other opposition came from th» Na‘ionalists and Chmmunis s. The v. e came atter Dr. Stressemanp had aa- dressed the Reichstagz and given that body the new Government’s view- point on the general situation and particularly with reference to the eris s brought about by the occupation ol tte Rubr and the Rhineland. He in- formed the members of the Chamber that Germany required complete restora- tion of her rights in the oceupied terri- tory as essential to the abandonment of passive resistance. The setting free of all Germans impriso ed in th~ distric:s occupied by the French and Belgians ard permission for the return of those who have been sent out of the oceupied area, also were made conditions for 'a cessatin cf passive resistance. Dr. Stressenan declared the change in the Goverrm nt was not a sign of weakness on the part of Germany. On the contrary, the change hrd brought into being the strongest eabinet, as regards eppositien to any idea of permitting the vidla ion o f Germeonvy, that the country had had sirce the Republir was formed. Pussing al- mest immediately to the gues ionoftle orcupa jon es the Bubr, 'n his address, the Chancellor said passive resistanc was deeply rooted in the firm ecnvicticn of its justice. This he declared has been un¢quivocally leccgnized by the B itish Government ard we may gssune that this statement of the British comception will find echo in France and Belgiun Asserting that Germary will we'co e arbitration of the Ruhr question, ! Stressemran added. "'We have po doul that ary impartial decisicn would restore to us our Ruhr territery ard on the oy this happens all foiees wi'l wark to e: d the intolerable paralvsis «f the main o tery of Ge'man econonic life, If the free unrestricted adminiztration of the Rubr is assured us, if the situstion n the Rhineland is such as is pusranteed by interrationa! treaties, if every imirison- ed German in the Rubr and the Rhine- land is restored to hiberty, then, after a breathing <pell has been gianted, we shall -be able, Iy «(xerting tle whole economic force es the ccuntry, to furnish means for scttl ment of the reparations question, provided the buitdens imposed upon us permit of the existence of our economic life and ®he fuither develop- ment of our nation. Berlin, Auz. 14th.—All the vietims in the Aix La Chapelle riots were ZSerman civilians. The crowd was composed for the most part of idle workmen. It laid regular siege 1o the headquarters and refused to heed the police warnings to disperse. After throwing hand grenades into the crowd and firing several volleys, the security police emerged and charged the mob with sabris and rovolvers. Mounted pilice now are patroling the city. The Belgian troops did not inter- fere in 'he affair. The strike of the Hamlbuo and Bremen pilots, which has been t i ¢ up North Sea t aflie at these ports, ended today. The general strike in Berlin was called off by the Commun- ists this mor. ing, all the (ransportation l.nes reopening. Ordor has been restored at 1 uebeck, where there was a Comn un- ist eruptiom yvesterday and work has been resumed in all establishments there. New York, Aug. 14th. All Italian exchanges have been closed until August 20th, because of the extreme heat, the financial distriet learned today. Londor, Aug. 14th.—A Central News despatch from Berlin sayvs Commiunists stermed the Town Hall at Alsdorf, eight miles lor.h of Aix La Chapelle, with I nl ¢r nades and that one hundred persons were killed or wounded.