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to establish an alms house in the very near fu ure. N . 2rd Appointed Member [Noll] re- marked: Mr. Chairman. This yard at Richmond is part of the Penitenti- ary anl any one can see that it was origina'ly designed for exercise pur- poses; and another wing was design- ed as segregation ward for women prisoners, and the other as a mess hall; there is no doubt that the us 2 for which it was but as a sorefoot war was purely charitable. 1 always object to having the so;efoot ward alongside the prison- ers wa'd; a further reason. and one that always strongly appeals te me, is, that flies ard mosquitoes are liable to inoculate the prisoners. There is a case where a man w2nt to prison a strong and healthy man aoad came out with Elephanthiasis. This i unfair to the man and against our Coastitution. {, personally, believe that the:2 p-o- --ple should be taken care of; and as far as I kiow all have been provided with pensina; the highest pension pail tcday is $5.(0 and ranging down to si.so; [ personally think that the paupers cannot maintain themselves on the pensions they a e receiving, but it is not the faualt of the Commission, I believe, rather than open ‘he sorefoot ward alongs.le cthe prisot it would be better for the Couneil to vote for an institution so that tney can b : talzan eare of 2nd Menmiber for Christianste! Town (Cane:rata’ remarked. Mr. Chairman. I want 1o say that what I have hez.d from the last speaker is no! qaite corr2ct, be- cause ' remember when Dr. Stro kmann was _andphysicus and Governor lelwig- Larse: was Governor a bil was passed’ in 1935 or 1916 in this Coancil by whien the so mer Lunatic Asylum at 1. hmond was ccnverted into a hospital f{.r those who ware ‘weak but not really ill. Ist Member for Christianste: Coun- try Diotrie: (Stakemann) remark d: Vr: Chairman after entering into th me:its of this matter [ only wish to sav thut I am no v sixiy idve years of age lad cur- ing thattime [ do not remeri.er any time 1@ sorefoot hospital ras b:2n any othar Hiace than whare it was v to th= time 7 hen it was closed a ron'.. or two ago. It se2ms to me that it would have been an ea:y matter to prevent the inocula- tion ¢i disease by flies and mu.juitoes by sc eeniag the prison; everyhody is seree:ng coday. 1 will now cr. .e back to wh:t [ nave said before and will al- ways «ay as long as I am a me.abe, of this Cuneil- We want to have o.ir Com- missicls back. Each officer in lis de- partm:nt does what he likes an.. no rne c 0 agk about it; neither the Cou:cil aor the public knows anything ‘hat & going on, anl the public ge*s the wrong im- pressitn The impression in th2 com- munity at present is, that the sizkhouase was cosed for want of mears, and think it a shame to close the sickhouse ST OB TAV IS and turn the inmates out on the streets, 4th Appointed M mber (Blackwood) re- marked: Mr. Chairman. The question of these poor unfo:tunate neople, as well as the pensioners on the different es- tates, have been Lefore this Council for many years, more or less, way back in sovernor Arendrup’s time; the question of using the estate ‘‘Grange’’ for the poor farm was under discussion here,. and it was then suggested to place i* under the®are of & manager and mßtvon. and to stock it witha few cows, pigs and poultry wher: these people who are unable to mair tair themse ves,but yet are able to dosome work, could be placed and work out a purt of their own salva- tion by caring for the stock, raising vegetables and gurden truck, ana being properly looked aiter wounld relieve the community and the individual . estates of a part of the burden at ieas". The excuse for not putiing this plan into effect has aiways been a lack of funds, which 1 presume holds good at the present. The sick house and jail being so close togzther mukes the argu- ment dvaunced by the tlonorable 2nd Appointed Memb :r, as rexards diseases being traasmitted by flies Ind mosqui*oes one of considerable iirportance and worthy of conside.ation. Ist Member ror Christiansted Town (Abramson) concarred in the remarks made by Member Jiakem:inn, and furth- ermore said that it is true that the pa- tients dischargec from che Richmond Sickhouse are se:n arouad the streets begging bread an . are no able to work: that 1t is absclute.y necessary that some means should be devised whereby these people can be car»d for s they are not many and would not be a great burden on tae Governmen:. Ihe n.emberstrongly advocated “hat th- Goverr ment together with the Council 1o their best for the relef of these p or and indegent per- sons. lst Member for Christiansted Ceuntry Dis'rict |[Stakem :nn] remarked: Mr. Chairmar. The i onorabie 2nd Appont- ed MemberJNoll_has Just said that it is dangerosus toi ve the | risoners along- side these patien s suffe ing with Ele- phanchisis an&‘g per di:eases as they will eontaminaté® the piisioners. May I ask what abéu us wh) are living in town and have nst the lonor of being prisoners; do the sorefoc: patients not ¢nme_and sit by e::r house , and are there perhaps ro flies ai 4 mosc artoes in town, or is it of no aceor 1t if we be infected ? 2nd Apoointed lember [Noll] in reply to the las: speake: said, \We who are on the ocutside are ilree mo:al agents and those at the Riehr .ond Ja ! are in bon- dage and cannot g ) out. ist Member for Chrisiiansted Country District [Stakemcnn] renarked: Mr. Chairman. if the poor p:ople have not sufficient pension .o suppo-t them let the GGovernment find y lace to put them. Let th- ‘overnment curtail some of .the other departments that are having too much money and provide for those peo- ple. This is an urgent matter. The Chairman remarked: The ques- tion is now before the Government for cor.sideration. There being no further business be- fore the House the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 3.15 p. m. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Playmouth, March sth —After landing her passsengers for England yesterday. the Cunard Liner, ‘‘Saxonia’’, left for Hamburg, inaugurating the Cunard Line’s service to Germany. Copenhagen, March sth. Both Cham- bers have unimously adopted the propo- sal to join in the League of Nations. Paris, March sth.—The Government wili make determined opposition to any reservation of the Treaty of Versailles that would modify France’s claims on Germany, it was learned yesterday. The attitude of the Government, accord- ing to official points of view, isin per- fect accord with. the sentiment of the new Chamber of Deputies, and it is held that any further concession by the French Government to (iermany would not be tolerated by Parliament and if made, the Guvernment would be over- thrown. The French official view of the gconomic situation, it was stated in au- thoritative circles yesterday, is quite the same as tha: set forith in London, that is. that all Europe must be put on a prosperous basis. France, however, it is poirted out, is not in a position rto make concession that would affect her own economic interests to any one and least of all to (zermany. New York, March sth. Germany is on the wey to a great econemie ‘‘come back’’ according to Colonel Hensley, of the Unit- ed States, who has just returned from a five months’ aeronautical observation in that countrv. He says that Germany and Belgium are the only two countries that have gone to work since the war. The Hague, March sth.—The Duteh Government today for the second time refused to deliver the former German Em- peror to the Allies for trial, in a Note ad- dressed to Mr. Lloyd George, in which the Government promised to take all the necessary measures to minimize the ex- Kaiser’s liberty and prevent him from en- dangering the world’s ; e2ace. This second communication from the Dutch Govern- ment, which was delivered in London this morning, states that these precautions, will be taken on the spot. 4 Saint Thomas, March 9ih. Traffic tor barbados can be accepted te be forward- ed by wireless fronl St. Lucia at the rage ol one shi.ling per word 1n addition to the rate to Barbados except on Rritish Government messages which are free over the wireless. Traffic so forwarded must be specialiy routed via St. Lucia wireless. ;