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transfer period thev are now wuoliy in adequate and a hindranc2 to the pro- gress of these islands. He advocited one lecislative body for these isiauds. Per- Laps the Secratary of the Navy had gone so far as tosuggest the numbar of re- presentetives each island should have, 1 he advoeated five members for &8t (roix and seven for St. Thrmas and Qt John | would npot be surprised a bit as this isiand is alw:.ys placed at a disadvantage. 1 would like to know what ohjciion this Council would have to a government by laws in- stead of a government by m:n. Have we or have we not an organic “truzture? The Hounorable Chairman of the Muniei- pal Committee of St. Thomas and St John speaks of ruling ourselves, I don’ know whether he wieans we should be 2 little republic or whether we should have a government with limited auto- nomy. I contend that we &s a com- munity are eligilible for citizership. I defy tuie President, the Congr=ss or the people of the United States to show that our inteilectual moral or pelitical s nind- ard is below that of the people of Porto Rico. We werea pecople at the time of the transfer and not a nonentity. A year aco this Council unanimously voted-and I reques: of the Crairman that this do- cument to produced —a memorial to 2o to Secretary of the Navy Denby. This me- morial was passed by 16 members al’ vot- ed, and that was before the communists Berg and Jackson. . . 3rd Member for Frederiksted Country Distriet (M. M. Skeoch): When you are cailed that don’t object, The speaker 2nd Member for Chris- tiarsted Country Distriet con'inuing,— 1 am using the words of Wasaing- ton Williams, and I ask that the Clerk of the Council supply the invert- ed commas. That 1 will not vote for the bill 1 ow before the Senate is obvious, It is all right for the Bth Elected Member for St. 7T homas to say that the propesal to have 5 mbers for St. Croix Counciland? a ember: for St. Thomas is a typograph- icul errcr. I would prefer .tc see this ty prographical error corrected betoreI vote on the bill. 1 want to say that the Cl airmezn of the Municipal Ccn mittee of St. Thon as speaks of Republicans secur- irg vote- by this measure. I hink this remark s unnecessary and would lead to unlimited debate here. If this bill isintro- duced sci the sake of getting votes for Ke- publican party then there are two reasons for votirg for it. If the 6th Elecied Mem- be- for St. Themas and Weshingten Wil- lisms are going to make natioral policy an issue down here then let us fght it our as true Republicans, srd M.mber for Ctristiansted Town (Alexander) vemarked: Mr. Chairman. 1 bave histened attentively to ibe intro- ductory remarks of the Hororatle Chair- man of ihe Muricipal Committee of St, Cioix ard lagree with every woid he has said. It is true thet the people Lere =T 4013 & ¥ confounl civil covernment with se!f gov- ernm=nt- I will vote neither yes nor no on this resolution for this reason, a year ago a memorial was adopted by this Couneil to go to Secretagy of the Navy Denby. If this Coaneil do not delete the last part of this resolution they would be blowinz hot and cold gas at the same time. If the Councils want to do any- thirz thay inay dratt and place some- thing befare the Senate. We hava every- thinz to ba thanikial for since Governor William’s Adwministration. [ sugzgest that we sit and draft amendm-nts to the Senate bill as there are many thiags in it that are azainst the interest of St. Croix. Ilst Member for Frederiksted Town (Jaclkson) remarked:: Mre. Chairman. 1 don t want to take up more of the valn- ble time of this honorable boly. 1 have practically said the tew words I had to say. I mayv have somethinz more to say but before saving it 1 wish to offer an smendment to the present resolution. [ know before hand it is not geing to be adopted but I feel it is my duty to intro- duce it. The Honorubl2 Member on my extreme left 2rd Member for Christian- sicd Town (Canegata) has expressed himself on Scnate Biil and he is the only cne who has pointed out defeets in it Que cf his cbjections to the bill is that it is not pessible to hava a uniiorm sysiem of taxation for the two isiends He had in mind that the islands are two separate islands instead of a political entity, for instance, Porto Rico, Vieques and Cule- bra which form the political group kiown as Porto Rico. If we look at the Virgin Islands as comprising St. Cioix, St. Thomas and St. John the Hororable Men:ber is richt, but if as a poilical en- tity he 1s wrong. To be continued. 1LAL The U, S. Grebe returned to St. Thom- as yesierday. She carried a wail, S. 8. Guiana for New York is due at Frederiksied on Sunday moruing at 7 o’clock. Owing to the coming of the s. s, Fui- ana as late as Sunday morning, the mail for the Siates previously interded for dispateh by her waes forwarded last night by the Columbian s. s. Paria. TELEGRAMS. ST CROIXSTATION. London, April Tth.—lrish Free Sta' e authorities are hot cn the trail of the men who en March 2lst fired a machine gun into a party of unarmed British soldiers at Queenstown, killing a num- ber of them, it was learned today. Two of the men who participated in th> at- tack have been identificd and arrests may be expected shortiy. Montreal, April Tth. - Chas. Dugrette almost unknown to the great mass« i ihe electorate of Montreal up to two weeks ago, met Mayor Martin in a sensational contest for the chief magistracy of this city today and defeated him by approx: mately 3.000 votes. The latter’s carecr which has been a dominating one in Montreal municipal affairs for 25 years for ten of which, since 1914, he has been Mavor, thus ended tonight, Ottawa, April Tth.—-When Mr. Robb, actine Minster of Finanee, brings down the budeet on Thursday it is ex- p2cted that he wiil aunounce some re ductions in taxation, that a balance be- tween expenditure ond revenue was re:ched in tie financiui year which ¢'osed a week ago and that tor the first time since the war there was no inc¢rease in the net debt. Fuil figures of expend- ture and revenue for the year are not vet gvailable, but ir the custowns and excise revenuve alone there was an in- crease over the previous yvear of 320, 000,000. That there wiil be reductions in the taxaiion has already besn indi- cated by the Government, Boston, April Bth.——Swoller by hcurs of rain and melting snhow, vivers through- out New Engiarnd had overflowed their banks today, takingz a toll of one deatlh, bringing injury to a score of persors and causing a properiy less estinated to be in excess of $2,000,000. The Coon- pneciicut, Merrimack, Nash and other rivers continued to rpise throuch the night. In the Springlield Westified river valley yesterday conditions were reported to be the worst since 18738. With larae disivicis inundated the Con- necticut floods waters were expected to reach their peik today or tomorrow, Bekendiuorelse. DICN ordinære Generalforsamling i den dansk-vestindiske Nation- albank afholdes Fredag den 13. Juni 1924 Kl, 11 Formiddag i Min- isterialbygninger, BSlotsholinsgede Nr. 6 her I Staden. Forhandlingsgenstandene er: 1) Foreilæggelse as Bankraadets Bereining om Dankens Virk- somhed i Aaret 1923. 3) Forelæggelse as det reviderede Reznskab for nysnævrte Aar med Forslag iil Anvendelse as Aarsoverskudilet. 3) Indstilling om Decharge for Cct aflagte Regnskab. 4) Valg as et Medlem til Bank- raadet. 5) Valg as en Revisor. København, den 18 Marts 1924. FR. NORDLIEN. J. WINTHER.