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For Sale. ‘» L THE Estates Lt. Princess, Golden Rock, Bellevue, Mt. Welcome and Eliza’s Retreat. For particulars apply to : EM. E. SV.TZER. Lt. Princess, 20th January 1921. of the series of 1921 can be obtained at the Post Office. This issue contains a portraiture of Lincoln and are sold at the same rates and under the same con- ditions as before. ~ The Red Cross And §ooannl st el : If your little boy got a mesval seed stuck in his windpipe, or if a ’bile knoek- ed you down and shattered your leg- bone, how would the Doctors find out where the trouble was? They would probably take an X-ray picture which would let them see she exact nature of the injury. ¢ How do the Hospitals of St. Croix hap- pen to have an X-ray machine? Do you remember how si~k penple hai to be taken to the hospital a few years ’ ago, rattling about in a springless cart? They are taken comfortably and quickly now in an automobile ambulance. Where did that ambulance come from? The Red Cross supp'ied the Hospitals of St. Croix with both these necessities, together with many others too numerous to mention. To what source of help would the peo- ple of St. Croix look, if a disastrous hur- ricane should visit the island once more? The American Red Cress holds itself ready to minister to the victims of dis- aster everywhere, in t e name 0" human- . ity and mercy. The Red Cross would do this, whether or not there was angactive chapter here in the island. But does it not deserve . the support and encouragement of :very j citizen in St. Croix. ; The Red Cross vill be more interested to do things for St. Croix, if St. Croix shows its interest in the Red Cross by a large membership in the Roll Call. Wednesday brought in 32 new members i in Frederiksted. Christiansted had 58 ~ in town and 10 in the country. The .~ QGrand Total for the first three 'days is ¥ 720- - y 1f you have not joined the Red Cross, & 0 LUEUT A AN LB JOIN NOW, and help to swell that t-fal. If the Collectors have missed you, con- sider this an invitation to join, and call at the Booth before Saturda night. St. Thomas News. In our report in yesterday’s issue re the Tortola beat ‘‘City Belle’’, we inad- vertently published thet the confiscatedl booze was sold at public auction. This is incorrect. It was the cargo—the pro- visions—that was sold, the liquor being still held in custody.—St Thomas Mazl Notes, Jan. 12th. : : Having heard that our young and en- terprising fellow-citizen, Mr. George A. Mena, had obtained his degree of Bach- elor of Laws, we sought him out, and after some persuasion obtaine¢ permis- sion to publish the following letter sent him by the President of the Hamilton College of Law Chicago : MR. GEORGE MENA - No. 7 Pilestrade st. Thomas virgn Islands, U. S. A. vy Dear Mr. Mena : I am pleasad to advise that your name was today viesented to the Advi- sory Board of our Faculty by ‘the Secre- tary, Mr. Schiepan, who at the same time presented a report on the work per- formed by you as a student of this coi- lege. In the light of your attainments Mr. Schiepan moved that the Advisory Board of the Faculty and the Board of Directors authorize and direct that the college confer upon you th~ degree of Bachelor of Laws, Mr. Scliepan’s mo- tion was daly carried and my purpose in writing you is to advise you of the honour coaferred upon you, and to re- quest information as how you wish your name to appear on the parchment upon which the directors of the College will exemplify their act. Some stulents pre- fer the full name, while others d» not. I wish you would be good enough to advise me of your wishes in the matter shortly, that 1 may prepare and cause to be maile” to you evidence of your de- gree. _ Again congratulating you on the hon- or conferred upon you, and expressing conviction that your future attainment in the legal profession in every particu- lar will sustain the action of this college in setting its official stamp of approval upon you as a student and practitioner of the law [ am Sir.cerely yours, SHELEY B. NELTOR, President. - Mr. Mena who is well known thra bis industrious mode of life, and who en- rolled as a law student in the Hamilton College about three years ago, is only one of a large class of St. Thomians vho are trying to reach ‘‘the heights’’ by burning the midnight oil. We wish Mr. Mena all success.—lbid. A case of"'hiccoughing” lasting from last evening to the present (10 a. m.) was reported to us this morning. Is this the epidemic we read of lately in the" telegrams? Is it the foreruaner of an influenza cpidemic? We sincercly trust not. —St. Thomas Mail Notes Jan. 13, 1921. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATIQON. London, Jan. 17th. Speaking at the Bristol Branch of the Ruyal Colonial Institute today Mr. Algernon Aspinall recited the old connections of chat city with the Wesi [ndies and said that these were being stiil satisfactorily maintained by Avonmouth, the chief port of West Indian steamers. ile anticipateda pros- perous future for the West Indies in view o~ the favoured treatment of their produce by Canada and the Unijtec King- dom. Their economic position =~ Was sound :nd although rheir p.oduction of cacao was now dwarfed by that of the Gold Coast the superior quality produced by Trinidad and Grenada should main- tain their supremacy. It was a matter of regret, Mr. Aspinall continued, that -the banana industry was under Americdn control, but it must be remembered with gratitude that the Boston Fruit Cc. and their successors had been great bene- factors to Jamaica in the past. He d:alt with the shortage of labour in British Guiana and British Honduras and the reed Tor direct steamship and telegraphic communication for British Honduras, and then referred at length to the Trini- dad oil industry forecasting rapid pro- gress in this trade. Continuing Mr, Aspinall said that sugar was the only industry deriving material benefit from the Canada trade agreement, but all branches of trade would benefit indirect- ly. He believed that Imperial prefer- ence was a settled policy of Great Bri- tain, but all doubts on this head wouid be removed if the example of Canada was followed anda trade agreement made. Mr. Aspinall instanced the improved financial position of several of the colo- nies which were now raising their own loans, particularly emphasizing Trini- dad’s success in this direction. Regard- ing federation, before :ls could be prac ical politicseit should be the gener- al desire of the West Indies tor a politi- cal union and this had not hitherto been apparent. Reference was made to the bad conditions prevailing in regard to cable and steamship service to the West Indres wiith the exception of Jamaica, but Mr. Aspinail said that it would .p- ---pear reasonable that there were pros- pecis of both defects being remedied. . Health and sanitary conditions in the West Indies showed marked improve-