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Island’s erop with present prices of su- gar. I ha’e thig year started at Estate Golden Grove, with ;the kind cooperation of Mr. Thoyenbarg, an ex:easive experi- ment to prove the assertion made here with regard to the valuz of usingz only sound cuttings of cane for planting. 6. Your assertion that, ‘‘it is plain the Agricultural Experiment Siation 1s not what was intended’’, sounds irange to me. Hcw did you gather tha: idea? Was it from a perusal of the Annual Reports I sent you or from the contents of my letter to your paper ? Kindly ex- plain, and will you be good enough to inform me and the Public, what in your opinion wes the intention in regard to the Experi nent Station. 7. The Experiment Station is not a “Farm in tle general sense.”” Who ever heard ofa Farm in the general sense dring tne vork recorded in our Annual Reports? Under tie Wederal Jovernment the Station wil continue and extend the work done inder the former regime. 1 am, Yours faithfully . LONGFIELD SMITH, Agronomist-in-charge. TELEGRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Paris, Ocober Bth.—General Gouraud, whose brill.ant defense in the region east of Ehe ms bafiled General Lunden- dorff in ins Ittempt to crush the French artay in ‘he offensive of Julv 1918, has becn appoiited High Commissioner of France in 3t. Maria and Commander-in Chief of th: French army in the east. Paris, Oc . Bth. (French wireless ser- viee.) i'he arrival of 1,800 British sol- die's formiag part of the International Derachmeant to take over the police service at Budapest after the departure of the Roumanians is reporied in despatches from the Huagarian capital. Two thou- sand {tal.an soldiers are also expected. Paris, Oc sber Bth.—General Mangin, whose recall to Paris from the command of the Bth army has just beea announced is to nroceec to south Russia and join General Deiekine, the anti-Bolshevik coinmandaer there, according to Leclair today. file will be accompanied by M. Makedakotf, the Russian Amnassador in Paris, their mission being to co-ordin- ate the polic; of the anti-Bolshevik Gov ernment. Copenbagen, Oct. Bth. The German Government s appeal to General Von Der Goltz’s -troor)s to withdraw from the Baliie proviices has proved sucecessful, according to a Berlin despateh received here today. The rerurn of some of the troops begar on Saturday, it declered, and several ransyorts bringing conrin- gen:s of these troops homeward bound wiil {2ave Stoekholm. According to the “*Uchiohr Bact’”’, most of the Von Der t70122’s troops nave declared themselves T b X AN ]N willing to return to Germany, only a zmall part of one division b ing nndecid- ed. The withdrawal, accoirdingy to the same news.aper, is waking place under the command of General Von D:r Goitz, as General Eberhardt, who was appoint- ed recently by, the Government to take charge of the evacuation, has not yet arrived on the scene. Paris, Oct. Bth.—The Supreme Council will meet tomorrow to reply tc the re- quest of Bulgaria for an ext isicn of ten days to the time granted for the present- ing of its observations on the treaty handed to the Bulgarian Ccmm:ssioners on Sept. 19th. London, Oct. Bth.—Lord Robert Ceecil, speaking at the first luncheon of the American Correspondents’ As:ociation today, discussed. the recent railway strike. “'lf we are to do ouvr dity now that we have had our warnirg’’, he said, we must avoid not only eclass wers, but every specie of class gisti,n:tn n. He hoped that Engiand’s eXamp e in dealing with *he strike had given a lead to the rest of the world. ‘'l earnestly pray’’, he concluded, that those in othe* coun- tries who have in hand the scitlement of similar indusrrial difficulties will be im- bued with a spirit of moderat on and wis- dom. It would be absurd thet aru-Brit- ish feelings exists in America, bat I can ‘ruly say that no auti-American feeling exists in this country’’. In c¢onnection with the sirike, Lord Rob:rt paid a tribute to the good temper anc toler- ance shown by the pecple and s rikers, The most encouraging featice of all, he said, was the remarkadle inter- vention as mediators of foucieea lead- ers of other unions. < But dcnt leg us be fgolish’’, he admonishec ‘‘the people won’t tolerate revol'ution, bu: don’t let us ignore that there is a zertain exireme section of labour opinioir. An ordin ry sirike is a contest bciwezn em- ployees and employers, the Lasis being that unless the employees obtain conces- sions, they will deprive the em)ioyers of profits. This was a different laatter. Its purpose was to institute a kind of biockade by one section against another, in order to forward an industr:al dispute We hear of “‘war’’and ‘‘fich.ing to the finish’’, all rhat was .deplored and put an end to by cthe good sense of the corimun:- ty. It showed that there were some exiremists, perhaps on both sides, who were ready, if not anxious ,for class war, but anything like class war woulc have been disastrous to both sides.”” He ci- ted the French revolution, peinti g oat that its chief cause was class distinceion, and went on, "'l venture to say that the French people nave not achievad as much liberty by four revolutions as we have in one reform bill.”’ Washington, Oct.9th. - The repzal of the Canadian reciprocity aci passed dur- ing the Tatt administration and whizi be- came a dead lefter, because Cunala did not enact similar legisiation, was approv- ed today by the House without opposition. The repeal bill now goes to the Senate. i.ondon, Oct.9th.— The [ ambeth Pau- per gardians have decided to approach the dominion representatives here con- cerning the problem of wives deserted by dwellers in the dominions who spent some time here. They propose the establish- ment of courts here and in the dominions to consider matrimonial cases where the party resides in a diferent part of the Empire and that the authority of such courts be respected all over the Empire. Paris, Oct. 9th.— (Hava’s.) Sir George Clerk who was sent to Bucharest as Allied High Commissioner with notes from the peace conference to the Roumanian wovernment., favours a polizy o1 recon- ciliation in dealing with that country, ac- cording to the Journal. Londor, Uct. 9th. (Associated.) ( olonel Grant Moden states that theCanada Steani- ship Line intend to greatly enlarge their ocean service. Besides the direct French service already operating,similar services will be installed to Holland and Belgium within a few weeks. Helsingtors, Oct. 9th.- The Russian Nortk. Western Army on Oectober bsth. took 500 prisoners from a ked Division in the Pskov section, it was announced in a despateh received today, The Bolshe- vik suffered a severe defeat on the occa- sion, 1t is deciared. Chicago, Oct. 9th. The world’s series bascball championship penant for 1919 will fly from Redland field Cincinnatti next season. Cincinnatti invaded hostile terrvitory today and annexed the cighth and deciding game against the Chicago White Sox by a score of teun to five. New York, Oct. 9th.—Heads were broken on fifth avenuc yesicraay when mounted police charged a mob ot several thousand radicals who attempied to pa- rade up the avenue withou.a permit, ban- ners which bore a number of incendiary slogans were confiscated by the police and a nalf filled a patrol wagon. A num- ber of arrests were made. ‘lhe police said the parade was organized by a Rus- siam newspaper published here entitled “Novi Mir'’, Wasnington, Uct. 9ih.—President Wil- son coniinues to hold the slight improve- ment 1 his condition noted yesterday, said the bulletin issued today by his physicians. Berlin, Oct. 9th.- Gustave Noske, Miniscer of Detence, wld the German Na- tional Assembly yesterday that Major Bischofl, an officer uuder the commana ot General Von Der Goltz in the Baltue provinces, will be court martialled for ureging his troops to remain there, not- withstanding directions from Berlin that they return to Germany. London, Oct. 9th.—ihe Government has no confirmation of a recent report that General Von Der Goltz, Comimander of the German troops in the Baliic pro- vinces, had joined the Bolsheviki, it was authoritatively stated today.