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! q"?' e R & 3 - g § {" / / 5 & o ‘,y"‘. . - : ; q/,'—_'.: G " o Vv A s :’ ’7| ! ! oo . f @\‘ \L\." o {\\_\\ ; \\\ [ k? / \ ‘ " A \ é.\ : ..:‘v A ‘./ 4 g /\Q' / 7\ \l‘ ?‘\\(‘ A ?,:/ I ?«—’ A\ ™% \,\ L _,',: J i 2 e l 3/ N - \ | gi . l ‘ B i SRR e " o s R TR B T ISR ‘%@ /, ' L 4}} :3“:_;:_"' /) /\‘_ b o \\{‘/ /\\:7‘l ,\; :‘.V._d‘;_.@y \v-‘. oo {,””/ ) _\'\/ D/ /m,l \Q ToTH YHAR CHRISTIANSPED, V.11.U.5. A.,, TUESDAY. 2np SEPTEMBER 1919. ine has yet conceived—namely, the destiruction. of currency. [ me-aan that Germany is now flooded with miilions of counterfeit mark notes that are as excel- lent in quality as those turned out by the government. There is so muen of this money that the banks dare nct refuse it so it is current everywhere and good. The i)eutsche Bank no> longer Kknows whether it is solvent. I'his saine admis- sion has been made to me by the head of another great banking institution, who byway of illustrating the situat'on, sud- denly asked me how much German mon- ey 1 then had in my poecket. 1 produced about 1,000 marks, and the barnker gnow- ed me that 300 of them, in 50-marck notes were bad. [ had obtained them in ex- c¢hbange {or British sterling, this morn- ing, at one o! the test known bureaux de change in Berlin. “*But this is not all or the worst of this phrase of the situation. Today tney are printing £5 noles n operiin -wese Le- nin @ presses; also 100 franc not=s of the Banque de France Quite gocd imita- cions, alchough nots 80 good as .he Ger- man notes, bocause of the greater diifi- culty in matesing tie paper. What will be done with tacm? [ can ouly surmise by showing tae use tc which che bad money is pu. a2 Berlin. lh: present governmsent paid 12 marks a day to every unempioyed iworkman. It now pays 15 marks a day, despite rhe fact that its capital is emhausted. Tae n>w arimy, organized by Gustav Nosks, the Minister oi Defense, gets five narks a man a day, and the “best food :aat the entente has sent in. This outla;. in ad- dition to the upkeep of the Hinuenburg Army on the Polish frontier and¢ the von der Goltz troops in Cuurland, about 250,000 in ail, makes the pay saeet of the War Office about the -same as in the days when the real German Army was fizhting the Allies. Noske wouid !ike to cut his rate of pay tc three marks a day, but dares not do it. Itis only the strength of his perscnality that holds things together at five marks—and the chances here are strongly aga.nst his ability to do it long. Why? Because any unemployed German—or any soldier—- can get 50 marks a day in bad nmoney.— Barbados Globe. $25,000,000 TO AID SOLDIERS. Washington, July ‘#s.—The sum of $29,000,000 will be needed this vear for rehabilitaiing and educating wounded THE ST. CROIX AVIS is printed and published daily (Sundays | aad Holidays ercepted) by (. Johunsen at the Avis Office. | TR VS--40 conts monthly in advance, 2 cents per single copiy. | e Intered as second-class matter May | 23th 1917 at the Post Office al Christian- ifed, L. Crowr. V. Lotohell. 5. A, wn der the Act of March 3. 1879. Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received whewn the saume deals with mat- ters of general interest, and is accompa- nied with the author’s name, as a quty- antee of gocd faith. The editor cinnot be respons ble for the views of his correspon- dentsnor doos he necessarily endorse them. BAD MONEY IN BERLIN. In the conrse of a letter to the London Times tae writer describes life in Berlin ir a maner that should interest readers. He says —'‘Let me first 2ndeavor to des- cribe life here in Berlin. Externally it | does no. greatly differ from Berlin life ir 1913 |ife generally has the appearance of normality. The shops are open, the trams rin. The eleetric light operates. There is always hot water for the bath. Rostaurants, dancing, and gambling sa- loons ar2 op2n ail night long. Yet sev- eral tim2s in the course of a we~k one pruses to remark that machine guns can be heard in outlying parts. If one mo- tors aboat at night the cavis likely to be | hzlted by soldiers and searched for hid- ! den arms. On Sundays and Hol'days | temporacy barricades appear in Unter den Linden, Barbad wire is stretched | across streets thut form strategic posi- ticns of defence for the Wilhelmstrasse, | and the zovernment headquarters. Thus we have the hint of trouble that brews | beneath this outward calm. By foliow- | inz several twisting paths I have been | able to come face to face with some of | it in the making. | “There are today about 25,000 Russians | in Berlin—azents of Lenine and Trotzky, | With or without the connivance of the ; presert German (overnment, but certain- | ly with its knowledge. the heads ot this | army of trouble makers conduct a daily | coarier service through the German lines from Berlin to Moscow. As a result, | printing presses were first established in Munich. but are now running in Berlin, ‘ engaged in carrying out the ablest and most brilliant idea that the brain of l.en- soldiers, sailors and marines, James P. Munroe, Vice president of the Federal Board for Vocational Edueetion told the House Appropriations committee yester- day.—lbid. i ) Fraderiksted’s Apothecary Hall OFFERS Maillard’s and Park & Tilford’s extrafine CHOCOLATE BONBONS in hoxes. Chocolate in bars and by the pound, HORLYCK’S MALTED MILK, CUT LOAF SUGAR FINEST QUALITY LUCCA—OLIVE-—-QI:. EASTMAN KOIDAKS and FILMS Developers, Tarks, ete. PORTO RICO and JAMAICA CIGARS. large assortment in boxes and packs. ASSORTMENT OF CIGARETTES. such as Murad, Helmar, Falima, Camel, 3 Castle, Capstan efe. SMOKING & CHEWING,TOBACCO, Gellette Razor and Razor Blades, FOUNTAIN PENS, Hair Brushe , Tooth Brushe:, Shaving Brushes, Hinds Honey and Alniond Cream, Pompejan Cream, Keoelynos, Colgate and Pebecco Toothpaste, Shaving Soap and Shaving Cream, Freezone-Corncure, Noodbury’s, Cuticura, Resinol Soap ete. Shoe polish, Furniture polish, Stovepolish, VIROCACAO—soId at cost. COOPLRS FAMOUS CATTLE DIP A new supply of KitiG'S PURE MALT. A Liquid Strengthener of Great Food Value. Shaefer's delicious LAGER BEER, . The Favourite Drink. Jean Petersen, Frederiksted, FOR SALE. 2 Working b orking hiorses, Stallion, and Gelding, in good con- dition; may be. inspected at Kings- hill Police Station, prices moderate. ST. CROIX MUNICIPAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM.