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e v At - A ~ =t (O raty Ao ~ ‘@ i @\ é N o ¢ 75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED. V.11.U. 8. A., TUESDAY 17TH AUGUST 1920. days ago with the British West India | Islands, and declared that the lead given | by_Canada. had h&d au inevitable re- | action in the United Kingdom where | the principle of preference had been re- | cognized by the granting of actual pre- | ference rn_colonial produets,- In addi- | tion to- better eommodities, said Sir | (zeorge. trade meant, in a larger sense, | an exchange of man power of spiritual- | ity and the enterprise of peoples. In | the last fifty yeays, He said, the best | of brains and character which has pour- | ed from the British isles to this country | had been contributing forces in the | world’s development. In so far as: this | contribution had gone to Rritish coun- | tries, the effect had been to benefit | the British race, but much of this val- | uable man power ‘had gone to foreign ! countries. It was, he declared, unrea- | sonable to expeect that British emigra- | tion should be directed solely to the | colonies of the Empire, but it was fair | ta ask that these colonies chould have | the first call. Trade ought to be idea- | lized. In the original barter of commo- | dities between neighbours to their mu- | tual advantage, and later in the first | activities of the middle man, as a useful | agent between such neighbours, trade had meant only service to mankind, | rather than dividends, and this must | again become the paramount considera- | tion. If British citizens would use their l enterprise and spirit of adventure in | developing ther natural resources for the good of one another, %?‘ey could | make the waste spaces of the Empire | “‘blossom like the rose’’. He wished | he had the power of a wizard so that he could take hold of the power of the Em- | pire and use it for the devglgpment of | the democracy and the prosperity ct the | Empire. ‘‘bat’’, said Sir George, we | have all the_power that such a wizard | would use and we can use it if we will tc | the same end. If British eitizens woulid { make up their minds to it’’, he contin- | ued, "‘they were equipped to meet the | menacing years ahead, which are not | less menacing than the darkest days of | the war and they would weather the | shoals as they had met the dangers of | -war’’. Sir'George receivéd an -ovation | at the end of his speech and the chair- | man’s vote of thanks was warmly en- | dorsed. Lord Burnham said that news- | papers combined perhaps to .ake the | nearest approach to the world wizard, | Sir George had referred to, and that | they hoped to use their pOwer for the realization of the objects which he had urged upon them. THE STI. CROIX AVIS s printed and pudlished daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. : PER V(S---50 cents monthly in advince. 2 cenits per single copy. Entered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted. St. Croix, V. L ol the U.S. 4., un deribhe Act of March 3. 1879 Contribution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals with mat- ters of gemeral interest, and is accompa- * nied with the author’s mame, as a quar- antee of good faith. The editor cannot be responsible for the views of his correspon- dents nor does he necessarily endorsethem. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. (Delayed in transmission,) Uttawa, Aug. Tih.—lhe -seCond ses- sion of ihe Imperial Press Conference closed this afternoon with a short ses<ion in which n.erely routine business was taken up and disposed of and the dele- gates left tc-night for Torgnto. Empire trade formed the subject,of an address by Sig George Foster beforg the Satur- day morning cenference. Sir George said he welcomed the opportunity of meeting men whose influence for good orevil was so tremendous. No bounds, he said, could be set on “he achievements of a high-minded and united press with- in the Empire. Its opportunity for mis- chief as well as for good was boundless, and it ought to make-pressmen feel their responsikility. He was glad, he con- - tinued, that the question of imperial trade had been placed in the forefront of the convention. As to the name Im- perial he did not object to it one iota, in fact he r.joiced in it, because of its influence in beckoning forward to great- ¢ things within the Empire. If this linperial Press Conference would throw its weight and influence behind the ad- vocacy of Empire trade dzvelopment and stay with it for twenty-five years, its progress would -eclivse anything ever accomplished of a like pature in Cana- da, said Sir George. He had taken a very strorg position in regard to impe- rial trade and there were many ways in which it could be fostered, one of the most essential being the method of pre- ference between the component parts of the Empire. He then traced the pre- ferences granted by Canada since 1879 down to the one consummated only a few .. 189. Ottawa, Aug. Bth.--At the I[mperial Press Conference yesterday Lord Burn ham read the following cablegram: ““The members of our Appeal Committee ask you to invite consideration by the conference of the imperial movement dealing with the appalling conditions of disease and distress in the war-striken areas of Europe. with am outbreak of typhus as the most imminent peri]. An internaticnal movement is afoot through the initiative of the League of Nations and the Red Cross societies. The imperial war relief fund, whose patron is His Majesty is the body chos- en by the League of Nations and the Red Cross societies to'lay he appeal be- fore the peoples of the Empire. The whole Empire is invited to act together in this humanitarian effort. Canada, Aus- tralia and New Zealand are acting- through their Governor General, and South Africa is working in the same di rection under the leadership of the Pre- miecr, Genera! Smputs. Will the editors place the need and appeal Lefore the Em- pire giving a stirring lead to publie opin- ion’’. Signed Edward Cooper, Lord ~ s ayor ot London, and Lord Richard Ca- vendish, Chairman of the Imperial War Reiiet Fl;.%d.T"§ £ I NOTICE. lT is hereby made known that the Colonial Council’s Ordinary Meet- ing which was fixed for Monday, August 16, bhas, by consent of Gov- ernment, been postponed to MON- DAY AUGUNT 23RrD, at one o’clock p ok (lolonial Council Otfice, St. CUroix, Angust 12, 1920. F. COULTIER, Vice-Charrman. For good appetiteand good digestion use Dr. Ross’ Life Pills. Readers, No. 30-17. Dr. J. K. Maylew Eyesight Specialist is at Chhistiansted for a tshort stay and will make appointmens with his clients from Monday 26th July.