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&Y o s A k. St Croix Ans \ j ‘\ i ! i ‘ \ ‘\' ‘/I___\ \\\ | | ' L\_ =') \”: v A S \_/I / > ©\b/ Q \ / z‘o 75TH Y £AR. THE ST. CROIX AVIS i 8 printed and published daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Ofice. TERMS---50 cents monthly wn advance, 2 cents per single copy. Katered as second-class matter HMay 26th 1917 at the Post Ojice at Chiistian- sted, St. Croix, V. L of the Ui S. A, cun- der the Act of March 3. 1879 Cont ~ibution to this paper will be glad- ly received when the same deals wi'r. mat- ters of general interest, and is ac:zompu- nied w.th the author’s mname, as (& quar- antee of good fuith. The editor caw ot be responsible for the views of his cor. spon- dentsnor does he necessarily endorsz them. TLLEGRAMS. ST. SROIX STATION London, March 6th.—Amused su,"pr{se is being: expressed over New York mes- sages r:cording Mr. McAdoos indor:ation of the plan for the United States pur- chase of the British West Indizn col- onies, ¢nd alsc of Washingron’s suzges- tion thut this saould be the first tazk to which the new Secretary of Staie, Mr. Corby, should address himself when he assumes office. Memb>rs of Par.:ement and ed.tors al ke declare this am.izing propos:! had aiready received en'yhatic repudiation irom the Colonial Secratary and the Under Secrotary and only needed tc be mentioned in t e House of Com- mons hLere to insure its final qu.etus. Ea lisbmen ask what would Americans sav if Mr Asquith propose that Hawaii be purcaased by Canada for cable, steam- ship and other empire ends. If the West Indies themselves desired to change their status, it is bei.eved here their prefer- ence would be discus’sed, also the possi- bility of closer commercial and political relationship with Canada and Newound- land. : Paris, March 9th. -Constautinople is actually occupied by Allied troops under the provisious of the armistice, n is pointed out by the ‘‘Petit Parisien”’, which says that the city is the uead- quarters of General D’Espercy ard tha* there ate in the city one divisicn and one brigade of French troops or about fifteen thousand or sixteen thousand men, and in addition there are a regi- ment of Italian ard a battalion of Brit- ish troops. Berlin, March Bth.—The fashiorable Adlon Hotel diring room was the scene of a rough and tumble fight between CHRISTIANSEED, V.l. U. 8. A.,, SATURDAY, 13TE MARCH 1920, . Prince .Jouachim Albrecht of Prussia, . cousin of the Ex-German Lmperor, ard ' his guests, and (Captains Klein ard ' Roug'hevin and Iladame Klein, membe s i of the F.ench Mission. The hostilitics were due to the I"rench people retusiry ' to stand while the crchestra was play- | Ing “‘Leutschland Aber Atjes”’. Piince | Joachim anda his iriends hurlec candies, ~ crockery and other things at the French | party and Captlain Roughevin was bea.- | en and his elothes torn. Beriin, March Btn. Fieid Ma 'shal Von Hindenburg’s candidacy for the pres- . dency of Germary 1s strongly urgedin an appeal which has just been issucd here. ' The appeal, according to the '‘Morgen- " post’’, is the outcome of an areemert ' between the German nationalist party | and the people’s party. Tue "t.ckal Ar- | zeiger’’clains to have knowledge (hat the ' Field Marshal weuld accept the nomine- | tion. His name has been frequen:ly mer- | tioned recently among other eundidates l for the next pres.dential term. ' Helsingtors, Mareh Bth.——[he Rher- ' nish General Staft hav. received news % that the White troops in the Mu-man re- ; gion have penetrated the lines of thz2 | Bolshevik forces and sare now epproaclh- | ing the town of Reval. ’ 3 Berlin, Marh Bth. —Herr Gustav 2 | Noske, Minister of Defence, has ordered | the Provisional arvest of I'rince Joachinm | Albrecht and Baron Von Plater. for en- ’ caging in the assault upon Capiain . Roughevin. Gene-al Noila, uead of the | French, Military .dission, bas demanded ' an immediate audienee with the Foreign No. 59. & g N Helps Make Strong Sturdy Men an% utiful,Healthy Women Used by Over 3000000 People Annually as aTonic, Strength and Blood-Builder: NIOMDIDrryapQ. ADOANTILY YA IN TF AT F TRLAVED U G LSa gy L S LA iy, V7Y 7m 3y ST. THOMAS. Minister, Herr Muller, to protest against the attack upon the Freneh Party. Rheims, March Bth. Nearly one hun- dred skeletons of those who are on the voreat list of missing 1n the war have been located a few miles from here in advanced trenches and bleached bones have been tound in shell eragers and a'so in territery which was left unscarred by the great German shells, but where the thick underbasn was hiding them from view, Paris, Mareh Bth.—An aerial service was Ipaugucated yesierday between Paris and London. On her initial vov- age the Goliath carried fourteen passen- TS Bologna, ltaly, March Bth.—Anotnher of mankind’s disease enemies has surren- dered to science Professor Maggior of the Institute of Hygicne here, has isola- ted the germ of sleeping sickness and is busy preparing a serum to combat the malady. Pne sleepinz sickness germ wag one of the most elusive in the nis- tory of bacceriology. London, March Bch - Mr. lloyd George, replying to questions in the House of Commons today regarding the sugges- tion that the West Indies be transferred to the United States in payment of part of the British debt 1o that country sta- ted that there was not the slightest in- tention on the part of the British Gos- ernment to barter or sell any part of the British West In ies. Which were loyally attached to the Crown and in- tensely proud of their membership in the Empire.