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demands. 'lhey warned them against list- ening toany boisheviki propaganda, which { advised them to iry and run the pianters | out of the Isiand, so the land woulo be- long to them, as it never would, for that was a false doctrine that would never be | allowed to ake place. | They admonished the employers to be considerate of their laborers’ weilfare, and do all possible to make therm com- | sortable, and in fact advised all classes | to work together for the uplift and bet- | termentof the island’s interests. [hey | impressed upon the meeting, that the | United States Government was not a | paternal government, but was keenly ! interested in individua! effort, and will- | ing to help those that tried to help them- | selves. They told the laborers thar they had every right to have a laborers union, | but they must be careful and use its | power for the benefit of the lslands best | interests, by giving their employers good | service. In conclusion they said thar | they expected to come back ro the Island | again in the future, and hoped to sece a | marked improvement in tne Islands con- | ditions. The advice given by the Commission- | ers was good, timely, and to the pocint, | and ought to sink deep ir the miuds of | every well wisher of the future of St. | Croix, whose inhabitants regardless of | class or color, should unite, and in the | words of the old sailor. with a long pull, | a strong puil and all pull together, pull | our dear li.cce I[siand out of the talse i position that 1t is at present in. While the minor crops of the Island | such as ground provision, vegetables, garden truc< and fruit, does not com- mand much 1/ any betrer price than they did under normal eonditions, sugar the staple crop i the Island is abnormally high. And yc¢t one hears first class sugar | planters witi iine properties, claimin that it is impossioie for them to continue in | sugar cualtivition under present condi- tions, is it surprising then, that the fu- | turc looks dark and discourag ng, for | the North Side and East End of the Is- land? | There is vo doubt that lack of unity | and bolshevi.im, is the weak spot, and are baving ‘neir detrimental effects on the peace and prosperity of the Island, | tha remady li2sin ch 2 aands of th2 in- habitants, as much as with Government. A. J. BLACKWOOD. | Estate Annaly, February 23rd. 1920. i ° | Cricket. | The ericke: wnatch which was played | on the Holger Danske Ground on Mon- | day the23rl. inst. between the Horse | Whip C. C. and the Wanderers C. C. resulted in a victory for the H. W. .C. | who scored 123 runs 1 the iirst innings, | while the W. C. C. only scored 81. ‘ The names of the players of the H. W | (. C. were as follows: ‘ ST CROD 1 X AV IS R. Brun, Capt., 5. Nugent, C. Der- ricks,"H. Williams, I. James, V. Sim- mends, H. Seeley, C. Messer, P. Jfack- son, P. Hendricks, and H. Scott, and the names of the players of the W. C. C. were: B. Bough, Capt., W. Thomas, E. Jack- son, G, Edwards, F. Tuitt, B. Lambert, D. Williams. A. Mc Alpin, H. Hines, E. Wiiliams, gnd A. Daniel. When the H. W. C. 'C. went to leat in the second innings six men made 85 runs, leaving 5 more behind, but on account: of the H. W. Boys showed great playing and the game was to stop at 4 p. m., be fore that time the Wanderers Roys got exhausted and stopped at 3 p. m. so the second innings was of n. use. I mustalsosay cthat the Wanderers Boys plaved well, but at the same time was overpowered bya grear d:feat. Better luck next time Wanderers Boys but go prepared or else you are of no good, be- cause the Horse Whip C. C. is oreparinz to whip you much harder next time. Shake yourselves Boys? don’t be "atraid. Tne day being favorabie everything went on in a p=aceful manuner. A REPORTER. U. 5. NAVY PRiESS NLWS, February 22, 1920. . WASHINGTON: Local officials of fourteen railroad unions will sesemhle here tomorrow .o consider President Wil- son’s proposal for settlement of railroad wage controversy involving two mi'lion workers. The President’'s proposal is dependent upon passage of the Cum- mings railroad bili which goes to the Senate tomorrow morning. iThe House passed the bill late yesterday. JONDON : *‘God forbid rhat we should ever have war with Canada but I den’t know whether 1 would apply that to the country boraering the United States on the South’’. This was- the declaration made by Rear Admiral Harry S. Knap in a speech in the Hyde Park Hotel at an observanceof George Wash- ingion’s birithday. The celebration was in charge of the T.ondon section of the Navy League of the United States. CHICAGO: A big merchant marine and a navy second to none were advo- cated by Admiral William Wiison, newly nominated Chairman of the United States Shipping Board. The United States should have just as big a merchant ma- rine as is commensurate with its com- merce and progress, a navy as big as anv in th: world and more efficient and uni- versal training S'Fould be linaugurated, not tfor military jpurposes, but for the Americanization and education of all our young men. WASHINGTON : Chairman John Bar- ton Payne of the Shipping Board has ad- miited the existence of what he terms a tentative contract with the International Mercantile Marine for locating several of tne thirty former German ships for oper- ation by that Company. This contract was lilade some tim~ prior to the neces- sary -eje~tion of the bids of the Inter- natioral Mzrecantile Marine which came about as a result of the injunction order of the District Supreme Court, secured by W lliam Randolph Hearst. W SHINGTON: ‘“'Vessels operated by tle Navy as transports during the war riay be lost to the Am:irican Mer- chant Marine because of the policy of sale adopted by the Navy Department.”’ Thi: charge was made by W. Clark, re- presenting the Pacific Steamship Com- pany. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STA.ION. London, Feb. 13th.——A New Alled Note to Holland regarding the extradi- tion o’ the Former Emperor William will be dispatched tomorrow, according te the ' Evening Standard’’. The Note, says the newspaper, makes a strong ap- peal t» the Dutch Government not to cre- ate g eater difficulties in Europe by in- sisting: on-the right ot asylum for a man characterized as the ‘‘author of the world's present troubles’’. From cther sources it was learned this afternoon that tie Council of Premiers’ was engag- ed in completing the Note to Holland. The Note was being drawn up, it was stated, in a form to emphasize the concerted view of the Allies thas the oresence of the Former Em- peror in Holland was a danger to the peace of KEnro,e. The Note does not make any requests of Holland, but it is } oped that the Dutech Government will be drawn into reopening the nego- tiatior s which it ended with refusal to give up the Ex-Kaiser. It is intimated that F olland has not received a sugges- tion tc this effect unkincly and that she might be willing to intern the former Empe cr outside of Europe. A new note to Ger nany with regard to the Allied ex- tradition demands is also being prepared. The Chuncil is represente as being in agreeri2nt on this document, which, it is intimated, may give Germany an oppor- tunity for further negotiation. Lon lon, Feb. 14th.—-The sensation of the da is the stoppage by th& post oice on .he authority ot the Home Ofthice, of thousands ot letters, containing suberip- tions t) doubtful lacing sweepstakes or- ganized abroad. Abour £60,000 nhave been s:ized and will be returned. Berl n, Feb. 17th.—The Allied Note so Germany on the exiradition auestion was handed to the Government at noon today. In the absence of Herr Bauer. the Premicr, who is engaged in negotiadons with tle miners, the Note was presented by Lord Kilm irnock, the British Charge, to Herr Mueller, the Foreign Minister. Loncon, Feb. 16th.—The Air Ministry was acvised today of the arrival at Mon- galla, 1n the Southern Hgyptian Soudan. of the "‘Times’’ aeroplane compeung 1a the flight from Cairo to (Jape [own.