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From another officer of the I.:ague: dated 5/4/.9; “"We also intend making public the names of 4.l womzn of the better elass who associate with mavines’'. .. .. T'he above correspondence, and espe- cially the last guoted, male me (o look cn the activities of the Leag 'e wi:h sus- picion, fearing lest a wrong step, hough well mzaning, should injure the e: use of tae ceople, whien for four vears [ had labored quieily but s-eadily, dav and night, to make worthy of rceognit n. Then again the newspaper r:ports, containing overdrawn, and, in mayv cas- es, false statements which I couid not Lonestiy support with my testimory. Tlo show what ! mean, I shall just quote from the tolowing uncontralicted repyc 12 the New York Call of ths 28t» July 1912. This paper was sent me oy the President ot the League. Here is the extrac:: “"Last Fourtli of July, many natives were arrvested and fined by the slands couart for not celebrating the holide y. . .. [his nearly took my breath away, as saca was unknown to me, and tie re- cord oi the Courts does not show it hence when 1 was asked to furnish infor nation I was celuctant, for the simple reasoa taac I id not want the facrs distorted at nmy exjans:e. [ have always mad 2it a print ) stick to faets as I know them, and stiite tuem honestly to the bost of my knowled z 2 and beli+f. and woud not, even tirougzhi be the injuced party try to s.ate a falsenood to injure thoyse wao hal harmed me. There is no intention here to accerpt any of he <o called chuallengas .he: have been flaunicd in the press, nor lave any in ention to take notice of any sar- castic calunry that seems to pack the haud-t2g of the Delegates; I nerely want to show up the hypoerisy exiiibited ty the delezates when they now want to take their stand on race-hatred in St. (roix. where. as a matter of fzet at lcast on the Hart of the native popu ation, no such thing exists, and where things have b:en, up to the time of the arrivel o’ the delevates, working smoothl:', ani changes for the bett r taking plaz¢ grad- ually. Wha: is taught here, and what has bz2en t: ught and will ever b 2 tausht, is RACE CONSCIOUSNESS, waich 15 mak- ing beter ciiizens, of the veople a that. Tae trcuble is, the dele rates 1o no seem to hav2 been abe to diserimina e be- ween ace-hatred and race consciri sness. To my mind, and to the ininds of the irajority of :he populaion, more harn than grod has becn dore oy the visit o rhe delegates here. Th2 entre ficid had aiready been covered ani there was noth- ing left for tnem to do but te attac the leaders of the people, ior the benefit of i few. D. HAMILTON JACKS/)N. Jan. 20th. 1920. = L A 8y &Y 1s TELE sRAMS ST. CROIX STATION. Irinidad, Jan. 1!&1. —H. M. cruisers “Calcutta ’ and ""Goinstance’’ will leave here tomorrow to act as escorts to H. M. S. "'New Zealand’’, arriving here from Jamaica on Saturda:’ with Admiral Vis- count Lori Jellicoc and Sir R. Borden, Prime Minister of C inada, aboard. Trinidad, Jan. I°th. —H. vi. S. ‘New Zezland” arrived at 9 a. m. this morning ana Admiral Jellicoe landed at 11 a. m., beiag rece ved by he Mayor ot Port of Spain at tie landinr stage, who, with the Colonial Secret iry and many promi- ner:t citizens, weleco ned the Admiral to | Trinidad. Fifty m:n of the Royal Sus- sex Regiment tormad a Guard of Honour anc a detachmont f police, with their bard. wer: alsc pr sent. The Admiral drove to Governm:nt House through gal.y decorated and 2row..d streets. and | had an en husiastic recepcion. He wili be present to-night at a dinner given in his honour by the Univa Ciub, ar which | H. ©. the yovernor wviil preside and i: is hoped Sir R. gocden will be able to at- tend. The Club Ho se is waily decorated and will be brillianc!y illu ninated for che occasion. Riode Jaaeiro, jan. 17th., —Admiral Lord Jell:icoe ha: received nstructionsto return iv Lingiand his visi to Brazil and the Argentine Republic laving been eancell- ed. This ainouncemnt was made by the Minister o1 Marine, (ollowing the rec-ipt of & messaze trom [ ord Jellicoe. London, Jan. 17t} —While seemingly the eis no dispute r>garding the menace | to f’ersia and the neighbouring countries by ‘he Red Armies, there is said to be no direcc military menace to India at present. The main canger to {ndia lies in the ve- ligious ana politica propaganda which the Boisheviki ar> s)reading among the Extremists there for the purpose ot start- | ing a revol:. Paris, Jan. 17th. -M. Clemenceau has beel defeiated in tie caucus o1 both Chambers ‘or the Fresidency. M. Paul Deschanel led the Fremier by nineteen votis. This means the elimination of M. Clemenceau fr-m public life. M Deschanel was elected President of | Fraace by he Natioial Assembly a: Ver- sail es by 734 votes. | Paris, Jal. 17th.— 'he Supreme Coun- cil’s letter to the Duteh Government, demanding the extr:dition of ex-Emper- cr William has beer sent. It was for- ward d otfizially dur ng the day. S:ockhel n, Jan. Tth.— Many mines, whizh were carried Iway by the heavy storm prevailing in the North Sea for sev.ral darss, are foating through the wac2rs of 3candinatvia. Washing on, Jan. 7Tth. —United Staies | Marines and Haytian Gendarmerie yester- day repelled! an attack on Port-au-Prince, by a force <f more thin two hundred ban- dits, more tian half fwhom were killed, | wouaded or eaptured after being pursu- ed outside 7’ the ecity. The total casualties among the marine: was two privates wounded.. U. S. NAVY PRESS NEWS. January 19, 1920. WASHINGTON: In a letter to Chair- man Page of Senate Naval Affairs Com- mitiee late last night Secretary Daniels denied éver having said to Rear Admiral Sims, ""Don’t let the British pull the wool over your eyes’” which Sims stated betore Committee were the instructions he received at Navy Department before leaving for Europe before war was de- clared. Secretary tells of irstructions he gave Admical Sims and caution he also gave him. Says this letter was sent now because nf bearine this statement ot Sims has on international matters. Com- plete investigation of Admiral’s charges agalast Navy Department’s conduct of war will be made by sub-committee no.v ‘nvestigating Naval awardsitwas offi~jal- ly de.ided by tull committee today. Will be done after present investigation is completed. Believed this will take ten days. To newspaper men this morning Secretary Daniels said he would be very glad 10 have Senate investigate and stat ed that every order and every letter is open to inspection. He stated that if Sen- ate did not investigate that some oth-r Tribunal will take up question of whether Navy did its full duty. Declares that Ad- miral 3ims must be required to establish every criticism he made of the Depart- meni. Sub committee this afternoon con- tinued hearings on award with Admiral Sims on stand but finished with him and adjourred un i! tomorrow. NEW YORK: Army transport ‘‘Por- satan’’ is in distress about seven hun- dred miles east of New York. It was re- ported by wireless today that although she was leaking and boiler room was flooded she was in no immediate danger. Tug is standing by and when sea calms passengers will be transferred. Reports indicate ‘‘Porsatan’ will reach Halifax safely. WASHINGTON: Validity of Federal Prohibition "t is to be determined by the United States Supreme Court which today granted State of Rhode Island per- missio. to institute original proceedings to test it and enjoin enforcement in that State. BOSTON Britisk freighter ‘“‘Yar- mouth’’ carrying cargo of liquor valued at two millions last night reported *y ra- dio that she was sinking off the Coast. Was carrying cargo of wet goods to Havana. Three vessels went to her assis- tance. PARIS: Hoiiand is toidin the allied note demanding extraditi-n of former Emperor that she will not falfill her in- ternational duty if she refuses to associ- ate herself with the Entente Powers in chastising crimes committed by Germans during the war.