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s L7241= 2" 15 CHRISTIANSTED THEATRE &2’ 815. THIS EVENING 3.15. “THE PRISONER OF /ENDA” So little need be said and so much can be about the ‘‘The Prisoner of Zenda.”’ The story is established as one of the great romantic tales of modern times—a story of the sort that can rever be written again, for the war, for one thing, has stamped out the picturesque, gaily uniformed little kingdom of Europe, where Sir An hony Hope tfound his setting for the love story of Rudolf Rassendyl, the young Englishman who resem bled so closely the king of Ruritania, and of the Princess Flavia. In can never be written again in print, but it can on the screen. with all his glom- or and brilliance. ‘‘The Prisoner of Zenda’’ is romance embodied: love in the net of court intrigue, cries at night by the black moat about lhe castle, duels to ti » death in the dark dungeons of the citadel, the clatter of hoofs along roads, white in v ie moon- light. The action is breathless, the excitement fairly stabs at you, the suspense is tightened to concert piteh. Such a story, as dramatized by Edmund Rose, given into the hands of so masterly a director as Mr. Ingram, and enacted by a cast including Alice Terry, Terry, Robert Edeson, Lewis Stone Stuart Holmes, Barbara LLa Marr, Edward Connelly, Malcoln Mac Gregor and Lois Lee, cannot fail to be one of the most splendid and thnlling achieve- ment sos tbemotion pictures. TWO PERFORMANCES THO PERFORMANCES To Be Concluded Thursday. EXTRA. EXTRA. “PATSY’S JIM” 2 KEELS. ADMISSION Reserved Seats... . .....2bc. General Entrance..........15¢. .. ... e s . e The naval regime in the Virgin 1.~ has not been without its benefits, The service of the Lospitals has been extend- ~ ed, the sanitary arrangements Fave been bettered, and the schools have been greatly improved. In Danish times free education amounrting to about three years of our primary schools was considered enough, and that was largel!y religous in character. The American occupation is offering the natives free educatior up to the completion of the high school. One reason for the success of the schools is that the naval administration has put them under civili o direction. Asa whole the naval administrators of the Virgin Islands impress one as com:- petent and well-meaning, but their long caturation in giving and taking orders makes them misfits as government offi- cials and public servants, especially wh:n thrown among a people with differ- ent habits and physiology from their own. They have not succeeded in esta- blish'nz friendly relations even with the « white aristocracy of the island of St. Croix where the planter families virtu- ally ignore them socially. This it is said is due to the indiscretion of one of the pieneer naval officers who express2d the opinion that there was not a family domtciled on the island for as lorg as fifty years that did not have “a lick of the tar brush’ in it. What has been said so far bas to do : enly with the political difficulties of the | Virgin Islands. This aspect has been | stressed partly because the responsibili- E ty for it rests flatly upon the people of ' the United States, but also because there | isa remedy at hand which it does not | offera complete cure—that awaits the ' millenium— promises at least immediate . improvement. The remedy is to end the | unrepresentative and autocratic rule ' which the navy has superimposed upon ' and obselete and absurd foundation sur- | viving frcm Dawish days, replacing it | with American citizenship, civilian gov- - ernment and democratic institutions bas- . ed on universal manhcod and y¥oman su!- . frage. Self-government should be ex- | tended by degrees, with virtual autonc- . my as the ultimate goal. It is ineonceiva- ! ble that a great democracy should hold . indefinitely as poiitical peons the friend.y ' inhabitants of a peaceably acquired terri- i tory, mean time administering their af- | fairs through a war-making branch of . the government, i To be continued. ii Ab e is ’; TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. 3 Winnipeg, Man., June 12th.—During | the past year Canada has made steady i progress towards the financial basis es- scntial to orderly prosperity, declared | Mr. Crossin, President of the bond deal- . ers association of Canada in his address 1 at the opening session of the annual con- | vention here today. A noticealkle reduc- ' tion in the amount of outstanding domin- . ion notes neot covered by gold, added Mr. . Crossin. encourages the hope that short- 1y it will be possible for Canada to place ' her currency on a gold basis. Some of ' our bankers believe we could now resume | and maintain gold payments without any . undue strain on our resources or credit. . This satisfactory position shows the ad- i herent stability of Canadian financial . life. The mornidg session was oceupied . with the presentation of reports covering . administration and finance. g Troon, June 12th.—Whe the roll is ' called on the first tee of the old troon - course on rhursday for the starting of . the British open championship, many - famous golfers will be missing. Among | the Rritish golfers who failed to quality . today are the veteran Harry Vardon, ' Roger, Wethered, the British amateur | champion, and Audrey Boomer, the form- | er French, titie holder. Among the our | siders who lailed to qualify the most | famous Gene Sarazen, th: United States . Open champion, and Jim Barnes, who ' formerly h:ld that title. These piaye:rs orfeited the opportunity to enter the ontest for the title when they failed in e first and second rourds of the guali- y, * competition to play the type of gam. aecessary to get on the list of the elect. As it turned out, 159 strpkes for the thirty-six holes were good enough and not a stroke more. Abe Mitchell, George Duncan, Edward Ray, Alexander Herd, J. H. Taylor, Cyril Tolley and other topnectors in British golf ail came through successfully. Walter Hagen, A~ :an golfer, who is the present -of the British open champyionship squeezed into the tie for last place among those that qualified with 159 strokes. Yesterday he played miserably and he began even worse to-ay, but played the last nine holes like the master shot he is and qualified. Joe Kirkwood, the Aus- tralian champion, repeated his Monday sco-e of (6 ana will get a chance at the title, New York, June 13th.—The raw sugar market was demoralized ,early today by the sharp dechine in futures, and re ne:s were ovat of th» market entirely. Pricees therefore were nominal. New York, June 13th.——Nearly haif the crew of the French line steanmer “KFrance’’ served notice on her eaptair, as the vess:l sailed today, that the, would refuse to make another trip to the United States on her unless arrange- ments were made so that they could get the two hitre daily ration of wine provi- ded by French law. The Captain de- c.ared the France would return on sche- dule if he had to recruit a new crew from the French Merch:nt Marine Col- lege.