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I am pleased to send you enclosed the most faverable reply of this association through their managing vice president, and I trust that you will publish it, and otherwise convey the information to those interested in the work of this com- mission. Thanking you kindly, [ am, very respectfuily, ASHLEY L. TOT TEN. THE AS3OCIATION AGAINST THE PRG#HI- BITION AMENDMENT (INCORPORATED) April 17th, 1922, Ashley 1. Totten, Esq., 202 East 148th Street, New York, N.Y. My dear Sir: I beg leave to acknowledge re- ceipt of your letter of the 10th inst. It seems to me that what has hap- p2ned concerning the Virgin Islands is a shoeking outrage. Ido not believe the American people at all realize what has been done. I ave visited the Islands mamy times and have a warm feeling of affection for the people. Ishall be very glad indeed, to know when the delegation reaches this country and I will certainly be very glad to give them an opportunity to appear and pre- sent their case at one or more of our meetings. Yours very trualy, W. H. STAYTON. St. Croix, May 6th, 1922, “Bditor St. Croix Awvns’’, Dear Sir—: St. Thomas Times says price of beer is being controlled over there and if any one charges more than $lO, a case for'German beer, or more than sl4 for Dutch or Danish he may be reported to the police because it is profiteering. When we had a Fond Commission here the prices of Ham, Bacon, Cheese, and a list of cther articles used at one’s table every day could not be controlled be: cause it was said they came under the heading of luxuries. Is beer then a staple article of food? Here in St. Croix we don’t need this control because if we get through paying our doctor’s bills we’ll be lucky if we get plain food and will have nothing left for beer. What would benefit us is a tariff for medical service so one can know whether he’ll be able to paythe doctor beforehand, and not take the chance of rising from his sickbed a bankrupt. Yours truly HOT and COLD. TELEGRAMS. ST. CROIX STATION. Nublin, Mayv Ist. —Representatives of the regular and irregniar branchesof the Irish Republican army at a conference today signed a statement suggesting pro- posals to avert a catastrophe, which AT @R UKAVIS gives the foilo’&mg a! the basis of the situation, namely, acceptance of the fact admitted on all sides, that a majority of the people of Ireland are willingto accept the peace treaty and to agree to an elec- tion with a view to forming a goverpment which will have the confideuce (?f the whola eountry. Moscow, May Ist§—Leon Trotzky ad- dressing the Moscly Garrison g% the May day review, 3 wvhicii the red cath was taken by ail tQe soldiers, deeclared that the Allizs 2 Gehoa desired to make condi-ions to xhich Russia would never yield, and he therefore asked the troops to be prepared. ‘NVe oifered to disarm he said, but the Allies did not want that, We offered to pargain and to pay our pre-war debts and that they agreed to, and said they would re:ognize us if we abolishel Soviet Russia and restored capitalism. We answered no, and will always answer thus.”” One hundred thousand troops marched in review, fol- lowed bya large nuambar of workmen. The oath taken by the soldiers pledged them to> defend Soviet Russia with their full strenzth. London, May Ist.—The Spanish troops have suffered a szrious reverse at the hands of the Mococcan tribesmen, it has been iearned unofficially from Madrid. The Spaniards are said to have beon obliged to retire to their bases at Tetuan and Arish. : Paris, May Ist.—Major W. T. Blake, who will replace the late Sir Ross Sm th in the flight around the world, yesterday accomplished four flights between Paris and London. Geneva, May Ist.—Dr. Nanrsen, has re- ceived a letter from his representative in the Ukraine asking for urgency in the despatch of an expedition to succour five million persons who are without food and of whom ten thousand are dying daily. [.arge numbers of corpses were picked up in the streets of QOdessa during the first week of April. Cannibalism is stated to be inereasing, even in the villages where the famine is not acute. Peking, May Ist.—The Government has notified its legation at Washington that the rival generals have agreed to ex- clude Peking and Tientsin from the zcre of operations. Washington, May Ist.—The conferees of the Senate and House have adopted the Bill for the prelongation, for two vears from first July next, of the law restricting immigration on to three per cent. London, May 2rd.—The funeral of Lord l.eopold Mountbstten took place yesterday at Windsor, the body being placed in the Royal Vault. New York, May 2nd.—The early raw sugar market was unsettled. Sales were reported of { venty five thousand bags of Cubas, afloat, at 23/8 cents cost and freight, equal to 3.98 for centrifugal, and twenty one thousand bags for June, at 24 cents, cost and freight, equal to 4.11. Dublin, May 20d.-The returning officer for the southern Irish election announced today that the elections, dirested to be held by the Provisional Government, would take place early in June. He said that, rotwithstanding the refusal of the Dublin eorporation to cooperate with the Provisional Govt., all arrangements hcd practically been completed. ; London, May 2nd.—The irflue-tial Paris newspaper the "‘Journal des lios. bats’’ in an articiz on the British budget urges France to app int 2 commission similar to the Geddes conomic commis- sion. which recommended drastie cuts in expenditure to the administration. The paper speaks with e¢rvy and admiration of the work of the DBritish commission. Londen, May 3rd.—Following a discus- sion of heresy by the Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury, the Bishops have unanimously passed a resolution de- claring its adhesion to the Nicene Creed The resolution was moved by the RBishop of Gloucester an . statements in support thereof were m' de by the Archbishop of Canterbury ar 1 the bishops of Norwich, Ely and Worcester. Peking, May 3rd.--Mr. Edward Ben- net, a vic. Consul connected with the Biitish Legation, was shot today while interpreting for the British Military at- tache near “he battlefield. He was wound- ed in the hjad and was ecarried from the field unconscious, but will. recover. London. May 3rd.—Lord Inverforth, in an interview Lty Reuters correspon- dent at Genoa before returming to Lon- don from the conference, expressed him- self as being satisfied with the steps ac- compvlished for the fermation of an inter- national corporation with a ecapital of twenty million pounds, destined to assist any country of Europe requiring aig for economic reconstruction. London, May 3rd.—Thirteen branches of the bank of Ireland have been raiced by dissident forces of the Republican army, late reports adding those at Ballin- robe and Claremorris, county Mayo, to the list. The sums taken are not stated in four of the cases, but according to reports the total seized from others equal- led nearly one hundred thousand pounds The raid-rs gave receipts for the amounts taken. Dublin, May 3rd.--Buildings seized here by the dissident republican troops remain in their possession. Ships are entering and leaving the port as usual, but the seisure of the port board buildings has made it impossible to collect shipping Aues, and this fact is embarrassing the port board in th> payment of the wages of its staff, which number more than one hundred men. Catania, Sicily May 3rd.— An eruption of Mount Etna, which began several days ago, has increased in violence and the volcano is now emitting continuous roars which are audible for miles around while dense colums of black smoke are filling the sky.