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LOUAL The lighthouse tender ‘‘Lilac arrived at this port on Saturday afternoon and sailed again this morning. The ‘'Romanita’’ docked at 2 p. m. having considerable mail and the follow- ing passengers: From St. Thomas— Alfred Francis, Maria Francis, Mabel Francis, P. L. La Bega, Margaret Duur- loo. From Porto Rico—Josemina Rich- ardson, Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Marcus. She sailed from Frederiksted at 2 p. m. vesterday with the following passengers: For Porto Rico.—Lt. John C. Gebhard. For St. Thomas:—Miss Elvina Williams. Th~ town was treated to a concert by the Nativ: Brass Band last night. The s:lection ‘''he Hunting Scene'’ was par- ticularly well rendered and was fully ap- preciated by the gathering assembled. Readers are reminded of the historic film to be screencd at the Christiansted Theatre this eveninzs Programme of this show will be found in the present Issue. Yesterday aftcrnoon the usual Mission- ary Lovefeast was held at Friedensthal Moravian Cihurch of this town and a pub- lic Missionary meeting was held at 7.30 in the evening. Very interesting and instructive speeches were delivered by the Kevds. Bartels, Hus and Ashboe, Rev. Allen acting as Chairman. , The Chureh was fiiled to its utmazst capacity and a delichtiul evening was spent by all who attended. The Roman Catholic congregation held their solemn Corpus Christi service and proczssion at the church at Est. Barren Spot vesterday atternoon, We regret to learn from the ‘‘St. Thomas Times’ of Saturday’s date that His Exce!leney Governor Hough had been “‘coniined to Lis bad, i:l’”’. We trast that he is be.ter by now or that he will very sogn b 2 well again. We weleome back Merchant J. B. Mar- cus and wife also Mr. and Mrs. Alfred K'rancis who returned by the "Roman- -lia’’ 0. Saaurday, baviag spenta month’s vacation in Porto Rico. The s. s. Guiana is advised by the W. I. & P. Telegraph C). as having arrived at 3t. Thomas at 8.0) a. m. today. LiQuOR ENFORCEMENT TRANSFERRED. By an executive orvder signed by Presi- dent Harding the respon.ibility of en- forcing the prohibition law in the Virgin Islands was transferred from the secre- tary of the treasury to the secretary of the navv. Whnen the islanis were ac- quired from Donmar’s in 1917 temporary ST CRUILILE: A V)Y ' gnvernment was vested Yin the president . of the United States. —The Puthfinder, | July 21, 1923, | | TELEGRAMS. ; ST. CROIX STATION. | Lomdon, July 25th.——A grave ,view of - the ¢onditions of British trade and indus- | try is taken by a large industrial group -of the Housze of Commons, which touight . santa letter to Mr. Baldwin outlining the | plans of the group to mzet tha situation, | ohserving that the prospacts of a settle- | ment of reparations anl similar diffl>l- - ties ace tnd remte to an)ceeihly atfa:t ' th~ situation, which is Juz to plitical un- certainty, lack of confidence, war wast- - age and the loss of purchasinz power .~ among our customars. The letter says it . appears inevitahle that unless drastic . measures are taken immediately a fourth . winter of unemployment, with not less ' thana million and a half uoemployed, | must occur, and must disastrously afect ' the morale and e'fizizncy of British work- \ervs. The letter adds that alarminz indi- | cations of industrial Junrest everywhere | ure apparent, The dock strike, it says, is only one manifestation of the serious ' tronble fermenting ‘beneath the surface. | The disruptive force of unemployment op the unions, which are the safeguard oi’ industrial peace, eannot be viewed without apprehension, and in the opinion of the union execuatives if the present rate of unemployment is maintained it will invoive within twelve months com- plete dispersal of the funls and member- ship of the unions, Deeclaring that for- eign trade cannot provide a soiution, the group suggests a number of raiiway and electrification proj-ets at homne to absorb the unemployed, those to include tube railway extensions and the developme ° of canals, docks and other works. The propusals of the group woull involve an expendi «re of £59,000,00), but the group considaers that to pay interes's on this capital for several years would boa very small sum in comparison wiih the pres- ent unemp'oymeant {¢4012 anl sinlar re- lief pavments. Londen, July 28th.—The match be- tween the West lhdian touring cricket- ers and the Northern Cricget Uaion of Ireland X1 was concluded yesterday re- sultinz in a draw. Dectails of the mateh were r.ot nbtainable, but the final scores were as follows: Northern Cricket Union first innings continued from the 25th 131. West ladians second innings 161. Northern Cricket Union second innings 142 for the loss of 8 wickets. Vanecouver, July 206 h.—The ancient bugaboo of the Urited States scheming to annex Canada disappeared from all our minds y=ars~azo, declared President Hardingz, speaking betfore a huge crowd in Stanley Park here today. Heaven knows, he continued. we have all we ean manage now and room enougzh to spare for another hundred miliion before ap- proaching the intensive stage of exis- tence of many European states, and if | might be so bold as to ¢ffor a word of advice to you, it would be this: Do not encourage any enterprise looking to Can- ada’s annexation by the United States. You are one of the most capable govern- ing people in the world, but I entreat you, for your own sakes, to think twice before undertaking management of the territory wbich lies between the Great lakes and the Rio Grande. No, let us go our own gaits along parallel roads, you helping us and we helping you. So long 2s each country maintains its independ- ence and both recogniz2 their independ- enc>, those paths caunnot fail to be high- ways of progress and prosperityv. Na- tionality continues to be a supreme fac- tor in modern existence Qur propin- quity enjoins that mos: effective coopera- tion which comes only from eclasping of hands in true faith asd good fellowship. “'lt is in this spirit that { have stopped on my way home from a visit to our pion- eers in Alaska to make a passing ecall up- on my very good neighbours’’. Refer- ring to the fact that he was with the sin- gle excaprion of his immediate pre leces- sor, the first presiient in office to set foot on foreign soil, the president stated that such inhibition., which dev:loped into a tradition, may havza been desirable in the early days waoen tiin2 wus the chief requisite of travel. Assuredly teo at present the chief magistrate of a great republic ougat not tojcultivate the habit of wandering jover ail the continents of the earth. But Cinada was an exeeption, a most notable exception from every view puint of the United States. ‘"You zre not only a neighbour’’, be said, ""but a very good neighboar and we rejoice at your advancement and admire your independen:e no less sin- cerely than we value your {riendship. We think the same thoughts, live th2 same lives and cherisn the same aspirations of service to cach other in time of need, Thousands of your brave lads perished in galiunt and generous action ftor the preservativa of your ucion. Maay of our young men followed the Canadian coiours to the batcie fields of Burope be- fore we entered the war and left their share of killed to share the graves of your in:regid sons. Whaat an object lesson of peace is shown today by our countries to all the world. No grin faced fortifications mark our frontiers, no huge battleships patrol our dividing waters, no stealtny spies lurk 1n our border ham!gts. Only a serap of paper, recording iardly more tha) a simpie understanding, safeguards lives and pro- perty on :ne great lakes and only humbie mile posts mark the:invioiable bouadary line for thousands of miles, through tar:mn and forest. Qur proteetion 1s our & ternity, our armous is our faith, the ge that binds more firmly year by year is ever increasing acquaintance and com- radeship thiough interchange of citizens