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sland cannot carry on without foreign
capital Well do we remembear the con
dition that prevailed in the island when
the Bethlenam Coincarn withdrew We
koow the Sova'nment jis runn'nz th?
¢ n2arns of the (3'and; wa all know that
the cne d=iiverers 4re mcely eXinZ it
an existenc2, and w 2 knowv that w 2 cin
not work w~ithoat foreiga capital anl
wou'd lik> ta s2e it ehrm: inty the isian].
The Governm=nt is nyw fosterinz a
hom~astead schame [ wish it all sage=ss,
for [ mast say that estrate Whim mst
vield m e more today than whan it wis
covered with hurrican2 grass. With re
gar} to tae “‘right of emineat d>man’”’
which this b'! proprses togrant, | am
sure if thhs corporation is formead it i 3
not going to use that authority on the
homestesders but on individuils (ke
myself aod other propertyownars. I'nit
seems to me unfair. The Government
on the one hand is tryinz to hous2 the
poor class of p2ople while the "‘rrzht gos
eninent domain’’, if granted, miy, pat
me out of hhome. Uhe corporation will
not put homesteaders out of hrm2, bt
this right, if granted, will put m 2 or
another man like myself out of hom>.
Lot us say that my property ismorigazed
and | seil it to the Comnoany, [ will get
my mon=yv and pav off the d=bt, but the
next moiroing | would be out of home
and ou: of a job [n2 Governor is con
sideraie and | believe he wou!d be
willing to agree to amend the bl
' b: eratinuzd
St. Thomas News
The Draft of Ordinana2 creatinr
Virgin Isands Conpiny pass2i ‘ho
Council inits third reading yester liv
afternoon, with one amandm=nt by the
Governor to the Commitiee’s recim:
mandation.
® The bill will become law as shon as
signed by the Execative.
Itis expected that no time will ba
lost in putting the c¢omovany in oop-ra
tion—""Bulletin’’ April 10
There is mueh apeculation in town as
to just how some of the million dollars
wiil be spent in St. 'homas, 1n o'her
words, what will be th2 major activities
of the Virzin Islands Company in this
Community.
Up te the present we have heard noth
ing authoritative on the subjeet and d»
believe that St. Croix will get the lion’s
share 1s the biil seems to have beendrawn
purposely for that islana, which off 'rs
greater opportunity for the developmnt
of staple induastries like suzar ani ru n.
Bulletin April 12.
GOVERNORACCEPIS AMENDED
BILL IN 3rd DISCUSSION
The Ordinauce to create ‘‘The Virzin
[sland Company’’ (3 governmz2at corc-
St CROIX AVIIS
prration) passed its third discussion o
Monday afternoon at an extrarrdinary
meeting convened for the purprse Al
th> am>.d.neants as propri=d ir th2 2
discusston of this urlinioes were will
ingly accepted by the Gov, excepi for
the caangiog ol a%dut fouc Wards suz
gesting ina desirabe ra her than a
mandaitory pharse that whien s=eks (or
native repres>atation on the Board of
Directors lin prefer=nc?to new ¢)ln=rs
from the maniand T'he peonie’s repre
sentativ=s were givea re Idv assurince
by the Governor that the Bye Laws of
the Corporation wiil take ¢are that only
natives according ( wb2 texs of th2 sec
tion b 2 apor2unted m:2mners of the
Borard.— "Emancipitr’’ Aprd 11,
RADIO NuWS.
By courtesy of he Unit d Press and the
Chicigo I'ribune
Naval Radio Station. St Thomas
Havans: - Rumblings of another m+jor
po tticalupheavalran thiouzh the Captial
tonizht and there were strong indica
tions that the overnment of President
Carlos Meadieta was facing a Cabioct
crisis. lUnrse Cidinet memnd-:rs a
realy had off :red their vestznatisns; the
three ready to siep out were Uiarios
Saladigas, Seeretary of Lador, a eader
of the A ;‘»:. Rfi joito M:2od-z Pan e,
Secretary without porttuilo, a n-:mber
of the Nationaust Umnon and Mario
N inez Messa, Sceeretary of the Intzrior,
a non political memoer. Appiareotiy (ne
apprintiment of Carclos Manael Dz Lo
Cruz, to Presidz:ncy of ta: CGouacn of
State was the spark that set off the
political fire works. I'ne Piestdency or
the Couucil, one of thz2 cnoieest ot
po iticai plums, was s)uLbt Dy severil
political tacuions, laciuding the prver
ful Nitionahst Uioa, Presideat Men
dieta’s own party, D: L Uruz a Meao
calista was appolated over siroog obje¢-
tions of many pliticsl I2aders wno
claimed he had'oeen too ciose y Iden iaed
witn the Governmeot of Gerard) Ma
cnado. De La Cruz denied the charges
put his enemies are sl clamoriag tor
his resignation. Uue taction of tae ABC
registered proiest to ke La Cruz aod
Saladrigas offered his resiznailio De
cause he had been sccused ol sponscilog
the De La Cruz appoinumeon ! and coo
gemned bLy sume ol his Jwa party
members. He, like his brocher, haa lo . g
been active tn Nationahse Uuoion party
circles. lhe exict reason lor Nuocz
Mess® resignation was Dol Knowo, Dut
it was uoderstood that cerwaln poiucal
groups wanted the portioio for another
man. Ihere was defiotte tondication ot
dissention ¥ithin the ranks of Meudieta’s
Nationalist Union and he nas Deen
eriticiz2d by his supporters because he
did oot appoint Ruberto Menucz Penate
to the GCouncn Presidency, therevy
keeping the impuriaul post withio
hi: own party, A speci | session of the
Cabinet his been cailed for Monday and
it was understood the tirst order of busi
ness would be the coostderation of the
Cnulnet situaition,
Rome: U'he United States, Auatralia
and Canads 1t was learned reltadly to
nizh', nave recozniz>d Argentina’s spe
cial d:tfi:u ties ander tae Loadon wheat
export agreement and are withing to
grant her a larger qidta for 1934 35
thit had previouds'y been set.
Limi, Peru: - A despateh to the news
pier K Com nercio from Puno, Peru
vian port on Lake Tiacaca, near the
Bolivian border tod iy satd 120 persons
were kKilled andjseveral hundred wound
el Inarevalt of maitery cadets from
Lz Pax last week,
Paris, Prince and Princess Alexis
Mdivani arrived tonight by th: Urieat
express trom Veuice, L'hry went to the
Riiz notel, L'he Prince denmed rumors
tnat a divorce was impending and said
they planned to remata 1n Paris nntil
Qctober. L'be bride 18 the former Bar
bira Hutton, Noolworin bhelress,
Los Angeles,—With steam in tne boilers
and brass buroish-d brignt 102 vesseis
comprising the tackbine of the Ameri-
Can uavy were ready tonignt for their
appointed dep:rture In the morning cn a
mighty peace (Lne mineuver that wiil
take thento the Atlsotie seibrard K
ty thousand officers ani men will ve
40041 d the nioe battl-ships and lesser
vessels whea the Ilf-:{ sleams svuthward
for the Panama Canal at 93) », m). the
wiil wil oot be comple e un il It reaches
Coronado roads, off San Diezo, where
destroyers, sub parines and alicralt car
riers anohored there wiil jin the battle
snips, cruisers and augiulary vesseis
whic mike the L»s Aazetes 1092 beach
roisdsiead their hyne base. Weeks of
leisure by cruising, combined with tactic
designed to test ine cfficieocy of the
fl et as a unir, will b2z ciumaxed on My
tuirtyticst wnen (he vessels pdss in re
view betore President Roosevelt 1o New
York,
Biton Rouge, La:— Students steal elzc
tions too, at Loutsiaaa state universitly,
M-jor Perty Cole, dean of student at
fairs, asserted In deciaring the anoual
university popuplarity vote nuil andg void
because of “‘irreguiariiies’’. Major Cowe
said absut thirty ol toe billots, sume of
waleh wer: numbered, we'e ovbvViously
aup icates tliegally voted, Lhree ftrace
tions pad entered ¢cind dites 1o the con
test, which was to select the studenis
who were ‘‘most this and that,”’
Hliywoo i, lbousands of negroes livs
in Los Angeles Harlem along Cen
tral Avenuae, yet Ceent B, Demiile eouid
not fiad elznt ~ihaw to lead tour hons
in froat of a camzra. LUheir refusual to
have anythin g winatevzr tody) witn the
sy ealled klO2 ot p2ists forced Damuile
to disear t a2 sc2az fro.n "Cleopiatra’’ a
pew fiim.