The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-04-03
..e1DF VIEWS OF CONDITIONS IN
THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

.r.uLoTrE AMALIA, ST. THOMAS
February %, 1902. 1t is easy
Nudy in these islands to obtain
H>tii>uS of popular opinion re
cir proposed transfer to tie
. ~tates-because it is the one
- VT conversation among high
H Ghe thirty -four thousand PEG
4 tutreabouts) who are supposed
fiplt the one hundred and fifty
M miles of land included in the
are gregarious lot, croWdiug
r~ and leaving the best and most
H portions almost as lonesome
occupied AS CrusOes island in
u-tC. 1t is an actual fact that
and unhealthy coast town.
.-'r Amalia. has over $1,000 of
w which compose the popula-
~a Thomas; and on the larger
vi It. CroiX. nine-teuths of the
4tinu live III the two towns, Chris
4 and Fredenckstoed SO. with
0N talking ON the one topic. the
yoX popuIi are not hard to
.rre are two little daily news
published here. each about as
lis sheet of fooiscap. which faith
lect the two strongest factions.
tAem, Lightboune's Mail
is al. for annexation Its edl-
G John NJ. Lightboulne. has
good dead OF his life IN the
states, and used to be on the
oIk Tribune in his Young days.
Horace Greeley was fomentng his
zen for DOughfaces and telling
rid what he knew about farming.
course, is earnestly in favor of
anster. believing that it spells the
Iture of the down-at-heel para
He says that the people Of st.
As already depend upon the big
ric for every advantage they
- that they have spoken our
aye for hall a century, and their
a VACCINATIONS ale toward our in
mems.
other daily, the Bulletin" is
-sAed by an islander. Mr., lie Roy
t the son Of an English father and
al mother, who was born in Fred
sroed and has always lived in the
.jS He is an intelligent and edu-
man, the leader of the opposi-
and also issues a larger semi-Week-
-.ret called the "Tiende." While
ting that if annexation becomes
accomplished fact, the islanders Will
oval Americans as they are now
Danes. he opposes the project
lA the force that is III him. He
pom the people to remember that
uAautiful islands were offered to
lted States few years ago for
and refused and appeals to
TUde whether they desire to again
r-gIng to be taken in and done
He says that while their con
'l under Denmark IS bad enough.
IT least know what to expect. and
I.d he It's dangerous as unWise to
n HIS they know not Of. One of
recent editorials contains these
This port, meaning Charlotte
Ia IS purely a maritime port. and
f0sperltN depends upon It's remain
Tree port. We are comparatively
That Denmark will not GET into
ternauonal rows which Will close
omds to the ships of the world:
Sc could never be sure. for dav,
>ueh would be the case under fight
utle samuel Just now elated by re-
>ucceSseS and ambitiouSlv branch
.at rs a World-poWer. We are not
sure that the port of st. Thomas
u remain neutral or free under the
ted states. Then again, is the cues
If taxation. We islanders have
been directly taxed and hardly
the meaning of the word. Look
Porto Rico and the distress there
hg to American taxation. Seven
lTed natives have died in the streets
AN IAN Of starvation during the
}ear-a condition of things much
9e than ever under Spanish rule.
tive opposition to the methods of
new masters is growing every day
"lll eliminate III revolution
anlSh property owners are unani-
'ls IN the opinion that, for her own
fae Denmark ought to keep these
nu at any cost. They admit that
money for the sale would be as a
END to the mother country, which
Ash I had revenue for many years
mn half a million Of expenditures.
then, something may turn up in
".'r OF King Christians bankrupt do
+-i: and certainly King Edwards I'M
NOUS father-in-law is in no con-
non to throw away her one valuable
session. At any rate, the Danish
'nders think that they ought to have
RI ''ice IN the matter and not be turned
''I IKE dumb cattle. to other masters.
len the transfer was talked of a
ration ago the negroes, who COM
Esp the bulk of the population of
So islands, were universally in favor