Show THEIR BLOOD BOILED NEW YOIJC Jan 4 Cadets of the St Louis or the AmerOlcan line accuse Chief Officer Todd it is said of tearing down the American flag from the Broom B-room of the steamship while the vessel ves-sel was bound from Southampton for New York and then trampling It under ioot remarking at the same time that It was a nice thing to have in sight The patriotic youngsters protested against the indignity offered to their country by Chief Officer Todd who according 4 ac-cording to the report is a British subject sub-ject holding a commission in the Royal Naval reserve They were told to mind their own business Despite the warning the adots had many conferences as to hether they Cught to make a complaint com-plaint While the St Louis lay at the American line pier awaiting the hour of departure the cadets were still talking talk-ing of the affair The matter leaked out thought It was decided not to > make a formal report to the company until tho SL Louis returned here on January Janu-ary S |