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Show MA G A Z INE THE SECTION. T HERALD-REPUBLICA- Da nisn west Indies As T MAGAZINE SECTION. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1916. N, 7T av al TT 1 1 NEGOTIATIONS TO BUY ISLANDS REVIVE INTEREST IN HISTORY OF PLACES ONCE PIRATE HAUNTS negotiations for the Pur-chas- of the Small Archipelago, the Largest Island ii t 1 of Which Is to Be Made, if Plans Go Through, the Gibraltar of the Western Hemisphere, Guarding the Uncle Panama Canal, Sam's Costly Venture at the Isthmus; Denmark's - - - ' , J- --jtjtf- - ... -- v ' w'wAnW . . ..... . . - t i,ie.a.-- . : y i - i- ii -- X3 I the Caribbean, the Largest Little More Than a Speck on the Ocean, the Smallest I ii . So Minute '' ' 1 wv ' 'it ' Paid for Alaska; y End of the Ocean Likely to Pass Lrom Her Control, Although Mat Without N-"- iaf in:s for the t r;rvl; a3c t of K hnv, aurtkened mIo-prt- ' ". . ... '' ' V J rt" - . f- i ratification. ' - . V . h V ! the 'Yt Indb which have hern rocen'ly eoim leteti rod submitted to tii? I "riitt-t- States Sena'e tor Dnni-- A V. &V;C . , : . ' v - v. 1 vl inu r t in thee m h of St. comprise t!:e Thomas St. t'roix and St. John, in the aribo1') su. Naval expert maintain IImI the is of vast of these i I tand-poiimportance from a stratrcie since the United Static built a their tlx Panama cnnnl. location, plaeinsr thcru elose to the eastern end of Uorto Hi co. makes them ideal us a valine nation and naval ba?e for nn enemy fleet in time of warfare. When this country built the Panama canal it expended many millions of dollars. Today, with the canal on our hands we muM spend many million more in order that the canal The max lie adequately protected. .riztire of thi zreat eateway between the Atlantic an. I Pacific by a foreism would '.neatly handicap the -- 1 po.-eio- 1 1 rro-rapiiira- l United States in its endeavor to protect the country's vnt coastlines. rrdotiUtc'.ly. in ae of a war with nnn of the first naval powers of the atworld, almost t lie first point of tack would h the Panama canal. The enemy fleet, if Ihey could not seize if. would endeavor to maintain a blockade at the Atlantic and Pacific ends of the env.nl. To do thi would recoal quire n base of supplies where and munition were obtainable. Nothir.tr would be simpler nor m. ie of some to the point than the small Hr.nd in th Caribbean, where an adequate hnrbor misrht be had and of ittpplic established. France a ha and '''rent Uritain already have nuanions the island4 merous that. eou.irie the lessor Antilles, and of Jamaica, lyinr to the the south of Cuba and the nearest of the larger NlamU constituting the (Jreat-e- r Antilles to th" Panama canal, i the projcrty of Ureat Britain. It - conceivable that any effort to establish ft naval base would not he made in Cuba or Porto Hico if some smaller base with suitable harbor facilities were available, and time wa' of importance. If. for instance. declared war upon the United States, she would manifestly not be able to seize Britain's Caribbean ports, because Great Britain is bound to her by treaties and she would hesitate to antagonize a pnver of Creaf Britain's strength. But what would be more easy than to seize a small island like St. Thomas, which is only thirteen miles Ions and three miles wide, and belongs to a little country like Denmark that has no powerful navy to protect her interests ! It i3 true that there might be protests from Denmark and other nations, but Japan could afford to itmore them, just as Germany ismored the rest of the world when she invaded Belgium to advance her own interests in the great war now raging in Europe. Jn-pa- n ft VhM "" ' SXXPI 1 A slave mfeefSng a white person shall step aside and wait until he passes; if not, he may be flogged. 11 No slave will be permitted to come to town with clnbs or knives, nor fight with each other, nnder penalty of fifty stripes. 12 Witchcraft shall be punished irr Voo-doois- By the time any active steps were taken in the matter, Japan could hae her naval base established; and if. as reort ha- - it. she already has a naval base, in Lower California, the maintenance of a blockade on the Atlantic and Pacific entrances of the Panama canal mitrht not bo such a Vry difficult matter. Admiral Goodrich's Warning. The seizure of the canal route would compel the vessels of the American fleet to eircumnavig-atthe whole of South America, and seriously interfere with the rapid mobilization of our naval forces at any given e Hear Admiral Goodrich is point. au- thority for the statement that raid-intr- from any joint in the Dani-- h Wrt Indies could seriously interfere with, and posibly prevent, all for-eicomitrrce trorn our Atlantic port, even as tar north as New York. Boston and Portland. The distance T) from Charle-to- the West Indies to nearest American port Ihiui-- h th n. -- i- '' 10 by flogging. 13 A slave who shall attempt to poison his master shall be pinched three times with a red-hiron and then be broken on a wheel. 14 A free negro, who shall harbor l that of the present Mae of llenmnrk; below, Huron Ilrun, Danish minister to the Vnited State; right, a map of the Danish portrait, a M. of the llnnI. Thomaa, the capital Writ Inrilen, vrlth ullfnime of a slave or a thief, shall lose his libor be banished. the top of one of them and look over sheltered wealth-lade- n traders and races, Frenchmen were the most deli- erty the Danish parliament. 15 All dances, feasts and plays are The present treaty, to become ef- the tropical harbor while his imag- slavers from the coast of Africa. cate and choice, Spaniards the leanest forbidden unless permission be obback over The.se three islands, nestling like three and an Englishman the toughest. fective, must not only be approved ination goes tained from the master or overseer. The practice of Obeahism or by the United States Senate and Dan- - the centuries and peoples the present green emeralds on velvet of sapphire 16 Slaves shall not sell provisions is said to be still in vogue ish rL'sdap:, hut the people of the bustling scene with quaint Dutch and blue could tell many tales of oppresof any kind without permission from sion and wrong, of riches and poverty, among some of the natives in certain Danish West Indies will also'be given Danish ships. Look down to the harbor, however, of ambition and despair, of pestilence sections of the islands. This practice their overseers. opportunity to express theirj opinion 17 No estate slave shall be in town has been frowned upon by the authorin resrard to annexation by the United and you will immediately be called and 'death. after drum-bea- t, otherwise he shall be These islands are among those ities, but, owing to the ingrained suStates. That they are not averse to back into the present century. Here in the fort and flogged. the change is the statement of those are to be seen trim white steamers where Columbus found cannibals and perstition among the natives there it put 18 The king's advocate is ordered familiar with local conditions there, and the black sides of the tramps. undoubtedly have seen their share of is very difficult to wipe out. Down on that pier is a long line of human sacrifice and other savage For many years the Danish West to see that these regulations are carand it is expected that tho islands ried into effect. will greatly benefit through their ex- girls and women, each with a basket, practices. One historian, in speaking Indies, in common with the other A careful perusal of the above of black, shining coal on her head, of the Caribs who were the inhabi- tropical isles of that region, were noploitation by American capital. " rules and regulations" will make althe col- passing into the steamer; while just tants of the island in the time of Co- torious hotbeds of yellow fever, but Under the Danish most anyone feel thankful that he was onization and development of the is- yonder is another line returning with lumbus, says that they ate their ene- the advent of modern methods of sannot a slave in the Danish West Indies lands has not been proceeding at as empty baskets and stopping to re- mies who died in battle, first roasting itation has practically wiped this danceive a small brass check for each them to a turn. The most valiant of ger out and a case of yellow fever is during the seventeenth centnrv. rapid a rate as some have thought mankind has made considdesirable, and property owners look trip, which she will turn in at the end the warriors ate the heart, the women a rarity today. erable progress since that day, but the legs and arms, while the others forward to annexation by the United of the day and receive payment. Quaint Laws Recalled. with all the freedom given the present On tlie other pier can be seen a were content with the remainder. States in the hope that the rich agriSome of the ancient laws that were While thev had many fiehts with once in force on the islands seem most residents of the Danish' West Indies cultural resources of the country may group of laughing, black youngsters under the Danish rule, there are so now watching three or four w hite- - the Arrowauks (another savage tribe) he profitably developed. curious to us toda". The following manifest advantages for these The conditions there are typical of clad passengers on the steamer, and aru always found that an opportunity placard, .issued by the roxal coiuieil many little islands in coming under the now diving deep into the clear water to make a good square meal from one St. many West Indian Hands, and the on island of the 1733, 31, July of the United States that neuroes feel themselves the equal of for the pennies thrown overboard. nf them inspired the diner with eour-Th-e John, is, perhaps, as good an example jurisdiction the people, when they have the opporscene is typical of the tropics ag-- and made him valiant and success- the whites and are accepted as such. as any: be fore the advent of modern cargo ful in war, the Caribs were Epicurean tunity to express their opinion in the The population is a mixed one, and 1 The leader of runaway slaves matter, will undoubtedly welcome the and coaling machinery. in their tastes and it is stated on good shall be consist mainly of negroes and Danes, pinched three times with a brotherly hand of friendship and proIslands' Romantic History. authority that, having tapped the flesh red-hwith a sprinkling of Carib Indians. iron and then hung. tection extended to them by the In- - of most of those with whom thev had Danish West The the of hHorv and English. French 2 Each Dutch. Spanish, other runaway slave shall American people. dies in replete wtih the romance of been at war. they had come to the lose one Although Danish i the official leg, or if the owner pardon WHV I UELIEVE. ost commonly the Caribbean.- - Their harbors have conclusion that of all the Christian him, shall lose one ear and receive 150 KnulHi i I watched the stars the other nlgrht beim? as the train swept on. There were spoken, the. number of whites stripes. 3 Any slave, being aware of the only two or three that I could call by about 15 per cent of the total popurame. The infinite number were points LATEST FEAT FOR REDUCING WEIGHT intention of others to run away and of light upon a dark background. lation of all three islands-I the bad States dis purchases not giving information, shall be forgotten magnitudes and If the United tances. All of that was elementary and will she acquire burned in the forehead and. receive unimportant. It was belief that I was Danish West Indies, will that aire enjoying', the greater range, questions 100 stripes. two relics of a bypme if of origin and purpose, realms of the of us the days 4 Those who inform of plots of Divine recall to nearly all of thouarht, a. plan that includes Bluebeard's me. One who thinks such immense namely to slaves run our childhood, away shall receive $10 could think of me. He who had at things e and Dlackbeard's Tower, for each slave engaged therein. the mastery of laws that fulfilled out 5 Slaves who steal to the value of there to the hundredth fraction of a Charlotte Amalia on the island of St. would not lose me in the valfour shall be pinched and second Thomas. shadow of death. And as 'I and ley the remember can days us less of looked than and four to be thought, the background of Many hung; A sun was rising in faded. the atrocious night the branded and receive 150 stripes. when we shivered at The stars grew dim and that height. 0 A slave who runs away for eight their numbers decreased. manner in which Bluebeard, or Iilack-bearThey had were all a sheen behind gone. we were not quite sure which, days shall have 150 stripes; twelve of light. It They them swallowed up. It retortured his seventeen wives and Si weeks, shall lose a. leg; and six leased me. The day had dawned. It "We full of positive, joyous, confident, can murder. to months, shall forfeit his life, unless was finally resorted brave activities. Faith was lost in 1 recall talcs of his desperate valour, the owner pardon him with tlie los sight and hope in full supVeme dewe but light. I will believe. I shall see Him his piracies and his cruelty, of one leg. face to face. Chancellor Day, Spraeuse ' i 7 Slaves who shall receive stolen university, in Leslie's. never expected that the United States would purchase the tower his wives goods, as suclf, or protect runaways, THE CHEAPEST FARM LA II OH. LATX5T r0RI40? WlKHINfr MAKING 1HE . U LHISR. V&W&$ in. were confined shall be branded and receive 150 Xothing has yet been found to beat situthe gasoline engine for certain work These two old stone towers, stripes. U is the very latest stunt among the young the letter Making on farm. For $50, more or less, acthe A 8 ated to the north and east of Charwho slave a lifts hand to cording to size and character, one of women frequenting bathing places. As indicated by the contor-tionistican be Installed. It lotte Amalia and overlooking the strike a white person or threaten him these machines 4 cents of the girl shown in the above picture, it is a an hour, maybe position will work for with violence, shall e pinched and less. Often it will save hiring help. town, have lonpf been landmarks in feat requiring no little acrobatic skill, and it takes more than a wood, pump water, run the the Danish West Indies and the hisfew days' practice before it is mastered. But making the letter U hung, should the white person demand It will saw and the cream separator, grindstone is found to be one of the best little weight reducers known to , tory of their origin is more or less it; if not. to lose his right hand. turn the washing machine and do many other odd jobs about the place. Farm0 One white person shall be suffidebatable. For some centuries they physical culture science, and no matter how much patient training ers who are using these small engines were allowed to crumble and decay, cient witness against a slave; and if say they reduce is required the women bathers who fear taking on surplus weight by half the time and Get an engine" chores. of labor doing but today they have been partially a slave be crime he can suspected of persist in their practice until they have finally learned how to If you haven't already got one. Farm be tried bv torture. restored and the visitor can perch on make a perfect U. Life, Ift ch p-wp- Some- ot nt ina-mu- Un- thing of the History and People of the Islands and an Argument in Favor of the Proposed Absorption by This Country of Islands Which for Strategical Reasons Must Be Taken Account of in World Affairs -- 1 A' as to Be mapped, for Which the United States Is Offering More Per Acre Than Was Sole Possessions on This Strenuous Opposition on the Part of Her Leading Statesmen in Copenhagen Dots on Three Miniature Y c of importance, is approximately 1UU0 miles, or Norfolk could be reached by a trip of l.'JOO miles. To the west, on the island of St. the northernmost ot Thomas, whieh-ithe Danish posses dons the blue mountains of Porto Rico are visible to the naked e e. a little more than To tlie fouthw-et1000 miles from St. Thomas, lies Panama and the canal. Thus, from a stratr'tie standpoint, if for no other of these isreason, the jose-siolands by the Crated States, is impor tant if we would prevent any European power from acquiring them as a base for hostile operations, either njrainst the United States or in violation of the Munroe doctrine. s . n ; m e reg-im- Un-doubte- I j j v ot lan-auair- e, j I . Ca-tl- rix-dol!n- rs rix-dolla- rs, d, -- Price Has Gone Up. The purchase price of f2.",000.000. which we will have to pay for these island, is conclushe proof that the cost of living is constantly croinir; up, for if we turn the paes of history, wo find that forty-nin- e years a.iro a treaty was concluded whereby the United States was to purchase them Unfortunately, the Senate refused to ratify it at that time, and it was not until 1902 that another effort was made to acquire them, this time at a cost of $5,000,000. The offer was not high enough, however, and was rejected by at a cost of $7.." 00.000. 1 -- c |