Show rameri 4 41 n juthe N hol sa H are I 1 the e dish anis yest avest indies indic s des if ned lined to be become come a areat naval base for the he better protection of 4 the panama canal zone 1 P DENMARK finally it fi resil 11 cattle c b bet IMP west possessions as 1 the united S states C one as she b has threatened to do on as veral 1 oc I 1 i real fastens wals about mince nonar allce se ach will III be an added to the tor rIlar abter I 1 which the american ling bag all hea and ad aur government will come ile law into p aon an of at one a of the finest hallman tint bora 1 in the is west went erdl hindlea a valuable naval I 1 base end ad cali coaling fing station if long coveted ty by P political biond a and d military 1 1 11 wit authorities hiti 1 in tills talla Is according to a writer la in the new york fork times ilaga aduse st th thomas aill st j john S st CL and ad the no or tiny I 1 islands a and ad lock which compose the tb danish b as wast indic are not I 1 intrinsically n all I 1 valuable thol their r land ad la poor paul their emu crops ile are their that population ban Is in becoming all sin aller ilar year re by year rear for far several ormi revenue reveal be been derre decreasing ing I 1 they ill e have seen een a if financial list burden to in denmark b tut of they lie lo in a strategic position with ill regard to the atlantic trade route mum lending leading to the P panama canal I 1 and foi fill that I 1 reason reabon they have a potential value III in in the scheme of defense mut must be worked out to protect that great waterway against an sumay enemy th the chief surprise 1 in tt IN ashington bilig ical s a recently of the it alon of treaty with denmark oun tor IT the transfer x ansbe t ot of tile the islands to it the united states state was ons tile the ace 42 au w which its ite to title fixed 1 in 1 secretary no id yes sa ous for the islands island and n din increased creased the sure sum to 7 tn two 0 veara am later 1 in 1902 the ithe roosebelt roo Roos eielt alt ad fidot I 1 oil agreed to pay 5 OUO wit but tle the upper bouse ho as ot of the th e delilah danish rl g dig infused tuned to ratify ant fy th tha con contention altion which the unit united sit states state senate had ad a on a february eur 17 P sibly D denmark donewar will 11 eventually be willing to accept less lem than 2 1 for far nn an influential of element out 1 la that country try to Is onla lf to sell bell the island moreover the islander Islan dei s apparently wish vilh to improve their a aco mail condition and ad it ts to highly pro tob able that hat they would old vote to pl liae the their future re 1 in tile the hainds of the united i ev voted oil in BA favor ot of the transfer 50 60 vears ago and they have less to lose lobe and more to gain at this his time T the loi reasons that bat had induced haded ed it the um united led states to try to purr hise the parash danish IN attest eat indies toward the lot f the civil war apparently hold good alvar today with t h or t n i A t aur ling chec civil afi wi t the 1 is to federal a alm ilm 1 govern to meat cut had no no natal be base a in the it et indies indie and when olon it so was oc necessary U to a refit warships on duty duly bitile in the caribbean the vessels vessel were ere cour compelled polled to take a long covage ge f to find a now new however timo r alip 0 o d ait h haa flaral bases 1 in cuba 8 and n d par porto rico but these are not c east dered feed to te guard the trifle ran routes tea aud and tile the allen allan tic entrance 1 to the I 1 adaina canal I 1 so san zearn ara juan A the be cef i of port of porto atlea be has fa I 1 spacious anih ill ornge go but u unfortunate of if I 1 ly the water Is in comparatively h law and the I 1 harbor Is suitable only for far the smaller c class A of f war or in 0 on the lie all other hand blind the harbor 0 charlotte ainslie amalla in st thomas Ih omna Is leep p 1 1 to 11 float 1 in the 1 largest c 1 1111 ships danger and there to la an other good wilh rate called C coral I 1 bay la in st john IN ith proper fortifications insist men believe that st thomas would pro I 1 its a and vir lampre im al Is base ban a art if atily american A helgeland Hel goland in tile the caribbean been the port of charlotte amalie has hah long be been one no of tile great maling coaling hals lot the world it 11 be bas ill iry dry idocks el ily and ad repair do and ad beld belan acing ile a port part of refuge it Is the imad bond quart cra for or or lanca a of gasn A g ger er aad ad faught undone idly uie me ports port proximity P to hi tile hie par pari i in tta coast canal bl acles it an importance which broay my for or tire the hish prini arh ilie do united F state Is a sited to thi rii for the mallinda islands it lami han been beebi sold am of nt larlaus times ahat germany I 1 IB oppia d to the sets sale of the leads islands hoping boiling ih that t name borne doa a a of the he moncye or do edid dinv inv would on e enable aide ile her to tha them for acs bametr bate tr 11 truth ill litiere A torn t mai be pnra in this statement t alit it Is As on certain 1 I mit the he united led bdate vill allow low no an or apt infill r to take lose control of the zofih west indies india evan so though they lim bra not at brought 1 I the american 4 I 1 4 S ali 0 ig thus the hopes ill ii germany or 1 IT I other oiher power that covets cover tile the islands am d earned doomed to disappointment la lust t february a copenhagen dla bin patch laid about beata a pamphlet having been sell published d by TAT hageman a planter of ill the a islands who ho ad advocated emed their sale he was vas pessimistic about the their to future their leir military condition was waa bad he said infant mortality had re reached ched a rate of 62 per cent while shile tile the population was wall decreasing at no an alarming rate to the decrease of population m mt mot t of the inhabitants are colored la is per par haps the best beat index of the gli gradual altal ION fm I 1 ani anim of the A danish deal west IN in dle in their population was as 46 in 1841 41 abs in 1840 32 into shile the ile census of 1911 fled fied the num her be at 27 osa ab anntee ce combined blood with land monopoly has haa induced poverty and di discontent in the islands and the wad people have bare cast t fenilous bejes ejes upon pan porto pact ditico a f from m vb which ruch ON they ly are ar isep hep by only a few miles of mater filter eftev liae laine seen porto art rim rico and am all her prop people e flourishing ar 11 jil g ida america rule while the sugar eager pl batio of the their rion own islands he have fit steadily odily ld ad d less lesi and uia the eople he leave e location become poorer the result moul la is that many any degrees haie ba emigrated aiom riom am tile the dan danish A I 1 NN est eat indies to part rico R fee and the united states slates and hav ing t tufted tad the benefits of anor can government they are undoubtedly hilling the tha tile their broth brothers st till under it danish vote ruie should blang that their title aile giants it would hardly be fair to accuse the deals danea 0 al misrule in the west W at ladics I 1 flair failure which Is in iknou 1 lilet aged by thier to sell trop imp 11 kal 1 posses slona has bee been bee due dou to hiiri viiri art ous I 1 ans s economic I 1 bonat c said and octal it we waa no not I 1 many years ago uit tha the brit ill goern ineat had bad to maj make grants to beekil of I 1 ita to coll colonies in ill UK tt NJ et elf in dies in 1 order ord at to overt avert financial dl as tor tar old and the danish island lova havo had to contend with the same a economic atice chec nn local resources than the islands island I 1 if tile the united state slates takes control of st t chomas st C ciola I 1 and it lit t J ilin 11 1 ll 11 1 Is probable tint that the thea will sill again to be i come ma 11 prosperous I 1 itie he awk man will tal let A up no the unused land lie he cannot set pl lowi no new will go g a in aal the a jel e will have botier of it ties lot for wai caa arop A tn ill pie product of the minds A and n the maider I landera themselves ies will if fi f I quite ita at it a higine at matli IN official who he peak eiith for far the they y hae arnais casid to lo use fee danl can ib he be hulka al of if their niters to the islanders islander have base a also I 1 I 1 anre of if self belt let ament a ant and it 1 la rea A nal ask Is ie to t I 1 assume it at they gley it di hid it similar rits from the uita aito tee like all islands of the nest miles indies the 11 danish 1111 11 posses felons have hall hart half a ill hands 6 d history they chamrod hands several time in the dicia do when ill iho fal fallabel latel of I 1 mla ala fought for sea am lar ilita power and ad a share 1 e of if the wealth of this hemisphere columbus di discovered cm d tile islands island I 1 on nir his A bt rond ad al a g ath tan were ere tile aien no bv arile arabs am aul abanks Arai ika INA in SL 91 thomas nas as colonized by the leatch dutch w ho he were sue no soiled far bv the I 1 belish then came the D dines dc c oho nho have hall held the inland since 1671 bt john was set settled tl oil by the danea dane in 1681 both bath the dutch and english settled st SL crai croix 1 lu 1025 and in litter laer years the island was ruled by spaniards and the french in 1653 louis XIV sold st blots clots to the knights of 0 shalta and they in turn gave w way ily to the french NN est t india company pv 1 in lotio 1065 tile the luand blood proved pread to be a p poor 1 in set estment wout and ad ft as abandoned by the french in hi 1695 the whole population going to santo domingo st amix no ans virtually Itu ally ami gilted lilted until 1731 1733 when I 1 Is the french sold the islands to the king of Denni Den maili mak for far i th the eat eaily ay far prosperity parity pirity of st I 1 hom w was a due to it alie fact act that in 1 1704 tile danes declared it a tree free port to bollich all vessels might come st thomas at once became a distributing point for nuth of the vest 11 let india trade and ad tor far many T years are an toon immense allene business was earned oil 0 on it there isow saw there JB is a post pos IS t that bat a now new and perhaps bright blight or er chapter will be added to the aarl time history of the port from tile deck of a B vessel in the tisch harbor r tile the tonof town conof of charlotte Ani allela strikingly tri kingly beautiful covering three spurs of 0 a mountain clad in tropical fifi foliage lage from the heights an above the town one may see on a clear day A the h a stands blands of polio rim rico or the grab crab and st croli in the distance and there me ac ninny say other eat extensive 1 view a sir rr frederick e drek treves the famous bit A h surgeon in his book the cradle a of atile the deep calls charlotte craa a aballe 1 the ll 11 a most t picturesque town tool in ill the A whole weep sweep of the Wh windward olard islands llin llie willa 11 of the houses boom he be ma saia are fop far the most part a dial ling white so some a ire are icelow or gray or 01 orange image certain of them are blue 1 ahe I a roofs roof are alnas almas a generous bright rd md Bilt beaw een the houses and over I 1 ding d ing the roofs am of giten trees her dipre and ad there ca can be aepli stone a stain calr climbing up through ill the e town tilon gari blis with alto ere creeper per 11 cov or ered it a tufted palm a many arched arcade amada the balustrades of at shad to teru ices from tile thu asit aea I 1 amille would old to be a il ice tor far thone than ft ho he I 1 make III halli holiday bly till all andly evly tinted illias and ad palaces where its facility chimney the ka and the 1 I so woeful tat subilla or are unknown w bt t thomaa aamli vis a to famous one a retreat t of bam le 1 one I of vh im waa as teach kasen or blackboard who h had 14 wives fair bir Fr brdek dek afe tells how master inear teach was as kald killed in a 4 bloody doi do I on tile fhe deik dalk of if ill his ship and how flow hla hill ron con qui am car I 1 lieutenant mai manard card ot of 11 ill cut oft off his head bend and hung it on all the colprit rit of his loop al imah fit strange ornament swinging from the ifie b baws lie he slide and ad alith fill 13 pi all rates fee safe of in tile the hold mm ala nard hard set get pall for far bill lowr in 11 olah neill carolina here the 13 were to all of tile the danish mauds are of wt wl othwin an and bui rounded by coral arta kcf ahe ot of the land luck from 1 low coast plains to comi mem ft oo 00 rut III s and ad cef ins a are not plen lon tiffi unit and ut at times the mintry hab bee suf frd as 1 train from drought |