... had none which dealt with bubonic plague because little did they dream that this dire calamity would ever come within the Caribbean seaS. Communication had been bringing us nearer to other lands and, because of this, it seemed the world grows smaller. They ...

... be counteracted, not only for the British, but also for the other island 9, by a new centre of attraction in a vigorous Caribbean Confederation under the British flag, inspired with the sense of a future full of possibilities. Further, federation would ...