THE DEAL IN ISLANDS
UNITED STATES PRESSING THE SALE. Australian-Sew Zealand Cable Association. : Copenhagen, August 18. It is believed that ;Mie United States is pressing tho West Indies Islands sale because Ameriea fears that the islands might be ceded to another Power after the war. A high official says that the_ United States action is decidedly pvess-' ing, and it is believed if the sale is not ratified America will occupy St. Thomas Island, which lies 36 miles east of Puerto Rico.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2855, 21 August 1916, Page 6
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82THE DEAL IN ISLANDS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2855, 21 August 1916, Page 6
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