TURTLE ISLANDS
ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY DRAWN UP (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 9 a.m. WASHINGTON, Tues. A treaty between Great Britain ancl the United States, determining the sovereignty of the Turtle Islands and establish the southern boundary of the Philippines, has been drafted by the State Department for signature this week, acknowledging American sovereignty of the Turtle Islands, and assigning the administration to the British. Since ISBS the British have administered the Islands under the provisions of the Spanish-German-British protocol. After the Philippines were ceded to the United States by Spain, the United States entered into a provisional agreement with Britain to continue British administration.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 729, 31 July 1929, Page 9
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107TURTLE ISLANDS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 729, 31 July 1929, Page 9
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