Show The Virgin Virgin- Island Deal DealT T WE E DO things in a n. hurry when wIlen wo we are aro fighting y y Afterwards when We wo have timo time to reflect some somo of the things we do upon impulso impulse are aro sometimes re re- re- re This is true of nations as ns well as ns individuals We Ve paid ferr the tho Virgin islands to k keep p them out of the tho hands handa of Germany because of their strategic position with reference to tho the Panama canal A committee of Congress visited these islands during last winter for the first time since sinco their acquisition and decided it was a bad bargain for any advantage as a n. naval base or a fleet harbor they would ever e become to the tho United States Congressman William B. B McKinley of Illinois ono one of the committee which made tho the inspection inspection inspection tion s says ys if f President Wilson Vilson had visited tho the Caribbean sea a n few times he never would have ha bought the island I of St. St Thomas on acc of the harbor I About of Porto PortoRico PortoRico PortoRico twenty miles away on the coast Rico sa says s 's Mr rr McKinley wo we have ha a naval base bas and seventy sc miles from the tho island of St. St Thomas at San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan Porto Rico is a harbor which could be fully developed developed developed de de- de- de for tenth one of the paid for the Virgin islands The Tho congressman also regrets that the he island of Curacao was overlooked o as it has a perfect perfect per per- feet harbor and is located miles nearer tho the Panama Panoma canal than the Virgin islands The Tho island of Curacao is owned by Holland and has b been n mentioned as aa the tho future place of exile cile for the kaiser But surel surely wo would I Inot not want to beat the Dutch out ut of a n home bome for the kaiser j i iI I |