Show UNITED NIT STATES GUNBOAT QUIROS HHAS u HAS SEIZED MORE BORNEO ISLANDS L T London l Sept ept 10 The British B for fOP forel elga el office e odI e ia is said taid to v made e representation at Washington anent ent the recent recent seizure bure of two or er three islands off of the northeast coast t of British North Borneo by b the United States State t gunboat I Quires These islands are not Dot connect connected ed Mi with ith off the tile of of British North Narth Borneo over which the American flag 11 was waa recently U hoisted hosted The Quires is stated to have han lately visited a port on the northeast t coast of ot otI I Borneo and to nave have thence steamed to Darvel bay an a important center In InI I t Borneo HiO miles southward ward There the th seizure is said ald to have occurred The islands island l which have bave been n under British administration for the last t years were originally in la infested lafe tested fe ted by pirates who were driven out It by BV the chartered company of ot Borneo Borno The action of the was brought to the attention of the foreign office offic which then toot took up the e matter It is 18 asserted at the foreign for office that the whole Question of the Islands ia Is now under consideration at London and in Washington and that when Foreign Fon Secretary Lansdowne returns arbitration will be suggested suge ted |