Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-29 | Page 1 | Annexation is Urged

ANNEXATION IS URGED Trinidad and Jamaica Are Eager to Join Uncle Sams Sam's Union KINGSTON Jamaica Aug Aus 29 TIre The The past two or three months have ha wit witnessed s-it- s It- It nes nessel d a remarkable recrudescence of the AmerIcan annexation Id Idea a In at least two of the largest and most Important Important Important Im Im- Im- Im British West India possessions Trinidad and Jamaica The leaders of oC the agitation are OIe generally generally gen gen- ra planters and business men n. These point to the growing prosperity of f Porto Rico and denounce the system tern tem of oC British colonial government The They also point to the desp desperate rate state of oC the su sugar ar Industry and to the deplorable deplorable de de- de- de conditional condition or Ol the people of or the Islands anti and seriously sly su suggest annexation lion tion to the tire United d States as the only possible chance of reviving their fallen fortunes