OCR Text |
Show SEIZE A SMALL ISLAND. Hardy Scots Take Possession of Pre hlblted Game Reserve. Edinburgh, Scotland. Tho Crofters j pt Parra Island, Hebrides, havo seized i tho neighboring Island of Vatersay, A nnd declare their Intention to resist if y forco' of arms any attempt to dls- I odgo them. A regular expedition was i I fitted out by tho Invading islanders, I who collected a fleet of boats and j 9 poon effected a bloodless landing on 1 1 Katcrsay, hitherto used as a gamo pro- fifl fforvo. m Tho barramon for years havo W .claimed tho right to cultlvato Vater- B, say, but' havo been unablo to got tho 1 necessary permission from tho author- I JtloR, and now thoy havo seized tho Isl- K nnd, havo apportioned It Into small farms and havo distributed them ( among thomsolvos. There nro no po-)lco po-)lco or troops In tho Immediate vicinity vicin-ity or this faraway Islet, so that tho povornmcnt's action Is hampered, |