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Show FOLKETH1NG WOULD SELL THE ISLANDS Copenhagen, Aug. 14, via London, 6:40 p. m. Tho Folkcthing, or lower house of the Danish parliament, today voted in favor of selling the Danish West Indies to the United States if a plebiscite favored the sale. The vote -was G2 for the proposition to 44 against it, one member being denied a vote and six being absent Having taken this action, the Folke-thing Folke-thing took up the question of ratification ratifi-cation of the treaty itself, providing for the sale of tho islands. The vote was the same as that upon the question ques-tion of the sale. oo |