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Show WANT MOne ISLANDS. the I'tlaUm tail I'Mrw llnrapt NreilHlbj I nrle kam Mathlngton N 97 There I res-ton res-ton to Itelleve that the admlnltlmtloir woiild lie witling to pnrelMMe from pt In not only the I'lilllpplne and lalanlMand but all of the Caroline ind the I'elew grrrap Ilhlnd the proportion to Imy Ualon lie Hie hope In tome irter that ipaln will make a counter 1 ropotttlon for tho rentlon of the entire group nnd the I'elew Itlandt for an Incrrated compenaatton The occupation of tlunm 1 y Ihlt gov eminent wat bMetl Imi billtf thai it ha a magnificent harbor an I would be an excellent (.topping place between Honolulu nn 1 Manila The American ominlwlonirt have now learned that the harlior It cxiioaed to montoonti that Jt tathallow, and that tho Itland la lubjeit toenrlhiiinlm 1 In the Caroline motl nf the Inland have cxitlhiit harbor, which nre welt ,ahelUrcd Ihiy are heavily wowlcil land auppllcil with fresh water and rarthquakca are unknown In addl- I lion they woul I, If ren,ulnd by tho I nltcd hUtc be the outpost fur the I I hllipplue. rliey extind In a belt along the ninth degrioof latitude and I are only 00 mile lo the kouthward of lluamnnd HW mile from tho Philippine Philip-pine I he I'elew a are about 600 mile from Mindanao The b. llcf prcvnll hero that the cr mill will bring pressure to licar ujion Spain to pri vi nl her from kelllng tlie lorollneato the Unlteil State Such I action woul 1 undoubtedly bo looked Umiii n caute for n breach of friend. l'l |