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Show WON'T GIVE ISLES FOR Ui DEBTS Britain Will Not Consider Trading West Indies for War Obligations LONDON'. Fob. 19. The forelpn office today announced that the attitude atti-tude ot tho government with regard to suggcst'.onu that Great Britain turn over tho Itrltiah West Indies to tho United States In return for canoella- tlon of war debta had not changed ' from that 6f a year asro, when Pn-niler Llnyd Oeorge declared Great Britain had not tho slightest Intention of bartering bar-tering or selling the West Indies. This statement was made In commenting com-menting on the resolution Introduced In tho United States senate yestcrd ly by Senator Reed, of Missouri, concerning con-cerning possible negotiations for such an exchange |