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diplomatic circles in vash I 1 login ington to in 1917 that the transfer nas ining considered nothing official to however leer be has ever eve been made ad public br I 1 secrete of state rising says y iw im loans nothing about it giving color to the P possibility of the Una sr are t to facts one I 1 li that four tin file united states is a apparently III in tile the market tut far 1 est ast indian island as shown by tile the purchase aih pui chase 1 la 1917 of tile the V N it gin islands from denmark tor for 2 OW WO la 1 this connection caimi it Is to be kept in mind lid unit the panama tana la is located in in I 1 a part ot of in the world oh h fact al may all have he something I 1 g to do aptha im mill anle same hams apparent d 0 to 0 o invest inlet 1 in islands oil it its atlantic up ap peno the at othar h lr fat Is that gloat owne owes the U united red ft states fee bout about I 1 to conr it billions billion has haa a national debt ao ov I 1 in excess of 2 anil and Is up ap I 1 ending her fier west beat loll 1011 in in ia lands land more ot of a Ita liability billt than on an asset a ina BrI britina tila west welt indies tile the greater number bar of the aftring of 0 pea islands that Is hung bear the like n no calaco from free I 1 lorada to south amer iia I 1 maund around that corner carner of the ocean mania known as the caribbean alt all told 1 them are some am four thousand of these 1 bits of land ad though hough not at many m more time than a bundled are and are most men of I 1 the ile islands lead li are only oaly great rests rest coloun u up P fee from a vo eme came ba b 1 a 1 in so some c by gone one do day the B british west indies he have a area res of 12 1 1100 ini square neres miles adle equal in a I 1 ahe blonea let of massachusetts anu and con I 1 an feu t they have love a population of SOW for far the a part par negroes me but with a scattering or a few 1 ml whites while and allain a ceilous I 1 mill mixture ut of other peoples from all the he world hill hindus M jc J javanese c lill lillin in similes bune christie christians mahometano mail Mahome e at tans buddhist lota rod blam home been of tile lie go atlan I 1 is re sparsely settled settle while lille others ar are jimro dit more den densely c y PP populated athan than any other colon on earth except ept china bermuda famous for its ell u 0 in the name a might awaken memories me morlea of onion guiona in the minds of some boroo lri t strictly one of 0 the indies but 1 la often cl classed sisel with tile them it ita bil islands aind jutting out of tile the as sea nearly miles oil off the Carol carolien nen stoner attract many list tors tom fi aiom america T the b a B bahamas ha oo of 1 thore tho them are re also I 1 we well n known to the winter bairt olen n ho luck flock to nelson they stretch lt off to the southeast from flor ida for the most part uninhabited i 11 ll it the u island In interest Int centers center 1 in tile the 1 winter l ter train trade 1 there here I is a no other live lia tile oil for the fhe mul residents dents and there he is clab neither fill tirril f tirrilla ill lv nor me rains min or heat bent to the health and beauty ahat let make tile the more eta anni southerly thery indies indic f almons bc beyond and porto rico 1 lie I more are of 0 boil I 1 lands ad a possessions many of them are I 1 or er small it S st eltta efta and ad NO heals of loll 1011 course ran or are historically sto cully famous in ID their the latter was the birth p are ace ot of Alo alexander standal hamilton bar buda boil Is the game preserve of the r glon gims ll 11 montserrat an is at might be called tied il gu gutfred ched for fop its is tell redheaded headed flecked fieck ltd face negroes wit with irish names allies who nho leaie elm een kept the brogue of the or ar oil 1 isih ih setlers donand dominica is one 0 f the real beauty stairs spots ol of the sort 11 i it t r remind one ot at nice and the pledl lar eria nenn nal and ralo raie the question athy leans should go to lampe an when llila fairyland fairland line lies a so near lit IN hanback li Is the rain that falls alls every das sometimes from a clear blue ski ai 1 it g gims dond dominica via uw conme a a of one oje r of the he wettest test sp apts is on earth 0 on 1 this al ihland live tile the few mma remaining ining pure blooded roe tle tile warlike proud who im fought tile the latrop european Lur so settlers through Ms eais before bel being through all almost exterminates exterminate I st lucia 1 Is inpatient important on the map hem it 1 it a obling at station for far all tile the we tile the loll 1011 limit tenon kon no other employment than carrying carig fuel fact to ill the mani chipi lips that seek her bor bar the there th the 1110 0 rich in agri cultural Lul tural possibilities ins idle beneath i tropic a sun for far noting pas ell the he hours boom of labor min arc short and ad I 1 la tile db bedlam job jobs pimple people take it baay y Buil anim chere live nn an age of I 1 afo people to the he square equals mile 11 is 1 41 dla t kamilli to mot of the islands great brit britain in la Is little more than i stepmother ainther at as dl from other countries reached th them first beat int hut barbados Is and always has been it if great grant britain led had gentl to may any of her 1 in isimal dinn n possessions they would tie ile her 1 closest I t to barbados st I 1 law tit ind ad grenada complete thy the string of brit i tell ish islands in the group Ts two more lie ile beyond trinidad bud ad T tobago a has parts part ot of south A america alen len that slipped lipped into the we fen bud and british pos 1 n in Tri trinidad elded arp are li mitka sup up P ellei ile 9 of asphalt and oil tobago 1 la a land of milk culk and ad h hoy honey oy the favored pot por where h mme ame in may bare be set list down diall nion on C crusoe jimalea is th the larrest of the BURNS inglef dial it lies has south both of cuba ma out i of 1 the mat main run n of british colmia n but I I 1 ne Is the largest most pros porous bud and most important of them an all its railroads metropolitan cities and agricultural I developments sanke make it an one of the chief islands of the antilles it if great rent britain a price for all these islands etere us to be itself fixed at the rat rate per acre paid for the deal danish h west led indies m it would meant amount in to about fa undoubtedly y the islands island belong geographically at achica 11 Y to the american continent rat for the past several decades the brit nh possessions have belonged to the unit united c it st states area economics economically ly tor for tho the bulk of their trade has as been with america and only a small part of it nith till the mother r coult country I 1 ty y there them Is no an choice ly assuming that the alual of ill the are to be taken into consideration a olde ration there is little doubt that the islanders Island erg would vote to join them selves to the united states tile the ex imply of a f porto rico before their eyes where once a poor people prospered with jA american merican old bid la is too striking to pass unobserved moreover they realize entire that they re are no an longer the favorites favorite of england the indies under british rule ruie are not at pa particularly prosper prosperous mill 1 probably the prod production action of the la is blands innas could be greatly stimulated un im iler der amensen Ameil can control and ad with no all 1 in crossed creased market sugar cocoa and ba nanas am are a things that everybody wants strategically the position ot of the tha I 1 I 1 british west indle indies s Is important from lour viewpoint T the 1 1 purchase of the I 1 islands inlands might be an extension bronstein ot of the monroe til by which mitten uncle sam I 1 ibets set s great store star A and what t a job jb it would be to I 1 straighten out the various comp lIc 0 many 1 islands there Is 1 il auf if anta now R J joint t to resolution llma her before cr congress appointing a I 1 I 1 US a clarre commission lolu last t to a report on d t I 1 in ra the virgin islands aa in the bin au ft 11 1 la related that hat there I 1 a Is urgent need tor for action danish ca CUB tonis tonal danish tons ans dan dadeh methods of judicial procedure are a till in vogue in the islands island there them Is 18 great need america americanize B I 1 in in the lard land ques tion needs serious attention the no na if as an own abut but 3 per cent calit of the laud ad of be the islands island the rest met Is owned by dan danes or by those to whom the ger geil mans have bale transferred title the own era of the land ad will in not at I 1 lease it or be sell all it this ti d 1 IB resulting in a condition where here th the inhabitants of these islands island hae it a a no an par part I 1 in the a as wile 1 of IS the lead hind and nit no nance to in make use a I 1 living islas out of agriculture the great necessity Is same anne land bad law that will enable the people to acquire land the amerl ang ns nince their occupation have done considerable work wink alons along unes ot of sent tell the people of the islands island feel that fill fhe jules have been neglected by the united states state that in when the american flag vent up in tile the virgin islands it houed have been followed by american loll 1011 lans and ideals bidual as a soon a as 03 pas libb congeals Cong reds rals is IB without mit fare mation to act in in ahse mattere and d there would id be gran great t benefit t in n the up 1 of the m committee t r in having ing a ellet amo am beall a 1 1 t il 0 visit i t the islands |