Show tiny island that uncle sam forgot claims one of philippines now under dutch rule washington one ode of uncle so sam t tiniest plait P P ina I 1 islands land at t least tw be thinks it to liia bis ond and is prosecuting his bis claim to it is ti flourishing a just now a u under nde the dutch sag 0 it an agreement b between the united states and the huth ecland to arbitrate the question 0 of f I 1 the I 1 i island a ownership see alp lias has just fin been sign signed it A bulletin from th the washington g to headquarters of the n dional G geographic g ap hac society says rays it 1 fg conceivable that the old woman who aho d in a shoo shoe might have linoso cnown bothi nothing n g about t it it if one emd of her offspring ha had d wandered away NN when ben the united culled states slate took over the philippines from spain in I 1 1898 it t acquired hat th BO a many I 1 islands d that allie the old aid women woman it didn dian t know what bat to do I 1 ahe be six or at seven or c onus on us eight r nine thousand islands do he bave never e 1 even ben been accurately atel counted led and ad seX more mom than 4 of them have no caniel it is not strong strange then thea that one of at the he smaller and more remote leads then though it it did have a name imme pat reas we was neglected for in many years few of the many or phill philippine P pin islets are 1 so BO isolates isolated aa palms it lies 1 48 miles off the near nearest point of blind nao cape so san As and it 1 la toe the th farthest southeastern bit t of land ad claimed 1 to be I a part art of the he philllp P PIT eo bo neglected egl ted has the islet ise be been im tout that I 1 many amay maps map do not show it and most of the gazetteers gaze pass pan its name by palmas it IS IB sometimes called M ml 1 la an only y a little over I 1 half f the size of central park in new ew york city being 1 13 milea 1 1 1 ions 19 9 by 2 3 of mile wide a mere speck in the sea when us distance im from large I 1 land d built 1 Is considered it it alea about 1 20 miles nest at of the meridian me past I 1 longitude loag tude which forms the eastern boundary of the region ceded by spain to the united states and about 40 miles mile north of the file parallel 4 degrees 45 minutes north latitude which f forms the southern boundary it Is therefore well within the arm area marked out by the treaty tor for U united it d states state ownership first A american imm visit I 1 in 1606 tho there ie I 1 no record of a left by say any official metal of the united states ot or the philippines to patinas palmas until 1908 1906 when leonard IN wood then governor of the adja adjacent rint island ot of mindanao while on an inspection trip through the waters unions of hla his province lace anchored if off tle the island to his surprise U the i little beat that put oft off fr from as the Is island land village car carried tied a D dutch flag it we was explained to hire him that the native headman headin nn held an appointment train from the dutch dalm and ad that f lor r 15 years year dutch ships ship had a called once a year to bring supplies applies and bit take taka away rotor copra four handle and u d fifty eight inhabitants note were then on the foist A report was wag duly made on this apparent allen alien oc occupation cuputi of A amerl 1 can territory the S state tat 1 department no enit became interested and for far at depert 7 years t the matter him has been under a ad er consideration by the diplomats ot of the netherlands spain and the united states patinas palmas has haa had bed its flag incident in 1814 1914 a zealous imis young american america out om rial jul sidled balled to 0 the island had the dutch flag lowered it and ad the stars stan and ad strip stripes so ismon run up and alien tailed awn anav V adether nether old glory glary fl flew ew f for 0 r a matter of minutes or be hours la rot m recorded but on the next american visit some mine you years later late it was found of mume course that dutch I 1 influence and control had bad ino ian in wise wie be been n affe affected led spain p ain has been asked for an man ton on an the ownership of palmas and and fin lias answered that she acquired the late island oil by disco discovery mrs a and it the that I 1 the american title through spain should b good but bill the netherlands take a dlf dif ferent view I 1 of tt it how that country oak asks J in substance balance can spain have sold that which la is not hers hem the netherlands claim la that since the li dutch east india c company pon y farat ac 11 audred d bitenc Inte reaf us I 1 la the east beat natives all of t P pal i mag have he acknowledged ge th the PL lowge L now se suzerainty or ty of f native if alere to the south bouth who in turn have been subject to the dutch to the no northernmost bel island 0 of f on undisputed d input e it D dutch alcho ownership 1 la 0 u boot about 60 00 miles south smith of I 1 as and further farther south adouth lie ile the san go gnirs im a and lid celebes A co coconut konut paradise iea talmas palmas Is probably of volcanic or isto irin ia e most at ot of the ada adjacent t islands encircling it save eave tor for one small break la Is a mial coral reef which tames tame the waters is that beat in from the the greater part of the island la IS low some five fee feet above high water out but to the feut sigh horibe 3 rises a series of hills bills culma noting in one NO feet beet high on low lou land and highland alike grow grew coconuts the beurce are of the vegetable gold cold of braid 0 i eanica cop oam ra it 1 IB unlikely that the people of palms mr are greatly con concerned iceme d over the dutch A american despote um C cum coconut um trees rees require little atte attention lotion ah ahe fruit from rom three trem treca will support family the climate la a delig delightful hafa I 1 life hai to t remd ruis ning ng long along altogether smoothly and ad easily on an th the island based that uncle F sam 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