Show americas N new ew atlantic bases hem caribbean 1 I 1 safeguard all approaches to united states and panama canal zone by NORTON PHI PHILLIPS released by western newspaper union washington the air and naval bases in the atlantic ocean and caribbean sea acquired recently by the un united J ted states f from rom great britain through negotiations led by the marquess of lothian british elvo envoy y in washington sweep like an inverted question mark from newfoundland found land on the north southwestward through bermuda and the bahamas south to jamaica eastward to trinidad and british britch guiana and northward again to st lucia and antigua according toa to a special bulletin from the national geographic society from newfoundland the northernmost base to british guiana on the mainland of south america southernmost of the bases is an airline distance of approximately 2700 miles the bulletin sa says ys newfoundland is oneff one of the most important of the base locations guarding the northern approaches by air and water to canada and the united states it extends for approximately ap miles north and I 1 I 1 I 1 south across the I 1 gulf of st lawrence I 1 the widened A I 1 il 1 mouth of the I 1 st lawrence river newfound lands famous botwood airfield lothian used at one time by the pan american transatlantic clippers and recently by american built war planes flown down to england lies about 2000 miles west and slightly south from the coast of ireland it is miles southwest of the southern tip of greenland port gals azores islands are 1400 miles to the southeast and bermuda is 1110 miles to the southwest newfoundland is of greatest greate st importance as an air base in midsummer when a short period of good weather makes flying relatively easy across the north atlantic near II 11 11 1 S 1 B bermuda e armuda the d defense base at bermuda next to the south from newfoundland is within 1000 miles orless or less of every important port on the atlantic coast of north america both in the united states and canada the english channel ports of britain lie more th than an miles to the northeast th the e united states is only one fifth as distant since cape hatteras N C Is miles west and slightly nor north th bermudas subtropical cluster of more than islands enclosed within kithil a living barricade of coral reef about ten miles in diameter already serves as britaina Brit ains base tor for the british navys A merica america and west indies fleet within the rim 0 of f coral reef the bermuda islands are so grouped as nearly to encircle c le the landlocked land locked waters of the great sound mentioned as the probable american base small islands around the great sounds sheltered harbor are the actual bases for the british navy navy and the pan american clipper planes of the residents on bermudas 19 square miles the white inhabitants are outnumbered in a i ii iii i iii iii imi 1 imil 11 mm i 1 2 I 1 alm mi I 1 I 1 I 1 n M i 3 I 1 NEWA 1 1 H 11 11 1 ll 11 1 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the mainland of south america ca an airline distance of 61 approximately 2700 miles population 65 55 per cent colored A stra strategic tegId factor actor is the problem of supplies s up plIes food water and other necessities are imported chiefly from the united states islands la in bahamas the bahama islands group roughly miles southwest of bermuda over which the duke of windsor now presides consists in all of more than islands islets cays and rocks strewn over some miles of ocean between florida and hi s the island of haiti and the dominican republic the aggregate area Is less than square miles all ali of the islands are low an and d of coral formation the island nearest florida is bimini about 60 miles east of miami the most historic Is san salvador island on the eastern fringe where columbus landed in 1492 jamaica miles south of the bahamas and on the southern side of cuba is one of the vital base locations ca eions because of its nearness to the panama canal which lies about miles to the south it is the only one of the bases squarely within the sea the others nearby n lie on 6 the outer fringe of that body bodi of water it is britaina Brit ains watchdog island beside the busy windward passage shipping chan elnel inel between the north atlantic and the panama canal kingston is capital and chief port with only square miles ja malca supports inhabitants the second largest number ol of british subjects in the western hemisphere second only to canada less than one fifth of them are white trinidad valuable colony the sheltered harbor of kingston is seven miles long and more than a mile in width it Is a hub for caribbean airlines trinidad close to the shore of venezuela serves as an abutment tor for the arch of the windward and leeward islands which enclose the caribbean on the east the island is 1862 1802 square miles in extent and has a population of on the basis of production it is one of the most valuable of En glands west indian colonies the island has an enormous deposit of natural asphalt pitch lake which covers square miles and from which more than tons has been exported in one year the island also produces as much as barrels of petroleum in one year raising this comparatively comparative ly small island at one time to eleventh in world production st lucia one of the windward islands only miles north of the island of trinidad has an excellent harbor its area of square miles sup supports a population of about mostly negroes thip island is about 1150 miles east of the panama canal and jaces faces dakar the westernmost point of africa about 2600 miles east once was french the th island changed hands between england and france several times so that the natives speak with a strong long french accent it hasteen has been english territory since 1814 the southernmost of the defense bases will be located in british guiana britaina Brit ains only territory on the mainland of south america it will give the united states a base some 1450 miles east of the panama canal and about equidistant from the canal and the hub port of the south atlantic natal on the projecting shoulder of brazil the chief port and capital georgetown dominates the miles of coastline this narrow British strip of south america extends for nearly miles up into the th e continents northern highlands its area is square miles the colony has less than a third of a million inhabitants nearly a half of them east indians antigua in the northern half of the sweeping are arc of islands that guards guaras the eastern doorway to the caribbean sea is about miles north of st lucia and miles east cast of puerto rico an irregularly sh shaped a ped patch of land it is the smallest of the west indies islands offered to the united states for bases tt ft is only about 12 miles in length from east to west with a total area of square miles it has a lation of little over although at one time antiguas english harbour was headquarters for En glands leeward islands nd naval station when the island was comparatively ively rich and active it is to day merely a sleepy tropical outpost off the regular tourist beat antigua is valuable as a strate set watchdog on the route to the panama canal it is the center and seat of government of britain brita in i leeward islands it is situated less than 40 miles north of guadaloupe one cm of 01 frances colonial possessions possession whose status following the german conquest of thi the motherland Is still undetermined I 1 I 1 |