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Show How to Settle a Dispute The agreement between the United Uni-ted States and Great Britain that each nation should have equal privileges priv-ileges cf using Canton and Ender-bury Ender-bury Islands for commercial air transpcrt and communications facilities, fa-cilities, is an illustration of the b3st way to solve international disputes. dis-putes. , Neither nation gives up its claim to the sovereign, y cf the islands involved, in-volved, but ' both agreed to discuss a formula f :r the 'use' of the islands bef ;re tring to determine, which na-ti:n na-ti:n had the superior title. Canton and Enderbury Isalnds are in the Pacific, somewhat north of Samoa, and southeast of Howland and Ba-ber Ba-ber Islands, which the United States hold title. They are important im-portant as pstential air bases. The example set by the English-speaking English-speaking nations in disposing of a problem which, in former years, , might have caused hard-feelings if no; f.iction, ought to be a lesson to ', the rest cf thex world. Certainly, it wculd seem that two nations, if sin-' sin-' cerely desirous cf living in peace, ! could get together to solve almost any problem on the basis of recog- nizing mutual interests. , |