THE NAVAL BASE IN WEST INDIES
• AMERICA'S •RECENT DEAL IN . ISLANDS. (Rec. March 30, '5.10 p.m.) Washington, March 29. ■ Rear-Admiral Thirras has been named as first. Governor of the Danish West Indies,' recently purchased by the United States Government, which takes possession on Saturday. Important fortifications will bo constructed, and the islands will' bo used as a naval base for Panama, and for general military purposes. —Reuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 11
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