America Wants Another Pacific Island
DOES NOT RECOGNISE BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY. Received Tuesday, 7.50 p.m. The Associated Press Washington correspondent says air-minded Government officials aro casting covetous eyes on Christmas Island. State Department officials declared: “Tho United States does not recognise British sovereignty there.” It is believed the question rvill bo opened through diplomatic channels on the basis of the United States “reservation of all questions” in 18S8 when Britain took, over.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 5
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