UNITED STAGES BUYS TERRITORY.
<>/' . (Elec. .Tel. Copy rigfitpl^hrted Press Assn.) (Au^trdliHn' and l(r.^. Cable As^ciatibn.j (Received ! " 26, IQ.SS a.m. j ' ' ' NEW tOSfc'-July .&. The New York Tiriies prints a despatch, frpin Cpptoliageh stating that a treaty has been ''iiiegbViat.ea for purchase by" the Utiited Spates of the Danish' West Indies for five million pounds. Under the treaty, which will shortly be submitted to the Danish and United States Parliaments tlte United States takes possession of the islands. of Saint Thomas, Saint John, and Saint Cruz.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 5
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84UNITED STAGES BUYS TERRITORY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14054, 26 July 1916, Page 5
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