TURTLES ISLANDS
SOVEREIGNTY QUESTION & AGREEMENT REACHED. BRIT!SH = AMERICAN TREATY. (Received 10.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 30. A treaty between Britain ant? the : United States, determining the sovereignty af the Turtle. Tshunds and establishing the southern ""Boundairy ot the Philippines Ims. been drafted by the State Department and signature is expected this week, it is expected the Treaty will acknowledge the. Americasn sovereignty of the Turtles, assigning the administration to Britain. Since 1835 the British administered the islands under the provisions of a Spa.uish-German-British protocol. After the Philippines had been eeeded to the United States by Spain the United States entered a provisional agreement with Britain to ooaitiinne BriHshi adniiii'istrnition. —Aiusw tralian Press Assn., United Service.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 74, 31 July 1929, Page 5
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