AMERICAN SENSATION.
NAVAL BASE FOR JAPAN.
liv Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, August 23. Mr R. Lansing, Secretary of Slate, announces that an investigation is proceeding into the charge against Signor President of Panama. II is alleged that he was instrumental in securing 50,000 acres as a concession for the agents of Japanese silk firms. The land is located on the Atlantic seaboard, opposite San Miguel Bay, on the Pacitic seaboard, and might become a valuable naval base.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 793, 25 August 1916, Page 9
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83AMERICAN SENSATION. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 793, 25 August 1916, Page 9
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