THE PHILIPPINES.
GERMANY'S AIM. AN OLD-TIME SCHEME. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received January 20, 9.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 28. Senator W. A. Smith stales that a fortnight prior to his death. Admiral Dewey told him that von Diedrichs, the German admiral at Manila, during the Spanish-American war, planned to take possession of the Phillippines in the name of Germany, who had agreed to purchase them from Spain, the objective being a great German possession in the Far Last.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 926, 29 January 1917, Page 5
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84THE PHILIPPINES. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 926, 29 January 1917, Page 5
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