A SINGULAR REPORT.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12488, 15 March 1909, Page 2

A SINGULAR REPORT.

INTENDED ANNEXATION OF AA r ISLAND.

MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS OF A VESSEL.

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Received March 15, 0.55 a m A P + ?? w York ' March - 14A Canton telegram to the "New £ork Herald" says it is believed S Germany intends to annex an island in the Pacific, and transfer thereto a ™ Y %\ ??■ T he su P°sition is strengthened by the fact that the Commandant shinned T^ S l u « d ™ «* Canton m»Effv *%***, a GGem steamer a quantity o f food supplies, guns ammumtion and material for the erection of shfenLow^ 6 *■*"** ° f *S

The British cruiser Flora has been ordered to watch the vessel.