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BASES IN AMERICA. THE TESTACIES OP THE OCTOPUS. , Washington, Feb. 15. The Foreign Committee of the Senate received documentary proof that Germany before the war tried to acquire the rights to build an inter-oceanic canal with naval bases in Columbia and Nicaragua, and to secure a foothold in Hayti with a naval base at St. Nicholas Mole. THE PRESIBENTIAL CONTEST. Washington, Feb. 15, The fact that Mr. Wilson has placed his re-Homination for the Presidency in the haids of an Ohio Democrat is believed to be a bid for the GermanAmerica.!! vote in the mid-Wesfc A YANKEE YARN. WAR TO END IN JULY, New York, Feb. i 5. Mr. Edmend jßpstol, a Canadian member of Parliament, who is returning from a visit to England, told an interviewer that one and a half million Britishers are in France, three million Teady in Britain, and another Million drilling, General Watsen told Mr. Bristol that Lord French, before returning to England from the Western fr»nt, said to him, "Oheer up, General, y»u will be sailing home some time in July."
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1916, Page 5
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