Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1903 — PICKING OUT OUR ISLANDS [ARTICLE]

PICKING OUT OUR ISLANDS

Probably Olve* Rise to a Report That llnii, Sam Baa His Grab Books In Action. London, July 16. —Several morning papers print the rumor current In the lobbies of the bouse of commons that, some United States warships had seized about twenty small islands off the coast of Borneo, but the report attracts little attention and no comment If It has any foundation at all It probably refers to the difficulty of determining the line of division between the islands of the Philippine archipelago and the coast islands of the British North Borneo. Washington .July 16.—The reported seizure of islands off the coast of Borneo by United States warships is probably only the taking possession by somj United States vessel of seme islands near the coast of Borneo which were purchased by the United States from Spain subsequent to the the treaty of Paris.