Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — England Annexe* an Island. [ARTICLE]

England Annexe* an Island.

“The British cruiser Pylades reports,” says a dispatch to the London Mail from Sydney, N. S. W., “that she has annexed Ocean Island, west of the Gilbert Islands. The island, which has hitherto been a British protectorate, is rich in phosphates.”