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barracks here, but no fort. The four

other seaports of Porto Rico do not de

serve notice. Their-harbors -as in fact

is the case with all the harbors of the

island are rapidly filling up with silt

and are dangerous to heavy vessels.

Porto Rico, like every other large

island in the group, except Cuba and

Hayti, has bowed to the rule of Brit

tania. St. John's was sucked by Druke

in 1595 and held three years later by

the duke of Cumberland. Once since

the Dutch, and the English twice, sent

unsuccessful expeditions against the

capital.

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In the group of the Virgin islands, to

tt-.e east, only the two Danish islands,

St. Thomas and St. Croix, are probable

factors in the present situation. Their

Importance would be considerably

greater if they had been secured by

the United States, as was at one time

(suggested by our state department. The

harbor of St. Croix is unfortified and

not more than 16 feet deep, so that it

cannot be of much service as a base.

The island is a hill that rises 1,100 feet

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The Grenada sentinel · Grenada, Miss. · April 23, 189823 de abril de 1898 · See the original pageVer la página original

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Maryville times. (1898). Maryville, Tenn., 1898-05-14. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89058370/1898-05-14/ed-1/?sp=7

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Maryville times, 1898-05-14.