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US TO BUY DANISH ISLANDS (1900)
New York Tribune ^ | December 30, 1900 | Staff

Posted on 12/30/2018 2:21:00 PM PST by NRx

Washington, Dec 29- The practical conclusion of the negotiations for the purchase of the Danish West Indies is virtually confirmed at the State Department in an announcement that an appropriation by Congress is all that remains to provide for the acquisition of St. Thomas and the other small islands owned by Denmark immediately to the eastward of Porto Rico, and it is the impression of officials that the money will be voted next month. The greatest difficulty in the negotiations has been the reluctance of Denmark to agree in advance to a sale while the United States was not prepared to guarantee to buy...

(Excerpt) Read more at chroniclingamerica.loc.gov ...


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To: livius

The date of article above is incorrect. We are buying it now. Think strategery folks. Great harbor for Military purposes? Tourism in the age of Trump, keeps them capitalistic with no attempts ny Vastro pr other hostile forces to imnfilttate
attempts


41 posted on 12/30/2018 3:05:04 PM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45 - will lethargic Conservatives let him be impeached by Dems? )
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To: NRx

McKinley’s fault.


42 posted on 12/30/2018 3:07:42 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: NRx

How many of these were obliterated by the last wave of hurricanes?


43 posted on 12/30/2018 3:08:04 PM PST by fruser1
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To: flaglady47

Correction to above:

With no attempts by hostile forces to infiltrate there islands.


44 posted on 12/30/2018 3:09:00 PM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45 - will lethargic Conservatives let him be impeached by Dems? )
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To: flaglady47

Correction: by Castro or


45 posted on 12/30/2018 3:12:13 PM PST by flaglady47 (TRUMP 45 - will lethargic Conservatives let him be impeached by Dems? )
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To: NRx
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1900-12-30/ed-1/seq-18/image_681x527_from_0,5984_to_2135,7638.jpg

The latest fashion from Paris.
46 posted on 12/30/2018 3:12:47 PM PST by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: Fungi

It was 1900. The US has owned them since.


47 posted on 12/30/2018 3:13:03 PM PST by Fungi
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To: NRx
In other news Lindy makes it!


48 posted on 12/30/2018 3:14:12 PM PST by xp38
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To: Vermont Lt

2 the west of the dutch indies


49 posted on 12/30/2018 3:15:22 PM PST by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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To: NRx

Does that price include the ‘Danish’ Muslims ?


50 posted on 12/30/2018 3:16:33 PM PST by A strike (Import Third World become Third World)
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To: NRx
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1900-12-30/ed-1/seq-23/image_681x382_from_156,6185_to_1256,6803.jpg

Anyone got a time machine I can borrow?
51 posted on 12/30/2018 3:22:34 PM PST by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: huckfillary

I have some antique books about the Caribbean that are over a hundred years old.

Back in those days, Puerto Rico was actually spelled that way, i.e., “Porto Rico.”


52 posted on 12/30/2018 3:23:53 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
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To: NRx

Proof that congressional indictments are coming...


53 posted on 12/30/2018 3:26:44 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

You could try reading the article before you make a stupid comment...


54 posted on 12/30/2018 3:28:26 PM PST by dinodino
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To: NRx
Yellow fever?!?!?!


55 posted on 12/30/2018 3:29:39 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: NRx

The article is premature. The U.S. won’t buy the Danish West Indies until 1917...


56 posted on 12/30/2018 3:30:01 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.arare)
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To: NRx

Agree with post 55.

The reasons for the acquisition were the US government was a concern the Germans would use the islands as a U-boat base and once they purchased the islands the US Navy could establish bases there for the defense of the Panama Canal.


57 posted on 12/30/2018 4:13:34 PM PST by chrisinoc
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To: NRx

I don’t get why this is news today, but we didn’t buy the Virgin Islands until 1917.


58 posted on 12/30/2018 4:19:13 PM PST by x
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To: dinodino

Hey, you put up a “click bait” headline, you’re going to get a Washington Post reply.


59 posted on 12/30/2018 4:22:09 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: Fungi

why?


I believe it was seen as a help in protecting our Panama Canal. Remember when it was our canal?


60 posted on 12/30/2018 4:23:24 PM PST by hanamizu
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