THE PANAMA CANAL.
A STRATEGIC PROPOSAL
LUNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION--COPYRIGHT.] GUAYAQUIL, Jan. 27.
The United States are pressing a proposal to lease the Galapagos Islands for the purpose of a base to protect the Panama Canal, and are offering seven million pounds sterling for a ninetynine years’ lease, guaranteeing Ecuador the sovereignty of the islands.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3131, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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54THE PANAMA CANAL. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3131, 30 January 1911, Page 5
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