U.S.A. And Christmas Is.
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From Our Own Correspondent
Honolulu, Nov. 10.
PEARSON AND ALLEN, the authors of the famed Washington “Merry-Go- Round” daily newspaper column in the United States, have re-awakened what has been reported in the “P.1.M.” before —that the U.S.A. is considering the occu pation of Christmas Island, a strategic island now occupied by Britain, near Fanning Island, in the Central Pacific.
Like Canton and other such islands, Christmas would make a fine modern navy base.
Some American observers abhor the idea of Britain and America sharing is lands. like Canton and Enderbury—es pecially now that Britain is a belligerent nation, so far as America is concerned.
This joint-occupation-and-use business raises interesting angles in connection with Washington’s current mood for neu trality.