and politically speaking it has quite relations with them. It cannot then be termed a dependency of Spain.
or Ladrones
The Marianas or extend from N. to S. 300 miles and are situated to the N. of the
Carolines. The Chief island of this group
and
are
called Guam
and Saipan. The Marianas in reality form a dependency
of the Philippines, being governed
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by Spanish officials; there is
also a
Spanish convict settlement
in the island of Guam.
From the foregoing remarks it will be observed, though Spain
in reality exercises the rights of
Sovereignty over the Marianas
or
Ladrones, that she exercises none whatever over the Carolines
or the Pelews.
I have not been able to
discover the
grounds on which...
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