The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-03
McADOO PROPOSES
TAKING over OF
BRITISH ISLANDS
By DAVID LAWRENCE,
(copyrigAt BY Tho 1uteniSeueer)

WASHINGTON. y. g. March =
William Gibbs McAdoo. former secr''
t,rv rr the treasury, IS N town Tor 4
.tiir while. presumably :" nurS" along
his political boom. Having dealt WIN
matters Of taxation. K IS natural INA,
he should be found discussing ways OF
reducing taNcs. And tn" most h"Fc'
,lyro>tiCn he makes is that the Oh't'"
States should buy several HrstlSh COLO
mics such as the Bermudas. Jamaica
British Honduras. Barbados. The ia
h,naS. Nassau and other islands off IN"
\uantic coalst Of this continent Ia
,r,Srn.u; MT Meade" declares me
tinted states should give Great hr''a'l
credit on her war debts /" the In't'h
States This he believes. will help
Urea tBrliain and ourselves because II
will tend 20 stabilize foreign cNchang'
ard moan an earlier settlement Of the
European debt.
!, X hard 70 estimate what the price
% Tho islands IS on the market OF m
,crnutional barter. but not long ago IN"
United states purchased the DANISH
Nest Indies fer S25.pQ0.rOQ. or course
the British possessions are much more
,aluable than that. The price might be
calculated on the basis of exports and
imports and some of the British pos
sessions are worth good deal. jamaica
for instance has plenty Of sugar though
= rum isn't particularly useful at TINS
time. On the whole the United states
could find billion dollars worth of
value IN some Of these islands without
much trouble and get IT back IN com
n"d:ti.s IN 4 short time.
Self Determination
Euj Yr-rr it not Cor tn" principal
,.uuur.ulvL by the distinguished father
in l2w ur Mr. MCAdoo. namely the pr!n-
rlplr or SelC-dStermInatiOn il would
hr easy to get the proposition going.
for 3, lS said that British sentiment -
NOT a bIt adverse TO discussion of thu
matter. What. for instance. wouid h'
IN" opinion OF. peoples IN the Berinuda>.
Bahama sand So on. about being annexed
- ,lry land? Seriously speaking. ther"
has been an annexation movement IN
some cc the British islands for som"
tim
They have wanted 20 bn annexed %
-. Juit"d States for various reasons
u.o~tly commercial advantages growing
nu, of geographical proximity. But The
advantages of prohibition have not I"t
taken hold Of the British Imagination
Perhaps ,hc islands could be gotten
ready for annexation only after som"
{ thr Jpti-sal"on league agents had
h..r abb to SOW the S.yd which WAS SO
Ecrtlvc .nSid,. N" United states.
McAdoo Talks
Mr. McNdo". however, secs th" qU"s-
I'm purely a. 70 its hearing on fjnan'
riol relations between the British En-
nlr" ard lh" United states. says Mr.
McNdoo:
i. - h:ehly desirable. both ON "ur
own account ard that - our allies that
Sc':lrn.ni "t ouT loans 10 our allies be
rendered as quick and as easy az pos
s.bl,. our chief debtor i. oc course
Gr"a, Britain. and tins arises naturally
out of the fact tina; Great Erilaln has
Literally pledged her credit 20 sustain
that Of her allies. Now for the past
~" hundred years Great Britain has
h"d certain islands in and near our
shores. Jamaica. The Bahamas. Rarha-
dos. Nassau. British Honduras and ,h'
E"rmudaS uf our South Atlantic coast
These British possessions so long held
bv a fr!"ndly maritime power. d" not
lrcpardizH tho security Of tn" N'lantir
and Gu|C coast NJ IN" United states
With the process nr ,,mc W" have be.
ONO IN" ,CadiHc oconcmir power in The