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...island dependencies, notably the Philippines and Porto Rico, are a source of no little annoyance to the War Department. The Philippines want independence. The Porto Ricans, too, have wanted independence; though their more immediate desire is for the election of the Governor of the island by the citizens...
...mission, now a Tripartite concern, went to work to apply the terms of the Treaty of Rapallo and the Agreement of Santa Margherita. But, the geographical situations of Sussak (a suburb of Fiume) and Porto Barros created many difficulties in regard to the administration of Fiume. Moreover, Yugo-Slavia wanted Porto Barros completely under her own sovereignty. It is the question of Porto Barros that has delayed a settlement so long...
...commission composed of equal number of delegates from Fiume, Italy and Yugo-Slavia to take over the government of Fiume, Sussak, Porto Barros...
...Sussak and Porto Barros to be under the sovereignty of Yugo-Slavia, but to bind themselves to remain united with the city of Fiume for a period of 99 years...
Tuberculosis. " Cures " for tuberculosis emanated from France, Germany, Spain inside of one month. Rafael Santos, 25-year-old Porto Rican medical student in Paris, constructed a set of lenses for introducing sun rays and ultraviolet rays into the lungs without injury to tissue, claiming it would kill all tuberculosis bacilli in less than half an hour...