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                  the expense of Thailand.                  
 
                     NETHERLANDS INDIES                     
 
                                                            
 
 
 strongest in Java and Madura. Portuguese Timor and the Brit
 
                     PHILIPPINE ISLANDS                     
 
avao - Japanese are numerous, especially in southeastern Min
 
                                                            
 
 
55. Batan Islands - The 1898 treaty of peace between Spain and the United States defined the northern limit of the Philippines "along or near the 20th parallel ... and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi",  
ly 21o 30' north latitude. John Bassett Moore wrote in 1899 
 
                                                            
 
 
 to show the relation of the archipelago to the possessions 
 
                                                            
 
 
d States admits no question that the boundary is in the Bash
 
ISLANDS IN THE  
                      SOUTH CHINA SEA                       
 
                                                            
 
 
 sovereignty is not certain. Chinese, French, British, Japan
 
                                                            
 
 
mall islands, without accepted general name. (Japanese name,
 
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