This
newspaper published that an item responding to an earlier published item. The
press association Vaz Dias at Amsterdam received
a telegram from Washington according to which
the United states wanted to
negotiate with the Netherlands
for buying the islands Curacao and Bonaire for
founding a naval base. From The Hague
where the Dutch cabinet and parliament are situated was information received
that the purpose of the buying was to obtain concessions to establish
settlements for foreign merchants and merchant companies.